(EP.176)Sand #1
176 – Wind and Sand #1
Elgar and I lived as usual.
It is now our natural task to wake up at dawn and go around the arc site and relax.
Thanks to Elgar’s guidance over the past few days, my stamina has noticeably improved, and I now have enough time to go around the Ark site.
“Now you are doing well. See, you can do it.”
Elgar has been praising me for a long time. Compliments are things that make people happy. So I was very happy with Elgar’s tossing words.
As I wiped the sweat from my face and neck with a towel, Elgar put her palm on my head.
“Why?”
“No, it could be because of my mood. Don’t you think you’re a little tall?”
“How tall are you?”
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Come and say you’re tall?
I didn’t want to, but Elgar recently evaluated that my height was about 1 to 2 cm taller. It’s a story about Elgar with good eyesight, so there’s a high probability that it’s true.
Was my body still growing? There was a good chance it was. I am confident that I will not be surprised if the body of this amazing half-elf is going through any changes.
“How are you, Elgar? Are you all right?”
“Well, it’s just the same.”
In fact, Elgar’s body looked the same as usual.
When I thought of my child on my lower belly over the thin cotton tee underneath that sweatshirt, the urge to hug Elgar’s waist suddenly surged in my head.
ㅡEng-ae, I’m baby Tae-oh, give me mamma.
ㅡThis is not a complete joke!
However, if she behaved like that at will, Elgar would be surprised and angry. So, I decided to just leave the will to the will.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Elgar and I stretched and stretched out without talking to each other. After the examination, there was often a gap in these conversations between the two of us.
However, it is not very uncomfortable, and rather, it is a stillness where you can feel a sense of stability as if you are on the same boat even without talking to each other.
At least I thought so.
It might be a little childish, but just like little children splitting each other’s sides. It must be said that the thought of ‘Elgar is now on my side’ arose in my head.
It felt like a real family.
“Then I have a lot of work to do today, so I’m leaving. See you later.”
swish.
Elgar waving at me, running away and disappearing. I stared intently at Elgar’s back until she turned the corner and disappeared.
I think it sounded quite warm to see you again later.
* * *
As Elgar said, my height had grown by just 2 cm.
The last time I measured my height was when Ark entered school, so it can be said that he has grown quite large in a short time.
“It’s a fairy mystery.”
When I heard that I had grown taller, Aira stroked my hair and said the above.
“I’ve heard stories of nymphs growing up all of a sudden. It is said that even nymphs like children can grow up to be adults from one day.”
“Is that real?”
“Yes, I read this book.”
Ira pointed to the novel ‘Illegal Immigrants in Another World’ that she was reading. In novels, nymphs who have grown up like adults often appear.
“Isn’t that because it’s a novel? The nymphs grow up like adults. I can’t believe it at all.”
“Huh, is that so?”
Shrek, Tak.
Ira puts a feather bookmark on the novel she was reading and then covers it so that it makes a sound. After she yawned and stretched, she looked at the calendar in the room.
“The duel trial is only a few days away. It will be a fun game. So, is it going well to save my warlord?”
“that is-.”
In fact, the plan was floating in the air a bit. Stella was taken away as if abducted by the Belhawk family.
And since Elgar has a child, doing dangerous things makes me more anxious. Sister Mirnana Narmi did not have time to go through discussions and debates about the new rules they had recently made.
silkygoat was the goat. cry
No, the Draco sisters have no chance of becoming Queen Tarantera’s fighters in the first place. you’re not on good terms
So who’s going to like it now? There are many faces that come to mind. Perhaps there are rumors that the queen needs a great warrior, there are many brave men who offer applications to me to enjoy honor and wealth.
But all of them had their dislikes, and it was easy to make a choice. Thanks to you, I was lost in thought for a moment, so Ira said as if giving an answer.
“If choosing Jeong is difficult, Tae-oh, you can fight for me.”
“Am I?”
silkygoat was the goat. cry
Nonsense story. I wanted to dismiss it like that, but it is not easy to deny Aira’s story. Ira was secretly looking like she wanted me to go to a duel trial.
“Tae-oh, if it were you, I would definitely show you a fun game.”
“Yeah… .”
Well, watching me fight is nothing more than entertainment for Aira. It’s a big tragedy for me though.
However, if you think about it carefully, it didn’t seem like a fight would be impossible.
Although my growth has been slow lately, I am a wizard of the 4.5th rank. To some extent, this means that there are only about ten wizards stronger than me in the world.
If you include the hiding wizards who are in hiding, it will be about 20 people. Twenty people feel a little too much, but in the world, twenty people are few.
It is said that I am also a wizard who is in the top 1%.
Even if this is not enough to defeat the hunter, the confrontation will be at a level that seems like a trade-off to some extent.
Then Aira looked at me with her chin crossed on the desk.
“Tae-oh, haven’t you stopped growing these days?”
“Didn’t I just tell you I was two centimeters taller?”
“No, not the key. Your mana growth. Seeing that it hardly ever rises to the 5th rank. It’s clear that you’re into mannerism these days.”
“Mannerism?”
