How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Episode 68

“Captain Kelln! Captain Kelln!”

Leaving behind the sound of calling him, the captain of the defense started running toward the academy.

after a short while.

Arriving at the academy’s main building, he jumped off the horse’s back.

And quickly climbed towards the president’s office at the top.

Quaang!

He pushed open the door to the president’s office and entered.

“Sorry for the rudeness, President! It’s an emergency, stop!”

And there.

“I know, Kelln. Are there any problems outside the city?”

With his back to the sun shining through the window, President Zerech was sitting.

Wrinkles on his gray hair.

He looked decrepit, even holding a cane, but the captain of the defense standing in front of him was as tense as a newly enlisted recruit.

“Yes, yes! how to do that… … .”

The garrison commander asked without even thinking about wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Then Zerech sighed and spoke.

“I was just talking to the culprit.”

“criminal?”

“Looks like you ran quickly.”

“Huh, huh!?”

Seeing the man in the robe suddenly appearing and talking to him, the captain of the defense stepped back in fright.

But immediately after that, his eyes widened.

It was a face I had seen before.

“The caravan… … Aren’t you a merchant?”

Desert night with a large caravan that arrived in the city not long ago.

It was definitely the face I saw between them.

When his time was still less than full, he was confident in remembering the faces of visitors because he had built up a career of more than 10 years only by guarding the gates.

“You’re the culprit… … Could it be you?”

“It is.”

The captain of the defense went beyond bewilderment at the carefree voice and began to heat up.

Chaeeng!

He frowned and drew his sword.

“Reveal the true identity of that magic! If it’s to embellish a trivial thing, turn it off right away! There is even a son of an imperial duke in this city!”

“You know that. Not only that, but there are children of marquis families, as well as children of Glacier Baengnyeong and Jakarta. The faces of the students were splendid.”

“Then you know what you’ve done. What you are doing is declaring war on all countries.”

Now, it can be covered to the extent of Happening. While talking like that, the captain of the defense pushed his sword close at the same time.

The sword covered with a sharp aura touched the merchant’s nape.

Seeing that, Zerech sighed quietly.

“It’s no use, Kelln.”

“What are you talking about? Shouldn’t we be intimidated and made to stop playing pranks like this right away!?”

“That’s what… … I did it before you came.”

“yes?”

Awesome!

For an instant, a flash of light flashed.

Then, the merchant’s neck slowly began to drop.

“Second, President?”

As if he didn’t know that he would cut him down with a single knife, the captain of the defense let out an embarrassing voice.

right after that.

The body of the merchant who had lost his head picked up the head that had fallen to the floor.

Isn’t that what it means to put it back on your shoulder?

Seeing that, the captain of the defense let out a groan.

It wasn’t that the neck was reattached or anything. it’s just put on

What’s even more terrifying is that he didn’t die from the current blow.

The merchant was already dead long ago.

“There’s no way I could come up in front of the Geomno with my bare body in peace, right? The one here is my disciple.”

“Keugh!”

The dead body moved its mouth. A gloomy voice flowed from his mouth and filled the president’s office.

“Anyway, why are all the prosecutors so ignorant? I pulled out my knife before even talking. Thanks to you, I have already destroyed one of my beloved students.”

“However, there is no better means of communication than a sword.”

Zerech slowly rose from his seat.

Then the merchant came to the seat, and kicked out of nowhere.

bang!

The merchant’s body was blown away and lodged against the wall of the president’s office.

The head resting on the body fell to the ground. Zerech held the sword in reverse and snapped the head.

“So, what do you want? Let me listen to you.”

The merchant’s head, impaled by a sword, looked at Zerech.

And he smiled and talked.

Instead of moving her mouth on her own, it was bizarre, as if a string or something was forcibly controlling her lips.

[The Demon Dragon King laughs.]

[It is not difficult. I just came to find something that originally belonged to us.]

An S-class artifact that lies dormant in Everwhale’s Vigo.

It is said that it became the spark of an ancient great war.

[I came to receive primitive magic.]

* * *

“It looks like your basic mana management theory is a bit weak.”

“huh. I don’t feel good… … .”

“If the goal is only to avoid reprieve, there is no need to understand. I’ll point out a few places, so just memorize them.”

