◈ Episode 155 Unwelcome Guests (1)
The finals are over.
Rather than cheering for the winner, the audience was filled with embarrassment because they didn’t know what had happened.
A dazzling light flashed, and when it faded, Debian, who had always had the upper hand, had collapsed.
that was the whole situation.
“what. What happened?”
“I know. What happened in the light?”
Altego, who was sure of Ludger’s defeat, snorted in anger and clenched his fists.
‘What the hell is this all about! All of a sudden, light property magic!’
No one knows what happened in that light.
Only the two parties, Rudger and Debian, knew the course of the fight.
Altego got up from his seat and left the stadium.
The aides who were watching also hurriedly got up and chased him.
Not only students in the audience, but also other teachers who came to watch, and even outside guests.
Everyone stared at Ludger, who was standing still, with curious eyes.
Debian was carried away on a stretcher, and Rudger stood still for a moment before withdrawing from the arena.
Event match anyway. It was because there was no award ceremony for the winner, so it didn’t matter if I left as it was.
Upon entering the hallway, Ludger saw a medical team hurriedly running from afar.
Rudger walked in the direction the medical team had disappeared.
Arriving at the emergency room inside the arena, Ludger found Debian Burtegg lying inside.
He was still unconscious with his eyes wide open.
“Miss Debian. Do you come to your senses? Debian sir!”
The doctor shook him and checked his condition, but to no avail.
There was also Hugo, who was venting his anger at the medics at Debian’s condition.
“hey! What happened to this?! Why is Debian still doing this!”
“Yeah, that’s good for us too… … .”
“It’s your job to figure that out!”
“Mo, there are no wounds on the body! I guess I’ll have to try a closer inspection to find out more… … .”
When the medical staff rushed to make excuses, Rudger stepped in.
“It’s because I was momentarily traumatized.”
Hugo’s fleshy face contorted when he saw Ludger.
“With time, you will recover on your own. That is, if you have a strong mind.”
“Do you know what you just did!”
Hugo spattered and groaned.
Rudger had a face that he still couldn’t understand.
“I don’t know why you are angry with me.”
“No matter how sparring it is, don’t you know that there are degrees! But you… … !”
“Did you say it was about now?”
Rudger laughed a little as if he had heard an interesting story.
“Nowadays, sneaking into other people’s offices and stealing medicines doesn’t seem to be enough.”
“that… … !”
Aren’t they the first to set things up in Dalian to keep this side in check?
Hugo, who was rolling his eyes, shouted at the carefree medical staff.
“Everybody get out!”
The medical staff who were noticing went out as if they were running away from the hospital room.
Even though the hearing ear was gone, Hugo made a fuss.
“I have no idea what the hell you are talking about.”
“Well, since you say you don’t know, I won’t say more.”
Of course, there’s no way Hugo really doesn’t know about this.
Debian secretly stole the medicine cabinet, which I hadn’t even met, and if Debian was Burteg’s person, it was clear who instigated it.
However, there was no clear evidence, so he couldn’t criticize Hugo any more, so Ludger decided to stop at this point and move on.
He won, and it was Debian who ultimately lost.
More than anything, the impact of the head still throbbing from the hasty suppression of the god’s power was great.
It was best to avoid pointless quarrels.
‘This bastard.’
Hugo twitched his eyebrows.
If Rudger had asked him one more time, he would have tried to accuse him by citing evidence in reverse, but this serpent-like guy somehow knew that and escaped like a ghost.
“So what are you doing here?”
“I came because I was worried because I had collapsed.”
worry? Are you worried now?
At this point, Hugo seriously wondered if Ludger had come to mock him.
No, I was sure it would.
On the other hand, Ludger, who confirmed Debian’s condition, was relieved inwardly.
‘Looking at the condition, it’s not very serious.’
The word worry was not simply a lie.
Even so, destroying the other person’s ego in sparring was too much to dismiss as a mere accident.
If Debian was severely injured, there was no choice but to have an aftermath on himself.
Looking at the current state of Debian Burtegg, it will probably come back to its original state if you take a rest for about two days.
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Of course, the memory of that time will always remain as a trauma.
Suddenly.
Rudger felt the forgotten headache come back.
