2nd Rank Has Returned chapter 43

Magic Tower-5

Up until now, Leonardo could be proud that he had gone through any fight.

Even the berserker called the human butcher could not kill himself, and the spirit king called the lord of curses and death fell at the hands of Leo. Even the ancient demon resurrected in the modern age could not eat Leo and died.

Even Leonardo like that.

“Leo…”

Now I could be sure that the situation was the most terrifying.

“Explain.”

“…Yes? What…?”

puck stone

The sword pierced the marble floor of the hallway. It was as quick and clean as piercing through soft clay, and the floor was not cracked with incontinence, leaving only black marks.

Pulling out her sword, she smiled.

With that smile, I could feel death rushing over my body.

[…don’t worry. When I die, I’ll tell you about ghost life.]

It’s strange that death is the premise, but I can’t think of anything to deny.

“Miss Ariaspil…? First of all, calm down…!”

“Shut up.”

“Yeah… in…?”

Ariaspil expressed his anger with a distorted expression. The murderous smile from before seemed cute enough.

“Did you do it?”

“Yes…? So what…?”

“Did you do it?! Answer me…!!”

I omit the subject and say, I don’t know what the hell I was saying. Besides, the accident stopped due to fear, so there was no room for speculation or reasoning.

“…so what are you talking about…”

“shut up…!! Because I don’t want to hear it…!!”

I don’t know what it is anymore

What is it that makes you cry so much?

To explain or not to explain.

Meanwhile, Arya exploded tantrums using her anger and evil.

“…I…! I mean…!! I wanted to be with Leonardo for the first time…!! Why…!! Why did you betray me…!!”

It was no longer an area for us to understand. Arya was sobbing in an almost weeping voice. Tears were slowly running down his face.

＜…why is he really like that…?!＞

[I don’t know… What, I’m scared of that…]

The moment when two men feel the fear of chaos

At that moment, a graduate student wiped away Arya’s tears.

“Sorry. As an adult, I made a hasty decision. I should have considered Miss Ariaspil’s heart…”

“So are you…!! How could you do that to Leonardo…!!”

The moment she was about to pull out her sword, she embraced Arya’s body.

“I’m so sorry. As someone who admires the same person, it’s my fault for not knowing Ariaspil’s heart.”

“…uh…ah…”

She wept again. If you ask me what chaos and madness are, Leonardo will explain without thinking to this scene.

“So, let’s do it together.”

“…Yes…?”

Arya’s tears stopped. The anger didn’t go away. But beyond that, Ameri’s words were so embarrassing to Arya.

“…what…!”

“I like and respect the same person… I’m sure it would be good for everyone to do it together! It will make more sense!”

Obviously, the meaning of Ameri was the legacy of the wise man.

In Ameri’s eyes, Ariaspil, like Leo, must have looked like he was looking for the sage’s legacy.

That’s why he thought he was jealous and angry at finding the sage’s legacy without leaving only himself.

If it was like that from my point of view, I thought it would be like that.

The real problem is…

‘…with three people…?! Maybe… together…?! Such a violent… girl…!!’

The point was that Ariaspil interpreted it in a completely different sense. A party of lust and immorality was unfolding in Arya’s head.

“…that… such an unscrupulous thing…!! What I want…!!”

“…Is it shameful…? ah! It’s because you forgot Rios! Rios and the four of us do it together! That would be great!!”

Ariaspil’s expression turned into a ball of fire. The pleasure of illusion and the passion of apostasy were fatally stimulating temptations for a young girl.

It took some time to calm down, explain, and explain.

***

“…Ugh…”

Arya covered her face with her hands and put her head on the table.

It was a strange situation to even receive an apology, so everyone kept their mouths shut.

Even bringing up that story now, Ariaspil may faint from shame.

“…really… sin… song…”

With her teeth clenched, Arya tried to put in her mouth an apology, which is shame itself.

“no!! no!! In fact, it’s weird not to have any doubts!!”

Ameri quickly accepted the apology. In fact, it would be burdensome for her friend’s younger brother to do that.

When she first explained the sage’s legacy to Ariaspil, she doubted it over and over again.

That is the case, and there is reason enough to doubt everything until late at night.

Fortunately, when I showed him that the bathroom wall had been cut, and showed me the box that was the storage box and the ring that was inherited, Ariasviel could only believe it at that time.

＜…but what did I misunderstand?＞

[I don’t even want to know anymore. Don’t ask a sage like me.]

