Chapter 241 – #55_Payment (2)
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“Your character is much taller than what I’ve heard through words.”
Sua said that and poured tea into Siu’s cup.
I hadn’t learned any difficult manners like the tea ceremony, but the atmosphere seemed very formal.
Would you say that twins who have learned the etiquette of aristocrats are on a different level from what they sometimes look like?
Can we sit face-to-face on the sofa when the harmony of the antique pole and hanbok is added? Shouldn’t I get down on my knees and take a glass? The same thoughts kept coming back.
To be honest, it’s a bit burdensome.
“Well, you don’t have to speak so loudly.”
“It can’t be. It is self-evident that, had it not been for your bravery in the raid the other day, a catastrophe would have happened a couple of times as much. Originally, protecting the peace of Seoul is a girl’s duty, so how can we treat it lightly?”
Sua politely bowed her head and said.
When a normal person says and does something that lowers himself to such an extent, he seems a little complacent.
This hanbok witch lady had none of that.
He seemed to be the personification of the proverb that rice plants lower their heads as they ripen.
“But you seem to be uncomfortable with it. What do you think? Will this be enough? After all, etiquette is about being considerate of others.”
“Ah, yes. Please.”
Sua smiled and changed her tone from extremely respectable to respectable.
Siwoo answers while carefully sipping tea.
“First of all, you said you came to talk to me… Do you have a conversation with someone like me?”
“Sure, I’d like to thank you and I’m sure you’d also like to hear about the current situation and Miss Evergreen’s condition.”
Come to think of it, it was Sua who was in charge of healing Sharon, and she heard from Elroa.
Siwoo also believed in Elroa and said that he didn’t have to worry too much, but it’s best to ask her doctor directly.
“Then I’d like to ask her about Sharon’s condition first.”
“I thought you would.”
As expected, Sua closes her eyes and gently nods her head.
Afterwards, she explained this and that with magical knowledge, but unfortunately Siwoo has no knowledge of her recovery magic.
In the first place, she was a savage witch who did not go through a formal apprentice witch course.
Still, she explained so meticulously that I had a vague idea of her condition.
“So… Her body recovered, but did her mental problems remain?”
“Yes. It’s precisely a state of refusal to regain consciousness. You can see it as a kind of autism. You are refusing to wake up in fear and terror.”
Isn’t that a big deal?
There is a saying that wounds on the body will stop once they heal, but wounds on the heart last forever.
The weight of the word autism itself is significant.
Looking at Siwoo’s hardened expression, Sua said soothingly.
“Don’t worry too much. No matter how long it takes, you will definitely open your eyes within two weeks.”
“I wonder if there will be any aftereffects of migration…?”
“If self-defense is fully established, it is predicted that there will be no serious aftereffects. In the end, the Dokdo that pierced her throat is part of the ‘magic’.”
Then I feel a little reassured.
I glance to the side and see Sharon lying down like a sleeping princess.
Every time I saw her, I remembered the pointy tip of the harpoon that had pierced her thin back, burning her throat.
At the same time, a red awl-like hatred protruded from a corner of his heart.
Of course, it is hatred towards the cowardly witch.
Siwoo wiped the cold sweat off his face once and drank the tea.
At that time, there was one person who suddenly came to mind.
The witch who saved Sharon and Siu by proposing a deal the moment she gave up everything.
Cybele Periwinkle.
She wasn’t in a hurry, and she couldn’t remember exactly, but she remembered that she had agreed to do one favor in exchange for saving her life.
She re-perceived that she was distraught that this important thing she hadn’t remembered until now.
“About other things…Does she ever intend to leave Seoul for a while?”
“Yes?”
“As you can guess from the series of events, Seoul is too dangerous. Accidents caused by the cowardly witch are gradually increasing the threat level. If you continue to stay here, you may be in greater danger than last night.”
According to Sua’s explanation, everything that has happened so far is the work of the cowardly witch.
The one who created the splitting homunculus, the criminal who attacked COEX, and the one who created the white knight were all the work of one person.
Furthermore, when I heard that four witches lost their lives in an instant last night, the seriousness touched my skin.
What is a witch?
The witch that Siwoo remembers is a transcendental person who can escape from any danger without incident.
To think that four such witches died at once.
She confirmed again that it was really just a fluke that she had survived yesterday.
“I have reissued the pass and citizenship issued at the request of Count Gemanai. I have contacted the Count as well, so it seems best to stay in Gehenna until the tribulation passes.”
Escape from danger and avoid her body…
It was a fair word.
Her own ability, which she prided herself on being strong enough, is immature, and the scale of her case is too huge for that.
A rational judgment was made that avoiding and running away was the right thing to do.
However, Siwoo had already run away once.
He took her fear and waited for her death without doing anything.
She vowed to Eloa that she would be strong, and in just a few hours, she couldn’t easily accept the way she was, considering the option of ‘running away’.
Most of all, she hadn’t been struggling with thoughts like this or that.
Because there was something more important than that.
“Thank you very much for the offer. What about Sharon? Can’t she go back to Gehenna with me?”
