Chapter 63 – While I Was Away (5)

I really had no intention of attacking. No matter how much I hated seeing Adella sticking close to Lewis.
However, unlike Liv, who was only holding her staff, the magic had already been cast on the other side. It was the first time I had ever seen such a threatening magic.

Cold air reaching towards you. Although it was sudden, Liv was not embarrassed.
He quickly pulled his body back and cast a defensive spell. But at the same time, something strange happened.

Damn it!

“Tsk… !?”

While the magic ritual was being composed, the magic circle froze. Rochear’s unique magic that basically takes the form of ice but is not divided into element classes.
Although it was an imperfect first cast due to strong emotions, Adella’s magic spread without giving Liv a chance to defend herself.

“Ugh… !”

Eventually, Liv changed her stance to attack. In an instant, several huge spheres of wind were created inside the store.
Like ice fragments flying in all directions, frozen parts of 〈 Pungjeol 〉 broke items in the store.

I’m in big trouble. All I could think was that Louis would be angry.
Liv shouted nervously as she changed the course of 〈 Ice Pick 〉, which was gradually approaching the heart.

“You won’t stop this right now!?”
“Well, I can’t stop!”
“What!?”
“I want to stab you so much, I can’t stop!!”

Crazy bitch.
I didn’t expect to use such powerful magic, but it was even more absurd that I couldn’t control it properly.
So in the end, there is only one way.

‘We have to change orbit.’

Liv concentrated his mind and analyzed 〈Ice Pick 〉. There was no ‘tracking’ or ‘refraction’ given through magic overlap.
In that case, all you have to do is turn it sideways once and blow it behind your back, and you’re done.
He combined 〈 wind spheres 〉 to create thirteen 〈 wind spheres 〉. Liv slowed down as much as possible the approach of the scary awl that made sharp sounds and ground magic, and prepared to radiate the spheres in one direction.

But then, Adela’s unfair cries reached her ears.

“It’s all the Baron’s fault… !”
“What… ?”
“Well, me and the teacher love each other! “You just arbitrarily intervened!!”

Do you love each other?

Liv’s thoughts stopped at the shocking statement that made her believe her ears.
OK–

Kwaaaaang——!!!

Fortunately, Adella’s 〈 ice pick 〉, which she tried to throw aside, did not pierce her heart, but instead flew somewhere else and exploded.

“Ah.”

A small sound came from the mouth of one of the two who fell backwards and sat down, facing each other.
I raised my head and soon the other person also looked up at the open ceiling.

Toad, toad, toad… Coo!

“No…”
“Oh my god…”

This time, Adela and Liv let out a sigh at the same time.

The second floor of the store that Lewis loved so much was destroyed.

***

Lehel and I decided to stay overnight in a village near Sandalphonia Gorge. Because the business was completed faster than expected, I was quite tired from walking in the desert all day today.
In small villages located in terrain where sandstorms are not severe, a few buildings made of wood were seen.

After finding a room in one of them, I bought a bucket of water and first washed off my dirty body.

‘It’s definitely a desert so water is expensive.’

I don’t have any money, so I need to save it. It’s only been 3 days since I left the Academy, so I guess the income from the canteen will be mediocre?
After finishing my shower while lost in trivial thoughts, I wrapped a towel around my body and headed to the room where Rachel was waiting.
I spent almost all my money on food that I couldn’t even eat, so I decided to just use a room.

“Chairman. Are you going to wash now? They say that after midnight, you get 2 more gold for a glass of water… Huh?”

But when I opened the door, Lehel was nowhere to be found. Just an old cone hat lying on the bed.
What are you wandering around in a town you have no connection to? Concerned about her, he roughly dried her hair and went down underneath her, where he was able to spot her right away.

— Raise!
— Haha, owner! Bring some more alcohol here!!
— Huh, indeed. No, hey young wizard. Are you making a snap call after seeing this flop?
—Are you scared? If you’re scared, just search around!
— Okay, all in!!

A noisy atmosphere that does not match the desert night. While the drinking party was going on, a white-haired wizard was seen among the dirty nomads.

I guess I couldn’t resist and was gambling. As I approached Lehel through her crowd, she suddenly started screaming.

“Aaaaah!! That can’t be possible!! It’s a full house! “It was a full house!!”
“That’s too bad. Now, four cards. In addition to the money you bet, give me the robe and the piece of iron on the chest.”
“No!! Give it back! Give it back!!”

In response to Lehel’s plea, the other person responded angrily, fiddling with her four-leaf medal, which was heavily cracked.

“Well, at most it’s just a piece of mat to use as a foot wipe. If you want it back… “Why don’t you at least bet on that this time?”

What he pointed to was the rosary worn on his left hand. He seemed to notice that, unlike the smelly and dirty robe, it was quite an expensive item to look at.
I was right behind her, holding her head and silently watching her worry.

To a wizard, magic is more than just a medium of magic, it is so precious that he cherishes it like his life. In particular, in the case of prestigious magic families, it is common for magic heads to be passed down from generation to generation.
The rosary is probably the most precious of all Lehel’s possessions. Even when I lost all my money in Alsace, I did not entrust that to him.

