EP.235 Uninvited Guest (3)
The wizard’s night is coming.
There was about a month to spare until the largest event was held, and I planned to organize some of the things I had to do before the event.
‘I guess this is what needs to be dealt with first.’
I walked, rolling the potion bottle between my fingers. The place I arrived at was the Royal Guard’s office, and since I had already been invited, it wasn’t too difficult to get into the office.
I’m sorry.
When I opened the door to the office and entered, what caught my eye was a living, breathing zombie. I said hello to the zombie whose very existence was contradictory.
“How are you? Kalt.”
A desk where piles of documents form a mountain or a river.
The zombie lying on the desk slowly raised its head and looked at me. Kalt blinked his wide eyes a couple of times and spoke in a cracked voice.
“···I feel like I’m going to die. Seniors.”
“It seems so.”
I smiled bitterly and sat down on the desk.
Among the documents lying around on the desk, I grabbed the one I could get my hands on and read it, but it wasn’t a very pleasant content.
“Illegal research facility? Are there still people doing this in the capital?”
“Recently, due to lack of proper crackdown, piles of water have formed in the underground waterway. “I haven’t been able to sleep for days because I’ve been cleaning it up.”
“But isn’t that what you always do?”
Since ancient times, the Royal Guard has been in charge of cleaning up illegal research facilities and killing wizards who violate the regulations.
In short, it’s routine work. It seemed unlikely that Kalt would make a dying noise for such a task.
“Sure, it’s a bit of a hassle, but it’s not that big of a deal. All you have to do is run with your feet. “The real problem is…”
Kalt took out the medal buried in the documents.
“This is it. this.”
Guardian.
I blinked as I looked at the words engraved on the medal.
“Guarder? “Is this your first time seeing this position?”
“They say it’s a position given to the head of the Royal Guard. “It was the Royal Guard’s tradition to not have a head, but it seems like that tradition has been broken this time.”
It wasn’t difficult to guess why it was broken.
“···You were so unique?”
Even among the Royal Guard, the presence of the Kalts is unusual.
He is a knight from the battlefield and has accumulated numerous achievements even before becoming a member of the Royal Guard.
‘He looks a bit like that to be left as a simple ‘Royal Guard’.’
I nodded and added.
“You’ve had quite a few achievements.”
“That too. “You know about the recent incidents that occurred in Aplia and the incidents that you and I experienced together?”
Kalt continued speaking, folding his fingers one by one.
“First of all, the battle to defeat Skebal that took place around spring.”
“It had something to do with Lesti.”
“And the battle to defeat the apostates sometime in the summer.”
“Was it Belnoir and Chloe? “She had a hard time.”
“···Also, the recent Sukebal repulse battle.”
“Oh, it was really dangerous back then. “The skull gourd brought a crystal ball that was hit with a star…”
As I was muttering, recalling past events, Kalt let out a long sigh.
“It seems like a lot of things happen when you get involved with a senior…”
“That’s right, I’m going to the place where the incident occurred.”
Because there is no one else who can take charge of it other than me.
“···Anyway, three times in one year. “I have repelled disaster three times, and since I have achieved this much, the palace leadership seems to be having a hard time with me.”
“Is it difficult?”
“yes. This is too much of an achievement for one knight to accomplish. So it looks like they decided to raise their position this time. I got tangled up in a lot of things…”
From what Kalt said, it seems that something complicated has happened recently, such as the disappearance of the first prince and the reorganization of the royal guard’s power system.
In the end, what was given to Kalt…
“As a result, you became the head of the Royal Guard?”
The position of Guarder.
“yes. “I’m not very happy about it, though.”
Although he didn’t seem to be happy about it, it was clear that it was an honorable position.
“The work itself has not changed. “I’m just running around the field and taking care of some work as usual…”
Kalt frowned.
It didn’t take long for the blurred tone to change into a sigh.
“Fuuuu…”
Kalt looked at his desk with wide eyes, looking like the beginning of the year was coming.
