The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 165
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3.
Dillia's half-sister, Rudine Arpen.
Noah explained how to cure her, who became disabled due to runaway magic..
Everything from Uhlan's obtaining the recipe for the cure in Dyflin's lab to gathering ingredients in the capital together with him..
“……!”
After the end of the story.
golden eyes fluttered.
A completely unexpected story. Faced with the wish she had longed for since long ago, she asked in a trembling voice..
“that, that's true?”
“huh. Here's the recipe too.”
In case you don't believe it, I also delivered the recipe written in Dipplin's handwriting..
“Seriously, the cure…….”
She is unable to speak as if speechless.
But the silence didn't last long.
From the moment I realized that the recipe was real, I had already decided what to do..
some time after that.
Helena and her maids came with a bunch of herbs. A situation where all materials are available. I didn't have to hesitate anymore.
“i will help.”
Noah, who was watching, also added strength.
Around the time when the two girls were engrossed in making a cure. Ulan watched the scene from a distance..
rumble!
thunder from the boat.
I wanted to fill it with something right away, but I wasn't in the mood to say let's go out to dinner..
‘That side is more important now.’
Because it was the moment when Dillia's long-held wish was about to come true. No matter how much I noticed, I knew that much even if I was a uhlan with my eyes in the abyss.
So let's wait a little longer.
When I stroked my hungry belly.
“excuse me…….”
Suddenly someone spoke.
brown haired maid. She was Helena, who took Dillia's orders and brought her herbs. She immediately handed over a large basket..
“Would you like some of this if it's okay?”
“This……?”
“It's an ordinary sandwich..”
When I removed the cloth covering the basket, I saw dozens of sandwiches. Not much, but enough to satisfy hunger..
“is what you give me?”
“I think you are very hungry.”
“If so, I will be grateful.”
Immediately after bowing to Helena's favor.
Ulan started eating late.
munching! chomp!
I greedily stuffed the sandwich into my mouth, and it wasn't long before the basket ran out..
“I'm eating really well.”
Ulan finished the meal as if closing his eyes.
Helena asked in surprise..
“can i get some more?”
“you can bring more.”
Shortly after his request.
Two baskets the same size as before were placed in front of Ulan. And Ulan got rid of even this in the blink of an eye..
After a while, a satisfied smile bloomed..
I think I just ate some.
Meanwhile, when the meal is over.
Helena, who had been silently watching him, approached with quick steps. Then, in a cautious tone, she insinuated.
“You said you were a friend of the princess.?”
“exactly.”
“Then may I ask how is the academy life? I've been wondering since I haven't heard anything from you in the last half year..”
I got a sandwich too, so you can say it as a thank you. Ulan nodded her head willingly and brought up the story of Dillia..
From the first time I met her until recently. Hearing her various anecdotes, Helena burst into admiration with her face of wonder..
“Ah, then, are there any other friends of the princess besides the two of you at the academy??”
“there is.”
“Really? how many people?”
Eyes twinkling like stars.
Faced with a face filled with some unknown expectation, Ulan was lost in thought. It was to remind people who could be called Dillia's friends..
‘Ibella, Laurea, and Ian.’
Of course, it's a little awkward to see them as friends right now, but they are colleagues who will fight against the abyss together in the future. So you can call me a friend.
“So far, there are five people in total..”
“all, five?!”
Helena is startled.
Like I heard a nonsense story.
After putting on a dazed expression for a moment, she continued to spit out various questions nonstop..
Ulan calmly gave an answer, and the time flew by..
“Oh, I had too many questions?”
Meanwhile, Helena's expression changed..
A face you want to miss. She bowed her head apologetically and said.
“sorry. She has been taken care of by the princess since she was little, so I have a lot of worries about her..”
As I looked at Helena, who smiled awkwardly, something suddenly crossed my mind..
memories of past lives.
At the time, Dillia once said:.
Until she met other warriors, including Ulan, there were only two people she could truly trust and rely on..
One is her half-brother, Rudine Arpen..
And the other said that she was an exclusive lady-in-waiting who had taken care of her since she was a child..
‘Then this woman is…….’
It must be the exclusive maid Dillia said..
After guessing, Ulan shook his head..
“I don't mind if you ask more.”
“yes? really?”
“'Cause there's nothing to do anyway.”
Ulan looked at Noah and Dylia..
A job that never seems to end.
There was nothing to do while waiting, so Ulan decided to hang out with Helena a little more..
So the two talked a lot.
Helena also wanted to hear about Dillia's friends, and Ulan limited his answers to what he knew..
After a not short time has passed.
By the time she had almost run out of things to say, Helena's expression had become much more refreshed. As if all the questions she had been wondering about were resolved.
“Oh, can I ask one more question?”
“I still have questions?”
“really last.”
When Ulan asked back as if he was fed up, Helena scratched her cheek shyly. Then, with a serious face, she asked a question..
“The princess's friend, so what exactly is the relationship between Ulan and the princess??”
“You said colleague earlier..”
“that's all?”
“exactly.”
Ulan nodded repeatedly.
