Ed Subjugation (2)
― ‘Today, I have to go out and come back because I have business in the living area. So don’t look for me until tomorrow morning.’
You have to lose it to know how precious freedom is. Clevius was acutely aware of that fact.
Is it because I don’t really want to go back to my hometown, so staying at school is the problem?
Clevius was dragged by Elvira throughout the vacation, attending social gatherings among students, and taking basic etiquette training, and all kinds of hardships had been put through.
Although Clevius, who was gloomy by nature, would win people’s favor just because he went out a little bit, Elvira said that it is important to accumulate experience step by step, and held Clevius by the neck until the end.
Regardless of this or that, Clevius could not resist Elvira and spent the whole vacation hanging out with her, but as school started approaching, Elvira had less time to pay attention to Clevius, probably because she was busy in her own way.
“this… freedom… ?”
The hellish Elvira’s forced march also stops, and if you sit alone in the private room of the Ophelis Hall, the familiar darkness in the corner of the room greets Clevius.
Clevius, who lay blankly on the bed and looked up at the ceiling, saw a wave of emotion. The tip of his nose was wrinkled and he even snorted.
How long have you been lying there doing nothing like this? When I can’t see Elvira, who always rushed to me like a deokdal, a part of my heart is relieved.
“… .”
So Clevius lay on the bed for a while.
The time is midnight in the morning.
Originally, Cleviers were nocturnal. I decided to enjoy the quiet atmosphere, buried in the familiar darkness of night.
Sensitivity is static.
There was no Elvira who was always noisy, so I came back to the quiet room as usual…
What remained there was emptiness rather than rest.
“I’m finally crazy too.”
There is no need to make friends with people. If you engage in extroverted activities that don’t suit you, all that’s left is a wound.
For Clevius, most human relationships ended with wounds, so I think that the relationship with Elvira would be the same. It has not yet reached catastrophe.
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Most of those who had sympathy with Clevius did not like the word or came to despise Clevius.
Clevius himself is also aware of it. The self is by no means the kind of person that anyone can like.
That’s why Clevius… It was normal for him to sit in the corner of the room and stare blankly at the ceiling.
There is no such thing as a journey to broaden human relationships. They have their own way of life.
“… ”
In that way, he hardened his own shell and sighed in a gloomy voice.
How can you be so peaceful without a single Elvira? It’s ironic indeed.
Come to think of it, why did Elvira, who was always running around, leave her seat?
Actually it’s not very sad.
Isn’t it Elvira, who talks to Clevius every time and tells everything he does.
It doesn’t take a day or two to see Elvira chattering about what she ate for snacks today, that a new store has opened in the living quarters, or that Clevius is not interested in anything.
However, Clevius did not have a particularly good feeling about Elvira’s journey, which suddenly shuts her mouth and disappears.
What did you do when you went to the living quarters in the middle of the night like this? If I had to go to the living quarters late at night, all the facilities would have been closed.
Not only that, Elvira, who has a lot of alchemy reagents and tech supplies right before disappearing… Everyone seemed to be preparing for battle.
“… What other useless things did you do? ”
While muttering, Clevius opened the room window. If you look in the direction of Maxes Bridge from the upper floors of the Ophelis Building, you can see the living quarters at first glance, but only a small part of it.
“done. What do I care about?”
Though no one was listening, Clevius muttered and laid back on the bed.
Now is the time to enjoy the freedom that has been in your hands for a long time.
Clevius lay on his side, concentrating on the comfort of his body.
However, the stillness of the room still tickles the back of his neck.
A summer night breeze blows in through the open window. After making the curtain flutter once, it crashes into Clevius’ back head and then scatters.
Clevius lay still, staring at the wall for a long time.
“… .”
*“Tell me without adding or subtracting, Lortel. Have you ever done anything that went wrong while running a business, or did anything that could get your pods caught and pulled down? You have to tell everything without hiding anything.”
“To be honest… There are so many twists and turns that I don’t know which one to pick.”
I squeezed my temples and narrowed my brows. Still, he did not slow his pace.
