Chapter 78 – Tuesday (3)

What is magic?

Control the explosion flow by colliding the mana in your body with the mana in the air…

“What are you doing?”

The devil’s voice came from behind me.

“… “Are you here?”

The Demon King sneakily approached me and looked at the book I was looking at.

Her white hair tickled her eyes and she leaned back slightly.

The Demon King, who was looking at the book, placed his hand on my shoulder and said.

“Basic magic theory?”

“… That’s right.”

She casually massaged me and continued her words.

“It’s magic. I can tell you, should you tell me?”

“… It’s okay, aren’t you busy?”

After rejecting the devil’s invitation several times, he passed me by as if his interest had cooled.

I let out a short sigh and focused on the book again.

… To use magic without mana, you need to use your mental power. If you receive a big shock while your mental power is weak, you may suffer a seizure…

Mental strength varies from person to person, but light magic can only give you a headache…

If you use up a lot of mental power, you may become a person with disabilities…

… Hmm?

As I was looking at the contents of the book, a question suddenly occurred to me.

If you use your mental power, how much magic will you have to use to become a wreck?

The short knowledge did not provide the answer.

However, since I couldn’t go to the devil, I decided to find the answer myself.

To resolve my curiosity, I took her key and went down to the basement.

Deep inside the Demon King’s Castle, the gloomy basement walls flickered with light.

I moved slowly, passing through the rooms where screams were coming out, past the stinking rooms, and entered the deepest part.

At the end of a long hallway, I saw a room in the distance with iron bars shining in the light.

As I approached her, I saw a woman curled up in her corner, burying her face in her knees.

The woman who was crouching took a quick look at me and quickly got up and came closer.

“Wow, you came! I miss you…”

As if I was happy that I had come, I clung to her bars and gently held the woman’s hand as she reached out.

He was the master of the magic tower, an archmage who invaded the devil’s castle alone and was eventually captured.

The owner of the Magic Tower was also human, and his brain went crazy after being tortured so harshly that he firmly believed that I was his lover.

She happily welcomed me every time I visited.

She seems like a poor woman…

It was such a pity that her bright smile didn’t match her dark room.

“… “I came here because I had some questions.”

Her face brightened, and she nodded her head again and again.

“W-what is it! I’ll tell you everything…”

I couldn’t believe that the woman with such a stupid smile was the woman who was said to be the smartest and most intelligent woman.

I tried to put aside her pitiful feelings and told her what I was curious about while reading her book.

After a while, she answered the question, still smiling brightly.

“If the magic is bad enough to cause harm…, There is time magic!”

“… Time, magic?”

She continued speaking with a smile on her face.

After a while, I summarized the story of the great wizard and came to a conclusion.

… Isn’t the magic that turns back time a magic that not even the Demon Lord can use?

“… Then you can use time magic?”

She said, still smiling.

“Of course! Even if you look like this, you’re still called an archmage!”

Thanks to the great wizard’s friendly explanation, my curiosity was resolved, but another question arose.

… Why is this woman captured?

After listening to her explanation, it seemed like she could have easily used her mental power to run away.

“… “You can run away, right?”

The archmage looked puzzled at my question and said as if it was obvious.

“… “You are here.”

… As expected, she is out of her mind.

*

She tried to get some sleep and stop by the office to cool off her confused head, but she ended up not being able to go to work.

She used the excuse of binge-drinking and was told to take a good rest and was allowed to rest legally.

When I sneaked into her bedroom, I found Lee Ji-yeon sleeping soundly.

When I saw her earlier, she really looked like a crazy person, but looking at her like this, I felt a sense of disconnect.

I left Jiyeon Lee behind and sat down on her sofa, ruminating on the previous situation.

Among the words Jiyeon Lee muttered while having a seizure, the word ‘God’ was annoying.

I wondered if I had misheard, but no matter how much I think about it, I am not mistaken.

God, God…

The words about someone trying to kill her and the pathological appearance of her protecting her stomach as if she were really pregnant were not acting.

More than anything, the last sight I saw was very unsettling.

If I’m not mistaken, Lee Ji-yeon’s eyes turned bright red.

Red eyes, words that make you certain that I’m cheating on you…

I tried my best to think, but of course I couldn’t come up with an answer.

… Something happened that I don’t know about.

Otherwise, it would not be explained why Lee Ji-yeon changed like that.

Above all, the strangest thing was that he wasn’t angry that I had kissed him, but he was angry that I had stayed out.

