Chapter 271
My Villains Episode 2
interlude. his lovers(3)
The moment I forced my feet that wouldn't fall and crossed the portal.
Ugh.
The smell flowing through the wind, the scenery in all directions, and the mana flowing through my heart have completely changed..
At the head of the group stood a girl wearing a cone hat with crimson feathers and a brown robe. She looked at the surrounding scenery with a calm face..
Cloudy winter sky, bare tree branches, crumbling weeds, old stone pillars, arched corridors, and piles of stones..
It was a decayed garden. A gloomy garden that feels like a taxidermied moment from the distant past..
Although it was in the center of the island, it was sparsely populated, so it was a perfect place to open a portal. It was also a place that Ellen often visited during her childhood..
But I wasn't lost in memories. It was difficult to fall into sentimentality when a sense of loss and despair loomed before our eyes..
Ellen took a long, deep breath..
With my inhalation, I reflected on the sadness that A Midsummer Night's Dream had ended..
The fierce fire in my chest pushed up my throat and I exhaled the black smoke..
“……uh,”
While she was somehow able to control her mind, Steedman muttered with a dumb expression on his face..
“This is what passed over, right??”
“ maybe.”
After answering that, Kol placed an arrow on his longbow with a scarlet luster. Immediately after crossing the dimensional gate, he was looking in all directions with sharp eyes..
“someone is coming.”
At Cole's warning, one-eyed Simos and freckled Mira put their hands on the handle of their swords. Steedman, who was impatient, spat into his palm and adjusted his grip on the axe..
In some ways, it would have been a natural warning since they had entered a place that could be the enemy's lair, but Ellen raised her hand to dissuade them..
“There's no need to relax anymore.”
“yes?”
“This is La-Palais Palace, not a fortress or barracks..”
“What do you mean by that?……
The mercenaries looked puzzled, but soon realized the meaning of Ellen's words..
“Wow‘?”
On the other side of the garden, two people were hiding between the bushes in a huddled posture and whispering softly..
“what? These are faces I’ve never seen before.?”
“Those guys don't look like mercenaries.?”
“I think so..”
“Didn't that mana portal just open? What a mercenary?”
“therefore. How did we get here? Did you get the coordinates??”
It was the voice of a young man and woman. They seemed to have hidden themselves somewhere else, but my son-in-law was so quiet that I could clearly hear him whispering..
“What is it, you bastards? Magic Mountain Song?”
Ellen answered Mira's question in a whisper..
“Probably a trainee.”
“Are you a trainee? Is there a wizard guarding here??”
“no. “They’re not security or anything.” "yes? sure?”
“……I guess I was just passing by and saw the sign of a portal opening and was drawn in out of curiosity..”
The mercenaries opened their mouths in astonishment, but what Ellen said was true..
Aside from a few thieves, the palace has not been attacked once in decades..
In addition, this garden is quite isolated from the palace of La-Palais. It means that it is not so surprising that we meet idiot trainees instead of wary battle wizards..
“How do you calculate the coordinates of an island in the middle of the ocean? A golden plate somewhere
I got it.”
“The person who obtained the golden plate happened to be a wizard who could use it.?”
“There's nothing that can't be done.”
“Wouldn't it be more convincing to say that a group of wizards targeting the palace calculated the coordinates and invaded??”
“Come invade? With only seven people?”
“There's nothing that can't be done?”
The mercenaries swallowed their laughter at the conversation between the man and the woman that sounded vague..
“……“What should I do?” As Steedman whispered, Ellen thought for a moment and then made eye contact with Master Hagni, who was standing behind her. Then, when he gestured towards the voice coming from, Master Hagni cleared his throat while making a shocked expression..
“Cordelende, Teuod!”
“Ugh, uhhh?”
At the sound of his voice, the man and woman hiding among the bushes stood up in shock. As inferred from their voices, they were young men and women who seemed to be in their mid-20s..
“……Master, master are you? How come
stand here.”
“It was you guys after all..”
Master Hagni narrowed his eyes and gestured toward the man and woman. The two young trainees rushed to their master's call..
“It's been a while.”
As they approached, Ellen lifted the brim of her conical hat and revealed her face..
“Cordelende Zivit, Tød Aern. I guess we're still on good terms?”
“……Uh oh?”
The young man, Cordelende, pointed his finger at Ellen and said, ‘You, you!’ I stuttered. While his face turned pale as if he had seen a ghost, the young woman, Teude, opened her mouth wide and put her hand into her bosom..
Just as I was about to quickly pull out the wand,,
Mira, who was already nervous, quickly ran up and hit Tued on the chin. The trainee who lost the wand fell backwards, his body as stiff as a piece of wood..
“What is this?!”
When Cordelende took a step back in surprise, Cole and Steedman rushed at him and immediately overpowered him..
“This, this is so bad-!”
“Stay still, lady. If you don't want to stick a knife in your back hole.”
