Chapter 127 – Invitation From the University Magic Tower (2)
When I was very young, on hot summer evenings, my father always told me ghost stories.
Most of them were absurd and bizarre stories, but a vague fear that it might actually be happening somewhere on the vast continent crept into my heart.
If I had to choose one memorable story from the scary stories my father told me, it would be the story of a ghost staring at me from the ceiling when I woke up.
How scary would it be to wake up in the morning and face a ghost? I still have clear memories of my childhood days when I stayed up all night with terrifying daydreams.
If that fantasy turned into reality, wouldn’t it be the current situation? I sighed in embarrassment and raised my upper body. My gaze naturally goes to the elf lying next to me.
‘Why are you here…….’
Why is the elf sleeping in my bed? She was also well dressed in a maid’s uniform, turning her body toward me and breathing softly.
The face of the elf sleeping unaware of the world is truly peaceful. The sight of her silver hair flowing down to her waist her, disheveled, is completely defenseless.
‘If she’s like this, she’s a really pretty woman. Her personality is that shape…….’
She was a woman who really wanted to like but couldn’t. As I stuck out her tongue her, I suddenly felt that my body her was lighter than I thought.
Until yesterday, I caught a bad cold and couldn’t move my body properly. Did taking the medicine and sleeping soundly as advised by Harvey worked?
I don’t know, but now that my body has healed and I feel more refreshed, I feel like I can go back to work. I naturally looked back at the elf as I was about to remove the futon.
‘Could he have been by my side since yesterday?’
Could it be that I caught a cold? Concerned, I carefully placed my hand on the elf’s forehead. When touched, the elf flinched lightly, but fortunately it did not break.
Seeing that there was no fever on his forehead, he did n’t seem to have a cold. Well, he’s strong enough to subdue the dream queen, but there’s no way he’ll catch a cold.
It was a bit of a worry. Raising my head, I accidentally found a letter and chocolate from Balgeum lying on the drawer. The seal stamped in the center of the letter is oddly familiar.
‘University Magic Tower?’
Why did the Magic Tower send me a letter? Hmm…. Check it out and you’ll see. I picked up the letter, unsealed it, and unfolded the contents.
『Dear Viscount Theorard, Vice-Count of the Countess of Pelgarin and Head of the Deharm Family.』
Courtesy and formal greetings are lined up under the phrase indicating the addressee. The difficult words were sparsely visible, so it gave the impression that he was showing off his culture.
Most of them were meaningless words, so I quickly skimmed through them and my eyes became fixed on the phrase the letter was trying to convey.
『…… Therefore, the Imperial University Mage Tower would like to have Viscount Theorard as a special guest lecturer. We will take care of not only travel expenses for the warp gate, but also lecture fees, so please seriously consider the Mage Tower’s request. This not only contributes to the academic development of the University Mage Tower, but also improves the overall skills of the imperial mages…… 』
It felt like I was suffocating. It is not an exaggeration to say that the elites of the empire gathered together in the world of magic.
I wasn’t the one who perfected the artificial rain magic. Going to the lecturer was no different from revealing his bare face.
However, it is ambiguous to send a reply of rejection.
『Imperial University Mage Tower President Brandal Fredelin Compensation.』
It was not someone else, but the president of the university magic tower wrote a letter and sent it. Isn’t it an expression of the will to meet you?
“Brandall Fredelin…….’
As one of the two Grand Wizards in the Empire, she knows that she is a master of destructive magic.
The fact that such a person took an interest in me, in other words, has something in common with the fact that the university faculty at the Magic Tower are paying attention to me.
From the moment you arrive at the Mage’s Tower, you will surely be involved in all sorts of gossip. If he made a mistake during the lecture, he would tarnish the name of the Dehareum family.
No matter how you think about it, there were more losses than benefits. Also, refusal…….
“You’d better go.”
My shoulders tremble at the sound of a voice behind me. Looking back, the elf was rubbing her eyes while standing upright. He yawns, perhaps tired, and looks at me while licking his lips.
“Master. Who sent the letter?”
“…… Uh? Oh This is Brandal Fredelin. The president of the Mage Tower.”
“Then it makes more sense. You absolutely have to go.”
“Must……?”
When I asked a somewhat dumbfounded question, the elf nodded her head sullenly. He raised his hand and wiped his mouth, as if he had drool while sleeping.
“Because he is a wizard. If you’re not just a wizard, but a deviant who has risen to the position of president, it’s highly likely that you’re crazy about ‘verification’. Because magicians are such a family.”
“What if you say you’re crazy about verification?”
“If you send a rejection answer, you’re only amplifying their suspicions. In order to resolve the suspicion, they will make various demands to the owner. By means of a fairly cumbersome method, intensively.”
If the president’s doubt is, it’s probably about whether I’ve perfected artificial rain magic.
It was normal to be suspicious if a person with no record of magic suddenly completed great magic.
In fact, I have never perfected artificial rain magic. Although he planned the direction of the magic and made a concrete framework, it was the elf in front of him who completed the magic.
As the worry deepens, the brow furrows.
‘Confession is…….’
Not. As soon as you confess, the Mage’s Tower will interrogate who your collaborators are. Since I couldn’t reveal the identity of the elf, it was like tying a chain around my body.
But if you refuse, you’ll get entangled in a complicated case just like the elf said. In the end, are there any options? A sigh came out of my troubled heart.
