Episode 312
“Nice to meet you. I’m Ronian McLane.”
“This is Luisa von Aserian. It is an honor to meet you, Count.”
Luisa received Ronian’s greeting with a calm smile.
Perhaps because of his plain attire and calm demeanor, his brighter smile caught Ronian’s attention.
“I’m too late. I’m sorry for keeping you waiting.”
“No, it’s because I was in a hurry. By the way, didn’t you feel bad?”
A strange question returned in response to an apology.
“yes?”
When Ronian looked puzzled, Luisa smiled slightly.
“It’s like a woman who is already past marriage is trying to trick a young count.”
While saying that, Luisa picked up a teacup and naturally crossed her legs, and Ronian’s eyes were caught by the white legs exposed through the open-sided dress.
“How can you say such a thing? Compared to the princess of the empire, I am inferior.”
Ronian, whose face was red, tried to look away, but Luisa, with an even more alluring smile on her bright red lips, stared at Ronian.
“So, if I’m not the princess of the empire, you’ll accept what I say?”
It was a humorous voice rather than an argument.
“Oh, that’s what it means… I’m sorry.”
Ronian, embarrassed, waved his hands and immediately lowered his head.
Luisa covered her mouth and laughed quietly as she looked at that scene.
“I’m sorry. I joked too much. I heard you’re famous as a genius knight, but you’re… purer than I thought.”
“I… I’m sorry.”
Luisa said while looking at Ronian, who kept saying sorry with a red face, with a smile on his face.
“Marriage may not be something we want, but please take care of us during our stay, Count.”
“…I am.”
An envoy who visited in person under the pretext of an engagement.
In addition, the fact that Count Ronian McLane, the subject of the engagement, was assigned as the princess’s bodyguard instantly created numerous rumors.
The princess of the empire and the king’s younger brother.
A beautiful woman and a genius knight talk about getting married.
And, albeit temporarily, the escort driver and lady.
It was these modifiers that made people feel like they were the main characters of a love story that stimulated people’s curiosity.
“I heard that she was the lover that Count Ronian met while he was training.”
“Awesome! So you came all the way here looking for a lover?”
“Yes. Why would the princess of the empire come here in person?”
All kinds of rumors such as this were flooding the streets.
In addition, as many people witnessed Ronian and Princess Luisa walking around together in a friendly manner in the castle, the rumor quickly took on a clear form.
Their wedding date is approaching.
The alliance between the empire and the kingdom became closer.
In a format that would make those who know the truth laugh.
* * *
“How was your day?”
“There wasn’t much to talk about. We just spent time talking to each other.”
When his younger brother, who had a rather stern expression, said that, Logan was a little dumbfounded.
“Three whole days? No talk of going to the Magic Tower or anything like that?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“…That’s strange. I didn’t ask you to do anything?”
“Oh, there was one. But that was…”
Logan tilted his head and asked again, and Ronian hesitated and opened his mouth, as if he had finally remembered.
“…He said he wanted to see me and my brother spar. He said he wanted to see the inaction of my genius brothers, whom I had only heard about through rumors.”
Even though he is my older brother, it is no different from asking the king of a country to be a spectacle.
I could understand my brother’s hesitating attitude, but it was a story that a typical court wife might be curious about.
‘What is the purpose?’
It has only been three days since Luisa came to the royal castle.
It was the same when he arrived, but even his subsequent actions were all unexpected. The conversation I had with Ronian was only about trivial matters, so it was even more troublesome.
Yet, the reason why we cannot let down our guard.
“Are you still playing tricks?”
“Yes. He is using more and more blatant tactics. It is hard to force him to hold him and then push him away only after we break up like this.”
As Ronian raised his hand with a wry smile, gray energy was seen creeping out from his fingertips.
I had let my guard down before I saw Luisa.
I thought it would only be necessary to crack down on weak-armed people like Damian and Dwayne, not Auror users.
– Magic that manipulates the mind? It seems possible if you touch the brain, but…
– It would be difficult for mages or auror users. It would be easier to just kill a superhuman than to overcome their limits, overcome their will and abilities, and disturb their mind.
When Clayton’s rants were added to his own experience in Union battles, he became convinced. The magic of the Black Snakes has no effect on Auror users.
Moreover, since I experienced disappearing without a trace just by generating force, I naturally let down my guard.
But after meeting Luisa, I became more alert.
A high-level concealment magic that I could barely see through even after I had used my own characteristics. The enemies were people who used unknown magic, but they made a mistake that was bound by common sense.
And only then did an uncomfortable assumption come to mind.
‘It was a spell I used even though I knew Guile was an Auror user. I don’t know why it was destroyed so easily, but there is a mental magic that works even for Auror users.’
So that was the result of paying special attention to my younger brother.
“A faint magical energy creeps into my head without any warning, and even though this is the third time I’ve experienced it, it’s still difficult to detect.”
It is a very secret mental magic that can even affect the mind of the Auror user.
Luisa has been secretly casting a spell on Ronian since the first day she met him.
And that day, Ronian rebelled against Logan’s words for the first time.
– She was just a royal wife who knew nothing. I think your brother is oversensitive.
