The Hero Party Couldn’t Kill Me

Chapter 12: Unfinished Problems (5)

It was late at night.

Marion was sleeping, and Raphaella was checking the magic circle left by Pesima in the room next to her bedroom.

As she used her memory restoration magic, she was redrawing the magic circle she had seen.

Of course, that also had its limits, and the memories restored in that way are not 100% reliable.

Still, it seemed that a magic circle came out that was much closer to the original than the one I drew in haste before my memory disappeared.

Ughhh….

It was then. I heard a strange noise from the next room. That sound… It sounded like using a portal.

‘What is it? Wasn’t he sleeping?’

It was strange. The Marion she knew was a sleepy person. Especially once she went to sleep and woke up without waking up for at least 8 hours.

Of course, I went to bed earlier saying I was tired, but… It was not yet time to wake up.

Besides, Marion doesn’t usually use portals well.

So she’s using a portal?

Raphaella went straight to Marion’s bedroom. As expected, Marion had already disappeared.

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The mirror next to the bedroom shook very slightly.

That was a portal that only the Magic Tower Master could use.

With that, you can go to and from all the rooms in Blanc Magic Tower. However, because of the security magic, Raphaella, who did not have the authority of the tower owner, could not use it.

‘Where did you go?’

I couldn’t get a feel for it at all. There are over 30 rooms in Blanc Magic Tower. It’s an absurdly large number for a mage tower used by only two wizards, but according to Marion’s explanation, it’s because each room has an experiment environment optimized for a specific magic.

– Mr. Marion? Are you awake? Where are you going now?

Rafaela tried to send a message to her crystal ball to her Marion, but soon she caught her eye on Marion’s crystal ball lying next to her bed.

‘Should I just wait here… ….’

Marion would be back in her bedroom anyway, so she thought then she might ask. But if she was plotting something with Marion as Edmund feared, it was important to catch her here.

Rafaela thought about it. If Marion is in a relationship with Pesima, which room will she enter?

‘No way.’

In an instant, chills ran down Rafaela’s spine. When I first explained the purpose of each room to Marion, there was one room that Marion hesitated to answer.

A large room located on the lowest floor of Blanc Magic Tower.

“… I wasn’t there at the time, but they say the demon king escaped from here.”

There, a terrible disaster began.

I don’t know the details, but I know that at the time, Pesima and her teacher summoned an alien and conducted an experiment.

Then, she heard that a foreigner escaped because she was chosen by the magic sword, and Pesima’s teacher died in the process.

Being in such a terrible place made Rafaella frightened for nothing, but after all, she found it the most suspicious there.

Raphaella went down her stairs and arrived at the lowest floor of the Blanc Magic Tower.

‘Ah… ….’

Then she had no choice but to stop in front of the door.

There was a barrier in front of the door. Only those with the authority of the tower master could break through this barrier.

Actually, this room was not the only one special.

Blanc’s tower had many rooms that only the owner of the tower could enter like this.

Raphaella questioned this and suggested that Marion change it, but in the end, the barrier did not break.

Not because Marion refused. It’s because she still couldn’t break her barrier with her skills.

“Mr. Marion? Are you inside?”

Raphael called Marion, but she didn’t answer.

She tried to get as close to the door as possible to hear what was going on inside. She also used magic to maximize her senses.

But is there a soundproofing magic in her room? No sound was heard.

She waited a few more minutes, but she still didn’t change. In response, Raphaella had no choice but to go upstairs again.

She stopped by and checked in a few other rooms just in case, but she still didn’t change anything. In the end she had no choice but to wait inside her Marion’s bedroom.

Uhhhhh….

After a while, Marion returned to her bedroom through her portal. Both of her eyes were closed. She was like a sleepwalker.

“Mr. Marion? Marion!!”

Feeling strange at this, Rafaela grabbed her Marion and shook it. Then Marion shuddered and rose from her seat.

“Muh, what’s going on? Uh… ?”

Opening her eyes with a dreamy expression, she suddenly confirmed that she was standing there. And she looked at Raphaella with a terrified expression.

“What happened?”

“Marion-sama activated a portal and went somewhere. And she came back a little while ago.”

“Yes? Ha, but…. I don’t have any memories?”

