* * *

Kane of the Black Cat felt the hair all over his body stand up.

Imprisoned in the cellar of Philip’s villa, his heart raced madly when Philip brought in a young woman with dark blue hair.

‘That b*tch… … He must be the instructor of the Faculty of Magic… … ?’

Although the intuition trained as an assassin could not prevent Philip’s ambush, it did allow him to feel that the woman was an absurd monster.

“What is this guy? I can feel the corrupt and evil energy, and I want to crush it and kill it right away.”

Dragon Privia said that as soon as she saw Kane.

“You can’t kill this guy. Miss Freevia. A woman named Stella, the chief of the Black Myo tribe, seems to know the location of Nepen.”

Philip tried to dissuade her, but Privia snorted.

“under! Do you believe that?”

“Could you have believed it straight away? Well, it would be true that the chief knew the location of Nepen, but it would have been difficult to come out alive if he had gone unprepared.”

“… That’s why you found me.”

Freevia laughed as if it was absurd. I got angry when I decided to help him anyway, and I was quite happy with Philip’s boldness.

To even think of getting help from a dragon for a job of this magnitude was an idea beyond the bounds of an ordinary human.

“… Who is that woman?”

The shrunken Kane let out a frightened cry and rolled up his tail.

“If you know her identity, you must die. Do you want to know?”

“No way… .”

To Philip’s question, Kane quickly denied it.

“Then be polite and guide us to your chieftain.”

* * *

‘It’s so comfortable.’

Philip, who used the Privia portal once again, looked at her while thinking that way.

“What are you looking at?”

“no.”

Freevia observed her surroundings for a while, then felt Philip’s gaze and brusquely shot back. The expression seemed so annoying that Philip decided not to provoke her.

The place he traveled through the portal was a mountain range far from the academy.

“This way.”

Kane of the Black Myo tribe was tied up like a mummy and guided with his tail. As if they had moved to a fairly close place, a thick fog greeted them as they moved a little.

It was still midnight, so I could barely see an inch ahead.

“It’s a low-level barrier. You can cancel it right away, but it must have been for some reason.”

Privia snapped her fingers as she said that.

Then the mist parted and showed them the way. Philip admired that ridiculous ability.

The fog tried to deceive Philip’s senses from the moment he encountered it, and it seemed to be a kind of barrier that confused his sense of direction, perspective, and spatial perception.

After passing through the fog, I saw a small village.

It was a very ordinary place, looking like a village in a country estate with no particular specialties.

“Miyaaaong.”

“Whehehehe.”

There were just a few black cats. From kittens to grown-up cats, they were hanging out on the fence or in the grass, depending on their preference.

The cats bounced up to watch Philip and Privia enter the village.

“hahahaha!”

“Haaagh!”

Seeing this, Privia muttered incredulously.

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“You’re too insignificant to even get angry.”

Philip agreed.

“Free me. I will guide you.”

Kane, who was tied up, suggested. Philip hesitated for a moment. Because I didn’t know what this black cat was up to.

“Resolve it.”

However, at Freevia’s instructions, he cut the ropes that bound Kane with his dagger. I just didn’t want to get into trouble with her over this.

Privia touched Kane’s forehead with her finger. Kane, who was released soon after, immediately wrapped himself in a shadow and soon became human.

Neria screamed in surprise when a man with shaggy hair and a messy beard appeared.

―Aww! too bad!

“My people, I Kane, a member of yours, has returned. Where is the chieftain?”

“Kane?”

Cats tilted their heads at his appearance. Soon they also assumed human form.

In an instant, dark-haired, dark-eyed people surrounded him. Their clothes were shabby and dirty.

A shirt or trousers made of stitched fabric or leather.

Women wore skirts short enough to barely cover their buttocks.

It seemed that the purpose was not to show beauty or s*x appeal, but because the fabric was lacking.

One of them, a man in his forties, stepped forward.

“okay. Kane. I remember you. You must have left the village with the chief’s mission… Why did you appear now after not contacting me for over ten years?”

At the man’s words, Kane asked what he was talking about.

“I remember you too. Cool Luin. But what does that mean? I would have left town to become an assassin?”

The man glared at Kane for a moment, then sighed.

“It seems that the chieftain’s guess was correct. subdue them Apparently, that cursed incubus has done something terrible to our people.”

At the man’s instructions, the surrounding Black Cats made threatening noises, exposing their fangs.

“What is this? I am your kin Although I left because of circumstances, the blood of the Black Myo tribe flows through my body. You cannot do this to me.”

Kane, greatly embarrassed, hurriedly shouted,

Philip looked at Privia. She too was looking at Philip with a gaze full of annoyance and annoyance.

“… Cheeky little things.”

In the end, Chimi couldn’t overcome her annoyance.

As Privia raised her hand, Phillip felt a huge pressure from above his head. Suddenly, it felt like the force of gravity multiplied several times.

“Ahh!”

“aaagh!”

The Black Myao people screamed and fell flat on the ground as if a giant was squeezing them with their hands.

Screams of terror were heard here and there.

Soon, only Philip and Privia were left standing. Phil wasn’t out of the range of Privia’s magic, but he was able to withstand it by dispersing the force somehow.

“… .”

Freevia stared at Philip with interest for a moment, then turned her attention to the Black Myo.

“If I kill you guys like this, will a guy called the chief come out?”

It was a truly violent and sure thing to do. Philip didn’t think her method was wrong. Because it was one of the most time-saving ways in the current situation.

‘… If I had come alone, I would have been in trouble.’

But I couldn’t help but endure it. If this state continued for a few more minutes, he too would break his knees.

‘This is gravity magic.’

