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30. Their Courtship.

I couldn’t tell if the food was going in through my nose or my mouth. It was impossible to know.

Because I could feel gazes watching Johan everywhere.

And gestures to boot!

“Oh my, Wizard. When did you start learning magic? So cool.”

She said that while groping Johan’s thigh. Johan shuddered at the blatant touch.

“Haha… I happened to meet a retired wizard.”

I grabbed her hand and pulled it off. At that moment, she moved like a snake.

Suddenly! Goosebumps…

‘Isn’t she a knight? What kind of hand movements are those!’

Johan’s back was getting wet. He barely managed to escape her clutches.

But she didn’t give up. She smiled sweetly and continued,

“Hehe, amazing. I can’t even imagine what kind of hardships you’ve been through.”

“Hahaha…”

She was clearly an attractive woman, but Johan was already spoken for.

I’d love to cast Dew Magic on that yellow head, but…

‘Let’s be patient. After this meal, I should have a meeting with Lord Jakison.’

This all happened because Johan wasn’t giving her reassurance.

Arranged marriages happen quite often even in modern times, and Johan didn’t think of them particularly negatively.

It’s just that it wasn’t Johan’s taste. Apart from his cold personality, his feelings for his lover were genuine.

“By the way, I hear you’re not married yet?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

‘Asking when you know the answer!’

Johan was dumbfounded. It was a silent pressure.

To snatch one of them right now!

“Marriage is very good… When you have children, the number of reliable blood relatives increases accordingly, and the family’s power also increases…”

Lord Jakison continued to ramble on after that.

Johan fended off the women’s advances while making appropriate responses.

In particular, there was a red-haired girl who looked like a middle school student who touched the inside of Johan’s thigh…

Slap!

Johan momentarily lost his temper at this moment. He slapped the girl’s hand hard enough to make a sound.

Thanks to that, her eyes turned red, but Johan didn’t feel sorry at all.

At that nonchalant look, the girl quickly restored her expression.

‘Crazy medieval bastards…’

Whether modern or medieval, women knew how to use their weapons.

‘How long are they going to keep changing seats?’

They kept changing positions and making advances on Johan.

But Johan was a stone wall. One by one, they lost their motivation.

‘Huh! His affection for his lover is amazing!’

To kick away a chance to turn his life around with his own feet? What’s the big deal about that female knight, he can just take her as a concubine!

The knight didn’t understand Johan. Because he was a man with great ambition.

‘I should give up.’

“Everyone, get out. I need to have a serious talk with Wizard Johan.”

“Yes. Father.”

They left the dining area with regretful glances.

They even handed Johan small notes as they left, and I wanted to praise their determination.

Lord Jakison brought up the topic.

“I see you’re still not interested in marriage?”

A straightforward question! Johan liked this.

“Yes. I guess…”

What should I say? I need to find a good reason.

“I’m already with someone.”

This was the best option. It also suited his current image the most.

“How romantic. When I was young…”

Come to think of it, Lord Jakison was different from a young age. I think he wanted an arranged marriage from around the age of 6.

“Ahem. I understand. Then let’s do the magic contract. Butler! Bring it!”

At that, the butler brought over parchment overflowing with transcendental energy.

“Here it is. Wizard Johan.”

Johan accepted it and said.

“Is this why you told me not to bring my lover?”

“Ahem, that’s right. Well, it’s a little much to talk about marriage in front of the person involved. Haha.”

“…”

It was already rude enough, but the nobility’s standards are truly broad.

“The magic contract. The contents are…”

The sentences were simpler than I thought. The contract period is 5 years.

1. Do not antagonize Lord Jakison.

2. Pledge allegiance to Lord Jakison.

3. Lord Jakison’s order is possible with mutual consent if it harms Wizard Johan’s life.

¥If the contract is broken, the contract will absorb the defaulter’s magic power.¥

There were several other annotations, but this was the important thing.

Either way, Johan had it all stored in his head. Suddenly, he thought of one assumption.

‘What if it stays in effect even after the regression?’

He was deep in thought, but he couldn’t know for now. There didn’t seem to be any toxic clauses, so I should sign the contract for now.

Johan nodded.

“I will contract. What should I do?”

“Draw blood, put your magic and will into it. And then stamp it.”