This was an absurd answer despite having been told in advance that he was a mage.
Only then did Logan see the gray light in his younger brother’s eyes and make a decision to pour force into his younger brother’s head.
“Even though I am aware that I was attacked once, it was so hard to drive it out, so how was it possible for you to do it all at once? It’s a bit of a difference in level…” “
Honestly, I don’t know about that.”
What happened a few days ago was surprising even to Logan.
I just thought the situation was more serious than I thought, so I tried to explore first. In addition, since it was about magic, I was planning to call Clayton right away, but the gray magic power could not withstand even my own force for exploration and scattered.
Embarrassed that the spell was broken more easily than expected, he immediately remembered the scattering pattern and taught the trick to his younger brother and Victor Bourdel, but the results were below expectations. Even my younger brother, who was able to use the force more sensitively than anyone else, was all I could do to drive him away with great difficulty while breaking out in a cold sweat.
Besides, for some reason, the only basis for guessing is just that.
‘Is it true that the characteristics of the special color force that those black snakes told Viktor about are true?’
It was all false information leaked by the enemy to cause confusion.
So there was no room to think deeply.
Logan, whose mind is dizzy, tilts his head and gets lost in thought.
“…Maybe it’s a good thing the princess used magic.”
His younger brother’s strange words caught his ears.
“what?”
“She was a woman with a charm that would captivate people just by talking to her. If she hadn’t been discovered because she used magic for no reason, I might not have believed that she was a spy.”
At those words, Logan let out a laugh without even realizing it.
It was not difficult to tell whether the slightly red expression on his younger brother’s face was embarrassment or something else.
“It’s a good thing that she used magic. Otherwise, my brother would have taken out everything, including the liver and gallbladder, of the princess of the empire.”
“No, brother! Not to that extent…!”
Eat.
The sight of my younger brother being embarrassed made me laugh, but at the same time, my heart was a little heavy.
The younger brother in front of me, who has achieved the secret skill of the Galaxy Sword, will definitely be more powerful than his younger brother in his previous life.
But will he be mentally stronger than his younger brother, who grew up alone in a family that fell and was completely destroyed and became an Auror user?
Is there miasma?
‘No way.’
The younger brother he could see now was clearly still an outstanding genius, but on the other hand, he still had the emotions of an ordinary young man in his early 20s.
That was disturbing again.
As an older brother, he certainly did not want his younger brother to be called by nicknames such as ‘Grandia’s Demon Sword’ or ‘Cold Flame’. However, as a monarch about to go to war, he needed a ‘cold flame magic sword’ more than a talented young genius in his early 20s.
And the moment that thought came to mind, Logan slapped himself on the cheek.
“What a fool…!”
slam!
Because I was momentarily startled, I felt the taste of blood in my mouth, probably because I had been hit so harshly.
“older brother?!”
Ronian’s eyes widened in surprise at the sudden self-torture, but Logan waved his hands and sighed softly.
“Oh no. I suddenly had a useless thought.”
“Yes? What is that?”
Even while looking at his younger brother’s absurd look, Logan only smiled bitterly.
When I returned, I wanted to protect my family even if I did not know my country.
And that purpose was being smoothly achieved.
The biggest proof was that his younger brother, who died lonely carrying all the burdens he had abandoned in his previous life, now has the emotions of an ordinary person his age.
‘What a joy this is!’
But I can’t believe I regret it.
“Use it!”
Recalling the fishy taste of blood in his mouth, Logan strengthened his resolve again.
‘You can’t get so caught up in the process that you forget your real purpose. never.’
okay.
There can’t be only positive aspects to everything that we put effort into changing.
Know.
I was prepared.
So, you just need to find a way to utilize it more or supplement it.
‘You can’t just look at the appearance that has changed for the better. I’ll have to check each one again to make sure I haven’t missed anything.’
Logan regained his composure as he reflected on the truth he had finally realized.
Ronian, who had no way of knowing Logan’s true intentions, could not shake off his worried expression.
“You’re really okay, right? Are you…?”
“Don’t be ridiculous. I don’t know why, but that woman’s magic doesn’t work on me at all.”
“That’s true, but you’re suddenly acting strange.”
“Reflection is reflection. So don’t worry.”
“No, but there’s blood on your lip…”
“Get better soon. Don’t worry about it.”
Logan changed the subject again, avoiding his younger brother’s bewildered gaze.
“If the moment comes when she asks you a favor in an imperative tone, tell her right away. She’s probably convinced that you’re under a spell.”
“Huh? Ah… the request I made today was actually an order, so I seemed certain that I was under a spell.”
“what?”
“I asked you to spar with my brother.”
“…That couldn’t have been the purpose of such entertainment. It was probably just a test to see if you were properly under the spell.”
“…I guess so.”
“okay. That’s the real purpose. I’ll tell you after I’m sure you’ve been possessed by magic.
” “Uh… Then, brother, are you really going to spar with me in front of that woman?”
“What? I’ll just refuse that…”
“I just said that. “Didn’t you say that I had to convince you that you were possessed by magic?”
“…Ha.”
It seemed like I had to play the role of a clown unintentionally.
