Chapter 10 – 010. The Ghost of the Divine Tree (3)
A translucent figure floating in the sky and a slim, yet young-looking face.
And the uniform of the Royal School of Aether, and long hair down to the waist.
Finally, through the girl’s affirmation, Eun-hyeon was able to confirm that the ghost floating in the sky in front of her was Erin Hersha.
“Awesome. It’s a story that only existed in theory. A spiritual body that has not gone mad and has maintained its original mind and memory. This is a case that, if done well, could be reported to the academic world.”
Eunhyun muttered as she stroked his chin.
This is a phenomenon that I seriously want to study together with Illyana.
With that thought in mind, he continued to gaze and observe Erin’s spiritual body.
Erin, avoiding her gaze as if she was uncomfortable with her gaze full of overtly inquisitive spirit, she spoke to Eunhyeon.
[Hey…]
“Why?”
[No, it was so different from the reaction I expected…]
“Hmm?”
When I tilted her head as if I didn’t know what she meant, Erin said.
[No, I thought I was scared or something. It feels a bit… Is it complicated?]
I’m not sure why I’m noticing it.
Erin showed a strange attitude as she talked while looking at Eunhyeon’s eyes hesitantly.
Eunhyun made a strange expression, but soon understood with a smile.
“I don’t think it was something I would do in front of people,” She said. Sorry. Unbeknownst to me, I couldn’t come to my senses out of curiosity.”
Although she had lived a long time, she was acutely aware that there were still many things she did not know.
Eun-hyeon reflected on her unknowingly observing and analyzing Erin’s current condition and apologized to her.
[No, I don’t know what to call my condition as a person…]
“Even if you lose your physical body and only your spiritual body remains, if you retain your memories and dignity as a human, then you are human. He doesn’t say things that demean him too much.”
Those words also applied to Eunhyeon and herself, who had already escaped the human category.
Having lived a life of longevity for a long time, Eunhyeon herself was already a body that could not be called a human being.
[Uh? Yes…]
Perhaps it was because she heard words of encouragement that she hadn’t thought of, Erin slightly turned her head.
She avoided Eun-hyeon’s gaze and answered in a small voice.
The color of the translucent ghost’s skin was unknown, but Erin seemed a little embarrassed.
“And you’re not quite dead yet, and it’s too early to give up hope.”
[Uh… Eh?]
Inadvertently trying to affirm, Erin widened her eyes as if she meant something.
Eventually, as she recalled the meaning of Eun-hyeon’s words, she chewed slowly, and when she understood what he meant, she opened her eyes wide and asked back.
[That, is that really true?]
“You’re not dead yet?”
[Huh.]
What was urgent, she nodded vigorously several times in affirmation.
Eunhyeon smiled and said, “I don’t know why he’s doing that, even though he doesn’t answer quickly.”
Could it be because he caught an unexpected possibility?
The anticipation in her eyes looked like a cute compulsion to answer quickly.
“Previously.”
[Huh?]
“My name is Eunhyeon, an errand boy.”
Although she had the expression ‘I’m not curious about your name at all?’.
Even though Eunhyeon read her inner thoughts from her expression, she didn’t care.
‘He’s a kid who can see everything inside.’
“I came to see you because I wanted to know the whole story of the embezzlement of public money by Baron Renion Hersha. And even how you came to be like that now.”
Erin frowned and glared at the man in front of her.
As expected, Erin talked about the topic she most wanted to talk about.
Perhaps it was for this reason that she first got excited about the possibility of her revival.
‘If you want to survive, answer my question. Without missing a thing.’
Erin thought maybe this was his intention.
Illyana’s request to Eunhyeon was to investigate the disappearance of her girl named Erin Hersha and find the girl.
However, this was only her apparent request.
There was no way the kingdom could ask Illyana for a simple request from a missing person.
In the end, the fundamental purpose of entrusting this work to Illyana was different.
Investigate the whole story of Erin Hersha’s family, the embezzlement case of Baron Renion Hersha’s breach of trust,
To find the whereabouts of the gold coins he stole and return them to the kingdom’s treasury.
That was the real purpose of the kingdom for entrusting Illyana with this task.
The search for the missing Erin Herscha was only part of the process.
[…]
Erin frowned at Eunhyun’s words.
I could see why he had been sneaking into school at night.
Eun-hyeon realized that she had infiltrated the school to find clues about her disappearance.
‘I hate it…’
Even after this appearance, the crime of her father, Renion Hersha, was still hovering around Erin.
The memory of when she was in her body was clear.
While attending school, he was stigmatized as a child of a criminal and looked down upon with contempt and contempt for having the blood of a humble commoner.
There was also the humiliation of being baptized with magic water for the reason that it smelled like a commoner’s foul smell.
Despite being treated like that, Erin couldn’t resist.
Because what they said was true.
It was because his father had committed a crime, and he himself was a commoner.
Erin had to endure all the humiliation while biting her lip.
There was only one good thing about being in this state where no one could see, hear, or touch you.
It was only that I was freed from that painful time.
But even in this state, does that mean that the incident follows him?
Erin put on a disgusted expression and asked Eunhyeon.
[Why should I say that?]
“Then what do you want?”
[I really… Can you survive?]
“Then.”
Eunhyun nodded her head confidently and made a doubtful expression in her affirmation.
But she did not reject his story.
Even if she did come back to life, she might have to go through that painful time again.
But now Erin was feeling very lonely.
She can’t see her, hear her, or touch her.
If only I could survive, if only I could live and get out of this loneliness.
Erin was making such a promise to herself.
[But I really don’t know anything about my father’s embezzlement…]
“Good. Then let’s move on to something else.”
[Huh?]
“What I want to hear is your story.”
[My story?]
