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[321] Ephemeral Rift (3)
Shirone lay down on the bed and enjoyed the silence.
You can skip the performance evaluation because you will enter the senior class next semester. However, on the contrary, this vacation was the last time to brush up on basic skills. That's why Eruki and Nade also refused to play and went straight back to their families.
"I need to rest first."
Even after spitting it out, Shirone laughed as if it was absurd. But I really didn't want to do anything right now.
It was the first time I had ever done something like this, so I was embarrassed, but seeing that I didn't feel impatient, it seemed that there was a reason of my own.
"Come to think of it, I must have worked extremely hard."
Looking back on a year, I couldn't believe how I got through that process. It seems like just yesterday that you were in last place in Class 7, but aren't you already at the top of Class 4?
"I suffered as much as that."
All of the magic school students did their best, but Shirone especially had a lot of accidents.
Through life-and-death struggles, he became stronger. To be honest, I was confident that even if I entered the senior class, I would not be easily pushed back.
Shirone got up from bed and approached
There is a rated control, so there is no problem with carrying it. However, while attending school, there would be no reason to use that sword.
When Armand's scabbard was removed, a clear high frequency sound came out along the blade. Although shorter than a longsword, it was sharp enough to be used in actual combat and had a well-balanced center of gravity.
'Why are you so quiet? Could it be that he died?'
Every night when I sent a mental wave, it was quiet after I returned home. There was so much reaction than expected that she wondered if the contract had been terminated without her knowledge.
Ever since I showed it to my friends, I haven't activated Geumgang Armed Forces. He didn't have a particularly necessary situation, but it was somehow awkward.
If something is shared with humans, it is difficult to treat it entirely as an object. Do you think that if you activate Geumgang Armament for no particular reason, you will be looked at funny?
Of course I knew it wasn't necessary. It was something I had to gradually adapt to.
'Shall we try? It's my sword anyway… … .'
It was frustrating to receive an S-class object and not even be able to use it. It's not that I want to fight anyone, but when I imagined him playing an active role with Armand, my heart was full.
Shirone watched the sword with a proud heart and memorized the start language.
"Geumgang Armed Forces."
Leaving behind the anxiety that nothing might happen, the blade opened without a doubt and swallowed Shirone.
Change happened in an instant. The hood covered his face and the fibrous cloak fluttered as it escaped like flames. A glass ball popped out of the palm of the gauntlet, and finally, the cybernetic brain quickly whirled around Shirone.
"Whoa!"
Shirone felt good about it.
Feeling clearer than ever before. A sense of fullness that seemed to be able to amplify any kind of magic because the focus point deepened.
Armand, who shares a brain with the user, changes his abilities depending on the situation, but since the current situation is unrelated to combat, no special state change has occurred.
Shirone approached the full-length mirror and looked at herself. He was a fairly plausible wizard because he was wearing a shabby robe that didn't look like new and covered his face with a hood. Besides, any other demon looked better than Mugu.
If not right away, the thought of becoming a professional mage someday and exploring the world in this form made my heart pound.
Shirone clenched her fists and pretended to raise her mana.
I am the wizard of Immortal Function. One day, I will become an infinite wizard and rise to the top of the world.
"Oohhh!"
Shirone shouted at the ceiling, her face stiffened when she saw the reflection in the mirror. Vincent opened the door and came in, looking at Shirone with an absurd expression.
"Oh, Dad!"
Embarrassed, Shirone stomped her feet.
I was glad I was wearing a hood. If he had even exposed his face, his face might have exploded.
"Mom wants me to eat. Come down quickly."
"Ah, okay."
Vincent closed the door and threw a word as he left.
"Aren't you old enough?"
Shirone's face heated up, and she lowered her head.
When I heard the sound of the door closing, I took off the hood and grabbed my head.
"OMG! embarrassing! I did it for the first time today!"
As expected, thinking that doing something that didn't suit her would cause her anger, Shirone canceled Armand. The fibers and crystal balls were sucked back into the demonic sword.
Shirone, who had been put into the scabbard with rated control, left Armand in the corner and went down to the first floor.
The smell of soup on the table melted my stomach. Suddenly hungry, Shirone sat down at the table and grabbed the spoon first. Olina smiled and poured the soup onto her plate.
"Are you hungry? Come on, eat."
"yes. thank you for this food!"
The magic school food was meticulously packed with the nutrients necessary for wizards, but as expected, eating at home was the best.
Olina, who was happy to watch her son hurriedly finish a bowl of soup, poured more soup and asked.
"How are you going to spend this vacation? Do you have any plans?"
"I'm going to take a break for a while and then start training in earnest. But before that, there are things I want to do."
"What do you want to do?"
"yes. Every winter, a local festival is held in the Les Mountains. May I go there?"
Vincent intervened.
"Oh, you mean the ruins of that old castle. You said you wanted to go before."
"really? I don't remember."
"Because I was very young. It must have been left in my heart without knowing it. come and go At the time, the situation was difficult, so I couldn't even show them around."
Olina supported her chin and smiled sullenly.
No matter how much the son pretended not to be, he could not fool his mother's eyes.
"So, who are you going with?"
Shirone felt as if he had been attacked by surprise. He wasn't particularly guilty, but his face was burning.
"that is… … Amy. I haven't talked about it yet."
"Oh, so it's a date."
"no! I thought it would be disturbing, so I tried to change my mood… … . Uh, maybe they'll say no!"
I knew that Ama had failed the graduation exam. Olina didn't care. Amy, who went through Kazura, was a caring and upright girl.
Besides, I heard that the Karmis family also takes good care of Shirone. Didn't they go to the island together in the summer?
"Yes, go. The old castle site takes about 3 days to look around properly. There are plenty of places to stay, so don't worry, but you have to take good care of Amy. You can't take her to comfort her and try to comfort her."
"… … yes."
Olina's last words were subtly jarring, but Shirone replied that he would know. An animal intuition that digging too deep was dangerous.
After tidying up the tableware, Shirone went up to her room and packed her things. It took quite a while to Creas, so we had to leave before noon.
Teleporting can make you go faster than a wagon, but I didn't want to break the rules for something trivial.
Wearing a wool scarf over a winter coat, Shirone put on her rucksack and headed for the door.
As I grabbed the doorknob, my head suddenly rang. When he looked back, there was no doubt that Armand was sending a mental wave. I couldn't hear her voice, but it was the echo of protest.
Shirone sighed and said.
"Sorry, but no. Commoners can't wear swords. I don't even have a weapon license."
