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49. Ash Aura
“Oh, I was waiting because you were talking.”
Adrianna, her eyebrows slightly lowered, answered in her usual indifferent voice.
‘Did you hear the conversation?’
I habitually used soundproofing magic, but my opponent was Adriana. It wouldn’t have worked.
‘She is a difficult woman to understand in many ways.’
Magic doesn’t work-.
Galahad clicked his tongue slightly and looked at Adrianna and asked her directly.
“Have you heard?”
“……Yes? No. It is extremely rude to eavesdrop on other people’s conversations.”
Adrianna’s voice was faster than usual. Galahad’s eyes narrowed at that.
“……At first I didn’t know you were talking, so I overheard you by mistake. I’m sorry.”
Adrianna confessed, lowering her head slightly.
“Oh, of course I backed off right away.”
“is it?”
“yes.”
Adrianna’s mouth twitched. Her expression clearly showed that she was at fault for something.
‘You really can’t lie.’
Galahad stared at Adrianna like that.
Then Adrianna began to confess.
“……Actually, that’s not true. I didn’t know that the princess’s story would come up, so I didn’t know……”
“Right.”
“The fact that the princess cherished Captain Galahad a lot and that something had ended with that and…….”
Galahad clicked his tongue slightly as Adrianna continued to confess.
“I’ve heard a lot.”
Adrianna’s eyes wavered at Galahad’s remark.
“I’m sorry. It’s been a long time since I’ve heard the princess’s story-.”
“Are you acquainted with the princess?”
“Yes, I hung out with him for a while when I was younger. He was a very warm person.”
That crazy woman is warm-. Galahad clicked his tongue slightly.
‘Well, that was before the princess experienced that when she was young. I guess she must have been in her right mind.’
“How are you, Your Highness?”
“Why are you asking me that?”
“Ah, it seems like you two are close-.”
“As I said before, we’re just connected by work.”
“Oh, I see.”
Adrianna nodded, her eyebrows slightly raised.
There was silence for a moment.
Galahad’s head was complicated by the recent series of events.
The best of them is-.
‘A high-ranking demon…..’
He was a high-ranking demon who had told Galahad to come to the Demon Realm alone.
The mind-bending power of the man that could be exerted over long distances was an irresistible charm to Galahad.
I thought I could understand why the demons called their power ‘authority’.
His power was god-like to the wizard.
If it were up to me, I would have run to the Demon Realm right away, but-.
‘That’s stupid.’
No matter how attractive the bastard’s power was, there was no way he would do something stupid like trusting the demons and going to the demon realm alone.
Of course, he wants something from Galahad, so it may not be dangerous-.
‘Not yet.’
To get to him, you had to be able to protect yourself in the Demon Realm.
Galahad tried hard to suppress his excitement.
“Can I ask why things didn’t end well with the princess?”
Galahad’s thoughts were broken by Adrianna’s question.
When I raised my head, I saw Adrianna examining Galahad.
His eyes were full of caution.
“She didn’t trust me.”
Adrianna nodded at the simple answer.
There was a little more silence.
Adrianna stood up with a strange expression on her face.
“I will go back to the 1st Battalion. I am concerned about the Demonic Training Center, but it is also dangerous to leave the 1st Battalion for too long.”
Adrianna said with an indifferent face.
It seemed like he was going back to the first generation.
It was a truly Adrianna-like move.
“I see. Could you give me a hand before you go?”
Galahad naturally extended his hand.
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Unlike usual, Adrianna stared at the hand quietly.
“What you said last time.”
“What do you mean?”
“I think I understand now-”
“Oh, that’s right.”
Galahad nodded.
“What does it mean?”
“You become stronger the stronger the demons are. It has to do with your nature of burning mana. To you, mana is fuel. The better the quality of that fuel, the stronger you burn. I tested him last time. I actually lowered the concentration of mana. That made it less painful.”
Galahad recalled his memories from last time.
There were cases where mana was compressed, but never cases where its concentration was lowered, because mana with a low concentration was useless.
Galahad lowered the concentration of mana to confirm his hypothesis.
Lowering the mana concentration in the North, where the mana concentration was high, was quite a difficult task to begin with, but the Egg of Pain made it possible.
Most of the mana was left in the Egg of Pain, and the mana that was left was used as much as possible, so impurities were mixed in and the mana concentration decreased.
And when I took Adriana’s hand, the pain was much less than before.
Maybe it was because I was used to the horrible pain of burning mana-.
Galahad clicked his tongue slightly at Adrianna, who was only blinking her eyes with her mouth slightly open.
“To put it simply, I figured out how to hold your hand so that it doesn’t hurt.”
“Oh, is there a way to catch it so that it doesn’t hurt?”
Galahad nodded and waved his hand, urging them to hurry and catch him.
