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Quien’s slums. It was a place I never wanted to come to, but I found myself setting foot there again.

I remember the road. I headed straight to the wizard’s house.

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“Phew… .”

The wizard’s house was just as I remembered it. On the surface, nothing has changed since last time.

I thought as I looked at the closed door.

Is she really the culprit?

Maybe not, but he was the most likely suspect at the moment. Inside, my hopes that she was the culprit and my hopes that she was not were clashing with each other.

If the culprit is correct, it can be said to be bad news in that you have to face a high-level wizard, but if my guess is wrong, finding the culprit becomes more difficult.

There is no choice but to go back to the beginning.

‘Why did I get involved in something like this?’

After all, wizards and other races are insane. Someone once said that getting to know a wizard is a shortcut to turning your life upside down.

Not all wizards are strange people, but I think it’s true to some extent.

“Ugh, my palja… .”

I think it’s true that if there are good things in life, bad things also come along. After finding true love, I got caught by a voyeuristic wizard and ended up in trouble. It’s not some kind of equivalent exchange, so I don’t know what this is.

I took a deep breath and looked at the house. I raised my mana and prepared for a surprise attack.

dripping.

No matter how suspicious she was, she had no intention of pulling out her sword. The first thing to do was to consider it in words.

When I knocked, I heard someone walking inside. I put my hand on the hilt of my sword just in case.

Sigh.

“Huh, Ethan?”

Long white hair and a white eyepatch. The tall wizard looked down at me and said as if he was happy to see me.

“It’s been a while. What are you doing here?”

He was wearing the same brown robe as last time, but this time he was fully dressed down to the inside. perhaps… .

“It’s been a while, Siren. I came here because I have something to ask.”

The wizard, Siren Alfnen, stuck out his lips and tilted his head. Although his eyes were covered, it was clearly visible that he was puzzled.

Just looking at him, he seemed like a person who really didn’t know anything… It was something only a fool would do to relax. You have to take off the mask to find out what lies behind the innocent face.

“Is this a question about magic? Well, even if you don’t, you’re welcome.”

She spoke with a gentle smile and seemed like the epitome of a wise and kind wizard.

Siren stepped aside the door and pointed politely inside.

“Please come inside first. It’s shabby in many ways, but that’s because customers don’t come often, so I hope you can understand.

Very friendly attitude. It was like this the last time I visited. At the time, I thought he was a really kind wizard.

Of course, it has not yet been confirmed that she is the culprit. But there is no law that says no.

I spoke without letting go of my nerves.

“Because it’s not worth doing inside. I think it would be better to talk about it like this.”

It is said that even dogs eat half of their food before leaving home, so what would a wizard be like? Fighting in the swordsman’s residence was completely different from fighting in the wizard’s residence. It was unwise to go in without knowing what was waiting inside.

In fact, it was still not a good situation for me.

Even though I declined the offer, the Siren did not show the slightest sign of displeasure. She said with a slight smile, her face not changing at all.

“Is that so? It’s a pity, but there’s nothing we can do. Let’s talk about it here”

At the part where he said there was nothing he could do, I almost pulled out my sword without realizing it.

“Thank you for your generosity.”

Siren laughed.

“What is this? So what are you here to ask?”

“Could you please look at this first?”

I took out a small bundle I had brought from the inn.

“Please take a look. Are you making fun of me?”

She said in a playful tone, pointing to her eye patch. If all of this was acting, he was truly a great actor.

“Siren, you are really making fun of me. I know Siren is not just blind.”

“Hehe, I was just joking, so please don’t be offended. A welcome guest came and I got excited without even realizing it.”

There was no sense of anything suspicious about the Siren’s natural attitude toward me. He was extremely kind and ordinary.

… So it was even more suspicious.

Siren spoke with a smile still on her face.

“So what do I need to see?”

I unpacked the bundle and showed her what was inside.

“This… Is this a practical joke?”

“It can’t be so. I’m just curious if you know this crow.”

The Siren looked surprised when she saw the crow’s corpse that I held out. Of course, it’s strange not to be surprised in a situation like this. When someone unexpectedly thrusts an animal’s corpse in front of one’s face, the general reaction was to be surprised and embarrassed.

