Zeon was involved, as expected.
However, the unexpected name of Whitlin was passed down through Silestian.
âBad humans used the harpy eggs and corpse?â
âThatâs what I heard.â
Silestian explained it that way.
It is said that they were brought back to life in Zeon using Harpy eggs and corpses.
Of course, not all living harpies were hunted to death by humans. They died buried in the volcanic ash that covered the sky, their whole bodies were withered to death by sudden heat waves, and other times they died trapped in ice storms brought by evil spirits.
Didnât they take out magic stones from the harpies that were left behind as fossils after they died naturally like this? Like Hinaâs earrings.
âI canât use black magic to bring back the dead. You know that. Thatâs magic forbidden by Serenti, not Sispanian.â
âBut how did the harpy survive?â
âThey said they found the eggs and corpses of harpies that had not decomposed after death. They brought them back to study the harpyâs power to reflect magic, and then planted stones to prevent the bodies on the ground from rotting too quickly.â
âWho. Those humans called Xeon?â
âYes. Those guys.â
âStone? What is that?â
âYou donât know and I donât know.â
âYes, yes. Then, leave that aside and tell me the next story, Cylestian.â
I began studying the harpy eggs and bodies in Zeon.
But things went in an unintended direction. Placing a stone next to the heart of a dead harpy brought about change.
The magic stone that was left intact in the heart beat again under the influence of the stone. The dead heart beat again, the blood circulated, the muscles revived, and eventually the harpy was able to open its eyes and move.
Seeing as they planted stones to prevent the bodies from rotting, it would mean that the same thing had been done to many bodies before. Still, he couldnât have guessed that his heart would start beating again.
âI heard that only harpies were saved like that. Only harpies.â
This would mean that no other previous humans or monsters were revived. Only harpies, at least not yet.
âWhy only harpies?â
âLikewise, you donât know and I donât know.â
âOkay, okay. Then, letâs talk next time, Cylestian.â
âYes. But they said they couldnât talk to the revived harpies. They said they had become mutants who couldnât think. So I was looking for a way to make the harpies listen to humans, and the elf came to me.â
âHow did that elf know you and come to visit me?â
âThat girl⦠That little guy is called Adelia. I guess those people knew who she learned black magic from. She wouldnât have said that. She never thought of me and if she had said that, Otherwise, I would have heard it.â
âYeah. Iâm sure you heard it.â
âI donât know how he knew me, but he came to see me. He wanted me to know how to tame a harpy.â
âA silver-white haired elf?â
âyes.â
A long-ago wizard with the last name Manasil was unable to take the magic stone of the harpy he killed. This is why Silestian appeared the moment the Harpyâs life was at an end.
Thanks to this, the last harpyâs body also had a magic stone. Moreover, it had been preserved intact for a long time without rotting.
That too by Cylestian. By Silestianâs side.
âSo you entrusted me with the body of the last harpy?â
âI entrusted it to you on the condition that you tell me the timing. Instead, I ask you to revive that harpy and bring it to me.â
âYou canât do that, Silestian. Itâs wrong.â
âI know, too. Thatâs why youâre holding back even though the gray-eyed guy next to that little guy has been glaring at you like that since a while ago.â
âYes, yes. You are good, Celestian.â
âIâm older than you.â
âYes, yes. I know, I know.â
Calian, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, turned his head.
â If you go, you must meet Whitlin.
â okay.
âBut why did you want to go to Tensil instead of those bad people?â
âThe elf said so. If you ever need to find him, contact the Duke of Tensil.â
âThe Duke of Tensil? There are too many human families, so I donât know much about them.â
âHow can I know if you donât know? I donât know either.â
âSo you were planning to go to a place called Tensilâs Dukeâs House and destroy them all?â
Oh, I should just leave it alone.
Donât stop me.
If I had just left it as is, I could have eliminated Rashidâs family name without having to do anything. Calian, with a look of regret on his face, spoke to Plantz.
â Did Whitlin join hands with Duke Haidern of Tensil to take revenge on Brisen?
â Iâll have to check.
â yes. I have to go back quickly. I want to see Whitlin.
Kalianâs red lips create a beautiful line.
âThank you for letting me know, Cylestian.â
Meanwhile, Arnaizel, who found out why Silestian was angry, nodded.
âThey said that human is watching that elf. So, letâs leave the work to the Celestian humans. The Tensil humans wonât use that harpyâs body at will. So, letâs not get angry at the humans. Huh?â
Cylestian, whose face clearly meant to shake his head, let out a long breath. A dry wind blows.
