Hatchery

Following Flavia, I arrived at the pillar where the mysterious book floated in the air, which I had passed by a few times.

It looked like a magic book at first glance, floating in the air all by itself, so I just passed by because I didn’t know how to use it. It seemed that this was the ‘Librarian Book’ Flavia was talking about.

,To put it briefly, the Librarian Book is a magic book that helps you find the book you want in this vast library.”

Flavia picked up the Librarian Book floating in the air, grabbed a pen stuck in the pillar, took a seat at a nearby desk, opened the book, and showed me how to use it.

As Flavia wrote ‘Cake / Title’ on the blank page, the page that had been empty began to fill with books titled ‘Cake’.

I was amazed to see the author, plot, and location of the book appearing. Flavia handed me the Librarian Book.

,If there’s something you want to find, write it here. You can also search by conditions such as content or ending, not just the title.”

The Librarian Book setting was not something I created. It was probably a plausibility created to make it easier to use the large library.

Was I only thinking about the settings I created? Reflecting on this, I took the pen from Flavia and wrote ‘Geas / Content’. Related books appeared on the empty page.

The effort I had put in so far felt futile, but the joy of finally finding something related to Geas was even greater.

===[Geas / Content]===

19+ – Happy Ending of Me and the Hero – Only Sex

19+ – The Bastard from Mythology is My Fiancé – NKT

19+ – Kidnapping a Hero – Astrology

19+ – Curse of Bondage ~ Reincarnated into Another World, a New Goddamn Great Life with a Silver-Haired, Red-Eyed Sex Slave Yeah – Sexy Han

The location of all 4 books is E19 Row 3-A Area.

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Flavia, who was looking at the Librarian Book next to me, wondering what I was looking for, said in a contemptuous voice.

,So this is what you were looking for…?”

,N-No, that’s not it…”

Flavia, who gave me a strange sneer with one corner of her mouth raised at my embarrassment, crossed her arms and said in a lewd voice.

,Now that I’ve got your weakness, it’s fair, right?”

I felt something strange at Flavia’s words. I caught a weakness? Let’s recall my memories. Only then did I realize why Flavia had been pretending to be nice in front of me.

,Could it be that the reason you kept putting on an act today was really because you were worried about me opposing the marriage…?”

,Wh-What are you talking about! Anyway, if you behave yourself in the future, I’ll keep this a secret forever.”

I couldn’t help but burst out laughing at Flavia’s appearance, vehemently denying and warning me with her finger.

,Why, why are you laughing!”

,You really thought I would oppose hyung’s marriage?”

,Y-Yes, you said you would!”

,I only said that because you kept picking fights. It’s a marriage hyung is doing because he loves her. Why would I oppose it…”

I trailed off and avoided her gaze at Flavia’s appearance, trembling with resentment.

,Tsk, you bad guy…”

Whether she was really worried that I would oppose the marriage, Flavia looked at me with a complex expression, feeling relief and anger at my words.

Realizing that I was Roel’s younger brother, she couldn’t get too angry and vented her anger by pinching my arm hard before leaving with a satisfied look.

Still, I was happy to have found out about the Geas, and I stroked my throbbing arm.

I returned the Librarian Book to its original pillar and headed to the place where the Geas-related books were with anticipation.

*

As a result of reading a total of 4 erotic novels, I was able to find the conditions and restrictions of the Geas oath.

In the scene where the main character in the novel sincerely pledges ‘I will be your slave for life, ooh~!’, the condition of the oath and the restriction of ‘I will not go without permission’ were set… I somehow figured out how to use the Geas.

As I expected, the Geas was not activated unless there was a restriction on the oath. The commonality of the novels was that the greater the danger of the restriction, the greater the power gained.

As in the novels, I touched the ring of the covenant on my hand and thought of the oath – to repay Ellie’s faith – and tried to think of a restriction.

When I thought of the restriction that I would feel sad if I failed to repay her faith, a message appeared in front of me.

