Chapter 21 Auctions (1)
Elodie grasped this barrier one step ahead of Queenie.
Elodie is half-confident that Frondier was the one who was swept away with ‘firecrackers’ when the monster escaped. So I came to hear the details of the raid.
“… … .”
Elodie opened the door after checking the appearance of Quinnier. I couldn’t take more time than this.
Suddenly, the door opened and Frontier sat alone in the room.
“uh? Elodie.”
Frontier’s voice was the same as usual. There’s no room for that languid face.
Elodie smiled.
“What is it, Malia?”
“You left for a while.”
“What did you say? I was looking for you on TV.”
Just as Frontier looked as usual, so did Elodie.
Quinnies followed.
“Ah, Queenie-senpai. I was trying to find you.”
“… … I have only you?”
Quinn came in and looked around.
The interior of the health room was as clean as before. There was no sign of anyone coming in or going out.
… … Of course, the Queenie who followed doesn’t even know who was inside or if there was.
Since there was a barrier, I only had an intuition that Frontier was in a dangerous situation.
But looking at Frontier’s face, he seemed fine.
Just look at Elodie’s face when he came here.
Obviously nothing happened.
“senior. We need one senior for this final exam, and if Quinnier can help… … .”
“Ah, yes. okay.”
Frontier led a casual conversation, whether he knew what Quinnier was thinking or not.
Since that was also the original purpose of the Queenie, she accepted it for once.
Elodie was silently listening to their conversation.
* * *
Lisa’s mansion.
When the mansion door opened and Elodie entered, the maid ran quickly.
“Oh, Elodie-sama. You came early. I was told that I was late.”
“The schedule has changed.”
“sorry. I’ll prepare a meal right now… … .”
“No, it’s okay.”
Elodie’s expressionless face. The maid was frightened for nothing and followed after him.
“Wait a minute, soon-”
“Fine… … !”
Elodie’s voice rose. But soon she closed her eyes and shook her head.
Getting angry in the wrong place. I know that. So Elodie smiled again.
“Nope. I have no appetite. really.”
“Okay, then I’m leaving.”
“yes.”
So the maid shrugged her shoulders and backed away.
“… … Hey?”
Elodie spoke to that crooked back.
“Because it’s really good. sorry. I just got angry.”
“It’s all, it’s not even worth it.”
Seeing the maid shaking her head, Elodie entered her room.
“Whew… … .”
Elodie sat on the chair in front of the desk.
In my heart, I wanted to sit on the bed, but it was obvious that I would lay down if I did. Because I couldn’t do that without changing clothes. Even in the midst of this, it’s funny that you care about such trivial things.
“… … What is Mangot… … .”
A murmur that flows out like a sigh. I don’t like the trembling of the voice.
Elodie listened to their conversation. Was it Haglira of Mangot? Perhaps because he believed in his own barrier, there was no soundproofing magic in the infirmary itself. Even if there is such a thing, Elodie can be penetrated.
“What did you touch, Frontier?”
The conversation itself seemed to have Frontier in a high position.
But the content is not serious.
– Shouldn’t we bring down the wife of the Lishae family?
-Did you hate her?
– With all your talents, was it disgusting to see you flirting in front of you?
– Couldn’t you stand the sarcasm in front of you?
“… … Frontier made me… … ?”
Elodie shook her head. Well-groomed hair was wrinkled and scattered.
I never thought about it. When she was young, she and Frontier often played together.
I always smiled looking at Frontier. She talked about what she did today, what she wanted to do, and boasted about her abilities.
Each time, Frontier seemed to be annoyed, but nonetheless, nonetheless.
… … A frontier with no confidence. He boasted of his abilities in front of him, and sometimes complained and grumbled.
The countless repetitions came to mind.
Elodie didn’t expect much from Frontier from an early age. I just wanted to do my part.
But what kept him from being inferior was what prevented him from doing even that.
“… … It was me.”
That’s how it looked in Frontier’s eyes.
I don’t even know, like an idiot.
But if so.
Why Frontier?
-Just as I will exclude my potential enemies, I will also exclude Elodie’s enemies.
say that… … .
squeaky.
Then the door opened.
“Elodie, are you okay? Because I feel bad,”
whistle-
The pillow hit the face of the man who came in.
“Knock and come back!”
How many times has this word been said already?
I’m still nervous, but my annoyance has skyrocketed.
“Yeah, yes. sorry.”
The man obediently walked out of the room and closed the door.
Then, after making a small knock that I wanted to hear, I said.
“Elodie, my brother. Is it okay if I go in?”
“It’s not okay. Don’t come in.”
“Hey, Elodie! Isn’t that different from the promise?”
“I never made any promises!”
Elodie’s older brother, Rebett de Richie.
It wasn’t that Elodie had a bad relationship with Rebett. No, it can be said that it is rather good. Rebett loses to Elodie at any cost.
But Elodie really didn’t want to see anyone right now.
“Well then, I’ll tell you outside. Would that be okay?”
