episode_0087

I don’t like stopping by the warrior’s house.

Who in the world would want to be in a place where their mind can be clearly read? I don’t have enough imagination to give an example, but if I had to, it felt like I was running naked down the street.

For that reason, I did not meet Latera unless the situation was really extreme.

But I think now is the moment.

“Didn’t you say that a woman who would kill you would constantly exert mental control over you?”

“Okay.”

“Hmm… Maybe a witch or wizard.”

I nodded towards Latera, and she came right in front of me.

“First, I cast the Protection of Fury again, and then the Protection of Spell Understanding to help me figure out what magic the opponent is using. I left Indomitable Protection as a mental control measure.”

Latera made a sad face and stroked my chest.

If it weren’t for the act of stroking her chest, her face would have been so tearful that it would have reminded me of a mother sending her son to war.

Even I, who usually doesn’t care much about other people’s feelings, could easily understand why she was depressed.

Latera can read my thoughts. You probably felt the anger, fear, and many other emotions that I harbored.

“Isn’t there a more powerful protection than that? Something like invincible protection. Something like a deadly protection.”

“There is no way something like that exists…”

Latera chuckled, as if the joke worked quite well.

“For the protection that maximizes physical abilities, the protection of anger has the highest expected value. It gives the user power equal to the size of their anger.”

“Yes. I was too greedy.”

“More than that, a warrior.”

Latera held my hand tightly.

“The penalty point limit is really close. If it piles up even a little more, you won’t be able to enter or leave this place. I’m sure you haven’t forgotten the promise you made to me, right?”

“…That can’t be possible.”

I didn’t know that either, so I was being as careful as possible.

The proof is that he doesn’t swing the holy sword at Elise’s neck right now.

If you kill Elise without any solid evidence, you are sure to be hated not only by the people who use the mansion, but also by Siriel.

I smiled as I stroked the back of Latera’s hand.

“There are people who came here, wouldn’t it be okay if they came the way they came here?”

Latera, seeing me smiling brightly, started pressing her temples.

“Come to the holy place. And climb to the top of the tallest tower. Then you will be able to recognize it at a glance.”

“…Okay.”

I nodded slowly and closed my eyes.

*

It was a sunny spring day.

Siron quietly watched as Siriel and Lucia sparred.

The training ground where they were sparring was full of chaos due to the sword wind and sword energy.

Lucia was becoming stronger than expected, and Siriel also achieved achievements that far exceeded expectations. Siron, who was an outsider, didn’t know if it was because they were growing and stimulating each other, or because the elixir they had given him the other day was working well, but the reason was probably good.

What is important is the immediate result, in which the cards that can be used become stronger.

“Ha…”

But for some reason, sighs came out of Siron’s mouth one after another.

Normally, I would have smiled proudly at the sight of them getting stronger, but I couldn’t relax because I was living under the same roof as my enemy.

It’s been quite a while since I became wary of Elise. I stopped by the auction house at the end of winter, and now, two months later, spring weather is in full swing.

Although it was easy to do something wrong, Elise was faithfully continuing to act like a pitiful slave.

‘If you’re not going to do anything, why did you sneak in?’

As reported by Encia and Ophelia, Elise did not show any abnormal behavior. He did not touch any of the items in the mansion, nor did he do anything like absorb the energy of the users like a low-quality dream horse. Moreover, despite repeated provocations, she did not stand up to Siron.

Although he is capable of coercing Siriel’s actions with stronger mental power than an ordinary person, he continues to show moderate to lukewarm reactions, which only adds to the wariness.

“Master.”

Ophelia, who was waiting nearby, put her ear to her mouth.

“The woman requests to meet alone with you. What should I do?”

“Solo?”

Siron turned his head and looked in the direction Ophelia was conscious of. Elise was there, I don’t know when she arrived.

“Hello.”

Elise faced Siron with a gentle smile on her face as usual. Siron pursed his lips as he remembered the amount of nosebleeds he had had.

“A private stand? Are you saying you want to talk just about me and you?”

“Yes.”

Siron, who was stroking his chin while looking at Elise, raised one corner of his mouth and sneered.

“Why me?”

“…”

“I knew what you would do to me. Aren’t you going to cut my head off after we’re alone?”

“There’s no way I could do that. I don’t have the ability to do it.”

