Irony-3
“Ainah!”
Leo went to the hospital room about 5 minutes after Ain woke up. This was because the wizards who contracted with their familiars could instantly know information about each other.
“…Hello. Father.”
Ain greeted Leo with bulging eyes. Aria next to her was waving her hand to Leo who had come in holding Ain.
“…Oh…Are you okay?”
Leo held onto the awakened Ain and examined his body. Ain’s body did not show any abnormalities other than the swelling around his eyes.
“It’s okay. Thanks to her mother, she was able to calm down and control her emotions.”
“…Thank God.”
Leonardo hugged Ain and stroked her hair. Aria next to her also became a hugging figure, and her three families became one.
“…Sorry. Father… for worrying…”
“…No. I should have paid more attention…”
If I had known Ain’s emotional changes, I wouldn’t have said so openly.
No, in fact, even if she didn’t know Ain’s feelings, if she had cared for her as a person, she wouldn’t have been so sad.
“Both of you are blaming yourself again. That’s not what’s important.”
“It is as mother said. I will take care of myself.”
“Yeah, I’m good at talking to you…”
Within a moment, Leonardo glanced at Ain and Aria as if embarrassed.
“…Mother…?”
Aria was also surprised. No matter how much she persuaded her, she was a child who stubbornly did not use that title.
“…Did you just say mother?”
This title was meaningful.
“Yes, the title has been changed.”
“…Why…Why?!”
“It is because I felt that the bond between me and Ariasviel had developed.”
Aria recalls what she said earlier. She didn’t expect that her words would affect her relationship with her child that much.
“…If you are offended by the title, again…”
“No!!”
Arya said that and hugged her child. Leo was also hugged together as if he were being crushed by her Aria’s arms.
“My daughter is great! Would you like to call me again?”
“Mother.”
“As expected, she is my daughter! Who do you resemble to be so lovable!!”
“Okay… First of all…”
Leonardo said as he untied the heavy restraints from his slender forearm.
“…First of all, I will continue the unfinished story.”
“It’s about our future.”
…Something is true, but the tone is very strange.
***
First of all, it was announced externally that Ain and Leo collapsed due to resonance and fainting due to psychological damage.
Ain’s fainting was unexpected, but thanks to her, she was able to buy additional time to plan a strategy.
-Something will happen at this festival.
Things will happen at this festival. I was sure. This festival will be the right time for them.
[…Then why don’t we stop the festival altogether?]
Arya didn’t ask with her mouth. She didn’t learn and use advanced magic like telepathy.
Leonardo had previously used a conversation using the vibrations of the aura, Aria had completely learned what Leo had once demonstrated and was copying it.
‘…Geniuses…’
Leonardo was such a talent that I was amazed and even scared. It took him well over three months to come up with this technology and realize it.
[That will be difficult right now.]
The mage tower and academy’s festival is not just a party to play and eat.
A demonstration to promote various magical studies, attract new students, and at the same time gain support from nobles and members of the royal family who are interested in magic.
That was the other side of the Mage Tower Festival.
[…But when something happens, you can’t get your hands on it.]
[…People know the dangers and miss work for immediate gain.]
That was the essence of the 100 years of Leonardo’s life. Most of the people who ruined the safety of the future were not dangerous enemies, but stupid allies.
Because he was busy taking care of his own rice bowl, and catching his own rope was his priority, he had no prospects for the future.
[…Then what should I do?]
[First of all, I said that I would be staying longer than planned in the Mage Tower under the pretext of enjoying the festival.]
It was a natural justification to be in the Magic Tower in the name of relieving the fatigue of what had happened so far.
Thanks to that, I was able to remain in the Mage’s Tower without arousing suspicion.
[Currently, acquiring information comes first.]
From now on, it’s an information warfare. It is a game where the side that gets more information can get the first point.
[…I have to erase doubts by acting.]
I learned that Ain’s data was used together because I studied magic with the sage himself.
So, at the time of the dissection, only Leonardo himself was the first to know that the chimera was used for Ain’s data.
None of those who collaborated on the dissection knew. Even Eileen, had Leonardo not explained it, he would have undertaken further investigations without his knowledge.
So now it has been announced that the autopsy has failed without any clue as a result.
And the corpse is currently being stored in subspace again and is being protected.
[Then what should I do?]
[…Just take a break.]
The next day, you can take a break until the masters of the tower who are on a business trip gather and hold a general meeting before the festival.
Precisely, it was pretending to take a break and acquiring additional information, but there were plenty of reasons to appear that way.
[…There must be an infiltrator here.]
The mage tower or the wizard of the academy must have conspired. And in terms of the application method, it was a fairly high-ranking wizard.
“So let’s get some rest.”
[I’m pretending. It’s like we don’t know anything.]
Arya nodded as she understood the situation.
“I guess taking a break is not taking a break.”
[Is that so? Lol.]
Soon, Arya’s face turns red like a carrot. Leonardo quietly asked her if Aria’s behavior was funny.
“Wouldn’t you like to take a break with me?”
“Ah…No! Sorry! I’m out of words!”
It seems that the experience of using the ability is lacking. To be honest, it was a cute mistake he made often at first, so Leo couldn’t help but laugh.
“It’s okay. First of all, would you like to see the magic tower? A lot has changed since I haven’t seen it.”
