My Villains Episode 123
32. Mage and Druid (3)
After a long conversation, I accepted Siren Rao’s offer.
I heard that Baron Mallory was preoccupied with clearing a passage to the north. It seemed that if I didn’t step in, a dimensional collision or something would really happen.
And Akanku Karamek was also on my mind. He must be one of my sub-characters, but since he said he was doing something stupid, I wasn’t usually anxious.
After hearing the story, it seemed like he was a bad villain, just like the case of Luke, the necromancer.
But I couldn’t leave Longville right away.
“We just got here, so we need some time to prepare our order.” “Are you preparing an order?”
“I need to make a new doll, and Ethan needs to cut some runes.”
Making dolls and carving runes to prepare spells? What the hell are you talking about?
Seeing my confused expression, Ellen opened her mouth.
“Ordinary wizards need a medium when using magic.”
“What is the medium?”
“Well, to put it simply, normal magic is begging the world to make a difference.”
“… begging?”
Well, that’s a bit of a rough word. Can I say this in front of the people involved?
Whether or not she knew what I was thinking, Ellen continued her explanation with a calm expression.
“huh. In order to manifest magic, it’s not enough to pray with words and apply mana, so I’m preparing a gift. That gift is the medium.”
The boy wizard Edan, who was sitting on one side of the table, raised his voice with a slightly reddened face.
“You watch your mouth.”
“Ethan!”
“We are trading, not begging.”
Ellen snorted as she saw Ethan ignoring Shiren’s dissuade and shooting at him.
“Oh yeah? Shall we call it a deal? I hear you get the same thing every time, but sometimes you get scammed? How about improving your business skills?”
“…She seems to be a sorcerer who uses battle magic, but it’s kind of funny to see her go out without a root.” “Ethan stop it.”
“why? I’m not saying anything wrong.”
Ellen’s expression cracked slightly at Ethan’s words.
“…don’t you have a root? who?”
“You sorcerers. How can you be a sorceress when you carve at most a few spells into your soul and write them out? How is it different from siege weapons like catapults and ballistas?”
“Oh yeah?”
Holding a crystal ball in one hand and a wand in the other, Ellen flew into the air. Then, a mighty mana came pouring out and a small gust of wind arose around him.
“Uh uh uh—”
“Damn the damn thing!”
Tables and chairs were scattered here and there, and the customers of the tavern hid in confusion.
“Uh, how could such magic…
The siblings of the Lao family looked shocked at Ellen’s magic power. In particular, Ethan, who seemed to be Ellen’s age, opened his mouth as if his jaw would fall out at any moment.
“The girl is starting again.”
“Does this happen often?”
Utequai and Atalanta, who took beer mugs and retreated toward the wall, spoke in a very calm tone.
“right. It is as common as the crowing of a rooster.”
“It seemed like that too. By the way, do I need to stop talking?”
“Don’t worry. There is someone to stop you.”
“Who will stop you?”
who is who me
I sighed and woke up.
“How dare a kid playing in the dirt insult me. I myself woo you!”
As he grabbed Ellen’s lips as he was talking, he began to struggle with both arms.
“Eww!”
“Oh, I can’t really sew this up.”
I dragged Ellen, who was struggling, and winked at Siren and Ethan while hanging her head.
“sorry. He’s not such a bad guy, but he makes a lot of mistakes.”
“…Ah um. okay.”
“Whoop whoop!”
“How long does it take to prepare that order?”
Siren, who opened her eyes wide and took turns looking at Ellen and me, answered a beat late.
“Oh, half a day is enough.”
“Half a day. Then, let’s prepare fully for today and leave early tomorrow morning.”
“Yes, I understand.”
I shrugged my shoulders as I looked back at Siren’s group standing hesitantly.
“Do you have more to do?”
“Um no.”
“How about Atilia?”
Atalanta, who was leaning against the wall, smiled and said,
“Can we come here by morning? See you tomorrow.”
He greeted the two warriors and left. Subsequently, when Shiren and the others left the tavern, Utequai also stood up from his seat.
“I am preparing too.”
“What preparation?”
“Akanku is a powerful enemy. You have to wear combat makeup.”
Then, it was to walk away. I dragged Ellen up to the room and said to Amias gangster Lee, who was standing there dumbfounded.
“What are you doing there? Go get ready for camp and do some training.”
“You came back early yesterday, so you still have camping supplies left?”
“It won’t be enough for 16 people. And just in case you didn’t know, fill it up for two days and
say, “Okay. Is that all right?”
“Oh, buy some food and get my pauldron from the smithy! Pass out a glass of beer to each customer!”
Ignoring Amias who was making a sound of pain, I dragged Ellen into the room.
