Episode 166
Upon returning to the academy, Allen headed to the upper branch in search of Arcanthus.
In order to discuss the current situation, we need information that happened while he was away.
However, the news he received as soon as he arrived at the branch was not good.
“•••No Arcanthus?”
“Yes, Confucius. Arcandus-sama has now returned to the realm to help Soned-sama.”
Allen frowned at the words of those who were guarding the top.
‘At this time?’
While rumors circulated in the Academy about the Prince’s assassination, Allen had come to see him.
At that time, Sonned could not meet with Allen because he had made an important ascent.
But this time, he had to go to Arcandus?
‘At least one of them won’t leave this place… .’
Karik is still inexperienced, so he makes him travel to many places on purpose, but Soned and Arcandus are different.
They always had one of them left at the top in case Allen came.
“Didn’t he say anything? He probably wouldn’t have left…”
“How did you know? Arcandus-sama left in a hurry and asked Confucius to tell him that it was the third time.”
third?
‘Third, three times… , the Third Force.’
Sonned returned to the Reinhardt estate for an important transaction.
To be precise, he must have made a deal with the elves next to Reinhardt. However, he could not come back due to problems with the Third Party, and Arcandus, who heard the news, moved to help him.
And as soon as he left, things happened across the continent.
‘He said that he had lost contact with the elf Daesoorim.’
It was a very clever thing.
Allen repressed his desire to find them, and found another.
If you leave Elpis now, you are moving away from the center of the case. Allen was convinced that this would be the center of the case.
Kim Woo-jin, who is the center of all events in the world, it is inevitable that an incident will happen as long as he is here.
The next place he visited was a small house in a residential district.
In Elpis, where tall buildings are built due to limited space, house prices soar to the ceiling. However, there will be hundreds of people who will pay that much to make a kite with the people who live in this house.
Allen took a deep breath and opened the door to the house.
The one he was looking for was in the yard.
Byonna sat squatting in the garden, breathing the swaying wind, as if she had nothing to do with the chaos on the continent.
Perhaps it was her hobby, colorful flowers bloomed on the small garden, and she looked at the butterfly on her fingertips and turned her head.
He didn’t seem to care that Allen came to visit him at will.
In fact, with her skills, she would have recognized the fact that he was coming from hundreds of meters away.
Permission to open the door itself is the same as agreeing to the meeting.
Allen did not say anything else, but brought up the main point.
“I need help.”
“Hmm, suddenly?”
When she blew her mouth, the butterfly flew away.
Allen had already sorted out most of the complicated thoughts he had come this far.
‘Estédor’s movement was surprising, but it was not sudden/
Yes, at first, they were surprised as if even the demon lord was summoned when they did their work, but ‘still’ is within the expected range.
Allen made dozens of preparations for the butterfly effect caused by his work.
The possibility that Julius will change.
The possibility that one’s actions will be discovered by the tower.
Even the betrayal of the shadowy queen or the possibility of Catherine’s conversion.
The same goes for Esther’s behavior.
Defeat the Chimera Magician in Hibel and the witch hunt in Bergen.
From blocking the scheming of the divine beast forest to using the attack on the city tower.
His actions were related to Kim Woo-jin and his past, but Estodor was also deeply involved.
What is the probability that they will do the same thing Allen knew and the original work in the Black Book in the future?
‘I didn’t think that this was going to happen, but…;
Conversely, if you get past this chaos, it will be quiet for a while.
“I want you to investigate what’s going on around the academy.”
The small shadow beneath her feet began to widen the area.
quiet question.
“What do you want?”
Allen’s contract with her is simple. If Allen serves as her hound, she will do some of her favors.
Allen used information from the last Dwarf Underworld to keep her contract.
So this time it’s her turn to help.
‘But you must not cross the line.’
Allen has yet to become her opponent.
It is almost impossible to ask her to recklessly gather information around the central part of the continent or to assassinate someone.
“I will give you the command of Squall temporarily.”
Rather, it allows her to move freely.
“So, be on the lookout for any suspicious movements around here.”
Byonna narrowed her eyes when Allen said that she would hand over the entire command of the organization.
She didn’t look down on Allen’s squall.
Achieving one goal under a talented person named Arcanthus, they grew faster than any organization she had ever seen.
Occasionally, when Arcandus sought advice, he gave me advice.
But just there.
She knew their circumstances and did not interfere in their affairs, as Allen tried to do good.
Because that and this were a different matter.
‘Do you believe in me? no/
She smiled, knowing what Allen was aiming for.
“Are you just going to take my know-how?”
“Are you offended?”
“No… not really.”
Even if Arcandus is working hard, the knowledge accumulated by her cannot be ignored.
Dark kings were raised under her, and countless assassins were born. It would be beneficial if she gained some of her know-how while she was conducting a squall.
‘After all, she knows my circumstances.’
