Genius Warlock-Episode 644
644. central continent (2)
Oliver, who was treated well by the chatty chamberlain, quietly left the lodgings late at night and walked towards the forest..
The forest in the center of the continent, which had not been blessed with industrialization, was extremely dense, and as darkness mixed in with it, it turned into a maze..
A maze combed purely by the hands of nature..
That gloomy energy had the power to captivate people the moment they let their guard down, but Oliver, who had developed a tolerance to darkness through the orphanage basement and mine, was able to ignore it and safely reach his destination..
The warlock's eyes also played a role..
Oliver greeted..
“Long time no see.”
“yes. father.”
In a deep forest full of trees and darkness.
Oliver greeted Pandora who was waiting there..
She is one of the three Eves that Oliver unintentionally created, and the first Eve he met. This was their second encounter since their first encounter in the New World..
“Forgive me for being late. Have you been waiting for a long time??”
“No, I'm sorry for calling you out on my own..”
When Pandora arrived here in the Kingdom of Aizan, she greeted Oliver through a communication device attached to the inside of his shirt collar and requested to meet him..
Of course, Oliver had no reason to refuse, so he came here now..
“If it had been difficult for you to come out, you would have refused, so you don't have to be sorry. Above all, I have important business to attend to Pandora..”
Oliver said he had important business to do. Pandora was nervous at the unexpected remark..
“What business do you have??”
“I would like to introduce you to Eve. Say hello to Eve. This is Pandora. Say hello to Pandora. It's Eve.”
Oliver took out a communication device attached to the inside of his shirt collar and held it out towards Pandora..
“······.”
Perhaps it was a truly unexpected action, but Pandora opened her mouth slightly and said nothing..
After an awkward moment, Pandora responded..
“sorry. father······. Is it important business for you to introduce me to Eve??”
“This is not everything, but it is the most important. that······. First of all, they are sisters..”
Oliver responded somewhat awkwardly, like a broken doll..
Of course, Oliver met Pandora for the first time at First Step, a colonial city in the New World, and later learned that he had created Eve. Although it was unintentional, it was a truly irresponsible action..
Of course, there was nothing unfair about it..
Who would have guessed that the big eyes I met on my way to help Rosburn were Eve??
Oliver, who was in a desperate situation at the time, rather than worry about the identity of the eye, struck it out, and thus Eve, Pandora, and Lilith, the artificial spirits and spirits of the World Tree, were born..
The problem was that Oliver didn't know about this and left them without taking care of them at all..
“So I think it's the least polite thing to do to introduce it like this... First of all, they are sisters.?”
Oliver waved both hands in the air and explained with difficulty..
I still don't know how to treat Eve and Pandora, who I created unintentionally..
Eve let out a small laugh after hearing Oliver's words..
“Hehehe... You are like a father..”
“It's a compliment?”
“Maybe.”
Pandora joked..
Not only did Oliver, who reads a humor book every day before going to bed, show amazing insight and realize that fact, but he was also able to see that Pandora was telling a joke to be considerate of Oliver..
Logically, that was correct. Because there was nothing better than humor to ease the awkward atmosphere..
Pandora, who is good at using humor, said to Oliver:.
“Do not worry. Eve and I exchanged greetings when my father was dealing with the Cardinal Priest and Chamberlain. You don’t need to introduce it separately..”
“Is that so?”
“yes father.”
[Yes, Dave.]
The answer came out simultaneously from the communication device attached to the inside of the shirt collar and Pandora's mouth..
“You can have as many conversations as you want through the World Tree..”
[So you don't have to worry.]
Pandora and Eve explained how they took turns greeting each other..
Well, the World Tree is huge, but at the same time, it is connected as one. It was not strange that Pandora and Eve, who were born in such a world tree, exchanged greetings long ago..
If you think about it, it's such an obvious fact.
Then Oliver suddenly had another question..
“So, have you said hello to Lilith??”
release. The artificial spirit of the World Tree that was created together with Eve and Pandora. As far as Oliver knew, he was currently by Puppet's side..
Pandora and Eve were silent for a few seconds in response to Oliver's question, and Oliver thought he had heard the answer..
Well, this question itself was funny..
To hear about the well-being of Lilith, whom he had neglected, from Eve and Pandora, who had equally neglected him..