Restriction – Feels sadness if fails to repay faith. 0.1P.

– Would you like to confirm the restriction?

Was it because the risk was low? I shook my head at the fairly small reward, and the message disappeared along with the restriction.

Then, out of curiosity, I wondered how many points the greatest price, life, would give. I thought of the restriction with life as the price.

Restriction – Death if fails to repay faith. 3P.

At the high score of 3P, I realized that this was a sweet trap. Since Ellie’s faith is an abstract concept, the restriction could be activated simply because I broke a time promise, saying that I failed to repay her faith.

Geas was a ‘curse’ that found loopholes in oaths and restrictions and plunged the user into ruin.

I couldn’t put a big restriction on the oath ‘To repay Ellie’s faith’, but since the condition for the oath to be activated was the difficult condition of sincerity, I couldn’t recklessly abandon the oath.

The points related to magic power that I need now are 4P. If I put my life as a restriction, it would be 4P combined with the 1P I got from the witch Splein’s oath…

The risk of death was too great for the score of 3P. What should I do? As I was pondering, I belatedly realized that I already knew how to earn 3P.

– Promised ‘Witch Splein’ to find a way to eliminate the Thornwood Disease in exchange for the relic. / Additional 3P upon fulfillment of the oath.

All I had to do was find the cure for Thornwood Disease that Roel would find in a year.

***

As it became late at night, I immediately slipped out of the academy through the secret passage. It was important to find the cure for Thornwood Disease as soon as possible for my growth, but there was something I had to do before that.

The story related to the mutated orcs was not over yet. The black magician who escaped from Roel was preparing his next plan.

I took the torch I had prepared in advance and moved my steps to the sewer full of stench and darkness.

Somewhere in this sewer, the black magician would be preparing for the academy attack. In the original flow, the mutated orcs should still be attacking the village, but my intervention ended the mutated orc attack earlier than originally.

In that case, I thought that the black magician’s attack would be brought forward than originally, and in order to confirm the changed variables, I had to take the risk and check the sewer myself.

In the novel, the black magician attacks the academy through the sewer of the capital in order to take revenge on Roel, who killed the mutated orcs and took the core, and to recover the stolen mutated orc core.

Many students of the academy were injured by the black magician’s surprise attack, who led the mutated monsters through the sewer, and it was a big incident with several deaths.

After a fierce battle, Roel kills the black magician and saves the academy, once again receiving praise from the surroundings. The important event that is directly related to the [Order] was the ‘Transcendence Attack Incident’.

It wasn’t just that the black magician attacked the academy for revenge and to recover the core. Transcendence Academy is a place where the talents of the continent gather. The Order and the Demon King, who are in a cooperative relationship, tried to lure the young talents, hiding their real purpose by using the black magician’s attack.

In the academy, which was in chaos due to the attack, the Demon King’s followers appeared and hid impure artifacts. Later, Ross, who felt inferior to hyung, accidentally discovers it and becomes 넘어가게 by the Demon King’s temptation.

So, I had to deal with the black magician in the sewer before the academy was attacked. If I prevent this black magician’s attack in advance, I could prevent myself from being 넘어가는 by the Demon King’s temptation and dying at Roel’s hands. I could also prevent the academy students from dying in the mutated monster’s attack.

After walking for quite some time to the darkest and dampest depths of the sewer, where the monster hatchery described in the novel would be located.

Breaking through the nose that was paralyzed by the stench of the sewer, I smelled the unique rotten egg smell of the hatchery, as described in the novel.

,I found it. The hatchery.”

As I carefully approached, I was able to find the hatchery that filled the sewer passage. I swallowed hard at the disgusting sight of the monsters wriggling in the numerous eggs, with something like flesh sticking together.

As expected, the black magician was away to get food to use for the hatchery.

Now that I had visually confirmed that the black magician was preparing for the attack, all I had to do was persuade Roel and bring him here. It was impossible for me to deal with the hatchery alone with my current strength. Even if I set it on fire, the hatchery had excellent regenerative abilities, which might rather stimulate the sleeping monsters.

