Chapter 62 – Manwol’s Proposal
I was lounging around and cried quietly while looking at the children playing in the distance.
“… “Professor Aegis.”
“Yes? “Did you call me?”
“Love group… You know the identities of the members of the Freya Lovers, right? “Because you are the intelligence staff.”
“First of all…. “Maybe?”
“Are there any people who can immediately become a force?”
“…… “Aha, are you saying that you will bypass and use people who cannot be left out in your position?”
“In this situation, following the princess’s will would go against the will of the emperor. But if you wear a mask… “I was wondering if there would be someone who would step forward a little bit.”
“I think it’s possible. If you use Professor Freya to harass the members. Should we just cheat and take advantage of Professor Freya and make a record that may be misunderstood by the members of the club? Something worth dying for. Umm~ What would you like? If I tell you something like ‘Ahahahaha☆ Freya, the person who kills monsters in a cool way is the coolest person in the world?♡’, She won’t volunteer to come forward~”
I imagined it for a moment.
Freya gives a cute and lively wink and jumps around more refreshingly than an orange.
With Freya’s face, with Freya’s voice. Be cute……
“It suits you very well… ….”
Crazy, I almost fell for it too. You have to be careful. Don’t be fooled by her face.
“Professor Aegis… But that… “Isn’t it a scam?”
“It’s the person’s fault who was deceived~♩”
“I’ll just quit. Actually, it was a joke. “The number of monsters alone is in the tens of thousands, which is nonsense.”
If anyone gets hurt, they will blame me later.
I didn’t even see her smiling face for a day or two.
“Wait a minute~♪”
Suddenly, Professor Aegis approached me somewhere. It was a place where children were making fun of each other.
She immediately picked up Cecilia and placed her in her arms.
“Sleep, here.”
“Seonsennii.”
Wow…
The small tail is gently swaying. I suddenly accepted Cecilia, who was looking at me intently.
“It’s heavy.”
“If you say it’s heavy, Miss Cecilia will be sad later. Because the memories remain.”
“… But why did Cecilia…… “
“Why is it so? It’s a deterrent~♩”
“Suppressor… ?”
“Professor Neferna, I thought you would do less nonsense if you had the gum tag attached.”
“hahahaha, Professor Aegis, did you really think that I would go out to the snowy field alone and get some work done?”
“hehehe. “How do you feel?”
Professor Aegis laughed briefly.
“I don’t know much about Professor Neferna’s past.”
“……… ….”
“But if you get hurt, you’ll be very sad.”
I scratched my head at the lonely tone.
“Thank you.”
I handed the struggling Cecilia back to Professor Aegis.
No matter how old he was, he was at the age where he completed the fox tribe’s coming-of-age ceremony, but he couldn’t have resisted the absolute Baaang while suffering from pneumonia.
Cecilia, who was struggling with her face buried in the aw, aw, could not stand the overwhelming symbol of motherhood for even a few seconds and fell into a peaceful sleep.
…… Is it that good?
Then me too……
“Ah, this is not the time… Huh! I’m going to go somewhere for a while. So don’t worry, just play until then. Come on, Cecilia. “Let’s hang out with Professor Aegis for a moment.”
“Can I ask where it is?”
“It’s my boss at the other workplace. “I’ll just talk for a bit.”
I smiled and spoke lightly, but Professor Aegis was staring at me with a very anxious expression.
***
The magic tower is a symbol.
It is a symbol of the effort to fix and hide the collapsing moon, create an illusion in the delicate night sky, and help others lead a peaceful life, as well as a symbol of blasphemy that challenges the authority of the goddess.
A huge tower is built at the mouth of the highest mountain range in a snowy field that no one dares to explore.
It is well known that the founder, who achieved magnificent achievements, buried his body in the magic tower, and that on top of his great corpse, future generations of blood relatives built a dangerous yet brilliant monument that would be passed down through their blood.
Of course, it’s all bullsh*t.
No matter how hard they try to hide the goddess’ last evil deed, there is no meaning to the magic tower, which is only a symbol.
In a building without a single trace of someone’s warmth, only deep dust accumulates.
“Archmage, Undine. “The tip of the precious moon phase is here in response to the call of the full moon.”
“Archmage, Ignis. “The tip of the precious moon phase is here in response to the call of the full moon.”
The two siblings left simple greetings one after another. They immediately took a step back and bowed their heads in silence.
The answer came back without any sense of tension.
“Hello~ Lovely siblings from the DC family. “Are you and your wife doing well?”
“Yes, I hope you are always at peace.”
“hahahahaha! Every time I see the matriarch’s expression, she becomes deeply saddened. Anyone who hears her wife’s story about her old love every day would end up bleeding, but alas, pity me.”
The DCs siblings, especially Undine, do not like the full moon. It was not difficult to see that their personalities were almost polar opposites.
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Undine had a sonorous voice, but she answered coldly.
“The two of you are good at drinking alcohol. You joke around sometimes, but it seems like there was a misunderstanding. I ask my parents to prevent something like that from happening in the future… “I will especially give her advice to my mother.”
“hahahahaha, sorry. Please bear with the snitching. I, too, find Mrs. DC a little uncomfortable~ ……………… Anyway, that’s it….”
