If I do it, it’s romance (5)
Just now.
With [Magical Insight], I sensed the mana embedded in the robe. At the same time, I expanded my senses and traced the source of magic.
A unique trait worth a whopping 3,000,000 points.
“Magical Insight”, which can be said to be the highest peak of the talent field.
The extremely sensitive senses analyzed all the magic in the area, discerned the faintly mixed magic of Luca Delos, and found its source in an instant.
It was northwest of Mount Hernis.
The place where I was in distress is the west side. Fortunately, it wasn’t too far. It was within walking distance.
So I headed straight northwest. Following the bristling senses, I recklessly moved my steps.
As a result, they succeeded in discovering Luca Delos.
In the forest where many wizards have fallen.
“Okay, foolish defense mage. You saved this child today.”
“·······”
“But I don’t know if you will live.”
Black auras were condensed in both Luca Delos’ hands. The wizard opposing him was none other than Pierre.
A defense mage who wanted to become the best in the empire, asking various questions while staying vigil.
“······why.”
I stared blankly at the scene. Suddenly, I remembered what I had said to Pierre.
-You must never give up. No matter how difficult the situation is, no matter how difficult the situation is.
Could it be that his careless words made him reckless?
Could it be that the reality that he hadn’t awakened before ignited Pierre’s pesky passion?
Before the question could be answered, Lucar Delos rushed in. I immediately manifested the “Barrier”. With a narrow gap, he was ahead of Luca Delos’ attack.
Geeing-
My “Barrier” and Luca Delos’ “Dark Magic”.
In an instant, the two huge forces collided, and a terrifying shockwave spread across the entire area.
Kuguagagaga River ————!!!
It was a roar that hit the eardrums. A great frenzy raged, and the trees staggered as if toppling over.
The silence that came after a commotion.
Luca Delos, who noticed my presence belatedly, looked at me with a stiff face.
“this······”
Pierre followed suit and turned his head. I said looking at him.
“It’s a pesky passion, Pierre.”
Then he walked slowly. In the silence of the forest, a particularly clear sound of footsteps echoed.
Tuck-tuck-tuck-
distance getting closer.
However, I did not manifest any defensive magic. He quietly approached and stood in front of Lucaradelos.
Before Narsha resurrects the devil, the evil itself that leads the darkness.
Luca Delos, the legendary black magician who will kill Frederick in the future.
The magi that was exuded to match its dignity was also ferocious, but I didn’t feel any fear.
I looked at him with cold eyes.
“·······”
Lucaradelos can’t harm me.
Similarly, I can’t attack Lucaradelos.
A situation in which each other is not at all a threat to each other.
That disparate ease strangely changed the atmosphere. The area where the fear of death lurked a little while ago calmed down for an instant.
The first to speak was Luca Delos.
“Who is this? The best in the empire…”
Lucaradelos was silent for a moment. That hesitation soon turned to arsenic.
“…isn’t that unfortunate Leonard Adonis? Nice to see you like this.”
“·······”
I didn’t answer. I just looked around at the fallen wizards. Although mortally wounded, some were still breathing.
It was the time when I was trying to figure out the survivors.
“Huuu”
A faint cry was heard from somewhere. When I turned my head, I saw Adelin, who was lying on her face, holding back the tears with both hands.
At the same time, Lucadelos also found her.
“…?”
As if he had forgotten his prey, Luca Delos’ pupils widened.
However, my “quick reflexes” were one step faster. The “barrier” that suddenly manifested protected Adelin. Luca Delos, who couldn’t even move his feet, laughed dejectedly.
“As expected, it is a skill worthy of its reputation. This is why they caused distress, but they managed to come back on their own.”
“…was it your fault?”
An attack by the monsters that made me and Jeniel fall down the cliff.
I knew they were summoned beasts, but I thought they were dukes of Lucaradelos.
As I frowned, Lucaradelos raised his eyebrows.
“It wasn’t planned from the beginning. Raids were nothing more than a price to pay for invading a territory. But you fell out of the group. He is also the best defensive mage in the empire, acknowledged by others.”
So far, it’s the same as the original.
When Karios first reached the north, he was attacked by summoned beasts and warlocks.
By the way······
“But the commander-in-chief didn’t even think about saving you. Even when I heard that you were in distress, I formed a team to search for you.”
After that, it was different from the original.
Carios did not immediately send a rescue team. Instead, they went ahead with the search operation for Luca Delos, which will begin tomorrow. Even this late at night.
Except for Leonard, who can be said to be the best force.
“Without you, the gathered wizards are divided into three teams, what a good opportunity this is.”