ââ¦â¦ all right.â
âYep.â
â Cylestian will be fine! So you can go back now. Iâll stay here until you take off that bracelet.
A relieved voice turned to Alan.
Alan, who looked around at Arnaizel, Cylestian, Calian, and Plantz, opened his mouth.
âI have a question for Silestian.â
Wasnât it Alan who didnât just curse until a moment ago, but also hit the Silestian a few times with his mouth? However, his attitude suddenly changed like this.
With the sea dragon next to him, whose eyes were twitching inexplicably, Alan once again spoke in a friendly voice.
âCould you please speak with me privately for a moment?â
And I asked this:
Cylestian frowned. He seemed very displeased with Alanâs change in attitude.
a lot.
* * *
Itâs been a long time since I hated the rain.
Nevertheless, there were days when I was glad of the rain.
It was a day when a short-haired, silver-white cat was trying hard to catch the raindrops falling outside the window.
â Shoot!
The dreamy back of the cat standing on its two feet against the window and its beautifully blooming cotton-like hands were so beautiful that it was hard to fathom them, so I completely forgot that I had hated them so much all those long days, having died at least once and lived twice, and just watched the rain for a while. welcomed.
Even though I know it will be fleeting, I find the small gestures of life that keep reaching out to be so lovely that I canât bear to avoid rainy days. So there was a day when I relaxed for a moment and watched the rain outside the window.
âIn the end, it has to be relative.â
Suddenly I remembered that day.
Maybe it was because he didnât like the heavy rain that the young sea dragon brought. Maybe it was because I felt so pitiful that the crazy dragonâs struggle, which I could only bear by stretching out my hand even though I knew it would be fleeting, was unbearable.
Although I donât know.
âSomeoneâs breathtaking sight may seem like a novel toy to one cat, while cruel magic with many side effects may be just a pore for someone else. Isnât it all like that?â
There was an object that had the power to turn back time.
The thoughtful old dragon that held it was short-lived, and the person who would make him wait forever for that small umbrella, clinging to the memories of the day he had lost, was lost forever.
The wise king who protected it completely lost his younger brother, whom he had never thought of letting go of even if it meant death, by jumping into the nightmarish abyss with him.
Nevertheless, I persevered.
I didnât want to turn back time and get back what I lost. Sispanian and Chase did. Even though I had the axis of time, I gave myself the opportunity to see what I had lost again.
But Silestian was different.
I couldnât hold on. I ended up reaching for something I shouldnât have reached. I wanted to put back in my arms what I should not take back. I helped Whitlin who came to see me.
âEven so, the mistake doesnât go away.â
âIâm not saying Cylestian did well. No way.â
After finishing the conversation with Silestian, Arnaizel told him to go back now. However, Alan stayed for a moment, saying he had something to ask Silestian.
âSilestian canât use magic right now. Even if you want to talk quietly, you canât leave here. So, just leave for a moment!â
Arnaizel, who is very forgetful, seems to have forgotten that there is a good magic called Silent.
However, Calian did not bother to point out or reject those words. It was because I had been in that dark cavity for so long that I missed the wind.
âokay. âIâll be out.â
âYes, thank you. âIâll stop the rain!â
So, like this, Arneizel came out of the cavity that he had started cleaning with diligent plopping. After that, I was watching the night of the great desert with heavy rain pouring down from under the sea dragonâs shield.
âLord Hertz said there is nothing more worth seeing than the great desert at night. Itâs raining and I canât see the sky.â
Of course I couldnât see anything.
âIt was nice to see the secretia sky too.â
âWhat about Kairis?â
âNot so much in the royal palace.â
âWere you okay outside the palace?â
âIt was okay.â
âIâm glad, though.â
âokay.â
âArenât you cold?â
âare you okay.â
âlie.â
âSpeak informally.â
The lie is true.
The cold was coming.
It was hot when Plants and Alan searched the Great Desert for Silestian nests. Since peas can handle both heat and cold well, it was so hot that it would have been unbearable if it werenât for Alan.
But the night was not hot. Rather, it was the opposite. The temperature dropped rapidly, and with the rain falling, it was as cold as the early winter of Kairisis.
â Zech.
A pitch-black robe was held out in front of Plantz, who had not brought a single coat with temperature control magic on his way to the Great Desert despite his smartness.
âLetâs put it on.â
Even though he knew that Calian had forgotten both heat and cold, he kept it thanks to Yan, who went to Alan every time he needed a new coat and asked for magic.
âitâs okay.â
âstubborn.â
âSpeak informally.â
âIâm catching a cold.â
Even if you catch a cold, you will feel better in no time.
It has the Sispanian blessing.
