Chapter 398

An ancient castle left with little to no trace of the grass walls.

There was a case covered with a shabby bundle of cloth.

It was an item that was supposed to be auctioned, so the bare minimum treatment was given to it, at least preventing dust from landing on it.

Still, the hosts of this auction made it clear that they have no respect for this Tuatha Dé Danann treasure.

Nevertheless, the treasure stood tall.

Seeing that the Destiny skill was activated as soon as we faced the treasure, I knew something was going to happen.

‘If it’s not because of the treasure, then what?’

A response came from the side.

Shwoooo!

The trump cards held by Phantom Thief Neon flew in the air.

He quickly released energy waves so as to not the cards hit the ground, but they remained scattered in the air.

Seeing him scurry, Goo Seulbi looked like she pitied him

“Hey, what are you doing?”

“I didn’t do that by mistake. Thieves don’t make mistakes!”

That’s not true.

In PMH’s story mode, there’s a scene where Phantom Thief Neon makes a mistake and gets frustrated.

And though I don’t want to acknowledge myself as ‘that word’ I have made mistakes in the past that made my angel, Olmu, suffer in the past.

“This is... because of ‘him’!”

His regular cards had the patterns of spades, hearts, diamonds, and clovers, except...

The cards transformed, now decorated with swans, Fidchell, and chess pieces.

It could be for another reason, but the trump cards had a unique energy.

Fwaaa...!

Energy waves from the cards surrounded the area and our vision changed rapidly.

In a short blackout, the surroundings became quiet.

There was no sound of Neon and Goo Seulbi bickering, nor the remnants of the wall of grass and the cloth-covered treasure.

‘Why am I here again...’

The space slowly felt familiar.

I faced the Dragon King not too long ago in a space similar to this one.

‘This came after Neon’s cards were activated. So he’s connected to a superior being after all.’

The swan mask worn by Phantom Thief Neon and the swan pattern engraved on his cards.

The chess pieces and Fidchell pieces.

A similar situation to what happened in Celtic mythology.

There’s only one superior being that comes to mind.

‘Neon’s connected to Midhir, just as Heukma predicted.’

Hwiii...!

A light shimmered gently from above and gradually brightened.

A man wearing a blindfolded swan mask and white clothes appeared.

Midhir looked down at me.

“Hello.”

When I greeted him politely, a subtle light shone brightly as if it had found a lost vitality.

Midhir respond.

[Yes, hello. You really are a polite child.]

I think that’s what superior beings say every time I encounter them.

I think I said “hello” in a pretty much normal way, so I wonder why they keep saying that.

[It became hard for us to meet humans after the end of the age of myths. It’s been a while since I’ve been greeted by a human being, so I guess I just feel like you’re particularly polite.]

[We were on guard for Balor’s eyes. We prepared a gift for each of those children.]

Energy waves flowed from the tips of MIdhir’s fingers and formed a shape.

One was a card, and the other was an oak cane.

Those were the weapon items carried by Neon and Goo Seulbi.

[We’ve blessed them so that they can block Balor’s eye at least once. I never meant to make a shallow move on the child I gave an order to. And...]

Midhir’s voice sounded playful.

[The treasure that you’re going to retrieve now is a mythical spear that can defeat that Demon King’s eye. Don’t fret. As long as you have that spear in your hand, Balor cannot do anything out of order.]

A weapon that can stop Balor’s eye.

One of the four treasures of Tuatha Dé Danann.

There’s only one thing that comes to mind.

Lugh, the god of light, and his spear that is said to guarantee victory.

While I thought carefully of what I should say next, Midhir burst into laughter.

[Hoohoohoo, you seem like a good child. I can trust you confidently with the treasure.]

“Excuse me? The treasure?”

[Our time is up. Take good care of those two kids.]

What does he mean, by entrusting the treasure and the two kids to me?

I planned to connect to Merlin through Goo Seulbi after retrieving the treasure though!

[I was reunited with Étaín, but the memories of the times we spent together were never recovered. Help my child not to go through the same thing.]

Midhir’s voice was full of regret.

It’s understandable, natural even since he would never regain that lost time.

‘If he’s talking about Neon, and his memories and time that he could lose, then maybe...’

Before I could bid goodbye to Midhir, he already left.

In an instant, his presence became blurred, and a ringing sound reached my ears.

Somehow, I was back in the castle.

And, as if not even a few seconds had passed, Goo Seulbi and Phantom Thief Neon were still bickering.

“If thieves don’t make mistakes then what is this?”

“It’s not a mistake, but it’s something close to that.”

“Then can’t we just call it a mistake?”

Phantom Thief Neon stood his ground as he retrieved the trump cards.

Technically, it wasn’t really a mistake since the cards moved of Midhir’s volition.

‘Anyway, I should follow Midhir’s words for now and retreat with the treasure.’

I was confused, but I decided to ground myself with Midhir’s words first.

As he said, if we had the Spear of Lugh, along with the gifts given to Neon and Goo Seulbi, we would be safe from Balor.

I reached for the treasure.

“Wait, there might be an alarm attached to that or something!”

“If that treasure is a weapon, there’s a possibility that it will reject you if you touch it!”

The Spear of Lugh and Sword of Nuada.

They were the weapons wielded by the gods who were considered as the greatest of their era in Celtic mythology.

We’re now in the land of the Celtics.

Those two weapons, when touched, could bring down heaven’s wrath.

But I’m not worried about that at all.

‘Midhir himself said he entrusts the treasure, and I have that skill too.’

The skill to use all weapons and shields.

I was blessed with that skill the moment I came into this world.

<Skill Use Objects activated.>