Oliver quickly changed the subject..
“Pandora, may I ask what business you have called me for??”
“ah····. I came to ask if you really came to subdue the warlocks..”
This time Oliver tilted his head..
“By any chance, is Heimdall here??”
Heimdall.
It was a group of magic hackers who used the World Tree, and was also the organization that Pandora currently belongs to..
“No, I am here on very personal business. Heimdall is not here.”
“So are you getting help from warlocks??”
“Yes, because I need their help. Then I heard that my father was coming here..”
Instead of answering Pandora's question right away, Oliver took a moment to gather his thoughts..
After thinking about it, I took out the business one by one..
“First of all, the answer is that I haven't decided what to do with the warlock yet. I want to do it the way they did in Gallos..”
“Are you talking about capturing only dangerous warlocks and putting the rest under select people??”
“you're right. It may be funny to say this, but I don't want to see a lot of blood..”
“It's not funny.”
Pandora answered. Thankfully it was sincere.
“······Thank you for your words. However, as I said before, no firm decision has been made yet. The Chief Priest and Chamberlain are hoping to subdue the Warlock..”
It was like that..
In order for Oliver to come here, he had to deal with Cardinal Roderick and the Chamberlain, who gently but strongly insisted on subjugating the warlock..
Warlocks worship demons and idols, and not only have they already caused damage to numerous small kingdoms, but they are also adding to the danger by arming refugees..
Surprisingly, most, but not all, were sincere..
“I also have a position, it's very difficult to ignore..”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, because there are warlocks who idolize the new finger. As far as I know, I am the only one who is called a new finger... Speaking of which, can I ask you a question??”
“Tell me.”
“Are there really people who idolize me? I don't understand it a little bit..”
Oliver looked suspicious..
Roderick had already explained the matter, such as the reputation of the new finger and the chaotic state of affairs, but even so, I couldn't understand why the warlock across the sea worshiped Oliver..
Isn't it this easy to worship something??
Pandora responded to this.
“Yes, first of all, there is.”
“How on earth can that be??”
“I don't know about that either..”
“hmm······. If you don't mind, could you please look into it? Pandora said that looking into the past is her specialty, so I think I can figure out how something like this happened..”
“sorry. I already looked into it, but couldn't figure it out.”
“wait a minute······. I already looked into it.?”
“Because it's something I'd be interested in.”
Pandora answered, and Oliver was convinced..
Whatever it was, Oliver was the one who created Pandora, Eve, and Lilith..
From their perspective, if there were people who worshiped Oliver, they could not help but be interested, whether in a good way or a bad way..
If they are interested, of course they will investigate through the World Tree..
What I don't understand here is just that-
“-is that possible?”
Oliver questioned..
“I don't mean to criticize you, but doesn't the World Tree see and record everything? But how can you not find out??”
“······I'm surprised too, but it's true.”
Sincerity.
“After seeing that there were warlocks who worshiped my father, I searched through past records to investigate, but there were no such records anywhere in the World Tree. As if someone erased it.”
Oliver, who knew that the information recorded in the World Tree could not be deleted, was quietly surprised..
It looks like someone erased it. I was curious who that someone was, but I didn't want to know..
“Personally, I suspect that it was artificially spread by certain forces. To worship my father. If you look at the time of occurrence and the process, it is true..”
“So, according to Pandora, someone deliberately tricked her into worshiping me as an idol and did it without Pandora knowing??”
“yes.”
Pandora answers without hesitation.
Oliver wanted to ask who, why, and how..
Aside from the reason, I wonder who could do that so easily in the middle of a rough continent..
But thanks to Pandora's firm answer, Oliver had nothing else to say..
“Can I ask one more question??”
“please speak.”
“I heard that warlocks also worship the devil. Are they really the devil? According to my research, they say it's not the devil, but something like an indigenous belief around here. She is a woman loved by an angel..”
“The latter is probably correct..”
“You answered quickly this time.?”
“That's exactly what I was looking into..”
***
“These damn kids······!”
Ark Orphanage late at night. a red-haired young man shouted..
The children ran away laughing in response to the young man's shouts, and the young man chased after them, caught some of them, and shook them roughly from side to side in the air..