Teued, who had fainted for a moment, opened his eyes and screamed. She twisted her body desperately, but Mira and Simos pressed their knees on her back and grabbed her hair with vicious hands..
Ellen caught a glimpse of that and approached the young man with his face on the floor..
“Cordelende.”
“……Elena, le.”
Only then did Cordelende look at Ellen properly..
The girl looking down at him had blonde hair that looked like it was made of pure gold and facial features like a doll..
Except that she had grown a little, her beauty was the same as before, but her aura was like a completely different person..
The blue eyes, which had been stained with fake venom, now shined like well-sharpened ice knives. The pink lips that were pouring out harsh words, as if trying to defend themselves from being incompetent, were tightly closed..
And, mana.
“……How, how……
The mana that Ellen secretly revealed was so deep and powerful that even a decent master could not overcome it. Also, it was not a simple release of magical power, but a precursor just before magic was realized..
Cordelende noticed this and remembered the girl who couldn't even cast a spell and opened her mouth wide..
“okay. Banned book. This is the power of banned books..”
“well‘?”
Ellen winked at Cole. Cole roughly lifted Cordelende to her feet..
“As soon as I returned to the palace, the first thing I encountered was you. You're lucky.”
“Mmm, what? what does that mean?”
Ellen didn't answer, but Cordelen immediately realized what it meant..
Cordelende is the grandson of one of the Seven Grand Masters. It was fortunate for Ellen that she was able to hold him hostage..
At that time, a loud voice was heard outside the garden..
“Erinar-!”
A woman's voice amplified by magic.
Next, a figure flew through the air on a black carpet. It was a woman covered in a black robe that seemed to match the color of the carpet, and her face was covered with a golden mask..
Although his behavior was quite strange, Ellen was not surprised at all..
“aunt.”
“Elena… … . It was really you.”
As the woman with the golden mask landed on the ground, the black carpet wrapped itself around her and stood in front of her. When the woman stretched out her hand, instead of the black carpet, there was a quarterstaff of the same color standing there..
“Ah, Einar.!”
“Please help us-”
As Tued and Cordelende started talking, the mercenaries immediately threw their faces to the ground..
The woman with the golden mask glanced at the squirming men and women and then turned her gaze to Ellen..
“……“You brought in some ruthless people.” "yes. “It’s been a while since my aunt, too.” The woman looked at the girl who had grown up inside the pale wall..
“Are you back on your feet??”
“yes.”
Einar Radhakalin, the golden-masked woman holding the quarterstaff, quietly examined her nephew..
“Lucky me again. The first grandmaster who came to visit was his aunt..”
Ellen continued speaking with a strange look on her face..
“I guess fate has no intention of imprisoning me in the palace..”
“I don't know what you're talking about..”
Einar read the mana flowing from Ellen and swallowed dry saliva. The mana was too powerful for a girl who would turn eighteen in fifteen days..
“How are you, aunt??”
“……What do you mean?.”
“Do you see this as the strength gained from the banned book??”
Ellen held a cracked crystal ball in her left hand and a gray-white wand in her right..
“Does this seem like a cursed power??”
When she showed off her power in earnest, a whirlwind began to swirl around her. The weeds crumbled, dry dirt and fallen leaves rose up..
“Tell me, aunt..”
“……I don't know, I don't know.”
Without realizing it, Einar took two steps back, adjusted his grip on the quarterstaff, and freed Mana. When Ellen's mana was pushed away and the pressure on her chest disappeared, she spoke in a heavy voice..
“There are only a few people in the palace who know the true nature of the banned book..”
“okay.”
Hwaak!
The swirling vortex of mana was withdrawn in an instant. As Einar took care of Mana later, Ellen continued speaking with a cynicism in her face..
“Well, I guess I'll need an elixir to prove my innocence..”
“……Are you going to drink that??”
“Isn’t that what your aunt and her beloved youngest child wish for??”
When Gal Nar, Eren's uncle and his own younger brother, was mentioned, Einar's face hardened..
“Do not try to misinterpret Galnar's intentions. A child who only works for the palace..”
“For the palace……
“Yes, Elenar. First, let’s go to the main palace. you need protection.”
“no.”
Ellen looked intently into Einar’s eyes. A gaze as bright as a sapphire and a blue gaze mixed with gray intersected..
“Bring the Elixir.”
“……what?”
“I'll prove my innocence here, so bring me the elixir..”
Although the words were no different from orders, Einar could not disobey Ellen for some reason..
This is because the sparkling blonde hair, blue eyes, beautiful face, and profound mana that do not match one's age reminded me of someone from mythology..
‘ Radhakaline.’
Ainar thought of her distant ancestor, a man called a 'demon god', and pursed her lips for a moment before nodding..
“good night. Don't bring it.”
“thank you, aunt.”
“But don't move a single step from here..”
“I'll try.”