‘I hurriedly replenished my magic power, but I’m still experiencing a throbbing pain in my bones, probably because I went to the brink of a dangerous situation.’
Hugo, who did not know Ludger’s true intentions, had no choice but to grit his teeth at Ludger’s patronizing attitude.
His plan to defeat Ludgar in front of everyone failed, and the Burtegg family suffered a disgraceful defeat.
It was as if he had fallen into a trap set by this side.
‘What the hell have you done? You said you were hiding your skills here?’
As far as Hugo knew, Ludger could only handle 5 elemental elements.
I had never heard of being able to use light magic.
But this time, Rudger used a new magic.
‘In the first place, that’s not the level a new teacher would see!’
No matter how high the level of Seorn’s teachers is, that is the law.
Rudger had long since surpassed that.
More than anything, what made Hugo frustrated was that he didn’t know why Debian was defeated by Rudger.
I couldn’t even guess what kind of magic I could use to make my mind go crazy even though my body was fine.
To Hugo, it all seemed like a mess, like someone’s bad prank.
At that moment, Chris Benimore opened the door to the hospital room and entered.
He spotted Rudger and hardened his face. Rudger stared at Chris Benimore with a nonchalant gaze.
“joy.”
Before long, it was Chris Benimore who averted his gaze first.
He checked the condition of Debian, who was half insane, and said to Hugo.
“Fortunately, it doesn’t hurt my body. I guess I need to get some rest. Just in case, I’ll get some of the Bennimore family’s special recovery potion.”
“… … okay. Thank you.”
After replying, Hugo glared at Rudger as if to tear him to death.
“I will definitely hold you accountable for this incident!”
“You mean responsibility? I have no idea what responsibility it is.”
“Are you serious? No matter how sparring it is, do you really think that inflicting this much harm on the other person is a good thing!”
It was then that the voice of a third party rang through the hospital room.
“Isn’t it inevitable that things happen during sparring? I am prepared for that.”
Ludger, Hugo, and Chris’ eyes turned to the door of the hospital room.
President Elisha stood in the way of the open door of the hospital room.
A bleak smile appeared on her face as if she had heard an interesting story.
“Isn’t it Mr. Hugo Brutegue who said that to me?”
“When did I say that! Don’t catch a live person, President!”
“Hmm? weird. When I was about to stop the game, Mr. Hugo told everyone to listen, right? Do you too?”
Saying that, Elisha stepped aside and looked back.
Only then did Hugo see the people Elisa was covering.
“then. I’m sure I heard that too.”
An elderly man stroked his beard and entered the hospital room.
Recognizing him, Hugo Brutegue’s pupils widened to the point of popping out.
“Hey, Duke Heyback?”
Heyback Kadatushan.
The actual owner of one of the three major dukes of the empire appeared here.
But that wasn’t the only thing that surprised Hugo.
There was Lumos’s head, Cayden Lumos, and there were many other nobles.
“Or well, maybe I’m too old and my ears are wrong. Is that right?”
“Oh no! How could that be!”
Hugo, who hastily made an excuse, glared at the president, but the president responded with a smile.
Hugo immediately changed his expression, took a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
“I think I just misunderstood something because I was not in a hurry. Ah yes In sparring, isn’t there something like this and something like that?”
It was as if the prank he had played had been returned to him, so even though he clenched his fists and trembled inside, he had no choice but to smile on the outside.
Elisha thought it was a good deal and said a word to Rudger saying that he did a good job.
“Congratulations on winning. How do you feel about winning in front of everyone?”
“It was nothing.”
No big deal.
Rudger had no intention of winning the championship in the first place, so even his feelings were very brief.
‘Honestly, unlike what I expected, everyone was focused only on defense. There was no cool exchange of magic.’
But others didn’t take it that way.
No matter how many opponents he defeated, he must have been a teacher at Seorn like himself, so such an arrogant remark.
However, when a person who has won a championship speaks these words, the weight feels quite different.
Duke Hayback smiled and held out his hand to Ludgar.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Heyback Kadatushan. I am undeservedly sitting in the duke’s seat.”
Rudger also responded with a handshake to his natural attitude of asking for a handshake.
