31 – Chapter 31
“Who are you?”
The out of the blue question that came out of Phryxia’s mouth was the kind that couldn’t be answered so easily.
Who am I?
Anyway, the first thing that comes to mind is her status as a saint of the eclipse church.
But I can’t say it literally.
“…This is Ruina’s standby group.”
“…”
Is there something wrong with the answer?
She made no reply as Frixia kept her characteristic blue eyes fixed on Adela through her glass.
Then, the corner of her mouth twisted upward.
“…Standby. I didn’t know that. You must have been impatient, Adela.”
After saying that, Frixia took out a piece of paper and scribbled on her, “Okay. That’s it.” She muttered the same thing and returned her paper back to her bosom.
“Illyana, I guess I need to explain my question.”
“What I said is the unrecorded you, not the recorded you.”
“Something only you can know.”
As I was at a loss as to what to answer to her words, Frixia’s story continued.
“Illyana, do you know the difference between a story and a book?”
“…I don’t know.”
Then, Frixia closed her eyes and began to explain with a relaxed expression.
“A story only exists when there is someone to listen to it. A story with no one to listen will just disappear.”
“But books are different.”
“Even if no one sees it, if the act of ‘recording’ is carried out, the book will be established.”
After she said that far, Frixia let out a deep sigh, then put her chin on her chin and continued.
“…But a book is only ‘recorded’.”
“Things that are not written down can never be known from books.”
“For example, the thoughts you are thinking right now.”
“In stories, they are told unfiltered, but too often in books, intentionally or not, they are left out.”
“Haa… At times like this, I envy storytellers.”
After saying that, Frixia turned her eyes, which had been fixed on Adela until now, and looked at me, she said.
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“You have read everything that is written. So let me know you who are not recorded.”
“…The saintess of evil spirits.”
As soon as Frixia’s words are finished, the space is torn from all sides of her, and tentacles appear and rush towards her Frixia.
-Keyiing
However, those tentacles did not injure Phryxia’s body.
Operating sounds heard from all directions and waves in the air show the confrontation between something invisible and the tentacles.
As a result, the tentacles couldn’t approach Phryxia for a certain amount of time.
“…You evil spirit. It’s okay not to worry. I have no intention of hurting your saintess or making a fuss about her.”
But regardless of that, the tentacles continued to press on Phryxia.
Then Phryxia let out a deep sigh and gave her signal to the brass owl with a small gesture.
Then the brass owl sat on her shoulder and started blowing steam at her.
“…If you don’t believe me, I’ll hand this child over to your saintess. She is by far the best of my children.”
“Noctua, master reset.”
As soon as Phryxia said that, the owl, which had been drooping after exhaling all of her steam, lifted her head again and started looking around.
Then, when our eyes meet, her eyes light up blue and she flies away.
“Now, like this.”
Suddenly, Frixia said that, picked up a soft looking tool from her belt and threw it at me.
-Piik
Then, a brass owl called Noctua flew in, blowing off her steam, and slashed it away with a sound of cutting through the wind.
-Paang
In the end, what Phryxia threw collided with Noctua, and it shattered and exploded.
“I hope you will trust me with this.”
Looking at that, Phryxia said that, and her tentacles hesitated for a moment as if thinking about it, and then began to return to the torn space again.
Just like that, stability returned to the room.
A few chairs were smashed, but that was the only damage.
“…Whew… There is a difference between what was recorded and what is actually happening.”
Then, Frixia started scribbling on the paper she took out from her bosom again.
As I was looking at it, I heard a loud ringing sound.
– Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding
“Ah, looks like it’s over.”
Following Frixia who turned her gaze after saying that, I looked through the glass and saw Adela, who had fallen out and collapsed on the floor.
“Don’t worry. Did you pass out for a moment?”
As if to prove that statement correct, Adela through the glass opened her eyes and stood up brushing her body.
“…And this inside is not visible from the outside. It’s okay if you don’t have to worry about getting caught.”
“And I want you to think of an answer until the next time we meet.”
Saying that, Phryxia stood up and walked out through the door on the opposite side of the one I entered.
So I was left alone…
No, the room with Noctua and I was even more silent than before.
