episode_0136

“Teacher… … .”

As expected.

As expected, Ellin, who had been working late into the night, came to Luke’s room.

Luke sighed and put the resignation letter he had been fiddling with deep into his inventory.

“You know what I’m going to say.”

“Is this the only time?”

“No. Stop coming now.”

“What am I saying again… .”

Elin, who was heard.

I climbed into bed and hugged Luke tightly.

“If I’m not there, even the teacher will have nightmares.”

It was a very shameless attitude though.

Even this soft texture has become familiar.

Elin was feeling her hands under the blanket with sleepy eyes.

He shook his stupid hair.

“Why are my hands so cold?”

“Your Highness’s hands are warm.”

◦There’s a %◦ degree to it. It’s like an ice rink.”

Elin looked at Luke with suspicious eyes.

“Is this okay?”

“No problem.”

“It seems like you’ve lost weight.”

“It’s my imagination.”

“The dark circles around my eyes also seem to have gotten much darker… .”

“That’s how it was originally.”

“Yeah, I guess so.”

Elin was running her fingers under Luke’s eyes.

He held his cheeks tightly with both hands.

“If you feel sick, don’t hide it and tell me. I’ll call the doctor.”

“It’s really okay.”

“You can relax a bit for things like coming-of-age ceremonies, so take care of yourself first, teacher.”

“That won’t do.”

If possible, I would agree with Elin’s words and put her to sleep quickly.

I couldn’t ignore the idea of having a sloppy coming-of-age ceremony.

“It’s only your one coming-of-age ceremony. I’ll make it the happiest day of your life.”

Elin is proudly praised by everyone.

Luke resigns and sets out to find the Duke in hiding.

I thought about such a beautiful farewell…

If I had known that Ellen could use mind control, I would have immediately chained her up and locked her in her room.

“I would be happy if the teacher just proposed to me.”

Luke ignored the nonsense and closed his eyes.

Both of them will be busy tomorrow too, without time to catch their breath.

I needed to take a break.

“… Anyway, if you hide your pain and collapse, I’ll tie you tightly to the bed.”

side.

Ellen with her lips pressed against the ball.

Little by little.

I closed my eyes and snuggled deeper into Luke’s embrace.

My hands were cold, but my arms were still warm.

“Koo… .”

Ellen fell asleep right away.

I had no idea what would happen a week later.

* * * * *

The next morning.

“Ugh… I don’t want to work.”

These were the words spoken by Elin after she received a bath.

There is only one reason why he sighs so deeply every morning while showing an absurd work speed.

“Can’t we just hug today?”

“No.”

Page, page.

Ellen gave two quick kisses on both cheeks.

Since I’ve been away from Luke more and more due to work.

He would yank me out every morning, saying he had to fill his Luke quota.

“I don’t think we can have lunch together today… … .”

“Coincidentally, I am like that too.”

“Then let’s do it one more time.”

Elin, who had become gloomy, lifted her crow’s feet.

side.

Kiss on the lips and wave your hand.

“See you tonight, teacher.”

But I got showered with kisses every morning.

Now Luke wasn’t panicking.

Even if it’s something that makes your heart pound like it’s broken.

If you wake up to the same morning for two years, you get used to it.

“Hey, let’s go. Don’t be stupid.”

Luke was dazed by the moist texture.

I came to my senses after hearing Anne’s words.

Ellen’s job is mostly paperwork, so she doesn’t need any help.

Luke has to run around preparing for his coming of age ceremony.

I felt like I wanted to borrow the hand of my nephew who was only two years old.

Ellen ordered Anne to help Luke.

Luke lightly tapped his cheek, took a shot of his coffee, and left the room.

“Are you awake, Luke?”

“Good morning.”

I happened to see a servant passing by and grabbed him.

“How much time has passed since the banquet hall was prepared?”

“It’s almost done. I think you just need to cast a spell.”

“Okay, I’ll be there in a bit.”

Bertain’s servants were mobilized to prepare for the coming-of-age ceremony.

Thanks to this, I could find out the work status by asking anyone.

All the way down the hallway.

Luke sent the letter by floating three or four pieces of long-distance communication paper.

“You… Don’t you have a headache?”

“Don’t talk to me because I’m sick.”

My head felt like it was going to burst, but I couldn’t help it.

The scale of Ellen’s coming of age ceremony was bigger than expected.

To the point where they had to build a new banquet hall because the Bertain Mansion was unusable.

Luke also invited guests as they came.

This is because Elin’s status has risen so much that many people have said they will come to her first.

Anne asked as Luke put the long-distance communication paper in.

“What’s today?”

“I have contracted carriages from all over the empire to come to Bertain. Fortunately, the Dukes are helping.”

Anne wasn’t particularly surprised that Luke was in contact with the dukes of the Empire.

Instead, it raised questions about practical issues.

“Can you all come into the stable?”

“If it’s not enough, you have to expand it.”

While I was chatting with Anne, I arrived at the banquet hall.

“Hello, Luke!”

“Good morning!”

The employees bowed when Luke, the person in charge, appeared.

The banquet hall has already been completed in appearance.

The banquet hall was slightly larger than Berthain’s annex.

That’s to the extent that it can accommodate the entire population of the capital city.

It’s a truly ridiculous size.

Now all that was needed was to cast a spell and the banquet hall would be ready.

“How many spells do I need to cast?”

“257.”

Even if it was a little excessive, it was necessary to thoroughly cast a safety spell.

Carl Chad Bertain was just in hiding.

He occasionally sent assassins to Elin as if to prove that he was still alive.

