Defensive magic with a different meaning (2)
It was somehow ominous.
I recognized it from when the energy around me was unusual.
“Why don’t you go in, Leonard?”
Jeniel arrived in front of the sleeping quarters.
Behind this thin door, Karios spreads out and sleeps. If he pulls the doorknob, his pathetic figure is revealed.
A situation where even a step back is unacceptable.
“Uh… that’s it.”
I stretched my tail and made up excuses. But I couldn’t come up with a suitable method. There was no way to send Jeniel back like this, and there was no way to wake Karios from a sound sleep.
“why? The door won’t open?”
Then, Jeniel reached out for the doorknob.
I quickly turned around to block it. He laughed awkwardly and shook his head.
“no. open well.”
“But why don’t you go in?”
“That’s not…”
The irrational number threw away crying and eating mustard.
Jeniel blinked and asked again.
“yes? no?”
“There is no Karios in this room. You must be in another room.”
I pointed across the hallway. It was the best defense I could do right now.
However, Jeniel did not take it lightly. I- he said with a laugh.
“It’s a joke too. The butler said he was here, but why isn’t there?”
“I must have been mistaken. Since he likes to exercise, he could be in the underground training center.”
“Oh, really not? Look where you are.”
Jeniel reached out his hand to my side as if he couldn’t believe it, as if he wanted to check it with his own two eyes. It was a surprise attack aimed at an opening. I grabbed her hand with “quick reflexes”.
“Wait a minute.”
“what’s the matter? what’s going on inside?”
“no. It’s not like that.”
“But why won’t you let me in?”
Jeniel tilted his head. A question mark flashed in her beautiful eyes.
Jeniel’s question is still full of curiosity.
But if you continue to procrastinate in this way, sooner or later you will start to doubt. They will realize that something is going on in the room and try to force their way in.
So I couldn’t delay any longer. Before her suspicions were amplified, the situation had to be resolved.
I have only one trump card left.
I didn’t want to write it this way.
“Jeniel. Before I go in, I’ll show you a trick.”
I took out a pen from my pocket. It was an ordinary ballpoint pen. For an instant, Jeniel’s attention was focused on me.
“suddenly? Yeah, what… do it.”
Jeniel obediently responded. After taking his hand away, he took a step back.
“Are you ready?”
“yes.”
“Now, focus.”
I held a ballpoint pen in her face. At the same time, the magic power was warmed up.
“I see a pen here.”
“yes. see.”
Penetrate, Jeniel stares at the pen.
He was so focused that even if he stole his wallet from his pocket right away, he wouldn’t notice. All her nerves were focused on the ballpoint pen.
All magic is the art of deceiving others. Take advantage of the gaps in your carelessness and attack the loopholes.
“Now, here was a pen.”
I said while holding the weight.
As soon as the words were finished, 「Expedium」 was expressed. Then, Jeniel’s image became blurry.
As much as repeated training, the expression time became shorter.
Susssseu-
Jeniel disappeared in an instant, and an empty wind blew where she stood.
Only my voice echoed in the empty hallway.
“It is gone.”
It’s gone. Not a ballpoint pen, but Jeniel.
She should have reached my office by now. You will be dumbfounded watching the scenery that has changed in an instant.
Although I feel sorry for the forced repatriation, it was a choice I had no choice but to make.
I put a ballpoint pen in my pocket. After tidying up his clothes, he yanked the doorknob roughly.
“Aren’t you up right now!? Damn you bastard!!”
······
“Expedium” lasted about 1 minute.
In the meantime, I woke Karios and sent him to the shower, cleaned up the spilled bottle, and opened the window to ventilate the room.
I was in the shower after finishing my workout with Karios—” he kissed, and he blamed Zeniel for mismanaging his magic.
The meeting was so successful.
“Thank you for coming here.”
Karios knelt down like a criminal. But no one stopped.
It was because there was a sin against me and Jeniel.
“He said he attacked Leonard, and killed two people.”
Jeniel said in a sharp voice. I glared at Karios with eyes as cold as ice.
“Apart from death row inmates, why did you attack Leonard? Did you try to kill Leonardo too?”
“I don’t remember.”
At that time, Karios was in a state of madness.
Like the green monster in a hero movie, he couldn’t control himself. Similarly, memory is also lost. In a word, at that moment, it wasn’t Karios’ own will.
However, to Jeniel, who did not know that fact, it was just a lame excuse. Rather, it made me even more angry.
“You don’t remember? So is it over? Is it something that never happened?”
“·······”
Carios couldn’t say anything. Instead, he wriggled and turned his body. The knee that was facing Jeniel pointed at me.