And the sound that resonated in that silence.
-Bang
“Aagh!”
There is a sound like something hitting the door, and Adela, clutching her leg, collapses into the room with the door.
“Ugh…”
“Hey, are you seriously hurt?”
It looked painful at first glance, but Adela nevertheless shook her head, gritting her teeth.
“Let’s go…”
“Yes.”
As I followed Adela, who was limping like that, I saw the moving floor I was riding on earlier.
“…Do I have to ride this again?”
“Oh, are you afraid?”
“No.”
To show that I’m not afraid, I got on the moving floor ahead of Adela.
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“Ha ha ha! So if you’re scared, why don’t you say you’re scared!”
“No, it wasn’t scary.”
If it was actually going up, nothing would have happened.
But when I came down, I could not help but be surprised by the feeling that I was slightly floating.
It’s not that I’m scared, I’m surprised.
“Come to think of it, what is that owl?”
“Frixia gave it to you.”
“This? …What happened…”
Adela pointed to the Noctua flying around me as if guarding me, and she said, Noctua flew on my shoulder and sat down.
For metal, a light weight is felt on her shoulders.
As I felt her face rubbing against my cheek as if she were doing her charms, the mace on her right index finger in the form of a ring vibrated finely.
The vibration calms down again when you stroke it with your thumb.
At that time, Phryxia’s voice was heard from the air again.
“Hmm. Adela, you failed.”
“Well, it doesn’t matter because it doesn’t happen once or twice. I can’t help it. I’ll be back in two weeks.”
“…No, come back in three days.”
“Hmm? Wasn’t it originally 2 weeks? Did the rules change?”
“It’s not like that, but it’s something special.”
“Well, I like it.”
After the conversation between Adela and Phryxia ended, the door to the tower opened again, emitting steam.
The sun disappeared before I knew it.
“Goodbye, then.”
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-Bang
“I’m back!”
“…Have you been there? How was your day?”
“If I did it, I wouldn’t come in like this.”
“That makes sense. …But Leah, what is that?”
Ethan answered Ethan’s question by touching Noctua’s head as she bowed her head.
“Ah, this child is called Noctua. She got it from Phryxia in the Great Library.”
“…You were so condescending when you gave me this gauntlet…”
“Well, he must have liked our little boy too!”
After coming up with such a comfortable interpretation, Adela headed out again, saying that she would go for her drink.
“Lea, can I borrow that owl for a while? I want to take a look.”
“You mean Noctua? …Yes, what…”
While saying that, she tried to hand Noctua to Ethan, but…
-Shyi-Ik
Noctua belches more and more steam and resists falling off my shoulder.
“…I don’t think so. Sorry…”
“Oh, that’s fine. It seemed like that from the beginning.”
Having said that, Ethan stepped out of her door looking at her own gauntlet wistfully.
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-Bang
-Kwaang
“…Mrs. Adela. Came.”
“Ah, are you here? Okay, come and get ready.”
“Yes.”
Ethan’s voice came through the sound of exploding magic.
I came to give you the sparring I wanted.
Time is wasted.
Three days? In the meantime, you’ll have to roll like crazy to keep up with those crazy improvements.
“Haa… I really regret giving up halfway through.”
“Don’t beat yourself up. You did that for two years, so you did as much as you could.”
Her eyes widened when she heard that if she defeated Phryxia’s favorite soldier, she would let her read the great library, and she went to fight for one day every other week for two years.
In order to somehow get a clue about ‘the incident’.
However, as much as I grew up, Phryxia’s favorite disease also improved, and I gave up because I was tired of running that seemed to never end.
“…Today, when I tried again after a long time, the opponent was no match.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Well, the last time I faced him before giving up was No. 57, So it’s only natural that he couldn’t win with No. 73. In the meantime, I haven’t done anything.”
“…So are you going to give up?”
When you gesture with mana, arms made of various types of mana are created around you.
When I picked up the spear among them, I felt a sense of comfort, as if I had it since I was born.
At the same time, feeling a little elation, he smiled as hard as he could and said.
“Ha! Would you give up one more time just because I’m crazy? Be quiet and attack me!”