EP.7 Period (End of Prologue)
Restriction.
After gathering the stunned soldiers and the centurion together and tying them up with a spell, I stood up. It took some time to create the circuit on the spot rather than releasing the stocked spell.
“Wow.”
When I straighten my back, I hear a popping sound.
My whole body ached. It was a natural result since he made up for his lack of physical ability with spells. Whether it’s acceleration or muscle strengthening, it’s a spell that puts a strain on the underlying body.
I swiveled my creaky shoulders and went outside the half-destroyed building. Passs. Every time I moved, powder fell.
“·····.”
Eventually, the barrier that the demons were talking about came into view. A thin, opaque membrane surrounding a half-destroyed building.
Distortion of vision.
Perceptual distortion.
Two orders are visible.
The spell was so elaborately wrapped that, despite all the chaos inside, it was peaceful outside the barrier. There were people looking beyond the barrier, but they quickly looked away.
It is a surprisingly sophisticated spell.
That sophistication gives me confidence.
‘That’s him.’
This was the magic of the skull bowl. No one but him can hit this level of barrier.
‘I don’t know what on earth they are planning…’
Honestly, I didn’t want to be involved anymore.
For some reason, I seem to be more tired since retiring from the warrior party.
“Ugh.”
I sigh and raise my mana. Then, he lightly touches the barrier.
-Blah, blah.
As it is elaborately woven, it is easy to destroy it by just digging into the cracks. Just by sending a small amount of magic through the barrier, the barrier breaks.
-Dismissal!
Black powder flies.
Eventually, the air containing the cloudy magical energy that had been trapped within the barrier was released.
“Ugh!”
“What kind of smell is this…? uh? That thing over there is a building!”
“Aaaah!”
When the barrier is lifted, the streets fall into chaos. I sit at the starting point of the barrier and wait for the guards to arrive.
“What’s going on!”
“Here, the gun, the building!”
“Isn’t this demonic energy? “Get the drivers right now…”
I approach the security guard who appears to have a position.
And then I called him over.
“hey.”
“···who are you?”
“That one over there.”
I point into the rubble of the building.
“Is there a mine in there? “I’ve tied him up, so please take him away and hand him over to the drivers.”
“···yes?”
“For more details… Um, among those tied up, there’s going to be one in black armor, right? “I’ll listen carefully, so ask him…”
The guard frowns.
Then he cuts me off and comes in.
“No, miss. “We’re a little busy right now, so we’re joking around like that…”
“I’m serious.”
I take something out from inside my robe.
He then waved it in front of the guard.
“… !”
The guard who saw this stiffened.
The guard, with his eyes wide open, looks at me and then at the token in my hand.
A badge engraved with the royal family symbol.
What I showed the guard was a kind of token. Proof that you are a wizard recognized by the royal family. It was given to me by the royal family when I was appointed as the next lord of the Gray Magic Tower.
‘This will clearly prove your identity.’
Eventually, the guard bowed his head with a pale complexion.
“See you, see you, the royal wizard! “I’m sorry I didn’t know!”
“Okay, you know what I said earlier, right?”
“Yes, yes.”
“Please handle it properly and reliably.”
“Okay, I understand.”
The guard motioned to his colleagues and hurriedly ran in the direction I pointed. I watched it for a while and then left.
* * *
I stopped by the bar I stopped by yesterday again.
Of course, the store owner didn’t recognize me, so I re-booked a room and had to ask the store owner to run the same errand again.
“Whoa.”
When I entered the room, I took off my blood-soaked robe and threw it away. There was also dark red blood stuck to the shirt he wore under his robe.
‘It’s not a big fuss.’
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He even takes off his shirt and puts it in the bowl along with his robe. Wash off your blood-soaked hair and dry your body with a wet towel.
“·····.”
After completing a series of movements, I suddenly looked at the mirror. Only then did I face my changed body. I was expecting it, but seeing it with my own eyes wasn’t very pleasant.
Long gray hair that fell down to her lower back.
