Chapter 173 – The Promotion Test (6)
Is it a curse
Veronica’s words made me a little uncomfortable. It wasn’t a big reason, it was just that I wasn’t sure how to break the ‘curse’.
‘I think he’s more confident than me.’
For some reason, Veronica seemed convinced that I could lift the curse of the gods.
Perhaps the main cause was the use of original rune magic that humans could not use.
But it’s more like the idea of looking at an electric car and running an airplane or even an aircraft carrier with electricity. It was such an absurd delusion.
I straightened my twisted leg again. I had to say something difficult to say, so I became polite.
“Hey, Veronica. Last time I was pressed for time and couldn’t speak properly, but I didn’t say a word that I could break the curse of the bicorn?”
【Why do you give up before you even try?】
─Taktak. The little colt’s tail brushed its back.
【My dear. For you, it may be a story that simply ends with the word ‘I can’t do it’. But we feel like grabbing at straws. To the extent that if there is even the slightest possibility, I will not hesitate to try anything.]
It was Veronica’s words that could be heard directly in the brain through telepathic rune magic. It seems that the desperation is still the same even though the form has been changed to a foal.
Indeed. Veronica doesn’t want you to be 100% successful either.
If so, I can deal with you with peace of mind. It wasn’t macho-like to refuse to ask for something like that. As long as it doesn’t hurt me, it’s okay to deal with it.
Veronica said, sitting on the floor.
【How much more, don’t you already have the achievement of removing several curses? It’s to the point where I’m sorry to compare it to something like a straw.]
“Ah, is that so? Sorry. I thought you were giving the straw a high shot because you were the horse.”
【Sounds silly. I’ve never even put straw in my mouth.]
It was Veronica who seemed a bit moved by my words.
Even though they are descended from Shinma, their main body is humanoid, so they don’t mumble through straw like a horse?
Well, if I become a woman, the womb won’t quiver for a man’s body. If your ego identity is human, your appetite will be similar to that of humans.
As a true-Korean, I eat both dried fish and vegetables, so even if Veronica, who is half a foal and half a god, eats straw, I can accept it with a broad mind.
Russians were shocked to see that Koreans dried and ate bracken, but in that straw is also dried grass, there is no big difference from bracken.
“Let’s talk about how to lift the curse a little later, but more than that, how did you get here? Didn’t the innkeeper stop you from entering?”
【I hid myself with ᚴ (Kaunan) of rune magic. Would you understand if I said, “Impression camouflage?”
“Ah, that’s it. If it’s something similar, I can use it too.”
I drew the rune of ᚴ(Kenaz) in the air. These runes disappeared because there was no medium because they did not realize their true meaning.
‘Is it a variant of Rune? He must have worn it when he left Hays Bent.’
Runes, like other languages, have undergone changes according to time and region.
So, what monsters use, what bicorns use, and what humans use are all similar or different. Like the language of the Earth, if there were conflicting contents, there were also changes to suit the taste or pronunciation system.
So, ᚲ(Kenaz) and ᚴ(Kaunan) can be seen as having a difference between ‘someone who will do six o’clock’ and ‘someone who will do six things’.
In simple terms, it means roughly a difference in pronunciation.
Veronica said as she laid the cat on the lantern on the floor.
【Yes. It has the same origin, but is much more effective than the one used by humans cursed by God. Of course, if it’s you, you’ll be able to use it at a similar level someday.]
“It’s done. So, speaking of Haejoo work, you came when the timing was a bit off.”
【Why is that? Did something big happen?]
“Well. Depending on how you think about this town, it’s a big deal, but it has nothing to do with us, so let’s move on.”
It is a village built half a day away from the forest inhabited by monsters. Even if there is nothing wrong with the child born here, the people of this village must live knowing that it is dangerous.
I can’t remember why, but there are people who live in villages near the 38th parallel.
To put it badly, it’s insensitivity to safety, but these people must have circumstances. I thought so and said.
“It looks like we’ll be going back to Sargadis tomorrow too. It was late at night to try Haeju, and it took two days to get back. So you might have to wait a bit.”
【It must be difficult for me to follow.】
“It’s not difficult to explain to the party members. The party I came with this time is not Fran and Lalilura.”
【I’m in a position to ask, so please follow your circumstances. I will endure a few days of grace.]
Veronica didn’t throw up at my words, perhaps because the relationship was clear. It’s good that you talk fast.
