“I’m sorry, but there’s someone waiting.”
The first person to enter the ballroom and sit in the corner was refusing dance requests one after another. Young-ae, who had reached out her hand, greeted her as if she was indifferent and walked away. Jain turned his eyes away from the back view and sipped a long glass full of white wine.
“Too sweet.”
Because of the drug addiction he had suffered in the past, he was so talkative, and this kind of liquor for a lady killer didn’t even reach his liver.
The deity of the party of heroes who defeated two of the Four Heavenly Kings. Several people have already applied for the dance because of the title, but Jain has turned down all of them.
It was because he wanted to focus on Altrich, the true target of the assassination.
‘This is a really difficult event, once it fails, there is no way to go back.’
Almesia, who led the assassination of Altrich, was not an easy foe. It was an enemy that had to be considered one step higher than the sword Xerxes that he had fought a while ago.
Of course, he wouldn’t have been too concerned if he was going to stick with him, but the problem was that the target was Altrich. In reality, he did not know how he would try to assassinate Altrich, and he did not know when he would die like a sunfish.
‘So, from the moment Altrich enters the ball, he insistently marks it.’
Jain looked at his face reflected in the wine glass and made a firm determination. It was then that the call for the position of the byun was heard.
“Come on, let’s go back to Saint Elaine Enfield and Altrich Sebelt!”
‘I’m here.’
Perhaps it was because they were Elaine’s patrons, Altrich and Elaine were entering together. Jain stared at him with a piercing gaze. In the worst case, there was a possibility that Altrich had already been brainwashed with psychic magic. Its eyes were constantly moving, checking for traces of magic. Fortunately, there was no such sign. Jain jumped up from his seat in relief and strode towards it.
Jain, who had been refusing all dances, suddenly stood up, and the attention of the hall was focused on him. Halfway through the walk, something suddenly grabbed his hand.
“Are you turning down all dances for me? Well done. I’ll give you a prize. I’ll give you a chance, sweetheart, to ask me to dance!”
“Huh? What are you talking about, slut? Why am I dancing with you? Go to the hero quickly.”
The owner of the hand was Elaine. The bewildered Zain simply shook off the hand, scrambled to his feet and stood behind Altrich as if he were a municipality. Jain leaned against the wall, folded his arms, and smiled satisfied in his own way.
‘done. From now on, all you have to do is follow Altrich like a shadow and prevent the assassination.’
Conversely, Elaine’s face was blushing and she was trembling.
“My wife, from the beginning, you were trying to make fun of me like this.”
But Jain hadn’t listened. It was because I was completely immersed in the scenario. Elaine raised her head and shouted with a blushing face.
“I’m not a mop! I’m sure I’ll get my revenge later! I’ll never accept an apology no matter how much I really regret it later!”
And Elaine ran towards the other party members. But Zain was still staring intently at Altrich.
*
“Destiny of Elvenheim, the patron saint Almesia, please!”
The next ones to enter were Nael, Almesia, and the four elves who accompany Almesia. Only Nael was wearing a fairy dress that was easy to work with, and the rest were wearing elf battle suits.
Zain, who had seen Almesia, an elf with a ferocious impression with dirty blonde blonde hair up to his waist, frowned. The elf who was dispatched under the pretext of Nael’s assassination notice strongly insisted on protecting Nael from humans, and has been with Nael since last night.
“Even though Prince Almesia has a noble status, he said that he would stand as an escort for this ball in particular!”
Thunderous applause erupted as Byeonsa further explained. Jain was the only one with arms crossed without applauding.
‘The escort is a jerk. That b*tch is an assassin.’
I know, but I couldn’t go out. Almesia was the head of the seclusionist faction, and in any case, he was one of the biggest players in Elvenheim. It was impossible to catch him without proof. When the pleural effusion was exposed, it had to be caught and strangled at the scene.
“I think this place shines even more because a precious person came to visit.”
Altrich, unaware of the circumstances, smiled and approached Almesia to shake his hand. Almesia exclaimed, as if painted, and blew her nose, and held out her hand.
