Chapter 134 – Red Net (2)

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This was one word that filled Caroline’s mind until she entered the restaurant and the food she ordered was served.
Monarch, a holy nation whose doctrine and national law is to carry out the will of Hela, the goddess of light.
What will happen to the world if it is revealed that the entirety of such a religious order is related to black magic?
Even if the saint of the church directly reveals their connection.

‘Is this the choice that will change the fate of the continent?’

Of course, there is no clear evidence yet.
It is even questionable how much impact her words will have as a two-crowned saint who is ignored even within the religious order.
But what was important was Caroline’s choice.
She has devoted herself to her church so far, but the question is whether she really has the courage to sink her teeth into them.

“What’s the matter? “Do you have no appetite?”

Caroline looked at her Lewis in front of her.
The goddess guided me… No, the man who guided him.
The closer she got to him, the more powerful she became, and she constantly issued revelations to keep him from being separated.

“It’s because they just ask you to solve it like that. “Would you like me to share some of mine?”
“…”

Caroline pondered over the piece of steak that Lewis offered her.
As the vice-leader of the Blood Gate Brigade, she may not know all of Monarch’s secrets, but she knows their capabilities.
If you expose the secrets of the Holy Kingdom, they will definitely retaliate.
Lewis is certainly strong, but is it okay to involve him there?

‘If you are a warrior…’

That problem would be completely resolved.

“Hey, Louis.”
“Why?”
“You’re the owner of the cafeteria, right?”

However, Louis nods his head without fail.
In fact, now I wish he wasn’t a hero.
If it were just a suitable match chosen by the goddess, there would be no chance of getting caught up in something dangerous.

‘Anyway, we still need to investigate further.’

Caroline I came to the conclusion that I needed more information about the suspicious activities of the church.

“Give it to me.”
“What? “I heard you don’t eat it.”
“When did I? “I’m hungry, so change my plate.”
“No, I ordered it…”

Of course, I got meat.
The whole thing.

“I thought you would like it more when you grow up anyway…”
“What?”
“It’s nothing, idiot.”

Because there was no longer a need to live only on grass.

***

The way back.
Although it was a dinner that even left Baron Liv’s belly fat behind, the loss was somehow significant.
Caroline was not told anything about her demonic life, and she was even deprived of a decent meal.

“I have no money.”
“What?”
“My expenses for activities at Parencia are all donations from believers. “What would people say if I used it to eat with a man?”
“…”

He even ate all the meat and left the bill to me.
She had such humanity that it was hard to believe that she had been chosen as a saint.

“Don’t show any signs of dislike, little boy. “I’ll buy it for you next time.”
“Really?”
“Okay. A lot of delicious things are sold during the festival. It doesn’t matter at street stalls because they don’t charge you a bill. “We can walk around together then.”

She naturally made her next appointment and I couldn’t bear to say anything more to her.
I guess they don’t expect me to run one of those stalls.
It was during this festival period that the revenue from the canteens, which had decreased during the two vacations in the winter and summer, could be significantly increased.
It was obvious that he wouldn’t be able to spend time with Caroline because he was probably so busy.

“Anyway, I’m going? See you later.”

However, before I could express my refusal, Caroline rushed to the temple as if she had some urgent business.
As I was returning to the academy, counting the money left in my empty wallet, I saw a familiar face in front of the front door.

On a dark night, it was Lehel chasing away the students wearing red hoods holding torches and tridents in front of the statue.

“I-I-IK!! Go away!! Move!!!”
“Chairman, go away! “Go away!”
“We will erect a statue of a new leader here!! A new era will begin!!”
“Noisy!! “I will expel you all from school!!!”

I couldn’t tell who it was because their faces were covered, but as I approached, they screamed as if they had seen a ghost.

“Ah, you are Comrade Adela’s wife!!”
“A true shadow of darkness cast over the North Sea!”
“King of the Sewers! “VVIP of Rushopard Jewelry Store!!”
“Who is the darkness, the crazy ones? “Won’t you get out of here!?”
“Ugh!”
“Damn, we’ll see next time!!”

A strange modifier arose to refer to me.
After chasing away the third-rate villains and those who spout useful lines, I approached Lehel, who was sitting down panting.
As soon as she saw me, she smiled and cried with joy, as if she had met an angel.

“Yes, I am the boss… ! Are you here to save me!?”
“No, I just stopped by on my way home after eating.”
“They are all delinquent students! Kids these days are all obsessed with strange ideas and aim for other people’s statues…”
“Well, something needs to be done.”

I have to warn Adela once.

I walked through the academy grounds with Lehel.
Beautiful decorations hung on trees and sculptures installed on the playground signaled that the festival season was approaching.

“I’m thinking about building another statue with the profits I make from this festival!”
“A statue?”
“Yes! “He looks just like the boss!”
“If you build it, I will destroy it.”

