048. Master of the Underground City (1)
“Beatrice.”
“…… Yes?”
Verys doesn’t seem to be in a good mood. Beatrice, who was watching him, answered.
Berris was in the state of recovering the Death Knight’s greatsword that had fallen at his feet. She didn’t really notice the curse or the signs of her necromancer, so she didn’t say much either.
“What are we supposed to do here?”
“…… Are you asking me that?”
Beatrice could not hide her absurd feeling.
Who is the person who dragged her to her basement in the first place? Dani asks what she will do when she willingly sets out to retrieve her Truth Stone.
“Couldn’t you have come here with a purpose?”
Veris nodded her head calmly at the trembling tone of the question. He felt her mind wander.
“A purpose is a purpose. She felt a strong pull.”
“The pull…… ?”
Veris laughed and stood up. He didn’t even shake off the dirt from his pants, and he raised his finger and pointed to the sky.
“That’s strange. The fact that there is a city like this in the dungeon.”
Although she felt it, it was a reality where her common sense did not work. Does it make sense to move such a huge city deep underground?
“It is strange that the Death Knight protects the city.”
Surely, there must be a huge darkness behind this city. It would be natural to recall the Death Knight fighting Veris just a moment ago.
“And, Death Knight could be just the beginning.”
“It’s just the beginning?”
“Yes. Didn’t she say that when Berrys-sama came before, let alone a Death Knight, she didn’t have a single ant?”
In the past, when Veris’ acquaintances came to clean this underground dungeon, high-level undead like Death Knights did not appear. There were just a lot of skeletons blocking the entrance to the city.
“…… Is it like that?”
Thanks to the understanding of the situation, Veris’ eyes shone.
“This means that a more powerful enemy may appear next time, right?”
“Right. Skeleton at first, Death Knight this time. It wouldn’t be strange if the lich said that what appeared next was the worst disaster.”
It was such a terrible sound, but Beatrice vomited it out quietly.
Right now, Death Knight is the only thing that remains as a record in the history books. If a lich, a higher being than that, descended, it would be an event that would not be strange even if a country perished.
However, despite Beatrice’s opinion, Veris nodded her head instead of replying. He was a really easygoing character.
“Then why are they defending this city?”
“…… I’m not sure about that either.”
“What if my exclusive advisor doesn’t know?”
“That, if it was someone who would answer so easily, he wouldn’t even search.”
That was right in its own way.
No matter how much research is done on the age of sorcery, it is impossible to know the reason and purpose of this city’s existence.
“That means I have no choice but to keep walking.”
“That’s right.”
At Veris’ way of speaking, which was dripping with annoyance, Beatrice gave a difficult answer.
No, she wondered why the hell she was being treated like this.
She is called a rare genius in the Mage’s Tower, and she has lived her life receiving praise from countless wizards and nobles of nearby territories.
But unfortunately, even she standing in front of this man is proud of her humble presence, like a firefly in front of her sun.
Of course…… Although there is a saying that you need to see how long or short it is.
‘Impossible.’
She shook her head at the sight of Verice warming her body by stretching her limbs.
While she didn’t exactly see everything, it was Beatrice who at least witnessed a small fragment of his power in the previous battle.
Even though she fought her majestic appearance like that of her, Veris did not even disturb her breathing. That meant Veris wasn’t even giving his best.
When that happened, her curiosity raised her head so strong that she couldn’t even compare it with her before.
Gunther said he thought he was the strongest man in the world.
He himself said that there was a high possibility that he would be stronger than the Sword Emperor.
One of the extremes of necromantic magic that can only be found in legends, Death Knight has become vain with his sword.
If you were aware, you could tell that the power of a person named Veris was unusual. And…… Didn’t he say that he would help him if he was really stronger than the Sword Emperor?
“Poetry, servants!”
“…… ?”
Beatrice, who made a loud noise without even knowing herself, hurriedly raised her hand to cover his mouth.
Her sullen gaze of Veris, of course, reached her, and Beatrice couldn’t help but dye her face red.
‘Bar, like an idiot!’
Strangely, from the moment she came to the academy, it feels like her hardened heart is wriggling. She was never like this when she was in the Magic Tower…….
“Did you ever imagine being my maid? I’m sorry, but it’s already full.”
“…… !”
It’s a joke with a soft tone.
“That’s not…… Awesome!”
Unfortunately, however, that grotesque insight was precisely the truth, so Beatrice was startled and hurriedly tried to make an excuse, but chewed her tongue out.
“Poop.”
Verys doesn’t even try to hide her smile. It was because it felt like a scene I had seen in Count Wittelsbach’s mansion a long time ago.
Even then, this clumsy girl stopped introducing herself and chewed her tongue to make her shed tears.
“…… Don’t make fun of me.”
But she didn’t have much to say, so Beatrice could only roll her eyes. She knew her too. She knew that she had made this mistake a long time ago when she first met him!
“You are a consistent person, too.”
“…… That!”
“That?”
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“That, that…” ….”
Beatrice trembled her body. Perhaps because she already has extremely low immunity to men her age, her answer was not very smooth.
“That…… Did you remember?”
Veris smiled at her cautious question of Beatrice.
