641 – 8. Will (15)
A dream is short no matter how long it is.
As soon as Leto opened his eyes, he felt a slight headache. The sun has already passed the sunrise and the sun is in mid-heaven. Did you sleep until late in the long time?
I didn’t have any specific complaints. Thanks to her, she recalled the nostalgic memories.
First meeting with Ian Perkus.
An old moon hung in the young man’s mouth.
“The idiot…….”
I had nothing to say now. Wasn’t he the one who talked to the boy that day, knowing all the responsibility?
A friend is someone who stays by your side.
Thus, Leto also had to stand by his friend when he was lonely. He never once complained about it.
His eyes slipped over to the only desk in the room. There, dozens of books were piled up that summarized the theory of ‘time’.
I wish I could find a more definitive answer.
It was still difficult to explain his friend’s unstable condition. Following my intuition, I thought that the future impact would not be entirely positive.
There was no clear evidence. It was one of the reasons why Leto was obsessing over ‘ancient magic’ recently.
‘Ancient Magic’.
It was a technique that had no specific logic and no clear cause-and-effect relationship. Nevertheless, it is a category where magics that have been empirically proven to be ‘possible’ are established.
Of course, there was no ‘ethics’ back then.
This is also the reason why spells unimaginable now remain openly in ‘ancient magic’. If it wasn’t for the academy, a repository of knowledge, wouldn’t the forbidden books deal with ‘ancient magic’?
It was around the time when I finally felt like I could get a feel for it.
Thump thump!
A rough knock on the door hit Leto’s eardrums. He frowned and tried to ignore it, but unfortunately that resolution didn’t last long.
Bang Bang Bang Bang!
“What is going on!”
Even otherwise, Leto was sensitive.
It was hard to put up with the knocking on the door convulsively for several minutes. The only thing he didn’t expect was that the noise didn’t stop despite the annoying reply.
Bang Bang Bang Bang!
“No, what… ….”
Leto frowned slightly and moved his mana. It’s been quite a while since he installed a security magic in the dormitory just in case Ian was troubled.
But the scene at the end was so unexpected.
Leto frowned and had to open the door. In front of him, there was Shien, which seemed to be swept away like fallen leaves at any moment.
“What is it?”
It was a very cheeky tone for the way he treated the 5th princess of the empire.
Even so, the princess didn’t say anything to blame for Leto. In the first place, among her wizards, there were many of these characters, and moreover, she did not have that kind of mental capacity left in her.
The girl’s lips tremble.
“Lee, Lee, Sir Ian… ….”
“It is not my business.”
Boom!
Leto closed the door and turned around.
It was an obvious story. She gets into a fight over Ian, but ends up visiting her best friend of the same s*x, Leto.
I didn’t have time to give such advice. In the first place, Ian didn’t choose anyone clearly, but it was funny for her friend to interfere from the side.
I will sit in the corner of my room and read a book.
It was around the time I made that decision.
“…… Die.”
The footsteps of her man stop abruptly.
Leto’s eyebrows narrowed, then widened, then narrowed again.
He turned around again and started walking away. And it only takes a few seconds for the door to open.
“What?”
“Lee, Sir Ian… They say you’re going to die.”
Sniff, sniff.
With eyes full of tears like lakes, the princess said, swallowing her snot.
“Sir Ian is dying!”
Leto thought.
What the f*ck.
As expected, being Ian’s friend was the worst choice.
**
Underground.
It was truly ‘under the ground’. There was a place in front of my eyes that I could only find after going through the complicated space transfer magic circle so many times that I couldn’t even tell where it was.
The red lights illuminating the dark pupil gave off an ominous light. When I complained about this, Siene-senpai swallowed a blank laugh and said,
“Lord Hatchet Fool, we haven’t touched this place at all.”
I had no choice but to send a puzzled look. Then, an additional explanation was added immediately.
“This red light is only a part of the power of the ‘Haster family relic’. It pollutes the entire terrain just by existing.”
My head nodded gently.
