I heard that Elston and Cedric used to stick around while I was away at the mansion, and that’s true.
I slowly approached them, holding Axion in my arms. When I got closer, they were still talking. Elston’s eyes seemed to glance at me, but he didn’t seem to be particularly concerned about my approach.
No, rather he seemed to ignore it.
Did he get upset because he wasn’t given time to play with Axion?
“Can we just leave it like this regarding the new food?”
Just as I was about to be a little taken aback by his reaction, Elston asked Cedric.
If you think about it, Cedric is the prime minister, so it’s right to be respectful, but somehow he seemed a little more polite than usual. Cedric was turned around so his expression could not be seen. He answered, tilting his head slightly.
“If you want to catch a fish, you have to bait it. “It’s a necessary means to hold her back.”
Surprisingly, Cedric was treating Elston poorly. and. Did the Prime Minister have so much power that he could treat the Mage Tower lord so poorly?
‘My name is the lord of the magic tower, but there is nothing I can do about it as a prime minister.’
I blinked a couple of times and moved closer to them.
They still weren’t paying attention to me. As if I couldn’t see them or hear their voices.
“Now that the period of sabbatical is over, shouldn’t we slowly lead her towards us?”
Elston’s face was unusually serious. That sight felt very unfamiliar.
Cedric was silent for a moment and then nodded slowly.
“okay. I think it’s about time. To attract her towards us… … .”
“Who is she?”
Now there was nowhere to go any closer. I suddenly asked the people who were blocking the hallway.
Dazar has her too, and calls to her here too. I’m looking for her here and there.
Elston had seen me approaching earlier, and when I suddenly intervened, he seemed so startled that he let out a loud noise. Cedric quickly turned his head to look at me and widened his eyes.
Elston called me in a very embarrassed voice.
“Si, Lady Celia?”
“yes. What are you two doing here? I have to pass by here. “I can’t go if the road is blocked like this.”
“uh… … How can we… … Can you see us?”
What is this, a new bullying method?
You’re not pretending to be invisible because you don’t want to hang out with me.
I said with a sullen face.
“I’m sorry, but you can see too well.”
“… … “You can see it?”
Cedric, who had kept his mouth shut until then, blinked a couple of times and muttered. His eyes glanced at Elston. Am I mistaken in feeling like I’m reading a book somewhere?
Then Elston muttered in an inaudible voice.
“It was clear that silence and vision disturbance were overlapped… … .”
“yes? I beg your pardon?”
“yes? “Oh, no.”
Elston seemed really surprised. This is the face of a security officer who finds out that security that could never be breached has been breached. Anyway, it’s such a devastated face.
At a glance, there is something about the two of them… … .
“Were you talking about a secret relationship, or even a secret?”
What. These two are suspicious.
It’s not like they have that kind of relationship. In a place like this where there are so many people… … Oh my.
Then, a fact I had forgotten suddenly crossed my mind.
‘Come to think of it, Elston was a dark figure in the original work.’
Aiko. Have I unknowingly heard a secret conversation in the shadows?
I think I made a huge mistake. Since ancient times, conversations in the dark have to take place in a place where the main character is not present, in a secret and dark manner.
“uh… … Let’s talk more. It seems like you two have a lot to talk about. And that kind of talk shouldn’t be said in an open space like this. Moreover, this is someone else’s house. “I think we need to be more careful.”
“… … yes yes?”
“anyway. Well then, I’ll just take a short walk. Axion, let’s go.”
“Wow?”
But just as I was about to leave, there was a voice that grabbed me.
“Wait a minute, Celia.”
It was Cedric, smiling next to Elston.
“It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other. Let’s talk a little more. I heard you were a little sick. are you okay?”
“uh… … huh. “I got better quickly.”
Fluffy pink hair, no different from before, round glasses on kind-looking eyes. It’s definitely Celia’s childhood friend Cedric.
Why does it feel so unfamiliar?
Is it because it is the image of a powerful prime minister who treats the magic tower owner poorly? Or, is it because you are having a secret conversation with the shadowy Elston?
“Shouldn’t you rest a little more? Duke Siaster is not entrusting you with unreasonable tasks, is he?”
“There’s no way I’m going to leave that alone.”
“Well, it’s Celia.”
Cedric grinned.
“Ugh?”
At that time, Axion, who was in my arms, lightly slapped my cheek with his fern-like hand.
Even though some time had passed since I spoke with them, Axion’s eyes were on me from earlier. As if I was the only one visible from here.
‘uh.’
As I faced Axion’s pure eyes, realization suddenly struck me.
‘what… … Are those two casting some kind of magic right now?’