“The amount is double.”
A mountain of documents piled up like a mountain.
Kalt’s eyes, looking at the tower made of paper, had long since lost their vitality.
“The documents… the documents are not decreasing…”
“Once the organization is reorganized, the workload becomes unbelievable. “It will get better after a while.”
I smiled bitterly and tapped Kalt on the shoulder.
“Anyway, you got promoted?”
“Yes, of course.”
“Then, as an old senior, I should give you a gift.”
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Sigh.
I reached out and grabbed Kalt’s head.
“···What is it? Why are you holding your head?”
“Stay still.”
“no. “Why are you cutting people’s heads?”
“Oh, try not to move.”
While holding Kalt’s head, I inserted the potion bottle I was rolling with my finger into the magic tool.
A magic tool for injection with an effect-increasing engraving.
The potion placed there is a restorative potion developed by Cardi herself. A type of potion that boosts and assists a superhuman’s self-healing ability to its limit.
“Write it. “Stay still.”
I aimed the tip of the syringe at Kalt’s left eye. Kalt’s remaining right eye trembled.
“No, just a moment…”
“Uh huh. Still. This is a very expensive potion. You burned half a year’s worth of Magic Tower’s budget to make it, right? Do you know how much gold I burned just to make this?”
“How many, how many gold do you have?”
I whispered the exact amount into Kalt’s ear.
“The ball is eight, nine, ten…? Heo-eo-eook…”
Kalt held his breath as if it was an amount that was difficult for even Kalt to imagine. I nodded, “Hmm.”
“The fourth digit of the number on the bankbook has changed.”
“···fourth? “Sir, how much money do you have?”
“I told you last time. I have money to build about five magic towers. “Anyway, it’s expensive, so just stay still.”
Saying that, I held Kalt’s head tightly and pushed the syringe into Kalt’s eye.
“Huh oh oh…!”
The injection was completed successfully with Kalt’s strange scream. It will take approximately ten days to recover, but the effect will be clear.
“Congratulations on your promotion. Kalt.”
I laughed and slapped Kalt on the back.
“···Thank you for the gift. “I really didn’t know it was possible to fix this.”
While rubbing the area around his eyes, Kalt glanced at me as if a thought occurred to him.
“Seniors.”
“what.”
“When I retire, can you buy me a building in the capital? “My dream is to be a building owner…”
“I saw you doing it.”
I guess I haven’t given up on that dream yet.
2.
The first thing that needed to be done was the restoration of Kalt’s pupils. The next things to do weren’t that urgent.
‘It’s not something that can be done in a day or two; it’s something that needs to be looked at over the long term.’
These were things to be handled along with daily work.
After finally returning to my daily life, I continued teaching at Aplia as always.
“Today’s class will end here.”
Classes are conducted as always and assignments are given.
“Do you have any questions?”
What is different from usual is that there are students who react to the words I customarily throw at the end of class.
“Hey, Professor Rania. “From the part you just taught, this part is…”
After class, students began to come to me one by one to ask questions. Until now, I had left the classroom when the bell rang, but as students came to ask questions, I ended up staying in the classroom for a few more minutes.
“You can engrave the circuit like this… Do you have any other parts?”
“Professor, I’m here too…”
“yes. “Let me take a look.”
As a result, the time to return to the professor’s office was gradually delayed, and there were often cases where the teacher who had promised to eat would have to wait… but the teacher seemed pleased with this situation.
“You’ve grown, Rania.”
“yes? What?”
“It’s good to keep some distance from students, but it’s not good to have a completely mysterious image. “Because they think they are not the same person.”
I see progress in that respect.
Now that I can show my human side.
I tilted my head and asked the teacher who said that.
“Are you human?”
“The things you showed at the beginning of the second semester. “The incidents were so ugly that I couldn’t raise my head for several days.”
“···ah.”
As a topic that made me feel embarrassed came up, I hurriedly changed the subject, and the teacher subtly scolded me, saying, ‘I know you’re embarrassed.’
