CH 31

“Ho…”

The Duke after the Grand Duke.

The faces of the workers who saw the Grand Nobles one after another turned white, but no one cared about them.

Calvados, who felt the nature of magic by placing his hand near the magic crystal that was exposed to the air, had a fishy smirk on his lips.

“As expected.”

The aide’s face hardened at the words he mumbled.

“No way…”

“Yes. Good thing you didn’t ask for help.”

Calvados got up from his seat and muttered coolly.

Disgust flashed in his silver eyes.

He said.

“Go to the Marquis of Babillon.”

***

Renold Babillon was once called the undisputed genius, the bud of the great magician.

He was known as a prodigy when he was young, and he was like that until he got married.

But losing his title was instantaneous.

Cedric, a ‘real’ genius, appeared.

Cedric was an incredible figure.

He wandered the streets and stayed in a shabby orphanage. He was incredibly clever.

Is that all?

The amount of mana he possessed was truly a ‘real’ undisputed genius and the bud of a ‘real’ great magician.

Even when he restored the missing Weather Magic, Cedric copied Renold’s magic as well.

‘I only showed it once.’

It’s not like a gentleman to kill a child’s spirit, but it’s also true that it was annoying to take all of his titles.

So he showed Cedric the magic of the Marquis family, saying, “No matter how good you are, you can’t do this.”

The unique magic of the Marquis family of Babillon was ‘Magic Transfer’, which added one’s own mana to other magicians.

‘But that bastard copied even that.’

He couldn’t believe it.

It was as if the world was playing with him.

He only showed it once, but Cedric had completely mastered the ‘Magic Transfer’.

And he pinpointed the weak points accurately.

[When you transfer mana, it leaves a trace. If there are even magic crystals around, it will be proof that you can’t move.]

Renold bit his lip.

‘Who doesn’t know the shortcomings?’

But he still hasn’t found a way to compensate, so he’s still using it like this.

However, Cedric’s atrocities didn’t end there.

[If I were you, I’d do this.]

He drew a complex formula for magic before mana in the air and reinterpreted it in an instant.

[It’s not using wavelengths, it’s injecting double mana.]

Cedric easily resolved the shortcomings of magic using mana.

But there was a problem.

The solution he proposed, the ‘Double Infusion of Mana’, was an intermediate method of awakening magic.

‘In short, it is a method that can only be used if one can handle the magic of awakening that has disappeared because it is too difficult.’

So, even though Cedric found a way to compensate for the shortcomings, Renold couldn’t use that method.

It was insanely shameful and annoying.

But what’s even more upsetting is that he got caught because he couldn’t use the technique.

Renold knelt on his floor and clasped his head, unable to move.

Because of the Gravity Magic Cedric now used, he was weighed down by a gravitational force five times greater than the basic gravity.

“The mana supply route…”

He barely opened his mouth, yet Renold’s words didn’t continue to the end.

“How!”

“M-Mom…!”

The Marchioness and Jeryl, who were in their respective rooms, floated in the air and entered the office.

Calib used the Gravity Magic to make only the two of them weightless and carried them.

Thud!

As soon as the two reached Renold’s side, this time an enormous force of gravity pressed them down.

“Ugh…!”

The three people’s faces were tired of the pressure so strong that they couldn’t even breathe.

It was then.

“Cedric! Calib! I found a way to the basement!”

Ellia cried out in a roaring voice.

Crack, Renold sharpened his teeth.

“Again…”

It’s that woman again.

It’s that damn Ellia again.

He didn’t know how she found out that he had kidnapped Daphne.

‘But it’s clear that that natural villain was plotting a conspiracy trick behind her.’

Otherwise, how could she have thought of finding traces of the main magic supply route under construction?

‘I made sure that there were no workers, and I also confirmed that the construction will be finished soon…!’

Renold couldn’t keep himself sane at the thought that his tricks had been read by a commoner.

Cedric and Calib headed straight to the place where Ellia’s voice was heard.

Even if the two disappeared, the Gravity Magic did not disappear and pressed the Babillon family more firmly.

“Look at this!”

Ellia shouted from Renold’s study.

She pointed to the passage hidden behind the bookshelf.

“What is this secret passage?”

“How did you do it?”

“I’m standing around here, and strangely, only the books on this bookshelf are damaged. It’s like being hit by a storm. That’s why I just wondered.”

“No, how did you move this heavy bookshelf?”

At Cedric’s words, Ellia blinked as if she had been hit by a star.

“…Uh? I know, right?”

She just felt like there’s something behind this so she’d have to push it! And then it was pushed back.

