Overpowered Archmage Doesn’t Hide His Talent

95 – You like flan, don’t you?

The female knight Ella, who once led four brothers and sisters in the knights academy, was sitting against an unknown ruin.

“Huh.”

At that time, a low laugh came from above. Ella slowly raised her head.

A subtle mixture of gray and blonde hair.

It was braided up in an old fashioned way without even a single fraying, revealing the nape of her pale neck alluringly.

Also, the goat pattern engraved on the cape. Ella knew that it was the symbol of ‘Mine’.

“I traveled a lot. This is southern know?”

“You…. Oops….”

A headache echoes and information is injected.

Regardless of her own will, she came to realize that the woman in front of her, the embodiment of the Great Witch, was the ‘Witch of Jealousy’.

The jealous witch leisurely continued her words.

“I killed everyone I encountered…. Twenty? Thirty? Fufufu, it’s not good to stand out like that.”

“….”

Ella was silent for a moment, then parted her lips.

“Reason.”

“Huh?”

“What is the reason? The reason that gave me strength….”

“Foot. No, no. I will ask the questions.”

The witch lowered her posture a little. Her gray eyes meet Ella’s closed eyes.

“How was it? What power did I give you?”

“Power….”

Ella quietly reflected on what had happened.

She wandered aimlessly and encountered as many as thirty adventurers one after another, but Ella was not defeated even once.

This was purely thanks to the power he received from the demon.

“Strong. That’s great too.”

First of all, it was expressed only like this. The corner of the witch’s mouth is slightly, but it draws an arc.

“I’m glad you like it. So now, can you get revenge?”

“….”

Ella bit her lower lip.

Plan.

How should I explain it? That stupid guy.

There would be no end to her thoughts on the magician one by one, but in the end, Ella’s words were too simple.

“… I am not confident.”

The witch’s eyes became sharper as she listened quietly.

“This power given to me is definitely strong. But, that flan was on a different level. A wall that cannot be crossed. Because it felt like that.”

“Hmm~”

The Jealous Witch’s head bends to her side.

‘That’s about it.’

She is unfamiliar with Ella’s reaction. Because she had never had a reaction like this come back after giving her power to a human.

Humans have always had stereotypical reactions.

Excited about the sudden power given, or unable to overcome the power and running out of control and getting eaten…. It was only that kind of play, but this is the first time.

‘It would have been no less power.’

But, even with that power, you still feel the wall.

‘… It’s fun. No, should I say jealousy?’

Despite being empowered by her jealous witch, Ella is still bound by her being as Flanne.

At that point, the Jealous Witch had half her jealousy and half her interest in Plan.

“Ella.”

“Why?”

“I will give you more power. It’s the sound of putting down a curse. Then can you get revenge?”

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Ella raised her head.

“Curse… ?”

Mine’s unique power. Curse.

An infinitely selfish power that gnaws away the happiness and vitality of others and takes it solely for its own gain.

“Yes. Of course, it’s not just giving. You’ll need to get one from Berkel.”

“Stuff….”

“Yes. Thing. You don’t need to know what it is. Don’t be curious.”

Ella made a quick decision.

If she can meet Flan again and find the answer of the day, if she can get revenge on the Chinese who looked down on her like a bug….

I could do at least one errand.

“Give me strength. Hurry.”

“My words are not over yet. Ella.”

The witch stepped on the back of Ella’s hand.

“… !”

At the same time, a sharp pain swept through Ella’s body. Her hair goes all black, and her consciousness recedes into the distance.

“Big…. Omg….”

She ended up vomiting her own blood. The jealous witch’s voice, which had grown colder, pierced Ella’s ears as she clutched her breasts.

“If you fail, I will erase your existence altogether.”

Ella nodded her head obediently. She herself was as if she had died once before anyway.

“Okay. What you just received is the ‘Curse of Absorption’.”

“Ugh….”

Ella took a deep breath. I focused on feeling the changes in her body as she opened and closed her fists.

I feel like I was born into a completely different being. Each and every energy of her body is clearer and lighter.

“From now on, if you take someone’s breath away, it will be completely absorbed as your power.”

“Totally…. My strength… ?”

“The subjugation is currently underway in Berkel, right? Plan will be there too.”

“Yes.”

“Berkel is covered in fog at night. In other words, even reporters can’t know what’s going on inside.”

Ella’s body trembled.

I’m already starting to understand what the jealous witch is trying to say.

“How are you, Ella? Isn’t it a feast for you?”

Ella clenched her fists.

“No revenge, no mission….”

And she finally opened her eyes. She had the same gray eyes as the Jealous Witch’s.

“I will definitely complete it.”

