Chapter 242
After about 40 minutes of sparring.
We returned to the guest room again.
By the way, only four of them, excluding Stella, returned to the guest room.
Stella is currently sleeping like a rat on her bed.
“Immature. To blow such a golden opportunity with mere fainting.”
Sein-nim clicked his tongue as if he didn’t like the world.
It’s an expression that he really doesn’t like Stella, who passed out during sparring.
‘The reaction was unexpected?’
Dalian lasted about 40 minutes.
I pushed Stella to the limit during those 40 minutes.
If I was a normal person, I would have passed out after not even 10 minutes, let alone 40 minutes.
If it was Soon-chan, would you have lasted for about 15 minutes?
The intensity of this battle was that high.
Enduring 40 minutes deserves praise, not criticism.
You’re still cursing me
Are you saying that Binosugar’s education is that tough?
‘hmm. I don’t see it… … .’
I’m tilting my head slightly like that.
“I’m so envious.”
Lillian whispered in my ear.
“Because Sein did that. It’s a chance like this that happens once in a lifetime. I was really very envious. Did you sing that you wished to experience such a sparring once again?”
Lilian-nim smiled mischievously and glanced at Sein-nim, who was grumbling.
“To end such a great performance with mere fainting. What a stomach ache.”
I knew roughly what you meant.
“To sum it up, I’m just saying that you don’t have to worry about it because it’s just annoying.”
Lillian-sama smiled a little and removed her mouth from my ear.
“Lillian. I can hear everything.”
“Oh, did you hear me? sorry.”
“I deliberately said it so that it could be heard… … .”
Sein-nim glared at Lilian-nim with sharp eyes.
It’s an expression of contemplating whether to bake or boil it.
Lillian-sama lightly dismissed that gaze and smiled leisurely.
“But honestly, you’re right.”
“no.”
“Stubborn.”
Lillian-sama’s eyes grew more mischievous.
“As in the past. Because that useless stubbornness is the problem. Even at the ballroom before… … .”
“stop.”
Sein-nim cut off his words with a serious warning expression.
His expression was telling me to talk more than that if he wants to die somewhere.
“If you talk about it, I have no choice but to bring out the story I’ve been keeping inside.”
“okay. Let’s stop.”
Lillian-nim meekly withdrew.
Apparently, both of them know a lot of each other’s dark history as they’ve known each other for a long time.
The two clicked their tongues with very subtle expressions and turned their eyes back to me.
“Hmm. Anyway, Dalian today. It was really hard. It would have been of great help to Stella.”
Then he tried to change the topic right away.
It was a fairly forced topic change.
‘Personally, I’m very concerned about the dark history of the two… … .’
If Sunchan or Adela were like this, they would have bitten them right away.
However, the opponents were Sein-sama and Lillian-sama.
It’s not someone I can bite off.
“It’s not hard. I enjoyed it.”
I answered the switched topic without saying anything.
“It was very absorbent, so there was a taste of teaching.”
Do I have to say that I understood why Kim Kang-in insisted on bringing in only promising players to raise?
It was a great pleasure to see students grow in real time.
“You look genuinely happy.”
Did my joy leak out of my expression?
Sein-nim laughed as if he was having fun.
“I get pleasure from teaching someone. Instructor seems to fit the aptitude.”
“yes. It suits my aptitude.”
It’s fun to teach someone, and it’s fun to gain new realizations myself through the act.
It’s a strange situation that isn’t fun.
“These riders are lucky. To be able to take lessons from an instructor like you.”
“It’s an overstatement.”
“It’s too much… … .”
Sein-nim sipped his tea and smiled.
“As I said before, Luan, your humility goes too far. You need to be a little more confident.”
Then, with a very serious expression, he started nagging, not nagging.
“The strong must be strong. I don’t feel that atmosphere at all from your appearance. Maybe it’s because humility is in the body… … .”
No, it wasn’t nagging, it was just nagging.
I didn’t expect nagging to start here all of a sudden.
“You need to be proud of your skills. Keep in mind that if you are ignored, even I, who acknowledged you, will be suspected… … .”
The story of Sein-nim’s humility and modesty, as well as his conceit and pride, went on for a long time.
* * *
Sein-nim’s nagging continued for another 10 minutes.
If it wasn’t for Lillian-sama, it would have continued until the tea party was over.
‘I didn’t know Sein-nim would nag so much.’
An arrogant absolute who is not very interested in worldly affairs.
That’s how it felt.
Not at all.
‘As expected, you have to meet people in person to know.’
Same with Sein.
Same with Stella.
Come to think of it, Lillian-sama is the same.
Even though everyone is different from what the world is known for, they are very different.
‘It’s different when it’s public and when it’s private, of course. Aren’t those three different people too different?’
Stella Binoche.
The ice queen in the media.
A girl who is usually active in the world.
Saint Binoche.
In the media, he is an indolent absolute who has no interest in the world.
A mother who is usually playful and nags.
Lillian Stewart.
A cold businessman and wizard with little emotion in the press.
A mischievous mother who can’t play Adela normally.
‘I’d believe it’s a real double personality.’
This needs to be seriously considered.
“sorry. Are you a little late?”
I was thinking about it so pointlessly.
Adela has arrived.
At the same time as Adela appeared, a person who appeared to be a butler got out of the car and opened the back door.
“song. I’ll give you a ride.”
Adela jumped right into the limousine.
“I will excuse myself today.”
I followed and rode beside him.
The doors are closed, and the back seat is completely isolated.
Now, what we say inside will not leak out.
“Whoa. Tired, tired.”
