Money-grubbing Necromancer (161)
His connection to the Griff family.
This was information that was known only to a very small number of people even within the Academy.
But Kim Min-woo, an outsider, suddenly brought up the topic.
Hansia’s head became complicated.
Kim Min-woo, who was looking at her like that, also had a complicated mind.
‘Was she originally that skinny?’
Anyway.
Kim Min-woo continued speaking.
“Are you going to continue living with your life mortgaged to the head of the household? If you go back this time, you have no future. You will be sucked out of your bones.”
“… … .”
“I and Korea will help you regain your freedom.”
Hansia, who had been listening in silence, let out a sigh. Laura told her to close her mouth and listen quietly, but that was already impossible.
“… … Knock knock! It doesn’t matter. Talent? I’ll take it. It’s just a curse to me.”
Talent.
A lifelong prisoner.
I was sick of it.
Magic is also disgusting.
What the hell is that?
Is it worth it to ruin your life like this?
Hansia didn’t know.
I didn’t even want to know.
Both my entry into the academy and my ability to use magic were due to my family’s recommendation.
If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have even tried this damn rehab.
I remembered what my mother had always told me since I was little.
-What Mom wants is for the two of you to live happily together.
-Don’t go against the family tree. It’s best to obey.
-Talent? What does that matter? Just give it to me and live a normal life with Mom. Okay?
For Hansia, her mother was everything to her.
The only person who has loved her since she was little.
A person who protected himself from a terrible father.
The person who gave her freedom, even if it was only for a short period of ten years. What her mother wanted was not for her to confront Griff.
Living a normal and peaceful life.
She wants it.
Hansia also agreed to it.
Against the Griff family?
Their power is immeasurably deep. Also, the existence of her father was like a trauma to her.
It was almost a great fear that made one unable to even think of confronting it.
That’s why I wasn’t very excited about the promise of freedom being restored.
That was when.
Kim Min-woo said cynically.
“Did I mislead you by what I said?”
“A misunderstanding?”
“That means you’ll be sucked out without leaving a single bone behind. That means you’ll die.”
“Dying… … are you saying?”
“Then did you think it would be easy to just suck up your talent and be done with it? Did you think that structure was possible in the first place?”
“Knock knock! Knock knock! I’m still alive. Even now.”
“Because I left half of it. To be exact, I had no choice but to leave it. That’s why I’m alive. Still. But… … Do you normally cough that often?”
“… … It’s gotten a bit worse lately.”
Kim Min-woo frowned.
It was true that Hansia’s physical condition wasn’t very good originally. It was because her talents were torn off and she suffered all kinds of hardships since childhood.
But even taking that into account… … .
‘That’s a bit much.’
It’s a lot drier than I thought.
His physical condition didn’t look that good either.
“Something like a checkup?”
“… … He said there was nothing particularly wrong.”
“Anyway, it’s true that you’re going to die. You’re still not feeling well.”
“The family said that it was a side effect.”
“Side effects of talent being torn apart?”
Hansia nodded.
“I said that if you only take half, the balance will be lost. So you have to take all of it to make it normal.”
at that time.
Kim Min-woo snapped his fingers.
Merhen came out into the consulting room and asked.
-Minwoo. What’s going on?
“This is Hansia, an academy student. Can you take a look at her?”
-huh.
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Then Merhen narrowed her eyes.
She tilted her head for a moment as she stared intently at Hansia.
-You wereted your talent? That’s why your soul is imperfect.
“Are you talking about the soul?”
-That’s right. It shook. The foundation. Wait a minute.
Merhen, who said that, approached Hansia.
-Are you good at manifesting magic?
“Just, so-so… … .”
―It won’t work out well with such a crude soul, right? You’ve lost your identity.
“… …Identity?”
-Yeah. So to speak… … you’re not a wizard anymore.
“……yes?”
-Now, there is no basis for being a magician.
“But it does manifest… … ?”
– I guess it will work out. I’m just trying to squeeze it out of what’s left.
“Wait a minute. You’re not a wizard?”
– That’s what I think. It’s true. It’s been eaten up so much. The foundation.
“How much did you eat?”
-More than 80%?
“You ate that much?”
