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Drowsy eyes and a relaxed expression.

A soft voice that matches him.

On the other hand, the pink hair is like cotton candy and is quite a contrast.

Scarlett, who came to the podium, made an announcement.

“… The above theory can dramatically increase the efficiency of enchantment by processing magic stones. We wrote down detailed figures and clinical trial records on the reference sheet we provided.”

Magic Forum.

Hosted by the Imperial Wizards, it is an event where wizards from all over the world gather to present their research results.

Some studies are adopted as projects or receive project/research support funds in recognition of their contributions.

Originally, the magician from the Magic Tower did not participate.

After the war, the situation changed.

A few magicians realized that they were frogs in the well and came out into the world.

Scarlett is one of them.

So, the inside of the Magic Tower is not much different from before or now.

It’s not that we weren’t open to the world in the first place.

The difference is that a small number of magicians began external activities on their own.

And Scarlett came here to present various research results and receive support.

Researching magic is like pouring money into a bottomless pit to plug it, and it is difficult to cover it with even a small amount of capital.

“As enchantment efficiency improves, it is estimated that the survival rate of warriors participating in the exploration and protection of the eastern no-man’s land and western trade routes will also visibly increase. The basis and approximation for the estimate are also explained in detail on the distributed paper… .”

I participated here as a kind of guardian.

All you have to do is sit down and watch Scarlett.

It’s not like someone is threatening me or anything like that.

Just me coming together adds weight to Scarlett’s statement.

‘By the way, you speak well as you practiced.’

Scarlett is someone who slyly speaks informally to whoever she is talking to, and speaks in circles or gives abstract explanations.

If I wanted to present at the forum, I had to give up that way of speaking.

When he’s still out there, he speaks the same way as before, but when he’s giving a presentation, he seems like a different person.

Charles and Marlion, the head of the house, worked so hard to write that script.

Marlion, Galatea’s husband and former researcher of the Demon Soldier Training Project, said he had participated in this academic conference.

I greatly benefited from that.

“The next chapter is an experiment report on black mana handled by Beast Man. A study on how to transfer hostility toward humans to other targets… .”

I also flipped through a piece of paper.

This is a record of her experiment on black mana.

Even if I read it, I don’t know what it’s talking about, but since everyone was skipping it, I skipped it too.

The names of several prisoners who participated in the experiment were listed.

One of them was Kati.

Although she did not participate in this experiment after becoming pregnant, she had great strength and helped her a lot until then.

In addition, Galatea, Rhamnus, etc. also participated.

When I thought of the experiment, I thought of Zion, the daughter of Galatea and Malion.

A half-breed beastman who resembles her mother, Galatea, and has horns as big as fingernails.

The horizontal pupil eyes look blank, which is quite cute.

Recently, he started walking and babbling, so whenever I look at him, I keep thinking of my child whom I will meet soon.

“Finally, we developed a hypothesis to apply imaging mirror technology to fix the image formed on the crystal. The theory has not yet been verified and it is expected to take a long time to be completed, but when completed, we guarantee that it will be a unique invention that has never been seen before.”

So, it’s a kind of camera.

In fact, it is very different from the cameras I know.

There is no film, and once the image formed on the image mirror is fixed, it cannot be changed.

Moreover, the size of the picture matches the size of the imaging mirror.

In other words, a fist-sized imaging mirror can only capture a fist-sized landscape.

It may change in the future as technology develops, but at least that’s according to Scarlett’s hypothesis so far.

It is not a practical invention.

However, the rich who come here do not simply invest in practical things.

luxury. A rare thing. Such things have value separate from practicality.

Especially if we look far ahead, it could become a unique specialty product to be exported through eastern and western trade routes.

‘I invented Scarlet because I wanted to capture images of our entire family and look at them over and over again.’

She didn’t invent it alone.

The main participant is Iris, the chief researcher of the Imperial Wizardry.

Vivian and Sylvia also participate.

Scarlett finished her long presentation.

As she came down, she smiled brightly at me.

