Chapter 427 – Oaths and Dreams

000

“Keuk!”

“Kkuuu…!”

The slender and the fat man who rushed at Demis were each punched in the face, and then rolled coolly on the ground.

Watching them being pushed away while rubbing their bodies against the gravel field beneath their feet, only a feeling of ‘it hurts’ comes to mind.

“This. What is this guy… He looks like a gentleman, so are you a knight too…?”

“Is there a guy who lives in this city and doesn’t know my face, is he a country boy who just moved to Seoul?”

The men who heard the story giggled as if they thought it would only be heard by each other.

“…Uh, what should I do? He must be a celebrity. Did I pick the wrong person?”

“Hmph, even if I do, I can’t beat my sister. If we hold out a little bit, my sister will defeat that stranger…”

“Hey. I can hear everything.”

Demis shook his head as if he was dumbfounded by the words of the two, and secretly protected his body his, showing the fight between the two that his body his was covering.

“Haaaaa!”

The horned girl, Aisha, made a high-pitched scream and swung the club she was holding.

It must have been strong enough to simply swing a heavy-looking iron club, to the point where a terrifying sound could be heard cutting through the air each time it was swung.

However, even that was useless if the trajectory of the attack was simple and did not match.

Humming! Humming! Every time the sound occurs, Cleon’s body moves with the difference of a piece of paper, and the attack misses.

“This, this bastard… So sleazy…”

Since he attacks at the level of being swayed by his own power his, there are many if there are many gaps.

Somehow, Cleon watched her attack for a while, feeling like he would collapse from exhaustion even if he didn’t attack.

Sneeringly, seeing that Demis had already dealt with her men, she clenched both of her hands into fists.

Shimmering magic power dwelled in Cleon’s hand her.

Next moment.

“Damn it, if this happens, I’ll put an end to it with my fighting spirit!”

Going to her long game, she must have noticed that she could n’t win, so she grabbed her club with both of her hands, and she leapt.

And to my surprise, she did one rotation in the air as if doing a forward roll.

“Receive! A blow from the thunder of the blue sky!”

The swing of the iron club, which has grown stronger with the momentum, tries to strike Cleon like lightning, but-

“Why do idiots like to jump up in the air and slam them down?”

Cleon raised his index finger while saying something like a grumble mixed with a sigh…

“Mana Shock.”

Paperweight! When the black lightning that was floating in the air hit Aisha, she let out a strange sound like ‘Oh my God!’ And then she lost her power in the air and fell to the ground.

Aisha flinched with her paralyzed body her, off her face her to the ground.

Cleon approaches her and thrusts the club from her hand her into her foot her.

“It’s over.”

“Well. That’s right. So what should these guys do?”

As for Cleon, I couldn’t leave the guys alone who would eventually attack other passers-by if left alone.

At that moment, her coin flew towards Cleon.

If you receive the coin that flew in reflexively, you will hear something like applause.

“Ohhh! What I just did is magic—no, magic!”

“The strangers do it quite a bit too!”

In this way, passers-by surrounded their fight before they knew it.

“Suddenly…”

“Smell the smell of fighting is the specialty of the people of Asteris. If you leave these guys like this, the officials who received the report will come and deal with it.”

“Is it.”

With so many people watching, Aisha, who seems to be at least fighting, will be paralyzed by Cleon’s magic and will be unable to move for a few minutes.

“Then we can go back like this.”

“Yes. Let’s hurry back with the medicine materials.”

Nodding her head at Demis’s words, as Cleon puts her foot out her to make her way through the crowd-

The two men who had been beaten by Demis earlier and rolled on the ground jumped up and knelt in front of Cleon.

“Hey, wait a minute! Wait a minute!”

“Hey. To kneel down because it’s not enough to lose… He really is the little villain among the little villains.”

Demis shook her head and let out a sigh as if tired of the two of them.

“Sorry, but this side is busy. There’s someone you need to heal with the thing you tried to take away.”

“I-I’m really sorry about that! But if we’re caught by the government forces like this. We’ll definitely have to spend a few months in prison! And Aisha-sama is going to the sanctuary of the temple. ..!”

When the tall slender man says so, Demis nods her head.

