Chapter 272
My Villains Episode 272
interlude. his lovers(4)
There are many types of elixirs in the world..
Among them, the ones that people commonly think of are 'Elixir of Restoration' that repairs disabilities and wounds, 'Elixir of Time' that turns the body's time back in time, and 'Elixir of Augmentation' that increases magical power..
However, since the name elixir itself is a common name for elixirs created through alchemy, there are countless types of elixirs, excluding those described above..
‘However, it is just called ‘elixir’?’
For that reason, the spell thief Seitz was currently standing in a decayed garden of the La-Palais Palace, hiding behind Ellen and the mercenaries and just rolling his eyes..
‘……What elixir are you talking about??’
Seitz tried to make up his own mind, but there was no way his head could move properly in a situation where it was difficult to breathe..
Well, all seven grandmasters of the palace are gathered together and watching. It's strange if you don't feel pressured to do it..
‘I don't know about others, but I didn't expect those old monsters to show up..’
He looked alternately at the old man with long pale eyebrows and the young woman with a black veil hanging over her eyes..
If one were to name the five most outstanding wizards in the kingdom, the two that would not be left out were Olnar Radhakalin and Nashal Anway..
Those two alone are wizards who can take on an army. However, with the remaining grandmasters and elite battle magicians pointing their wands in this direction, it seemed like there was no way out..
‘Shit. I don't know what's going on. It's full of questionable things..’
By the time I was grumbling inside,.
Ainar, the grandmaster wearing a golden mask, has returned riding a black carpet. She approached Ellen and handed her a small glass bottle with sunken eyes..
“Are you planning to do it here?” "yes.”
What was in the glass bottle was a light blue solution with a heavy texture. Ellen looked at it in the dim sunlight and spoke calmly..
“Master made it.?”
“……Yes, one of Zemar's works. I probably made it when you were just a toddler..”
“Is that so?.”
As Ellen, with her eyes closed, held the glass bottle, Einar with the golden mask hesitated for a moment before opening her mouth..
“There is no need to see swearing here. Let's go to the main palace.”
“no.”
Ellen slowly opened her eyes, adjusting her cone hat with a heart-colored feather..
“I hope as many wizards as possible will see it..”
Ai Nar, seeing the firm determination in his eyes, sighed and stepped back..
The other six grandmasters just watched Ellen without saying anything. texture
The attitude was that he would take action after confirming the results..
Ellen played with the glass bottle for a moment and whispered something. It felt like I was talking to someone, and it also felt like I was casting a spell on a glass bottle..
After the whispering ended, she looked back..
“Simos. start.”
As soon as Ellen's words left his mouth, one-eyed Simos, who had retreated before he knew it, lunged at Saitz..
“Ugh, what are you doing now?-”
Surprised Seitz waved his wrinkled hand.
Just as I was trying to resist,,
“Judial, fluitro.”
With a low incantation, a blue-tinged hand grasped the nape of my neck..
Pajik.
“Grumble,”
Seitz closed his eyes and collapsed..
Cole, who was alert and alert to the surroundings, received the elixir from Ellen and approached Saitz..
“Erinar! “What are you doing?” Hogende, an old woman wearing a velvet dress and heavy makeup, shouted. Ellen answered with an expressionless face..
“I am proving my innocence, Grand Master Hogende. Is there a problem?”
“Why are you giving elixir to that old man when you prove your innocence?!”
“Please wait a moment. You'll find out soon.”
“what!”
The battle wizards in the siege exchanged glances with each other with puzzled faces..
Liwan Doian-Lake was watching with an interested expression, and Nashal Anwei was also silent with his arms crossed..
Actufir, who had an uncharacteristically sturdy body for a wizard, tried to step forward, holding out a hand full of golden rings, but when Olnar, a curly old man, shook his head, he retreated with a strange look in his eyes..
Galnar, a handsome man in his late 30s who was busy rolling his eyes, took a second look at the old man caught in Simos's hands in an ominous mood..
“••••••no way." Only then did he realize that the old man there was the main door thief, Saitz, and he urgently stretched out his hand..
“Elenar, don't act rashly.!”
Suddenly, silver sparkling powder came out of Galnar's sleeve as he shouted. And in an instant, it formed a sphere in the palm of my hand..
