Episode 319: Rumble.
“How could you have come without any message?”
Luisa’s expression as she poured the tea looked peaceful.
Lips that look redder due to particularly pale skin.
The dizzying smile created by those lips and the dress that revealed her body made her beauty stand out even more.
but.
‘It’s not a perfect concealment spell like last time. Is yesterday’s incident related?’
In Logan’s mood, the shaking circle and the internal injuries caused by the overload of magical power were clearly felt.
Since first seeing Luisa in Daejeon and maximizing her extra senses by using her characteristics, her senses have taken a step forward into another area.
Now that I was thinking that it might be another path to becoming a top level Auror user, I was able to look into it as if there were no concealment or camouflage magic right in front of me.
And thanks to that, the guess that was close to certainty became a fait accompli.
Grinning.
“No. I heard that he would be returning soon, so I stopped by to say hello.”
The king personally comes to visit the envoy?
It was a humble attitude unbecoming of a king. To Luisa, it seemed like an acknowledgment of difference from the empire.
‘Of course I should.’
That small sense of victory seemed to erase the bitter memories of last night.
“I should have come and said hello to you. I’m embarrassed that you came here.”
“No. I already have something to ask, so I came on my own.”
“…yes?”
Luisa’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as she felt something uneasy.
“It looks like you’ve been spending a lot of time with my younger brother, but you haven’t mentioned any more about marriage talks. Is the Eastern King’s Office giving you a separate word? Or is it because you don’t like my younger brother’s shortcomings…?”
She was quickly impressed by Logan’s next words.
“Oh… that’s not true. Count Ronian is a perfect fit for me. If he doesn’t mind, I’ll go back and officially get married.”
Luisa’s slightly blushing face very well expressed the typical example of an aristocratic woman who was embarrassed to talk about marriage.
Logan said with a smile on his face.
“Oh, that’s a good thing. But then I’ll have another problem to worry about.”
“Yes? What…?”
Luisa, who had no intention of going ahead with marriage talks in the first place, asks back with a puzzled look on her face.
“If the princess of the empire, who has reached the level of a mage, marries my younger brother, we have no idea what kind of gift we should send.”
She froze as Logan spoke with a grin.
‘Now how should I react?’
Logan laughed inwardly as he looked at Luisa, who froze as if time had stopped.
And then I remembered Victoria’s words that suggested this situation.
-Why don’t you ask him directly?
– what?
Victoria’s strange words continued by pointing out blind spots that he had never even thought about.
– Why didn’t they officially announce the proud story that the princess of the empire was a superhuman? Why hide it? It’s not like they’re wary of something like us.
– ah…!!!
At those words, Logan clearly realized where he had been mistaken. Because he was busy hiding the newly awakened superhumans, including the Victor siblings, he overlooked the fact that the enemy had no reason to do so.
– I don’t know what it is, but there is a reason to hide it. At least there is a reason to hide it outside the empire.
– okay. Additionally, the princess said that she was a mage who used the magic of the black snake. Like those who caused the incident in Aserian.
Clayton added to Leah’s words.
– If the assumption Your Majesty mentioned earlier is true, there is a possibility that the Princess of Dongbu hid the princess’s status from even the imperial family. If so….
Still, there were many questions that remained.
Why on earth did the princess take the risk and come to the kingdom in person?
Why did he go so far as to cause an incident?
Because there was no information that could be used to guess.
But even so.
– …I could use this. No, even if it’s wrong, it’s worth a stab.
Logan decided that way.
And now Luisa’s reaction was closer to the latter.
“…What do you mean?”
The bewildered expression on his face was quite believable.
The typical reaction when hearing something completely incomprehensible is to tilt your head and frown. However, the silence earlier was too long to call it a perfect performance now.
Logan decided to quit acting himself first.
Eat.
“Why don’t you be honest, Princess?”
“I am not sure what your Majesty is saying…”
“If you continue to deny it, I will formally propose marriage to the ‘imperial family.’ It is through marriage talks between the ‘mage’ Princess Luisa von Aserian and my younger brother.”
“….”
The princess’s expression, which had been smiling awkwardly at the two particularly emphasized words, froze again.
“If you were the princess of an empire that uses black snake magic, wouldn’t the imperial family be quite interested?”
When Logan said that with a sly smile, Luisa’s face, which had been frozen with a smile, instantly became expressionless.
It looks like the invisible mask has been completely broken.
At the end of the dramatic change, a cold voice, completely different from before, flowed out.
“How… or since when did you know?”
A face with a cold expression and a sad, lifeless face.
If he could kill a person with just his gaze, his eyes looked like they would tear him to pieces at any moment.
But Logan slurped his tea in a relaxed manner.
“Since I first saw you. Because I checked the hidden circle.”
“That’s nonsense!! That’s Master…”
Luisa’s complexion, which was about to scream in tears, turned pale again at that moment.
As if I said something I should never have said.
‘teacher…?’
Logan kept those words in his mind and continued pretending not to know.
“If you don’t want to believe it, don’t believe it. But isn’t the story we have to tell from now more important than the story of the past?”
There was no longer any composure on Luisa’s face as she bit her lip.
