The tip of the sharp dagger rips through the skin and slowly pierces the palm of your hand.
“Write… .”
It’s been a long time since I’ve felt the feel of a handle I’m not familiar with.
He felt a sharp pain through the tip of Nidhogg’s fangs that simply pierced his palm, but without hesitation he pushed it in a little further.
It was to test the toxicity of the newly acquired power, hemolysis.
Because of the hemolysis, my blood contained the poison of Minerva.
In the past, Minerva had said that Nidhogg had a fairly strong poison, but he asserted that it was not comparable to him.
… Even though it was a poison that was common even to the Seven Evils.
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“This is real… ?”
As I mumbled in a bewildered voice, I heard someone coughing in vain.
As I looked down at my feet, something came out of the shadows.
It was Minerva.
About halfway out of the shadows, she leaned back naturally with her arms crossed in my lap.
Even while looking at it, the moment she touched her body, she couldn’t help but be surprised and startled.
“Look at it, darling. Were you good at listening to me?”
She smiled as she leaned her head at an angle as if lying on it with her overlapping arms just above my knees.
“It’s enough for me to stop, so I can pick you up now. Seeing the cutlery pierce your body makes my heart ache.”
She said, rubbing her head once in her arm.
“No matter how unwillingly there are tools… Seeing you closer to me than I am makes me jealous.”
Immediately upon her words, Nidhogg’s fangs were pulled out.
Then she reached out and grabbed the wrist of the injured side and pulled her towards him.
I looked at her without saying a word, wondering what she was going to do.
“… … .”
“Look, it’s already healed.”
As she said, the palm that had had a hole in it was fine.
She tapped and pointed to my heart.
“It is proof that your heart is constantly pumping dragon blood. This level of resilience is ridiculous for a dragon like us.”
She wiped her fingers from the blood on her, licking her tongue as she grinned.
“It tastes tangy.”
“… … .”
I looked up at her and slowly raised my hand.
Then he snapped his fingers hard enough to make a sound and hit her on the forehead.
“Oh?”
Minerva made a startled sound and rubbed her forehead with her hand.
“Hey, what is this? darling.”
“Bee who abandoned me yesterday and ran away alone.”
I replied with a sultry voice without realizing that she looked happy as if she didn’t know anything for nothing.
… Because yesterday I was in a really difficult situation.
There was no way I could give a proper answer to the question of what was caught and hidden by the five people and what the karma of the soul meant.
To answer that, I had to explain karma, a concept unknown to this world, and in the process, it might be revealed that this world is actually a world in a game.
I couldn’t speak.
… Therefore, a great curse is placed on the person who bluntly kills the Seven Evil Bells, and the cursed person cannot avoid death.
The children persistently questioned, and in the meantime, Jin Ye-seul, who was able to determine the truth, had to sweat a lot to answer.
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On the way, Sbangali giggled and scoffed at him asking him to take it sweetly because he was self-sufficient, so he suppressed his energy and made him scream.
… In the end, Ye-eun Lee, who had a cold expression on her face, looked at me quietly and said, ‘Ji-hyeok must be very tired now, so let’s set up a date and talk later’, and everyone else agreed.
Maybe that’s why, but the children who were originally going to return to the academy right away were staying with me in the territory of the World Tree to this day.
“ha… .”
It was a time when I was worried about the future and let out a deep sigh without realizing it.
The sound of Minerva swallowing a small breath was heard.
She leaned against my body with her arms crossed as she carefully grabbed my knee and looked up at me with an anxious expression.
“Wow, what are you talking about… ? When will I see you, no… How could I forsake you and run away on my own? No matter how you say that to me… .”
“… uh?”
I was taken aback for a moment by seeing her more depressed than I had expected.
She was looking at me with trembling eyes.
Unknowingly, I spoke as if an excuse for her unexpected reaction.
“Uh, no. No, I’m sorry. Minerva, I was being mean. sorry.”
At that, Minerva looked at me with a blank expression for a moment.
And then he burst into laughter with a cheerful smile as if he knew it would happen.
“What, what? I just forgot to fall for it again! No, you can’t say that to me. How could I leave you and go alone in the first place?”
Her hand was trembling slightly as it gripped my collar tightly.
I was wondering if that would be such a shocking thing to say, when I heard a small murmur from somewhere.
… Because one such experience is enough.
When I looked back at the whisper I heard, Minerva was tilting her head in a strange way.
“… Well? What did you just say?”
“uh… no. I think I heard something, but I didn’t hear it in detail.”
“Uh… Ah, this.”
Minerva muttered strangely, then let go of the pants he was holding tight.
Then he coughed and looked at me as if trying to cover up the awkwardness.
“Once I defend myself in your words… At that time, it was really limited due to lack of magical power. As you know, for a few days, I only manifested with my magical powers, and I even breathed magic into you to wake you up.”
I nodded at her words.
