EP.66 Afterword (2)
A wizard must be a calculating being, Raniel.
Actually, it has to be that way.
Wizards deal with mana.
You have to make a deal with the stars.
So, you always have to think.
What and how much should you give?
How much mana does it take to operate this circuit?
Calculate and calculate again.
Wizards are the ones who make calculations dozens or hundreds of times a day. It is said that if you are not calculating, it will be difficult to climb to a high place.
Keep all requirements under control.
Move based on thorough calculation.
Those are the qualities a good wizard should have.
In short, you shouldn’t be emotional. No matter who makes you angry, look at the situation objectively.
···So what?
You should think about the loss you would suffer if you exploded that guy’s head. How much fun would it be if you exploded his head? This means you should stop thinking about it.
Stay calm.
Please live calmly and calculatingly.
Please!
“·····.”
Remembering the words his teacher left behind, Raniel slowly took a deep breath. Take a breath and think calmly. Look at the situation objectively.
‘What benefit do I get from putting in a bang?’
Very refreshing.
A feeling of exhilaration that makes hundred-year-old stress go away.
‘What is the loss from that?’
Risk of exposure of my identity.
The inconvenience of cleaning up after touching a hero.
‘···uh?’
No matter how you look at it, the profits seem to be greater, right?
‘No, no. Calm down…’
Raniel opened his mouth, demonstrating superhuman patience.
“f*ck you, f*ck you.”
A thick curse escapes from between her lips.
I didn’t shake my fist. He did not use physical or magical violence.
‘Instead, can’t you at least swear?’
Showing off your upright middle finger is a bonus.
Raising his middle finger, Raniel looks at the man in front of him. He came up with the name.
‘Kyle.’
A person who was once a friend and colleague, but is now neither. Looking at him, Raniel bit his lip tightly.
‘A dog like a baby.’
To be honest, I thought Raniel would be okay even if he faced Kyle.
It sucks, but it’s all in the past. In any case, there would be no need for them to get involved again… so they could just go their separate ways, that’s what Raniel thought.
‘I thought so…’
Now that I’m seeing it right in front of my eyes, I realize how big a mistake it was.
‘That sucks.’
Sadly, that was the first thought I had after meeting him face to face. The emotions I thought had been sorted out to some extent boiled over the moment I saw that shameless face.
Firewood is thrown into the residual fire.
The fire that was thought to have died down burns once again.
The burning flame is irritation and anger.
‘I feel like I want to tear the bamboo to pieces…’
If that happens, it becomes even more bothersome.
Raniel slowly took a deep breath and closed his eyes. If I kept looking at his face, I felt like I was going to swing my fist at him without thinking.
‘···No, now that I think about it, it’s strange?’
When I thought about it calmly, something seemed strange.
Raniel narrowed his eyes at a sudden question.
‘There’s no way this bastard wouldn’t recognize me, right?’
As Raniel remembers, Kyle has the same eyes as Cardi. She has eyes that pierce the soul… so there is no reason not to recognize her.
‘Cardi, that elf recognized me.’
Raniel glances at Kyle.
I wondered if he was just joking and pretending not to notice, but it soon subsided.
‘At least, he’s not the type of guy who plays around with things like this.’
This guy doesn’t know it’s a joke in the first place.
As Raniel was giving him a questioning look, Kyle slowly opened his mouth.
“… That’s a very unique name.”
“what?”
“I’m talking about the answer I got when I asked his name. “I don’t think it’s a very fitting name.”
Did this bastard turn around?
Seeing Kyle muttering with a very serious face, Raniel sighed.
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‘Let’s not deal with each other, just.’
It’s better if you don’t recognize it.
Because it’s a problem that can be solved by just leaving.
“So, what is your name?”
“I don’t want you to know.”
“Okay, then change the question.”
“Who answered?”
Raniel ignored whatever Kyle said and moved on with the intention of passing by.
“Raniel.”
However, Kyle’s next words stopped her in her tracks. Ran El slowly turns her head. She looks Kyle in the eyes.
“What is your relationship with Raniel?”
Platinum-colored light blooms above the black eyes.
Those eyes resemble Cardi’s yellow eyes. Raniel, who was traveling with Kyle, immediately recognized what the halo of light was.
