Chapter 672

Chapter 672

How long have you been sleeping?

Yekaterina opened her eyes half-asleep, surrounded by a high-quality bed and blankets that were half-submerged in water. She slowly regained consciousness amidst the strange coldness she felt on her cheeks.

What is in front of my eyes, which are not even properly awake, is a woman who is just opening the curtains and the curtains that dimly block the sunlight outside the window, but my sleepy, hazy consciousness looks at that scene and recalls memories from the past.

Now, I can only remember my childhood memories as ‘unpleasant’. I was half asleep so my mind wasn’t working properly, but I could clearly see why the past that I had let go of without even a trace of regret suddenly came to the surface.

It must be because I finally pulled out all of my dragon blood abilities. I didn’t expect this side effect, but it was natural when I thought back to what I had experienced at the time.

All those memories were not things that could be forgotten just by turning away and physically moving away. If it weren’t for the cool breeze outside the window, I would have even forgotten that I wasn’t in Loveville.

“Good night, Catherine.”

But the haziness remained unchanged. It was a long time after that that Yekaterina, who had been absentmindedly burying her head in the pillow, understood Yan Tie’s morning greeting and realized that the strange coldness she felt on her cheek was coming from the drool she had shed.

“Breakfast is still being prepared. Ega-sama also just coughed, so please prepare slowly.”

“Oh yes, thank you···”

As soon as she came to, Yekaterina’s ears turned red at her shameful behavior, but Tie bowed her head as if she hadn’t seen anything and left the room. Only after the silence fell did Yekaterina properly realize the reality that she had accepted Eldmia’s request yesterday.

There was no need for any further conversation or negotiation. At that moment, both Eldmia and Yekaterina had the same interests. After that, for efficient training, Yekaterina and Lelie decided to stay at Eldmia’s mansion for the period he suggested.

Excluding meal times, I spent a satisfying day repeating sparring and reviewing to the point where it could have been all day, and after enjoying luxury that couldn’t be compared to a cheap bathhouse and a bed in an inn, I threw myself into a high-quality bed, which was the last thing I remember. It had been a long time since I had fallen asleep to the point of almost fainting while doing a recent request, so Ekaterina was quite flustered, and as soon as she got out of bed, something even more absurd happened.

“Muscle pain···?”

My whole body ached to the point where I felt tired even after working hard for days on end for a request. It was so absurd that I could barely laugh.

Eldmia asked that it would be a great help to her and the demons, but this was clearly a good experience for Yekaterina herself. Feeling excited after a long time, she washed her face with the water the servants had provided and headed to the restaurant.

Despite the early morning, the mansion was noisier than yesterday. While Eldmia was sparring, the dwarves who had finished their work had started preparing the necessary materials and working since yesterday.

The sound of hammering could not be heard yet, but the dwarves gathered together and chatting loudly to share their opinions was no less than the sound of hammering.

“I told you the drainage system here is different from the kingdom!!”

“There is an old underground waterway, so if we just dig it up, the problem will be solved!!”

“It’s going to collapse!!”

“I said no!!”

Fortunately, Catherine had no intention of killing me, so I had many opportunities. The reason I could smile during this time was because I had shown results in other areas. And Lelie, who confirmed the results, screamed with her shoulders shaking.

“Even so, it’s strange that my magic is destroyed so easily!”

“ha ha ha!”

It turns out that you can block the magic of the powerful magician Lelie, known as the Star’s Favorite, in real time!

“What the hell is that obsessive destruction method?!”

“The magic teacher I met in the Demon Territory was an author obsessed with Dispel.”

In fact, this wasn’t a good start either. Until two days ago, I spent the entire morning of my schedule divided into morning, afternoon, and evening, and it was almost like I was getting beaten up by Relie with magic all day long.

No matter how great the teachers were, I studied the theory, but in the end, magic made of mana was just a theory to me. Unless I could fundamentally cut off the magic power through magic poetry, they were still something otherworldly to me, and it wasn’t easy to cast Dispel according to the rules.

It is possible to dispel and attack at the same time by injecting magic power while damaging the caster, but it is beyond the skill to destroy only the magic, and requires actual combat.

And Lelie helped me with that actual battle. I just achieved the feat of destroying the target with the iron objects that had been used to annihilate Envelde’s mercenary group in one blow, and even the magic that burned them in time.

I can’t help but laugh. I feel sorry for Lely, but I can laugh to my heart’s content...

“Ega-nim, are you okay for a moment?”

···I was thinking about that, but suddenly Tea intervened·

“What’s going on?”

“It’s not a big deal, but... I need to tell you about it separately.”

It meant that only I could hear it. Since there must be a reason for Tie to do this, she nodded and decided to take a short break. Lelie grumbled but started eating the snacks that had been prepared in advance. Magic was ultimately a battle of calculations, so it seemed that after a few rounds of sparring, she started craving something sweet.

I tried to leave her alone and listen to what Tie had to say, but Tie carefully opened her mouth only after she had entered the mansion, not the parade ground.

No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem like good news.

“This is a message from the Dwarf Kingdom and the Empire, but they say that a delegation has moved from Lovell.”

I don’t say the cliche, “Why are you telling me that?” without thinking. Honestly, I really wanted to say it, but my instincts had already figured it out.

“···Ekaterina?”

“I guess that’s how it is.”

My instincts are only as accurate as this.