Episode 302
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My teacher and I naturally moved to the Seeran Marquis and were able to see it there.
Gray swinging his sword.
So I just went through the space and grabbed the sword.
“… … Confucius?”
The guy recognized me, but passed over me for now.
There was something I couldn’t say earlier.
“I forgot to tell you earlier, but that wasn’t a good experience.”
“… … .”
“I wouldn’t recommend it if possible, unless you’ve lived a dark life like me, where your child kills his parents. It’s definitely not a good experience.”
I turned my head.
Mason Shearan.
Gray’s father, and the man who served as the commander-in-chief of the Teslan Kingdom’s military.
A man who retired from the post of commander-in-chief as he grew older and devoted himself solely to managing his territory.
Honestly, Mason is definitely a good guy.
I’m sure of that, because my two eyes that see people have not completely lost their vision.
And then I thought something was strange, and then I looked at this.
Mason’s eyes.
These two eyes are really weird.
I wasn’t the only one who noticed.
[Pink-tinged eyes… … one comes to mind.]
“I was wondering when it would appear, but it seems it has already appeared.”
Gray asked.
“… … What are you talking about?”
He answered.
“I was hit by black magic.”
Said.
Naturally, this question follows.
“Huh… … Magic?”
Isn’t that something only Confucius can use?
I think it contains that kind of nuance.
But let’s leave this topic aside for now.
“Everyone has their own desires.”
“……yes?”
“There are many types of black magic that make people anxious and increase their anxiety and tension in an instant. The word magic doesn’t have the character “black” in it for nothing.”
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Gray’s expression becomes serious.
It was obvious why.
You might be wondering why I’m suddenly saying this.
hmm.
“The type that makes a Death Knight, or uses a charm spell when you first meet me, or completely changes the surrounding scenery, is the ‘essence’ of black magic. If you look a little deeper, it’s contradictory, but it’s also the essence and only a part. Black magic is when a part is used to cover the whole, or a part becomes the whole. And now.”
I approached Mason, who was standing quietly without saying anything.
“Do you see? Both eyes are slightly red.”
Gray just tilted his head in response to my words.
Although he is a 9th circle mana user, Gray doesn’t even notice it now.
“Concentrate all your mana into your eyes.”
The guy did as he was told.
But still, he has a puzzled expression on his face.
There is only one of these.
“It was done by someone who was far superior to you. At least a master, and the rank is intermediate.”
“… … .”
“The magic name is Emotion Stimulate. It’s classified as a 7th circle black magic, and it’s a type of ‘curse’ that plays with the other person’s emotions. I’ve never heard of it… … before.”
Should I say that it continuously stimulates the inside of your chest as if it is knocking softly without you even knowing it?
Actually, I don’t know if it’s appropriate to say that we’re having a blast.
If a warlock at the peak of his powers could use this magic, then that warlock magic wouldn’t have such a long name, but would be called mind control.
In other words, looking at it differently, it means that the person who inscribed this black magic on Mason has a vague idea about black magic, but does not know the details.
And this is a side note, I’m not feeling too good right now.
Because the magic that is currently being cast on Mason is not just the long-named black magic I mentioned earlier.
“Surveillance, should I say?”
He reached out and placed his hand on Mason’s heart.
Certainly. The prediction was not wrong.
Another black magic was engraved on Mason’s heart.
A technique I don’t know, to be honest I’ve never seen it, but it feels strangely familiar.
[A new type of black magic. I never thought I’d be saying that.]
I turned my head.
Our teacher seemed to have noticed.
[‘Eavesdropping’, you weren’t the only one thinking about it.]
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“I disassembled the teleportation formula, and made a new formation by separating only the transmission and voice parts… … Yes. It is a new technique created using black magic, just as the Master said.”
[Haven’t you ever created a human named Kronos and other ghosts and sent them to the Tulcan Empire?]
The master was asking.
This is the Tulcan Empire breaking down black magic again and again to create black magic.
He shook his head and spoke in a confident tone.
“No matter how much of a genius Iskandar is, no matter how many talented people are around him, he is not one of them.”
After saying that, the conversation stopped for a moment.
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Because Gray eventually became aware of the whole situation as the conversation between me and the Master continued.
“So, right now, Father is under a spell… … so, he doesn’t have to be killed, is that it?”
He nodded.
I would like to immediately remove the spell placed on Mason.
First, let me explain.
“This is one of the reasons why black magic was rejected. Those who were subjected to it met with a bad ending in one way or another. Because black magic caused personal ruin, national ruin, and made emotions impatient, they considered trivial things to be extremes, and because they were people with outstanding abilities, they used extreme methods to make things like this happen.”
That was when.
Mason, who had been quiet, intervenes.
“Your Majesty, I have been silent all along. What are you saying now?”
He silently lifted his index finger and brought it to his lips.
I know you’re not in your right mind right now, but let’s be quiet for now.
There’s still something more important to say.
“I told you earlier that you were wiretapping. You’re probably listening to everything we’re saying right now.”
He spoke slowly and in a small voice.
“I don’t know what you are, but I know where you belong.”
The surroundings were quiet.
But my voice will surely be heard in the ears of the ‘warlock’ who led this work.
“I honestly don’t know what you intended to do with Mason, what you hoped to gain from it, or what nerve you had to touch ‘my people’. I don’t even want to know. The important thing is that you, or you guys, touched ‘my people’. You did something that made ‘my people’ sad.”
I have great magical knowledge.
It means that Mana’s talent is outstanding, so of course, it is also possible to reverse magic.