By the time I left the tavern after teasing Ellen for a while, the guy sitting on my arm was fiddling with a crystal ball with a pouty face.
“Do you like it that much?”
“what.”
“That crystal ball. You haven’t let go of it since before.”
“It’s just an adjustment.”
The crystal orb that Siren gave as a reward was a very useful magic tool.
To briefly explain the function, it is a kind of auxiliary battery that allows the magician to store his mana and draw it out when needed.
“Do I need to make adjustments or something?”
“If you don’t step in, mana leaks out every time you use it.”
“okay?”
“okay. So don’t talk to me.”
I was nagging her so much that Ellen looked a bit sulky. It seems like they don’t deserve it for being humiliated in front of people.
But really, I’m also the main book. Ellen’s pouting face while fiddling with the crystal ball couldn’t look so cute.
I hope Ellen always smiles, but on the other hand, it would be a pity if I couldn’t see her pouting or crying expression. Have I become addicted?
As we were thinking about that, we arrived at Master Castrite’s laboratory.
I asked Ellen, who was floating, once again.
“Check that potion carefully. Is it really made here?”
“Because I know.”
Master Castrite greeted us as usual.
As she and Ellen started to have a conversation that I couldn’t understand, I quietly left the lab. Then, with a slow pace, he looked around the Yeongju Hall.
Eh, normally it’s time for Sir Killian to ride around, but he can’t be seen. I was going to greet you as if it was a coincidence and ask about the subjugation of the Anupad army.
When I was about to give up and return to the lab, I suddenly found a flower in a corner of a wooden fence.
A pile of stones under a wooden fence and a flower blooming between them. The bony flower stalk, branches, and purple petals with their heads bowed attract attention.
“Is it a Pasqueflower?”
No, when I looked closely, it was not a pasque flower. There was no white downy hair, and the tilt of the head was not natural.
I sat down in front of the flower for no reason. Like about half of the flowers I’ve seen in Middle World so far, they look very strange when you take a close look at them.
“…it looks like an azalea.”
When I was 23 or 24, I went to Gunpo with my girlfriend. I was moved alone when I saw the azaleas filling the garden. In my faint memories, only the purple light waving in the spring breeze was clear…
“…Sir Phoenix?”
“Ugh!”
Someone screamed from behind me as I jumped up like a spring in surprise.
“Wow!”
“ma’am?”
I turned around to see a young woman with her shoulders shrunken and clenched fists shaking. Skin like white jade in tightly wrapped clothes. It was Baroness Dionea.
How engrossed I was that I hadn’t noticed an ordinary lady coming close by?
I blamed myself inwardly and quickly helped the baroness.
“I’m sorry ma’am. I apologize for thinking about something else for a while”
“Oh no. are you okay.”
The baroness, holding my arm and holding her breath for a moment, let out a slight laugh.
“I’m sorry, I was usually surprised.”
“I’m sorry. But what
are you doing up to this point?”
“I happened to see a wonder on the way.”
” ah.”
“What were you doing here?”
There was curiosity in his dark green eyes. Embarrassed, I scratched my eyebrows and answered.
“I was on my way to Master Castrite’s laboratory, and I heard there was a flower here…
“…a flower?”
Following my gaze, the baroness turned her head and smiled lightly.
“It’s Latria.”
“Oh, is the name of this flower Latria?”
” yes?”
The baroness suddenly covered her mouth with a jingle laugh.
…what? Did my expression look a bit stupid?
“Hmm hmm. sorry. Were you in a bad mood?” “No, it can’t be.” The Baroness squatted in front of a flower called Latria.
“Someone must have stepped on it. Poorly.”
“Still, the branch didn’t break.”
“If the sun shines well, he’ll raise his head right away.”
The baroness glanced around.
“Doesn’t this seem a bit difficult?”
“Um, I don’t know.”
Squatting down next to the baroness, she stared at the flower in silence before opening her mouth.
“Can you fix this flower too?”
“…fix it?”
“You healed my hand.”
” ah.”
I don’t think so. It’s not that the flowers don’t bleed.
While thinking that to myself, I stretched out my finger and carefully placed it on the base of the flower. Then I tried to raise my blood pressure.
“……uh?”
“Why are you doing that, sir?”
“Oh no, for a moment.” Is it an illusion? I just felt like I felt something.
I ran my blood here and there and tried to revive my senses, but in the end I failed.
“It’s not going well.”
“is that so.”
“yes. In fact, today is the first time I’ve ever used a blood technique on a flower. Oh, was it the first time you did this to your wife?”
Jingling laughter once again. Contrary to her miserable appearance, the baroness seems to be a person who laughs a lot.
