## Chapter 270 – (21)
“Why won’t anyone tell me!”
Eva shouted, her voice filled with anxiety.
She was in the room at the very top of the magic tower, where no one ever came anyway.
So she shouted as loud as she could.
Unusually, there were two teacups on the table.
It was black tea made with expensive tea leaves, prepared for the guest who had been here just moments ago.
But even that black tea hadn’t been enough to loosen the guest’s tongue.
“Ugh… What on earth happened…”
Nella, whom she’d seen just a day ago, had changed so much.
Not just her expression and atmosphere, but even the mana within her.
She was so different that one might believe she was a mage now, not an adventurer.
Even her aura was different.
It was hard to say exactly how she had changed, but she had become more mature.
The playful Nella had become relaxed and nonchalant.
Especially when asked about the massage, she had grinned, revealing her white canines.
‘You still haven’t gotten it?’
It was an attitude that seemed to look down on her.
As if to say, “You still don’t know?”
Eva didn’t like that.
But she had no choice but to take a humble stance.
She was curious about Sung-han’s massage.
Moreover, the time for Sung-han and Ethan to return to the Knights was approaching.
Sung-han didn’t seem to have any intention of staying in the magic tower.
That meant she really didn’t have much time left.
And she was just afraid of getting that massage.
“Y-yes, today is the day!”
It was her twelfth resolution this week alone.
Having made up her mind, she stood up.
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
Knock, knock.
“Huh?”
Who could it be?
She couldn’t think of anyone, but she cleared her throat.
“Ahem, come in.”
The door opened, and she heard footsteps.
Quite a few of them.
It wasn’t just one or two people.
No less than three people entered her room.
“W-what… Why are you here…”
Sung-han was among those who entered the room.
To be exact, Rebecca, Sung-han, and Clara were together.
She was flustered.
Unless some members of Rebecca’s class were on a field trip to the magic tower master’s room, she couldn’t understand why these people were visiting.
Above all, even though she had told them to come in, this place, the top of the magic tower, wasn’t a place anyone could just enter.
“What is the meaning of this?”
She said to Rebecca, putting on a serious face.
Rebecca wore a gentle smile.
For some reason, Nella’s expression came to mind.
The expression of a relaxed adult.
“Eva-nim hasn’t been getting her massage, so we brought her here.”
“…E-even so, bringing me here like this…”
Her eyes met Sung-han’s.
In that instant, memories of that time flooded back.
The moment Sung-han’s strange mana, which stirred up her own mana, entered her body.
Those feelings she couldn’t understand back then.
Even now, they were vivid in her mind.
Her body trembled.
“I-I’ll get it later. Well… there’s still time… isn’t there…”
Her earlier resolution was forgotten as she postponed the massage.
Rebecca shook her head at those words.
“No, there is no later.”
“What do you mean, w-wait…!”
Rebecca and Sung-han slowly approached her.
She could feel a firm resolve in their eyes.
She slowly backed away, but they approached even faster.
They grabbed her arms.
“You can’t run away now.”
“Ugh, ugh! I said I don’t want to!”
It was said that even a cornered mouse would bite a cat.
She squeezed her eyes shut and gathered mana in her hands.
She intended to lightly push them away.
Paaang.
But now, with her emotions running high, she inadvertently used too much mana.
“Ugh…”
She sighed, unable to open her tightly closed eyes.
She had done it.
She had clearly blown the two of them away.
Having released her immense mana, they must have been injured.
Rebecca, in particular, might have been seriously hurt.
“…Huh…?”
But something was strange.
‘Why isn’t there any sound?’
The sound of flying, the sound of colliding, the sound of pain.
None of the sounds she had expected could be heard.
Only a strange silence filled the room.
Worried that they might be hurt, she opened her closed eyes.
“Huh…?”
They were fine.
Only their hair was slightly ruffled.
They were looking at her with subtle smiles.
“Wh-what…”
She didn’t remember controlling her power.
But how could they be standing there unharmed?
Could it be that her magic had weakened?
No, there was no way her magic, which had been fine until yesterday, could have weakened overnight.
But it wasn’t like she had controlled her power—
“Amazing.”
“Indeed.”
Rebecca and Sung-han praised her instead.
Amazing, they said.
She wondered if they were being sarcastic, but they weren’t.
They both seemed genuinely impressed.
“To use that much magic even with this on.”
“Even with this on…?”
Hearing Rebecca’s words, she followed Rebecca’s gaze.
Then she saw something wrapped around her wrist.
