Chapter 250. Official residence terrorism (1)
“Adjustment····· is over·······.”
After completing the Observation Magic, Erica wiped the sweat off her forehead.
A high-magnification magic formula that can monitor every corner of the city in real time.
She, of course, would have to be demolished if Duke Damian discovered her, so she had to put in all sorts of effort to cover up her spell.
Schullus was by no means a novice when it comes to concealment, but she seemed to have decided that there was no reason not to entrust it to Erica.
“Did you bring me here for this?”
Erica sat down on her floor and tilted her head.
Undoubtedly, Erica’s ability to create magic was superior to that of her Schluss.
Both in terms of speed and mana efficiency.
However, even that is useful when mana is limited, so I wondered what the need for a monster that draws out infinite mana like Schlust to measure magic efficiency.
Einz left it behind saying it was excessive firepower.
For a moment, I wondered why I was brought here when Iris was left alone because escort was difficult.
Even if an unexpected situation arises, the barrier magician won’t be of much help in battle.
Rather than helping in battle, the role of the barrier magician was to prevent the spread of damage incurred during battle.
“Looks like it’s done?”
“Yes…”
Then the roof door burst open and Schluss came out.
He smiled, waving a glass of ice, and sat next to Erica.
“What is that?”
“It’s a drink sold on the street, but Jin bought it.”
“Then can I drink with confidence?”
“I drank it and it didn’t die.”
“Pup······.”
Erika smiled and accepted the bottle.
I was sweating like rain while working under the hot sunlight.
As soon as she saw the iced drink, she immediately tried to drink it without asking her identity.
‘Ah. This······. Isn’t that an indirect kiss?’
Her hesitation stopped and her face blushed.
Her bottle was already half empty.
Since Schluss brought it, it was obvious who drank it.
In that case, Schluss’s lips must have touched the mouth of this bottle.
She thought so, and as she stared at the bottle, Erica felt her head spin.
“Oh, how much heat did you eat?”
“Huh…?”
Took.
Erica’s head tilted to her side, and Schluss took her shoulder.
Then Schluss took out her towel and began to wipe Erica’s forehead and neck.
Erica, who silently placed her body in the touch of hers, suddenly felt her cheeks cool.
Schluss held a cold bottle to his face.
“Ah. It’s cold…”
“Are you okay? Can you come inside?”
“No. I want you to stay like this for a while.”
It wasn’t too hot right now because it was in the shade under the sunshade.
On the contrary, a gentle breeze blew and it was even slightly cool.
The problem was the Schluss.
If she leaned against this large body that radiated heat in real time, it was obvious that she would keep getting hotter, and even so, she didn’t want to fall.
I had no idea why.
She just wanted to stay here.
“You seem to be overdoing it. Take a break for today. I can cope with it without you.”
“That’s the problem. That’s it…”
“What do you mean?”
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“They said it would be fine without me. Then why the hell did you bring me, me? Huh?”
“·······.”
There was no answer.
Erika was a little upset.
“I am. I was very happy when you asked me to come. There are many people who are more helpful than me, but there is also the leader of the Holy Knights who came from the battlefield, but it is because of me… I knew this would exist. That’s why I followed him. No, actually, that’s an excuse.”
“·······?”
“Yes. It was an excuse. It was an excuse. Actually, I was following you, I came because I thought that a time like this would happen.”
My head was very dizzy.
I was just spitting out the words as they came out, but it felt like everything came out without thinking.
Unknowingly, Erica became unable to even understand what she was talking about.
She felt that she had to stop, but she also felt that she would regret it if she didn’t tell her all now.
“Even if I think about it, I don’t think I’m too honest. After all, I hate women like this, don’t I?”
“It’s not like that.”
“Huh. Thank you even for empty words. When Yulia and you disappeared together. I was really very worried then. Words went around that they would both come back alive, but at least one of them could go wrong… With that thought in mind, I finished my mental preparation to some degree. But I was very, very grateful to you for protecting Yulia until the end… I’ve heard everything about what happened there. They said that if I gave up on Yulia, I could go back. But I gave up until the end. He said he didn’t. Rather, he said he was willing to sacrifice himself to send back Yulia…”
“Yes.”
“I’m really, really grateful for that… But… I have to… Can I be a little more honest?”
A wind blew and the thin cloth covering Schluse’s face was pulled back.
Seeing that serious expression, Erica shut her mouth for a moment.
It was only now.
I just had a hunch that this is the only time I can have a conversation like this with Schluse alone.
Erica took a deep breath and parted her lips again.
“I was actually jealous of Yulia.”
“·······.”
“Isn’t it funny? I’m a child whose life itself is pain itself… I’m jealous that I’ve become a little bit happier. I’m really, really, really ugly, right?”
“No.”
“That’s right. You’re a really ugly older sister. But that’s it. I might be that much… Yeah, that much… I like you.”
“·······.”
I told you.
Erica couldn’t look up at Schluse and she froze.
Only then did her eyes become clearer and her mind clearer.
But there was no way she could pick up what she had already said.
Erica trembled and slowly lifted her head.
“No. I like you, Schluss. I like you. As a person, and as a member of the opposite s*x… I like you.”
“·······.”
Schlus’ empty eyes were heading this way.
It wasn’t a puzzled expression.
It wasn’t even an expression of disapproval.
