episode_0209

“But what are those clothes?”

“Ah, this is it. It’s the clothes my teacher chose for me when I went to the north to learn witchcraft. He said it was strange to walk around wearing a black tights and a piece of mat…”

“Black jjoljjol? Are you talking about the thing you’re wearing underneath?”

“Yes. Actually, this extends to the top. It’s a full body suit.”

“You look like you’re having a hard time changing clothes.”

“I’m not changing. I can use magic to clean the cheap stuff, and I can wash the clothes with magic while I’m still wearing them.”

“Ugh…”

Chatter chatter.

Amidst happy conversations.

“······.”

Mijeong was angry.

Even though it may not seem that way on the outside.

quite. No, not much.

I was so angry that it was in the top 3 so far.

‘······Why, don’t you know?’

But what made me more angry than anything else was that Eugene didn’t notice this at all.

Aren’t we two one body?

Are you saying that I am Eugene and Eugene is not me?

Didn’t we promise to die at the same time on the same day and not to do something shameful like sacrificing ourselves to save the other?

But why don’t you know?

Isn’t it normal for us to know our inner thoughts at once when it comes to our relationship?

No, there was no need to get to my heart.

On purpose, unlike usual, he showed an uncomfortable look and even squeezed the hand he was holding tightly.

Eugene didn’t even give Mijeong a glance.

‘······Seed.’

I was annoyed. I’m annoyed.

If I suddenly get angry here, wouldn’t I be the only one being strange?

If I was alone with Eugene, I could have just whined for no reason, but as expected, that guy was the problem.

‘······cotton.’

cotton.

It was literally as if a nameless guy had suddenly rolled in and was pulling out a stone that was embedded in it.

Actually, I didn’t like it from the first time I saw it.

However, it was only because I did not even recognize them as competitors at the time…

Jumping out to the other side of the world with Eugene.

After going through all the hardships, I came back and was like, oh my god.

I never imagined that that poor child would become such a beauty.

I’m still so picky…

Even after tens or hundreds of years, it remains in this state…

In just three years, that guy had grown so big that Eugene couldn’t even recognize him and was mistaken for a lady.

What should I call this?

complex?

no. It wasn’t an inferiority complex.

It shouldn’t have been.

Transylvia was like that.

It is said that rational blood demons are superior to humans.

So there was no way I would feel inferior to that kind of person.

‘······Reverse, inferiority complex.’

okay. This was a reverse inferiority complex.

Would it be a good thing to call it a super-inferiority complex?

Anyway.

Mijeong felt very, very uncomfortable.

My hair was almost turning white from the stress of thinking that maybe that guy might push me out and take my place.

“He’s definitely from the North? Ahahahaha! Who thinks that when he looks at this blonde hair?”

“If I just wear a bandana over my face, no one can see that I’m a ninja, right?”

“Ninja? What is that?”

“No. I meant that I looked like a nimble person. By the way, now that I’ve finished eating, I’m slowly-”

“······Stop the movement. I can’t stand it anymore.”

My patience has reached its limit.

I’m tired of pretending to be cool all the time.

Mi-jeong couldn’t watch it any longer, so she intervened between Eugene and Moo-myeong, who were talking like they were getting along, and separated them.

“······Let’s win.”

“Oh my. You keep following me around without saying a word. Are you an unintelligent jiangshi? I thought that was it. You’re a child who knows how to talk!”

“······Oh, no. I remember. Don’t I?”

“Huh? What do you remember? I don’t remember seeing such a cute little blood demon.”

“······.”

An unknown person tilts his head in confusion.

At this, Mijeong got really, really angry.

What a kid.

They say they don’t think of frog tadpoles as enemies, and that’s exactly what happened.

Have you forgotten how much I loved that small, unsightly child when Eugene first took him in?

Mi-jeong altered her memories in real time and glared at Mo-myeong as if she were disapproving.

no. I looked up.

