266. Unrequited love that is bound to fail
“Hmm.”
Lanhardt’s expression hardens after hearing what I said. He was an impressive man who even had a worried expression on his face that spread a threat to those around him.
At that time, Unyeop, who had been thrown to the floor, staggered to his feet and began to defend me.
“Well, he is an excellent warlock. This time he joined with the intention of taking revenge on the souls gone because of Deius Verdi.”
“… ….”
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“Escape from Ohwa would have been difficult without his help.”
At Unyeop’s words, the warriors of the Maengcheon Sect who were lined up behind each other carefully nodded.
I was paying them well for rescuing them.
“Hmm.”
But he didn’t bother to open his mouth. Lanhardt was looking at me as if he was measuring something, but I also wanted to confirm what kind of being he was.
‘It’s too rough to call him a vampire. But he is a being that cannot be dismissed as a youkai.’
If I had to be honest, I could say it was similar to Soho next to me.
Of course, the two people would not think of such things when looking at each other.
“If you are a warlock who has lost his soul…… “You must be a necromancer, right?”
I still didn’t answer his question, but Unyeop next to me nodded as if his tail was on fire.
“Yes, that’s right. He is a necromancer.”
“Have you got a gag in your mouth? “You were talking so hard until now?”
Even though he was sarcastic, my expression still didn’t change. If it had been Deius’ body, the eyebrows would have twitched, but since it was a prosthetic body, there were some parts that did not change.
“I’m thinking.”
“Thoughts?”
“I don’t think there’s any need to participate if it’s a group led by an idiot who is blinded by a power he doesn’t even know is acceptable.”
“…… !”
Instantly, Unyeop’s eyes opened wide and his mouth opened as if he was embarrassed. Lanhardt’s subordinates behind him spew out murderous energy straight at me.
I felt like my whole body was being hit by hot rainwater, but on the contrary, a funny sneer quietly formed on my lips.
I felt like I was playing some kind of role game.
‘To these people, I am an arrogant warlock who is confident in my skills.’
I am trying to act similar to the personality of the character I have chosen.
I got the feeling that even if it were Deius Verdi’s body, he would have acted not much different from how he does now.
“You have no eyes to see.”
While others are openly hostile. Lanhardt actually growled in a low voice.
The intention was to figure out my skills along with the warning.
“Or you are less objective.”
I feel like a tight rope is connected between us. His yellow eyes stared at me without wavering, while expressing a question.
“I guess you think I can’t accept an ancient dragon?”
“To put it bluntly, who on this earth would be able to accept the power of a guardian deity?”
“… ….”
“I know I didn’t receive the full power of an ancient dragon. “It would have been easier to consume because it was a weakened remnant.”
But.
“Guardians are spiritual beings. It’s not something that can be digested so easily. “Because you ate it, his remnants still remain in the world.”
It’s easy when you think about how I used to deal with the Sphere of Horua. Unfortunately, he lost it when he was attacked by Magan, but Horua, who was transformed into a sphere, was gradually growing in strength.
“If you are unlucky and the situation goes wrong, you may end up growing an ancient dragon inside your body.”
At that moment, everyone’s eyes are focused on Lanhardt. It seemed like they finally understood how dangerous their captain had been eating.
“Hoo.”
But Lanhardt was not very surprised. He looks at me rather curiously and strokes his chin.
“You know quite a bit of detail, right?”
“More than others.”
“I have high self-esteem, I am confident in my abilities, and I even proved it… ….”
Now it was clearly visible that interest beyond hostility was arousing him, and he had no intention of hiding it either.
Woonyeop also sighs in relief and, feeling the atmosphere gradually calming down, he helps out again.
“He also knew about the mountains of North Sweden.”
“Hmm? Even Sangun?”
“Well, in my own way.”
I pass it over by speaking in a vague way. It was clearly visible that they had no intention of accepting me anyway.
“Okay, we’ll recognize you as a member of our hunters only until you take Deius Verdi’s life.”
“I refuse to go any further than that.”
“It’s good to be confident. But you’ll have to watch your mouth.”
“… ….”
“If you mess up, I might want to tear you to pieces.”
Leaving a final warning, Lanhardt turned around.
As I was watching Lanhardt’s back toward the collapsed castle wall again, Unyeop cautiously approached me.
“You have such courage.”
“If you look down on me here, you have no choice but to be dragged around.”
That too, I wanted to test the depth of that man. It means that it is not easy to eat the ancient dragon, the guardian deity.
‘It’s hard to call him a vampire.’
They are called vampires because they feed on human blood, but they have now gone beyond that.