In order for a commoner to wear a weapon, a weapon possession license issued by a specific guild is required. If you become a wizard, you can automatically acquire it, but even that was impossible for Shirone, who was still a student. The S-class Armand was a nuisance in many ways.
Armand did not give up and sent out a mental wave.
Ego is difficult because there is ego. I don't know what kind of owner it has been through so far, but it seems that it doesn't understand why they don't take it with them after signing a contract at most.
It may have been in a state of resignation at the time when it belonged to Zeon. Isn't that why the light of temptation was sent even in the midst of the owner's presence?
'It makes me sad to think that way. I can't be more merciful than the previous owner.'
Shirone approached Armand as if he couldn't do anything about it.
To be honest, it is true that Armand is reliable in any situation. Even if you get caught in the checkpoint, there is a rating control, so it's enough to hide it somewhere else.
"Whoa, okay. let's go."
Shirone opened the coat and called Armand.
The sword that flew like a shot settled on the waist. Being shorter than the longsword also had the advantage of being easier to conceal. When the coat was covered, only the tip of the scabbard was slightly exposed. At a glance, you wouldn't even know there was a sword.
When Armand's mental wave disappeared, Shirone shook her head and left the room. It was said that there were many demonic swords that could kill their masters, so there was no choice but to turn this level into a charm.
* * *
Tormia Kingdom.
A magic association located in the capital Baska.
The Allog District is an area where major institutions are concentrated even in the capital city, and anyone passing by at noon will frown. This is because many high-rise buildings reflect sunlight.
In particular, the Magic Association, one of the tallest buildings, looked as if gold was on fire.
At the main gate of the Magic Association, a neatly dressed woman has been waiting for someone for 30 minutes, looking at the main street.
Dark skinned, curly blonde hair was tied back and she wore red horn-rimmed glasses. Her nose was small but tall, and her pink lips were tightly closed, revealing her personality. She had a strong impression with the corners of her eyes slightly lowered, but overall she had a strange charm that was not seen in Tormia.
Tormia Magic Association chief of staff, Ahoya Kang Nan.
Located near the equator, the southern country of Iran is a confederation of numerous tribes. Gangnan was the last descendant of the now-extinct wolf tribe and was a warrior trained in the ancient martial art Ram Muay.
He was also an intelligent man who had an exceptionally good brain, and even though he started studying late after coming to Tormia at the age of 15, he defeated fierce competition and even rose to become the chief secretary of the Magic Association.
However, the old and lascivious nobles of Tormia did not recognize her.
The point of view of Gangnan was that of an exotic-looking commoner woman with a perfectly proportioned body. There were countless people who had their abdominal muscles torn by knee kicks while messing around without knowing Kang Nan's personality.
Among them were high-ranking nobles, but the Magic Association did not fire her. It was a classic example of her skill overshadowing her personality.
But for today, I thought I would take care of the intensity. The person she was waiting for was the highest emissary from her neighboring country, the Yakma Republic.
At the end of the avenue, I saw a house wagon with splendid decorations, and I tidied up my clothes again. Just as I was checking my high heels for dust and trying to fix my horn-rimmed glasses, a carriage arrived.
When the iron-clad bodyguards opened the door, a grumpy man appeared. His neck grew fat, his chin sunk in, and his stomach bulged like a cannonball. However, the eyes buried in his eyelids were shining sharply.
'He is the country's highest envoy. I can't treat it carelessly.'
Gangnan walked neatly with a clicking sound. Then she put the folder in her arms on her arm and bowed 90 degrees.
"welcome. My name is Kang Nan, the chief secretary of the Magic Association."
"aha? You're a tough guy. nice to meet you It is Ordon."
Ordon held out his hand for a handshake.
It's good manners for the top envoy to shake hands with the chief of staff first, but in reality, he had a different ulterior motive.
The anecdote of Kang Nan, who sent countless nobles to the goal, was even transmitted to social circles in other countries. Ordon couldn't help but be interested when the exotic appearance was added to the title of a commoner and an indestructible flower.
When Gangnan shook hands, Ordon gently rubbed the back of his smooth hand with his thumb.
Kang Nan's expression did not change. She had also heard rumors about Ordon, so she was prepared for a bit of a stake.
"The president of the association is waiting for you. I will guide you."
Ordon entered the Magic Association appreciating Gangnan's narrow waist.
Seeing that they are fine even after beating the Tormia nobles, it seems that the Magic Association is looking after them, but they will not be able to disrespect the best envoys from other countries.
'Let me pick that flower.'
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[322] Ephemeral Rift (4)
Ordon's mouth moved nonstop as he made his way to the top floor. Most of them were nonsense, but Kang Nan did not show any signs of being bothered and answered her words.
"What is the percentage of graduates of the magic school in Tormia?"
"I know about 72 percent."
"Oh-ho, it's similar to a yakma. Good judgment. You can trust that you are from school. People from the bottom of the street can only do one thing. Their application skills are also poor, so should we use those guys?"
Gangnan felt bad when someone who had nothing to do with magic started arguing about the association.
"But wouldn't it be better to improvise in actual combat?"
"haha! Temporary response? That must be petty."
'Dirty bureaucracy.'
Gangnan's lips twisted.
It wasn't like she wasn't from school either. Well, how can a person who sees only numbers written on documents know reality?
Kang Nan opened the door to the reception room and looked around the room before sighing. An envoy from another country has arrived, but the person staying on the same floor has yet to arrive.
"Please wait here. I will bring the president of the association."
Kang Nan, who calmed down the situation as if it were a set procedure, closed the door of the reception room and left.
From then on, her steps quickened.
The sound of high heels that made me feel alive cut off. Turning her body at a right angle to her, she knocked on the door of her president's office.
"It's hard. I will go in."
No answer was heard. Kang Nan, who was not expecting it anyway, vigorously turned the doorknob and entered.
The smell of sweat wafted through the room full of heat. The figure of a man sitting on the sofa terrorized her eyes.
It was not enough to wear boxer shorts that exposed the irregularities of the crotch, and her legs were spread wide in embarrassment.
The man staring at the ceiling with a cigarette, a taboo for wizards, and a cigar, the most poisonous, between his teeth, felt his heart rise and fall as if he had just finished exercising.
A wide chest and a thin waist like a tiger that don't match wizards at all. Her thighs were rocky, and her calves dropped sharply.
However, other women, other than Kang Nan, would scream if they saw a man's body. As if hundreds of earthworms were crawling, every part of her body was covered with wounds.
"What's up, mutt?"
The impression of Gangnan was fiercely crumpled.
When the wolf tribe was wiped out and he wandered the world alone, he met this man and started a new life, but now he was not a benefactor, but a former enemy.
