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Strange Winds and the Warlock’s Mansion (4)
“… my head hurts.”
Noe muttered like that. Ga-in looked over the desk with a quick movement.
“·················ogue.”
It didn’t seem like a lie.
Jeong Bo Sang was resting his forehead on his face with a painful expression, and cold sweat was forming on his cheeks and nape of his neck.
Even the plump breasts were pale.
The water-colored eyes quickly looked back at the light-colored eyes.
The man’s gaze fell heavily. Noe barely waved his hand.
“Go back and rest. It will be difficult to talk more today…”
“I haven’t even started yet. Are you okay? Shall I wake up the owner and get some medicine?”
‘I have a headache pill, too.’ Christel chimed as he lifted his robe.
Then the priest began to stagger away.
The two men and women stopped at the small body approaching slowly.
Noe looked really in danger to anyone looking at it.
He was fine until just a minute ago, but suddenly his illness had completely disappeared. It was strange.
That was then.
– Chia!
‘Todok!’ Demi, who landed swiftly, raised her tail and ran to her.
It was clear that he had something to do with it, so Sedric watched the divine beast’s actions silently.
The tip of the white tail was rustling, and he began to check the body of the informant.
He caressed the back of his droopy hand, stroked his back, and sniffed the smell of his knee.
It was a completely different approach from when we exchanged greetings at the reception.
Meanwhile, Kristel took the medicine bottle out of her arms—and her mate had brought her—and filled the empty glass with clean water.
– squeak
“Ugh, uh… Shut it off…”
Jeong Jeong-sang was holding the cross legged with a bracken hand, whether he had a severe headache.
Around that time, the Crown Prince witnessed a strange phenomenon.
– aaah
“み!”
And immediately he covered his nose and mouth with his robe sleeves.
From Noe’s body, a gloomy purple ether was gushing out.
The stench was also stinky, but the energy itself was terribly unpleasant and uncomfortable.
It wasn’t just a matter of likes and dislikes.
Demi, startled, hurriedly returned and fell into the prince’s arms.
Ga-in reflexively covered the faces of me and Tite and opened their eyes.
I was so startled that I almost spilled my glass.
What is that······?
“Ether is… Noe-san, ether is weird!”
-Through the…
“okay! So come on out! There is nothing good about the Paladin. If you are exposed to the rotten ether, even your aura will be polluted, ugh…!”
The small shoulders swayed loudly. The man and woman looked at each other at the same time.
‘Rotten ether’? Is that possible?
When a priest dies and is buried in the ground, the ether remaining in the remains seeps into the basement to create holy stones and light a candle.
Cremation is common in the Empire, so even that is almost non-existent. That was all they learned.
The idea that the purest power of the Lord God could be corrupted had never occurred to me in my dreams.
His Majesty Hanan was a similar case, but his aura did not stink.
I told Aurelie Boutier, but Teacher Johann did not teach me this.
I don’t know if it’s mana used in black magic, why is pure ether…
– Gulleong, Gulleongggleong!
“Woo!”
This was so embarrassing, even a little creepy.
The physiological rejection was so severe that I couldn’t even come close.
Cain licked her lips, holding back the nausea.
“Well, how….”
– Hey!
At that moment, Demi cried out loudly.
Then he began to press Sedric’s chest with his paws.
That’s when I woke up!
“Pilsner, Seongseok! It seems to be neutralized with the ether that Heineken-sama filled in!”
– Kyeung! Chow!
I’m not sure, but Demi was appealing ‘Give me your stuff!’ with her whole body.
The prince frowned and pulled out a small holy stone.
Then, Shinsoo nibbled at it, and quickly jumped down again and put it on Noe’s foot.
Considering that even an archbishop-level paladin could not overcome his instincts, it was a very courageous act.
Then Demi returned to Prince Hadongjidong. The man quickly hid the Shinsu in his arms and observed the situation.
-aaa
“Huh!”
Immediately, a mysterious thing happened. Cain opened his mouth wide.
As soon as golden ether flows from the holy stone and dwells in Noe,
“Ugh…”
-Paaah!
Her body floated into the air!
Her tear-soaked eyelids were gently closed, and her short hair fluttered in all directions.
Fine golden grains permeated the purple aura that was dull like mold.