“Okay. Everything about you I want to hear about the life you lived.”
[…]
Erin smiled and narrowed her eyes as she saw Eunhyun say that.
It was a remark that sounded like a serious misunderstanding, but Eunhyun didn’t seem to be aware of it.
Seeing no ill intentions on her part, Erin sighed and began to tell the story of her own past.
Eun-hyeon and Erin sat on the roof floor and talked a lot to each other for hours, including about her Erin’s past.
After the conversation, Eun-hyeon’s impression changed. He was like a man who knows everything.
Eun-hyeon looked at her condition and immediately recognized what the problem was, and even suggested a solution to him.
There was one thing in the conversation that Erin was dumbfounded by.
She said that when Erin fell from her rooftop, she had once made eye contact with a girl inside the school building.
The female student Erin and her eyes met said that at the time, she seemed to be deeply traumatized by Erin’s fall.
When she even heard that Erin was grinning at her schoolgirl as she fell.
Erin reacted horrified, displaying her shocked face.
[I’ve never been like that! What is that? I never laughed!]
Erin said it was true that she had made eye contact with a female student, but she denied that she was laughing.
She laughed, saying that Eun-hyeon was having fun, seeing her furious behavior as if she was angry at the misunderstanding.
Eun-hyeon said it was true that Erin jumped from the roof of the building, but
The fact that she looked at the schoolgirl and laughed at her was in denial, and maybe,
When she saw Erin’s laugh, she wondered if she hadn’t mistaken that she had seen something terrifying in an extremely frightened space.
Perhaps it was because she had met someone she could talk to after a long time, but the fear that Erin had when she first saw Eun-hyeon gradually faded away.
Erin thought that if she went on like this, she would invent strange ghost stories of her, so that strange rumors about her might circulate about her.
She immediately asked her to bring the girl, but Eun-hyeon said it was her nonsense and she coldly refused Erin’s request.
[Hey…]
Looking at Erin looking sullen, Eunhyun shook her head and she immediately stood up from her seat.
She had gathered all the information she needed to hear, and she thought it was time to prepare for solving the case.
[Store?]
“I have to go. She heard everything she needed to hear. There are many things to do.”
Eunhyun nodded her head and replied.
Rather, she expressed regret that she would be alone again if Eun-hyeon, the only person she could recognize as the present, had gone.
[Huh…]
“It will all be over in two days. Then I will revive you But are you really going to be okay?”
Even if Erin revives, as long as she continues to live in this country, her perception that she is the daughter of a criminal will follow her like a tag and haunt her.
Afterwards, the path Erin has to walk will not be a peaceful path, but a thorny path.
Eun-hyeon explained this to her, and it was up to her to choose between her current “Life as a spirit body” And the “Human life” She would start over after reviving.
[I’d rather worry about the present than the distant future. For now, I want to know what happened to Elvin oppa.]
“I see.”
Eunhyun nodded at Erin’s choice.
[Promise. You must keep it.]
“Okay.”
Eunhyun waved her hand to the ghost girl, Erin, and bid her farewell.
She organized and synthesized the information she had gathered in her head while walking on the road at dawn under the bright moonlight.
All the answers to the case have come out.
I knew why the cause, background, and process had reached such a result.
The problem now was how to solve this.
As Eun-hyeon walked, thinking about this and that, she arrived at the house before she knew it and opened the door to enter her mansion.
“I’m here.”
“Are you pretty late?”
As soon as Eunhyeon entered the house, she saw Illyana sitting on her sofa, not sleeping.
She glanced at the clock hanging on the wall to check her time.
As she looked at the clock pointing at 3 o’clock, Eunhyeon realized that Illyana was still waiting for him.
“Didn’t you sleep?”
“You waited. I left the work and did nothing first. Also… No, just like that.”
“Hmm?”
Eunhyeon tried to say something again to Illyana, but seeing her evasive again, she raised a question mark.
“So? How was it?”
Illyana was very surprised that she was fortunate enough to meet Erin Hersha’s spirit.
Just like when Eunhyun first saw Erin,
She was very interested in the fact that the specter could exist without becoming a spirit-type witch called Specter and retaining human consciousness and memories.
“As a wizard, what do you think?”
“Ugh. It’s a very interesting topic though. It won’t be easy to prove. There is only one case of that child. Isn’t that a phenomenon that can be created artificially in the first place? Hmm······. I think it will come out if I find a way, but nothing comes to mind right away.”
“Is it.”
“In the first place, you are more knowledgeable than I am.”
“Still, he is one of the best wizards on the continent. You can ask for some advice.”
“Joy. Nice to hear But it is possible. Something like that…”
After hearing her explanation, Illyana let out her breath in admiration, and as if she had found something new, her eyes began to twinkle and she was deep in thought.
Eunhyun just stared at Illyana without saying anything.
“What are you looking at?”
Illyana, who felt the stare at her, stopped her thoughts and asked Eunhyun.
“No, looking at it like this makes me feel like a child who saw a new toy. Who the hell is calling you a woman over 40…!”
“Won’t you shut up?”
Weiying
Along with the sharp sound of the wind, a strange current of air wrapped around Eunhyeon’s neck.
[Four digit magic]
[Wind Cutter]
Although it is called low-level magic, it is magic that corresponds to the highest level of low-level magic.
She cast it with her radish spear and aimed at her own neck.
She had touched her vice with the intention of teasing her.
Eun-hyeon smiled bitterly at her and raised both of her hands apologetically, expressing her willingness to surrender.
“Joy.”
Her anger didn’t subside, but Illyana snorted and turned her head to her side.
The magic dissipated naturally, and the sound of the brutal wind gradually stopped.
“Sorry sorry.”
Eunhyeon quietly hugged Illyana and comforted her to relieve her anger.
