Chapter 36 – 36. Man

“…… Hello. Master.”
“Uh huh? Uh-hello. John…….”

When I woke up in the morning, Master carefully avoided my eyes. That would be natural. Last night, she hypnotized her to her.

‘This crazy…….’

Even the memories of being hypnotized by the master, and even the ugliness he behaved after being hypnotized—all the memories remain vivid.

It’s like running around naked in the middle of the city…… It was a memory I was ashamed to recall.

‘No, why did I act that way?’

Punishment or what, it’s not enough to declare that you won’t even lay a hand on Master…… It’s amazing that it really didn’t touch it.

It is also questionable how Master hypnotized her so that she was hypnotized that way.

‘Let’s think positively.’

I shook my head and realized that this couldn’t be seen as bad. Being hypnotized and taking away virginity, being hypnotized and eating Master’s virgin. Because it wasn’t all good.

‘I’m not sober, I shouldn’t like everything about having sex.’

Rather, if I had taken Master’s virgin while I was not in my right mind, I would have regretted it extremely. The hypnotized me must be myself, but I wanted to do it myself, not by someone else, but by my own will.

Only on my own will.

“Master.”
“Uh, uh! Yeah, why…… ?”
“From now on, I hope this doesn’t happen.”
“Eh, is this happening?”
“You hypnotize me.”
“Heeep-!”

As if she hadn’t thought that she would remember, Master started to hiccup.

Then he carefully looked around and acted as if he were looking for someone.

“Li, did Ritz tell you…… ?”
“Master. Have you forgotten my magic? A magic that nullifies any magic.”
“Th-I won’t be able to get my memories back with something like that…….”
“I was lucky. It has become a habit to circulate mana every morning and evening. It seems that the hypnosis that was on at that time has also been broken.”

Hypnosis, as well as the magic that Master had placed to forget the memory, were all broken.

If I physically break the head and make people forget their memories, even if it’s me, I won’t be able to remember it…… How could a master do such a thing to a student?

“Anyway, Master, if this happens to me one more time…….”
“If it happens…… ?”
“I will make you hate Master too.”
“Oh, no!”

Evangeline rushed over and clung to the hem of my clothes while I was cooking and started whining.

“Mi, sorry! John! I, I was wrong! Because I was wrong…… !”
“…… Do you know what Master did wrong?”
“Yes! I won’t do that in the future! Yo, even if Yohan walks around smelling like other women, I won’t be suspicious…….”
“—I mean, Master.”

I took out the necklace and jewelry that Elesis had given me from inside my chest, reminded of the words that he smelled like another woman.

Master, who saw it, looked at me with trembling eyes as if asking why you had this, but like she herself just said, she didn’t carelessly doubt me.

“…… Why do you have this?”
“I met Elesis in the city. She asked if this jewel had been smashed and if the debt of her life had been paid.”
“—Ah, that’s how it happened.”

After hearing the story, Master took the necklace and jewels that were in my hand and quietly looked at the cracked jewels.

Then he smiled brightly and nodded his head.

“Yes! If this is the case, I think I’ve done my job! You too, Yohan, don’t approach him next time. Understand?”
“Yes? But I have to tell you……”
“No! If that’s the case, what will he do if Yohan grabs you? Paladins are an unbelievable tribe…….”

* * *

Evangeline, who had instilled in John the fear of the paladins over and over again, came into my room with the necklace and jewels he had handed over.

As soon as he entered the room, he instantly disassembled the necklace and jewels he was holding, making them completely disappear without leaving any powder.

‘It’s been this year…….’

In fact, yesterday, as punishment for Yohan, I only sucked the nape of his neck or his chest from above, so I couldn’t ask him about anything really important.

Whose smell is that?

If Margaret was the culprit, there was no way it would smell like this. As long as they lived in the same house, Margaret and she used the same perfume.

Even though they smell similar, they don’t smell different.

‘Damn Galbo year…….’

The culprit was a paladin. As befits bastards who believe in the divine existence of being born without a father, they were showing extremely promiscuousness.

It was at the level of suspicion that it might not be a holy knight, but a holy knight. It was not enough for the slut to talk to Yohan, so she must have passed her scent on to Yohan on the pretext of giving him this necklace.

