The Barbarian of the Academy - Chapter 170
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7.
After leaving the banquet hall with Dillia.
The place where Ulan arrived was a small hill rising beyond the northern tower. By the time he reached the edge of the hill along a rather steep road.
“arrived.”
Dillia, who was walking ahead, stopped..
as if you've reached your destination.
Ulan stopped at the same time and looked around the hill with a puzzled face..
“where is this place?”
“starry flowing hills.”
After giving a short answer.
Dillia turned around and smiled lightly..
“It's my, most, favorite, place.”
She pulls Ulan by the arm.
After that, I took a few more steps and passed all the overgrown bushes, only then did I realize.
Why did Dillia say it was her favorite place?.
“star…….”
“a lot, a lot?”
open night sky.
The sight of countless starlights tightly covering the vast darkness was truly magnificent..
In addition, even the meteor that cuts through the sky.
It was the moment I realized why this place is called 'the hill where the stars flow'. When I was looking at the night sky blankly like that.
“…….”
Suddenly, I saw Dillia's face..
The brightest expression among the things I built today.
Her eyes, which were usually quiet like a lake, sparkled with starlight, and her expressionless face was filled with a happy smile..
As I watched this, memories of my past life came to mind. Dillia talked about why she likes her star.
「Because the night sky is always the same.」
When the seven warriors gathered together.
When we talked about each other's favorite topics, Dillia immediately picked a star..
The reason was very simple.
「Even if the world changes, the night sky doesn't change. I don't think you're a very good friend to me who has to live for hundreds of years?」
She is a hybrid of human and fairy..
Unlike other warriors who live less than a hundred years, they have to live a life of hundreds of years..
‘so that…….’
I can't help but like the stars.
Dillia said.
When I was immersed in old memories that suddenly came to my mind, I heard a voice that suddenly broke my thoughts..
“How was the grassland where Ulan lived??”
“hmm? how are you?”
“There, too, there were many stars?”
Dillia asks as if she is curious.
Of course there were many.
The meadow was not surrounded by mountains like here. He silently nodded..
“It was no different than here..”
“well, yes?”
Dillia smiled..
After looking up at the night sky for a while, she suddenly took out a water bottle. It was a water bottle that looked cool because it contained ice..
“want to drink?”
“thank you.”
It was a car I was thirsty for..
So I immediately drank a glass of water..
But the taste was a bit odd..
Would you say it tastes bitter and bitter? So, out of curiosity, I asked.
“What is this? The taste is unusual..”
“Dried, gummy, brewed tea.”
“…….”
Ulan's expression subtly changed..
I never thought we could drink tea with spiders. Still, it was surprisingly drinkable, so I drank the whole thing without complaining..
“delicious?”
“not bad.”
By the time I gave you a simple answer.
Suddenly, Dillia muttered,.
“Ulan is a strange, man.”
“what?”
“Spider cooking, but, usually, the fact that I don't pay attention to my way of speaking is also strange..”
Eyes sparkling with curiosity.
Soon, Dillia asked in a coy tone..
“I'm not curious?”
Why do you speak so bluntly?.
Ulan, on the other hand, shook his head. In response to the negative answer, Dillia asked curiously..
“why?”
“Because each person speaks differently.”
Ulan's words were not lies.
There is only one reason to be sure.
It was because pure white light radiated from his body like a star..
‘After inheriting the knowledge of the stars.’
she has one ability.
When I was talking to someone, I could see the light emanating from them..
‘I didn't know what this was at first.’
As time passed, I found out who I was..
This is the power to tell if the other person is telling the truth or lying.
If it is true, pure white light comes out, and if it is false, black smoke comes out. After testing it several times, I'm pretty sure it's accurate..
‘and Ulan…….’
Black smoke never came out..
all the way from the beginning.
This means that he has never told a lie. The moment she realized this, Dillia had something she really wanted to ask him..
‘but before that…….’
I have a story to tell you first.
Dylia, who stopped thinking, took a deep breath and looked at Ulan again..
“Have you ever heard of this?”
“……?”
“Mana's, loved, receiving, existence, to people, never, can't be loved, say.”
“I heard.”
“really? where?”
Dillia asks back with a surprised face.
But Ulan couldn't answer..
It wasn't anyone else who told him this story, it was Dillia from her past life..
“Maybe, you know the reason?”
“I don't know that far.”
Ulan shook his head..
All he had heard was that there were superstitions of that kind. On the other hand, Dillia unexpectedly replied that it was not a big deal..
“The reason is simple. Since I was born, I had to be able to use magic spontaneously..”
Mana's Lover.
From birth, they can see magic, touch it, and even interfere with it..
So even if you don't learn magic separately, you can create the magic you want using the flow and reaction of magic..
“But, that was the problem.”
When Dillia was a child.
When I was just learning the language.
She created a magic formula simply by uttering sentences out of her mouth..
It would have been fine up to this point, but the problem is that the magic was activated as soon as the spell was created..
and the result.
A total of five buildings were turned to ashes and numerous injuries occurred. Dillia, recalling the time, muttered with her dark face..
“……I was very, very scared.”
The moment the voice takes shape.
