28 – Sin and Punishment
“…… I’m sorry, Sir Edwald.”
White bowed his head.
Of course, it was not an arbitrary act.
Behind her, Ashera was looking down at her white with her ghastly eyes, and her white couldn’t disobey her.
Very unintentionally, in an undesirable form.
White bowed her head to Friedrich Edwald, the great mage of the imperial family, and spoke her apology.
“… ….”
Even then, Friedrich hadn’t opened his mouth.
I wonder if White’s actions caused his anger?
Wouldn’t it soon raise mana, saying, ‘Did you dare attack me?’
‘Who will win in a fight?’
…… Thinking of such useless, no doubt good thoughts.
White started thinking about the menu for tonight.
Quaak!
“…… !”
No, I tried to think about it.
In response to the strong pressure felt on the top of his head, White unconsciously lowered his body once.
“Su, Master?”
“…… White.”
White looked behind her with difficulty, and Ashera turned a cold gaze at him.
The two pupils of hers were already inorganically sinking.
“I told you. Infiltrating the imperial palace using stealth magic is clearly an act of challenging the emperor, and that’s why the imperial grand mage’s preemptive strike against me was an act that deserved it.”
“… ….”
“…… Won’t you answer me?”
Kwadeuk, kwadeuk.
Suddenly, strange noises began to emanate from my head.
It was a noise like crushing fruit by hand.
Breaking out in a cold sweat, White carefully avoided Ashera’s gaze.
“…… I’m sorry, Master.”
“I am not the one to apologize.”
Even at White’s words, Ashera’s expression was cold, and White turned her head again with her gloomy expression.
“… ….”
And then, facing Friedrich, who was still silent about what the hell he was thinking, White lowered her head again.
“…… I apologize once again. It is very regrettable that, despite being in the position of the heir to the Clifford family, he behaved the same way as rebellion against the imperial family.”
So, White finished her apology, not hers.
“Heh heh… ….”
Only then did Friedrich open his mouth.
With sparkling eyes that seem to be very interested.
“I heard the story often. That Qliphoth’s child had reached the level of the 5th circle at a young age.”
“… ….”
Friedrich continued to speak with a compassionate smile, but White’s expression upon hearing that was not very good.
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Isn’t he like that too?
The magic he used when he thought Ashera was under attack was spear.
“Yes. 5 Circles, 5 circles…….”
…… At most, a wizard who reached the level of the 5th circle was absolutely not worth using.
The corners of Friedrich’s mouth began to rise strangely.
“Duke Clifford was hiding a monster.”
“… ….”
White’s expression subtly changed.
‘No… …. My father has nothing to do with it.’
Maybe that’s all, he hadn’t even expected what kind of stage his own son would reach.
But I didn’t want to bring it out of his mouth again and correct his misunderstanding.
White just kept her mouth shut.
In the meantime, various speculations and thoughts were swirling in Friedrich’s head.
Friedrich stroking his own white beard.
Ichae began to form in his eyes.
‘Circle 6? No, at least 7 circles.’
Ugh-
Friedrich raised the mana carefully.
‘Where should I try it?’
Friedrich’s smile gradually grew thicker, and soon he created a simple magic circle.
“… ….”
And during that process, White was watching without missing a thing.
Sug-
Very carefully, White raised his index finger slowly.
Soon.
“──.”
Pacan!
“…… !”
Without any chanting, just a simple mana operation.
White destroyed Friedrich’s magic circle.
“…… Whoa.”
At that point, Frederick’s expression was stained with excitement beyond anything else.
‘At least in their late teens. A child who is about to enter into a contract.’
His own magic, albeit a very simple magic circle.
To the extent that it can be described as perfect.
“Didn’t you like that I recognized your realm? White Qliphoth.”
Friedrich spoke in a meaningful way, and White’s eyebrows twitched once.
“I don’t understand what you mean.”
“Heh heh… ….”
Despite White’s pretentious attitude, a smile did not leave Friedrich’s face.
‘…… I want to reveal my minimum skills by destroying the magic circle of detection, but I don’t want to show my true power.’
Is it necessary to go that far?
Anyway, he is a great mage of the imperial family to whom his own family is loyal, and such a being would not be very interested in himself as a teenage boy at most.
