172 – I have to figure out how to survive.
The two eyes collide in the air.
Aurora parted her lips in a low tone.
“I have arrived here in person. “Do you understand what this means?”
Those who faced Aurora’s questions always had to desperately try to get her head around them. It was natural. If I gave an answer that was offensive, my head would be blown off as a show of pride.
But Flan just nodded her head as if it was no big deal. There was no fear on his face. In front of Aurora, there was only a calm and weak man standing.
“….”
Aurora wiggled her eyebrows in her displeasure.
When it came to her status, it was she who had the overwhelming advantage. Given her ordinary birth, she would have to look out for everyone, including herself as the princess.
But Plan was not one of them.
Her man remained calm even when facing the princess, and even in this rough terrain, she did not lose her confidence and was just confident.
Normally, she would have been interested in such an attitude, but unfortunately, Aurora was not so lenient these days.
“I understand. Okay, what did you understand?”
“Isn’t it because you were curious that you came in person?”
“You have touched the imperial barrier.”
“There was no clause prohibiting touching the barrier.”
“You spit it out easily just because your mouth is open. Canceling the construction of the Magic Tower and squeezing out the Faculty of Magic would be easy for me…. “Even if I ask for forgiveness right away, it probably won’t be enough.”
The meaning of Aurora’s words was clear.
Since you dared to block her from outside observation, and because of that, she came all the way here in person, I meant that you should bow your head and offer forgiveness even now.
But Plan seemed to be thinking for a moment.
Aurora leisurely waited for the answer to come back. It must be quite scary to imagine that everything you have achieved will collapse. The shock may have been great.
However, the answer Plan gave was unexpected.
“How many butterflies will be enough?”
That was all I asked.
There were no lies. She wasn’t something to divert words, or something to bide time. He was truly thinking about the number of butterflies.
Aurora blinked her eyes in confusion for a moment.
Even though she listened to her words, she was only thinking those thoughts. Did she feel that the warning was nothing special, or did she not feel it because she only heard it in words? Either way, it wasn’t a pleasant experience.
The second princess suppressed her confusion and asked.
“If I tell you the number of fish, are you sure you can catch her?”
“It won’t be difficult.”
As the conversation that felt like walking on a blade continued, one of her officials approached Aurora with cautious steps. It was because she had a report to report urgently.
“Princess, there is something you need to check urgently.”
“What is it?”
“I’m not feeling well right now, perhaps because the barrier has disappeared. She would rather return to the imperial palace….”
“No.”
One word that Aurora spit out. The bureaucrat stopped what she was saying after hearing just two words from her.
As soon as she heard the most decisive tone, she understood. She is the princess and she has no intention of listening to anyone at the moment, much less reversing her own decision.
“Everything.”
Her gaze was directed only at Flan.
“Even if I ask for everything, will you be able to get it?”
“Of course it is possible.”
“Good. I’ll give you just one day. Take a look somewhere. Show the dawn butterfly before my eyes. Otherwise….”
Aurora’s eyes were burning.
“… “You will have to pay the price.”
Flan easily accepted Aurora’s warning. Her man’s eyes were calmer than ever, and the woman’s eyes were burning hotter than ever.
“Okay then, I’ll just leave.”
The second princess quietly looked at Flan’s back.
It was only after some time had passed that she realized that this bet was a ridiculous mistake.
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The second princess Aurora personally visited Leheln Hill, the capital knights left, and the barrier disappeared, but the reception ceremony was still in progress.
There was no significant change in my plan.
By applying as much magical energy as possible to each key point, the party was able to focus solely on chasing away the butterflies.
“Wow…. “I’m aiming very hard.”
Yushia scratched her cheek and mumbled.
Since the method is the method, others who passed us looked at us with blatant resentment. But what can you do? This is the way to make the plan come true.
A girl like a ball of cotton asks me with her eyes sparkling.
“Lord Plan. Now, it seems there is no place that is not affected by our magic. “What can I do from now on?”
Those eyes are innocent. Yushia was someone who didn’t care about what others thought or had any questions, and just believed in my plan.
“That’s enough.”
If she caught just one butterfly, she would not have been able to avoid being told that she was ‘lucky.’ Fortunately, Aurora boldly demanded that I catch all of her butterflies.
It was a story that I could not help but welcome. If this is done, it will be an achievement that everyone will have no choice but to acknowledge. In other words, I never worried about whether I would succeed.
