“… Make a contract with my son now?”
At the end of those words, Belluna motioned slowly as if to approach me.
As I approached, Ivan immediately approached us, fearing that something unpleasant might happen, and Belluna snapped her fingers to make a snapping sound as he predicted.
“Don’t worry, we made a wall out of wind so other people can’t hear us. You won’t even be able to see it. It’s much better than some kind of magic or sorcery.”
As she said, there was a strong wind that could be seen around the three of us, dividing the boundary like a fence.
It was so strong that I was worried that if I touched it, it would be torn apart.
“then.”
Belluna slowly reached out and grabbed my neck lightly.
“mother!”
“Be still, son.”
As the startled Ivan tried to stop it, Belluna similarly reached out and stopped Ivan, looking at me.
“Can you explain what you were thinking when you said that? Before I rip Yoo Ji-hyuk’s neck or blow it up.”
“… I don’t know what the problem is.”
He took off the shichimi and asked her.
“You say you can’t be a pure human? As the saying goes, Ivan is half human and half spirit halfling. In addition, his affinity with spirits is stronger than anyone in this position.”
“It’s not that important.”
“Then why are you doing this? If that’s the case, how about Charisna-san? Garuda, not a human, may have good compatibility with Belluna-san as it is a race that deals with wind.”
“I didn’t tell you before, but I swore one more thing.”
she muttered quietly.
“I will never make a contract unless it is the one I love.”
“… Then there is nothing more than Ivan.”
At that, Belluna chuckled and laughed.
“Yeah, right. The only person I ever loved was Briggs. Now that he is gone, the only people I will love are me and his son, Ivan.”
Gradually, strength entered her fingers.
“And I lost someone I loved and my contractor.”
“… … .”
“It had only been half a year since I signed a contract to be the strength of the man who said he would deal with the Seven Evils.”
Hostility, sadness, anger, and regret began to fill her eyes.
Considering that the spirits don’t show their emotions in the first place, it was enough to show how passionate she was now.
“And is this also a coincidence? It’s already been half a year since Ivan, who met you, was involved in a Seven-evil sect-related incident and almost died.”
“mother.”
Ivan quietly called Belluna.
“Father and I are different, mother.”
“What happens once can happen twice. And son, have you already forgotten that your arm was cut off just a month ago?”
At that, Ivan paused for a moment.
“It happened because I was inexperienced. It wasn’t Jihyuk or the other kids’ fault.”
“Yeah, and it wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for the Seven Devils.”
“… I really didn’t want to say something like this, can you tell me directly?”
I quietly opened my mouth while Belluna grabbed my neck.
“The day we first met, Ivan was one of the strongest friends among us. In fact, he was the top of all classmates. But not now. Do you know something?”
You can feel her fingers gradually gaining strength.
The power on that slender arm was so strong that if it were an ordinary human, he would not be able to speak properly by now.
“It was because Ivan couldn’t do that when we were all getting stronger and trying our best.”
“… What, are you trying to tell me my son is lazy? Or do you want me to say it’s because I didn’t sign a contract?”
“Isn’t that what it is?”
I looked at her intently.
“Mr. Belluna, you are blocking Ivan’s path.”
Ivan Hunt.
He was a person who deserves the word perfect superman, and although he resembles Ahn Do-hoon or Lee Ye-eun, who realizes his spiritual growth and his own position, he was not at all like him.
This is because he was already mature enough to not need spiritual growth from the beginning, and he was already aware of his position and identity as a young head of household to raise up a family that had fallen and died.
The main story of Ivan’s story was to restore a relationship with his mother, who was twisted while following the traces of his father that someone intentionally hid.
Eventually, he realizes the love of his mother, and Belluna also realizes his feelings for his son, and gradually restores their relationship.
… So it may have been
Because he was the exact opposite of me, his story remained strong in my mind.
Until now.
“Yoo Ji-hyuk.”
“If you can’t handle powerful spirits, you can’t use your powers. And everyone knows that Ivan is incredibly friendly. But why is there no powerful spirit that has signed a contract with Ivan like that? If it was Ivan, powerful spirits would have flocked to them in droves.”