‘Eyes that read the soul.’
Having noticed this, Raniel feels uncomfortable.
‘···Even after seeing that, why are you even asking?’
Didn’t you notice?
Why on earth?
“It’s different from Raniel, but you feel very similar to him. I think they are intertwined in some way. “What is the relationship between you two?”
The next words give Raniel confidence.
This guy really doesn’t recognize me.
“Are you Raniel’s lover?”
“Are you crazy?”
“Daughter… I don’t think there’s any point. Even in terms of age.”
Kyle, who was smoothing his chin, asked.
“I find you very suspicious right now. Something bothers me. “You are in the forest where that guy appeared.”
He takes a step closer.
“Why are you here? “Why in a place that was overflowing with demonic energy just a moment ago?”
“…I just came to look for a student.”
“I guess he’s a professor from Aplia. Looking for a student in a forest full of demonic energy? “You are a model educator.”
“Are you being sarcastic, motherf*cker?”
“It’s admiration.”
Kyle still has an expressionless expression.
He deadpanned and pointed in one direction of the forest.
“If you are a student, I checked on the way. It was over there. Since you told me one thing, can I ask you one too?”
“Who asked you to tell me?”
“Have you ever seen the gray wizard, Raniel? “In this forest?”
“No, I didn’t see it.”
“is it.”
He nodded obediently.
It seemed like there was nothing more to ask. Raniel looked at Kyle for a moment and then turned his back. Kyle also turned his back and took her steps.
The distance between the two is increasing.
Starting from the clearing, Kyle heads deep into the forest and Raniel heads to the outskirts of the forest.
“hmm.”
When the distance is far enough.
“It’s a shame.”
Suddenly, Kyle muttered.
It’s a voice that seems to be asking someone to listen.
“Maybe I should have come a little sooner.”
Raniel walks ignoring the sound.
“My body probably isn’t normal, so I don’t know if I’m overdoing it. “You can’t believe you come to a place like this even after retirement…”
Raniel’s steps stop for a moment.
However, it doesn’t stop. Even though his speed has slowed down, Raniel continues to walk.
“I wish I knew it would be like this.”
Tuk.
“rather.”
Gulgul Raniel stops.
“It’s better to take them with you.”
She looks back.
The gaze is directed at Kyle.
“It might have been good.”
Kyle also looks back as he finishes speaking.
Their eyes meet across the vacant lot.
The setting sun floats behind Kyle.
Under the sunset, Kyle’s shadow is long. The tip of the shadow reaches Raniel’s feet.
“you.”
Raniel opened his mouth.
“What did you say?”
Kyle answers her question.
“I’m talking to myself. “Did it bother you?”
That voice doesn’t change.
Those eyes also remain unchanged.
“ha ha ha.”
Looking at that shameless face, Raniel lowered his head. He lowered his head and smiled.
“under···.”
The smile fades. When she raised her head again, her smile was everywhere.
Pajik.
Sparks flew over her body.
2.
The situation has come to an end, and it is the outskirts of Aplia Forest.
Kalt and Raniel faced each other at the place where Kalt left the knights.
“huh?”
Kalt tilted his head as he looked at Raniel walking towards him. It was because he looked strangely tired.
“uh? “Are you hurt?”
“You’re not hurt?”
“No, your complexion doesn’t look that good. Are you hurt somewhere? “I guess the fight was a bit intense.”
“No, you said you weren’t hurt, you f*cking idiot?”
“···Why are you swearing like that?”
“You f*cking think I’m going to get hurt by that skull bastard? I’m not hurt. I didn’t get hit even once. “He didn’t even get hit once, and I just unilaterally hit him.”
“Ah, I understand…”
Seeing Raniel grinding his teeth, Kalt swallowed dry saliva. He swallowed and trailed off his words.
‘If I said more of this…’
Get hit once.
Kalt had a hunch.
Now is the time to pull back. If you ask any more questions here, you will definitely get hit.
Even so.
‘But I’m curious.’
I was a little more curious.
Kalt continued to ask questions carefully.
“But why do you look tired?”
“It’s because I’m mentally and emotionally exhausted.”
“···What happened?”
Crack, cluck.
Laniel cracks his fingers and looks at Kalt.