Cedric and Calib shut their mouths for a moment.

The thing about smashing the skull of a wolf monster with just a kick, and the way she calmed the muscular maids with his fists.

They knew that Ellia had some extraordinary powers.

“…You are truly the possessor of incredible superpowers.”

“I know…”

She can gently push through a bookshelf thick enough that an adult man can’t even budge.

‘Come to think of it, one of the characteristics of a fairy was her superpower.’

Cedric believed that Ellia’s ancestors were a mixture of fairies.

Without realizing it, the two decided not to face Ellia with their bare hands.

The three of them hurried down the underground passage.

A white light leaked from Calib’s fingertips, illuminating the surroundings.

It wasn’t as wet and unpleasant as they thought, but it was dark and scary.

How far down the spiral staircase?

“Mmph, mmmph!”

A suppressed sound was heard from inside.

The three of them stopped walking for a moment and ran down.

And sure enough.

“Princess Marinenest!”

Daphne, the main character of the original story, was bound there.

“Hmmph! Mmph!”

Daphne’s fine, sky-blue hair was all messed up, and her holy silver eyes were full of tears.

With her face stained with her tears, she pleaded with the three for help.

An unbearable anger flashed across Ellia’s face when she saw that.

“How dare they put a child in a place like this…!”

Ellia quickly ran to Daphne, remembering Renold, who was caught flat on top.

“Hang in there!”

Ellia’s superpower was still showing its true value.

Before Cedric and Calib could do anything, she tore the rope that tied Daphne to pieces.

Even though it is a rope that seals magical abilities, it can’t be ripped with any force!

Cedric and Calib opened their mouths involuntarily and watched them.

“Huwaaaa!”

It was when Ellia tore off the string that tied Daphne’s wrist.

She burst into Ellia’s arms as if waiting for her and burst out crying.

As Ellia fell back in pity, she hugged Daphne tightly and stroked her back.

“Were you very scared? It’s all fine now.”

“Hic, huwaa…”

Daphne grabbed Ellia’s waist with her trembling arms.

As if she would be locked up in this terrifying basement again if she missed Ellia.

Ellia comforted Daphne for a long time.

And only now was she trying to climb up.

“M-My legs…”

Daphne had been crouching for a long time, terrified and nervous, so Daphne’s legs had loosened.

Without hesitation, Ellia gave her back to Daphne.

“Get up.”

“Ah, but…”

“Come on.”

Daphne glanced at her as Ellia flicked her hand, and grabbed her neck and put her on her back.

Ellia held Daphne with ease without making a single sound of her strength.

“Hurry up. I don’t want to be here any longer.”

Ellia represented Daphne’s heart.

In fact, Daphne felt like she would faint if she stayed here even a little longer.

The basement, where she was imprisoned, was very similar to the prison, where she waited for her death before returning.

‘I was afraid that the same unfortunate thing as before the return would happen again.’

In the meantime, she was very scared in a place where there was no light.

‘…It’s warm.’

Is it because she’s leaning her cheek against her back?

She could hear her beating heart.

And beyond her thin clothes, she could feel Ellia’s body temperature and the scent of herbs that calmed her heart.

Daphne was exhausted and closed her eyes.

Her silver eyes closed and a single tear fell from her.

Ellia made her way up her spiral staircase, step by step, feeling Daphne’s hand gripping her neck tighter.

No one had seen Calib’s red eyes sinking coolly following Ellia.

Ellia went to another room with Daphne, and Cedric and Calib went back to where Renold was.

But there was an unexpected guest.

“…The Duke of Marinenest?”

Calvados Marinenest was standing in front of Leonard with a chilled face.

He slowly turned his head at Cedric’s call.

His face was so young that he could hardly be seen as the father of a six-year-old child.

His dark blue hair that was close to indigo blue and his silver eyes that resembled Daphne were like cold cold water.

Then he said in a voice as cold as ice.

“What kind of play is this again?”

“A play?”

Even Cedric didn’t lose with his cold attitude.

Even so, there was a stinging bloodlust all around Calvados right now.

As if Cedric and Calib were the kidnappers.

He couldn’t help but get angry when he showed his bloodlust to the people who rescued his daughter.

Calvados said scornfully.

“I knew that you were a merciless family, but to think that you will put the blame on the vassal when your sins are exposed…”

“Exposed? Put the blame?” Cedric asked, frowned.

“Let’s not pretend.”

Calvados said with a glance at the Babillon family who were lying flat on the floor.

“Aren’t you the one who ordered them to kidnap my daughter Daphne?”