37. Necessity (1)
“Judas.”
Elijah drove Judas against a wall.
She had no room for him to escape.
I don’t know where this is.
With her back to the cold wall, she barely answered.
“… Yes, yes miss.”
The spirit of Elijah, who is in the way, is vicious.
Her mischievous smile was erased as if it had been washed away.
She took her big step out of her.
This is a very aggressive approach.
I approached her right before her body was tightly pressed and asked.
“Why were you with that b*tch?”
“I know it’s a misunderstood situation….”
“Misunderstanding?”
“… It’s a real misunderstanding. Really, really, I swear.”
“Hmm. Please explain.”
Judas cleared her throat once.
“I went to the Magic Tower for my personal business….”
What was Elijah’s business about? She didn’t ask right away.
First, I decided to listen to the story.
“On the way back from business, I happened to meet a poor man. It’s true that we accidentally walked side by side because it seemed like the way back, but it wasn’t like we were together….”
While defending her wholeheartedly, Judas was a little puzzled by this situation.
Why is Elijah so wary of the approach of other people?
No matter how much I thought about it, there was only one.
“It was a coincidence…. The things we met and the things we walked together. Was it pure coincidence?”
“Yeah…. I know it’s the most unbelievable excuse out of all the reasons, but it’s true.”
“Hmm.”
Elijah pressed on to him, snorting her doubts.
Leaned her body weight in close proximity to her.
Her face turns red and she looks up at him who is embarrassed.
“I believe.”
Judah can’t lie.
She always shows off. In many ways.
And now, Judas has not been able to find any clues.
Elijah was relieved by that fact.
It felt good to feel the warmth of her body.
This warmth. The smell. Breathing sound.
It’s all her own.
I can’t give it to anyone.
Even a handful.
“Uh, um…. Thank you But really, where is this place?”
“I said I like the nearby mountains.”
“Yes? Oh, what about that mountain? Did you say something like that?”
But what does the conversation we had then have to do with this space?
That question was shattered by Elijah.
“This is under the nearby mountain.”
“… Yes?”
“Today while you were gone, I dug a mountain and made it. How is it?”
I ask like a proud child.
Judas was momentarily stunned by that pure smile, then looked around her again.
Elijah turned on lights everywhere for him to see.
The space revealed by the golden light was majestic because it was not wide.
I was shocked all over again.
This is a space that Elijah created in less than half a day.
Can an individual have this much power?
There was something else I was curious about.
“Why… Did you make this place?”
“Ummm….”
Elijah stared at Judas, and she laughed.
“Just. I think it would be nice to have.”
“Um….”
“Do you like it?”
For a moment, Judas was speechless.
‘Is this a space I should like? Why? What? What do you mean?’
I really couldn’t think of anything to answer.
“Well, uh…. First of all, it’s great…. Are you feeling a bit desolate?”
“I think so too. So, I plan to gradually bring in facilities and furniture one by one in the future.”
“Facilities… furniture… ? Why… ?”
“Because you have to live here.”
Ah. Judas then understood.
This is Elijah’s unique villa.
‘I really like….’
It’s hard to understand, but I didn’t have to understand everything in the world.
It’s good for your mental health to just go over these things.
So Judas didn’t ask any further.
She could not have known even in her dreams that Elijah was trying to stay here with her.
Elijah wanted to imprison Judas here right away, but she decided to put up with it today.
As she said, this place is very desolate.
It is unsuitable for human life.
You can fill it up soon and bring it back.
“By the way, what was the personal business at the Magic Tower?”
“Ah, speaking of that….”
Since the topic has already come up, Judas decided to reveal it here.
Grabbing Elijah by the shoulder, he pulled it away from her body.
Then Elijah glared at him.
“What are you doing?”
“My lady. I have something to tell you.”
“… Why are you so serious?”
Judah hesitated before opening his mouth.
“From now on, I hope you refrain from touching or touching him.”
While speaking, he is beyond embarrassing and even laughable.
I asked the owner not to touch me. What is this….
“… What?”
Elijah lifted her eyes and jumped up to her.
It stops just before reaching it.
“Why?”
“I don’t know if the lady knows or not…. Every time I touch it, my mana drains away.”