But Veronica said as if it was a bit of a waste.
【But, is it leaving tomorrow morning? I wanted to meet you in a good place, but I’ll make you troublesome even in giving back.]
“Make it a hassle? What does that mean?”
【Before coming here, I have been preparing to repay the price of my life I owe you. I was thinking of going to the land where the rune stone (Runsten) is given to you by riding the moving magic circle in the forest of holy water. But if you’re thinking of leaving here, I’ll have to bring you back next time.]
“I don’t understand what they are talking about in the Holy Beast Forest, in the moving magic circle, in the rune stones.”
Yes, I can roughly guess just by looking at the words, but this was the same as knowing only the military veterans with a scythe. I crossed my arms.
“So what are you saying, you tried to give me a rune stone in return for helping me last time? Are you saying that there is a sacred forest near Agros village, and that there is also a moving magic circle there?”
【… Even before you tell me, you understand me like a ghost. What do you mean you don’t understand?]
It’s because the development is obvious.
I thought so for a moment, but this should be a surprise. It’s just that Veronica said it calmly, so I didn’t come out as a surprise.
“Hey. Isn’t the movement magic circle the same as the magic circle of 〈 Teleport 〉?”
[Is there any other moving magic circle other than 〈 space movement 〉? I too rode that magic circle and left for a far place, and came back after hearing the story of the curse in your dream.]
“That… Where exactly is the ‘distant place’ you mentioned?”
【This is the abandoned site of Quartgonia, as humans say. Some of our bicorns live there in the holy water forest.]
“No fuck.”
Why is this real and shit
I was dizzy. It was because the information was put together like a puzzle, and the conclusions that came out were quite out of specification.
“Hey there, Mr. Mad Horse. According to you, aren’t you saying that the 〈 Space Movement 〉 magic circle that connects Britannia and foreign countries is installed right in front of you in every corner of this village?”
【Crazy words… ?! Guess… ! What do you mean by that?]
At my insulting words, Veronica gnashed her teeth and held back her anger.
But I also had something to say. After hearing Veronica’s explanation, I had no choice but to use such radical words.
“Look at this. I don’t know what it will be like for the former gods, the Bicorns, but the idea that humans like us have a moving magic circle that connects countries is so fucking jaw-dropping, right?”
I grabbed my forehead and clicked my tongue at the troublesome words.
People who don’t know me well might see my reaction and ask why I’m surprised now. It was because I had seen the 〈 space movement 〉 magic circle in the tower in the basement.
‘But Sifal, is the magic circle that leads to an unknown world the same as the magic circle that leads to the continent across the sea?’
If you don’t understand, imagine that there is a teleport team flying from North Korea to Japan in 1Q.
Damn, it’s so far fetched just to put it into words. It was information that made me want to take it to the fucking grave just imagining what kind of conflict would arise with this.
‘In addition, the place connected to that evil magic circle is not a problem.’
Quartgonia.
It was the name of a country that was hostile to Romania during the ancient civilization.
Although it is now extinct, it is said that it was a country where human sacrifice was prevalent in its heyday.
The academic world believes that this information may have been instigated and fabricated by Romania, the victor, but anyway, Romania during the ancient civilization era completely plowed up the land of Quartgonia and wiped out its culture, or something.
So, in the modern world, the coastal cape with the land route leading to Narmer-Nile is famous.
In other words, a PTSD switch close to Auschwitz for Romanian religious people!
‘But fuck the kid. 〈 Spatial Movement 〉 Magic Circle that is directly connected to the hometown of the heart of some sects of paganism, after all?’
That’s a fucking ‘Tada! The Japanese Self-Defense Force hid a nuclear submarine in the peaceful Pearl Harbor of the 21st century!’ How is that different?
I let out a silent clamor like Munch’s scream.
“Lehu didn’t want to know this fucking fact!!”
Correction. It was a loud clamor.
Of course, that magic circle might be useful for research on 〈 space movement 〉, but didn’t we get great information from the underground tower?
But betting the rest of my life on a place that is highly likely to be suspected of being a redneck? What the fuck are you riding some kind of North Monster coin?
【My dear. Wrong thoughts are unnecessary. The holy tree’s forest is hidden in a barrier deep in the forest. Only those with Old God’s mana can enter this barrier.]
When I was dizzy, Veronica gave an additional explanation as if she noticed my concern.
