Chapter 131
About an hour passed.
After Shin Ha-yul went back to his room.
Shin In-hyeok was drinking alone and enjoying contemplation.
Every time the glass was shaken, the ice moved and a clear sound rang out.
“Kuk-ku.”
As I was shaking the glass around like that, I burst out laughing without even realizing it.
“A bold fellow.”
When I recalled the conversation I had with Shin Ha-yul, I burst into laughter.
Shin In-hyeok smiled softly and poured the rest of the alcohol into his mouth.
A harmony of subtle yet deep bitterness and subtle sweetness.
‘The liquor is hot.’
As it is a high alcohol content, the bitter taste should be a little stronger. For some reason, the sweetness felt stronger today.
Is it because it makes you feel good?
Shin In-hyeok held up the bottle with a happy expression.
And trying to pour another drink into an empty glass.
‘Have you finished drinking already?’
I realized that the bottle ran out of alcohol.
Shin In-hyeok, who usually never drinks more than half a bottle even for the sake of conditioning, emptied a bottle in an hour.
It was a part where you could see how good Shin In-hyeok was feeling right now.
Shin In-hyeok put the empty bottle back on the table and smiled.
‘I am also a father after all. I can’t imagine that my son’s achievement would be so happy.’
Have you ever been such an emotional person? I thought so.
Shin In-hyuk leaned back on the sofa and looked up at the ceiling.
‘Ray Bell bitenor… … .’
Shin Ha-yul proudly revealed that his magic belonged to Ray Bell Bytenor.
Without any hesitation, as if there was no reason to hide it. She just calmly expressed her affirmation.
‘Did you expect me to notice soon?’
If someone brings out a secret they’ve been hiding, somehow, their expression changes.
However, I couldn’t find the slightest bit of surprise in Shin Ha-yul’s expression.
In other words, it means that Shin Ha-yul was predicting what Shin In-hyeok was going to say.
That insight was admirable.
Shin In-hyeok closed his eyes and fell into contemplation for a while.
My head is complicated today.
‘I thought it would remain as a sore finger.’
Was it because I was drunk?
Something more emotional than usual.
So I guess these thoughts filled my head.
‘I didn’t want to recall it, so I put it away in my head.’
The time when Shin Ha-yul was called a supernova before entering the academy.
It was none other than Shin In-hyeok who trusted Shin Ha-yul the most.
When the world and Korea evaluated Shin Ha-yul as great, it was Shin In-hyeok who rated Shin Ha-yul higher than that.
I didn’t say anything, but it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I was showing favoritism.
After safely graduating from the academy and becoming an adult, let’s officially hand over the position of head of household to Ha Yul.
I even thought about it like this.
Shin In-hyeok’s belief and the belief of the magicians, ‘free competition’, were shaken by Shin Ha-yul.
That’s why Shin In-hyeok forgot Shin Ha-yul.
Because I was disappointed as much as I believed.
Because I didn’t want to see my brilliant son fall into the abyss.
I consciously tried not to think about Shin Ha-yul.
But that was impossible.
Shin Ha-yul filled Shin In-hyeok’s head over 17 years.
It couldn’t be easy to forget such an existence all at once.
Shin In-hyeok’s indifference did not last a month.
About three weeks or so passed, and Shin In-hyeok checked Shin Ha-yul’s condition again.
and was angry
It’s a pity that the brilliant son is struggling in vain in the pit of hell, and I’m angry again.
Why is Shin Ha-yul unsuitable? Because Heaven resents him.
Anger over everything in the world.
That’s why Shin In-hyeok told Shin Ha-yul to stop being a wizard.
Because I didn’t want to see my son struggling in vain anymore.
Because Shin In-hyeok himself did not want to see his son like that.
I kept sending letters telling me to stop being a wizard and come back home.
There was only a problem with using magic, but other talents were still there.
Wouldn’t it open another horizon if we worked hard on artificial intelligence sorcery?
If it were his son, who was intelligent and brilliant, wouldn’t he take a different path to raise the sorcerer’s song to that high horizon?
With such hope, he recommended a career change.
However, Shin Ha-yul was stubborn.
He never gave up on his dream.
Even though he knew that the abyss he was rolling in was an empty hell with no hope, he did not stop struggling there.
It’s more painful to see that, so I want you to stop.
That’s why I even sent a medicine to destroy the mana circle.
I thought I would come to my senses only with this kind of extreme drug prescription.