Erica didn’t know what to say to Schluss, who was just staring at her without a word, and her breath was getting short of breath.
“Huh…”
Schlus’s head slowly tilted this way.
At that moment, Schluss’ moist-looking lips caught her eye first.
He just pushed his face in slowly.
I had no idea.
She was startled and ran back a bit, but Erica was blocked by a wall and stopped.
Couldn’t it smell from her mouth?
She was dry and worried that her lips might be chapped.
All her thoughts went through her mind and Erica’s extraordinary head was spinning, but she couldn’t come up with the right trick and she just had to close her eyes.
She was on the verge of touching her lips as they slowly drew closer.
“Hey. You’re not a Schluse.”
“·······.”
Erika’s hand gripped Schluse’s shoulder.
At that moment, I caught the tip of Schluse’s trembling eyes.
Before anyone knew it, Erica had finished assessing her situation with her sufficiently cool-headed mind.
There was no way that this shrewd fellow was a schluss who could do everything else well, but couldn’t deal with women’s problems to the point of frustration.
Above all, Schluss has a woman he has already promised to marry.
But there’s no way you’re suddenly asking for physical contact like this.
Naturally, I came to the conclusion that this is not Schluss.
“Ahahahaha. Tina?”
“Jin······ It must have been crow jin······.”
Erika gritted her teeth at the cheerful woman’s voice that emanated from her handsome face.
I now understand why Schluss hated and was wary of Jin so much.
Jin smiled awkwardly, took off the cloth wrapped around her body, and in an instant, her red hair returned to its original form.
“You don’t have to worry. I’ll keep everything I just heard a secret. Heh… Uhhhhh…”
“Oh.”
She smiles and shakes her hand.
Looking at her back, Erica’s expression hardened.
She remembered everything she had just said in front of Jin Yi.
It was the moment when Jin naturally grabbed her doorknob and turned it.
“Come to your work… I will kill you… I will kill you!”
“Heugyaaagh! Help me!!!”
In the dry sky of the desert frontier, lightning flashed.
***
“Hmm…”
Atatürk’s expression wrinkled as he examined the paper with her glasses on.
It was a document summarizing the every move of Schluss Heinkel and his party.
City tours, cathedral visits, university visits, etc…
So far, there has been no movement to find meaning.
That made her even more worried.
For what purpose did you come to the desert and sit there without a promise…?
“Prime Minister. I just returned from sparring with the escort of His Excellency Schluss Heinkel.”
“Oh, yes. Get back to work.”
“I have something to report.”
“·······?”
When I looked up, the captain of the escort was standing in front of me, breathing heavily.
If the escort leader is out of breath, that must mean he has run quite a distance.
I wondered what kind of urgent business it was.
“What is that?”
“His Excellency Schluss Heinkel’s Escort… Trie Fon… Uh…”
“You mean Edengart Trier von dem Schulzenburg?”
“Yes, that’s right. I looked closely at his swordsmanship. To avoid confusion, I risked my rudeness several times to ask for a rematch.”
“Yes. Tell me.”
“His swordsmanship was very similar to that of the Mine Traveler. No, it’s the same. At least one is certain to have taught the other.”
“·······.”
Ataturk’s mouth opened slowly.
A long time ago, when the holy war was in full swing, there was a swordsman who protected the kingdom of Aias until the end.
A human swordsman who is said to use swordsmanship that flows naturally, like flowing water, although his power alone is enormous.
After struggling, the allied human army eventually succeeded in destroying the kingdom of Aias, and the swordsman disappeared without a trace, but the number of soldiers killed by that one was in the thousands.
After conducting an investigation to uncover the identity of the prosecutor, it was concluded that there was a high probability that the traveler was a demon, and Damian pursued the traveler for a long time.
To kill that demon.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. Having faced swords myself, I guarantee it.”
The captain of the escort rolled up his arm, revealing a large scar.
During the Crusade, he faced the swordsman directly and suffered a terrible defeat.
When sparring with the escort of Schluss, he reproduced the situation as closely as possible and was attacked exactly the same as that time.
The sword was pushed to the location of this scar, and the body spun with an accurate miss.
Even the point of not knowing what happened was exactly the same as back then.
“I think we can find the traveler a little earlier…”
Ataturk giggled and banged on the desk.
However, the reason he was looking for travelers was a bit different from Duke Damien’s.
He had to get the last parts out of him.
The final parts for the ‘revolution’.
From now on, Atatürk was thinking about how to ask about the traveler from Trie-
“Hmm?”
He felt a slight vibration.
When I glanced at the escort leader, he seemed to feel the vibration as well.
The captain of the escort hurriedly ran to the window and pulled back his curtains to see what was going on outside.
“Is it a sandworm?”
“Well, the ground here is hard, so the sandworm-“
Kwaaang!
A loud explosion rang out.
The ceiling shook and dust fell in torrents.
Ataturk suddenly discovered that the body of the captain of the escort was covering him.
“Eight! Come out!”
“Yup…”
With dust all over his head, Atatürk staggered to the window.
His eyes widened as he pulled back the curtains.
“Waaagh! Kill! Kill!”
“Traitor of the elves! Let’s punish Atatürk!”
Elves carrying torches and clubs were pouring into the residence.
The face of the woman at the center was familiar.
Serica Aias.
The princess of the ruined kingdom was standing there.