Chapter 158 – Reunion (2)
When Yuliana rescued the group from Frey, they were all in terrible condition.
In the process of trying to protect Seri and Bell from Frey’s attack, Pria had exhausted all her magic power and, even after returning to the Magic Tower, she showed signs of exhaustion, her hands trembling for a while.
Seri and Bell, who were rescued in that state, were still unconscious.
In Bell’s case, she had fallen into a deep sleep due to Yuliana’s magic, so she was expected to wake up naturally soon, but Seri, who had been directly manipulated by Aris and suffered various injuries, seemed to need a long time to recover.
And Sien, who had stood alone against Frey to buy time for Pria to save everyone, was rescued by Yuliana with deep wounds all over her body, so she had to rest in the Magic Tower for a while.
Thanks to the magic power injected by Sihyun, her wounds were considerably healed, and she was able to regain consciousness quickly just by replenishing a certain amount of her depleted magic power. However, her condition had not recovered, so she was struggling to move on her own.
Nevertheless, instead of choosing to lie down and rest, she had hoped to return to the mansion, so Yuliana was preparing to return to where they had come from, supporting her.
“Tower Master Unnie, are you really okay to move like this?”
“Yeah. Don’t worry. My wounds are almost healed, and my condition is good.”
“But you’re not completely healed. You can’t even walk properly…”
“……”
Sien shook her head briefly without a word.
Then, she handed a spell scroll to Yuliana.
It was a request to take her to the portal leading to Sihyun’s mansion, and Yuliana, who received it, let out a short sigh.
“Sien Unnie, Seri will wake up soon, wouldn’t it be better to wait a little longer and get treatment until the end before moving?”
“It will take too long to wait until then. And I checked earlier that Seri’s condition is worse than mine. Even if she wakes up, she will be very tired, so it’s right to let her rest without worrying about anything else.”
“……”
Yuliana quietly closed her mouth.
There was not a single thing wrong with what Sien had said.
The biggest part of the damage Seri suffered while being manipulated by Aris’s holy magic and threatening Sihyun with a dagger was the mental issue.
In order to somehow escape from Aris, she had deeply stabbed her own wrist, leaving a fairly deep wound on Seri’s wrist.
However, as she was a promising priestess within the Order, Seri’s divine power had the ability to fully protect her own body even in the midst of chaos.
Thanks to that, even though she stabbed herself with the intention of killing herself, it did not remain a fatal wound.
However, when she attacked Sihyun, who was trying to hold her and restrain her actions, she stabbed him with a dagger with the same force that could have inflicted a fatal wound.
Seri, who had to watch and remember all of that process with a clear mind, seemed to be having a long nightmare even while completely unconscious.
In the case of Sien, who was indiscriminately attacked by Frey, she woke up somehow to check on Sihyun’s situation, but for Seri, the shock of attacking her own master was too great.
“Yeah. As you said, Seri is not in a situation where she can do anything right now. She’s also been heavily contaminated by the bad magic because of the dagger Aris made.”
“Unlike us two, human Seri will take a long time to recover.”
Even beastmen, who are vulnerable to magic, have the ability to gradually erase the magic that has penetrated their bodies over time.
And most elves, who are born with a considerable amount of magic power, are usually protected from magic.
However, humans only have the advantage of being somewhat free from external magic, and they do not have the ability to shake off the magic that has begun to penetrate on their own.
That was why the northern humans beyond the border were captured by the magic of the demons, and the entire metropolis was corrupted.
Fortunately, Yuliana and several other mages in the Magic Tower had already conducted some research on magic.
And with the magic obtained through such research, they were treating Seri’s condition to a stable level.
“Then, how about resting while getting treatment with Seri?”
“Yuliana, I know you’re worried, but I wasn’t affected by magic, and I only have problems with moving, the rest is normal.”
Sien turned her head to look at Yuliana.
“If the mansion was still in a dangerous state, I wouldn’t have insisted. Because I can’t be of any help in battle right now. But as you said earlier, Master was successful in subduing both Aris and Frey, so there’s no chance that I’ll be a hindrance, right?”
“…Yeah. I got a message that Elina is safe too. Nothing big will happen right now.”
Sien, who nodded slightly, gestured forward again.
“Then let’s move.”
“……Sien Unnie. You don’t really think I’m stopping you because I’m worried about your condition, do you?”
“Yeah. I know what you’re thinking. I think I have a vague idea of why you’re stopping me too.”
“Oppa won’t like it much. You coming now.”
“But the fact that you prepared to return to the mansion means that Master only called you, right?”
Yuliana nodded slightly.
“Hmm. It can’t be that he started to dislike me in that short time…”
“Unnie, don’t misunderstand. Our Oppa. As soon as he came back with Aris, he got really angry when he heard about you.”
“He must have worried about me too?”
“Yeah. A lot.”
Sien smiled faintly.
“Then, it seems like our Master is trying to stop me from coming because he’s thinking about my feelings.”
“……I think so too. I don’t want you to go now. Let’s go later, even if you do.”
“Well. Will anything change much if we go later?”
“But right now…”
“Frey will still be in the same place then.”
Yuliana’s mouth closed with a sound.
“Wouldn’t it be better to go now and finish sorting out my feelings?”
“……”
“So, what’s Frey’s condition now? Did Master forgive her?”
Yuliana nodded slightly.
“What’s next? Does Master seem to like her?”
To the next question too.
“Then, is he going to make her his bitch?”
As an answer to the next question, Yuliana, who only nodded her head, silently watched Sien’s expression.
There were no immediately noticeable emotions, but she felt that she was a little colder than usual.
“I thought Master might think like that, but it’s progressing quite fast.”
“Unnie.”
“Well, it’s a good thing if Master likes her.”
Yuliana stopped walking abruptly.
“Are you…very angry…?”
“……I don’t know. I was somewhat confident that Frey wouldn’t die and would survive…”
Sien made a somewhat bitter expression.
“To be able to be loved by Master even after doing such a thing…. I don’t quite understand that part.”
“I fully understand your feelings, Unnie. I was also going to ask Oppa about that part in detail.”
Yuliana let out a long sigh and continued.
“Are you going with me?”
“Yeah. Master must have worried a lot, and I want to let him know that I’m okay as soon as possible…”
Sien smiled brightly.
“If a new junior has joined, it’s good to greet her as soon as possible.”
“…Yeah. Let’s go together.”
Yuliana, with a worried expression, briefly looked at Sien and decided not to stop her anymore.
She already knew that it was almost impossible to break Sien’s stubbornness when she showed such a firm attitude as she did now.
After informing Sihyun, who was managing Frey at the mansion, that they would be returning using magic, they returned to the mansion together through the portal.
The two of them continued to remain silent for a while as they walked down the long corridor.
Even without checking the inside of the room where the two were staying, it was easy to guess how the situation was going.
Even in normal times, Sihyun’s magic power tended to reflect his emotional state in quite detail, and just by looking at the stable form of the magic power that was thickly spread in the corridor, it was easy to tell that he was no longer angry.
Perhaps, as always, he had finished a satisfying sex with his bitch and was taking a good rest.
The two, who had such a common thought, walked silently down the corridor and quietly stopped in front of the door.
“Come in. Sien. Yuliana.”
And in response to that voice, they opened the door and stepped inside.
“……Hello. Frey.”
“S, S…Si…”
“……”
“S…ien…nim……”
Sien opened her mouth halfway to say something.
But.
Thud!
“I, I, I’m sorry…!”
She slowly closed her mouth as she watched Frey immediately slam her forehead on the floor.
