– Grip Jijijik!
The place where Irina and Frey arrived, illuminating all directions with light, was in a lush forest.
“Ugh…!”
Irina, who was panting for a while due to the side effect of teleporting, began to look around with sharp eyes.
“Hey, where are you?”
Irina, who for some time looked around the familiar yet unfamiliar place with a wary expression, then quietly looked down into her arms.
“Lord, are you dead?”
In Irina’s arms, Frey hugged her tightly and didn’t move.
Irina, who frowned slightly as she looked into the scene, carefully lowered him to the floor and quietly put her ear to his chest.
“…for now, he’s alive.”
Although Molgol was a corpse, Frey’s heart was clearly beating. Of course, it was very weak.
Irina, who was slightly relaxed thanks to this, cut her ear off Frey’s chest and sighed, then suddenly began to look down at his chest, which had been loosed by the undead.
“Well…”
Irina, who hesitated for a moment as she looked at it, glanced at Frey for a moment, then carefully took off his shirt and murmured.
“I mean, it’s kind of weird, too.”
His body was pretty clean except for the traces of burning mana circuits and the wounds he had just received from the undead.
However, there was a dark aura emanating from every nook and cranny of his upper body.
– Shuh…
After quietly observing such a phenomenon for a while, Irina started stroking Frey’s bare body with her own hands.
Then, in a place where there was no obvious wound, it began to feel like the last time I touched his body.
Irina, who continued to caress Frey’s body while feeling such a touch, began to open her eyes wide at some point.
“Hey, is this…?”
It was because the sparkling mana that Frey had emitted from the intense battle he had just been engaged in mixed with the dark energy above his body and disappeared, gradually revealing his true body.
“Oh my gosh…”
The state of his body, which was finally revealed completely, was quite shocking.
The shoulder blades had turned blue, and there were puncture or cut scars all over the body, and some of the scars burst again and blood was oozing out.
And, those wounds were evenly distributed throughout the body.
‘Most of them are wounds from monsters or monsters… Besides…’
Since she was the best battle wizard on the continent, Irina realized that it was the wounds she had received from monsters and monsters at a glance. could find out
And from that point on, Liana… No, Irina, who began to shudder at the sight of Frey’s attack on her behalf, even as she overwhelms her, knelt down for a moment and started muttering with a confused expression.
“Hey, why…? Why the hell did you do that?”
However, of course, there was no response from Frey, who was lying unconscious.
After seeing Frey’s condition, Irina came to her senses, took a deep breath and started hugging him again.
Although Irina lacks strength because she is a wizard, Frey was so light that she lifted him up without any problem.
‘…how the hell did this happen?’
The scroll she bought was obviously an ‘attack scroll’.
However, since she was poor from birth, even with all the money she had, it was not enough to buy an official scroll, so she bought an ‘illegal scroll’ in a back alley.
Of course, it was a back alley where scroll scams were frequent enough to say, ‘Buying a scroll in a back alley is suicide’, but… Irina was confident.
This is because she was a prodigy of unearned money when it came to magic, and in the future, she was an archmage who would make a name for herself on all continents.
Therefore, although he could not use magic, his knowledge of magic was still there, and of course, it was just lying down and eating rice cakes to identify the bad scroll.
She had been searching all the magic scroll shops in the back alley since morning, and finally was able to purchase the scrolls from a shabby street vendor in the evening.
Because all the other stores sold fake or bad scrolls, so there was only one place left.
The owner with a band-aid on his face, who seemed somehow aged, handed the scroll with a meaningful smile, but apparently it was an ‘attack scroll’ that worked properly.
But, why did the attack scroll change to a ‘teleport’ scroll? Could it be that he really made a mistake?
‘Come to think of it… it was like this last time…’
Irina, who was still immersed in her thoughts like that, immediately shook her head and began to move.
The strange magic scrolls, the mysterious owner, and the relevance of the last incident to this one were important, but for now, it was because the priority was to identify this mysterious place.
