Genius Prismatic Mage Chapter 121

#121. Flowers blooming in the mud (10)

After defeating all the enemies on the rooftop, Ray immediately took his next action.

I closed my eyes.

Woohoo───!

Sensory synchronization with the servants.

Accordingly, countless scenes pass before our eyes.

Unlike last time, this time it wasn’t the mice’s sight.

[Nyaaaa …

[Miyayaaaaaaong──!]

It was the view of cats waiting in various hiding places outside the abandoned building.

Nero, and his men.

Among them was a fat, brown-furred fellow with a scar over one eye.

The cats entered the abandoned building with lightning-quick movements and ran around everywhere.

Squeak! Squeak!

He bit and killed all the mice that were hiding.

Inside, the battle was still raging, but thanks to Ray’s precise control, no one was hurt.

“… … .”

Ray opened his eyes after finishing his work.

With this, enemy officers will no longer be able to spy on the situation here.

Rustle.

He took out Walter’s ring and identified the enemy officer’s location.

The arrow drawn by the binding magic was still pointing to the center of the sector.

…not even the slightest tremor.

‘I don’t think he has any intention of moving here. Maybe he’s waiting for me to come find him first.’

Considering the arrogance shown by the opponent, it was not an impossible deduction.

Ray took a step forward.

I was desperate to take a break, but there were people I had to check on first.

Knock knock──

I opened the door to the management building.

Veronica was seen leaning against the wall with her eyes closed.

Philip, who was looking very depressed from the side, said.

“I think I fell asleep because I was so tired from using too much magic.”

As he said, Veronica’s shoulders were rising and falling.

“The plan… was successful?”

Philip hasn’t yet properly checked the situation outside.

Now that he’s succeeded, his son-in-law will be calm and Ray will open the door here.

But still, since it was such a huge operation, I thought it might be possible.

“It worked.”

“Oh my.”

Philip, all the tension in his body released, slid down next to Veronica.

“Just rest. I’ll come back after I finish the situation.”

“Are you okay? You look very tired too….”

“I’m okay.”

My body and mind were extremely tired.

But he had to rest only after everything was over.

Knock knock─

Ray closed the door again and looked around.

The two supporters who were guarding the rooftop entrance were nowhere to be seen, having gone down the stairs.

‘Did you go downstairs to get support?’

The boy had a feeling that he was forgetting something very important.

But maybe because my head was heavy, I couldn’t remember it right away.

Whew.

I turned my gaze again.

Lightning and lightning magic.

The two men, who had been frozen for a moment due to the surprise and shock, were seen engaging in a rough fight again.

“Crrr… Ugh! Niles… that idiot…!”

“Shut up! You little punk who doesn’t know the ways of man…!”

Colin had Brooke backed against the railing.

A veiny hand gripped Brook’s neck without mercy.

“Ugh! Nile… that little punk… Ugh!”

Even though his entire upper body was outside the railing and in danger of falling, Brooke didn’t stop opening his mouth and taunting his opponent.

“Kuuuk… squawk! Nisho-hwa… made… a… safe… street! Gulp… ! Gulp… ! Nonsense… ! Such… retarded… beliefs… ! Gulp! Just to… eat all the… money… by myself! Gulp… !”

A crippled belief.

widely.

The boy who was closing the distance stopped.

“… … .”

Red rage boiled in the bowl that had returned empty after the battle.

At a very high level.

It was a strange thing.

Right now, I’m not really focused or feeling emotional.

…is this an emotion that came naturally?

Come to think of it, I felt terrible anger when I confronted the golem.

‘Even back then, I didn’t try to bring up my emotions on purpose.’

Is the situation still the same?

I couldn’t be sure, but one thing was clear.

Right now, my head is filled with thoughts of erasing that man from the world.

Whirlyrick─! Bang!

Brook’s gun, which had been lying on the corner of the rooftop, flew through the air and was caught in the boy’s hand as if sucked into it.

Crunch!

After charging, I started walking.

In the distance, a large volume of hesitation was visible, resting on Colin’s bowl.

‘You said we were friends since we were little.’

Colin continued to spit out harsh curses, but he couldn’t finish Brooke off.

I’ll strangle you even harder until you suffocate.

I couldn’t even push my body to get it off the roof.

Tak──

Tak──

I thought as I walked.

‘A friend is someone who helps others without expecting anything in return.’

Rather than helping Colin, Brook tried to take away his life and the entire organization called Nishohwa.

It goes against the definition of friend.

No matter how I think about it, I can’t call that a friend.

‘We’re not friends anymore.’

I don’t know what it was like in the past.

But at least not for now.

That’s why Ray couldn’t understand Colin’s actions.

“If you hesitate too much, I─”

I approached him and started talking, but he noticed something and cut me off.

Colin’s bowl revealed the emotions hidden behind his hesitation.

Warm vermilion and gloomy black.

‘Love, and hate.’

Two opposing emotions were entangled together to form a lump.

The day after arriving at sector 46.

I have also witnessed this phenomenon when I went out into the streets with the 1st platoon to steal supplies.

But back then, my emotions weren’t as concentrated as they are now.

‘They kept a certain distance and repelled each other like magnets. They appeared in the bowl at the same time, though.’

What is different from then that makes us come together now?

To be exact, the colors were not mixed.

The two colors were entangled together and formed a swirling shape.

As if you were stirring coffee with milk with a spoon.

