chapter 10
The rumored child (3)
trauma.
A symptom of feeling severe emotional agitation when experiencing a situation similar to the time of the accident.
Dustin’s hand knife, which he had seen in an illusion, overlapped with that of his adoptive father.
I started feeling it at the same time.
An old house that suffered from confinement and violence, a narrow attic where you couldn’t cry out loud.
Fear and anxiety choked Elia’s throat, as if she were detained there.
If there is a difference from that time, it is that the 「Emotion Suppression Curse」 has disappeared. Elia couldn’t stand it any longer. I let go of all the anger that had accumulated so far.
Fifteen sharp-edged steel twigs.
It was like a ‘harpoon’ that rushed at Dustin and the big guy.
Woowook-!
There was no hesitation in the murderous intent that stretched out. But someone blocked the way.
Tadat-!
quick movements.
Golden hair flowing in nobility.
“I told you not to get ahead.”
It was Professor Leonard.
However, Elia, who lost her reason, couldn’t see anything. The only goal was to kill the opponent.
The steel branches didn’t stop, and Leonard fired the barrier.
Goooooung- Kwajik-!!
The rushing tree branches got stuck in the barrier.
It was formidable, but the barrier was not scratched. As if all the shocks had been absorbed, not a single shock wave was created. A quiet yet elegant defense magic that is different from normal barriers.
The pupil who lost focus looked straight at Leonard.
“…don’t disturb me.”
Elia spurred on her magical powers.
The veins formed in his hands, and he bit his molars. I tried to pierce the barrier with stronger power.
But nothing changed. Barrier was still stubborn.
Elia, who used to scream softly, soon withdrew her magical power. I realized that I couldn’t break through with my own power. I didn’t even give up.
As Elia stretched out her arms, the leaves on the side of the road turned black this time.
Woo-woo-!
Dozens of leaves floating in the air.
Covered in jet black, they rushed towards Dustin once more. Just traverse left and right to fly out of range of the barrier.
Divide it into two sides so that neither side can block it unconditionally.
Shush shush shush shush-!!
Right and left.
Leonard watched the leaves that stretched out in a curve.
A gaze without an inch of distraction. There was no embarrassment in the twinkling eyes, just silently grasping the trajectory.
Then he snapped his fingers.
widely-!
Then, a huge magic field unfolded.
Let the leaves flying like stars pass through the magic field
Squeeze-
scattered into a fine powder. Like paper that went through a shredder, the shape was unrecognizable.
The powders that had been slowly sinking were blown away by the night wind that blew just at the right time.
Go oh oh-…
Silent silence like the night before a storm.
Elia prepared for a final attack. He drew all of his body’s mana to the maximum.
The moment I was about to use the [material conversion ability] again.
Shuk-!
Like a beast in pitch darkness, the blue eyes stretched out and left traces. At the same time, my eyesight was strained. A fragrant body odor lingering on the tip of the nose and an unfamiliar feeling of warmth.
When I looked up, Leonard, who had approached me before I knew it, was looking down at me.
“town!······”
Leonard covered Elia’s mouth with one hand. And then he quickly left.
As if nothing had happened, only emptiness lingered around the front door.
Tuck- Tuck-
Dustin, who was walking down the street, stopped.
“·······”
Something was strange.
While he wasn’t aware of it, he felt a strange energy around him as if something huge had happened.
Something great, spectacular, dangerous…
Dustin closed his eyes and alerted his senses. I felt a slight jolt of magic behind my back.
‘It wasn’t wrong after all.’
There was no way the eldest son of the prestigious Christopher family was wrong. Confident Dustin quickly turned around.
“…?”
none.
Contrary to expectations, not a single ant was seen.
The silent front door.
What is it anyway? This unknown heterogeneity.
An ominous feeling somewhere.
After Dustin looked back for a while, the hulking approached and asked.
“Why is that Dustin? What was behind you?”
“It’s strange…”
It was then. A sudden wind blew.
-Wheee
A breeze brushing your skin. It wasn’t long before Dustin’s face went white. Goosebumps broke out on my back. It was because of the magic that came riding on the wind.
His chin also trembled.
“This, is this…?”
It wasn’t normal magic.
Solid magical power that ordinary wizards cannot even imitate.
Mixed in it, a murderous intent comparable to that of a warlock.
“Stand, can you stand?”
“Huh, a warlock?”
Frozen in fear, the two quickly ran away.
““Aaaagh!””
***
A building near the main entrance.
I pushed Elia against the wall.
He covered his mouth with one hand and cupped his small forehead with the other.
Looking straight into Elia’s eyes, he manifested magic.
“·······”
An orange light hovered at the joint between the forehead and the palm.
The [mind and body stabilization spell] polished for this moment.
Because it was magic imprinted on Leonard’s ‘magical intuition’, it was easy to use.
I couldn’t test it because I didn’t have a frequent test subject, but fortunately, the effect appeared right away.
Weiying-
Elia’s pupils, which had lost focus, regained their vitality. The intent to kill faded and the sound of breathing returned to normal. I slowly raised both hands. Elia’s gentle face was looking at me.
“What about the mind?”
Elia nodded. Reason seemed to have returned. Realizing what he had done, he immediately lowered his head.
“sorry···”
A dead voice.
Although I was sincerely remorseful, I reprimanded him with the same coolness.
“I should have warned you not to go ahead.”
“I did not know. Does that mean…”
It took a week at most for Elia’s [Foresight] to bloom.
I would never have imagined that I would be aware of abilities that even I did not know.
‘Don’t get ahead of me’ would have been taken as ‘don’t try to get ahead of the class’ or even more, ‘don’t be proud of your talent’.
“I’m sure you wouldn’t know-“
“I know everything about you.”
