Chapter 167 – #36_The Witch of the Covenant (2)
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One.
An immigration office prepared for witches who travel between this world and Gehenna.
As many witches move every day, the lounge connected to the ‘door’ was crowded with crowds.
A witch with pale pink hair reminiscent of cherry blossoms in spring stepped out.
Magenta eyes sparkling with pride and conviction, not coquettishness or cuteness.
The slender lips that are tightly closed and the thin lines of the body.
For some reason, the appearance of a charismatic iron man can be felt in the appearance of the witch who hastens her short stride and moves her steps to the middle of the lounge.
The witches, who each occupied a corner of the lounge and made noise, held their breath as soon as they saw the girl.
Then she quietly bowed her head.
“……..”
It was because, seeing her unusual appearance even among witches, he immediately recognized who she was.
Witch of the Covenant, Duke of Eloa Tiphareth.
However, it is not simply bowing down to the title of duke.
The reason she slaughtered hundreds of homunculi and captured and killed her double-digit feat was not for herself, but for the safety of her other witches.
Therefore, no matter how self-righteous a witch may be to My Way, she pays homage to her nobility and merit.
Responding to her awe-inspired response with her eye contact, Eloah promptly walked towards the person she was seeking.
“Long time no see, Sir Gemanai Deneb.”
“Duke Tiphareth, have you been innocent?”
The white-haired witch greeted Elroa with a smile while covering her body with her antique mermaid dress.
As soon as she received the duke’s call, she handed over her entire schedule to Albireo minute by minute and met her alone.
Of course, it is the Zemanai family that makes a profit by purchasing the legacy acquired by the Duke of Tiphareth and the items left by his achievements.
That is, VIP treatment should be given to loyal customers who constantly supply high-quality magic tools and artifacts.
“Where is Ea Sadalmelik?”
“Shall we move her and talk to her? I have her carriage waiting.”
“Go quickly.”
As expected, Eloah’s appearance as she strode past Deneb was passionate.
At first glance, she seems to be trying to keep her composure as much as possible, but in Deneb’s eyes, she’s just holding back her emotions like a bomb that’s about to explode.
As soon as she received the news that her Ea was dead, she returned, who had wandered her earthly world for the past hundred years, and had not even shown her nose in Gehenna.
There are crystal spheres and remote letters capable of long-distance communication, but it must be that they want to see it with their own eyes and ears.
Two people sitting opposite each other in an elegant carriage.
Eloah opened her mouth as soon as Deneb stuck her ass into her seat.
“Ea Sadalmelik is dead? Really?”
“First of all, I am sorry. Last winter the Witch of Aquarius smuggled into Gehenna to raid Baron Marigold and she died in battle with Baron.”
At that moment, Deneb saw.
She saw Elroa’s expression, which had endured steadfastly as she whipped herself, collapse.
She probably couldn’t believe it.
That’s why she must have come looking for Deneb, who collects more accurate information than anyone else.
“It can’t be.”
“Tipheret…”
“It can’t be. Ea Sadalmelik is tenacious and thorough. Body? Did you find the body?”
Elroa asked, leaning over Deneb with a force that almost attacked her.
To be honest, I was a little worried.
If she could not contain her rage and lightly hit the wagon with her fist, this studded wagon would collapse like a mountain cabin swept away by a landslide.
“The body was not found. However, considering the specificity of the magnetic magic used by Baron Marigold… The fact that it evaporated without leaving a corpse is as good as confirmed.”
Particle magic that interferes with others by spraying very fine particles literally disintegrates the opponent into pieces.
Hearing what the twins said, Deneb rushed to the spot and found Amelia screaming as she hugged Siu unscathed, and Sadalmelik turned into a bunch of flowers.
Moreover, the battle between the two was overwhelming.
With such a difference in skill, did you neglect Sadalmelik’s escape?
It’s hard to expect.
As I explained these points, Elroa’s expression grew more and more crumpled.
The duke managed to capture the rough breathing mixed with futility and resentment.
“Did you say that the witch who fought Sadal Melik was Marigold? You should meet her in person. She can’t believe that the wicked fox bitch is dead. Arrange a meeting for her.”
In Eloa’s tone, the passion that he would never give up like this blazed.
Deneb, on the other hand, was perplexed.
It was because she picked up from Sofia what Baron Marigold was like.
She was locked in the hut where she lived as an apprentice witch, and she went into hiding with an explicit order to celebrate.
Circumstances suggest that she is saddened by her breakup with her crush, a slave, for some reason.
“That is….”
Deneb hesitated, but Elroa never gave up.
If they did, they would go to Marigold on their own, even if they were asking for it themselves.
In that case, it might be better for the two of them if Deneb made an appointment.
“Whoa… Yes, let’s go right away.”
“Thank you.”
The carriage jolted and started to run toward the grove of cypress trees where Amelia lived.
2.
It’s a monotonous daily life.
It was also an overly lethargic and insensitive daily life.
After Siu left, Amelia did what she was most confident about.
Concentrating on magic research, burying all sorrow and pain.
Being buried in something in order not to recall painful memories.
The happy life in the cabin, which was filled with warm colors, was not left.
Just like before meeting him, she is left in a world that has turned achromatic and only runs away from what she cannot handle.
Otherwise it will come to mind
His eyes were wet with resentment.
His voice was pierced with a sense of betrayal.
Amelia unfolded her paper and wrote down her magic formula that came to her mind.
