Chapter 400 – 400. Late Regret (1)
Simon Magius.
One of the magicians who have reached the same level of high rank as Illyana, who is said to have only 10 people on the continent.
And the old man, who is currently the head of the Magus Magic Division, the court magic division of the Kingdom of Fernias, is one of the most important forces in the Kingdom of Fernias, which is said to be one of the great powers, just like Riod.
“… Oh.”
Lily, who belatedly realized the identity of the guest who visited the nursery school, clearly showed her bewilderment.
If he really is a great mage like Illyana, there are only 10 of them on the continent.
It was a natural reaction for him to recall his actions, in case he had done anything rude.
But Erin frowned, as if something didn’t like her.
“…”
“Erin? What’s the matter?”
“I want to hear what you have to say about why you came to visit my brother.”
Why did such a person visit such a mere nursery school?
Did Elvin have another business to come to?
“What happened to you when you came here… ?”
It was thought-provoking news.
“Then I’ll prepare tea.”
“I will bring it to you. Sister.”
“Huh.”
After placing the cups of tea Lily had prepared in her kitchen on a tray, Erin moved her steps towards Elvin’s guest parlor.
Squeak
As she opened the door and entered the drawing room, Erin found Alvin and an elderly wizard staring at each other across a table set in the center.
“…”
“…”
The sight of the two facing each other with their mouths shut was full of stuffiness, as if Erin, who had just entered the drawing room, could not breathe.
Erin stepped forward without hesitation despite the subtle stillness that flowed between them, and placed the cup of tea on the tray on the old wizard’s table.
Thud!
As he set it down so violently that the sound of the cup hitting the table echoed throughout the drawing room, the old wizard’s gaze moved to the side and met Erin’s.
“Joy!”
Erin’s attitude of sniffling her nose, turning her head, and moving to the side of Erwin wasn’t the usual polite attitude toward everyone, respecting her elders.
“… Sorry.”
When Erwin bows her head and apologizes for her brother’s rude attitude, it is his sister, Erin, who gets angry at her.
“Why are you sorry brother! This person is… !”
“You are the one who apologizes.”
Erin flinched at her coercive attitude and her brother’s strong staring eyes.
“…”
Erin was also aware of her rude and extremely aggressive attitude, but in Erin’s mind, the old wizard named Simon in front of her was a bad person, and her hatred was stuck in her mind.
She is the head of the group who, with all her efforts, graduated from Aether at the top of her class and was the first to join the kingdom’s court magic division, longing for and neglecting her brother so that he could not rise up and be suppressed. This couldn’t have happened.
When Erwin was a student, as she endured her father’s frequent violence, she protected herself and tried hard, and the path to success that was opened after her hardships, and even that path was open to her aristocratic motives and seniors. I was blocked while being checked.
The elite consciousness, which was deeply rooted in the kingdom and arose from the difference in status, checked and rejected the first commoner-born wizard who joined the Magus.
Although he was an older brother who always complained, made children fight, and hated himself.
Since her brother knew the hardships she had been doing to protect herself from her father’s violence since her mother died, Erin couldn’t help but look at the old wizard named Simon in front of her with a kind eye. .
“You’re not the kind of person to treat me so carelessly.”
Like it or not, regardless of personal feelings, Simon is a seven-figure high-ranking mage.
Unlike Illyana, she is treated as an important force in the kingdom and also runs a magic division, so she has a social status.
“…”
Perhaps because she was so emotional and aware that she had acted rudely, Erin lowered her head even though she put on a look of resentment.
“Sorry.”
“… No. It is not unreasonable that I do not understand your feelings.”
Simon shook her hand in response to Erin’s apology.
“I have already heard the story about your family. Enough… It’s not strange if you hold a grudge against me.”
Erin was no less taken aback by Simon’s attitude as she quietly muttered and accepted her own apology and forgave her cleanly.
She honestly didn’t expect that she would get her forgiveness right away, because the heat ran through her head, and she had been rude first.
“Would it be all right if I ask you about the business you came to visit me soon?”
Perhaps because the conversation ended to some extent when Simon accepted Erin’s apology for her rudeness, Alvin asked her about her original business.
“I was just curious.”
“… Curiosity?”
“Okay. It’s because I heard about you recently.”
“…”
The story of Elvin is also a very painful story politically from the Pernias Kingdom’s point of view.
It was because a member of the magic division led by her turned into a warlock and killed a kingdom official and escaped.
Even the deceased kingdom official is the father of the warlock.
The reason why many stories, circumstances, and processes were distorted and turned out to be a very dishonorable and disgraceful incident was also because the situation in which the nobles of the kingdom of Pernias were secretly stealing national taxes was revealed.
The embezzlement of the breach of trust of Baron Hersha, which caused national disgrace in many ways, is still one of the painful cases that are reluctant to mention among the court aristocrats.
“Are you here to dispose of me again?”
“… !”
“No. Didn’t you say Just out of curiosity.”
Erin’s body reacted naturally to Erwin’s calm question, exuding a hostile atmosphere, but Simon shook his head calmly at Erin’s gaze.
“The first trigger was that I heard rumors of someone doing adventure activities using the ability to manipulate shadows here in the Armitas Territory.”
Among adventurers, the visual of the black knight, which boasts overwhelming majesty as much as its powerful ability, is naturally rumored.
Besides, the ability to manipulate the shadows?