“It’s a celebration of the achievement of Miss Nael, the daughter of our World Tree. It couldn’t be missed.”
‘You don’t want the ball to be monopolized by mankind?’
Altrich nodded in his own way and listened to shake hands. And, I opened my eyes wide. It was because the man who suddenly intervened slashed Almesia’s hand.
“Go away, you bastard.”
‘When we shake hands, there is a possibility of trying something like mind control by injecting magical powers into it!’
It was an action made with such a judgment. Altrich said confused.
“Hey, what…!”
“Heh, I’m an elf hater. I didn’t expect anything from humans anyway.”
Surprisingly, Almesia turned around without getting very angry at the rudeness. Nael looked at the two as if in bewilderment, then grabbed Almesia’s wrist and dragged her away.
“Gee, I apologize for the disrespect.”
“It seems that we are thorns, so we hide behind the palace with our escorts. Invisible.”
“Oh no, wait a minute!”
Altrich reached out, but Almesia was already leaving the ballroom. When Almesia had completely left, Altrich said to Zain in a nonsensical way.
“You, you must have been the red mage of that hero’s party. What the hell is this? Why are you doing this?”
“Yeah, because that Galvo was trying to hold your hand.”
The eyes of the person who said so were not only very serious, but also harbored a certain passion. Altrich was pressed by the momentum and could not pursue further investigation.
“Make sure to apologize later.”
“If the opportunity comes.”
Surprisingly, Jain meekly agreed. Altrich, rubbing his flabby forehead, walked towards the bar stocked with food. The brain needed sugar. It was when I picked up one egg tart piled up like a mountain there.
“Wait, give it to me.”
Jain took the egg tart and took a big bite.
‘Well, no poison.’
It was to check for poisoning. And with one bite, he returned the egg tart to Altrich.
“It’s good to eat now.”
“Hey, what the hell are you doing… um.”
Altrich recalled the image of the Red Mage that was reported to him the other day. I remembered that I pointed out that it could be a ghost hiding in the Demon Continent. In the Demon Continent, this might be etiquette.
Altrich nodded and stepped onto the podium. Then Jain followed.
Altrich sat down at the table to chat with the people. Then Jain sat down next to him.
Altrich drank a glass of pale white wine. Then Jain took a sip first and gave it to him.
‘This is it, what the hell.’
Feeling confused, Altrich got up from his seat.
“Jaesang, where are you going?”
“I’m going to the bathroom.”
Then, as if it was natural, Jain followed. As Altrich entered the bathroom room, Zain, who had entered the bathroom with him, shook his head and said in satisfaction.
“Hey, I’m glad I’m a man. I really liked being a man.”
Because if Altrich was a woman, he wouldn’t have been able to follow him to the bathroom and protect him. And that self-talk reached Altrich’s ears.
‘yes?’
At that moment, Altrich felt something creepy. It was because I remembered the single sentence that was written in the report.
[There is a rumor that his achievement is very unique. ]
‘no way.’
Altrich’s face hardened.
*
Altrich, who escaped from the bathroom safely, ran towards Burinake Elaine. Because I wanted to check something. Elaine was still vigorously chewing the potato bread.
“He, I, you, as a supporter, I have a question for you.”
“What!”
“I, the Red Mage. I heard that you have a very unique sense of accomplishment… Maybe, you liked a man…”
Elaine, who was very angry, screamed without hearing anything behind her.
“That’s right! Seonghyang is a really weird and unusual person! A really weird guy! Virgin!”
Tears welled up in his eyes. Elaine in the Night Spirit’s dress was really beautiful. And Altrich remembered that Zain had turned down all dance requests, even this woman’s dance requests.
‘A pretty girl like this refuses to dance and follows me, marking all the food and chasing after me to the bathroom?’
I had goosebumps on my spine. I was convinced that I was wrongly caught by a crazy gay man. Just at that moment, the one who had barely escaped entered the room. And Zain ran towards Altrich as if it was natural. Somehow seized by an instinctive fear, Altrich started running as well.