Lucaradelos shrugged and spread his arms. The corpses of mages scattered right below. With a smile that seemed to enjoy the horror.
“Thanks to you, I had a good time.”
“·······”
I looked at Lucaradelos with a hard face.
At the sight of that evil figure, anger boiled within. Her eyes trembled, her heart rate quickened, and her head became so hot that she couldn’t keep her cool.
A passion that doesn’t match my calm personality.
However, all these feelings were not directed only towards Lucaradelos.
“I-I think it’s over there!”
“It’s Luca Delos! He’s over there!!”
Urgent footsteps came from afar. A faint light began to be seen in the forest encroached by darkness. Reinforcements had arrived.
But it’s already too late.
Rescuing someone or killing someone.
Recognizing the approach of reinforcements, Lucar Delos let out a sneer.
“Goodbye then, poor wizard.”
Before long, Lucaradelos’ whole body was scattered into graphite. The night wind that blew just at the right time completely erased his traces.
wheeess
In the forest where only empty silence lingers.
After a while, the reinforcements who came rushing in found the scene and were astonished. After shaking the fallen wizard, he ran to me and asked.
“Le, Professor Leonard? What the hell is this?”
“What about Lucaradelos? Certainly, even just a little while ago…”
“What about the other survivors? Are there only three?”
However, I wasn’t in the mood to answer them one by one. Before that, there was an answer I needed to hear first.
This is how I responded to the flood of questions.
“Get out of the way.”
Unusual cynical tone.
The wizards seemed to be taken aback for a moment, but then all at once moved out of the way.
“yes? yes! All right.”
The crowd blocking the way disappeared and the field of view opened up. At the end of the wizards lined up left and right… he stood.
The person who brought the situation to this point.
Unlike the original, the commander-in-chief did not send a rescue team.
jerk- jerk-
I went straight to Karios. As the distance narrowed, the anger reached its peak. The strings of reason were gradually loosening.
“How can this…”
Karios, who was examining the scattered corpses, recognized the approach and raised his head. Leonard’s face was reflected in his confused eyes.
“Le, Leonard…”
Karios’ expression darkened even more.
It was a face contemplating where to start explaining and how to bring it out.
“that is······”
Before Carios could make an excuse, he reached out and grabbed his collar.
He said to Karios with sharp eyes.
“You should have come to save me.”
For an instant, the atmosphere cooled, and the buzzing surroundings became quiet. The eyes of the wizards were focused in unison. Rectacio, the vice-captain of the Immortal Knights, came running. I tried to block the gap between me and Karios.
before that.
“Leonard. what is this now right now-“
“Shut up.”
I kept my eyes on him and grabbed him by the nape of his neck with [Depression]. Rectacio, with both legs floating, floundered in the air.
“Ugh! Kuck!”
Rectacio made an effort to destroy 「Yeomdong」. But with his power, he couldn’t even interfere with my magic.
“Keck! Kegeg!”
The face is getting more and more purple.
I raised my voice regardless.
“You should have chosen rescue over search.”
Because the choices made by Karios turned out to be an irreversible disaster.
“You should have saved at least your fiancé.”
Because my resolve to protect everyone has been shattered.
“If not, you should have protected your teammates!”
Because I didn’t want to see any more pointless sacrifices.
······All that anger was poured out on Karios.
Karios didn’t say anything. He stared at the floor with dazed eyes. As if weighed down by guilt, his mouth, which did not easily come out, spat out a word.
“I’m sorry, Leonard.”
“·······”
The hand holding the collar trembled slightly.
I was angry at the fact that just one word was all, and that was the best I could do now.
I looked at Karios carefully and said. His voice trembled with extreme anger.
“Remember. Today’s victims… are all yours.”
Then he let go of the collar he was holding. At the same time, Rectacio, struggling in the air, fell to the floor. As he took a deep breath, the color of his face gradually returned.
“Ha ha… ha…”
I just turned around I moved my steps to go to the place where I was in distress for the first time.
Wizards frozen in sudden situations.
As they passed, they saw Pierre and stopped. I looked at him without speaking.
“·······”
Originally, I was going to tell you to know the subject.
I tried to advise him to take a good look at his opponent and attack him.
Pierre’s vexing passion almost killed him.
But I couldn’t say anything. Instead, he patted Pierre on the shoulder.
“Good job.”
Although it was a short moment, it was because he understood Pierre’s feelings.
Everyone has times like that.
There are bound to be moments when you value your convictions more than the immediate reality or clearly proven facts.
Just as Pierre put others before his own life.
Just like you didn’t avoid a fight even though you knew you would lose.
