episode_0029

“I’m all drained… ”

After posting the last notice that I would post an explanation, I turned off the pad and took a deep breath.

“I can’t figure it out… ”

I heard that this bulletin board has been in existence for hundreds of years and there has been very little involvement.

At best, when the magic tower owner dies, the next magic tower owner is given the role of administrator of the bulletin board and the rest is left to them to take care of.

Even ordinary magicians rarely saw Eterna’s face, so there was very little external activity, and even the magic tower owners who met Eterna the most often met Eterna publicly in most cases.

It seems that naturally, Eterna has been treated as the image of a great sage who is noble and liberated from all things.

‘no way… ‘

I remember talking about the Transcendent Gallery when we first met.

Considering that he gave me the position of top manager because he was busy doing that, I can’t help but think that there must be a correct answer here.

the problem is…

‘I don’t know how to open it… ‘

The problem is that I don’t know how to open the Transcendent Gallery or something.

It might be in the status window…

“I’m going to rest now… ”

I was too mentally and physically exhausted to brush.

To be exact, I wasn’t physically tired at all, but I was very mentally exhausted.

Being in a manager position here felt heavier than being a manager position in modern times.

At that time, the users didn’t even know who I was, and the awareness of the armband itself made me voluntarily become a slave even though I wasn’t paid… Because that’s how it was treated.

Still, it was true that they were grateful people who maintained the gallery on my behalf, so most users basically respected and appreciated them.

But it was different here.

The mere fact that he is a magic tower holder raises enormous expectations.

‘The thing that ate me is gone.’

I thought as I lay in bed.

It seems like the thing that ate me has gone… That’s it.

Thump thump thump!

“Who are you?”

– Sister~

“Irina?”

This voice is Irina.

In the first place, the only person who would come to my room so openly and knock on the door was Irina.

As soon as I answered that it was okay to come inside, the door swung open and Irina, looking somewhat sulky, came trotting inside.

He came up to me, looked down at me lying on the bed, and then lay down next to me.

“What’s going on again?”

“Why don’t you tell me?”

“Huh?”

“With Eterna… What happened?”

Oh, I came here because I was curious about that.

It was worth it.

From Irina’s point of view, she went to the Ether Tower with me and while we were hanging out there for a while, I became the top administrator of the Ether Tower bulletin board and received a huge amount of money.

“Phew… That’s right… ”

I’m really worried about how to explain this.

However, I couldn’t bear to do that because it was clear that my pride would be torn to shreds if I blew everything up as the truth.

“Perhaps… Were you threatened?”

“Tongue, it’s a threat… ”

It’s not wrong.

It was the closest to the correct answer…

If threats don’t work, consider whether you’re short on money…

Huh.

“It’s not a threat, so there’s no need to worry. just… ”

Oh, this isn’t really it.

Actually, it was very simple to explain.

In exchange for giving me a huge amount of money, Eterna took on the position of top administrator and managed the bulletin board for me, and called me her sister.

They even said that if you follow these two rules, they will send you money every month.

In fact, the moment I keep this, the funds to be used in the Blood Tower will be at a level where there is no need to worry.

Of course, the money I received this time was not enough to give every month, and the fact that I gave a lot this time was close to adding support funds that were rarely given to the Blood Tower until now.

Even if you subtract the subsidy, it was a huge amount of money.

If I was just patient, it was the best way for everyone in the Blood Tower, including myself, to be happy, so there was no reason for me not to follow it.

Just my pride… If you sacrifice…

Now, this is the completion of a world where everyone is happy…

“Ha… ”

I have nothing to say.

“Sister… ”

Irina looked at me with a somewhat sad expression and then immediately hugged me.

“I hate that person.”

“Who?”

“Eterna.”

“Uh-huh, this guy is being disrespectful… ”

If other people had heard it, they would have scolded me severely and told me not to say things like that.

“But… I’m the one who got my sister in trouble!”

“I didn’t know you thought that much about me… ”

I felt a little comforted by Irina’s words and smiled.

hmm… oh?

I suddenly became curious.

