2nd Round Villain

176 – The Mischievous Magician’s Riddle – 1

A sphere embodying light shyly folds over the horizon. The darkness that announces the night falls on the ground. Then the life that lives and breathes sleeps quietly. Silence covers the world.

but i don’t sleep

Originally, there were plenty of reasons not to fall asleep. It was all the more so since the princess, who didn’t know when an accident might happen, was added. I don’t like having to lose my precious sight to the princess, though.

huh? Why are there so many reasons why I can’t sleep? Oh, because Maria is sleeping next to me, Maria is sleeping on my arm as a pillow, and Maria is sleeping peacefully in my arms? Isn’t it a very obvious and famous truth?

Maria fell asleep. You must be swimming in a sweet dream by now. Imagining such a cute figure of Maria keeps making me laugh. So, I raise my finger and touch the sleeping Maria’s cheek.

“Keep still. Why are you doing this to a sleeping child?”

A whisper from the corner catches me. I look back with bitter eyes.

“What if I wake up because of you? The saintess of day seems to have no idea that the saintess of night is here, so is it okay if the saintess of daytime is sober during class?”

“omg… ! Maria, who struggles to stay awake in class even though her eyelids are about to close on their own? I can’t stand this… !”

“… He is curious about the accident circuit.”

There is Albrecht, squatting with his back half-back against the wall in the corner and his knees pulled. Her empty, indifferent gaze always attracts attention. The presence is not insignificant.

“Don’t ask me one thing.”

“What?”

“You are not human, are you?”

“I’m asking you that out of the blue. Does it matter?”

“You don’t even try to hide it.”

“Because I know it won’t be hidden just because I hide it.”

Albrecht looked at me with a meaningful look at the man who yielded one arm to Maria. Being proud, I behaved shamelessly.

“It’s like the wind that suddenly disappears. Nothing remains in the past, but the heads of those who have experienced it once pursue it forever.”

“Stop the literary talk. Get to the point.”

“Evans, I’m thinking about what you would be if you weren’t human. With the power to reach absolute strength, who would be able to fall in love with the saintess of the Holy Church and follow her to the academy in disguise?”

“Your Highness, who do you think it is?”

“… First off, I’m not an elf. There are absolutely no strong elves on the current side of the elves. I heard that Elaine, who is considered the divine archer, is being considered the next absolute strongest, but that’s all.”

Listening to it quietly brings out a snort. What nonsense are you talking about?

“Your Highness, don’t count on such things and look at my ears. First of all, it’s not from the elf ears. Who are you confusing with pointy ears? Siri makes me feel bad.”

“I don’t know. You are in disguise now.”

“huh? Are you a disguise? Why am I doing that?”

It’s out of the blue. Why do you keep putting on a disguise? who did that?

However, as if he had thought so sincerely, Albrecht asked back, even more absurd than I was.

“Does that mean, the way you look now is the way I saw you?”

“Why not?”

“Hmm… Then the dragon… No, that would include polymorphs, so it wouldn’t be dragons either. Black black hair and red eyes… Are you a demon or demon?”

Oh, right answer.

I curled my fingers instead of snapping them, so Maria wouldn’t wake up. Seeing the OK hand, Albrecht spoke up at once.

“It’s not the devil. They are the complete opposite of the Holy Church. Are you a demon? Considering the average life span and growth period of the demon tribe, the appearance of the four young men now would mean that they are between tens and thousands of years old.”

“Oh, you did a good job with no clues. But isn’t the scope too large? Tens to thousands. The history of the empire must be shorter than that.”

“No further reasoning is possible. Doesn’t the original woman know well about the demons? Still, since I live in an academy, I think I should investigate it sometime.”

Albrecht’s voice was unexpectedly calm.

“A normal person would think of running away first. You never know when you will die.”

“It doesn’t seem like a bad way, but if you do that, the original woman’s throat will fly off. by you.”

“Oh, I know. A person who knows the secret even runs away? No matter how generous I am, I can’t tolerate this.”

“Tsk… Why did the colossal demon tribe pursue the saintess?”