In this situation, there is only one person to lean on…, No, there is only one goddess.

She set the alarm and lay down on her sofa to think of the goddess.

Normally, I would have flown into the goddess’s space as soon as I touched her head, but today it was quiet.

She repeated her thoughts about the goddess, wondering if she was absent, but there was no news.

Why, I can’t believe I’m away on a day like today…

As I was thinking about what to do, I started to lose my mind.

After a while, a warm light began to shine on her face.

When she opened her eyes, she saw a goddess’ space filled with bright light.

As she quickly looked around to find the goddess, a voice came from behind her.

[… Welcome.]

A goddess suddenly appeared and stood there.

She was happy to see the goddess after a long time, but she had important business to attend to today.

After receiving a brief greeting, I got straight to the point.

“… “You know what happened today, right?”

The goddess was looking at me without any answer.

Even though I was covering my eyes with light, I felt that it was difficult to speak because of the clearly visible gaze.

She quietly approached the goddess who was looking at me and added her words.

“… Jiyeon Lee, tell me what happened.”

As she was looking at him with a serious expression, the goddess paused for a while and then slowly began to open her mouth.

[… She is now cursed.]

… What?

[Choi, recently…, The servant of the evil spirit…, To Lee Ji-yeon… Wow…]

The goddess, who was struggling to continue her words, suddenly collapsed on the floor, her blood spurting out.

She was startled by the sudden incident, so she approached the goddess and spoke hurriedly.

“Gwae, are you okay!?”

The goddess looked up at me, trembling.

Blood was flowing from the corner of the mouth, staining the white skin.

The goddess continued her words with difficulty, her mouth trembling.

[Well, I used my strength…, Drove it out…, Big…]

As she spoke, she suddenly covered her mouth and started coughing.

The lumps of blood sticking out between her fingers showed that this was not a normal situation.

“S-Stop! Stop talking! Because I understand. Stop!”

It was eerie to see the goddess sitting there with her white clothes dyed bright red.

The goddess, who was taking a rest while catching her breath, seemed to be feeling better and used her powers to cleanse the pool of blood and herself.

“… Are you okay?”

The goddess quietly nodded and slowly opened her mouth.

[… The price of interfering with reality was quite high.]

She sat down and unconsciously stroked the goddess’ back and spoke carefully.

“… Then Jiyeon…, What should I do?”

The goddess spared her words, saying only quietly that she would be okay.

She said she might vomit blood again, so I stopped listening to her.

… What should I do? I didn’t even know…

The goddess, who had completely recovered, stood upright again and spoke slowly.

[… Choin Kim, I will respect your plans, but always be careful. … If you die, the curse will only repeat itself.]

“… Okay,”

She did not criticize today for being in contact with Hyeon Hayeon and Baek Ga-eun.

Maybe it’s because I’m not feeling well today, or maybe I’m really respecting my plan…, Or have you given up on me.

I couldn’t tell.

The moment the warm light shone, she lost consciousness.

When she woke up and checked her bedroom, Jiyeon Lee was still asleep.

When she returned to the living room and sat down on the sofa, I let out a long sigh without realizing it.

“… What the hell is this…”

In the end, she broke up with the goddess without even receiving proper information.

Due to the goddess’s sacrifice, the evil god’s minions contacted Lee Ji-yeon, and she found out that the goddess had stopped them, but she did not receive any other information.

When I think about it, Jiyeon Lee, whose eyes were red, was truly trying to kill me.

Then she lost consciousness and fell asleep, but looking at the circumstances, it seems true that the goddess used her power to save me.

She said it was difficult to engage with reality, but seeing her cough up blood seemed like she was overdoing it.

It is said that she even dealt with Lee Ji-yeon’s subordinates…

It is also important that the goddess viewed my plan positively.

Seeing that the goddess, who had always been concerned and worried about my actions, expressed her respect, gave me strength to push forward with her plan.

He gently flirts with Hyeon Ha-yeon and Baek Ga-eun, but does not cross the line.

In layman’s terms, we need to manage our fishing grounds.

Baek Ga-eun, who seems to have already almost crossed over, had no problems and Hyun Ha-yeon is almost controllable.

Who would have imagined that you could control them with just a kiss and light skinship?

Jiyeon Lee will have to wake up to find out, but the goddess has taken care of her, so she will recover quickly.

When I actually summarized the situation, it was a bit creaky, but somehow it seemed to have gone well.

For some reason, positive thoughts began to well up.