The full moon may have been waiting for me.
The Manwol I knew was a blood relative who could hardly stay still. Sitting arrogantly on a chair and crossing his legs is all just a show.
“hahahaha, that’s a big deal. I knew it would come, but I didn’t know it would arrive like this! It’s fun! New Moon, Eugene Seo Neferna.”
“You brought only familiar faces for you. “You didn’t even bring Freyja, who would be most annoying to you.”
“Bringing Old Moon with me sounds like you’re going to threaten me with the supply of Brisingamen?”
“I thought about doing that, but I stopped because I wondered what it meant.”
“So? What are you going to do? “Why did you come all the way here, even using the space movement magic that you fear the most?”
“What is the reason? Isn’t it you who has the reason, not me? “That’s why I personally sent a warning through Ha Hyeon-dal and Sang Hyeon-dal.”
Manwol’s mischievous smile faded, albeit briefly.
“…… Hmm~ If you look at me, I guess it means you have no intention of catching those monsters yourself.”
“Directly? “Why do I do that?”
It was a choice that I didn’t even have to worry about in the first place.
Manwol also shrugged her shoulders and said, as if she had already guessed it.
“Well, the condition the Empire set was to insert a holy sword into your body and seal away most of your magical power. It probably means just shut up and stay still. Now, I’m not going to ask you to save the world or have to clean up a goddess’ poop. But wouldn’t it be good for you? “You, who are not a hero, have no obligation to protect them.”
“Eighty percent of the magic power is tied to each holy sword. There are two such holy swords embedded in his body. Let alone swordsmanship, which was his skill, he cannot even hold an object with a blade attached. Because the holy swords hate me. Since it was a sword, my hands burned just by holding the spear. “It’s kind of a curse.”
“Huh~ I didn’t know that. “Whether it’s a pata or something, swinging that ridiculous stick around isn’t entertainment, right?”
“It’s for children’s education.”
I used to use it to lightly massage my shoulders when I wasn’t doing my homework. The intensity of the massage is moderate, so it seems to be well-received among students.
“Even if it’s just me, why on earth does the Magic Tower only give warnings? Whether it’s 100,000 or 200,000, it’s not like he can’t handle even a monster…. Or are you leading them towards the empire because they think this is the time?”
“No way. Even the Magic Tower doesn’t have that much leeway. Rather, the imagination is amazing~ The idea of driving monsters like sheep herding to attack the empire. Yes, the first moons will be fun. “You may lose interest quickly.”
“You don’t have enough time? “The magic tower?”
“Hmm, you look like you don’t believe it. Unfortunately, it’s true. “Right now, there are hundreds of thousands of monsters in my clan, and I don’t have the strength to deal with monsters that don’t cause much damage to my clan if I don’t specifically touch them.”
Manwol shrugged her shoulders and continued.
“The moon visible in the night sky is a ‘fake moon’ created by Freya’s power. The moon that was shattered by the hidden goddess Bian is stopping its collapse thanks to the magic of the moon phases. And during special cycles like now, most of our magic power is being poured into that area. You, whose magic power was tied to the holy sword, made a special exception~ Huh? “Looking at it this way, I guess I’m pretty good?”
Manwol laughed and stamped her feet alone, but no one responded to her.
“Hmm, why are they reacting like that? The empire is the last territory. If that place collapses, it will be a magic tower and it will be meaningless. All our blood relatives can do is abandon this planet and find another place, and if that happens, it will become the ‘quiet’ world that ‘Neferna Eugene, Hero of the Second Holy Sword’ so longed for. But I don’t want that kind of future.”
“……….”
“And that would be the same for you now. Eugene. Yes, you. A good warrior who once tried to erase all life from this planet forever. “When that small place called the Academy was in danger of being threatened, he gave up his pride and came to me.”
“……….”
“You know very well why the heroes, including the Fourth Holy Sword, went through various restrictions and confined you to the academy, right?”
I knew you were planning on leaving me behind.
There was no reason to be emotional.
But even so, hiding the displeased expression was not easy.
Undine seemed very uneasy about me.
“Full moon… More than that…… “
“It’s Jeong.”
“Please stop. “The owner already knows this.”
“I’m trying to tie it up with affection. Not with force, but with emotion. It would have been a long time since I gave up on sealing you by force. Invisible shackles. With emotions between people. Affection. “That’s the new spell on your ankle after throwing away the hero and the holy sword.”
Isn’t that right? As she added her short words, Manwol smiled and looked at her two siblings.
Undine bit her lip tightly. It was impossible to just watch as her hands were shaking and blood was seeping from her lips. I lightly touched her shoulder. Her anxious eyes contorted her face as if she was about to cry. She said that I was the one being laughed at, but I was thankful that there was someone who was much more enthusiastic than me.
“To catch a monster. Magic Tower will help you. However, there is a condition.”
Meanwhile, Manwol pointed at me with her calm face, as if it had never happened before.
“If you become bait.”
I didn’t even have time to reply. Her shoulders flinched at the momentary killing intent rising from behind her. Even though I already knew that the tip of the blade was not pointed at me, her shoulders trembled from her bloody aura.
“Don’t be funny…” !”
The moment Undine shouted sharply, her magic surged.