Chapter 411 – Chapter 411 Magic School Shutra (3-22)
As soon as I woke up, I received a report by radio early in the morning.
‘… Really?’
[That’s right.]
It was Armonia who handed over the report, and the content of the report was about what happened while I was sleeping.
The previous day, I sent Luna back to her room and went to sleep without doing anything special.
But while I was sleeping, unidentified persons were circling around.
It was Lena who sensed it.
As soon as Lena checked, she called Armonia who was sleeping and checked all the dispositions of the unidentified people who were hovering around me.
A total of 7 people have been identified.
Five of them were clear about their intention to spy on them, and the other two explained that they were ambiguous because they just passed by.
[However, you need to be careful because there may be people who are out of Lena’s senses.]
Lena is good at detecting her pure stealth, but if her opponent used her magic to stealth, she would most likely not notice.
One thing’s for sure: someone started following me.
The problem is….
‘Hey… It’s a problem because there are too many suspects.’
Louis, Countess Potts, Karin Brandrup, and even unknown nobles….
There were too many people who could spy on me, so I needed a clue to narrow down the suspect.
‘Let’s look around the city first before the delegation leaves.’
The delegation said they would leave early in the morning, but Armonia woke me up early to make a report, so I had time to spare.
I left the inn and started to wander around the city of Belus and inquire.
‘Once, except for the two ambiguous employees….’
The problem was the other five.
From the guys hanging out outside the door to the guy who snuck into the window of my dormitory on the 3rd floor and secretly spied on it….
[If you haven’t left the city, you should be able to find it.]
No matter how big Belus was, it was impossible to hide as long as the temperament window was open.
The spying person would not be aware of such a fact, but….
And it wasn’t long before the moment to feel the greatness of the temperament window came quickly.
‘Found….’
The temperaments I had floated last night were gathered in one place.
Did you see the face? Not.
Did you see the gesture? Not even that.
Voice? My ears are so deaf that I can’t even hear a sound passing through a wall.
What I was seeing wasn’t a person.
It was a large building made of stone.
‘That’s awful… It makes people more and more curious.’
The sign on the building had a name I would never forget.
〈 Upper Löwe – Belus Branch – 〉
During the trip, it was the top that showed me favor by handing me a certificate.
The upper section must have been busy since morning, but it was untidy even from the outside.
This was a place where documents related to transactions came and went, not actual goods.
Documents such as important contracts or certificates with other small and large companies were passing between people.
‘Now that it’s confirmed, let’s go back.’
I didn’t look for it with the intention of prying into the other person’s purpose right away.
I just decided it was important to check what they were doing.
‘Lowe… There were guys I never thought of watching me.’
But it was the moment when I roughly checked and turned my steps.
[Suho.]
‘Yes? Why?’
[I think you should check the temperament window again.]
‘Why?’
[We will expand.]
All of the temperament windows have been enlarged to make it easier for me to see.
The temperaments reported and received in the morning were insignificant, and now that I am on the top floor of the building, I was not able to see it, so I was going to skip it.
I started flipping through the temperament windows that Armonia had enlarged, checking them one by one.
Obviously, the number of people reported earlier was five, but looking at it this way, there were seven in total.
Five of them were definitely the guys who were spying on me. But the other two….
‘Wow… She really makes people madly curious.’
The temperament window of a truly unexpected person caught my gaze and did not let go.
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Karin Brandrup
[Political power], [Obsession with talent], [Psychological insight], [Perfectionism], [Boldness]….
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Rick Hope
[Sangjae], [Quick notice], [Speech dexterity], [Strength and weakness]…
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Finally, the day to decorate the end of the journey has arrived.
When the delegation procession arrives at its destination, it will arrive at Levin Kingdom, which they have been waiting for so long.
But even so, none of those things entered my head.
I narrowed my eyes and stared at Karin’s temperament window in the procession behind me.
‘Wow… I’m going crazy wanting to talk to you.’
Karin Brandrup… It was not enough that she was in the Löwe upper building, so she was in the same place as the upper lord.
Although I was in the same building as the guys who were spying on me, it didn’t look like Karin was with them.
[I don’t know what she’s thinking, but she seems to only know the upper states as much as she has a thorough personality.]
‘I figured out something good like this.’
The fact that Karin Brandrup has ties to the Löwe Company….
She was a unique woman who continued to intrigue me the more I got to know her, the more I dug deeper and deeper.
What… I don’t know if he’s intriguing me, but….
First of all, what was curious was the fact that Löwe, who had been quiet for a while, started spying on me as soon as he arrived in Belus.
Before crossing the border, no such movement was detected.
‘It wasn’t before Levin crossed the border, right?’
[So far, no existence has been detected. It seems that the Levin Kingdom itself is the main base, so it gradually began to monitor it.]
‘Oh, that girl… If I get the timing right, I’ll be able to figure it out right away.’
Karin was a multi-talented woman, but when it came to magic, she had no talent whatsoever.
If she is given an environment in which she can dream, she will be able to wander freely in her dreams.
But right now, we haven’t had a proper conversation….
The only good thing is the hope that there will be time to find gaps while staying at the Duke’s house.