“…what?”
Irina, holding Frey and carefully exiting the wooded area, saw the scene unfolding in front of her, and muttered with a firm expression on her face.
“Here… maybe…?”
In her sight, the shabby secret base she had built with Frey when she was a child came into view.
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“ha…”
Irina, who was lying on the worn-out bed of the secret base and staring at Frey who was moaning, began to look at the setting sun with a frown on her face.
“…my head hurts.”
This is the place where Frey and Irina’s childhood memories are melted, and in the forest located near the Duke of Starlight, where she was injured in the face while saving Frey from a wolf.
When I first realized that fact, Irina held her head and pondered for a moment as to why the Magic Scroll had sent her and Frey to such a place, then quietly embraced Frey and quickly started descending the mountain.
It was very easy to get out because she realized that this was the forest she used to traverse frequently when she was young.
However…
“Hey, this is…”
Seeing the Imperial newspapers scattered on the street, she had no choice but to freeze while holding him.
– Meanwhile, it has been revealed that ‘Fray Raon Starlight’, known as the prime suspect in the case, is currently resting in his dormitory after the aftereffects of the ‘People’s dormitory raid incident’ recurred.
The newspaper reported that Frey, whom he is now holding, was identified as the prime suspect in the ‘Sacred Undead Knight Incident’, but was soon found resting in the dormitory and was freed from the frame.
‘…Has Kaniana Serena done something?’
Irina, puzzled by the content for a moment, immediately assumed that one of the two, Kania and Serena, who was apparently helping him secretly, made an alibi, and then began to read the newspaper.
– The ‘Sun God Church’ is officially protesting Saint Ferroche and the 3rd Princess, who gave false testimony, but the Saint and the 3rd Princess also announced that they would expose the Church’s secrets, causing a big stir…
“…Ugh.”
But after that, when the political story she hated the most came out, Irina, who covered the newspaper with a frown on her face, looked at Frey in her arms and fell in thought.
‘After all… Can’t people stand out right now?’
Although we have not yet figured out why the replacement Frey did this or what his purpose was, it is undoubtedly true that he saved the lives of countless children and the lives of Ferroche today.
So, Irina, who had decided to hide him for once, climbed the mountain again and returned to the ‘secret base’, the most familiar space for her.
“Ugh…”
So, while watching the setting sun, Irina cautiously approached Frey, who was lying on the bed, when he started moaning.
“This… I need treatment…”
Convinced that his wounds and physical condition were getting serious, she began to rummage through the backpack she had been wearing until then.
“…ha.”
However, when she only had one healing potion in her bag because of her poor household, she bowed her head and sighed.
“Ugh…”
“…drink.”
After cursing her poverty for a while, Irina began pouring the potion into Frey’s mouth.
“eww…”
Then, perhaps because of her mood, Frey’s expression softened slightly.
‘This is not enough…’
However, since the amount was not enough to treat him in a serious condition, Frey’s expression changed painfully again soon after.
“…I guess I’ll have to look for some herbs.”
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“Fray, calm down.”
“Ha… ha…”
It was Irina who picked up effective medicinal herbs within a few minutes because she knew the geography of the mountain well, but she ran into an unexpected difficulty.
“Damn, I can’t eat herbs like this.”
Because the potion was liquid, he could somehow pass it on, but the herb had no way to feed him as long as he was unconscious.
If you force it into your mouth, your airway may be blocked, and even if you cut it into small pieces, chewing it thoroughly is not effective, so it is a dilemma.
“Whew…”
In the end, Irina sighed and sat on the bed where Frey was lying, looking down at his cold sweaty face, and then quietly opened her mouth.
“You… what are you thinking?”
Frey, who he wanted to kill like crazy until a few months ago, is grunting in front of his eyes.
If he shoots even the slightest amount of mana into his heart, if he strangles him for a moment… No, he doesn’t have to, and if he just leaves him like this, Frey will die.