Even though it was bullshit, Leo naturally nodded and gave up on his doubts. Because if the sage doesn’t know, it’s better to just not know.

“…but what about the ring?”

To change the subject, Arya asked while looking at the ring in her pocket.

“Yeah… I guess I’ll have to report to the masters first. As it is the legacy of the sage who first discovered in the history of the tower…”

“You can’t do that right now.”

It was Leonardo who found the ring with him who cut the horse.

“Yeah…? Why…?”

“First, they’ll ask if it’s real, and there’s a good chance they’ll take it with you.”

“…Isn’t that right…?”

Leonardo sighed in frustration, but reluctantly answered the question with pity.

“Would you like to just give it back? I’m glad I didn’t change it.”

Not all matap masters were vicious, but the legacy of the sage was a treasure of historical and practical value.

There is nothing strange about being black.

Especially, when such a weak person is said to be the owner, the greed for him will be further aggravated.

“…Is that really true…?”

“What would you do if you offered to give me a PhD in exchange for that?”

“I have to give it to you!!!”

That answer wasn’t stupid or stupid.

Because he had been a slave for several years, he reflexively longed for freedom.

“Did you see it?”

“…Yes.”

Arya was almost at a loss for words at the pathetic scenery she rarely sees. A genius born with a golden spoon would not be able to understand such a poor idea.

“…Yes…well…isn’t it?”

“Then I’d rather wear the ring at least once and decide. Even if you do that, you can tell if it is real or not as a magical tool.”

The two parties were troubled by the proposal. Meanwhile, the person who made the ring whispered to Leo.

[But are you okay? Once you put it on […]

＜It’s okay. Because that’s what I said.＞

[…Actually, what he writes is the best one.]

Perhaps he was waiting for the sage’s approval, Ameri was hesitant and put the ring on her finger.

“…something… doesn’t seem to have changed…”

“…Huh?!”

The first thing that surprised me was Arya.

“…why…! why…!?”

“Look at your eyes! The bloodshot part…!!”

At those words, Ameri reflected her face with the black side of the watch and checked it.

The dark circles were still thick, but the dry, cracked and red eyes started to become white and clear with moisture.

“…Come to think of it, I don’t feel sleepy. Her hair is very clear…!”

“It seems to be real. What a relief.”

[Knowing everything… One scam is amazing. really.]

I don’t know if it’s a curse or a compliment, but the result was good, so let’s think of it as a compliment.

“…Now then, the ring…”

Perhaps he did not have time to enjoy this euphoria, the faithful slave tried to take the ring off for graduate school.

“…uh? Why is this…?”

Ameri seemed embarrassed and tried to pull the ring out with her opposite hand with her ring finger pinned, but it couldn’t come out.

“Why?”

“That’s… this ring… Miss Ariaspil, please hold onto it just once.”

“Yes? yes.”

At Ameri’s request, Arya lightly grabbed the ring. Ameri trusted her grip and pulled herself back.

“Ahhh…!! sick!! Aww!!”

“Ah… I’m sorry.”

At Ameri’s scream, Arya covered her mouth with her hand and apologized.

[Aria, didn’t she laugh earlier?]

＜Yes? Did you? Aren’t you mistaken?＞

There’s nothing to laugh about here, maybe it’s because it’s dark, or the sage’s presbyopia has gotten worse.

“Now… what should I do…? If this doesn’t happen…”

“it’s okay. At the time of finding it anyway, the owner’s qualifications belong to Ameri or me, but compared to the amount of problems solved, Ameri owns a lot of shares.”

From the beginning, I planned to give this to Ameri.

The healing power that is the effect of the ring would be able to solve all kinds of bone diseases in her body.

[But can I give it to you?]

＜There’s nothing wrong with that. If it wasn’t for that person in the first place, I wouldn’t have gotten it…＞

Leonardo looked at her with pitying eyes,

＜Sometimes the reward should go to the person who worked hard.＞

And maybe you don’t know He was a high-ranking mage in his previous life, but will he be successful because of this magic tool?

“It’s all an investment. With this, it will be easy to get help in obtaining another inheritance.＞

[I’m with you.]

＜Ah, that’s right. I really need the help of the wise man, who is allergic to ruby apples, who likes soft Americano. I’m so desperate, yes.＞

[Joridorim is not a national treasure, but a world cultural heritage.]

It was nothing. It was an overrated evaluation.

