EP9. Magical City (2)
Sean, who had been listening to Sepia’s words, was taken aback by the last sentence. His pink hair was an uncommon color. So, sepia was probably explained as one of its characteristics.
It wasn’t strange that Tina came to mind as soon as I heard those words.
“Me, Sepia. . . . Can you tell me his name?”
Also, it would be natural for Sean to ask Sepia about her.
Levy looked at the boy with a puzzled expression when he saw Sean suddenly change his attitude and ask.
On the other hand, Sepia looked into Sean’s eyes with the same expressionless expression as usual.
Sepia finally opened her mouth to answer when Shawn seemed unwilling to withdraw the question.
“I’m sorry, but any further details are confidential.”
“····How can it not be?”
“I think I should at least get permission from him.”
At Sepia’s answer, Shawn furrowed his eyebrows slightly. Of course, Sepia’s words are the right theory. However, if the woman she encountered and her colleague whom Sepia just described, both of whom are Tina, she will eventually avoid herself. Of course, she can’t readily accept revealing her name.
But what else can Sean do here? In the end, there was only one answer Sean could come up with.
“I understand.”
Sean answered with a weak voice no matter who heard it. He didn’t mean to, but that calmed the mood, and soon after, Shawn and Levy left Sepia’s quarters.
***
Entering the inn, Levy brought up a story about Sean’s strange attitude.
“Why did you do that?”
“····There is no particular reason. Just.”
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Levy realized Sean was hiding something from her. She also realized that he didn’t want to talk to her.
“····Do you have any problems?”
When Levy asked anxiously, there was a conflict whether Sean would also confess everything or not. But in the end, Shawn’s choice was to consistently hide the facts.
“A. Is it nothing? Don’t worry about it.”
“…Really?”
“Sure.”
“……Okay. I will believe you.”
The reason Sean was hiding from Levy was no different. No matter how Levy might feel, Tina was definitely the one who put Levy in danger.
Her resentment towards her has virtually faded as time has passed, but getting her to meet Levi was another matter.
In the first place, since it wasn’t clear whether it was really Tina or not, she also thought that there was no need for her to confide in Levy and make him worry.
Shaun brought up another topic to distract Levy.
“Then have you thought about what to do from tomorrow?”
“Um… First of all, I want to learn magic. Of course, I will refuse if it takes too long.”
Of course, learning magic is important, but Levy’s top priority was the adventure with Sean.
On the other hand, Shawn had a different idea. He thought that if the effect of learning magic was certain, it would be okay for him to stay and spend some time with Eli Orden.
“That’s not too bad, is it? Levi, the stronger you become, the easier the adventure will eventually become.”
“Even so, the host and guest should not be evangelized. After all, we came all this way to catch monsters, right?”
“Um… Is it like that?”
There was a bit of hesitation in Sean’s words. In fact, it’s because Sean has been questioning him lately. This does not mean that adventure is meaningless. But doesn’t the original purpose feel a bit diluted? Sean had a hard time giving an answer.
Originally, even until they went to Laes, Sean and Levy’s purpose was clear and firm. However, after going through many things in Laes, which is called the city of adventure, he devoted himself to activities that were somewhat different from his original purpose of subduing monsters.
For that reason, I couldn’t deny the fact that now that I have arrived in Elioden, my purpose has become more blurred than before. Levy didn’t know, but at least Shawn did. I even heard that the biggest goal right now is not to subdue monsters, but Levi’s magic.
In other words, it feels like I put the wrong button on the first stage from the first stage, Laes.
Right now, you won’t be able to find monsters in Erioden even if you wash your eyes. Unlike Laes, this is a safe area.
When Shaun thought about it that far, he even realized that the original goal of defeating the monster was not very important.
At that moment, Levy’s small, warm palms pressed firmly against Sean’s cheeks.
Getting out of your mind and looking ahead, Levi’s emerald eyes were full of himself.
“Shaun. Why did we start the adventure?”
Levy’s question sent Sean back to the past.
The day Joe left the village on the day when the heavy snow covered the top of his feet.
In a field filled with memories of the two of you, the girl said to the boy.
I promise to defeat all the monsters in the world.
I wonder if that oath was an ignorant, childish pledge of a girl who was still young.
I don’t know that. But looking at Levy’s hard eyes now, it was clear that she had at least kept that determination.
At Shawn’s sad and sad eyes, Levy smiled on the contrary.
That bright smile seemed to contain warm consolation, as if telling her not to be sad.
“I see you are misunderstanding something. My purpose is not revenge.”
“… Huh?”
“Why? Were you surprised that it wasn’t what you expected? That’s a little ridiculous. You think you know everything about me just because you’re my childhood friend?”
“·······.”
It was a somewhat playful question, but Sean couldn’t argue with Levy’s words.
Until now, I thought that Levi’s purpose was only revenge for Paul. In fact, I couldn’t deny that I thought I knew all of my childhood friend Levy.
“Shaun. Just because you’ve been together for a long time doesn’t necessarily mean you know everything. Rather, because we have been together for so long, we may not notice the change because we are used to it.”
