episode_0470

“So, what do you think?”

Helena’s suggestion is if you would like to pretend to be a lover with her.

The moment those words flowed into my ears, there was only one thought in my head.

‘···suddenly?’

To be honest, from my perspective, I had no choice but to think about it first because it felt like the middle step was omitted from the conversation.

First of all, I understood that someone who knew Helena personally was on the Supreme Committee in charge of decision-making for the Magic Tower Alliance.

I understood up to that point, but why did it suddenly lead to the keyword ‘contract love’?

Did I doze off for a moment without realizing it because my body wasn’t fully recovered yet?

So you ended up missing the part in the middle?

From my point of view, it was such a random story that I even thought about it… but I guess that’s not possible.

If that was really true, either Dansoso or Helena would have tried to wake me up.

While I was busy making question marks in my head, what was the reaction of Dang So-so, who listened to Helena’s story next to me…

“Okay, let’s give it a try?”

Before I knew it, I had taken out the memorized book and was holding it in my hand.

In the case of Ha-young, she was growling behind her, perhaps to give strength to her friend’s actions.

“Well… I’m really upset, but let’s stop and listen more, right?”

“I don’t think there’s anything to do after listening to it and sleeping, right?”

Proposing a contract relationship to someone else’s husband-to-be in front of your wife-to-be is a sign of giving it a try, but what else is there?

Helena’s expression became slightly frowning at Dang Soso’s attitude, which was so resolute that it resembled a handmade knife.

Of course, I expected a strong reaction the moment I said it, but I guess I didn’t expect the reaction to be this strong.

“I understand that it is inevitable that you will get angry, but wouldn’t it be better to listen to the end first?”

“Talk about it then.”

“Speak informally?!”

“Why? Do you have any complaints? If you are dissatisfied, you also speak informally.”

I acknowledge that you were once one of our group’s main business partners.

I admit that part, but you keep casually crossing boundaries like this, so why should I treat you the way I used to?

Helena’s eyebrows fluttered wildly at the change in Dangsoso’s attitude, which was practically saying that.

That’s right.

This is probably the first time I have been treated like this since I ascended to the position of chief wizard.

Since the weight class of the Magic Tower Alliance is so overwhelming, it is common to give up on magicians belonging to the Magic Tower.

Even if the position of the person who said that was only a trainee wizard, people would respect someone if they said they belonged to a magic tower. How much worse would it be if they were a senior wizard who only had an elder and a tower owner above them.

No matter where she went, she would have been treated as an honored guest.

I had always been treated like a VIP, but now that I was being treated like this for the first time in a while, I was shocked, as if I had been hit in the back of the head with a club or something.

Helena was silent for a while, unable to continue speaking, and at some point, the corner of Helena’s mouth curled up.

“If you wish so.”

But then he casually said nothing, as if the confused look he showed just a moment ago was just a build-up for this.

“Anyway, since this has come to this, let’s continue the story…”

Helena explained that her maternal uncle was a member of the Supreme Council of the Magic Tower Alliance.

“I was wondering what I was going to say, but it ended up being something I was bragging about?”

“Hmm, it might have sounded that way to you.”

“What…?”

“Why? Are you feeling anxious because my status is greater than you thought?”

Needless to say, it was a ‘perfect hit’?

This time, Tang Xiaoxiao’s eyebrows twitched violently.

Helena spoke with a faint smile on her face, as if she was enjoying such a reaction.

“Actually, it was because of my uncle that I asked Soo-hyeon if she wanted to pretend to be a lover with me. One of my uncle’s long-standing wishes is to see me live like a person my age, not just confined to the magic tower, but also having a relationship or something like that.”

Is it because the person I’m talking to is me and not someone from the party?

Helena had once again returned to her usual quiet tone of voice.

Just a moment ago, we were holding a party and having fun, so it was no use trying to act polite now.

“Is that so?”

“Yes, well… I personally don’t understand it, but what can I do? I heard it’s a lifelong wish.”

No, then shouldn’t I deceive you further…?