“Jaesang, where are you going?”
“I have urgent business at home and in the office!”
And again, as if it was natural, Jain also started running. After leaving the ballroom, the two suddenly started an untimely chase.
“Jaesang, where are you going?”
“You, why are you following me!”
“I’m not doing anything bad. Just let me be by your side.”
“That’s bad for me!”
The chase, which passed through the ballroom, through the hall, and to the Imperial Palace, ended in Altrich’s defeat. Altrich, who was driven into the corner, took a deep breath and made a slender resistance.
“Why is this an old man, if it were you, you would meet a slightly healthier woman and fall in love with beauty…”
“ok?”
Jain made an absurd expression on his face. Then, he explained why he wanted to be by Altrich’s side. At the same time as the misunderstanding was cleared up, Altrich sat down in his seat with a wide smile.
“Huh, was it like that? That’s a reasonable suspicion. Then why didn’t you explain it first?”
“Because that Galvo may overhear the plan.”
“Still, let me communicate with my people more often. It’s a habit I developed while living as a solitary general, but one day I can make a big mistake because of that habit.”
Altrich, who got up from his seat, however, denied Zain’s suspicions.
“It’s not that I didn’t have doubts in that respect either. But Prince Almesia, without hesitation, made an oath that he would not harm an important position in the Empire unless he was attacked first. Breaking that oath would cause your heart to burst. Maybe it’s not rain.”
“However…”
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Not in the original. Jain swallowed it as he was about to say it.
“Is that really true?”
“It’s true. I’m a cowardly old man. Without it, I wouldn’t have wanted to shake hands with the head of a seclusionist group that hates humans.”
Altrich was one of the only two characters in the play whose intellect was set to maximum. And his life, having endured decades in this world, would have been the whole truth, not just a game. He spoke so confidently that there was no way this could be a lie. Jain is in great confusion. And suddenly I realized what was happening now.
‘Scenario, twisted?’
In the open corridor of the imperial palace, in the sky seen through the pillars, the sunset was slowly setting. According to the original story, the Altrich raid should have happened earlier. Jain muttered, scratching his head with a confused look on his face.
“Sister, then what?”
That was the time.
An emerald hung around the neck, a summoning amulet.
An amulet that casts summoning magic when the wearer is in danger,
that started to shine.
*
Meanwhile, at that time, Nael was led by the hand of Almesia,
Without knowing the English language, he was entering the secret room in the basement of the imperial palace.
The four escort elves of Almesia surrounded Nael as if they were besieging him, so he could not even escape.
As a result of passing through three secret doors disguised as paintings, statues, and bookshelves, we arrived at a magnificent room covered with a platinum magic circle.
In the middle of that magnificent room, there was a six-pointed planet that would fit just right for six people.
A magic letter was floating in the middle of the six planets.
It could be seen that it was sealed with unusual magic.
By dismantling this six-star castle and reaching out to those magic characters, you would be able to learn the sealed magic.
“It was true!”
Almesia saw the magic and went mad. Her cheeks were flushed red with excitement.
“It’s literally what the squint-eyed demon told me!”
Last night, a group of assassins dispatched by the Archduke of the North suddenly escaped the city. Almesia, who had tried to kill Altrich and hold the charges against the Archduke of the North, could not let them go. So I pursued the assassins. And while chasing them, I met a strange thin-eyed demon.
The thin-eyed demon said that he also hated humans, and told him sweet words.
There’s a better way than assassination.
It is said that forbidden magic is hidden in the basement of the Imperial Palace.
“These f*cking human worms, I can’t believe humans, after all. How could you have kept these things hidden!”
Almesia laughed like a madman again.
A spell that all magicians dream of, but they can’t even say that they dream.
Prohibition, which is respected in all lands and all seas.
“I, Almesia, the scale of the world tree that presides over Elvenheim’s magic, will learn this magic and put an end to our friendship with humans!”
Terminus.
It was because the magic gate to learn it was right in front of his eyes.
Hearing those words, Nael’s complexion turned white.
Poor altrich, what he has to face in this age.