It’s not like a vampire lord or a named. In the end, they could not escape the race of vampires.
The man went beyond that, and I wondered how that was possible.
The moment I kept thinking about Lanhardt.
Jwaeeek!
The arrow flew over my head and landed on the floor.
Before they even turned their heads in the direction from which the arrow came, briefings about the situation were already spreading from the hunters’ mouths.
“It’s a surprise attack!”
“This is the Blue Shield Mercenary Group! It’s led by the duke’s second son!”
“We said we would let go now, but it seems we have come to take revenge on the Oaris Plain!”
I heard the Principality of Balestan is in a civil war. Can you already experience it for yourself?
Although it was absurd, it was also a perfect situation to check how much power a group called hunters had.
* * *
Recently, there were two people commuting to Erica’s lab.
Even when all the teaching assistants leave work, they sit quietly as if they are working overtime and chat or study among themselves.
It was obvious to Erica that they were using her lab as their personal reading room, but she couldn’t just kick her out.
Because one of the two is none other than Eleanor Luden Griffin.
Because she was the princess of this country.
Similarly today.
The teaching assistants have already left work, dusk is falling outside the window, and the lights are slowly coming on in the academy.
Nevertheless, the two people were still eating snacks while sitting on the guest sofa.
“I heard you confessed to Layton?”
Misreading.
Eleanor’s eyes furrow as Aria asks, throwing a cookie with chocolate chips in it into her mouth.
“Where did you hear that?”
To Eleanor’s inquiring question, Aria just shrugs her shoulders and brushes it off. One of her best friends, Happy, happened to witness her confession and immediately told Aria.
“I guess you started liking me because I gave you tickets to the Millennium Library earlier, right?”
Aria is talking nonsense about other people’s business. But since she was right, Eleanor couldn’t really refute it.
Layton failed to guess the dark spirit in Deius’s last lecture.
Deius decided to give his prize to the chief examiner, and as a result, Eleanor won first place.
However, in the case of the Millennium Library admission ticket, Eleanor, the princess, can enter at all times, so she gave it to Layton, who seemed to need it.
That was the starting point and Layton had feelings for Eleanor.
A sad unrequited love.
Eleanor said with her sigh.
“Don’t put pressure on her. He said he knew I wouldn’t be able to continue because I was a princess anyway. “It’s just a confession for her own self-gratification.”
And then Eleanor’s complaints. She seemed to have quite a bit of stuff piled up.
“But how do you not feel burdened? She confessed that she liked it. She refused, but I found myself looking at her for no reason, and I could see she was having a hard time, so I felt sorry for being close to her…….”
“Uh, wow. Hmm. “I didn’t know you would be this serious?”
Aria, who was just smiling at the thought of randomly teasing her, slowly puts down the snack she was holding in her hand and thinks about it.
“Hmm.”
Eleanoa smiled brightly at Aria.
“It’s okay. “I didn’t expect any comfort or advice from you.”
“… ….”
“What do you know?”
Aria is really annoyed by Eleanor who is acting like a grown woman just because she confessed once.
But she really had nothing to say.
Although it was only in her past life that she received a confession from her colleague and classmate, Leo Rus.
It was only at the end that Leorus, who was dying, gathered courage.
I have never experienced anything like a confession here.
“Well, you’re pretending like you just experienced that! “Yes, Professor Erica!”
“…… Are you including me?”
Erica looks like she doesn’t know why she has to be included in that topic of conversation.
She had already finished her work, but she remained silent, and a spark flew through her as she sat and listened to the two people talking.
“It went well. Professor Erica! What should I do in this case?! “I kicked Layton, but it’s actually burdensome for me to look at him.”
“Professor, please give me advice because you are an adult woman!”
A situation where you are forced into the flow of conversation.
I felt like the two people’s gaze was pricking me like a needle.
“In that case…… “I mean.”
Erica tries to shake her head. She is as nimble and quick as when calculating a magic formula.
Funny enough, she realizes that she has an experience similar to Eleanor’s.
Although.
‘I was the one who got dumped.’
After receiving the letter of divorce from Deius, she remembered being told to come to her when she was ready to break up.
Erica suddenly understands Layton’s position.
Even if she wants to fall away, even if she thinks she should move away, her eyes keep following him and her heart wants.
When I think back to that time, it felt like a distant feeling.
I thought I had narrowed it down to this point pretty well.
“Professor?”
“But do you have any dating experience?”
Aria’s question stabs sharply at Erica, who keeps her mouth shut.
For a moment, Erica was speechless, but she cleared her throat and answered.
“Please don’t forget that you have a fiancé.”
