Chapter 249 – 22. Harem Clan Strengthening
Han Si-woo took Princess Sharina to the main gate of the royal castle.
Afterwards he rode back to the mansion in a carriage.
He planned to do it himself the next day to deal with the disturbance the two had caused.
In the returning carriage, Siu swallowed the regret.
‘Ugh. If it wasn’t for important matters, I would just spend time with Sharina.’
Recruiting Maki Senjo during the day was important, but recruiting a hero in the evening is also very important. Now that Maki Senjo has succeeded, it is a matter of recruiting the fifth member who will put an end to the establishment of the clan.
Of course, since Ji-na Han has not yet come from the Glazer Empire, she is fourth in order.
‘Well, even if the recruitment fails, there are two more candidates, but I like him as expected.’
He remembered the heroine he would soon meet at the mansion.
Louis.
A B-class warrior, she was once a promising talent in the Kingdom of Palania.
But Lewis has one major flaw.
Just extreme laziness.
She was a genius sorcerer and wizard, but she was so lazy that she wondered if she was cursed. At least she’s on a mission. However, in Siwoo’s judgment, her skills were unmistakably A-class.
Because of her laziness, she doesn’t even take on her duties properly, so she doesn’t even have a party.
However, if she can be recruited, she is definitely a useful resource.
‘Especially, I’m saying that he’ll have a good compatibility with Ash.’
She doesn’t even need a lot of people.
Just Lewis and Ash, if you add one more wizard here, the synergy will be indescribable.
“…Well, it might be difficult.”
“We have arrived, sir.”
As she was thinking about Louis, she arrived at the mansion right away.
At the words of the coachman, Siwoo paid the fare and got off the carriage.
A rather dark evening sky.
A magnificent mansion beneath it.
I see rooms with lights on here and there.
Some of them were always brightly lit.
Gwen Worthydish, who is the terrestrial spirit of this mansion and has now obtained a chimera body made through alchemy. Thanks to that, I can’t use my power right now, but the kingdom of magic should be able to get help. The person himself is also studying hard, so the day to replenish the power of the party is not far away.
“It’s a new feeling.”
I opened the door and went inside, feeling as if I was taking one step at a time toward my goal.
“Are you here, Master?”
As usual, the first to greet Siwoo were her maids and her maids.
“I’m here. What about Gwen?”
Siu is the first to find the ghost necromancer.
As usual, I would have been the first to run because I was lonely, but it was strange again because I didn’t have it.
“A guest has come and you are talking to him.”
“Huh? A guest?”
“Yes, the hero Louis, who promised in advance, is here.”
“Already?”
This was very surprising.
Knowing very well that Louise was lazy, he deliberately scheduled her appointment, even taking into account her lateness. I thought it would be an hour late and returned 30 minutes later than the promised time.
But I guess I should have come first.
“Hmm. Mistake. Do you want something?”
“That is…”
“What’s going on?”
“I’d rather come early and go to bed, so she can stay up late.”
“…”
It was a plausible yet absurd reason.
“I’m leaving immediately. Then it must have been about four or five hours.”
“Yes, it is.”
“But what about Gwen…”
“It looks like you two are discussing magic, as if there’s a corner that fits quite right.”
“Aha.”
I understand now.
Although Louise is lazy, she is still a wizard and a sorceress at the same time.
She has a lot of curiosity and is quite interested in her research. She probably hasn’t had much contact with necromancy, and she has fewer wizards as high as Gwen among them. Perhaps that part caught her attention.
“It’s interesting. Direct me there too.”
“All right.”
That moment.
Quaang-!!
A roar erupted from somewhere.
“Kyaaak…!”
“What?!”
The mansion shakes with a loud noise.
There is no doubt about it. This must have been an accident somewhere in the mansion.
If it was an attack, there would have been a commotion outside, so it would have exploded inside. Then, did Nina make a mistake while experimenting with alchemy? The odds of that were slim, she saw. Because what she mainly deals with is potions.
‘Then what is it?’
Lost in her thoughts, her feet moved in the direction of the explosion.