“Tryscallo jellat!”
The silver orb stretched elongated according to Galnar's spell and shouted 'Kaang!' It flew away making a sound. The high-ranking spell of the Earth class, 'Crystal Spear', was fired targeting Cole who was holding the elixir..
However, from the moment Galnar shouted, Ellen's eyes were already shining bright blue..
J tsutsutsu.
A chill swept over her head. Four palm-sized icicles sprouted out of thin air. The moment the crystal spear was fired with a loud noise, the frost picks were also fired all at once..
Ta-da-dang!
The crystal spear is a spell so powerful that it can pierce even thick castle walls in an instant. However, the three frost picks struck its side in succession, causing it to lose its direction..
“Ugh,”
“blood, damage!”
The battle wizards who were building a siege on the other side screamed in horror and threw themselves..
wedge!
The crystal spear narrowly passed over their heads, making a bloody nasal sound. And only after knocking over three or four trees and breaking a rock did he fall to the ground..
Kwaang!
With dust rising in the distance, Ellen looked at Galnar with a calm expression..
“You better be careful.”
Galnar smoothed under his eyes with his gloved hand..
Blood came out. While three frost awls hit the crystal spear, the last one grazed Galnar..
“Next will be the neck or heart..”
At Ellen's cold warning, Galnar clenched his fists and ground his teeth..
“Erinar. how dare you-”
“stop.”
Olnar, who had been watching silently, touched his beard as if to cover his mouth and tried to dissuade his grandson..
“What kind of foolish behavior is this in front of the seniors and juniors of the palace?.”
“……sorry.”
When Galnar, gritting his teeth, adjusted his expression and took a step back, Ellen sat down on the rock, gathering her robes..
Immediately after, the battle wizards began to murmur..
“……what did i see.”
“Wasn’t that just a silent chant??”
“How could that possibly be the case? The casting time was ridiculously short.……
Until a year ago, Ellen was an outcast in the palace who couldn't even cast a spell. The skill she showed in such a short moment was enough to shake up the battle wizards..
“I did spell strengthening, high-speed chanting, and silent chanting all at once.?”
“Huh, this is ridiculous..”
The skill of pulling out multiple frost awls, that is, 'spell strengthening', is a level that a skilled wizard can often achieve..
‘High-speed chanting also requires special talent, but it is not a rare talent..
But Mu Youngchang is different..
A wizard who can chant without chanting is considered a superpower even among fellow wizards. It is a talent that can only be obtained through heaven-given talent and hard-earned training..
“That's not all. I aimed at two targets at the same time. One of the two was a flying crystal spear..”
“……It's driving me crazy..”
There was silence for a moment..
They were the elite of La-Palais Palace, and most of them held the title of Master. It means that you are a combat magician who can receive the best treatment wherever you go in Middle Earth..
All of them had a dejected expression on their faces..
“……How old are you this year? I think it's over fifteen.”
“I'll be eighteen soon.”
“Eighteen? This is so ridiculous..”
The move Elen just showed was so advanced that it couldn't even be imitated, to the point where the battle wizards were in a daze..
Those who were not convinced tried to express negative opinions..
“if… … . Isn’t it the power of banned books??”
“Even if it's banned, it's just a piece of book. It may help you learn new spells or increase your magic power, but it won't give you those talents..”
“……They say you can’t fool blood, so it’s not for nothing that I’m an archmage.” The battle wizards who were looking sideways at Ellen had their faces colored with admiration, jealousy, wariness, fear, and feelings of inferiority..
The grandmasters' reactions were also not much different..
Except for Einar, who was purely surprised, Olnar, who hid his smile with a hand stroking his beard, and Galnar, who had regained his composure, the rest were each looking at Ellen with a mixture of surprise and doubt..
Anyway, Ellen looked at what Cole was doing..
Cole opened the cap of the elixir and knelt down on one knee in front of Saitz. Saitz, who had been shaking his limbs with his neck pressed in Simos's grasp, suddenly raised his head..
“Oh my gosh, what is this! Get away from me!”
“Behave, Seitz..”
“Ellen, Ellen. You promised me, you swore to me!”
“okay. I swore.”
