Chapter 52 – The Elf Who Wants to Eat Pudding (2)
Yielding to the elven intimidation, Parras assisted in the search for the Minotaur.
Since it was a mountain I had come to from time to time during practice classes, the geography of the area was clear, but I kept getting nervous, perhaps because of the elves following me at a certain distance.
‘You seem like a bad-tempered professor…….’
Parras, who muttered inwardly, looked back at the elf with a forced smile.
“Hey, if you go straight this way, you will find it.”
“Are you sure?”
“Perhaps…… ?”
“Maybe?”
I’m just asking back, but some kind of murderous blood comes out and makes my back chill. Parras, who was dripping with sweat, hurriedly changed his words.
“Wow, that’s for sure! Just follow me!”
“You should have said that earlier.”
The words spoken out sound like a warning. If I don’t find the Minotaur, won’t my head explode like a grotesque bird……. Oh so so, I get goosebumps.
While Paras was eagerly looking at the map in fear, the elf, who was tired of walking, spoke dryly.
“By the way, are you a witch?”
Surprised, Parras looked back. I thought it was a different kind of threat, but looking at those innocent eyes, it seemed like a question I was genuinely curious about.
Parras let out a sigh of relief and smiled ahaha as he scratched the back of his head.
“Not yet. It’s because I didn’t sign a seal through the professor. You can officially become a witch only if you complete all credits, select and complete graduation assignments, and write a separate thesis.”
“Okay? The process has become rather cumbersome. When I was promoting, I didn’t go through that complicated process.”
“Yeah……. Witches were persecuted in the past, but these days, isn’t it a promising occupation? When you become a witch, your appearance is fixed and you don’t age, and you don’t have to bow down to nobles because you’re in an independent position. It is like a dream.”
The elf tilted his head.
“It’s not like there’s only benefit. You witches won’t be able to have children again for the price of not growing old. In addition, it only maintains its youth on the outside, but it has the same lifespan as humans.”
“It’s okay.”
“What are you okay with?”
“I don’t intend to get married anyway~ House prices are skyrocketing, but what about marriage……. It’s a world where it’s hard to take care of my life. How do you raise a child? Admit?”
Admit? I think the words are a bit short. As the elf narrowed her eyes, Farass cleared his throat and changed the subject.
“But the witch will be a little wasteful. I saw that you are very talented. She must have made a lot of money, so wouldn’t she want to have children too?”
“You can still have it if you want.”
“Yes? How do witches have children?”
“I am not a witch.”
A question mark rises on Parras’ face.
“Didn’t you just say you were a black flame witch?”
“That’s right.”
“Then she is a witch right?”
“Out of it. Because she pretended to be a witch.”
What bullshit? Paras didn’t understand the slightest bit, but just nodded her head. It was because she didn’t want to make her feel bad by hanging around.
“Anyway, I’m envious. If I earn a lot of money like the witch, I want to live happily in the system. A strong person like the witch must live in a large mansion, right?”
“Mansion…….”
It wasn’t wrong, so she nodded her head.
Then her paras eyes light up with anticipation.
“Also! Then, you have a library or something, and you raise expensive pets, right?”
“Pets?”
The elf, who had been thinking deeply, nodded again this time.
“I am raising it.”
“Oh oh. Is it a cat? After all, a cat suits a witch.”
“Cat……? Well. To put it bluntly, it’s more like a puppy.”
“Ah. Dogs aren’t bad either. Did you educate them well?”
“I’m making it. I don’t listen very well.”
“I see.”
Paras nodded and suddenly smiled. Why are you like that? The elf asked curiously.
“Why are you laughing.”
“Just. You’re quite amused when you talk about puppies. I think the witch is not a very scary person.”
“Lie.”
“Why am I lying? Rather, the witch is telling lies. How long are you going to pretend to be the Black Flame Witch?”
The elf sighed deeply.
“How many times do you say yes?”
“To. Then show me that. What is the name~ Gwangpung Black Kill Spear!”
Suddenly, chicken skin sprouts all over her body. The elf frowned at her in disgust.
“What is that.”
“Yes? It’s a magic that the witch of black flame used often when she fought against the church’s witch hunt. It’s so famous that it’s even included in the basic curriculum.”
“I’ve never given it a name like that.”
“Uh……. The head of the Dokwol union said that this is the name of the technology, right?”
“Dremes?”
Nod. At the affirmation of her paras her, the elf felt a pain in his bones her. What the hell is she trying to do by stuffing the magic written by others into black history?
It’s difficult if you know that bullshit is the truth. The moment the elf opened her mouth to add something to her words her, shhh—Paras placed his index finger on her lips and pointed at the clearing beyond her bush.
In the clearing, a minotaur that was as tall as 4m was biting a goat.
“It’s the female Minotaur you mentioned. It’s quite ferocious and strong, so me and the witch joined forces…… Uh, hey? Can’t you hear me?”
The elf ignored Parras’ advice and went out into the clearing. Because she didn’t have to listen.
Krukreuk…… ?
Sensing the presence of the Minotaur, he raised his head, but the Elf did not stop his steps in her. To Paras, it was a suicidal act.
“Stop-“
Paras, who tried to stop her elf her, hesitated.
