57 – Detected
“It has arrived.”
“Good job. Here, Daegeum.”
As if waiting for the coachman’s words, Ashera bounced the gold coin, and the coachman’s expression widened.
“Good job!”
Perhaps he thought he was able to take care of it in his own way, the coachman smiled and waved his hand.
“Yeah~”
Ashera also responds with her unique silly smile.
And then, after the coachman pulled the wagon and left.
“… ….”
Since Ashera’s expression has sunk a bit.
It was no exception, even if it was White next to her.
The center of the empire, the islands.
Standing right in front of that huge wall.
Slowly, quietly.
Tension slowly began to seep out of the two of them.
…… And.
Hwaaak!
“…… !”
It was around that time that a bright light suddenly appeared in front of Ashera and White, and a magic circle was created.
Ugh!
Of course, since White blocked Ashera as if to protect her, she raised her mana.
Tension began to form in his eyes.
‘Teleport? No, if I had to say it, is it a magic circle for the warp?’
A magic circle for multiple movement, not single object movement.
A high-level magic circle with a high level of perfection that lets you guess the realm of a designer.
While analyzing the magic circle that was being completed, White carefully created a bluish-white spear in his right hand.
Ugh-
And, finally.
I got to the point where the magic circle was drawn neatly.
‘…… Enemy? Or someone else?’
White tightened his grip on the spear and his eyes glowed eerily.
It didn’t matter either way.
If it’s an enemy, it’s enough to cut it down with its own spear, and even if it’s someone else, I couldn’t be sure that they were aiming for this side.
…… But.
[…] … Khehehehe.]
“… ….”
Finally, to the unpleasant voice that pierces your ears with a gloomy ringing.
White’s expression turned cold in an instant.
Hook!
The unfolding magic circle slowly began to fade, and a total of four figures appeared in front of White and Ashera.
And the appearance of your existence was familiar even to White.
Nevertheless, White raised the tension to the max.
The first thing that caught my eye was an old man with white hair and a monster wearing a black robe.
‘Sir Edwald, in addition to Lucifer.’
White’s watchful gaze passed over the four of them.
‘…… My father, and the Marquis of Lycanter.’
Wiping away the cold sweat once, White bit her lips lightly with a look of doubt on her face.
Why did they appear in front of them right now, at this moment?
We won’t know why until they open their mouths.
…… For some reason, White seemed to be able to guess the reason without too much difficulty.
“… ….”
“… ….”
The two cautiously exchanged glances, White and Ashera.
‘…… It would have been nice if Master could hide, but the timing was bad.’
White clicked her tongue once.
And Ashera, who hid herself behind him as if hiding herself, could also feel the unusual atmosphere.
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She narrowed her eyes and weakly held the hem of White’s dress.
“… ….”
Quiet silence.
However, White and Ashera hardened their expressions at the gaze of the four beings who were clearly looking at them.
After that, the first thing I said was.
“…… White.”
Because it was Teikan Qlippoth who took a step forward.
“Father.”
White replied, trying to lift the corners of her mouth.
“What’s going on, you’re drawing a magic circle and appearing as a warp? Did you at least wake up to the splendid appearance?”
“… ….”
White brought up her joke in an unnatural manner, but Tay Khan’s expression did not lighten.
With his expression stiffened like a stone statue, Teikan opened his mouth again in a low voice.
“It was you.”
“…… Yes?”
And then, with the short words Teikan brought out like that.
White couldn’t bear to keep his poker face from cracking.
“…… What, say it.”
Perhaps he decided that her silence shouldn’t be prolonged, but White tried to get her words out.
Suddenly, my voice stopped dripping, and I couldn’t hide the cold sweat dripping down one by one.
And just staring straight at White, Tay Khan shone in her suspicious eyes.
“The golden demon king, the golden magic tower.”
“──.”
“…… This time, is it the residence of the commander of the Knights of Reikanter and the Marquis family?”
As if in great perplexity, Teikan sighed and touched his forehead.
