66 – Interlude – A Midsummer Day’s Dream
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(1) Later story
Watching a huge flying object flying, Tyran stood with a hammer.
Entrusting the battle to Erif, he devoted himself to support, but it was necessary to keep an eye on the final decisive battle.
The eyes on the wings of the flying object looked down at the ground.
Facing the dark-red abyss-like eyes, Tyran drew out her power.
Tyran struck the ground with a hammer in hopes that she would be able to withstand even if an attack was pouring on her, and surrounded herself with a stone wall protruding from the ground.
A terrifying magic gathered at the monster’s mouth.
If it were shot like that, the stone wall made by Tyran would break in an instant, and she would also be destroyed.
But Tyran did not look away from her.
Her faintly felt presence gave her her trust.
A small explosion occurred above her head, where her magic was gathered.
The monster was so large that it felt small, but Tyran, who had measured the magnitude of the power contained in it, was startled and took her eyes off the crevice of the stone wall and came out.
The monster was falling.
Erif was seen through the monsters that gradually turned into black particles and disappeared.
Losing her consciousness, unifying, Tyran ran out without even thinking about where her parts went and her bare body plummeted to the floor.
The wind spirits remaining at her base surrounded her, slowing her fall, and the spirits of her land began to soften the ground at her expected fall point as much as possible.
But will she be able to rescue Erif safely?
Looking at the brightening sky as the dark red clouds disappeared, Tyran begged to save Erif because she likes anyone.
Wheeing-
A gentle wind blew from somewhere.
She felt that Tyran had entered her realm with someone as strong as she herself.
Riding her breeze, a girl with light green short hair with wings on her head flew near her Erif and grabbed her.
Erif and the girl stopped in the air less than 10 meters from the ground.
Tyran walked over to her hurriedly.
After descending to the ground, the girl who carefully laid her Erif down greeted Tyran.
“Are you the manager here?”
At the words of the yellow-green girl, Tyran nodded her head.
“My name is Tyran, a higher spirit of fire. He is the blacksmith of the spirit-based arsenal.”
“Nice to meet you. Senior Wind Spirit Silaya, the branch leader of the Elemental Knights Alliance Elemenes District.”
“I, Spirit Knights Union!”
Tyran widened her eyes and opened her mouth wide.
The elite group of the elemental army and the regional defense force, the Spirit Knights Association, and also the branch manager of the large city of Elemenes.
Compared to
Tiran, there was a difference between a new blacksmith who had just set up a workshop and a knight commander protecting a large castle.
“Well, I too was locked up until the gate burst and Erif rescued me a while ago.”
Scylla scratched her head and looked down at Erif.
An undeniable heat was felt from the skin exposed between her red hot hands and half-burned clothes.
“Tiran. Did I mention it’s a higher level fire spirit? Can you cool Erif’s heat?”
“Yes. Leave it to me.”
Tyran put down her hammer and knelt down next to Erif.
Tyran placed her hand on Erif’s body, closed her eyes and began to let the heat out of her.
It was the first time he felt the heat of hellfire, but Tyran, a higher fire spirit, soon began to handle it skillfully.
Erif, who was breathing heavily, calmed down.
Her face, which she had lost, returned to her original white skin, and her expression became calm.
“Then we will go out. You must have signed a contract with Erif by itself, so you can decide whether to sign a simple contract with the children who came with you.”
“Ugh. Can I do it later?”
Silah looked around the ruins.
Tiran, a blacksmith and architect, seemed to have no time to travel to and from the physical world due to his contract.
“Of course. I’ll also tell Erif not to call him for a while.”
“Thank you, Sila.”
Sila carried her Erif and flew towards the clear sky.
Her fresh air, retrieved from her demons, led her to the place where her temporary contractors were.
(2) Myunggyeong Index
I woke up in a dark room.
She lost her mind in the heat of hellfire, so I thought that she would have been burned to death, but it seems that she survived.
It seems that she summoned the silver armor just before she fainted.
She came down from the big bed, capturing the confused memories.
Where is this place?
At least it wasn’t the facility where I held the token.
Once it was on the ground, the weapons weren’t even aimed at the bed, and above all, it smelled familiar.
“Chermia?”
The faint smell of shampoo or soap from Chermia.
Following the smell, I was heading to the small door attached to the room, and I heard a conversation from the hallway and the door creaked open.
