what to say Now that I’ve leveled up, should I say congratulations on growing up?
As she pondered, she, who had been hesitating, opened her mouth again and spoke first.
“I’m sorry, Ron.”
Again, it was an apology.
This time, I also responded with a small click on my tongue.
“Are you just going to keep apologizing?”
“············”.
“It’s clear that you’re wrong about this, but I don’t really want to rebuke him for that, so stop talking about it.”
“But it caused too much trouble. Ron-sama broke his oath because of me…”
······vow?
For a moment I wondered what she was talking about, but then I realized what she was talking about.
Before the duel was concluded, it seems that I was referring to the promise I made with Chang that I would not interfere with it.
I was a little embarrassed because her expression looked so guilty.
After all, in this world, there was a concept that promises and oaths were a little sacred in relation to honor.
Especially if it was a tycoon equal to the lord of Calderic, there was no mention of how heavy the horse would be.
She must have thought that I had suffered a terrible insult for breaking my oath.
‘It’s nothing special.’
Of course, I didn’t feel any humiliation or shame at all. It wasn’t something to be proud of.
Can you feel any shame for breaking a promise you didn’t intend to keep from the beginning?
If it’s just a problem, I’m worried about losing my prestige and trust as a monarch…
On the Seintea side, the only thing that matters is the hero, and there is no reason to maintain a good relationship with the imperial family.
And above all else, he had a heart to blatantly ignore him like that and fuck him. Because he was such a dog.
I looked at Ashel and said.
“Your life is not lighter than my honor.”
At that, she flinched and lifted her head.
For some reason, it seemed that my eyes were slowly turning red, so I turned the topic in bewilderment to myself.
“It seems that you have grown up again in this duel. Much more than the last time.”
“······Yes that’s right.”
Ashel nodded her head in response in a slightly choked voice.
After thinking for a while, I decided what to say and opened my mouth.
“Behind the massacre of your clan, the emperor is behind it.”
Ashel would not know who the exact mastermind was other than the Changseong, whom she had seen with her own two eyes. I would have guessed roughly.
Anyway, at least I thought it had nothing to do with the Emperor, and I was burning with hatred for him.
As soon as I pinpointed that fact, Achel’s expression changed strangely.
But there seemed to be no doubt about how he knew and was sure of it. Now, that means she trusts me that much.
I continued to speak.
“The Emperor is a madman who only cares about the prosperity of the human race. The reason he slaughtered you Bai Yue has only to do with that.”
“············”.
“So, your revenge against Seinthea is supremely just and justified. I can assure you of that. If that is also part of the reason for your hesitation, it means that there is no need for it.”
“········No, I.”
Ashel shook her head with a painful expression on her face.
“I’m just afraid. If there is at least one surviving clan, I must find it…because I can’t die alone because I’m blinded by revenge…”
Is it too?
I sighed inwardly and thought.
Will I prioritize my work, or will I honor and prioritize Ashel’s choice?
It was something I had been thinking about for a long time.
It was said that her existence was indispensable until she obtained the mysteries, but, frankly, she could not give such an excuse now.
From the beginning, my relationship with her was a relationship that began with my deception.
Even though he knew the truth that there was no surviving clan, he was only using her as an excuse.
The deeper his relationship with her became, the greater the guilt he felt for him.
I’ve been indebted enough so far.
Without her, she would not have even dared to search for the mysteries while wandering the continent with her fragile body that could not wield a single sword.
In the end, after much deliberation, I decided for sure.
“Whatever it was, your choice was not wrong.”
I said that and got up from my seat.
Ashel looked up at me with a puzzled look.
First of all, I have to take Ashel to that place.
***
Once the place was different from other ruins and dungeons, there were items needed to enter.
It’s the ancient magic stone.
Manastones were different from manastones used to make magic items.
The limitation of Manastone is that it cannot be stored for a long time, no matter how pure it is.
The teleportation location of the Chief of Staff that I had seen in the Overlord Castle before was also where other wizards were always residing there.
However, in the golden age of ancient magic, magic stones produced and used by wizards were able to be stored for a very long time.
So, even now, there are ruins and dungeons that still work normally.
However, in modern times, there were almost no magic stones left on the continent any longer.
This is because, although there is a practice of technology, it was set that the materials needed to make magic stones are no longer generated naturally.
Also, it was impossible to mine the remains of the ruins because it was impossible to engraved another magic on the magic stone once it was engraved.
Of course, that did not mean that there were no remaining pure magic stones.
Because I remember there was a magic battlestone that the overlord also had.
I didn’t go looking for her right away, but first found the King of Earth Hill.
“Majeonstone… Unfortunately, our royal family doesn’t have anything, 7th lord.”
“is it.”
The king of Earth Hill said he was sorry.
I wasn’t expecting too much anyway, so I meekly understood.
In the first place, the magic stone was a great treasure whose value could not be converted into money.
Abandoning all regrets, he immediately went to the overlord.
“You need one magic stone the size of a fist?”
The overlord snorted at my words.
“I have something, but I don’t think you’re asking for it for free.”
“What do you want?”
“Well, there are two more times the 7th lord has to grant my request? If you want to increase it by one more, I’ll give it to you.”