“I sincerely apologize, my friend. sorry. All I can do is say this, so I’m even more sorry.”
Head bowed as if he had no face.
Sincerity in your voice.
The boy was sincerely sorry.
“I am so sorry.”
Is it because I am the main character?
It was hard to see him wriggling. A corner of my heart became bitter.
I raised Karios to his feet.
“That’s enough.”
I tried to forgive him. However, Jeniel kicked Karios in the calf and brought him to his knees again.
“What happened? If people do something wrong, they should be punished.”
He seemed more angry than me. There was nothing wrong with Jeniel.
Karios also humbly accepted Jeniel’s reprimand, probably not wanting to end it like this.
“Jeniel is right. I have to pay for my sins You can beat me until the rage subsides, or you can demand material compensation.”
“·······”
I looked at Karios indifferently.
It’s a punishment…
I thought about it, but I couldn’t come up with a suitable punishment.
There was not enough sediment left to beat him, and Leonard’s wealth was too rich to receive material rewards. There were no options that would benefit me.
When I tried to deny his request.
“Just say anything, Leonard.”
Karios added an afterword. Then an idea flashed in my mind.
I said to Carios.
“Then help me out. Don’t ask or ask.”
“······i get it.”
Carios nodded resolutely. I silently accepted the condition of not asking or questioning.
I was wondering if the negotiations were going to work out like that, but Jeniel suddenly intervened.
“Could that be the end, Leonard?”
“Is not it.”
“Eh? Then what is the penalty? A harsh punishment?”
A high-pitched tone as if this were not the case.
Jeniel shrugged as if he couldn’t understand. It was a reaction that was difficult for me to understand.
It’s not his business, technically it’s a Karios issue with me, but why is he doing that?
I answered calmly.
“No matter how much, it’s hard for friends to condemn each other—”
“no. I can’t admit that Karios needs to be right.”
Jeniel bravely rolled up his sleeves. He clenched his slender fists tightly.
Before long, he blew honey chestnuts at Karios.
Puck—————!
An unexpectedly powerful blow.
Karios jumped up and hid behind me. He poked his head over his shoulder and said.
“Jeniel, calm down for now-”
“Illuwa. You still need to get hit.”
Jeniel pursued Karios with his fists aimed. Karios used me as a shield and took a step back.
Somehow, I got caught up in a couple fight.
“Whoa, whoa- please calm down, Jeniel!”
I also stopped Eoyoung, Buyoung and Jeniel.
“Wait a minute. Say it, Jeniel. First, put down your fists and-”
“Move!!”
＊＊＊
same time.
Narsha stared at the crystal ball installed in the common conference room. The time for the meeting was imminent, but Leonard was still in the dark.
“What is he doing…”
Project meeting announcement message sent in the morning.
But no reply came back. Of course, I didn’t even receive a voice call. There were 10 cases of absence alone and 30 text messages sent unilaterally.
Anyone who sees it will know that I am courting one-sidedly.
It is Leonard who really has affection.
[ hey. Let the meeting begin now. How are you really?
Lastly, Narsha, who was writing a urging text, stopped her hand.
Something felt off. something was unpleasant Narsha stared at the crystal ball and thought.
The extreme sincerity shown so far and the frequency of contact that is inversely proportional to it.
······Are you being pushed around now?
If you only treat me well when we meet, and if we don’t keep in touch, do you think I’m worried?
“what the.”
It was an operation that didn’t even work.
My heart couldn’t be shaken by that.
Narsha sighed. I erased all the text I was writing.
If you push from the other side, you will push from my side too. I will never pull first this time. You won’t be dragged by pulling.
Narsha stayed still. Meanwhile, time passed without a break.
Tick-tock-tock-tock-
The sound of a second hand filling the empty meeting room.
There was less than a minute left in the meeting, but the team members didn’t even show their noses. I wondered if I had mistaken the place, so I checked the itinerary, but it wasn’t. came right
Leonard and the teammates too.
Except for me, where did you go to play? why don’t you come
It was at that time when Narsha sneakily looked out the window.
drooling-
The sliding door to the meeting room opened. Team members rushed in as a group.
“He said it was really great.”
“So. Nice to pass by there.”
“But what were they thinking, they protested without permission.”
“uh? You came first, Narsha.”
The music box sat next to Narsha. The rest of the team also took their seats. Only one place, Leonard’s seat, was empty.
Narsha asked quietly.
“Are you all here?”
“””yes~”””
The team members responded in unison. All of them were bright voices. In comparison, Narsha’s expression was dark.
Leonard’s seat is empty. I’ve already missed three times in a row. Although there were often 2 consecutive hits, today was the first time I had 3 consecutive hits.
