Chapter 29. What you can handle (3)
“How can I contact you?”
Calian got off the small carriage traveling inside the palace and asked the maid Merlin who was waiting to meet him.
The new Baron, who had been granted the estate of the deceased Baron Howlpin, whom Lemain had mentioned at a recent meeting, came to the palace to pay his respects. Actually, it doesn’t have much meaning in the palace, but it was Sunday, a holiday anyway, and it was a bit late to enter the palace. However, in accordance with Lemain’s wishes to proceed with this matter as quickly as possible, he came at such a time and on such a day.
Therefore, Kalian and Plantz also went to the Senyu Pavilion and had a brief face-to-face meeting. Afterwards, Calian had just arrived at Chermil Palace after meeting Alan.
“There was none, prince.”
“Ok, thanks.”
Calian nodded, spoke without much reaction, and then walked away. I knew it wouldn’t be a good idea to show any more signs that I was worried because I hadn’t heard from Arsene.
– It is said that the construction of the mobile magic circle has already been completed. There was no significant news from the association either.
Alan’s words lingered in my mind.
The delay in building the mobile magic circle does not mean that the two will not come. And the branch of the Wizards’ Association, which would have been notified if something had happened to the Margrave where Gray Brisen was located, did not know any other details.
‘I’m not the type of person to miss the promised period.’
It’s not anyone else, it’s Arsene.
Arsene is silently not meeting the deadline. Climbing the stairs to the third floor, Calian’s eyes were quietly focused on his feet.
In fact, excluding Allen, the two strongest wizards in Kairis were together. So, it would be right to think that he would come back safely on his own, but that was not the case for Kalian.
Because among ‘them’ there was a person who drove Kalian to the brink of death. So, no matter how capable those two are, I can’t relax.
‘If I had known this would happen, I would have sent at least a communication ring.’
Calian, who was thinking regretfully for a moment like this, smiled without realizing it.
It was funny to see myself truly worrying about Arsene Hertz, who was no one else.
Calian, who came to the third floor and stood in front of the room, raised his hand to block Yan’s attempt to open the door. Then he turned his head and smiled at Yan.
“No. I’ll just be alone.”
“Yes, my prince. Don’t worry too much. It’ll be okay.”
Calian only nodded, and Yan bowed slightly and then walked away towards the stairs again.
– After
looking at the back for a moment, Kalian went into the room and went back out to the terrace without turning on the light.
I could feel the wind carrying the end of spring, but there was no time to enjoy it leisurely. Because I didn’t come out to organize my thoughts.
“What’s going on?”
So I just asked this.
It was aimed at the pale emerald-colored back of his head, who, unlike himself, was sitting on a terrace chair in an extremely leisurely manner.
When I sat in the carriage and entered Chermil Palace, I already recognized that pea-like top of the head over the railing of the third floor terrace. It was a dark night, so only Kalyan, who had exceptional eyesight, saw it. So, Yan also got bitten and entered the room alone.
Plantz, who had been sitting motionless in response to Calian’s question with his eyes closed, quietly opened his eyes and answered in a low voice.
“To serve as Jeon Seo-gu.”
Kalian’s eyes narrowed slightly when he heard those words.
There was no need to ask who would be able to use Planz as a former leader.
* * *
– Drip, drip,
the sound of water droplets flowing down the ceiling and hitting the floor echoed through the walls. It was that quiet.
Part of the reason was that the place I was in was a rock cave in the forest, but the biggest reason was the person who opened his mouth inside it.
For a long time, only the sound of falling water was heard, and then a eerie voice broke the silence.
“I should have gone when they told me to go quietly.”
The person next to him
said, “I think it would be a good idea to hold out just one more time today, President.”
Of course, of course, it was Euria and Arsene who had been fine until now without any incident.
Arsene, who had spoken to stop Euria, opened his mouth again.
“Isn’t the situation bad to catch him now?”
“Since when does a wizard look at a situation and catch someone?”
“I’ve always seen you, president of the association.”
To explain why two wizards are having such a leisurely conversation in a cave in the forest, we have to go back in time a little.
A few days ago, the day after Arsene froze the French fries.
Until then, their schedule had been very peaceful. Of course, four beers didn’t make Arsene’s mind very peaceful, but it wasn’t a big problem.
After eating, the two spent some time touring around the Briseen Territory, and only as evening fell and the sun was about to set did they go to see Gray.
When Arsene, who was supposed to come that day, didn’t come for a whole day, he asked for time to think. Gray wondered if he had missed his last chance, and his face turned white. In such a situation, not only Arsene but also the head of the Wizards Association came in, so Gray answered that he would join hands with Arsene without even thinking about mentioning other conditions.
Arsene, who safely carried out Calian’s request, soon visited the branch of the Wizard’s Association and sent a letter to Calian.
okay.
There were no problems up to that point.
That night, Euria only drank one bottle of Himolica and Arsene only drank three beers. Gray’s men didn’t even come after him. So there were no problems up to this point.
The next day after drinking and eating in moderation. The problem arose from the moment Euria explained that it was Arsene’s turn to help with his work.
“The clam forest is just a day away from here, and the last sighting was that it lived somewhere in there.”
A scholar who claimed that he could create new things. The place where he was last found, with no name and just ‘a certain scholar’ written on it. The place was in a forest called Clam near the border.
Clam Forest was also the location of the moving magic circle that Calian was constructing here and there in Kyris. Since the mobile magic circle could not be set up in a conspicuous place, it was also set up in the forest. Thanks to this, Euria was able to come here using the excuse of a magic circle.