Marion said in a trembling voice. There was not a single percent of lies in her expression and in her voice.

“Do you really not remember anything?”

“Yes!”

“Have you seen anything, even in your dreams?”

“Not at all.”

Marion sat across the bed with a confused look on her face. She took a moment to organize her thoughts.

“Well, how long have you been gone?”

“A… About 20 minutes.”

“You don’t know where I went, do you?”

“I tried knocking and checking the room inside the magic tower, but I can’t get a feel for it.”

She hadn’t told Marion yet that she had been to the front of the room on the bottom floor. Because she had no hard evidence that she went there.

Instead, Raphaella examined Marion’s clothes and body. She had no clue whatsoever.

“… Are there any suspicious places?”

“Well… But right now I have no strength in my whole body.”

Rafaela immediately checked Marion’s mana status. Her mana was almost empty.

“… Uh?”

Marion was seen having her hand on her own nose. She started bleeding from her nose.

At the same time, her head suddenly spun as she grabbed her forehead with her other hand.

“Are you okay?”

“… No. I am out of breath now.”

Marion took a few deep breaths. Rafaela cast healing magic beside her.

After a while, when his breathing calmed down somewhat, Marion gestured that it was okay to stop.

And she burst into tears.

“Rafaela…. I’m so scared. Why the hell does this keep happening to me?”

“… From what I’ve seen, it seems like you used too much magic a while ago. Maybe it’s because I haven’t fully recovered yet, so it’s more like something wrong with my body?”

Rafaela hugged and comforted Marion.

But she also noticed the seriousness of her situation.

***

A few days later.

“… Is that why Marion has to lie down again?”

“Yes…. Her body deteriorated rapidly. Still don’t know the cause. Marion-sama thinks it’s a jinx that has been going on for a long time in the Blanc Tower….”

“It can’t be.”

That was nonsense. I had never heard of such a jinx.

“For now, are you by her side 24 hours a day?”

“Yes, I am protecting it. In situations where I have no choice but to leave, I leave my summoned beast next to me.”

“Are there any other strange behaviors after that?”

“Once in a while he wakes up as if he is sleepwalking, but I do a good job blocking him every time.”

“… Yes, you are doing well.”

I listened to Rafaela’s report and was lost in her thoughts.

There is no clear physical evidence, and I still have no idea what kind of magic it is using. But the way I saw it, Pesima was bullying Marion in some way.

“Ella. Are you safe?”

“Yes, I have no problem!”

“Yes, that’s good. Let me know if anything suspicious happens.”

I cut off communication with Rafaela and thought for a while. Should I go back to Blanc Magic Tower even now? Or should we explain the situation to Marion and find a solution together?

I didn’t get a clear answer. In the end, I don’t know how Pesima is harassing Marion.

To figure that out, after all, to find out what Pesima did to Marion, she has to interpret the magic circle, where she gets stuck.

I checked the picture of the magic circle Raphaella gave me again, but I’m not sure.

When I was thinking about the magic circle.

– Hey, Edmund. I have one good news and one bad news. What do you want to hear?

I got a message from Mina. It was her message that came after a long time, so I gladly received it.

A few days ago. The Hangeul text sent by Mina in the basement of the castle was as follows.

‘The door ahead can only be entered by those who know this language. You who are qualified, reveal your origins and open the door.’

So I immediately found a way to secretly infiltrate the castle with Mina. The Devil Castle is currently occupied by the Empire, but as it is at the forefront, the border is strict.

Here, the princess was secretly holding Mina in check. She was trying to keep track of her whereabouts.

It seemed that she was holding her back for helping me without her knowledge.

So I was looking for the right time with Mina.

– Tell me in the order you want.

– The good news is that I’m going to the Devil’s Castle tomorrow. I also received permission from Her Highness, the princess. So i can take you there

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It was fortunate. Anyway, the opportunity to know the secret of the past demon king came. This was also to find out the connection between the Blanc Magic Tower and the Demon King.

– Great. Then let’s go according to plan.

– Okay. I’ll contact you again when I arrive at the castle tomorrow and it’s ready.

– But what’s the bad news?

I asked Mina who was about to end the message like this.

She paused for a moment before sending an ominous reply.

– Asmodians are active again. That’s why I went to Mawangseong.