Chapter 166 – 166. The Real Behind (1)
The weather is getting colder, and winter has arrived in Pernias Kingdom.
After the big incident that almost collapsed the duke’s family, the whole atmosphere of Fernias Kingdom was very chaotic.
The first reason is the great incident that almost led to the fall of the duke’s family due to the accusation of the previous duke, Ashton.
The second reason was the incident in which Anies, the Archbishop of the Temple of Vesta, openly declared to the royal family and nobles at the court meeting that he had chosen Eleanor, the daughter of the ducal family, as his successor.
The third reason is that the fact that Eleanor, who was nominated as the candidate for the holy woman, is scheduled to marry Eun-hyeon, not anyone else, is because none other than her father, Abros, said.
The last reason is that through an extensive investigation in Artia, the aristocrats who participated in the embezzlement of Renion Hersha were arrested one after another, made them vomit all the money they had embezzled, and proceeded to collect fines like Abros. Winter in the kingdom was very noisy and brutal.
Also, through this incident, it was unavoidable that the existence of Eun-hyeon, who welcomes both the black witch and her holy woman candidate as her wife, was further highlighted.
Likewise, it is only natural that her Eun-hyeon affects Erin, who is taking care of her as her guardian.
“What must I do to become Illyana-sama’s disciple?”
“… ?”
Erin looked at the boy who was talking to her with an expression that she was fed up with a sudden question from a student.
“Why are there no answers? She asked what she must do to become a disciple of the Black Witch.”
“No…”
“Do you want money?”
“No, so…”
She came to me out of the blue before class and asked the same question over and over again over the course of a year.
After being saved by Eunhyun and living in Illyana’s mansion, almost 9 months have passed, Erin has been able to maintain her top-level grades in Aither, and even though she has the appearance of a high school student, this part has not changed. Did not
Most of the students aspiring to be wizards approached Erin in an attempt to somehow make a connection with Illyana.
“I am not Illyana-sama’s disciple.”
“This is nonsense, how can you, who was no different from a commoner, have such a level of skill? I could never have done it without his help. Obediently tell me the secret or introduce me to the witch. If so, let me put you in my faction specially.”
For Erin, who had received countless offers close to orders like this, she felt frustrated.
No one in Aether acknowledged that her Erin’s growth was the result of her Erin’s efforts.
Certainly certain that Illyana and Eunhyeon used some kind of trick to dramatically increase her magic power, and in order to dig out that kind of trick, many students always talk to Erin and ask the same question.
The cause of her rapid growth was undoubtedly Shinsoo’s strength and Eunhyeon’s hard training, but it was Erin’s will and effort that endured the training and put in so much effort.
Although she did not have the slightest desire for anyone to know her hardships, Erin once complained to her Eun-hyeon about her annoying repetition.
– That’s unavoidable. It’s called the Dormammu phenomenon.
He couldn’t understand what the Dormammu phenomenon was, but Eunhyeon smiled bitterly and said that it was also a problem that Erin had to solve on her own.
“My growth is definitely the result of my hard work. I didn’t receive any help from Illyana-sama, and growth was achieved through steady training, so there are no other means. Class starts, please go back.”
“Dare… !”
Perhaps because Erin’s way of speaking conveyed the feeling that she was a nuisance, her male student’s face contorted greatly, and she let out her angry voice.
Ugh
In response, as if Erin had been waiting, she raised her magic power and put pressure on her male student.
“Nice… Ugh!”
Erin’s male student glared at her as if to kill her, as she tasted the sensation of Erin’s mana covering her whole body and choking her breath, but Erin frowned at her despite the male student’s gaze. .
“Classes are about to begin.”
As soon as the mana that had been holding his breath was released, the boy who had been slumping over her sat down on the floor.
“Jen… Page…”
He felt unbearable humiliation at the fact that he was pushed down on the floor by others, especially a semi-noble girl who was no different from a commoner, in front of many students.
“Whoa…”
Erin let out a small sigh, took out her textbook, and put it on her desk, getting ready for her class.
After awakening her divine power, Erin, who has grown through her steady training, now has the level of power that ranks among the highest in all her grades in Aither, and her position is greatly increased. Got better
There are no more students of hers to harass and belittle her Erin, and no one ridicules her or voices her accusations.