“So? It’s a contest?”

“······.”

Nameless smiled as if he was cute and bent down to meet his gaze.

I am over 20 years older.

I’m even older than Eugene!

Mijeong suddenly felt wronged and became irritated once again.

‘······Then, me. Becoming an ajumma. ‘Is it?’

When I remembered that Moo-myeong was calling Eugene “uncle,” I quickly became solemn.

I hate being called an ajumma.

When I froze my head and thought about it again, it seemed like being called a kid wasn’t such a bad thing.

“······Eujin’s lifelong companion. Until the day he dies, his companion is me. If you want to dominate, you have to defeat me. You will.”

“Hey. What do you mean? He just-”

“Uuuu’uuu too too, I wanted to show off their skills at the same time! Even though I wasn’t able to show them off because someone shattered the magic circle that I was pouring out my mage into! I think it will be enough now that I have recovered about half of my magical power!”

Unknown straightened his frowning body and stepped forward.

It was just the right timing.

It was a magic circle that I had put all my effort into creating, but it turned out that the space created through the magic circle was the most suitable environment for the opponent to run wild…

It was time to restore my battered pride.

It seemed like I could attack this man with just confidence, but…

‘Yes. ‘It won’t work either.’

Immediately, I had to stop because my cool-headed mind told me that it wasn’t right.

You can’t win this.

It’s a real fucking monster.

Although he was young, Mumyeong, who had accumulated a variety of combat experience here and there, was able to say so firmly.

Rather, he was a man who didn’t look like much on the outside.

An ordinary person who does not feel any unusual energy flowing through his body, nor any magical energy or magic power that is gushing out uncontrollably.

Most people would think…

However, the anonymous eyes were able to look deeper than others.

the essence of man.

No, strictly speaking, it is not the essence, but it is infinitely close to the essence.

I was able to see what is commonly called a soul.

‘I can never win…’

The man’s soul was desolate.

It wasn’t like it wasn’t there at all.

It is not a type of intelligent being without a soul like a blood demon or anonymity, but it has a soul, but it is the first time in my life that I have seen a case where the soul is empty.

At least he is not a person who lived an ordinary life.

Although I recognized it from the moment I immediately took over and broke a magic circle I had never seen before.

Looking at his soul gave me even more goosebumps.

Therefore, Nameless decided to turn his target to the little blood demon next to him.

Well, this guy doesn’t seem to be an average player either…

Even if you are strong, how strong can you be?

I didn’t think I was as strong as this inhuman monster.

“······Half-life? It seems like quality, already. Ground food?”

“Hehehe. What is half? Even if I only use half of it, a blood demon like you who can’t produce magic power on its own will be suppressed.”

“······.”

Quick.

A sound as if something was breaking sounded in Mijung’s head.

The other person is looking down on me.

It was good news.

Looking down on something means that you are letting your guard down.

Mi-jeong went to the front holding Blin’s wooden club (reinforcement +1) in her hand.

“Oh. That sounds fun.”

Without any knowledge of Mijeong’s feelings.

Eugene just watched the situation with interest while eating popcorn he bought from a nearby street vendor.

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“It happened in the front yard of my magic tower! Cooperate! You can’t cooperate! Wow!!!”

Phudduddduk.

Straightening his bent back, Temulen, the White Magic Tower lord, became extremely irritated.

I asked for your understanding and asked you to be very careful.

At the scene of the incident, there was a lot of chaos as airships landed and took off, and military boots trampled on them.

What reached its peak was the Frost Lord’s magical energy runaway.

no. Since the magical energy was intentionally dissipated, the word runaway did not fit.

In any case, the Frost Lord’s magic shook all the magic in the area, and the scene was completely turned upside down beyond the point of chaos.

This makes sampling difficult.

However, Temulen did not give up and collected all traces that could be used as samples.

The purpose was to reproduce and study the huge magic circle created by the unknown.

‘That’s not all.’