Cold energy flowing from childhood.
I vaguely knew that it was Judas’ magic.
However, I never thought that Judas’ magic power would actually decrease.
It’s easy to figure out in retrospect.
Still, I didn’t know because I didn’t want to know.
Just because she wanted to be exclusive to herself.
“It’s been a while, how can I explain…. The level of getting out has become difficult to handle. The reason she went to the Magic Tower was to find a way to supplement it. Beyond my personal protection, it’s practically a loss of power for the young lady……. Miss? Are you listening?”
The more she talked, the more Elijah’s lips pouted out, and then Elijah just kept her head down.
“… Huh.”
Elijah nodded.
It was an angle that Judas could only see the top of his head.
The voice that came back was hoarse.
As if crying.
“Oh, miss? Are you crying?”
With the crown of her head exposed, he slams her head.
Judas’s mind went blank.
‘Ugh… !’
No matter how you think about it, this is what she made herself cry for.
She couldn’t help but think.
“Oh, no, I’m not saying don’t touch forever…. That, when you get better later, you can touch it again…. Your words are a bit strange!”
“… ….”
Even when he heard Judas talking ridiculously, Elijah couldn’t help but laugh.
She just nodded her head.
She was sad now.
For Judas to push himself away.
She was heartbroken to see him explain so earnestly to push herself away, and she hated this absurd reality.
It was an incomprehensible feeling.
It doesn’t mean anything will happen if you can’t touch it.
It’s not that she wants to leave, and it’s not that she hates you.
There is a reason.
Nevertheless, the situation in which he pushed himself was truly terrifying.
It felt like my heart was twisting.
Judah was at a loss.
There was a time when Elijah shed tears for some reason on any day of the foundation festival.
I was embarrassed even then, but not to this extent because I didn’t know the reason.
But it was much more embarrassing now, which was clearly his fault.
Elijah said in a snoring voice.
“… I want to hug you one last time.”
Judah couldn’t refuse.
Even though his magic stats had already been cut in half, just by briefly touching her right after filling up her mana. Don’t mind
She opened her arms for a sneak peek.
As if Elijah had waited, she wrapped herself around his waist and threw her body.
The hesitant Judas also carefully hugged her shoulders.
It is small and warm.
And it’s precious.
She quietly spoke out after hesitating.
“Why do you think it is the last?”
“You are right. Not the last Anyway, I should have said it sooner. Stupid idiot….”
“Um…. Sorry. I thought I could solve it somehow in my line.”
Elijah, sniffing at her, took a step back from her.
Unfortunately, her fingers caught on the hem of her dress and fell off.
“I will help you too.”
“Help me?”
“First of all, I should try feeding things that are good for magic power and the body.”
Judah thought she probably wouldn’t be.
Her mana has been halved from what she just held.
She barely raised it, but she fell 1/4 in an instant.
Still, she couldn’t tell Elijah it was impossible.
She wanted Judas to believe she could, so she replied with a smile.
“Then I will gladly accept it.”
*
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“Oh, welcome.”
The owner of the 32nd floor of the Magic Tower and the owner of the Magic Tower.
Epona raised her head.
Elijah sat across from her.
“Did the restoration succeed?”
“Yes. Of course. Still part of it.”
Elijah entrusted the Mage Tower lord with a request to restore her black magic to her magic.
Then, she just got a call yesterday that she was successful.
The timing was right.
Accordingly, Elijah also had business with Epona.
“Check it out.”
Epona held out a copy of her book.
She explained as Elijah checked each page.
“It’s a book that records copies of restored magic. Among the black magic that was handed down to me at that time, I restored the ones I asked for priority. Memory removal, sensory deprivation, suggestive administration, memory peeking, and so on. There is still high-level magic as complex as the magic that revives removed memories. We need more time.”
“How to verify the use of restored magic?”
“I checked with the rats that formed an attachment relationship. I couldn’t recognize it because the memory was removed. The same goes for hints. It is possible to force them to fight even though they are not meant to compete with each other. Of course, humans have stronger mental resistance than rats, so it won’t be as much.”
Epona took a sip of her tea and laughed.
