[EP.61] Dorothy
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Aslan felt the cold water of the lake seeping into his whole body.
As the burning sensation that had just passed through the wall of flames cooled down, he finally got some sleep and heard the sound of a sword ringing outside.
Krasch was buying time against Adolf.
He couldn’t understand why he did this.
Krasch told me last time that he had the skill to steal the Wolumji body himself.
I can’t feel it now, but if he really stole the Woleumjiche a moment ago, his goal has been achieved.
However, even though Krasch was able to escape, he was directly confronting Adolf.
He may well know that Adolf, who does not want to cause trouble with Valheim as he is a direct descendant of Valheim, will not be able to do much harm to him.
From Krasch’s point of view, there was no need to take the risk of confronting Adolf directly.
‘if.’
Maybe it’s because of Lilina.
Crashu, who was talking to Lilina, seemed quite friendly with her.
It was the first time he came to meet her through Lilina, and there may be something between them.
‘You can think about that later.’
He doesn’t know why Krasch helps him so much.
It’s just that it’s something I’m grateful for that I have to repay the favor for the rest of my life.
What you need to do now is to achieve your goal without losing sight of the grace you have been given.
Aslan hurriedly took out the Spirit King’s egg and Dorothy’s crystal from his arms.
Then, he began to slowly push Dorothy’s crystal into the Spirit King’s egg in the water.
Hahaha!
At that moment, the Spirit King’s egg that swallowed Dorothy’s crystal radiated light.
Aslan saw this and hugged the Spirit King’s egg carefully.
‘Dorothy.’
In the past, despite being the only direct descendant of the Igrit family, due to the Lunar New Year delay, she suffered many humiliations.
Aslan felt himself slowly becoming exhausted.
His mother, Agatha, became sharper and harsher with each passing day, and his grandfather, Adolf, never acknowledged her even for a moment.
No matter how hard he tries, Adolf never looks at himself.
This was because unless he could learn the fire magic of the Igrit family, he could not be treated as a direct descendant of Igrit.
Under such family pressure, Aslan’s insides rotted away.
In the end, Aslan faced mental exhaustion.
I felt meaningless in most aspects of my life, let alone studying magic.
“Aslan! “What kind of attitude is that now!”
His mother’s screams rang clearly in his ears.
It was only natural that I wasn’t making any progress in my usual magic studies.
But even amidst her yelling, Aslan’s mind was just blank.
Even his mother’s fearful face now felt worthless to Aslan.
Maybe he felt rather pitiful.
Because Aslan knew why his mother, who had been so kind when he was young, had to change like this.
“Aslan, how about going for a walk to change your mood?”
Seeing Aslan like that, Lilina asked worriedly.
As these were the words of a maid who always did her best for him, Aslan was willing to get up and move even though he was exhausted.
As he passed by a place where green trees stood out, a person caught his eye.
A girl with light blue hair that is almost transparent and eyes like crystal.
A girl with a very beautiful face that seemed to be made of ice was sitting on the grass, absorbed in something.
Aslan saw that and stopped inadvertently.
The girl’s attention was very noticeable, but more than anything, the scene taking place in her hands attracted attention.
Yes, it was natural.
Because the girl was using magic.
It was also a very useless magic that made very small crafted items out of ice.
Crispy!
“ah!”
The handiwork created at that moment collapsed due to the girl’s magic failure.
Her great regret was clearly visible on her face, and Aslan looked at her and somehow inadvertently burst into laughter.
「Pfft.」
“huh?”
And that laughter was heard even by the girl.
Aslan cleared his throat, embarrassed by the fact that he had laughed.
It was rude to laugh after seeing someone else’s magic fail.
And the girl seemed to have noticed that too, and her expression became slightly angry.
“Who are you to laugh at me for using magic?”
“Ah, that’s not it.”
Aslan felt sorry for no reason, scratched his head, and then approached the girl.
“Can I help you make it?”
“Uh, are you a mage?”
“It’s similar.”
Although Aslan cannot use fire magic, he knows how to use other magic.
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So he tried making a small horse statue using the ice cutting magic that the girl had used earlier.
The girl’s eyes turned round when she saw that.
“Wow, you’re really good at using magic! “I keep failing.”
“It’s no big deal.”
“Are you saying I’m the type of person who can’t even separate?”
She was a girl with quite negative thoughts.