“····Sometimes you talk too hard.”
The girl who always pursued simplicity sometimes reveals complexity that the boy cannot understand.
“You mean, you are different from what I knew…?”
“Well?”
As if playing with her words, trying to solve her riddle, Levy blurted out her words vaguely.
The girl was wondering what to say, but she suggested it with a smile as if she had a good idea.
“Shaun guesses.”
“····What?”
“Why am I taking risks?”
“If I can’t guess…?”
A feeling of uneasiness crept over Sean as he asked the question. It was because Levy’s troubled figure with a finger on her chin after hearing her own question was ominous for some reason.
“Then… I’m going to reconsider my adventures with Sean.”
What Levi brought up was far more serious than Sean’s concerns. That she might stop adventuring altogether. According to her interpretation, she thought that she meant to cut ties with her.
“Are you serious?”
“Because this is such an important issue.”
Levy seemed unwilling to take back her words. Shawn realized that she couldn’t get over the situation.
Is it like meeting a lion while trying to avoid a wolf? How the hell did the subject get so far?
When Sean’s impression was not good, Levy soon returned to her original self and added lightly.
“Don’t take it too seriously. Because I’m sure Sean will get it right!”
“····Yes. Okay.”
“Then I will go to the tower tomorrow. Oh, come to think of it, what will Sean do during that time…?”
As if he hadn’t even thought of it at all, Levy was seriously worried with an expression of regret.
It seemed to Shawn that all of the words he had just said were illusions made in his imagination.
“What are you thinking about? You are not my mother I will take care of the time.”
“・・・・Um. That’s right. Sean can do well without me.”
“What is it? That strange word.”
“hehehe. You’ve grown a lot taller than me before you know it.”
Seeing Levy lift his tiptoe and put his hand on his head, Shawn patted Levi’s hair roughly with an airy laugh.
“Because I was originally taller?”
“Eh. Your head is messed up And the same thing as me.”
“What are you talking about? I was bigger.”
“Isn’t it? Are you exactly the same as me?”
As usual, the two of them started talking about nothing. It was always the same everyday look. A smile spread across each other’s lips as well.
However, Sean’s intention was not like that. Even during the time when he was arguing nonchalantly with Levi, the conversation from earlier had not been erased and continued to complicate him.
‘Is it really the same for you?’
Sean couldn’t answer that question.
For the first time, the boy felt a little strange about his childhood friend, the girl.
***
Levy headed for the tower. Sean, the boy who was always attached to the girl, was nowhere to be seen.
To be honest, this isn’t the first time I’ve been traveling alone. Even thinking back to the time of Raes in the first place, there were times when the two of us worked apart.
But today, I felt especially vivid and unfamiliar about being alone.
‘I hope Shawn is well…’
He already thought about how long it had been since he fell, but then Levy shook his head and pushed the thought out of his head.
I couldn’t shake it off even after that, so I even slapped myself on the cheek.
“····Good. Shall we go now!”
“Yes. Then I will guide you.”
“…Eh? Uh? . . . Heng?”
Levi gave a strange exclamation at the appearance of the maid, Sophie, who was waiting in front of the door without her knowledge. The girl’s thoughts were filled with one thing.
Since when have you been watching? Did you watch it all from the beginning?
It was Levi who wanted to hide in a rat hole out of shame.
“Welcome. I knew you would come too. It’s surprising that you came so soon.”
“If you are going to learn, it is better to learn quickly and finish.”
At Levy’s confident answer, which could have come off as arrogant, Viola responded with a grin.
“Oops. Does learning magic from me seem so simple?”
“Hmm. If that doesn’t work, I’m just going to learn and hit him in the middle.”
“····It’s bold. That kind of attitude isn’t bad either.”
Viola rose from her seat. It was clear that she couldn’t see her eyes, because she could see the tight bandage. However, she approached Levi with an upright posture like a blind person.
“Follow me. After all, classes should be held in the classroom, not anywhere else.”
“Is there a classroom here?”
“I don’t have one?”
“·······.”
Did Viola notice that Levy was glancing at her with her fluke eyes?
She couldn’t see her eyes, so he probably didn’t see it, Levy guessed. …Or not.
Following Viola, the two left the annex and headed for the tower.
“Do you know anything about the origins of this tower?”
“Yes. They said it was modeled after the magic tower…”
“Right. So, if you want to learn magic, you have to learn it at the Mage Tower. Well, it’s not a real magic tower.”
Levy admired the tower soaring high. She looked amazing from a distance, and seeing her right under her nose, I could say it was truly endless.
“Wow… Are you living here?”
“No? How do you live in this tower? Living in reality is an annex.”
“・・・・Yes? Then what is the purpose of this tower?”
“Hmm. ····Taste?”
“·······.”
Viola thinks that she has a taste for teasing the girl’s cute reaction, and she opens the tower door wide.
Levy couldn’t help but be surprised at the scenery inside the tower that he could see through the light.
“Anyway, welcome to Elioden’s Tower.”