33 – Moonlight Promise
Ariel’s eyes were filled with a look of bewilderment that she had never seen before.
When I pinched his cheek, wondering if it was a hallucination, Edgar bluntly slapped her hand away.
“Uh, how did you get up there? At this time, there must be a barrier… … .”
The Loveheim family has a security structure that is more impregnable than any other family’s guards.
It is the detection barrier surrounding this huge castle.
It was this wide fence that automatically activates when the sun goes down and the people in the castle return to their quarters one by one.
From the outside, the security surrounding the castle is tight, but the inside is lax, so it’s easy to break through the walls.
And soon after, he gets caught in this barrier and eventually meets a terrible end.
Even so, how the hell did this man break through that barrier and come all the way here?
There is only one way to break through that barrier. To open the barrier itself in any way and enter the castle.
But Ariel knew better than anyone else that this man didn’t have that kind of magic.
A deep smile formed on Edgar’s lips as he faced Ariel’s trembling red eyes.
At the same time, a strange change occurred to Ariel’s senses.
“… you, please.”
Even though he was clearly in front of my eyes, I couldn’t feel his presence for a moment, as if he had disappeared.
It wasn’t the catch-up technique that assassins use, such as disappearing presence, but literally recognizing it with their eyes, but they didn’t feel the vitality.
As if a ghost were floating around.
Ariel was then able to deduce how her childhood friend broke through this impenetrable barrier.
It’s such an absurd thing. However, considering his history and birth, it seemed impossible.
Ariel pointed at him with a trembling hand, and Edgar shrugged his shoulders and eyebrows at the same time and slumped into an empty chair.
“As expected, geniuses are different. You notice right away.”
“The magic that flowed through my body… Did you stop?”
“right. It was written in the book you showed me before.”
It’s a story when Edgar was in the middle of magic training.
Ariel, who visited Ardenum, once brought a pile of books, all of which were related to magic.
Among them, there was information about barriers and various spells, and the structure of how it worked was also described in detail.
So, once the opportunity arrived, I made a small barrier technique and tested it, and it ended quite successfully.
Of course, I tried all kinds of tricks while studying to make one of those barrier techniques, but it was just ridiculous that I couldn’t even keep up with a cup of tea at best.
“You did something really outrageous.”
“I’m coming to see a high-ranking friend, so I have to do this much.”
The story that the Loveheim family was surrounded by barriers had been overheard from Helen more than a year ago.
Of course, I didn’t experiment to use it at this time, but I’m glad the results came out good anyway.
“Well, it’s possible because it’s you. I never thought it would be possible.”
The condition for the barrier to be activated is when the nature of the barrier is disturbed due to the waves of magical energy flowing through the human body, interlocking with the wavelength of the barrier when they invade.
Then, what would happen if you passed the barrier with the magical power flowing through your body completely stopped?
The fact that the magical power in the whole body stopped means that he made himself into a body no different from a weed rolling along the roadside.
It has magical power, but it doesn’t flow, so that metaphor would be more appropriate than anything else.
then? Of course you can’t detect it. However, it is safe to say that those who create barriers with that in mind do not exist in the first place.
‘How many people do not have magical power flowing through them?’
Mana is like blood. It has value only when it exists and flows in the body.
In the first place, there is no such thing as a human being who can consciously stop the blood flowing throughout the body.
But Edgar was an exception.
Although he possesses magical powers by nature, he was born with a constitution that did not flow and was unable to use magic.
He overcame it with the sword Helen gave him and succeeded in creating the magic cycle.
In addition to this, he succeeded in consciously returning his body to its original state and stopping the flow of magical power.
It would probably be quite unfair if the developer of this barrier technique saw a case like Edgar’s.
It was a perfectly created barrier, but someone who broke the mold of common sense appeared and easily broke through the barrier.
“Honestly, I was gambling too. I’m glad it went well.”
Edgar giggled and handed the doll he was holding in his arms to her.
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Light brown fluffy teddy bear. The size was also quite large.
I thought it would feel good in many ways, including the feel if I hugged her while sleeping.
How did you bring the doll?
Besides, as if he had read the thoughts he had just come up with, how could he have brought them at such an appropriate moment?
“Oh, and this one went out and bought some snacks? It was a bit cold, but it was delicious.”
“… How the hell did you come up with all this?”
Even if the barrier was passed, it wouldn’t make sense to climb this height.
I wanted to climb up by tying a rope somewhere, but I didn’t see anything like that.
“There are places to set foot in the middle. I just jumped up and came up.”
“Your liver is really swollen.”
Just because there was a barrier in the first place doesn’t mean there aren’t any guards.
Of course, there are few of them, but if you do something wrong, it’s easy to stand out.
If I had been caught, it wouldn’t have been any better if I had had my throat cut on the spot.
Why the hell did he take such a risk to come here?
“You say that and the smile doesn’t leave? Princess?”
“Heh, it’s because I’m dumbfounded. you idiot. Why would you do something like this… … .”
It was Edgar who even used honorific words to tease her, but Ariel didn’t take it lightly and turned her head away.
