Chapter 16 The Assault (3)
If you go all the way west of the capital city, Silester, you will find a lush forest.
As you enter the dense coniferous forest, a huge tower stands alone with its back to the cliff.
It is not easy to find this place unless you know the exact location.
This is because the trees and cliffs are natural barriers.
Because it is hidden by nature, it cannot be discovered even by magic detection.
There is only one reason I can find this.
just because i know
I discovered it through countless iterations of gameplay.
The road along the way was more inconvenient than I thought.
Because I was walking along a narrow road that only Elysia went in and out.
Through a narrow crevice, which is embarrassing to even call it a road, through the trees.
“… … There really is. Top.”
We faced Elysia’s residence.
A huge tower of eight stories high, made of gray bricks.
It’s a fairly tall building, but it’s lower than a tree.
This is because the trees in the world are generally too large.
“Then what will you do?”
“It goes in normally.”
“Wasn’t there a defense against intrusion from outside?”
“It’s fine with Philly.”
Philly’s eyes narrowed at my words.
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Needless to say, his eyes were suspicious of my words.“Will my daughter come and care about me now? Rather, they would attack me as well.”
“… … I would rather do that.”
“I beg your pardon?”
while having a conversation like that.
Surprisingly, no, only for Philly.
quiver-
The main gate of the tower opened.
It was Elysia who came out.
Elysia turned toward Philly, whose expression hardened at the sight,
“Mom!”
Surprise that Philly has found her hidden abode.
Happy to have come this far.
It was a pleasure to meet his mother unexpectedly.
She smiled broadly as she drew all of that with her expression.
“How did you get here?”
Elysia approached us without hesitation.
Even if you don’t look closely, it’s completely unarmed.
He came to us completely defenseless, grabbed Philly’s hands and waved them.
The situation I am most concerned about.
Philly of ‘the personality who doubts everything’.
Philly definitely excludes any enemies, regardless of who they are.
But what if you can’t be sure it’s the enemy?
What if she was put in a situation where she had to decide her daughter as an enemy in the face of unclear evidence?
… … Even then, can Philly cast away his doubts?
“Come on, here’s herbal tea.”
Elysia proudly led me and Philly into her tower.
Elysia held out her teacup.
For Philly, and for me.
They placed them in front of the table, gave them herbal tea, and sat down opposite each other.
“… … .”
Rarely did Philly look at me.
But I have no more help to give.
‘Cause I’ve already said everything
“So what did you come here for?”
Elysia asked Philly.
“just. I wanted to know what my daughter was doing hiding in this place until she hid it from her mother.”
Philly replied with a smile.
That expression was perfect.
“I come here sometimes when I am tired of living in the Imperial Palace. I thought my mother would be scolded if she found out.”
“Ugh.”
Philly looked inside.
He’s pretending to be looking around and looking for something suspicious, but he probably won’t be able to find anything.
If it were, Elysia would not have invited us.
‘Anyway, the emergency is the same for Elysia.’
Elysia couldn’t have expected the two of us to come.
In that case, he would have run away from here and went to the Imperial Palace in the first place.
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Now, Elysia is just acting on a whim.In other words, this is actually a battle between me and Elysia.
Who succeeds in convincing Philly?
“Mr. Frontier, you said.”
“yes.”
Elysia spoke to me.
“I have heard of the reputation of the Roach family, but it seems very awkward for me to have a son who is not Prince Ampere with my mother.”
It was an easy-to-understand check.
It’s a story about whether someone like you knows the subject and installs it.
but.
“That’s right.”
whatever.
I didn’t feel the need to answer why.
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No matter how high the position of a princess, she is only as good as an empress.Elysia frowned at my brazen reply.
It was only for a while.
Like Philly’s daughter, she is good at managing facial expressions.
Also, like Philly’s daughter, she doesn’t come close to being Philly.
“Mr. Elysia.”
“… … ‘Seed’?”
Elysia asked as if it was a name she had never heard before.
“Can I take a look at this tower?”
“… … .”
Elysia stared at me.
Is it because I’m being cocky, or is it really questionable that you’re looking at the tower?
I don’t know which one it is, but either way is fine.
It is impossible to decline this offer.
“… … like. Feel free to browse around. May I guide you?”
“no. Let’s look around by ourselves.”
I said that and pretended to look around the room moderately.
Elysia is hiding something that should never be found in this tower.
Still, the reason I’m so proud is that it’s close to impossible for me to find it right now.
So there is one thing I have to do.
You have to make Elysia bring out the hidden thing on her own.
“… … May I go upstairs?”
“follow your heart.”
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Not finding anything special, I set foot on the stairs leading up.Oh, it seems to me that somehow it doesn’t make sense.
Behind me, Elysia is smiling of conversion.
Even though Elysia didn’t know that I was making that similar expression.
* * *
Constell was quiet.
Most of the classrooms were in the morning, and the teachers’ voices were only occasionally heard.
However, in it.
“… … Teacher.”
Suddenly, a female student raised her hand.
“What is it, Elodie?”
“sorry. My head hurts so much… … .”
“What? Go to the infirmary now.”
“thank you… … .”
