Chapter 306 – The Mesgaki Half-Elf and the Demon Lord #3

Continental people know that devil worshipers exist in this world, but they hardly know that the dead devil left descendants.
This is because the Wisemans have made every effort to hide their identities since the Great War.

Wiseman, masters of magic, it was easy to hide information.

‘Did you know the facts about Wiseman in Nyingard?’

I was quite surprised to hear Delia’s words.

Until now, I thought that only me, Rumi, and Odin knew about Wiseman.
Excluding Wiseman himself, I thought it was a secret only we were sharing.

Ninggard seemed to know this too.

‘Isn’t it dangerous if your identity is revealed?’

For me, who is of the devil’s lineage, my heart trembles.
If my identity is revealed, the rune mages of Ninggard will turn against me.
In just one morning, the elite magic society could be turned into an enemy.

‘If I reveal that I am the successor of Odin, I might be praised instead.’

Maybe you are worrying too much.
No matter how much Wiseman I am, am I the heir who inherited the Book of Magic from Odin?
In terms of distribution alone, I rank higher than the head of Ninggard.
What kind of magic school could treat the progenitor’s disciples carelessly?

But the things of the world were in case you didn’t know.

Odin’s successor inherited the lineage of the demon king.
There must be people who are uncomfortable with being the devil’s lineage. It’s better to keep your mouth shut than to scratch and scratch the truth. You could get assassination threats from people who hate the devil’s lineage.

I acted as if I had heard the word Wiseman for the first time in front of Delia.

“Did the dead demon king have descendants? Didn’t they all get slaughtered during the Great War?”

Like YouTubers who react by raising the tone of their voices, they reacted with a fuss. Even the facial expressions are perfect, so there is nothing strange about changing jobs to actors right now.
But maybe it was because I was so surprised that the reaction was slow.
Delia was looking at me with a curious look.

“You’re reacting a little slow? It looks like you’re thinking hard about something.”
“It was so shocking that I froze.”
“Really…? It could be. We, the people of Ninggard, are the only ones who know that the demon king’s lineage is alive in this world.”

Delia didn’t suspect anything and passed it on lightly.
She couldn’t believe that the person she was talking to right in front of her was Wiseman.

“I’ll talk about the demon king for a moment. It’s a famous story that Loki had three children. The wolf Fenrir, the sea snake Jormungand, and the witch Hella. So famous that even in this day and age, few people don’t know their names.”
“Strictly speaking, there was another descendant of Loki besides those three. Was it a divine beast called ‘Sleipnir’?”

In fact, there were other descendants of Loki besides Wiseman.
It was an eight-legged horse called ‘Sleipnir’.

It is a divine horse that Loki obtained by mating with a giant’s mare, and Sleipnir also inherited the lineage of the demon king.
However, speaking of Loki’s children, people from other worlds usually made an exception for Sleipnir.

“Brother, Sleipnir is a divine beast who fought for mankind during the Great War. Treating him as a descendant of the devil is difficult. It’s the same as insulting a war hero.”

This is because Sleipnir betrayed Loki during the Great War and fought alongside Odin.
He became Odin’s warhorse and made a breakthrough in slaughtering the demon king’s army.
Not to mention being officially insulated from his father, Loki.

Isolation!
To put it bluntly, it means that it was dug up in the family register of the Loki family.

Even though they are blood, it is as if the child and the father pretended to each other. This was the reason why the people of the other world did not want to treat Sleipnir as a descendant of the demon king. He’s just asking if there’s any need to insult a war hero who made a noble sacrifice. Because Loki is being treated like Voldemort, whose name cannot be spoken.

“At the end of the Great War, all three of Loki’s children died. Loki himself had a hunch that the demon king’s army would be defeated. That’s why he secretly created his fourth son to succeed him.”

Returning to the main topic, Delia told me the secret story of Wiseman’s birth.
It almost matched the story I had heard from Rumi before in Great Forest.

“That’s how Wiseman was born as Loki’s fourth child. Wiseman inherits Loki’s magical talent as it is, and is said to have the ability to reproduce. After all, by this time, Wiseman has become a ‘blood relative’ in numbers. It has grown.”

I had very accurate information about Wiseman.
I feel like I’m being stabbed, so it’s not very good.
He would have been better off if he hadn’t known at all.

“Since they are children of Loki, it is only natural that the Wisemans have the talent for rune magic. Among the Wisemans, most direct bloodlines awaken as rune mages. If there are other rune magicians besides us, we can doubt them.”

The founders of magic that created runes were the brothers Odin and Loki.
It was only natural that Loki’s descendants, Wiseman, had a talent for rune magic.

After all, I’m a Wiseman, so I must have awakened as a rune mage.
Was it not a coincidence but inevitable?

The Albert I met in the Great Forest had an alchemist class, but it could be assumed that he was a collateral branch of the Wiseman.
Wouldn’t he have inherited less talent if he was born as a collateral?