As soon as the car started, I immediately unbuttoned the top button of my shirt and exhaled a long breath.
I’m constantly acting, so I’m mentally exhausted.
“Thanks for your efforts.”
Adela’s expression melted.
As if he didn’t want to think about acting anymore, his expression became mushy.
“You did a good job too.”
“… … Do you have anything to say? I was just watching.”
“Good job. How hard is it to just keep a blank expression?”
I can’t react to what I should be reacting to. Can’t even cope with what needs to be dealt with.
Only those who have experienced it will know how hard it is.
“Anyway, it was really hard. It wouldn’t have been easy to act between them.”
“I was nervous because I thought I might get caught. You guys are so sharp… … .”
Adela let out a small sigh.
Even thinking about it again, his expression made his blood run dry.
“Oh, right. I’ll give you this before I forget.”
Adela took a box from her handbag.
“here. It’s the mana freezing flask you mentioned.”
It was a box containing a flask containing frozen mana collected from the basement of the Palace of Versailles.
“thank you.”
As soon as I received the box, I opened it.
“Will you check right here?”
“uh.”
They said that the horns were also cut for sweetness.
I just decided to check it out now.
I took the flask out of the box and slowly opened the stopper.
very slightly So that the inner mana flows out very little.
Mana flowed vaguely like cigarette smoke.
I felt as if I was slowly savoring that mana.
‘Maybe it’s the mana collected underground, it’s definitely a pleasant feeling.’
Once you feel the underground atmosphere.
Maybe it’s because it’s managed, but it’s much better than the secret passage next to the previous research building.
However, the unique atmosphere of the underground remains.
It’s narrow, dark, and pleasant.
‘This is it.’
While I was feeling that much mana.
A foreign mana that shouldn’t be felt underground was detected.
Fire mana that I have already checked several times.
I’m used to it now.
‘Ignis.’
A secret passage in the mall.
Secret passage in the research building.
The mana he had collected from the basement of the Palace of Versailles had exactly the same aura as he felt in the two places.
that means this.
‘Ignis is not divided or not, and all three passages are connected.’
It was like this.
* * *
morning that day.
I hurriedly left the hotel room and headed for the shopping complex.
The floor where Mael Nadal’s blood had dried and hardened.
From there, I put my hand on the wall about 5.73 meters away.
And just like before, I moved my hand around.
At the same time as the operation was over, the secret passage was wide open.
Without hesitation, I stepped inside the aisle.
And after about 5 seconds, the door to the aisle closed.
‘I wonder what’s inside.’
before. The day I found this passage by chance.
I delayed searching this place for reasons of danger.
After gathering a little more information, including Ignis’ condition, let’s start the investigation once we’re certain.
That’s how I came to the conclusion.
And now all information gathering is over.
There is nothing more we can do. All that remains is to search this passage.
‘Fortunately, I knew that the inside was connected. Even if there is a problem, I can somehow get out of it.’
As long as there are three aisles, the probability of being isolated here is not very high.
I still use ‘Factio’ to summon Miho who is resting in Mimir’s Book.
As soon as Miho was summoned, he rushed into my arms.
Without making a sound, he quietly cradled me in my arms and looked ahead.
At the same time as he was summoned, he entered the boundary of the four stockholders.
“If someone approaches you, tell me right away.”
Miho nodded as if to ask him to leave it to him.
‘Then let me start.’
As soon as he took his gaze away from Miho, he activated his new eyes.
Then he started observing his surroundings.
‘I can’t see anything either.’
I didn’t mean that there was nothing suspicious around me.
There is literally nothing to see.
Even common mana didn’t feel right.
It felt as if there was even a magic circle that blocked mana detection in this passage itself.
‘Even if it’s a magic circle that blocks mana detection, it’s normal to be detected if you’re this close.’
I really don’t feel anything at all.
It just gives me the illusion that there is no mana around here.
‘But again, seeing that magic is used, it doesn’t mean that mana itself is completely absent.’
It was a very strange feeling.
Sensually, I don’t feel any mana. can use
How can I express this feeling?
When I eat food, I cannot feel the smell, taste, or texture at all, but should I say that I feel full?
‘This must be the reason for the perfect shielding of the secret passage, right?’
Perhaps this is certain.
Even though I came inside, I can’t feel anything like this.
What can you feel outside?
‘I don’t understand. How the hell is this even possible?’
It was when I was wrapping my head like that.
Miho, who was in my arms, lightly poked my chin with his nose.
Normally, he would have cried and called me out, but since he is on an infiltration mission, he should refrain from making any noise.
Knowing that, I turned my attention to touch.
“What did you find?”
I asked in a very low voice that only Miho could hear.
At my question, Miho quietly looked away.
I stare at the black stone embedded in one side of the passageway.
As if there was something there.
I slowly approached the stone.
And just like that, he put his hand on it.
But I still couldn’t feel anything.
“What is this?”
Miho got out of my arms and landed on the floor.
Then he pulled out his claw and started writing on the ground.
A character from the era of Bytenor Empire.
From Idred’s Book to Mimir’s Book, everything is written in these characters, so the characters are as familiar to me as Korean.
[Eleventh-]
Miho was using the text perfectly.
“… … what?”
It was not particularly surprising that Miho could speak letters.
Miho is smart because I knew it well.
I’m not surprised that I’m just writing.
“Eleventh… … .”
What surprised me was the content of Miho’s writing.
“mythology… … Magic… Traces of Nuves?”
Miho was saying that traces of the eleventh mythic magic remained in this black stone.
‘So, besides Ignis, there are other mediums of mythical magic inside this?’