While we were talking about this and that, a pattern engraved in front of a newly built wooden building caught my eye.
It looked similar to the three originals bearing laurel leaves, the symbol of Rochear, but was even more brilliant than that.
Five brilliant colors that symbolize the four elements of water, fire, earth, and wind, as well as an intangible substance called ether.
Lehel caught my gaze and shrugged her shoulders.

“Festivals usually have many events, right? “Students prepare on their own, but since it is an event where Magic Tower scouts students, several booths will be set up.”
“Then that symbol…”
“It’s the symbol of the Dube Magic Tower.”

It deals with elemental magic, the most basic of all magic, and is also the largest magic tower in Penheim.

“Every year, one of the seven magic towers takes the lead in decorating the theme of the festival, but this year, Dube Magic Tower was chosen. “It was Merak, which I belonged to the previous year, so it’s not against the rules.”

Hosting a festival has many advantages.
First of all, as the number of booths in the magic tower increases, the possibility of recruiting students with good grades after graduation increases.
In addition, you will make quite a lot of money since you will also collect admission fees, excluding the royalties paid to the academy.
However, the festival cannot be led by the same group two years in a row.
This was to prevent large-scale magic towers like Dube Magic Tower from purchasing all operating rights with money.

“As far as I know, it will be conducted through an auction. Did you submit the highest bid?”
“No, this time…”

After hesitating for a moment, Lehel looked around and cast a soundproofing spell.

“I handed it over to you. “I also got the consent of the professors.”
“Why?”
“The grand public meeting is just around the corner.”

Grand Duke’s Conference.
The words I heard from Esther’s mouth came out again.

“None of us wants to invite all the other princes to our domain. So every time the royal family called, a meeting was held for a year. This time, the owner of Dube Magic Tower decided to carry the gun.”
“Instead, are you handing over the management rights of the Academy Festival?”
“Yes.”

Lehel complained that there was nothing she could do.
She said her group, Merak, already hosted the festival last year.
I don’t want to leave the Megrez Magic Tower even if I die, and the Ice and Snowball does not run the magic tower.
Since Gwansang-gong had been missing for over ten years, the only place he could find was Dube Magic Tower.

“Students are already raving about how good it is.”
“Because Dube Magic Tower is the most promising?”
“No, the owner of the tower is coming.”
“If you are the owner of Dube’s tower…”
“Scarlett.”

Oliver Scarlett, Duke of Five Colors.
A master of magic who can freely manipulate the five major elements.
He was also the most prestigious wizard among the five princes, having been active since the Great War.
Mi-Gik-Gong and Yun-Hoe-Gong lost a lot of their power during the war.
Gwang Hwan-gong and Gong Seol-gong are dead, and their descendants have just been created.

“Isn’t that person missing a screw somewhere?”

I felt somehow uneasy.
At my question, Lehel let out a deep sigh.

“Do you think not?”
“…”

As if he really, really didn’t want to let her into his own academy.

***

The dormitory at Parenzia Academy has separate residential facilities for the nobles and the employees who move in with them.
Adela, who received the old butler’s room key from the management office, found dozens of letters stuck in the entrance.
An official letter from the family stamped with a shiny seal on high-quality parchment.
The more she took out what was inside, the brighter her eyes became.

“Oh my god…”

Edanbury, the territory of the Rocheard family.
It was written that the ownership and management rights of various facilities in the vast land that covers the northern part of the Kingdom of Penheim were delegated to Adela Sylvester.
Although it is the northern part of the country where commerce is not developed, its value is estimated at over several million gold.
She was no longer the childish child who had been abandoned by her family and stole bread from the canteen.

“I have to give it all to the teacher~.”

Adela’s mouth was on her ear.
This would be enough for a coma.
The moment she was about to run to the store with a pile of her letters in her arms, the letters she couldn’t put in her hands started falling down.
As Adela was sorting them out, she came across a letter that was different from the ones she had read so far.

“Sister… “You sent it?”

A simple letter without a family appointment letter enclosed.
I opened her letter and found that it was sent to her by Esther.
The information written inside is a method and training method to safely control unique magic that was taught throughout the vacation.
And even a piece of paper that organized the magic of the ancestor Rosh Ar so that Adella, who has an unknown talent, could use it as a reference.

“Sister…”

It felt like the sadness that had been building up since her childhood was melting away as Esther cared for her so much.
However, Adela, who had her eyes red for a moment, looked at the last part of her letter and tilted her head.

— How is Louis?

A sentence asking how the teacher is doing.
Now I see that all the other letters also talked about Lewis in that way.
In fact, the length of the letter increased and the last letter was addressed to Adela, but it was almost as if it were addressed to Louis.

“Now that you think about it, I recently heard that the North is stabilizing…”

Adela looked up at the moon rising brightly as her eerie energy brushed the back of her neck.
In fall, when the leaves turn red and the festival ends, that season finally arrives.
The bitter cold of winter, when the anti-demon spear Roshyar is at his strongest.
Adela’s blue eyes fluttered ceaselessly as she read her letter.