– Yes, it’s my sister.
As soon as I answered the phone, I quietly shut my mouth at the excited voice I heard.
Then there was a loud, clear throat sound coming from the phone.
Still, she couldn’t hide her excitement.
– Yes, is it your sister?
“… Yes. That’s me.”
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Over the phone, I heard someone talking to Lee Ye-eun as if bruising.
– Wait, my lord. You don’t even dry your hair, what are you doing… .
– Just let it dry. What to do after the phone call.
– no!
It was the first woman’s voice I had ever heard.
She shouted, and then immediately poured out a few more harsh words to Lee Ye-eun.
Then came the sound of the wind, which sounded like the sound of a hair dryer.
“Why don’t you even dry your hair? .”
― Jihyuk told me to call you sister on the phone, how can I wait?
Ye-eun Lee muttered in a fat voice.
After that, she started complaining.
― Whoo, how do you keep increasing the more you work… ? There aren’t too many people around… People who can trust and entrust their work… If I had known it would be like this… Oh no.
Ye-eun Lee immediately faltered, but I could hear the word purge correctly.
I didn’t mention it because I didn’t feel the need to point it out.
– Oh, anyway. Had I known this would be the case, I would have loosened things up a bit. I guess I got too sentimental with a lot of things overlapping… Even if I got involved even a little bit, I was held accountable.
“Yeah, it’s rare to find someone with such a soft heart.”
Then I heard a coughing sound over the phone.
Soon after, I heard the sound of someone hurriedly opening the door and leaving.
Ye-eun Lee let out a small sigh and mumbled as if grumbling.
– No one knows but you. Is everyone like that? I know it as a monster that doesn’t come out even a drop of blood if I stab it with some kind of iron-faced skin. Really everyone is so… .
“I should have known, okay? And Wooseok must know very well that the head of the family is kind.”
— … And this time, it’s because you’re the head of the family. And Wooseok-san, when did you two become close enough to call you by name only?
“Yes?”
– done.
Yeeun Lee exclaimed loudly.
Then he muttered to me to listen.
― No matter how hard you try, you don’t notice me, you don’t even call me noona, every day you are a senior, every day you are a head of the family… Besides, I want someone I can trust to help me quickly by my side, but they don’t even know how I feel… .
“No, there… .”
– I really didn’t mean to say something like this.
Yeeun Lee muttered in a fat voice.
― I mean, these days, I’m under a lot of stress. And I relieved my stress by eating, so I’ve gained 3 kilos more now! But now, because of you, I think Jihyuk will gain 1 kilo more when he measures it later at night.
“Oh, that sounds good. I felt it before, but it was too dry.”
— … Heh, I know you’re just saying it’s nice to hear. Don’t even talk about it… !
“sister.”
Ye-eun Lee, who was about to say something, remained silent.
I took a moment to catch my breath and murmured once more.
“Sister, please understand my position. To be honest, how could I suddenly confiscate her face and call her noona calmly… yes?”
– Well, that’s… So.
“You know my sister well, too. and… He said he would understand.”
I muttered like I was very upset, and after a while I heard a restless rustling from the phone.
– Oh that. Jihyo, no. Jihyuk Mr. Have you ever been very sad… ? No, not this. I was just too comfortable with that, so I was fooling around with you without realizing it, no. no. Why do you keep… Ugh, I don’t know how to take it that far. No, sorry. So… Uh, um… .
Seeing her gibberish, I said a little as if I understood.
“I know, honestly… Because there are few people in this world who give and think for me as much as my sister. Sooyoung, Yesul, Hyeonu, Ivan… .”
They whispered their names.
“I’m not saying it, but everyone is really, really, very grateful. I had never felt anything like this in my original world. So I fully understand what she does to me.”
So you don’t have to be so sorry.
I sincerely said so.
— … … .
she was silent
For a brief moment only the sound of her quiet breathing could be heard.
— … forgive me
“Yes?”
― If you say that, you can’t force yourself anymore… Ha, really.
Ye-eun Lee said that and sighed a little.
– Shall we start with the main topic? What are you calling now, Evangeline, were you trying to say you’d come with her?
“It’s also a ghost.”
― Because I didn’t rise to the position of head of the clan through rock, paper, scissors.
Ye-eun let out a small laugh.