For a moment, those words rose up in my throat, but I didn’t do anything tactless to say them out loud.

It doesn’t seem like talking will make a difference, so why would you do something that is likely to offend the other person?

“Originally… I wasn’t planning on paying too much attention to it because I thought he would give up as time goes by… But since it’s like this anyway, I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to make my uncle’s wish come true.”

“In the meantime, do you get some help?”

“It’s both a business and a business, right.”

“It’s a bit hard to say this with my own mouth, but isn’t that deceiving your uncle?”

“Strictly speaking, that is true.”

Is that so? Is that so?

“But wouldn’t it be better than suffering from regrets for the rest of your life?”

It’s hot… it’s hot…

Are all wizards like this…?

ㅡThat can’t be possible.

This is just something that Helena is unique about.

You don’t have to look far to find him. He is her uncle, whom Helena mentioned directly with her own mouth. Isn’t it presumed that he has a warm personality enough to worry about Helena’s future(?)?

“Anyway, what do you think? My suggestion?”

What do you think?

In fact, strictly speaking, there was nothing to think or sleep about.

That’s because, as long as it turned out as Helena said, it would have been rather strange not to receive it.

“First of all, if I were to leave everything else aside and just tell you what I think… Personally, I think it’s not a bad suggestion.”

So I said something like that, but as if he didn’t know I was going to say such a thing, he was holding my arm tightly as if someone was showing off, and for a moment, my strength tightened.

I applied so much force that it literally only lasted for a moment, but it felt like the blood was not flowing properly to my arm.

If Tang Soso’s reaction was like that, Helena had a slightly mysterious expression.

Or should I say that it was an expression that seemed to say, ‘I’m surprised?’

“The fact that it is not a good proposal but not a bad one means that there is something that bothers you?”

“Yes, I guess.”

“Can we hear what part you like so much?”

I will listen carefully, so please speak once.

Before responding to Helena’s remarks, which were made with exactly that kind of nuance, I chose my words first.

I was quietly choosing my words in my mind… and as soon as I was ready, I opened my mouth.

“First of all, as I said just now, I don’t think the proposal itself is bad. No, it’s not that it’s not bad, it’s just that it’s strange not to receive it. Danㅡ”

“Dan?”

“That is only if the situation went as Helena said.”

It is a human thing that we literally cannot see an inch ahead, so how can we carelessly predict the future?

He is not a prophet who appears in a novel.

And Helena was a sorceress, not a prophetess.

That meant that the situation might go in a completely different direction than she expected.

‘The person we have to fool is not an ordinary wizard.’

The Supreme Committee mentioned through Helena’s words is the organization responsible for decision-making of the Magic Tower Alliance.

Can anyone enter such a place?

‘That can’t be possible.’

Needless to say, you must have good skills as a magician, you must have a good background, and your political ability must be at its peak to even attempt it.

However, the person who succeeded in overcoming all the conditions and entering such a realm is Helena’s maternal uncle.

What Helena suggested was to deceive such a person.

It may seem relatively easy since Helena is a family member, but deceiving someone like that is probably easier said than done.

Even if you succeed in deceiving it, it is a problem.

If you succeed in deceiving, you may benefit immediately, but as soon as your lie is exposed, you will be coughing up more than the benefit you gained through it.

‘If it ends at that level, it might be fortunate.’

In a truly worst-case scenario, one of the people in charge of the brains of the giant called the Magic Tower Alliance could have been poisoned and would continue to suffer no matter what they did in the future.

“In a way, it is my honest feeling that I want to minimize the loss that the Sacheon Group will incur as a result of this incident, as it happened because of me… but I think there is a need to take on such a risk just to reduce the loss. ”

“Hmm, indeed…”

“What’s more…isn’t it a bit unnatural to pretend to be a lover now?”

“It’s unnatural? Where are you going?”

“No, that… they were originally in a relationship with a priest, but suddenly coming out that they were actually lovers is a bit…”

“Why is that strange?”

“···?”

“It happens quite often in the Magic Tower.”

What…?!