“Ah! Leo-kun!!”
At that moment, a woman was running from the opposite hallway. She was more accustomed to being a sickly face, but both Leonardo and Arya Spiel remembered who the woman was.
“Mr. Amery!”
“Wake up!! I was very worried!!”
Ameri’s eyes were also swollen with tears like Ain’s. There, again, black dark circles were drawn around her eyes, as if she had painted soot.
‘…Seeing this makes me a little sorry.’
She was like a chimney, wanting to tell Amery the truth, but she couldn’t.
-I’m sorry. Cadet. But she doesn’t want to get Ameri involved in her fight.
-Even if it’s not that, Ameri is also one of the people who discovered Ajin. There’s a chance she’s a snitch.
– What! You want Aria to split you in half!!
-The way she relies on her sister is so incompetent that she can’t speak.
-You’re just flirting!
Rios wants to keep Ameri from getting involved in her futile fight, and Eileen decides not to share her facts because she suspects she might be.
She felt sorry for Ameri, but it was her safest option as of now.
[…Is it possible that Eileen is a traitor?]
Aria asked Eileen that she didn’t like her so much on purpose.
[That’s probably not it.]
It’s not because Aileen is upright and a good person.
Her As Leo who had met her as her true enemy, I could be sure of that.
[I know the information about my mother, so I use it to ambush and kill her. That would be the most efficient.]
If she really meant to kill, she would have used her chimera’s mother’s appearance to end her life.
It’s a special measure to shake your insight more by talking about memories that happened in the past.
[…A scary villain.]
[You don’t have to be her ally, but she’s someone you don’t want to meet as an enemy at least.]
When the situation changed and she met the enemy, she almost went to her death and had to surrender.
That was also a reasonable reason, to the point where Leonardo had no choice but to cooperate.
[…Cooperating.]
Arya felt her jealousy burning as her cheeks puffed out. She herself died, but why did she live that b*tch?
Before she regressed, she wondered if she was an idiot. She would drag that b*tch along as her companion, but would she leave Leo alone and die?
“By the way, where is Miss Ain?”
“She is resting for a while.”
She was resting in a separate space. She said Ain had her physical strength limit, so she needed a break, and she had other things to ask for.
“Oh, I see. Then can she demonstrate the stuff she prepared!?”
“…Can I receive the items I prepared later? I’ll just check it for now.”
Her new weapon will be the Joker of the day. Because no one will know the true value of that tool yet.
Even the American who made it won’t fully appreciate the tool’s true value.
That’s why she needed to hide. She had to hide it from others to use as a wild card.
The reason…
“… Huh?! Why?! That’s my masterpiece! I’m sure that’s the history of the Mage Tower…!”
“What is the history of the Mage Tower?”
Everyone was surprised by that one word. Because suddenly someone interrupted the conversation.
“Rios!! Mr. Physis!”
It was Rios and Physsis. Even in normal times, the cheerful and lively two gathered, so the atmosphere was twice as loud as usual.
“Leo… You’re awake…”
But soon, Physics lowered his voice and was relieved when he looked at Leo who had woken up. The fact that she was in fact stunned for her knowing first-hand the relationship between Ren and Leo would come to her bitterly.
“I just collapsed from overwork. Are you okay. I’m fine.”
“It’s all right! Her face is completely cut in half!!”
Saying that, Pisces hurriedly grabbed Leo and Arya by the arms and tried to drag them into the student cafeteria.
“Wait a minute…”
“You’re going to skip meals again!”
There was also a time when I stayed in my room without eating for three days while studying unique magic.
Knowing that, Physsis forcibly dragged Leo and Arya.
“If you go to the student cafeteria now, there won’t be many people again…!”
If you make a mistake, a college student riot will unfold just like when you arrived.
“…That’s right. Then go to the dormitory and eat! Go first!”
“…Wait! Why are you taking the lady with you!!”
“I have something to say to the Elementalists!”
“You did it last time!?”
“What are you saying! Today is the first time!”
Pysis said that and disappeared like the wind with Aria. And Leonardo’s expression hardened like stone.
“Ob… Cheating in front of me?”
It was the moment when a junior who genuinely respected his senior became pitiful.
***
“…”
Leonardo entered the dormitory without saying anything and sat in a chair.
Physics has an urgent business, so she sent a separate message to Arya saying that she would send good food. However, Leo’s confusion and anger could not be resolved with food alone.
‘…The young lady… I can’t believe Obrang…’
For some reason, an ax was clutched in Leonardo’s hand. It was not an ax of explosion, but a black stone that resonated with Leo’s emotions and made it the most violent form possible.
‘…No matter what Arya does, I will not interfere. It’s not…’
Shouldn’t juniors who lie be properly educated?
There is something I did, but I cheated on a senior like the sky.
That also goes to the warrior he serves.
“…Leo…”
The moment I unconsciously gripped the ax, the door to the dormitory opened. Leonardo went outside with his ax exchanged for his bracelet.
“…Lady, are you here? Just now, Physis-nim…”
“…Is this…Weird? Physics said that wearing this would cheer Leo up…”
Aria in her academy uniform said that.
For a moment, Leo was at a loss for words.
… But that didn’t mean he didn’t say anything.