A noise that gets louder and louder as you run forward.
Upon arriving at the source of the commotion, he was able to grasp the full extent of the incident.
“Ahhh…! Gee, calm down…!”
– Ugh! Hurry up, run away!! Now i… ! Controlling the power… !
A translucent body spirit that radiates mana from its entire body and spreads strong energy throughout the area.
Next to him is Ash, an ash-blonde girl who is trying to calm the spirit.
I don’t know how Ash made a contract with the spirit or summoned the spirit, but what’s certain is that the spirit is currently running out of control. It seems that there was a problem because he misunderstood the current available power and used it excessively.
‘Could it be Ash?’
Siwoo found the cause in Ash.
The reason why he cared about Ash along with Baek Hye-yeon and Hwang Sa-yeon among the many motives of the training camp.
She has two talents she doesn’t even know she has.
One is an absurd level of interpretation and deciphering ability.
Although her intelligence is only marginally better than the criminal’s, Ash’s interpretive abilities are unmatched. Even after she realized her talent after almost 8 years, she deciphered the code of the demons and made a great contribution to the continent and humanity.
“Ash.”
“Ah, Siwoo-nim…”
As I approached Ash, she was visibly flustered and flustered.
“What’s the matter?”
“That, that’s…”
Ash hesitated, but she soon stuttered and explained the situation.
She deciphered a certain magic book, released the seal, and made a contract with the spirit, and while remodeling the magic to strengthen the power of the spirit, an accident occurred. The magic output was stronger than expected, so the spirits failed to control it.
‘Tsk. I hoped…’
Another talent Ash had was the ability to specialize in magic.
The power to modify, enhance, and specialize existing magic to suitable targets. It’s effective for general wizards, but it’s especially effective for someone like Lewis who uses other powers besides spirits and magic.
Of course, it’s easy for accidents like this to happen, so you have to be careful, but she hasn’t been able to properly control her talent yet. Siu hadn’t paid much attention to her either.
“I know you’ll get scolded later.”
“Yes… I’m sorry…”
“For now, let’s calm down the spirits.”
“I-I’ll do anything I can!”
Ash shouted as he fixed his half-cracked glasses.
I don’t know if she’ll be of any help right away, but her will seemed full.
At that time, a person popped out between Siwoo and Ash.
“Um. Arrival?”
A Latino beauty with tanned skin and wavy black hair.
Her top is a sports bra with no shoulder straps, so her exposure is very high, but more eyes are drawn to her accessories that are scattered all over her body. Even at a glance, they were ornaments that seemed to have a stronger shamanistic meaning than decoration.
“Lewis Hero…!”
“Excuse.”
Louis bowed her head and looked at Ash and her spirit alternately.
“That. Seriously?”
‘It’s annoying to talk, so they say it in words, it’s true.’
“Yes, we need to calm the spirits.”
“Help. Time consuming.”
A comprehensive interpretation is possible due to spamming words, but I was able to roughly understand.
“Thank you. I’ll be blocking it, so please do me a favor.”
After saying that to Louise, Siu took out her sword.
She didn’t bring a sword because she didn’t need it to go out, but she said he had a holy sword with a space storage function. He wasn’t used to it yet, so he hadn’t used it a few times in actual battles, but now wasn’t the time to take a chance.
“Okay, where should I try it?”
Aim the blade that emits a soft light at the spirit.
The spirit’s potential seems great, but its output seems low in addition to suppressing the magic that is running rampant.
If it’s to catch the spirit, he can do it alone, but their purpose is to calm the spirit.
‘Ten minutes should be enough!’
-Ah, uh uh… !!
Kicking off the floor, it rushes at the spirit.
Even though the spirit was suffering, he unconsciously held out his hand toward Siwoo.
A wave of powerful energy emanating from its flimsy arms.
Its power can be guessed just by the sound that resonates in the air, but the speed is not fast.
He evaded the waves by lightly turning and swung his sword.
Dismissal-
“Tsk!”
But it was easily blocked.
The density of the magical power emitted from the whole body was so thick that the blade did not fit properly with a simple cut. It was as if only the surroundings of the spirits were a different space.