It wouldn’t be strange for a few assassins to sneak into a large event like a coming-of-age ceremony.

It was a magic trick.

“Hiya… When did you get all this?”

“You can.”

“I have to do it.”

Fortunately, thanks to Luke’s efforts in advance, magic would automatically attach itself to the banquet hall if the scroll was activated.

however.

The servants were unable to use the scrolls Luke had given them and were left to fumble around.

“You came at a good time, Luke. Well… We’ve been racking our brains, but we just can’t figure it out… .”

The maid, whose eyes met Luke’s, ran over and handed him a scroll.

Since you have to be a noble to work as a maid in Bertain, there’s no way you wouldn’t be an outsider to magic.

I knew how to use scrolls, of course, but I also knew how to use lower level magic.

It was difficult for a high-ranking wizard like Luke to understand the scroll he had woven.

“You gave me this to try out on my own?”

The problem was that Anne next to him didn’t understand either.

Even though he is a physical combat wizard.

If it’s something that even someone from the academy can’t understand, then there’s a problem.

“If you look at it together, you will understand.”

“Combine?”

A circuit that is completely impossible to understand by looking at just one scroll.

“The banquet hall is so large that you need to use a large magic circle, but there is a limit to the scroll.”

Luke quickly grabbed another scroll and connected them together.

By connecting a total of 8 scrolls, a single magic circle was created.

It was an idea obtained from the Demon Resurrection Circle that was used throughout the empire.

“Ah! So that’s a spell that limits explosion magic in the banquet hall. Thank you! I’ll install it right away!”

The maid, with a look of amazement on her face, ran to the group of servants.

Did you gain confidence from the maid’s question?

The servants approached him and handed him a scroll.

“How do I assemble this… .”

“You can connect the scroll that matches this stroke.”

“Which of these is correct?”

“If you look closely here, you can see that the rune is cut in half. If you connect the two… .”

Luke, who was being questioned, felt something strange.

All the servants who were supposed to be operating the scroll lined up in front of Luke.

“… Do you guys not know how to read magic circles?”

“I know that, but… .”

“Hey, how can you understand when you told me to piece together a magic circle that was already hard to read? Even an academy graduate would have a hard time understanding it.”

The servants looked at Anne as if they were drinking soda.

At first, it was treated like a stone rolling in.

Anne was the only one in Bertain who could speak strongly to Elin and Luke at the moment.

“Anyway, this is why geniuses… .”

“Hmm.”

Luke admitted that he had been too hasty.

Knowing the original magic circle and splitting it.

It was a world of difference between not knowing from the beginning and trying to put it together like a puzzle.

“If you don’t know, I’ll tell you. Everyone, gather around for a moment.”

Luke gathered all the servants and explained the rules for connecting the magic circle.

I wonder if the tutor’s intuition has died down.

The users quickly understood.

It’s already been an hour since I gave an unexpected lecture.

“I think this should be enough. Do you need more explanation?”

“No, let me try it!”

The servants dispersed, each one reattaching the scroll and starting to operate it.

Luke, thirsty, gulped down his coffee.

… the signal is coming.

I left the banquet hall in a hurry.

After opening the door and going in, there seemed to be no one there.

“Coolook, kekekeke… Uweek… .”

He opened another dimension and vomited out a lot of blood.

The spitted blood was scattered somewhere in the third dimension.

“Ugh… gasp… .”

Luke couldn’t get up for a while as he endured the pain of his mana heart being squeezed.

“Really… you stupid kid.”

Anne, who followed behind, sighed and patted him on the back.

-… You say you have a fatal disease?

-Please, keep it a secret from your majesty.

She was already told two years ago that she had a limited time to live.

Luke asked to be kept hidden until his coming of age ceremony.

When I said I wanted to give you the best experience, they just kept their mouths shut.

-There is no treatment at all?

-Yes… Are you crying now?

-Then what the fuck… …are you going to laugh? Your friend is dying.

That was the first time Luke saw Anne cry that day.

What if you leave so early?

He shed tears, asking how he could work next to Elin when he knew the whole truth.

-I can explain it well when the time comes. Just pretend you don’t know until I tell you directly, Your Majesty.

Anne trusted Luke.

It was also because Luke thought that he would need to gather his thoughts before talking to Elin.

Of course, if I had heard that he was planning to retire on the day of his coming-of-age ceremony, I would have broken my legs to stop him… .

Unfortunately, Anne didn’t know that.

“Haa… … .”

When I heard that my friend who had been like a benefactor to me was going to die soon, I could only sigh in confusion.

* * * * *

Luke barely managed to pull himself together.

Twinkle-

I unfolded the long-distance communication paper that the notification came from.

I thought it was a call related to coming of age recognition.

It was a call from a secret task force in the North.

Although the north is a vast snowfield.

It’s already been two years since the secret task force started moving around.

It was strange that in other cities, the devil’s mark painted at the entrance was nowhere to be seen.

I don’t think he would have given up on his plan to revive the demons… .

Luke dared to call the Secret Service to escort him.

In fact, it was too strong of a force to be considered an escort.

I had no idea what would happen at the coming-of-age ceremony.

Luke returned to the banquet hall and watched the servants properly attach the scrolls, when he suddenly had a thought.

“I think I should give you a gift before you leave.”

I’m working hard to prepare for the coming-of-age ceremony.

Actually, Luke didn’t have a gift prepared.

At best, it’s a letter of resignation.

Luke put his hand on his chin and thought seriously.

“What would be a good parting gift… … .”