As I quickly climbed the stairs and reached the fourth floor, I saw a hole in the ceiling that Ziggs had been pushing through.
Should I say tough or ignorant? Moonlight was streaming down from a hole in the ceiling.
The rope that Ziggs had tied up caught my eye as well. It’s quite tall, but I was worried that even if it were me, Lortel would be able to climb the ropes.
When I opened my eyes, Lortel nodded without saying anything.
“I’ll give it a try.”
“Catch me and come up.”
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My body is also not in a normal situation because of the recoil of the ring.
Although he has recovered a lot, he still has a slight fever or chronic fatigue, and there are many restrictions from physical abilities such as physical strength and strength to magical abilities such as magic response.
Still, I thought it would be possible to climb on a rope, so I quickly put my feet on the wall and pulled the rope.
Lortel also tied her reddish-brown hair behind her back, rolled up her arms and grabbed the rope.
I stretched out one arm, and Lortel walked over her right arm to share the weight with me. This will allow you to climb the wall with some ease.
We struggled for a while and climbed up the wall in the hallway. If you go up to the roof like this, there will be a ladder installed on the outer wall for roof work. Take the ladder and go down to the first floor and escape towards the camp.
“Uh-huh!”
Is it because of weak strength? Lortel’s slender wrists trembled softly. As I pulled up the lortel as much as I could and reached near the roof, a hand suddenly stretched out from the roof and came down.
— Tak
A hand as thin as Lortel’s hand wrapped around my wrist and lifted me up with a squeaking sound.
It wasn’t that great of strength, but I was able to climb to the roof with ease anyway.
As I fell and settled on the roof, I immediately raised my arms and helped Lortel come up.
“Do you have any hobbies to exercise at night?”
“You have come.”
“I came with Ziggs. I didn’t know it would cause such a fuss… ”
Laying on the roof side by side with Lortel, he looked at his opponent.
Tracyana Bloomriver, the 4th grade Magician’s head and famous as a model for witches.
The short hair that came down to the shoulder and curled up is the same as it was before.
That bluish hair reflected the moonlight, subtly stimulating her eyes.
“Tracyana-senpai?”
It must have been an unexpected person for Lortel.
Traceiana, the 4th grade magician’s head, is a strong grader who wields all kinds of high-ranking magic at a young age.
Not only that, he also has quite a bit of direct combat experience and practical experience, so he is considered a fairly veteran among students.
“Why are you here?”
“I ran to my junior for a month when I said that it was dangerous… That would be a pretentious answer.”
It’s ugly, but it’s not mean.
Tracyana said as she sharpened her wand the size of her upper body.
“Ed Roth-Taylor has something to do with Petrin. I’m here to beat that.”
“… Sir Ed? Were you familiar with Traceiana sunbaenim?”
“I bumped into it a while ago, so I gained some knowledge. There are also rumors that the Roth Taylors and the Bloom Rivers have joined hands.”
Tracyana Bloomriver is one of the strongest students among the students.
He was a human who took the top position among the fourth graders with the highest average magic level.
He often gets upset because of his troublesome brother, but anyway, he is a sure person as far as his skills are concerned.
“I heard all the details from Ziggs.”
After tying the hairpins holding her bangs up a few times, Tracyana said that she could omit the detailed explanation.
“I will wait here. Maybe Ayla will be up soon, so take care of her, and when Taylor comes again… ”
Tracyana pondered for a moment what to say, and then continued as if it was nothing special.
“… I have to do something.”
“Thank you for coming so late tonight.”
“Well, after all, my mother instructed the Roth Taylors to act as cooperatively as possible. So, I’ll think of it as having a decent amount of debt.”
Tracyana said so, then swish and jumped into the hole we came up with.
She sat down in the hallway on the 4th floor, brushed off the hem of her robe and looked up at us.
“I only see my classmates who are worried about the future because they are preparing for graduation, but seeing my juniors like this makes me feel fresh. go slowly You don’t have much time.”
Saying that, he quickly put on Rob’s hat.
