17 – I’m back! (3)
I couldn’t hold back the rage that erupted when I saw Tyr staggering as if he was going to collapse at any moment, with blood dripping from his hands.
I didn’t have to wait until I gathered my strength. I just hesitated because I couldn’t get rid of the wreckage of the building without knowing the situation outside.
However, the sight seen through the wreckage of the building cut the strings of reason. While I hesitated, that deformed lizard with many wings cut off three of my pupil’s fingers.
‘Dare! Dare!!’
I couldn’t understand why I was so angry. Because I was the first disciple I decided to accept myself? That’s why we haven’t spent a lot of time together yet. Then why?
However, the question was resolved later. Anyway, if I don’t put this anger on that lizard now, I feel like I’ll regret it for at least 100 years!
“Ignis Lectio!!”
Flames as thick as lava dripped from both hands onto the ground. And with the movement of my fingertips, a huge pillar of fire rose from the ground to where the lizard was.
He hurriedly tried to avoid the pillar of fire, but this magic’s biggest advantage is that it pops out without any warning. One wing of the guy who couldn’t avoid it was turned to ashes in an instant.
“hahahaha!!”
Ordinary people who don’t know anything about me because I’m the Great Witch of the North think I’m a witch who uses ice magic, but that’s a huge misunderstanding. Rather, since it’s in the cold north, wouldn’t it be the right guess to use fire-type magic?
“Glakiesco!!”
That doesn’t mean I can’t use ice-type magic, though.
The guy let out a short breath in the side that avoided him. When the white, frozen breath of absolute zero touched the wing on the other side, each cell froze and crumbled into ice flowers.
Yeah, so those ugly scaled wings have gotten a little prettier.
“Awesome!! Yes, you bastard Rupeltert!!”
“Where are you babbling your snout, bastard!! You still have one left! Why! Rip some more!?”
That’s nothing compared to the pain Tyr went through!
Originally, I wasn’t this rough-mouthed, but after a lot of things got entangled with those little lizards, it ended up like this before I knew it. Originally, when I was young, my mother teased me for being timid and crying.
Anyway, this and that are all because of that lizard! Wouldn’t it be nice to live in harmony with other races!? They say that they are going to rule the world, so you have no choice but to do it like this!
Thinking about it, I can’t get mad.
“If you remove only three, one becomes a pair, right? Give me another one and go.”
“What…?! Haaagh!!!”
If it’s a magic that only fires once, it’s too inefficient. Then, of course, it’s good to keep using it.
The flames and breath of absolute zero that had already been fired from it bent and took away another pair of wings at the same time. The pain must have been quite severe, but seeing him still standing made me think that he was like a candidate for the Dragon King.
“Then next time…”
“Wait! Wait! Hey, make a deal!!”
Deal? On what condition am I with the lizard?
When I looked at him curiously, he pointed at Tyr.
“If I don’t attach this guy’s finger quickly with magic, it will be difficult to recover! It won’t be too late if you let me go!”
“Ha!”
Sounds not even funny. If left to a competent healer, scars can be erased and severed body parts can be regenerated. Healing three fingers would take quite a bit of young Tyr’s stamina.
But with that level of condition, I couldn’t let go of someone who could become the ember of war.
It was about time I stopped listening and tried to continue my magic.
“Please accept that offer, Master!”
From nob le mt l. co m
My body froze at Tyr’s cry.
Scared to ask why, Tyr said with a smile on his face as he overcame the pain with a pale blue face from excessive bleeding.
“I… I have an idea…”
Rather, the lizard had a more puzzled expression than me. Don’t even do that It was because he wanted to forgive and let go of the person who had been tidying up his fingers just like cutting a tree branch.
I thought about Tyr’s request for a while.
Is it right to trust only Tyr’s thoughts and let go of the dragon king candidate who will be the center of the conflict? Now, we can definitely burn him down and prevent a war from happening at all.
However, my worries were not long.
“Go…”
“What?”
“Go. If you don’t want to fall behind.”
Then the lizard took turns looking at me and Tyr once or twice, and then flew away without saying thank you. I’ll kill you next time we meet.
Originally, you shouldn’t let go. But I thought that if this strange boy was saying it, he might believe it for some reason.
Tyr stood up to the end, but when the enemy disappeared, his body collapsed, as if his tension was relieved. I quickly ran over and took his body.
‘Oh my God… With such a small body.’
It was completely different from when he hugged me tight. Tired and limp, Tyr looked even more fragile than his thirteen-year-old.
“Master…”
“Oh! Why?! Say!”
You’re not trying to leave a will with just that much scar!? We haven’t even been to the ice castle yet…
“I love you… I live thanks to you.”
“Yes!?!”
What is this young fellow talking about to an older woman! But what… I don’t feel bad!
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It was overwhelming just to see his wife on the verge of fainting and his bloody son who had completely lost his mind. However, after hearing the archwitch explain the situation to me, I lost my mind.
“As expected… Trisha was the culprit.”
“Did you know?”
“Of course I didn’t know. Had I known, I wouldn’t have let her wife fall into such a dangerous situation. It was just… a feeling.”
She is a woman who suddenly appeared in the northern land without any connection. She was right to be suspicious. So she told Ritt to be vigilant as well.