“Erif! Your eyes are open.”
Chermia, with Sila on her shoulder, ran up to me and hugged me tightly.
Sila also flew over her head with excitement.
[[It was a little dangerous this time, Erif.]]
“That’s right. If I had been stronger, I would have won easily.”
“We’ll both talk about that later. First of all, it is important that Erif is safe.”
At Chermia’s words, Sila nodded her head and sat quietly on my shoulder.
“Erif. You say you haven’t been there for over a week? It’s the bathroom over there, so let’s go take a bath.”
Saying that, Chermia began to take off her coat.
So, after turning her head, she had no choice but to scream.
“I, I will wash by myself.”
“I couldn’t wash either. Let’s go in together.”
“Oh, wait. Huh?”
In the end, I was led into the bathroom by Chermia’s hand.
Even though it was attached to the room, there was a large bathroom in the bathroom.
And… ….
My impressions end here.
(3) Pass
It is said that Sohela, the city of Selmeier Kingdom, was the capital of a country that was located on this land before the Shinma War.
The downtown area was full of tall buildings as high as the capital city, Ekarta, but the old city center right next door was lined with old-fashioned houses.
In particular, in Count Seine’s grand mansion, which was particularly large and had a whale-like roof, I was being treated with too much respect.
“Wear this today.”
Today, with some déjà vu, she became a doll of Cermia and wore the clothes she wore until a few years ago.
Aside from the slightly damaged self-esteem, it looked pretty good when decorated like Chermia, which made me feel a little bit better.
When we came back after playing for a while on the street, someone was waiting for us.
A neatly dressed young man was waiting in the drawing room, and when he found us, he bowed to greet us.
“Hello. Mr. Erif. Mr. Hermia. My name is Plum, a diplomat from the Kingdom of Canael.”
“Ah, hello.”
Cermia and I bowed our heads in return.
By the way, I don’t know what happened after the token was suppressed.
Did you get the rewards for completing the main quest?
“Thank you for your cooperation in this operation. Your Excellency is currently distracted by follow-up. I have come to ask for your understanding.”
“I can just send you a letter… ….”
“I can’t. It’s also because I came here to express my gratitude at the kingdom level for having almost alone prevented a situation that could have caused great damage to both Canael and Selmeier.”
The diplomat pulled something out of the briefcase he had brought.
He handed the card-shaped thing to me and Chermia, put a briefcase in her bag and picked up a hat.
“This is a card that contains access to the Floating Islands. If you present it to the government office along with your passport, you will be granted access to the floating islands.”
“Oh my God. A wealthy military pass?”
Chermia was startled, but she didn’t know what was great, so she kept her mouth shut and she kept quiet.
“Yes. The Kingdom of Canael and the royal family will always welcome your visit.”
When the diplomat left after completing the mission, Chermia smiled as she held up her wealthy army pass.
“Is there something in the Floating Islands?”
“Then. There are so many things to see in the capital of the Canael Kingdom, where the buildings before the Shinma War remain almost intact. Besides, the buoyant island itself is also a very famous tourist destination.”
Is it a famous tourist destination?
It wasn’t something I was very happy with, which I like to roll around in the room rather than shoot around.
I just had a near-predictive thought that if I had to enter the floating islands, there would inevitably be things I had to deal with.
(4) Let’s go to the beach
Summer.
The scorching sun.
A dazzling white sandy beach.
Stylon’s summer was hot.
Cermia and Shane, her twins, and all of her classmates from Stilon came to the beach to play.
I was a little reluctant to wear a swimsuit, so I wore plain one-piece clothes and even sunglasses.
Laughing at the sizzling sun, he went into the sundae under the giant parasol and lay down.
“Erif. You don’t really go into the sea, do you?”
“Yes. Play hard I need some rest.”
Cermia and Shane, who know that I suffered a lot in the spirit world, went out to play with each other as if they had no choice but to play in the water.
Some of my friends suggested we play together, but I was able to keep lying on the excuse that I wasn’t feeling well.
You must have thought that you have to play in the water when you come to the sea, but there were so many people that you didn’t even realize the time was passing just by watching people.
There were people talking to them in the middle, but the bodyguards of Count Seine, who boasted their muscles, responded kindly and they all ran away.
In return, I bought cool ice cream for the bodyguards.
