Chapter 47 – 047. Traces of the Warlock (1)
The destination Eun-hyun arrived at was the office of the principal of Aether, where she had visited several times, and announced her visit by knocking without hesitation.
Smart
“Come in.”
After knocking twice, I heard Oliver’s voice permitting entry.
When Eun-hyeon opened the door and entered the principal’s office, bowing her head and giving a brief greeting, Oliver received Eun-hyeon’s greeting and made a firm expression.
“I got a call saying he was coming. I heard that something unpleasant happened at school.”
“That thing is fine.”
“… You mean you didn’t come because of that girl?”
Oliver looked at Eunhyeon with a suspicious expression and asked.
He had an expression that said, ‘What kind of trick did this person come all the way here?’, And he was very wary.
Undoubtedly, as the guardian of ‘Erin Hersha’, I thought that her female students who had bullied her before would threaten her with something, but it seemed that she was not interested in it at all.
“We need the report card of ‘Elvin Hersha’ at the time of enrolment in Aether, the professor who was in charge of the homeroom, and the information of the students in the same class.”
Hearing Eunhyeon’s absurd demands, Oliver frowned.
“That is information that should not be leaked to outsiders. It is absolutely impossible for you, who are not even a citizen of the kingdom, to hand over the personal information of the children of the kingdom’s nobles.”
Eun-hyeon naturally knew how to say that, so she nodded.
Perhaps he didn’t like his willingness to admit it, and he didn’t know what else Eunhyeon was plotting, so he continued talking without letting go of his guard.
“If you are asking for this information as a condition of covering up the fact that the girls assaulted her girl named Erin, please give up.”
“I know. By the way. Head of school.”
Eunhyun, who had been quietly listening to Oliver’s words, finally opened her mouth.
“If there is a possibility that Elvin learned the basics of ‘black magic’ inside the school called Aether.”
“What are you talking about?!”
“I think the first thing we should investigate is the people around Alvin.”
Throwing a bomb called ‘possibility’ that was completely unexpected, Eunhyeon continued talking to Oliver.
“Let’s talk again, shall we? Headmaster?”
“Uh, uh…”
Oliver didn’t answer easily and fell silent.
Once again, struck by the snake’s tongue with an irresistible offer, Oliver sighed and decided to listen to the devil’s whispers.
“What are you talking about… Please tell me in detail.”
Black magic is almost like dead magic in the Arcena continent.
A type of witchcraft that is manifested based on the life of the user or organs flowing from the corpse of a dead human, livestock, or living creature is called black magic in the world, but it is actually a type of black magic is not only this.
There are various types such as curses or spells that induce bad results and flow, necromancy or hypnotism that summons the souls of those who have already died to this world.
Unlike offensive magic that generally uses physical force, black magic specializes in manipulating spiritual and mental phenomena and results.
Unlike normal magic that is activated by utilizing the mana of the body or nature, or sacred magic that is activated with divine power based on a sincere heart of reverence for God, the conditions for using black magic are unreasonable and difficult.
The most commonly used method is to use the body that has life as a medium to manifest it.
In the case of the imaging technique that Erwin used, starting with mimicking his own thoughts in his own shadow, the shadow with ‘thoughts’ ate away at Erwin’s body.
Other black magics also had more severe side effects than this, but never less.
It was fortunate in the case of Alvin, who had not yet abandoned his moral notions and maintained his human rationality.
In order to minimize the side effects and risks applied to their bodies, the most common method used by black magicians is to manifest black magic using other human bodies as a medium.
The evil part of the black magician is that he takes the risk that he must bear, not himself, but the human being who becomes the medium.
The reason why black magic was abandoned and black magicians were rejected in the Arcena continent was simple.
Because it is too dangerous.
In exchange for gaining great power, the risks that must be borne are definite and too heavy.
What’s even more dangerous is the distorted and crazy way of thinking of the wizards who use the black magic.
They do not hesitate to take the method of trampling on the lives of others at will, regardless of means and methods for their own purposes and safety.
Because Alvin didn’t want to become such a distorted person.
She asked Eun-hyeon to kill her while she still existed as a human.
Eunhyun raised a problem here.
“Where on earth was Alvin and how did he come into contact with the knowledge of black magic and learn angiography?”
“…”
Oliver didn’t immediately answer Eunhyeon’s question and was lost in thought.
The only black magic that Oliver knew was necromantic magic, in which he turned the corpses of the dead into zombies and used them as his minions.
Even he, who has been immersed in the study of magic since his youth and prides himself as a person well versed in the magic of the continent, has almost no knowledge of black magic.