‘Tsar rue…!’ Particles moved spirally, carefully wrapping from Noe’s fingertips to a single hair, and finely collected the ‘rotten ether’ that was scattered like ashes.
Then, slowly, blood began to turn on the cheeks of the information.
The gloomy Nam-Bora’s power gradually brightened, and soon it turned into a rat-colored color, then from there to white—and then to off-white again.
It wasn’t as healthy and clear gold as Jesse’s ether yet, but it was his line anyway!
-Sarr, sarre, sarrrer…
“ah······. you······.”
“Mr. Noe! Are you awake? Are you okay now?”
Christel rushed over to her.
After exhausting all the energy contained in a single holy stone, the information officer seemed to have barely escaped the pain.
Rotten ether no longer spewed out.
Soon, a small hand reached out towards the prince.
The man realized that the priest was not pointing at me. He looked at the picture frame carefully.
“Are you looking for this?”
“okay······. Brother······.”
A very tired voice came out. But the consciousness seemed clear.
Intuitively, Cain knew that Noe had begun to tell the truth.
So, he hurriedly grabbed the picture frame and handed it to her.
“Your brother? Is the person in the portrait your brother?”
“My brother, it wasn’t. However, he was a more precious child than that. There was only one in the world.”
‘My family.’ Noe whispered weakly. Tite let out a small cry.
In that way, a very long story was loosely unraveled like a sack of burlap.
‘Cursed by Mana.’
A newborn baby abandoned on a black market with such a tag, and an eight-year-old deacon who raised the baby alone.
The older sister who protected and cared for her all her life was the younger brother who was more precious than her life.
However, living a life of scarcity, a woman who has become as precious as her younger sister.
And in order not to lose her, the younger brother committed…
‘Isn’t it strange? Even though my sister watered me so hard, the tree kept withering.’
‘yes. What’s going on? I’m worried that someone is secretly harassing the toenails. It must have sprouted here yesterday.’
‘·······I have a good idea, sister. A stone stuck in that knot hole.’
“The boy deceived me . . . So I killed the paladin who was trying to mate with me, huh. That tree…”
“Oh my gosh.”
“I didn’t know it was a new thing. I thought about it, but I don’t think there would be such a sacred existence in such a miserable place…”
very terrible,
“I don’t have a perfect memory right now. The aftermath of the loss was so severe that the moments were erased in black everywhere. Because there are too many… Even though I started collecting information to remember somehow… Ughhh…”
“·················ogue.”
Things that are so horrendous that I can’t even describe them.
*
-widely!
Alright, we arrived safely in the portrait hallway!
I don’t think I’ve been wandering too long!
-Kugugugung…!
“Wow!”
There was one big bang as if the wide hallway was about to drop us.
Fortunately, thanks to Sir John, he was not swept away, but he could not erase even the momentary feeling of stagnation.
I looked around the room while holding the silver candlestick stuck in the wall.
A hallway woven of colorful wood and a stylish mahogany chest of drawers caught my eye.
The portrait in question was also hanging nearby. Djibril Dioff opened his eyes and was observing it.
In a state of zero gravity, as if swimming in space, I moved forward, grabbing wall decorations and candlesticks one by one.
His robes and hair fluttered in a free beat.
It was the same with the rophy that was snuggled in the hood.
– Nyaa
– Dub!
Finally stopped right in front of the portrait. The painting was bigger and more colorful than I expected.
“Wow······. Sir John, look at this.”
“Your Majesty is right. This woman resembles an informant.”
“Yeah, the features are very similar. The old-fashioned priestly robes are the same… So who is that over there?”
“This is Madame Morhan’s house, so she must be. Would you have put a portrait of someone without a relationship and without a signature in such an expensive frame?”
“Is this an expensive picture frame?”
“·················ogue.”
Diop was speechless and looked at me. I rubbed my lips and looked at the picture again.
Something was subtle. On the continent, a portrait of a person naturally has the same status as a photograph.
The skills of professional painters are equally excellent, so this can be seen as the closest to the real thing.
But that person holding the back of Noe-san’s chair…
“No matter how you look at it, he doesn’t look like a villain. Of course, I know that you shouldn’t judge by appearance alone, but I have a very mild impression…”
“Hey, my lord. Look at the author’s eyes on the priest.”