But even though the two colors were entangled with each other, the boundary never collapsed.

From a distance, it appears as if it has merged into one, but a closer look reveals that this is not the case.

… was strange.

‘Is it possible to combine elements with opposite attributes like that…?’

The boy realized that he had work to do and hurriedly pulled his ankle out of the swamp of exploration.

I looked at another part of the bowl.

Alongside the maelstrom of affection and hatred, there was a significant amount of anger.

‘It doesn’t even compare to the anger I’m harboring right now.’

In terms of color depth, Colin’s was slightly superior.

Colin also feels an unbearable amount of anger towards Brooke.

… In a way, it was natural.

After all, the person who shared a longer portion of life with Niles was a man.

Niles to Colin too.

He was a family member, a brother, and also a father.

“… … .”

The boy now realized that he was more qualified to vent his anger on someone else than on himself.

So, I waited.

Swaaa …

A fierce scuffle ensued.

Even though Ray didn’t use any strengthening magic on purpose, Colin was ahead in strength.

In the meantime.

The whirlwind of love and hate that Colin held began to spin in the opposite direction at some point.

Wooooowow──!

As the two emotions gradually begin to separate,

“Colin, Colin, just calm down, calm down and listen to me, listen to me.”

Brooke seemed to have come to her senses.

The pupils return to focus.

I can see that your speech has become straight again.

To be exact, I was afraid.

Black fear and terror overwhelmed all other emotions within the vessel, such as anger, inferiority, and greed.

Fear. Terror.

A primal emotion that all living beings share equally in the face of death.

Now Brooke’s entire body was outside the railing except for below her ankles.

Bending over the empty space.

Stretch out both arms desperately.

So, if I hadn’t grabbed Colin’s arm that was sticking out of the railing, I would have fallen a long time ago.

“I, I, tongue, there’s no way I would’ve killed my brother. What, there’s some, oh, misunderstanding. Nose, Colin. I can explain everything. So, so, just spare me for now. Uh, we’re friends, right? Yes?”

friend.

At those words, the whirlwind of love and hate that had been separating the two emotions along with the reverse rotation began to slow down little by little.

Brooke’s plea became more desperate, perhaps sensing Colin’s conflict.

“Think about it, bird! Ooh, how we used to get along so well! Me, Niles, him, and you and me! The three of us!”

Colin was silent.

Even though his upper body was slightly leaning away from the railing due to the weight of Brooke holding his wrist.

However, at one point Colin was staring at a part of the railing rather than Brooke’s face.

“Brooke.”

As soon as I opened my mouth.

The whirlpool of love and hate that had been at a standstill began to spin at a faster pace again.

“Do you know that? My brother is alive.”

“T, what is that…. That’s, that’s nonsense. I, I clearly killed him…”

The whirlpool’s rotational speed was not as violent or violent as its owner’s anger.

However, it did not stop for even a moment.

“A boy from Sector 50 told me that my brother was alive.”

Love and hate that separate at a steady pace.

“And he said this about you, who was thrown off the bridge.”

In the end, they became independent emotions.

The man spoke as best he could, imitating the tone of voice of the person he remembered.

“I felt sorry as I was floating down the river. That’s what I thought. I didn’t take good care of him. He wasn’t the type of person to go astray like that.”

Brooke’s eyes shook violently.

Shhh!

Colin pulled out a knife and swung it, cutting the back of Brooke’s hand.

For a moment, it was unclear exactly why Brooke had let go of Colin’s arm.

Whether it’s because of physical pain.

Or maybe it’s because of mental shock.

Just with a blank face, he gradually shrinks into the darkness─

Kuung!

─Collisioned.

Brooke didn’t move, and the sound of the rain filled the room as if nothing had happened.

Colin, who had been staring blankly down, turned his head and found Ray.

“ah.”

He let out a small groan.

I could tell what was going on by looking at the gun in Ray’s hand.

Nod, bow your head politely.

“Thank you for being so considerate as to let me tie the knot myself.”

“Because it looks better that way.”

“I think I would have regretted it for the rest of my life if I hadn’t finished it myself.”

Colin then glanced back at the rooftop, asking if the boy was okay.

Now that things have settled down to some extent and my emotions have calmed down, I have some time to look around.

‘Did Raynim… really annihilate Murkred…?

The complex emotions surrounding Brooke are resolved, and the empty vessel of the man is released.

The thrill and excitement began to well up there again.

“If you can still move your body, I think it would be better to go down for support. The war isn’t over.”

It was just as Ray said.

The battle on the rooftop is over.

The battle under the roof is not over.

I did manage to push the radio towards Colin and Brooke, who were struggling.

However, due to the distance and surrounding noise, it was impossible to tell if Brooke’s confession was definitely transmitted via radio.

Colin nodded.

“Yes. Let’s go down right away. Judging from the fact that there’s no radio communication from the squad leaders, it seems clear that the situation is urgent.”

As if to prove that fact, a dull noise was coming from beneath my feet.

Just then the man and the boy turned around on the railing.

“… … .”

The boy paused.

I stood there, watching the man walk away from me through the doorway.

An irresistible pull from behind.

I turned back towards the railing.

Below the moment.

Waaaa …

With a huge wave of cheers beginning to pour out from the entrance of the abandoned building.

… … .

I was able to remember what was important that I had forgotten.

A dull darkness descends and the mud field becomes muddy due to rain.

The starlight was shining there.