— … Okay, you can come anytime. Instead, I think it would be better to come out of sight. Since it’s a secret thing, wouldn’t it be nice to be known by other people for nothing? Evangeline If that woman’s ability is enough, that’s enough.
“Yes. She is an archmage who can change her appearance and can also use space-transport magic.”
– Oh, and I’m just saying this just in case.
“What happened?”
– The Thorns Cross Society is almost destroyed.
“… line, no. I heard that your sister is tracking you. Do you have any other reason for saying that?”
– yes. right. It was almost uprooted by some other faction, not me. The problem was that after checking it out, there were no other guilds, associations, or hunters.
She mumbled as if she didn’t understand.
― For now, we are also investigating to find out the details, but… I think it would be good for you to know Jihyuk.
“Yes. I’ll keep that in mind.”
― Okay, then, let’s see you then… Oh, one last thing really.
“What else is left?”
Ye-eun paused for a moment.
— … As far as I know, Evangeline, that person is single, am I right?
“… maybe? I have never heard of a boyfriend or lover.”
Perhaps because of the name Sipgang, if such a person appeared, rumors would spread almost immediately.
In fact, there were so many articles circulating that there was a subtle air current between Lee Myung-jun and Horie Yuzuki.
― Ugh, I was just wondering if that’s the case… .
Yeeun Lee muttered as if she didn’t like it.
And then he said he would find out, and hung up the phone later with a greeting from Bojan.
[Hey.]
Sbengali’s words brought a frown on his face.
“If you’re nonsense again, this time it’s real… .”
[It’s not like that. Do you see the man in the staff uniform over there?]
He turned his head to his words.
There was a man with a toolbox walking towards it.
[It’s not my real face. The real face is… It’s a blonde woman. pretty young… .]
“Oh, it looks like Esmeralda. Did Lydia send it? The work is also done quickly.”
[…] … .]
Then came the absurd sound of Sbangali.
[How is it that everyone around you is a woman? Now, it’s not really a joke, but I’m starting to seriously worry about you.]
“… … .”
Esmeralda, who transformed into an employee, naturally passed me by.
Soon after, I felt something in my pocket.
When I took it out, it was a small in-ear.
I carefully put it on my ear.
― Were you calm, benefactor?
The main character of the voice was Lydia.
As I slyly said hello to a place where there were no people, I suddenly heard Sbangali chuckling and bursting into laughter.
[Now I don’t know. Do whatever you want.]
Later, I still have the old feelings, so I’ll bury them in a sunny place.
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Of course, I can’t because I don’t have a body.
I had to press Sbangali one more time, who was sarcastic like that, but it was a car I was worried about.
— … benefactor? Can’t you hear me?
“No, I can hear you. The connection must have been unstable at the moment.”
– Is that so.
Lydia still muttered in a quiet voice.
― Please destroy the in-ear and throw it away after you’re done with it.
“I will. Can I flush it down the toilet?
– That would be enough. So, let me tell you what we’ve found so far.
She spewed out important information that she didn’t expect from the very beginning.
― You have identified the approximate goals of Milited’s children.
“Wait, really?”
– Yes. It’s approximate anyway. Thanks to that, I was able to check their actions to some extent. They were looking for traces of what they called ‘saints’ and ‘saints’.
“Adults and saints?”
There was absolutely no place to go.
As I tilted my head, Lydia added as she explained.
― I don’t know which one it is, but I think it has something to do with the Thorns Cross Society. We caught a situation where they were so persistent that they attacked the crusader, almost hunting them.
“… It has something to do with the Thorns Cross.”
If so, was it the Milited’s children who attacked the Thorns Cross Society that Yeeun Lee spoke of?
But adults and saints, this is what bothers me.
“… … .”
Yeeun Lee can also be seen as a shaman and agent of the World Tree.
And in this world, the World Tree could literally be said to be the being that supported the world and was also the object of the faith that once saved the world.
So, is Yeeun Lee a saint?
‘… Nope.’
This was a very one-dimensional idea.
After thinking about it, I asked her.
“What else do you know?”
– yes. No facets. There’s still time to figure out more… .
“No, that alone helped a lot. Not empty words, really.”
― If so, I’m glad… .
Lydia sighed quietly and muttered.
“Oh, come to think of it, there is something I would like to ask you separately.”
– What are you talking about?
“I wanted you to know the whereabouts of the two people.”
– Tell me who you are. We’ll do our best to find out.