“If you think about it, it’s because of you.”
“···yes?”
“Still, well…”
Raniel mumbled and raised the corner of his mouth. It’s a smile that seems to be a mixture of irritation and laughter.
“It seems a bit refreshing.”
“yes?”
“It doesn’t feel like it hurt a little bit, but… I still hit it until it bleeds.”
“…Are you sure you’re talking about Skebal?”
“hey.”
Raniel chuckled and laughed.
“Would a skull bleed?”
Kalt’s complexion turned pale.
3.
“Uh, Kyle? “What are you doing here?”
“Why are you standing there blankly? “Is the case over?”
Once the situation was over, Sarah and Remia headed to Harmain Forest. It was to assist Kyle. Of course, in most cases, support from both is useless.
If it’s in the Demon World, it’s okay, but if it’s in the Human World.
If that was an incident that occurred in the center of the royal capital… there was no need for Sarah and Remia to assist.
Kyle swung his sword once.
After running around a few times, the case will be solved.
However, this is not the case.
The black barrier and the altar, they both know very well what they mean.
-Listen carefully. Please take note.
-The fact that that barrier has appeared, that the altar is about to be activated… means that that coward has appeared.
This is because I heard it so hard from the wizard who was at the party not long ago.
-Ancient Lich Skevall.
The disastrous wizard appeared in the middle of the royal capital. This is impossible with Kyle alone.
Even more so in the current situation without the Gray Wizard.
That’s why Sara and Remia ran into the forest… and soon they were able to meet Kyle.
“…I was thinking for a moment.”
Kyle stood with his back to the sunset.
Sara and Remia approached him, puzzled. There doesn’t appear to be any injury. The clothes are also clean.
‘···It doesn’t look like there was a fight?’
Sarah thinks so.
Kyle is not compatible with the ancient lich Skevall. It’s not that you can’t deal with it, but you have to be prepared for minor injuries.
“·····.”
Remia also feels the same doubts.
‘More than anything, I don’t think it will end so quickly and quietly.’
Remia checked the forest scene.
The vitality floating in the forest is disturbed, but the scale is minimal. If Kyle and Skebal had clashed, the situation would not have ended quietly.
They tilted their heads and looked at Kyle.
“Is the situation over? Skebal, what about that skull?”
“It was handled.”
“Already? Oh my god, Kyle…”
Kyle added, cutting Sarah off.
“It’s not me, it’s him.”
Sarah and Remia stiffen.
It’s clear who he means.
‘Raniel.’
A wizard who left the party not long ago.
That wizard came into the forest and defeated Skebal?
“···Have you met?”
“We haven’t met yet. “It seems like they’ve already left the forest.”
“···Well, isn’t that okay then? Rather, it’s good. You don’t have to lose strength, right? “I’m also glad that I don’t have to use moonlight arrows.”
Remia shrugged her shoulders.
Although she doesn’t show it, relief is evident in her fingers as she smooths the bowstring.
It has to be that way.
Battle with Skebal is something they want to avoid as much as possible. No, it’s okay if it’s a battle with Skebal.
That skeleton is worth fighting for.
Since I know the relative law, it’s okay.
The reason Skebal is so annoying is because of his carefully planned plan. In a situation where the plan is revealed, Skebal is not that much of a problem.
Just Sarah and Remia.
I did not want to face what was called a disaster.
Gletus, the apostate.
The sword of death, Ganicalt.
The fear they felt as they faced each other still resides deep within them. The fear aroused by facing the devil made them repulse the word ‘disaster’.
“So you’ve taken care of everything? Shall we go? Kyle?”
“Okay, let’s go back, Kyle. “It’s been a while since I came to the royal capital…”
Sarah and Remia urge them to leave the forest.
Heeding the urging, Kyle just stared blankly down at his palm.
“uh? “What, Kyle, are you hurt?”
Sarah, who belatedly noticed it, blinked.
The skin on the palm that Kyle was looking down at was peeling off.
“What happened?”
“well···.”
At that question, Kyle suddenly burst into laughter.
“Meeting a rather unique wizard.”
“yes? “What do you mean?”
“It’s no big deal. I plan to search the forest and return. “What are you two going to do?”