However, in the end, Shin Ha-yul did not bend his beliefs.
Seeing Shin Ha-yul like that, Shin In-hyeok suffered more than anything else.
It was an indescribable agony to keep watching the diamonds he treasured, stained with filth.
So sore fingers.
A finger with an incurable disease that cannot be amputated, but cannot be cured.
That was God’s rate.
Therefore, Shin In-hyeok gradually forgot about Shin Ha-yul.
I consciously didn’t want to see it.
“I did… … .”
How is it now?
The sore finger that I thought would never get better is now completely healed again.
What had been soiled with mud turned into an even more beautiful diamond, as if it were a crafting process to make herself even more beautiful.
That fact complicated Shin In-hyeok’s head.
I don’t know what to say about this feeling right now.
It was a sensation I had never experienced before, so I couldn’t understand it.
“My lord.”
Kim Seok-hyun appeared next to Shin In-hyeok, who was staring blankly at the ceiling.
“… … Are you Seokhyun?”
“yes.”
He sat across from the table with a glass of wine in one hand and another cup in his hand.
“Excuse me.”
Then, with a moderate movement, he poured a drink into Shin In-hyeok’s glass.
I didn’t forget to prepare new ice using magic.
again-
The sound of the wine being filled resonated loudly.
Shin In-hyeok looked at Kim Seok-hyun with a mysterious expression.
“Because your head looks complicated in many ways… … . Did you do anything wrong?”
Kim Seok-hyun said that and made ice in his cup.
And trying to pour Western liquor into his own glass.
“Get it here.”
Suddenly, Shin In-hyeok snatched the liquor bottle.
And as it was, he brought the bottle to Kim Seok-hyun’s glass.
“You don’t drink alone.”
“… … thank you.”
Kim Seok-hyun held the wine glass with both hands.
Squeeze-
The sound of the drink flowing on the ice in the glass resonated particularly loudly.
“by the way… … . If you came out like this, it seems that my expression was not words.”
“… … no.”
Shin In-hyeok laughed at Seok-hyun Kim’s denial. It was indeed Kim Seok-hyun’s answer to say no.
“okay. If you say no, then no.”
I poured all the alcohol and took the glass as it was.
“Come to think of it, is this the first time the two of you have been drinking?”
“yes.”
Kim Seok-hyun carefully raised the glass with both hands.
The two drinking glasses collided lightly, and a very soft kang was heard.
Kim Seok-hyun immediately turned his head and drank his glass.
It was an exciting one-shot.
“Ugh.”
Kim Seok-hyun’s expression immediately distorted. Because the alcohol was so high, my head went blank for a moment.
“You still don’t know how to drink. It is not a one-time drink.”
Shin In-hyeok drank moderately and put it on the table.
“You’re so versatile, but you’re ignorant of these things.”
“sorry.”
“I didn’t say anything. I just wanted you to be so rough that you didn’t even know such an obvious thing.”
At those words, Kim Seok-hyun’s eyes widened.
“… … Lord. Are you drunk?”
His expression was genuinely surprised by the emotional words unlike those of Shin In-hyuk.
“okay. It seem to be like that.”
Shin In-hyeok lifted the glass again, shook it around, and brought it to his mouth.
“Isn’t it going well with Master Ha-yul?”
“no. The conversation went well. My predictions were all right.”
“It seems Master Hayul answered everything without hiding anything.”
“okay.”
“Then why… … ?”
Is Shin In-hyeok showing such an emotional side?
“Okay. I don’t know why either.”
Shin In-hyeok shook his glass again. The color of Yangju as it moved around on a large block of ice was quite beautiful.
“Somehow I don’t know. just… … . It’s a messy night.”
Shin In-hyeok thought about Shin Ha-yul and tilted his glass again.
* * *
After talking with my father, I headed straight for Mimir’s room.
“Come on. Are you late?”
Mimir greeted me.
“result?”
“Ask what are you doing? Of course I won.”
I answered while sitting in my fixed seat next to Mimir.
“I came by easily breaking a new record.”
“Hey~ That’s great~? After all, heir!”
Mimir gave an exaggerated exclamation with exaggerated movements.
It was quite fun to pretend to be surprised with an expression that clearly wasn’t surprised.
“Thank you for the compliment that didn’t contain even this much sincerity.”
I said, emphasizing a word on my index finger. The real sincerity doesn’t feel like dust.
