Chapter 221
White breath leaked from Adela’s mouth.
It was a natural phenomenon caused by the rapid cooling of the air.
My body trembles from the cold.
The temperature had dropped so much that I couldn’t stand it.
‘I can feel this much chill even in this city… … .’
Adela’s lips trembled from the cold, and she stared intently at Shin Ha-yul’s back.
This magic is definitely permafrost.
I couldn’t check it properly because of the mana restraint, but I’m sure.
There was no other ice magic with such power.
‘but… … I didn’t sing.’
One of Shin Ha-yul’s special moves that can maximize its power through a chant lasting about 40 seconds.
Since it is a magic with a severe penalty of having to perform a chant for 40 seconds, it is a double-edged sword that has a high chance of being reversed if used carelessly.
That is the permafrost of Shin Ha-yul.
But just now, Shin Ha-yul did not sing a chant at all.
During the battle, he recited the starting language, but the words did not contain mana.
The starter word was fake.
In other words, Shin Ha-yul was using permafrost instead of chanting.
‘how?’
bubbling.
Body shaking more and more violently.
My hands and feet, which had not been properly circulating blood because they were already tied up in restraints, became cold in an instant.
At this rate, it wouldn’t be strange to get frostbite.
At that time, Miho wrapped herself around Adela and lay down.
Miho’s body temperature is transmitted to Adela as it is.
It’s warm.
“… … thank you.”
Adela thanked Miho.
Miho cried softly as if this order was nothing.
“it’s over.”
At that time, Shin Ha-yul, who confirmed that Sang-hyun Sang was dead, approached Adela.
He looks at Adela with indescribable eyes.
It looked like he didn’t know what to say to Adela now.
“Killed… … Are you?”
“uh. killed it I could have kept it alive, but I didn’t want to.”
Adela bit her lip.
“… … You should have saved me.”
Adela’s eyes were wet with murderous intent.
“That way I could have killed him with my own hands.”
It was the expression of a dead man blinded by revenge.
“I thought so, so I killed him.”
Shin Ha-yul slowly knelt down on one knee and put his hand toward Adela’s restraint.
‘Pafe (破毁).’
Then, he broke the magic formula that kept the restraints intact.
Clink!
Restraints for both hands and legs that break in an instant.
Adela was immediately set free.
Adela, who became free, looked up at Shin Ha-yul with a complex expression in the world.
“That way you won’t be tormented by the guilt of killing a relative.”
“That kind of human… … ! No kinship or anything!”
Adela shouted.
That kind of thing can’t be a little father. The devil who, blinded by ambition, killed his brother and tried to kill his own daughter, could not be a relative.
that’s the devil It’s garbage.
It is an indescribable evil.
Do you feel guilty about punishing such evil?
“I might be fine now. But over time? Will it be okay then?”
Shin Ha-yul carefully held Adela’s hand.
Whether it’s because of the aftermath of the permafrost, or because of the storm of emotions, my hands are very cold.
“You are a sage from the core. You… … Even if it’s evil, can I kill the family I’ve been seeing for 18 years with my own hands, and still be okay?”
“that… … .”
Adela couldn’t answer.
In my heart, I wanted to say that it wasn’t so, but the sliver of reason that remained in my heart refused to shout like that.
“Impossible. Because you are too nice to be nice.”
Shin Ha-yul stood up from his seat.
“So I killed him. I don’t want you to live with guilt for the rest of your life because of that trash.”
“… … It’s useless meddling.”
There were thorns in Adela’s words.
As the current situation was, it was only natural that distorted words would come out.
“know. It’s useless meddling.”
Shin Ha-yul held out his hand to Adela.
It was a gesture to grab and stand up.
“I don’t want you to stop here.”
Adela just stared blankly at Shin Ha-yul’s outstretched hand.
As if he had no intention of grabbing it, he was just blankly.
Then, suddenly, anger erupted.
“then… … then… … ! My anger, where should I release this resentment… … !”
Then he lowered his head again and bit his lip.
“father… … His dad was murdered. I’m angry. I feel like I’m going crazy with anger!”
Anger as hot as fire is roaring.
The heat is transmitted as it is to Shin Ha-yul who is watching.
“If the target of revenge is gone… … What should I do… … .”
My voice trembled.
It was the sound of crying.
A few drops of tears fell from under her bowed head.
Excessive anger and sadness turned into tears and flowed.
“That anger is not against Sang-hyeon Sang, but towards those who seduced him… … You can solve it on the person who killed your father.”