"What's going on? I told you that an emergency messenger is coming from Yakma. I'm waiting in the waiting room, what are you doing here?"
The man's head leaned over the sofa slowly rose.
Unlike his muscular body, his face was so strong that his cheekbones stood out. The scar that ran vertically through his left eye stood out, and there were only scars all over his lower body hidden by his beard. It gave me an idea of how long he had suffered.
Mikea Gaold, president of the Tormia Magic Association.
He was a first-class archmage, the highest rank of the Red Line, and one of the founding members of the Supernatural Psychic Research Society of Alpheas Magic School.
"The death god… … You said you came?"
"Don't you remember? You said it only an hour ago! Go get it quickly."
Gaold thought.
I didn't remember. Lately, it seems that the number of times I lose my memory has become more frequent.
How are you?
He took a cigar and inhaled deeply. And he said briefly.
"no."
Gangnan closed his eyes. you have to be patient
Thinking of saving a poor lung, she opened her eyes again and took out an official document with the royal seal on it.
"This is an order given by His Highness Adolf himself. The matter is serious, so it is said to cooperate regardless of the situation. If you don't like it, I'll take action according to the law."
Gaold put his head back on the couch as if he didn't care. He, who had been smoking a long cigar, said annoyedly.
"You are so annoying. He won't let you go even for a second."
"When it comes to hospitality, every second is disrespectful. Please don't be like the ugly duckling."
Kang Nan, who had finished speaking, muttered with tears in his eyes.
"Duckling… … ."
Gaold raised his face.
"What is it, man?"
"… … Don't be like me."
"That's what you said earlier!"
"It was emphasized."
Kang Nan put on his horn-rimmed glasses with a calm expression and walked to the closet. When I took out the clothes of the president of the association, the old man had no choice but to hit her knee and get up.
"Sheesh! It's not a big deal, just do it. I'll give you a bowl of muk."
I wiped the sweat with a towel and changed my clothes.
Gaold threw the cigar on the floor and left the room, striding toward the reception room.
When I opened the door, Ordon greeted me with a bright color. The attitude towards the chief of staff and the president of the association could not be the same.
After the greetings, Ordon moved on to the main topic. Still, he was the best messenger, and once he got to work, his eyes were different.
An attendant brought a portable video recording device to the table. Then a small safe arrived, and Ordon unlocked it himself. When I opened the safe, Obscura B was inside.
"Currently, abnormal phenomena are occurring all over the world, including Yakma. Watch the video first."
When Obscura B was connected to the device, a video appeared. The scenery of the provincial town, which still retains the ancient style, appeared.
Gaold, who had been watching intently, suddenly showed interest with his eyes shining.
People who wandered around with dozens of tongues in their mouths were eating other people.
Following the screams, the National Guard was dispatched. However, the situation escalated out of control as the guards bitten by the mutant caused the same mutation.
"It's an incident that happened in an area called Kuberin. I couldn't get any videos from other countries besides Yakma. But rumor has it that a similar disease has spread. It is said that there are ghosts in some areas."
Gaold focused only on the video.
In the end, Wangseong's special forces mobilized and suppressed the mutants. Some of the swordsmen were people whom Gaold knew by name.
The wizards who took the sample cast a huge flame and burned the entire village.
"I dissected the deceased right after the incident. Mutations of any kind are based on pre-existing properties. But the mutations of the deceased did not match the characteristics of any creature here."
Gaold returned to his languid attitude. And he said, yawning profusely as if he was not interested.
"So what, are you saying this came from outer space?"
The video Ordon showed you would be Yakma's first-class secret. Showing it to a wizard in another country and providing key information meant that the other side had something to gain as well.
There was no way that Ordon, the best diplomat in Yakma, could not fail to notice Gaold's change.
But today I wasn't here to set the negotiating table. It was a transnational issue, and countries around the world were paying attention to this event.
"In the space-time of the labyrinth… … Something seems to be wrong."
Gaold's eyes, which seemed to be tired, lit up for a moment. However, it was only a momentary change, and she quickly returned to her calm face.
"So what? What are you asking me to do?"
"I want to investigate the space-time of the maze. But as you know, it is a place that can only be reached through the kingdom of Tormia… … . Of course, I'm not asking for independent opening. Valkyrie's approval has already fallen off."
"To be exact, it's Alpheas Magic School."
Gaold expressed his displeasure.
Even if I become a crippled person whose memories are blown away at any time, there are memories that I will never forget. The vivid memories in his brain like reality were still s@distically whipping Gaold's mind and body.
Gaold leaned over and crossed his legs. Manners were no longer in my head.
The sound of a strong sigh was heard. But I didn't even care about that.
"I will think about it. Go back at once."
Ordon's expression changed to bewilderment at the unexpected answer.
"Would you like to think? Do you think the reason I came here is to ask you a favor? This is cooperation between countries. I know that His Highness Adolf has already agreed… … ."
Gaold's facial muscles twisted abnormally. As if the devil's soul had dwelled in Gaold's face, two extreme expressions were revealed at the same time.
"Did you think I would lower my tail if I told you the name of the king? Adolph? What kind of child is that? No one can go without my permission."
As the air grew hot, the furniture in the reception room began to stir. The mental waves generated by the conflict between the emotion to kill Ordon and the emotion to suppress it are moving things.
This was a self-denial that far exceeded human limits. This time, I couldn't even go strong and swallowed my saliva.
Ordon had hallucinations.
The reception room was gone, and only Gaold and himself were seated facing each other, and the whole area was covered with hellfire. I could smell sulfur and heard the screams of demons beyond the wall of fire.
What kind of life has this man lived? He had met many poisonous people in the world, but he was the first one to terrorize him.
'The head of the Tormia Magic Association said he was a madman… … .'
He seemed to know why Kang Nan had not been kicked out of the association even after beating numerous nobles. The head of the association was an idiot who was unmatched by humans.
"go away. before killing them."
A man who called the king of his country a son of a bitch. Realizing that there was no lie in Gaold's words, Ordon screamed and left the reception room as soon as the hallucinations dissipated. Urine dripped down his pants and ran along the floor.
Since an incident that has already happened cannot be undone, the reception room was enveloped in heavy silence.
When Gaold's life subsided, Gangnan sat down in Ordon's seat and said.
"Did I have to do this? You can return it with a nice word."
"You are an unlucky child. You were refreshing too."
"what… … I cannot deny it."
Gaold took a cigar from his pocket and asked. When he snapped his finger, sparks ignited it.
Gaold was the only one who could use magic in the association where the magic controller was in operation.
