Chapter 55. To the abyss, you (6)
There are Teylans in Secretia.
There is Euria and there is Arsene. Above all, there is Kalyan. Even if there is an attack from someone right now, it will never be easily defeated.
I repeated those words dozens of times in my head and held my feet as I was about to return to Secretia. Alan, who had made up his mind that he couldn’t make the same mistake again, opened his mouth.
“If not, who is?”
“The one who disappeared this time is Sir Adelia.”
Likewise, Eline, who was trying to hide her worry-filled eyes, continued speaking.
“The wizard named Gina you mentioned disappeared last year. She is not the one I mentioned this time. Adelia’s real name is Aizen Dinahan. 7th circle wizard.”
Adelia. And Ruben.
Those two were the names of two other great wizards that Alan knew and were known to the world.
Since the situation was moving quickly, Euria only gave a simple explanation. A female mage named Gina whom I knew in Rivern. All they said was that they used dual attribute magic with the power of the black pebble. In fact, that was all Euria knew.
And Alan did not ask Elinne what circle of wizard the person who ran away was. Since he had asked me to keep an eye on two wizards from the 7th circle and other high-ranking circle wizards, I naturally thought that Gina was the one who had run away from Riverne this time.
“Adelia has stayed in the eastern magic tower, so we’ve probably never seen each other.”
“Neither of the other two have ever been encountered.”
Although they are human, they are wizards who possess extra-human powers once they reach the 3rd circle. Each high circle wizard serves as a means to significantly increase the power of each country.
A wizard like Alan, whose goal was not to increase the number of circles, was not reluctant to have countries try to summon him in some way. I showed my face and name and lived a busy life. On the contrary, those whose goal was to increase the number of circles and overcome the wall of the 9th circle that had not yet appeared did not want such intervention. I longed to somehow separate myself from the world, study magic, and overcome the wall. The other two great wizards had similar tendencies.
Therefore, Rivern hid the identities of the two great wizards living in the country. They eliminated as much of their past traces as possible, gave them new names, and provided a training space where they could stay until they were satisfied. Because of this, even though Alan had been in Rivern for 10 years, he could not even know their real names, let alone get to know them.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, so we’ll have to postpone our leisurely conversation until later.”
“Perhaps Adelia is connected to the force called Zeon you mentioned?”
“I hope not. I especially hope that it has nothing to do with that snake-like bastard from Secretia…”
Alan raised his hand and massaged his temple.
“I’m sorry. You warned me like that.”
“If a wizard puts his mind to it, who can’t fool him? It’s not Rivern’s fault or your highness’s fault, so don’t think of it that way.”
“…… okay.”
“Strengthen the security. If that wizard is related to Xeon, it will be difficult for Rivern’s wizards to deal with him without causing damage.”
“I guess so.”
After saying this and continuing his thoughts for a short time, Alan opened his mouth.
“I’d like to meet the other guy who’s been hanging out at the Western Magic Tower. Is that possible?”
Ruben.
According to what little is known, it refers to another great wizard who is now approaching the age of 70.
Eline asked with a slightly surprised expression, as if Alan’s words were unexpected.
“I thought you said you would go back right away.”
“You can’t miss out on something you need just because you’re worried. If something urgent happens, you’ll be contacted, so I’ll have to meet that guy first. If one guy has different feelings, the other guy’s heart will be shaken too. It’s clear.”
“You’re probably saying that you want to see it right away.”
“Would a wizard tell day and night?”
Eline thought for a moment and nodded.
“Okay. I’ll guide you.”
Soon, Eline turned around first and walked towards the carriage. The sound of blades of grass rustling against the hem of his wide white pants gradually became distant.
Alan turned his head and followed Ronil’s name again with his eyes.
* * *
Because I told you to rest in peace.
“Meow! Meow!”
“Niaowong!”
I rested comfortably.
A place that Plants of that day in the past would never have entered. So, even if you add up everything then and now, it is clear that this was the first place you came to. It was sponsored by the annex.
“Lucy. Anne.”
