105. Temporary alliance (1)
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Kanion gritted his teeth and touched his shoulder. Immediately after the duel, the faculty came running and he was taken to the health room.
Originally, the severed arm could have been attached. The problem was that the flames melted his arm.
After a long operation, I was able to barely attach my left arm. But now the left arm was shorter than the right by a finger.
It was because of making a new cutting surface and attaching it.
It was a miracle that he survived that duel, but Kanion still couldn’t believe his defeat.
“f*ck… , Cheonmin cub. ”
Ethan.
He was a baby without a pedigree. It was even from an orphanage.
Thinking back to what the dark-haired bastard had done, I could still vividly feel the terrifying pain that day.
Kanion loosened the bandages that were wrapped around his left shoulder. In the mirror, scars and burn marks were clearly visible on the shoulder blades.
It was unknown how many years it would take to use the sword like before. Even with unpaired arms, it was unclear whether that would be possible.
Enraged, Kanion held up a crystal ball and contacted Lunia.
[Lunia, come out.]
[Sorry… . A bit today… .]
[Do you want to do this too? You should stay by my side today.]
It was Runia who was well aware of Canyon’s condition. That’s why I couldn’t refuse.
[I know. where are you?]
Soon after, Lunia came into the hotel. As soon as Luna arrived, Kanion threw her into bed.
Runia was violently strangled and had tears in her eyes. In the middle, a cry broke out.
After the act, I drank the whole bottle of Carnion whiskey.
“brother… . Considering the condition of the body, alcohol… .”
“Hey, did you delete your child?”
“… … ”
“Why no answer? Please answer any questions I ask.”
Luna didn’t answer.
“f*ck, do you think I look like an idiot because I cut off an arm?”
Despite the nervous questions and urgings, Runia remained silent. The whiskey bottle hit the wall and was smashed.
“Didn’t you erase it?”
“… I decided to raise it.”
“Put, are you raising a child? By what means?”
He lost an arm in a duel and became the subject of rumors. I didn’t even want to imagine what would happen if Lunia was pregnant.
“I will take a leave of absence. I have already submitted the application for leave of absence.”
“Crazy bitch.”
“It doesn’t matter if the child grows up not knowing who the father is. I will grow… .”
Before Kanion finished speaking, he grabbed Runia’s hair. In the air, Lunia’s feet struggled precariously.
“If you don’t want to erase it, I will erase it.”
Magic power was applied to his aching left arm.
I’m sorry
A fist hit the stomach once. Runia groaned once. However, the blue magic soon pushed Kanion away.
The shock caused Kanion to fly and crash into the wall. A picture frame hanging on the wall fell and broke the window.
I once believed that I loved you. I still thought I loved myself. However, the current Canyon was different from then.
Runia bit her lip.
I wished he would come back again. But today, that hope has been shattered.
“Crazy bastard.”
“Well, what did you just say… ?”
“I’m done with you.”
Leone left behind those words, grabbed her coat and tried to go outside. Kanion drew his sword and chased Lunia.
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end of October.
Rumors of a duel with Kanyon among students have now faded.
I looked up at the clear autumn sky and stretched out. October was already nearing its end.
“Edan, you learn faster than I thought.”
And now I was being taught magic by Professor Cassia.
In the first semester, she was selected as Cassia’s assistant. However, due to the professor’s busy relationship, he decided to take classes as an assistant and as a disciple from the second semester.
One hour private lessons once a week.
Contrary to my prediction, the job as Professor Cassia’s assistant wasn’t too difficult. Maybe it’s because I learned magic from Sepia in my spare time.
My main job was organizing reagents and paperwork. I thought it would be a drug-eating lab rat, but fortunately it wasn’t.
“Anyway, it’s amazing. Ethan. Teleportation takes a lot of mana. I never thought you would ask me to teach you that.”
Teleportation or short-distance leaps.
Magic, also known as Blink. Blink is a magic that allows you to leap a short distance to a desired location.
The reason short-distance leaps were not used in actual combat was simple. This is because it is less efficient than moving with magic release.
In other words, a lot of mana is consumed.
However, I had a vast amount of magical power that was incomparable to others.