Even as a joke, it’s not something that can be said because of the short gap. So that…… I must have thought that her veris had forgotten hers about her.
“Why can’t you remember? She remembers that at that time, they were engaged in the middle of the womb, and she threw a grand party. Although, of course, it wasn’t a party, it was just her father and the Marquis having a binge.”
“…… You remembered.”
For some reason, Beatrice shook her head! I turned and looked elsewhere.
Her face boasts the heat that would come out well when meat is cooked. It was because she was afraid that Berrys would find out about it.
“I…… I thought you had no feelings for me.”
“That’s right.”
“…… Yes?”
“At that time, of course, I didn’t have any special feelings. I’m going to marry that little boy I’ve never seen before. If you say that, who will have feelings?”
“What do you mean?”
“Originally, a relationship between a man and a woman is beautiful only when it proceeds step by step.”
She’s a veris, jokingly said. Beatrice, who was examining his complexion with her eyes watering, finally felt a little relaxed.
A fact that sounds like a positive sign. She was Veris and she didn’t hate herself.
Just…… Beatrice, she alone, was mocking herself for saying he regarded her as an old pair of straw sandals.
Thinking that way made a part of her heart warm for some reason. How long was it She was the one who remembered him and her family, even as she entered the mage tower’s pupils and felt her emotions were drying up.
It was the heart of a truly cunning person. Now she…… Because she felt a sense of relief.
“Well then, what about marriage?”
“Marriage?”
“What are we doing now? Fiancée? Lover? Or is it just me?”
Beatrice, who had a big heart for her, soon gave her a chance to win. At first glance, the question seemed inappropriate to the situation, but Beatrice didn’t care too much.
She thought she had made up her own mind. But strangely, the more she talked to him, the more she felt endless lingering feelings.
Bondi…… Didn’t they say that if two men and women are together in a dark and quiet space to learn from books, something will happen?
“For now, they must be betrothed.”
After saying that, Veris slowly approached Beatrice.
Looking at it up close, it was such a proud face that I thought it was really cowardly. Her height was also one head taller than Beatrice’s, so she had to lift her head up so that he could see his face.
“By the way, Beatrice.”
“Yes, yes?”
“Do you like me by any chance?”
“… ….”
Thanks to her nasty fighting spirit, she responds to her stone fastball with a stone fastball. At that, Beatrice’s heart exploded at any moment, and she felt like she was about to collapse.
‘What should I do? What shall I answer?’
Her eyes spun around. She couldn’t think of anything else to say. Was she in love with him?
Unfortunately, the pounding heart, excited breathing, and flushed face seemed to prove that fact. However, Beatrice was doing her best not to show the fact.
‘Boo, I thought I had sorted out the relationship!’
Beatrice muttered that in her heart at the body’s uncontrollable reaction. This was a surprising result for her, who had already thought that her feelings were dead.
* * *
“Hmm.”
Academy Southern District. A girl was reading a book in a mansion owned by the academy administration.
The girl’s name is Arwen. The fact that the girl Beris was with was a wizard from the Mage Tower, and that she went to the dungeon alone with Veris thanks to her knowledge of the age of sorcery gave Arwen a great sense of defeat.
So it’s late, but at least now she was indulging in books about mana and magic. There are already several thick books piled up beside her.
[ Correlation between Magic Tower and Circle. ]
In the meantime, a subheading that naturally attracted her attention caught her eye.
Circle, an arcane training method practiced by magic tower wizards.
That was the part where the contents were written.
[ The bondi circle originated from the forbidden magic that consumes human emotions to increase mana sensitivity. Wizards who have trained in the Circle do not give affection to anyone, and even consider their families expendable. ]
The girl with Veris is also from the Mage Tower. That’s why she was said to have formed the Circle, the vision of the Mage Tower.
With her excited face, Arwen turned her page.
[ Those who have practiced the Circle must discard the Circle in order to restore their twisted emotions. Surprisingly, however, most wizards belonging to the Mage Tower live with their emotions dead. How is it different from a doll without a soul? ]
It was a text full of the author’s subjectivity. Perhaps the feelings of a precious person had disappeared under the influence of the circle, and the writing contained deep love and hatred.
[ Emotions hinder the flow of mana. Especially if it is like love that causes a fire in her heart, surely that small ember will soon become a huge fire and attack the circle. ]
“…… ?”
At the explanatory text that continued out of nowhere, Arwen tilted her head.
Literally all of a sudden? It was a questionable sentence structure.
[ So, as the author of this book, I would like to ask. If anyone reads this book, attack the love heart of a wizard who has learned the Circle. They are neither human nor wizards. They are just slaves led by mana and magic. Only through love will his heart come back. ]
Arwen flipped through her pages with an extremely serious face, thanks to a feeling of uneasiness in her mind. Love, is this a story that suddenly comes out of a book studying mana and magic!
[ Rehabilitation is not difficult. Mix the following ingredients in equal proportions……. ]
Arwen closed the book.
It was because I felt weird.
Anxiety that cannot be expressed in words came to mind. That expressionless, emotionally twisted girl is…… It felt like I was going to work in that dark, eerie underground dungeon that had a very good atmosphere for a tryst.