There is nothing to hide and there is no need to hide.
There’s nothing the Shadow Queen really can’t find out if she wants to.
She seemed to think for a moment, then opened her mouth.
“Why are you asking me because the vassals by my side have disappeared?”
“•••Yes, and the work I have to do is not easy.”
It wasn’t difficult for Allen to take over what Arcanthus had done if he wanted to, but he had more to do than that.
‘It’s not bad to move again:
Byonna thought again, looking at the fluttering butterfly in front of her.
She still didn’t understand what she was doing during the relic practice.
It seemed that it had something to do with Allen, so I accepted his offer. It was not bad to observe him closely by his side this time.
Allen gave her permission and left the house, giving her a few facts.
When he left, there was only one butterfly hovering over the empty flower field in the yard.
The light on the table was dim, and the light only poured down, drawing a shadow on the face.
dreary room.
U H
Kim Woo-jin couldn’t find anything to say and looked at Heisel, who was sitting in front of him.
By the time I found him, I had dozens of things to tell him, but when we met by chance, nothing came out.
I had several thoughts.
Why was Heisel using Psyche?
No, it’s used several times in the original, so it’s not a problem to hear it.
But ‘why’ were you there at this time?
‘In the original… :
“what are you doing?”
“•••What?”
For a moment, Kim Woo-jin did not realize what he had said and asked. Heisel chuckled and leaned her back against the backrest.
“What are you doing? If you call me, you should tell me.”
“•••Why are you here?”
In the end, that was the question that came to mind.
Heisel looked at him as if that was the only question he was asking, and answered calmly.
“Why did you come to the information guild? I came to buy information.”
“What information…”
“Up to that.”
His obsidian-black eyes stared at Kim Woo-jin.
“Are we close enough to tell you?”
Kim Woo-jin, who was speechless for a moment, looked at his face and sighed. Then he asked, scratching his head as if nervously.
“what do you want.”
Heizel also did not make a fuss in the Demon Tower because he did not want the Demon King to be summoned.
So, this time as well.
Esther’s purpose is clear.
The Descent of the Demon King.
Knowing him, we can cooperate. Didn’t the original Heizel also bring in the demons? It is faster than the original, but the current Hygel will also be hiding the demons summoned to the ground.
‘Is the purpose of using the information guild to find other demons?’
Heisel didn’t turn around completely.
It was confirmed in the underground waterway of Matap City.
“What do you want…”
Heizel looked up at Julius for a moment. Kim Woo-jin looked for something, but there was nothing.
“You are the protagonist of the present age.”
Kim Woo-jin questioned his sudden remark, but Heisel answered without saying any more. Because of that, Kim Woo-jin missed the watering time.
“No, nothing. Yeah, what do you want?”
Heizel’s eyes looking at Woojin Kim were strange.
I can’t pinpoint what it is, but at times I felt a sense of displeasure and disgust, then it flashed as if I had found an opportunity, and I felt hesitant to finish it.
‘••• Already entangled with him, he must have entered into ‘their’ plans/
The gaze he felt when he was near Allen or Julius was proof.
Perhaps Heisel will also be one of the devices of the play in which these puppets move.
If you didn’t want to, you should have left the continent or committed suicide immediately upon noticing them.
But if you’ve been involved with them, you might as well use them.
‘Until the end comes, Allen and Julius will not lose their lives no matter what happens.’
On the contrary, no matter what you do, you will be successful, and everything you do will work out well.
No, is that on Julius’s side?
There are two masters who move the puppet.
One was white and the other was black.
If the white side was involved in chance, inevitability, and causation, it gave blessings to the work that was done, and the black side was involved in luck.
What Julius felt was also black, and it seemed that it was originally mixed with white, but now it was not felt.
Heisel made up her mind.
‘If you can’t escape anyway/
Make the most of it and take advantage of it.
“Help me with my work for the time being.”
“You want help with a job?*
Heisel chuckled. That smile was like a bad boy, and it was also cruel. Heisel hid her dagger and said with a frivolous smile.
“You all know what I’m doing. Then ask for help.”
It was also announcing the existence of the gate.
There were times when I ran into demons in the underground waterway of Matoap City.
And even information that he had never told Julius would know.
Heisel wasn’t particularly surprised by that fact.
It’s not impossible if there are traces of white things.
“Then I’ll give you what you want. You were trying to stop Estodor together anyway, didn’t you?”
Heisel smiled as she recalled the information she had received from Psyche.
– Unlimited support.
Both hind legs on the hillside.
In Psyche, it meant that the boss’s direct orders were dropped.
“Will you help me?”
Kim Woo-jin felt like he was being swayed by something, but he had no choice but to respond.
“•••okay.”
A contract was made between each other.
without knowing how it will end.
In Julius’s eyes, who was looking at Hazel, a dark emotion flickered and disappeared without him knowing.