not anger There was no resentment or contempt.
It seemed that it wasn’t just the feelings of grittyness related to the work of the clan. Then what is it?
You said it was nothing to the 7th lords, but you said that you were only following your will, but in fact, it wasn’t.
Ashel was still confused by her seldom organized mind.
“If you’ve finished eating, let’s go.”
After finishing the meal, Achel moved with Tiyongi.
When we arrived at the place we were seated at, we could hear the 7th lord and the warrior talking faintly.
“…the only being I can rely on right now is the hero, you.”
Ashel stood tall and stopped.
It remained frozen and did not move.
For some reason, for a moment, I felt that one side of my heart was suffocating.
Come to think of it, it wasn’t when I found out that she was a hero that I felt something uncomfortable about the hero.
Ever since the 7th lord first met the hero at the inn.
From the moment I realized that he was looking at her with strange eyes that he had never seen before.
“············”.
What does being a hero mean to the 7th lords?
couldn’t figure it out
But she was the hero of the world, and she was the most radiant and greatest woman ever. At least, I can’t even compare myself.
Ashel stood stunned for a moment, then moved on.
Trying to ignore the true nature of the emotions that spring up in my heart.
heir (5)
“What is an academy?”
Kaan asked, tilting her head.
Having lived in the mountain range since childhood, she was almost ignorant of the waters outside the mountain range.
Rodeven thought a little perplexed.
‘Are you a kid who only lived in this mountain range?’
Elphon is the continent’s largest academy, and it’s even harder to find someone you don’t know even among the villagers in the countryside.
Lodiven realized that she was utterly dark in the affairs of the world.
“Well, the academy is what it is.”
“I don’t know what it is, but you’re a wizard anyway? Do you know what kind of magic you can use?”
Rodeven felt a little distracted. Do you know anything else about magic?
‘······ah! It’s not the time to be like this.’
Rodeven remembered the existence of the monster who pushed him to the brink of death belatedly.
He managed to get out of the way by teleporting, but he could have been pursued. The better the wizard, the more subtle the remnants of magical power could be detected.
Nor was it possible to know how far away this place was from the point of teleportation.
Even if he wasn’t being pursued by magic, there was a risk of running into him again if he wasn’t far away.
Rodiven said in a hurry.
“Where did your father go? What should I say…”
“I know how to use magic, too. I’m curious because I’ve never seen anyone else’s magic other than my father.”
“No, now is the time…”
Rodiven cut off Ka-Ann and tried to talk about the business.
But for a moment, he was stunned and had no choice but to shut his mouth.
Caran, who had a spark in her hand, said as she moved it around in the air.
“I can do some fire magic. Actually, I’ve only learned elemental magic.”
“············”.
Rodiven looked at the flames fluttering in the air with surprised eyes.
Flame magic belonging to elemental magic, and one of the beginner magic that anyone can do even a beginner if it is a wizard.
However, the reason Rodeven was surprised was in the development of Caan’s magic.
‘It unfolded naturally without any sign of concentration.’
Magic is the transformation of the nature of magic.
In the process, fierce calculations are made in the wizard’s head, requiring extreme concentration.
That is why it is only possible for wizards who have reached the highest level to unfold even the simplest magic as if they were just breathing.
The simple act that Caran had just performed, in the eyes of the sorcerer Rodiven, was no different from the juggling of a three-year-old child.
‘By the way, did you just say that you can only do elemental magic?’
Rodiven asked the girl in front of him, feeling a sudden surge of curiosity.
“Did you learn magic from your father?”
“Yes.”
“How long have you been learning?”
“It’s been less than half a year now. Why?”
Are you a beginner in less than half a year after learning magic?
Rodeven wondered if Caan was lying.
But the way he blinked with an unconcerned face seemed far from lying or bluffing.
Even if it was a lie in the first place, the magic unfolding she had just shown was by no means the level of proficiency that only a dozen young wizards could show.
‘genius.’
There is a saying that calls for those who casually twist such common sense.
Rodiven felt a slight goose down his spine and looked at Caan.
oh oh!
It was then that a roar was heard as the heavy banner drew closer.
Through the bushes, a huge beast appeared in the yard of the hut. It was a deer with four horns.
At the sudden appearance of the monster, Rodivn immediately raised his magical power and said to Ka-Ann.
“Back away….”
No, I was trying to say.
Car-Ann, who suddenly jumped and shot like an island battle, smashed the jaws of a giant deer with her bare fist. There was the sound of something exploding.
The deer, whose head was bent, fell to the ground as it was. It was fatal in one blow.
“Sometimes monsters come to my house. Most of these guys don’t taste good because the meat is too tough.”
Car-Ann, who had landed on the floor, clenched her fists and said it was no big deal.
Rodiven, who was just about to spread his magic, withdrew his outstretched hand and looked at her like that.
‘This child, what is the level of chess…?’
Didn’t you know you could only do magic?
No, looking at the scene just before, it seemed that the magic was secondary and the level of chess was much higher. How can you easily defeat a monster like that?
“Well, you were with me.”
Then the man who had disappeared appeared in the yard. The basket he was holding in his hand was full of something like grass roots.
Rodeven turned his head, startled again, that he did not notice his presence until he drew near.
