Chapter 88. The more the better (1)
says Kalyan.
“I like people.”
Silestian answered.
“I didn’t like it.”
Silestian stood up.
Calian raised his head.
“Aren’t you saying hello?”
“Aren’t you going to explain?”
And I got angry at the same time.
* * *
No one had any doubts.
It happened in an instant.
‘Alan’, who appeared without any sign a moment ago, immediately used his magic power. Then, a blinding light burst out and ‘Alan’ and Calian disappeared. Not only the other party members who were with him, but even Raven, who had been carrying Calian until just before, were left behind.
“Are you all okay?”
Immediately after that, another ‘Alan’ appeared, and only after seeing him, I was able to understand the situation.
“Wizard.”
“By the way, where is Prince Calian?”
That my brother is gone.
“… It disappeared.”
That my younger brother has disappeared again.
It’s been a long time since I lost faith that my younger brother would actually keep his word that he would not disappear. It was not expected that the days would continue without Calian breaking his word. Because in my good mind, which was able to calculate more accurately than anyone else, various possibilities that my younger brother would inevitably disappear against his will were listed.
“Just now. You, the wizard, took him away.”
“You’re taking me away.”
So, at some point, it will happen again that my brother, who is receiving so much attention, will be kidnapped somewhere and disappear. So even if something like that happens, you shouldn’t lose your mind like you did last time. I had expectations and made my own preparations.
I did it.
“Are you saying it disappeared again?”
I didn’t know that Alan’s patience would explode. I never thought I would be standing in front of the 8th Circle Archmage who literally exploded the peer that contained such a fear that I couldn’t even feel the chill.
Even after doing my best to save it, it was still overflowing. I will regain my composure soon, so please wait a moment.
Alan didn’t say that.
“… Please go back first.”
Plantz put his hand on the handle of the Sinastar, not sure if the first ‘Alan’ who appeared or the second ‘Alan’ who appeared was real. When Alan first appeared, his voice and footsteps seemed a little different from usual, so Kirie tried to tell him to wait a moment, but was one step late. Not Calian, but Randel, who would have the same face even if my heart disappeared right now. And even the elf assassin who was sleeping without knowing what had happened.
Alan didn’t even care about everyone’s reactions.
Whether you doubt yourself and pull out your sword, trust you and say you will follow, or observe the situation. I didn’t even add anything like telling them to rest assured that I was the real Alan Manasil.
– Sigh!
Alan Manasil, who didn’t need to prove himself in anything, just snapped his fingers.
So, I ended up returning to Whitlin.
Except for Calian, who disappeared without any way to stop it.
-……Many angles!
Raven moved her legs.
Animals are more sensitive than people. He instinctively feels the fierceness of a knight and the fear of a wizard, and knows how to tremble in surprise.
So, I feel a deep sense of relief that the only horses here were properly trained. If not, everyone would have fallen off their horses at least once. Even the great Raven couldn’t hold back any longer and took a step back with her entire body stiffened, but the other horses were horrendous.
Is it not only that?
Randel’s hands, which were tightly holding on to the handle of the horse’s saddle, were showing veins, or Kirie, who had been well-trained despite the rigors of life as she had to spar with Calian most of the time, was breathing with strength, and Plantz, who had no way of stopping for the most part. The whole thing left my mind completely blank. It’s natural. It wasn’t something to be considered weak.
“…… Corps Commander.”
So, in the midst of this, approach Alan and talk to him.
That alone had to be truly amazing.
The strongest archmage on the continent is in a situation where my son, whom I never want to lose again, was taken away by a man disguised as himself, judging by the sound of ‘you took him’ without even being able to do anything about it. Because no one can imagine opening one’s mouth through the words that are flowing out loud.
“You can’t do this here.”
Moreover, this admonition is added.
So it is true that it is truly amazing.
If you were to change it to another word with the same meaning, it would be something like, ‘That blue-haired crazy guy must be crazy about dying right now.’
“Lord Bern. Commander, why are you acting like that?”
Arsene asked, looking at Kyrie. It was obvious that if you asked Planz about it, you would only get compressed and cut words.
“Someone disguised as Lord Manasil came and took Prince Calian and disappeared with him.”
“when?”
“Just now.”
“Who do you know?”
“I do not know.”
Arsene, who heard the situation from Kyrie, bit his lip. Then, he opened his eyes, took a long breath, and took a step closer to Alan.
“It wasn’t us who kidnapped the prince. Commander, please take care of it.”
He spoke more.
As someone who has stood alone in front of warriors in the great desert for so many days, as someone who has touched Plants’ patience every day. As expected of someone who talked about making a statue in front of Calian and climbed up while lying down on Alan’s dining table.
I clenched my fists, shaking like aspen trees.
Alan looked up when he realized that Peer was coming out again as he was thinking about who the culprit might have been. At the same time, others who felt the suffocating air changing took a long breath. Then Arsene, with a relieved face, opened his mouth again.
