Episode 12. Emilia (3)
“Ahhh…”
He dropped his sword on the floor and lay flat on his back.
My right arm, which hasn’t healed yet, hurts to death.
The doctor obviously told me to leave it alone for a week, but I couldn’t.
The popping sound in the joint stopped for a moment, so it won’t cause the shoulder to fall out again, right?
“Whoa….”
Today, I used ‘selection and concentration’ for agility stats.
As the name suggests, the higher the stat, the faster the body becomes.
Of course, even if you have high strength, you will get faster, but agility is different from strength from birth.
If muscle strength is simply an increase in muscle strength, agility slows down the ‘feeling time’.
If the agility is extremely high, it is possible that the bullets that are flying appear slow.
The body moves that much faster, but if you hit it at that faster speed, it’s not as good as using ‘selection and concentration’ on your strength.
So, I think it would be appropriate to use strength for attack and agility for attack evasion.
“The remaining stats are three….”
burglar. mana. health.
Now, if these three stats exceed 10, the shop will open.
Even if my hypothesis is correct…
Unless there is an emergency, the store will open in 3 days.
If possible, I wanted to check if there were any necessary products by opening a store before the class started.
That is not possible due to time constraints, so the events immediately after the start of the semester have no choice but to deal with the abilities we have now.
“Next is magic.”
I took my tired body and sat down in a corner where books were piled up.
Yesterday I succeeded in casting gravity magic.
It’s nothing to be proud of, considering that most students master gravity magic at an early age.
It’s been a while, so I’ll have to pretend I’m just catching up…
You won’t be able to get a perfect score on all exams just by tricks, so you’ll have to keep improving your basic skills.
The magic I’m going to try this time is barrier magic.
Along with gravity, it is one of the most basic magic.
However, unlike Gravity Magic, which is replaced by Telekinesis Magic, which is compatible with later masks, barrier magic is used by everyone from beginners to archmage.
Well, I don’t expect any other functions, so let’s start by confining the space with a magic curtain.
*
“Ao ····!! I think you need to add it!”
I thought this would be done soon.
There’s nothing wrong with that either.
Even if it’s a barrier, it’s just enveloping the space with magical power.
I didn’t even think about adding functions like shock absorption or sound or light blocking.
But is it taking this long?
I threw the book away and closed my eyes again. Anyway, it didn’t block my view, so I deliberately turned it off.
“Uhhh…. Let’s try again slowly. Relying on your senses.”
So far, I’ve only focused on drinking alcohol.
What is more important than creating a rite is to maneuver and maintain the rite stably.
I put together a simple formula once again, and then poured a small amount of magical energy into it.
He gets rid of the tactics he wants to be disturbed over and over again, and takes shape.
An image of a cube without any gaps came to mind.
At the same time, let’s restore sight-
“Wow…”
An opaque cube was floating in the air.
finally succeeded
Although its magic is so weak that it can pass through anything, it is a useless barrier.
“No. It’s not useless.”
Thinking about it, I thought of something I could do with my barrier.
I immediately devised another technique and deployed the barrier.
This time, right in front of the entrance to the training room.
It is a barrier that will be destroyed without any resistance if anyone steps on it, but a simple function is put in it.
It is a function that makes a signal come to me the moment it is destroyed.
It won’t do anything to stop intruders, but it doesn’t make any sense at all, because knowing that an intruder has entered you can counteract it.
Probably, after putting in the effort to break through the powerful external barrier, there is a high probability that this poor barrier will come in without knowing it is a barrier.
In that sense, it may be the most difficult barrier to detect.
“Are we going to end up here today?”
Maybe it was because I slept last night and overworked my body two days in a row.
Sleep is pouring in like crazy.
I have to go to bed early today.
I turned off the lights in the Iman training room and opened the door.
“Huh…. Early on.”
It was already dark at night.
As the full moon was setting in the west, it looked like it was around 3 in the morning.
When you go to the training room, you don’t know how time flies. Should I bring a watch?
Emilia should already be asleep.
I opened and closed the door carefully so as not to make a loud noise and entered the dark mansion.
The moment I was about to go up to the second floor by sneaking on my claws-
“Are you coming in now?”
“Oh, Shibeol, I’m surprised!”
I was startled by the sudden voice.
When I turned around, Emilia was rubbing her eyes while turning on the lights in the living room.
“What are you doing? You haven’t slept yet?”
“I was going to sleep when I saw Heinkel coming in. Confirming the owner’s safe return is the basics of being a monk.”
oh······. I didn’t think of that.
If I come in late, Emilia can’t sleep.
After that, I can only get up late tomorrow, but Emilia has to get up early in the morning to work.
Even for Emilia, I think it would be better for me to learn the sleep pattern of going to bed early and waking up early.
Still, it doesn’t seem like I can do that every day…
“Then let’s go to sleep without waiting more than 12 o’clock from now on.”
“No. I see you coming in and I’ll make you sleep-“
“Don’t go past 12 o’clock. If you see him yawning the next morning, we’ll cut him off right away.”
“······yes.”
I was forced to answer.
Lack of sleep is probably the root of all diseases.
When I was serving in the military, I saw a lot of soldiers who got cancer while standing in fondant fondant.
If Emilia got sick because of me, the main character’s cooperation would never be obtained…
It is right to be as careful as possible, even in the smallest things.
Well, Emilia doesn’t have anything like a sickly pretty girl, so don’t worry too much about it.
“good night.”
“Sleep well, Emilia-san.”
“Yes. Oh, but there…”
“Yes?”
As I was about to enter the bedroom, Emilia’s voice called me.
