Chapter 209. Tears Of Sorrow (1)
“But what are you wearing?”
“Oh, this? I went to the north to learn magic, and my teacher chose this outfit for me. He said it was weird to wear black tights and a single cape.”
“Black tights? You mean what you’re wearing underneath?”
“Yes. Actually, it’s connected to the top. It’s a full-body suit.”
“It looks like it would be annoying to change.”
“I don’t change. I just use magic to clean the cheap stuff, and I wash the clothes I’m wearing with magic.”
“Oh······.”
Chatter, chatter.
Amidst the cheerful chatter.
“······.”
Myeongjin was angry.
He might not have looked like it on the outside.
Somewhat. No, very much so.
He was so angry that he was in the top 3 among the most angry he had ever been.
‘······Why, I don’t know?’
But what made him even angrier was that Eugene didn’t notice it at all.
Weren’t we one body?
Didn’t that mean that I was Eugene and Eugene was me?
Didn’t we promise that we would die on the same day and not do anything stupid like sacrificing ourselves to save the other?
Then why don’t you notice?
Shouldn’t you be able to tell what I’m thinking at this point?
No, I didn’t even have to go that far.
I deliberately showed signs of discomfort, unlike usual, and even squeezed the hand I was holding harder and harder.
Eugene wasn’t even paying attention to Myeongjin.
‘······Damn it.’
I’m annoyed. Annoyed.
If I suddenly get angry here, I’ll just look like a weirdo.
If it was just Eugene and I, I could just whine for no reason, but that guy was the problem.
‘······Myeong.’
Myeong.
A guy who literally had no name suddenly came in and was pulling out the stuck stone.
Actually, I didn’t like him from the first time I saw him.
But at that time, I didn’t even recognize him as a rival, so that was why······.
I was thrown to the other side of the world with Eugene.
When I came back after suffering, oh my god.
I never imagined that the poor child would have become such a beauty.
I’m still so mean······.
Even after tens, hundreds of years, I’m still the same······.
That guy had grown so much in just 3 years that Eugene didn’t even recognize him, and he had become so ladylike that he could be mistaken for a lady.
What should I call this?
Inferiority complex?
No. It wasn’t an inferiority complex.
It shouldn’t be.
Transylvania said that.
A rational vampire is a superior version of a human.
So there was no way I could feel inferior to a human like that.
‘······Reverse, inferiority complex.’
Yes. This was a reverse inferiority complex.
Or maybe it would be better to call it a super superiority complex.
Anyway.
Myeongjin was very, very uncomfortable.
His hair was turning white from the stress of thinking that the guy might push me out and take my place.
“You’re definitely from the north, aren’t you? Ahahahahaha! Who would think that looking at that blonde hair?”
“If you just put a mask on your face, you’d look like a ninja.”
“Ninja? What’s that?”
“No. I meant it looks like you’re fast. Anyway, we’ve all eaten now, so let’s-“
“······Stop it, Dongjak. I can’t. Take it anymore.”
My patience had reached its limit.
I was tired of pretending to be cool all the time.
Myeongjin couldn’t take it anymore, so he stepped in between Eugene and Myeong, who were chatting like they were good friends, and separated them.
“······Let’s fight.”
“Oh my. I thought you were a mindless zombie because you kept following me around without saying anything. I guess I was wrong. You can talk!”
“······Child, no. I, remember. Not, me?”
“Huh? What do you remember? I don’t remember seeing a cute little vampire like you.”
“······.”Confused, Myeong tilted his head.
At this, Miso became really, really angry.
Little girl.
She couldn’t remember when she was a tadpole, just like that.
When Eugene first brought her in, did she forget how much I doted on that small, pitiful child?
Miso tampered with her own memories in real time and glared at Myeong as if she were displeased.
No. She looked up at him.
“So? A match?”
“······.”
Myeong smiled, “Heh heh,” as if she were cute, and bent down to meet her gaze.
I’m over 20 years older than you.
Even more so than Eugene!
Miso suddenly felt wronged and annoyed again.
‘······Then, I. Am I. An auntie?’
She suddenly felt sullen when she recalled that Myeong was calling Eugene an uncle.
Being called an auntie is disgusting.
After thinking about it again with a cool head, being called a little girl didn’t seem so bad.
“······Eugene’s, lifelong. Partner. Until, the day he dies. Companion, is me. If you, want to challenge me. You, have to. Defeat me.”
“Hey. What are you talking about. She’s just-“
“Ooh hoo hoo hoo! Good! I wanted to show you my skills too! Even if I couldn’t show you my skills because someone destroyed the magic circle that I had poured all my magic power into! Now, my magic power has recovered by half, so it should be enough!”
Myeong straightened his hunched body and stepped forward.
It was perfect timing.
The magic circle that I had made with all my might, but the space created through that magic circle was the most suitable environment for the opponent to run wild······.
It was time to restore my crumpled pride.
I thought I could attack this man with confidence alone······.
‘Ugh. It still won’t work.’
My cool reason immediately told me that it wasn’t the case, so I had to stop.
I can’t win this.
He’s a real monster.
Despite his young age, Myeong, who had gained a lot of combat experience here and there, could say so decisively.
On the contrary, he was a man who seemed to be nothing special on the outside.
He didn’t feel any special energy flowing through his body, nor did he feel any magic or magic power that he couldn’t control.
······That’s what most people would think.
However, Myeong’s eyes could see deeper than others.
The essence of a person.
No, strictly speaking, it’s not the essence, but something infinitely close to the essence.
He could see what people commonly call the soul.
‘I can never win······.’
The man’s soul was desolate.
It wasn’t completely gone.