Kim Min-woo’s eyes grew wide.
I knew that Hansia sucked up talent. But usually, it was around 50%.
Only then did I understand why Hansia looked so sickly.
Aren’t there completely different stories if there’s 50% left and if there’s less than 20% left?
Merhen nodded and added.
-Yeah. You just extracted the main points cleanly. I think you used a tool.
“equipment?”
―Or else the Earth wizard did this. It’s hard for me to clean it up this cleanly. Maybe if I get more power back.
Lucas, that guy’s talent can’t be that great, so he must have used tools to help him?
It seemed plausible.
That was when.
Hansia asked desperately.
“I have a question.”
-Speak.
“… … If all my remaining talents are absorbed, will I die? Or will I live?”
―There’s a tree. If you leave only the trunk, it will live, right? But do you think it will live if you pull out all the roots?
“That’s what you mean by pulling out the roots? You said that if you take them all away, things will return to normal… … .”
-You’re such an idiot, aren’t you? Your soul is still wavering.
“lie…….”
-Can’t you tell just by looking at your physical condition?
Hansia remained silent.
I couldn’t believe it.
No, I didn’t want to believe it.
From my childhood, when my memories are hazy, until now, I have endured, waiting for the day when I could live freely with my mother.
But the result is death?
lie.
lie…….
“Cough! Lies!”
It was ridiculous.
Then doesn’t that mean he’s been suffering for over 20 years trying to kill himself?
at that time.
Kim Min-woo said.
“Is that what your mother said? She said to give up your talent and live an ordinary life.”
Hansia’s eyes frowned.
“How far have you investigated me?”
“I understand that you depended a lot on your mother. She was probably the only person who loved you until now.”
Hansia jumped up from her seat. Her mind was already close to being saturated. She couldn’t bear this topic any longer.
“I’ll go. I’m done with the consultation.”
“But, is that love real?”
“Cough! Don’t insult Mom!”
Blood vessels appeared in Hansia’s eyes.
I could tolerate everything else, but I couldn’t tolerate my mother being insulted. But Kim Min-woo was crossing that line in an instant.
It was beyond rude, it was outrageous.
Kim Min-woo shrugged and continued speaking.
“Lucas, you have so many illegitimate children. Haven’t you ever thought about it? That in itself would be a deal.”
“… … .”
“It’s a kind of deal where you give birth to a child and the mother or her family receives a reward based on the child’s talent.”
“… … Even if that’s true, it doesn’t change the fact that my mother loves me.”
Hansia’s eyes sparkled.
From the time he was a child, even after he left the family home, his mother was with him. She loved him.
No, I had to love.
To deny that was no different from denying her life.
“Do you know the syllogism? It’s a method of guessing one thing using two already known arguments.”
Immediately after, Kim Min-woo spat out words that sounded like poison.
“Hancia will die if her talent is taken away. Her mother tells her to give her talent. So what can we conclude from this?”
Hansia’s hands shook violently.
The quick mind had already drawn that conclusion.
“… … That can’t be. Mom wouldn’t have known. She would have been fooled. By those demons.”
He said that if I gave him talent, he would make him happy. He said that he would no longer bind the mother and daughter.
It must have been Griff who was spewing out those sweet words.
Her innocent mother must have been completely fooled.
That was it.
What Hansia can accept.
at that time.
Kim Min-woo handed over a piece of paper.
“Let me take a look.”
Han Sia, who had been glaring at him warily, quickly picked up the document. It was filled with information about her mother, ‘Kim Ha-eun’.
‘……gambling?’
It was written that he came to Germany to study in his 20s and ended up in a lot of debt while working in theater.
Then, he becomes connected with the Griff family and gives birth to himself.
The ‘sincerity’ that keeps piling up in her bank account and the endless luxuries that come with it.
Until recently, there were records showing her frequenting all sorts of gambling tables.
“Isn’t the subsidy quite large?”
“… … It’s just the amount I should have received. It’s no different from child support. Do you know how much it costs to go to the academy here?”
“It doesn’t cost hundreds of billions. Aren’t you curious? Do you think she really loves you or is it just money?”
Hansia’s hands were trembling.
It kept getting torn apart.