Where and how did a young man named ‘Elvin Hersha’ come in contact with some of the knowledge of black magic called angiography?
Fundamentally, I had never given any thought to the fundamental starting point of ‘how did Alvin become a warlock?’.
“Do you suspect that the person who taught Erwin black magic is inside Aether?”
“No. Not quite that yet. Erwin said that he had found the ‘Book of Dark Magic’, which contained the knowledge of imaging, in a cave in the north. I was able to confirm that I wasn’t directly taught black magic by someone. Only…”
“Only?”
“There were a few things I was concerned about, so I visited the principal to ask for his cooperation.”
“The part that worries me… Please tell me.”
“The first is the rapid growth as a mage that Elvin showed when he was a student in Aether.”
“That… Haven’t you already explained it once? As a reference to the secret of the Divine Tree.”
The existence of a giant tree that has stood firm since the foundation of Aether, called the ‘Sacred Tree of Fernias’, also known as the ‘Tree of Hope’.
Eun-hyeon has already revealed the history of the divine tree and the purpose of Aether’s establishment in the process of uncovering the whole story of the Baron Hersha incident.
Oliver frowned, as he didn’t have very good feelings about the memory.
“Yes. A means to enhance the national power of the country by promoting the growth of students and fostering excellent knights and magicians, while at the same time strengthening the privileges of the nobles and solidifying the difference between them and the common people.”
“Hmm. What do you want to say?”
Oliver, who felt uncomfortable with Eun-hyeon’s naked expression, responded.
“Don’t you feel that your growth is too steep compared to other students? The elites, who had already received preliminary training from excellent tutors and were proud to have acquired some knowledge as magicians, were pushed aside by commoners who did not even know the letter ‘E’ of magic, and their seats in the Magus Wizards were taken away.”
To put it simply, it’s like elites who started at 50 lost their top spot to Dunjae, who had no talent who started at 0.
From the point of view of the sons of nobles who have received elite education, it is very disgraceful and inevitably dissatisfied with the fact that a common mage joins the court mage corps, where only a few of the top can join.
“You mean someone was helping the student grow?”
It is impossible for Elvin, who knows nothing, to achieve the level of her growth without anyone’s help.
She could naturally recall the idea that someone around him might have pointed out the way for Elvin to develop her skills as a mage.
“She told me there was a girl she knew nothing about and asked her to study with,” She said. Since she was a student with parents of the same semi-aristocratic status as herself, she quickly became acquainted with the two as they had something in common, and she said that she had heard a lot of advice from him about her magical training.”
As Alvin consulted the girl’s advice and shared many opinions about her magic, she surprisingly grew a lot.
She told Alvin that the female student was a pillar of support in Aether, where she continued to be ostracized.
She said that her conversation with her was the only comfort that had healed her heart’s wounds of being abused by her father, getting sick and leaving her world.
Elvin recalled her bitter memories and told Eun-hyeon about her memories of the time.
Afterwards, she graduated from Aether and joined the Magers, and one day while she was having a crazy time, she and Alvin, whom she met after a long time, had dinner together and had a good time talking about each other’s current situation. Sent
And at that dinner, the woman brought up a topic for Alvin.
It all started when she brought up the story that in a certain cave in the north there was a place where the legacy of the deceased high-ranking wizard was hidden.
Was it because of his curiosity as a wizard? For some reason, Elvin was intrigued by her legacy. A few days after hearing the story, she took a vacation and headed north alone to find the cave where her legacy was hidden.
And in the cave she reached, Elvin found a certain wizard’s magic book.
A black magic book that contains the knowledge of the dark magic called ‘Joyeongsul’.
“There is something I do not understand. Erwin wondered why she believed the woman’s words and headed north alone to find her legacy? If you think about it calmly, there wasn’t just one or two suspicious things.”
“Even Alvin knew that. That she had more than one questionable part. But she firmly believed that Alvin would never give the woman information that would harm her. From Erwin’s point of view, that woman was nothing more than a benefactor.”
She had no knowledge of magic, Alvin said, and it was she who helped her to grow as a wizard and to join the Magus.
Despite her doubts, Alvin, whose trust in the woman was strong, chose to act on the information she gave her.
After hearing the story, Eunhyeon asked Alvin if he did not resent the woman who had induced him to become a warlock.
– Does she resent it? No, even if I induced it to be like that and used me, it was my choice to get my hands on the taboo black magic book and learn the imaging technique. It’s not her fault as much as that. It is the result of my choice and my creation. She is no one’s fault. Even now, she guided me as her wizard, and I feel great grace towards her.
Even though it was as if she had been betrayed, Alvin calmly said that.