“…that’s important… but I’m not even married… this… what should I do?”

The finger on which Ameri wore the ring was her ring finger, and unless she was an idiot, she could not have known what the ring on her ring finger meant.

“What if I can’t even get married like this…?”

＜…＞

So In-bae, who was responsible, secretly looked at the spirit behind him.

[…]

The irresponsible rookie shook her head and gave a desperate confirmation.

So In-bae and Moo-roe-bae expressed their condolences without responsibility. It was unfortunate.

***

The next day, there were many commotions and incidents, but the situation passed fairly quietly.

First of all, as advised by Leonardo, I decided not to disclose this matter right away.

Surely there will be many people who object to this, and in extreme cases, they would not hesitate to cut off their fingers or assassinate to take the ring.

The walls of the bathroom were filled with Ameri’s magic and restored, and the party went back to their respective quarters.

And tonight, they decided to meet again in one place.

[…But can we not catch the final wizards?]

＜If you have this, you can fix it.＞

[It is true, but… this test must be more difficult than you think…]

＜What? This time, should we even match the date of the sage’s first kiss?＞

I may not have done it, but if it were a sage standard, it would include an indirect kiss…

[Shut up baby.]

＜So, who’s going to take a problem like that?＞

[Honestly, I thought I could solve it in a week! Because they were all close friends with me!]

To be honest, if you’re a really close person, you can solve it right away, but unless you’re a genius or a crazy guy, there’s no way you’ll get the answer that way.

Even if I solved it, I wondered if the friend who solved it would be a friend anymore.

“ah! Leo!”

“Are you here? Leonardo-kun.”

Two people were already in front of the library.

“Sorry for calling you late at night.”

“no! If you want to find out the legacy of the wise man, you don’t even need to sleep for a week or even a month now!”

I could tell that those words were sincere, not just sympathy. Otherwise, there would be no way a wise man would make such a supportive expression.

“But does the matop library really have a legacy? There will not be one or two people who go there…”

“If you put it that way, the toilet is a place you go to without even trying. It must have been the dark under the lamp.”

The two agreed with exclamations.

[…Yeah, of course that’s why. hahahaha.]

If he had just said nothing, he would have really thought so, but that yangban dares to add four legs to create suspicion. I was so pathetic that I didn’t even point it out.

“…but I’ve been here before…it’s really spacious here. How many books do you have…?”

“About 8 million books… If you include the underground archives, there are 300,000 more.”

Arya’s mouth widened at that number.

In fact, Matop has an obligation to pass on academic data to future generations, and the students and professors in Matop also cooperated with Matop by taking advantage of this vast amount of data, so it was worth managing all of these books.

“But how do we find it?”

“…that is, in fact, the sage-sama left a hint at the library.”

[My wisdom is also melted in the library. Perhaps the wisdom of this place will remain forever, even if we fall asleep.]

“I say…. So everyone tried various methods in the library.”

Some even cut and slept through books, ripped them, and even burned them.

“But then all the professors and students who did that were kicked out. For damage to data and property…”

Sleeping with a book cut was passed on to admonitions or remorse, but there was no room for defense against anyone who saw it torn or burned.

[Of course. Where did you sell the concept?]

＜What does the sage say? Rather, the way to find it is mixed with what I said earlier.＞

With that said, Leonardo began to pull out books.

“…are those books clues?”

“no. Actually, it has nothing to do with any book. Please pull out as many large and thick ones as possible.”

“…Yes? really?”

Leonardo nodded in response and pulled out various books. Seeing that everyone was a little skeptical of that behavior, they pretended to be deceived and pulled out a book.

“Is this enough?”

Ameri asked as she looked at the pile of books on the desk.

“Yes, that is enough.”

“Then what should I do now?”

“Now we can make a good seat.”

“Good place…?!”

I don’t know why I’m so surprised by that statement. Was it in such a shocking way?

“…I tried that, but it didn’t work. Sleeping on a book is already…”

“It’s not like sleeping on a bed, but a bed… you have to make a coffin out of a book.”

“…Yes?”

Leo was not at all embarrassed by that reaction. That’s how I reacted when I first heard it myself.

-[So sleeping means two things. Really falling asleep and dying. It was hidden in that sense.]

-＜…It’s strange and there’s a feeling, but the fact that no one has done it for hundreds of years… a little…＞

It is certainly a novel method, but it was a little suspicious that such a method was not tried in a tower with a lot of geeks.

