Chapter 62 - Entanglement (2)

After confirming that the power was quite good, I smiled with satisfaction and created another shadow ball, looking down at it.

In addition, the original point explosion was unable to attack far away.

In the case of the shadow ball bomb, I could throw the bomb quite far…

It was also highly versatile.

From now on, I can develop techniques based on this.

Then I should be able to sufficiently fill in the long-range attacks I was lacking.

Thinking I had gained a big profit from an unexpected place, I said, "Then let's head back."

"Yes."

Deciding to leave the rest to Elisia and Dasoon to handle on their own, I turned my gaze without hesitation.

***

As soon as we arrived home, Liana looked at me and said, "Then I think I should go to the Saintess soon. The Saintess gets unexpectedly lonely, and if I'm not by her side, she gets quite anxious."

Hearing this, I decided to give Liana a gift to show my appreciation for her hard work.

"Then shall I brew you a large amount of tea?"

"That would be nice."

Liana seemed quite satisfied with the gift, smiling slightly and nodding.

Seeing Liana like that, I smiled back and said, "Then I'll brew it, so wait a moment."

"Yees."

Yees?

I was puzzled by Liana's strangely cute response, then shook my head and prepared the tea set.

Then I brewed the tea as usual and poured it for her.

Liana, with a very happy expression, said to me, "Oh, by the way, are you going to use that guy?"

Wondering what she meant, I looked in the direction Liana was pointing.

I saw the still unconscious black mage.

I caught him to obtain information, but…

It seemed he had some kind of information disclosure prevention magic cast on him, as he showed no intention of revealing any information.

For now, I was just leaving him neglected in my room.

"I don't have any use for him right now."

"Then can I take him?"

Since there wasn't any big problem, I nodded.

Liana took out an artifact from her chest and used it to roll up and grab the black mage.

It seemed to be an item that makes the surrounded target lighter.

Liana waved her hand to us and said goodbye.

"Then I'll see you later. Siren and Loraine too."

With those words, she went outside.

I looked around the room that suddenly felt empty and fell into thought for a moment.

Now there are two main things to do.

Retaliating against the black mages who carried out the terror attack on the Carsaril family.

And using Elisia to bring down the North.

Among these, bringing down the North required time rather than effort.

So what I needed to do right away was to retaliate against the black mages.

Then I should continue training... and think about how to bring down the black mages.

Deciding to reach mid-grade Expert as quickly as possible, I steeled my resolve.

So I was about to request a sparring session from Loraine when Daisy, who was on my shoulder, made a "myeonyak" sound and got up.

Pointing to her now considerably shrunken belly, she said something to me.

"Myeong. Myeong."

I couldn't understand what she was saying, but seeing her slim belly, I thought she might be saying she had digested all the power.

Siren, who was looking at me from the side, saw this scene and said to me, "She says she's ready to become a mid-grade spirit now."

My earlier guess was correct.

I thanked Siren for letting me know, then put Daisy on my palm and looked at her.

"Myeong!"

Maybe because she was about to become a mid-grade spirit soon, she looked at me with a very proud expression and said something with a haughty attitude.

"Myayang, myeong!"

"She said when she becomes a mid-grade spirit, she'll be able to speak properly."

"Really? Then she won't make myeong myeong sounds anymore?"

"That's probably not the case. Myeong-myeong is myeong-myeong after all."

"Myeok?!"

I laughed hollowly seeing the two starting to fight again, then changed the atmosphere and said, "So when does she become a mid-grade spirit? Today?"

"Myeong myeong."

"She says there's a high probability it will be today."

"Really?"

Thinking it would be better to stay in a safe place until Daisy rose to a mid-grade spirit, I asked Loraine to escort us.

Loraine nodded and said she would do so.

***

Dale... no, now unable to live under Dale's identity, he who had become “Dasoon”, frowned as he looked ahead.

It was quite strange to see Elisia negotiating in front of the North's key figures, having achieved merit by defeating monsters that came out of the rift.