“That would be different if you were an excellent wizard like you.”
“You will only know the results when you try them.”
“Oops. Until humble. I heard a little bit about the time of the founding. Are you going to go to war with the Empire?”
“While erasing the bevel, both sides and sides.”
“That’s a lot of confidence. Is this black magic part of it?”
“I need solid evidence and witnesses.”
“Yes…. I have no intention of interfering with the young lady’s affairs. I just hope the sparks don’t fly in my direction.”
“I will try.”
She was just when Elijah, who had finished reading the book, was about to ask a question.
“You mean the young lady and the escort knight.”
Epona spoke first.
The subject that came out of her mouth was Judas.
Elijah looked at Epona with her sunken eyes.
“Oh my God. Why are you staring at me so terribly? Who eats it? I’m afraid I can’t even talk about it.”
“What is the business between me and him?”
“Just…. What are you two doing?”
“… ….”
Elijah did not readily answer.
Why?
A simple question.
Master-servant relationship.
Master and escort knight.
It’s just that.
Or you can just ignore it.
There is also a way to dismiss it as nothing to meddle with.
Elijah had no choice.
Usually, I would have chosen without hesitation.
In other words, it’s not the same as usual.
Myself and Judas.
It’s been a few days since I came back from Konkukje.
There is an awkward air flowing between the two.
A very subtle and thin air.
We still hold hands sometimes, and sometimes Elijah hugs us at will.
Actually, the way we treat each other when we’re together isn’t that different from before.
However, something invisible has changed.
These days, Elijah gradually admits that her own reaction to Judas in particular is no longer the same as before.
In the last few days, Elijah has been so tired that her head hurts.
There is already a mountain of work to deal with in order to strike Bevel and the Empire at once.
“I told you that the young lady’s power is the sun. The power of her friend named Judas is the moon.”
“By the way.”
“Even the young lady knows about the first Bible. Crooked sun. A fragmented moon.”
Even Elijah knows this.
She was curious about the strength of Judas, so she taught herself by herself.
“The two tend to become one. More precisely, the sun longs for the moon. To absorb that power.”
Epona stood up.
Take a barrel with several flasks from the cabinet and place it in front of Elijah.
“The one on the left is the young lady’s magic. The one on the right is the escort knight’s magical power. She was curious, so she experimented with a few things…. Would you like to see this?”
Epona pulled out a long flask and showed it.
There was nothing inside.
By the way, the outside was pitch black.
Like burn marks.
“This was originally a bottle of Judas magic. And this.”
Epona drew a flask from her other side.
Golden magic.
This is Elijah’s magical power.
However, it was different from Elijah’s magic.
Unlike the magic that spread and exploded in red and orange, this magic was pure gold.
It is a comfortable and stable figure.
“It is the magic of the young lady who absorbed the magic of Judas. When I watched the two of them close by, the young lady took the power of Judas. And with that recoil, this flask was charred.”
“… ….”
“The young lady’s power is incomplete. It’s a crooked sun. They will try to absorb the power of the moon and become perfect. But, that Judas magic is imperfect as well.”
The sun longs for the moon.
It is eaten to obtain its power.
Elijah remembered the last verse of the Bible.
The fragmented moon gives all of itself to the sun.
As a result, the moon disappears from the world.
That is.
The moon dies.
“Perhaps if the two of you continue to be together like this, there will come a moment when that Judas mana runs out completely.”
“… ….”
“The young lady’s power has grown unusually fast. That friend, she said you’ve been together since childhood, right?”
“… Yes.”
“Maybe it’s the effect of absorbing that friend’s power periodically. And the burn marks like this. Maybe… It’s proof that that child can’t handle a young lady’s strength any more.”
“That means….”
“If we stay together like this. That Judas….”
Epona paused for a moment.
Because it’s a cruel reality to push through.
But I couldn’t hide it either.
Seeing her, Elijah waited like a sinner awaiting her trial.
She couldn’t, she couldn’t believe her heart.
The moment she heard the next words, her heart skipped a beat.
It was as if I had heard a death sentence.
“I will die.”
I hoped it wouldn’t happen.
The reality was exactly as harsh as I wanted to avoid.