"You're going to investigate the space-time of the labyrinth? Why don't you stick out your neck and tell me to break the back of your head?"
"But what really happened? If there is a problem with the space-time of the labyrinth, Tormia should be the first to appear."
"Perhaps. It just hasn't materialized yet. Didn't I say that the tongue monsters haunted Kuberin? It is where the ancient Colosseum was."
"What does that mean?"
"It is not a creature. sort of… … It should be like a concept. That concept came over here and took its place in the area where human thoughts were concentrated.
Kang Nan nodded his head meekly.
If it was Gaold, then so it is. None of Valkyrie's leaders knew more about the labyrinth and heaven than Gaold did.
"Why did that happen?"
"The creature couldn't come over. The most likely assumption is that the labyrinth's construction has more than a certain level of cracks. If it's a labyrinth, I'll be able to recover that much. But it won't last long."
Gaold leaned back on the backrest and put the cigar in his mouth between his fingers. Acrid cigarette smoke filled the reception room.
"Kangnan, you should go."
Kang Nan straightened his back and placed both hands on his knees.
"Please tell me."
"Sooner or later, something similar will happen here. Investigate everything. Concentrate on finding places where ancient thoughts can gather. Places like historical sites, the Colosseum, and castle ruins."
After writing Gaold's orders in his notebook, Gangnan left his seat and headed for the door. He didn't need to operate a wagon if it was a solo mission, so it wouldn't be too late no matter where the incident happened in the kingdom.
"Oh, and while I was walking around, Creas also went."
Kang Nan, who was about to open the door and leave, turned around.
"The place where the magic school is? Do you have something to say to Alfeas-san?"
Gaold tapped the sofa and thought.
There is no early sense, but there was no time to delay if there was a problem with the construction of the maze. It was time to put the plan I had dedicated my life to into action.
"Shirone… … Meet the child called."
(end of volume 13)
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[323] Second outing (1)
Arriving at the Karmis family, Shirone looked at her clothes and then walked to the arch of the main gate.
A carefree garden unique to Karmis stretched between the white iron bars.
The guards who were vigilant about the surroundings with fierce eyes remained the same.
Sure enough, as Shirone approached, without a doubt, his right hand moved to the handle of the scabbard she wore around his waist.
"stop. What business have you come for?"
If there was a difference from half a year ago, it was that he used honorifics.
The guards at the aristocratic residence basically shifted every 4 hours and worked at different locations every month, so there was no way the guards at the time were here.
Even so, the reason why he couldn't treat Shirone carelessly was because he felt an unusual prayer that was different from that of the criminal.
While attending magic academy for a year, Shirone's appearance also took off the traits of a mountain boy to some extent.
In particular, the high level of mental power raised through experience and training gained in actual battles emitted an aura that even guards unfamiliar with magic could feel.
"Amy is my friend. Is Amy inside?"
The guards tilted their heads as if wondering, then looked back at each other and signaled with their eyes.
Shirone had entered Amy's room half a year ago.
However, since that day, since he was Amy's boyfriend, there had been no cases of permission to enter, so it was natural that the guards, who did not know the incident at the time, could not be trusted.
"There are no guests booked today. If you have business, please follow the procedure separately."
It was the answer as expected.
Shirone licked his lips and turned around.
I thought I would be able to get in right away if I was lucky, so I came, but things got tangled, so I had no choice but to write a letter and send it to the mansion.
"It's okay. Let me in."
Just then, a welcome voice was heard from inside the front door.
When Shirone turned back, Adele, the head of the Karmis family, stood there with a smile on her face.
The backs of the guards stood upright.
To them living together in the mansion, Adele seemed to feel like a messenger from hell.
Crossing the front door with a cane, Adele stopped in front of Shirone and looked into her eyes.
Recalling the memory of half a year ago, Shirone prepared her mind in advance.
This was the first time I had ever experienced eye pressing techniques.
If he was the butler of the Karmis family, he wouldn't have done his best, so he had to stay alert.
But Adele didn't come up with any technique. He bowed at his right angle and bowed politely.
"Welcome, Master Shirone."
Shirone stayed in a daze, relaxed, then hurriedly came to his senses and lowered his head.
"Yes, how have you been?"
"Heh heh, there is nothing different about the daily life of an old man. It looks like you're here to see Miss Amy."
"Yes, I'm sorry for coming without a message. Are you at home?"
Adele scratched her eyebrows in embarrassment.
"You are aware of the situation. In fact, maybe that's why Miss Amy has been feeling a little sick lately. The other day, Lady Seriel came to visit her, and she just went back."
"Ah, I see."
Seriel was Amy's best friend. If it was enough to send her back, it was said that her Amy was also her true heart.
But Shirone did not give up.
"Please tell me that I am here. But if you say you don't like it, I'll just go back."
Adele hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
In fact, after Amy failed her graduation exam, the atmosphere at the mansion was unreasonable. She wasn't the type to show her annoyance outwardly, though, so she couldn't come out and calm her down, just staring at her.
But with Shirone, things might change.
Anyway, this boy is the only friend who can enter Amy's house as a man.
"All right. Please wait."
After giving instructions to the guards to respect Shirone, Adele climbed into the carriage waiting in the garden.
'It's been about half a year. What the hell happened?'
As the carriage started, Adele's expression became serious only then.
Pressing on men approaching Amy was a pastime and little fun that only the head butler could enjoy.
But this time, I couldn't even dare to try pressing.
It was because Shirone's mind was much sharper than before.
No, even the expression sharp was not enough.
'Eerie.'
The moment our eyes met to try pressing, I felt the hairs on my body stand on end.
The overall temperament didn't seem to have changed much.
His intelligent, bright, and benevolent personality was the same as the one he had seen half a year ago.
However, the energy felt in his eyes was subtly sharp.
'Something else lives. A very terrifying monster… … .'
It was a fact that he could feel because he became the butler of the Karmis family, the best family.
I can't guess what it is, but once it harms me, it will surely jump out and chew itself up and swallow it.
The moment our eyes met, Adele realized that such a situation could never have happened.
It was such a violent and extreme monster.
'Is it okay if I let you in? Of course, there's no way he came to visit his friend with an uncontrollable mindset… … .'
Adele withheld judgment on this.
It was because there was no way that Shakora, the head of the household, would not know what he knew. Of course, the parties had nothing to say.
When I thought about it, I smiled bitterly.
'… … What a crazy boy.'
How long ago had it been that I had a brief tingling feeling?
Shirone sealed such a monster deep inside.
'You've gotten stronger in half a year. It's a really great talent.'
The Karmis family is known as the lineage of geniuses. In particular, Amy's talent was unrivaled among the family.