Among the types of black magic, it is not easy to think of the possibility of a minor angiography that is not so well known except for necromancy, but it is not impossible.
If you were a magician with a higher rank or higher who was familiar with magic, you could have immediately thought of the possibility of black magic.
In fact, when Simon heard the rumor, he immediately remembered the existence of the angiography and Alvin, so he came looking for Alvin like this now.
“Are you leaving me alone?”
“If it came to get rid of you again. He wouldn’t have come here alone without an escort or an attendant.”
“It makes sense.”
From the beginning, as Simon had said, Alvin hadn’t considered that possibility at all.
If he came to deal with the existence of the black magician, who is known to have dishonored the country, it would be foolish to come to him alone in such a defenseless state.
Even if there was a vast gap between himself and Erwin, walking around alone with that confidence would be a foolish act for the leader of the Court Magic Division.
“… What. Why are you two talking so calmly?”
Erin was very dissatisfied with the situation where Alvin and Simon were having a calm conversation.
Simon stared at Erin, who still did not let go of his hostile gaze, and said to Alvin with a bitter smile on her face.
“Your lady really cares for your brother.”
“Although he has become an adult, he is still a tomboy who acts like an immature child. He wants you to be forgiving even if it’s a big disrespect.”
“Hmm. Then, for the sake of the young lady who is still angry, let me explain the position of the current court nobles and the Magus Magic Division regarding the young lady’s brother.”
Seeing Erin’s demeanor reminiscent of a snarky cat with her hair on end, Simon continued.
“The Kingdom and the Magus Magic Division have no intention of taking any action against you.”
Perhaps because Simon occupied the highest position as a mage within the kingdom of Pernias, his remarks were almost official, and he was demonstrating power with public confidence.
“Really… Are you?”
Erin, who was wearing her dubious expression, asked again, and Simon nodded her head affirmatively.
“There are several reasons. First, because the people who are currently guaranteeing your identity are those couples.”
“Ah…”
At once, Erin realized who and who “Couple” Meant.
The only couples who could guarantee Ervin’s identity were Eunhyeon and Illyana.
“At least the kingdom side doesn’t bother touching the man and there’s nothing to gain from it, so this issue is vaguely guessed by others, but they are reluctant to mention it.”
Currently, all of the main court nobles in the kingdom are afraid of enmity with Eun-hyeon.
The reason is because of an incident in which Eunhyeon made a plan to purge more than half of the aristocrats who deceived the country by exploiting unfair profits inside the kingdom.
In addition, it was not enough to marry Iliana, a high-ranking magician with an eight-digit figure stronger than Simon, as her wife, and through marriage with Eleanor, she obtained the title of Duke of Armitas.
There are even rumors that he has a secret connection with Princess Yuria, and even rumors that the royal family cannot easily touch him.
“Even Marquis Olivion, the leader of Artia, the sword of the kingdom, has a relationship with the couple, but perhaps Queen Diane is grinding her teeth because of her pride.”
The existence of Eunhyeon was already exerting influence within the kingdom of Pernias as an untouchable being, either forcefully or politically.
“Either you are dangerous or not. It’s not that important to them anymore. How you live is not that important. Rather, if you are evil and dangerous, I expect the couple to hold the reins and take care of you so that you don’t have bad feelings.”
“If… Hyun is… What to do if you have a bad heart… ?”
“Are you going to do that?”
“… No.”
“It is the judgment of the key figures on the kingdom side that they are vaguely expecting and thinking that. Besides, I don’t want to pretend to be with Ilya or her.”
The reason why Fernias Kingdom couldn’t touch Elvin was very realistic.
The duke’s family and Eunhyeon behind him, and the people around him.
It’s because of the judgment that I don’t want to be hostile to them.
In this situation, there was nothing good about touching Erwin or Eunhyun behind him.
“The second reason is that the current situation inside the kingdom is not that good.”
As the corruption of more than half of the nobles was exposed, the nobles who exploited unfair profits began to be held accountable, and as a result of the purge, the local lords were deprived of all their family property and territory and were reduced to commoners, and the internal situation of the court nobles is similar to this
The nobles of the Fernias Kingdom that remain today are busy reorganizing and strengthening the inner chambers that have been insolvent due to the chaos.
“In this situation, the duke’s family continues to support a large amount of money in the name of helping to strengthen the country. But how can he choose the option of antagonizing the ducal family and the man, that he touches you, who is guaranteeing his identity?”
That’s a foolish ploy, no matter who sees it.
While even Pernine, the capital of the kingdom, is currently facing a chaotic period, the Armitas territory, which is overtaking Pernine and celebrating an economic boom, is like rain in a drought from the perspective of the kingdom.
“… He’s a guy you really don’t want to turn into an enemy.”
Simon put on a puzzled expression as he remembered Eun-hyeon, whom he was certain had led to the current situation.
At present, the country seems to be being played and manipulated by the silver-haired man who moves behind the Duke’s family.
How does Queen Diane, who is currently cleaning the country by proxy, accept the fact that even the royal family, the owner of the country, cannot be easily touched, and that she has no choice but to rely on his influence to stabilize the current chaos.
“Then… The reason Simon came to me was really out of curiosity… Are you saying it was?”
“I said that before, but it is. And…”
From Simon’s slightly muted attitude, Alvin guessed that his true intentions, who had come to see him alone, would finally come out.