“… … like that.”
A brother who never gets tired
“Uhm, I heard that the final exam is coming soon.”
“Right.”
“You have to be well-prepared for an important test.”
“therefore?”
“Would you like to go to the auction house with me? Good stuff will come this time.”
auction house?
At those words, Elodie’s curiosity moved.
It is true that the final exams are not far away. During the midterm exam, she felt a sense of frustration that she had never thought of.
Elodie can’t control the power of magic. I wondered if that was so important, but it wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be for the students to perform their missions in the field everywhere.
If there are artifacts that help you control your magic power, you will be able to show off your skills better in the final exam.
“What is coming?”
“Hmm, don’t be surprised. That fantastic metal ‘Bipagang’ is coming in!”
“… … .”
“It’s difficult if you’re not really surprised.”
“yes. I see Vipa River.”
I know. that’s great where did you get that
The fact itself was surprising, but Elodie was not very impressed. Even so, it is of no use to her as a wizard.
“Elodie, if you are a Vipagang, you can withstand your magic output.”
“What are you going to do with it? We have to reduce the output.”
“To survive means to be able to store it. You can control your output and store that mana.”
hoo.
That’s interesting.
“How are you? would you like to go Since it’s yours, I’ll leave it to the best magic crafting company to make it. If you have a car, you should order it from Hitchcock.”
“Hmm… … .”
Elodie thought for a moment.
Somehow, while talking to Lebett, I felt a little relieved.
It would have been great if he had done this up to here, but Levett was considerate but didn’t notice.
“By the way. Rumor has it that you talk frequently with the second son of the Roach in Constell these days. This was also the case in the religious world. Of course I haven’t seen it myself-“
Elodie sighed naturally. I asked why the sound of frontier didn’t come out of my brother’s mouth.
“Don’t do that to your brother. I’m still in a good mood.”
“What? Is it because of the frontier child? Catch my bastard,”
“If I did that, would my brother have to deal with the six?”
“… … six? Did Frontier take his side? But only Constell students can be my enemy,”
“Well. Me and Agni, Rudra, Indra… … .”
“Elodie… … !”
Rebett spit out a voice full of anguish.
Of course it was outside the room.
* * *
To the south of the continent, there is an area that the Empire cannot reach.
Although it is the territory of the Empire, it is a place that cannot be reached because it is too barren for living things to live in.
The southern end where neither humans, animals, nor monsters live.
Here, there is a cliff with a cross-section that seems to have separated the land and the sea, and the huge river that came down from above turns into a waterfall.
Somewhere inside this huge waterfall with a diameter of more than 3 km, there is a cave that uses the entire cliff as space.
Mangot. Those who are said to be the closest to the ‘border’ can be said to be quite safe in that, ironically, monsters do not come.
[Did something change?]
In the cave, in its deepest darkness, the meeting is now taking place.
Hagley said.
“The arrogance is the same as before. But I was not enchanted.”
[Did you notice that you used magic?]
“It didn’t look like that.”
[Hmm. Even the self-control of incompetence grows on its own after that amount of time passes. Besides, people tend to become immune to delusions.]
Hagly just lowered his head deeply at those words.
He also didn’t believe in magic forever. Frontier so far has worked very well.
However, that was not the problem now, and the reason for the meeting was also different.
“But, things have become difficult.”
[What is it?]
“It seems that Frontier has given up on the interpretation of the ancient language. It seems that he doesn’t even want to use magic to use on the wife of the Lishae family.”
His voice stopped for a moment.
[You won’t destroy the divine power of ‘Inies’?]
“Yes. Not only that, but he told me to protect him. I don’t know what kind of change of heart it was.”
He heard a different voice this time.
[It is not difficult. Inies is the biggest stumbling block we have to remove to cover the center. When I think of those assholes who exiled me and are still giggling… … .]
Hagly sighed involuntarily.
The owner of that voice seems to be filled with anger every moment like this.
[Then we need to find a new tool. Frontier will self-destruct on its own if left alone.]
“Only Frontier can interpret the ancient language. I don’t know who else could, but it will take the same amount of time as we found Frontier again to find it.”
Interpretation of ancient languages requires talent, regardless of difficulty. It can be said that it is a very powerful talent since the realm of possible and impossible is divided by one talent.
Frontier, who was called the incompetent, had that talent. Had I known this earlier, the Roach would not have neglected the Frontier so much.
But Frontier himself doesn’t seem to know the value of the ancient language, and the Roach seems to be the same.
──Incompetence is, after all, incompetence.
[Then, first of all, try to keep it by the side. If you continue to behave like an ally, you might change your mind again.]
“I do not know. Frontier ordered me to protect Inies. Will that mind change easily? … .”
[That’s what human inferiority is, Hagly. It is Inies, not the family or Constell, who ignites Frontier’s inferiority the most. Frontier’s environment is difficult for anyone to endure. It will soon fall into darkness again.]
Hagly only lowered his head deeply at the confident voice.