Afraid of running into the returning black magician, I carefully turned around and tried to get out of the sewer. When I stepped on the sewer floor, which had turned into flesh, something burst from the ceiling above my head.

,Ugh, disgusting…”

Covered in sticky yellow liquid, I hurriedly wiped off the things on my body and quickly went back the way I came and got out of the sewer.

Fortunately, the only thing on my body was a bad smell. There was nothing wrong with my body.

I returned to the academy through the secret passage, washed off the stench before going back to my room, and went back to my room.

***

The next day.

After finishing my meal, I went to Roel’s classroom. Ignoring Flavia’s wary gaze at my visit, I called Roel out separately.

,Hyung. Actually, I overheard the black magician’s plan by chance in the village.”

,A plan…?”

I couldn’t tell the truth, so I lied to Roel like last time. Surprised by my words, Roel checked to see if anyone was listening around him and whispered softly.

,But why didn’t you tell me right away?”

,I thought it might be a lie… But I keep feeling uneasy, so I thought it would be good to check it out.”

,What is it?”

,He’s planning to create a monster hatchery in the capital’s sewer.”

At my words, Roel made a serious expression, stroked his chin, and thought about something.

,The sewer…”

,If you use the sewer, you can easily attack various parts of the capital. The academy could also be a target.”

,The sewer is quite big. I think it would be good to tell the professor… What do you think?”

I nodded at Roel’s question. There was no light of suspicion in his blue eyes looking at me. Why doesn’t Roel suspect my words at all? Simply because we’re family?

,We can tell Professor Leora. Shall we go together?”

,Sure.”

To check how things were going, I followed Roel to find Professor Leora.

Professor Leora, who was maintaining her strict appearance as always, asked in a cold voice at our visit.

,The first class is about to start. What’s going on?”

,I came because I have something to report.”

Whether it was because it was the words of the top student of the second grade, or whether Roel’s charm worked on the strict Leora. Leora nodded slightly as if to say continue.

Roel explained what he had heard from me and talked about the black magician who was in Destin Village. Leora turned her gaze to me and looked at me with observant eyes.

,Is that true?”

,Yes.”

Hiding my anxiety at the sharp gaze like an awl, I answered nonchalantly. Leora withdrew her gaze and said to Roel.

,The headmaster is currently away. When permission is granted, we will search the sewer then. Students should not get involved any further and focus on their classes.”

At Leora’s words, I hurriedly replied.

,We will also participate in the search-“

,No. Above all, the safety of the students is the top priority.”

I was a little taken aback by Leora’s appearance, cutting off my words firmly. At this rate, it could be someone other than Roel who kills the black magician.

I was about to argue with Leora, but Roel raised his hand to stop me, greeted Leora, and dragged me outside.

Annoyed, I shook off Roel’s arm, who had forcibly dragged me out. Roel sighed and said.

,I told the professor, so it’s okay now.”

,What are you talking about? It’s information we found out. Why can’t we participate?”

At my words, Roel shook his head and put his hand on my shoulder.

,Ross, Professor Leora is right. We’re just students who haven’t even graduated from the academy yet. It’s natural to leave the search to the knights.”

My head became complicated at Roel’s words. I thought I would naturally head to the sewer with Roel… I couldn’t hide my embarrassment at the situation unfolding differently from what I had expected.

Looking at Roel with a flustered expression, he tapped my shoulder and said.

,And I don’t want to see you get hurt again. I’m still not good enough to protect someone precious, and neither are you. It’s right to get help in times like this. What we can do is over.”

At Roel’s words, I, who could only rely on my successful hyung, couldn’t even make an excuse.

As Roel said, we were just students, and the hatchery would be discovered once the search started anyway. That way, no students attending the academy would get hurt.

Forcing myself to think that it was a good thing, I silently parted ways with Roel and headed to the classroom with heavy steps.