“I guess I have to prepare for the lecture from today. You can’t get the books caught by the professors of the Mage Tower.”
I said it intentionally to listen. Since he was an elf who had perfected artificial rain magic, he implied the question of whether he could help with the preparation of the lecture.
The elf also seemed to understand the meaning, but he did not respond hastily. He lifted his index finger and tapped his chin a couple of times, then brushed the flowing hair behind his ear.
After that, he changed his hair band and began to make other noises, such as brushing off dust from his arm sleeves. Are you sure you don’t want to help?
I stared at the elf and spoke again.
“I think I need to start preparing for the lecture today.”
“Is that so.”
The languid tone comes very unpleasantly. Isn’t the intention to make fun of me too obvious?
It seemed as if the sneering on the corners of his mouth he was saying, ‘If you want help, ask politely,’ so I was embarrassed.
You shouldn’t dry one. Let’s change the topic for now, and then stab the elf’s blind spot when he is caught off guard.
I calmed myself down by taking a deep breath and tried to smile.
“By the way. When I woke up today, four years were sleeping next to me. Did you dare to come to the master’s bed and ask for sleep as a slave?”
The elf blinked silently without saying anything. Why are you like that? As I frowned at the unknown reason, the elf said curtly.
“Don’t you remember?”
“…… What do you mean?”
“The owner told me not to go. Because he didn’t let go of my hand, I inevitably asked to sleep next to him.”
Did I tell you not to go? Yesterday? Looking back, I never said anything like that. Although I dreamed about my father…….
You should keep in mind the possibility that the elf lied.
“I don’t know.”
“But obviously-“
“So what are we going to do?”
Having cut off the elf, I was arrogant.
“Even if I told you not to go, does it make any difference that you crawled into the owner’s bed and asked for sleep?”
“…… That’s not it.”
“If so, your fault is clear. Am I wrong?”
The elf’s eyebrows twitch. He seemed to want to refute something, but he immediately agreed, perhaps realizing that his role was that of a slave.
“It’s not wrong.”
“Then you must be punished.”
Now that I asked for rice cakes, all I had to do was catch them. I exclaimed with delight inside, and recited it as solemnly as possible.
“Starting today, help prepare for the lecture. Four years like worms, but maybe I can help a little bit.”
If I, in the role of ‘master’, gave an order as a ‘punishment’, I would have no choice but to follow it.
Now, if the elf reluctantly agrees, I can easily prepare for the lecture. You will be able to ask the elf in detail about how he perfected his magic his.
But the elf was silent. He understood everything, but tilting his head as if he didn’t know why was a bonus.
“I’m not sure what you’re talking about. There’s no way I know anything about magic.”
Really too much! Even after doing this, is it a plot to get rid of pretense?
I can’t help it more than this The only way to get the answer you want is to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Calling out the ‘cold-blooded psychopath master’ in my heart, I glared at the elf with cold eyes.
“What did you just say?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about-“
Before he could finish his words his, he grabbed the elf and knocked him over. After letting out a short scream, the elf fell on the bed and frowned. I climbed on top of it and recited ferociously.
“You can’t understand what the bug bitch is saying with nice words. You must be sold properly to come to your senses, right?”
If you translate it, it would be ‘I will sell you what you want, so please help me prepare for the lecture’. The elf seemed to want this, too, sobbing with his eyes half-open.
“I am the owner……. I’m sorry….”
The whining voice makes me feel good. The fact that you had to sell from the bed was a bit puzzling, but not bad. In this field, I am now somewhat of a veteran.
“You’ve been treating me well lately, but you regularly cross the line. From now on, I’ll tell you personally that I can’t say I don’t know from your mouth.”
“Oh, how do you say…… ?”
“Yeah…….”
Let’s think fast. In the current situation, what is a sure but high-level selling method? I started to unbuckle the buckle of my pants with a flashing thought. Sleeping in pants yesterday was a godsend.
“Don’t whip me. Until your ass turns red.”
“Sir, I hate it…….”
“Huh. What do you mean you don’t like it? Aren’t you just a ‘whore’ who likes things like this?”
The elf’s crying stopped. It’s embarrassing that the intentional shaking of the shoulders his also stopped at once. I was staring at it because I thought something was wrong, and the elf slowly lowered his gaze. There was water in the red eyes that were opened in an unreasonable way.
Is it smoke? Not. How many times have you been doing this? It was easy to determine whether the elf was acting or not.
In short, the elf was really about to cry.
‘Why?’
I, who was breaking out in a cold sweat, opened my mouth with difficulty.
“Did I say something harsh?”
“…… Please get out of the way.”
The tone had been low for a while. It seemed to be sincere, so when I handed it over, the elf stood up and sat down on the bed.
Biting his lower lip, the elf, who had been looking depressed for a moment, looked back at me in anger.
However, aggressive behavior did not necessarily lead to aggressive language. At first glance, the elf looking at me seemed to be burning with shame.
As if he did n’t quite understand his own feelings his, the elf who had licked his lips several times spoke in a crawling voice.
“Master…… Do you really think of me that way?”
What are you talking about? Wasn’t it just selling as usual? When I couldn’t answer because I didn’t understand, the elf cleared his throat and stood up.
“It’s nothing…”
Then, as if running away, he leaves the room.
Thanks to that, I had no choice but to stare blankly at the door.
‘Didn’t you like the sale? That wouldn’t be it…….’
The more I thought about it, the more I felt like I was falling into a labyrinth.