And no one will criticize it.
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Even in the present situation, he is the greatest idiot of the Empire, a heinous figure who has committed various crimes, and the greatest villain in the history of the Empire who will end the Empire in the future.
However…
“…we haven’t figured out the truth yet.”
Perhaps all the premises may be shaken.
As long as she has approached the secret of doing evil in front and good deeds from behind, giving up like this is a shame for Irina.
After thinking like that, Irina made a decision, put the herb she was holding in her mouth and began to chew it.
“Suck…”
Irina, who had been chewing on herbs for a long time, hesitated for a moment before kissing Frey.
“Hbh…”
After a while, she shoved all the herbs into Frey’s mouth and started repeating the action for a long time.
“Pooh…”
Irina, who chewed all the herbs she had brought and gave it away, wiped her lips and began to examine Frey’s condition.
As if her efforts had paid off, Frey’s complexion was relieved, and the blood from the wound had stopped.
‘Did this work so well?’
Irina, who watched the scene, turned around and started heading towards the entrance to gather more herbs and feed it to Frey.
“Cool! Cool!”
“What, what?”
But at that moment, Frey suddenly began to tremble with bloodshed, and Irina hurriedly ran to him and started checking his condition.
“Hey, Irina…?”
“…..!”
However, Irina, who ran into Frey with her eyes narrowed, froze in embarrassment.
“Here… where are you…?”
“Uh, that’s… so…”
Frey, who asked Irina a question in a fading voice, rolled her eyes as she stuttered and began to look around.
“What… Another dream?”
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Eventually he found out where he was, and muttered in a frustrated voice.
“These days, after a battle, I always have a dream like this… Yeah, what kind of memory do I have this time…”
“You… do you know where this is?”
I wanted to tell Frey to lie down without talking to him, but Irina was suddenly asking him a question.
“Of course you know… It’s our secret base…”
“Did you remember that?”
“Once upon a time, I caught fish here… I dug traps… I used to play in the water… but now it’s all memories…”
Frey, who faced Irina’s question with a vague expression on her face, soon bled once more and started muttering.
“But you…why are you an adult? And where’s the cat doll?”
“What?”
“And… it’s a dream, but why are you so sleepy…”
Frey, who continued to speak with such a difficult voice, soon closed her eyes again and lost consciousness.
“ha…”
When the image of Frey, whom she liked when she was young, who was talking about the secret base in a pure and kind manner, started to flicker before her eyes, Irina said with a determined expression.
“Well, it can’t be like this.”
After saying those words, Irina went out to gather herbs to feed him, stopped for a moment, and added a word.
“I’m going to find out all the truth tomorrow.”
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“Student Irina, where have you been and are you returning now?”
“…sorry.”
Late in the morning, Irina bowed her head to apologize to the manager at the academy’s gate, and then quietly entered the academy.
‘Fray… he’ll be fine.’
The secret base in the forest is affixed with the invulnerability magic that Irina put on when she was young, and no one can enter except her and Frey.
And as a result of feeding 5 more herbs, Frey has recovered considerably enough to regain consciousness tomorrow morning.
So Irina, who decided that it was her turn to take advantage of this opportunity, started heading to the noble dormitory at a fast pace.
“Wait a minute, commoners can’t enter aristocratic dormitories…”
“You know.”
“ah…”
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Eventually, she was blocked by the maid at the entrance, and she uttered a low voice with a disgraceful expression, and the maid, who was well aware of the rumors about the relationship between Frey and Irina, avoided her gaze and walked away.
‘Does Frey not care about his rumors?’
Irina, who was passing by such a maid and headed for Frey’s room, began to ponder the question that suddenly appeared in her head.
‘If it was his power, he would have been able to suppress the rumors.’
Rumors of evil people are quite common in the Empire, but in recent years Frey has been a true public enemy.
According to information gained on his way to the academy, although Frey’s innocence has been proven in this case, many still believe he is the culprit.
