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“Mom. I’m here.”

Arna approached the crouching Carmene.

“Are you still doing that?”

She sat across from Carmene, who raised her head, and handed out the cake.

“I bought it because I thought my mom would like it.”

“Thank you.”

Carmene smiled at Arna.

Even though I fought and behaved harshly, the sight of him approaching me like that reminded me of a person who left long ago.

He was such a nice person at first.

Carmene let out a small sigh, feeling nostalgic rather than angry.

“Unlike her mother, Arna is very kind.”

“Is that so? I told you that you can’t be like your mom.”

Arna smiled mischievously and opened the cake box. It was a small cake covered in chocolate that looked fluffy just by looking at it.

“Jihoo, who had become small due to the power of the sacred object, also grew larger again. Among the magic potions, there is one that makes your body bigger.”

“… … .”

“If I just do this, I think I can live with Jihoo forever. Hehehe… . Mom, I will definitely show you the child Jihoo and I had, so just wait.”

Carmene, who had been listening to Arna’s boast in silence, nodded quietly and cut the cake and ate it.

“But why did you come alone?”

“Oh, I decided to go somewhere.”

“Where… ?”

Carmene asked anxiously.

I felt uneasy about Arna going so far away and trying to learn so many things, not just being deeply involved with humans. Although Arna was already recognized as a decent elf, she was still very young.

“My aunt asked me to do it. I decided to give the branches of the sacred tree to the elves who were trying to leave the continent.”

“Why does Isela ask you such a favor?”

“Ah, that’s… My aunt got hurt a little. Since it wasn’t difficult, I decided to go.”

Carmene looked shocked, but didn’t say anything.

As Arna said, it wasn’t a difficult task. It was just a vague feeling of anxiety that something might happen if I went that far alone.

“Be careful… Come right back.”

“Yes, don’t worry. I’ll just go now. I left Jihoo in the village. I have to go quickly.”

Arna got up right away and went back.

Carmene looked at Arna leaving and let out a small sigh. I felt a different sense of worry than when I was with Jihoo.

‘what happened… .’

Thinking that Arna might be in danger by going that far away, Carmene got up from her crouching position.

No matter how much I thought about it, Arna was too young to dismiss it as a needless worry, and Jihoo’s title of warrior was also a name that gave me a strange sense of anxiety.

As I stood still, the light was coming closer.

“Haam, Carmene. Arna has gone. I’m also on shift now. Is there anything last you need?”

Lutia, who was about to have her shift soon, yawned bitterly as if she was tired and tapped Carmene’s bars.

“I want to go out.”

“Huh?”

“Send me away. Because it’s okay.”

Lutia looked down at Carmene’s leftover cake with wide eyes, then looked at her again.

It looks like Arna has calmed her down well.

As expected, the daughter is the only one who will drag her mother out of the cave.

Thinking so, Lutia smiled and opened the iron cage door.

“I thought well. If possible, come out quickly. I should go in quickly too.”

But Carmene’s expression was cold.

I don’t know what they were thinking, but the situation didn’t look all that good.

Lutia held Carmene’s slightly stumbling hand and went outside together.

–

“Sir, since you have some time, may I tell you a few things?”

The next day I had nothing to do, so I went to Cheshire and heard about it.

“Yes, what is it?”

“We will teach you how to protect yourself from magic.”

Protect yourself with magic? Larissa, who was next to her, flinched at Cheshire’s suggestion. This is what that guy always says.

“Are you really trying to use magic on me?”

“Yes?”

“If you are talking about increasing your resistance by receiving magic attacks with your body… .”

“Oh, no! Oh my god, who says you can increase your resistance using such barbaric methods?”

Cheshire jumped up and said absolutely not. So Larissa smiled awkwardly and nodded.

“Well, that’s right. Jihoo really doesn’t know about magic.”

“Uh, really? Who said that?”

“Oh my god, warrior. Could it be that you practiced like that in your old place? You said you came from the Rodian Kingdom, right? I didn’t know it would be such a barbaric place… .”

Then Cheshire’s eyes turned to Larissa.

“Now that I think about it, didn’t you say that Larisa was with the hero? What did you do while you were next to me?”

“Uh, huh?”

Whatever I did, I did it.

“Well, well. Because I wasn’t in charge of that. Haha.”

“There is a wizard with as much knowledge as Larissa, but such barbaric things are happening. under… I really don’t know what’s going on in the world.”

“That’s right.”

Larisa naturally agreed and went out.

“Hero, let’s go out too. I’ll let you know.”