Of course, that can be studied at any time when the unknown comes back.

The main purpose was, as expected, to explore the unknown enemy against the unknown.

What was it that made it impossible to recognize it in any way and that it took control of the unknown magic circle in an instant?

When I got curious, there was nothing I could do.

I have no choice but to stay indoors and study.

It didn’t matter whether it made money or not, whether it was productive or not.

Until the mystery was resolved, no one would be able to stop Temulen.

“Hmm? This?”

The corners of Temulen’s eyes, who were supervising the assistants who collected and stored the samples, narrowed.

His vision flashed for a moment.

Although he was at a low level, his soul-seeing eyes were showing him a strange sight.

Distortion.

For Temulen, it was something that could only be expressed that way.

It moved like a haze, leaving traces in space, and was connected to one person.

“Geo… dick! Dick! Who is it? Oh, I don’t know! Long-eared! Come here!”

“What did you just say…?”

“I was rude! I was in such a hurry! Jang Yi-jong! Follow me for a moment! I have something to check!”

“······.”

Rex looked at Temulen with a sullen expression.

Is it because I’m older?

There didn’t seem to be any awareness that the words such as long-eared ears and long-haired species were all degrading elves.

Still, the owner of the White Magic Tower wouldn’t have called me for nothing.

Rex simply reported to the priestess over the radio and followed Temulen.

Since Rex also had brief contact with an unknown enemy, I could only assume that he would have something to ask.

“uh······?”

But the destination is somehow unusual.

Go down the stairs, go down, go down again.

After endlessly going down the huge elevator and walking down the long hallway, Rex trembled in front of his destination.

“What is this…?”

“Come quickly! Before the distortion disappears! Quickly!”

The mere fact that there is a facility so deep underground is astounding.

What is the name of this huge mechanical device in this large space?

Are all those shiny things embedded in the giant sphere magic stones?

Is that also top-notch?

Rex felt dazed.

The world we lived in was different.

I thought that Magic Tower was not called the best research institute where all the capabilities and wealth of the world gathered for no reason.

“What does this device do?”

“It’s just a machine I made to kill time when I had a sudden inspiration. Don’t ask me what it does. I don’t know.”

“······.”

I made it to kill time…

Rex gave up asking any more questions.

It was obvious that if I asked a question, I would be even more confused by the answer I received.

“Lie down here! And relax your mind!”

“This, this. It won’t hurt, right?”

“The so-called warrior is very scared! Just shut your mouth and close your eyes! I’m going to die in a hurry!”

Unable to say anything, Rex entered, almost being pushed into the machine.

‘Alma’ starts immediately with a loud noise.

Magical power flows through the spherical magic stones, emitting bright light all at once.

The machine starts.

Inside Rex’s soul.

It begins to project that deep world.

‘If my prediction is correct… There is a clue hidden in this guy’s soul. There’s something left! clearly!’

Maybe they found a loophole.

With this, with this, I can find out the identity of the enemy.

At the moment when Temulen had such confidence.

The scenery of the surrounding machines disappears in the light, and the view of the dense forest…

“hmm?”

It arises and then disperses again.

The mechanical sound gradually fades away and the spherical surface of ‘Alma’ unfolds again around us.

Is it a machine defect?

Why does it stop maneuvering?

The moment Temulen looked puzzled and checked his watch.

“Huh…”

He discovered that a whopping 10 minutes had passed.

The memory was erased.

And on the other hand, it meant that this was the correct answer.

There’s something in Rex’s soul.

Something that should not be revealed!

Temulen felt his heart pounding.

It was not an arrhythmia.

“I’m not sure after just one try! Let’s try increasing the number of trials!”

“Uh, hey, Magic Tower Lord. I’m sorry, but I need to go to the bathroom for a moment-”

“Cheap! It’s waterproof anyway!”

Click, click, click.

That day, Temulen and Rex experienced five hours being erased.