“Uh, uh… !”

After thinking for a while, she trembled and took her rosary from her wrist. And just as I was about to put it on her table, I pushed Lehel away and sat down next to her.

“President!?”
“How do you play this game?”

***

The room that smelled of rotting straw was transformed into a suite on the top floor of the most luxurious accommodation in town.
As soon as Lehel entered the room, she screamed with joy and threw her body onto the soft bed.

“Aaaaah!! I love it! Boss, I love you!!”

In the room, there was a basket filled with whiskey, Sandalphonia’s specialty brewed in the sand canyon, mud cookies, and goat cheese. After pouring the drink into her china glass, Lehel took the robe held by Luis, who came in after her, and handed him the drink.

“Come on, sit here on the sofa! Eat this too! Oh my god, how are you so good at gambling? Have you ever tried it before?”
“No, I guess it’s beginner’s luck.”
“It’s really amazing. In Hold’em, not only luck but also mathematical calculations are important, so I guess you’re smarter than you look.”
“What?”
“Oh, it’s nothing. Hehe, over there… President. Would you like to go gambling away with me sometime? “We’re putting all the gold on this continent into our pockets!”

Unlike Lehel, who was wrapping her precious robe again and waving her arms, Louise did not seem particularly impressed. Rather, he turned the glass he had taken under the light for a moment and then set it down on the table next to him.

“Chairman.”
“Yes? “What’s going on?”
“Give me that.”
“Ah, alcohol? Then of course I have to give it to you! Please give me a drink. I’ll drink the smaller one. “I don’t like alcohol anyway.”
“Not that one.”

Lehel realized that Louise’s eyes were shining eerily and she flinched for a moment.

“Give me your hands.”

Cold sweat broke out on the back of her neck. In fact, Lewis had often said this before. He told him that if he bothered him with gambling one more time, he would cut off his wrists.

You need to apologize quickly. However, Lehel was in a hurry to take off the robe she had just worn and was about to bow when her wrist was grabbed by his clumsy hand.

Sigh!

“Hey! Well, you did it wrong! “I won’t do that again!”

Lewis never backed down from a decision he had made. He was ruthless and ruthless to those who crossed the line.
Lehel desperately begged for forgiveness. At the same time, she closed her eyes tightly against the terrible pain that was to come.

“Now, if you’re going to cut it, please do it with your left hand, ugh…” … !”
“… Chairman.”

However, the sensation I felt from his hand as he took the bottle was a rough but warm caress.

“Is it so hard to quit gambling?”
“Yes?”

Lewis was holding his hand tightly and making a bitter expression.

“You haven’t always seen a good situation. Should I continue to do this, losing all my money, causing trouble to those around me, and even giving up the few things I cherish as money for gambling?”
“…”

It felt like time had stopped. After a while, Lehel quietly took his hand away after hearing his words.
The wrist, which still had a slight red mark, slipped without resistance and disappeared under the hem of the robe.

She lifted her head and smiled exaggeratedly. It was a smile as light as usual, as if it could fly away somewhere.

“Hey, why are you like that~. Because I’m in front of the boss, I’m a reincarnation worker. The five great dukes of Penheim and the founder of unique magic! “I’m afraid I won’t be able to take care of my own body.”
“…”
“What’s wrong with gambling? It feels really good when you do it. “It’s much more stimulating than alcohol or cigarettes, and that doesn’t mean you can fall into drugs, right?”
“…”
“If you live a long time, you become dull to most things. In that sense, this life has been quite fun. “This is my first time experiencing such a cruel war.”
“…”
“Oh, are you worried about me?”

Lehel gently stepped back and scratched the back of her neck.

“No way, the boss wants me…” …”
“Let’s do it.”
“… !”

She felt like her head had been hit by a hammer at one word from Lewis.

“Then you won’t be worried even if you keep watching until now?”

Those with inherent magic are insane. It was something Lehel, who had seen many of her princes, including herself, had made up.

A daily routine in which she searches for intense stimulation that will push the gears of her mind to their rusty threshold. She was no different from any other Grand Duke.
Ice and Snow Ball, whose heart was frozen, became a body unable to feel any emotions, and Fantasy Ball, unable to distinguish between his fiction and reality, was forever trapped in the world he had created.

Nevertheless, there was only one reason why Lehel was surprised.
The Sandalphonia Observatory, which even he, who was addicted to gambling and could not even taste, could reach. It was because this man, who had set foot there lightly, was worried about this side.

“Ah, uh… Well, I mean…”

She fiddled with the precious rosary that was once again on her left hand.
A gift I received from a dragon who no longer exists in this world, who first taught me magic when I was young.

Since then, over the hundreds of years, I have met countless people.
I have received countless requests to pass on the unique magic that allows one to enjoy eternal life, or threats to tell me the location of Sacreure.
However, no one had ever worried about him this much just because he was playing with money. There was no one who treated her like a reincarnation person.

“Just a little time to think…”

Lehel’s voice gradually became more like a creeping sound.

“… Please.”

She realized that her heart was pounding just as hard as it had when she made her final bet.