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“Ahhh! Save people!”
“Someone save me!”
When Ethan woke up, the fire horse was already devouring the small town in front of him.
There were screams of people everywhere, and the smell of burning corpses was disgusting.
And I was confident in that chaos.
‘Where?’
Confused, Ethan tried to move his hand.
But contrary to his will, his body did not move.
Ethan understood.
‘Are you going to see what I’ve been through again?’
It was strange.
He was trying to see the memories of the past to find out what the ‘blood relatives’ that appeared after his death were.
‘What the hell is this… … .’
Ethan frowned.
Then someone’s voice came from below.
“… Sir, when I grow up, I will be able to stand next to the Demon King as proudly as you, right?”
A little boy was asking Ethan.
The bright smile of the child seemed to beg for praise.
Ethan looked down at the boy without a word.
It was a sight that could have been said to be cold even to a child if someone he did not know had seen it.
But then and now, Ethan did not respond.
Probably because the child’s smile didn’t suit this place too well.
Ethan clicked his tongue inwardly.
Meanwhile, the child continued to babble.
“This is my offering to the Demon King! … Please watch over me.”
Ethan knew the truth behind all of this.
The child was a being who was rejected as a monster in the village.
The child enjoyed brutally killing and dissecting animals rather than playing with friends.
In addition, he also expressed basic magic that he had not learned.
He had an excellent aptitude for the most primitive forms of magic, such as telekinesis and curses.
The villagers, of course, rejected the child and the child’s family and demanded that they leave the village.
In the process, the child developed a grudge against the villagers.
And he said he would come to the Niilum Empire on his own feet and prove his abilities.
‘And the result was this.’
Ethan frowned slightly.
Only one young boy destroyed a village.
It was astonishing.
Seeing that scene, Ethan couldn’t help but grow cold.
Ethan from the past opened his mouth.
“okay. I will continue to watch over you.”
The child was asking me to watch my growth, but Ethan was a warning to a child born with an evil heart.
However, the child who did not know the pain of others could not understand the hidden meaning of the words.
“thank you!”
The child smiled innocently and looked at the burning village.
The past conveyed by the jet-black eyes ended there.
* * *
‘It was the kid.’
Ethan muttered to himself.
At that time, after the Demon King had the child, the Anti-Magic War ended shortly thereafter.
Because of this, Ethan was unable to kill the child.
Ethan continued his thoughts.
‘Are the children’s descendants called blood relatives?’
But for some reason, I had a feeling that it wouldn’t be such a simple problem.
One thing was certain: the blood relatives and the child were involved in some way.
Then, the Knicks called Ethan.
“Ethan, are you okay? What are you doing standing still?”
“Just thinking about it.”
Ethan nodded and turned back.
‘Now I have to prepare to leave soon.’
She came to the Empire after chasing the clue of being a princess, and there were quite a few results.
Because I was able to see the hidden side of the dark follower.
However, finding clues in Velium was now reaching its limit.
It was time to change locations and track down the Dark Followers based on the newly discovered clue of ‘blood kin’.
Ethan asked the Knicks standing behind him.
“Did you say when the investigative team from Aurum will be back?”
Ethan’s significant face had a faint determination.
* * *
a few days after that.
The investigative team from Aurum was staying in the detached palace built in a sophisticated style.
Count Cozy, the head of the investigation team, was there reviewing the final report.
It was about a series of events that took place in Velium.
“Hmm.”
Count Cozy glanced to the side as he reviewed the report.
There, the Romonga’s troublesome twins were dozing on the floor.
‘Gosh. He made me meditate to reflect.’
Count Cozy pounded the floor a few times with his cane, which he leaned against the sofa.
Tak Tak!
“Guys, get up.”
“… … ?!”
Chloe and Charlotte stood up in amazement.
“What, what?”
“Where did the explosion magic come from?”
They wiped their lips and looked around.
“Did you even dream? I am.”
The twins weren’t like wizards, a tribe known for being sensitive.
Count Cozy chuckled and handed the report to the twins.
“What do you think this report is like?”
Surprisingly, the Count asked the young twins for their opinion on the important final report.
It was done because he knew the twins’ abilities well enough.
It was also because of the intention to develop the eyes of the twins.
At the Count’s question, Chloe and Charlotte pouted their lips.
Chloe opened her mouth.
“How do you know if you haven’t seen the report?”
“right. No matter how genius we are, we don’t have that ability.”
Charlotte chimed in.
Count Cozy looked tired of calling himself a genius without hesitation.
These twins ripped my grandfather off without a hitch.
“When are you talking like that?”
This time, Charlotte spoke first.
“why? That’s right.”
“Right. We are not in a position to see the report yet.”
Count Cozy then snorted.
“Don’t take the shichimi. He said he really wanted to come to Velium and made them come as a member of the investigation team, but didn’t he just ignore my orders, the leader, and wander around the Velium? You should already know everything about the report. I would have checked the scene myself.”