“Then what on earth is this?!”
Seitz struggled desperately, but Ellen just looked down at him with emotionless eyes..
“First, you have to testify. That elixir will help with that..”
“yes? what is that,”
“It's 'Elixir of Memory'. It allows me to pass on memories to others..”
“……Elixir of memory?”
“huh. It's a little painful to drink it. It would be better to be tied up like that than to struggle and hurt yourself..”
Saitz, who had heard rumors about the Elixir of Memory, trembled with a sense of betrayal..
“You, you, fooled me!”
“You stole a banned book and drove my teacher to death..”
Ellen continued speaking as she relaxedly adjusted the hem of her robe..
“I thought I would allow you to save your life without any pain or hardship.?”
“Don't worry too much. I will keep my promise someday too.”
Seitz was about to say something, but Cole, who noticed Ellen's nod, grabbed his cheek viciously..
Cole did not use the gentle method of calming the struggling Saitz and carefully pouring the elixir between his swollen lips..
“open your mouth.”
“Agag, Agagak-!”
He popped the whole uncorked glass bottle into Seitz's mouth..
Saitz desperately tried to push the vial away by moving his tongue. Cole put a leather gloved hand in his mouth and sealed it..
A heavy light blue solution flowed down my throat..
“Yeah, yeah.”
The effects of the elixir appeared quickly..
Seitz rolled his eyes and started convulsing, and Cole and Simos held him tightly..
“Yeah, yeah-!”
For a moment, Saitz spewed out a cloudy azure liquid from every pore on his face. The eyeball and eardrum were ruptured by a solution resembling mercury, and blood flowed out..
When Ellen waved the wand in that direction, the azure solution clumped up into a ball and floated into the air..
“Let's start.”
No one answered. Ellen moved the wand without hesitation..
Kururung.
As the azure solution vibrated with a strange sound, the smooth surface was divided into black, gray, and white. And it took on a certain shape, no, a scene..
‘As the name suggests, 'Elixir of Memory', it projected Seitz's memories..
Although it lasted less than five minutes, the disturbing scene sufficiently captured the process of him sneaking into the palace, wounding Zemar, and stealing the banned book..
Seitz, who fled to Raven's Cliff, sits on the White Throne with the help of the Dark Knight in exchange for banned books. The sky blue solution turned into clear water and collapsed..
Ellen felt choked up for a moment, perhaps because she had not seen her long-lost teacher for the first time in a long time, but Ellen quickly calmed herself down and opened her mouth..
“……“If I do this, will I be able to prove my innocence?” No one spoke to her. Everyone seemed to be lost in their own worries..
Galnar glanced sideways at the other Grandmasters. Ellen could see anxiety or nervousness in him..
“ first,”
Fortunately for Galnar, Aktu Pir stepped forward with his arms crossed..
“I confirmed the matter regarding banned books with Mr. Jemar..”
“Is there anything else you want to say??”
“of course!”
Aktufir was famous among grandmasters for strictly observing the precepts..
So, whenever something happened in the palace, he would pretend to be a magistrate or judge, and it seemed like he would be like that this time too..
“Didn't you already say that? You killed three wizards, including Master Widal. And, hey !”
“Yeah, yep!”
“Why did you come alone? Gonzalai and Olide?”
“That, Grandmaster Aktufir. that
this……
Master Hagni was a genius in his own right and was famous for his nasty personality, but even he couldn't straighten his back properly in front of the Grandmaster..
“Olide ran away with his hired men, um, mercenaries. And Gonza Rai… … died.”
“what?”
“Sorry, Grandmaster Aktufi Le. Without even having time to do anything,”
“you just shut up.”
Aktufir looked back at Ellen, muttering 'Elena r-' in an angry voice..
“There are four people in total. I killed four wizards in the palace.!”
“I couldn't help it. You can't just stand still when lightning strikes and fireballs are thrown..”
“I should have surrendered! No, no. From the beginning, he had to believe in his innocence and explain himself in front of us..”
“That's nonsense..”
“what?”
“If I had surrendered, I would have returned to the palace as a corpse, and if I had tried to explain, it would have ended up like that..”
Ellen said and pointed to Saitz..