So, I was thinking about being a little stubborn, but I heard the voice of my friend calling Rashid a âfrozen and thawed lettuce leafâ, so I accepted it quietly. Lucy had no desire to be called a frozen and thawed pea pod as much as the small black spot on her right palm.
While Plantz was taking it and putting it on, Calianâs words continued to be heard.
âIâm not saying that Cylestian did well, Iâm just saying that I can somewhat understand why he did that.â
Telling Whitlin about the timing is a mistake that is difficult to overcome. Didnât Calian, who was caught up in that incident, as well as everyone around him, including Plants, almost end up in danger?
Because of this, Plantz frowned and opened his mouth.
âI wonder how far my brotherâs understanding can reach.â
âYou donât have to worry. Even if understanding becomes generous enough to reach the end of the sky, the day will never come when you will forgive your brothers.â
âSpeak informally.â
âIs your manner of speaking more important now?â
âMore important,â
Plantz answered briefly.
Meanwhile, he said, âAt least four letters. â He even kept up to the request I once made to him, âPlease answer with.â
In any case, I never for a moment thought about getting forgiveness from Calian on his behalf, so of course my speaking habits are more important. âWhy?â â
What
?â
âI kept speaking informally. âAre you afraid Iâll say something like, âIâm going to stop being your little brother and go to Secretia now that Iâm used to it?â I hear words that I wouldnât normally say out
loud.
Are you sleepy enough to say things like that without thinking about anything, or are you just joking? Itâs really good enough to contain it.
â Shoot!
Planz, who was looking at the oasis that was constantly shaking in the pouring rain, raised his head. Two layers of shields were visible above the heads of the two people who had chosen an appropriate rock and were each sitting on one.
One is of course Arnaizelâs.
And the other is Calianâs. It
âs clearly not Plantzâs. Plantz, who canât even clean, canât even deploy a shield. Really. Light
green eyes move quietly. Focused on cleaning. Arnaizel was worried that he might forget his shield, so he quietly looked up at his younger brotherâs shield, which had been spread out an extra layer. Then he looked at his younger brother sitting across from him. âWhy all of a sudden
? Now.â
I donât know why the conversation went that way, but Calian chuckled at the four-letter answer that miraculously shortened the phrase to go to sleep right now.
âI said it in a hurry on purpose. Itâs not that I went somewhere else, Iâm just a bad-tempered dragon bastard. That golden guy that looks really expensive⦠No. He was captured by Celestian.â
Why does my younger brother keep smelling like my friend?
I canât tell if heâs sleepy or Iâm sleepy.
âWhen I was captured by Adelia and imprisoned in the Marquis of Brissenâs house, my brother said to Brother Chase, I remembered you contacting me. So I spoke quickly. âI wonder who captured me.â
I was grabbed by someone right in front of my eyes. I guess I thought about what would have happened if I had just left everything and returned to Secretia like I did then, but I knew that the moment I saw him disappear, my mind would think of all kinds of things. As soon as Calian disappeared, I got scared again
. To give my head a rest, and to keep my hair from drying out every time I think of each and every case. In
front of Celestianâs peer, even though my nose is three inches long, I gave water to the peas, which take a lot of work.
âBut Iâm curious again . Because When I see that Brother Chase thinks Iâm gone, I wonder if thatâs why heâs criticizing my speaking habitsâ¦â â
No.â
âNo.â
âNo.â
It wasnât a lie.
Is he just being the older brother? See.
Anyway, Iâm glad that it wasnât. Then from now on, Iâll keep climbing with confidence. Because itâs fun.
âYes,â
Calian answered with a smile. Plantz, who looked quite displeased looking at Calianâs face, said.
âYou donât think like that, so you can stop worrying about it.â
âWhat?â
âYouâre using a disguise spell. âKeep going.â
Plantz said this and looked at the top of Calianâs head.
âMy brother, your hair hasnât stopped growing.â
Black hair.
That black hair that hasnât grown at all since leaving the capital.
The 5th floor resident always has hair. It was a bit long, and I wasnât interested in it in the first place. So I didnât care whether the blonde hair went past my shoulders or not. And Calian had kept his hair the same length as it was that day when he left the capital. So it wasnât until today that Plants got his hair back
. I realized that it had gotten longer. It was because I didnât look at the mirror closely.
Anyway, it was all because of my damn little brother who was so attentive that he only got crazy in strange places. Maybe Iâd remember something from the past, think of the old Calian and smell Renierâs scent. Itâs getting longer now. This is a guy who has the brains to quickly hide my hair, which was starting to obscure my eyes, with magic, but has the brains to tell whether the teacher who appears in front of him is real or fake is thrown away. âBecause itâs uncomfortable to poke my eyes
. Letâs use a sword.â
Iâm laughing.