…… Yes, if he was really just a 5th circle mage.
But now Friedrich found out.
Heir to the Qliphoth family, White Qliphoth.
To be known to the world, a genius born with unparalleled mana.
A boy with natural talent who achieved the 5th circle without passing the terms and conditions.
“Heh heh, heh heh heh.”
Friedrich let out a pleasant laugh.
…… Yes, it was.
For Frederick, a master mage-level wizard who had reached the 5th and 9th circles at most, it wasn’t worth paying much attention to.
If you are only in your late teens, you must be called a genius.
“… ….”
…… If so
In the yard where such words come out even at the level of the 5th circle, let alone more than that—
“White, the child of the Qliphoth family.”
Friedrich’s eyes began to twinkle with interest.
“You know that? Even if I block the magic circle of my insight, if I sincerely want to find out your level, you are still weaker than me, so there is no way to counter it.”
A line that is almost like a threat.
But White just quietly raised the corners of her mouth.
To be truly confident, and not give in even in front of the great mage of the imperial family.
“I didn’t think it would go that far. You wouldn’t want to pretend to be the next Duke of Qliphort.”
“Hmm, what if I can’t hold back my curiosity and try to subdue you?”
“If that happens, then we have to do our best to block it. Or run away.”
White wrung her mouth and continued her words.
“Well, are you even thinking of going that far? I am confident.”
“Whoa… ….”
It was quite rude, but at least Friedrich didn’t seem to want to point it out.
Just with his eyes full of interest, Friedrich took out a staff the size of his own height from the room.
“Then, is it okay if I try it somewhere? I want to know your true skill.”
“…… hahahaha, this is true.”
I wonder if it was unexpected that it would come out with sincerity.
White let out a ridiculous laugh.
‘What should I do?’
…… To be honest, I wasn’t interested.
The level he has reached is at most the end of the 7th circle.
Nevertheless, the reason he was able to kill the golden demon king was because he himself had once reached the highest level beyond even the 9th circle.
But even in the battle with the golden demon king, he showed a gap once.
What if that opponent is the current Empire’s strongest mage?
How long can he endure?
Or, to what extent can he further develop his own realm?
“…… Whoa.”
White takes a deep breath.
And within.
“… ….”
Above White’s blue eyes, a clear sense of pride began to emerge.
Hoo-wook-
While holding blue light mana in his own hands, White waved her hands with a graceful trajectory.
“… ….”
Ung-
Ugh-
One turn of mana resonated with a quiet echo, and the next moment.
Wow!
A barrier of blue light was created in the form of a circle around white.
“Whoa…… !”
Friedrich let out an exclamation at that.
Looking around as if observing the blue barrier that he himself had also been imprisoned in.
Friedrich’s eyes twinkled.
And, of course, the place where his eyes finally landed was the place where White was standing.
“Let me be honest with you, Qliphoth’s child.”
Looking straight into White’s wall, Friedrich put a gentle smile on his lips.
“Awesome, so great. Incredible mana? A born genius? All of that is an illusion. I don’t know exactly what level you’ve reached right now, but if it’s enough to create a barrier like this, it wouldn’t have been possible with just talent.”
“… ….”
“I am sincerely admiring it right now. 20 Years, no, maybe even 10 years…….”
Continuing to pour out his words, Friedrich began to shake his body with joy.
…… Maybe, maybe
If that boy is the heir to the Qliphoth family, White Qifoth.
“…… Perhaps, a great mage-level wizard who surpasses even the enemy demon king may be born in the empire.”
…… If someone had heard that short word, no matter who it was, the continent would surely turn upside down.
Among the currently active mages, a great mage who surpasses the enemy demon king, who is the strongest in name and reality.
Is that a boy who is still in his late teens, and who has nothing to do with it?
No matter how long it takes 10 years, is it possible to match that enemy demon king?
Anyone would have such an idea.
The 12 Demon Kings, the elites of the Imperial Magicians, and the little children on the streets.
“──.”
…… However.
Just one person.
There was one person who couldn’t accept that part.
‘…… 10 Years, 10 years.’
Muttering to herself, White twisted her mouth.
…… Too much
Not 10 years.
At least five years, and he must rise to the rank of Grand Mage within that time in order for his own revenge to be transformed into a stable form.