“okay. You’re exercising with Elgar lately? Elgar too. Teo or increase weight to increase your record and stamina. Do you want to shorten the time or something?”
“It is.”
For the growth of strength and agility, Elgar gradually increased the intensity of my training.
The body tends to get used to resistance and weight, and it is because of the reason that growth will be slow soon if you settle for it.
“The path of Mana is the same. We need more and more stimulating triggers. Tae-oh, you are no longer stimulated by walking around the nearby dungeons.”
Ira’s story was correct. As an archmage who has reached the 7th rank by himself, I think he accurately judged the section where my growth was slow and stagnant.
And I wasn’t stupid enough to not understand Aira’s true meaning. I asked, summarizing the story Ira was trying to tell.
“Are you saying that this duel will be an opportunity for my growth?”
“okay. The clash of mana that goes back and forth between life and death is the way to growth. It’s all the story of the novel here.”
What, you were looking at the contents of the novel and telling me.
The story about the growth of the former nymph was and still is, Ira is so engrossed in reading these days that she seems unable to distinguish the story from reality.
So I gave a light advice to Aira.
“Ira-sama, the stories in the novel are made up stories. You don’t think all the stories in there are real, do you?”
“It’s a made-up story. There’s definitely something like that. But not all are lies. If you believe it’s real. can be real The world will help you if you really want it.”
The world will help you if you really want it. You’re just telling a story like a novel line. But if you think about it, maybe the lines of the novel are right.
In the first place, am I not the one who is now in the last novel I read? The story could be real.
“Tae-oh, it’s not just a story I made up. It is said that Solomon, who was an archmage, improved his skills by spending days in duels.”
“If it’s the Archmage Solomon, are you talking about the Demon King Angmar?”
A story about the Demon King will come out of Aira’s mouth. So, when I felt a little strange and fresh, Ira spread her index finger in the air.
“The Archmage Solomon and the Demon King are the same but different. We need to separate the two.”
“okay.”
The people before and after the Fall are separate people, so that’s all. It’s a sensible story.
And when it was said that Solomon raised his magic skills by spending days in duels, it seemed like there was something very special about it. I feel like I should just have a duel.
In fact, Professor Balan, who was actually the Demon King’s henchman, also said that it was necessary to stimulate the growth plate of magic through experiences of dueling and life-and-death.
I suddenly wondered.
“Then, did Aira-sama have a duel or did she improve her magic skills?”
“no. I don’t need that.”
“okay. You are great too. So, can you say that Queen Aira is more powerful than Solomon?”
“Well. But I’d say it’s wiser than that. Because I do not cling to the impossible task of raising the dead.”
“You mean Solomon’s nymph.”
“okay. Solomon devotes himself to all kinds of magic to resurrect the dead nymphs, and in the end is eaten by the madness itself. Tae-oh, don’t forget this. Magic is just a tool.”
“I will keep that in mind. But that’s it. Does Queen Aira think that the magic of resurrecting the dead is impossible?”
A brief silence arose. I feel like the atmosphere is suddenly getting colder. However, Ira soon bursts into laughter with a hoo-hoo.
“okay. That is why I am wiser than Solomon.”
Ira’s answer was firm. What a wise queen indeed.
“Oh, and it might be getting louder now. I got this letter today.”
Shh.
Aira held out a letter that was on the desk.
It was a lavish paper with a golden seal gleaming in a wrapper covered with gold dust. It looks like real gold. Who wastes money like this?
Then, as soon as I found the engraved pattern, I understood.
Shilling’s emblem was a tiger. And, as far as I know, there is only one place that uses this intrepid tiger as a family seal.
“It was sent by the Tanak family-, Prince Kasim.”
“No, it’s now King Casim. After the previous king died, his successor succeeded. After the coronation ceremony, he said he would visit this Monarch City to make an agreement with the denomination.”
Prince Qasim, no, now the king’s younger brother, the king. He thought that his meeting was scheduled.
Because he was a man who was interested in Aira.
I thought we could meet at this arc of course, but on the contrary, I felt that the meeting was late. Looks like there was a coronation ceremony in Turki, my home country.
It seems to have been lightly mentioned before, but Turki is a small country that shares a border with Angmar.
However, the word “weak country” facing Angmar meant that it was a country with its own potential so as not to be absorbed by Angmar.
A small country like a scorpion or a wasp that stings.
In fact, they had prevented several invasions of the Demon King Solomon.
Thanks to this, the people of Turki were so proud that they were almost arrogant, and the prince, Kasim, had another drink and went to court the Queen of Angmar, Aira.
Of course, Ira hated it, though.
“Kasim, read what he wrote in the letter. Because I don’t want to see him even in writing.”
“All right.”
I tore off the seal and read the colorful letter. What is written in the letter is a story about wanting to meet Aira and a hymn of verses.
“I want to meet Queen Aira.”
“huh.”
Ira frowned. Then something flashed in my mind.
Kasim is a wizard of the 5th hierarchy, and the difference in the hierarchy from me is not that much. Wouldn’t my magic skills increase if I confronted Kasim first?
So I said to Ira in a soft voice.
“Maybe this meeting. Can you arrange it for me?”