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Episode 133. Even dragons can roll (2)
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One is a pureblood dragon. It can sense the magic of other races through its horn, and can see the color of their minds through the magic it senses. The dark evil inside is literally black, and the opposite is white.
It is a great skill in preventing face-to-face fraud, but it has one big drawback. Because they are so young, they cannot control themselves. I asked Hana.
“Hanaya. I’m really sorry, but can I touch your horn for a second?”
“my.”
He nodded and lifted his head towards me on his hind legs. He put his thumb and index finger on my horn and asked again.
“now?”
“Wow.”
The voice of admiration brightened several notches.
“I’m not going to go anymore, sir.”
“I see.”
“It’s always like this, you know.”
Pureblood dragons are a race that is extremely sensitive to horns, but I don’t know why this guy is so comfortable with me touching his horns. Anyway…
“Let me think about it for a moment.”
“my….”
“It’s not that I don’t like it, it’s just because of something else.”
I think I really need to think about this. Is this a coincidence?
I don’t think so. The itchiness I felt on the horn disappeared as soon as I put my hand on it. It must be a symptom related to magic.
Today was the first time that one of them had complained of an itchy horn. The only difference between the previous days and today was that something emitting a lot of magical power appeared nearby.
Just as I sensed the magic of a different race, I wonder if I sensed the magic of that something in the same way. I can’t say anything even if I say it was a leap…
“Mister?”
“… One.”
“my?”
“Can I ask you a favor?”
Since there was a question, it had to be confirmed. Assuming that the parties involved agreed. One answered by nodding his head and tail at the same time.
“my.”
“You haven’t even told me what you want to ask for?”
“But, sir. Mom helped me make the gift… .”
“I did it because I wanted to. You didn’t ask me to.”
“Also, you helped me a lot. You even helped me buy friends.”
It seems like you’re not even listening to what I’m saying because you’re thinking about it. By the way, why did I do so much for you?
“You even let me meet Mongmongi, ah.”
The moment I heard it, I felt my heart sink. The last time I saw that puppy was flying through the night sky, buried in Yoonha’s jacket. Riding a winged horse.
The streets are soaked with rain, and I wonder where that little punk is taking shelter from the rain. And there’s no way to contact him…
“Sir. Do you know where that stupid guy is?”
“Well, the last time I saw him was when he was meeting someone I knew, but now I’m not sure.”
“Ugh. It’s raining so hard….”
“…I know….”
As I think about it, my mind is starting to clear up a bit. Now is not the time to be worrying about whether or not I should ask for a favor.
The rain is pouring down to the point where it’s almost like an abnormal weather. Once the abnormality is removed, the rain will subside. It must be because of the gate.
“Anyway, can you help me?”
I can see the magical powers of the Twisted Ones, but I can’t see into the minds of other races like Hanae. It’s not like I have horns to sense them either…
I think there must be a better batting average than me in this field. Then I tried to explain what I wanted to ask, and Hana answered right away.
“My. Anything.”
“Anything?”
“Since you helped me a lot, I’ll help you a lot too. Anything!”
“Okay, thank you.”
“Geundae, what are you doing?”
“I’m thinking of going to the place we talked about earlier… Just a moment.”
First, I grabbed an umbrella from inside the store. Since the place I was going to was right in front of the store, I didn’t need to lock it with a key.
Next, he held the umbrella handle with one hand and placed the other hand on one of its heads so that he could feel the horn. If he took his hand off, it was obvious that he would scratch it again, saying that it was itchy.
After that, he pointed at the hem of my clothes with his finger.
“Hold on to me so I don’t fall.”
“my.”
As I was told, I held on to my collar tightly, but the tip of my nails dug into my clothes and stuck out slightly. I didn’t show it and just kept walking.
After walking for exactly three minutes, I arrived at the middle of a four-lane intersection. There were no cars passing by, so I thought I could take my time. I told Hana.
“I was trying to find something here, do you have an itch right now?”
“No? Sir, please hold it for me.”
“It’ll get itchier from now on. Probably.”
There was something I did a few days ago when I was helping my older sister with her work. When I needed to erase a magic spell with 100 magic power, I used my constitution at around 90 instead of 100.
I used this to distinguish between water burning fire and fire burning water. This time I’m doing the same thing. If the central magic power of something I’m looking for is 100, then the magic power outside of it should be 99 to 1.
Since this guy’s horn is detecting magic power, if we kill its detection power so that it can’t detect magic power below 100, then wouldn’t we only be able to know the location of the center with exactly 100 magic power?
It was just a guess. I’m not sure if my body can handle the job that well.
But it wasn’t a losing business. If things didn’t go well, I could just say thank you for your hard work and go to my mom’s company with you. I explained this to Hana, but at first she barely understood.
“Uh… So… .”
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“Just tell me when your horn starts itching or when you feel something strange.”
“my.”
It seemed like he was saying, “I don’t know, so let’s just get started.” After all, it’s something I have to do well. After taking a quick breath, he swept the horns with his thumb.
“How about now? I’m thinking of the number 95.”
“?”
He still looks like he doesn’t know. He takes another deep breath and this time he imagines something like 80. It feels like he’s tuning into a radio frequency.
“… Ah.”
This time, my whole body flinched and the hem of my clothes was pulled tightly. I asked immediately.
“Does your horn itch a lot?”
“… No. I can’t stand it.”
“If you can’t stand it anymore, then you must tell me. Okay?”
“my.”
I also adjusted my grip on the umbrella. My hands are sweating. I want to finish this as quickly as possible before I feel sorry for this guy. This time, 90.
“How about now?”
“uh….”