I was proud to see the bodyguards working hard to eat ice cream, but some classmates who returned to base camp caught my eye.
Among them, there was a blonde tanned pony that I noticed on the class assignment day.
And next to him was a girl who looked innocent.
Oh no. This combination.
Blond-tanned Yangchi naturally placed her hand on her girl’s shoulder and spoke to her with her gritty expression on her face.
The girl smiled brightly as if she had no thought.
When I think of another classmate who seemed to be her boyfriend, I feel frustrated.
I pricked up my ears and secretly eavesdropped on their story, hoping that the end of this story would not be ruin.
“… So, to choose a present for Seya.”
“Yes? Can I help you?”
“Really? Thank you so much.”
“Whew. What. Be sure to pay it back later.”
“Ah, sorry.”
It was terrifying to say ‘Pay back’ in the middle and flick her tongue, but somehow I couldn’t take my eyes and ears off her.
What will happen in the future?
I was immersed in myself without realizing it, when I heard Chermia’s voice.
“Erif! Eat watermelon.”
Oh, I can’t stand watermelons.
The last drama is after dinner.
I got up from the sunbed and quickly ran towards the watermelon.
And the two men and women left behind.
“I’m not asking you to buy me something, but if I ever get a girlfriend, help me.”
“Okay. Your aunt doesn’t know? Oh, let’s eat watermelon. Shall we go?”
Erif was completely unaware that there were cousins in the same class who used different surnames.
(5) End of summer vacation
It was about a month before summer vacation when I returned to work as a duke.
I gave a rough explanation to Armion, but the rest of my family would have only heard that I went to Stilon.
So, the day before I left, I went shopping with Cermia and hurriedly bought gifts for her family, users, and her friends, and loaded them in the trunk.
“Oh. Cermia, I didn’t give you this.”
Especially for her close friends, she brought out something to give to Chermia from some of the things she bought in Zafir.
“Oh my. Can I open it now?”
“Yes.”
The present given to Chermia was a luxurious comb studded with pretty iridescent pearls.
She must have been moved by the gift, Chermia gave me a tight hug once.
“When will you come to the dormitory?”
“About a week before school starts?”
“Should I go in by then?”
“Erif lives in the capital, so he can go in whenever he wants. Even if you come the day before school starts, there will be no problem.”
It’s just that the dormitory is more comfortable than the duke’s.
I didn’t have to explain it because it would seem like an unstable family history.
“I’m really going now.”
“Yes. See you later.”
I got on the car sent by the Duke of Cruel.
Chermia was waving her hand until she couldn’t see it.
Now, the rest of the vacation should be spent peacefully at the peasant’s house, eating and celebrating.
She sometimes plays with Kaon and Cress.
In that way, my first vacation started somewhat radically and ended in a peaceful way.
Summer is coming to an end.
(6) ????
I woke up from the depths of the abyss.
I have a headache.
It was hot as if on fire.
I was very thirsty, so I looked for water, but there was only dirt around me.
She coughed so much that her lungs hurt.
Her hands were full of black blood.
Stand still, waiting for death.
As she closed her eyes, black flames hit her and forced her to lift her eyelids.
I can’t close my eyes comfortably until the moment I die.
Will my grandmother be angry if she sees me?
I don’t know how much time has passed.
The group of soldiers who appeared together with Inkichik filled my eyes.
Someone’s voice was faintly heard in my ears, and I think I was nodding my head recklessly.
It was a little stiff, but I closed my eyes while resting on my wide back.
The black flame did not come out.
“The collection has been completed.”
“You did a great job. A b*tch with poor abilities, but as noble as her bloodline. Besides, are there any traces of using Jinjo’s tears?”
“Yes.”
“Then, how can I use it? Dispose of the disappearance at once. The gate is also closed, so I wouldn’t bother looking for it in the Demon Realm.”
“I see.”
When the subordinate went out, the rest of the room tilted the bottle on the desk.
The scent of fruit mixed with the strong alcohol smell spread through the room, and he lifted the glass and savored it slowly.
“You idiots. It’s worth living here too, but if you choose a continent that is easily disturbed……. They are just like old people who are greedy.”
After swearing at someone, he let out a low laugh and looked out the window.
The Easel Continent was devastated by the Shinma War.
A pair of moons hung over the demon fortress built there to avoid the eyes of humans.