Iâve been doing a good job with that long, messy hair.
âThatâs enough. You donât have to worry. You are.â
âYes.â
Calian smiled brightly after seeing the peas that were so distorted. However, he did not return his hair to its original length. Thanks to this, the peas became even more distorted. â
⦠âIâd rather.â
I think Iâll just grow it out myself.
I hated having the same hairstyle as the resident on the 5th floor, so I cut it off, but the resident on the 5th floor doesnât tie it up anyway, so I think Iâll just grow it out. The first person Kalian remembers from his childhood was his younger brother. I think Iâll just raise it and show off as much as I did back then. I
guess I have to tell you that my younger brother back then doesnât smell like Renier before I can believe you.
âWould you rather?â
âNo.â
âDonât think about unnecessary things.â
âNo.â Do it.â
Calian frowned.
âLie.â
âSpeaking informally.â
âWhy again?â
âYou. Continue.â
âYo.â
âOkay.â
âSee you later. When I go home. No, itâs not Whitlinâs house. Anyway, if you have brothers, a teacher, Yan, Kirie, and Raven, itâs home. Anyway, letâs go home.â
â⦠Okay.â
âYes.â
Calian nodded with a smile.
Then, he took down his shield that had been blocking the rain and turned his head.
âNow, letâs go home . Please go back. I will take you to him.â
Just like that.
Because the voice of a real archmage was heard.
âMaster!â
Calian, whose smiling face blossomed, called out to his father with joy. He would welcome that archmage like that today. It was as if he had completely forgotten that his deception had almost led to something serious.
â Whoa!
Alan stopped walking and warped right in front of Calian. He snapped his fingers. Then, I felt a warm warmth surrounding me. I will
give you my robe. He was acting on behalf of a less attentive disciple who knew this, but didnât even think about the fact that boiling the cold and overflowing rainwater around him would make him this warm. âThen, if you are captured by a fake fake magician again, what are you going to do and welcome him back and forth like this?â
Flan
. After observing Tsuâs coldness, Allen criticized Calianâs lack of caution and clicked his tongue. Calian then let out a small laugh and opened his mouth. âNo matter how many times youâve been fooled, how can you be the first to doubt
? Itâs Master.â
Iâm serious.
No matter how many times Iâve been fooled, how can I doubt Alan? Itâs better to be fooled.
âAnyway, youâre good at saying things in a flashy way.â
âHeâs someoneâs son. âOf course.â
Patted.
Alan said, patting the shoulders of Planz and Calian, who were both suffering physically and mentally, with both hands.
âAnyway, Iâll go back now.â
âYes.â
âOkay.â
âAnd the prince returned to the palace. If you go, you will begin training with me. Donât delay. I wonât look at it.â
âAre you talking about training?â
Alan nodded.
âAre you trying to force the circle to increase by one more? Five is enough, so shouldnât you stop there to avoid any damage?â âWhen you
say you have to make sure no damage occurs,â
âDoes that mean that you found a way to prevent the aurors and magic power from colliding within my brotherâs body?
â âWhat you said is correct.â
âI heard you have something to talk about with Silestian. âDid you ask that, wizard?â
âThatâs right. âArenât Cylestians the best when it comes to reading and controlling magic?â
Thatâs good news.
Itâs really good to be able to help those around you in some way even if you donât have to try on your own.
Calian nodded with a happy face and smiled mischievously.
âSo, are you finally learning magic from the teacher?â
âThis⦠If anyone hears it, theyâll think Iâve never taught magic before.â
âI thought you were a teacher for a just cause. âIsnât it?â
Planz joins in and Calian nods his head eagerly. That means I knew that too.
âWhen on earth did you become so good at getting along with each other?â
Allan shook his head and muttered audibly to himself. I tapped his shoulder.
The light is shimmering.
The sound of rain in the Great Desert is moving away.
I can hear the sound of Whitlinâs wind.
â Silestian said that the night sky in the Great Desert is really pretty. Because it rained because of me, I couldnât see it, so next time. Be sure to come see it! And donât worry about Silestian, sleep well! See you again later! A
young sea dragon who has never seen a star in the sky above the land delivers a sorry and sincere greeting.
â Yes. See you again next time.
Finally sleep. They come rushing in.
As soon as they arrive at Whitlin, they canât take a single step, and they canât even hear the sighs of Pea, who has to carry his sleeping younger brother on his back in place of the very old archmage.