It was because behind the elf, a black magic circle was unfolding, connecting numerous circuits.
‘Uh? What?’
Numerous circuits were connected with certain rules, patterns burned, and unknown symbols amplified magic power in their respective positions.
It is complicated but sometimes concise, huge and precisely interlocked. In front of that overwhelming sight, Parras could not help but contain his astonishment of her.
It was because she didn’t even have a wand, and even though she didn’t have an assistant witch to help her manifest magic, her technique of completing one great magic in an instant didn’t make sense to me.
Aaaaagh—!
The moment the Minotaur felt threatened and rushed after the goat, the elf completed his magic. Huge spear blades began to protrude from the center of the magic circle.
Before long, the light flickered.
Pan-!
A black spear shot like a bullet pierced the Minotaur’s body and crashed to the ground. Kwaaang! The ground is overturned and the ground shakes violently as if an earthquake had occurred. At the same time, wild gusts of wind blow in all directions.
Kugu Palace…… !
As the huge impact covers the mountains, flocks of startled birds fly into the sky all at once.
“Huh!”
It was the same with Paras who couldn’t escape from the magic’s aftermath.
After waiting for the wind to subside with his eyes tightly closed, Parras slowly opened his eyes after a while and saw a dead Minotaur with his body pierced by a black spear comparable to his own.
It must have been a momentary demise. Because he couldn’t even scream.
“Huh…….”
Is this the difference in class? Paras couldn’t help but be dazed by the unbelievable sight.
Is that person really a black flame witch? The appearance of a witch standing not far away, fluttering the hem of her black robe her, feels anew.
“Uh, um.”
Parras, who had come to her senses belatedly, approached the elf, trying to calm her startled heart her.
“There. Ho, are you really a black flame witch? Did you put an end to the war against the Church’s witch hunt?”
The elf turned her head and replied indifferently.
“Right.”
“Well, then why did you disappear for twenty years…… ?”
“Because I realized that you, too, are only human after all.”
“Yes?”
I don’t understand what you mean. However, the elf seemed uninterested in your question, summoned several large buckets around her and pointed at them with her chin.
“Example.”
“Yes?”
“You said you were paying me back. So, milk it.”
“Ah…”
She was a bit out of the blue, but there was nothing she couldn’t do. In addition, the witch in front of her eyes is none other than the witch of black flames. She was happy to accept that she was working for someone she admired.
However, her petty selfishness did not stop her from raising her head.
“By the way, can I have a bottle of milk? I think it would be great to take it as a graduation project…….”
The elf nodded her head appallingly, and thanks to that, Parras went to milk her in her happy mood.
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After milking her, the elf returned her paras and went straight back to her pudding shop.
“Ohh…….”
Thanks to this, Soo-in, the owner of the pudding shop, admired the scene in front of her.
It was because five buckets were filled with Minotaur’s milk.
“I didn’t know you would bring it this soon. After all, she is the witch of black flame!”
“It’s okay, so make pudding.”
“Yes! It will take about three hours, so please wait!”
After answering vigorously, Soo-in takes her bucket with both of her hands and carries it into the store.
It’s hard to watch because it’s clumsy and waddling.
By the way, it’s three hours. I feel a little bit offended that you seem to be wasting too much time trying to eat pudding.
No matter what she did, she came this far, but she couldn’t go back without receiving the pudding.
‘Because it’s delicious, here.’
It wasn’t a bad deal if you could feel the taste you once admired again.
As the elf was killing her time in a chair in front of the stall, a prisoner came over, wiping her hands after she had finished cooking and had put her pudding in the freezer.
“Liya-sama! Now you just have to wait two more hours.”
“Yes.”
I’m used to short answers. A laughing beast sat next to the elf.
“What have you been doing all this time? I was looking for it in the poison union.”
“At the poison moon combination?”
“Yes. Especially since Dremeth is still enthusiastic about finding Riya-sama.”
“Okay.”
No change in facial expression. Su-in, who was embarrassed for a moment, continued her words.
“Do you have any intention of returning to the union?”
“No.”
“That’s right…….”
An awkward silence passes between the two. Back in the day, at least twenty years ago, I wasn’t such a cold person.
I have no idea what the hell happened 20 years ago that caused her to suddenly disappear.
Suin, hesitant about what to say, said as if he had just remembered.
“Oh! Are you going to eat pudding?”
“Pack it up. I will take it.”
“Aha. So, how many are you going to take?”
“Two…….”
Changed my mind. She didn’t want to take care of Theo Rad, who by now was having fun with Esily.
“No. Give me one.”
Still, he wanted to leave room, so the elf looked back at the beastman and pursed her lips.
“I might bring someone I know later. We’re going to eat it even then, so even if you find another guild, procure milk on time.”
“Ugh. It’s difficult, but I’ll try to find it. But if it’s someone else, is it someone Riya-sama loves?”
“No.”
The answer is immediate.
The shy prisoner spoke again.
“Then is it someone you like?”
The elf’s mouth, which was about to say no this time, paused for a moment.
This is because Soo-in could not properly define her uttered words of her.
After thinking for a long time, the elf quietly chanted, closing his eyes to the wind blowing.
“Well.”
At that moment, Suin could see it.
For the first time, a weak smile appeared on the elf’s expressionless face.