“I’m sorry again.”
“Why do you keep apologizing when you have nothing to be sorry for?”
“ah. Sorry”
“This time too.”
” oh.”
He seems like a funny person too.
As I watched with a smile, the baroness lowered her head and pursed her lips. It seems that he is choosing what to say.
“I’m growing some flowers in the courtyard of the Yeongju Hall.”
“Ah, was there a flower garden?”
“It’s not even a flower garden… There are several latrias. Would you like to take a look?”
“I’m fine. Well, I don’t think your husband will like it very much.”
” ah.”
The baroness hesitated for a moment, then continued.
“Well, it will be fine now. The baron is going out to the gateway for a while.”
“Oh is that so?”
Having said this, I accepted the baroness’s invitation because I thought it would be rude if I refused.
The courtyard of the Yeongju Hall was decorated quite well. The red peonies, pink daisies, and purple latrias planted in the small wooden fence were in perfect harmony.
But… why is the surroundings so quiet?
“Come to think of it, the servants are nowhere to be seen.”
The baroness, who was walking silently next to her, cleared her throat and answered.
“Well, the baron dragged it to the gateway.”
Since Longville was a small barony, there were few military facilities. At most, a castle or a gateway is the end.
So now all the mercenaries and conscripts the lord had gathered were camped near the gate.
“Is it enough to even mobilize the servants?”
“I don’t know, but… I’m worried that you are overdoing this and that.”
“Did you say it was impossible?”
“Recently, you have been in frequent contact with the Count.”
Count? Wait a minute, the name of the count who governs this province is…
“Are you talking about Count Tristan?”
“yes. I think it’s because of the monsters blocking the way…. Every time a letter from the Count comes, I get on my nerves.”
He says he often exchanges letters with the count. Come to think of it, the leader of the mercenaries who attacked Atalanta was a former sergeant of Count Tristan.
well my head is complicated
“It will be very painful, ma’am.”
“yes?”
“I don’t know your husband well, but he doesn’t seem to have the personality to let go of his anger alone.”
“Ah…
when the baroness fell silent, I held out my hand.
“Could you give me your hand for a minute?”
“Uh I.”
“Even if I can’t fix Latria, I think I can look after your wife.”
The baroness hesitated for a moment before reaching out to me. I held that trembling hand and slowly raised my blood.
“Eww” Maybe
it was because of the itchiness, but my slender hand tried to step back, but I tightened my grip and closed my eyes.
“Hold on for a moment.”
“……yes yes.”
As I concentrated, I could feel the blood vessels running through the baroness’ body. In addition to that, the traces of violence left here and there on his body touched his senses, albeit faintly.
When I finished as much treatment as I could and opened my eyes,
I saw the restless baroness.
Perhaps because of the money, not only the face but also the ears and nape of the neck are stained red. Because of her transparent skin, the change is particularly noticeable.
At that moment, a muffled sound came from outside the Yeongju Hall.
As I was still listening, the baroness, who heard the sign later, took my hand in surprise.
“It’s the baron. Come this way.”
Unexpectedly, he was led by the baroness’ hand and hid in a corner of the courtyard. A small space between a large tree and an exterior wall.
“… this number is not enough. They are an army, not an ordinary Anupad.”
“We gathered all the mercenaries in the army of the territory, so where else do we need to squeeze them out?”
The voices of the man and the lord gradually got closer.
Grabbing my hand, the baroness threw herself against a large tree. I felt sorry for her, so I hugged her without realizing it.
“Ask Count Tristan to provide battle mages and elite soldiers.”
“dog sound! Even considering the debt he already owes to the count, his back would break. If you extend your hand beyond this, the mine and everything else will be taken away.”
“Brother, this is not the time to be greedy!”
…older brother? Did Baron Mallory have a brother?
“Isn’t this all for you! Do you want to live on a piece of land spanning a span? like me!”
A refreshing scent that I couldn’t tell whether it was cloves or mint crossed my nose. The woman in my arms trembled but slowly lifted her head and looked at me.
“kyung.”
Moist lips trembled slightly. There was an unknown heat in his dark green eyes.
“Dionea? Dionea!”
The baron’s shouts made the woman’s shoulders shrink.
“Where the hell is this motherfuckin’ bitch gone?”
“Don’t be so. Rumors of his brother treating his wife badly have already spread in the surrounding estates. You’re disgracing yourself.”
“It’s the face that Ulkar has already painted. What’s going to change by spoiling it?”
He held the woman’s shoulders tightly. The tremors subsided little by little.
“Stop talking nonsense and loosen up your men. Find out where this damn bitch is fucking with a bastard!”
By the time the lord’s shouting had died down, I was kissing his wife.