“one… … ugly?”
Adela slowly raised her head.
Red bloodshot eyes stare straight into Shin Ha-yul’s pupils.
“The black mage tower.”
“black… … Magic Tower.”
Shin Ha-yul returned the hand he had extended.
Then he sat down and met Adela’s gaze.
“I’m telling you in case you misunderstand, but I’m not specifically telling you not to take revenge.”
“… … .”
Shin Ha-yul wiped the tears from the corners of Adela’s eyes.
“Revenge is futile. or something meaningless That’s not even what I meant to say. That is an individual judgment. You are meddling there, because words are useless meddling.”
Shin Ha-yul doesn’t think revenge is useless.
I don’t think forgiveness is a virtue either.
Rather the opposite.
If you have a grudge, I think you should return more than that.
eye for an eye. In this.
Grace multiplied tenfold. Enemies multiplied 100 times.
That is the creed of Shin Ha-yul.
“I killed Sanghyun Sang. Like I said, I didn’t want to make you feel guilty for killing a relative. That’s all.”
If Sanghyeon Sang had been left alive, Adela would have killed Sanghyeon Sang at any cost.
No, even if he couldn’t kill, he would have lived to kill.
And sooner or later you’d be in despair.
As much as I pride myself on knowing Adela better than anyone else, I’m sure it was like that.
So he killed Sanghyeon Sang.
I killed him even though I could have saved him.
“Release your anger on the Black Mage Tower, not Sang Hyun Sang.”
Adela is nice.
But at the same time, it’s ruthless.
Adela’s good will is directed only to those around her.
Other than that, he has surprisingly little interest in anyone else.
That is why Adela will not feel guilty about killing the villains of the Black Mage Tower.
Unlike Sang-hyun Sang, who was already in the category of family, he will be able to take revenge comfortably.
“black… … To the Magic Tower… … . plural… … .”
The light began to return to Adela’s eyes.
It was as if the lost lamb had found the light again.
“… … .”
Seeing Adela like that, Shin Ha-yul made a mysterious expression.
* * *
After that, I took Adela to the home of the mysterious family.
And in the study of the main house, he found Sang-cheol Sang-cheol, a cold corpse.
Adela sat down on the spot and cried.
With a sad expression on his face, he cried out loud while holding his father’s corpse.
I couldn’t bear to watch it, so I quietly left.
“… … Whoa.”
I went outside, looked up at the sky, and sighed heavily.
Even though the culprit of this incident was safely dealt with, it doesn’t feel cool at all.
What filled my heart was not something like coolness, but only deafness.
“He. Can I leave you alone like that?”
At that time, Captain Charles appeared next to me.
I wasn’t particularly surprised.
I already knew that Captain Charles was watching nearby.
“I have already said everything I wanted to say. The rest is for Adela to think about on her own, not for me to step in.”
The interference has already gone too far.
Now, this is not my place to go. It is a matter for Adela to decide alone.
“Ugh. Because he’s a really nice guy.”
Captain Charles sneakily laid his back behind me.
“I’m a little jealous of Adela who has a friend like you.”
“… … well.”
Am I really a good friend?
If I had been a really good friend, wouldn’t I have stepped forward before Sang-cheol Sang was murdered?
“Schasha.”
At that time, Captain Charles bent his head back and hit the back of my head with the back of his head.
“Don’t think weird. You are not even 0.1% responsible for Sang-cheol Sang’s death.”
Then, with my head still touching, I moved my hand up and stroked my head.
“You did the best you could. I’ll vouch for it.”
“… … yes. thank you.”
That was a bit of comfort.
“I can’t help but feel guilty.”
“why?”
“Because of what you said to Adela. I said it was for Adela, but deep down I think that I may have acted for my own benefit.”
“What are your interests?”
“You got an assistant.”
I looked up at the sky again.
Even on such a sad day, the stars were shining brightly today.
“The Black Mage Tower and I have already crossed the irreversible river. Whether I die or the Black Mage Tower disappears. One of them.”
It’s not just because of the current situation, I have an inseparable relationship with the Black Mage Tower.
To the successor of the Bytenor style, the Black Magic Tower is an absolute evil that must be eliminated.
“In that situation… … Adela’s wrath… … I turned my revenge on the Black Mage Tower. She used to say it for Adela’s sake, but I wondered if she said it out of self-interest.”
Maybe I’m trying to take advantage of Adela’s vengeance.
Maybe I’m trying to relate my friend’s sadness to my gain.
Such thoughts filled my head.