In particular, ‘will’ was the most important, because whether they were wizards or knights, their will was enough to change reality.

“Here’s a syringe.”

“…Thank you.”

It’s crude, but the quality is comparable to modern items.

‘If you put the name magic on it, everything works.’

There was no cliché act of biting his thumb or anything like that.

Poke.

With a slight sting, Johan’s blood spurted out.

Drop, Johan dropped it on the contract.

Lord Jakison also bit his thumb and dropped his blood.

Whoosh!

At that moment, blue light burst out from the entire contract, and red light came out from the place where the blood was.

The contract was dyed a dreamy purple. Soon, it was duplicated into two copies.

“Huh?”

Parchment flying towards Johan and Lord Jakison.

It disappeared like snow melting near their hearts.

“The contract has been successfully concluded.”

“Yes…”

Johan suddenly became anxious. The impact felt like it would remain even after the regression.

With the contract completed, he pleaded with Lord Jakison.

“Now, can’t I bring my lover?”

“Hmm, there’s no reason not to. I’ll tell them to bring her right away. Butler!”

The chief butler stood next to him like a shadow. His snake-like eyes were truly sharp.

“Bring her.”

“Yes.”

Johan was relieved.

‘Phew, I’ve put my mind at ease.’

I almost unleashed the wrath of the infinite regressor…

Bang!!

Immediately after, an explosion rang out from somewhere. It’s quite close.

I don’t know exactly where it is. Johan looked around.

Lord Jakison’s face turned red. He was annoyed by the commotion at the mansion.

He didn’t feel particularly threatened. Because he was proud of his power.

“How dare you cause a commotion in a knight’s mansion! Butler! Immediately suppress the instigator and escort them here!!”

“Yes. Master.”

Johan asked Lord Jakison with a question.

“Does this kind of thing happen often?”

“Of course not! It’s not common for a daring bastard to touch my inner mansion! His head would have been cut off a long time ago!”

His doubts grew even stronger. Then why did the attacker target this place?

‘I don’t know. If the goal is to assassinate Lord Jakison, there’s no reason to hit somewhere else first.’

Unless you’re a regressor who can start over even if you die, who would do such a stupid thing…?

“Huh?”

No, wait a minute, could it be…?

“…”

Tatat!

The chief butler ran towards the source of the sound with stealthy movements.

You can’t hear any footsteps, but the force pushing off the ground is truly amazing.

Johan hurriedly followed behind him. He had a bad feeling for some reason.

‘Sarah… Please don’t let it be her!’

But if it wasn’t her, there’s no one else who would cause such a major accident.

Sarah is the epitome of someone who doesn’t look back.

Tadadadak!

The shouts of battle gradually get closer. He peeked his head out towards the scene.

Clang! Clang! Pow!

There, Sarah was seen fighting, fluttering her long black hair like a woman possessed by a vengeful spirit.

Soldiers with large wounds were also seen around her. It looked really serious, with even internal organs visible.

Johan grabbed his forehead with a thud. It seems this is…

‘I’m screwed.’

His forehead throbbed as if it would break. But that doesn’t mean he can’t fix it.

Jjeoeoeong!

‘Huh, now she’s fighting the chief butler too? That old man is incredibly strong too.’

Although not as much as Lord Jakison, he was skilled enough to overwhelm Sarah.

The chief butler, holding two daggers in both hands and moving like a black viper.

In other words, the scales of battle were tipping away from Sarah.

‘If she dies like that, it’s regression. I have to stop her at this point.’

Just because you’re skilled doesn’t mean you’ll survive.

Conversely, even the strong must do their best when facing the weak. Otherwise, they could die.

This leads to casualties. A master, unknowingly, kills a novice.

“Sarah! Stop it!”

Because they were lovers at least in the mansion, he was conscious of the honorifics.

At that moment, she flinched at Johan’s words. The former, skilled assassin, did not miss this.

‘A gap!’

Originally, he was just going to knock her out, but the opponent’s capabilities were deeper than he thought.

A move to take her life unfolded naturally.

Johan was startled when he saw this.

‘That crazy old man!’

Sarah was even more embarrassed. The familiar title reflexively stopped her movements, and this became a fatal rebound.

“Ugh!”

I can’t avoid it. I can’t block it. I’m going to regress like this…