They said they didn’t have the ability to do it… That was a really funny thing to say. Siron wiped the smile from his face and rolled his eyes.

“Why isn’t there? Because of you, I almost died from excessive bleeding. Just the nosebleeds I’ve spilled so far would fill a bucket.”

“…just. Can you two talk for a moment? It only takes a moment. I want to clear up any misunderstandings.”

“Misunderstanding?”

“Yes. I’m mistaken.”

Elise,

Seira held back a pounding headache and put a smile on her face.

‘I never thought it would be this painful to deal with an annoying kid with a sober mind.’

Seira chattered to her heart’s content and raised the mana of her dantian.

What she is trying to unleash is space transfer magic.

It took a huge amount of mana and time to unfold, but Seira no longer hesitated.

Her mind was now filled with thoughts of bringing Siron to a remote location and making him apologize to her for being wrong.

‘I guess you can be so arrogant because you have a reliable guard by your side, but it’s not long now, kid.’

The demons that followed and guarded the little boy… These two were definitely high-ranking demons, but there was nothing they couldn’t deal with. Seira had experience fighting hundreds of high-ranking demons in the past. I also knew how to deal with them.

Seira’s technique was finally completed.

That was the moment when a deep smile appeared on Seira’s face.

“Hey. Instead of doing that, let’s do it this way.”

“…Yes?”

“Now that I see that you have faced the odds like this. I think you’re pretty confident in your skills. Can’t we just hit each other hotly and fight?”

“What is that…”

Seira couldn’t understand what kind of crazy thing that kid was talking about. Let’s fight and fight… with whom?

“With me?”

Seira’s expression, who had always been acting like an obedient slave, cracked. Nowadays, I don’t even use honorifics.

“You and I are hitting and fighting?”

“Why. Are you scared?”

Siron burst into laughter as her acting broke. Siron confirmed that Siriel and Lucia’s gaze was directed to this place.

“Then there are no complaints.”

“No. What are you doing when you refuse to be alone together? But you want to fight with me? Are you kidding me?”

“I’m not kidding.”

Siron gestured to Ophelia. Then Ophelia nodded.

and. The surrounding scenery has changed.

“This is…?”

Seira was embarrassed.

Instead of a well-manicured garden, the gray castle walls caught my eye.

The sunny spring weather was gone and the dry winter air surrounded my skin.

This was Dawnseong Fortress, the place where Siron stayed until recently.

“We are fighting directly, so shouldn’t I decide where we fight?”

Ofelia’s ability, phase escape. It was truly a last resort, but I had to resort to it. But now was not the time to be afraid of maggots and not be able to make soybean paste.

‘You have to hit the player first.’

The magic seen through the protection of spell understanding was clearly long-distance teleportation. I don’t know where they were trying to move it, but long-distance teleportation was one of the more dangerous types of magic that Siron assumed.

Of course, it was dangerous to immerse it in boiling lava or underground rock, but

The sight of Shinwi performing teleportation on his own, which many wizards could only activate by spending a huge amount of mana, brought Siron to his senses.

‘Isn’t that bastard an apostle?’

I thought so for a moment, but it couldn’t be possible.

Those who inherit Prien’s lineage cannot help but instinctively sense the presence of an apostle.

‘Then what is it?’

He’s not even an apostle, but he has that level of magic skill. How can he possibly be considered a magic tower lord or an ancient dragon?

Siron narrowed his eyes and looked at Elise.

Even during this time, she was hiding her identity.

But it doesn’t matter.

Soon they will beat you up and force you to blow even if you don’t want to.

*

“…Ha.”

Seira tried to keep her composure, but she couldn’t. Even though the location had changed, the little boy disappeared in the blink of an eye.

‘I got hit.’

Seira gritted her molars and clenched her fists.

And then I raised my head towards the large energy that was gradually approaching this place.

From far away. A one-horned woman was coming this way.

It was a face that Seira knew well.

Holy keeper of the Dawn Castle, Yuma of the One Horn.

“Hello Yuma. It’s been a really long time.”

“…Do you know me?”

“You don’t remember either.”

“You… are a dangerous person, just like you said.”

Yuma wrinkled his face and spoke to Seira. Seira never dreamed that she would meet a centuries-old relationship like this.

“The master ordered me to subdue you.”

Suddenly, demons surrounded Seira.