episode_0080

“Sigh…”

No matter how vigorous a country is, it needs to take a break like this sometimes.

I was sitting on the sofa, enjoying the quiet night that I hadn’t had in a long time.

“I think I’ve gotten the basics down now…”

Could he really be called a great wizard?

I learned from Fiora and I can see my skills improving day by day.

“Hmm…”

I raise my left arm and look absentmindedly.

Intricately engraved magical circuits that glow pure white.

‘How do you use the alternative enchantment?’

Amplify mana, control it finely, transform its properties again from there, and compress it while creating shapes.

I feel like most magic works like this.

The reason I, an Earthling, was able to learn about magic so quickly was because this body and this brain were Adrian’s.

“I think you, as my family, would know more than I do…”

“It doesn’t matter. Just tell me everything you know.”

“Okay. Got it.”

I recall the conversation I had with Fiora.

Favela Floyd.

A being with a mana circuit engraved on its left arm.

Adrian Floyd’s half-sister.

“I knew the Floyd family was so famous, but the first time I heard about Mr. Favela was after I entered the academy.”

Favela is said to have been a very prominent figure within the academy.

The background of being the only sorcerer family in the kingdom is basic, and she has outstanding beauty, but her brain and skills are so overwhelming that she doesn’t need any of that.

Not only the students but even the professors were busy mentioning her frequently, and she even had a group of followers within the academy.

But it is said that at one point she disappeared like smoke in front of everyone.

The so-called Favela Floyd disappearance incident.

“It was a shock. The sudden disappearance of Fabella, who was favored by not only the students but also the professors and the academy director. At first, there were all kinds of speculations, such as that it was the devil’s doing, that she was kidnapped by a noble who was infatuated with her beauty, and that she had nothing more to learn at the academy and had left. It was chaos for several months until she reappeared in her hometown, Floyd Estate. Of course, the rumors continued even after that. Some said it was because she was pregnant, others said she had a fatal disease, others said she was cursed, and still others said she had gone crazy because she had overworked her head. The repercussions were enormous, considering how popular she was. But, don’t you know this story?”

Even now, I still don’t understand the English.

Why does my body still tremble whenever I hear that woman’s name?

What on earth did Adrian have in mind for that woman?

“This left arm must be related…”

After hearing Fiora’s story, my guess is roughly as follows.

Fabela Floyd is a genius with a witch-like personality who performed ruthless biological experiments on her half-brother Adrian.

As I recalled last time, the circuit engraved in this left arm is proof of that, and the bio-enchantment that Adrian later developed was also originally the work of that woman.

In other words, isn’t the favela an object of both anger and fear for Adrian?

“Hmm… Anyway, it’s a weird family.”

Fiora is said to have been convinced at the time that Adrian was in love with his half-sister, Favela.

So he thought he could use those feelings to make Adrian his puppet.

Of course, it led to the worst possible outcome, but with the fall of the family, that became irrelevant.

“Anyway, this is why early education is important. I wonder how children from noble families are all so psychopathic and sociopathic.”

How is there no one decent enough, including this little Adrian?

As if it were a habit, I head to the window with the tea that has already cooled down.

Since the lights in the room had been turned off for a long time, it was not difficult to see the garden illuminated by moonlight.

“Isn’t it about to get here? It’s midnight, and people in this world would be asleep by then.”

I am waiting.

I hope the secret guests who come to this mansion will come soon.

* * *

” Sir! I’m ready.”

“Yeah. I guess I should go soon.”

Across from the back gate of Adrian’s mansion is an old general store with a small courtyard.

An old, abandoned building on the verge of collapse, with no indication of when it was last open for business.

Pedom, who had secretly purchased this place a few days ago, prepared in advance and put on the mask he had prepared, preparing himself.

“But, are you sure it’s okay today? The moon is unusually bright.”

“It doesn’t matter. The brighter it is, the darker the shadows become. It also has a certain charm.”

“Indeed…”

Pedom, who checked the sword in the scabbard as if by instinct, said with a gleam in his eyes.

“Go and tell them. It’s okay to kill everyone who gets in your way today. Except for Yeong-ae.”

“Ouch!? But Adrian is from the Floyd family…”

“A two-faced person. Not even a single drop of blood is mixed with him. And there are plenty of nobles who hate him more than insects. Even within the royal family. ”

“Ah…”

“There are many who want him dead. Even among people with the last name Floyd.”

Adrian Floyd.

I had passed by him a few times in the past, and he was indeed a man of remarkable personality, as rumored.

‘What a fool. He kicked away the good fortune that had rolled in to him.’

Not just anyone can become the adopted son of a great noble family.