However, Erin knew that it was only on the outside, and that there was still a look of disregard for herself, who was of commoner blood, on the inside.
Ignoring those gazes, Erin calmly listened to the contents of her class.
‘Marva… He didn’t come today.’
It was almost a habit for Erin to still look for the image of Marva, who was the leader among the female students who bullied her, looked down on her, and ignored her.
There was no feeling of fear or panic about her now, but her habits, which had been ingrained in her body through the many bullies of her past, were unavoidable.
It was no longer a problem to be bothered by her and her hordes, but it was impossible to get rid of her doubts in the corner of her head.
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“Erin, if you don’t mind, we can have dinner together…”
“Sorry, but I’m busy.”
As always, she rejected the invitations of her male students like a knife, and as soon as her school class was over, Erin left Aether.
“Hmm, shall we stop by the plaza and eat something?”
As time went by, Erin, who had improved her appetite as her exercise rate increased, decided to stop by the stalls in the plaza and get some snacks before going home.
She has pocket money that Eun-hyeon takes care of separately, and as long as she lets her Erin go free except for her training, Eun-hyeon doesn’t interfere too much with Erin as long as she keeps her curfew.
“Still, I thought that Eleanor-sama would also marry Hyun…”
Rather, recently, due to the preparations for Illyana and Eleanor’s wedding, adjusting the schedule, getting her place, and preparing the costumes, her Eun-hyun is very busy and is not able to pay her attention to her Erin.
“Marriage… I wish…”
Erin’s training these days is done autonomously by Erin herself through her usual training manual, and she didn’t care much about her Erin.
It was a very different treatment from her early days, when she took care of everything from school to school, and even from one to ten, but she knew well that Eun-hyun didn’t have that much room, so she wasn’t too dissatisfied.
“If you’re lonely, don’t be lonely…”
He smiles bitterly about the unavoidable part and walks through the stalls alone.
“Mister! Please take 5 pieces of chicken skewers!”
“Oh? Miss, are you here today? Here it is!”
“Hehe, thank you!”
After paying the price and receiving the small envelope containing the skewers, Erin replied with a big smile.
“Hehe, the lady is eating deliciously, so I feel good too! Come again!”
Received an energetic greeting from the owner of the yakitori restaurant, Erin took a skewer from her bag and walked down the street chewing on meat.
“Huh… ?”
As she walked through the plaza toward her house, Erin stopped her hand on the skewer she brought to her mouth, stopped her steps, and stared down one side of her alley.
“Just now… ?”
Erin, who confirmed the familiar silhouette of the girl, such as the color and shape of her hair and her body, blurted out the girl’s name in her mouth.
“… Marva?”
As she looked at Marva’s profile, which was both urgent and tense, Erin sensed that she sensed something suspicious.
Silencing her footsteps, she followed into the alley where Marva had entered.
While constantly checking to see if there was anyone around her, she deployed her magical powers around her to follow Marva’s presence.
“Eww…”
Erin, who practiced the ‘sensing’ technique she learned from Eun-hyeon, naturally frowned at the large amount of information rushing into her head.
The structure of surrounding buildings, the number of people in range, and the movement of people.
She feels a bit of a headache because she can’t process all the information that flows into her head through her unfolding magic.
Even though she unfolds in a narrow range that is less than half of Eun-hyeon’s, as she processes the amount of information that makes her beautiful brow furrow, she realizes how amazing Eun-hyeon is.
“Found.”
Enduring her headache, Erin, who had identified Marva’s location, searched for her location undetected through her senses and quietly moved her steps.
And she hides in a location near Marva, reaps the magic of perception that causes a headache in her head, and then she listens quietly to her.
Marva’s voice was heard.
“You are wrong! Why is it wrong with the amount I talked about before! It has become more expensive!”
“That’s right, since more people are looking for it, isn’t it natural that the demand for competition is rising as well?”
“This is all my money…”
“If you don’t have money, wouldn’t you have to do it with your body?”
“Kick-kick-kick.”
“Let’s take him right now!”
“Go, don’t come any closer!”
And the voices of many giggling men mixed with ridicule.
Erin, hearing Marva’s voice with a number of men, hardened her expression.
“… What the hell is this?”