As a result of drinking the Elixir of Time, he was bleeding from his empty eye sockets, nose, and ears. The sight of him muttering ‘Ugh, eh’ with blood foaming at his mouth did not look normal at all..
“We are not a bunch of ruthless lords, Erenaar. If you had proven your innocence and drank the elixir of time, would we have left you in ruins??”
“As you may have guessed, there is someone in the palace trying to kill me..”
Ellen's eyes were fixed on Gal Nar, who had an expressionless face..
“In this situation, if I had become a disabled person who couldn't even cover my urine, how many days would I have survived??”
“The language is excessive. Do you not believe in the fairness of the palace??”
“If the palace had been truly fair, it wouldn't have sent a chase team..”
“They were volunteers who set out to establish justice, not representatives of the will of the entire palace..”
“Grandmaster Aktufir. Please, stop saying nonsense that you yourself don't believe in..”
“gibberish? Did you just say it was nonsense??”
Aktufir was about to scold him with an angry look on his face, but Galnar, who had been standing silently, took a step forward..
“Grandmaster Aktufir, please stop. It breaks my heart to see you raising your voice because of me..”
“……What are you talking about all of a sudden? When did I raise my voice because of you??”
Galnar looked back at the crowd and made a sad expression..
“This is a garden where the hand of the founder has remained in history. Ultimately, the reason why this fight broke out in such a place was because of the false accusation made by my nephew, Elenar. And it was entirely my mistake that Elenar was framed..”
“••••••mistake?”
“yes. I was quick to suspect my nephew based only on the circumstances. How could this not be a mistake?.”
Ellen's eyes narrowed..
‘I guess you were the first to step forward because you were starting to get suspicious. swine.’
Galnar took a step forward before anyone else could reprimand him. He is pretending to repent, admitting his mistakes, and pretending that what he did was a mistake..
“Elenar, I'm sorry. I did something terrible to you..”
Ellen made eye contact with Galnar, who said so, and glanced at the audience..
As I traveled around the world and looked at it with sharper insight, it seemed like whatever had happened before would just be brushed aside and moved on..
“Elenar, let's go to the main palace for now..”
These are the words of Olnar, a curly old man..
“No matter what you've been through, I'll protect you. 'Cause you'll need time.”
Ellen answered to herself, ‘No, I don’t need it.’ She was an ordinary girl and had no intention of wasting her time in the palace..
“I heard that you experienced a lot on the continent. I go and rest in the arms of my blood relatives..”
Seeing Einar of the Golden Mask join in to soothe her, Ellen's confidence was strengthened..
If the work is completed like this, Ellen will return to the status of one of the palace's numerous trainees..
A trainee who has no choice but to obey the decisions of the grandmasters. No matter what her origins are or what her abilities are, she will have no control over anything..
And we will have to watch as Galnar, who has taken over the position of Grand Master in place of his dead master, devises another plan..
If you want to overcome that situation, you will have to engage in a political secret struggle. Cut down the opponent's power and take my side
A childish fight that is resolved.
I'll have to win someday…….
‘well.’
No one knows how long it will take.
In order for Ellen to properly demonstrate her political power as the heir of the Radhakaline family, she must prove her capabilities over and over again..
You will have to grow up by a few years, and you will also have to please the unlucky old people. Perhaps, horribly, you may be offered a marriage of convenience in the name of increasing your power..
Ellen was deep in thought with a calm expression on her face. Can you do it all??
no way. There's no way something like that is possible..
Just anticipating the possibility makes my hands shake like this..
“……Erinar?”
Seeing Ellen holding her trembling hand, Galnar approached her, acting like an uncle worried about his nephew..
Looking at that shameless face, the fire in my heart burns again..
‘If it weren't for you,’
It wouldn't have happened like this.
Moist eyes, careful hands, warm arms, and a gentle soap scent..
The intoxicating voice, the hot lips and tongue, the happiness, the night, the love that felt like cutting the spine with a knife..
All of that and phoenix.
I wouldn't have had to leave him and return to the palace alone..
‘If it weren't for you.’
If Galnar hadn't framed her, she wouldn't have gone on the trip and wouldn't have met Phoenix, but Ellen didn't have the strength to make such judgments..
It just poured fuel on the fire in my heart..
