Chapter 72 – Black Flame Witch (4)
The elf, who left the drawing room as if running away, walked aimlessly down the hallway. It was because I couldn’t stand still because of my unpleasantly beating heart.
─It’s because destroying someone else’s memories on their own is something that will never be forgiven.
The words spoken playfully by Theo Rad become a dagger and stab her in the heart. Unknown and unprecedented emotions turned her head white and made her breathless.
The elf wandering aimlessly through the halls of her mansion felt a certain rage in her unpleasant beating. As her mind began to settle, she began to chew on Theorard’s words.
‘Unforgivable? This is what you asked me to do…… !’
The promise made 18 years ago in the garden behind her mansion did not include any elf coercion.
The elf spoke her truth openly, and Theo Rad, who felt pity for the truth, proposed a promise (a kind of bet) with a friendly smile.
‘You were the one who asked me to erase my memories and decided to become a toy…… !’
By the way.
On such a subject, Theorad, who now makes the other person an ‘unforgivable existence’, hated the elf to the point of irritation.
‘If it weren’t for you, by now I would…… !’
I didn’t have to see disgusting humans anymore. All evil in this world could be eradicated. By declaring the two-year resolution, the world was able to conclude as one.
It was none other than Theorad who put all of that on hold for an uncertain future. It was you who inevitably revived the emotions that were smashed, fragmented, and left nothing but dust in the end.
Even though I didn’t want to, you gave me the will to continue life. He told me to wipe my stained heart for a while. It made me shoulder the duty of fraternity.
So, so.
It’s not my fault.
“…….”
Headless footsteps enter the courtyard of the mansion before you know it. A few fluttering butterflies fluttered carelessly in the courtyard, where little traces of the explosion remained.
As I stare blankly at the butterfly vigorously flapping its monochromatic wings, my raging emotions slowly subside.
Only then did the elf realize that all the thoughts he had were illusions stemming from the yoke of the past.
‘Theorad doesn’t know anything.’
Wasn’t it himself that erased Theorard’s memory? Moreover, Theorard had no idea that the elf was eavesdropping on the story outside the door.
It was simply that they agreed to what Paras said while talking as if they were everyday. In short, it was absolutely not what I was told to listen to…….
Thinking that far, the elf realized how stupid he was. His face heats up with belated shame.
‘Dummy…’ ….’
The elf mocked himself, burying his face in his hands. After a while, some butterflies flew in and landed on the elf’s shoulder and head.
The pheromones unique to elves, which smell like fragrant forests, attracted butterflies.
Whoa. The elf let out a low sigh, suppressing his burning emotions and lowering her hand. Just as he was about to return to the drawing room, Kong! My body trembled as someone hit my head.
Turning around, it was sure to be Harvey with her mustache.
“This guy! I told you to rest, so why are you wandering around the courtyard!”
“Chief Chamberlain.”
“Uh huh. I would have told you not to stare.”
Is it because he doesn’t notice, or because he’s old and has lost his cowardly head?
After staring at him a few times, other servants were reluctant to even come close, but somehow this old man never felt intimidated.
However, using magic to frighten them would end their peaceful slave life, so there was no choice. The elf answered with an annoyed gaze.
“I came out because I had enough rest.”
“You talk back wildly. Rest or otherwise is not your choice, but I, the chamberlain, commands it. If you run around and get a fever again, do you plan on lying in bed and resting again?”
“It won’t happen, so don’t worry.”
“I’m not worried about you, I’m worried about the family head. As you are a slave that the head of the family cares about, you need to be healthy at all times.”
The elf didn’t answer. I didn’t know how to respond to that comment.
In response, Harvey reached out his old hand and touched the elf’s forehead. After confirming that his fever has gone down, a relieved smile forms on David’s lips.
“You seem to have had enough rest, as you said. Still, the fever still needs to go down, so it’s better to go up to your room and rest more-“
“Clean your hands.”
Widely! The elf shakes off Harvid’s hand and turns his back and walks to the other side. Harvey couldn’t help but sigh.
“That, that old Goyan…… !”
Harvey, who had been pointing at the elf disapprovingly, put his hands behind his back when the elf left the courtyard and laughed.
“I’m glad you seem to have recovered.”
*
I had many conversations with Paras even after the story of the oblivion monster.
In fact, the form of the questionnaire has long since disappeared, but I did not care much because the conversation was enjoyable.
Paras seemed to enjoy talking to me, so she told me many things besides the Witch of Black Flames.
“I was originally thinking of going to the Imperial Reagent Office after graduation, right? They say they pay a lot of money and get great welfare benefits. But I have changed my mind.”
“How do you mean?”
“I want to join the Dokwol Union as an employee. Oh, isn’t that what humans hate? The work environment there is a very free horizontal structure, so it is said that there is not much territorialism. I hope it will help you find the Witch of Black Flame.”
He said it like that, but his heart was clearly visible.
“Anyway, it seems that it is difficult to enter the Reagent Administration with your grades. On the other hand, you can enter the solo combination relatively easily. The fact that you witnessed the Witch of Black Flames with your own eyes, which had disappeared for 20 years, would give you a big bonus.”
Farras’ shoulders tremble as if she’s been caught off guard. Parras fiddled with the teacup with her uneasy expression her, then cleared her throat.
“Let’s put it that way.”
“Are you counting on that? You had better be a little more honest with yourself.”