However, the breadth of Shirone's growth was beyond imagination.
If Amy was the fastest sprinter among humans, Shirone was a giant whose stride itself was on a different level.
'What drives him?'
As the carriage stopped, Adele's thoughts also stopped.
With unanswered questions in mind, he opened the door to the mansion.
Quite a bit of time had passed since the graduation exams were over, but there was still a rather pious atmosphere.
It was a difficult problem for Adele, who had lived her whole life loving the colorful atmosphere of the Karmis family.
"My lord."
Shakora, who was reading the newspaper, looked away.
"Shirone-kun came to visit Lady Amy. She is, but the lady has notified her house that she will not meet anyone… … ."
"Hmm, Shirone?"
Shakora understood Amy's feelings.
How would you feel if your daughter, who was united with pride, took the graduation exam in a mess?
However, Shirone had room to examine her intentions.
Even though Seriel was rejected, the feelings between men and women are completely different.
Isis, who was listening in the kitchen, came out and spoke.
"I'll ask Amy first."
Isis climbed the stairs and entered Amy's room on the second floor.
After a moment of chatter, she left the room and came to the railing and shook her head.
Adele, who had received Amy's will through that, bowed her head without a second thought.
"Then I will send Shirone-kun back."
"No, let them come in."
Isis made a worried expression at Shakora's words.
"But honey, Amy… … ."
"are you okay. When I saw Shirone at school, I told her to come find me. It's not polite to send it back like this. Yes I want to meet you Let me in."
"All right."
Adele left the mansion with a much brighter face, thinking that she could at least not disappoint Shirone.
10 minutes later, Shirone arrived at the mansion.
Shakora sat on the couch waiting, and just in time Isis brought out a tray of tropical fruits.
Shirone walked over to Shakora and bowed her head.
"Hello, Father."
"Yes, welcome. Sit down."
Sitting on the sofa, Shirone waited for the conversation to begin.
Upon entering, I heard that the atmosphere in the house was not good, so I did not mention Amy first.
Like Adele, Shakora sensed Shirone's subtly sharpened temperament at a glance.
At the time of the graduation exam, I didn't have time to look closely because I was worried about my daughter, but after my daughter was eliminated, I became interested in Shirone's performance as a parent.
'The kingdom's best prospect… … .'
Of course, this is an evaluation that excludes seniors.
However, I did not think that Shirone's rating would drop significantly even if the senior class was included.
Although it was not revealed to Amy, Shakora was her father who was so zealous that she scrapped articles happening in the Wizarding Society after she entered school. The student he listened to until his ears were worn out was Dante.
When Shirone defeated Dante, the first in the kingdom, even he in the world couldn't help but be surprised.
But looking at it now, it wasn't a fluke or luck.
In the eyes of the monk who spiritually formed a family, a desire to transcend the world was burning.
Adele called it a monster, but thought it was Shaco.
It was also Shirone.
'It's not something you can get anywhere. Are latent tendencies manifested innately? But how?'
The anecdote about the harsh things in Kazra Kingdom has already been accepted. Even so, it was too transcendental for an 18-year-old boy to embrace.
Realizing that they hadn't spoken for a long time, Shacora smiled bitterly as he returned to his out-of-arms father.
"Actually, it doesn't hurt too much."
"Yes, I know."
Maybe it was, I thought.
But the reason I didn't think it was a lie was that it could be a condition more serious than physical pain.
Shakora scratched her head in difficulty.
"I honestly don't know. It doesn't look like it's particularly difficult, but it looks a little discouraged. Would you understand?"
"sure. I would have too."
Rather, it is bearable at first.
Since this has already happened, you may decide to start over.
However, if you think that you have to repeat the training for a year or so, failing the graduation exam will come to your bones.
With each passing day, the regrets would grow heavier and the sense of shame would weigh on his heart endlessly.
"Amy is strong. Since I was 12 years old, I really did my best to come this far. Maybe that's why the wound is deeper."
"Yeah, I'd better leave it alone for now. Anyway, that's how Amy is now."
Shakora declared surrender with a shrug. She meant that she couldn't help her daughter's mood.
Turning her gaze to the second floor, Shirone confirmed that Amy's room was tightly closed.
On the day the graduation exam was over, it seemed that I could hear the sad cries I heard outside the door of the dormitory.
"May I go up?"
Isis said with a puzzled expression.
"I asked, and Amy said she was sick and told me to send her back. She blindly approaches the child's personality… … ."
"haha! That's when you get hit, well."
Shirone replied humorously. But on the other hand, he conveyed his intention to never give up.
Shakora sighed and thought.
Only Shirone can understand Amy's mind 100%.
Also, the fact that a caring child was stubborn meant that Amy's condition was much worse than expected.
If there is no breakthrough, shock therapy would be a good option.
"I want to go to Amy's room. I won't allow it."
"thank you."
Shirone left the sofa and climbed the stairs to the second floor.
Isis, who was watching the scene, asked Shakora with an anxious expression.
"Honey, what are you going to do? Amy's personality… … ."
"are you okay. You probably understand Amy's current state of mind better than anyone else. In fact, she's Shirone. It's enough when you go back. But if she wants to meet her until the end, it means she can't stay like this."
"And what if things get worse?"
"Because it's okay. More than anything else, you are Amy's trusted friend."
Isis glanced at Shakora and pursed her lips.
'Why are you praising a boy? stupid daughter… … .'
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[324] Second outing (2)
Arriving at Amy's room, Shirone caught her breath in front of the door.
In the meantime, I listened to the sound inside, but I didn't feel anything special.
I knocked on the door with my fist and finally heard the rustle of the blanket.
After clearing her voice, Shirone sent a message.
"I am Shirone. I'll go in."
The sound of the blanket moving disappeared like a lie.
After waiting for a long time without an answer, Shirone spoke again.
"If you don't open it, I will open it and go in."
There was a clunky sound of something falling from the bed, followed by ferocious thumping footsteps.
The door burst open, revealing Amy's blushing face.
"What, what! Why did you come all of a sudden and make a fuss!"
"I was worried because he said he was sick. But doesn't it hurt?"
Amy sighed.
It was a fact that he had already figured out a long time ago that stupid lies don't work on Shirone.
Amy backed away as if to invite her in and turned to the bed.
"I think there's some misunderstanding, but it's not that I'm avoiding people, it's that I just want to rest. Trying to organize my thoughts."
"Yes, I know."
Shirone burst out laughing and closed the door.
Shakora, who was reading the newspaper, raised the corner of her mouth when she heard the door slam shut in Amy's room.
"You have passed the 1st gateway."
