Chapter 47

Chapter 10. We’ve come too far (6) After

finishing a lot of work, Kalian sat down and quietly closed his eyes.

And by circulating the mana in the body, the external mana was slowly drawn in and purified.

Immediately, I felt a warm energy gathering inside my body. Calian began to carefully move the collected mana towards his heart.

The idea is to create a fourth circle.

At first, I felt the mana forming a belt and heading towards my heart without difficulty. Kalian had always been successful up to this stage after mastering the 3rd circle, but he could not get past this point. Therefore, Calian concentrated even more and carefully moved the band of mana to the heart.

Suddenly, the nature of the mana belt, which had been moving smoothly, began to change drastically. The warmth of mana is transformed into a strong yet sharp anticipation.

The mana whose nature had changed quickly flowed into the dantian. As the tail of the mana band entered the dantian and disappeared, the mana band that was going to the heart also moved backwards and was absorbed as if it were being sucked into the dantian. The mana that should have formed the circle was converted to the source of the auror and was accumulated in the Danjeon instead of the heart.

Calian, who was unable to create a circle this time, let out a short statement.

“also.”

It was the same today too.

Calian sighed. I felt Alan smiling in my head. Alan spoke without trying to erase his humorous tone.

– Congratulations on having a stronger aura.

How can that be a compliment? Instead of being sarcastic like that, I felt like I would feel better if I cursed at him and called him a bastard.

– It’s not easy to break the habit of swinging a knife, even if it’s only for a short time. I understand, so just know that you won’t be able to step into Kairisis until you succeed.

Calian laughed awkwardly at Alan’s cheering threat.

The principles of using auras and magic themselves were not different. Thanks to the power of blessing, Calian was able to accumulate enough mana to use both auras and magic. Therefore, there was no great difficulty in manifesting the power that had already been accumulated.

The problem was that if you tried to create a circle with the mana you had saved, all of this guy’s mana would go to waste. You go through the process of building up your aura unconsciously. Since I couldn’t create the 4th circle, I couldn’t ask him to teach me magic even if Arsene was next to me.

It was for this reason that Alan told Lemain that Cispanian would go away crying. All of the overflowing mana was turning into an auror, and even Alan was upset.

Still, the point at which mana is absorbed into the Danjeon is being delayed, so no matter how late it is, you will be able to succeed before you arrive at Siegfried’s territory. Both Alan and Calian were looking forward to it.

– Anyway, I understand. And because of what the prince’s father did, I was forced to stay in the palace for 15 days without moving. It may be difficult to respond to the conversation, so don’t worry if you don’t respond.

Calian tilted his head at Alan’s words.

This is because if anything has happened so far, it has been Kalian or Allen, and LeMaine has never done anything. Calian asked curiously.

– What did your highness do?

Alan didn’t answer for a moment. Because I was a little surprised.

Calian always called Lemain by his name when talking to Alan, but Calian’s title for Lemain had changed. I thought maybe that was a change that occurred while catching the blue warbler this time, but I didn’t bother to mention it and just gave the answer.

– It’s no big deal. It’s just my job.

Calian, who heard the somewhat ambiguous words, let out a laugh without realizing it. Because it was not a sound that could have come from the mouth of a wizard. In any case, if it was important enough for Calian to know, there was no reason for Alan to hide it, so Calian just assumed that something else had happened between them and moved on.

Instead, I asked what I had been curious about.

– So, have you decided what to do with Lennon Brissen’s job?

Alan didn’t answer Calian’s question for a while.

In the process of interrogating Hail Latran, it would become known that Hail had sold new items to the Brisen Merchants. What it meant was so clear that if it were made public, it was obvious that everyone, including the Marquis Briesen, would know that Lennon had changed his mind.

So Lemain had to decide whether to keep the fact hidden or make it public for profit. And Kalian was asking about the result of that concern.

“From what you see, do you think our relationship is that bad?”

One corner of Alan’s mouth curled up as he acted as an unexpected escort towards Lemain, who was at the level of examining each item one by one, but did not have the willpower to look at all three at once. Lemain saw that and quickly stopped talking.

“No, don’t say it. I understand.”

Alan, who was trying to say that the dogs in the dogfighting ring would get along better than the princes, nodded and smiled.

What on earth was Calian thinking when he picked up a guy like that?

In fact, LeMaine, who was closest to Alan, looked in Latran’s direction for a moment.

* * *

Before going to sleep.

Arsene came to Calian, who was sitting across from Jan and resting while drinking cold mint tea. After putting down the sacred items he had taken from Hale, Arsene said this to Calian, who said he had a hard time.

“As I watched, Count Latran’s words and actions were not good. If I dare to tell you what I think, I think he needs to be punished.”

Calian asked with an expression of anticipation.

“What did you say?”

Arsene asked back with an embarrassed expression.

“Do you mind if I convey that irreverent content to the prince?”

Wizards usually have good memorization skills. This is because there is more than one thing to memorize, such as complex spell formulas, magic circle composition, mana arrangement, etc.

Arsene, who was chosen as the only wizard to guard Calian, had an excellent memorization ability among wizards. Therefore, it would not have been very difficult for Arsene to perfectly memorize the short words Hale said, including the intonation.

Calian, who overlooked it, nodded without thinking.

And I got scolded.

So Calian quickly reflected on his harsh attitude towards Arsene and sent Hale, who had been trying to detain him in a room, to the prison right next to the torture room.

It was the wettest and darkest place in the dungeon. It was an action that meant learning with your whole body what might be living under the straw that was spread in such a place. Insulting the royal family was a crime that could be punished even with the prince’s authority.

After that, Calian talked about magic with Arsene, exchanged swords with Kyrie and told him what needed to be fixed, and chatted with Jan while waiting for the knights to come from Kairisis.

And after some time.

“Kaera... I think so.”

Calian gaped as he watched the majestic Caera knights enter Latran. It didn’t take even a blink of an eye to understand why Alan had to be in the palace and why he said it was Alan’s job.

Kaera rested for just one day after arriving in Latran.

And with the exception of Norton, who ‘died’ of a sudden heart attack, he took the two prisoners, Aila and Hale, and immediately set off for Kairisis.

Of course, Norton, who had woken up again after being sent out of the castle after his death, was heading towards the Whitlin estate with his wife. His new identity documents were to be delivered to the estate by a sender from Alan.

“I hope you have a smooth journey. Thank you very much.”

With that, Calian left Latran, receiving a thank you from Malcolm, who was to act as the estate management agent until a new lord arrived. Time passed again.

Hale

was revoked of his title and spent the rest of his life in prison.

Then came the news that Aela’s sentence had been carried out.

Calian, who heard Alan’s words while looking at the Hiriska Forest that had just begun to come into view, just nodded.