Talent-Swallowing Magician Chapter 44

Episode 44

Invitation from the Neresta family

Just before Elric leaves the palace of Cheongyeon.

“Even if this guy is really into it, he ends up falling into something else… !”

Sean was swearing at Elric, who suddenly disappeared without saying a word.

Cheongyeon’s Jinggung Palace.

Even if you get caught up in it, what does it mean to be caught up in it?

Even though I wanted to go rescue him, I couldn’t even bring myself to do so.

You had to be a 6th circle mage to even attempt to get through it.

Normally, it was just a maze-like phantom to the point of simply getting lost, but at times, it was an extreme tremor that could slowly kill the trapped target by mixing poison in the fog or carrying an illusion.

The little grandfather had to pick it up himself, or someone who knew the structure well had to go in and bring it in.

In fact, a vassal who had received Sean’s orders a little while ago has entered.

We had no choice but to wait for them to get out safely together.

So I’m just stamping my feet.

“Fuha!”

Suddenly Tasha next to me burst out laughing.

What’s so funny? Sean glared at his sister with a horned face.

Normally, I would have just ignored it, but now I couldn’t help but feel angry, wondering if they were laughing at my friend more than myself.

Or rather, why on earth was there a ‘meeting’ party?

Normally, when someone from the imperial family comes out, they just send an attendant and don’t even think about making a move themselves.

Did he really have any interest in Elric?

“Why are you laughing?”

Although his tone was very sharp.

Tasha just looked at her younger sibling as if she was cute.

“Because it’s cute.”

“what?”

“You say you don’t like it with your mouth, but your expression says you’re dying of worry?”

“… .”

“I can’t believe you made my younger brother, who is so indifferent to others, worry like this. “The pro-choice work of the time was also very scheming, wasn’t it?”

In an instant, Sean’s face turned red.

“Well, who cares… !”

Instead of getting angry and yelling, Sean had to hold back along the way.

Tasha’s laughter seemed ready to explode at any moment. She realized too late that he had stopped her.

“Anyway, don’t worry too much.”

“So who was worried…?” !”

“okay. Even so. But you don’t really know your friend?”

Sean, who had barely let go of his anger, had to frown again.

“What are you talking about?”

“Cheongyeon’s Jinggung. It’s definitely scary. “But do you really think your friend won’t get out there?”

“… !”

For a moment, Sean’s eyes widened.

It felt like I had been hit hard on the back of my head with something.

The corners of Tasha’s mouth curled up even further.

“Shall we make a bet?”

“… “What bet?”

“Can I come out or not?”

“Where I am.”

“Do you have a conscience?”

Tasha laughed in bewilderment, but Sean kept his mouth shut.

For a brief moment, I was agitated by the fact that my great-grandfather had come forward.

In fact, if you look at it, Elric was the one who survived the difficult dragon’s nest.

No matter how great Cheongyeon’s Jinggung was, I wondered if it could be as dangerous as the place where the dragon soldiers and evil dragons ran rampant.

‘Anyway, how on earth did you never talk to Elric… ?’

I don’t know if you know Sean’s thoughts like that.

Tasha said as she stared into the foggy direction.

“I’m the one coming out too… So I don’t think I can bet. “Then how soon will we decide to come out?”

“12 hours.”

“That’s just a guess, right?”

“however?”

“Anyway. As a wizard, shouldn’t you calculate things like that? It’s 10 hours and 12 minutes. “It will take about that time.”

So the two people made eye contact.

Hwaaa!

As the two people expected, Elric succeeded in escaping from Blue Yeon’s palace alone without any rescue.

However, there is something wrong with both.

“… .”

“… .”

It took less than an hour to get out.

It was exactly 46 minutes.

* * *

Back to the original time.

From Sean’s perspective, the question of whether he had become a mage was bound to come up.

In fact, no matter how smart the mage was, it was bound to take at least 24 hours to analyze Cheongyeon’s true palace and come up with a solution.

If that wasn’t enough, it would have taken much more time.

No, there must have been many people for whom finding the solution itself was impossible.

It’s not something my great-grandfather made for nothing.