“If so, I… … .”
“I said something else.”
At that time, Captain Charles snorted.
“It was the most novel bullshit I’ve ever heard.”
Captain Charles removed his back from my back, turned around, grabbed my shoulder, and turned me around.
Captain Charles’ eyes are visible right in front of him. He looks a little angry.
“Don’t think shit. You must have thought of that in that situation.”
Confident, confident eyes pierce my pupils as they are.
“I’ll say it again. you made the best choice I saved your friend, and I protected your friend’s future. Don’t have any regrets for that action. okay?”
True young eyes united by trust and faith.
It felt like those eyes were comforting me.
“… … yes.”
“It’s like a child, but also like an adult. I don’t know which rhythm to match… … .”
Captain Charles smiled and stroked my hair roughly.
“after. I said something embarrassing and out of place because of you.”
Captain Charles’ face was quite red. He seemed to be ashamed of what he had just said.
“Uh. hot. hot. Anyway, this story ends here. If you do more, they will beat you up, so just do more.”
Captain Charles laughed fiercely and threatened.
“… … yes.”
“okay. I hope you understand.”
Captain Charles gave me a last pat on the head and then crossed his arms again.
“Oh, and as you said. There were quite a few guys around who were watching you. I only checked about half of it. Once confirmed, all of them were warlocks.”
Captain Charles’ expression instantly became serious.
“There is no trace of anything else done to Sang-cheol Sang-cheol’s body. As you expected, I think their purpose was to check your strength.”
“yes. Seeing that he didn’t even try to help Sanghyeon Sang until the end, it seems certain.”
Before, while I was stuck at the training ground for 11 days.
Shadow gave various information to Captain Charles.
Starting with the information about the King of Darkness, we gave them pretty good quality information.
Among them was this information.
[Currently, Hermes, who is in charge of the information of the Black Magic Tower, is suspicious of me.]
[It seems that he is also suspicious of the information about Shin Ha-yul.]
[Currently, Hermes is managing Korea as the successor of Tkish, so please be careful.]
In short, an officer named Hermes doesn’t believe that my power is that of an archmage.
And I suspect that Shadow and I have some kind of relationship.
To sum it up, it was this.
In a situation where he knew that information, Sang-hyeon Sang suddenly caused an incident.
I wonder if it was only dealing with the owner, Sang-cheol Sang, I kidnapped Adela and called me separately.
It was a situation where only the risk was high, and Sang-hyun Sang did not seem to have much to gain.
Then I suddenly had this idea.
‘Isn’t this incident an incident that Hermes took as an abandoned horse to observe me?’
I mean.
So even though I brought Captain Charles, I went into battle alone.
I showed off my overwhelming power so that Hermes would never doubt my strength again.
To show off my power to Hermes.
“Anyway, Shadow will be a little less suspicious with this.”
With this, Hermes had no choice but to trust my strength to some extent.
And if that happens, the suspicion towards Shadow will inevitably fade to a certain extent.
Doubting me and doubting Shadow are problems that are on the same line.
“Who would doubt after seeing that scene? I don’t believe it either.”
Captain Charles stuck out his tongue and shook his head.
“Wherever you look, you are a 6th circle mage… … . If this is the case, won’t I win too?”
“It can’t be. Sang-hyeon Sang was also an idiot who couldn’t use 100% of his power, so he was able to overwhelm him that much. He would have had a hard time if he was a real 7th Circle vs. Mage. But how do you beat Captain Charles?”
“Kuk-kuk. I know. right. You still have a long way to go to follow me.”
Captain Charles laughed heartily.
“Still, when it comes to the 7th circle… … Do you really think I won’t be able to compete with you then?”
“When you reach the 7th circle… … . what.”
“… … Are you confident when you reach the 7th circle? Does this hurt your pride?”
The captain smiled terribly.
“Once you reach the 7th circle, stick together. I will show you the real thing.”
“Well, I’m careful not to leave out such suggestions.”
“that word. I will remember it.”
I answered with a small smile.
Greatness, greatness, greatness!
Just then, I heard a police car approaching in the distance.
“I reported it 10 minutes ago, but it comes very quickly. Ugh.”
“Iknow, right.”
Hearing the sirens grow louder, Captain Charles turned around.
“Then I go first. See you later. Good post-processing. As a bonus, comfort him well.”
“yes.”
“okay. suffer.”
Just like that, Captain Charles disappeared in an instant.
Before long, the garden of the mysterious house was filled with lights from the sirens of nine police cars.
