199 – Patience Training-4
In the first round, when I was at Reinhardt, I had no contact with Eileen.
In the first place, Eileen Temperius had no contact with Leonardo, a knight of Reinhardt, a giant in the magical world.
And by the time Leonardo was acting as a dark shinny in her doomed empire, she had come face to face with her properly.
[Eoduksini, commonly known as the Reinhardt Slayer, who massacred even the absent Senators one after another after the attack on Reinhardt’s Presidency Chairman. Is it me?]
[Wouldn’t it be better to keep silent until the death penalty? Leonardo.]
At this time, Leonardo was convinced.
If Arya is your best rival and rival.
Eileen is my worst rival and antagonist.
And now Leo,
“…Ah, hello. My name is Leonardo… I’m 10 years old…”
I had to introduce myself to such a rival in the tone of a 10-year-old child.
‘…Ha…Why did I tell that bastard…’
The emotion hidden behind the innocent expression has rotted into resentment. Angela’s strategy was a hard-line policy that abused Leo’s emotions.
{Let’s make the range of amnesia a bit longer!}
To set the level of memory loss to those in their early teens, not those in their 50s.
It was a strategy to fool them by delaying infant regression.
It was an idea that Angela, who likes children, would think of, and in fact, theoretically, Leo agreed as it was effective.
Because if you become a child, you will be able to ignore awkward parts in conversations, and even interrogation will not be free.
Just
‘I really want to die.’
Leo’s dark history was blazing with fire and was only tanned. I feel ashamed to do this in front of other people.
“…Memory loss…”
Pretending to be a child in front of Aileen, who is like her enemy, was enough to cause suicide.
I’m suppressing it now, but the divinity rising from the restraint on my back was proof of that.
“… I… Don’t you remember who I am? Leo…kun?”
It was not easy to believe that Leo, who was praised as a genius in the magic world, had amnesia.
“…Ah… I’m sorry. Noona… Since I came here, there are a lot of things I don’t know…”
But Ameri’s doubts were instantly quelled when the burly young man gave him an innocent expression of slight guilt.
“Oh no! You may not know! You may not know!!”
On the contrary, because of the unexpectedness that arose from her usual gentlemanly attitude, I even heard a protective hearing.
Even if it’s acting, it really seemed like I had become a child in the eyes of others.
“…You have to explain what happened.”
“Where did the wise man go? If…”
[I will explain.]
At the time of the appointment, the hidden sage appeared at the place where all the wizards were gathered. What I’m going to explain at this point is what I want to proceed.
“…Who are you?”
Even though everyone saw the wise man, he asked back.
[The wise man. Although this looks like this.]
With a figure younger than Leo’s mental age, the sages faced their juniors like that.
***
“I know that was presumptuous, but are you really a wise man?”
Cheongtapju Blois Blanc, as an elder, came forward as a representative and questioned the wise man.
Since the historical hero who existed only in the realm of imagination is now here, the relatively young characters were so stiff in body and spirit that they could not speak.
[Shall we recite the thesis on the magic circle output according to the circumference calculation you recently made? Or it’s okay if you tell me in turn what your daughter did to Leonardo.]
With just two sentences, other wizards have admitted that the person in front of them is a wise man.
In addition, he found out that Bae Hu-ryeong was by Leo’s side.
“…Sorry. It’s hard to believe too quickly…”
[No, it’s more strange to trust right away. Any other questions you would like to ask?]
The sage kept his tone according to the day and continued the conversation smoothly. Even though he was a child, he looked more solemn and weighty than usual.
{…A sage like that is really nice. If you show that kind of image more often, where will it go?}
“…Ah…Yes…”
With her own spirit body completely hidden, Angela watched the boy wise man in her special seat. Her reasons for coming up with this plan included only a tiny bit of seeing such a sage.
“…Was it the wise man who saved us then? To put out that black flame…”
[It wasn’t turned off, it was temporarily stopped by stopping the catalyst. Perhaps if Arya Spiel hadn’t decapitated him as a finisher, he would be in flames again in a few minutes.]