He bowed his head and raised his cane to an oblique angle. The magician’s robe with the sleeves and lower collar remaining relaxed, and the moonlight shining under the hat is impressive.
In the midst of the moonlight streaming down from the hole, Tracyana stood quietly.
I checked the figure, and grabbed Lortel’s hand.
For now, the key is to keep the Lortel as far away as possible. Whatever Dune has planned, as long as he doesn’t hand over Lortel.
With that in mind, I ran again towards the emergency ladder attached to the exterior wall.
*“Elvira, why are you… ”
“There are circumstances. I can’t let you go forward.”
Taylor and Elvira are close classmates.
There have been many times when I got involved in various incidents because I fit in with Elvira’s coercion. Anyway, we shared quite a bit of time here and there, so we’ve been close friends for a long time.
That Elvira suddenly appeared and blocked Taylor’s path. From Taylor’s point of view, there was no choice but to widen his eyes.
“I’m sorry, but I’m totally on Ed Roth-Taylor’s side. Taylor.”
“What?”
Taylor’s pupils trembled.
The front yard of the store is full of out-of-work workers.
After capturing the bald spots of her hair, Elvira opened the door of her alchemy bag.
―Kagang! Kang! Kang!
When the entrance was turned upside down, all kinds of reagent bottles and engineering supplies poured out.
It’s Elvira who lost all her magic equipment while fighting Lucy last vacation.
However, in just one semester, he re-created an absurd amount of magic equipment. Considering that there are so many reagents… I can feel how much I really immersed myself in personal research.
As it was, Elvira picked up an empty bag nearby and threw it away.
Then, he pulled out a shock-reinforced wave ball, and let’s activate it quickly… A powerful shock wave was emitted around Elvira.
– Whoa!
― Kaga! Kaga Gak!
All the items that had fallen around Elvira were blown away by the shockwave.
Before long, the goods created by Elvira spread widely in the front yard of the store.
Various reagent bottles and tech supplies are everywhere.
From Taylor’s point of view, it looks like there are things everywhere that you don’t know how to use or how to use it.
It is impossible to know how it will affect the battle if it moves incorrectly and breaks the reagent bottle or if the tech equipment works.
Only Elvira knows all the effects of all devices and reagents.
For this moment, this battlefield is completely Elvira’s realm.
“Do you even know what Ed Roth-Taylor is up to?”
“You kidnapped Ayla and tried to use it as a material for research on Aspect Magic? Well, it’s a bit violent, but what can I do? Studying sometimes requires sacrifice.”
“You… ”
Taylor looked at Elvira in disbelief.
At least, Elvy is a scholar who keeps the line. He wasn’t the kind of person to have such an absurd way of thinking.
“If you would say something like that… I didn’t think of it.”
“Let’s not talk long. I have to stop you here and end the situation.”
“Elvira!”
Taylor grinned and looked at Elvira. In an instant, the pupils widened, and the eyes looking at Elvira became bloody.
Elvira swallowed dry saliva.
It’s Elvira, who traveled with Taylor’s side rather than Ed. More than anyone else, she realizes that Taylor’s swordsmanship skills are growing at an unbelievable rate.
Can you fight directly and win? I honestly can’t say for sure.
Elvira is not the type that is good at fighting. The Alchemy Department of Sylvania does not learn science for the purpose of combat. It is only possible to fight to some extent.
― Wrath!
With just one leap, Taylor comes right in front of her. Elvira definitely felt it.
Taylor intends to subdue herself, even with some rough means. Of course, I have no intention of killing you, but if you are careless, you can get seriously injured.
By flicking her feet, Elvira activated the ‘Typhoon Launcher’, which was located next to her.
– aa
Suddenly, a wind blew up, creating dust around him, obscuring his view.
Tailly swung his sword once in a big way, blowing the dust away with the wind, but Elvira was no longer there.
Elvira, who spread the distance, took out ‘red paper glue reagent’ from the floor and was pouring it on the floor.
After checking the reagent seeping into the floor, Elvira randomly threw an empty bottle nearby.