But even as we speak, I’m still trying to track down this magic, and it doesn’t seem to be working.
To be exact, I should say it’s interesting.
Mana transits through some place, transits through some place, and continues to wander around.
It seems like they’re trying to bypass this, but the method is more unique than I thought.
It seems like there have been traces of research on this magic for at least several decades, or perhaps even several hundred years.
The Master, who was unable to use magic in the current situation, did not notice this fact, so he asked if Tulkan was behind it, and I, who continued to track it using mana, was able to confirm that Tulkan was not behind all of this.
therefore.
A third organization unknown to others on this continent.
I didn’t even know I was going crazy in my past life.
An organization that uses black magic and has black magicians capable of resurrecting the dead.
An organization created by ‘the man’ who knew the Master in a previous life and helped the Master when he created black magic.
And the thing with Ron that I had seen in my dream just a few hours ago.
There is nothing in this world that happens without probability.
Everything is inevitable.
It’s just that the probability was connected and aligned.
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conduit.
Third organization.
They touched ‘me’ now.
And I was making this kind of misjudgment too.
“You’ve been feeling that I’m chasing after you for a while now. And yet you’re still maintaining the magic circle? It’s like you think that I’ll never be able to find you, that even if I do, it’s meaningless, that you’re a frog in a well. Is that right?”
Of course, there was no answer.
The surroundings were quiet, and the black magic circle engraved on Mason’s heart was still there.
“I’ll give you three days.”
“… … Confucius?”
“If you turn yourself in, it will end with only killing the guys who did this. But what if there is no response after three days?”
I ran my hand through my hair. If not.
“Anyone who has even the slightest connection with you will die that day. Even if you run to the ends of the continent, I will find you, cut off your throat, and rip out your heart. I will not leave behind a single seed, and even if you beg for your life, you will die unconditionally.”
Did they feel the murderous aura surrounding them?
At least everyone around me felt it.
“The Dokwan, an organization from the distant past that protected the Gunnar Empire. Don’t forget, it’s been three days.”
That was the end.
As soon as those words were spoken, the magic circle engraved on Mason’s heart lost its light and dispersed into the air.
When I was in the kingdom of Ishmael, my teacher once said this:
Soon the wind of blood will blow, a real wind of blood will blow.
It just got a little faster.
No.
Should I say that it overlapped?
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Mason came to his senses.
To be exact, I should say the magic was broken.
“… … .”
So now, I’m just standing there blankly.
What were you trying to do?
Because I remembered everything that happened.
Mason’s first words after a long time were.
“Oh, my… … You’re still alive.”
This was it.
I’m sure he found it quite interesting.
The overall situation, and most importantly, the feeling when you are under black magic.
Something makes me feel really anxious, my thoughts become rushed, and yet I have to remain calm as much as possible. This thought keeps coming up and clashing with other emotions.
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That mysterious boundary that becomes complicated.
I know that feeling well.
How could you not know?
In my previous life, when I was learning black magic from my master, I was subjected to many trials under the pretext of practical training.
I’ve mentioned it countless times, but now our teacher.
You killed a lot of my personality.
“By the way, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.”
“Yeah. It’s been a little over a month. It’s been a long time.”
Mason was tight-lipped this time too.
After about 5 minutes, he finally uttered a word.
“……Thank you.”
He shrugged.
And then he just stepped back.
Gray and Mason.
I think there were things that the rich had to talk about, so I just gave in first.
Me, Jack Valantier, 15 years old. I’m not that bad.
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“How much of it was sincere?”
“……well.”
Mason was tight-lipped this time too.
Given the circumstances, Mason unconsciously became anxious and worried about Gray while under the influence of black magic.
In order to bring Gray back into his inner circle after he seemed to have lost Jack’s trust, he gathered troops under the pretext of assassinating Aveiro, making Gray see himself as an internal enemy in front of Jack.
This is all a process.
As a result, if it had been successful, Gray would have become a man so loyal to Jack that he would even kill his own father.
Gray didn’t go through the whole process.
The very first.
“The people are livestock… … Are you serious about that?”
Mason said, looking blankly at Gray.
“well.”
It was an incredibly quick answer, and Gray’s eyes furrowed at the answer that was neither yes nor no.
“I know my father. I know him well. No, I thought so. But now I don’t know.”
Mason simply smiled in response to Gray’s expression, which seemed to be desperately wanting an answer.
Mason, who had been laughing quietly, takes a step forward.
Gray was just under 6’1″ tall, but Mason was taller.
At least 195cm.
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He, almost like Thanos, passes by Gray and taps him on the shoulder.
“If you don’t know, find the answer yourself. Constantly think about what is right and what is wrong. If you judge that I will rebel and do something that goes against your beliefs, then take up your sword without mercy. Just like you did just now.”
“……father.”
“You asked if I was sincere. I won’t answer. Find the answer for yourself.”
So Mason passed Gray by.
Gray turned his head and could see.
Jack is seen walking alongside Mason from a distance.
Gray, who was looking at the two, suddenly had this feeling.
like.
It felt like two adults were walking.
Gray didn’t notice.
The high circle mana users that Mason had gathered were all kneeling and bowing their heads toward Gray.
It’s similar.
It was a scene of loyal retainers welcoming the new master of the Cierran family.
As if it were going to be like this.
Or as if it had been commanded in advance.
What if Mason had died?
Everything remained a ‘what if’, but one thing was certain.
It’s clear that Mason Theron made sacrifices for his children.