When I turned around, Emilia was holding an oil lamp in one hand and kneading the hem of her robe with the other.
Considering Emilia’s character, it’s a rare sight.
do you have something to say
…or are you acting like that?
“Oh, nothing….”
“Yes. Good night.”
“all right.”
Leaving behind Emilia, who had regained her calm voice, she closed the door.
What were you just trying to say?
Feeling a little puzzled, I roughly took off my clothes and lay down on the bed.
And I immediately lost consciousness.
***
“ha······.”
Returning to the bedroom, Emilia took a deep breath and stood in front of the desk.
Only after confirming that the door was properly closed and that the barrier of recognition had been opened did she take out a letter from the drawer.
It was a letter I received from an agent of the Intelligence Bureau while I was leaving to buy food.
It contains detailed information about Schlus Heinkel.
After seeing this, Emilia couldn’t help but sigh.
To summarize Schlus’ past, it was ‘Passion, Passion, and Passion’.
He has been without a mother since birth. Because she was ill from the beginning, she died at the same time as she gave birth.
Although he was not very happy with his father, who was an escort soldier of the nobility, he lived a peaceful life.
until the war broke out.
There were no problems at the beginning of the war.
Schlusz’s father was a privately hired escort, so he was not drafted.
The estate, Iceburg, was close to the border, but there would have been no worries. At that time, the Empire completely overwhelms the kingdom and pushes the front lines several tens of kilometers away.
A winter in which everyone was relieved after destroying more than 90% of the kingdom’s forces within two years of the start of the war.
The grand offensive of the Kingdom Army, which gathered all its forces, began in that harsh winter.
The Imperial Army, who was peacefully preparing for winter, was busy retreating, and the Kingdom Army pushed back and forth. Some units even crossed the border at all.
And the area was probably the place where Schlusus stayed, Iceburg.
A fierce battle began.
Iceburg’s enlisted men had to face the Kingdom Army alone without the support of the Imperial Army, and eventually defended the territory.
Thousands of people died, as was Schlus’s father.
So young Schlusus had no family, no relatives, no friends and nothing, and had to live in the countryside and town, earning and living day by day.
Then, the armistice was reached, and the following year, this year, Schlusus suddenly came to Tokyo to the island and was accepted to the Imperial University at once with the highest…
‘It’s crazy, really.’
Emilia’s expectations that he would be the son of a wealthy bourgeoisie were glaringly wrong.
He had never been rich for a moment in his life, and had never had a proper education.
Then one day, he suddenly robbed all of his fortune, came to the system, and was accepted into the Imperial University…?
It didn’t look like a mere moving success story.
It was clear that there was something suspicious between them.
otherwise······
If that’s not the case…
What happened to the older brother who became a child soldier and turned into a killing machine despite being in a similar situation to Schlus?
Someone climbs up from the bottom of life and goes out like this.
He must have had a harder life than anyone else, taking in and raising his younger sister who didn’t even have a drop of blood.
Why is it that some get repaid and oppa doesn’t get repaid at all?
‘Really… it’s not fair….’
Emilia wrote the letter and shook her head.
Tears dripped down her cheeks.
Schlus knew that from start to finish he had done everything by himself.
There was no parental help or anything.
Nevertheless, Emilia’s unexplained hatred did not fade at all.
No, it just got worse and worse.
***
“Well······?”
“What’s wrong with you?”
“no.”
did i look wrong
See you again.
‘Lookup.’
[black tea]
[Status: Poison]
[Description: Black tea contaminated with paralytic poison. If there is no tolerance, even a very small amount can lead to death.]
“············”.
It wasn’t wrong either.
poisoned black tea.
In the morning, Emilia had been brewing tea that she had not ordered, so I looked into it just in case and this is what it looked like.
I glanced at Emilia’s eyes.
He was still looking at me with an expressionless, neat posture.
No emotion or intention could be read from that figure.
Is this also a pro spy?
‘What did I do wrong?’
He hasn’t done anything to harm the intelligence service yet.
If so, it means that this was not an order from the intelligence service, but Emilia’s arbitrariness.
why? why?
There would be no benefit in killing me now.
Rather, it is only damage.
If I die of poisoning, Emilia will have to run away before being identified as a suspect.
The spy agency will then be unable to monitor the Imperial University.
‘I don’t know, Mr. Lee.’
Finally giving up understanding-
clink
“Gosh.”
“Stay still. I’ll take it out and bring you a new one.”
“No. I’ll just stop drinking tea today.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Pretending it was a mistake, I pushed the teacup and dropped it.
There is no rational reason for doing this.
I would have set it up as a character who can do basic self-distinguishing…
what happened
“Then drink some water.”
“Um. Goma…”
[underground water]
[Status: Poison]
[Description: Groundwater contaminated with paralysis poison. If there is no tolerance, even a very small amount can lead to death.]
“No. I’m just not going to drink.”
“Is that so? Then even milk….”
“That’s it, too.”
Why is he here today?
Rather, openly lay the knife bread.
I’ll go back.
“······All right.”
Emilia withdrew a little, took the cup and backed away.
Does that gloomy looking thing is actually acting?
The acting is really amazing.
At that moment, Emilia tried to bring the glass of water to her mouth.
“Mr. Emilia. Wait a minute!”
“Yes? Ahh….”
I jumped out of the chair and grabbed Emilia’s wrist.
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Just before it reached Emilia’s mouth, the glass of water fell away and spilled the water it contained inside.
Emilia looked at me like I was stupid, but I tried to ignore it.
‘It’s not Emilia. So who are you?’
It wasn’t Emilia who was poisoned.
Then who the hell…?