...I really don't understand what's going on at all.

In fact, according to the original work, Elisia should have been chased by the church on the pretext of causing the rift, or even further, though she wouldn't know it herself, there shouldn't have been anything like putting an artificial sun in her body…

But because such events happened one after another, it was impossible to keep up with the situation.

On top of that, originally the protagonist shouldn't become a woman.

Not only did that crazy bastard Damian make him a woman, but he also made various things that made him feel like he was going crazy.

Damn...

As he was sighing, remembering the numerous medicines Liana had prepared for him, Elisia approached him with an expression similar to when they first met and said, "Then shall we go to my office?"

"Yeah... sure. Let's do that."

Judging by her saying she would go to the office, it seemed she succeeded in persuading the North's key figures.

He couldn't understand how she had managed to convince them so readily, but guessing from the flow of events, he suspected it might be because of the “artificial sun”.

Ah, how should I put it. Rather than the presence or absence of the artificial sun, it's more about its existence itself?

It was difficult to explain exactly because he only knew bits and pieces, but considering that at the hero appointment ceremony, they only talked about the “rift”, excluding the artificial sun story...

I suspect the reason the North's key figures accepted Elisia is to implicate her in the artificial sun incident that will eventually come to light.

Of course, it was just a guess, so it wasn't accurate, but there was no other reason for those bastards from the eldest son's faction to accept Elisia so readily.

Whatever it is, Elisia's end doesn't seem like it will be very good.

Thinking that Damian was quite cruel too, he was moving his feet when Elisia, who had arrived at the office, looked at him and asked one question, "By the way, I'm curious about something, where and how did we meet and become close? No matter how much I think about it, I have no memory of it."

It was quite a sharp question for Elisia.

Thanks to Liana telling him in advance how to answer such questions, he wasn't particularly flustered and calmly opened his mouth, "Don't you remember? I saved you when you were being chased by the church in the central city."

"...Ah, right. That's what happened."

Judging by the somewhat ambiguous response, it seemed she had no memory at all and was trying to piece together the contextual situation.

Seeing Elisia like this, she pointed to the sofa and said, "Please sit here."

Nodding roughly and plopping down, Elisia looked at him and said, "Do you have any plans for the future?"

Plans? Of course he did.

As he had told Damian, he planned to follow everything that Dale, the protagonist of this world, had done.

Of course, now that the content has been so twisted, I'm not sure if it makes sense to follow this anymore.

It was better to regret after doing something than to regret not doing it, so he was planning to try these things, but...

Now that I know Elisia's intentions are completely dark.

Judging that there was no need to say these things, he shook his head.

Seeing him like that, Elisia made a suggestion, "Then would you stay here and help me? If you help me, I'll give you what you want later."

It was a somewhat ridiculous proposal.

To be honest, it wasn't very appealing, but…

Curious about what she would say, he nodded slightly with the intention of just listening and said, "Saying it like that, I don't know what you mean. What exactly can you give me? Give me an example."

Hearing those words, Elisia looked at the fake holy sword hanging on her back and said, "I'll lend you the power of the North. As you know, no matter how talented you are, as long as you're a 'commoner', what you can do is limited."

A sneer almost escaped, but he tried hard to suppress it and deliberately made a blank expression.

Elisia looked at his expression and calmly continued speaking, "To be honest, because the current situation in the North isn't very good, it's impossible to promise you massive wealth right now... but now that I can bring warmth, the North will develop incomparably more than it is now."

"I suppose so."

"Yes. So what do you think about investing in me, considering my future and the future of the North?"

At the mention of Elisia's future and the North's future, laughter almost burst out for a moment.

Trying hard to suppress it and manage his expression, Elisia dusted off the dusty desk with her palm and said, "You certainly won't regret it."

Despite having lived a life full of regrets until just recently, it was truly brazen and laughable to persuade others that they wouldn't regret it.

He laughed hollowly hearing those words, then got up from his seat and said, "Yeah, fuck off."