Chapter 197 – 197. Drinking Party of Heroes (2)
“Perhaps Erin’s future will continue to be difficult. More than a life-and-death struggle with hounds in an abandoned warehouse.”
“Just… Can’t we just let them live a normal and happy life?”
“That option didn’t even exist in the first place. Do you know how Erin was treated in Aether after you died?”
“…”
Alvin kept her mouth shut and she didn’t answer.
Although she couldn’t know all of her sister’s ordeals, she could guess what she had been through.
“It was serious. Because they belonged to the family of a semi-nobleman and black magician who committed misappropriation and embezzlement.”
“Big…”
One of the causes is none other than herself, so Alvin lets out her moan.
No matter how openly she declared protection of the ducal family, Erin’s treatment in another social space called school did not improve.
Rather, she even received vulgar ridicule, saying, “What did she do to the duke’s family that allowed her to escape immunity?”
“At first, I watched quietly. He had a precarious face, as if he would commit suicide at any moment.”
At that time, Erin’s mental state was torn to shreds.
“As she suggested her way to that child, I instigated her, but it was Erin’s will that made her strongly aspire to that path.”
Had her Eun Hyun not reached out her hand to her Erin at that time, Erin might have committed her suicide by hanging herself right in front of her.
Or she could have had her body stolen by a nine-tailed fox and turned Pernin into a sea of fire like the situation in Yuria’s future poem.
“Alvin. Your role is not at all different from what you want. To create a world where Erin can live happily. There she is, Erin pushing her forward to achieve her own happiness. It is enough for us to play the role of making the way.”
“Remember. And… Thank you.”
Eunhyeon and Alvin had a drink while interfering in the conversation between Gerard, who was chattering, and Liod, who was silently listening.
“Thank you. Brother Hyun! I will definitely find a good wife and marry her!”
“Oh, yes. What…”
Eunhyun, who has lived a lot of time, had never been so hung up on the opposite sex or was so hungry for marriage, but Gerard seemed quite relieved, probably because he had accumulated a lot during that time.
“Yeah. By the way, sister Illyana is also really great! Didn’t you win the love you longed for in the end? How was your love life? I also want to put up with it for the future with my future bride!”
“Hmm… ? Illyana and… ? No, what the…”
To be honest, it was embarrassing to say it out of my mouth, so Eun-hyeon had no choice but to gloss over his words.
‘A dating life, I don’t remember ever mixing it outside of my body.’
As they became lovers, the only thing proper lovers could do was to mix each other’s flesh.
Yes, it was only activities that could only be done at home, such as eating together, going to the bathroom, or doing magic research together.
All that can be done at home with a typical leadern group who hates going out and moving their body.
“I don’t really… Because Illyana hates going out of the house. It was all about being together at home.”
Eunhyeon instinctively looked at Riod and passed the arrow of conversation to him.
“How was your life as a married couple, Lyod?”
“…”
Riode, who twitched his eyebrows at Eun-hyeon’s words, puts the glass down on the table.
Widely
“I’m talking about married life. Eunhyun.”
“Uh?”
Within a moment, Leod stared at Eunhyeon and continued talking.
“It seems that Theresia received strange items from Illyana before.”
“Uh…”
Eunhyun, who had guessed what it was, hardened her face.
“Of course I know it’s not your fault. But…”
With a very confused expression on his face, Lyod pondered whether he should say this or not, and then opened his mouth.
“After interacting with Illyana, Theresia’s attitude changed.”
“Have you changed?”
“In addition, it seems that Anies was also included in the recent exchange.”
“… Until Agnes?”
What kind of exchanges are the three women having together?
Eunhyun thought with a serious expression.
“So?”
“Most recently… Theresia has been asking to have her third child.”
“Poo!”
Gerard, who was drinking, was startled, and the alcohol that flowed down his throat spilled out onto the floor as it flowed backwards.
“Coke! Coke! Tongue, bro. That…”
“Measures are needed. Can you help me?”
Eun-hyeon couldn’t refuse to reveal this to others and ask for help even while bending her pride as a man.
In the first place, the cause of Theresia’s sexual desire was Illyana, whom she made an arbitrary promise to, and she was a tool she had created.
“… Damn it.”
Eunhyun sighed as she covered her face.
“Shall I make you a stamina pill?”
“… Thanks.”
“It’s also because of Illyana, but… I’m the one who made it in the first place… It’s a little bit like the situation is like this. Sorry.”
“Well, come to think of it, Hyun-hyung. Strange rumors have been circulating in Pernin lately?”
When an embarrassing atmosphere was created between Eunhyeon and Rios because of each other’s wives, Gerard brought up a story to change the atmosphere.
“Rumor?”
“Yes. Isn’t there a mana stream that Randel spread in Pernin? I was in the middle of the investigation because I thought there might be other remnants of demon summoning related to the drug, but there were rumors about a cure for this drug? The source of this cure is the Duchy of Armitas…”
“That was something that bothered me too. Did you make the cure?”