Yohan, pure and ignorant, was deceived by the prodigal woman and just watched as she got dirty. Can’t forgive A buggy year. The four years of the Holy Knight to be cursed…….

‘Shall I kill him?’

If you wanted to, you could shoot magic from this spot right now to the city where the paladin would be. Originally, it would have been very difficult to inflict reasonable damage from such a long distance, but now, don’t you have enough magic to wipe out an entire city?

If you have the heart to do it to a worthy capable being, it doesn’t take very long to put it into practice. There is an ant in front of my eyes, and it’s not that different from the feeling of stepping on it…….

“Master?”
“Huh~? What’s up?”
“Have breakfast. You must be hungry because you didn’t eat anything all day yesterday…….”
“Ah Okay! I’ll be going soon!”

Evangeline forgot how much she was going to use magic and rushed outside. Rather than caring about that one paladin, time with his pupil was more important.

When she came out to the living room, a steak made from the meat she bought yesterday, a salad with dressing, and bread with whipped cream were waiting for her.

These were the foods she hadn’t eaten much of while living as a simple witch, so Evangeline focused on eating. By the time he finished eating, he had forgotten what he was angry about.

* * *

Two weeks have passed since I went to and from the city. It was enough time to wander around with curiosity about what was in the city beyond buying food ingredients.

Even in this city, there was something called an adventurer’s guild. Hey, if you consider that horses are more like mercenaries than adventurer’s guilds, it would be strange that there are no cities.

‘Even here, no one looks that strong.’

Hey, isn’t it a world where it’s impossible for humans to have magical powers innately? As Fenrir said before, human strength is resourcefulness and numbers.

It is not so easy to meet an existence that solves everything by cutting everything alone as a fantasy. Even if such a being exists, humans cannot originally live alone.

Even if you’re a sword master, you can’t eat anything without farming, you can’t eat delicious food without a cook, and you can’t even see a proper house without a carpenter.

Human beings were living beings who depended on others.

‘I still wanted to become a little stronger…….’

I wonder if there might be a swordsmanship guild that teaches swordsmanship. While wandering around town, I saw someone drunk and kicked out of a bar.

“Go away—! Damn homeless bastard…….”

The owner of the shop shouted and pushed a shabby homeless man to the ground. People’s eyes are focused there for a moment, then go back to the original place.

It is a common world for homeless people and beggars to be beaten while begging. It was just about being thrown out, and it wasn’t even worth paying attention to.

But I was different. For me, who had flown from modern times, spent time in the witch’s forest, and possessed modern morals and sensibilities, it was something I could not leave alone.

“Are you okay?”
“Keuk–don’t give me money or go away.”
“…… No, people are worried—”

And at that moment, the man who was thought to be homeless at best spread his fist at a sharp speed. Like the paladins like Elesis, it wasn’t like the speed of stabbing a gap in consciousness or something like that- it was simply fast.

After reflexively dodging the flashing fist, the man he thought was just a drunken homeless man looked at him with shining eyes.

“What, avoid this? What are you?”
“…… That’s what I want to ask you. Margaret, didn’t you say that humans can’t have magical powers?”
“It did. But it’s never like that……”

Margaret looked at the homeless man lying on the floor and opened her mouth lightly.

“If the witch gave magic directly, humans can also have magic.”

I listened to those words and looked at the homeless person in front of me. I didn’t know it when I was thrown to the ground and was lying on the floor, but when I stood up, I was tall, well over 190 cm tall.

If it was large by the standards of modern people, who could overdose on nutrients due to overflowing food, it was no different from a giant by the standards of another world that was not so rich.

‘What is the owner who threw this kind of person down?’

As I thought so, I saw the homeless man slowly approaching.

“…… From now on, who are you talking to?”
“Do you need to tell me?”
“Ah, I get it roughly. I can’t see it, but it looks like there’s a witch there too, right?”

As he said that, he gazed at the invisible Margaret and lightly opened his mouth.

“I-“

Poo-!

Because it was so full of gaps, I slapped my chin.
And then, still, I fell down.
He had magical powers, so I thought he was a great guy…….

‘…… What?’

It’s a bitch.