‘When did this happen?’
At the same time as that thought, she slowly examined what was wrapped around her wrist.
Nothing immediately came to mind.
She seemed to remember seeing something similar before.
However, it was so long ago that she couldn’t remember well.
“It’s amazing, the size shrinks to fit perfectly when you put it on your wrist.”
Sung-han said.
“The size… shrank…?”
That was a common feature for magic tools.
That was how magic tools were sold.
That meant this bracelet was likely a magic tool as well.
Hesitating for a moment, she stared at the thing wrapped around her wrist.
It didn’t affect her mana, but when she tried to use magic, it nullified it like a ghost.
‘A magic tool like this… Could it be…’
“The, the collar of the Demon Hound…!”
She remembered.
It was a collar that a eccentric mage had made in the past with the obsession of creating the ultimate magical beast.
As he wished, he succeeded in creating the ultimate magical beast, limited to mages.
But he had forgotten one thing.
How to control the magical beast.
He was attacked by the ultimate magical beast he had created, and the Demon Hound escaped from the magic tower and disappeared beyond the lake around the magic tower.
The collar that turned a wolf monster, which was just a slightly larger monster, into the ultimate magical beast limited to mages.
That collar was wrapped around her wrist.
“Wh-what are you doing…!”
She gathered mana in her hand to destroy the bracelet, but the moment she tried to create magic—
Whoosh—
Only a breeze that ruffled her hair remained, and the magic disappeared.
A sense of powerlessness.
And even bewilderment.
“Wh-what are you trying to do to me?”
“I told you, just give you a massage.”
“Ugh… Wait, this is my room… Waaaait…”
Her hands were grabbed and she was dragged away.
She was laid down on the sofa.
She tried to resist with force, but it was impossible to resist the strength of an elf taller than her and the ace of the Knights.
She was so helpless without being able to use magic.
She thought she might at least be able to beat Rebecca, an elf, with strength.
Knowing that resistance was futile, she decided to think positively instead.
‘Well, I was going to get it anyway…’
She sighed and entrusted her body to the sofa.
Lying down on the sofa.
It had been a long time since she had done something so rude.
“Then I’ll take off your clothes.”
“Ugh… D-do as you please!”
Her clothes were taken off while she was lying on the sofa.
She didn’t know when they had gotten it, but towels were placed under her chest and abdomen.
It was much better than the hard leather texture of the sofa.
“Then I’ll start.”
Sung-han said and began to stroke her back.
Stroke, stroke.
“…Hmm…”
The beginning was always good.
His exquisite control of strength, despite his thick hands, was perfect.
He could have taken this up as a profession.
Of course, his talents as a knight and mage were too good to waste.
“I’ll start slowly.”
“A-already? Can’t you just massage me a little more… Ugh.”
Sung-han’s hands slowly warmed up, and something began to seep in.
‘Here it comes…’
What kind of magic was it anyway?
Even with the bracelet on, Sung-han’s magic showed no signs of weakening.
“Ugh…”
Here it comes again.
Sung-han’s mana entered her body and slowly took over.
It felt like her body was being painted.
Her body heated up with a hot energy, and her mind went blank.
It was the same feeling as when she drank strong alcohol.
The difference was that alcohol dulled her senses, but Sung-han’s massage made them more sensitive.
“Hoo…”
She felt a little better after sighing.
‘The mana is flowing smoothly through my body…’
She could already feel the effects.
Even though the feeling was a little strange, she thought it was good that she had gotten it after all.
“Hehe!”
Suddenly, a moan escaped her lips.
She covered her mouth with both hands.
She never thought such a sound would come out of her mouth.
Sung-han’s hand passed her waist and moved towards her pelvis.
Sung-han’s mana stimulated the inside of her abdomen.
It couldn’t be helped, but.
She felt a little strange.
To put it bluntly, she felt like she was doing something a little lewd.
“D-do you have to go that far?”
“That far…? Eva-nim, you’re making a fuss over this much.”
Rebecca answered the question instead.
But that answer was a little…
It was as if something even greater was waiting after this.
The first thought she had after hearing those words was—
“You’re scared… but you’re also looking forward to it a little.”
“Ugh…”
Suddenly, someone read her mind from afar.
It was Clara, whom she had forgotten because of her faint presence.
Could it be that the reason they brought Clara was…
“Eva-nim isn’t honest.”
“W-what on earth are you doing…!”
Lamenting the situation she was in, she entrusted her body to Sung-han’s touch.
