Episode 152. I didn’t feel comfortable even when I was on the
joining train.
Feeling the speed of the train, which seemed to be slow today, I began to wonder what the identity of the customer who had come to visit me was.
‘Now our house is an apple tree mansion on the Welton estate. And I’ve never told anyone about this.’
Did you find out the story separately?
For what purpose and why?
The content of the letter was simple.
Contrary to what I thought would have been written a little longer, I was just told to come home.
Finally the train arrived.
In fact, if it wasn’t for the existence of the train, I wouldn’t have been able to arrive this quickly.
I immediately grabbed the carriage and headed for the Apple Tree Mansion.
“I’m in a bit of a hurry, but could you speed it up a bit?
“All right.”
Eventually, the speed of the wagon increased and I was able to enter Welton Castle, where the Apple Mansion is located.
It was still daytime, so there were a lot of people passing by, but I went straight to the mansion.
thump.
“who are you?”
The door opened and a man he hadn’t seen before appeared.
Is it a new hire when you see him wearing servant’s clothes?
“This is Adrias Cromwell.”
“ah! Sir Cromwell! nice to see you. My name is Drün Housen.”
He bowed in greeting and opened the door.
As I entered, I immediately asked him what I was curious about.
“Is Amy home?”
“Yes, you are here. Shall I bring you?”
“Please.”
Fortunately, nothing seems to have happened.
“….”
But something is a little strange.
“for a moment.”
“yes?”
“Dryun Housen?”
“Yes, did you call?”
I felt a strange sense of deja vu when I saw him asking innocently as if he didn’t know anything.
As if you’ve experienced it somewhere… ….
“Salem?”
“…Hey, now I’m not fooling myself.”
Dryun or Salem changed his look with a mischievous smile.
Never expecting Salem to be at my house, I asked, touching my forehead.
“I was really surprised. Did you find the bible I was talking about? No, more than that, how did you find out about our house?”
“Speak slowly. I will run out of breath.”
Then a sound came from upstairs and Amy poked her head out from the railing.
“Oh brother! Are you here soon?”
What’s inconsequential… ….
You don’t know how worried I was.
“He is the guest I was talking about. Mr. Hagendahl. I heard you know my brother?”
“Hagendahl?”
I heard that you often work together with the Everlast company due to the work of the company, but did it continue there?
When I see this kind of coincidence, I feel that the world is very small.
“I heard that you don’t come home often, but seeing that you came right away, does it seem like you care about your little sister?”
“I would have come back often.”
I deliberately answered bluntly, not wanting to be caught.
Anyway, taking a quick look at his condition, I definitely felt a different atmosphere than before.
‘It’s not messy.’
In the past, if it felt like a bomb with a fire that didn’t know where to go, it’s still a bomb now, but it felt like the switch was working properly.
“You seem to have found the Bible.”
“Your level has risen now, too? yes i found it Thanks, it took quite a bit of time.”
Salem nodded.
And he looked at Amy, who had just come downstairs, and said.
“Thank you for helping your brother a little. To be honest, I never expected that you would gift me something that would help me this much. It’s to the point where I’m thinking of watching you even if you lose the bet.”
“I’m glad you did.”
“by the way….”
Salem looked at Amy and gestured to go outside with a thumbs up.
“Shall we have a beer after a while?”
I also had a story I wanted to hear from him, so I followed him outside.
Amy also felt consideration for letting us go quietly.
“Did you come because you found out about the house, or did you come because you met Amy first?”
“Let’s go ahead and talk.”
As soon as I came out, he answered my question with a smile.
We finally entered a small bar in the outer castle, grabbed a table, and each ordered a menu.
It was still broad daylight, so we were the only customers.
“okay. what question was it? Did you come home?”
“yes.”
“We first met in Hollington. Since that’s where I was connected to you, I went to see if Viscount Hollington knew the news about you. Then I met your brother by chance.”
Exactly what I expected.
After hearing his answer, I immediately asked the next question.
“Do you have what I said?”
“then. There’s nothing good about getting into the hands of other guys. i should have why? Do you want to see it too?”
I was a little intrigued, but I shook my head.
It was overwhelming just to digest what I already have now.
In the first place, I knew the concept of origin in the Bible, so I wasn’t in a hurry.
“okay? Are you curious?”
“it’s okay. And it’s not even worth talking about here.”
“hmm?”
Salem tilted his head, as if he noticed something odd about my words.
Then, for a moment, he casually glanced around.
It was obviously a bar with no one except for the staff in charge of the counter, but Salem used mana waves wildly.
Toow-!
Salem smiled and said, apparently sensing something.
“this this. Your back is dirty.”
Salem, who stayed still as if concentrating on something for a while, began drawing something on the table with saliva on his fingers.
“Hagendahl?”
For now, I called him by a pseudonym because I was outside, but he didn’t pay attention to my calling and did his job.