The two white and dark cats took turns answering the low voice calling them.
Lucy wore a red cape-like outfit with white fur, and Anne wore a small pink fluffy scarf. It seems that Balkan wizards took care of it.
“Aww.”
“Meow meow meow.”
Fortunately, this time, he didn’t turn his back on Plants and answered by blinking. It’s fortunate, but what’s disappointing is that Anne has grown up so much.
Meanwhile, Anne, who seemed to have already grown to the size of a fist, looked at Planz with bigger and brighter amber eyes. Lucy passed Anne and came a little closer to the crystal board and stretched out one of her front paws. And then I put it on the revision board.
Plants eventually chuckled as the pink soles filled the screen.
“I can’t see it, Lucy.”
“Aeow aeow.”
“… Okay, I’ll go.”
Soon Lucy took her steps. To be precise, I made room for Anne, who approached me in the same way. This time, Plantz laughed again at the large gray face that filled the screen.
I felt like I wanted to quickly go back and kneel down on the warm, soft belly, so I watched the cats in the crystal board without saying another word for a while.
– Ja-bak, jap-a-bak.
Then I heard someone walking. Calian, who went to the main gate of the palace with Chase, did not return, but it was a sound that came from within the screen. Relic’s small voice was heard and some time passed.
Suddenly, large, round blue-grey eyes appeared behind Lucy and Anne. Instead of taking the crystal plate from the two cats, the person stuck his knees on the floor and stuck his face out.
“His Crown Prince Planz.”
It was Jan.
Do you want to call me a name or swear?
In any case, Plantz knew as well as Calian that Jan would never treat Plantz warmly even if he lived his whole life.
“why.”
So Plantz also opened his mouth without much emotion about that reaction.
“Is our prince alive?”
Then Jan asked a very profane question.
You must be angry.
“If you’re alive, there’s no way you’d forget me and not look for me. No matter how long I waited, you never contacted me. So, my prince is alive, right?”
Anyway, I wasn’t very delicate, so I didn’t contact the palace even once.
Below article. It hasn’t been long since my younger brother’s complexion returned to normal, so if I had contacted him before then, that baby elephant would probably have been here by now.
“I’m breathing.”
The baby elephant’s face turned blue as he asked if Kalyan was alive at the answer he gave quite calmly.
“Are you just breathing? Are you hurt again?”
I think there was a misunderstanding.
Isn’t this a misunderstanding?
“How injured are you? Some bird…someone like our flower…”
“You’re all better.”
“Are you okay?”
“are you okay.”
Plantz, who had cut off that ridiculous modifier, quickly responded to the guy who seemed to be trying to tell whether it was Jan or the duke’s son, Siroian. It’s been a while since I leisurely looked at cats, and I wonder what’s going on.
“… Yes. I just want to know that you are okay. Please tell our prince that he must not forget me.”
“okay.”
The two people, who didn’t know how long Calian had been looking for Jan today, ended their conversation by exchanging voices that were as rough and stiff as pieces of dried and crumbled cookies after about three years.
While the short conversation continued, Anne fell asleep, and Lucy went and curled up next to her. After observing the pretty appearance for some time, Plantz said hello to Relic and turned off the crystal panel.
A long time had passed before I knew it, and the sky was pitch black.
– Ja-bak, jap-a-bak.
As I was looking up at the countless stars in the sky, I heard footsteps from somewhere.
The revision plate was turned off.
And there were few people who could approach where the crown prince was without saying a word. If I had to choose, it would be the crown prince’s brother or the same crown prince.
“Hina.”
Is she just the crown prince’s fiancé holding an ice cream in one hand?
Since I wouldn’t leave Hina alone, I knew that Kirie would definitely be watching from somewhere. Still, Planz did not hesitate and pointed to the empty seat next to him. Hina will never know how much courage this act requires.
– Aren’t you cold?
Instead of sitting down, Hina put down the ice cream first and asked in sign language.
“It’s not cold.”
I wore the blue cloak that Alan gave me again today. The cloak was soaked with someone’s blood that night, but I put it on without another thought. Because Calian wiped away the blood and it was cold now.