Xian was looking after the two of them in a separate private room in the library.

Allen only had to tell him occasionally about classes he hadn’t taken. Even most of them can be solved by reading textbooks on their own.

It was possible because there were only basic theory courses as it was a freshman year.

However, the rumors were not so well understood.

‘That’s because of the mana management part.’

There were things that were not very good in the first place, but in the case of mana management, there was still a reason.

She doesn’t use mana to compose spells and spread magic like other mages do.

By borrowing the power of Psyche, it causes a phenomenon ‘similar’ to magic.

I don’t know where Psyche’s ability and magic are different, but the point is that she doesn’t use mana.

Therefore, even if it is a basic operation that is usually realized only through daily training, she approaches only as tabletop theory without realism.

Meanwhile, while taking care of her studies, Xian watched the relationship between Allen and Yu Seol for a while.

“By the way, how do you pay for practical training?”

“Um… … I think he said he was going somewhere towards the graves of giants.”

“As expected, it doesn’t seem like it’s just a test.”

Fortunately, nothing much happened between the two.

It was worth it. Altima does not appear except in front of Allen and herself.

Psyche also thoroughly hides her existence from anyone other than Yuseol and herself.

No matter how close they are, it will not be easy for the two of them to run into each other.

「Haaa… … .”

[The snake of winter lies down.]

[Complains that books are boring.]

And the fact that Allen and Yuseol were studying seriously also played a part in it.

Because they had no ties to Altima, Psyche, or studying.

Thanks to this, the three of them devoted themselves to playing with the pen in silence.

square square.

A moment of silence ensued.

I can’t just look at the two of them studying. Xian also continued to review and checked the test ranges one by one.

After tidying up like that, I straightened my back with the thought of taking a break.

“coup… … .”

“… … .”

Perhaps he had fallen asleep, but Yuseol was lost in dreamland.

Xian, who was contemplating whether to wake him up, got up from his seat thinking of letting him sleep for a while. He was about to rest too.

“Are you going to catch your breath? I go too.”

Seeing Xian stand up, Allen followed.

The two of them came out to the small terrace installed by the window.

After being in an enclosed space, I came out and the open air cooled my forehead.

“Whoa… … ! Really, why do humans like things like books so much?”

Fire.

A spark lit up next to Allen and the figure of a small girl appeared.

It was Altima who had been sleeping all the time Allen was studying.

“Blind. Do you enjoy reading books?”

“enough. Because the knowledge of our ancestors is written in the book.”

「Huh. I don’t know.”

Passing on knowledge to future generations through books.

It was a culture that had little ties to spirits.

They don’t have any particular biological offspring, and since they have a long lifespan, you can just pass on a fair amount of knowledge through words.

For them, their own life itself is a tower of knowledge they have built.

“… … .”

Xian leaned on the terrace and looked away. It’s good to look far away when your eyes are tired.

In the meantime, he made a strange discovery.

A little chaotic movement was seen on one side of the city.

“What is that?”

“that?”

“Over there. It seems a bit cluttered.”

“In that direction… … It’s where the garrison is. Didn’t something go wrong in the caravan?”

Xian agreed with Allen’s words.

If there is anything cluttered in the city at this time, it’s hard to think of anything other than caravans. Since there were a lot of people from outside, there must be a lot of trouble.

I was looking towards the city.

The wind was blowing, and Xian’s front pockets rustled slightly.

“uh? that.”

Seeing the red feather protruding from there, Altima let out a voice.

Xian took out the firebird feather and looked at Altima.

“It’s the Firebird’s feather. Do you know too?”

“Of course you know. Are those my feathers?”

“what?”

Altima’s body began to burn.

Soon the shape of the flame changed and it turned into a bird.

Contrary to the blue flame, the color of the feathers is red.

And, smaller than the palm of your hand, it looks like a cute cat.

“Look at this. Is it the same?」

The guy who turned into a small bird showed off his wings in front of Xian. Xian saw his feathers.

It certainly resembled the feathers of a firebird.

A little bit in size… … No, it was very small.

“Don’t look at me with those eyes! It’s only this size because it lost its power, it’s actually much bigger!”

She has been sleeping since ancient times in the clear stream house that Allen’s family enshrined, but she didn’t actually spend that long time in it.