Adrianna’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“Does your relationship with the Princess have any influence on the Empire sending Galahad to the North?”
Galahad hesitated for a moment before nodding at Adrianna’s unexpected question.
I can’t be sure because there are so many sensitive areas, but that might have an effect.
“It will be there.”
“Then it is not only my fault that Galahad came to this far north.”
“That makes sense?”
Galahad responded indifferently to Adrianna’s calm opinion.
“I promised to take your hand because Galahad came north because of me.”
“yes.”
“But it’s not just because of me, it’s also confirmed that Galahad’s extravagant past was also an influence, so there’s room for reconsideration.”
“……Arrogant?”
“We have already signed a contract, but the terms have changed, so we need to change the form of the contract.”
Adrianna looked at Galahad and spoke firmly.
Galahad winced at the unexpected resistance.
Her argument was quite valid.
“If you want to change your form-?”
“Currently, I have to unconditionally accept Galahad’s proposal, but now I think it would be better to change it to something I have to agree to.”
Adrianna’s eyes were quite serious.
Galahad let out a sigh as he looked into those clear blue eyes.
“Wouldn’t it be a problem if you just refuse?”
“Instead, I will provide you with appropriate grounds. For example, today, the Demonic Training Center has not yet stabilized, and since I am returning to the 1st Battalion, it is not a good time to join hands after assessing the level of risk.”
“That makes sense, I see.”
Galahad nodded, clicking his tongue slightly.
“However, it would be abrupt to change this right away, so we will use today as a grace period.”
Adrianna took off her gauntlet and held out her hand. Despite her confident words, the way she held out her hand was quite awkward.
Galahad watched him quietly. Then Adrianna shook her outstretched hand and hid her palm inside.
“You think I’m going to catch it for sure?”
When he asked that, Adrianna’s eyebrows wiggled up and down.
“…didn’t you ask for my hand first? This is a reasonable inference. If you don’t want to-.”
“I was just asking.”
Galahad quickly took Adrianna’s hand. It was rough and calloused, but it was quite warm.
“This feeling-.”
That was only for a moment. As the low-concentration mana was completely burned away, the mana inside was forcibly taken out.
At that moment, Adrianna pulled her hand away.
Galahad sat down in his chair, swaying. He closed his eyes and recalled the sensations he had just experienced.
‘It felt like I’d get caught, but-.’
I can’t seem to figure it out.
“Ah, the reason I’m returning to the 1st Battalion is because I believe that Captain Galahad can manage the Demonic Training Center well. But just in case, I’ll send a falcon. Please write down the progress.”
Adrianna looked at Galahad, who had his eyes closed, for a moment before leaving the room.
Gilbert nodded as he encountered Adrianna in the hallway.
“Where are you going?”
“Return to the 1st Battalion.”
Adriana said so and passed on.
Gilbert opened his eyes wide when he saw him.
just now-.
‘……Did you laugh?’
Gilbutton, who had been squinting for a moment, shook his head.
Hey, that couldn’t be happening.
Gilbert knocked on the door, convinced that he had seen wrong.
“Something?”
“Isn’t there that guy that you picked temporarily? Not a really pretty girl, but a huge guy-.”
“Oh, first. What’s going on?”
Gilverton winced at Galahad’s light question.
First or Hurst or something.
“What is that guy?”
Galahad laughed heartily at the distorted Gilbutton.
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Galahad, who followed Gilbutton towards First, clicked his tongue slightly at the sight that unfolded.
All the soldiers in the makgyeong were fallen. First was in the center of them.
These soldiers had become quite accustomed to the magic realm thanks to Gilbert’s training. Those soldiers were lying down, and the First was standing up.
“Breathe through your nose, not your mouth!”
First was urging the soldiers to rise.
“What the hell is that guy?”
Gilbert asked sheepishly, pointing to First.
“He’s a useful guy.”
Galahad answered briefly and stepped forward.
A smile spread across the face of the First who discovered Galahad.
“Galahad, what you say is true. The Magic Realm is quite an interesting place.”
It was the complete opposite of the sweaty pumpkin next to him.
“I can’t even tell how thick the mana concentration is.”
“About ten times.”
In response to First’s question, Galahad gave an exact figure.
The First’s brow furrowed slightly. However, the First did not stupidly ask Galahad how he knew that. Galahad was that kind of person.
“Even using magic was difficult.”
Galahad nodded at First’s smiling voice.
“An average wizard wouldn’t even think of doing it.”
“Galahad, any wizard of any level should be able to reach the upper floors of the Magic Tower.”
Galahad did not answer First’s question. In response, First raised the corners of his mouth and snapped his fingers.
“fire-.”
First muttered very quietly, as if he hadn’t memorized the starting words.