“As expected, it must be possible because Edan has a magically adapted body. I envy you.”
“Still, the magic circuit itself isn’t very dense, so there’s a lot of wasted magic.”
I wasn’t born with a magic circuit like Sepia.
Because of that, his mana management level reached 6, but at the same level, the amount of waste was greater than those with tighter mana circuits.
“What magic do you want to learn next?”
“I want to learn the magic related to implementing that barrier.”
“It’s a boundary implementation. It is a magic that is difficult and requires a lot of mana.”
Huhu, Cassia laughed once. Arthur would be able to acquire skills naturally as he leveled up.
However, in my case, I had to invest time and learn each one individually.
“Why do you want to learn?”
“Anyway, there are times when you can’t release magic to your heart’s content while fighting. If you are fighting indoors or in the city.”
“So you want to create a space where you can freely release your mana.”
I nodded. To be honest, I even felt cramped when fighting while controlling magic in the city.
“It is possible. All magic is the embodiment of an image. And magic is a fair price to pay for it. However, it takes a lot of mana to implement a barrier that creates space for an individual.”
Cassia pondered, then continued.
“If it’s the amount of Edan’s magical power, it’s possible, but I don’t know if it’s possible to realize the barrier space during winter vacation.”
If there was a possibility, that was enough.
Professor Cassia’s lecture time was approaching. Now is the time to close the question.
“Oh, and Professor. There is one last thing I would like to ask you.”
“Hmm, what is it?”
“Are you aware of the magic where the soul dwells in the body of another person?”
“Is it a magic where the soul dwells in the body of another person?”
Cassia stroked her chin and thought.
Personally, I looked for related magic, but I couldn’t find it because magic was so vast.
Perhaps the possession was related to black magic.
I asked Hesia as well, but she didn’t know. Well, since dragons use magic instinctively, they may not know the related magic in principle.
“I’m not an expert on magic, so I don’t know. Maybe a wise witch, ‘Yuffie’, would know.”
Wise Witch, Yufi.
She was a witch who was in charge of Sepia’s tutoring. He was so famous that it was said that he had mastered all the knowledge in the world.
However, the problem was that he was usually reclusive, so he didn’t even know where he was.
With that, today’s class was over.
I bowed my head and left the professor’s office. And while crossing the campus, I bumped into Reus.
Reus seemed to have something to say.
I knew what I wanted to say even without saying it.
“Ethan, there is something I want you to do with me.”
“What is it?”
“It’s dungeon exploration.”
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Just as expected.
Reus suggested that I explore the dungeon.
“Dungeon exploration?”
“I discovered a dungeon during summer vacation.”
The problem arises from the position of the dungeon. Because you have to meet three conditions to enter the dungeon.
First, there must be a warrior or candidate pattern.
Second, the number of party members must be three.
Third, they must have three or more mines.
As you can see from the conditions, it meant taking Arthur as a party member. Based on the original work, in the second semester, ‘Arthur, Reus, and Sony’ are just three if you add the number of mines they caught.
“It is such a condition.”
“Reus, how many mines have you caught?”
“One. In the summer, I joined the Mine Subjugation Corps and accumulated merit. Are you two?”
The mine that Reus had caught was Caim, who was ranked 53rd in the rankings.
And the number of mines I caught, known outside the academy, was two. This is the space between Andromalius, whom he met in the northern forest, and whom he caught during the raid on the dormitory.
In fact, the mines I caught are three, ‘Sequence No. 73, Andromalius’, ‘Sequence No. 61, Jagan’, ‘Sequence No. 45 Binet’, and a total of four including ‘Half-Yellow, Dark Elf Janet’.
And Arthur caught one. It’s ‘Murmur of Rank 54’.
“So Ethan, what are you going to do? Won’t you go on a dungeon exploration with Sonny and me?”
Perhaps if he refused, only Reus would know the location of the dungeon.
No matter how much I read the novel, I didn’t know the exact location of the dungeon. It wasn’t even that the novel gave us the exact locations of all the special places.
“Okay, but there are conditions instead.”
“Condition? what?”
I took a deep breath and spoke slowly. A line spoken by Arthur in the original story.
It was my turn to say it.