“Thank you. In any case, aren’t you the prince who followed the stranger without any suspicion, believing only the words that the corps commander’s appearance could not be magically disguised? So,” “You haven’t been able to rest since you left Whitlin.
”
“It must have been difficult to consider many things.”
“I couldn’t sleep. Brother.”
The three people’s rebuttals came out.
Arsene grinned as he looked at Calian’s side, which seemed to have increased a bit, and turned his head towards Alan.
“Look, the prince’s situation is so bad that we couldn’t discuss it. So stop blaming the corps commander and take a breather. The prince will be fine.”
“… I got on your nerves. I understand.”
Although he seemed to have arbitrarily interpreted the statement that it was not Calian’s fault, Alan nodded and answered, having calmed down to some extent. Then Arsene responded, wiping his sweaty hands on his robe.
“I almost lost my life, not my nerves.”
“Okay. I’m sorry.”
“If you’re sorry, please give me mine when you give the special allowances to the crew members.”
“Are you talking about allowances now?”
“If we talk about that now, shouldn’t the prince be less worried?”
Arsene paused for a moment and stretched out his arms. He then looked at the Vulcan members standing behind him and pointed at the elf assassin who had just been brought in.
Arsene continued speaking as the members with pale faces dragged away the new criminal.
“There are two really useless worries in the world. One is that the Siren may have fallen asleep while drunk, and the other is that the prince may have gone somewhere and taken it with him. So, please worry about my salary instead of the prince.. …..”
“Celestian.”
Someone interrupted Arsene.
Whitlin hides his abilities and runs away with Calian, creates a new sleeping scent from Zeon and kidnaps Calian by putting him to sleep, Danu changes his mind again and reaches out to Calian, and Serenti, who opened her eyes, was in the meantime. He said he wanted to use my well-grown cards, so he took Kalyan with him. Or, the King of Secretia says he has decided to stop lending to my brother, and since he has benefited me enough, he is now demanding that I give it back to him.
A person who has often thought of such situations.
Of course it was Planz.
“Silestian took him. My brother.”
Arsene took a deep breath at these words, and Alan’s eyes became sharp again. Kirie, who remained calm despite the unrealistically strong name, opened her mouth.
“How do you know?”
“The story… was relayed, but it was cut off.”
After saying this, Plantz lowered his gaze. And then I looked at the communication bracelet that lit up just once right after Calian disappeared.
‘I think it’s Cylestian. I don’t know why I brought you here, but I’ll have a good talk and then go back. Don’t worry…’
The words I heard were cut off and I looked down at the bracelet that was no longer connected.
From Whitlin to Serenti and even Chase. Plantz, who had thought about the situation where so many people were reaching out to Calian, but had never thought about the golden dragon of the great desert, whose name he had only heard a few times, raised his head.
“Lord Hertz.”
Alan opened his mouth.
“…… Yes, Corps Commander.”
Arsene answered.
It’s a Kalian that you won’t have to carry anywhere.
Everyone here knows that. However, I also know that this only applies when encountering humans. In response to non-humans,
“Do you know where the Silestian’s nest is?”
Kabinian Celestian.
Crazy Silestian.
A ‘young dragon’ just before becoming an adult, said to be slightly older than Arnaizel and significantly younger than Sispanian. In short, I know that these words will never work against the golden dragon, who is in the prime of his life.
“…No one in the Great Desert will know the location of the nest. I will call Lord Hill to check.”
“Please do that.”
Plantz, who had been listening to the conversation between Arsene and Alan, closed his eyes for a long time. And then, looking at Alan’s ashen face, he jumped off the saddle. After that, I walked briskly towards Yeongju Castle.
– Sreuk!
Alan, who confirmed the direction Plants was heading, warped right to his side. Then he walked side by side with Plants and opened his mouth.
“Let’s go together.”
“I know where you’re going.”
“I also heard that Whitlin and Zeon are related to Zeon and Celestian.”
“however.”
“Isn’t that why you want to meet Whitlin? I wonder if you know how to meet Cylestian.”
“that’s right.”
“I will go with you.”
Plantz turned his head for a moment, looked up into silver-gray eyes full of frost, and opened his mouth.
“You can’t kill him.”
“I let go of my anger.”
Tap, tap, tap.
Allen, who was relieved of his immediate anger by knowing who to blame, moved ahead of Plants. The hem of the Archmage’s long red robe repeatedly rose and fell as he walked.
“I’m going to stop you. Even if you don’t know where the Great Desert Dragon is, I won’t kill you.”
A voice lingers in the dark hallway.
As if to cover up the crown prince’s sharp murderous actions, which had already been heading down that hallway.
* * *
It’s big.
It’s so big.
He said he had not yet become an Eucharist. Nonetheless, it is incredibly large. Not only Arnaizel’s but also Sispanian’s eyes were not that huge.