“Ah. Really……. Stop playing I worked hard, but what should I do if I don’t get results? This is all because Professor Luikus, that menstrual witch made me score…….”
Giik-
Did the tiger come if I told you?
When Louisus opened the parlor door and walked in, Cough Cough! Parras let out a continuous cough as if it had been heard.
Luercus approached, looking suspiciously at Parras, and gently bowed his head to me.
“Thanks to the consideration of the family head, the investigation was completed. Thank you very much for your sincere cooperation in our potentially rude behavior.”
“It’s up to thank you. All I did was sit here and talk. If it was hard, you did it.”
“Indeed. It seems that there is nothing wrong with the public reputation. I think I understand a little why Count Leoberg trusts Viscount Theorard.”
A soft, serene smile forms on Louis’ lips.
“Then, let’s go.”
Louis Kurth, who put his hand on his chest and lowered his head again, tapped Parras on the shoulder.
Can’t we wait a little longer and go? Parras groaned and wept, but reluctantly rose from his seat as Luikus glared at him.
As Louis Kurth moved his steps toward the door to the parlor, Parras followed him, then glanced behind him and waved his hand appropriately.
Seeing how cute he is, I waved his hand at him, and Paras closed his small mouth. Observing his mouth carefully, he seemed to be saying, ‘See you later!’
I nodded his head without hiding a smile, and Paras left the parlor happily.
He was a really fun guy.
‘It seems that not all witches have a cynical personality.’
As a child, when she went to church with her father her, the priests always said, “Witches are cunning, cynical, and obsessed with personal gain.”
The witches I met in person were not much different from us humans. Now that I think about it, the witch also only formed a seal in the end, but wasn’t she a human born from the same root?
‘Why draw the line and hate each other…….’
We do not know exactly how witch hunts took place in the past, but there must be an existence that caused conflict between witches and humans in the first place.
It would be nice if the truth came out and humans and witches could live happily together like in the past. Continuing my strange daydreaming, I shook my head with a wry smile.
Because now was not the time to be buried in social issues. Now that the witches had been sent back, it was time to check the condition of the elves again.
If the fever got worse, he was thinking of calling a doctor from Yeongji.
When I raised my hand and activated the monitoring object, I saw the elf’s room on the blue screen.
By the way…….
‘Where did he go?’
There were no elves. It was the same when I looked around.
Didn’t it always cling to me like gum when I woke up? I felt something ominous, but I didn’t want to go looking for elves because they weren’t there.
Still, feeling uncomfortable, I looked around the elf’s room once more, then sighed and turned off the monitoring object.
I’m not sure where or what you’re doing…….
Please don’t do anything that harms others.
*
“Dochaak…… !”
Returning to the single dormitory after an overnight flight, Parras ran straight to the bed and threw himself. Pooh! The soft bed wrapped around the body his relieved the accumulated fatigue.
“Uh heh…….”
Wallow wallow. Lying on the bed and rubbing, I feel a sense of happiness.
‘As expected, home is the best~’
It’s not exactly a house, it’s a dorm, but anyway. Having a place to rest is important.
Originally, I should be writing the report now, but now that I’m lying in bed, the thought of doing so has vanished. It was when Paras, who had just slept and decided to write the report, closed his eyes.
Wheelin-
A cool wind blows my bangs. I would have closed the window and left, but why is the wind blowing? When Parass, who was puzzled, opened her narrowed eyes, the black flame witch was waving the hem of her black robe in front of her nose.
“Eek, draw- Eup!?”
When Paras, startedled, tried to shout, the witch of black flames blocked her mouth.
“Quiet. Shut up and listen to me.”
The tone that is colder than the night air makes you wake up. When Paras nodded in fear, the witch of black flames handed out a letter.
“Receive. Give a letter to any of the elders of the Society. There is a pattern drawn on it that confirms that I wrote it, so you won’t doubt it.”
As Paras shook her head, the witch of black flames removed her hand that was covering her mouth her. Pooh! Paras, who was speechless, took her letter to her and looked up blankly at the Witch of Black Flames.
The sight of her arrogantly looking down at us with her eyes as black as graphite while wearing a large cone hat makes me feel cool for some reason.
As Paras held her heart in longing, the witch of black flames frowned at her in annoyance.
“You know you’ll die if you spread rumors one more time.”
“Yes? Rumors?”
“A storm…… What do you mean?”
“Ah! A light wind black spear?”
The Black Flame Witch let out a deep sigh.
“Okay. By the way, don’t divulge the conversation we had here to anyone. And one more.”
“One more?”
“Don’t fall for Theorard. Then I will really kill you.”
A bit of a nonsense. Before the puzzled Paras could even ask what the reason was, the body of the witch of black flames was enveloped in black light. She bursts into shockwaves and she disappears.
In the aftermath of the magic, the surrounding objects tremble and then slowly stop.
Reflexively closing her eyes and shrinking her body, Paras slowly opened her eyes, and the witch of black flames disappeared as if it were a mirage.
However, the letter in her hand was proof that the black flame witch had been there.
‘…… Space movement magic?’
You still handle high-level magic without wands or chanting. Paras, who had been admiring her heart her, pouted her lips, feeling a bit unjust.
‘Why does the Witch of Black Flame hate the Gwangpung Black Spear? ….’
This is a really, really cool technical name…….