And, in the end, White had no choice but to be convinced by Teikan’s attitude.
‘I was caught.’
To his own father, and to the three other beings behind him.
No, maybe, or even to the Emperor.
He said that he was secretly working.
…… The fact that she killed two demon lords.
Naturally, White’s expression began to turn serious.
White glanced cautiously at Ashera, who was clutching the hem of her dress from behind him.
‘…… Didn’t you find out about Master?’
That was the first thought that came to my mind.
More than she discovered that he had killed two of her twelve demon lords, White was first concerned about his own master.
…… It’s okay that her level is exposed.
There were quite a few great mages of the 9th circle who were hidden on this wide continent, and among them there were also a lot of mages whose exact identity or appearance was not revealed.
So, it was fine.
Even when her status was discovered by Friedrich Edwald, the great mage of the imperial family.
Even when Lucifer became aware of her presence eavesdropping on her meeting.
I didn’t care.
No matter what they did, they couldn’t harm their master, and it was her choice to reveal her own realm in the first place.
It was fine.
…… But.
It could be said that revealing her ‘identity’ is a completely different issue.
“… ….”
White’s eyes slowly began to take on a cold light.
Soon, she slowly took her gaze away from Ashera.
White looked directly at Tay Khan and the three beings behind him with her deeply sunken eyes.
“…… White.”
And at the look in her son’s eyes, Tay Khan narrowed her eyes once more.
“I have no intention of hiding it. It looks like they’ve already been caught.”
White bit her lip lightly, looking at Tay Khan indifferently.
Still, his eyes flashed fiercely.
“But, so what does that mean?”
“…… What?”
At White’s proud attitude, Tay Khan blinked her eyes for a moment.
Could it be that I didn’t expect her to stick to her calm attitude so openly?
Teikan looked at White with a dazed expression for a moment, trying to calm down her heart from being shaken by that gaze.
“…… Just because I killed the 12 demon lords, what are you saying?”
White continued to speak in a deep voice.
“They are evil in their very existence.”
“Creatures not worth respecting, deserving of death.”
“Those are the 12 demon lords, and killing them is nothing more than subduing the continent’s evil.”
…… Gradually, was White aware that his own voice was beginning to tremble?
The more he continued to speak, the more he could recognize that his own eyes were also shaking.
‘…… Wake up, White Qliphort.’
Muttering to himself once, White gritted his teeth.
The culprit who killed the 12 demon kings.
The existence that started the atmosphere of war on the continent.
It wasn’t a big deal to find out that it was him and that he was planning to kill the 12 demon lords in the future.
It doesn’t matter if you get caught.
“… ….”
…… No, it wasn’t all that irrelevant.
If you get caught by the empire or the enemy demon lord, you’ll be in a very difficult situation.
Speaking a little more loosely.
‘As long as they get caught that far, it doesn’t matter.’
The important thing.
The most important thing is what not to be seen.
…… Because the true identity of his own teacher was that he was a black demon king who was a member of the 12 demon kings.
“…… For what purpose did you appear before me? Even with Sir Edwald, Lucifer, and His Excellency the Marquis of Lycanter accompanying you.”
White continued her speech, trying to calm her trembling voice.
“Are you going to punish me for bringing chaos to the continent? Yes, it certainly will.”
“…… Wait, White. Hear us first. Our intention is that-“
“What am I not doing, do I look stupid?”
White’s eyes glowed eerily as she went so far as to cut Tay Khan off in an obviously impudent manner.
With that in mind, Teikan’s mouth shut tight.
It wasn’t unusual to raise mana or draw a gloomy magic circle.
To just live quietly above the eyes.
With one such simple act, White silenced everyone in the audience.
…… That is, yes
“…… White.”
It was not possible for a teenage boy to have such depth of gaze.
Teikan muttered his name in a worried voice.
“… ….”
For a moment, White flinched and made his pupils shake.
Changing his attitude quickly, he bit his lip even harder.