What I found out while catching the gangsters who directly spread the drug and continuing the investigation was that the number of victim students addicted to this Manastream was quite large.
And the rumor started that some of the victim students were taking medicine to treat the side effects of Manastream.
What some of the students who had the cure had in common was the restraint of nobles working in the dukedom.
“Ah, that.”
Eunhyun nodded at Gerard and Riod’s question.
“Come to think of it, now it’s time for a bite from Pernin…”
“A bite?”
“Uh. I told Alex to do whatever he wants. Because it’s the first gift I give to the ducal family after I become a son-in-law.”
Eunhyun smiled and filled her glass with alcohol.
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“I haven’t seen you in a long time. Alex. No, should I call you the Little Duke now?”
“Call me whatever you like. Miss Cecilia.”
“Then I should call you comfortably. Now, in terms of status, you are higher up. If you treat me like that, I’ll be in trouble.”
“You are already familiar with me.”
“It’s like a habit that has been attached to me for a long time, so I can’t speak well.”
Cecilia replied with her wry smile.
Alex and Cecilia, who had often met in aristocratic society before, had a certain level of friendship with each other, and this was one of the reasons Cecilia had to come to the Duchy of Armitas forcibly.
“It’s okay. Please make it comfortable. There are no other people here. Aisha.”
“Yes.”
“Would you like a ride?”
“All right.”
Aisha, who has been able to show off her secret secretary through Eun-hyeon’s rigorous education, left her seat to fulfill Alex’s order with a calm expression on her face.
“May I ask why you came to visit the duchy today?”
Alex already had some idea of Cecilia’s visit and reason through Eun-hyeon’s predictions and plans, but he dared to pretend not to know and lead the direction of the story.
Correspondingly, Cecilia opened her mouth with a serious expression, not treating her close friend, but treating Duke So as an aristocrat.
“Currently, among the victim students in Aether who are addicted to Mana Stream, students from the Duchy are taking the medicine. I came because I wanted to share the real thing and the preparation method.”
“Is that a royal request?”
“… No.”
Cecilia hesitated for a moment before answering with her tum.
“What if?”
“… It was a request from the majority of the aristocrats, the parents of the victims.”
As if this was an expected reaction, Alex nodded with an understanding expression.
“Should Armitas move at the request of a large number of nobles, not even at the request of the royal family?”
“I am obliged to… No.”
In the first place, she was pushed by the request of many nobles, not even an order from the royal family, and the fact that she came down to the dukedom and asked for such a request was very funny.
The reason why the court nobles of Pernias brought this agenda to the court meeting and did not make a formal request to the royal family is simple.
This is because the quantity of drugs that can be administered is limited.
The number of treatments currently in circulation is also very small, so it is speculated that the production is bound to be small.
If there is an order from the royal family, the character of publicity will be raised from then on, so it is necessary to cover all the victims.
Aristocrats who have children addicted to drugs decided that it was practically impossible to produce a quantity that could be taken regularly by all the victims in a short period of time, and sought a way to prioritize the treatment for their children. Am.
As Alex and her friend, he made a request to Cecilia, who was engaged in pharmacy, to secure her real object and preparation method, and to secure the cure first.
Of course, the reason Cecilia came to the dukedom wasn’t just because of the dirty feelings of these high-ranking nobles.
“But because of this cure, the atmosphere inside Aither is not very good. There are even fights involving direct violence to obtain this cure.”
As the dependence on drugs became stronger, addicted students who couldn’t control their anger due to their broken reason even resorted to violence in order to solve the side effects that occurred in their bodies.
“As someone who is involved in Aether and who has an interest in alchemy and pharmacy, I also have a desire for the students’ condition to improve as soon as possible.”
The first reason was that he was pushed down by the nobles’ earnest request under the pretext of having even a little acquaintance with Alex.
And this was also the second reason Cecilia came to the dukedom and asked for it.
“Cecilia-sama couldn’t develop a cure?”
“I was able to select medicines that can neutralize the side effects of Manastream and eliminate dependence. But… In the process of preparing the medicine, the effects of the medicinal materials collided with each other and began to lose their effectiveness.
“Okay.”
“Little Duke. The reason I came to the dukedom in person like this is because I wanted to meet someone with a talent that surpasses my knowledge and technical skills in medicine by making this medicine, in addition to requests from other nobles. Could you please let me meet him?”
The third and final reason was that as a scholar with knowledge of pharmacology, he wanted to see the face of the person who developed this treatment.
Alex replied with a nod of his head.
“I can introduce you to the person who developed the treatment. However, it is impossible to share the actual medicine and preparation method.”
“That…”
It means that he will grant Cecilia’s request, but reject the request of high-ranking aristocrats who are revealing their selfish intentions.
Cecilia’s expression faded as she understood Alex’s meaning.
‘I owe him a big debt again.’
Recalling the face of Eun-hyeon, who shrugged his shoulders after handing over the medicines that could neutralize the mana stream, saying it was a gift, Alex opened his mouth.
“If you need a cure, you have to come to me in person. I’m not going to send an agent.”