Anyway, they say that family is full of weirdos, and since even the adopted son received something strange, this is what happens.

‘Assaulting a princess is outrageous.’

“Pedome Sir.”

Now is the time to set off.

It is time to retrieve the Wind Knights’ treasured sword and bring punishment upon the sinners.

* * *

“…!?”

The first one to sense something fishy was surprisingly Angelica Wind Knights.

Lately, sleeping with Adrian had been a normal part of my routine, but since the knight training guys started staying at the mansion a few days ago, that routine has become anything but normal.

Because of that, the number of days where I couldn’t sleep kept increasing, and today too, I couldn’t fall asleep easily and was tossing and turning.

She was almost naked, so she quickly got dressed and went to the window.

“What is it…?”

Angelica stays on the second floor of the mansion.

Since there was a room door and a hallway in front of it in the direction of the main entrance, the window naturally faced the back of the mansion.

A backyard bathed in unusually bright moonlight.

And countless shadows passing through between them.

‘no way…?’

She recalled.

The story that Lord Dalot had approached him and told him secretly a while ago.

As soon as I came to my senses, I grabbed my sword and ran out of the room.

And then I climbed the stairs.

Adrian.

He is dangerous.

Boom! Boom boom!

“Adrian!”

Gasp, gasp, without even having time to catch my breath, I knocked loudly on the door to the top floor.

This is the room where Adrian always stays.

“Adrian!”

Squeak-

Finally, the door slowly opened.

And then a man, fully equipped, slowly appeared.

“Angelica.”

“Adrian. This is a big problem. There are some suspicious guys down there right now…”

“I know.”

Angelica examined Adrian’s clothes again.

The neat clothes I always wear when I go to the training center.

However, he was holding a black stick in his hand that he normally never took out.

“Sword… Should I bring it? Tempest.”

“No. That sword is broken now. This is better.”

“Right…”

“By the way, did you come to fight together in that outfit?”

I quickly put on my clothes, but they were still just pajamas.

Even the thing he holds in his hand is a training sword that has not yet been sharpened.

“Just take a look. Don’t come out for no reason.”

“But…”

“More than that, go wake up the kids. And wake up Fiora Robson too.”

“……”

Even so, the kids don’t hide their displeasure by biting their lower lip when the story of Fiora Robson comes up.

Adrian gently grabbed her chin and lifted it up.

So our eyes met each other,

“You’re jealous? You surprisingly have a cute side.”

“That’s… not like that.”

“No, that’s not true.”

Before I could utter a rebuttal, Adrian smirked, turned around, and strode out without looking back.

Angelica hesitated for a moment, then hurriedly followed him.

* * *

-Bang!

One of the masked men was thrown out in the blink of an eye and slammed into the wall.

This is the second floor hallway of the mansion.

A sudden noise woke the quiet mansion from its slumber.

“What kind of guys are they!”

Later, Dallot’s voice rang out from the first floor.

It was still unclear whether it was an act or a heartfelt cry.

Srrrrung-

The seven masked men surrounding me on both sides simultaneously drew their swords.

But why is that?

I’m not nervous at all.

Rather, my mind was the very essence of tranquility, free from any fear.

“We can gradually investigate where they were sent from, so how many of them came?”

“……”

“It seems like you have no intention of answering. Okay, stop wasting time and come now.”

He held the stick in his hand out in front of him.

At the same time, he took out a handful of magic power in his empty hand and created a small sphere.

The attribute is wind.

The shape is a whirlpool.

The power should be as weak as possible.

The goal is to blow up one side of the guys, not destroy the mansion.

-Kwaaang!

Soon, the magic that had left my palm spewed out a gust of wind, and I used my stick to deflect the blades of those rushing in from the other direction.

Kaang! Kagang! Kagang!

“Huh?”

For a moment, a feeling of doubt arose.

“Who the hell sent you guys? What kind of idiot force sends these idiots?”

These guys are much weaker than I thought.

‘This… wouldn’t it be better if Ainel’s stomach was stronger?’

Phew!

“Oh my…”

A masked man who rolls his eyes out and falls to the floor with one light stab to the stomach.

“Ugh…”

Even the three on the other side, who were knocked out by the magic from a moment ago, are groaning on the other side of the hallway.

“Get out of the way, you idiots!”

At that very moment, someone came up the stairs to the first floor.

The way he was yelling at his colleagues made it seem like he was the final boss of the day.

“Come on? At least they sent at least one decent guy. I don’t know who sent him. ”

“Adrian Floyd. Don’t mess with my mouth. If you don’t want to die.”

I looked at the guy and thought to myself.

‘Hey… it’s a guy.’

It’s a shame.

If she were a woman, she would have been useful in many ways.