Chapter 219 – Travel (3)

How to protect Lewis from the strongest beings on the continent.
There was only one thing Caroline could think of.
All Lewis had to do was come to her senses, shake them off, and place them at his feet.

But Caroline knew that that was not very likely.
She didn’t really harm them, so even if she were to get angry, she would only be labeled as a jealous woman.
So she thought of using a method that was much easier and simpler and had been her favorite method all along.
It was a little bit of magic through 〈 white hypnosis 〉.

“Hey, come here.”
“?”

Louis is receiving tribute such as twigs and pebbles from the snow duck that he released without Nova’s knowledge.
From early in the morning, I was wondering where she was going, and she was secretly crawling into someone else’s tent and doing something like that.
The corners of Caroline’s mouth twitched slightly as the first thing that caught my eye was her love for animals rather than her black hair.
It seemed like she really liked it as she was wearing a bean bag.

Well, if it hadn’t been that way in the first place, I wouldn’t have suffered so much.
It is a sinful love.

“You want me to come? “I’ll give you a cigarette.”
“Really… ?”

It soothed her pounding heart and lured her to Louise.
This was the only part of this trip he was dissatisfied with.
Terra hates it when Louise, who learned how to smoke from her, burns her smoke, and Nova only has tobacco full of strange scents.
As the trip went on, more and more cigarettes disappeared from his pocket, and it seemed like he was trying to brush up on the black dragon and quickly get to Sacreure.

“If you had it, shouldn’t you have given it to me earlier? “They said it wasn’t there last time.”
“I forgot.”

Caroline rummaged through her bag, leaving Louise behind her, who had crawled back into the tent without suspecting anything.
At the bottom came a set of filters made from a tobacco bag, paper, and cotton balled together.

“Oh, ding haha… !”
“Where are you going!?”
“Evil!”

Sigh!
She grabbed the back of Lewis’s head as he tried to take it and pulled him into her arms.
The tree branches hanging over the tent trembled and the cramped tent shook, but he was able to prop the back of his head against his chest.

“W-what is it?”
“I’ll just quietly roll up a cigarette and let you smoke here only. “You don’t have fire anyway, right?”
“Yeah…”
“I’ll attach it to you as a torch, so stay still.”

While Louise took out a tobacco leaf, rubbed it between her hands, rolled up a piece of paper and stuck it with her saliva, Caroline straightened out the curls on her head.

Bleep——
Bleep——
A refreshing morning with snow ducks chirping with joy after regaining their freedom.
Lewis’s guard gradually eases as he leans against his soft chest and touches his head.
Caroline saw that her cigarette-rolling hand was slowly slowing down, and she prepared her magic.
By gaining her nine sacred powers, her increased divine power could now be manipulated more freely than her limbs.
However–

“Umm…”

Even with his mental aversion significantly reduced, it was not easy to break through Lewis’ magic resistance.
The wall in my mind that I had built up so far was so thick, and some parts of it were already at the level of self-brainwashing and I did not allow any interference from others.
Even when I am enjoying such a comfortable time, I am filled with extreme caution, fearing that the world may collapse at any moment and evil will be resurrected.
Caroline, who had been ripping his hair wildly, eventually pulled her hand away, her mental strength drained, and grimaced at her face.

“Light it on fire.”
“…”
“Caroline?”

Cheek!
Smoke rising with a pure white flame.
Caroline’s worries deepen.
After thinking for a moment, she muttered as she hit Lewis on the head.

“Ah!”
“… “You bastard.”
“Why all of a sudden… ?”
“I don’t know, idiot. “When you’re done, get out and get rid of the smell.”

Now that things are like this, I have no choice but to use the last resort.
She prepared to raise her prayers to her own god, whom she had not sought for some time.

***

“Oh my, you are travelers. “Thank you for your hard work in coming this far.”
“It’s dark today, so how about staying at the accommodation operated by our Alkaid Magic Tower?”

Those who wear black robes and show a kind smile that is uncharacteristic of a wizard.
Among the seven magic towers of Penheim, they were the wizards of the Alkaid Tower, a school that deals with magic and is the closest to the demon world.
The words are witchcraft, but in fact it is black magic.
Aside from public perception, black magic itself is an essential element in magic, so it is only called by a different name.

“Was there an inn in this place?”
“Recently, a cloud of adventurers exploring the northern part of the country has flocked in, and a lot of development is taking place.”
“Earl Greenwood is investing particularly actively in business.”