Anyway, I was living my daily life like that.
I slowly got used to the lectures and the faces of the students. In the chilly late fall air, I headed to the forest near Aplia.
An additional task to the daily work… In other words, to conduct ‘special classes’.
“There you are.”
The students had already arrived in the forest.
“lakh. “Belnoir.”
Two people who experienced the ordeal of the Holy Grail.
And, as I looked at the two people who had a lot to teach me, I lightly released my wrists.
“Shall we start today?”
3.
“You know, Belnoa.”
“why.”
“Why do you come back covered in dirt every three days? “I heard the maids talking, and they say you’ve already torn three sets of clothes?”
“···There are circumstances I cannot talk about.”
There is a deep and profound situation.
I can’t go anywhere and talk about it.
Belnoir tilted his head back and let out a long sigh. Her whole body was tired, probably because she came back from ‘education’ today. It also seemed like her arm wasn’t going up properly.
“Unspeakable circumstances? What is it?”
When Belnoir didn’t answer, Chloe tilted her head and looked to the side. Next to her sat Lark applying an ice pack to the nape of her neck.
“lakh. “Do you know anything?”
“There are circumstances I cannot talk about.”
“Who hit you?”
“······.”
Lark remained silent.
The two started talking without Belnoa even knowing, but he decided not to pay attention to that point.
“Even if you ask her, she can’t tell you.”
First of all, it was a private lesson conducted in secret.
Belnoir rotated his sore shoulders and repeatedly clenched and unclenched his hands. The feeling that remained in his hand was rough.
‘As expected, it’s still hard to pull it out.’
A new direction for witchcraft seen in trials.
I was struggling to pull it out, but I couldn’t quite get a hold of it.
“I will be your ordeal.”
Although Professor Rania was watching over me, it still seemed like there was a long way to go. Belnoa sighed as he rested his body that had been overworked by the ‘ordeal’.
“Whoa…”
As Belnoir was sighing like an old man who had experienced all the bitterness of the world, Chloe touched her teacup and opened her mouth.
“You know, Belnoa. “Wizards’ Night is coming soon, right?”
“ah. “I heard it was open.”
“Belnoir participates in the magic banquet with Uncle Yetual, right?”
“First of all, since he is a master disciple, that will happen.”
“···Is that so, too?”
Chloe looked at Belnoir with envy.
“Rak too, right?”
“hmm. I think I will be participating along with Master. “I heard you are coming to the royal capital this time…”
“Yes···.”
Chloe’s shoulders slumped.
Belnoir blinked at her unusual appearance. Chloe, who usually should be more happy than anyone else when a festival is held, was in a strange state.
“what’s the matter? “Do you want to go?”
“···huh. Uncle Yetual told me to stay in my room and not go out for the ten days that the festival is being held.”
“suddenly?”
“I don’t know. “I’m not sure, but he said he doesn’t think I should go out.”
Chloe lowered her head and sighed.
‘There has to be a reason…’
It wasn’t very nice to see the grass dead. For Chloe, who is crazy about the festival, being locked in a room for 10 days during the festival would be close to torture.
“They say the ancient dragon wizard is coming too. “I don’t know when an opportunity like this will come again…”
Chloe grumbles.
If left alone, it was clear that he would remain like that until the festival day, so Belnoa opened his mouth.
“Not for three or four days.”
“···huh?”
“I’ll stop by on the fifth day and take it out for you. “If we walk around together, they won’t say anything.”
“really?”
“It’s not something I’ve done once or twice.”
These two people often escaped from the magic tower even when the black magic tower owner issued a ban on them.
‘Nothing will happen this time either.’
It is a festival period where security becomes tighter as wizards gather from all over. There are knights all over the streets, so what’s going on?
‘Even the ancient dragon wizard will come…’
How could anyone act foolishly in front of a being like a god?
“really? “I promised!”
Belnoir let out a faint smile as he saw Chloe cheering. It might be a bit of a hassle, but if the kid was happy, that was enough.