Even for me, if my great-grandfather came forward to strengthen the formula, it had no choice but to increase indefinitely.

When Sean said 12 hours, he actually only cut it in half because he thought highly of Elric, but if other people heard it, they would have no choice but to say ‘crazy’… .

You got it done in less than an hour?

Tasha was already shocked and frozen.

Sean couldn’t help but laugh at the sight of his sister for the first time.

‘How long did it take my sister to find the year of Jin Gung? Was it 4 hours or 5 hours? I think it was around that extent.’

This is a record that even beat Tasha, who is considered a rare genius. Is there anyone who will be ahead of that in the future?

Anyway, I was wondering if you became a mage for this reason.

“well.”

Elric’s answer was a masterpiece.

“I don’t think we’re there yet.”

“that… rum?”

“Maybe pull-ups?”

“… !”

“I think it might be possible if we struggle a little more here.”

“… .”

Sean couldn’t help but look back at Tasha for a moment.

just as expected.

Tasha’s eyes were suddenly burning brightly, as if they had been frozen for some time.

There was even a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

‘also… ‘It’s on fire.’

Sean could tell that his sister was burning with a desire to win.

Throughout her life, she had no significant enemies among her peers, and wasn’t she the one who put most of her seniors at her feet? But now that she had met someone who stimulated her for the first time in a while, she seemed to be interested.

In the first place, the more you press it, the bigger it bounces, and if there is an opponent, the person who is trying to beat it at all costs was his sister.

And just as Sean guessed.

Tasha was having fun.

The reason I was interested in Elric so far was because of my interest in dragons.

It has changed at this moment.

‘This guy is fun, isn’t he?’

Is that why?

I approached Elric with a more arrogant step and held out my hand.

“nice to meet you.”

Tasha smiled and said hello as if she knew who she was, even if she didn’t introduce herself directly.

“yes. Nice to meet you. Sean, where should I go? “Maybe it’s because I wandered around, but I’m hungry.”

“… ?”

Contrary to Tasha’s expectations, Elric simply nodded his head, looked back at Sean, and massaged his stomach.

Is that really the end? Of course, such disbelief could not be seen on Tasha’s face.

Sean led the way again, suppressing the laughter that threatened to burst out as he looked at Elric, who was a step above his sister.

“Puh… Breathe! this… Follow me. “Please wait for the whole family.”

* * *

To be precise, the invitation Elric received was not from the Neresta ‘matriarch’.

It was an invitation from the Neresta ‘family’.

“hmm? I think that’s it. What difference is there between the two?』

Mephisto tilted his head after listening to Elric’s explanation.

[There is a big difference. very.]

“how?”

[The former means that he is the head of a family called Neresta, and as a member of the Yukmangseong, he personally serves meals to the head of the Mervinger family. It is a meeting of the head of the family.]

『Hmm?』

[On the other hand, the latter is closer to an adult inviting a child’s friend to come over for a meal or something. Here, they put me below.]

『Someone like Neresta is putting Mervinger down?』

In the days when Mephisto was at his peak, the six-pointed star of the Magic Tower was not dared to be compared to Mervinger.

Of course, Yukmangseong was a leading place in magic at the time, and was considered one of the main players of this era along with Mervinger.

However, that did not mean he could stand shoulder to shoulder with Mervinger, who was fighting a war against demons at the forefront of humanity.

It was a place where I always took a few steps back and followed Mervinger’s words… .

Putting Mervinger ‘below’?

According to Mephisto’s common sense, he could not help but be shocked.

[That is politics.]

“joy! In any case, it is still the same among you humans, as it was in the past and now, to get into a war of nerves based on deep consideration of vainness and pretense!』

Mephisto had to feel himself becoming uncomfortable for no reason.

As he was the only one who recognized Mervinger, he felt like he was being ignored as well.

But Elric shook his head.

[no. It won’t work if you approach it that way.]

“why?”

[Because Mervinger has no power now.]

『… .』

[No matter how much they talk about Mervinger starting a comeback and all that, the central government will not actually see it that way. All she can think is that the hyena, which she thought had disappeared out of sight, has sneaked up on her and is targeting her food bowl again.]