“We Nyingard have been tracking the Wisemans for hundreds of years. We’ll wait for them to show up and wait for a chance to strike them down.”
“Then why don’t the Continents officially know about Wiseman? If the demon king’s descendant is alive, wouldn’t it be easier to track down?”
“It’s in order not to provoke the Wiseman. It’s troublesome if the Wiseman disappears after announcing the truth. It’s a plan to attack them when they resurface safely.”

In short, did Ninggard deliberately hide information about Wiseman?
In other words, he was looking for an opportunity to step on his tail by inducing his guard.

“Didn’t a Wiseman named Albert show up in the Great Grove earlier this year? According to the information we got, Luke’s brother was killed. If it had been a little sooner, they would have sent troops from Ninggard. A chance to capture the Wiseman alive. Is very rare.”

Besides, to Delia’s surprise, she knew that I had dealt with Albert in the Great Grove.

“Hey, how do you know about Albert?”
“Of course I know. In Ningard, we put our heart and soul into obtaining information about the Wiseman. It’s about chasing the descendants of the demon king, of course. We have at least informants planted all over the continent.”

To be honest, it gave me goosebumps.
In Ninggard, it seemed that dealing with the Wiseman was a long-cherished wish of the organization.
Delia’s eyes, which were usually playful, were very serious at this moment.

“So, there is a possibility that it was the Wisemans who put the rune magic that controls the mind. The rune mages belonging to Ningard will also investigate separately. But I don’t think our rune mages will be honest. How can people who do it play tricks outside?”
“That makes sense.”

Ninggard’s rune mages suffered from rigorous magic research throughout the year.
It is rare to have a personal schedule because I only do research on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Fridays.
Surprisingly, living the life of a gongdol proves an alibi.

“I heard your explanation. Thanks for your time.”
“Hearing thank you from my brother makes me feel strange! I think I’m going to get attached to it, so can you stop doing that?”
“Thank you for being grateful.”

I figured out what was causing the drakes to have seizures.
I was worried about how to inform Count Harold of this fact.

Can’t we just tell the story about Wiseman?
I don’t think it’s going to be good for me if I talk about the fact that the descendant of the demon king is alive.

‘Shall I explain in moderation that the evil black magician cast a phantom spell? I just don’t have to mention Wiseman.’

It was when I was about to leave the lab.
Delia called my name as if she still had a story to tell.

“Luke brother, there is something I haven’t shown you yet about the analysis results. You should know exactly what rune magic was used before you go out.”
“Isn’t the mind-manipulating rune magic based on the ‘Dagaz’ rune?”
“As my brother said, it’s magic using the Dagaz rune. But there’s another way to amplify the effect of mind manipulation magic.”

Dagaz is a rune that manipulates the mind of a creature. All hallucination magic in this world was based on the Dagaz rune when formulating formulas. Even if it wasn’t rune magic, rune words were an essential element in all magic systems. You can think of it as Latin for magic.

You mean to tell us how the Dagaz rune was used in Drake’s enchantment?
As I waited in silence, Delia brought a glass case with mice and a phonograph from a corner of her lab.

Squeak!

The box rattled, and the mouse inside let out a cry.
It was a rat used for experiments in this laboratory.

“Look carefully at this gramophone. Can you see the Dagaz rune and hallucinatory spells engraved on the surface?”
“Looks good.”

Delia came close to me to get a clear view of the gramophone.
Complex magic formulas were engraved on the surface of the gramophone, and the Dagaz rune was also clearly engraved.

“It’s a fact that has been studied recently, and the efficiency of the Dagaz rune increases when a specific sound is used as a medium when releasing mana. The rune’s mana is embedded in the sound, so it can exert an immediate effect. That’s how it is.”

Pop!

When Delia started the gramophone, a special melody started playing in the lab. It was a melody that strangely stimulated people’s nerves.
I didn’t really have any problems other than being annoying, but the mice reacted strangely.

Snap! Chiyiyi profit!

The lab mouse roared fiercely at me who suddenly appeared in front of me.
He was taking a stance to attack me as if he regarded me as the enemy who killed his parents.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

While the melody rang, the lab mouse smashed its head into the glass case several times. It does not stop attacking even when blood flows from its head. If Yuri hadn’t been in the way, I would have been bitten by that guy already.

“Did you see? The power of hallucination magic is greatly increased when sound is used as a medium. It is assumed that this was the method that drove the drakes living in the grasslands mad as a group. Although it is a minor problem that each species has a different effective sound… The sound of controlling it has no effect on me or my brother.”

Does that mean we have to make a valid sound for each race?
For example, the sound of controlling a mouse does not mean much to humans. Equally, it would be necessary to differentiate between sounds among different races. The sound of controlling the half-elf and the sound of controlling the dreamer had to be set separately.

“Still, the amplification efficiency is amazing enough to bear the disadvantages. If you experience the same phenomenon later, pay attention to the sound you hear in that area. Maybe you can discover the sound that mediates hallucination magic.”

The rune magic that controlled the drakes uses sound as a medium.
I found out something important.

I broke up with Delia and went out of the lab.
It’s time to tell Count Harold that mission accomplished.

I don’t know if Princess Selma, who is staying at the lord’s castle, is doing well.
The princess shouldn’t be involved in the troublesome incidents happening these days.