The teacher sent Elodie with a worried expression.
Elodie is a model student who lacks neither ability nor character.
I don’t even think of it as a gimmick.
Elodie, who came out of the hallway, proceeded with a gait that was too normal for a person with a headache.
in other words,
The first thing I noticed was the meaning of Elodie.
‘… … It’s really faint though.’
Something caught on Elodie’s mana detection.
From afar, but everywhere.
A faint malice headed towards Constell, something that could almost be attributed to his mood.
‘Frondier’s words were true.’
Elodie heard about the ‘attack’ from Frontier ahead of time.
The content was hardly believable.
If it had been the former Elodie, I would not have believed it.
So Fund Elodie knows that Frontier has changed.
Elodie stopped thinking and went up the stairs.
Of course, it had nothing to do with the infirmary.
shudder.
As she opened the iron door on the roof, the cold morning wind blew her away.
Elodie narrowed her eyes as she stood on the edge of the roof.
Even at this height, there was no shadow that looked like a monster.
Conversely, Elodie felt malice from a distance that could not be seen.
‘If Frontier hadn’t told me.’
Before Elodie could react in the first place, the monster must have attacked Constell.
Then her power is halved.
– Because I trust you, it’s okay.
“… … huh. He was right.”
It was certainly not until then that she had to believe what Frontier said.
By telling Frontier about the schedule, Elodie became more sensitive to feelings in time, and eventually realized that Frontier was right.
Frontier really only believed in Elodie.
Her sensitive mana sense.
“I feel like I’m being deceived.”
Elodie de Inies Lisa.
5th in midterm exam.
For her that she was loved by the five gods, this score is somewhat ambiguous.
Of course, there were a lot of people who expected it to be number one.
However, this result is not because of her lack of strength.
“It’s good to know in advance.”
Elodie raised her magic power.
A light warm-up and warm-up to prevent an attack.
With that alone, the air around her began to tremble.
“Because I can’t control my power.”
She has a hard time controlling her power. I haven’t done much
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Not all of her teachers at Constell taught her how to control power.Rather, it is recommended to increase the output. She was worried that her talents would fade away.
You can adjust the power later, but you never know when the growth of maximum output will end.
Midterm exams are held together with other students.
In other words, the reason why her ranking is ambiguous in practice is simple.
Other students get caught up in it if you put all your energy into it.
Then a faint wind of dust was seen from far away.
A huge army of uncountable monsters.
Elodie, who had strengthened his vision by injecting magical power, could see the scale of it.
Elodie smiled fearlessly at that large-scale monster that an ordinary person would have collapsed due to the loss of strength in his legs.
As soon as she found a monster within her maximum field of vision, she performed a magic trick.
The school uniform fluttered, her eyes and hair bloomed in alternating red and blue colors.
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New power openAgni, Rudra
individual procedure development
Fire magic type 4
Replace elemental resistance, impact, spread, mana … … Naming, ‘Hellfire’
4 wind magic
Range increase, separation trigger, high speed rotation, updraft … … Naming, ‘storm’
fusion, consolidation
Elodie Original, ‘Juzak Oreum’.
“I asked you to make it as glamorous as possible.”
Elodie put her hands forward and aimed.
… … In fact, if only the approximate distance is correct,
Aiming doesn’t mean much to this magic.
“I just do what I hear.”
Elodie seems to be someone else’s business.
A storm of flames was created in the army of monsters approaching from afar.
* * *
After Frontier went upstairs, Elysia gave a soft voice to Philly.
“I know what your mother is thinking.”
“… … .”
“You are suspicious of me.”
Philly took a sip of the tea without saying a word.
“What about that man? Am I the culprit?”
Elysia asked again, but Philly remained silent.
But Elysia also knew that Philly would turn out like this.
Philly’s style of making the other person make mistakes with silence, facial expressions, and eyes.
But Elysia also knows another weakness of Philly.
Because she’s my daughter, I have no choice but to know.
“Did your mom ever think you were weird?”
Philly doubts everything.
At the same time as he suspected that Elysia was the culprit,
It also raises the suspicion that it may not be the culprit.
that’s philly
The true power of the original Philly is revealed when given enough time.
Because Philly’s choice, which came after careful consideration and long consideration, was always the right answer.
However, if the time is tighter than he imagined, there is a chance that Philly will also make a mistake.
“Should we fight?”
At Elysia’s words, Philly’s eyes fluttered faintly.
“I am your daughter, Mom. What am I going to do?”
A weak force entered Philly’s hand holding the teacup.
“I knew I would be suspicious. But think about it.”
Philly’s lips trembled slightly.
A subtle movement that Philly’s daughter, Elysiana, could barely notice.
Elysia smiled of conversion.
“… … Mom, the culprit is Saleh.”
“… … !”
Philly’s eyes widened.
This time, it was a big change that everyone recognized.
“That man is Saleh’s henchman. You are plotting me to help Saleh.”
Philly was surprised by Elysia’s words.
Really, it was what he said.
“… … Elysia.”
“yes?”
Philly finally spoke up.
On Philly’s face with a smile as usual,
Elysia realized something was wrong, with great fear.
“You have crossed the line.”