Isis also shrugged her shoulders in surprise and headed to the second floor with her car.
Normally, I would sit in Amy's room and chat with Shirone, but this time, I left the room after serving refreshments.
This meant that he would delegate full authority to Shirone.
Sitting across from Amy across the table, Shirone burst out laughing when she saw the teacup.
It was because of the memory of Amy spraying tea in her face half a year ago.
Amy was thinking the same thing.
However, it was a dark history for her, so she erased it from her mind and raised her teacup.
"So what's up today? You're not trying to take me to a strange place again like last time, are you? I want to take a break this vacation."
"Yeah, that's why I came. to give you a rest."
Amy asked with an incomprehensible face.
"Are you going to let me rest? how?"
"Let's go on a date with me."
"Pooh woo woo!"
The tea water in Amy's mouth came out like mist and wet Shirone's face.
It was supposed to stop in moderation, but the water baptism did not stop until everything in the mouth came out.
Shirone slowly opened her eyes and spoke in a low voice.
"this… … I think it's the second."
Amy, blushing, licked her lips and stood up.
"What, what are you saying! You fool!"
She wiped her mouth with a tissue on top of the cabinet, then pulled out a few more and threw them at Shirone.
Shirone rubbed his face and said.
"Every winter they hold a festival in the Leth Mountains. I usually wanted to go, but if I had an idea, I thought we would go together."
It was definitely a surprise. To think that Shirone, a model student recognized by the world, would like to go out to play.
"Are you talking about the old castle? The remains of the Ice Queen. there i know I've never been there because I was busy."
"huh. Let's change our mood for about 2 nights and 3 days. To be honest, I haven't been motivated lately, so I needed to recharge. There won't be anything dangerous this time, so let's go and have fun."
Amy rested her chin and thought. Her most troubling problem was that it was her two-night, three-day trip.
"You and me without friends? Where are you going to sleep?"
"You just need to find a place to stay. We can have discussions at night."
"aha… … ."
Amy was speechless.
In short, it was a story about using one shot, but it was an atmosphere that made it impossible to doubt because he said it so confidently.
"Are you… … ."
Amy was about to say something, but shook her head.
To be sure, if I brought up a strange story for no reason, it seemed that it would only scratch and boil.
"why? Is there anything that's stuck? In my opinion… … ."
"No, it's okay. wait outside I'll get ready and go. If you tell Dad you're going there, he'll have a carriage waiting for you."
"Okay, I'll be waiting for you below."
When Shirone came out earlier than expected, Shakora and Isis looked at each other questioningly.
However, after hearing Shirone's words, he immediately agreed.
"Oh, the ruins of the Ice Queen… … ."
Shakora recalled memories of her youth.
When he was dating Isis, he also took the ice queen's ruins as a date course.
"It's a beautiful place. romantic."
"Yes, I heard that. But they said it would take some time to look back."
Shakora chuckled.
"That's not even the charm. That you can't come back in one day. ok, let's go I'll wait for the wagon. If we leave now, we will be able to arrive tomorrow morning."
Shirone let out a sigh of relief.
From a parent's point of view, it is worrying to send their daughter only with a man. But Shakora went even further and offered her advice.
"When you arrive at the old castle, look for an accommodation called the Snow Crystal. Because me and her wife also stayed there. You will be able to make good memories."
Isis looked back at her husband with an absurd expression.
Her lips twitched as if she was about to say something, but she missed the timing as Amy came out of the room.
"Shirone, let's go. Dad, I'm going to the winter festival."
Amy, wearing a red winter coat with rabbit fur, said as she descended the stairs.
Smoke was still rising from the curls of her hair, how quickly she had curled it.
Isis, who knew that she wasn't the type to decorate normally, was quite surprised by her daughter's transformation.
Shirone also looked at Amy, who was much more mature than she had seen at school, for a moment, stunned.
Then I came to my senses and said hello to my parents.
"Then I will go."
"Yes, be careful."
It took more than 10 hours to reach Les Mountains, so I had to run diligently from now on to arrive in the morning.
When Shirone and Amy left the mansion, Isis raised her eyes narrowly and argued with her husband.
"Snow crystals?"
"why? What is it like there?"
"Are you saying that now? Have you forgotten how we even got married? Because I was twisted by you then and there… … !"
"haha! Was it? Anyway, you were nice too."
Isis put her hands on her hips and snorted. Apparently, Shakora didn't know the seriousness of the situation.
"What are you thinking?"
"If you are going to use shock therapy, you better do it properly. When blood rushes to your head and then comes down, you wake up."
"and then? What if you don't come down?"
"It's a matter for Amy to decide anyway. If you're eighteen, you're an adult. It's nothing else, it's your body, so you do it on your own."
Isis shook her head.
The red face, a characteristic of the Karmis family, expresses the best talent in whatever field it chooses. Therefore, the family has created a family tradition that emphasizes human free will, away from restraint and discipline.
If you let your talent flow, you will make a family no matter what you choose.
The greatest strength of the Karmis family was the lax spectrum, where members of the family were engaged in almost all occupations.
The moment discipline and oppression enter, talent is blocked.
Shakora, who knows this better than anyone else, has been grazing Amy since she was a child, so she strayed once.
However, if this was Hong's history, Isis had no choice but to accept it.
"Are you sure you can handle it? If you talk about it later or say something to Amy, I'll get really mad at you."
"Getting behind? Why am I doing that?"
Shakora opened the newspaper hard and got into a reading position. She had long since put her daughter's thoughts out of her mind.
"Shirone should do it."
* * *
Heaven Northern Hemisphere.
permafrost tundra.
In Heaven they call it Optrus.
It was an electromagnetic net pattern that had been floating on the cold winds of the north for eons.
The fact that the pattern of information exchange is close to infinite means that it is a divine being in a sense.
But Optrus could not become a god.
To the Optrus that arose in the tundra, the environment of heaven was a boring and dull space without stimulation.
There is no learning without stimulation.
It was the same logic as if a baby abandoned in the mountain would become a beast if he did not leave the mountain for the rest of his life.
That is why Optrus has lived for a long time repeating meaningless and simple information exchange.
Then one day, a crack went to the maze's construction.
Small changes that organisms cannot even feel.
However, for Optrus, it was as thrilling as birth and extinction and a huge stimulus.
An aurora spread over the tundra due to the huge magnetic field emitted by Optrus.
A 3-second crack in the labyrinth's space-time.
Optrus broke through the gap and escaped to a new world.
The first destination was Les Mountains.
The electronic network that composes it quickly absorbs and learns unfamiliar environments like the brain of a newborn child.
