Episode 230 Episode
74. Power of the Black Dragon (3)
When Misha and Quikantel went to the room, Kuzan and Veris returned to the drawing room. They had an absurd and dazed expression on their faces.
“Are you okay? Two people.”
“…sorry. I was a little excited when I heard that I had beaten Veris. You keep showing me a third-rate side to Gongja.”
As Kuzan lowered his head, Jin waved his hand.
“What a human and good thing. It’s okay, even if it was me, if Gilly was right, the tap would have turned.”
“I… I just asked if he was a thief… but it was a situation where he could… and then he was like a dog.”
Veris frowned and touched her chin. Even though the healers used their hands, I still felt a tingling sensation even down to my gums.
Veris couldn’t erase the unfair feeling.
It’s been a month since I entered Tican here after the Blue Bird Islands.
For the first week, I felt like a crippled person because I couldn’t stand the fact that I had been obeying Joshua, my real enemy, and the fact that I had lost my magic. At that time, the aftereffects of the final phenomenon of regurgitation were so great that there was nothing else to do.
However, from the second week, Veris decided to follow Kuzan and attach her heart to this place.
The treatment wasn’t over yet, so the mana hadn’t returned, but he did whatever he could from cleaning to doing the laundry. Even if others didn’t have to, that didn’t deter her stubbornness.
If he didn’t do that, he felt that he would eventually become a useless human being.
So yesterday, while helping Latri prepare refreshments, he suffered a misfortune. Just because I asked a strange woman who appeared out of nowhere if she was a thief.
“Master, can I bring you some ice?”
said Enya, standing in front of Veris.
“Again, that bastard’s teacher. Are you crazy? Who is who’s teacher?”
“You taught me the theories and principles of wind-type magic. He also taught me 5-star magic, so he’s a master.”
“If you put it that way, all the teachers at Bement Academy must have been your teachers. Stop talking nonsense…”
Of course, losing magic didn’t mean that his unique dirty temper was gone.
“Haven’t you learned anything?”
“Do you think I don’t even know how the academy lectures are structured? Theory is taught even in the beginner class. Where are you lying?”
“But I never really learned. I was kind of discriminated against. Anyway, I’ll bring you ice, so tell me about other magic.”
Enya was unexpectedly seeing herself in Veris.
The two did not have a single similarity in appearance or personality, but this was the reason why Enya felt a sense of identity.
Maybe I’m just a burden to the people here.
After going to the cave of the Dark Magic Society, Enya was desperately clinging to training and learning whenever she had a chance.
That’s why Enya, to help Verice adapt to this place, is persistently holding on to her and learning magic one by one.
Hodad.
Veris shook her head as Enya ran to get the ice.
“Since I’ve lost my magic, everything seems to be easy on me.”
She said that, but Veris snatched the ice Enya had brought her and applied it to her chin.
“Now that you have this, you promised. I will teach you a new magic.”
“When did I?”
“I’ll wait for you at the underground training ground in the evening! Then, Gongja Jin, let’s go first!”
Enya leaves the parlor in a hurry before Veris yells.
“Oh my head hurts. Kuzan, do you have all that stuff? It still makes me feel good.”
Jin smiled and looked at Veris.
“Let me give you one piece of advice, Berris. You’d better talk to Enya in front of Quikantel. I don’t care what your sincerity is, he’ll beat you up. I can’t dry it, and if you get hit, Kuzan’s tap will turn again, right? Then Kuzan will attack again and get hit. It’s a vicious cycle.”
Veris didn’t just have a homicidal temperament. Although the expression is very, very serious, she was feeling grateful to Jin and the Tikan people.
That’s why whenever Enya makes excuses, she teaches her magic while swearing. Jin was feeling that fact, so he was just wondering if Veris was a bit fierce.
“joy.”
When Veris turned around and went somewhere, Kuzan bowed her head to Jin instead.
“I’m sorry, Gongja-nim. I will explain it so you can understand.”
“Leave it alone, you’re just saying that because you’re doing good to Enya. Gilly often praised Veris, saying that she was more helpful than I thought.”
In fact, to Kuzan and Berris, Tikan was a strangely bright land.
From childhood when even memories are hazy, he was raised and used as a hunting dog at the sacrifice of the moon, lost his Timune and went under Joshua.
The world they lived through was indescribably dark and damp. But now they are slowly realizing what it means to live like a human being.
It was the same with Julian.
“Is there anything uncomfortable these days, Julian?”
“…does not exist.”
“Right.”
didn’t say more. He still couldn’t get out of his fear of Joshua and the fact that the Guardian Dragon was being held.
The original personality itself was extremely introverted and had few words. It made me wonder how he got along with those rugged knights under Joshua.
‘The power of Gram, the god of thunder. If there’s a way to fully capture that in Sigmund, then I’ll have to take that guy to the Blue Bird Islands again.’