Helena, on the other hand, frowned. As if it's not very clear. After a while, she pondered and asked the question again..
“It's not a special male-female relationship.?”
“relationship between man and woman?”
“……I don't see the reaction.”
Helena sighed..
like it's frustrating. Then he glanced at the place where Dillia was and muttered.
“Well, the princess is probably an outsider too, so I guess I'll have to help..”
an unknown word.
Around the time Ulan tilted his head.
Noah, who had been engrossed in work all along, stretched with a frown on his face..
It was with a smile filled with a sense of accomplishment.
“is it over?”
“yes, i'm done.”
A job that took half a day.
The long-awaited result is complete.
It was a cure that restores twisted blood vessels due to runaway magic and allows magic to flow again..
“then let's go.”
Once the medicine is complete, there is only one thing to do.
Ulan accompanied Noah and Dillia to the north of the capital. It was the tower where Rudine Arpen was imprisoned..
4.
Northern Tower of the Arpen Royal Castle.
Originally, this was the residence of the tombkeepers who managed the Royal Cemetery. However, in the process of expanding the cemetery, new accommodations were created, and as a result, no one lived in the tower..
The ninth princess of the Principality of Arpen.
Until Rudine Arpen was imprisoned.
all over!
Climbing the Long Stairs.
From the time they arrived at the tower until now, the only people the group encountered were a nanny and a maid. There are only six guards guarding the tower..
It was a moment when I desperately realized how Rudine was being treated..
“…….”
Around the time I swallowed my anger at this treatment.
I have arrived at my destination.
At the end of a long stairway. Dillia reached out and tapped on the door..
smart!
When I opened the door, I saw the scenery inside the room..
An old bed and a small table. Dillia's gaze turned to the girl lying on the bed..
“……Rudine.”
skinny blonde girl.
Dillia bit her lip, looking so diminutive and frail that it was hard to believe that she was 14 years old this year..
But the anger is short-lived.
Regaining her composure, she placed the meticulously selected starflower flowers in a vase by the window..
so that we can grow under the moonlight.
“sister, come How have you been??”
Naturally, no answer came back..
Because Rudine was unconscious. But Dillia didn't mind and spoke up..
after a considerable amount of time.
After finishing the story, Dillia closed her mouth. Then Noah, who was watching the situation, said,.
“let's start.”
“……huh.”
eyes full of determination.
She took a deep breath and took out the medicine she and Noah had made together..
A cure that was created after careful consideration over and over again. Dillina opened Rudy's mouth with her tense face and let her pills flow..
Rumble! pop!
every last drop.
Change came soon after.
“……!”
Dillia's eyes have become large.
It seemed clear to her as a great sorceress..
The sight of magic flowing through the twisted veins and clogged veins of magic power again. At the same time, Rudine's complexion began to improve little by little..
“ah ah ah!”
clearly noticeable change.
Dillia shuddered..
Because it was the moment when the longed-for and longed-for wish came true..
But at that moment.
“……uh?”
Noah furrowed his eyebrows..
It's because I found something out of the ordinary..
“Now wait! This!”
She's not the only one who noticed the change.
Dillia, who can see the flow of magical power with her eyes, also quickly found something strange. The amount of magical power permeating Rudine's body..
Of course, the horsepower itself is normal.
However, the problem is that Rudine's body has not recovered enough to accept this normal amount of magical energy..
and the result.
Rudine's body swelled little by little..
Like an overinflated balloon. If it goes on like this, the result won't be much different..
When the faces of the two girls turned pale.
“get out of the way i will help.”
Ulan, who had been silent, came out.
Even though you can't see the flow of magic, that doesn't mean you don't know what's going on.
Ulan raised his spirit. Then he started injecting it into Rudine..
‘I only have one thing to do.’
First of all, protect your heart with spirits.
Next, after carrying the spirit along with the blood circulating throughout the body, it helps to strengthen the weak body so that it can accept all the magic power..
It's never easy.
However, he worked with superhuman concentration. Because it was to save the family of a precious colleague.
how long has it been like that?
When the sky, where the sunset was spreading, turned dark, Ulan, who had wrestled for a long time, sighed softly..
“Whoa.”
“uh, how is it?”
Noah asks with an anxious face.
Ulan quietly reaped the spirit. Then she grinned and replied.
“it's okay now.”
I passed the hurdle and absorbed the mana.
As evidence of that, Rudine's face gradually regained the color of a normal person. Breathing, which was weak as if it would go out at any moment, has returned to normal.
Noah and Dillia sat down in their seats without asking anyone first. It must be because the tension in the legs disappeared and the strength in the legs relaxed..
“Phew, I'm glad.”
“Ooh, that's good. really, really…….”
Dillia cries as if relieved.
She carefully hugged Rudine with thick tears dripping down her face..
pounding! pounding!
A distinct pulse felt in the chest.
With the sound of her heart beating regularly, Dillia let out a cry she had been holding back. They were tears of joy for a long-held wish to come true..
6.
some time after that.
Dillia, who had been sobbing for so long, stopped crying after a considerable amount of time had passed..