This time, Hana looked around in a dazed manner, perhaps a bit ambiguous. However, most of her gaze was focused on the ground.
I guess I feel something. This time it’s around 93… .
“Oh. Sir, sir.”
“Why, do you know something?”
“here.”
He points his finger somewhere. When he checks, it is not in the sky, not near a building, not on a four-lane road.
It was the ground. To be exact, a manhole cover a few feet away from where we were standing. I stared blankly and asked.
“It’s down there… .”
“That’s the case. It’s dark down there.”
“How far down is it?”
“It’s so low. It’s so low.”
I feel like I’ve been hit hard in the back of the head.
The gate toward the academy district that I saw appeared out of thin air. At the top of the clock tower, in a place where everything was empty. Looking at that sight, I vaguely thought, ‘It appeared because there was space to appear.’
I didn’t think it would work under the ground. It’s full of dirt. Above that, there’s other dirt, structures, and all sorts of things pressing down on it.
I thought that since there would be no empty space at all, nothing could appear. But then I saw the manhole cover and I knew right away.
The inside of the sewer is empty. It wouldn’t be strange if something like a gate appeared inside there. I asked Hana again.
“Very low down?”
“My. Only my.”
The standard for laying sewer pipes is about 2.5 meters underground. It’s not something you can really say is very, very low. I’m not sure if this is due to the gate’s influence or if the scale of the sewers in this world is different…
The tone of his voice and his eyes were full of confidence. Without asking any more questions, he just stared vaguely at the manhole cover.
It’s hard to see because it’s submerged in rainwater, but there doesn’t seem to be a handle or any gaps to put your fingers through. It looks like you’ll need a good screwdriver to open it with your own strength.
“How can I help you next time?”
“… No. I think this will do.”
“Really?”
“Oh. Really. Thanks for clearing that blockage, Hanaya.”
I gently stroked her head out of gratitude. While I was stroking her head, a few raindrops fell on the back of my hand and her hair.
It seems like the rain has gotten a bit heavier in the meantime. Now I can’t even look up to see how much rain is falling.
“Hanaya. Thank you very much, I think it’s time for you to go.”
“Ugh….”
“It’s nice to see you after such a long time, but if it rains any more, I won’t be able to come into your house at all. Seriously.”
“Huh? Then Mom is worried.”
“I guess so. I’d be worried too. Let’s just walk.”
“my.”
It’s not a good idea to stand in the middle of a four-lane intersection for a long time. I continued to touch the horns and continued walking in the direction that one of them pointed.
After walking for about ten minutes, wading through the rainwater flowing down the street, one of them suddenly stopped and let go of the hand that was holding my collar.
“You can go by yourself from here, sir.”
“Are you okay? Are there any crosswalks, downhill slopes, or uphill slopes in the middle?”
“My. Pee.”
He points to a tall building with his finger. That reminds me of that guy. He said his mom worked in that building.
The distance to the building doesn’t seem that far. One of them walks forward a couple of steps, his boots clicking, then turns to me and bows.
“I’m a swindler.”
“Don’t fall down while you’re walking. Got it?”
“See you later, sir.”
“That’s right. Next time, let’s eat a lot of snacks. On a clear day.”
“Hehehe.”
He smiled and turned around to go his own way, but then he suddenly stopped in front of a puddle of water on the ground. I shouted.
“Don’t play there! If you misstep, you’ll fall!”
At my shout, the dog lifted its tail from under its raincoat and started running forward in a panic. I should have told it not to run if it was going to do that.
After a while, one of them disappeared from sight, and I was left alone. I was worried, but I knew I wouldn’t bump into anyone on the empty street…
I also have a lot to do. I took out my phone as I headed to the store.
I had already checked the Magic Agency’s phone number in advance at dawn. 999. Where I lived, 999 was the emergency service number.
I made a call and after a while I heard a caller ID, but the sound was very mechanical.
[#[email protected] is … $#’s … … , …. Voice not#[email protected]… . ]
The call kept cutting off so often that I couldn’t even tell what they were saying. My ears were starting to ring, so I just hung up and checked the top right corner of my phone.
The icon indicating that you have left the currency zone keeps popping up and disappearing. Why is this happening all of a sudden? Is it you, Gate, again?
I felt frustrated and tried calling someone else. To the store manager. I had half given up on my expectations because the message hadn’t been confirmed yet, but the store manager answered.
[ @#!, well#[email protected]? ]
The sound was still a mess, but I said what I had to say first.
“Manager, are you able to switch shifts today?”
It’s about 9:30 now, but no matter how I think about it, I don’t think the store manager will be able to come on time. There’s no bus or taxi in sight, so how can he get here?
The store manager kept saying something as if he heard me, but I couldn’t hear him properly because the machine-like noise was still there. I said it out of frustration.
“It’s the gate, sir. I think it’s because of the gate.”
[ … … . ]
This time, the words just stopped. I felt like my clothes were going to burst and I was going to die… .
– Exactly.
Suddenly, the sound of fingers snapping was heard from the other end of the phone. After a while, the store manager’s voice began to be heard clearly.
[ Chan-ah. Can you hear me now? ]
“I can hear you well. But how did you do this?”
[ Are you saying you can hear it well? ]
“Yes, I can hear you well. But how did you do it? Can’t you hear me, manager?”
[ If you were saying that Chan couldn’t hear your voice, then yes. ]
That’s right. If you keep talking like this, you’ll only get answers. The store manager must have thought the same thing, because he calmly said what he wanted to say.
[ First of all, I’m sorry, Chan-ah. ]
“What is it?”
[ I think I’ll be a little late today. It’s taking some time to get permission to use magic… ]