That hurt so much.
I didn’t want to hear any more.
But, the content keeps getting stuck in my ears, like the devil’s whispers.
Her eyes suddenly turned red.
“Why are you doing this to me… … Why on earth… … .”
“Are you going to die just trusting your mother? It’s not that hard to confirm. Hasn’t life been hard enough?”
“What do you know… … .”
“At least I know one thing for sure. You don’t want to die in vain like this.”
Hansia remained silent.
I lived my whole life in pain.
Cursed life.
Even so.
Kim Min-woo was right.
I didn’t want to die.
Even though it was a really worthless life, it was like that.
“Knock knock! What are you trying to confirm?”
“Your mother was in the theater a lot. She must be a very good actress. You can’t find out the truth by just asking.”
He’s been gaslighting for 20 years, so you can tell he’s good at it.
Since I was a player, I just ignored it and moved on.
It wasn’t like that for Hansia, so it wasn’t strange for her to react that way.
For her, her mother is almost everything in life.
Hansia is silent.
He smiled at her.
“But you know, no matter how well you act, you can’t fool your senses. When that happens, your pulse quickens, your salivary glands dry up, your pupils shake, and things like that.”
“… … That, that’s why.”
“From now on, I will cast a spell on Hansia. The spell of truth.”
Then Merhen snapped her fingers.
―If you put your mind to it, your senses will be amplified. You will even be able to see your pores open. But don’t use it for too long. It will be too much.
“Did you hear that? You can go and check. What the real truth is. That’s the end of the consultation for today.”
Then, Kim Min-woo handed me a business card.
“I’m keeping it in my inventory. I’ll need it when I need it.”
Hancia’s heaviest chain.
It was her mother.
‘It’s the carrot and the whip.’
When everyone coldly despised her.
The only thing different was his mother.
That was the carrot.
Learning that has continued since childhood eventually developed into dependence.
The only person who pretends to love her. That’s why he’s the one she loves the most blindly.
‘Break it first.’
Otherwise we won’t be able to save Hansia.
* * *
After the consultation.
She turned to Laura.
“how was it?”
“… … Just. There wasn’t much to talk about. Merhen? That summoner was a bit strange.”
“Hmm. Really?”
“uh.”
Well, that’s true.
If Hansia were a lowly magician, things would be different, but in reality, she wasn’t a very attractive target. Of course, nothing bad would have happened.
“I miss my mom.”
“Yeah. Is it okay?”
“It’s been three months.”
“Okay. Let’s go out.”
Laura nodded willingly. Her mother was under Griff’s care.
It was one of the most important tools for controlling Hansia. It wasn’t that difficult to show.
Because you just have to make an appointment.
Even though he was addicted to gambling, he must have recovered on his own since he was the one who gave him the money.
So Laura and Hansia bought their outing passes.
When I sat in the car.
Laura asked slyly.
“What’s the matter? You haven’t been to the store lately.”
“… … I just did it because I was a little sick.”
Lately, my condition has been getting worse. I didn’t want to show my mother how skinny I was.
That’s why I just didn’t go looking for it.
What I missed was still the same.
When I got home like that.
Laura said with a grin.
“I’ll give you plenty today. Three hours. Is that enough?”
“… … .”
Hansia nodded and headed to the elevator of the penthouse.
She took a deep breath as she boarded the plane.
My head was cluttered with all sorts of thoughts. A conversation between Kim Min-woo and Merhen.
And even doubts about his mother.
Everything was mixed up and confusing her.
‘No way. Mom loves me. Obviously.’
Although I certainly thought so, on the other hand, doubts kept rising. The words telling me to give up my talent. What was the real meaning behind those words?
When the elevator stopped, Hansia’s heart pounded.
Soon the door would open, and my mother would be there.
‘What if that’s true? What if Mom lied to me…?’
She hesitated for a moment, then shook her head. No, that can’t be true.
The only one who has been on my side all this time is my mother.
That love must be true.
She rang the doorbell with trembling hands. The door would soon open and she would meet her mother.
Right after.
“Our daughter, are you here?”
Her mother, Kim Ha-eun, appeared.
gulp.
Hansia swallowed.
fantasy,