Hina, wearing a light blue coat with the same warming spell, smiled and nodded. Then, I moved the ice cream to the side a little and sat down next to Planz.
– I came because I heard a cat.
“……If you want to see it.”
– are you okay. I know you’re okay, so it’s okay.
Soon Hina pointed to the ice cream and spoke.
– Because I was eating it. Would you like me to bring you a new one?
Strawberry ice cream.
Plantz chuckled, just like when he saw Lucy and Anne.
When Kalyan said he had a cold on his birthday, Hina, who gave him ice cream, asked him if it was cold today and asked if he would like some ice cream. It is clear that people think of ice cream as warm black tea.
Planz, who was looking down at the strawberry ice cream he said he liked, quietly nodded. He then stopped Hina, who was about to get up and go get ice cream.
“No. Later.”
– yes. I’ll bring it to you later. Let’s eat together.
“okay.”
Neither Hina nor Plantz knew that it would be okay to have an attendant here, but Hina said that and Plantz responded that way.
“Isn’t that worth it?”
And I asked this:
Because I learned that there is nothing free in this world.
Hina, who blinked and thought about what Planz meant, laughed with a sound like a spring breeze. And while he was about to shake his head, he seemed to have changed his mind and nodded.
– Please teach me just one thing instead.
“okay.”
He answers that he knows without even asking what it is.
Hina said that she thought that if she had more time in the future, she should carefully consider such matters and let her know.
– I want to know how to send magical energy far away.
“Why magic power?”
– Stones in the body are bad, right? I heard the president of the association say something similar.
In addition to Needlen making various mistakes in speaking, there were more stories to hide from Calian. My younger brother wouldn’t be so rational if he heard that Hina knew about the pebble through Euria.
Hina continued speaking as she looked at Plantz, who nodded calmly.
– Because the kind prince would not let me go to a dangerous place. I’m going to practice seeing if I can remove the stone by looking at it from afar. It would be better if treatment could be done from a distance.
“Are you saying that you will use magic to heal from a distance?”
– yes. that’s right.
It is possible to treat and remove stones without having to get close to them. Does Hina know how loud that sounds?
Blinking slowly, Plantz gave up trying to consider the possibility of Hina’s idea coming true and nodded. Although he couldn’t teach him how to use magic, Plants knew how to use and expand magical power.
To put it simply….
‘If you say yap, you say yuk.’
no.
Not this.
“okay.”
– Thank you. Good crown prince.
“… You. Why.”
Should I ask why you call me that?
It seems like teaching me how to use magic is a bit of an unequal deal compared to giving me ice cream.
So I was thinking of asking one more question.
This time, Plantz just put it in and shook his head.
“no.”
I don’t know if she heard what was said or not, but Hina just smiled.
* * *
– Are you talking about a 7th circle wizard?
– I say so.
– All right. I’ll be on guard.
– Be careful. I’ll just meet the old man and then I’ll be on my way.
– yes. Teacher, please be careful too.
– Don’t worry.
After finishing his conversation with Alan, Calian smiled slightly.
Rather than saying it was to cover up his stern expression, he smiled in anticipation.
‘okay. ‘You are not a great person to step down like this.’
Alan said it was difficult to confirm the connection between the missing wizard and Devlan, but Calian could tell. As always, I just assumed it was related.
Is it because my mother is an elf?
Didn’t they say that elves sometimes look ahead to time? Maybe that’s why I often felt that way at some point, and this time was the same.
“What’s going on?”
“No, brother.”
Chase, who was nearby, asked, and Calian immediately shook his head. That didn’t mean it was really nothing, it just meant we’d talk about it later. Chase probably doesn’t have time to worry about anything else right now.
“… So, Marquis, how about we clear up all the misunderstandings and just head back?”
Devlan came out in front of the palace where Lei Jian Lin was. He led his precious body and personally came out of the palace. I personally led the nobles whom I was ‘protecting’ with my own hands.
“You said you didn’t want my protection, so I came out here to see you off myself.”