“her! hyena?”

[What, a hyena that has the potential to turn into a tiger even if you hit it high? That’s the only way I can see it. Even if I ran around thinking I was great, I don’t have Gasol or any vassal right now, right?]

『… hmm.”

[That’s why I have to become even better. I have to go higher.]

『Then, if you ask me, wouldn’t it be okay to say that you have been ignored by your friend’s father? But why did you accept the invitation?』

[Pride doesn’t feed you, right?]

“hmm?”

[Privately, it is a friend’s house, but it is not an obstacle that I will have to overcome someday. So what kind of place is it, what is the atmosphere like, what is the level of the wizards, what kind of person is the leader… Shouldn’t I see it for myself?]

『Hehe! okay. 』

Mephisto nodded greatly at Elric’s words.

Obviously, no matter how much research I do and how much reports I receive, in the end it won’t come close to what I saw with my own eyes.

[Thanks to this, I was able to see Cheongyeon’s Jinggung Palace or something… I was able to find out roughly how the Neresta family’s magic was structured. I also got a lot of ideas. I had enough business just by coming here.]

『Of course he is like that too.』

Like the conversation with Mephisto.

Elric was very satisfied with accepting the invitation.

And even though they said they put him ‘beneath’, he didn’t really feel that way at all.

No, it was closer to the feeling of being respected.

The food was great and Gasol was courteous.

The atmosphere was also warm.

At the meal, the family head couple, Sean and Tasha, and all of Sean’s brothers, in addition to those who had to miss the meal due to work, were present.

‘I heard there’s a twin brother down there, I guess they are them. however… ‘Why on earth are they doing this?’

I heard that Sean has four brothers and two daughters. Among them, Sean was the third son, with two older brothers and one older sister, and two younger brothers.

Lateborns who are only about ten years old now.

There was a girl and a boy named ‘Lil’ and ‘Tam’ respectively, and like most children their age, they were not quiet even for a single moment while eating.

What was interesting was that both pairs of eyes were always fixed firmly on Elric.

It seemed like a bunch of stars would pour out of those cute, round eyes at any moment, to the point where Elric felt a bit burdened.

“Ho Ho! These days, they’ve been singing Lascent hero songs like that. But it seems strange to meet you in person like this. “Are you feeling very burdened?”

Daisy Neresta, the mistress of the Neresta family, smiled elegantly and patted the heads of her youngest children.

She continued to be respectful when dealing with her son’s friends. She suggested that Elric let go of her words, but she refused, saying that in a situation like this, she needed to be polite.

From what I heard, it was the wife of a certain marquis. His tone of voice exuded elegance, and his actions were tinged with sophistication.

Even though she was the only ordinary person in the Neresta family who could not use magic, she seemed to understand why she was highly respected within the family.

“What are we doing!”

“that’s right! I didn’t do anything! “If there’s anything wrong, it’s Lil’s fault!”

“Woo! hey! “What am I doing!”

“Ebebe. “He hates it when you look at him like that!”

“You were watching Elric oppa more! “I spilled all the spaghetti!”

“losing!”

“What am I doing!”

“what!”

“this! As you can see, there is never a quiet day like this. What did mom say? “She said good children should be quiet at mealtimes, didn’t she?”

“i did it! Lil will be a good kid!”

“Tamdo! Tom will be a good kid too!”

Elric couldn’t help but laugh as he watched the children running around.

“no. “If I had known that Sean had such cute younger siblings, he would have come to visit often sooner.”

“is that so? “I’m just grateful that you think positively of me.”

After the warm meal time was over.

Daisy asked Elric’s understanding, saying that she had to put the two children to sleep, and got up first. She said she didn’t want to go because Lil and Tom wanted to play with Elric more, but she couldn’t escape her mother’s strength.

and.

“Did the food suit your taste?”

Guy opened his mouth as he quietly put down the coffee cup that came with dessert.

The first word uttered after the meal began.

however.

『Is this guy really human?』

Mephisto was glaring at Guy.

Wizard who swallowed talent