“Yes?”
I asked stupidly. Confucius took a deep breath and pointed to the picture with his thumb.
“That kind of gaze doesn’t come from any relationship. The fact that the artist captured it, and the fact that he had let him capture it, also meant a lot. Don’t you know how to read pictures?”
“·················ogue.”
“ha.”
I rubbed my eyes and scratched my cheek. I guess that’s what a guy who’s learned enough to learn is like that.
It’s a shame, but the only works of art that I know deeply are Joan’s paintings…
“Be honest. Have you never met a woman? ‘The New Country’s Playboy’ and everything seems like a lie.”
“yes?!”
Even in a state of zero gravity, it seemed to have risen by 10 cm.
His earlobes burned with shame. Suddenly, your privacy is exposed in this way!
Sir John’s jade belt shone faintly and dragged me back down again.
He looked very calm, unlike me. It was the same with Lofi in the hood and Confucius who spoke.
‘Gugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugu… Even the moving hallway was too quiet.
So am I the only one who feels weird, now!
“If you look at what you do, it just feels like the second son of a baron who raised pigs in the countryside. I’m single, I have brothers up and down, and I often come to Youngji-min. I spend my days writing tanja tangja essays.”
What, don’t guess that’s a perfect fit!
“That’s it, Confucius Dioff. You seem to have forgotten your current situation.”
“Doesn’t it seem that the Taesa also has a different opinion? Anyway, the prince is young… Did you have a lust for power?”
“Are you there? Confucius must have heard strange rumors from somewhere.”
I shot it quickly. at that time,
-Cuckoo Kuk Kung…!
Whoa! The hallway that hit somewhere vibrated loudly and stopped moving forward.
At the same time, ordinary gravity pulled us down!
– Fluffy!
“ね!”
But it was only D.O.P who fell to the floor.
I landed safely with the help of Sir John.
I know it’s childish enough to die, but I couldn’t stand it for that moment and stick out my tongue.
Then Confucius quickly turned his head before saying anything against me.
The hallway on the other side, which had been open, was suddenly blocked by a wall. There was no longer a black space where corrupt mana was wandering.
Then this road is…
“Is this the way to Madame Morhan’s room?”
“I said that the first warehouse was ‘in front of her’ bedroom. It seems very likely.”
‘You can check it as soon as you wake up in the morning. It’s right in front of you.’
Yes, someone in the warehouse must have said that.
We took each step carefully.
Lord Johan tapped his belt twice, and Diop was also hurried away.
At first, we had no choice but to trust our choices and take risks.
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Of course, there is a possibility that this hallway led the group to a completely different place, but the portrait on the wall gave off a very private atmosphere.
-Jacquard, jayak, jayak
-Jump, jerk, jerk…
uhm.
If the woman in the portrait is Madame Morhan, how did they split up like this?
What kind of relationship did the two have?
Isn’t it close enough to be included in a portrait like sisters?
Why did Morhan deceive Noe-san by what means?
······ Did you want to monopolize new things that much?
-Woo…
Startle. I got out of my thoughts and lifted my head.
Eventually, we were about to make our way to the end of the hallway.
A high iron gate with the momentum to pierce the ceiling was blocking the party.
It was rusty, and I was speechless for a moment at the momentum of standing like a warrior and looking down at the outsider.
In the place where the handle should have been, there was a dial the size of Sir John’s body.
The embarrassment doubled. Rather than someone’s bedroom…
“Great. A room with a safe?”
“Yes, I think so.”
Sir John answered in a cool voice. I looked up at him with a piercing feeling.
The man’s black pupils were slightly dilated.
“I can feel the ether of the gods here, which I couldn’t even feel in the black market plaza.”
-Miyak
“Oh my gosh.”
Roffy quickly agreed, and I hurriedly began to look through the door.
This was neither Morhan’s bedroom nor Werner’s guest room as expected.
However, according to Sir John and Loffy, I did not know that the vitality of the claws was accumulating right here.
Here is the power to suppress the new “Heroic Spirit of Iran”…
“ah?”
I paused and read the inscription on the dial.
However, no matter how many times I checked it, the contents did not change.
Before long, the heads of three men and a divine beast came together.
‘Once a chance
Mansion explodes on typographical error’