Receiving that question, I quietly stroked Maria’s hair. I was strangely attracted to something small, delicate, and tickling.

Maria’s body is always covered in white light. Just like in Tartarus in the Tower of Babel, which was locked in pitch black. Now that he is young, his strength is weak, but the light still lives and breathes beside Maria, albeit weakly.

I touched the light carefully. fingertips tickle

“Because I Love You.”

At the same time, he spoke roughly in the direction where the princess would be sitting.

“A descendant born of a demon loves the daughter of a god, that sounds like a snort even if a passing dog hears it.”

“… Just saying that is a bit upsetting. What is it that denigrates the love of others?”

“If you want to refute it, try it yourself. A lot of dogs will grab your belly button and get cocked.”

“Well, then I think my ego will be cut down endlessly.”

“Puh… .”

Albrecht let out an incomprehensible laugh. It’s so quiet, the noise that comes vividly as if you’re exhaling right next to you.

“Even that demon is absolutely strong.

“A noble person knows all about my worth.”

“Which family are you from? I heard that there are four dukes in the Demon Realm. If your age is enough to produce an absolute strong person, then you must have a duchy background.”

“For a magician to look fantastic, proper mysticism is essential. After that, guess on your own.”

I meant to stop worrying about it, but it must have been taken as a provocation to Albrecht. she said in an intrigued tone.

“Come on, I’ll find out by tomorrow night.”

“You want to try a riddle? good. If it’s a riddle, there should be a reward. There has to be a risk of failure.”

It presents a challenge that a magician cannot bear. I’m not interested in Albrecht, but if the genre turns to riddles, that’s a different story.

“If you’re wrong, don’t talk to me in the future. I can’t even pay attention to Maria alone.”

“What if the original woman guesses?”

“If it fits… What do you want?”

“Hmm… .”

Albrecht put his chin on his chin and pondered deeply. After judging and making a decision, she opens her mouth.

“I’m curious about your love story. tell me that.”

“what? Sa, love?”

“Isn’t that enough to be motivated? The situation in which the demon tribe, who is absolutely strong, and the saintess, the daughter of the main deity, even had a love affair, it is impossible not to be tempted.”

“… OK, you need to get it right instead. I won’t admit that I just took a picture and put it together. Please explain based on proper logic and evidence. until tomorrow night. Then I will possess the ancient Shakespeare and unravel the best story of my life.”

“It’s been a while since I’ve been interested in you.”

As if the words he was uttering were not lies, Albrecht’s golden eyes were filled with the emotion of longing. That doesn’t look like her.

Albrecht immediately rose from his seat. She walked briskly to the study, took out books that she couldn’t understand, and started reading them quickly on the spot. Fluttering sheets of paper tumble over as if fluttering in a gust of wind.

“It’s good to investigate, but don’t be loud. What if Maria wakes up?”

“OK.”

That night went like that. Albrecht finds and reads books all night for the purpose of research, I hold Maria in my arms and only stroke her hair, and Maria breathes lightly and spends a comfortable night’s sleep.

Dawn began to break. A light still mixed with green comes through the window.

Princess Albrecht was immersed in the investigation without losing her concentration until that moment. Is that the person who always lay in bed and stared at the wall? Once you have an interest, you are passionate enough to burn.

“Maria, open your eyes now. I have to go.”

“ah… Yes, thank you. Your Highness… ?”

“Hey, I’m obsessed with reading books all night long. hey! majesty! Leave that one too!”

“It is already time to go. thanks for letting me know.”

Maria on the right arm, Albrecht on the left. Then he stood with one foot on the window sill.

“How about it, do you think you know a little about riddles?”

“I guess I should find out more. Don’t worry. We’ll find out later tonight.”

“… It’s kind of scary to say that.”

“A riddle? Did you two talk about anything while I was sleeping?”

“not a big deal. Now, let’s go back to our original seats.”

After dropping the two of them on the roof of the dormitory, I took out my magic wand. Then, after stirring it a couple of times, she uttered an incantation.

“Change! yap!”

pop-!

In the next moment, in front of my eyes were only two small dolls that once played Albrecht and Maria.