“Kuk-ku.”
Mimir laughed mischievously.
“How was Youngchang? It was my first time using it in practice. Did it work well?”
“uh. Although the chanting took much longer than expected… … Still, the launch itself went well.”
I expected the chanting time to be around 30 seconds, but it took 41 seconds.
Thanks to that, there was almost a problem with Sunchan or Shinwoo sunbaenim.
It is something to reflect on.
“For the first activation, that’s great. good job. That’s great.”
Mimir stroked my hair. I don’t feel good because I feel like I’ve become a child.
“How was the aftereffect?”
“hmm. Was it suitable? It’s not like Gongjin’s all circles are out of order. Because only the circle of truth is dead.”
If ordinary magic is a rifle, a chant is a cannon. After using one shot, a cooldown is required until the next use.
During this cooldown period, the ‘Ring of Truth’ is disabled.
In other words, after using the chant, you cannot use the 5th circle magic for a certain period of time.
But, well, this isn’t even a penalty. It’s not like Gongjin’s entire circle is jammed.
It was a very cheap price compared to the cost of using such powerful magic.
“hmm. So you’re saying that only the ring of truth is dead?”
“uh.”
“Then there was no problem using the real chant.”
“uh. Like I said, the launch itself went well. It was only the activation time that was a bit of an issue.”
Incantation is a particularly sensitive skill among magics that are already sensitive.
As such, if you make even the slightest mistake, the aftereffects will grow indescribably.
The fact that the aftereffect is only stopping the ring of truth is proof that I used the chant safely.
“also. Guess who isn’t Ray’s successor, he’s overflowing with talent. Awesome. Awesome.”
Mimir stroked my hair again. I feel very strange.
“Anything else unusual?”
“Of course it was.”
“As expected.”
Mimir nodded a couple of times with an expression of ‘Sure it is’.
“okay. What did you do again this time? Trouble Maker?”
trouble maker.
It was an alias I wanted to deny, but couldn’t deny.
In fact, it is true that all sorts of things happen non-stop around me.
“I didn’t cause anything.”
I paused once and said.
“My father noticed.”
“What did you notice?”
“That my magic is bi-tenor.”
“… … suddenly?”
“uh. Permafrost must have been a bit too much.”
“Did you just say ‘bi-tenor style’?”
“uh.”
“how? I don’t think there is any information about Rei in this era. Where did you look and notice that the Heir’s magic is bitenor type?”
“Where did I get Ray Bell Bytenor’s robe from last time?”
“uh.”
“My father gave me that robe. I think that reminded me that my magic might have something to do with Ray Bell Bytenor.”
“With just that?”
“Besides that, I think the magic I use is old-fashioned, and that my magic is too deceitful, so I think you and Master got involved.”
“It’s a reasonable inference, but… … . That’s quite an insight. So what did you say?”
“I just said it was right.”
My father was almost certain. He just affirmed it because there was no point in denying it.
Well, revealing that my magic is bitenor type doesn’t cause any problems.
“okay. You told the truth.”
“I’m sorry I ignored your warning. But I thought it would be better to reveal it this time.”
“huh? oh that’s fine Your father doesn’t just have to brag about it here and there.”
“That won’t happen.”
“All right then. I only told them to hide it because there is a high probability of getting into trouble if it becomes widely known.”
In the past, Mimir told me to hide as much as possible that my magic was bi-tenor type. I don’t know why.
Because of restrictions or something, he refused to answer, saying that he would inform me later.
“You still can’t tell me why?”
“huh. I can’t say anything until the heir passes the fifth test page.”
Passed the pages of the fifth exam.
In other words, the 5th circle master.
It seemed that this restriction was also blocked by the 5th circle master.
“okay. Then there is nothing you can do.”
I’m sorry, but let’s be patient a little longer.
Passing the pages of the fifth test was not far off.
You just have to be patient until then.
“But I’m the only one who’s restricted from speaking.”
“What are you talking about?”
That sounds like there’s someone besides Mimir to answer my questions.
“There are no restrictions on Rey’s vassal, who will be waiting on the page of the fifth test.”
“Waiting for you on the pages of the fifth test… … vassal?”
Suddenly, the page of the third test came to mind.
“Then the pages of the fifth exam have the same structure as the pages of the third exam?”
“that’s right.”
Mimir said with a serious look.
“The page of the 5th test, like the page of the 3rd test, is a copy world embodying the records of the past.”