I began to cool her head by looking at the surrounding scenery to get her thoughts about Karin out of her head.
‘Hey… It’s amazing that a road like this was built in this era.’
A silk road that runs through the kingdom of Levin and the county of Potts.
The ground was paved so that even wagons carrying countless goods could run in two days, and the wide roads were wide open so that even if countless trains of wagons passed each other, they would not get in the way.
As I looked at the road with admiration, I began to see a city absorbing the golden sun in the distance.
They had finally arrived at Levin Kingdom.
It was a different welcome than when he arrived at the Countess of Potts.
The two long lines of people, starting from the entrance of the kingdom and extending to the palace, were cheering and shouting at us as we passed by.
Every time I walked down the road illuminated by the sunset, the fluttering petals were constantly falling like snow on a snowy field.
Many words came out of their mouths, but there was only one entity that referred to them.
“Welcome, Archmage!”
“The Dean of Shutra! Hooray~”
“Thank you so much for visiting our country!”
Everyone in the city must have been taken by force to some degree, but they didn’t look dissatisfied.
Everyone welcomed and respected the dean wholeheartedly.
However, the dean’s eyes, seeing the crowds welcoming him, didn’t seem very impressed.
At first, I wondered if it was because he was noisy, but looking at his expression full of pensiveness, I could tell that it wasn’t because he didn’t like it.
I asked while looking outside.
“Is it because you’re so cluttered?”
“Not like that.”
The dean leaned back in his chair with a shallow sigh and closed his eyes calmly.
“Because I wondered if I was a person who deserved to be welcomed like that.”
“….”
They wouldn’t know the process of the dean’s calming the world.
He just knows the result of creating this peaceful world….
The dean, leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed, seemed to feel the welcome of countless flowers and people.
After passing through such a long procession, the palace, which seemed small, gradually began to fill the pupils.
As they approached the palace, the crowds dwindled and began to be filled with armed guards.
And the moment the shadow of the castle covered us all, the carriage stopped and the door of the carriage slowly opened.
The scene unfolding outside the carriage door was so fantastic that I wondered if it was a different dimension from where I was now.
Personnel armed with colorful costumes and an old man standing in the center looking at the dean.
A cloak lined with solid golden lines on a red background and a staff studded with various jewels to support the old man.
Although his body looked weak, the old man exuding dignity and strength lowered his head so that the crown on his head tilted and shouted loudly.
“Archmage, Ludwig Rieffenstein…. We look forward to welcoming you to Levin!”
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The welcome greeting did not take longer than expected.
At first, he wanted to hold a welcome party right away, but considering the dean had traveled a long way, he said that a proper welcome party would be held later.
Above all, the dean did not overlook or ignore his words when he was in front of the king.
As the other party was the representative of a country, they treated him with courtesy and expressed his gratitude for the welcome.
After such a welcome greeting, I looked around as I arrived at the place where I would be staying for the time being.
“It’s neat.”
“… Are you really okay with coming here?”
Luna didn’t even look at me properly as if she was dissatisfied with my appreciation, she was looking the other way with a pouting expression.
The mansion we entered was an outbuilding of the Brandrup family.
And in this outbuilding, a tremendous history was alive and breathing.
This is right….
“It’s not enough, so you’re looking forward to it?”
“Ha… Even so, why do you leave the rooms provided by the royal family….”
It was because she was where Luna had lived.
Everyone in the Stadtfeld family died, and Luna, who was left alone, was taken in by the Duke of Brandtrup.
Luna, who was collected like that, grew up from her childhood while living in this annex.
That was considered special to me, but she, Luna, denied that specialness.
Luna continued to grumble, but I had no intention of changing my mind.
“As others have said, I like this place.”
“Ha… I see. I won’t hold on to it any longer…. By the way….”
Luna frowned and started looking at the grumbling man outside her outbuilding.
“Why did you bring him here?”
It was Jeff. He was gasping for breath and annoyed with our belongings thrown on the floor in the front yard of the annex where we were to be tied up.
Jeff was originally brought by me to assist the dean’s travel.
Originally, it was normal to live in the palace where the dean is staying, but….
(I feel uncomfortable with him.)
It was with the words that he separated Jeff.
Naturally, it was my job to take him along.
‘Very good….’
In fact, I expected to some extent that the dean would kick Jeff out.
He’s reluctant to talk to people he doesn’t know in the first place, because he can’t be comfortable with people hanging around who offended him.
I approached Jeff, who grumbled, and spoke quietly so Luna couldn’t hear.
“Hey, you will be staying on the first floor of the annex until the end of your trip. Understand?”
“Miss Lee… Aren’t you crazy? The royal family even provided a guest room, so you’re going to sleep in such an asshole?”
“….”
It didn’t feel too bad to curse at the outbuilding itself, but I started to boil because I felt like cursing the place where Luna had been living.
I said quietly.
“Or do you want to be homeless? I’ll arrange for you to sleep outside.”
“Sir….”
At my words, Jeff eventually raised the white flag and didn’t express his dissatisfaction anymore.
Looking at Jeff like that, I smiled inwardly.
‘While staying here… I’ll use this guy to find out more about Karin.’