At that, I poked my tongue inwardly. Can’t you just get it?
However, he was unwilling to extend the overlord’s command once more.
“Who else has the magic stone?”
The overlord replied with a smile.
“The 1st monarch, the 2nd lord, the 4th lord, and the 8th lord. I don’t know about the other monarchs. They may or may not have them.”
“············”.
“It’s a little sad that you’re coming out so harshly, the 7th Lord? Do you hate to do my favor?”
I thought as I flowed through her clever words.
‘Except for the 8th monarch.’
Fortunately, the rest of the monarchs were potential ones.
The 1st and 4th monarchs owe me something, and the 2nd lord had something to hold on to.
I thought about who to go to, and then I decided.
Actually, there was nothing to worry about.
It was of course much more profitable to go to the 2nd monarch than to go to the 1st or 4th monarch to pay off the debt and receive a magic stone.
Because she wasn’t in a position to cleanly pay off her debts just because she did my favor.
Because he made an ambiguous promise in the words of help commensurate with the information.
Maybe if you speak well, you can get it for free this time too.
It was morning, and I was slowly getting ready to leave the castle.
There was no suitable cage, so I kept the Tiyong in a large space on the other side of the royal castle, but when he saw me, he was excited and fluttered.
“Once again, thank you very much for helping our Earth Hill Kingdom. Then take a look.”
He was seen off by the King of Earth Hill, Tails, and the Princess and the 1st Prince, and got on top of Tillong.
I made eye contact with Taylor one last time.
Since the war has been stopped, there will be no more dark clouds on Earth Hill.
However, seeing the awkward atmosphere between them, the conflict between the royal family must not have been resolved yet.
Tyr also turned his gaze back, hoping that one day he would open up to his blood and blood and reconcile misunderstandings.
“let’s go.”
When he tapped the belt-yong, he flew off with a loud roar.
***
When he came, he was with the Overlord, but when he returned, he was separate.
The Overlord headed to Overlord Territory, and I headed to Second Overlord’s Order.
Because the speed of the Wyvern was so formidable, there was certainly plenty of time to spare after getting the belt dragon.
In the past, there wouldn’t have been much time left until the next monarch’s meeting, so there would be no time for this.
Arriving from Earth Hill to the capital of the Second Monarchy was just an instant.
I immediately visited the monarch castle and met the second monarch Nouhu, and I took out the business.
“······ Do you need a magic stone?”
“Yeah, about the size of a fist.”
“He came to me out of nowhere in the middle of the night to ask for it now.”
“Yes.”
I nodded my head shamelessly to the brainchild sitting across from me.
She distorted her expression with a look of astonishment.
Ruins of Cabolissa (2)
“There is a degree of shamelessness…!”
The voice of the brain that is full of sharp edges.
The reaction was as expected.
He came to me all of a sudden and offered me a precious gem worth every magic stone, because even I thought it was shameless.
Anyway, based on the reaction, it seems that what I have is correct.
“I should have warned you before. If you keep trying to use me like this…”
“I’ll definitely make your next request one last time.”
I thought it would be difficult to argue with, so I cut it neatly and said.
The brain was startled.
“…are you going to make your next request one last time?”
“Yeah. If you give me the magic stone this time, I’ll definitely tell you the location of the spirit I promised you at the end of the next request.”
I glanced at the level floating above her head. It was still 90 as before.
A place where there is a spirit that is as powerful as the great thunder spirit Laxia that I destroyed.
As long as that was the bait, she couldn’t refuse anyway.
He said, looking at me with his eyes narrowed.
“Do you know how precious the magic stone is? To be honest….”
“If you want to see the liver, just go find another lord.”
I immediately blocked the attempt to open the ground rice.
No matter what, I can’t just let this request go.
At my words, she frowned again and quit.
“Where are you going to use the magic stone?”
“Is that important?”
“··················································· kind of doesn’t matter. Keep your promises, Seven Lords. You must give me the information in your next request.”
“Of course.”
Contrary to a desperate thunderstorm, I nodded my head lightly.
She stood up, kicking her tongue with a very uncomfortable face.
“Wait a minute.”
Apparently she was going to bring it herself, so she went out of the room.
I leaned back in my chair and leisurely waited for her to return.
‘If you get a spirit, will you try to completely pretend with me again?’
No matter how she behaved, I had no intention of not keeping her promise.
Anyway, I’ve been like that once, so unless I’m an idiot, I won’t be attacking me again.
Soon after, he returned to the room and held something the size of a fist in his hand.
Manastone, it was completely transparent, unlike ordinary manastones that had a faint blue tint.
I took what she handed me and looked at it.
“Thank you. Then let’s go.”
Having obtained the magic stone like that, I immediately left the 2nd monarch castle.
It was late at night, but I didn’t want to stay in the castle of the thunderbolt and neither would she, so I decided to just move on.
***
There were numerous ruins and dungeons in the game.
Some of them had nothing to do with the main story, but of course some were.
Ruins of Cabolissa.
A remnant left by a great wizard who was praised as a great sage in ancient times.
The place I’m visiting with Ashel right now is also a ruin related to the main story in the game.
It was an episode where Ashel learned the truth that there was no surviving clan, and decided to make up her own mind.
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