It was one of the magics used by those called great sages to turn the tide of the war.

“Ouch… you are… Who are you?”

A middle-aged black-haired man crawled on the floor and looked up at Privia with difficulty.

“It’s not something a little thing like you would know.”

In her disrespect for the man, Philip noticed that he was receiving ridiculously special treatment.

She seemed to show no favors to those she felt were worthless.

His natural personality is not cruel, so he doesn’t despise life itself, but he doesn’t treat him with kindness more than necessary.

Soon, a black cat appeared between the alley and the fence. Compared to other cats, her fur was a bit more shiny, and her face was a bit prettier with a slim body.

The cat was instantly engulfed in shadow and changed into a human form.

It was a woman in her late twenties with long black hair.

“I am! I am Stella, the chief of the Black Myo clan. I beg you, sir, to stop.”

As if she was quite quick-witted, she stopped a little out of range of gravity magic and immediately knelt down. Freevia snorted and snapped her fingers.

Then the pressure that had been holding me down disappeared.

The Black Myo Tribe who barely got up looked at Privia with a mixture of fear and awe.

“Are you the chief of the Black Myo tribe? your face is familiar A girl who looks just like you came to visit me one day. Teruin, that was the name.”

Privia looked at the face of Stella, the chief of the Black Myo tribe, and nodded her head slightly as if she remembered something.

“… If you are Teruin, you are my grandmother. That means you must be a dragon. It is a great honor for a lowly creature to meet the mediator of the human world.”

Looking at the extremely low-key Stella, Privia put on a satisfied expression. Her gaze suddenly turned to Philip.

“Did you see? This is the attitude of a small creature towards a great dragon.”

Philip nodded.

“okay.”

At his reaction, Privia glared at him as if she didn’t like something. Of course, Philip had no intention of treating her with the utmost respect she wanted.

It was because he seemed to forgive me for being a little rude anyway.

“I don’t know what brought you to our village, but if you tell me, I will do my best to help. I’ll take you to a comfortable seat, so please… .”

“So be it.”

After Privia’s permission was granted, Stella escorted Philip and her to her house.

* * *

“The reason we came here is to find out the location of Nepen, the leader of the Crescent. This Black Myao tribe here said that if you were you, you would know the location.”

Guided to a warm fireplace, Philip explained his business to Stella over a cup of tea.

“… … .”

She didn’t answer, but cast her gaze at the bound Kane.

“… Kane. When you look at me, don’t you think of something?”

“Chief. What are you talking about?”

Kane tilted his head as if he didn’t know why. Seeing this, Stella let out a small sigh.

“You are also brainwashed. Kane, ten years ago, you infiltrated the Crescent at my request. To save Tania, who is being held hostage. Don’t you remember?”

“yes? what is that… In order to maintain a favorable relationship between the Crescent and the Black Myo… dispatched… .”

Continuing his speech, Kane suddenly felt a terrible headache and struggled.

“Head, head! aaagh!”

“It is noisy.”

When Privia pointed her finger at him, he fell into a deep sleep, just as he had struggled. Two streams of blood flowed from his nostrils.

“You got caught in a black magic spell. If left as it is, it will die.”

“As expected… .”

Chieftain Stella looked at Kane with sad eyes.

“He was a proud warrior who had been responsible for the safety of the tribe since I was a child. Ten years ago, when my niece, Tania, who would succeed me as the chieftain, was kidnapped by Crescent, she volunteered to save her.”

When it seemed that something strange was going to happen, Privia snapped at it as if it were annoying.

“So, do you know the location of that guy named Nepen, or don’t you know?”

‘No, how long does it take to hear that.’

Philip, who was secretly curious about her story, waited for Stella’s answer with a little disappointment.

“… Nepen. His exact location is unknown. He has many hideouts, and I’ve only managed to figure out three of them.”

Chieftain Stella answered cautiously. Philip noticed that Privia’s irritation was on the verge of breaking through.

“After all, he lied to you.”

Stella jumped in as she looked like she was about to kill Kane.

“Please wait a moment! There is a way. I’ll be the bait. Nepen always targeted me. The cursed demon tribe has been targeting the Black Myo tribe for twenty years to make me their maid. If I show up, he will definitely show up.”

Philip looked at Stella.

Her eyes seemed to burn with strange will.

‘I had a plan to do something, but are you going to throw a gambler while we show up?’

As much as she had a story, there must have been something she had been planning.

‘The next great chief was kidnapped, and the entire tribe is hiding in the deep mountains, away from Crescent’s gaze.’

If Philip had been the chieftain, he would have wanted to get rid of them all.

“… This guy, that b*tch, and what the heck do you see me as, you just want to use me.”

Freevia’s eyelids trembled. Philip urgently comforted her.

“Don’t be so. Didn’t you decide to help me anyway?”

“My purpose is not to help you, but to reduce that nasty incubus called Nepen to dust. It’s just a simple favor that I follow your way, nothing more and nothing less. You had better not take my favor too lightly.”

Philip understood the meaning of her warning.

‘It’s cute, so I’m saying it’s only once or twice.’

It was also in line with the saying that you shouldn’t consider yourself a mere helper. Philip, of course, had no intention of doing so.

“Maybe one day I can help you, right? When that day comes, I will help Freevia-sama without any cost.”

At those words, Freevia let out a sigh.

“Oh yeah. If you master the moonlight sword, that day may come. So, the chief of the Black Myo tribe. What do you mean?”

Stella swallowed and answered.

“We will gather everyone who can fight and raid Crescent’s stronghold. Then Nepen will definitely show up.”

Philip thought about her plan to shoot Attack Land.

‘Is this right?’

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