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He wasn’t an intelligent being like a vampire or Myeong who didn’t have a soul, but it was the first time I had seen a case where a soul was completely empty.
At least he’s not someone who has lived an ordinary life.
I knew it from the moment he mastered and destroyed the magic circle that he had seen for the first time in his life.
But looking at his soul, I felt even more creepy.
That’s why Myeong decided to turn his target to the little vampire next to him.
Well, this guy doesn’t seem ordinary either······.
No matter how strong he is, how strong can he be?
I didn’t think he was as strong as this monster who didn’t seem human.
“······Half? I, think I’ll. Lose. Already. Are you, looking down on me?”
“Heh heh heh. What’s half? Even if I use only half of half, I can crush a vampire like you who can’t produce magic power on your own.”
“······.”
Snap.
Something seemed to break in Miso’s head.
The opponent is looking down on me.
It was good news.
Looking down on me means that he’s that much more careless.
Miso stepped forward with Blini’s wooden club (reinforced +1) in her hand.
“Oh. This will be fun.”
Without knowing Miso’s feelings at all.
Eugene watched the situation with interest, munching on popcorn he had bought from a nearby street vendor.
.
.
.”This happened in the front yard of my tower! Cooperation! No cooperation! Oh my!!!”
Thud.
Straightening his hunched back, the White Tower Master Temulen became agitated.
He had asked them to be careful.
The scene was chaotic with airships landing and taking off, and military boots trampling all over the place.
The one who had caused the chaos was the Frost Lord’s magic rampage.
No. It wasn’t a rampage since he had intentionally released his magic.
Anyway, the Frost Lord’s magic had shaken all the magic in the area, turning the scene into a complete mess.
It was difficult to extract samples under these conditions.
However, Temulen didn’t give up and collected every trace that could be used as a sample.
He wanted to recreate and study the giant magic circle that Nameless had created.
‘That’s not all.’
Of course, he could study it whenever Nameless returned.
His main purpose was to investigate the unknown enemy who had confronted Nameless.
What was it that couldn’t be detected by any means and had taken control of Nameless’ magic circle in an instant?
He couldn’t help but be curious.
He had no choice but to lock himself up and research again.
It didn’t matter if it was profitable or not, or if it was productive or not.
No one would be able to stop Temulen until his curiosity was satisfied.
“Hmm? What’s this?”
Temulen’s eyes narrowed as he supervised the assistants who were collecting and storing the samples.
His vision flashed for a moment.
Although it was a low level, his eyes that could see souls were showing him a strange sight.
Distortion.
That was the only way Temulen could describe it.
It was moving through space like a ripple, leaving a trail behind it, and it was connected to a person.
“That······! That! That thing! Who is it! Ah, I don’t know! Long-eared! Come here!”
“What did you just say······.”
“My apologies! I’m in a hurry! Jangijong! Follow me for a moment! I have something to check!”
“······.”
Rex looked at Temulen with a blank expression.
Was it because he was old?
He didn’t seem to realize that the words “long-eared” and “Jangijong” were derogatory terms for elves.
However, the White Tower Master wouldn’t have called him for no reason.
Rex simply reported to the priestess via radio and followed Temulen.
Rex had also had a brief encounter with the unknown enemy, so he figured Temulen must have something to ask him.
“What······?”
But the destination was strange.
They went down the stairs, down, and down again.
They took a huge elevator and went down endlessly, and Rex was terrified when they reached their destination at the end of a long corridor.
“What is this······.”
“Come on! Before the distortion disappears! Hurry!”
It was surprising enough that there was a facility this deep underground.
What were these huge machines that filled this large space?
Were all those shiny things embedded in the giant sphere magic stones?
And were they the highest grade?
Rex felt his mind going numb.
The world he lived in was different.
It was no wonder that the Tower was called the world’s foremost research institute, where all the world’s capabilities and wealth gathered.
“What does this device do?”
“It’s just a machine I made on a whim when I was bored in the past. Don’t ask me what it does. I don’t know either.”
“······.”
Made on a whim······.
Rex gave up on asking any more questions.
He knew that if he asked, the answer he would get would only make his mind even more dizzy.
“Lie down here! And relax!”
“W, will I get hurt?”
“You warriors are so scared! Just shut up and close your eyes! I’m in a hurry!”
Before he could say anything, Rex was pushed into the machine.
Immediately, ‘Alma’ started up with a loud noise.The spherical magic stones flowed with magic power and emitted a bright light all at once.
The machine starts up.
Inside Rex’s soul.
It begins to project that deep world.
‘If my expectations are correct······. There is a clue hidden in this guy’s soul. Something remains! Definitely!’
Perhaps a flaw has been found.
If this is the case, if this is the case, the enemy’s identity can be found out.
At the moment when Temulen had such a conviction.
The scenery of the surrounding machines disappeared, enveloped in light, and a view of a lush forest······
“Hmm?”
It appears and then disperses again.
The machine noise gradually subsides and the sphere of ‘Alma’ unfolds around it again.
Is it a machine defect?
Why does it stop working?
The moment Temulen checked the clock in wonder.
“Oh······.”
He discovered that a full 10 minutes had passed.
The memory was erased.
And conversely, it meant that this was the correct answer.
There is something in Rex’s soul.
Something that must not be revealed!
Temulen felt his heart pounding.
It wasn’t an arrhythmia.
“I can’t be sure with just one try! Let’s increase the number of trials!”
“Excuse me, Lord of the Magic Tower. I’m sorry, but I’ll go to the bathroom for a moment-“
“Hurry up! It’s waterproof anyway!”
Click, click, click, click.
That day, Temulen and Rex had the experience of having 5 hours deleted.