Blue eyes with a light red tint.
The naturally sharp eyes have become slightly looser, and dark eyelashes have taken their place.
What about the body?
Pure white skin, smooth skin without any calluses, I don’t think of it as my body. Looking at the body drawing soft curves, I can only sigh.
Anti-Spell.
I tried it just in case, but no changes occurred in my body. My Mana felt no abnormality in this body, as if it had been my body from the beginning.
So, breaking the curse is also impossible.
It doesn’t seem like they recognize this as a curse to begin with.
‘There’s all this stuff.’
Although it made no sense in common sense…
Considering the medium through which this curse was placed, it is understandable.
‘Black fog.’
The devil’s body, part of the curse.
It is a part of a monster whose very existence deviates from common sense. It is ridiculous to judge that based on common sense.
However, questions still remain.
‘Why is it a physical mutation?’
I remember the spell and curse that the black fog engulfed Lepe’s body and cast at me.
Physical mutation, mental contamination, and one unknown thing.
When I thought about it, it was strange.
If you were trying to kill me, there would have been an easier way. If I had just used my favorite low-level magic, Smite, in the fog, my body would have been reduced to a piece of meat.
‘But why bother?’
I couldn’t figure it out.
Even if I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with an answer.
“Ugh.”
I thought about it and wondered what I would do.
I sighed and got up from the bed. Then, he sat down on a chair in the room and placed his hands on the table. To do something you’ve been putting off.
What I took out was luxurious parchment, an envelope to hold the parchment, and a pen that does not produce ink.
I feed mana to the nib.
Gray mana turns into ink and drips. Write letters by pressing down on the mana.
-Resignation letter.
A word consisting of only 3 letters.
Looking at those words printed on paper, I smiled bitterly. How long did it take to write these simple words?
‘It’s dull.’
I felt something strange.
On an empty day, I muttered to myself, “I need to quit, I need to get rid of it,” but…
When I wrote it like this, I felt a new sense of weight.
‘I feel like I want to send it away with just one sentence, ‘I hit you because it sucks’…’
That won’t work.
Turn the pen and organize the words you want to write. If I wanted to write, there were many stories to write.
Kyle’s fall.
Sara and Remia’s luxury.
And, if you try to write in a way that you’re tired of them and want to quit, you can pour out dozens of pages right away.
But, it shouldn’t be like that.
I didn’t even want to do that.
It’s not specifically for those f*cking bastards. I’m worried about the repercussions that will hit me if I write a complaint instead of a resignation letter like that.
‘Sarah’s fanatics, Remia’s elf clan, and countless knights who admire Kyle.’
Receiving dozens of petitions from those people…
Well, it’s scary to even think about it.
I wouldn’t mind if it were sent to me, but since I don’t know where I am, all those letters will be sent to my teacher.
‘What a nuisance is that.’
I didn’t want to do that.
Besides, I didn’t want the man who would receive this letter to know the inside story of the hero’s party.
“So, you have to package it appropriately…”
I am thinking of where to send this letter. The garrison of the knights who oversee the mercenaries, warrior parties, and adventurers fighting against the Demon King’s army.
And, the person who will receive this letter will probably be a knight commander. First of all, this is a letter I am sending as a member of the warrior party.
‘How much does that guy know?’
The fact that we encountered the devil. The knight commander would know that fact. And even the fact that we ran away.
-···This should not be known to the outside world.
-You are the hope of humanity. It must not be known that you ran away from the devil. sorry. Please hide this fact.
Because it was the knight commander who decided to conceal that fact.
However, even the knight commander does not know the detailed story.
That I used Balance to escape from the devil, and paid half my life to the stars.
I didn’t say it on purpose.
How can I say this? To the man who said we were the hope of humanity and smiled every time he saw us.
The knight commander devoted himself more to humanity than anyone else. He is a person who devoted his life to dealing with demonic beasts, demons, and the demon king’s army. I didn’t want to bring despair to such a character.
So, even though they know it’s a deception, they’re trying to hide it.