A somewhat flattering word.
The moment they heard that, the two girls jumped up as if some kind of seizure button had been pressed.
“If you look at old history books, there are often stories of husbands or wives being taken away by royalty, Erica Bright.”
Eleanor suddenly turns into a princess and sends out a warning message.
“Are you done with the break-up of engagement yet? Wow, it’s disgusting.”
Aria makes a comment that is almost provocative, asking how she knows about the break-up of engagement.
Erica’s eyebrows furrowed slightly at the two’s words and she shook her head.
“An engagement is not something that can be broken so easily.”
In the end, as time passes, Erica Bright wins.
The reason I’m staying in the lab right now is to protect the life-sized Deius doll.
Erica had no intention of losing Deius to the two girls.
But was that the catalyst?
In contrast to Aria’s grumbling, Eleanor’s expression becomes somewhat more serious.
She crosses her arms and furtively looks away.
The body model of Deius Verdi was standing tall there.
The reason why these two people come here.
Even if it was fake, it was to gain peace of mind by seeing at least a little bit of him.
“Over there. “Is it okay if I talk about something a little more serious?”
The name Chongmyeong appears in Eleanor’s eyes. Before I knew it, she was once again making an expression befitting her villainous role.
‘It reminds me of the old days.’
Erica doesn’t know, but the moment Aria saw Eleanor’s expression, the emotions she felt before rose up inside her again.
When she saw her brother Orpheus committing tyranny by having her body taken by the evil spirit of the griffin, she rebelled and attempted to take her throne.
One of the many powerful enemies that stood in the way of Aria, who did not hesitate to use any means to achieve her goal.
Fallen princess.
As a feeling of intimidation similar to the one she felt back then emanated from Eleanoa’s whole body, Aria looked at her nervously, and her Erica also carefully walked in front of her princess.
“Deius…… No, it’s been about four months since Kim Shin-woo disappeared.”
“… ….”
“… ….”
The terrible truth that everyone knows but does not dare to say.
But Eleanor continues to speak as if she is going through a rough patch.
“I don’t know if he’s alive or dead. To be honest…… “Some people are saying that the royal family should hold a memorial service.”
Expresses miserable feelings and bitter emotions. The pain in Eleanor’s heart was no different from that of the other two people.
“I don’t know. I wonder if he is really alive…… “Maybe I can just wait like this.”
If you are a student, behave like a student.
The words he used to say were like shackles on Aria and Eleanor’s ankles, preventing them from leaving the academy.
I know that when he returns someday, he will be happy to see the two girls who live resolutely and unshaken by their presence.
But.
“It’s harsh.”
Indeed, it was a harsh treatment.
It is truly cruel to remain as he wants, waiting for a man who may definitely return.
Checkmate.
In the end, I have no choice but to just stand there. I felt like I was defeated in chess with Deius Verdi.
“Does he know that we are waiting so hard?”
Eleanor’s question is so heavy that it falls on both of them.
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But he couldn’t give any answer. In the end, everyone knows that a man named Kim Shin-woo is looking for the answer to his feelings the most.
He knows that waiting is painful, so he will not catch them leaving because they are exhausted.
That’s it.
Too much.
Because it’s harsh.
I hated it.
“I still see him in my dreams, but I’ve been through too many separations. “The name ‘broken heart’ now comes to me like a nightmare.”
“… ….”
“Yes, that was a nightmare. “It’s not reality.”
Kim Shin-woo, who protected him in his dreams.
The confession of seeing him every day and losing him every day began to become somewhat distorted.
“I won’t turn reality into a nightmare. “I’m sick of it.”
Eleanor quietly closed her eyes, exhaled deeply, and strengthened her resolve.
When she opened her eyes again, she had become a princess with different beliefs than the first time.
“I will warn you in the name of Eleanor Luden Griffin, princess of the Griffin Kingdom.”
Silent hostility.
I carefully approach the two people. Classy but violent, like an invitation to a duel.
“When Kim Shin-woo comes back, I will have him.”
“… ….”
“Do your best. Doing everything I can. I will win and win the man I thought was my destiny. “That is my paedo.”
It may seem harsh, but this is the answer given by Eleanor, who had been left alone for several months and was worried about her suffering.
“So, if you’re going to fight, come prepared. Because I’m serious.”
The girl who can be called the owner of this land wants only one man with all her heart.
“Ah… ….”
Only after she finished speaking did Eleanor realize that a bitter smile was on her lips.
“Is this how Layton felt?”
To challenge unrequited love head on, which is bound to fail.
It really takes a lot of courage.