“Baby.”

The title is still the same.

However, now he only calls me “baby.”

“You were lonely being away from me, right?”

The woman who sat next to me immediately wrapped her arms around me and leaned on my shoulder.

Who on earth was lonely?

The bright blue eyes that looked up were like the sky.

She naturally pressed her lips together.

“… There are a lot of people watching here.”

“You didn’t avoid yourself?”

“Because there is no place to avoid it.”

“What do you think? Not once or twice.”

No matter how common it is to do this in front of people, to do it in a solemn forum… .

Sure enough, someone around me cleared their throat as if it was uncomfortable.

Regardless, Scarlett didn’t even notice.

It’s just as good as when I was presenting up there, but a weirdo is still a weirdo.

“Did I do well in my presentation?”

“It was much better than what I practiced.”

“Whew, that’s a relief. It was so frustrating up there… . I worked hard thinking about myself.”

Scarlett said, loosening her neatly organized clothes.

Her white cleavage was unceremoniously exposed to the world.

“Oh my, honey. They said there were a lot of people. What are you looking at so intently?”

“… Do you think you can’t see it then?”

I sighed inwardly and adjusted my clothes again.

“Are you trying to touch me subtly like this? It’s refreshing, I love it.”

“Please be quiet and stay still… .”

“Do you know what you just said was dirty?”

“… … .”

I kept my mouth shut and focused on adjusting my clothes.

Scarlett smiled, wondering why she was so happy about my troubles.

He said he was frustrated, but since I solved it, he didn’t solve it again.

He just leaned closer to me and smiled.

Seeing Scarlett so happy, I had nothing more to say.

She fidgeted with her joined hands.

The following presenters came up to the podium one by one and presented their research results and prospects.

Scarlett and I only pretended to concentrate and didn’t really listen.

We played and played with our joined hands until the presentation was over.

*

“Yes, good. babe. I like that.”

Scarlett looked at me and spoke as if giving an instruction.

“Yes, yes, there it is. There, like that, um… . Just right.”

The top floor of the Magic Tower, Scarlett’s room.

Are you saying that on purpose?

Judging from the way he’s smiling, it seems like he’s right.

I am just standing in front of a wall as a subject for the invention of a camera.

I moved my position little by little according to the direction she pointed.

“Hmm. That’s enough now.”

The crystal ball she was manipulating sparkled and glowed.

The palm-sized beads were stained as if they had been stained with paint.

It wasn’t filmed properly.

“It’s still blurry… . But I think the focus is right now.”

That was true.

Although it looked like an unrecognizable paint graffiti, the combination of colors made it easy to recognize that it was the wall I was standing against.

In the past, even this wasn’t possible.

The moment I fixed the image, the focus went off and I took the picture in the wrong direction.

“Thank you for helping me every time. Baby.”

“It’s not that difficult.”

“This is a reward.”

Scarlett, who had kissed me, hugged my waist tightly and rubbed her body.

Something big and soft was pressed against my body.

“It’s too much for a reward you get after standing for a few seconds.”

“Right? So let’s enjoy it more.”

After being held for a while, Scarlett started experimenting again.

Various subjects were photographed.

Starting from small objects like books or pencils, to things like the distant scenery outside the Magic Tower.

Even though we were busy moving from place to place, Scarlett always dragged me around.

Holding hands or linking arms.

I followed her quietly.

I wasn’t bored.

All you had to do was play with your hands or rub your stomach or cheeks.

Occasionally, when I asked him about something he filmed, he gave me an answer.

I don’t know how helpful my answer is as I don’t know magic.

Then, it was also a part of our daily routine to put our bodies on top of each other when we made eye contact for a long time.

Since I started coming here occasionally, the bed in her room has become bigger than before.

“Hmm… . I can’t do any more experiments today.”

Scarlett stood up, putting on her clothes.

She sat down on the end of the bed and straightened her messy hair.

“He said he really couldn’t stop him.”

“Who says what to say.”

It was soon time to go back.