Unknowingly, the magic is activated. When he thought that he was hurting people, he couldn't say a word..
However, since it was impossible to live with one's mouth shut forever, the royal family at the time spent a lot of money to invite a special tutor..
“That, right, was Deflin..”
Archmage of the Empire, Dipplin Cernio.
She recognized Dillia's problems and immediately started training to improve them..
What was born in this process is to cut off words word by word. Her education was successful, and the problem was thus solved..
“So, this is how I came to write.”
“Right.”
Ulan nodded..
As if I finally understood everything.
But unresolved questions remain.
“But are you okay now??”
At the time, she was just a child unskilled in magic, swayed by talent and power..
whereas now it is different.
The current Dillia is a being who freely uses magic and has reached the level of an archmage. You don't have to insist on the way you talk when you were young..
“That's right. now, it's okay.”
Dillia also agreed with Ulan..
Then he said with an awkward smile.
“But, like a habit, it hardened, maybe, seldom, it was not fixed.…….”
I don't understand the answer.
If you repeat it for a long time, it's not strange that it becomes a habit..
“But, there are exceptions too.”
“exception?”
“If I have a wish that I really want to come true, I will say it without interruption..”
like right now.
Conversations flowed naturally like water flowing.
Dillia took a somewhat disturbed breath, as if she wasn't used to this kind of speech..
“For example, when I prayed for Rudine to be well, I said, just like before.”
Like the magic I unleashed when I was young, I hope your wishes come true as you say.
“And, a little, late, but…….”
the wish came true.
With the help of Ulan and Noah, Rudine miraculously opened her eyes. Ulan, who had been listening to this in silence, suddenly asked with curiosity..
“So, have all your wishes come true??”
“Yes, except for one.”
“what is that?”
Did you wish for anything besides Rudine??
Ulan tilted his head..
Meanwhile, Dillia kept her mouth shut and twitched her fingers in silence. Then he spoke in a cautious tone..
“Perhaps, the first time we met, remember?”
“Are you talking about the time of the entrance exam??”
“that's right. at that time.”
Of course I remember.
Ulan has a good memory.
“remember.”
“what you said or did?”
“You said you'd be together in the future.”
When she was protecting Dillia from an attack by a runaway magical golem, she once asked why she saved her..
At that time, Ulan replied:.
‘You are an important being, and I saved you because you will be with me even after 30 years..’
After recalling the situation.
Dillia asked with a serious face..
“That answer, even now, is the same?”
“Of course.”
“good. Well, I'll ask the condition, plus,.”
“hmm? condition?”
I asked curiously, but there was no answer. Dillia didn't say anything, just let out another deep breath..
some time after that.
The tightly closed lips were sweet..
“Do you mean, together, as a friend? or in another relationship…….”
“Of course, as a friend.”
The answer came before the question was even finished.
Dillia bit her lip slightly..
At least this time, I hoped that black smoke would come out, because Ulan's body still glowed with pure white light..
‘……truth.’
The moment I realized this.
My heart ached. Like stabbing with a knife.
just didn't bother.
‘Because I was guessing.’
He knew that the relationship between himself and Ulan was a misunderstanding that started from his one-sided misunderstanding..
The reason I realized this was simple..
‘If it wasn't an illusion…….’
I'm sure Ibella and Laurea didn't even give her room to flirt..
In the first place, Ulan called himself a friend from the first time they met..
That's why I vaguely realized.
I just didn't want to admit it.
‘but…….’
it's not over yet.
Even if the relationship started out as an illusion, the current feelings Dillia had for Ulan were absolutely not an illusion..
After brushing off all the gloomy feelings.
Dillia clenched her fists tightly..
Meanwhile around that time.
At Dillia's sudden question, Ulan continued the story he had brought up earlier..
“I can't tell you right away why I said that to you at the time, but it's a fact that you're a valued colleague..”
i know it's true.
Even now Ulan is shining brightly.
Dillia, on the other hand, shook her head..
“I'm not.”
“……what?”
“I like other things other than my colleagues.”
“something different?”
“When I said I wanted to be by Ulan's side, I didn't mean it as a colleague..”
Dillia speaks with a serious face.
Ulan, on the other hand, looked bewildered..
“I don't know what you're talking about.”
“Phew, I really don't notice.”
Dillia sighed..
as if it's frustrating.
“but it's okay now.”
It doesn't matter if you don't notice.
Because I have no intention of saying it again.
“So let me be clear.”
what do i want to say.
immediately after answering.
Dillia's eyes sparkled brightly..
At the same time, Ulan realized.
The fact that, at some point, Dillia's way of speaking changed from usual. When I realized this belatedly, a strong wind suddenly blew..
saaaaa!
fluttering petals.
Her silver hair, which had been calmly laid down, was caught in the wind. Meanwhile, Dylia's eyes were still fixed on Ulan..
and at that moment.
The tightly closed lips trembled..
“i like ulan.”
Looking at the eyes that have changed to big.
Dillia silently stretched out her hand..
as if to hold on.
“a lot.”
blushing cheeks.
A smile brighter than the stars.
It was the brightest smile of all Ulan could remember..
40page. banquet
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