‘It must not be known to the imperial family. So, are the Black Snake Wizards enemies within the empire? Or is Dongwangbu dreaming of treason?’
However, I have never encountered any information related to it, not only in this life but also in my past life. The only thing I can guess is the magic circle I saw at the end of my previous life.
That horrifying scene of countless sacrifices overlapped with the end of Saxony, the superman of Tria, during the war in the Kingdom Union.
That kind of magic and that kind of sight is an outside magic that people should not touch.
I felt a strong sense of rejection along with an inexplicable feeling of disgust.
‘We need more information right now.’
So, looking at Luisa who was silent, Logan decided to play his hand first.
“As you may have guessed, our kingdom views the empire as a potential threat. Division within the empire is actually welcomed. There is no reason for me to create an awkward situation for the princess.”
Luisa’s eyes twitched slightly at those overly honest words. Because you already know that everything contained in the words is the truth.
Logan sorted out his complicated thoughts once again and looked at Luisa.
Upon receiving that gaze, Luisa’s expression changed complicatedly and soon became cold again.
After looking at him several times, I realized that he was a person with a lot of facial expressions. No matter how embarrassed I was, I couldn’t understand how they could send a princess who lost her composure so easily as an envoy.
‘It would be better to send a well-trained spy rather than a wizard princess.’
So, were they really targeting the Magic Tower’s journal?
Because force would be necessary?
Or some other reason?
Logan’s mind became more complicated, but the cold voice he heard at the end of the silence cleared away all his thoughts.
“…What do you want?”
“I think we have a lot to ask each other. Shall we exchange our questions one by one?”
Luisa received Logan’s smile with a calm expression.
“Then may I ask you first?”
The tone and tone of voice changed again, as if things had calmed down a bit.
“As you wish.”
But maybe I didn’t like the answer that came right away? Luisa asked again in a cold voice.
“How did you notice my magical powers?”
“I just found out when I saw it.”
“gibberish…!!”
Luisa, who jumped up and got angry, tried to calm down her anger when she saw Logan smiling.
Then he sat down and glared at him with murderous eyes.
“If you’re not going to give me a proper answer, I’ll pretend there was no transaction.”
It’s a deal.
It was a play on words that raised the situation to an equal footing, but Logan did not bother to reject it.
I just ask back.
“Why do you think it’s nonsense?”
“…The magic that sealed my magic shouldn’t be visible even if a mage looks closely.”
It was something that Logan couldn’t help but wonder about. No matter how much he maximized his extra senses by using his characteristic ‘up’, it would be difficult to say that it was better than the magician’s search magic.
“Why are you so sure? I definitely checked on the first day I saw you?”
“…If you’re just going to do the Judo newspaper, the deal is really over.”
When I received a cold response to my sincere words, I had no choice but to take a step back.
“My senses are a bit special… I can’t really explain it this way. I’m particularly sensitive to foreign energies.”
“Hmph. Then you can see this too?”
As Luisa snorted, the magic power inside her was seen secretly swaying from side to side. A flow of magic power that draws strange shapes.
“Are you thinking of creating a magic circle inside your body? If something like that is possible, that’s a truly amazing feat.”
Luisa’s face became shocked and hardened at those words.
“how…?!”
Luisa, who had a surprised expression on her face, seemed to think of something and immediately put on a calm expression again.
‘Is this such a great talent?’
There was an awareness that it was a transcendental sense, but was it to the extent that it surpassed the magician’s search magic?
Logan thought that Luisa was exaggerating too much, but her answer afterwards was truly astonishing.
“I don’t think that’s the right answer, so let’s ask another question.”
under?
I think you already understand it deep inside, right?
“How much do you know about ‘us’?”
Logan, who was displeased with the attitude of only looking for profit, decided to put up with it one more time since he also wanted a topic of conversation.
“I don’t think you’re referring to the Empire or the Eastern Kingdom when you say ‘us’?”
“If you’re going to keep joking, stop…” When
the words he tried to slyly didn’t work, Logan opened his mouth with a bitter smile.
“A group of wizards who use the black snake symbol. And enemies of the empire.”
Luisa’s eyes narrowed at Logan’s words.
“Is that all?”
“Do you need to know more? I am hostile to the Empire.”
Luisa just nodded, even though she knew nothing but pretended not to open her mouth even though she knew more.
“okay.”
“Then it’s my turn. Why are you hostile to the Empire?”
Was it a serious question?
Luisa’s lips did not open easily.
But after a little hesitation, the answer soon emerged.
“…To achieve the goal.”
The answer is not satisfactory at all.
But in the first place, they are mages and auror users. In a conversation between superhumans where even a magic contract that enforces the truth would not work, even this level of response was only acceptable.
And with that alone, Logan was able to clearly answer the question he was most curious about.
‘This is because they are enemies of the empire.’
Unless you’re a fool to begin with, there’s no way you’ll reveal all your sincerity in a question and answer like this. It was enough to briefly confirm uncertain facts in the answers and questions themselves.
Logan looks satisfied like that.
“Now it’s my turn.”
Luisa, with a strange smile on her face, suddenly said something surprising.
“The enemy of my enemy is also my friend. Are you willing to cooperate with us to deal with the Empire, Your Majesty?”