【Quartgonia’s moving magic circle is one of the six horseshoe trails left by our ancestor, the Divine Horse, as she slipped across the Nine Heavens. That’s why you can’t use it without in-depth knowledge of the Old God’s mana and runes.]
Veronica enthusiastically explains. He looked excited as if he was excited because some young kids were talking about something he knew.
I didn’t know because it looked like a foal, but this young lady, the age of HOXY… ?
【Did you say something?】
“They didn’t even say anything.”
Mention of age is taboo for women who care about their age.
My Nunna taught me so many things. I asked, feeling the headache subside a little.
“Then what is it? You mean humans can’t use the moving magic circle?”
【… I can’t say for sure.]
“Hey there, Mr. Fuck.”
【Listen to this story!】
As my eyes widened, Veronica just shook her head. She’s a colt, so she should look cute, but it didn’t feel as cute as fuck.
【Didn’t I say that even humans were cursed to prohibit the use of runes! Of course, there must be some mana from the gods who cursed you in your veins! That’s why I can’t say anything! Aren’t the conditions different from lore!]
Veronica hastily explained. It’s a blood vessel. Could a curse have been put on the DNA?
Since the effect of the curse continues from generation to generation, it might be roughly the same.
[If you have enough Mana of the Old Gods to cause mutations to parts of your body like you, then you will almost certainly meet the conditions! It’s just that I’ve never taken other humans to the Holy Beast Forest, so I have no choice but to know!]
“If possible, I wanted you to make a statement—— Huh? Wait a minute. How did you know that I caused a mutation?”
Only my wives and Tyrsi knew that my native viper had completed super-special evolution into another world Jugidra.
Earth rate? That’s a name I don’t know.
‘But how does this prickly pony, Shack, know that I caused a mutation?’
【Ahhh. The mutation phenomenon is a symptom that has been common to humans with the mana of the Old God since the curse spread. I just guessed that if it was your level of accumulation, it would have been enough to manifest.]
When Veronica noticed that my attention had shifted to the other side, she was relieved enough to know that she was a colt.
Why did I do that, but it seems to be because I showed a sharp reaction from the first meeting.
Maybe it’s because I did something like a traumatic nightmare when I met him in my dream.
Anyway, as I calmly recalled the past, my worries seemed to disappear.
‘Yeah, fuck it, I’m leaving tomorrow anyway, so what?’
I decided to put my hands on the bed and put my useless worries to rest.
If the conditions were to be a master of rune magic + a mana owner of the Old God, there would be few people who could meet the conditions even if they searched the whole world.
Excluding me, would it be about Tabula or that bastard’s organisation?
It seemed like a waste of energy to worry about the possibility that they would find the sanctuary of the bicorns and do bad things while riding in a moving magic circle.
【Anyway, that’s the case, so talk to me whenever you feel like it. Whether it’s casting a curse or going to get a rune stone, I’ll follow your wishes.]
Just as I seemed genuine, Veronica said. I nodded.
“Uh. You are also going to Sargadis. Would you mind if I explain the location of our house?”
【You may get lost, but you will be able to arrive.】
“If you feel lost, just wait for a ride in the nearby forest. I’ll pick you up. Same with that cat.”
I pointed to the cat who had fallen asleep chewing on our conversation.
This guy, compared to his days as a stray cat, his fur has improved a lot. Did Veronica in her human form brush her hair in a place where there were no people?
─It flinched. Veronica, for some reason, she trembled at those words.
【… Heh, heh. I feel like you’re very gentlemanly today, but was it my misunderstanding?]
“I’m basically fucking gentle, right? The previous encounters were all because of special circumstances.”
【… That’s good news. You are the second person I have ever had a conversation with, after Rosanna.]
By-con Veronica said as she lowered her eyes.
Rosanna. Is it the hunchback girl I saved? I remembered that I was in charge of chores, so I was Veronica’s babysitter.
Maybe Veronica had a lot of twists and turns in her life. It was only natural that she had been captured by the circus since the first time I met her. All the humans I met might have rushed as if they had discovered a treasure goblin.
‘By the way, it’s a rune stone.’
It’s something I’ve only heard of, but never actually seen. I don’t know if that stone will help me.
Above all, if Veronica’s curse can be lifted, other bicorns will come rushing in. That was when I was about to say her goodbyes to Veronica with those thoughts.
“Oh, ogre!!!!”
“Run!! An ogre appeared——!!!!”
That’s when I heard a loud shout from the floor below.