At the last meeting, I promised that I would definitely attend…
Even if the push and pull in Amman is important, he always attends meetings.
It’s not just once or twice that I’ve eaten a snack.
“·······”
Regrets come later.
I wondered if I hadn’t sent a reminder letter.
Narsha fixed her eyes on the table and said with a clear cough.
“Professor Leonard is absent from today’s meeting as well.”
After that, Narsha pursed her lips. I swallowed dry saliva. He prepared for the glare and complaints of his teammates that would follow.
By the way······
“yes! I already know.”
“We’ve all seen it.”
“If that’s the reason, we understand.”
Unexpected reactions poured in. The team members smiled generously and opened the prepared materials while humming songs. It was a 180 degree different reaction from last time.
“…?”
Narsha slowly raised her head. He looked at his teammates with curious eyes.
Did they eat something wrong, or did the sun rise in the west?
The music box next to me explained the completely incomprehensible situation.
“There was some commotion on campus a while ago, and Professor Leonard took care of it. Everyone sees it and understands it.”
“······Who said what?”
When Narsha asked again, frowning, the music box tilted its head.
“yes? didn’t you know The professor suppressed the protest.”
“Uh, huh? no. I was just asking.”
Narsha quickly averted her gaze. Of course, as if he knew, he chimed in.
“I saw it too. It’s great, but what…”
I don’t know what else Leonard took care of, but it was fortunate anyway.
＊＊＊
3rd floor of the Magic Administration Hall.
“If you do it one more time, you will be expelled.”
“······sorry.”
Jane trudged out of the planning room. I heard so much nagging that my eardrums tingled. I thought I could hear this name.
The planning office brought in after the protests were suppressed.
Jane was scolded much more than the other members for the crime of manifesting a magic field, and was punished more severely.
Scholarship deprivation for next semester.
Still, I was glad I wasn’t expelled.
“Ehh…”
Jane took the elevator down to the first floor. I headed to the club room where the members were.
I was walking with my eyes half-closed in the direct sunlight, but someone blocked my way.
“Oh my, who is this?”
An excited voice as always.
It was Professor Reina, who taught intermediate defense magic classes.
Jane, who found her, spat out a low birth.
“ah······”
Reina was also present at the protest site. She, too, was one of the people who watched the atrocities of the members and how they were broken by Leonard.
An encounter between herself and the defense professor who lost the honor of the defense wizard.
Fucked up in one word –
“Write. You don’t say such mean things with your heart.”
Reina said while frowning.
Well, this professor was a mind reader.
“Yeah~ I hear everything you say.”
Reina laughed Bessi, perhaps even reading that thought. Then he reached out his hand toward Jane’s head. Jane, who had cringed as she thought she was hitting honey chestnuts, opened her eyes at the soft touch of her hair.
“…?”
Reina was stroking her hair. Even with a benevolent smile.
The figure reflected in the sunlight was like an angel.
“Well done. After all, aren’t you wrong at all?”
Jane’s crumpled face was stained with embarrassment.
I thought he would scold me, but of course I thought he would be angry, but why is he covering me?
Jane stared blankly at Rayna.
“It’s just that the process is wrong. It’s the first time, so it’s just a mistake. So don’t be too intimidated. Don’t do that from now on. got it?”
“yes······? Ah, yes.”
“Oh, that’s nice.”
Rayna tousled Jane’s hair like she was cute. This time he put his hand on her shoulder.
“And Professor Leonard said something bitter because he thought of you guys, so don’t hate him too much.”
“Yes?”
Jane’s shoulders trembled startled. How else did you know that I hate Leonard…?
“How do you know? You tell me everything.”
“······Stop reading.”
Jane pursed her lips. I felt very upset when I saw through all the thoughts in my head. It felt like an invasion of privacy.
Reyna finally removed her hand from Jane’s body.
“Because this is not going my way. Then see you on Friday.”
As if nothing had happened, Reina waved her hand brightly.
Jane looked at her and tidied her tousled hair.
“what······”
A sudden meeting with Reina.
And, unexpected warmth.
A corner of Jane’s heart tickled at her gentle advice. It touched me more than the nagging I heard in the planning room. I still hated Leonard, but I thought that Reina might be a decent person.
“·······”
Jane, who had stopped for a moment like that, soon changed the direction of her steps. I went to the magic training center instead of the club room.
Of course, this incident did not break her dark heart. Her inferiority complex, her anger, and her determination to become a warlock were still the same.
However, it was to repay Leonard’s bitter blow and the reprimand to have sufficient capabilities.
wait and see
I will train hard and become the worst black magician who is good at karate. It will surely bring great shame to Leonard .