‘Really.’
When he saw himself smirking in the mirror opposite him, he felt as if his face would burst at any moment.
Even if you said that, how could you not be happy?
Thank you for taking such a risk and coming to see me, so I wanted to be held in your arms right away.
However, in case someone wasn’t an immature princess who couldn’t be honest with her heart, Ariel’s mouth was busy again today as well.
“I-I don’t even like stuffed animals very much… But since I already brought it, I’ll accept it.”
“Thank you so much, I’m about to burst into tears.”
He said that, but Edgar knew that Ariel was interested in dolls.
That’s also true, because I saw her hanging out in front of a store when I was touring Ardenum with her not long ago.
At first, I wanted something, but later I found out that it was a place where stuffed toys were displayed.
I bought it along with snacks while I was out thinking about it at that time, but it seems to have been a good choice.
The muscles around her mouth were twitching, representing her dishonest feelings.
I wanted to point out that point and make fun of it, but I decided to hold it in for today.
The pile of books on the desk right next to it was telling me how hard this childhood friend had been through a while ago.
‘Why is the room so empty?’
It was truly abysmal for a fourteen-year-old girl’s room.
I guess it doesn’t smell like people living there.
I was expecting a little more shiny and dainty atmosphere.
I wondered if it was Ariel’s taste, but at least it wasn’t zero from his point of view.
“Why are you looking around the lady’s room like that? feel bad.”
“The lady will freeze to death. Anyone who sees it will think it was a debutante ball.”
Debutante Ball.
It usually refers to a ball or event held for children of aristocratic families who are entering the social world for the first time.
Those who have entered the social world through this are called debutants.
Depending on the family, the time to become a debutante varies considerably, but in general, the older the family, the earlier the girl’s entry into the world of society.
Representatively, the Loveheim family belongs to it.
“Chi, I’m not too far away, am I?”
“When?”
“Probably next year. I will be initiated next year at the latest.”
It’s definitely pretty fast.
Considering that the age of adulthood is nineteen, it means that you have already entered the social world three years before reaching adulthood at the latest.
Although there are some people who have already debuted in the social world at the same age as the two of them, it is really a very small number of cases.
“Do you have anyone to go with?”
“Of course you should go with me. Mmm, of course it would be too much for you.”
“Okay. Is it possible?”
Usually young girls entering the debutante ball get help from the men around them.
A close friend of the opposite sex, a lover, or even a fiance determined by the family. The number of cases is large.
However, if they have one thing in common, it is that at least the family and personal reputations of men and women should be at a similar level.
In that sense, Edgar was still lacking in many ways to take the position.
“What, don’t you like it? They said they would let the young lady of the Loveheim family attend her first socialite initiation ceremony, but would you refuse?”
“Not that I don’t like it, it’s a problem because it’s too much, you idiot.”
Edgar lightly fed chestnuts to her forehead and then got up from his bed.
Even if she only wanted cancer, it would be difficult for the family to allow it.
It would have been difficult to even give out a business card unless you were at least a prominent count.
It would be possible if Helene used her breath, but that wasn’t what Edgar wanted.
Somehow, until then, the first goal would be to become a good enough friend to be by the side of this immature princess.
“Mmm, your hair is messy.”
“I’ll be sleeping soon anyway, so what’s the point?”
Edgar, who was standing in his seat, looked down at her and silently stroked her hair, causing Ariel to squirm and drop back.
I want what’s so special about the guy going to bed.
Edgar laughed, removed his hand, and walked slowly out onto the balcony.
“You get lonely a lot, so I’ll come often.”
“Tch, there’s no problem if I don’t see you for a few days, right?”
‘Well, I won’t stop you from coming,’ Edgar said afterward, barely holding back his laughter.
How far are you, a princess who can’t be honest?
It was tricky, but it also had a cute taste to it.
“Hang in there. I’ll be coming through that door in a little while.”
“… … .”
Not to climb up the balcony and meet her like a shoplifter, but as a friend to friend.
Edgar conveyed his aspirations and put his feet up on the balcony railing.
Jumping down to the first floor like this is crazy, so as he was examining the steps he had climbed up one by one, something suddenly grabbed his right hand.
Surprised, he turned his head to check the back, where Ariel was holding his hand with her head bowed.
Her hands, which had been muttering, gained more strength, and her red lips belatedly parted when her cheeks were dyed red from the moonlight.
“… You know I hate waiting Just be late.”
The words that came out of a mixture of a disingenuous mind and a desire to be honest carved a smile on Edgar’s lips.
He didn’t stroke her hair as roughly as before, silently, but rather gently, as if he were stroking precious glasswork.
“Okay, I’ll be back on time.”
After that, he quickly disappeared over the balcony.
Suddenly, as if the moonlight, which was bright just a moment ago, had hidden behind the clouds.
Ariel wondered if the scene from a moment ago was a dream, but realized it wasn’t because of the warmth left over her head, and smiled lightly.
‘Anyway, pretending to be cool.’
Will you admit it today?
A little bit, not a lot, really a little bit was cool.