039 Loud Loud Loud (2)
“Wow······.”
“It’s so pretty, isn’t it?”
All that came out of my mouth was groaning. Kristel smiled brightly and turned to me.
I nodded blankly at her question.
The basement room without a single ray of sunlight was shining brightly on its own.
It was like a space carved out of a star.
“Is it platinum? I don’t think so…”
I muttered and slowly walked into the room.
The floor, walls, and ceiling of the round room were all unified with the same metal material.
A white and bluish light was emitted from everywhere that had been cleaned without a single dust, and reflected off the opposite side.
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On the floor looking down, the outlines of me, Prince Sedric, and Kristel were faintly reflected.
At first glance, it looked like the background of a sci-fi movie.
“Oh my, it’s dizzy.”
Then Christel stumbled. I quickly walked over and grabbed her elbow.
Since he constantly embodied a large amount of water in various forms, much more ether would have been consumed than when he fought with the prince or when he killed the bull.
“Stay in my circle.”
“thank you.”
Kristel smiled at my words. I released her arms and calmly unfolded the sanctuary.
The golden brilliance that surrounds the three people in a circle harmonizes with the pale blue space, creating a more mysterious atmosphere than ever before.
As I unpacked the ether, the slightly tired face of Kristel’s face began to turn red.
The prince looked at him silently.
“I think this is a portal.”
Kristel, who was quietly absorbing the ether, pointed to the floor in the center.
I lifted my head and turned my gaze to her fingertips.
In the middle of the room, something like a huge circle was engraved. However, the shape was not a ‘circle’.
It was in the form of two squares stacked up and down obliquely, but when viewed up close, it was made by carefully digging a groove in the floor.
“It’s so gorgeous.”
“I heard that the etheric circle and the enchantment are completely different, but it is true.”
Kristel and I were constantly admiring the complex shape.
Compared to this, the pattern of the sanctuary I am developing was just like the graffiti of a four-year-old.
However, the magic formula was not perfect either.
The split in the middle looked like someone had hit it with a spear or an ax.
“That’s why they say the portal is closed.”
The prince shook his head once at my words.
As part of the magic formula long ago was destroyed, the portal became useless.
99% of them were full of characters and pictures that I couldn’t read, but there was only one part that caught my eye.
“·······’For my dear Juliet.’”
I read it aloud.
“If it’s Juliet, it’s the name of the palace the prince lives in.”
Christel said. I shook my head.
About a month ago, I remembered a story that Benjamin told me at tea time.
It’s something I’ve seen many times in the history books.
Emperor Romero, the grandfather of the current emperor, Frederic, had a lover, ‘Ulter’, who promised to marry him.
She was a noble priest of the Penetian New Kingdom, and at that time, there was no problem in the diplomatic relations between Lister and Penetian, so marriage was not impossible.
Juliet liked to hear Juliet’s Riester-style pronunciation of his name, and Emperor Romero built two new buildings in the Imperial Palace for his lover.
It was the Palace of Romero and the Palace of Juliet.
The fact that Romero’s Palace was blocking the front of Juliet’s Palace was the Emperor’s will to become her shield forever.
However······.
“Juliet is the one who betrayed His Majesty Romero. That’s why Juliet Palace hears the ‘cold palace’.”
I explained. Kristel tilted her head slightly and opened her mouth.
“I have to go home and squeeze the tutor again. I lost a lot of memory after I was sick for a long time.”
I smiled and affirmed.
He’s also busy adjusting to life after possession, but Christel probably didn’t have time to study history.
As I am a pawn that is neglected, there was time to spare, and there was pressure to gather information in order to survive as a ‘limited sub-male’, but she was different.
Anyway, if it was made for Juliet and not for anyone else, it made sense that the portal was in the Imperial Palace.
Emperor Romero would have wished that she could come to him at any time.
What he actually faced through the portal was the paladin of the new kingdom.
Perhaps Romero himself was the one who broke the magic formula like this.
“Then, even if I infuse mana into it, it doesn’t do anything?”
I looked back at the prince and asked. He replied ‘yes’ as if it was natural. Well······.
“I want to see you once.”
Kristel, who had the same thoughts as me, let out a voice.
I glanced into the prince’s eyes. Kristel also looked up at him.
The man’s orange eyes narrowed slightly.
“what?”
“I’m curious to see what the fire looks like.”
“Because it doesn’t work anyway.”
In response to his question, me and Kristel came up with excuses.
Unlike us, he was a wizard and a swordsman.
It means that you can inject mana into the broken magic formula if you want.
It’s safe as there is no possibility that the portal will take us somewhere, and this was a chance to properly see the historic sites built before the war era.
It was natural to be curious.
“under.”
“I finished the cleaning by myself, so your majesty will take care of this level of service.”
Kristel spoke in a distinctive, sharp tone.
I felt this way the last time I asked for an ‘ether sample’.
The prince was silent for a moment, then exhaled a long breath through the tip of his nose.
Then he stretched out his left hand over the magic formula.
At the same time, Kristel’s condition seemed to have stabilized, so I immediately released the sanctuary.
I wanted to see the complete magic formula, not hidden by my circle.
“·················ogue.”
Red energy flowed from the tip of the prince’s black gloves. It was ‘mana’, the source of magic.
I’ve seen him manipulate metal with magic, but it’s also the first time he’s drawn pure mana.
Mana fell to the floor as softly as paint spreads, then spread like a mist and began to wrap around the magic formula.
Me and Kristel looked at the scene without even making a sound.
-Woo-woong…
There was a strange sound from the magic ceremony. It sounded like something out of a real sci-fi movie.