“I don’t know the intention of the question, but… I wonder why you thought I knew this crow. Was it an object with something special?”

“It’s nothing special. I ended up killing this guy because he had someone else’s mana in his body. I brought it to apologize in case it was Mr. Siren’s crow.”

That’s a flimsy excuse. But it didn’t matter much. If she’s the culprit, it doesn’t matter what she says anyway, and if she’s not the culprit, you can just ignore it.

The important thing is to get a clear answer. The worst thing was to just step away and spend time doubting in my head.

It was still a simple exploration stage. Here’s what I thought:

First, let me hint. If this doesn’t convince you, ask a more direct question. If that’s not enough… .

I haven’t thought about it that far yet. From then on, I planned to act according to the situation.

I paid close attention to the wizard’s reaction. You won’t miss even the slightest hint.

“Um… I don’t know why you thought I was the owner of this bird. I don’t raise birds.”

I didn’t even think about confessing from the beginning.

“I see. Then, can you tell me about the field of magic you majored in?”

“Before I give you the answer, can I first know why you are asking that question?”

It wasn’t strange to have questions. It was worth asking.

“Is it not enough to say, “I’m just curious?””

The Siren chewed and licked her lips.

“It’s not enough, but… Since I never told you about it, I think you might be curious.”

From what he was saying, it seemed like he would give an answer obediently, but I didn’t think he would be honest about it. There was a high possibility that he would try to deceive me with a plausible lie.

Siren said indifferently.

“It’s not a big secret, so I’ll tell you.”

After saying that, she took off the blindfold with a natural touch.

What was under the eyepatch was a brightly shining pink… .

Pink… .

Pink… .

minute… .

Flash-

I instinctively drew my sword and swung it. It was a poor blow, but it was enough to bring me to my senses.

“Heo Eok, Heo Eok.”

“Oh my… . I thought it wouldn’t be easy, but I didn’t expect to get out of it right away.”

“What a damn bitch… .”

The moment the eye patch came off, a powerful magical power attacked me. The magic power with a clear will paralyzed my ego and mind and turned me into an idiot for a moment.

What was under the blindfold were two eyes. Instead of the blurry eyes of a blind man, there were eyes with a brilliant glow.

Bright pink eyes.

The Siren’s face with the eyepatch removed was a beautiful woman with a kind look, but her eyes were shining unpleasantly and emitting dense magical power.

“Snow… Was it okay?”

She scratched her head with an embarrassed expression.

“It’s not that I’m fine. How can eyes like this be normal? … Anyway, this has become a problem.”

Although I was able to shake off the magic of the eyes, I was not completely free from its influence. A sticky and insidious magical power kept interfering with my mind and trying to control my mind.

It’s not at a dangerous level right now, but I can’t guarantee that it can be completely prevented if a battle breaks out.

I just hoped that I wouldn’t be able to use eye magic and cast other magic at the same time.

I spoke as calmly as I could, pretending like nothing had happened.

“I thought I lived in a place like this because there were exposed walls, but there was another reason.”

“After all, it’s not something that should be seen by others. What I showed to Ethan was a big decision of its own. It’s not rewarding. It’s rewarding.”

At first glance, the grumpy, grumpy look on his face looked cute, but his bright pink eyes were filled with lustful desire.

“Why did you do that to me?”

It was a question I really wanted to hear the answer to.

The siren’s gaze passed me and gazed somewhere in the distance.

“I have no hard feelings towards Ethan.”

“Isn’t it too insidious to have no ill feelings?”

The pink gaze returned to me.

“Those two are separate issues. I have no intention of harming Ethan.”

gibberish. I screamed in tears.

“You made me commit such injustice and had no intention of harming me? All you have to do is not hurt yourself!”

The siren certainly never tried to cause me physical harm. But that didn’t justify what she did.

Isn’t it too shameless to say that I had no intention of harming someone who tried to destroy and distort my relationships?

When I fumed and burst out in anger, she gave me an unexpected look.

“Why are you angry?”

“Are you saying that? Why are you angry when I betrayed my lover because of you? You really don’t know why I’m angry, right?”

“I also regret that part. but… It was good, right?”

For a moment I didn’t understand what she said.

“… What?”

“So, it was good. It was really impressive to see her clinging so hard while betraying her lover.”