“Be quiet.”
“Are you in the way? I was afraid that if Ivan got stronger, he would get involved in dangerous things, so you spread your energy around him so that other spirits can’t even approach him.”
It was similar to what Laune did to me in the past.
By scattering one’s own energy, it is a warning such as ‘I have marked this person, so if I touch it, it means that I want to make a life-and-death decision with me.’
In fact, since Laune acted like that to me, the spirits that I felt occasionally had disappeared to the point of disappearing.
If even Raune’s warning was true, how would other spirits have accepted Belluna’s warning, who was once revered as a god in one area?
“I, obviously.”
Belluna came closer to me with an eerie smile.
“Shut up, do it, would you?”
“I noticed right away, even the dullest.”
I looked straight at her and said.
“I think that guy who is smarter and quicker than me hasn’t noticed until now? You probably knew it a long time ago. Even so, they just pretend they don’t know anything, and they must have only fought with magic bows until now.”
“Ji-hyuk.”
Ivan sighed and said to me.
“… I’m done. Now I will talk.”
He slowly reached out and took Belluna’s hand, which was holding my neck.
“It’s okay for a moment, so let’s talk together.”
“Ivan, son. I… .”
“Mom.”
“… … .”
Belluna, who had not spoken for a long time, quietly let me go.
Then he immediately opened the wall of wind that was holding the three of us locked up and let me out, and then immediately closed the wall.
“How are you?”
Sooyoung asked me as if I was waiting, and I shook my head.
“I was just mad because I was black for nothing.”
That’s what I said, but to be honest, this wasn’t my realm to intervene.
It was semi-forced and rude, but… Fortunately, it could be said that things worked out well as long as they created an opportunity like this.
Now, in a place where no one can see or hear, the two of them will talk about each other by vomiting out the words they have kept in each other and the feelings that they have hidden.
That alone was enough.
“Originally, what is it? You and Ivan also had a bad relationship with Belluna-san for a while. But suddenly, such a story came up, so you want to say that you like both?”
Next to us like that, Yuna quietly murmured.
“Looking at it, it seems that Belluna-san almost abandoned me and didn’t know me, what? Ivan, he has good speed.”
At those words, all eyes were focused on her.
Yuna muttered, protruding her lips as if she was quite annoyed.
“Why, even though I am not the same, I am in a similar situation, so I understand it to some extent. I also grew up in an orphanage and started attending the academy here, so I suddenly got a call from my biological parents.”
“Did you?”
“Yes, when I read the oath as a co-representative student. Anyway, when I was hospitalized after an accident in the past, people who had never contacted me suddenly called because they were worried about me. Of course, Belluna-san is completely different from those humans… At least I know the nuances of meeting up with my parents I haven’t seen in a while.”
“I don’t know.”
Sooyoung muttered in a muffled voice.
“Me and Hyeonu were thrown away when we didn’t even know our parents’ faces. You may be alive.”
“ah.”
Yuna flinched and looked at me and Yeeun Lee who were right next to her.
The two of us were vaguely called orphans, but that didn’t mean we had an amicable family life.
“Well, I didn’t mean it that way… . I’m really sorry if I made you feel bad… .”
As I looked into her thin, trembling eyes for a moment, I said this without realizing it.
“I don’t know either. I lived with my mother until middle school. Then he kept passing me by telling me to die in the middle of the night and strangling my throat, so I ended up living apart.”
Hearing that, Lee Yu-na groaned and trembled.
Meanwhile, Ye-eun Lee, too, was quietly looking around with her eyes wondering what to say.
“Why, why are you doing this to me? Jihyuk is real even to you… .”
In the end, it was when Lee Yu-na, who had lost the grass, was half weeping and muttering.
[Ivan Hunt’s Awakening Condition has been achieved!]
[Awakening Conditions – Make a contract with a Spirit King level spirit.]
[You have satisfied the awakening conditions for a total of 5 people.]
[The hidden skill ‘Wind Protection’ has been acquired as a reward!]