He began to seriously wonder what the identities of these two women were.
“Father, did you come digging for herbs?”
The man glanced at the fallen deer.
“Did another monster come in?”
“yes.”
“Get rid of it quickly before other monsters get tangled. Also, don’t throw it away around the hut and bury it properly.”
Caan shook her head as if in annoyance and grabbed the deer’s horn.
While watching her dragging the corpse of a huge deer away, the man shifted his gaze to Rodiven.
“Are you going to leave right away?”
“Oh, no. No.”
It was Rodiven who had been distracted for a while by Car-Ann’s talent and then came up with an important issue again.
“I have something urgent to tell you. It has to do with my fainting.”
“············”.
The man didn’t seem very interested in Rodiven’s situation, but he nodded for once.
The two went back into the hut and sat down facing each other at the table.
“So, why did you fall alone on such a rough terrain?”
Lodiven was contemplating how to start the story, and then opened his mouth.
“Do you know anything about demons?”
“I don’t know.”
“····················Wh will be a bit sudden, but from now on, everything I say is the truth.”
The man folded his arms as if to listen quietly.
“I’m late, but I’ll introduce myself first. I’m Rodiben Perschma, a professor at Elphon Academy.”
“Hmm… Elphon.”
The man’s reaction upon hearing the identity was strange. At least, he didn’t seem like he didn’t know what an academy was like Kane did.
Lodeven watched the reaction carefully before continuing.
“The reason I came to this mountain range was because I needed samples of various monsters for magic research.”
“It was.”
“But I saw a mysterious monster in this mountain range. And from the magical power I felt, he was clearly a demon or a contractor.”
Again, the man’s reaction was bizarre.
Demons are beings who once plunged the world into a pit of despair. In general, there were those who were afraid enough to cause a game just by hearing the name.
But the man’s reaction was lukewarm. All he did was wiggle his eyebrows a little as if it was a surprise.
“That’s right. It’s a demon.”
Rodeven raised his voice a little more because he did not understand his reaction.
“He wasn’t an ordinary demon. Although he said this himself, I’m a pretty good wizard. Even when compared to the high-ranking wizards of the Imperial Family or the Tower, his skills are not far behind, enough to be proud of.”
“············”.
“He used to play with me like that. Without luck, I would never have survived.”
“So what do you want to say?”
“·······No, of course not? This place is not safe anymore, so you need to escape to another place as soon as possible. You and your daughter.”
Rodeven had no intention of going back without explaining the situation to him.
Perhaps the monster is still pursuing this side. And if it puts them in danger because of that, it was entirely their own fault for touching the hive.
“I’m really sorry for bringing such a risk to your mother and daughter’s home. But the demons may be wandering around in search of me. So…”
“No worries.”
The man shook his head and interrupted Rodiven.
“We’ll take care of our business. If you have nothing else to do, then you should leave.”
Rodeven looked at him with puzzled eyes.
Did you just hear the explanation properly?
To avoid a catastrophe, you had to take shelter right away.
However, looking at the man’s attitude, it didn’t seem to mean that he would do it himself.
Rodiven plausibly guessed the man’s identity.
A man raising his daughter alone in a remote mountain range. And the daughter seems to have surpassed the achievements of her normal age in both martial arts and magic.
It was not uncommon for a retired knight or wizard to go into the mountains and live the rest of his life. Some of his predecessors were like that.
Of course, the man’s appearance looked younger than that, but it wasn’t unusual for his magical power to slow down the aging of his body.
He had missed his footsteps earlier, and even as we were facing each other, he couldn’t comprehend his level in the slightest.
That is why Rodiven thought that a man was at least a strong person with a higher rank than himself.
‘Do you think you can subdue even if you face that demon?’
If that’s the case, it really should have dried out.
The difference in severity that Rodeven felt from the monster was huge.
No matter how good this man’s skills were, he didn’t seem to be able to face him.
“Don’t do that, and take it seriously. The magic that I felt from him is really… Look. Are you listening?”
Seeing the man turning his gaze toward the entrance of the hut without concentrating on the conversation, Rodeven was very frustrated.
Then the man opened his mouth.
“It seems that he has already come.”
“What?”
Moments later, Rodeven felt a shivering sensation in her spine.
This ominous magical energy. was the guy
“Hey, hey….”
Rodiven moved after the man who got up from his seat and strode outside.
The scenery unfolding before their eyes when they went outside was a group of something slowly approaching all around the hut.
They were dark red and huge, overflowing like smoke, and had a strangeness and ambivalence that was different from normal monsters.
“············”.
The man’s gaze turned to one side.
A group of unidentified monsters, in the middle of them, was located far away. It was the monster Rodeven spoke of.
***
The journey was neither long nor short.
I looked at the huge mountain peaks that were beginning to appear in the distance.
‘Arrived.’
This is the Ramon Mountains.
A place where the heir of the Holy Sword lives at this point.
“Is this here?”
“okay.”
I answered the question of the hero flying next to me.
What he had to do from now on was to search the entire mountain range to find a successor.
“Achelle.”
“·········Yes, Ron-sama.”
Ashel, who was riding in the back, answered my call a beat late.
Why is he doing this?
She felt a little more distracted than usual.
The author is adding many fillers lately, it started on the previous arc.