The moment when Erin, who couldn’t decide what the situation was because she heard only their voices, tried to get closer to them.
“Hey, what is it? You.”
“Oh… !”
As her shoulder was grabbed violently, Erin looked back at her in surprise.
Erin put on her nervous expression as she identified a man twice as tall as herself, a formidable man with huge hands gripping her entire shoulder.
Then she looked at the man’s head and she muttered nonchalantly.
“Big, bald…”
“Ah? Who is this bitch teasing now!”
The man, who had a rough impression with many knife marks, heard Erin’s muttering and frowned at her and began to annoy her.
“Molten! What’s the matter!”
As the man’s irritated voice filled the alley, the man who was talking with Marva looked in the direction where Erin and the man with a stern look were and shouted.
The man who was holding her Erin’s shoulder tightly, Molten roughly grabs her Erin’s shoulder and exerts a strong grip to forcibly pull out Erin’s body hidden in her alley.
“Ugh!”
As she is roughly pulled out, she inadvertently loses the chicken skewers in her hand.
“Ah! My chicken skewers!”
Whether or not Erin put on her blank expression, a man named Molten exclaimed, looking at his comrades in anger.
“This bitch is sneaking around and overhearing our conversation! They even looked at me and said I was bald!”
“No, you are bald.”
“Did you say the right thing?”
At the words of a man named Molten, who became angry with his face reddened, the other men who were talking to Marva laughed and said they were having fun.
And seeing the girl appearing caught in Molten’s hand, Marva makes a dumbfounded expression.
“… Erin?”
“Hmm? Do you know each other?”
Seeing Marva’s bewildered expression on her face, the man who had ridiculed her words raised his eyebrows and scanned Erin’s face and her body.
“Oh. Good quality.”
“Eww…”
Erin frowns, feeling offended by the gaze that judges her own body.
‘I made a mistake…’
Erin grieves deeply within herself that she was distracted by the conversation between Marva and her men and did not realize that someone was approaching behind her.
No matter how much she continued to train, she was not good at responding to unexpected situations, and Erin, who still lacked experience, blamed her inexperience and wondered what to do with this situation.
‘What if… ?’
“I-I don’t care! Send it back!”
“I can’t. I heard our conversation here. Furthermore… Her face and body are smooth.”
Unlike her meager past, as she became healthy, her development was different from that of ordinary girls, Erin’s body is on a different level.
Feeling the malevolent gaze over her own body, Erin realized that these men were not willing to let her and Marva go easily.
If so, there is only one action to be taken.
Erin quickly rolled her eyes to check her surroundings.
The number of men she confronted with Marva is three, including the huge man holding her own shoulder to four.
Her appearance and impression were that of a gangster in the slums.
Even with her own eyes, she was an insignificant person who couldn’t handle her magical powers properly.
If she resisted, Marva would be held still, but for some reason, Marva was unable to properly resist the coercive actions of her thugs.
‘Have I found some weakness?’
However, the thought that she would be taken to a strange place if she stayed still did not change.
If so
‘Let’s commit it first.’
Choosing the side of her resistance, and having finished her troubles, Erin quickly deployed her own body magic.
Ugh
“Huh?”
“Ok?”
After hearing the resonating sound of her magical power, the thugs put on a bewildered expression, but Erin, who had strengthened her own body, began her actions.
Lift one foot and slam it down as hard as you can.
“Ah!”
As Erin stomped down her own heel with her own heel, her large thug, her large thug who stood behind her and grabbed her shoulder, Molten screamed at her and stomped Erin on her. He let go of her hand that was gripping her shoulder.
Her molten torso bent down to grab her own feet.
Taking advantage of the gap between her torso level with her own, Erin stretched her own elbow in front of her and then slammed her behind her with all her might.
“Heuk!”
When Molten’s bent upper body, her pituitary part, was hit with her elbow, Molten’s body was pushed back and fell to the floor.
“Hey… What the hell…”
Despite the physical disparity between a tall man and a fragile-looking girl, the thugs’ expressions begin to harden as they witness the scene where the use of magic overturns the disparity in a funny way.
The representative gangster who was talking to Marva glanced at his colleagues and shouted, staring at the girl holding an envelope containing chicken skewers.
“Joe!”
