(EP.111) Legacies # 2
111 – Demon King’s Legacy #2
Aira ran her finger across the stone wall.
“It’s a relic powered by magic. It has been abandoned and neglected for a long time, so it would not be strange if it suddenly broke down.”
Ira said the door didn’t open and we were locked in a closed room because of the breakdown. Mechanical failure, not for any other profound reason.
Maybe it’s because of the lack of management and the lack of magic power.
However, it was an insult to the Draco family who had been managing the ruins. It was no different from the meaning of ‘You suffered because you didn’t manage properly.’
So Mirna was furious and said to Aira as if arguing.
“Abandoned and abandoned. I wouldn’t be able to tell you about it if I knew how much care was put into maintaining and repairing the Draco family.”
“But in the end it broke down. It means impossible for you.”
“what?”
Mirna frowned as if she was really angry. Her face was reddish-coloured, unsuitable for her beautiful modeling, and she looked like a bitter goblin.
However, Aira did not care whether Mirna was angry or not, and finished her speech.
“Managing the remains of Angmar. That would be impossible for the Draco family, who had only one left. You can’t handle the Demon King’s thing by yourself.”
“So, you mean you can? Ira Tarantera.”
Ira glanced around at Mirna’s provocation-like question. If it was an arrogant child, wouldn’t the answer be yes? It was only for a while that I had such expectations.
“It’s impossible for me right now.”
Ira meekly acknowledged her shortcomings.
If it was Ira when she was tyranny in Angmar, she would never have done anything like revealing her own shortcomings.
Thinking like that, I was moved to wonder if Aira was learning the virtue of ‘humility’ anew.
However, Ira added a word.
“If I can’t do it, no one else can. Even if it’s very impossible.”
That’s right.
It seems that Aira still sees other people down on her.
“In that sense, it would be better to close this ruins. The reason is because you have experienced it yourself, so you can understand it even if you don’t tell me, Mirna?”
Aira decided to close the dungeon.
For me, it was a pity that the mysteries that might be discovered here were buried in the soil.
As Aira said, when I was locked up in a closed room myself, I thought that wandering around in an uncertain place like this would not be enough even if I had a few lives.
“Destruction.”
When we were all out of the dungeon, Aira swore a spell. Then, with a sudden earth rumble, I felt everything crumble and crumble beyond the thick door.
Aira really broke the dungeon.
Just like how we just broke the secret room we were locked in, and it’s still the same. Also, Ira was strong.
“I’m glad it’s okay. Tae.”
Ira informed me that today was Sunday evening. Since we entered on a Saturday morning, we were locked up in a closed room for about two days.
I asked Aira as I sat on the comfy sofa in Draco’s mansion.
“So, Ira-sama. How did you find out we were locked up here?”
“The queen’s eyes are everywhere.”
At Aira’s simple answer, Mirna, who was sitting next to me and resting, shouted as if very angry.
“You seem to have planted snow in my mansion?”
“okay.”
Ira nodded.
Then something groaned, fell from the ceiling and settled on Aira’s shoulder. It was an ugly looking spider. A spider with a black body and slender legs.
ㅡ Hyoong.
But the sound he makes is pretty cute.
Seeing that, Mirna said.
“How many are there in my mansion?”
“Five.”
“Let’s get it out right now! To dare to inspect the Draco family mansion is terribly offensive!”
“What is it?”
match.
When Aira applauded at Mirna’s temper, four spiders appeared from somewhere and landed with long threads hanging from Aira’s head and shoulders.
ㅡ Hyoong.
ㅡ Hyoong.
ㅡ Hyoong.
ㅡ Mio.
match.
When Aira clapped once more, the figures of the guys disappeared in a flash, but when they came, they were nowhere to be seen. I didn’t know where he went, but I didn’t really want to know. spider is disgusting
So, to summarize, Ira seems to be saying that spiders can monitor other places like CCTV.
It was only then that I understood that when I was active in downtown Angmar, Aira knew everything about my actions and the scope of my activities.
There was some kind of surveillance magic.
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Creepy.
Suddenly, goosebumps hit the back of my neck.
It’s like a spider crawling behind your back.
The reason I felt this way was because I remembered what I had said and done in a place without Aira until now.
If Aira was watching me, from where did she know?
I never know that
Looking at Aira’s attitude, it seems like she doesn’t know at all that I’ve done anything like that with Mirna or Elgar.
I’ll have to pay more attention to everything I do outside in the future.
* * *
I washed myself in Mirna’s mansion and changed into clean clothes.
It was nice that my magic robes, which had been covered in dust, also shimmered in a pure white light just like before. People should also live clean.
“That’s a good thing, Tae-oh.”
Aira looked at my robes and complimented me.
“There is a magical power that I don’t know. You could call it the relic of the Demon King. I don’t need it, but it will be enough to protect your weak body.”
“okay.”
As long as Aira is interested, it seems certain that this robe is a good thing.
However, Ira quickly lost interest in everything and yawned, as always.
The time is close to midnight on Sunday. Normally, it should have been the time left for Aira to fall asleep, so even if she is sleepy, there is nothing she can do.
“Tae-oh, let’s go back.”
