Chapter 104.1

“In any case, we should check everything over again.”

In an instant, goosebumps ran through Yurina’s skin, as if a cold wind blew through her body. Yurina shuddered and Reynard wrapped her in a warm blanket. However, she was still cold, perhaps more from nerves than external factors.

“Don’t worry so much.”

Reynard whispered as he hugged her tightly onto the covers.

“I told you. I’m the only one who can save you or kill you. No one can touch you. Whatever they’re up to, I won’t let them.”

Apparently he said the same thing to her as he had said then. But now there seemed to be a hint of hope in his voice. It might have sounded creepy, but strangely, Yurina’s heart sank at his threats, so Yurina smiled involuntarily.

“It’s good.”

It seemed that Reynard really could save her from all danger.

Maybe it’s because Yurina shared the secret she’s been struggling with for the past 7 years, but her head cleared up a bit. And then a new question arose in her mind.

“Ray, the Karion we saw earlier…”

“Why is that child suddenly?”

Yurina gently stroked his cheek to calm him down.

“You don’t have to react like that.”

“I know. But I hate the thought of you thinking of him.”

“Please understand me this time. Hm?”

Yurina closed her eyes and smiled. His expression softened a little. He gently stroked Yurina’s red eyes with his thumb.

“You know perfectly well that your smile is my weakness. And you use it like this?”

“No. I like you, so I smile. I smile just looking at you.”

But as if he was still unhappy, he just grinned and got down to business:

“So what’s up with Karion?”

“Do you remember his face?”

“I didn’t.”

Seeing her say this so sternly, it must have been very shocking to know that the person Yurina was looking for was Karion, not himself.

“Did you see that guy at the academy? If he entered the academy, he would enter the same year as you.”

He shook his head without even thinking.

“Nothing like this.”

“Don’t answer right away, think about it.”

“Hmm…”

This time he hesitated for about five seconds, but then he repeated again:

“No. I don’t know why you’re asking, but he’s not from our academy.”

“Really? Didn’t you see him?”

“As you know, the Crohn Royal Academy is famous for not selecting people who are not good enough even if the quota is full. Since the professors in the Department of Magic have very high expectations, the number of students per grade is very low because the number of students is particularly low. There are many overlapping classes over the course of 7 years, so regardless of grade level, everyone knows at least a face. If it’s a classmate, there’s no way you wouldn’t know. I’m sure. He’s not the student of our academy.”

“That’s how it is.”

Yurina held it out with a serious face.

Raynard asked, as if in pursuit.

“But why do you ask?”

Since there was no more reason to hide, Yurina dutifully confessed.

“In the novel I read, Karion was a student at Crohn Royal Academy. In fact, that’s why I sent you there.”

She saw that his face was slightly contorted, and hastily added.

“Oh, of course, I thought it would be better for you without it.”

Although everything was solved, Yurina still felt guilty for sending young Raynard alone to that distant land out of her selfishness. Now it hurt even more to think that he didn’t have to go there. After all, as it turned out, he is not Karion.

At that time, his tear-stained face flashed before her eyes, as did his cries of reluctance.

As Yurina rolled her eyes and turned away, Raynard smiled and kissed her on the tip of her nose.

“It’s all in the past. I don’t care. And, as I told you, I listened to you and didn’t run away. And as a result, studying at the academy was better for me.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Because that’s where I met Aiden and the others.”

Although Aiden was annoying, deep down Reynard thought of him as the best friend in the world.

“So, if Karion was going to enter the Academy, then what happened to him?”

“This is now the main question. Why didn’t Marquis De Flon send Karion to the academy? No, why didn’t he reveal Karion’s existence to the public? Usually, when a nobleman patronizes a promising talent, he invariably boasts about it.”

No matter how much she thought, it was strange.

‘I remember he should have become famous even before entering the academy.’

In the original work, it was later revealed that the red eyes were a symbol of the goddess, but Karion’s genius was already known. This is because Marquis De Flon threw a grand party and introduced Karion to the people.

Yurina also remembered reading the episode in which Lydia stepped forward and stood up after seeing envious people vilify his red eyes.

And if you remember the reaction of the Marquis when he saw Reynard as the Blessed, one would think that when he got Karion, he should have made a fuss in high society.

But what had gone into his head if the Marquis had hidden Karion from the crowd?

‘Could it be because of Ray?’

Yurina believed that the change in content had something to do with Reynard. Marquis De Flon also met Ray, the new Blessed, and that could change the whole story.

But Yurina immediately shook her head.

‘It can’t be just because of that.’

There was no way he could hide Karion’s existence just because Marquis De Flon had met Reynard.

“Ray, suppose you discovered a new theory of magic that no one else knows about. So are you going to hide it and open it later, or will you open it as soon as you find it?”

Despite the suddenness of the question, he honestly answered:

“Of course, I will open it right away.”

“Is that right?”

“Hm. All people are like that, but wizards are especially vain. We are obsessed with letting people know that we are better than others.”

“Then why did Marquis De Flon hide the existence of Karion?”

The concepts of ‘magic theory’ and ‘personal servant Blessed’ are slightly different, but still there was no obvious logic in the Marquis’s actions. Marquis De Flon considered the Carthia family as an enemy. If so, shouldn’t he reveal Karion’s existence, and show everyone that he’s one step ahead of the enemy?