She called Helena to take care of Rudine, and only after confirming that her condition had improved did she come down from the tower..
“……thank you so much.”
immediately after reaching the ground.
She bowed her head to Ulan and Noah.
There were so many things I wanted to say, but now nothing came out except thank you..
The two of them made her most cherished wish come true. She received such great grace that even her whole life would not be enough to pay it back..
“So, I swear.”
“huh? swear?”
“If there is anything you want from me, tell me.”
There was determination in the golden eyes.
“Manae, by my name, I swear, whatever, whatever your wish, I will, unconditionally, grant it..”
“……!”
Noah's eyes widened..
It was natural. Dillia is an existence that will soon become the continent's strongest wizard. In other words, what she just said is like a blank check..
But Ulan shook his head..
“it's okay don't worry.”
“what? but…….”
“We are friends. It is natural for friends to help each other. So there's no reason to be reciprocated.”
very simple logic.
It sounded like a caring answer..
Dillia had a momentary expression of emotion, but quickly shook her head..
“no. Still, I want to grant your wish.”
Just because we're friends, it's too much to pass off as helping.
She is unusually stubborn.
Ulan pondered for a moment..
“i get it. Then tell me your wish.”
“huh. whatever, tell me.”
She nodded happily..
At the same time Ulan made a wish.
“stay by my side forever.”
“……!”
“my wish is all.”
Dillia's eyes shook..
A face with a clear expression of bewilderment.
On the other hand, Ulan's face was serious. Observing this, Noah quickly grasped the situation..
‘Now Dillia is a total warrior.’
As a hero and a great mage, she is an existence that is sufficient with one power. Now that we are facing the abyss, Dillia's existence will be of great help..
‘Also, being together is easier to keep.’
After the Abyssal Cultist Assault.
Ulan and Noah realized.
It is safer for all seven warriors to be gathered together than to be scattered individually..
‘So Ulan's intention…….’
As a great mage and star witch, she must have told me to stay by her side to face the abyss and to protect it from the worshipers of the abyss..
Noah was so sure.
Meanwhile around that time.
Dillia, who had a puzzled expression on her face, suddenly dyed her cheeks reddish. She then cleared her throat and whispered in a voice as small as a mosquito..
“……It's, as a wish, Bill, I don't need it.”
“what do you mean?”
“That's what I mean, I don't have any intention of leaving Ulan anyway..”
Didn't you already promise?
That we will continue to be together.
“So, other, wish, tell me.”
“I can't remember anything other than…….”
“Then, later, if you remember, by all means, tell me.”
“i get it. promise.”
The conversation ended with this.
A gloomy atmosphere came in an instant. Then a voice broke the silence.
It was Ulan.
“I have to go back now.”
“Are you going back? Where?”
“I'm talking about Arsene Academy..”
“what? already?”
Dillia with a startled expression.
Ulan, on the other hand, nodded calmly. It was because I was planning to go back as soon as I was done with my business from the beginning..
Even if Noah was second, Ulan who did not pass the retest would have left the academy without any permission..
“Then let's start school.”
After a short goodbye.
The moment I tried to turn around immediately.
“……no.”
“what?”
“still can't go.”
Suddenly, Dillia blocked the way..
With her arms wide open, she spoke as if pleading with a desperate look on her face..
“It's been a long time since I've come this far. So, a little longer, a little longer, it's okay, wouldn't it??”
“uhm, but…….”
When Ulan was about to shake his head.
Noah, who had been silent, intervened..
“Dillia is right..”
“what does that mean?”
“As long as you came out without permission anyway, the punishment is certain. Then it would be the same as going back now or going a few days late..”
The punishment will be the same anyway.
a reasonable opinion.
Ulan thought silently..
Meanwhile, Dillia, who noticed that he was worried, immediately flashed her eyes..
“And, we'll throw a party, too!”
“party?”
“To celebrate, because a lot of work has happened. Probably, delicious, cooking, too, a lot?”
much more than the faculty cafeteria.
Ulan's eyes suddenly changed at the quietly added explanation. My heart was shaken by Noah and Dillia's persuasion..
“then stay a little longer.”
“huh! relax, stay.”
A brightly colored face. Dillia babbled with her rosy face..
“Ah, anyway, sooner or later, because the vacation is over, let's just go back together, just in time for the opening ceremony.”
Noah's complexion brightened at those words..
That meant going back safely in a comfortable carriage..
but at that moment.
I heard a voice beating candles..
“no, that's not allowed.”
A voice as hard as a wooden stone.
Soon regular footsteps surrounded all directions..
Rangers in light armor. A mountain knight order that the Principality of Alpen is proud of..
Around the time I recognized the unusual atmosphere.
Suddenly a man walked out.
Dillia hardened her expression as soon as she saw him, and the man also glared at her and said firmly..
“no need to go back to the academy.”
“what are you saying…….”
“As long as you reach the level of the Archmage, you won't learn anything there anyway..”
Ergent Runmond Arpen.
Scattering cold eyes, he is Dillia's real father and the one who confined Rudine to the tower..
He was the ruler of Arpen..
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