The place where Optrus could get the most information was the castle site located halfway up the Les Mountains.
Numerous humans were running around, and everyone was spreading information like an explosion.
At a level that even he couldn't perceive, Optrus sucked in all the information based on his instincts.
Electromagnetic networks were blazing in an infinite pattern, breaking new ground.
* * *
Arriving at the Leth Mountains around dawn, Shirone and Amy ate a meal at a food stall before arriving at the ticket booth at the old castle ruins.
The entrance to the ticket office was also crowded with tourists.
After waiting in line and buying a ticket, Shirone opened her eyes wide at the spectacle unfolding in front of her.
"wow… … ."
The old castle site was completely repaired with ice as its material, not stone or soil.
As the sun's light caused diffuse reflection, everything reflected in my eyes sparkled like diamonds.
Even the spirited Amy's face flushed red in front of the scenery she was seeing.
Shirone was satisfied.
Even when he was taken to the Galliant Ruins, he was embarrassed because things went wrong from the start. Wasn't it not enough for him to fight against the parrot mercenaries and follow him to heaven and pass the ordeal?
In order to make up for the hardships at the time, I promised myself that I would have a pleasant trip this time.
"Let's go. It's gonna be fun."
Shirone and Amy moved along the snowy field.
The rainbow bridge connecting the towers, the railings along the battlements, and the stairs inside the castle were all made of ice.
'This is why it's called a winter festival.'
Since the structure would collapse if the temperature rose, the site had to be closed even in early spring.
Eventually, when summer arrives, the ice melts and disappears, leaving only the dreary remnants of the castle.
As if the memory of a winter day was a midsummer night's dream.
"Shirone, let's try that."
Amy pointed to a food stall. She was selling ice treats, a specialty of the winter festival.
Shirone put the cold ice snack in her mouth and chewed it. Strawberry syrup was mixed with white snow and frozen.
"Okay, I bought something to eat. Where should I look back?"
"Of course, we should go see the Ice Queen first."
Amy took Shirone and headed for the castle.
The main castle was the least lost among the historical sites. It was a structure with a staircase on both sides in a 120-pyeong hall, but the left staircase had collapsed a long time ago and had been repaired by carving ice.
Wouldn't it be strange if it was warm enough that the ice wouldn't melt? It was definitely warmer than outside as people gathered there.
Shirone and Amy entered the corridor on the 1.5th floor connecting the stairs on both sides. Where the central balustrade jutted out into the hall was the Ice Queen.
Shirone approached the Ice Queen. A beautiful woman stood with her eyes closed in a huge block of ice.
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[325] Second outing (3)
"This is the ice queen. She is as pretty as rumored."
"Eight hundred years ago, it was an era when wizards were denounced as witches. In a sense, you can say that she is a woman of misfortune."
Amy told a brief story about the Ice Queen.
The Ice Queen was originally a wizard.
At that time, the priesthood ruled, so he lived hiding his identity, but there was no way to hide his beautiful appearance.
When the woman's beauty spread through word of mouth to the royal castle, the old king personally summoned her. The king fell in love with her at first sight and took her as his queen.
However, darkness was already growing in her heart, who had been pursued by the Holy Church all her life.
Hundreds of innocent people were tortured and died in the name of sorcery experiments.
As people died, the queen's magical power grew stronger. As her magic power grew stronger, her queen went mad.
Wizards are extremely rare. This is because the series itself is a job that strengthens the spirit.
However, if the mind is destroyed for any reason, a serious situation occurs that is different from the mental illness of ordinary people.
As the spirit and magic become assimilated, the magical power becomes uncontrollable.
Wizards called this phenomenon magic match.
Maddened by madness, the queen froze everything around her.
Her room, lined with icicles, reminded her of an ice cave in the North Pole.
Furniture such as beds and dressing tables, as well as handmaids and servants who used to help, were frozen to death.
As the situation grew out of control, the king built a small castle in the Leth Mountains and made her the queen there. Her word was her queen, and it was tantamount to exile.
But even there the Queen's eccentricities did not stop.
The first test subjects were dozens of attendants. When they all died, this time they captured the people and continued the cruel experiment.
After a year, no one was left in the small castle in the Leth Mountains.
But the queen was satisfied. This is because she finally reached the desired state after a long experiment.
"I will sleep in a place where even time is frozen. The day I return, the world will kneel at my feet."
The Queen casts her last spell and traps herself in a huge block of ice.
That was the anecdote related to the last appearance of the Ice Queen that Shirone was watching.
"Hmm, that's right."
Shirone moved a little closer to the Ice Queen.
After hearing the anecdote, I felt a sense of reality. The way he closed his eyes and went into hibernation also looked like a person from 800 years ago was actually sleeping.
Amy finished the story.
"Perhaps she was tormented by guilt even in the face of her mind being destroyed? So it seems that she devoted herself to magic that even made her freeze."
"It could be. If true, that would be great."
Wizards cannot die from the magic they cast.
Although not impossible in theory, it required a will that transcended omnipotence to cast self-harming magic.
"Because if the Spirit Zone is shaken, the magic won't be activated. It's something ordinary wizards can't even try."
"Hmm, maybe it's closely related to the magical power matching phenomenon?"
Shirone stroked his chin and fell into thought.
Amy burst into laughter at his unnecessarily serious look.
"What is so serious? It's just a legend anyway. It's unclear if the Ice Queen is even a real person of hers. There is a theory that she was modeled after a violent queen at the time. She says that the one trapped in the ice is just a doll made of wax."
Shirone knew that the winter festival was not based on real history.
"huh. But it looks so real."
Even Amy acknowledged the doll's sophistication. Since she is the main character of the festival, it was only natural that she put so much effort into it.
Shirone and Amy moved closer to see the queen trapped in the ice.
At that moment, the Ice Queen's eyes flashed open.
"Aww! what!"
Shirone and Amy simultaneously hugged each other and stepped back.
Tourists turned their heads at the sound of screams. However, he soon realized what was going on and burst into laughter.
Realizing that she was being held in Shirone's arms, Amy hurriedly escaped.
Her face flushed with embarrassment, she stomped on the floor and shouted.
"Bah, you idiot! There's a device on the floor. If you step on it, the doll's eyes will open."
"Who knew? And you're surprised, too."
"Who is surprised? It's because your voice is so loud. Anyway, men have a lot of fear."
Shirone pointed at Amy's pale face.
"haha! Your face is pale for that?"
"… … Oh, so what? Shall I make your face paler? If you vomit your stomach, you'll get sick of it like soup."