‘Not only that my lifespan is short, but also that Kyle is corrupt.’
Still, I needed an excuse.
If I announce that I am leaving the warrior party, he will come to me before anyone else. They’ll try to persuade me, and if that doesn’t work, they’ll at least try to get me into the knighthood.
‘It doesn’t matter if I look like this or not.’
However, I don’t want that.
So it was necessary to give a suitable reason.
-In the past, I made a deal with a star to escape from the devil. I used balance.
-Of course, the price of the transaction was not large.
-It wasn’t a big deal, but due to the side effects immediately after the transaction, I couldn’t completely escape from the devil. The devil’s curse engraved at that time remains inside the heart.
A moderate mix of lies and facts.
Create an appropriate reason based on the incident.
-Encounter the Succubus Queen in Kai Nak City.
-The Succubus Queen summoned a fragment of the Demon King through some kind of means. Please refer to the enclosed crystal ball and report for further details.
After hesitating for a moment, I moved the pen again.
-The curse of the heart was activated on the black dance, a fragment of the Demon King summoned by the Succubus Queen. I decided that I couldn’t go on any more adventures.
And then write the last sentence.
-So, I, Raniel, announce that I am leaving the battlefield.
-I will return the badge that proves I am a member of the warrior party and the knights.
Put the emblem inside the letterhead.
Place the carefully folded letter in stationery and seal it with mana.
“·····.”
Holding that letter in my hand, I stayed still for a while. Many thoughts pass through my head.
It took a long time.
It took a really long time to write this letter.
‘I was hoping I wouldn’t have to use it.’
I was thinking that if I left the battlefield, it would either be because I defeated the Demon King or because I died.
“aha.”
The laughter that leaked out inadvertently was fishy.
It’s a mockery of my situation, and it’s also a mockery of Kyle, who kicked me out.
The edge of the letter gets crumpled under the pressure of my finger.
“Now, it’s really over.”
While muttering that, I lightly snap my fingers. The spell engraved on the letter responds to my mana.
-Good luck!
The letter paper is engulfed in gray flames. Ashes do not fall. Feeling that the letter had been sent properly, I closed my eyes.
-···Hey, Raniel.
-Our village burned down. My parents are dead. The village chief is also dead. What should we do now?
-I am···. I plan to become a slave to a nobleman. At least I will be able to eat and live.
-You had a talent for magic, right?
-···I envy you.
“·····.”
-It was difficult. What does that pig think of me?
-I really hate nobles.
-… Why are you giving me money? do not do that. Upset. You are you and I am me. I don’t want to borrow money from my only friend back home.
-Don’t make me miserable, Raniel.
It was like that.
-Hey, Raniel.
-I became a warrior. I guess I was chosen by a star. Look at this. They say this is a holy sword.
-Come with me, Raniel. It’s about catching the devil. Let’s build achievements so that no one can ignore us. We are laughing at the nobles who looked down on our origins!
That’s how it started.
-I did it, I did it!
-I finally cut off the black dragon’s head! We, we killed the Four Heavenly Kings, Raniel!
-It was impossible without your magic, Raniel! you… You are a really great guy. How can you tie a dragon’s feet… !
-Raniel, you are the best wizard!
That’s how it went.
-·····.
-Let’s stop, Raniel.
like that.
-I can’t do it anymore.
-I can’t do this anymore, Raniel.
-sorry. I’m sorry to you, but I really… I don’t think I can do it anymore. I don’t think I can cut down that monster. I am… I am···.
It’s over.
-okay.
-You’re always like that.
-Only you always shine brightly. Only you, only you shine. It hurts when I look at you.
“I’m sorry for always being like that, you f*cking idiot.”
Is it sinful to live hard?
“···Eat well and live well.”
You damn bastard.
Unlike back then when I spoke out loud, my voice now had no strength.
I smiled bitterly at that fact and stood up.
And just like that, I put an end to my five-year journey.
There were no more regrets.
Five years was too long to have regrets.