Not only her, but also Han Soo-young, Jin Ye-seul, Lee Ye-eun, Lee Yu-na, and even Choi Hyeon-woo clearly remembered how they squeezed their magical energy into me.
“What… To be honest, I think I would have avoided the seat even if I had some magical power left.”
“yes?”
“Because all your co-workers don’t like me.”
Minerva said in an indifferent voice.
“Well, in the first place, I never received any hospitality from anyone, so I didn’t expect much… It would be rather strange to expect such a thing for a subject where they risked their lives for each other.”
“Minerva.”
“I don’t need any consolation, sweetheart.”
Before I could say anything, she slowly stretched and burst into laughter.
“In the beginning, just you alone is already more than enough. I’m afraid I’ll lose you too, trying to put something more into me here.”
“… … .”
Unknowingly, I kept my mouth shut at the expression of her affection that was too direct to the point of being burdensome.
Even without looking in the mirror, I could tell that the heat on my cheeks would have turned my face red.
And Minerva, who looked at me like that with a satisfied gaze, opened her mouth with a relaxed attitude.
“The story went somewhere else. yes, dear If it’s okay with you, can you show me that for a moment?”
“… Here you go.”
I silently handed the fangs of Nidhogg, and she began to examine them with sharp eyes.
And after a while, he sighed as if he knew it would.
“Yeah, somehow… It was strange for me to be hurt like that, no matter how much Nidhogg’s teeth were, but now I understand.”
“What do you mean, Minerva?”
“My dear.”
She wiggled Nidhogg’s fangs.
“Didn’t this take the lives of Margot and Sbengali?”
It was as she said.
In Margot’s case, he pierced his tongue and shoved Nidhogg’s fangs into his mouth, and in Sbengali’s case, he used an arrowhead and pierced the middle of his head.
As I nodded, she muttered as she put her finger to her lips.
“The way to inflict mortal wounds on the Seven Devils is to pierce their weak points and attack them with the energy of the Seven Devils. There are only these two ways. And you took the lives of two Seven Evils with this, and inflicted mortal wounds on me.”
“Oh, maybe.”
“Yeah, that’s what you think. darling.”
She said returning Nidhogg’s fangs to me.
“Is it a coincidence, or is it inevitable… This dagger is a weapon for the Seven Seven Demons, as it also contains the poison of this Minerva. Even if it were used by ordinary people, it could inflict fatal wounds on us.”
She squeezed it in my hand and squeezed it and looked back.
“Well.”
Leaving that one word behind, she quickly disappeared into the shadows as if melting away without a word.
As soon as she disappeared, a smart knocking on the door was heard.
“Yes, it is open.”
With those words, someone outside said excuse me and opened the door.
I got up from my seat before the other person came in and bowed my head politely, and the other person also bowed my head.
“I heard that he was seriously injured, but I’m glad he looks better than I thought.”
As Evangeline Lohengrin said so, she fiddled with the hat she was wearing.
“Long time no see.”
* * *
The fact that he could turn into a dragon was not something that could be passed on as an ordinary matter.
Therefore, Han Su-young and the other party decided to hide the fact, and lied to the teenagers who came at my request that I was seriously injured and left for treatment.
After the situation was settled to some extent, I said that I would go to them and say thank you in return, but Myung-Jun Lee and Laura Hartmann responded that their hearts were sufficient because they had an urgent business.
And in the case of Evangeline Lohengrin, who is sitting in front of me, I can’t say come and go for the seriously injured, so she sent me a reply early in the morning saying that she would come, and came as soon as the afternoon came.
“I ask by any chance, are you some kind of prophet?”
As soon as Evangeline sat down, she spoke with a rather serious look.
“Why, then, would you like to take a look at Evangeline’s dot?”
“Um, I don’t think I can give you bokchae. Because I’m empty these days.”
She smiled and brought up a strangely realistic story of breaking up all of her savings while buying experimental materials.
So, she and I started having a small talk.
“… Anyway, did I say Ivan? That kid is a real genius. Are you friends with me?”
“Yeah, he’s a really good friend.”
“Yeah, I admit that he’s a good kid… . To be honest, every time I see you, I get atrophied. you’re so mature Besides, he’s handsome and has a good personality, and he’s even the head of an aristocratic family! How unfair the world is!”
She smiled and added to her words as if grumbling.
“Why, shall I formally introduce you? To be honest, Ivan isn’t the kind of kid who’s going to have fun no matter where he goes. As Evangeline said, you are very handsome.”
“Hey, are you going to get me? Laura is enough for the criminal of the future, not me.”
Evangeline giggled and lifted her teacup.
“And what’s my taste… I like a guy who wants to give me a little hug, is passionate about his job, is dedicated, and looks weak. He seems to be about to collapse, but he does his job responsibly… Feeling a little decadent? Yes, a man like a puppy in the rain.”
“Uh… .”
I’m nodding my head because I’m not sure what to say, Horok,” she said, sipping her tea.
