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“The emperor did it.”
I said, clenching my fists.
“The evidence has been destroyed.”
“I’m not so stupid that I don’t even know the existence of restoration magic.”
Ian didn’t seem to have any expectations about the possibility of restoration magic.
Well, there is no way he, who has been sharpening his sword for revenge for over a decade, would not have thought about this method.
But why? I kept looking at that possibility.
‘What was it like in the original?’
The climax of the original work was not a blockbuster.
The imperial palace was blown up, and people were injured in the collapsed rubble. There were countless people who lost their lives.
Amidst the chaos, there stood Selina, the heroine.
Selina was caught in the explosion and became trapped in the collapsing palace. Because the explosion was so massive, it wasn’t easy for her to just clean up the wreckage.
Selina was not found inside, even after all the wreckage had been finally removed.
At that time, Elliot literally went crazy. The memory of him losing his sanity due to anxiety and despair remained vivid in my mind.
He would have resigned himself if even Selina’s body had been found, but not even a single strand of her hair was discovered among the remains. Elliot, who had been looking for her remains all day like a crazy person, went to visit her magic tower at one point.
‘There, he asked Rizello for restoration magic.’
After the imperial palace exploded and he tragically lost Selina, he resorted to using restoration magic in an attempt to revive the memories associated with that place.
Rizello wasn’t the only one Elliot hired. He requested restoration magic from all wizards, regardless of whether they belonged to the Magic Tower or not, as if it were an auction.
The reward he offered at that time was himself.
‘With his defeat of Ian, Elliott’s stock was at its peak.’
Given that Elliot himself was offered as a reward, it is only natural that the wizards eagerly applied.
Afterwards, there was another intricate episode, but this is the crucial part. In any case, Elliot’s deal was successful.
‘Even though the imperial palace was completely destroyed by an explosion, wizards miraculously found a way to cast restoration magic.’
It was unknown to what extent the emperor had ruined the abandoned palace.
However, just like Elliot eventually found Selina in the original work, wouldn’t we also be able to find evidence?
“Sir Ian.”
When I made up my mind, I locked eyes with Ian.
Ian looked at me with wary eyes.
“What are you planning this time?”
“What? It’s just a plan.”
I was on the verge of conveying my decision, but Ian’s unexpected comment made me lose my momentum.
“I feel like whenever you make that kind of expression, it’s always followed by something that embarrasses me.”
“… Did you know that Sir Ian often describes me as a seven-year-old troublemaker? That is a huge insult.”
I pointed this out gracefully, and Ian shrugged his shoulders.
“No way. If you thought I was seven years old, I wouldn’t have done such a thing, no matter how much it was an act.”
Ian stopped talking.
As soon as I realised what ‘such a thing’ referred to, a blush crept up my cheeks.
‘Why are you suddenly bringing that up?!’
Is this guy out of his mind?
I wanted to glare at Ian, but I couldn’t because I was reminded of the moment when our lips met.
I saw Ian chewing his tongue in his mouth.
Luckily, he was not unkind enough to mock me for such a thing, and it appears that Ian also misspoke.
“…So.”
Ian said, blatantly turning away from me.
“What were you trying to say earlier?”
“Oh, well. So.”
After clearing my dry throat from embarrassment, I managed to sound normal.
What I was going to say is that it was important… Oh yeah.
“Let’s go to the Magic Tower again.”
“… Magic Tower?”
“I need to meet the Tower Master.”
Then Ian, who had been avoiding my eyes, suddenly turned to look at me.
“He will not face you again.”
“Ian, I understand that you have reservations about him.”
I sighed softly.
After the incident at the Magic Tower, Ian came to dislike Rizello very much.
This meant a lot. Ian doesn’t have any particularly good or bad feelings about people, but he has especially developed a strong dislike for Rizello. He was a special treat towards the negative.
“He will not harm us. I guarantee that… As long as you pay the right amount.”
Rizello is a mysterious character, but he is no one as simple as he is if he only knows the key to move him.
He said money as well as keys.
“I’ve thought about it before. You sound like you know quite a bit about the Master of Magic Tower?”
Ian said, tilting his head crookedly. Even the way he spoke sarcastically made me sound very bad.
‘Why are you like this again?’
No matter how much he thought about it, Ian was sensitive to the name Rizello.
As a reader of the original storyline, I had every reason to trust Rizello, but I couldn’t say that to Ian.
“I know him very well. What kind of relationship do you think I have with him?”
“But how can you guarantee that it won’t cause any harm?”
“……I guessed it. According to public rumours, the tower master will treat you properly if you pay for it.”
“Then.”
Ian said, narrowing his eyebrows as if he were’
But I was not ‘just anyone’.
This is not groundless confidence. I swiftly lifted my head and glanced at Ian.
“If I ask him to do it, there will be a high probability that he will listen.”
“…What do you mean?”
Ian, who had just moments ago been leisurely laughing at me, suddenly had a hardened expression.
“As you expected, I have some kind of relationship with him-”
“You know. Friendship.”
I smiled confidently.
“I was the one who gave the Holy Magic Stone to the Magic Tower.”
Of course, to be exact, I didn’t give it to him. It was also the people of Rycalion Village who discovered it, not me.
There has been limited research conducted on holy magic Stones thus far. Nevertheless, Rizello remained fully cognizant of the immense worth of the magical stone.
‘And Rizello doesn’t forget favour and spite.’
To clarify, I played the role of a benefactor to Rizello by giving him the Holy Magic Stone.
“Please allow me to speak alone with the tower master. I’ll try to convince him to accept the deal.”
“…….”
Ian, who had been staring at me, eventually twisted the corners of his mouth and let out a sigh.
“Do you think I would allow that?”
“Why are you opposing it? That he is a dangerous man?”
“It’s not a story at that level.”
Ian looked at me with his eyebrows narrowed as if he were frustrated.
“You truly have no idea. What kind of expression and look does he have when he looks at you?”
What does that mean?
It was a moment when my eyes widened in puzzlement.
Knock knock, a knock was heard from outside.
“Madam Irene, I have brought you a cup of tea.”
As I heard a whispering voice, the tension melted away.
The voice belonged to Selina.
“Come in.”
Selina entered the room, gently manoeuvring a tray that held a teapot.
Despite the conversation I had just had with Ian, seeing her made me feel happy.
‘Look at her doing her best.’
Selina was completing her maid training very successfully.
Selina quickly grasped monastic etiquette, despite never having learned it before, thanks to her natural dignity and elegance.
Even now, her graceful movements while pouring tea into her teacup resembled the elegance of a painting.
‘…No, wait. You seem to be feeling a bit nervous.’
When I looked closely, I noticed that her fingertips, which were gripping the teapot, exhibited a slight tremor.
Why do you do that? She was very compliant in the morning… Ah. By any chance.
I turned my gaze towards Ian. Unlike the morning when I was alone, Ian is now here.
Now that I think about it, Ian and Selina have never met before.
‘This is their first meeting.’
When I remembered that fact, my heart suddenly started pounding.
I glanced at Ian and Selina alternately.
Thinking that this was the moment when the two met for the first time, I understood Selina’s nervousness.
For Selina, it would be the moment she first encountered her first love.
‘……That sinful human being.’
I stared at Ian in silence, my face displaying indifference as he sipped his tea.
That person couldn’t look so cheeky today. To the point that even he doesn’t understand my feelings.
As Selina continued to tremble with her fingertips, Ian glanced in her direction. Then Selina’s fingertips began to tremble more mercilessly.
I stared blankly at the figure. No wonder I had a bitter taste.
I first learned that there are times when I’m not happy to see someone fall in love.