“Yes, of course. It ended in an attempt, but it was robbery. Besides, that woman who appears to be the boss is a ‘noble man’, right? As a government officer, you should take appropriate measures…”

“Ah, Aisha-sama is no ordinary noblewoman! She is not possessed by demons and acts on her own will her! I beseech you, great cowardice. Mercy…! I will never do something like this again…! “

Two men with their hands on the ground and their heads on the ground.

Looking at the two, Cleon sighs and looks at Demis.

“Well… If mercy is also a virtue of a knight. Some allow the escape of the opponent they defeated. However, those who escaped like that have a 79% chance of committing crimes again. That’s what’s difficult.”

At Demis’ explanation, Cleon nodded his head.

“…As Demis said. It is true that they intended to commit the crime, and if they were actually civilians other than us, you would have been taking things from them and running away by now. And congratulating yourself on your success and victory., Who should I aim for next? They must have been discussing the same thing.”

“That…That’s…”

At Cleon’s words, the men with their heads down were speechless, as if they couldn’t even make excuses.

“…More than anything. I don’t like the attitude of giving in to power and thinking you’ll be forgiven if you bow your head. If there’s a reason, that’s not the case… I swung it. I don’t think there will ever be an unavoidable situation.”

“…”

Even so, Cleon quietly looked at the two who refused to move in front of Cleon.

I stretched out my hand into the air, and as if twisting something, blue flames appeared.

And it slowly changed its shape and changed into the shape of a sheet of parchment.

Oath magic. Gears Scroll.

Since Lyla was able to use this magic, Cleon borrows it through Imprint.

“The two of you. And that woman’s share, please sign here. The content of the oath is… Not to commit any more crimes, and to help those in need. If you do that, I can let you go this time ..”

“…Uh, what if I break it?”

To the man who asked for nothing, Cleon spoke quietly.

“Seeing how you’re thinking about breaking it, you don’t need a contract like this.”

“Oh, no! I will never violate you…!”

Then, the men would bite off their index fingers and bleed, then sign their names or something-

Subsequently, the fainting woman is brought in, and the name ‘Aisha’ is engraved on the parchment in the same way.

OK-

Hwareuk! And once again a blue flame rises and burns the contract.

The wave of magic created from there is directed towards the back of the hands of the men and Aisha.

There was a mark that could be said to be a token of the oath.

“You’re amazing, Instructor. I heard that Oath Magic can be used by high-level wizards.”

“Well. Because there are such wizards around.”

“That’s good. If we hadn’t been blocked from fostering wizards, it would have been worth thinking about socializing these criminals by making an oath…”

Cleon shook his head at the words of Demis, who quietly made a scary statement, straightened his bent knees and stood up.

“Go, thanks. Instructor!”

“Why am I your instructor?”

Cleon replied as if he was dumbfounded by the men who suddenly called him an instructor.

Then, they talk while pointing at the mark engraved on the back of their hand.

“This imprint can’t be erased by anyone but me. If you try to erase it by force, the internal organs inside your body will twist and you will spurt blood from your mouth and die. If you understand, take that guy and disappear .”

“Yes, four…!”

Together, the men slung the woman over her shoulders, and they sprang away, cutting through the crowd.

The passers-by, who understood that Cleon had shown them mercy, did not seem to hold much restraint.

“You’ve wasted your time in a tough place.”

“Okay… Let’s hurry back a bit.”

And, the crowds begin to scatter one by one after the hero’s activity is over.

Cleon turned his head at the gaze he suddenly felt.

However, no one was there anymore, only people who turned around and went back to their work or home.

001

When Cleon returns to the inn with Demis, he opens the door where Quartz is waiting, and goes inside-

“It’s not there, it’s here. Because we have to pierce the path of the chi flowing from the heart…”

“Hey, here… Wait a minute. Can a needle this thick go through…?”

For some reason, Lila was poking Amelia with the quartz while holding something like a needle in her hand her.

“…What’s up?”

Since Cleon was a little taken aback by that appearance, he pointed out Layla’s behavior rather than greeting her that she had returned without even knowing it.

“Hey, Cleon!?”

Pooh! Lyla’s needle goes in.

“Oh. You got it right.”

“Why is Layla putting her spittle on her?”

When Cleon said that, Demis turned to Cleon as if a little surprised.

“You know acupuncture?”