Everyone looked at him with trust and respect as he answered with magical knowledge and wisdom.
Since he was short, he must have looked down, but they had the illusion that the eyes of the wise man were looking up.
“…Hello, I always respected him a lot. Tongue, sage! Jeon…!”
[American Esp. Right?]
When the sage called out his name, Ameri’s face was filled with emotion and even tears flowed.
This moment is probably the second most thrilling moment in my life.
If I hadn’t seen Rios’ face here, it would have been the first time in my life.
“…Why didn’t you reveal your identity to us? Something’s wrong…”
[I asked Reinhardt not to tell you. First of all, I also agreed to ask Leo to hide me.]
An answer considering the relationship between Reinhardt and the Magic Tower, it was a statement that could put a strain on Gladio, who had arranged this place.
[So don’t feel betrayed by Rios too much. I stopped him from trying to open his mouth somehow.]
“…Tongue, wise man…!”
As he naturally embraced Ameri, Rios once again felt sincere respect for the wise man. Because Ameri’s stare at Rios softened even more with the words of the sage.
“…Then why did Leonardo lose his memory…”
[I hate to say it, but it must have been the effect of the red pagoda master being possessed by that being.]
When the story of the Red Tower owner was brought up, the expressions of everyone on the Magic Tower side darkened as if they had fallen into an abyss. Now that the sage has arrived, he has shown the most dishonorable rudeness in the history of the Mage Tower, so it was embarrassing.
“…Sage and Reinhardt. I’m really sorry that the corruption of the magic tower has caused such a burden.”
Actually, the reason I came to Reinhardt now was to apologize as a wizard for the owner of the red tower.
“I will not accept an apology separately. The Mage Tower side compensates for the damage and does the right thing.”
Gladio, who was normally gentle, gave an answer that felt cold and cold.
Even Leo could realize that it wasn’t smoke.
The unethical conduct of the Red Tower Master meant that it had touched Gladio’s nerves.
[A wizard’s job is not to apologize emotionally, but to find practical solutions.]
“…That’s right.”
Everyone in the Magic Tower had no choice but to agree to their point, with no face.
Because it was the responsibility of a scholar to face up to mistakes and make up for them.
“First of all, the Mage Tower has been investigating the point of contact between its existence and the Red Tower. I came here to share that data with Reinhardt first, but…”
Before bringing up this story, Eileen secretly looked in Leo’s direction. She felt that the young man’s hair, which was dyed lightly white, seemed to represent the youth’s memories of being bleached.
“…I don’t think I can tell you right now.”
“Can the memory of the wizard Leonardo… Be retrieved?”
[…There is a method itself. It’s just that the conditions to realize it are difficult.]
At those words, not only the Mage Tower side, but also Reinhardt side listened to the wise man’s remarks with surprise.
If you think about it, the sage had recommended that there was a way. He just didn’t explain exactly how to do it.
“…I see. If so, how…”
[Sorry, I can’t tell you yet.]
While everyone was looking forward to it, the wise man spat out words that poured cold water on him.
“Why…?”
[The more people you know, the more likely it will fail.]
Concisely and resolutely, the explanation was completed with only sentences.
Perhaps it was a tough attitude that is rarely seen, no one came forward to ask additional questions.
If that statement is true, it was right not to ask.
“…Leonardo.”
Eileen, aware of that fact, called out Leo’s name with a gloomy expression. Leo turned his head in surprise, and the expression on his face was that of a small animal.
“…Yes, Boo… Did you call?”
An attitude that maintains basic courtesy, but lacks dignity.
Eileen’s feelings for seeing Leo like that were heavy.
It was the same for Leo.
‘…What? What? Why are you looking at me with such deep eyes…?!’
All of Eileen’s gazes that Leo had seen so far were contemptuous glances, with the head raised at 45 degrees, and the eyes looking down.
However, Leo could not understand his intentions, perhaps because he was suddenly looking at them with such a vague gaze.