The plan went awry.
That night, Chase planned to rescue the nobles that Devlan had detained and get them out of the palace. This was so that Chase would help the nobles first and not be perceived as a king who was established through the power of the nobles.
However, Devlan moved before Chase’s birds. Just before the birds took advantage of the darkness to infiltrate the palace, Devlan took out the nobles he had detained in the main palace. Then he appeared in front of Marquis Lei Jian Lin, who was demanding their release, and called Chase.
Calian was the only one who could completely protect Chase here. If only military force was needed, there would be nothing to worry about as there were Teilans on the Raijian side, but protection was needed from the position of ‘watching them with a completely objective eye’. So Kalyan came along. Devlan did not stop Kalyan from being present.
Calian, who is supposed to be completely objective, will not be able to step forward even if Chase is cornered.
“But there are a lot of faces I haven’t seen before. Because I heard stories about them, I called the Crown Prince. I wanted to see them in person and have something to ask.”
Devlan said this and looked around.
Other than Lei Jian and his soldiers, and many others who had nothing to do with this matter but had gathered the courage to come out to see this great sight, were looking at the birds.
Chase looked at Devlan with calm eyes.
“Please speak.”
“Are these troops secretly raised by the crown prince? Or are they another of the marquis’ private troops?”
They were birds created by Devlan.
These birds were caught by Devlan and locked in a cage, and now decided to follow Chase.
Devlan ignored them.
“There are too many to call it a private soldier. If it is another private soldier that is not allowed, there must be an explanation from the marquis. If not, there must be an explanation from the crown prince. Which one is it? Chase.”
yellow robin. Surveyin’s face distorted. Power went into the hands of the gathered three people. Calian’s fingertips moved very slowly and drew a long, arcing line.
ah.
father.
How true of you this is.
“They are.”
In the middle of a forest with countless birds in my arms. That quiet, static voice came out.
“These are the three sons that Your Majesty raised and operated.”
Chase didn’t deny them.
Their identity was not disguised as something else.
“Sejak. What does that mean?”
“And these are the people who will return as knights of the Secretia royal family.”
“… You are the one who raised the troops.”
No one was making a fuss.
Devlan’s voice wasn’t loud and Chase’s voice was quiet. All the people of Secreta who had come to hear it all remained silent.
Because of Devlan’s last words, the words that they were Sejak will not remain in anyone’s mind. However, Calian did not intervene and watched Chase.
“Your Highness. A trace remains in a person’s life.”
Chase looked at Devlan with calm eyes.
“You may have thought that many things were erased, but not everything is erased and forgotten. The traces of a person’s life are not erased that easily. Their lives cannot be forgotten just because Your Majesty denies it.”
Devlan let out a long sigh.
It was like the sad face of someone who sees a son who blames his parents even though he committed treason.
“Also, the countless lives you erased left traces. Rather than denying everything, why not look straight ahead and ask for forgiveness now?”
“You’re saying something harsh. You, Chase.”
Chase gave a small smile at hearing his name called instead of “Ceja.” And then he nodded towards Teilan.
Teilan moves.
The royal knights came around Devlan and began to protect him from Teilan.
But Tailan did not walk towards Devlan. I didn’t extend my sword towards him. Not yet.
– Jump and jump.
The sound of the footsteps of the person with the heaviest feet in the world was directed towards the crowd. And stopped at one of them. Huge crowds. I stood in front of someone who was the smallest and youngest among them.
The child held out his hand.
Teilan quietly held the hand. And led forward.
“…… ah.”
A sigh or relief that I couldn’t bear.
That burst out of Calian’s mouth.
Devlan, who had been watching the child in silence, opened his mouth.
“Who is that child?”
Teilan did not answer. Chase also kept his mouth shut.
The small child did not respond either.
The answer came from Calian. Before I knew it, a small silent curtain had unfolded.
“This is the child who survived.”
There was a time when I couldn’t save myself.
The child is now alive.
“I will lead you to the abyss.”
It was a survivor of pruning.