“What… It wouldn’t make any sense to say that to you.”
“What do you mean, that?”
“Are you asking because you really don’t know… ?”
Han Soo-young, Jin Ye-seul, Lee Yu-na, there… uhm.
She muttered the names of the children around her with her fingers in her hand, but suddenly she clapped and clapped loudly.
“Oh, right! I almost forgot I also came to deliver these.”
“Anything to pass on?”
“Why, you were asked by the head of the World Tree before?”
She took a few potions from her arms and laid them out on the table.
Then he pointed his fingers in turn.
“It’s about getting younger, this is about getting older, this is about changing gender.”
“… … .”
At her words, I was at a loss for words.
“The green here is a neutralizer. It comes back to normal after a day or so, but if you drink this, it will come back soon.”
“… What are you doing with this?”
When I barely squeezed the question, she tilted her head as she put her finger to her lips with a very deliberate intention.
It’s a shame she’d act like that, it would have been terrifying if I had done it.
“Um, well? There are some things that your headmaster secretly asked for… .”
She smiled playfully and looked at me.
“It was fun to see you in trouble.”
“You have a very special personality.”
“Ahaha, I hear that often. Laura is always mad at me for calling me a geek and making a fuss. How cute is that?”
Evangeline, who burst out laughing out loud, looked at me with a subtle gaze.
“So, what was the reason you wanted to meet me? no way… Weren’t you really just trying to say thank you?”
“Yes.”
I nodded.
“You must have guessed… The last case involved Milited’s children deeply. And they are ardent followers of the Seven evils sealed in the Baltic Sea.”
At my words, her playful expression just before became serious.
“Now there are only three of them left. Among them, Lich was defeated by us at the end of the battle.”
“… Vampires we captured. Now, Alice is in strict control.”
He nodded at her words.
“Then we have one dragon left.”
At my words, she spit out cursive profanity because she was not elegant.
He was fluent enough to be broadcast on an educational broadcast, and his voice was so catchy.
After uttering a few famous words that I knew, even though I didn’t speak English well, she said, “Oh!”, and quickly covered her mouth with her hand.
“sorry.”
In response to her apology, I gently raised my hand as if okay.
“Anyway, their purpose is to resurrect the Seven Evil Species sealed in the Baltic Sea, which Professor Alice had identified before. I also found out that the Seal of the Seven Evil Bells requires four great alchemists or equivalent magical bodies.”
“The great alchemist… .”
“For example, Professor Alice or Mr. Evangeline, or Mr. Jeong-Jeong Jin could also be nominated.”
She paused for a moment at my words, then slowly nodded her head.
“… I’ll have to stick with the other kids for a while. I’ll pass it on to Kyeong-na and Alice.”
“Yes. Please.”
When the story was finished to some extent, she sighed and said, “Whoa.”
I wanted to do this right now, so I pulled out a black scale from my arms and pushed it forward.
“What is this?”
“I wanted to ask you personally.”
Evangeline picked up the scales I had pulled out and looked at it for a moment, then looked at me in amazement.
“… Hey, where the hell is this?”
“Would you like to know?”
“Everyone find out! No, if you can’t figure this out, you’ll have to hit the hierarchies right now… ! this, this… !”
She murmured in a quick voice, fiddling with the scales with her trembling hands.
“Oh my God, these must be dragon scales… It must have been the first to escape… ! Even that precious black dragon. Are there still dragons of this level? As far as I know, black dragons ate up their scales as soon as they molt, so it’s only been put up for sale twice in history… ! Besides, arrangement, strength, mana cohesion… I’ve never seen anything like this before! It’s the perfect catalyst itself. Hey, how much money do you have to pour to get something like this? .”
“Evangeline?”
It was only after I sang several times that Evangeline seemed to have finally come to her senses.
She gulped and swallowed, then looked at me, carefully setting the scales down on the table.
“So, what the hell is a request? ?”
I said to her, who couldn’t take her eyes off the scales with a glance.
“Can you use those scales to make an artifact?”
“… uh?”
Evangeline paused for a moment, then answered in a mumble that wasn’t hers.
“Hey, what’s wrong with touching something like this… To do that, Ose Evans, you’ll have to scrape it off with the dragon’s sword he owns. Besides, to be honest, I’ve never made artifacts with materials like this, so I don’t know if I’ll fail… .”
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
With those words, I showed her the pocket where I kept my scales.
She was now at a loss for words, so she just had a blank expression on her face.
“I need at least 11, including the ones I will use, is that possible? If you tell us that your request is accepted, we will tell you about it.”
After waiting for a while, I added a word.
“After it’s over, you can use whatever is left over, as Evangeline wants.”
“… … .”
At that, Evangeline just pursed her lips without saying a word.
After a while, she quietly spoke to me.
“… If you ever need to have two wizards down there, will you please tell me?”
Then I’ll be the first to run.
she muttered blankly.