EP2. At the end of the day (2)
Sean returns to town after his first hunting lesson with his Joe.
Perhaps it was because he briefly used a bow and didn’t hunt in earnest today, even though he returned to the village, it wasn’t too late.
Originally, I was going to rest at home right after I finished hunting today, but I thought it would be nice to go and see Levi after finishing this early.
As I made up my mind to go to Levy, I suddenly remembered the memory of yesterday.
When Shawn went to find Levy after talking to Joe yesterday, Levy was in her own room.
When Shawn entered Levy’s room, he found him lighting a fire in the palm of her hand.
Yes. Levi used magic.
The first time he saw it, he was very surprised, but then Sean guessed how Levy used magic. It was because there was a burnt magic book on the desk behind Levi.
However, even if Levy learns magic through the magic book, not all questions will be resolved.
So Sean asked Levy. How did he use his magic? He asked how he could read the spellbook.
Levy gave the same answer as last time.
“Huh? I thought you just knew hehehe.”
Since Levy answered like that, Shawn couldn’t ask Levy any further than that.
He talked a little more about magic instead.
“Then can I use all the magic in that spellbook now?”
“All?”
“Yes, the merchant did that the other day. There are three types of magic written in that spellbook.”
“Um…, No. I can only use this fire yet.”
“What wasn’t on the other pages?”
“Doesn’t it feel like the only thing I can understand is this fire magic…?”
I wanted to know a little more about the magic and spell books Levi used, but it was difficult to get accurate information from Levi’s answers alone.
The reason why Levy could only use one magic was because he had no way of knowing whether it was because he could only read texts related to fire magic, or if the magic book had been burned and there were no meaningful texts other than fire magic.
But even that was a problem that Sean thought time would solve.
If you don’t understand the other characters in the magic book, you will learn the characters of other magics the same way you naturally learn the characters of fire magic.
‘Hmm, three magics by the way, one is fire and what are the other two?’
‘The first one was fire, so ice and lightning?’
Well, these little things were not important.
The really important thing is that Levi can use magic itself.
Yes. Levi is now a wizard.
A genius wizard who learned magic alone, even with only a burned spellbook.
For some reason, Sean felt strange. He must be right that he should be glad to know that his friend has such a talent. He’s actually even though he’s delighted.
Strangely enough, he felt frustrated.
Isn’t Levi, who was always by his side, going far away? The same useless thought ran through Shawn’s head.
Still, he wasn’t too worried. Because he made a promise to Levi.
Levy and himself will live in this village and will be together for the rest of their lives.
***
With that conclusion, Sean recalled his original purpose for meeting Levy.
Since yesterday evening, we decided to stay at the chief’s house, so Levy should be there now.
Sean went straight to the village chief’s house. The village chief’s house is in the middle of the village, so it took a while in the forest. Actually, it was a small town, so it didn’t take long.
Sean arrived in front of the chief’s house and opened the door without hesitation.
“Chief, I’m going in!”
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Before he could hear that, Shawn went inside and shut the door.
The village chief’s house was the same as I always felt.
The first thing I noticed was the fragrant smell of tea permeating the entire house. This is because the village chief always enjoyed drinking tea leisurely.
So Sean and Levi often went to the chief’s house to play. The village chief was a kind person who always served hot tea and delicious snacks when the children came.
“Shaun, did I always tell you? You have to get permission first before opening the door.”
As Sean turned his gaze to the owner of the voice, there was a face Sean knew well. Epinel, the village chief, was sitting and drinking tea leisurely.
“I do that to adults too.”
“Hmm, can I understand that to mean that I am not an adult?”
Sean stopped looking around at Epinel’s words and looked at her.
“Ah, that means that the chief and I are close friends!”
At those words, Epinel slowly put down the tea she was drinking and looked at Sean and smiled.
“Shaun naturally says that to women.”
“Yes? What do you mean by that?”
“Nothing. So what’s going on here?”
“That’s right…”
“You must have come to see Levi. Is not it?”
Epinel’s words were correct, but for some reason she was Sean, who wanted to deny the words when she saw the village chief smiling at her.
But Epinel continued talking faster than Sean.
“I’m sorry, but Levy isn’t here right now.”
“Yes? Then where did you go? Did you go to Riel’s sister?”
Knowing that Levy is usually around her, except when she is playing with him, Sean wonders if Levi has gone to Riel’s sister.
That’s probably because Levi didn’t really get along with anyone in her village except for herself, her village chief, and Riel’s sister.
“No. Miss Riel is not at the meeting place because she is treating Paulo.”
At those words, Shaun forgot his original purpose and couldn’t help but be surprised.
“Yes!? Grandpa, where are you sick? It’s not a big deal, is it?!”
But despite Sean’s furious reaction, Epinel did not lose her composure.
“You don’t have to worry too much. It’s not what you think, it’s just that Miss Riel went to give her a massage because her back has been hurting lately.”
“Whew…”
It was really fortunate that it wasn’t dangerous. Anyway, massage.
A normal person might envy a massage from a beautiful woman, but Sean knew it. The identity of the massage.
She said that Riel’s older sister offered to give her a massage, so she tried it. To Sean, it was like a punishment from hell.
To Sean, who was thinking of a general massage, Riel’s sister brought a club and threshed her butt.
He tried his best to hold on, but by the time he was beaten three times, Shawn had stopped crying.
When Riel’s sister saw Sean like that, she hugged and comforted him as if she had waited, and she stroked Sean’s reddened buttocks.
That memory was like a trauma to Sean, so he didn’t tell anyone.
No matter how you look at it, hitting the butt doesn’t sound like a massage, so it’s very suspicious. Later, I heard that it was a traditional massage in the area where I lived or something.