I’m sure Elston said it was ‘silence and disruption of vision’ earlier. I think that might be a magic name.
However, since my body is impervious to barriers, magic, or any other power, I am currently not under any magic.
Only Dazar knew this fact. And I said that I shouldn’t let others know that I have a body like this.
Uh, um.
I don’t think this situation is just difficult for those two right now, right? If I keep doing this, my body might catch something special.
In Elston, a dark place… … To Cedric, who somehow felt unfamiliar.
‘Let’s leave here first.’
I thought it would be better to get out of here first. I don’t want those two to notice that my body is immune to magic.
“Last time at the imperial palace, I was busy so I couldn’t say hello. This child is Aksi… … .”
“Oh my, how can I do this?”
Just as Cedric was about to bow slightly and say hello to Axion. He quickly interrupted him.
If he talks to Axion like this and finds out that Axion can’t see him or hear his voice… … .
Only I would find out that magic didn’t work.
“Isn’t there a strange smell coming from somewhere? “Ummmm.”
“smoking… … bird?”
“uh. I think I played it with those guys back then. “On that mountain.”
When I pointed out the window with my index finger, Cedric blinked with a blank expression on his face.
“Brothers… … ?”
“huh. “The guys I went with to get fertilizer back then.”
“ah.”
I sniffed, pretending to smell, and then hugged Axion.
“Oh, I guess Axion made a mistake. “I’ll go in first!”
“Celia, wait… … !”
“hi!”
I quickly got away from them and quickly went straight into the room.
“Kyaaa.”
Axion, who probably thought I was the only one talking in the hallway, kept making cackling noises. I guess he thought I was playing a prank on him.
‘Ugh. Now that Ruben has been resolved, something strange is giving me a headache again.’
It looks like Cedric is in the dark with Elston!
Right!
I let out a confident cry and slammed the door.
“Celia… … ?”
Instead of drinking crucian carp juice, I smiled awkwardly at Karl, who had a surprised face, and placed Axion in the cradle. The child jumped up and started tapping the handle as if she wanted to play more.
“Wow!”
“Come on, let’s rest for a bit. Axion. “I’ll play with you in a bit.”
Mom seems a little surprised right now.
Discovering the hidden identity of Celia’s childhood friend and first love… … .
‘No, no.’
We don’t know his identity yet.
Although it was mentioned in the original work that Elston was a shadowy figure, his detailed identity was not revealed.
Even more so.
‘Cedric at all… … On the dirty side, it comes out as not being there.’
Rather, didn’t he appear as a prestigious figure? The Scarlet Emperor’s left hand man and a scholar whom Axion secretly admired.
‘What on earth is it?’
I made a noise and frowned at the unknown situations that kept coming.
* * *
[I’ll go right now!]
While I was thinking about Cedric’s identity for several days, I received a reply from Sylvester. The text was written in a hurry and was very short.
“What do you say, Sylvester?”
Carl, who was changing Axion’s clothes, asked a question as he passed by. He thought it was strange that I was bruised so often these days.
I answered in a dazed voice.
“Oh, it’s coming.”
“… … yes?”
Karl’s head turned. Crunchy. I think I just heard a sound like a bone was dislocating in my neck.
“Sylvestine is coming back?”
A blush appeared on his face. Are we really that happy that Sylvester is coming?
“Oh oh. Sylvester is finally returning. “Grandpa, I was worried that this life would end without being able to see Sylvester.”
Sniff.
With a handkerchief that I don’t know when Carl took out, he dabbed the area around his eyes where no tears were visible.
Then he handed me a letter as if he had forgotten it.
“Now that I think about it, I received a letter from the Count Holman family a little while ago. “This is the second time, following the last time.”
Still dabbing the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, where not a single tear was visible, he handed me the letter.
If it is Count Holman’s family, it must have been sent by Count Miya’s daughter, whom he had a relationship with at the ‘Place of Rest’ the other day.
I took it lightly and unfolded it.
[How are you doing, Celia? I… … It’s sudden, but I’d like to invite you to our tea time.]
After leaving out all the long greetings and various flowery language, the main point was that they invited me.
I invited you once last time, but I couldn’t go that time. I squinted and checked the date.
‘exactly… … ‘It’s a week later.’
By then, the harvest with the black hawks would have been completed. Then I can clean it up and go right away.
“Uhm. “We’d better get started right away.”
I immediately changed into work clothes for farming and left the mansion.
“Uuuh… … .”
I saw black hawks that had changed from zombies to larvae and crawling on the floor.
Clap your hands! I hit it.
Now it was time to harvest the rice we had grown together.