“… … .”
The twins kept their mouths shut.
He had a mouth, but he had nothing to say.
Count Cozy rubbed his temples.
“You are lucky that nothing happened. This is the place where some terrible magic using people took place just a while ago. If something happens to you, how will I see your father’s face?”
“Uncle, I’m sorry.”
“Uncle, I’m sorry.”
Chloe and Charlotte apologized in crawling voices.
The twins’ fathers, the Duke of Rainborough and the Earl of Cozy, were close friends.
Count Cozy sighed as he saw the pale twins.
He, too, was not comfortable with scolding his close friend’s child.
“Anyway, you seem to have repented, so please sit down on the sofa.”
“four!”
“Yep!”
Then, as if ever, Chloe and Charlotte got up and quickly sat down on the sofa.
Count Cozy smirked at the quick action.
“Hey guys. Anyway, what do you think of the report?”
Then Chloe spoke first.
“Isn’t it very different from the report that the new empire researched and posted on its own?”
“okay?”
“yes. I think the dark followers were arbitrarily done. The empire suffered unilaterally. If you look at the recent trends in Velium, starting with the raid on the nobles, the Empire seems to be keeping its Dark Followers in check.”
“Hmm, that’s right. Charlotte, what do you think?”
“I agree with Chloe.”
Count Cozy then smiled meaningfully.
“It wasn’t just playing. I am of the same opinion as you.”
“Wow!”
Reassured, Chloe and Charlotte looked at each other and smiled brightly.
“If I was wrong, would it have been an additional meditation time?”
“Now I am free from meditation!”
But that wasn’t the end.
“Chloe, Charlotte, I’m not finished talking yet.”
“yes? What else?”
The twins grumbled as if they were tired.
Count Cozy put the report down on the table and said.
“I was curious about what was not in the report. Tell me what you know about the priest famous in Velium recently.”
“yes? No, why are you asking us that?”
“right. I really don’t understand.”
Chloe and Charlotte broke up immediately.
“You go around and ask about the priest so openly, don’t you think I didn’t know?”
“… … .”
“… … .”
Chloe and Charlotte stared at each other for a while.
There were words in their eyes that were accusing each other of blaming each other.
“Is this the time to fight like that? You are here now as members of the investigation team.”
“Why are you punishing me to meditate after that?”
“Can the leader persecute the members?”
Count Cozy grabbed the armrests of the sofa and rested his forehead on his forehead.
“Hey, listening to you guys makes me dizzy.”
“After twenty years, you have to get used to it.”
“Right. Stop getting used to us.”
Count Cozy was taken aback by the twins’ audacious words and deeds.
‘You didn’t say it right after you were born, did you?’
Anyway, I shouldn’t have gotten caught up in the two of them wrestling.
The Count said in a firm tone.
“I also know that the saint cadet named Ethan is getting the magical context right. So feel free to say it.”
It was a silly word.
But Chloe and Charlotte were relieved as soon as they heard the Earl’s words.
“Then you say that from the beginning.”
“I’m going to tell you now, so listen carefully.”
“okay. I am in tears because of you.”
Chloe and Charlotte recall what happened during the investigation.
“We thoroughly investigated both the subterranean waterway where the magic circle called the Sea of the Abyss was located, as well as the slum area where the explosion took place.”
“But strangely, I often ran into Priest Ethan in the process.”
“What? You must have fought the Saint Candidates of Pars?!”
Count Cozy, who had heard the story, jumped in surprise.
“Ah, maybe.”
“It doesn’t mean that, oddly enough, there was Priest Ethan everywhere we went.”
The investigation team speculated that the magic circle that turned people into biobombs or something that played a magical role was in the slum area.
And I tried to intensively search that part according to the magical context.
But strangely, when I went to that place, there was always a person doing the investigation first.
It was Ethan.
“You are right, uncle. The priest’s magical understanding is certainly high. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to go anywhere we pointed out.”
“I was always ahead of the curve by putting the research rights of the Pars Church ahead of me. This cannot be called a coincidence.”
Count Cozy patted his chin and murmured.
“Hmm, that’s right. So are you interested in this?”
“yes? What do you mean?”
“After this investigation, shouldn’t we go to Central to report? But Priest Ethan said that he would like to accompany him there.”
“yes?!”
Chloe and Charlotte were astonished.
Central.
It was a city that did not belong to any country, located in the heart of the United Kingdom.
Each of the seven nations that make up the confederation has its own capital.
But apart from that, a city was created with the necessary administrative facilities to discuss and decide the policies of the Union, and that was Central.
“I heard that the Pars Church is already in the process of approval. I think that it will be of great help to the pursuit of the Dark Followers, as the church judged, so I am going to agree to accompany them. Are you okay with your thoughts?”
Chloe and Charlotte looked at each other in surprise.
The answer seemed to have already been decided.