I roughly cleaned up and left the room.

There are no stairs in the magic tower.

You have to go up and down using the air current rising in the center.

I held hands with Scarlett and surrendered myself to the air current.

Unlike going up, going down is slow.

The appearance of a magician living on each floor was occasionally seen.

A lot has changed, but somehow it seems like this is the same.

“Baby.”

When I got down, Scarlett said.

“I’ve been curious about this for a long time, but there’s something I didn’t really ask about. But now that I’m thinking about it, I’m going to ask.”

“What is it?”

“Why did you accept me?”

Scarlett asked as if it was no big deal.

It was as casual as if he was asking me what I had for breakfast yesterday.

“I know that I’m strange. Also, that request goes against common sense. I didn’t know you would actually accept my marriage request.”

She and I have never brought up this topic since we got married.

We stayed in a relationship that progressed quickly and haphazardly if suddenly and too quickly.

“They say that marriage sometimes goes on without love. I didn’t want a marriage like that. But since he loves me so much, I can’t help but wonder sometimes.”

“Hmm… .”

I hesitated to answer.

For a moment, I remember the moment I first met her.

She immediately confessed that I was her type.

A bold yet unusual love that matches the eccentric girl.

It was embarrassing to even think about it, but I was the perfect object of her fantasy.

I heard it from her mouth several times.

In the early days of our marriage, I was really curious and asked.

Why do you like me so much when you don’t even know me well?

At that time, Scarlett responded like this:

‘Do you know when I fell under the spell? It was the moment I became a superhuman and used magic for the first time. I lit a flame in my hand. That didn’t give me much comfort. I was a starving kid lying on the side of the road, but it was hot because it was summer. But for some reason, the flame that bloomed in my hand couldn’t leave my heart. When I first saw him, I felt exactly the same as I did the moment I encountered that flame. ‘That’s it.’

It was a very calm and specific answer.

It’s still difficult to understand that feeling.

Regardless of understanding, it is still like that now that we are in love.

The reason I accepted her… .

I do not know.

It may have been because of the debt she had accumulated.

It could have been because I was preoccupied with the reality of marrying multiple women.

but… .

“Because it’s pretty.”

“… ?”

“He has a good body and a unique personality, but when I look at him, I see… .”

“Huh… .”

Scarlett laughed weakly.

“It’s absurd, but it’s also strange because I don’t feel bad?”

“And again.”

What I just said was a joke.

No, it is true that she is pretty and has a nice body, but that is not why she was accepted.

anyway.

One thing I am sure of is that the girl from the past always remains like a burn in my heart.

so.

“I wanted to see you happy.”

That’s what I thought.

I don’t know anything else, but this is sincere.

“Hmm. What are those sweet words? So you wanted to make me happy by getting married? Looks like you were confident?”

Scarlett smiled brightly, grabbed my shoulder and kissed me.

“How do you know yourself so well? Be smart too.”

Scarlett smiled brightly.

A rootless heart without reason or direction has now settled within me.

Suddenly, what she said before came to mind.

‘Isn’t it okay to get married and love each other?’

When Helena said that marriage should be done with the person you love, this is what Scarlett returned.

I didn’t think much of it at the time.

Anyway, it started out well, but after getting married, I really came to love Scarlett.

“It’s already been a year. When I’m with you, every day is still new. So ordinary… Something like happiness.”

Scarlett stretched her left hand forward.

A silver wedding ring shared with me.

The black gem embedded in the center sparkled.

Scarlett chose this gem because she wanted to capture the color of her hair and eyes.

“Really, I always enjoyed it only in my imagination. I didn’t even enjoy it. These are things I just vaguely imagined.”

She smiled brightly and looked up at me.

Naturally, he pulls her neck closer and kisses her.

“I love you, baby.”

As always, the answer comes naturally.

“I love you too, Scarlett.”

Now Scarlett and I love each other and are happy together.

In the face of consequential peace, the past and complex concerns were meaningless.

I held hands with Scarlett and returned home.