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The stage of the subjugation festival, ‘Berkel’. The distance from the academy to this place is considerable.

It was very common sense. It was impossible to build a cradle of learning near Berkel, which was infested with demons. Therefore, it was common for representatives of the subjugation system to travel by train.

“I wish you good results in the subjugation system!”

And the train station in ‘Zerun’, a city not far from Berkel. The count’s guardsmen bowed to the knight cadets.

A representative cadet of the Tenchuk Knights. Janet responded with a smile, tucking her rose-red hair behind his ear.

“Thank you. I will do my best.”

“Yes!”

The representatives have just been served a meal by the Count of Zeerun. As such, subjugation was a concern of many people regardless of the current region.

Jereun only stopped by for a meal. The knight cadets boarded the train one by one.

The exclusive guest room prepared for them is very luxurious.

A bed, a sofa, something to drink, something to read…. In fact, the whole train was like a moving hotel.

Ivan was assigned the seat across from Janet. With the desk between them, Ivan bowed his head first.

“The road to Berkel. Please take care of me.”

“As far as I can ask you well. It’s only a four-hour ride.”

“Four hours….”

Ivan’s head tilted slightly.

“Come to think of it, I was curious. Why do you have to change trains three times at a fixed time?”

The VIP-only train they are riding goes to Berkel on its own.

In other words, there was no reason to change trains, but Ivan was curious about the reason for the transfer.

“To avoid danger. What…. It’s natural that you, a first-year student, don’t know about this.”

Janet answered calmly and put her sword blade and handkerchief on the desk.

A slashing miracle that cost as much as 30,000 gold coins. It was Surt, the miraculous blade that was as good as new.

As soon as I checked the shape of the blade, a smile naturally came to Janet’s lips.

I was shocked when I lost it at the auction house, but I was relieved because someone unknown to me sold it as used. No, I was very happy.

“A big risk… ?”

“Yes. Something like magic Mine if you’re unlucky.”

Ivan immediately looked around the room. Of course, the representatives of the Faculty of Magic were nowhere to be seen.

Soon, the female knight’s eyes widened.

“Didn’t you tell the Faculty of Magic?”

“I have no obligation to do so. In the first place, changing trains three times is a way that only those in the know know. Isn’t this a skill too?”

Ivan’s face was still completely unconvinced. Janet added his words while wiping the blade.

“The subjugation system is originally like that, Ivan. Don’t you know why so many people are crazy about the subjugation system?”

“I want to hear your thoughts.”

“First of all, it’s because the representatives are dealing with real demons, not fantasy.”

At least among humans, there is no one who will not welcome the extermination of the demon. Thus, the status and popularity of the subjugation system were on the rise every year.

It hurts to say twice that the support of Berkel residents is considerable. From their point of view, it means that the ‘Magic Beast Cleaning’ takes place in their residence every year.

“And secondly, you wouldn’t have written a memorandum either. Even with your own hands.”

“… I wrote it.”

─The representative himself was fully aware of the dangers of the subjugation system. In addition, you take full responsibility for any unforeseen accidents that may occur.

“Exactly. The point of risking your life. It’s enough to make the viewer go wild.”

“Hmm….”

“Ivan. Then answer me now Is there any way to drop another group without having to fight directly?”

“….”

Ivan immediately understood Janet’s words.

“… I think it’s pretty mean.”

“Foot.”

Janet couldn’t stop laughing.

Looking at Ai Van who pushes ideals and justice excessively, I first thought that he is still immature and young.

Of course, Janet also had those days.

After all, Ivan will change through experience.

“Well? Who the hell can accuse us of being mean?”

Janet shrugged his shoulders.

“I didn’t do anything against the rules. It’s just that the Faculty of Magic didn’t have the knack. Oh, do you have a word like this? If the head is bad, the body suffers.”

Janet still polishes the blade. He didn’t even look at Ivan and continued talking.

“It’s a trick I found out while all the seniors suffered. The Faculty of Magic has only just entered the final round, so what can we do? They have no choice but to learn the tricks while suffering.”

“….”

“Again, in a way, it’s not all bad. If you defeat all the monsters, that counts as a score. Is not it?”

After─

Janet blew on the polished blade. Surt’s blade shone like a prism.

“Still, I am surprised. Ivan.”

“What.”

“What if I ran out of the train saying I was worried…. I was thinking something like that. Do you like flan?”

Ivan turned his head in silence.

I can’t deny that I like flan. Because she likes flan as her teacher.

Chiiik─

The train started moving just in time, and the conversation between the two knights was cut off. Janet, too, just cast her eyes out the window.