“why? Are you so surprised that I’m on Ed Roth-Taylor’s side?”
“you… You weren’t like that, Elvira.”
“I have my own reasons.”
Elvira looked at Taylor with sad eyes.
“I am under no obligation to explain it.”
From Taylor’s point of view, it’s too savage. There is no longer any reason to hold hands.
Taylor rushed forward with the bayonet as it was, trying to narrow the distance back to Elvira’s nose. However, in front of a few steps, the foot sticks to the floor and does not fall.
“Ugh?!”
As Taylor, who lost her balance due to the weight of the greatsword, stumbles, the basic elemental magic ‘water polo’ hits the gap.
The water, which had gathered under great pressure, hit Taylor’s body, and the impact caused Taylor to clench her teeth tightly.
“Big, each!”
Elvira’s elemental magic isn’t that high. However, that does not mean that it is not without shock.
Taylor clenched her teeth and endured the pain, then stood up straight.
But still the legs did not fall off the ground. The aftermath of the reagent Elvira had just sprayed seemed to remain.
‘Red Paper Paste Reagent’
It is an alchemy reagent that gives power to attract everything that touches the earth in the area. It was a reagent mainly used for mousetraps and traps.
“Tailey, you were born with great fighting power and potential, but there is one thing you overlooked.”
Elvira looked around and spoke. Elvira’s inventions were all around.
“You have little knowledge of alchemy, do you? You can’t predict where and what variables will pop out.”
All of these inventions are only available to Elvira.
“This is already my territory.”
Taylor gripped the sword and clenched her teeth.
Among all the items, the appearance of Elvira plucking her skirt breaks her teeth.
However, Elvira didn’t care and pulled out a small wand from the end of the skirt of the alchemist’s attire she was wearing.
Elvira’s fighting style was always like this. Even Taylor didn’t know.
However, he could not imagine the possibility of encountering an enemy. that’s natural
It was because I thought that Elvira would always be a colleague.
*“I don’t have time to get the keys! Just break it all down and go down!”
Dune led the workers all the way down to the basement of the Sanghoe.
His judgment of the situation is certainly quick.
Some workers in the upper floors were instructed to keep the entrance closed, and the rest were ordered to search the upper floors of the store.
And the decision to take the rest of the manpower and quickly go down to the basement of Sanghoe was a breeze.
The most probable solution right now is… It is to secure Ayla, who was locked up in the basement of the upper chamber, with her own hands.
Taylor McLaugh’s target is Isla Triss. Once you have that goal in your hands, the scope of your negotiations is much wider.
No matter how you think about it, Ed Roth-Taylor’s moves are questionable. Seeing the disappearance alongside Lortel, Ed’s movements are unquestionable and irresistible.
I didn’t understand it from Dunn’s point of view.
Ed Roth-Taylor, who Dune judged, is by no means an emotional human being to the point of giving up huge profits to be driven by personal emotions.
He is the type who is always rational, clearly discerns reason, and reliably calculates his/her interests.
So Dune was certain to some extent. Under these conditions, Ed would stick to his side.
However, Ed Roth-Taylor’s choice was completely different from Dune’s expectations.
‘Did I see the wrong person?’
The years I have lived as a dune merchant are not for a day or two.
Did it mean that Ed’s heart had changed in that brief moment?
To him, the existence of Lortel Keheln was worth more than just a business owner who helped him.
I never thought it would ever happen. This is because Dunne has met Ed in person many times, and has continued to carefully judge his character and disposition.
He is like an eagle devouring corpses alone in battlefield corpses.
It is a poisonous species capable of devouring any corpse if it can fill its stomach to survive.
It is easy to see that he has lived a life in such a war by looking at his behavior and values.
– Bang!
Anyway, there is no point in regretting past judgment mistakes now. Just do what needs to be done right now.
After violently smashing all the doors leading to the basement, Dune arrived at the cellar.
She dragged the worker to the inner room where Ayla would be locked up and ran as she ran, shouting to bring a rope for grabbing.