Sarah and Remia looked at each other, then nodded. When Kyle talked like this, he often didn’t answer even if I asked him a question.
Remia responded while looking at Kyle’s eyes.
“···Well, then, I’ll go back with Sarah first. “You have to look at the students’ condition as well.”
“okay. “I’ll be back soon.”
Remia and Sara take their seats.
Kyle stood there for a while and then walked deeper into the forest.
My palms are throbbing.
Kyle lightly tapped the back of my head a couple of times with his palm, which was tingling from the peeling skin.
Grumble.
Stagnant blood flows out through the nose. Feeling a little dizzy, Kyle wrapped starlight around her body. Her injuries recover in an instant.
‘···I was thinking about getting hit, at least once.’
He must have blocked it with his palm.
However, the ensuing shock went beyond my palm and shook my head. Even though her body wasn’t covered in starlight, her skin peeled off.
The impact that occurred immediately after the girl’s fists made contact was something magical. Although Kyle is ignorant of magic, he did recognize the spell.
Because it was a spell I had grown tired of over the past five years.
‘Bang, or crush.’
It was a striking-type spell, as it was called.
A spell so powerful that it goes beyond the palm of your hand and shakes your skull. That was his favorite spell.
At this point, it’s almost ridiculous.
Their characteristic appearance, speaking style, unique sharp atmosphere, and even the ordering system are all the same.
‘The only thing that’s different is gender.’
Gender, that is, the body.
Only the appearance has changed, but other than that, she is a girl who looks surprisingly similar to him.
To be honest, Kyle thought the girl was Raniel.
‘Is it disguised as body and soul?’
There is no other way to explain it.
It was questionable whether there was a way to camouflage those two in the first place… but even if that method had been used, Kyle was confident that they would recognize him.
‘The moment the spell is cast, its form will be lost.’
A polymorph-type spell.
If you use such a spell, the moment you use mana, its form is bound to shake slightly. Kyle found many demons that way. Therefore, Kyle provoked the girl. He made me write a spell.
-Maybe it would have been better to take him with you.
If it were Raniel, he said something that would never be overlooked.
-What did you say?
And, the provocation was successful.
The girl immediately rushed towards him and used a spell.
Kyle read every movement.
However, there was no shaking of form.
In other words, it is the girl’s own body.
Not a disguised appearance, but a real body and soul.
‘Are you really saying it’s not him?’
Then why did you react to those words? Did you hear it directly from him?
Only questions linger in Kyle’s mind.
‘I can not know.’
In the end, there is nothing to know. Only questions remain.
As Kyle is connected to the stars, I know very well how nonsense it is for the body to change and the soul to change.
‘That can’t happen.’
The only exception to the deal with the stars, where everything is possible, is the deterioration of the body and soul received at birth.
The star asserts.
That such a thing is absolutely impossible.
‘···Then, is he really a different person?’
Another character who is only related to Raniel?
Kyle narrowed his eyes. She recalled the image of the girl she was facing just moments ago.
Gray hair, blue eyes.
The eyes that were glaring venomously blink before my eyes.
A person who is very similar to Raniel.
Kyle’s intuition indicates that she is the same person as Raniel. However, her star, she says, is not Ran Elle.
Which of the two should you believe?
Kyle’s intuition is sometimes wrong. She had a lot. However, the stars were never wrong.
“·····.”
However, this time I have doubts.
This is because the prophecy given by the stars was subtle.
‘No matter which direction you turn, you encounter gray light.’
No matter how much I look around the forest, I can’t see him.
If so, it means that the ‘grey’ mentioned in the prophecy was not him. And… the girl was the only gray thing Kyle saw when he entered the forest.
‘···Which side are you going to believe?’
Kyle frowned and smoothed the hilt of the holy sword. Her starlight rose above her hands. It feels like the connection with the stars has become blurrier than before.
“Is the time coming?”
or not.
“Is it just an illusion?”
It was something unknown yet.
A word from the author (author review)
This episode will probably end tomorrow or the day after!
And, before going into the next episode, I’d like to write a brief side story about the warrior party facing the Four Heavenly Kings on the battlefield.
I thought that it would be easier to understand what level the hero party is.
The sword of death, Ganicalt.
Gletus, the apostate.
Which of the two would you like to see?