Even though I know I can’t help it
Even though I understood that it was the ‘aftermath of the characteristic’ that I had set with my own hands, I couldn’t get rid of my anger toward Karios.
The anger I felt a moment ago…
Those emotions that I couldn’t control at all…
It was an annoying passion as a defense mage.
＊＊＊
late night.
Jeniel is sitting alone in the pavilion. Today, I looked at the huge moon and waited for Leonard.
I could hear the cries of wild animals everywhere, and a bleak wind blew, but I wasn’t afraid at all.
There is only one reason.
Because this place is above the sky.
“·······”
The night sky hundreds of meters from the ground.
A pavilion made of some tree was floating leisurely in the air where nothing could be reached.
A truly magical phenomenon.
Jeniel admired the closer night sky.
“Wow······”
A fairytale-like scene unfolds before your eyes.
The fantastic night view eased Jeniel’s fears.
The hot and clear moon and stars made me forget the thought of being alone.
“pretty······”
Then, suddenly, I remembered the conversation with Leonard.
– Jeniel. You said you like to look at the moon.
-yes? yes. do you remember
-Then watch for a bit. I’ll be right back.
It’s something I said in the past, but I can’t believe you remember that.
For some reason, a smile was formed. I looked up at the night sky with excitement.
By the time the promised time was over.
Susseusut-!
The surrounding view blurred for a moment, and then the moon and stars moved a handful away. It was back to its original position. Footsteps heard at the same time.
Basrak- Basrak-
when I turned my head in a hurry.
I could spot Leonard approaching not far away. After all, Leonard did not break his promise. Jeniel greeted him with a bright smile.
“How are you? Did you find the owner?”
Leonard, who had come closer, smiled bitterly.
“I found it.”
Then, without saying a word, he sat down next to him. Somewhat tired look. After all, it must have consumed mana to float the sperm in the air.
······But what can I say?
It seemed that it wasn’t just because of magic.
Jeniel, who glanced over, asked cautiously.
“What happened…?”
“no.”
Leonard replied calmly. The look was rather suspicious. Something must have happened, but it looks like he’s trying to hide something.
As Jeniel stared blankly at him, Leonard spoke quietly.
“Soon a rescue team will come looking for you.”
There was sadness in it.
He was trying hard to cover it up, but Jeniel, who had seen Leonard for over 20 years, could tell.
He is hiding his feelings now. I was suppressing it as much as possible.
“So. Let’s sit a little longer.”
“····okay. Then then.”
But Jeniel didn’t bother asking.
Sometimes it’s comforting just to be with you.
The day I was preparing for my first lecture, just like Leonard did.
“·······”
Jeniel looked up at the night sky again.
In the woods, where the light of the city did not reach, only the clear moonlight shone on the two.
＊＊＊
next day.
The mission to subjugate the black magician ended prematurely without any significant gains. There were various reasons such as bad weather and resource depletion, but the biggest cause was power loss.
Of the 31 C-teams in charge of the northwest, 11 were killed. The other 20 people suffered fatal injuries and were hospitalized.
Regarding Karios, who caused all these disasters, the Cannabis Committee will discuss disciplinary action later, but since Terrios is a member of the council, he will not be subject to heavy punishment.
So the case was settled.
All the summoned high wizards returned to their respective positions.
I also went straight back to the academy.
I wanted to take a break, but I couldn’t because it was the season for the mid-term and final exams. The work to be done was piled up like a mountain.
Ki-Ik-
First, I entered the office. When I opened the door, a familiar landscape greeted me.
Inside, sunlight pours in through the window.
Luxurious furniture and neatly organized magic books.
Maybe it was because it was the first time he had entered since the [Imperial Guard Entrance Test], so I couldn’t be happier.
“Sweep— ha…”
After taking a deep breath, I headed towards the desk. I opened the drawer and took the ring out of my pocket.
Gilbert’s ring obtained from Tyronica. I fiddled with it for no reason and stored it deep in a drawer.
Because this will come in handy later.
“·······”
Lost in thought for a moment, I hurriedly closed the drawer. There was no time for this now. Because the promised time is over.
just as expected.
-Leonard? did you leave?
Jeniel’s voice leaked from the crystal ball in the office.
“Now go. What number was it?”
-Um… No, I’m the Magic Tower, so come here. B-2907 Lab.
“Okay. I am coming.”
yesternight.
Instead of leaving Jeniel alone, he promised to grant her wish, and she asked to help her with this mid-term and final exam.
So, I had no choice but to help Jeniel.
“This and… this will do.”
I took several books of magic and documents and left the office .