“Who is better, Count Vladimir or me?”

When I asked with a genuine smile, Irina’s eyes widened.

“Ugh… ”

For a moment, Irina’s expression began to distort as if she understood my question.

“Wow… ”

After 20 seconds of thinking like that, Irina’s expression slowly began to collapse and tears began to flow…

“Okay, you don’t have to say it’s done.”

“Yes… ”

I almost made the girl who comforted me cry…

“Was it that hard to choose?”

“Yes… ”

Umm.

I didn’t know it would be that much.

For this child, it would have been no different from asking a child who was loved with all his might by both parents who he liked better, his mother or his father.

Moreover, it is not just anyone else who is asking that, but the person who holds the position of the magic tower lord, one of the highest positions in the country of magic. Who is better, the hero of the past who created and popularized blood magic, or the magic tower lord who represents the current blood tower? Isn’t that what you asked?

‘omg… ‘

As I thought about it that way, I realized that I had asked a question that would put too much pressure on me.

“Kuhmhmmm… sorry. I failed to consider your position… ”

“It’s okay… ”

Irina’s expression wasn’t very good.

Hagisa, do you like my sister, Count Vladimir, whom I used to call “sister” and follow you well? It must have been a question that made Irina’s heart flutter and her skin tremble.

I almost committed reckless murder.

“Hmm… ”

Yes, I was going to do it to Irina first anyway.

We can use this as an excuse to do it in advance.

“That… Irina.”

“Yes… ?”

“Hmm… As an apology, she will give you a gift.”

I got up.

‘You can turn a vampire into a minion by biting the opponent or injecting your own blood.’

A technique commonly used by vampires to suck the blood of an opponent and turn them into one of their own.

However, while living as a warrior party, I have already mastered most of the techniques that a vampire can use.

And what surprised me the most was that I could materialize my power and strengthen the other person.

I named this ‘hyeolgangsul’.

To be precise, it strengthens the blood in the entire body and helps move the blood by filling it with plenty of magical power.

For wizards, it may be less efficient because the magic power they can handle increases as the magic power that goes into their blood increases, but the blood magic created according to blood magic is greatly helpful in treating the magic power, which is the basis of blood magic, as if it were their own limbs.

Among them, Irina is the child with the greatest potential in blood magic.

“Instead… I don’t know if I should say that, but if I’m going to do it, I have to do it properly.”

I don’t want to hurt Irina.

However, it was a method that could help Irina handle blood magic better, but I didn’t want to do it half-heartedly.

Then there is only one thing I have to do.

The regular use of this Hyeolgang technique.

“Wait… Can you give up your neck?”

Irina is a precocious and highly intelligent child.

Irina’s eyes widened when I asked her if she could give up her neck.

“… I’m really sucking blood… ?”

“Sucking blood… I don’t do that. I just give you my blood.”

Irina asked me with an expectant expression, and when I answered as if nothing like that would happen and told me to give up my unnecessary expectations, I instantly became depressed.

“Chii… ”

His expression also got worse.

“If you don’t suck my blood, I won’t do it… ”

“Ah, what do you mean?! It would be a great help in handling blood magic… ”

“I hate it! I want to bleed my sister!”

“… ”

Huh, huh…

What is this… crazy…

‘I’m serious… ‘

Irina guy.

I meant it.

If I didn’t suck its blood, it would struggle to escape even with my teeth buried in its neck.

“… ”

okay…

Is there anything they can do if they ask me to do this?

Anyway, it is my heart to not kill the other person, and it is my heart to make him my servant.

In the past, it was not easy to go against that instinct, but after becoming a transcendent, the urge to suck blood disappeared.

Perhaps overcoming your instincts is not a big deal.

“Okay… ”

I surrendered.

I had to do it right now because I thought about the future in which Irina could become the next Mage Tower owner after me and I could enjoy a comfortable retirement.

“I’ll suck your blood.”

I decided to suck the blood.

Now that this has happened, I need to make sure it is engraved in my mind.

Who did you ask to suck your blood?

I bared my fangs.

It was meal time.