‘Then… !’
Gives strength to the feet and puts mana on the sword.
The holy sword, which became stronger after receiving the blessings of the goddess, amplified its magical power and strengthened its blade.
And her subsequent power struggle with her.
As soon as the magic barrier began to break through, the spirit’s power naturally concentrated into the barrier.
Grip weave-
-Turn off… ?!
The eyes of the spirit that suppressed the power widened.
She was genuinely afraid.
The spirit, who couldn’t pay attention to her surroundings because he was controlling her magic, couldn’t hear the conversation between Siu and Louise. Don’t misunderstand her thanks. She was firmly mistaken that Siu was trying to defeat and seal him away.
‘I hate it! Being sealed in a book again… No!!’
Crackle. Pajijijik-!!
“Huh?!”
Siwoo was taken aback by the suddenly thick magical barrier and the raging storm of energy.
This is dangerous in a different way.
If you do it wrong, you may get hurt while trying to consume the spirit’s power.
‘I can’t help it. I tried not to use this, but then…’
A new blessing upon the holy sword.
As Siwoo was about to write one of them, he heard a welcome voice in his ear.
“Hardship.”
Ugh-
Lewis’ magical power that dyes the surroundings of Shiu and the spirits white.
It was similar to magic, but fundamentally different from the power of witchcraft.
“The drink of rest.”
As the pure white magic enveloped the spirit, Siu retrieved the sword and stepped back. There were no problems. The spirit’s face, which had been stained with fear until just now, was filled with relief, and soon he quietly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
“Whoa.”
“Effort.”
Louis came over to Siwoo, who was breathing a sigh of relief, and nodded.
“Ah, Hero Louis also had a hard time. Thanks to you, he calmed down without much damage.”
“Denial.”
“…?”
Lewis’ answer was also difficult to understand.
Did he mean that he would have calmed down without difficulty even if it wasn’t for him?
Ash, who sneaked closer to him, opened her mouth.
“That means that the damage is already small… Isn’t it?”
“Positive.”
“Oh?”
Seeu was amazed.
I hope you can understand that
Aside from his ability, Ash seemed to get along well with Lewis.
“Haha. But it ended here, so the damage… The damage…?”
Feeling a sudden sense of uneasiness, Siwoo turned his head and looked around.
“…”
Torn and burned papers flying around.
Earlier, I couldn’t look properly because of the runaway spirits, but looking back, this was Ash’s room, not his study. Fortunately, it is near the entrance, so there are not many books that have been damaged or lost, but at least 100 books seemed to be over.
“Oh, I’m sorry! I’m sorry, Siwoo!”
Seeing Siwoo’s hardened expression, Ash hurriedly bowed his head and apologized.
Ash, who had been living in the study, knew how valuable these books were.
“…Haha. I can’t help it. More than that.”
“Yes yes!”
“Aren’t you hurt?”
“Ah yes…”
With that one word, Ash’s two cheeks turned red.
“That’s it. …Ah, one more.”
“Whatever, say anything!”
“Yes? Then two more.”
“Ugh! It’s okay! Anything…”
“Name. Did I tell you before? Rather than Siwoo…”
“Oh, I like you…”
“Yes. And…”
Siwoo approached Ash with a smile on his face. And he reached out his hand to her face.
She flinched reflexively at her rising memories of her past and trembled, but she did not avoid Siu’s touch. Unlike the vicious ones, Siu was reliable. True to her belief, he only took off Ash’s glasses.
“Let’s take off your glasses. You’re prettier without glasses.”
“Hauuu, yeshe…♡”
I walk past Ash, who is about to melt, and go to Louise.
She was staring at Siu with her half-closed eyes, probably sleepy.
“I really owe you a lot, Hero Louis. More than that, the maids here will take care of it, so let’s talk about the recruitment…”
“Join.”
“…Yes?”
“I. Clan. Join.”
“…? Ah, yes. That…Thank you.”
On this day, by recruiting two warriors, Siu met the minimum requirements for establishing a clan.