Of course, not everyone in the party followed as brightly as Yusia. There was also a girl who had questions about this and that and was worried about what would happen in the future.
It was Trixie.
“In the end, I chased away all the butterflies.”
“It’s just a process of setting a trap.”
Trixie bit her lips a few times and swallowed the words she was about to say. It was some time later that she opened her mouth again.
She said, “I wanted to ask you at least once if you were confused about the meaning of chasing and catching…. Well, you probably have an idea too. Of course, I didn’t understand yet.”
Compared to before, my stubbornness has died down a lot, but it feels like my grumbling has increased. Something suddenly occurred to me, so I asked Trixie.
“Trixie.”
“Why?”
“For that matter, didn’t you work your hardest?”
“….”
Words spoken without any intention. In fact, it was Trixie who participated the most in painting the magic spell.
No, it wasn’t just that. No matter what code of conduct was given to her, she carried it out efficiently and steadily.
“That’s right….”
Trixie looked at me with her navy blue eyes. However, since she was the one who avoided eye contact first, I was a bit puzzled by her.
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“Why can’t I continue talking?”
“I trust you. “Why are you asking?”
Her cheeks turned slightly red. But his eyes still couldn’t meet me. And so the short and strange conversation came to an end.
No, I thought it was the end.
Trixie suddenly asked angrily.
“But you. “Why don’t you have any feelings?”
“Impressions?”
“Okay, I appreciate it. There has to be some kind of reaction. It was soft, it was warm, it was at least a few times….”
Trixie trailed off her words and touched her lips with the tip of her index finger. I felt like I understood the meaning this time. It looks like he’s probably asking for the appreciation of a kiss.
“Do you really want to hear it?”
I just asked back lightly.
“If you want to hear it, I’ll let you hear it.”
“Ugh….”
Trixie’s face turns even redder. The moment she pursed her lips and was about to spit out something.
Pick─.
Pick─.
“….”
For a moment, the color of the world disappeared and then reappeared.
I calmly looked around. But for a split second, the energy that had colored the world in black and white had already disappeared.
What is important is that there was definitely a fleeting moment. In other words, what you just felt was not an illusion. In fact, the world became colorless for a moment.
What brought me out of my thoughts was a gruff voice.
“Hey, you guys.”
The elf wizards were looking at me with bulging eyes. There are three people. As expected, there was no water engineer.
“I tried to just ignore it, but what on earth were you thinking of chasing away all the butterflies? Do you want to keep doing it like this?”
Their sharp ears twitch and move.
In this way, the emotions of the elves can be clearly read through physical changes. As was the case in the previous world, they were a very proud and arrogant people.
First of all, I asked one thing.
“Didn’t you just feel it?”
“The magic power you painted? “It was so thick I couldn’t feel it.”
It became clear when I saw him tripping over his legs. The moment the world became colorless was a feat that even elves with sensitive senses could not perceive.
“Anyway, stop chasing butterflies away.”
But that was then.
“If you keep doing that…. If you do it that way…. If you do it that way….”
The elf’s eyes slowly went up and then completely flipped over. It no longer looked normal with only the white part exposed.
She muttered, picking at her own face with her fingernails. His grip was strong enough to break his skin, but that didn’t seem to matter at the moment.
“Huh? Why am I saying the same thing…. Same thing…. Idem….”
The moment I muttered like that.
Pick─.
Once again, the world becomes colorless.
At the same time, the elf’s body is torn apart with a crunching sound. A blood demon reminiscent of a hunting dog howled and showed off its presence.
The torn pieces of elf flesh are scattered around.
“What!”
“Blood, blood demon?”
The hunting dog that tore through the elf’s body began to attack the surrounding people mercilessly, and suddenly explosions began to occur here and there on the hill.
Boom─ Boom─!
In that commotion, I just unfolded a protective shield.
Fortunately, Yusia, Trixie, and Scarlett were fine. But everyone was looking at me with eyes longing for an answer.
“Surprisingly, the dawn butterfly prefers red mana. In other words, it is very easy for blood demons to collect dawn butterflies.”
I continued calmly.
“But the butterflies are safe. “I kicked them all out.”
Trixie, who had been listening quietly, asked carefully.
“Then let’s say the butterfly is safe, what about us?”
“I have to figure out how to survive.”
It was a simple fact.
Trixie understood what I was saying a moment later and her eyes widened.
“No, what…” .”