The First’s fingers were on fire. It wasn’t exactly blazing, but magic was magic.
Using magic in a demonic realm-.
Knowing the level of the First, Galahad was slightly surprised.
“What a surprised face.”
“How did you do it? You probably don’t have the skills to use magic in the Demon Realm?”
“Well, I am your arch-enemy, First.”
First was a useful wizard, but he wasn’t good enough to use magic in the Demon Realm.
But how-.
“Oh, you saved up some mana for now?”
First’s smile hardened at Galahad’s muttering.
‘That’s correct.’
Compared to the capital, the mana was ten times thicker.
Mana was quite sensitive. If you store it in high concentrations without thinking, the mana circuit will be soaked in water and the center will collapse.
It was not for nothing that Galahad, upon arriving in the North, tried to adjust the concentration.
It actually worked.
However, the first one stored it without calculating the concentration of mana.
‘No, that’s closer to absorption than storage.’
Galahad squinted his eyes at the sweat covering First’s forehead.
Rather than calculating and storing mana like a wizard would by breathing, it seemed like he just moved his body and threw it in as he pleased.
It was a truly ignorant method.
“Because my body is strong.”
Endure with the body of a knight and forcibly store mana. I couldn’t help but admire the ignorant method befitting a knight.
However, there was a problem with saving it like that.
“Then it will be difficult to use magic?”
That wasn’t storing mana, it was just stuffing it in. There was no way I could use it as I pleased.
“It’s the magician’s secret.”
First answered, lifting his chin, his face full of confidence.
Galahad looked at the first. There was ash on his shoes. It was a sign that he had been in one place for a long time. He was also holding a sword in his hand.
“You caused an aura and forcibly moved the mana?”
First’s face hardened.
“No, I can’t tell you, it’s the magician’s secret.”
“Then your body might explode.”
“But it didn’t explode! I’m a magician! Of course, what you just said isn’t a magician’s secret!”
The first one added the extras belatedly.
‘I’m holding on with the knight’s aura while forcibly moving my mana.’
Galahad realized the principle of First’s training.
“You’re forcibly exposing your body to high concentrations of mana. You’re using the overload that circulates as the mana is unconsciously discharged in the process.”
Mana existed in everyone, even if they were not necessarily a wizard. Those who used it consciously were wizards.
Usually, they used mana without being aware of it. When they moved their bodies, their mana moved unconsciously along with them.
The first one seemed to have taken advantage of him.
“That’s right. You are truly my rival.”
First nodded obediently.
Certainly, exposure to high concentrations of mana will improve the quality of your body.
but-.
“Even so, it’s just a physical change, right?”
First chuckled at Galahad’s question.
“That’s when there’s no aura. If there’s an aura that explodes with potential, even the smallest changes can have enormous effects.”
A blue aura shimmered wildly on the First’s sword.
It was bigger than the last time I saw it.
Aura and Mana were not related. That was something Galahad had already confirmed. That was why Galahad had no attachment to Aura.
But First brought up a counter-argument to that.
‘Is high concentration mana related to aura?’
Galahad frowned at the unexpected result.
First smiled broadly at Galahad’s hardened face. To think Galahad would show such a face-.
However, First’s laughter did not last long.
“I see. Then would you like to drink this?”
“What is this?”
“The blood of the demon tribe.”
“……Why the blood?”
“The blood of the demon tribe contains a high concentration of mana.”
“hmm-.”
First took a step back slightly. Galahad licked his lips as First turned to Pumpkin, pretending not to hear him.
At that time, there was a familiar boy among the fallen soldiers.
Damien was patting his stomach.
That expression seemed more comfortable than when he was outside.
no-.
‘You’re smiling.’
Galahad put the tobacco in his mouth with a strange feeling.
Then the First came again. The First asked, shaking the faint fire on his finger.
“Do you need fire?”
“Oh, that’s okay.”
Galahad snapped his fingers.
First’s mouth was tightly shut in the blazing water.
At that moment, Damien stood up, using his sword as a cane.
At that moment, something stirred.
‘Come?’
It was only a moment, but it was definitely an aura.
It was Galahad who had seen over a hundred Auras.
There was no way he wouldn’t recognize Auror.
Writing an Aura was something to celebrate.
the problem is.
‘It’s gray.’
It was the color of aura.
Auror was a belief.
That’s why the auras, although different, were basically bright colors.
Because faith cannot be dark.
But the aura that shimmered around Damian’s sword was ashen.
It was a color that even Galahad had never seen before.
It was a color that absolutely could not appear in Aura-.
‘Interesting.’
Galahad abandoned the cigarette that had barely bloomed and headed towards Damian.
Smiling brightly.
“Damian, who did you say your parents were?”
“Huh? A pros**tute.”
Galahad was speechless for the first time at the firm answer.
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