“Wow!”
The children screamed, their heads shaking wildly from side to side, but no one stopped them..
Because the sounds of genuine laughter were mixed in between the screams..
“Ah, damn little kids... There's so much strength. Overflowing.”
“Kids, now go home and sleep. Customers are having a hard time.”
As Derek's strength was exhausted and he fell limp, Ameline, the director of Arc Orphanage, who was watching, clapped her hands and said to the children..
The children lamented the fact that their fun game of tag was over..
“iced coffee······.”
The director did not back down..
“If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. I was supposed to go to bed a long time ago, but you know that Joanna came and looked after me. If you keep stubborn and not sleep, I won't let you play with Joanna tomorrow..”
Only after mentioning Joanna, the hero and pride of Ark Orphanage, did the children go back to bed on their own..
When the children left, Derek, who had run out of stamina, was lying on the chair like wet laundry, and Director Ameline brought a glass of water for Derek..
“You're having a hard time?”
“······Yes, it's very difficult.”
Derek took the glass of water given to him by Director Ameline and drank it..
“Since I'm here to ask for a favor, there's nothing I can do..”
Derek, who came to Ark Orphanage to drop off Rosburn, drank some water and said:.
The corners of Ameline's mouth rose at those words..
“Don't say that. I've already received donations and gifts. I know you would have played with her kids if it weren't for that..”
“There seems to be some misunderstanding, but I am not that type of character. I'm from Magic Tower..”
“Two wizards from the Magic Tower visited us before. Those two people were kind too..”
“One of those two is Yareli.?”
Derek, who had already figured out the situation to some extent, quietly pointed in the direction where Yarely was..
She was currently chatting alone with a paladin named Joanna..
The reason Derek played with the kids in the first place was to help them have a conversation without being interrupted..
I didn't know the details, but the two talked a few times, then asked Derek's understanding and went to talk alone..
Thanks to this, Derek was able to play with the kids without stopping..
“By any chance, is Derek also close with Zenon??”
“yes? Are you saying that because I ran an errand for you??
“That's true, but it also seems like I personally like him.,”
“What on earth do you see like that??”
“It's difficult to explain in words. Usually around this age you start to develop a sense of perspective..”
“I need to develop more insight. We are not close friends. We just know each other. If you were close friends, would you have been surprised when I heard that Zeno and a paladin named Joanna were acquaintances??”
Derek thought back to when he arrived at Ark Orphanage with Yareli and Rosburn..
Derek saw Paladin Joanna here. She learned from Yareli's explanation that she and Zenon knew each other..
I was so surprised that the paladin and the warlock had known each other for a long time. So I was curious.
What kind of conversation is Yareli having with a paladin named Joanna right now? Under the circumstances, it's about Zeno..
“······Director. What did Zenon do here??”
“They fixed the pump. The roof was also repaired. Perhaps because of the good workmanship, I am still using it without any damage. Even if you fix it, it gets broken easily... I think you are good with your hands..”
Derek listened to the director without much emotion..
He was a man who tried to establish a school on his own, so it wasn't surprising what he did..
“Besides that, we talked late at night..”
“It's a story?”
“I just gave you some advice. Although Zeno looks calm on the outside, he seems to be in a lot of pain..”
Zeno is in a lot of pain... Derek, who couldn't imagine anything, just tilted his head..
No matter how much I thought about it, I didn't think he had anything like that..
A guy who has a poker face that doesn't break down against anyone and solves any problem quickly. He was naturally curious..
“What did we talk about??”
“It's no big deal. Everyone has concerns-”
-rattle, rattle.
While Director Ameline was answering, a bell rang..
Someone had rang the bell on the wall. at this late hour.
The conversation between Derek and Director Ameline naturally ended, and Derek quietly took out a miniature long sword from his chest..
Considering the location of Arc Orphanage on the outskirts and the late hour, this was a natural enough reaction..
Director Ameline also went outside, quietly grabbing the shotgun hidden on the wall to see how wary he was..
“Who are you?”
Director Ameline saw a man standing beyond the main gate of the wall..
The man was dressed as a traveler and holding a flute in one hand, and behind him, there were dozens of children standing as if they were fascinated by something..
An ominous silence descended upon the orphanage..
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