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Actually, I had no intention of seeing this artifact. It was just that while walking, he ran into Siene-senpai and was somehow mistaken about his intentions and was brought here.
Today is the day when representatives from each country gather to confirm the true nature of artifacts or something.
To be honest, I was curious.
What a great relic it is, ruining my childhood friend’s family and even controlling the fate of the continent.
That was when I passed through the last gate and entered.
[Kick, kick… Kick kick kick…….]
Unpleasant noise like metal and metal scratching.
It hit my brain, and I saw the light mist trembling slightly inside the blood-colored crystal floating in the center. Even those who don’t even care about it.
Patriarch Eindel was looking at the crystal with his arms crossed.
“Are you here?”
“What are the Southern Ten Kingdoms?”
Senior Siene’s tone became more concise. It meant that he would not show even the slightest pretense or courtesy.
It must be because he has become so sensitive.
In the place where the representatives of the three countries should gather, only the representatives of one country are waiting. If he was not wary of this, he would not have been chosen as the representative of the country.
In addition, humans who can’t understand that vigilance.
“hahahahaha, I understand what you are worried about. But I didn’t do anything. Only… If you look at this crystal, you will understand.”
Then, Siene-senpai and I looked at Soo-jung.
I didn’t really close my distance with Patriarch Eindel, but he didn’t seem to want to make it a problem either.
“Looking at this crystal… I guess I can hear strange whispers.”
“Aha, but the representative of the Seongguk seems to be safe.”
“I was about to get dizzy too. Won, it seems that a terrible ghost has clung to it…….”
Patriarch Eindel then began to move his steps slowly.
Outside, outside.
At the end, the moment when my body and body were about to intersect.
“…… You must be careful.”
A thin smile formed on Aindel’s lips when he said that.
“The devil always tricks you with sweet words.”
I didn’t have to ask what you were talking about.
It was because Bishop Eindel left before that, and Siene-senpai had a pale face less than an hour later.
“Let’s go back.”
There is only one person who has not heard the crystal whisper.
It was only me.
*
I walked side by side with Shiene-senpai.
Right after facing the ‘relic of Hastur’ in the basement, Siene-senpai couldn’t control her trembling body. It was an incomprehensible reaction to me.
What the hell did you hear?
I was wondering if I should ask about this or not.
First of all, I decided to wait. Because Shiene-senpai looked just as unstable.
My speculation soon turned out to be true.
Siene-senpai was moving her steps to the old temple instead of her inn. When her heart becomes unbearably anxious, Siene-senpai always goes to see the comatose Luna-senpai.
However, there is no way Luna-senpai, who has lost her consciousness, will give her advice.
Shiene-senpai finally let out her trembling voice.
“Muh, something is wrong.”
I didn’t say anything. I just looked down at Luna-senpai with Shiene-senpai, with our arms crossed.
There is still no blood on the pale lips.
“That ‘artifact’ is dangerous. I have to dispose of it immediately…… !”
“Why?”
At my question, Siene-senpai slightly avoided her gaze.
“Why?”
At the repeated question, Siene-senpai only pursed her lips. How much for that
“That, that, that… the future…… !”
It was then.
Ah- uh- uh-!
Crying.
Like a large pack of wolves howling at once, the sick lying in the old temple screamed at once. Even without that, Siene-senpai, who was very frightened, began to tremble in my arms.
Is this a raid?
My eyes scanned my surroundings calmly. However, the sick only let out sounds while lying down, and showed no signs of getting up. The patients who were in a coma open their mouths all at once.
[Na- Uh-]
It was a poor language, but I knew it.
What are you talking about?
[I- I- uh- of-]
End of stuttering.
[My- thing-]
Declare the slaves of the flame.
[To find- I will go- Two days later-]
I’m going to invade this place.
[My- Righteous Share- Anyone Come-]
It was Celine’s declaration of war.
You know that there is a swordsman and that I exist.
It was an outrageous suicide attempt. Even so, I couldn’t stop the cold sweat from seeping into my hands.
The opportunity has finally arrived.
It was time to meet Celine.