“…… It’s what I did, and I have no intention of denying it now. But.”
Once again, White carefully glanced at Ashera behind him.
“This was done entirely on my own, so all the punishment will have to be directed at me as well.”
But she quickly took her gaze away from her, and White continued her speech.
“… ….”
…… Standing still behind him, without noticing what kind of expression his own teacher was making.
“If only, if only. If the punishment that should be directed at me goes to my master—”
At that time, I said I would never stay still.
Empire or something, they would stop at any cost.
With that added, White finished her speech.
“… ….”
For a brief moment, a cool silence settled in the middle of the room.
White opened her eyes ferociously and covered the Ashera behind her as if to protect it.
‘…… What are you thinking?’
And, when the expected violent reaction did not return, it was White’s side that was rather taken aback.
Friedrich Edwald, Lucifer, Taycan Clifford, Marquis of Lycanter.
All of them were stronger than White, and at least at this point, that was the obvious truth.
Of course, I knew they would want to ask for the crime of pushing the continent into chaos.
…… At least White thought so.
“… ….”
At some point, the silence that seemed to cross each other was freezing cold all over the place.
“…… Ha.”
The voice that broke the extremely cold stillness came from none other than White’s back.
f*ck!
“…… !”
Before he even questioned that voice, White had to feel intense pain from the blow to the back of his head.
“…… S, Master?”
And, of course, there was no one other than Ashera that could attack White due to its location.
White looked back at Ashera with puzzlement and bewilderment.
“…… Have you ever seen such a fool?”
“…… !”
White could see.
To see the teacher who was more precious than anyone else, looking down at himself with a very cold expression.
“Did I teach you that way, disciple?”
“…… Sleep, hold on Master?”
Very embarrassed by that, White blinked her eyes and let out a trembling voice out of her mouth.
“Shut your mouth.”
“…… !”
Wow!
At the power of the language spirit that flew right after, White was forced to keep his mouth shut.
And what continued from the next moment was Ashera’s attack, as if punishing her.
f*ck!
“…… !”
“…… I didn’t teach you to talk like that to your sky-like father, that way.”
Hook!
Ashera swung his wand into the air, her intangible aura flying towards White and striking her.
As she swung her stretching wand, Ashera continued her speech with her pretended annoyance on her face.
“Can I do that or not? Disciple, tell me, quickly.”
“──.”
“Huh? Don’t you answer quickly? Do you want to be more scolded?”
“──!”
“Yes. Now that it’s like this, let’s get hit by me a little bit today and start.”
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I wonder if White’s attitude of not answering made her even more angry.
Her eyes began to flash more and more fiercely.
‘…… No, I can’t say anything until I release the spirit!’
White was just unfair.
In order to answer her, you have to open her mouth, but if she, who is supposed to listen to her, doesn’t unravel her words, how will she answer?
White tried her best to convey that intention by distorting her expression.
“Don’t you look relaxed? Do you want more fit?”
f*ck!
“… ….”
Ashera was just the same.
…… And.
“…… What do you mean by that, Your Excellency?”
“… ….”
There were four people who were watching the physical conversation between the priests and the priests with a distrustful look on their faces.
The Marquis of Lyikanter spoke to Teikan in a voice that was difficult to describe.
“…… Don’t ask, I’m a little confused too.”
Perhaps just ashamed of her own son, Tey Khan covered her face with her palm.
[My close friend, Friedrich. I have one question.]
“…… What?”
And the conversation between the two great mages was also focused on the ridiculous scene unfolding in front of them.
[Mmm… ….]
She opened her mouth again with the attitude that Lucifer, who had been raising her voice for a moment as if thinking hard, had come to her mind.
[What did that say? Are you sadistic or masochistic?]
“… ….”
And at the word he said, Friedrich’s expression sank coldly.
“…… Could you please shut up, Lucifer.”
[Um, okay.]
Lucifer immediately responded to Friedrich’s murderous murmur and took her one step behind her.