Ivan closed her eyes and quietly began to draw something on her, one by one, on her dark drawing paper.

These were scenes from training with Plan.

I recalled the strange power and movement he showed me, chewing the cud, and recalling them in my head.

Falling deeper and deeper into thoughts.

In his imagination, he unleashes the most splendid swordsmanship. And that sword, at some point, took the shape of a certain magic circle that even she didn’t know.

“I just don’t worry because I believe.”

The female knight recited quietly.

◈

I’m sitting in the private compartment of the train, checking things out.

A watch with elements of Surt, a conical hat to assist with calculations, and a cloak to increase durability…. He changed the items obtained from the auction house to suit his taste.

Of course, these are not things for me, but to prevent the representatives from being swept away in an accident of injustice.

Compared to knights who are accustomed to various armors such as armor, the defensive equipment that wizards cannot wear is lax, so I had no choice but to tinker with it one by one.

“Tsk….”

I suddenly clicked my tongue. I’m not even a parent, why am I taking care of my children….

I’m going to teach you properly and I’ll definitely pamper you. When I was thinking like that.

Smart─

“Who are you?”

Instead of getting an answer back, the door burst open. Soon, the scent of jasmine fills the private room.

Even without looking, it was Trixie.

“I have a question for you.”

“What is it?”

“Why did you do that?”

Trixie sat across from me, speaking in a brusque tone.

“What.”

“A handkerchief.”

Tuk, tok, tok, she started tapping her desk with the tips of her manicured fingernails.

“Why didn’t you hand it over? To Mr. Teaching.”

“I handed it over.”

“A lie.”

Why are you so serious about saying something out of the blue?

Trixie added as soon as she had that thought.

“Don’t get me wrong. I didn’t compare and contrast the scent of your handkerchief with you. I just wanted to know if you fulfilled your promise to me….”

“I won’t say it twice. Handed it over.”

“If I didn’t do it, I would never let go of this…. Huh?”

Trixie twitched her eyebrows, unable to finish her words. He pursed his lips and asked again.

“You gave it to me?”

“Yes.”

“… Really?”

“Why don’t you contact me directly and ask?”

There was silence for a while inside the private room.

“Huh….”

At some point, the corner of Trixie’s mouth went up, but she cleared her throat.

She straightens her face and then purses her lips again.

“Then change the perfume. Because it annoys me.”

Otherwise, I grabbed her hand.

The power of the elements contained in this watch is by no means small, and I was worried that the watch might damage Trixie’s circuitry.

It’s not okay if the assistant breaks down.

“… !”

Trixie’s eyes widened a beat late.

As a result of calculations, this watch suits Trixie the most. You should be able to get a lot of help in making the flame even greener.

Contact was not long.

I took my hand off immediately after winding the watch. The feeling of touching others is never something I welcome either.

“Wear this watch from now on.”

“You, again… !”

Trixie quickly puts her hand around her chest.

Her face blushes.

However, there was no time for her to ask me something about her. Because the door opened once more and Becky and Louise entered.

Trixie glared at Becky. She dares Becky.

“What are you again?”

“Suddenly? I am a magic undergraduate student in the first year of Marchen Academy….”

“Noisy.”

“Yes.”

Trixie huffed to herself, feeling dissatisfied, then she let out just two words out of her lips.

“… I’m going to tell you everything. Be prepared for excommunication.”

Trixie went outside, and Becky and Louis sat across from me, blinking.

“What is it, flan…. What happened to you two?”

“Enough. You too take one.”

I also handed over the equipment to them one by one. A cone hat for Becky and a cape for Louis.

The original items are luxury goods that are treated at high prices at auction, and since my magic was added to them, the value must have increased even more.

“P-P-FLAN to me…. Something like this… ?”

Feeling that, Becky had tears in her eyes.

“Don’t make a fuss.”

“Ah, ugh, ugh! Whoa… !”

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Becky pulled a cone hat down to his chin. If you acted to make me laugh, it had its own results.

Louis seemed to be moved as well. She puts on a neatly designed cloak, and her mouth opens slightly.

“Let’s both get out of here.”

After sending Becky and Louis out, I checked the routes of many trains. As always, there is still a lot of work to be done.

「A train route to avoid demons」

A material written by Maiev for me.

Although it is written vigorously as ‘avoiding the beast’, Maiev has thoroughly written only the routes with a high probability of encountering the beast.

If you pursue it in reverse, it is not a task to figure out only the route that can avoid the beast.

Not a job, but very safe to go.

“There is no need to do that.”

I configured the route only with dangerous routes.

No, in fact, even the word “Dangerous” Is misleading.

“It’s just a fun route.”

Looking out the window, he quietly nodded.