43 – Liwin’s whereabouts (1)

In the early morning when the fog was thick, Justina returned to the mountain behind Denbergen Academy and walked along the mountain path.

As she walked along the silent mountain path, she couldn’t believe that a terrible battle had taken place here just a few hours ago.

She even said that she almost burned this entire mountain. Wasn’t it Justina herself?

“Kkeuh, even the original girl should know how to control her emotions….”

The aftermath of the incident was not difficult.

Elfin fed amnestics to the students except for Deneb, and Justina took care of cleaning up the scene.

Deneb, who was most seriously injured, was receiving treatment and resting well.

‘I wanted to keep watching Deneb sleeping without missing a second until he woke up, but it became a nuisance.’

Justina smiled wildly, thinking of Deneb’s cute face who had fallen asleep, and shook her head to bring her to her senses.

In this way, everything ended smoothly, but there was another reason why Justina stopped by the back mountain again.

‘…… How dare you spy on the original girl’s academy.’

Even though Justina and Elfin were tired, they didn’t go to bed and continued their work.

Unfortunately, Justina killed Gruetta, who was spitting fire with a magical flamethrower, in a fit of anger, so the interrogation was conducted with only Hans, a demon captured by Elfin.

As a result, it was revealed that the demonic brother and sister were able to hide here thanks to the help of an infiltrator hiding inside the academy.

At first, even Hans somehow resisted, trying to keep her mouth shut and not to speak, but lying was impossible as long as he was subjected to Justina’s mind-altering magic.

Besides, Hans also blew other stories.

‘The last king of Delin, and Leewin… ….’

Both of them were stories that Justina had guessed to some extent.

Because I knew that the recent big movement in the demon realm was orchestrated by the last king of Delin, and that the nobles and the imperial family in the center were making various efforts to respond.

However, even though she knew that Li Yun had gone to the Devil’s Realm, she hadn’t even dreamed of forming an alliance with him.

“I don’t know how Deneb will react when she finds out.”

Justina looked up at the sky with wavering eyes.

She came out to check the traces of the spy or the barrier, but as she pondered, her thoughts reached Deneb again.

She is Justina, who, just yesterday, had firmly warned Dane not to find out about Liwin.

But she never thought that she could hide this forever.

‘One way or another, I’ll find out soon.’

The last king of Delin is on the move, and if Liwin is its ally anyway.

It was clear that Liwin would soon move to achieve her goal.

And the moment she moves, the world will change drastically.

500 Years would have been enough for preparation.

“…… Aha, it might not have been 500 years for Liwin.”

Justina, who was well aware of the time wizard’s transcendental side, trembled at the fear that swept over her body at the moment.

***

“Ughhhhh… ….”

It was an unfamiliar ceiling.

She must have collapsed while fighting in the mountains a little while ago, but seeing that she was in the swanky treatment room, it seemed that things had ended well.

She fought, avoiding this and that, but it seems that she had quite a few scars on her body, but looking at it now, nothing was wrong.

As I was pressing down on the soft bed, realizing the power of healing magic, someone opened the door and came in.

“Uh, uh uh uh?!”

The woman who came in with a grim expression on her plate opened her eyes wide as soon as she saw me awake.

From pants that are easy to move in, a bandage wrapped around the chest, and a coat over the top.

Although the coat was a bit messier than before, it was Elfin who was sticking to the same fashion he saw before he passed out.

“Awake, are you awake?! Thank god!”

“…… Was it such a big injury that you fainted?”

“Um, be honest?”

I looked at Elfin’s bright eyes and nodded her head.

In my previous life, I was a mean kid who used fact-bombing and dizzying speeches whether the other person wanted it or not.

It seems that he has learned how to hide his true feelings for 500 years.

“It wasn’t such a big injury. The power of the fallen ice mage must have been amazing, but it seemed that they fought incredibly well.”

“Keuheum, my skills haven’t died yet.”

“Even though the body is attached, is it still a teacher? To be honest, it’s absurd that a 17-year-old student would deal with a wizard like that.”

The day will come when I will be praised by Elfin.

I never thought I would become a teacher who was overtaken by my pupils and instead received advice.

However, Elfin was not only stronger than me right now, but even if I counted my hands on the entire continent, he was a strong man who would have settled at the top.

If you hadn’t had a relationship in your previous life, you might have considered it an honor to be praised by Elfin just by looking at your skills and position.

“…… By the way, from what you said, you seem to have been quite fine, so why did you pass out all day?”

It was only then that Elfin answered with a shy smile.

“Ah, ahahahahaha… Your body must be so weak….”

“…… Ah.”

“It took me a while to recover because I used up all my mana and ran out of stamina. I’m glad you seem to be fine now.”

“Is it the effect of healing magic? It’s good, sure.”

“Even so, I still feel sorry for my body. Is not it? To find the flower of resurrection with me and change your body…….”

“So, start by learning how to change. The premise isn’t ready. So, at least think about it.”

I got up from my seat, turning my shoulders and stretching them lightly.

“Uh, uh uh! If you still wake up though!”