The workers responded with a loud voice and followed.
Anyway, as long as you secure Isla Triss, all you have to do is return her to Taylor when things don’t go well.
Then the situation itself can be terminated immediately. Just having that option can give you a pretty clear edge in the current situation where Dune is running fast.
― Wrath!
Dune, who reached the room where Ayla was being held… I doubted my eyes.
Ayla, who should have been tied up and held captive… . none.
Only the worker who was monitoring her is unconscious and collapsed.
“What… ?”
Dune paused for a moment with a trembling voice.
Ayla is more of a scholar with no combat skills at all. He knows how to use magic, but he doesn’t have enough power to easily subdue the workers.
Since the dune knew that, only the minimum number of manpower was deployed. As long as the reporting system is in place, there is no reason to invest too much manpower in surveillance.
However, the watchman who lost his mind after being neatly suppressed… I was completely blown away.
“this… how… ?”
Dune found a plate rolling down the floor. Even if they were hostages, they could not be killed by starvation, so they would eat only a minimal amount of food.
– ‘I really enjoyed the meal… .!’
There is a memo written in a neat handwriting to say thank you for the rice I got. Ayla’s handwriting looked clear.
I feel like I’m more alert when I’m being polite to nothing.
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Magical engineering supplies such as ‘Magic Cutter’, ‘Shock Reinforced Wave Sphere’, and ‘Power Discharger’ were lying around.
While Taylor was making a fuss, he pulled out a magic tool from his body, subdued the worker, and escaped.
In the meantime, did you have enough spare time to leave behind a thank you for the rice you got?
indeed… Should I say that I am a person with a lot of experience in kidnapping? Even after this, I drank a full meal and even cold water and went. It’s the calmness of a professional.
Reminds me of Ayla leaving the prison with a blush in her face as if embarrassed to have heard it, burping her heart out once in a while… Dune grinded the teeth.
Ayla has been tied up ever since she was captured by Ed. There was no way they could have secured such an escape tech equipment.
—Since the first time he was caught, he had been caught hiding everything in his collar.
It is said that Isla Triss also had an affair with Ed Roth Taylor in the first place. It is natural to think that the tech supplies were also provided by Ed Roth Taylor.
In this chaotic situation that Taylor is approaching, the way he moves so hard as if he made a promise… If you think about it that way, it makes sense.
“Ed… Roth Taylor… !”
Dunne raised his eyes as he gritted his teeth.
From the outset, Ed Roth-Taylor had no desire to join Dune’s side.
All this was planned by him.
To scatter ashes on Dune’s plans, to divert Lortel, and to turn this Elte company into a battlefield against Taylor… It was a picture he had drawn.
“Go upstairs! Find Isla Triss! Ed Roth Taylor and Acting Director Hoeju!”
Smooth and grind their teeth, Dune again ordered the workers.
The situation is not over yet. As soon as dawn comes, the imperial carriage will come. Until then, we need to secure Ed Rothtailer and Lortel Keheln.
*“It’s going to rain.”
Lucy, who was sniffing the tip of her nose, suddenly said something like that.
“… rain? Is it this clear?”
“It smells like rain.”
It’s Lucy Meryl who notices like a ghost when it rains. Of course, since Princess Fenia is not aware of such a fact, it can only be heard as a rather absurd sound.
“… By the way, it’s Aken Island soon. Where can I drop you off when we arrive?”
“Aren’t you going to the royal residence anyway?”
“Before I go, I will stop by where you want to go and drop you off.”
Of course, it is common sense to follow the movement of the princess, but Princess Fenia was very considerate and told Lucy Meryl that way.
Of course, there was no reason for Lucy to read the intention of the action, so she just answered bluntly.
Lucy looking up at the late dawn sky through the window… I let out a fleeting sigh, imagining the sudden drop.
“Near the North Forest.”
Fenia was also expecting the answer to some extent.
“I want to go to camp.”
So the royal chariot advances.
In the far corner of the field of vision, there was a small view of Maxes Bridge leading to Aken Island.