“Dmitry, a disciple of Isaac McDowell, and I don’t know his name… Except for the two of them who are now at Orge Academy, the rest of the students. Two like this.”
– understand. Need more?
“No more. Oh, and… .”
I paused for a moment.
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Originally, it would have been right not to tell her, the villain, but she was already receiving a lot of help in many ways.
“You’d better not show up around the academy, including five streets for a while.”
— … for some reason?
“I can’t tell you the details, but I want you to remember if possible.”
– I will.
Having said that, Lydia added as if she had one last thing to say to me.
― Oh, and speaking of Alice Blesbuck’s whereabouts… .
“Oh, right. I forgot to talk too.”
– yes?
“I don’t think we need to investigate her anymore.”
— … uh yeah Then it’s good for us, but… Still, I couldn’t find any traces at all. If it’s okay, would it be okay if I asked why?
“Someone already knows. I’m guessing who that person is.”
With those words, I manipulated my cell phone and sent a text message to Lee Myung-jun.
It was something he couldn’t refuse, so he would probably reply right away.
“Looks like we need to get busy there. So I need your help a lot.”
Anyway, it was the first time I was in a position to catch a player.
Mumbling like that, I opened my mouth to ask Lydia one last time.
As I said to her just before, now is the time to move busiest than anyone else.
* * *
“Hello. My name is Emilia, who has been teaching you mana science for a while.”
The copper-skinned woman opened her mouth with a slightly slurred voice.
She was a young, very attractive and beautiful woman, who inherited a deep Latin blood.
As evidence of that, most of the male students in the class focused on her as if possessed.
Even some of the female students were slightly blushing.
And, perhaps well aware of her external charm, Emilia began the lecture by mixing quite natural and confident movements.
“Actually, many people are mistaken, but mana is not the only thing magicians deal with. Most of the cadets are already using mana in various ways, such as activating mana to increase physical abilities, increase reflexes, or speed up the body’s recovery.”
She grabbed the bottled water she had placed next to her and gulped it down.
“Also, as you get a little more skillful, you can use weapons or armor to increase your power, or use mana in your own way to make unexpected uses. Simply put, mana is an essential and most familiar to heroes and hunters.”
Talking that far, she added a little.
“It has already been proven that monsters deal with mana, so in a way, mana may be the key to the source.”
Clearing her throat a little, she looked around us.
“Okay then, it’s also the first class, so let’s take a moment to think about the meaning and true purpose of this class. Would you all try to spread the distance between your arms?”
At her words, Han Soo-young, Jin Ye-seul, and Choi Hyeon-woo, who were around me, moved away.
Perhaps because of her mood, she lingered around me and continued explaining.
“Let’s feel our mana for once. The thing to note here is that it is operated in a different way than usual, with the feeling of scanning every corner of the body while circulating mana. You don’t have to do a lot, and you don’t have to do it for a long time. only in detail. Just remember this.”
Nominally she was a professor, and I was a student in her class.
First of all, she started to move mana while standing in a comfortable position as she instructed.
If I think about it, at some point, at a moment I didn’t know, mana operation became possible.
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Obviously I’ve never learned anything like this.
It was amazing.
why… .
[…] … .]
When I concentrated, I could feel the energy of Sbangali.
The boy kept his mouth shut.
I kept moving my mana.
“… … .”
You start to feel something.
Then, there was a faint smell of perfume with someone’s breath.
“… ruler. Follow my hand and move your mana.”
Emilia, it was her.
Suddenly, she approached me and touched my body.
“Come on, take it slow… slowly… .”
She moved her fingers slowly along my body, as if tickling.
In the meantime, I could feel her slithering past a potentially sensitive area.
“No, wait. professor. what is this… .”
“Shh. Mana is messed up.”
She said so and added.
“It’s basically like this. Other students will do the same.”
Even as she said that, she was looking at me with a soft gaze.
And I could see why she was doing this to me.
Isaac McDowell.
It was certain that he had received his orders.
Even so, I hope I can use this method… .
It was time to immediately try to stop her from acting out of absurdity.
“… … .”
I stopped breathing for a moment.
It was because he met the eyes of someone who was looking at this side.
“… … .”
It was Han Soo-young.
Without a word, she pulled out her phone and was filming the scene.
And it wasn’t long before I heard that Professor Emilia had been sanctioned for doing something that might seem inappropriate in class.