“This is Rudgar Chelsea.”
“Yes, yes. nice game That was really cool. Especially when you’re shooting magic at such a high speed. Besides, you’re even a user of light attribute magic? It’s kind of strange why someone like you still hasn’t achieved fame.”
Hayback praised Rudger until his mouth was worn out. without anyone else interfering.
Rudger tried to show discomfort with that action, but he gave up on that idea when he saw that other nobles were not approaching.
‘Everyone is watching.’
Somehow, people who want to make a kite with Rudger, the protagonist of today’s event, are not even approaching.
Rudger stared at the old man standing in front of him with a look of surprise.
‘Am I deliberately blocking it?’
Seeing Heyback clinging to Ludger at first glance seems like an old man acting rudely.
If you look at it differently, it was also a warning to the nobles not to bother Ludger, turning it into action implicitly.
‘Kadatushan. They said it was a family name symbolizing a goat. Beneath frivolous behavior lies a thorough calculation. I’m not the 3rd duke who supports the Exilion Empire for nothing.’
Even that appearance, which would seem friendly and light to a stranger, was intentional production.
Hayback naturally led Rudger out of the hospital room.
The other nobles had no choice but to suck their fingers and watch.
“haha. Are people too noisy? Please understand. It’s because everyone wants to see you so much.”
“I know. And even the fact that the Duke deliberately brought me out of an uncomfortable position.”
“Did you know?”
Hayback feigned surprise and chuckled.
However, his eyes, which were bent like crescent moons, were heavily sunken.
‘You are a rare talent with an excellent eye. Usually a person who has achieved great things at that age becomes overly arrogant and misses all the little things.’
Hayback decided to change his purpose.
Rudger was not an opponent that could be coaxed with just a few words.
There are some people who simply cannot buy favor with mere verbal favor. In that case, I just skipped over it.
“If you need my help, come to me anytime. Kadatushan will treat you as an honored guest.”
Heyback had realized through his long experience that sticking to him would only give Rudger a bad impression.
Rudger also nodded his head, thinking that he was surprised to see Heyback stepping back.
“yes. hopefully I look forward to our next meeting.”
“Heh heh, yes.”
Heyback was a man who knew how to let go when he had to.
Seeing Heyback withdraw cleanly without any regrets, Ludger realized desperately that becoming a high-ranking aristocrat is not easy.
Eventually, Heyback disappeared and Ludger was about to leave.
At that time, a group of wizards rushed towards Rudger from far away in the hallway.
When I looked at it again this time, the person who seemed to be the representative of the magicians stepped forward and greeted me.
“hello. My name is Rusek of the New Mage Tower. You are Mr. Ludgar Celish, right?”
“Yes, but.”
Rudger rolled his eyes.
Compared to the wizards of the old Mage Tower, most of them are young wizards without beards or wrinkles.
The expressions of the wizards of the New Mage Tower surrounding him were all heavy and stiff.
Unlike the authoritarian Old Magic Tower, the New Magic Tower seemed to be looking at an army somewhere hard and rigid.
“So what’s your business with me?”
When Ludger asked, the wizards of the New Mage Tower exchanged glances without a word and nodded heavily.
Rudger narrowed his eyes at the sight.
‘what? Are you trying to kidnap me? In the present situation where there are still many guests in the stadium?’
Even though it’s called the Magic Tower, I wonder if I’m not afraid of Seorn?
While Ludgar was thinking that, the representative of the New Mage Tower, who introduced himself as Lushek, put his hand in his pocket with a solemn face.
Rudger tensed up and was ready to respond to any surprise attack from the other party.
I can’t fight hastily now that I don’t have enough mana. The first thing to do is run away.
In case of an emergency, Rudger searched for an escape route.
At that moment, Lushek’s hand was pulled out like lightning and pointed at Ludger.
Rudgar flinched.
It wasn’t that he was scared, but that he had suppressed the fact that he almost pulled out the dagger hidden in his waistband without realizing it.
What Lushek held out was a white piece of paper.
Looking at the pure white paper with nothing else written on it, Ludger stared at Luschek with a gaze asking what the hell this was.
“Say, give me an autograph.”
“… … .”