“It’s okay, don’t make a fuss. How are the other kids?”

“Ummm, there is no problem with Joseph, Guinness and the cornet. Justina went to check something else for a while.”

“…… What about Charlotte?”

The moment Charlotte’s name was mentioned, I caught Elphin’s eyes shaking.

I wondered if I should start by explaining that the attack by the witch and her brother-in-law targeted her Charlotte, but apparently that wasn’t the case.

Did you capture and interrogate the demon brother and sister who didn’t come to my side?

In that case, at least Elfin and Justina should have had the same information as I now know.

“Charlotte too… Yeah, I wasn’t seriously hurt. Deneb, it seems you were safe in the back, fighting in front.”

“Safe?”

During the fight apparently Charlotte got hit by an icicle.

The icicle seemed to have the power to instantly kill at least one person when hit properly.

She’s still fine after being hit, maybe that’s why Charlotte is being hunted by the last king of de Ellyn.

I didn’t bother going round and round, I directly asked Elfin.

“You know that Charlotte was the target of this raid, right?”

“…… Uh? Uh huh Me, I don’t know Charlotte is the target?!”

“I’m not good at lying, then and now. Certainly you are more of a warrior than an assassin or a thief.”

“hahahaha… ….”

L smiled cautiously and looked at me.

“…… Who did you hear from?”

“Who should I listen to? During the fight witch… No, I heard it from Katarina herself.”

“Ah, I see. Also. I thought I couldn’t speak because I was brainwashed, but I guess I was able to communicate.”

“There is another magic like that.”

It would be a long story if I were to explain Cheongsimsul, so I simply glossed over the means of conversation.

“I don’t have a last name… Katarina, yes. He is someone I know well.”

“Do you know?”

“Sure. Come to think of it, Master, no, Deneb doesn’t know what happened during the 500 years since he died.”

“…… When it’s just the two of us, just call me comfortably. What have you been doing for those 500 years so that you know Katarina, the mage of the Resistance?”

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Elfin shrugged his shoulders as he lightly threw the messy coat aside.

“That’s because I also belonged to the Resistance.”

“Are you in the resistance? Why?”

I opened my eyes wide at the unexpected information.

However, Elfin scratched his cheek and spoke calmly.

“After Master died, I followed Mr. Philverton to my house and joined the resistance.”

“Mr…. I see.”

I suddenly remembered the look on Mr. Philverton’s face when he heard that I was dead.

Even though it was something I had already prepared for, a part of my heart ached.

“I had no idea. Anyway, I needed a place to stay, and I also guessed that Master taught me to become a member of the resistance in his place.”

“It was like that at first. From a certain point on, it was just fun to watch you grow.”

“Ahahahaha, that’s right. Master never forced me to.”

Elfin said in a firm voice, even as she smiled.

“But I also had the thought of repaying you. That’s why I deliberately helped the coup as a resistance fighter. Master raised me, so I’m paying back the favor to Mr. Philburton, who raised Master.”

“…… Was it like that Well, as soon as I died, I would have entered the imperial family and not roll over for 500 years. It all had a story.”

Looking at me resting my forehead, Elfin smiled brightly.

“Yes, that was probably the 2nd happiest moment in my life. When Deelin Kingdom was finally destroyed and the Kaiton Empire swallowed it up.”

“Wait, you said you were happy then?”

“Yeah, just looking at the history books, it seems like the empire ate it all up… In fact, they treated the resistance quite well.”

This was the first time I had heard of it.

I raised my eyebrows and urged him to say more.

“I gave Mr. Philburton, who was the leader of the resistance, the position of lord of the land where Delin Kingdom was located, and all the officers and members of the resistance got their share. That territory also worked much better than when it was in Delin Kingdom.”

“The uncle is the lord… ? That, that’s a bit strange.”

“Ahahahaha, isn’t that an image? Are you still doing well? That’s how it went smoothly for about 50 years. About 50 years…….”

Elfin blinked her eyes for a while as if she remembered those days.

She put on her grim expression again and lowered her head.

“…… But they all left me one by one.”

“Ah… ….”

It was only then that I understood Elfin’s words.

Elfins are long-lived species called elves, and are different from humans.

As the days passed and she got older, unlike Elfin, the people around her would have wrinkles on their foreheads.

The resistance fighters who fought together must have left the world first, leaving behind their children, leaving only the elfin alone.

“Uncle Philburton had no children in his life, and after he died, someone else took over as lord. He was a good enough person to be recommended by many people… It was difficult for me to attach affection.”

“… ….”

“Someone I know keeps disappearing. Die from disease, or die from exhaustion. I couldn’t find a reason to stay in the land of Delin where everyone left… I decided to leave.”

At that point, I suggested a question that popped into my head.

“What about Justina and Liwin?”

“…… Uh?”

“Liwin, who was a time wizard, would have been able to stop time flowing through his body? And Justina is a dragon with a much longer lifespan than an elf. Couldn’t I have stayed by your side?”

Elfin somehow looked at me with her sad eyes.

“…… In fact, they were the first to leave.”

Laughing bitterly, covering her new red nose.

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