Pioneering the North.
Looking at the Ravier Mountains in the distance, it seemed like we were getting closer to the south.
When I asked why the Alkaid Magic Tower bothered to carry out a project like this, they said it was because of research on the geology and biology of the demon world.
Since they had a slightly different mindset than ordinary wizards who just tilted their heads when looking at Terra, I decided to just accept them.
The dragon, wary of strangers, disappeared beyond the forest.

“Please give me four rooms.”

As soon as I finished speaking, Nova gave them a gold coin that far exceeded the cost of the room.
The smart wizard answered without hesitating even for a second.

“Well, there are only three rooms left today.”
“Then three…”

This time, Terra handed me a magic book that looked very old.
Then the wizard took out a communication crystal from his robe and naturally shook his head.

“Oh, another one just went out.”
“…”
“I only have two, what are you going to do?”
“Then I guess I’ll have to stay here.”

In an instant, the room was reduced to two.
Since I had already reached the border area, I wanted to go see other places, but it seemed like a few lodgings would be closed today, so I decided to stay here.
Although it was shaped like a mountain cabin without any special interior design, it was a fairly sturdy building.
Considering that there are so many wizards, it doesn’t seem like they cut down the wood one by one with a saw.
After erasing my slight doubts and entering the interior, I found two quite luxurious bedrooms.

“Joy.”
“Caroline?”

Without even having time to think about how to divide the group, Caroline entered the room on the left.
I wanted to follow her, but Terra and Nova noticed me.

“I guess you want to rest early. “You have to go to Seongguk alone tomorrow, right?”
“Let’s sleep by ourselves without disturbing you.”

During my travels, my bed was always next to Caroline.
It was not because there was any special reason, but because she was not close to the two people.
Because I knew she wasn’t a particularly friendly person, she never forced me.
Since she has been homeless for a few days, she may want to rest alone on her last day like Terra and Nova said.

“Then I’ll just give you the bag and come out.”

Since Caroline had entrusted me with all of her belongings, she had to return them.
But suddenly Nova’s complexion turned white and she grabbed my hand.

“You can’t go, Louis.”
“?”
“If you go, you’ll be in big trouble. “I might not be able to come out.”
“What are you talking about?”

The voice gained even more weight.
I glared at her hand as she held it, as if asking what she was doing.
Prophecy, foresight, and gossip about the future are all good.
However, I most disliked the act of trying to control behavior by amplifying uncertain anxiety.

“Nova.”
“Ugh, sorry…”

Nova rarely apologized to me.
Her hand, which shared warmth for a moment, immediately fell.
She understood me well, so it ended like this.
I carried my luggage and reassured the two people in front of the attached door.

“If anyone sees you, they will think you are being kidnapped somewhere. It’s right next door. You guys are washing up first. Coming soon…”

Crash.

“Crab?”

***

“Can you lock it properly?”
—Mol?Lu
“Isn’t there a shaman coming in from outside?”
—Mol?Lu
“If by any chance I get interrupted, I will think that the kingdom will end the day I arrive at Louvier. “There are a lot of students from the devil worship club at Parenzia Academy. Why don’t you put some of them in important positions?”
— …
“I ask again, can you lock it properly?”
— … Yes.
“Okay, then…” …”

After the shrine was destroyed by Lewis, the power of Goddess Hella was greatly weakened.
The overall divine power of Monarch priests was reduced, and intervention through saints was no longer possible to stop time as before.
At best, it creates a room that can never be opened.
But that was enough.

Clap, clap!

“What, is it poor construction?”

Caroline put down her luggage and stood behind Lewis, who was about to leave again.
Tonight was her last chance to hint at him.
If this operation failed, Louis, who left for Sacré with his old colleagues, never returned to Farencia again. A terrible future could arrive.
Failure was never tolerated.

“Hey.”
“Oh, Caroline. I’m sorry to disturb you while you were praying, but the door…”
“You can’t go out, you idiot.”
“Huh?”

You will have to relax your guard as much as possible.
Now there is no justification for an act of relief, nor is there any unavoidable circumstance due to the goddess’s threat.
I once again felt embarrassed that I had seduced Lewis solely out of my own will.

“Until we have children together… “I can’t go out.”

If hypnosis is successful, I will have to tell her to quit smoking too.
In the middle of the slightly hot room, she slowly began to undo the buttons near the chest of her robes.