Chapter 32
The news of Kailyn's disappearance was quite shocking to me.
"You said you don't know why she left the magic tower, right?"
"Yeah... She left suddenly, without stating any reason."
"It doesn't seem like she plans to return to the magic tower?"
"If that were the case, she would have left the magic tower with a valid reason."
Why on earth did she leave the magic tower at this point?
In the original story, she honed her magic at the magic tower for a very long time.
She constantly researched to solve her innately insufficient mana capacity.
She eventually left the magic tower, but that was supposed to be quite some time from now.
But now she was said to have left the magic tower at a point when the story hadn't even properly started.
I couldn't understand this situation well.
What on earth is she trying to do?
Of course, it wasn’t like she just left for no reason.
There must be some reason.
Considering that Kailyn had to stay at the magic tower for a long time in the original story, she couldn't have left for an ordinary reason.
Again, she tried to make up for her innately small mana capacity through training.
The magic tower was the optimal place for such training, and there must be a significant reason to leave it.
There must be a reason like finding another means to solve her chronic problem.
Why do I have a bad feeling about this?
And that was really worrying.
What could be the other means that Kailyn found?
Considering that Kailyn's fundamental nature was that of a villainess, I expected that the repercussions of this would not be small.
Isn't she planning some kind of tremendous crazy act?
Like suddenly contracting with a demon as I had previously suspected…
Although I had many worrying thoughts,
I feel uneasy, but...
For now, I didn’t think she was contracted with a demon or anything like that at this point.
If nothing else, demons weren't beings that would reveal themselves at this point.
As the conditions for their appearance were only met when the story had progressed sufficiently, we might be able to feel a bit relieved about that part.
So I didn't think something big would happen right away.
Haa...
But it was certain that the situation wasn't good.
Kailyn would definitely reveal herself again someday.
I might need to prepare myself to some extent for that time.
"I understand. Thanks, Daphne."
"Yeah... I'm sorry..."
"No, it's okay. Stay safe for the time being. Don't touch anything strange and always be prepared for unexpected attacks."
"What does that mean?"
"Just..."
"I don't know what you mean, but okay."
"Let's part ways for today."
"Okay. I'll go back to the magic tower."
I cautioned Daphne to be careful not to get hurt as much as possible.
Daphne didn't know the reason but said she understood, then left.
Although I couldn’t prevent anything just by giving cautions, I felt like I should at least do this much.
Won't something big happen soon?
After Daphne left, I thought about Kailyn again.
I thought Kailyn would definitely appear again, though I didn’t know when.
She wasn’t the type of woman who would live in seclusion and be forgotten in everyone's memories.
When Kailyn appeared, wouldn't she bring tremendous chaos?
I might need to make quite big preparations for that time.
Let's be careful for the time being...
Let's observe the situation for now.
Until Kailyn appeared again.
That was what I thought, but...
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When on earth is she going to appear?
The period Kailyn has been in hiding was quite long, longer than expected.
Spring passed, summer passed, autumn passed, winter passed.
Around the time when the seasons had repeated 7 times, Kailyn hadn't shown herself even once.
There was no news of her at all.
7 years have already passed...
Where on earth is she and what is she doing?
I thought Kailyn would appear again someday and was preparing myself for the chaos she would bring when she reappeared.
But I didn't expect her to not appear for this long.
It's already time for the story to start.
It was already a little past the time when the story officially started.
It was about time for Tigna, the protagonist of this novel, to be officially recognized as the hero soon.
Yet, I feel somewhat dazed by this situation where Kailyn hasn't appeared.
Kailyn would definitely appear again, but where was she and what was she doing that she hadn't shown herself?
Although I was somewhat worried because Kailyn hadn't appeared,
It's fortunate for now, but...
I didn't have any major complaints about her not appearing.
No, I might even be satisfied.
Because my world without Kailyn was so peaceful.
Not much has changed.
Thanks to that, I had spent 7 years without any particular troubles.
Training every day, subjugating magic beasts, taking care of the child with Levia, etc.
What I did hadn't changed much from before.
Time passed quickly like that.
And Eleana has grown a lot.
Is Eleana already 8 years old?
Eleana, who was already 8 years old now.
I always felt that she had grown so much.
It felt like just yesterday when she was a baby who couldn't even speak, I didn’t know when she grew up like this...
I wonder who she takes after to be so smart.
Anyway, the grown-up Eleana was quite an intelligent child.
I didn’t know if I was biased because she was my child.
Levia always evaluated Eleana as very sharp.
She could discuss various things about magic with Daphne now, so I didn’t think it was strange to evaluate her like that.
I don't know if it's fortunate or not that she takes after Kailyn...
Maybe this wasn't from taking after me.
I'd like to think that she grew up to be such an intelligent child by taking after me.
But from my objective standpoint, I didn’t think she would have taken after me, Davian, no matter what.
The reason Eleana was so intelligent was probably because she took after Kailyn.
In that respect, I might think it was fortunate that she didn’t take after ordinary me, but I was also worried.
I hope she doesn't take after the bad parts...
Let's try to raise her as well as possible.
Still, I thought it was fortunate that she wasn’t showing any signs of going astray.
If such signs appeared, I'd do my best to talk with Eleana to prevent her from going astray.
Thinking like that, I was spending my repetitive daily life.
"Dad, are you back?"
"Yes, Eleana. Dad's home."
"Did you work hard subjugating magic beasts today too? Good job."
"Thank you."
As always, when I returned home after subjugating magic beasts, Eleana welcomed me.
Eleana hugging me with her small hands while smiling brightly, seeing her was my greatest joy these days.
"Dad... I was praised by Sister Daphne this time. She said I have a lot of talent for magic?"
"Our daughter is so admirable?"
"Hehe. I might be more of a genius than I thought."
Eleana told me about what happened today while hugging me.
She had been sticking with Daphne lately and studying magic, right?
At first, Daphne was just teaching her moderately, but she showed a very surprised look at Eleana's innate potential.
Apparently, she'd become an incredibly great mage in the future or something.
"But on the other hand, it seems I don't have much talent for holy power."
"Holy power?"
"Yeah. Sister Levia said it might be better not to study holy power."
"I see. That might be a bit disappointing."
"Yeah... I wanted to become a nun like Sister Levia if possible, but I guess it’s not."
But she didn't seem to have any particular talent for holy power.
Well, it was natural since she was the child of me and Kailyn.
Neither I nor Kailyn had even a tiny bit of talent for holy power.
Eleana looked a bit disappointed about that, but it wasn't really important.
Still, having talent for magic is something, isn't it?
"Our daughter is admirable."
"Huh? Is Dad's daughter admirable?"
"Yes. Very admirable."
"Hehe. Then that's good."
Naturally, when a daughter was a genius, the father felt good too.
I patted Eleana's head.
I was so proud of Eleana.
I hoped this ordinary daily life would repeat.
I hope Kailyn never appeared again, now that things had turned out like this.
Thinking like that, I was spending a satisfying daily life, but I had a feeling that things wouldn't flow so easily.
"But Dad. There's something strange."
Eleana hesitated a bit...
"Hmm? What is it?"
"Well... I've been having strange nightmares lately..."
Eleana suddenly said something strange to me.
"What kind of dream is it? Can you tell me in detail?"