“The woman said she introduced herself to Alvin as Lira Baranoff. But the only thing Alvin knew was her name.”
It is certain that this woman named Lira Baranoff raised Elvin as a wizard and induced him to become a warlock.
“If this woman is the one who inspired Alvin to develop her talent as a mage, then that tenacity is truly frightening.”
She is tenacious enough to invest a long time of four years from admission to graduation.
“That’s why I’m here to check the facts, hoping that my bad imagination won’t hold true.”
Because of this, Eun-hyeon thought that in order to find out the whereabouts of her woman, Lira Baranoff, rather than just investigating her Elvin, she should investigate all the human relationships around her.
“I need information about people who have had any connection with Alvin. She watched him grow up closely, she knew who Elvin was with and what kind of friendships she had. Everything without exception.”
“Umm…”
The more I listened to Eun-hyeon’s story, the more Oliver’s impression got worse.
“School principal. What if it turns out that the person who actually orchestrated the situation behind her back to make Elvin a warlock existed inside Aither. The school principal knows better that this is a problem that cannot be easily overlooked. If even suspicions about this start to spread, it will be the Aither side and the school principal’s side that will be harmed.”
Oliver didn’t answer, but it was tantamount to a silent affirmation.
“So let me investigate. This is a matter that cannot be discussed with the court nobles and the royal family.”
If it is revealed, the fact that there are ‘traces of the black magician’ hidden inside the kingdom to the extent that resigning from the principal’s position cannot be resolved is a serious problem.
In order to preserve his position and honor, Oliver, who had a history of hiding the fact that he had uncovered the secret of Pernias’ divine tree and failed to search for Erin Hersha, had no choice but to accept Eun-hyeon’s proposal after much thought.
It was the same case as Helena Hubby and Eleanor, who had previously requested the rescue of Yuria and Alex.
A problem that can never be discussed with people in one’s own country.
Or, there are a limited number of people who can rely on and ask for help for problems where their position is in danger and there are elements that can be caught.
A man named ‘Eunhyeon’, who was able to keep secrets and was proven to have outstanding abilities while having no connection with the kingdom, had the conditions to solve this problem secretly in many ways.
Eun-hyeon knew that, so just like Helena and Eleanor came to him, Oliver presented him with a negotiating card to ask for help.
After finishing the story, Eun-hyeon was walking down the hallway toward the place where she was supposed to bring the requested data.
[If the author was not going to accept the child’s proposal, what would he have planned?]
“Actually, it didn’t matter whether the principal accepted the offer or not.”
[It didn’t matter?]
“People in the kingdom are not fools either. After a little while, you will start to question it.”
The question, ‘How on earth could Elvin Hersha learn black magic?’.
“Black magic, which is almost dead now, is not a magic that can be learned by self-study. If that happens, the first thing to be suspected is Aither, the magic school, and Magus, the court magic division he belonged to, which are directly related to Elvin, who was a wizard.”
It was a pretty serious problem that a new black magician appeared in their own country.
The possibility that a certain black magician disguised himself and infiltrated the country is a problem, but the fact that a new wizard who just graduated from school was a black magician is a completely different problem.
This is because it may cause suspicion that there may be a secret education program to nurture black magicians in Korea.
It is an absurd statement without any grounds, but the incident that had already occurred was no different from a great prey for other countries that were trying to use it politically, giving birth to another suspicion and suspicion.
In any case, the royal family had no choice but to proceed with the investigation into Erwin’s actions.
“If an investigation into Elvin’s whereabouts is to be carried out, that investigation will, of course, be carried out by Artia, who has a track record of tracking down the warlock and fighting. In that case, you can participate in the investigation in the form of helping Leo.”
Even if Oliver did not accept Eun-hyeon’s proposal, it was also a position where Eun-hyeon had nothing to lose.
“But even when she bothered to propose like this, she moved first because she thought that the unknown woman who orchestrated this situation couldn’t just end it like this.”
At least if you face contradictions and problems, the best preparation is to create a situation where you can deal with them first.
Arriving at the door of her school library, Eun-hyeon went inside and greeted the woman who was waiting for her in her room.
“Hello. This is Eunhyun. She was told by the school principal that she should go here.”
“I was waiting,” She said. She is called Cecilia Claris. She will guide you into the room.”
After exchanging greetings, Eunhyeon followed Cecilia’s guidance and entered a small room inside the library.
Looking at the pile of papers piled up on the low table placed in the center of her, Eunhyeon bowed her head in gratitude to Cecilia and immediately sat down on the sofa and quickly began reading the personal information of the students written on her documents.
‘I want to see what kind of woman she is.’
To do that, she first had to find her clue about the woman.