“done.”
Salem, who injected mana into something he had drawn, said.
“There’s nothing wrong with being careful. Now you can do whatever you want to say.”
“You blocked the surrounding area with a magic circle.”
“oh? Have you studied?”
As expected, Salem is considered one of the strongest on the continent.
It was just a spit-like magic circle, and that kind of small magic circle, and it hung a magic circle of hallucinations and auditory hallucinations around our table.
“By the way, watch…. I don’t know what’s going on, but you must be in trouble too. Aren’t you worried about your brother?”
“I’m leaving it on purpose. If you are vigilant for no reason, you will know that I noticed and the check will come in even more severely.”
“so. Who is your opponent?”
I pondered for a while.
Is it okay if I tell Salem?
“Looking at you worrying, it seems like you know who the other person is. If you don’t want to talk, don’t do it. Because it bothers me too.”
“haha….”
Anyway, the eyes are fast.
After I laughed awkwardly for a moment, Salem said.
“I heard you met Maximin.”
The story that was trending in the upper classes of the Empire recently seemed to be a maximal citizen.
So there’s no way Salem didn’t hear it.
Still, if Salem, who thought it was My Way, was interested in it, it must have been that Maximin’s power was great.
“I was also surprised. I didn’t even have a one-on-one meeting, but when he said he had come to visit me, I wrapped my head a little.”
“I heard that you healed Isabelle. I was rather surprised by that. I have tried to heal myself.”
“Have you met?”
“The guy came. They asked if there was any way to cure it and pointed a knife at it, but I was also stunned.”
Seeing them giggling and talking, the situation must have been fun.
If Maximin had really pointed the knife, Salem wouldn’t have stayed still either.
“It is a joke. Your expression is so serious that I teased you a little. Contrary to what I’ve heard, he’s quite docile.”
Why were you giggling, were you kidding me?
i thought it was real
“I thought it was real. Considering Maximin’s personality, it’s possible.”
“Anyway, I couldn’t wake Isabelle either. How the hell did you wake up?”
“I was just lucky. I woke up on my own.”
“If you don’t want to talk, say no. Stop talking nonsense.”
I scratched my head and he drank the beer I ordered.
Soon, Salem, who had a lot of foam around his mouth, continued.
“As I said before, I helped a little with what your brother was doing. But are you doing that too?”
“no. It’s what Amy wants to do.”
“Both siblings are confident. It’s nice to see. Oh, and there was one more thing I wanted to ask you.”
“Please speak.”
“I heard there was a meeting? I heard from sources that you also participated this time.”
It seems that Salem’s contacts are inside the assembly.
It wasn’t something to hide from Salem, so he nodded.
“yes.”
“I heard you joined the coven?”
“It happened.”
“Well, I’m not in a position to refuse you. Still, you wouldn’t have gone in without thinking, would you? The Adrias Cromwell I know would have won something?”
“I didn’t get anything out of it. As you said, I didn’t have the ability to refuse, so I had no choice but to enter.”
“Don’t you know how close you are to an inspiration I don’t know?”
“yes?”
I was trying to gloss over it, but I was taken aback by the sudden name Morne.
But he kept his composure.
“I didn’t know. But why did the godfather’s name suddenly change… …?”
“Look at this bastard who keeps pretending until the end. Do you know where I get the meeting information? Of course, there are many places where you can get information besides unknown inspirations, but this time, the inspirations contacted you first. That was yesterday.”
“okay.”
“okay? done man I tried to help you, but you pretend not to know until the end.”
“Are you helping me?”
“Inspiration asked me. Please take care of me for the next year until you graduate from the academy.”
Did the godfather make such a request?
No, if you’re going to do that, please tell me in advance.
Before parting ways at Borghien, we had discussed our plans for the future.
Anyway, I am now tied to the academy.
And knowing how great the opportunity to challenge the tower is that Morn will get after graduation, he recommended that he graduate safely.
‘Anyway, since I’m in my graduating class soon, I’ll graduate in just one year. And that one year will be the right time to organize the faction.’
Along with the story that it went well, he said that he would prepare the foundation until I graduated.
Of course, it was possible because Luna was there.
Morn and Luna, there are two warlock class warlocks, so I thought it was possible to be fully prepared by the time I came.
“What kind of help do you mean?”
“What is it, do you have a craving for gumi?”
“of course. It’s tempting to hear that the world’s Salem is helping.”
“Only at times like this, you honest bastard. Okay, since I received so many things from you anyway, I was thinking of going out of my way even if you said you didn’t like it.”
Salem laughed and emptied all the remaining beer.
And the smile still lingered on his lips as he set the glass down as if to break the table.
“Are you a count?”
“yes? yes.”
“I’ll go under you.”
I couldn’t answer for a moment, wondering if I had heard it wrong.
Then Salem spoke again.
“Until you graduate. Until then, I will be with you as your vassal.”