“I don’t think it’s that different from the magic technique I used. what is the problem.”
Meanwhile, the girl seemed to be thinking about her magic while looking at the horse statue.
Although it was close to basic magic, the girl made a few mistakes in the magic part.
It seemed like she couldn’t sense what was wrong in that part.
「… … “Can you teach me something?”
She had laughed at her earlier, so when Aslan asked her awkwardly, her eyes sparkled.
“Really? “Well then, can you teach me this and this and this too?”
Then the girl quickly took out a book from her bag as if she was waiting for an opportunity.
It turned out that she was a first-year student at Red Magic Tower Academy.
A failed student with no talent for magic despite attending Magic Tower Academy.
However, Dorothy has always loved magic and is full of motivation.
That was her first meeting with him.
From then on, Aslan happened to see Dorothy every day.
She bought food from a store she frequented, and instead of sharing it with Aslan, she learned magic from him.
It was absurd to pay a direct descendant of the Igrit family in return for sharing food, but for some reason, Aslan didn’t feel bad either.
I also thought that it would be better to do something rather than do nothing.
“Oh, I see! “This technique was wrong.”
“That’s not the only thing wrong. “This side and this side were also different.”
“Who did it wrong?”
“Yes, Dorothy, it must be you.”
Looking back, Dorothy was an unusual failing student.
If you are a failure student with no talent, you will get tired of everything.
No matter how hard you try, there is no result, so who would keep trying?
To top it all off, she was even being ostracized because she was a failing student at the magic academy.
For a mage, not being able to use magic meant being worthless.
But Dorothy loved magic.
Every time, I found new magic, talked to Aslan, and had fun.
Aslan looked at her and thought to himself.
Because he couldn’t learn a single fire magic, he was treated like a child who didn’t exist by Igrit.
However, even though Dorothy couldn’t handle magic any more than she did, she truly loved magic.
That fact often made Aslan lost in thought.
Indeed, what did he learn magic for?
Then one day, Aslan caught a cold and suffered from a high fever.
Since he had been going out every day in the morning these days, he was sick.
Aslan was dazed with his eyes closed.
Even though I took the medicine, my body felt like it was burning.
pain.
I felt like I wanted to feel something cool.
And more than anything, I felt bad about this helplessness of not doing anything.
It was as if he was telling me once again that his life was so helpless.
‘Dorothy.’
Are you waiting?
Is it because it has already become a daily routine?
Aslan thought of Dorothy and smiled apologetically.
I promised to teach magic at this time every day.
Since I couldn’t keep my promise, I might not be able to meet you anymore.
‘I only have negative thoughts.’
Aslan was thinking that as he was losing consciousness.
Something felt very cold on his forehead.
When Aslan opened his eyes, he saw blue hair that was almost transparent.
She was none other than Dorothy.
I wondered how on earth she got into her room, but Dorothy was trying to cool Aslan’s fever by wrapping ice she had created with her magic in a handkerchief.
「Do, Roshi.」
“Ah, is Aslan cool?”
“It feels like my forehead is sticking together.”
When Aslan, whose voice was hard to come out due to the heat, answered, Dorothy proudly puffed out her bare breasts.
“It’s my magic power. How about the magic you learned from Aslan, isn’t it great? “My magic can also help someone.”
Looking at her like that, Aslan somehow burst out laughing.
“not there yet.”
Dorothy made a pouting expression at Aslan’s mischievous words.
But soon she put her arms on Aslan’s bed, rested her chin on it, and laughed.
“Then get better quickly and teach me. “I understand it best when I learn magic from Aslan.”
The ice magic on his forehead was obviously cold, but for some reason, Aslan felt the coldness was the warmest.
I realized that day.
Magic is something that can warm others so much, depending on who uses it.
‘My magic.’
It was just a magic that existed to survive in the Igrit family.
The essence of magic was not such false pretense.
Aslan somehow felt like he had gained new insight.
And I also thought that maybe I could like magic again a little bit.
A few days later, Aslan, whose fever had already subsided, found out that Lirina had brought Dorothy to him.
“Aslan, if you stay by your girlfriend’s side when she’s sick, she’ll get better quickly, right?”
What kind of absurd misunderstanding is that?
Aslan scolded Lilina, trying hard to hide his blushing face.