Even in 5 years, the chances are less than 10%.
For five years, it was unknown how the 12 demon lords would inject their master with the magic of corruption.
In order to prevent such a thing from happening, there was no other way than to annihilate all 12 demon lords.
‘─One year.’
Above White’s eyes, a clear and firm light of will began to glow.
‘Within one year, I will rise to the level of a great mage.’
It must have been, and will be.
…… It should be.
Only then can he face his own enemies.
If there is one proposition that must not be forgotten, it is.
‘The enemies I have to face from now on are some of the strongest mages on this vast continent.’
You must not stay in the 7th circle forever.
Beyond even the 8th circle, to the level of the 9th circle that can be called a great mage-level wizard.
…… It can be said for sure.
‘─Within one year, I will become a great mage.’
That’s right, White made up his mind.
“…… I will go.”
The very next moment.
Quickly erasing her thoughts, White began pouring her mana into her hands again.
“Yes, come and see. It’s Qliphoth’s child.”
Friedrich also seems to be trying to use mana while holding onto his own staff.
…… Yet.
The heir of the Qlippoth family, who is said to have reached the 5th circle at most, and the imperial grand mage, the strongest magician in the empire.
After using their own magic, in their own way.
The very moment when they are about to run into each other wildly.
“——Ah, really.”
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“…… ?”
It was about that time when the sonorous girl’s voice resonated calmly.
Quang!
“…… Kuck!”
At the moment, White groaned and collapsed at the excruciating pain felt in the back of his neck.
Fluffy!
White’s body collapsed helplessly.
“…… S, Master?”
“… ….”
Towards the fallen White, Ashera began to approach, her cold eyes shining.
Quaak!
“Ugh!”
“…… Disciple.”
Soon she put her foot on White’s back.
Even though he looks emotionless, he has a cold smile on his face.
“Why won’t you listen to me?”
Ashera began to mutter in a clear voice.
“…… Oh wait. Master? First of all, get rid of these feet—”
“Shut up.”
Quaak!
…… Trampling White’s back with her heel.
With a shallow blush, Ashera continued her speech.
“What are you so proud of, disciple? What was wrong now was not the great mage of the imperial family standing over there, but our apprentice. The disciple who is supposed to have an in-depth conversation with me from now on, are you about to leave?”
“…… Ah.”
Unbeknownst to me, White spits out a timid voice.
White started breaking out in a cold sweat.
His brain was running fast in real time.
And I was able to find the best excuse in time.
“…… No, that’s not it Because Sir Edwald wants to see my skills.”
“Are you trying to blame the disciple for your sin?”
“… ….”
A technique that cannot be guarded has come out.
White’s mouth naturally shut, and Ashera’s eyes turned colder.
“I’ve been telling you for a long time. If you commit a crime, you must be punished.”
“Su, Master.”
“…… And that is, even if you are a disciple whom I absolutely love, there is no exception.”
…… Gradually, Ashera’s eyes began to take on a terrifying light.
“Um… ….”
And in the meantime, Frederick, who had been standing there in a state of awkwardness, had put his own staff back in before he knew it.
He looked at the two boys and girls with a confused expression for a while.
“I’m going to go now. Let’s hope that there will be meaningful conversations between the master and the pupil.”
Attempted an emergency escape alone.
“…… Sir Edwald?”
As if betrayed, White blinked blankly at her eyes.
“See you next time, Qliphoth’s child.”
Hook!
Irrespective of White’s silent cry, Friedrich cast a teleport.
“… ….”
“… ….”
And soon, in a space where only the two of them were left.
“Disciple, do you persevere with strength?”
“… ….”
A meaningful physical conversation between priests began.
Wait, MC you need to explain this things. How were they able to use their magic on her without being detected until the very last minute even though she’s supposed to be the best? Is there no way to cure her if you know it in advance while the curse hasn’t gone into a bad level? Is she not able to cure herself if you told her about the time travel and tell her about their plan before she got into a ba condition?
I hope it is not something she can easily solve when it is still at the beginning state MC because if it is something she can solve if she knew about it early enough then what you’re doing is not for her sake but for the sake of your selfishness. Because of your selfishness you risk her facing the same fate because you want to solve it in alone in your own way. That is of course if she can actually do something about it, if she can’t then nevermind that.