“Well… I know someone I know well…”

Having seen Fer Dia handle something like spittle, Cleon nodded her head.

“That, that’s… I was worried because I was using some kind of strange treatment…”

“Lyla… You didn’t interfere with Mr. Quartz’s treatment?”

Cleon talks about Layla’s behavior her, worried about what will happen to Amelia if something goes wrong.

Quartz smiles and turns to Cleon.

“It’s okay. I’ve been watching from the side to make sure you don’t plug it in wrongly, even by mistake. Maybe it’s because you’re smart like a wizard, so you learn it right away. Rather, did you bring the ingredients?”

At the question of her quartz her, Cleon took her pink pouch and handed it to her.

Then, quartz takes out dried peach seeds from there.

After sniffing the incense for a moment, he nods her head.

“Not this year. Well, I thought so.”

“Is there a difference?”

In response to Cleon’s question her, she puts her peach seeds in a small mortar from the box she brought in and speaks.

“In the case of the nectarine variety, the time it can be used is as short as two years after picking. And the most effective is the peach seed that came out that year. The older it is, the less effective it is.”

“Not only the Cheondo sect, but most of the medicinal materials cultivated by shamans are like that. Even if we have excellent medical and pharmaceutical technologies, that is why we cannot spread them to other countries or sell medicinal materials.

At Demis’ additional explanation, Cleon nodded her head.

“How old is that thing?”

“Looking at the scent not being that strong, it’s been about a year.

As she says so, she begins to slowly grind the peach seeds in her mortar into powder.

Lyla, who broke out in a cold sweat while helping Quartz, sat down on a nearby chair.

Demis looks at Cleon and talks.

“Okay. I’ll go back now. After I’ve calmed down a bit, I’ll come back with my sister.”

“Yes. Thank you for today. Demis.”

At Cleon’s words her, Demis gave her a thumbs up and smiled, then left her room.

“What is that guy…”

Lila looks towards the door with her slightly rigid face as if she does n’t understand Demis’ behavior of her.

Cleon felt a bit heavy on his shoulders at Demis ‘burdensome kindness from her, but first of all, he really received a lot of help today.

Obviously, if he was alone, he would not have been able to understand the complex situation of Asteris in many ways.

“Is there anything I can do to help?”

Let Cleon ask Quartz that question. Quartz responds by moving her hand without her looking back at Cleon.

“No more. To put it bluntly, I’m just waiting for this child to get better.”

“…Is that so.”

Cleon listened to Quartz’s words, and she himself sat down and watched her work her.

All they could do now was really pray and wait.

002

How much time has passed After Quartz finished mixing the medicine, mixed the powdered medicine with water and carefully poured it into Amelia’s mouth her.

Amelia coughs two or three times in her sleep.

“…Amelia…”

When Cleon cautiously and painfully called her name her.

“Well…!?”

As if Quartz has found something in her, she carefully covers her mouth with a cloth, then she pulls up the back of Amelia’s head.

“…What’s the matter?!”

When Lila also raises her body her and approaches her as if something is wrong with her.

“This child… Is there something like this inside his body?”

In disbelief, Quartz collects it with a cloth and shows it to Cleon and Lyla, which Amelia seems to have vomited.

It was a shard of black crystal.

The size was the size of the fingernail of the little finger, and it was not sharp, but thinking that it was a foreign substance inside the human body gave goose bumps down the spine.

“This…Could it be that it’s a piece of Black Lotus Crystal?”

Laila muttered as she looked at the black crystal, and Cleon replied, ‘Maybe…’ And nodded her head.

“These things are blocking the path of the energy flowing through the body – vitality and the magical power you love. If you don’t remove all of these, it will be difficult to fully cure.”

“But, taking the medicine and spitting it out… Means that if you continue to take the medicine, you will be cured?”

At Cleon’s question, Quartz looked at him for a while, then nodded with a sigh.

“Theoretically. But you don’t know how many pieces there will be, and you don’t want to take a lot of medicine at once. Once a day. Give it a little bit with water. I’ll see if there’s another way, I’ll see.”

Saying so, Quartz puts several bags of the same medicine he gave Amelia on a nearby table.

“Today, I had a long treatment after a long time. My back hurts.”

Tok, tok. And the old woman tapping her own waist.

Cleon bows and thanks Quartz.