So I suddenly went out to the vacant lot behind the store.

Cheshire took out a magic scroll on the floor and let magic flow from his body. The magic power transmitted from his feet to the ground shook the scroll.

Magical power soon surged like a pillar from the scroll that slowly fluttered in the wind.

“To put it simply, you learn the components of magic indirectly. If I use fire magic here.”

Cheshire put his hand into the magic pillar and created a flame in his hand. Flames erupted from his hands, and quickly disintegrated and disappeared within the magic pillar.

“Put your hand here.”

“here?”

I swallowed my saliva and put my hand inside the magic pillar.

So I felt hot magic in my hands. It feels like I learned magic and used it.

A flame appeared above my hand as if Cheshire had used a spell, and at that moment I could feel the flow of fire magic.

“Uh… .”

“You cannot use magic, but you can become familiar with it by experiencing it indirectly. The magic power within your body will automatically resist external magic.”

Of course, thanks to Larissa’s ‘special training in magic’, my resistance to magic was quite high. Although my body grew younger and larger thanks to the power of the holy object, the results of the pain I experienced at that time still protected me.

Moreover, I’ve been practicing magic a bit recently.

“But it seems like you already have a lot of resistance to attack magic.”

“Is that so?”

“You said you were directly attacked by magic, right? Of course, it’s not the normal way… Thanks to that, you seem to have become considerably stronger.”

Anyway, I guess it’s a good thing.

“Then, just in case, let’s try them one by one. If you haven’t been attacked or have a magic that makes you less vulnerable, you may want to check this time and build up your resistance.”

“Hmm, I think it might be a bit weak to divine or nature type magic?”

“Yes? Ah, I see.”

Cheshire stroked his chin and nodded.

“These are the magics that Larissa told me she couldn’t use?”

“Ah, ah. Did you?”

“Well, that type of magic is not common. Now, let’s check it out.”

Natural magic would be the magic mainly used by elves, and sacred magic would be used by priests, including saints.

But Cheshire was also using such magic freely.

“Okay, then let’s check the divinity first.”

When I heard that it was sacred magic, I remembered the fight I had with Elena before and became anxious for no reason.

Inside the magic pillar, a white, sacred light was shining. I slowly put my hand there and felt a familiar pain.

“Ugh!”

“Hey, warrior!”

The pain was not caused by magic.

As soon as Cheshire and Larissa saw me holding hands, they became thoughtful and approached me.

Why are you so surprised?

really… It must be because of Arna.

“Ah, it’s okay. I was surprised for a moment.”

“Do not overdo it just in case. I was surprised.”

It was because I remembered the magic Elena used to control me just now.

There was no magic, only memories remained, so there was no pain. Still, I was so embarrassed without realizing it.

Larissa came slightly closer to me and whispered.

“It’s because of Elena, right?”

“Ah, yes… For a moment, I thought about that time.”

Then he took a small breath and stood up again.

Anyway, this is something you need to get used to slowly. Among other things, Elena tried to kidnap me.

You might end up having to fight later. When that time comes… I don’t know if all of this will be helpful right now.

“Hey, Cheshire.”

“Yes?”

“I’ll try more. Try one more time.”

“… Do you mind?”

“Yes.”

The magic pillar disappeared, and Cheshire must have sensed my will, nodded with a serious expression and returned to the store with a scroll.

“Let’s try.”

The scroll was torn apart again to create a magic pillar, and Cheshire’s sacred magic was used. Perhaps because of the pain from earlier, my heart started racing just by looking at it.

Let’s go, we will overcome it step by step.

–

“Thank you for your hard work. Resistance to holy magic has been completed to some extent.”

“Then, shall we try it out to check? How about it?”

Since Larissa could not use divine magic, the only thing to test was Cheshire’s magic.

“It makes sense. If it’s okay with you, let’s test it lightly.”

I didn’t invest a lot of time into it, but I’m curious how much it’s improved.

“Of course.”

“Yes, I will be careful.”

Cheshire put his hands together and created a sacred sphere.

I’m starting to feel a bit like Elena.

Although aggressive sacred magic is usually similar, it makes me more nervous for no reason.

“Okay, then… . Here we go!”

A sacred sphere began to fly towards me from Cheshire’s hand, and the back door of the store burst open.

At that moment, everyone here’s eyes were instantly focused on that place.

“Jihoo! Was here… Yes?”

I fell as the sacred sphere touched my body and disappeared.

And all I could see was Arna’s wide-eyed face.