It was a big deal anyway. After all, the fact that Grandpa Paulo’s life is in danger has not changed!
After briefly wishing Paulo’s grandfather peace, Sean asked Epinel.
“Then where is Levy?”
“Levy is at the inn right now.”
‘Inn?’
It’s a place Sean never expected. The inn was run by Colin, and there was only one in town. And the inn also served as a tavern.
‘Why did I go to the inn?’
Of course, it wasn’t that Sean and Levy had never been to an inn.
Colin’s wife, Maya, is such a good cook that she always went to the inn when she ate out.
But now wasn’t even mealtime. Levi had no reason to go to the inn alone.
In the end, Sean stopped reasoning alone and asked Epinel.
“Why did Levi go to the inn?”
“I asked you to stay out for a while.”
“Yes?”
“Some guests are coming to my house. I told him to just go to the inn and have a drink, since he’ll be with the guests. I can pay the money later.”
When Epinel said that a guest had arrived, Sean turned his head and looked around the house.
“A guest? Is there no one there?”
“I left right before you came. Do you see the difference? I thought you would have met Well, there’s no way you’d be this calm if you met.”
“Yes? Me? Who do you think you are?”
Epinel thought about whether to answer Sean’s question for a while, then said it, thinking that it wouldn’t matter too much.
“I am an adventurer.”
“Really?”
“Yes. They said they stopped by our village for a while to go to Laes.”
“·····.”
‘Hmm, it’s completely different from what I expected?’
Epinel must have thought that Sean would be excited to hear that he was an adventurer.
That’s right, since Shawn usually sang about wanting to be an adventurer.
“Adventurer… So, is that adventurer staying in our village?”
“Right. Because he didn’t seem like a very bad person. Of course, I can’t be completely sure. But you can’t kick out all the people who come to town. Is not it?”
Sean couldn’t answer Epinel’s words. Because his head is full.
‘Adventurer, adventurer. Come to think of it, I said before that many adventurers would come to our village.’
Perhaps the person who came this time is the first to hear the rumors.
When I first heard the merchant’s words, it felt like a dream that an adventurer was coming, but now I was excited and also heard complicated thoughts that I had never felt before.
Epinel only spoke calmly about whether or not he knew Sean’s feelings.
“So, Levy will be back in a little while. Actually, I think it should be time to come by now. Or why don’t you go and get Levi?”
“Yes, I will.”
With those words, Sean left Epinel’s house straight away.
“Well, Shaun is a bit strange today. Is something bad happening?”
Epinel was only worried about Sean.
***
Sean went straight to the inn. On the way he thought a lot about adventurers, but in the end he was no different than before.
‘There is something more important to me than being an adventurer.’
With that in mind, Sean arrived at the inn. Before he opened the door to the inn, he paused for a moment and heard a voice from within.
Sean opened the door.
The inside of the small inn was quiet, perhaps because it was not mealtime yet. In the first place, since no one stayed in the village itself, it was used much more as a bar than an inn.
Perhaps Wilhelm was the last guest. He left even that a few days ago, so it was natural that no one was at the inn now.
And as Epinel said, Levi was sitting in this quiet inn. But there was also a side that Sean hadn’t thought of at all.
A strange man he had never seen before was sitting next to Levi. Of course, there was no one Shawn didn’t know in this small town.
That means that this stranger is not a villager. And maybe this man is the adventurer the village chief told you about.
Sean moved closer to the two of them.
They were talking. Perhaps the voices heard outside the door were the voices of Levi and this adventurer.
And Shawn went right behind Levi, close by, and overheard their conversation.
“Give me back that book! Mister!”
“I’m going to return this, so let’s talk to me for a minute. How many times do you ask me what your name is? Ok!?”
“Do you think I will tell the old man!? I want to put it out soon!”
Something was strange. The conversation between the two had an unexpectedly harsh atmosphere.
“I tried to look after this little guy because he looked pretty. Do you know what I am?!”
Saying that, the man jumped up from his seat and slowly pulled out the sword he was wearing around his waist.
That’s not it. Levi may be really dangerous if you look further!
Sean had been looking for Colin, the store owner, but no matter how much she looked around, she was nowhere to be found.
‘Damn it! Where is Uncle at a time like this?!’
Levy hesitated, perhaps frightened, when suddenly her man tried to draw her sword. And she said in a trembling voice.
“…That, something like that. I, I, I am scared, I know how to eat…?”
Levy tried her best to brag, but her voice was already full of water.
“Ha ha ha! Do you think I’d use a sword on a kid like you? This sword is for catching monsters! And that’s it. If you had listened to this body from the start, I wouldn’t have scared you like this!”
It’s different. The adventurer Sean thought of was not like that.
···That’s not different, it’s wrong.
The adventurer Sean thought of was upright, full of conviction, overcoming trials, and yet always kind and kind.
Yes. He was like Luke’s older brother.
‘A person like that cannot be called an adventurer.’
“By the way, what is this book about? In the first place, there’s no way you can read something I can’t read either. Is not it?”
Shawn didn’t listen any further and immediately stood in front of his man.
“Stop it!”
“Shaun!”
At Sean’s appearance, Levy got angry, and her man snorted at her as if he was dumbfounded.
“Ha! Me really This is what makes me feel like a villain. Okay. Apostle of Justice. Did you come to rescue the princess?”
Despite Shawn’s courageous behavior, her man laughed and ridiculed him as if the little boy was ridiculous.
But Sean didn’t give in and stood firm with his arms outstretched as if to protect Levi.
The man didn’t like Sean’s look and that look in her eyes.
That time when her man thinks, ‘I’ll have to give her some education.’
I opened the door with a bang and someone came in.
“Why are you making such a fuss?”