“…Thank you, Mr. Quartz.”

“What. Because this side’s job is to fix people. It’s just work. Enough to be thanked for doing my job diligently. I’m not a very proud person.”

Quartz says that to Cleon, and he shuts up for a moment before asking him a question.

“A while ago- you, an outsider, said you knew acupuncture.”

“…Ah, yes. That’s right. Among the children I know, there is a child who works at a hospital. …The child’s teacher taught me.”

“Teacher…”

Quartz thought deeply about something and then shook his head.

“Hmm. No, I was just a little concerned. I see. I wonder if there are doctors outside this eastern country who have learned acupuncture. I see. Thank you for your answer.”

In response to the old woman’s reply, Cleon quietly said nothing and escorted her to the outside.

When Cleon returned to his room her, Layla was sitting in her chair, looking at Amelia.

“While Cleon was out with Demis, Quon informed me. Lilim’s wounds are external to the last. I think it can be healed enough with divine magic healing techniques, and it will happen over time.”

“I see. That’s… Fortunately.”

Cleon wondered if he was really lucky, but he couldn’t find anything else to say for a moment.

When the silence came, Lila cupped her forehead with one of his hands.

“…After calming down like this… Something, I realize. We can’t go back to the capital.”

“…Yes. Sorry. Layla.”

“It’s not Cleon’s fault. Than we thought. The enemy was darker… So to speak, wasn’t it like ‘Adam’s stronghold?”

As if Cleon didn’t know how to respond to Lyla’s words, he couldn’t help but look at her bitterly.

“I said something useless. It’s okay. I don’t have such deep memories in the royal capital. If I’m with Cleon, Quon, and Sasha, I can be me no matter where I am.”

Lyla forced a smile, then turned to Cleon and took her hand her.

Then, she takes that her hand her carefully to her own belly her.

“…We will seize the future. We will never lose. There are many things we must protect together.”

The throb… Thump… Something different from the beating of the heart felt in Cleon’s palm her.

Cleon widened her eyes for a moment at Layla’s words and gave her a surprised expression, then nodded her head.

“…Wouldn’t it be ridiculous to fight with a full stomach?”

“…Until then, let’s finish everything.”

Leila smiled at Cleon’s words and buried her face in his chest her.

In order to realize the oath between the two of them, he still hadn’t come up with anything like what to do.

Just. To make even a little more possible.

“I have to study. …Well, it’s my specialty.”

That’s what Lila muted.

003

A night when everyone is asleep.

The others unpacked their bags in their assigned rooms and went to bed.

Cleon couldn’t sleep.

Was it because he slept for 3 days, or was it because his chest was a little stuffy?

If Galatea had been by her side of her, she would have forced herself to lie down…

“…Galatea.”

Even if I carefully called out the name, the sword placed on the table with care only showed a slight magical response.

As always, with a sweet voice, he doesn’t cling to himself.

“Caliburn.”

It was the same with Caliburn.

She always has a sleepy expression, she has a languid voice, but she answers Cleon’s call properly.

She must have poured out a tremendous amount of magical power from her previous magical release of her.

Cleon gets out of bed and carefully raises himself.

Then, she walks and heads for the room where Amelia is lying, while being wary of the squeaking … Squeaking … Sound of the floor.

Slowly, put your hand on her long paper door, open it, and step inside-

“…!”

There, Amelia stood up, looking out the window.

“Ah, Cleon.”

And, noticing Cleon’s visit her, Amelia turns her head towards Cleon.

When Cleon was a little taken aback by her somewhat detached expression of her, she bowed her head and greeted Cleon.

“…”

Heavy silence.

Then, Amelia scratches her cheek and points Cleon to her chair next to her own bed her.

“Something is awkward… A little… Shall we talk?”

“…Okay.”

Cleon nods her head at her words her and closes the door to her side her.

And, she sits in that chair. She looks at Amelia.

“… Amelia. Mi-“

“I had a dream.”

First of all, as if to interrupt Cleon, who was trying to convey her apology her with her first words her.

Amelia opened her mouth.

“…Dream?”

“…Yes. And in that dream… I met him.”

As Amelia said that, she moved her upper body and approached Cleon.

And, holding her hand her, with a serious face.

“…Hero. Lesia-sama.”

It was a story that Cleon had no choice but to believe.