Protection of the Wind [Limited] [Condition]
― This protection lasts only while receiving the favor of the wind spirit.
All projectile weapons directed at you lose their power and lose their sharpness.
[The contents of the hidden quest hidden in the veil will be revealed!]
[The quest ‘Origin’ information has been updated.]
The wind has cleared.
In the midst of that little storm, Ivan and Belluna looked at each other.
It was Ivan who spoke first.
“My name is Ivan Hunt.”
he said, breathing quietly.
“Son of Briggs Hunt and Belluna Hunt, the only bloodline to make a pact with you.”
“Allow.”
Belluna nodded slowly.
“I, Belluna Hunt, accept your offer. Now you and I share flesh and blood, share our destiny, your enemy will be mine, and I will soon become a storm for those who threaten you.”
With those words, she raised her finger and tapped Ivan’s forehead.
Then, with Ivan, Belluna’s energy was entangled and mixed, but in an instant, it began to grow to the point of being intimidating.
With the contract, the power of the two resonated with each other, and the power was being called out even more.
Ivan, who had stood still for such a long time, smiled a little and took a step back, and Belluna slowly shook her head and opened her eyes.
She turned her head to this side and said.
“You said Antarctica, did you?”
She slowly smiled and glanced over the group, including us, once.
“I’ll get you there in ten minutes.”
* * *
“We still have time, so let’s talk for a while.”
The blacksmith of Yado stood in front of the huge ice and muttered quietly.
A lot of ice that was huge was bulging out like thorns around him, but the one right in front of him was especially huge.
“I made the seal of Venus with you.”
He let out a thick, flaming breath.
“… Maybe he thinks so. I mean, I may have messed around with the things I was asked to do. It’s really embarrassing for me.”
Among the many names he had, he was most proud of the name of Yado’s Blacksmith and was the one he felt proud of.
“I did my best. Just as he asked, ‘a seal that will perfectly bind Venus and Juno for at least 300 years’.”
His opponent, the Pillar of Ice, said nothing.
“Sealing does not mean that the outside and inside are completely cut off. Time goes on, and so does the time of those who are sealed.”
Before being sealed, Venus was attacked again and again.
In particular, it could be said that the final blow was a direct hit by Minerva’s exhaled breath just before.
“Because she lived in deep water there, it must have only worsened rather than recovered. There, Minerva’s last breath was too loud. What would have been a fatal wound even if I was beaten when I was intact, I was beaten when I was dying, so even if the wound worsened and died, there was nothing strange.”
It was actually half intentional, but he didn’t even know if it would turn out the way he thought it would.
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Only Ariman was staring at him without saying a word.
As if everything was as expected from the beginning.
As soon as the seal was lifted, Venus was spread out on the hot sandy ground, enjoying freedom for the last time, taking a deep breath, and then quietly died.
To call it the end of the Seven Evil Orders, it was too absurd and disgraceful.
“But you will be different.”
Yado’s blacksmith carefully pounded the ice.
A cold air spread enough to feel a chill in his hand, a fire spirit, and he smiled a little.
“300 years brought death to Venus. Then how about you?”
After those words, he slowly removed his hand from the ice, and soon the surface of the statue began to crack little by little, starting from the place he had touched.
It was soon.
The time that the seal he made itself was able to withstand was also about 300 years, and above all, since five of the seven seals were broken, it was no wonder that Yuno’s seal followed the previous ones and was broken at any time.
Now it was really soon.
“Do you know that?”
The blacksmith of Yado muttered as he slowly moved away, thinking that it would be better to get out of it.
“Yoo Ji-hyuk, he said he was coming here.”
It’s been 300 years, how do you feel?
After muttering those words one last time, he tried to run away.
By now, he had realized that he was related to Ariman, so he thought that there would be nothing good about meeting him.
But he couldn’t do that.
It was because his head had been pierced by something protruding while breaking the seal.
It happened really quickly.
– ha… … .
The seal began to break with a creepy sound.
Then, a giant golem slowly emerged from the shattered ice.