Aira pulled my collar and urged me to go back to the dorm. However, I was embarrassed because I wanted to share a few more words with Mirna, who will be left alone in the dormitory.
I mean, I had a lot to talk about with Mirna.
However, Mirna made eye contact with me and covered her lips with her index finger. Perhaps it means that you want to keep things a secret about yourself.
With that, Mirna turned her gaze to Aira as if she had nothing to do with me.
“My dear Tarantera. I should say thank you. Without you, someone would have saved us.”
“Please call me Queen Aira, not Tarantera. And I didn’t save you, I came to save Tae-oh.”
“… … .”
Mirna didn’t really answer that.
Ira also walked out of the mansion slowly, as if she had not expected an answer.
“Tae-oh, let’s go.”
“yes.”
I followed Ira vigorously as she walked into the darkness.
When Mirna, who had been left in the large mansion, was worried and glanced back, she waved a small hand toward me.
I also waved my hand at Mirna like that. It’s so soft that Aira doesn’t even notice.
“You seem to have become quite close with Mirna Youngae. Did anything happen in the dungeon together?”
Then Aira spoke to me next to me, and I was startled. Of course, he hid his surprise and pretended nothing was wrong.
“It’s not just that.”
“So, did you practice in the dungeon? I can feel your magic power getting stronger than before.”
I was contemplating whether to tell the truth or hide it, but I decided to tell it honestly because I thought it would be easy to see how much I grew up if it was Ira anyway.
“I think I may have been in the fourth rank by now.”
“The only person who has achieved magic so quickly is you but me. You are the man I chose.”
Aira has been praising my progress.
“Make further progress and become loyal to your queen.”
“All right.”
Responding appropriately, I summarized what had happened until recently. Elgar and Mirna, the two women have been attacked to some extent.
However, there was nothing to say about how to attack this queen Aira here.
In a way, I’m the person who spends the most time with Tae-oh, but how could this be that I can’t even see a fragment of that strategy?
Susssss-.
Then a cool wind blew and took me out of my thoughts. Only then did I realize that I was walking alone with a woman in a dark suburb.
Under the countless twinkling stars in the sky.
A soft scent that brushes the tip of your nose.
For some reason, I couldn’t hear the cry of an animal or the common grasshopper’s cry today. Perhaps they know the Queen is coming and don’t know if everyone is hiding their heads.
“By the way, Tae-oh. It’s been a long time since I’ve walked with you like this.”
“Yes.”
When I was living at the court in the past, I often went for a walk with Aira like this. Even if it was a walk, it was only walking through the splendid and safe garden of the palace.
“So, Tae. Are you satisfied with your life at Ark?”
“… … .”
What kind of question have you been asked by a parent who has squeezed out what to say in order to have a conversation with their child? Before I could even come up with a proper answer to the question, Aira added a few more words.
“It’s been a while now, but I still remember that night. Tae-oh, what you said to me in your room.”
“… me?”
“The story I told you to give up everything and leave with you.”
“ah.”
I thought back to what happened in the past. It was a big gamble when I grabbed Aira’s shoulder and seriously said I was prepared to throw everything away. Looking back now, I was a little crazy back then.
“At that time, you didn’t even know that the sky was scary, and you dared to speak to me. remember?”
“It is a shame. please forgive me.”
“If you could go back to that time, what would you do?”
“I would still do the same thing.”
This time my answer came straight out without thinking. I do not regret my choice. There is no doubt that my choice was the best.
Did you like those words?
Ira said nothing more.
━Zuzuzujizuzu.
-Mem, meme, memem, mem-.
Only then did the suffocating insects start to cry. As if announcing the start of a hot summer night, the colorful fireflies blooming here and there are very beautiful.
Under the moonlight, the scenery is like walking in a fairy tale.
Although the story is actually true.
“Tae-oh.”
Then Aira spoke to me again.
“Do you have more to say?”
“If it’s the other way around-.”
Ira seemed to say something, and then shut her mouth. When the momentary silence becomes awkward to the extent that the sounds of jabak, jabak, and stepping on the trail are exceptionally clear.
“What if I talk to you first?”
Aira contemplated for a long time and spoke as if she had barely opened her lips. It stops walking and the wind that blows at the same time stops.
I also stood face to face with her and asked.
“What are you talking about?”
“No, nothing.”
Ira shook her head and started walking again.
“The moon is bright.”
Aira raised her head. I could tell then that Aira had stopped to say something to me, turned the horse’s head away.
“What are you doing. Come on.”
Aira, who took a few steps first, hurried toward me. Her black hair fluttering in the wind is very beautiful.
As I approached her, she raised her hand and stroked my hair. The touch was somehow skillful and soft, I didn’t think it was the touch of a queen who would become a tyrant.
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Come to think of it, wasn’t there a ‘saint’ among Aira’s occupations?
There were many things I wanted to ask.
Even if I asked, Ira knew that she wouldn’t give me an answer, so I decided to just keep her mouth shut.
‘Cause it’s not time yet
For now, it was enough to just walk through the moonlit garden together while hiding many things from each other.
So Aira also wanted to throw everything and leave with the man she trusted the most huh