There was nothing wrong with strengthening Yulian’s power like Joshua did. If Yulian completely became a Jin person.
Currently, in Jin’s mind, Yulian is more like a diner than a subordinate, and Kuzan and Veris are more like subordinates than colleagues.
“Sir Casimir.”
“Yes, Confucius.”
“Did anything come out about Seongguk while I was gone?”
“After Confucius left, Bran and I met the priests, but they seemed reluctant to talk. Of course, I just said that there might be a hindrance to Tikan’s trading business so that there is no misunderstanding. Fortunately, there were a few trade ships passing by Santel.”
“You worked hard. You can smell something, too, don’t you?”
“Yes, in my opinion, the holy country, Bankela, can no longer be considered a neutral country. This job obviously helped Zipple. There hasn’t been a single proper article published yet.”
“It was the Heretic Judgment Paladins belonging to the Doctrine Guardian Dawn who sealed off Santel. In addition, inside the city, they are even working on brainwashing the common people through preaching.”
“Looks like you had to hide the events of the day even while violating Saint King Miklan’s strict orders. Or that Saint King Miklan was on the side of Ziffle in the first place…”
That was the worst case.
If the Seongguk had already been completely taken over by Zipple, problems would inevitably arise in the future when Jin’s family fought a full-scale succession war.
Obviously, many guardian knights will die or get injured, but the superior healing powers of the Holy Kingdom will not be supported. Or, even if they are supported, they have to pay a huge price incomparable to before.
It was a problem that applied not only to Jin, but also to the whole of Runkandel and to all of Hugh Fester’s samurai songs. That’s why the Holy Kingdom’s healing power and various medicines are outstanding.
“It’s not impossible, but I hope it isn’t. And there I met Rani, the adopted daughter of Holy King Salome.”
“Michlan is a person who cares for my daughter enough to be called the king of the foolish daughter in the kingdom. I’ve heard a few stories about it too. However, the fact that Seongguk sent her daughter to help Jiple was already…” “
No, Rani was a bit different from the other paladins and saints there. If it wasn’t for her in the first place, Murakan wouldn’t have been captured by Ziffle or survived.”
Jin explained the situation in detail. It was an explanation of meeting Rani and rescuing Murakan and how the battle between Kadun and Murakan was like.
“Rani said that the Seongguk is corrupt, colluding with power and covering the truth. That’s why they decided to help us. It was not Murakan who slaughtered the civilians, but rather Kadun.”
“That kind of thing… you were of great help, Confucius.”
“yes. I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but maybe the sage king has Lani attached to the Doctrine Guardian Dawning Society for surveillance?”
“You mean that not all of the Holy Kingdom joined Ziple, but some factions, including the Dawn Society, might have held hands with Zipple?”
“you’re right.”
“I think that way is more likely. When I remember the policies that Seongguk has recently implemented, most of them were something that those with vested interests would dislike. Banning seolfa is also part of that.”
It was 20 years ago that Michlan abolished seolphasul. The progress of the previous life and the progress of the current life were not old enough to feel the fierce opposition that arose within the castle at the time.
On the other hand, since Casimir was an imperial family, he did not forget that at that time, meetings were held every day and related articles were pouring in.
It was reasonable because the most powerful and easiest method of evangelism was banned.
“However, it is a bit unconvincing to say that the vested interests of the Seongguk joined Zipple because of their repulsion. In particular, if it is a huge force like Zipple, there is a high risk of attracting them by mistake and only serving as minions.”
“That’s right, Confucius. If that was the case, it would have been better to be condescending and bring down the Holy King. Hmmm, I guess I need to get it right. Somehow, I have a hunch that a more complicated relationship will emerge than I thought.”
“First, please find out about Rani Salome. I’ve heard of a person called the 5th Captain of the Dawning calling for punishment, so if Miklan didn’t stop it, he’d be punished.”
“All right. As Murakan-nim’s great benefactor, we will come up with a way to compensate for the inconvenience.”
* * *
The next morning Murakan noticeably improved.
The fire-like fever has completely disappeared, and he is walking around the Tikan hallway with his tail erect, just like any other cheerful cat.
The fever naturally went down without the healers using their hands.
[Miyah, Miyaa.]
“Nyan.”
Shuri was often seen laying Murakan face down on the floor and rolling it like a ball while playing.
“Couldn’t you just give it back? You look happy in your own way. Why don’t you just let it live as it is? To save some air.”
“Misha.”
“I’m kidding. It would have been nice if he was as charming as half of that state when he was still in his mind. Hmmm… from now on, even if you hear some rather loud sounds, including screams, just wait. Do you understand?”
Misha’s shadow fell on top of Murakan who had fallen.
She looked down at Murakan and smiled wickedly.