Arsene asked with a look on his face as if he had heard something wrong.
“Do you mean Clam Forest?”
“Oh there.”
Arsene was usually able to understand Euria’s words well, but not this time. Arsene opened his mouth again, looking like he needed confirmation.
“Are you trying to find traces of the person who was last seen somewhere in the forest?”
“yes.”
“A person who is no longer alive in that vast forest.”
“It’s a record from about 300 years ago, but if it’s still alive, is it a person?”
Arsene, who was looking at Euria with a look in his eyes as if he were a human being, the president of the association, for the first time saying such a thing, quickly came back to the cowardly head.
Euria smiled and said after seeing Arsene.
“I helped you, kid, so you should pay back.”
The only thing Euria helped Arsene with was walking around with him all day and meeting Gray to say a word or two. It was very unfair, but a promise is a promise. Therefore, Arsene had no choice but to nod his head. Anyway, it was a mistake to freeze the French fries, and Euria can fry Arsene instead of potatoes at any time.
So, Arsene once again sent a letter to Calian saying, ‘I plan to visit the Clam Forest with Euria, so I might be late.’ Clearly sent.
After that, I came to the forest and searched through the forest with great difficulty until it finally arrived on Sunday.
Early in the morning, Euria woke up to the sound of birds, caught a wild chicken, roasted it until golden brown, and yawned satiatedly. Something caught her eye.
“It’s a new house.”
As Euria said, a new house was built on a tree that was reasonably tall. Euria, who was watching it closely, smiled at Arsene.
“Let’s eat eggs.”
“Do you mean bird eggs?”
Arsene could not even touch the common rabbits and deer, and only hunted chickens and pigs, which he was familiar with. Until now, we have not only caught wild chickens and wild boars for no reason. Arsene had his own clear criteria for dividing ‘what can be eaten and what cannot.’ And wild bird eggs were not within the edible category.
It’s not an egg or a duck egg, it’s a bird egg.
How cute the baby bird is! I can’t wait to eat it!
“No new eggs, Chairman of the Association. When Kairisis returns, I will buy you a lot of eggs.”
They say they are good at killing people but can’t touch bird eggs. Euria, who looked at this incomprehensibly sensitive magician for a long time, smiled and answered.
“I see.”
Still, Euria, who was looking at the tree again with a slightly regretful feeling, tightened the corners of her eyes. Then he started looking closely at the back of the tree where the bird’s nest was.
“There’s something moving over there. Can you see it, kid?”
Following his grandfather’s old saying not to believe anything unless he could see it with his own eyes and ears, Euria had never practiced vision-enhancing magic. Therefore, Arsene stood up, checked the place on behalf of Euria, and spoke.
“There’s a cave or something. By the way.”
Arsene added, after paying more attention to see what was moving in front of the cave.
“… I think I got cut off by the birds.”
While I was excitedly eating the chicken and contemplating whether to eat the bird eggs or not, I was cut in line by Secretia’s three men.
Euryana Arsene could not always broaden their horizons like Alan. I didn’t have that much mana and I didn’t have enough mental strength to maintain it all the time. When I looked around for a moment before eating, there was no one nearby, but in the meantime, I came to a nearby place and entered the cave first.
Euria smiled sweetly, having finally realized that she was still being followed by Secretia’s servants.
* * *
Euria went to the forest to find traces of the stone.
The secretaries of Secretia chased after ‘them’.
Euria killed ‘those’ who had been following her, and Secretia’s ministers reported the fact to Chase.
– Do not provoke the wizards and return to the nest.
Afterwards, I received this reply from Chase.
It was an order to avoid clashing with Euria and Arsene and to return to Kairisis.
But the three men did not retreat.
Those who had come all the way here died at the hands of Euria in one day. However, Euria also seemed to be following ‘them’.
‘If we follow carefully, we might be able to get another clue.’
So I ended up being greedy like this.
Of course, the three men knew well how dangerous Euria and Arsene were. So I followed them very carefully.
After some time, I saw Arsene sending a letter from the branch of the Wizards Association in the Margrave of Briseen. A day later, the second Jeon Seo-gu took off.
I missed the first jeonseogu, but caught the second jeonseogu.
– Siren says there is something to check near the moving magic circle. Since I am planning to move together, there will likely be some delay in the arrival of Kyrisis.
So, the Sejaks first moved to the location written in the second letter. I also contacted Chase in advance in case he encountered Euria and died during the investigation.
They apologized for disobeying orders and acted on their own and wrote down where they were headed.
After that, they succeeded in finding a suspicious cave that seemed to have had its entrance artificially closed a little earlier than Euria.
The Sejaks approached the cave with quiet movements, cleared away the vines and stones blocking the cave entrance, and entered inside.
The inside of the cave, illuminated by a magic lantern, was not very large.
As I walked inside, I saw furniture that had rotted or rotted away to the point where it was difficult to identify, scattered here and there. I also saw papers filled with unknown characters written on them, filling the entire wall.
A long time had passed for the furniture to rot, but when the three workers saw that the paper was still intact, they looked around nervously and looked around.
At that time, I was looking around at such an unfamiliar sight.
“I told him to pass by and he was here.”
A clear voice echoed through the cave, accompanied by the sound of clattering footsteps.
The reaper of midday.
Euria’s low, eerie voice rang out as if it were piercing the birds’ ears.
“…Go back.”
Fears filled with dark energy spread out and filled the cave.