“The safest thing would be to return to Gehenna… But Miss Evergreen is an outcast, and she’s also incurring the enmity of some witches. She probably won’t be able to meet her deadline even if she goes to immunity and citizenship right now.”
“Then why don’t she escape to another place in this world for a while?”
“Spreading them out of the country is one of the methods, but it is also dangerous to wander in this world without consciousness.”
Not even Gehenna.
Not even abroad
As I was about to become depressed by the gloomy answer, I heard a welcome answer.
“Therefore, I’m going to take on the new recruit.”
The answer put my mind at ease.
I don’t know what level of hierarchy the witch named Sua Agasa has, but she is the branch manager of Location Point.
A mediocre achievement is probably a great witch that no one can compete with?
“Fleeing to Gehenna… I’m sorry, but I take heart. Sharon is here, and I can’t go alone.”
Sua didn’t show much surprise.
He just nodded his head as if he knew.
“Then is there anything else you’d like to ask?”
“Is the reason you’re being so nice to me because of the incident from before?”
An incident in which Dagon’s flute, which worked without a backside barrier, shook Coex.
Siwoo, who was at the scene at the time of the accident, quickly killed the piranha and destroyed the flute, reducing civilian casualties by more than half.
“There is that too.”
According to Sharon’s explanation, ‘notarization’ is basically a witch’s name, so it’s never a light promise.
For example, notarizing Si-woo’s identity means becoming Si-woo’s guardian and at the same time, ‘I will assume the same responsibility for any mistakes or misdeeds this person makes,’ she says.
It’s unlikely that would happen, but if Siwoo kills an apprentice witch, everyone has to pay the same price.
It was difficult for Siu to guess why the person he had never exchanged a word with, even though he was grateful, was showing such kindness.
“What is more important than life to a witch… Do you know?”
Sua’s answer was somewhat erratic.
“Stigma… Isn’t it?”
“Yes. For witches, the stigma is a legacy that has been passed down through generations. It is a treasure created through all lives and karma, from the ancestors to the ancestors of the ancestors.
It is also for this reason that they risk their lives like straw for the development of magic.
The witch name inherited along with the stigma contains the mission and unfulfilled vocation.”
I know that.
That the witches took for granted mass suicide over a long period of time for the sake of magic.
“That’s how deep the meaning of magnetic magic in the label is for witches. And you have the magic of Raffy, the Duke’s disciple.”
Sua poured tea into Siwoo’s empty teacup.
“After the tragedy of that day, this is the first time I’ve seen the Duke care so much about someone else. Teaching someone, telling someone’s story to me, feeling emotions other than revenge or regret… It’s my first time.”
The only person Tiphareth can share her heart with, suffering through an irreversible loss.
That was what Siwoo meant.
Siu had already guessed that Eloa was looking at Siu and Raffi at the same time.
“The Duke is a fragile man. He is a strong man who can handle a thousand a day, but his heart is… Tired.”
This was also the reason why Sua had notarized.
To get Tiphareth, who has been unwillingly thrown out of the bridle of vengeance, to regain his purpose in life.
Because I found the clue in Siwoo.
“This may be a presumptuous request, but… I hope you will take good care of the Duke.”
“What can I do…”
“You can do it. You’re already doing it.”
Sua recalled the image of Elroa, who had been happily talking about Siwoo earlier.
She said that she started cooking again, and that she taught Siwoo how to use her body, and that her achievement was extraordinary.
You don’t know how happy Sua was when she saw her proudly smiling face.
As such, she also felt great gratitude to Siu.
“In addition, if the duke believes in someone, there’s nothing I can’t believe in. His eyes for people have always been better than anyone else’s. I’m sure you’re a good person, too.”
“I’m not that great.”
Siwoo felt embarrassed and touched the tip of his nose.
“Mr. Sua? What happened without a message?”
At that time, Eloa, who had been out for a while, returned.
Her pink hair, in a ponytail, shakes as Eloa tilts her head.
“To check on Miss Evergreen’s recovery. I wanted to talk to you.”
“Is that so? Siwoo’s physical strength hasn’t fully recovered yet, so please don’t hold on to him for too long.”
“The conversation was about to end anyway.”
Hearing Sua’s words and seeing Eloah, she sees her differently.
She was an Eloi with a sense of distance because of her terrifying martial arts, magic, and her title as a duke.
She just needed a place to lean on, she was the same weak person as Siu.
“Master, I’m fine.”
After pondering for a while, Siu uttered the word “Teacher.”
Until then, it was a title that I was hesitant to use, wondering if I was trying to hurt myself or if I was presumptuously interfering.
But if these little acts helped her, she was willing to do them.
“I’m fine now, so could you help me with the training?”
At Siwoo’s call, Elroa widened her eyes.
As if he had never imagined that he would call himself that.
While I was worried that I might have gone too far, the magenta-colored jeweled eyes bent in a pretty arc.
“That’s right. Don’t overdo it today.”
Elroa smiled wide like a cherry blossom in full bloom.