“It must have been very difficult. i am so sorry.”
By the time Galnar's hand touched her shoulder, Ellen was thinking of Phoenix, who would remain in the distant Gistol region. I was thinking about the women who remained by his side..
Deep inside, the fire in my heart burned like the hellfire I once saw..
“……Erinar. Are you okay??”
“no.”
Ellen barely uttered a single word, her shoulders trembled, she took a deep breath, and then uttered one more word..
“at all.”
When the hot depth and deep mana met, the flames boiled over..
At that moment, Ellen felt a familiar sensation. A day that already feels like a long time ago, when Poynix and she were on the verge of death, the feeling that a spell was engraved on their souls..
“What about this? for a moment-!”
Ellen stretched out her hand and caught Galnar, who sensed something unusual and tried to take a step back. And I whispered softly.
“Draconis.”
At the same time, a faint figure appeared above her head. The figure turned red and poured out flames towards Galnar..
Grumbling!
Galnar quickly raised up the dirt on the floor to block the barrage of flames..
However, the flames emitted by Ellen instantly destroyed the barrier and engulfed Galnar, like a waterfall piercing a rock..
“ugh.”
Gal Gnar, the grandmaster of La-Palais Palace and one of Radhakaline's enemies, was unable to even scream properly and was reduced to ashes..
“Block it!”
The flames that engulfed Galnar moved forward, surging fiercely, but the remaining Grandmasters were able to block the red waves thanks to their quick defensive spells..
Inside the curtain of cold that sparkled transparently when meeting the heat, Olnar Radhakal Lin followed the trail of flames with ecstatic eyes..
“……This is obviously.”
The flames, which had increased in heat, were turning beyond scarlet and turning white..
“Dragon's Breath. okay. It's the dragon's breath.”
The flame that immediately dazzled the old grandmaster shone brightly as if it would burn forever.,
“Adobe'sche.”
It was taken away at once by Ellen's short spell. But that didn't mean it was gone.
Grrrr.
The dragon's breath, which devoured Galnar and burned everywhere, shocking the audience, wrapped Ellen in its embrace as if it had its own will. It was a cloak of flame burning with white light..
Most wizards would gape at the sight of the dragon above the flames and the flow of mana contained within, but not Aktufir..
‘‘You, Elenar!”
He stretched out both hands forward, his grim face turning red..
“How dare you murder a grandmaster, and even a relative, in the middle of the palace?!”
Electric currents surged through the ten rings and four bracelets on each hand..
The force was so strong that the blue light emitted from both hands threatened to color the entire decayed garden..
However, Ellen, who faced him, only had a slightly hazy look in her eyes and had the same expressionless expression as before..
“Galnar sent his men several times to kill me..”
“If you have such suspicions, you should have witnesses and evidence to defend them, but why are you taking revenge so arbitrarily? Are you being picky and trusting in your meager strength?!”
At least there was no one in this garden who agreed with the 'small power' part of what he said, but they were not in the mood to vent..
“I didn't want to waste time.”
“foolish! You will regret this forever!”
“well.”
Ellen, clad in the breath of a dragon, looked back at Olnar and opened her mouth..
“I want to take the exam.”
“……on the test?”
“yes.”
“The owner of the palace wants to challenge for the position of ‘High Master’??”
Ellen nodded calmly..
“……The High Master position has been vacant for over 600 years. You probably don't know why.”
“It doesn't matter.”
Aktufir, who was furiously emitting electricity, looked back at Olnar with a faint look on his face..
“No way, Grandmaster Olnar. Do you intend to accept Elena Le's request??”
“It's not for him to decide, Aktufir..”
She spoke as if making a declaration while receiving the gaze of six grandmasters and forty-seven battle wizards..
“I am a descendant of Archmage Radhakaline, and I can take the test whenever I want..”
Aktufir let out a sigh and lowered his hand..
The grandmasters each looked lost in thought with different expressions on their faces, and the battle wizards had their mouths open, unable to understand what was going on..
Steedman muttered quietly, wiping his head full of cold sweat..
“……Jimmy, what the hell is going on?……
A winter afternoon as the cloudy sun sets.
In the middle of the soot-filled land, Ellen looked down at the audience..
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