If nothing comes to her mind, she writes down from scratch on a blank sheet of paper what she has known so far.
If she had any thinking power left, she had to use it up.
That way, you won’t have time to struggle even a little bit.
It was like this even when Master passed away.
Thanks to that, Amelia was able to forget her pain a little, and she was able to hide herself from the sadness that begged her.
But compared to then, there are some differences.
Even though it was definitely the same situation, it was definitely the same way, but I couldn’t get completely numb and forget it all.
Even if you immerse yourself in magic research and suppress your thoughts, when the sun goes down and night falls, one person comes to mind very clearly.
Siwoo Shin.
Guggets.
The corner of the white paper Amelia was holding twisted as her heart dropped.
“…….”
That’s because I still have some stamina left.
It’s because I didn’t push myself to the point where my hair turned white.
Amelia again grabbed her blank sheet of paper and tried to fill it in when she heard a commotion outside.
“I’ll get permission first.”
“No, I will go myself.”
A light wrinkle formed on Amelia’s expressionless forehead.
She obviously made her request that she not seek out anyone.
I was annoyed.
I didn’t even ask for a lot.
She just thought that she wanted to be alone, but doesn’t that come true?
The cabin door burst open and two women entered.
One was Jemonai Deneb with a familiar face, and the other was a witch with pink hair she had never seen before.
“What happened?”
It was only natural for Amelia’s mouth to ask a cold question.
Deneb also asked for forgiveness with a very sorry expression, as if she knew that.
“I’m really sorry for coming so suddenly. He said there was something he really wanted to ask about Ea Sadalmelik…”
Before Deneb could finish her words, a witch smaller than Amelia jumped out and said,
“Baron Marigold, I am sorry for coming without permission. Can you tell me about the day you clashed with Ea Sadalmelik?”
“Instead, let me tell you, this is Duke Tiphareth.”
Eloah, who suddenly gets to the point without introducing herself, and Deneb, who introduces her instead.
After learning her identity, Amelia could understand why she had come here.
The fact that the sorceress of Tiphareth was killed by the witch of Aquarius was a major event that even Amelia, who was insensitive to rumors, knew.
The hostility in Amelia’s eyes softened.
Amelia knows the pain of losing someone she loves.
Said Amelia, offering her place to Tiphareth and Deneb.
“I’ll serve the car.”
3.
“…That’s how I saw the last moment with my own eyes.”
“……..”
Amelia told me about the events of the day with sincerity.
Even though her heart ached from time to time as she talked about Siu.
As expected, the duke seems to have come to Amelia in a hurry, wanting to know if Ea really died and how she died.
I could understand that sentiment.
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for revenge.
Perhaps even if it was a pointless end, Amelia had intercepted it.
But in that situation, Amelia had no other choice.
“I’m sorry.”
He ended his consolation with the words.
Tiphareth stood up helplessly from her seat.
“Have you ever lost your gaze for a moment or noticed something unusual?”
“No.”
“Do you have any impressions that you were into illusion-type magic or that you used space movement?”
“No.”
“I see… Thank you.”
Elroa, who gave thanks in a staggering voice as if she had lost her energy, had become a different person than when she first entered.
The straight and sharp eyes are pitifully lowered, and the dignified tone that deserves to be called the model of the nobility is as weak as that of a sick person.
Eloah trudged out of her cabin, leaving only Deneb and Amelia at her table.
Deneb took a sip of the chilled tea and put the cup down.
“Duke Tiphareth could not have maintained his composure.”
“I know.”
“It was good in my eyes that if I left it as it was, I would visit it at will…
“It’s okay.”
“Then let’s go.”
Her calmly forgiving Amelia’s condition seemed better than expected.
No, isn’t she okay?
As Deneb finished his greetings and left the cabin, he compared Amelia’s past with her now.
Amelia, who looked like a living doll at the time she first entrusted her twin to Trinity Academy.
Even for a witch like her, it was very beautiful to look at, but it had an artificial feel that excluded her human emotions.
On the other hand, when I visited her a second time to transfer ownership of her Xin Siu, she was much more lively.
Even though it was a negative feeling of trembling and light anger, she felt like a being who felt joy and sorrow.
Needless to say, if I were to pick which one is closer to her now, it would be the way she looked when we first met.
On the outside, it looked fine, but the slightest touch implied a coldness that would cut her fingers like a razor blade.
“Are you feeling discouraged?”
But Deneb isn’t Amelia’s babysitter, and she doesn’t have to pamper her.
Deneb went straight to Eloah, who was walking away.
“What are you going to do now?”
“…I don’t know.”
“I’ll arrange a place for you at the mansion, so how about taking a break?”
“It’s okay, I still have work to do. I missed the enemy knight. We have to catch him and kill him before he leaps into space again.”
“Are you leaving right away?”
“It should be.”
Deneb felt that Eloa was overdoing it.
She gave up even her magic research and lived for her revenge and never to experience the same sadness again.
One of the goals that I had been running for 100 years suddenly disappeared, so emptiness and futility would weigh down my body.
“It was nice meeting you after a long time.”
It would be nice to put it down a little bit.
With that feeling in mind, Deneb asked.
“…Where are you going?”
“Korea.”
Eloah replied.
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Another fan art!
This is Amelia torn apart by Siwoo drawn by Lin!
The scenery around me, my upset face, and the picture I was drawing in my head were exactly the same!
Overwhelming thanks!