As Amy approached, stroking her fists, Shirone, who quietly averted her gaze, looked down at the floor and murmured.
"If you're surprised, you can say you're surprised, I'm not a bully… … ."
"what? bully? yes i'm a thug What do you want?"
Amy sharpened her fist and pecked at Shirone's side. Shirone, his ribs throbbing, flung his arms and ran down the hallway.
"Ha ha ha! don't do it! It tickles me!"
"Where are you running away! Aren't you coming?"
Their voices echoed through the hall.
Tourists didn't even care.
It was a festival ground, and a great date spot for lovers.
However, after discovering Shirone and Amy, the three students from Ains Magic School couldn't take their eyes off of them.
To be precise, they were the graduates who passed the graduation exam this time.
Eins Magic School, one of the two magic schools in Creas, wasn't as prestigious as Alpheas Magic School, so the awareness was low.
Above all, even after graduating, you couldn't automatically acquire a magician's license like in a prestigious school.
Of course, the reality is that if you just submit your diploma, most guilds will give you a wizard license. However, it was true that considering the privileges of graduates of prestigious schools, their pride as graduates of the same class was hurt.
"The couple over there… … Aren't they pretty famous?"
Ludvans pointed at the railing with his chin.
He was tall and had curly hair, and he looked much more mature than his age because he was wearing long colored glasses.
"Oh, is that so?"
Vivian also recognized Shirone and Amy at a glance. Perhaps it was her complex that the corners of her eyes drooped a bit, she was a girl who drew her eye lines more fiercely than others.
Like most magic school students, they were constantly reading the Spirit Journal.
Most of the pages are occupied by the introduction of prestigious schools or students, but the sales performance of academic journals was much higher in non-prestigious schools.
In the case of a prestigious school, there is no need to buy books and read articles about the school they attend or the rivals they compete with.
"Arian Shirone and Karmis Amy. what? Come to think of it, Zocre, do you know Amy?"
"Of course you know very well."
Zocre, the party's leader, pursed his lips.
He was of medium height, with bushy hair, narrow eyes and thin lips, revealing a stubborn personality.
For Zocre, Alpheas Magic School was a painful past.
It was because he took classes there until he was thirteen and then transferred to Eins Magic School.
The fact that he confessed to Amy just before he transferred and got dumped was a secret that even Ludvans and Vivian did not know.
Of course, he did not transfer schools just because he was dumped by a girl.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the best talents in the kingdom would gather when they reached the top 5 prestigious schools like Alpheas Magic School.
Moderate talent is only a fertilizer for geniuses.
Zocre thought he couldn't win the competition and sought another way to transfer school.
In fact, most of the students attended prestigious schools and did not graduate until they were old enough.
From that point of view, it could be said that Zocre's judgment was excellent.
However, looking back at the reality, it was extremely rare to transfer from a prestigious school to a non-prestigious school.
It must be because prestigious families have their own pride.
Pioneering a different path to avoid competition seemed like running away from the students' point of view.
Before entering the magic school, they were all talented people who were praised as geniuses, so sky-high self-esteem must have played a part.
'joy! Whether it's a prestigious name or a signboard, it's all just bluff. What's the point of pride when you can't produce results?'
Zokre had always thought that way.
However, it is also true that if you ask yourself if you have any regrets about leaving the prestigious school, the answer will not come out immediately.
"oh my god. I never thought I would see them here."
Vivian was memorizing everything about Shirone and Amy. He could be confident that, confined to school life, he knew more than their families.
It was a common occurrence for students of non-prestigious schools. This is because the students who are introduced in Spirit journals are the goals and idols they want to become.
"That boy is Shirone. You're the one who beat Dante, who boasts an undefeated record. In addition, the red-faced Karmis Amy. I heard that the two are lovers, but the rumors seem to be true."
The word lover drove a nail into Zocre's heart. The fact that his heart was beating fast when he saw Amy even after five years had passed made him even more angry.
"Anyway, it's a student nabbing. You don't pass the graduation exam because you hang on to prestigious schools. to be anxious. No need to be intimidated. We are regular wizards."
Having said that, Zocre muttered to himself.
'I haven't gotten my license yet… … .'
After all, he is not the snoring Zokre he was when he was thirteen. He proudly graduated from magic school and is currently undergoing formal wizarding procedures.
Amy, on the other hand, had failed her graduation exams in a spectacular way, so when will she ever get a chance to show off more than this?
"Let's go. Since we haven't seen each other in a while, shouldn't we say hello?"
Ludvans, following behind Zocre, added a word with a polite expressionless face.
"Of course, from the senior position, right?"
Shirone, unaware of the approach of Zocre and his party, was gathered at the end of the corridor on the 1.5th floor and was being lynched by Amy.
"Ahaha! okay! Wrong! Stop now!"
"You are laughing. It's just the beginning!"
Amy, whose mischief had been activated, stabbed even more persistently at a vital point among Shirone's ribs.
Shirone's laughter exploded like a bomb.
"huh? Where did you hear that voice?"
A handsome boy who was looking around the history exhibition hall on the third floor heard their voices and turned his head toward the railing.
On the 1.5th floor, where the Ice Queen is displayed, I could see Shirone and Amy fooling around from a high angle.
"Are you here for a date?"
Apparently, Shirone brought Amy to comfort her after she failed the graduation exam.
The boy watched until there and turned away without thinking.
'Well, that has nothing to do with me. Let's turn off the attention.'
In addition to having a personality that doesn't care about other people's affairs, it was absolutely undesirable for her to intervene, especially between men and women.
'Where is the antique art exhibition?'
The boy sucked the straw of the iced coffee in his hand and disappeared into the depths of the exhibition hall.
After finishing the grappling, Shirone and Amy went up to the second floor.
At the end of the collapsed wall, a rainbow bridge made of ice was installed to cross over to the spire on the other side.
"Wow, it's pretty."
Precision craftsmanship was put into the decoration of the balustrade, and when standing in the center of the arch, the ice garden spread across the castle grounds could be seen at a glance.
After passing the rainbow bridge and going over to the spire on the other side, there was a mini game room installed.
It was a game in which you had to defeat the target in the picture of the soldier standing on the watchtower on the other side, but the throwing weapon was snow that was scattered all over the place.
"now! Challenge yourself. 10 silver for 10 snowballs. If you defeat the soldiers, you will receive the Ice Queen's stuffed toy."
After hearing the moderator's explanation, Shirone turned her attention to the Ice Queen's doll in the product section.
It was a three-headed doll that could be held in one's arms, but it was smiling brightly with big, sparkling eyes.
It was a completely different atmosphere from the witches in the legends I heard in anecdotes.
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