Even so, how can you find out the identity of a Balaur who is not a demon? Vampires and devils can be distinguished by holy water, but there is no sharp method to distinguish between dragons and dragons.
It may be because each and every one of them is powerful, and they feel dangerous just by looking at them, so they don’t feel the need for such things.
But that didn’t excuse me for putting her wife, and then her son, in danger.
‘I’m going to have to present this at this conference.’
The existence of dragons who can hide their power and blend into the continent should not be overlooked. He was both a count of the Empire and a father of a family.
“Earl Peirosis, calm down the territory for a while, then go to Jedo and report today’s incident.”
“Yes, I understand.”
“Then…”
The Archwitch lightly floated Tyr’s body with magic and then continued.
“Since Tyr has officially become a disciple of the Witch of the Cold, Aisha Rupeltert, I will take her back to the castle for treatment. I have to go back there so I can heal Tyr.”
Originally, you shouldn’t rebel against the words and actions of the great witch who protects the continent. That is something that, as an aristocrat of the system, you must take for granted.
However, his greed as a single father soared and suppressed his duties as a nobleman.
“Wait, Archwitch… Wait… Tyr wakes up and it’s fine for a while… Can we say goodbye?”
At my earnest wish, the Great Witch shook her head in pity.
“I’d like to grant that wish, but I can’t afford to delay once I learn that the Balaur are preparing for war. I’m sorry.”
“No… No.”
If she had been the head of a commoner family who knew nothing, would she have been able to say goodbye to her son even if she cried and appealed to her affections? When I thought that, I felt more resentful of the burden that had been placed on me.
“Tyr… Thank you very much.”
“Don’t worry. I will definitely raise you to be a full-fledged wizard.”
She spoke to the High Witch, but her gaze was reluctantly directed to her sleeping son. Just a few years ago, she was a child who would not be separated from Lytria, but she was worried about whether she would be able to get along.
And her love for her children was, of course, more special for Litria than for me. She shed tears and grabbed the hem of the Archwitch’s robe.
“Archwitch, please! Please take good care of our baby! Because he’s a very soft and kind kid!”
“Don’t worry, mother. I will make sure you get along well without lacking. And…”
Finally, the Great Witch turned her back and said with a mischievous smile that she had never seen before.
“Tyr isn’t as weak as you two think. I became a disciple of this great witch of the cold.”
Leaving only her words behind, she disappeared in an instant using a teleport that only high-ranking mages could use. As soon as her son disappeared with the High Witch, she burst into tears that her wife had endured, and she fell pitifully to her floor.
I couldn’t help but look up at her gloomy sky as I lifted her head, unable to care for her devastated wife.
‘Ah… Heavenly Father. Is this what you mean?’
Although he did not lose his life, we sent him away too early. In my heart, I wanted to cry together next to her wife. But it can’t be.
I saw the bravery of my son who proudly saved his mother from danger and sacrificed her body to pass the time until the Great Witch woke up. A person who does not feel any inspiration even after seeing such a scene does not qualify as a parent.
Yes, my son, Luatir, was just a rather early independence. Isn’t it the parting of his whole life?
‘But…’
But even just a little bit… I’m sure even the heavenly gods would allow me to take some time to grieve.
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It has already been 6 years since then.
It has already been six years since I was kidnapped to the majestic ice castle in the north while I was unconscious.
The six years I promised at first seemed to have been sold out somewhere, and the promise to send me to the academy was chewed up in front of my eyes.
The 6-year commitment that I swore to serve with utmost sincerity must have ended, and now it is coming to an end.
“Tir~ Can you bring me a drink? Would you like to bring a glass for you to drink too?”
“I bring it myself and eat it.”
“Get that cheeky jaw before it’s gone.”
Of course, most of the rebellion was sorted out in less than 5 seconds. Heuk heuk, I’m scared of that grandma.
Wait a minute. Are you upset when you think about it?
“No! f*ck! Laminasis is right next to you, so why do you keep asking me to do it!”
As I screamed, Laminasis, the former dragon king candidate and current dragon king, who was dusting the bookshelves on one side, shook his shoulders. There is a hot new slave who came in three years ago, but he still only has me do the errands.
Where has the youngest gone! Bring the youngest!!
Laminasis awkwardly turned his head and looked at me with a bewildered gaze. Those eyes did not contain the resentment of “Why are you pointing at me?”
Stay here for three more years. You’re a lifelong slave who came in without a contract period in the first place, but I’m not.
Aisha, frowning, snapped her neck and stood up from her seat.
“Come. They haven’t been baked lately, so they’re climbing again.”
“So, if you don’t want to see me like this, please calmly send me to the academy!”
We need to spread the harem rice!
“That’s not right! Arm! If you go to a place where you already have nothing to learn, will you do anything more than fall in love?”
“Ha! There are so many other things to do!”
Ayesha narrowed her eyes and glared at me.
“Did you mean that you would like to fall in love?”
I met that gaze directly and nodded confidently.
“Of course I should. Kwuh!!”
As soon as I finished my words, the pillar of fire that rose up around me cooked it to medium and perfectly delicious.
“Tsk! How could you have such a guy as your disciple? Don’t be shy and bring a drink. I’m in a bad mood today, so let’s break things down together.”
f*ck you, you drink with me every night, making all sorts of excuses every day.
Heukheuk, the floor of the ice castle is cold… Lit Mamang… It’s cold to see.