Wings that look like they were made by stretching out the setting sun, scales that look like they were gathered and woven together from the sun on the sea, claws that look like they were cut from the ice of the northern great desert, and eyes that look like they were crafted with the heat of the southern great desert. . All.
It is indescribably beautiful.
It is incomparably huge.
And as extraordinary as it is
– wow!
It exhales the unbearable fear as if it were its own breath.
A feeling of pores drying out and crumbling weighed down Calian. The person’s well-manicured round fingernails, without any dents, dug into the pure white palm of his hand as he tried to hold on.
“… If a crazy person brings a crazy person, you have to explain it. It’s better to start by scaring him.”
Calian, who had not taken a single step since being summoned into the unknown darkness, raised his chin a little more. He glared at Cylestian with red eyes that seemed to never fade even as the world faded.
Then a hot wind blew.
I’ve experienced something similar. There was a time when I encountered a smile like wind in a blade of grass in front of Sispanian. But it was different now.
Maybe it’s the same with the Tensil craze. I feel a dryness that makes me feel a deep thirst as I feel as if everything touched by the wind is dry and falling apart. That smile was directed at Calian.
“I want to check.”
Then, the serious voice of Silestian, who seemed to have completely forgotten the initial rude remarks, reached my ears.
Probably in a cave somewhere.
At the end of the voice filled with peer, a rumbling sound is heard.
The blood droplets from the tips of my fingernails fall down. Ancalian’s red lips drew a long line. This is because the fear that seemed like it would last forever disappeared as if it had washed away, and I felt pain in my palms.
“I am not within the territory of the Sispanians. Judging from the way you treated that child, I felt that he would not quietly respond to my request, so I expressed your wish. Right now, you must have seemed like the person you were most desperately looking for.”
“That girl? You mean Adelia.”
“Adelia? Who is that?”
It seems like the way he speaks has changed somehow.
Calian thought for a moment, then remembered something and said.
“Oh, he had a different name. Aizen Dinahan. White-haired wizard.”
“That’s right, Aizen. I’m talking about that kid… I’m talking about that kid.”
Blink blink.
Calian, who was looking up at Silestian, blinked his big eyes. And I thought as I looked at the amazing eyes that showed their full light without being stained by darkness even in such a dark cave.
That way of speaking sounds somewhat familiar.
‘My lord. “I’m ready to go out.”
‘Okay, thank you, Kirie.’
‘… Yes. I heard there is a dinner party in the evening. Are you planning on going out without attending?’
‘I will… No, I plan to do that.’
‘My lord.’
‘Yes. Tell me. I will listen.’
‘When His Highness asked the King to change his speaking habits, he meant to reduce his swearing. He did not ask him to change his speaking style.’
‘Yes, I know.’
‘If you already know, why are you so stubborn?’
‘If I don’t do this, I won’t be able to stop swearing. I can’t fix it, so what can I do?’
‘Then, can you at least speak to me as you normally would?’
‘Strange?’
‘It’s strange.’
‘…… huh.’
Yes.
The way he spoke reminded me of Bern at that time. That was the way he spoke. Is that
how he prepares to become an adult dragon? Calian thought for a moment, took a short breath, and said,
“I have a question for you, and I want to talk to Aizen Dinahan. After hearing you say that, I thought you wouldn’t come quietly.”
“That’s right.”
With the answer, the magic power moved.
Light came up and a pale golden sparkle appeared.
‘You really didn’t know?’
‘I had no idea.’
‘How do you not know that?’
‘How do you know that?’
‘It’s Cylestian.’
‘Does that dragon know me?’
A voice came through the sparkle.
It was the conversation Calian had had with Adelia the day before at a restaurant in Siegfried’s Territory.
“I heard the voice because she was finally looking for me.”
Silestian’s words covered the voice mixed with the halo of light. It seems to
be a similar case to the Cispanian who was said to hear the voices of the royal family heard in Rosellita. I don’t know what the relationship between Adelia and Celestian is, but it seems that when Adelia thinks of Celestian, she hears those words.
Adelia probably doesn’t know that fact, but
Calian, who reasonably understood Cylestian’s explanation, nodded.
“So. “He came to see me because he felt like a teacher.”
“It’s a bit different. It was reflected in you. I can’t go there myself.”
“…… Hallucination?”
“Humans say that too.”
Adelia also used hallucination magic. By the way,
Cylestian confirmed that the Alan she saw outside Siegfried’s castle was not a real person. Calian, who knew it was a hallucination, nodded.
That’s right. Now, you won’t believe anything they say.
I was thinking something like that.
“So. What have you got to say? What do you want to check?”
Silestian nodded. A
dry wind stronger than laughter blows again.
“Did you see the harpy?”
Silestian asked.
A strange look appeared in Calian’s eyes. What
was hidden there? Because he felt angry.
“I saw someone really tormenting a harpy.”
Calian replied,
“…How pitiful…”
He also added, “
It is truly pitiful .” With a face like
– Hwaaaah!
The dry wind caused by the dragon of the great desert fills me with anger.