The red and cloudy mana quickly turned into a liquid, and he ran without hesitation following the elaborately sculpted magic formula.
The empty groove was being quickly filled with red ink.
Eventually, the portal filled with no gaps,
– Jiying!
It rumbled and poured a red brilliance like blood. The sharp metallic light was dazzling.
“Huh…”
“Crazy…….”
The mouth opened on its own. Christel reacted violently.
I agreed with her and looked down at her feet.
The magic ceremony was splendor and detail itself.
There was a big crack in the middle, so the portal didn’t even move, but it was like riding a car with a strong smell of air freshener…
“Wow.”
Nausea came out. I quickly covered my mouth with my hand. what?
“Prince, are you okay?”
Startled, Kristel looked into my face.
The prince was also embarrassed, so he removed the hand that was draining mana.
I gasped as I felt the blood draining from my face.
“I just feel a little sick…”
My legs lost strength. Suddenly, his forehead became cold and a cold sweat was seeping out.
I’ve been turned upside down,
“Uh-huh!”
The prince grabbed my back. You idiot, choke!
“I’m out of my mind.”
“Let me go, my lord!”
Kristel raised her voice.
As soon as the prince let go of his hand, I quickly straightened my posture and inhaled oxygen.
“Huh.”
His eyes became clear again, but the rumbling inside was still there.
It was a completely different symptom from ether depletion. No, this is really…
“I feel like I’m getting motion sick, uh…”
I groaned, holding back my nausea. A frown frowned at the sour mouth.
Then the red light on the floor disappeared in an instant.
Like a lie, the room turned into a classical blue-white again.
I don’t know if the red color made people uneasy, but it seemed to calm my heart a bit when the magic ceremony was turned off.
I slowly lifted my head. I saw orange eyes staring down at me from the front.
It seemed that the prince had completely dispersed his mana.
“Is it portal vulgaris?”
“what?”
A soft low-pitched sound rang in my ears. Even though I listened to him properly, I was stunned.
portal what?
“It’s a matter of mana sensitivity. To show it to Tae-eui.”
“Wait a minute, what kind of cramping…”
I struggled to swallow the saliva that had pooled under my tongue, forming sentences.
The stomach was definitely feeling better, but the slight dizziness remained like the aftereffects of motion sickness.
Christel supported my stumbling waist with her hand.
The prince was moving out of the entrance by moving his long legs.
“No, someone gets motion sick because of the portal.”
Even the magic didn’t work. As I mumbled, Kristel replied softly.
“The prince.”
“·················ogue.”
*
“It’s portal vulgaris.”
under······.
“This is a symptom that occurs in people with extremely low mana sensitivity. Your body can’t handle the mana in the portal’s magic formula.”
The imperial court’s Taeyi calmly explained.
I leaned back at the head of the bed, put Demi on my stomach and listened to his story.
Benjamin and Canael stood by my side with great concern.
Next to Tae-ui were Cardinal Bootier and the first guest they saw today.
Full course lunch? crossed the water
The prince told the cardinal that I was sick in the underground portal, so I had to fill my meal with two bowls of soft consommé.
Eunseo was right. He was absolutely wrong…
“Even if you’re not a wizard, people are usually gifted with some degree of mana sensitivity. It is possible to determine whether a nearby animal is an ordinary beast or a demonic beast. But sometimes, there are people who know if they are beasts only if they come and use their magical powers.”
The doctor slapped me on the bone.
I remembered myself, who realized that the opponent was a magical beast only after checking the bull’s ability on the mountain behind Juliet Palace.
I was the only one who knew if it was poop or soybean paste. shit······.
“Those who are born with this kind of lack of mana sensitivity, it is difficult to use portals in a normal way.”
Taeyi declared heavily. I sighed quietly.
I thought I was lucky enough to get a huge amount of ether while possessing it, but now it seems that I don’t have the talent for magic.
The stats were inconsistent with the priesthood.
“If it is difficult to ride the portal, I am concerned that I will have to go to the ‘Great Beast Subjugation’ by carriage. I heard that the road is rough…”
Cardinal Bootier, who had been listening intently, opened his mouth.
A look of concern reflected in her beige eyes. I was also worried about that part.
Normally, as a hostage, I would not have used the portal outside the Imperial Palace, but I had to leave for the estate of the Marquis Duhem next month.
“It would be better to travel slowly by riding a horse-drawn carriage and staying overnight.”
I commented.
Using a wagon would make the journey longer and costly, but I did not have the courage to challenge the portal again.
Just thinking about that red luster made me feel sick to my stomach and uncomfortable.
It seemed that it would be a hundred times better to go on a leisurely tour or take a tour of the Empire.
“no. Leave it to me, Prince Jesse.”
Then, for the first time, a strange man, who had been silent until now, spoke for the first time.
I looked at the slender guest standing to the cardinal’s right.
He was a handsome man with dark skin and pale pink eyes, boasting an atmosphere that did not resemble his younger brother Duhem.
“Do you have a better idea, Marquis Duem?”
When I asked, he raised an eyebrow and opened his bag.
I could already hear the cardinal sighing.
Marquis François Duheme was a wizard specializing in teleportation, and he said that he was investing heavily in research and development of portals using his special skills.
Hearing about me being treated for portal tuberculosis, the cardinal hurriedly summoned the Marquis, who had just arrived in the capital.
Although she was a little regretful now…
“That’s it!”
After a while, the Marquis raised his arms in a dramatic motion.
In his hands, he held round, flat, unidentified apricot-colored pieces of cloth.
“Just attach it under the ear, and the portal tuberculosis disappears!”
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