[Actually, this is meaningless if you can’t pass it at once even if you know how.]

＜Why?＞

[Literally. I can tell you how to enter, but even if you tell me how to pass, it means nothing if you enter the exam.]

I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I tried to understand that you’re a person who talks a lot of nonsense.

[But even if only one person succeeds, you can get things, so you don’t have to worry about it.]

It was as the sage had said.

This time too, like the previous question test, the more the number, the more advantageous it was.

It probably meant that we should all work together to succeed, but…

‘It’s hard to expect that from wizards who bite even with patents.’

While pondering such thoughts alone, Leonardo completed the shape of the coffin by angled the lines of the book.

“It’s almost done.”

“Me too. I didn’t know you could fall asleep in this way.”

“…can I lie down then?”

Leonardo nodded, checking the coffins of the completed book.

“It’s a game that wins even if only one player succeeds, so don’t feel too burdened.”

“Still, you must succeed!”

“I’ll try my best too!”

Each lay down in the coffin, expressing their will to succeed. Leonardo said as he sat down.

“good night.”

The group closed their eyes.

***

…

……

………

“…wake up…”

“…eww…?”

Someone grabbed Leonardo’s body and shook him.

“…get up. Leo…”

Perhaps he couldn’t overcome the shaking, Leonardo carefully opened his eyes.

“…here…”

it was his home. Maybe he fell asleep, and there was a little warm saliva on his lips.

“…I’m sorry. I don’t know… I think I’m asleep.”

“it’s okay. What is it between us?”

Ariaspil answered with a sly smile. When he found the apron at home, he was wearing it as comfortably as he could.

To be honest, it didn’t fit. The indigo blue apron was making the curves of her soft body, who was growing up, more prominent.

Leo covered his lower body with a blanket for a while, using his sleepiness as an excuse. When the blood calmed down a little, Leo stood up.

“it’s okay? Leo? Don’t you have a bad complexion?”

In fact, the biggest reason was that it was morning and that she was in front of her in an apron, but how many people can say that proudly.

it’s crazy to say

“it’s okay. Aria, were you okay yesterday?”

“yes? What was yesterday?”

Arya, who bent her body like a bow and stretched out, asked in reverse. Leo, who felt a little bit of blood, smiled a little embarrassedly and arranged the questions.

“You had a fight with the mayor. How did you beat that stubborn grandmother?”

“…ah… that…? That’s what…”

Arya hesitated for a moment to answer. Leonardo looked into the focus of the distant watch.

After the ticking sound repeated about nine times, Arya carefully opened her mouth.

“As for how it happened…”

Leonardo’s face contorted coldly.

“hey.”

At the same time, he cut the horse with a single knife.

“…Leo…? Why all of a sudden…”

“Shut up. Because I’m hot.”

It was a tone that was completely different from her usual one, even if it was not known to other people, it was a tone that she would never use as much as for Arya.

“…why are you doing this…!? What am I doing wrong…?”

“Don’t pretend to be Ariaspil in front of me because you’re angry. are you a dreamer? Or a warlock? Or is it a hallucinogen injection?”

“…I do not know what I mean…! Why are you doing that?!”

Leonardo smashed the table and smashed the furniture with his fist.

“Then answer my question. How did you beat the mayor? Answer everything from start to finish.”

“that…”

“Can’t you answer me right away? is not it? There will be no choice.”

Hallucinations and dreams combine the subject’s knowledge and unconsciousness to create a fake that resembles reality. Even if it’s not realistic, most people won’t notice.

Even if it’s not realistic, if you blur your memories and consciousness, humans won’t even think about whether this place is real or a dream.

“But it has one weakness.”

However, memories that you are aware of but do not know the details of are different from your imagination.

“It takes at least 10 to 15 seconds to make it happen naturally. I have to re-imagine and create something that doesn’t exist. Do you understand now?”

“What are you talking about?! Only nine seconds have passed!!”

It was a struggle that was not like Arya, but Leo’s conviction was firmly anchored in another intention.

“Oh yeah? But how did you know it was nine seconds?”

“uh…? that…?”

“I haven’t looked at the clock before… It could be eight seconds, or maybe ten seconds, but how did I know exactly that it was nine seconds?”

Arya didn’t answer.

Isn’t it obvious

“’Because that’s how I perceive it.’ no?”

Only Leonardo knew exactly that the time was nine seconds here.