‘Are you doing something terribly evil so that rumors circulate? But why? Why do you need to?’
Irina, who was immersed in her troubles that would never end, began to knock quietly when she saw Frey’s room.
“This is Irina. I’m here to serve.”
However, there was no sound in the room.
“Please open it, I said that if you don’t serve today, you’ll be cursed with death.”
Irina frowned and tried to lie, but the door still wouldn’t open, so she sighed for a moment, then sat down in the hallway and began to sob loudly.
“You… what’s going on?”
Then, the maid chief, who was managing the noble dormitory, hurriedly approached her and began to take offense.
“Then what are you going to do if the nobles wake you up! Then you and I are dead…”
“Ha, but…! If I don’t serve Frey today, I’m dead!”
Irina, who shouted at her with a face full of fear, grabbed the maid’s leg and began to beg.
“Boo, please! The maid’s blind…! I don’t want to die! How… How have I endured this terrible life…! It’s just too unfair to die because I can’t serve…!”
“ha…”
The maid was also quick to hear the rumors about the academy, so when she saw her desperate expression on her face, she began to look hesitant.
Irina began to pray even more earnestly because she knew that she was a hidden ancestor who died while taking the lead in helping commoners escape from the academy during the previous invasion of the academy.
“Do, please help… I’m begging you… I want to live. I don’t want to die like this. So please…”
“I’ll check it out in a moment.”
“Yes, yes?”
Then, the maid, who began to pat Irina’s body, quietly looked at her and said,
“There are no weapons.”
“Everyone, of course! If you did that…!”
“Okay, go in. You’re mana exhausted, so I’m letting you in specially.”
Having said that, the maid carefully handed her the key and whispered.
“…you’re going to die soon anyway, so don’t ruin your life by killing yourself.”
After saying those words, Maid Chang hastily disappeared into the darkness.
“…gulp.”
Irina watched the scene for a moment, then opened the door with the key and carefully entered the room.
“You wake up.”
After a while, Irina muttered coldly to the person who saw Frey lying on the bed, but when he did not get up, she started shaking.
“I don’t know who it is, but wake up, I want to know the truth.”
“Umm…”
“Wake up! Right now!! Get up!!”
However, the fake Frey remained silent.
“Damn, what? Was it a doll, not a human?”
Irina, who was going to hear the truth in return for telling the person who was going to be disguised as Frey all about the incident, and then where Frey was, began to panic when the fake Frey didn’t even move.
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“It’s strange, it feels like real skin… and even has a heartbeat.”
The moment Irina, who was doing the investigation while stabbing the fake Frey, inadvertently pressed her belly down…
“Hey… meow!”
Suddenly, a strange sound came from somewhere.
“What, what? Are you talking about the cat doll?”
Irina, who was terrified and left her seat, found the cat doll at his bedside, picked it up and began to tilt her head.
“Hey, hey…!”
“Why is he screaming when you stab a fake Frey?”
Irina, realizing that the cat doll makes a cry when pressing on the fake Frey’s stomach, frowns for a moment, then suddenly realizes that the cat doll’s mouth is swollen.
“Aha… it was like that…”
“Ah, ah, ah… ahh!”
Irina opened her cat doll’s mouth and muttered with a smile on her conversion.
“…I hope this can be applied?”
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“Ugh…”
When morning came, Frey, who had been unconscious for a while, moaned and tossed and turned, then opened his eyes.
“Young Master, are you awake?”
“Kah, Kania?”
Then Kania, who was in front of her, bowed her head and said hello, and Frey, who looked at her blankly, immediately smiled broadly and asked a question.
“Were you the one who saved me?”
Then, Kania bowed her head and answered.
“Yes, Young Master.”
“Ha… I’m so glad… I thought I was going to die if I hit Hamata. What?”
Frey then began to thank Kania with a relieved expression on her face, and Kania looked at him and muttered quietly to herself.
‘…Okay, I got it.’
And, there was an empty bottle in her pocket.