There were several times when I secretly ran away on a whim.

The appearance of this phoenix is the one taken at that time. Unlike her blue flame, her red feathers were also a way to hide her identity when she ran away from home.

When I still had a lot of strength, I had a thrilling adventure with a human colleague.

「Whoa, by the way, I would have thought that the dark man would keep all my feathers. Are there any cute corners? it’s ok i know everything My feathers are said to bring good luck to humans? Shall I pick one more? do you want to have it?”

“… … .”

Watching the red snapper talking, Xian recalled the conversation he had with Yung.

―With the help of the great and wise Phoenix Bird, the anecdote of repenting the wicked and building the Mage Tower is a famous story in Glacier Baengnyeong.

“… … .”

“Whoops, what do you want?”

He shut his mouth as he saw the little pike smirking and puffing out his chest.

this… … Goddess of the Flame Magic Tower?

The one who is being held up like a legend in the Magic Tower?

‘I’ll never talk to the wizard of the Flame Mage Tower.’

For some reason, it was as if I had learned a side of the world that I would prefer not to know until I die.

Incidentally, the luck that feathers were said to bring was completely unbelievable.

* * *

At night, Xian returned to the dormitory.

During the day, I roughly looked at the scope of the written test.

From now on, you will just have to check it a little bit every day so that you don’t lose your sense.

However, rather than writing, I was more concerned about practical writing now.

“What?”

“notification? I thought it was related to practical work?”

This is because a notice about practical training was posted on the bulletin board on the first floor of the dormitory.

The content was simple.

The practical test, which was originally supposed to enter the tomb of giants, is changed to a school competition due to school circumstances.

Instructors conduct sparring under observation and score points. Detailed schedule and rules will be released tomorrow.

It was roughly like this.

“Why did you suddenly change?”

“I don’t know. There seems to be something going on at school.”

“I got bored a lot when it turned into an intramural competition.”

“It’s comfortable, so what?”

Students checking the notice and leaving one by one.

Xian also returned to the room as it was.

I didn’t know what the situation was like at school, but I felt sorry for him too.

The real battle to go to the tomb of the giants has been stopped and changed to something like an intramural competition.

It’s Dalian, but there’s nothing special about it because it’s usually a day and night if you go to Dalian Square.

“Are there any special rules?”

While thinking about that, I was boiling water in the teapot.

smart.

I heard a knock on the window.

At first, I thought I heard it wrong, so I ignored it and prepared tea leaves.

smart smart

I didn’t hear it wrong.

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Just like before, no, one more knocking sound clearly reached Xian’s ears.

When I pulled up the curtains with a puzzled face, there was an unexpected guy.

“Hey, hey.”

“Erze?”

“I’m sorry all of a sudden… … . I have a favor to ask of you.”

Ergé, who was supposed to be in the girls’ dormitory, was knocking on the window of her room for some reason.

He put on Kelhazard’s cape so as not to be seen, and climbed up the tree to the window of Xian’s room.

“What do you mean by request?”

It is night time when male and female dormitories are prohibited.

She’s excellent at hiding, so she won’t get caught, but even so, rules are rules.

Is there a favor important enough to break it?

Thinking of that, Xian asked.

“Me, teach me to study too!”

It didn’t matter at all.

No, it may be important to the person concerned, but it’s true that it’s not enough to come here late at night.

‘Come to think of it, he was also in last place.’

Ergé’s ring is always in last place.

It is said that even in the written section of the entrance exam, he scored equal to or lower than the testimonial.

Xian let out a small sigh.

“… … ok, got it I’ll make sure you don’t get paid, so go back today.”

I’ll just have to take a look tomorrow. I just need to point out what I told Yoo Seol today.

I thought for a moment that if I had known it would be such a hassle, I would have skipped the entrance exam.

On the other hand, I felt like I was keeping the word Yeomno told me to build a lot of friendships when I entered school.

It’s not like I’m wasting a lot of time… … .

“huh. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Go quickly before you get caught.”

After urging him to get down from the tree quickly, Xian prepared the tea leaves.

Then his hand stopped for a moment.

Suddenly, I remembered that there was a strange part in Ergé’s words earlier.

… … You say ‘me too’?