Thanks to this, Lilina had to kneel for a while with her arms raised high in the sky.
From that day on, Dorothy often came to Aslan’s house.
She was able to enter the mansion through Lilina and came in by knocking on Aslan’s window and learned magic from him.
“Why is Dorothy learning magic?”
One day Aslan asked Dorothy a question.
She said she was practicing wind magic today and was using wind magic with only a small amount of mana, then looked back at Aslan.
“huh? “That’s fun.”
fun.
After hearing the very basic reason, Aslan remained silent.
Dorothy’s eyes were shining so innocently.
She was truly enjoying magic.
For Aslan, who was mentally exhausted due to the magic, it was a truly amazing thing.
“Why did Aslan learn magic?”
On the contrary, Dorothy asked a question.
Why did you learn magic?
「… … “That’s because I was born in a famous magic family.”
Aslan never once thought about why he learned magic.
It’s just that he is a direct descendant of the Igrit family.
So I learned magic.
No, I had to learn.
“Oh, I guess not. Honestly, magic is difficult and tricky to learn. Young children don’t want to do difficult or difficult things. No matter how much people around them tell them to do, children are the center of their world. “In the end, I don’t do what I don’t like.”
As Dorothy said that, she looked back at Aslan and smiled.
That smile was a very beautiful smile, as if it were made of ice flowers.
“Isn’t Aslan also enjoying learning magic?”
Aslan’s eyes blinked.
He had gotten tired of magic a long time ago.
But it was fun.
‘Was there ever a day when I enjoyed learning magic?’
Aslan was excited about succeeding in the basic wind magic and watched her running with both arms raised blankly.
Her happy appearance reminded him of his very childhood.
“Well done, Aslan! This is the magic you can unleash. And it is a magic that will brighten your life from now on.”
The day he first succeeded in magic, his mother lifted him in her arms and smiled warmly at him.
It is said that one of the main reasons why children first feel interest and fun in the work they have done is praise from their parents.
Agatha taught him new magic every day and displayed it in front of him.
A colorful fire bird flying in the sky, a rock beetle crawling on the floor, the sound of a grass flute in the wind, and a soft ball made of water.
The magic that Agatha performed was all enjoyable and beautiful.
Since each and every magic was for Aslan, Aslan grew up watching such magic and took magic to his heart.
Aslan certainly knew the joy of magic then.
He liked magic.
I loved and enjoyed magic more than anyone else in the world.
Aslan raised his head.
His eyes reflected Dorothy running brightly after a paper airplane that had been launched by wind magic right in front of him.
For some reason, laughter leaked out.
I had forgotten that there was a time when I actually liked the magic that was so painful and hated more than anyone else.
“Aslan!”
Seeing the girl calling his name, Aslan stood up.
And he was once again discovering the joy of magic.
By meeting a girl named Dorothy.
The wind blew.
The wind blowing from Aslan’s magic made Dorothy’s paper airplane fly high in the sky.
A paper airplane flying in the blue sky seemed as if it would take me to the sky as well.
“Dorothy.”
“huh?”
“I think I like you.”
So I blurted out those words without thinking.
The heart that had been swelling ever since.
When Dorothy heard those words, her eyes widened and she immediately waved her arms and took a step back.
“Oh, wow.”
Her face, not knowing what she was talking about, was suddenly stained with a bright red blush.
Aslan saw that and laughed.
On that tiring day last year, that smile was the brightest smile ever.
“Joe, can I answer later?”
Then she answered very timidly, which was unusual for her.
She had a knack for making people really suffer.
“no. Do it now.”
And Aslan was also a person with a mischievous side.
Aslan was holding Dorothy’s wrist and looking straight at her, causing Dorothy’s face to turn red as if it were going to explode.
“I don’t know! Talk about it tomorrow!”
And in the end, perhaps reaching its limit, it blew Aslan away with wind magic and ran away.
Aslan thought that the magic was the most complete magic that Dorothy had ever done.
‘Is it tomorrow?’
Thinking of Dorothy, who could not bear the shame, Aslan decided to make a promise to tomorrow.
And the next day, as he always did, he woke up late in the evening.
“Aslan!”
With Lilina’s urgent cry, Aslan, who was gathering his clothes, looked back at her curiously.
“They say there’s a fire in the academy dormitory!”
The moment Aslan heard those words, Aslan’s eyes turned wide.
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