“…Do you remember anything about her mother?”
“…Uh…Mom…?”
Leo wasn’t embarrassed because he questioned his mother.
Is this the first time in her life that Aileen, who has always been cynical, asked herself such a warm question?
“…Eileen-sama, that’s…”
“I know. But as her memory is set to her childhood, it’s likely that she remembers it better in context.”
It was a cold judgment, but from the perspective of Leo, who knew the future Eileen’s personality, it was an extremely moderate interrogation.
She used to be the same as she used to be, starting with the orphanage she applied for and even the restaurant clerk she visits occasionally, threatening and interrogating her.
“…Mom…”
That’s why Leo,
“…She didn’t come home often. She was always late because she was busy with her mercenary work…”
I squeezed out the sensibility of a disadvantaged young boy based on facts as much as possible.
“But…! When he came back, he always bought snacks and picture books! Even toys… Make them little by little…”
Arousing sympathy by conveying old memories and small happiness with bright eyes.
“…And… It’s been over a month… And you haven’t come back yet…”
Emphasizes her regret as her own greatest tragedy.
“Is that so?”
Upon hearing her story, Eileen asked briefly and softly.
“…My mother… Will it be okay…? When she suddenly opens her eyes, she is in a place she has never seen before… Her grandmother and her older brother must be very worried…”
And with a childish expression of concern and whining, Leo finished his performance.
He thought his acting was perfect, but the variable was that her opponent was Aileen.
‘…That b*tch is like a ghost whether she’s useful or not.’
The reason why that woman was scary was her paranoid intelligence. As she got older, her reasoning skills were on the level of slapping some kind of detection dog on the cheek.
“…I don’t know. But finding out if it’s okay is what I have to do now.”
While saying that, Eileen gently stroked Leo’s head. Leo, who was confident in her acting,
“…Could you take Leonardo to the Mage’s Tower?”
“…What do you mean…!?”
Aria Spiel asked Eileen back, doing her best to maintain her artificial smile and honorific expression.
Ariagi, who wants to give Leo the image of a dignified young lady who has lost her memory, did not pull out the holy sword this time.
“I have no shame, but if I go to the Magic Tower, there might be a way to revive my memory in another way. Besides, it seems that the wise man’s activities in the Mage Tower will help with unity and the future investigation.”
I didn’t have any shame, but Eileen’s words weren’t wrong at all.
The place where you can find many ways to solve her brainwashing is the magic tower or the temple.
In the sense of serving a sage, it was possible to add grounds to the enforcement of taking Leo to the Mage Tower.
“Considering what happened at the Mage Tower, I don’t want to let go…!”
“It’s a reasonable point, but I think it should be resolved even more for the sake of compensation in the Mage Tower.”
Aria’s angry gaze showed Eileen’s dirty dark heart. Falling in love with Leo’s cute childhood regressive performance, Aria felt the desire to see more somehow.
{…This is an assumed situation.}
She quietly watched the situation, and Angela, who had been making her complacency, was convinced that the time had come for her climax.
{Use the last plan.}
“…”
Leo’s expression distorted with the thick makeup on his face from the smoke. He alternates between looking at Aria and Eileen with his thoughts as cold sweat runs down his back.
This is not just a figure.
I couldn’t do something like this in front of everyone here, including the two of them.
Leo shook his head desperately enough for Angela to recognize him.
{In that case, you’ll have to keep acting as a toddler while staying with Eileen, whom she hates?}
I had no choice.
Even though that saintess made a fool of herself, she led the situation to say such a thing herself.
“…Then her opinion must be important.”
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Eileen has a glimmer of hope for young Leo. She had a false hope that if she were the current Leo, she would draw less lines for herself.
“…Maybe you and your sister…”
As soon as Eileen opened her mouth.
“Sister Aria…! That person is scary!”
Leonardo cried like a child as he was embraced by Aria, frightened by her.
At that time, Leo and Eileen thought.
Should I just die? Yes, let’s die.