After answering that, Ellen sat down on a rock in the middle of the garden..
Einar's eyes lit up beneath his mask and he put down his quarterstaff. The quarterstaff unfurled in an instant and turned into a black carpet, and she jumped on it and flew to the other side in an instant..
Steedman, who had been watching the scene in fascination, turned to Ellen..
“……Is it over??”
“It's starting now.”
The girl sat down on a mossy rock and looked beyond the bare bushes..
“The wizards are coming.”
“yes?”
La- Palais Palace is not a barracks or a fortress, but it is a place where hundreds of wizards live. Outsiders suddenly appeared in the middle of the palace, and there was no way the wizards would not have noticed it..
A familiar raised as a hobby, a dark distant dog using a mirror or crystal ball, and detection of magical power used as a habit. Many wizards probably sensed the party's intrusion through different means and reported it to the main palace..
As if to prove Ellen's words, a murmur of laughter soon followed. Dozens of wizards surrounded the garden and narrowed the siege..
Cole measured his arrows and whispered softly..
“Ellen.”
“Stay still.”
Ellen looked up at the clouds in the sky and spoke in a calm tone..
“As I already said, fighting is not the answer. There's no way they can overcome the seven Grandmasters and their slow battle wizards..”
“Yeah, I know.!”
Tued, who was being crushed by Mira, spit out dirt and screamed..
“If you know that, just throw away the wand.!
Stop playing hostage like this.!”
Ellen didn't even look at her. Mira pulled out her sword in one go and stabbed it right in front of Tued’s eyes..
“hehe,”
“If you open your mouth one more time, I'll cut out your tongue. okay?”
Just as Teuod was nodding his head in fear, six figures entered the garden. Ellen looked at them, the six grandmasters, with cold eyes..
Hogende Zibit, an old woman frowning upon discovering her trembling grandson held by Steedman..
Liwan Doi An-Lake, a middle-aged man who sat on a bare tree branch in the form of a crow and then landed on the ground, revealing his true face..
Nashal Anway, a woman holding a three-headed snake-shaped staff and wearing a black veil beneath her eyes..
Aktufir Ol, an elderly man who not only had golden rings on his ten fingers, but also two golden bracelets on each wrist..
Olnar Radhakal Lin, a curly old man with a wrinkled face and long, white eyebrows that make it difficult to guess his age..
And finally, a handsome man with neatly oiled blonde hair and a neat mustache..
“……Galnar.”
Although he made eye contact with Ellen's cold gaze, Galnar simply followed the other Grandmasters with his hands folded and his back straight..
Behind those six grandmasters, numerous battle wizards appeared. They all had their staffs or wands raised, ready to cast spells at any time..
At their head, Olnar, the curly old man, spoke..
“Erinar.”
“……grandfather.”
To be exact, he was Ellen's great-grandfather, that is, great-grandfather's younger brother..
However, since Ellen had almost no relatives whom she could call grandfather, the title given to Olnar, who was the oldest and most prestigious in the palace, was naturally grandfather..
“You're back.”
“yes.”
The two were not very close. Even though young Ellen was a descendant of the Radhakaline family, she was unable to cast spells, and Olnar, the elder in the palace and the head of the Radhakaline family, considered Ellen a disgrace to the palace and the family..
“however……
The hazy eyes shone dimly beneath the wrinkled eyelids..
“You realized the spell..”
“yes.”
Despite Ellen's short and cold reply, Olnar did not say anything. I just smiled in satisfaction as I guessed the depth of the mana she exuded..
“……This is not a shallow power borrowed from a banned book..”
Olnar looked back at the handsome man standing behind him..
“Galnar. what happened?”
“I don't know. little grandfather.”
Galnar calmly answered with the same attitude as before..
“I'm just reporting what I saw.”
“......okay?”
While Olnar was drooling, Ellen looked back at the battle wizards and opened her mouth..
“Could you please put away your cane? It's a little unpleasant.”
“It can't be like that..”
Ak Tufir, the man who adorned himself with ten golden rings and four golden bracelets, spoke firmly:.
“Including Grandmaster Zemar, you killed four palace wizards..”
As he said that, he looked back at Master Hagni, who was standing behind Ellen..
“Maybe it's more than that. What happened??”
“Ah, Aktufir. I am-”
Just as Master Hagni was about to say something, Ellen got up from the rock..
“If you're going to interrogate me, please wait a moment..”
“••••••What?”
“Aunt Einar went to get the elixir..”
“elixir?”
Not only Aktufir but also other Grand Masters stood out..
As if that was some kind of signal, the wizards all fell silent, and Ellen stood still and looked in the distance in the direction of the main palace..
And, I made up my mind.
‘phoenix.’
To her, who dreams of a reunion in the distant future, the six grandmasters and dozens of former warrior wizards were nothing more than a piece of scenery..
Ellen recalled the last night she spent with her lover and greeted Einar flying in from afar..
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