He cut off his words in a strong tone. After that, the tone was lowered coldly again.
“I said it on the first day I met you. Today, I also warned about foresight. But are you going to have an accident without being able to listen?”
“·······”
“If I had known you were such a child, I would not have rescued you from that house.”
I didn’t mean it, but I had to say it as harshly as possible. That way, you’ll be aware of the ‘predictive power’.
“What you did today is an attempted murder. This constitutes a felony and is expulsion for any reason.”
“If you’re expelled…?”
“It means you have to go home and live your daily life. To the ugliest Wisdow, to a narrow and messy attic, to adoptive parents who abuse and oppress ‘unidentified orphans’, to your parents-”
Under the adoptive parents who sold your biological parents.
The older sister you thought was dead. Under the adoptive parents who want to repeat the same atrocity to you as they did to her.
When the complete brainwashing is over, I will go under the legendary warlock Lukadelos.
like your older sister
I couldn’t bear to say this.
It was because her white face was even whiter than before. It was also a fact that I was sure to find out later.
“I’m sorry.”
Elijah’s eyes turned red. Lips trembled.
Aren’t you being too strict with a 17-year-old? I thought.
I took a step back. Tears dripped like chicken droppings.
“Don’t let anyone know your foresight. Whatever you see, never react in advance. If you cause trouble again, I will expel you with my own hands.”
“·······”
“Can you imagine what would have happened if I hadn’t stopped it?”
Elijah only stole tears without answering. I didn’t even have to ask twice.
In the original story, no one blocks Elia’s attack.
The steel twig reached Dustin and the hulking, and slammed into their bodies.
Fortunately, he escaped death instantly, but the result was disastrous.
Dustin is in a coma.
Total body paralysis.
This was discovered by a healer passing by by chance, so it was like this. If it wasn’t for that, I would have died.
But who was the healer…?
It was a time when I was thinking deeply.
“hey.”
A cold voice could be heard from far away.
His voice was cooler than the night air, and there was contempt in his single words. A voice that seems to have been heard at least a little.
I turned my head to where the sound came from. Not far away stood a beautiful woman with bobbed hair.
Silver hair in the moonlight. More ferocious features.
Oh I remembered The healer was Narsha.
The Narsha who needs to be kept by her side and appeased.
The Narsha that Leonard unilaterally kicked.
Unlike the last time, Narsha didn’t even hit me. He personally came all the way here and talked to me first. Even if it’s a questioning tone, isn’t this enough to make progress?
“What are you doing?”
Narsha rolled her eyes disapprovingly.
As you can see, he kept Dustin and his size from Elia’s attack, hid Elia from escaping, dragged her here and pointed out the mistake… God damn it, it’s not convincing at all.
This has always been my position.
This time, I analyzed the situation fragmentarily from Narsha’s point of view.
gloomy night.
In a corner of the building, a male professor is pushing a female student against a wall. The professor continues to say something, and the female student is silently crying.
Even female students are minors.
“What are you doing to the kid?”
Narsha looked at me like a cockroach.
It was serious. I calmly tried to clear up the misunderstanding. It’s because if you stutter here, your pitch trembles, or if you get angry on the contrary, you’re treated as a real weirdo.
“I see there is a misunderstanding-”
Before I could finish my words, Narsha slammed her palm on my cheek. For an instant, time slowed down as if in slow motion.
I was worried while looking at Narsha’s palm.
Should I hit it or block it?
······Let’s avoid it.
Shuk-!
As she tilted her head back, Narsha’s palm passed by.
“Anyone’s words to the end-“
“Are you crazy? Why am I listening to you?”
Narsha, who refused to explain, pulled Elia’s arm and hid it behind her.
“You trash bastard. Nothing has changed.”
“·······”
Wait a minute. Has nothing changed?
what is that…
“Hey… that’s not it.”
Elia stopped crying and tried to explain the situation.
“So what happened was-”
“You can’t talk. My sister will take you. Which way is the house?”
“yes? No, that’s- ugh-!”
However, Narsha took Elia and left the place recklessly. Even as he moved away, he guarded me two or three times.
I just blinked blankly.
“what······?”
All goals were achieved.
I sent Dustin and the hunk back intact, and warned Elia about “Foresight”.
A completely different ending from the original.
In the original work, for the sake of Elia and the academy, the actions of the black magician end Eoyoung and Booyoung.
Since this will cause the loss of the royal family’s trust in the distant future, it was a handshake that must be cut off from my point of view, who had to change the ending of the novel.
I could have stopped it in advance, but I didn’t have to.
Not only was it not possible to instill a sense of alertness in Elia as much as the original, and it was because he did not know what kind of butterfly effect it would cause in the future.
And the fact that I learned anew through Narsha.
– Garbage asshole. Nothing has changed.
At this point, I am afraid to know the reason for the breakup.
What kind of guy was Leonard? Surely it wasn’t that kind of garbage? What if the reason for the breakup had something to do with it?
“under······”
Everything is going well… but why does Narsha and I keep getting farther apart?
In order to solve Elia’s mental problem, Narsha is a necessary being.
***
same time.
Archinia, the capital of the empire.
The great emperor Arnold was lost in contemplation. Looking at the full moon outside the window, I agonize.
how······?
How the hell is this even possible?
Although he is looking at the distant sky, his nerves are all focused on hearing.
Beep – Tinnitus that can be heard clearly in both ears.
I was resentful of going to bed early.
Even if it was just a little bit earlier.
“·······”
Arnold took a scroll from the safe and sat down on the bed to check its contents.
[ List of Imperial Prophets ]
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Pablo Agnes
Ruinel Elia Jablon
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The list is marked with a red line. I look at it and smile meaningfully.
how······
How the hell is this even possible?
“I beheaded the prophets and all their kin.”