Became the Idiot Young Master Who Tormented the Main Character - Chapter 71



71. The Enchanted Shroud (7)

“…The lower creatures are frantically trying to wake up Jim from his long rest.”

I can vividly feel the oppressive weight of the atmosphere.

It was because of the atmosphere and mana that Tia in front of me was giving off.

Tia was looking down at us with an expressionless face. I felt something different and different from usual about her.

I wonder if it was Tia in the first place.

Where were the round eyes that made him look timid due to his personality? Instead, there were sharp, upturned eyes. Red irises sparkling inside his pupils and a sharp posture.

It felt like being possessed.

I asked Tia in front of me.

“Who are you?”

“… … .”

Tia kept her mouth shut and stared at us silently despite my question.

Instead of answering, she extended her hand toward us.

And right after that.

“…! Lucy, Aria! Run away!”

“Why are you doing that-”

-Whooow!

-WHACK! WHACK!

-Tuqwaang!

In an instant, the nearby forest area turned into a sea of ​​fire.

About 0.1 seconds after Tia reached out.

We saw something that looked like a spirit magic circle, and dozens of fireballs that seemed to have been thrown away in the blink of an eye attacked us.

Lucy and Aria flew away helplessly without even reacting.

Their skin was blackened, as if they had been burned. They each appeared to have lost consciousness and passed out in the places they had been blown away.

“Ugh… .”

“… You blocked it?”

I activated my aura in the brief moment Tia reached out. And I held out by swatting away all the fireballs that appeared around me. It was a close call.

‘I should have avoided it… No, but maybe it’s too late.’

I reacted and knocked back all the fireballs, but they were explosive fireballs. Because of that, I suffered a lot of burns.

“It’s unpleasant.”

Tia reaches out again.

“for a moment-!”

“… … ?”

At that moment, I shouted with all my might.

Because I had to stop it. If I take any more damage and fall here, not only me, but also Lucy and Aria will be in danger.

This is the edge of the center of the Forest of Enchantment.

Even if you don’t die instantly from her attacks, you never know when or where ghouls and corrupted spirits will come rushing in. Also, the surrounding area is on fire.

If I collapse, certain death from carbon dioxide poisoning awaits me.

“Why on earth are you attacking?! We didn’t do anything to you!”

“… Didn’t you disturb my long sleep?”

“Oh my! It was the corrupted spirits who disturbed your sleep! Look around you!”

“… … ?”

At my words, she slowly looks around.

“This is the Forest of Enchantment where fallen spirits live. Don’t you feel the yin energy filling it?”

“Certainly… that’s true.”

She puts her hand on her chin and agrees.

I felt relieved.

‘Conversation is possible! I don’t move based on instinct like the fallen spirits!’

She seemed to have finished thinking and asked me.

“Let me ask you, why is the contractor in a place like this?”

If you’re talking about the contractor, you’re probably talking about Tia.

I explained as calmly as possible.

“Tia was currently taking the exam. The ranking exam held by the Ariel Academy she attended. The final stage was to go down to this Forest of Enchantment, avoiding corrupted spirits and obtaining fairy tears. Look at your hand.”

“… … .”

She now realizes that she is holding dozens of fairy tears in her hands.

“We were being chased by the fallen spirits while we were getting it. That’s when you showed up.”

“… I see. After hearing the explanation, it doesn’t seem like a lie.”

“Okay! Then-”

“but.”

She reaches out again.

Flames began to gather again in the air around the outstretched hand.

What formed was a blue flame. It was a flame of a much higher temperature than before.

“Isn’t it also your incompetence in not being able to protect your contractor that made you wake up?”

“what…?”

“Everything has a process and therefore an outcome. You may be a factor in that process. I don’t know if this is something that insignificant creatures can understand.”

“… … .”

I had a gut feeling at that moment.

That guy who possessed Tia is crazy.

From the beginning, we weren’t people I could communicate with.

“What the fuck….”

The level of spirit magic that can be felt is at least 6 circles or higher.

If I try to block it with a normal sword, the sword and I will turn to ash and disappear without a trace.

“Get out of here, you lowly creatures.”

That psychopathic guy who had been possessed by Tia cast his magic again with a blank expression on his face.

-Whooow!

A huge blue pillar of fire rose from within the red magic circle and stretched toward me.

Tremendous speed. It was a magic that I, a 4-star player, could not possibly avoid.

‘…either way or way.’

For a brief moment I placed my hand on my waist.

And right after that.

-Kwaaang!

For a moment, a blindingly bright light illuminated the previously dark forest, and at the same time, a tremendous roar echoed.

A thin layer of smoke obscures the view.

Aria and Lucy, who were lying far behind, were unharmed. Because… .

“-what!”

Just before the blue pillar of fire reached me, I countered it with an aura that squeezed out all my magical power.

If it was an ordinary aura, it wouldn’t have been stopped.

An aura was emanating from my hand that was more intense than any I had ever cast before.

Magic Stone Sword.

This time, I received help again. As long as I had enough magic power, I could emit an aura that wouldn’t be physically disturbed by a magical tool… In conclusion, I barely managed to block the 6th circle magic, but there was a price to pay.

Even for general use, it consumes a lot of magic power and is not very efficient, but I used all the magic power I had.

“Ugh… .”

After blocking her attack, all the strength in my body left me and I collapsed face down.

I can’t move a finger. It feels like I don’t have even a tenth of my magic left. I’ll have to lie down for at least a day and a half to recover it all.

‘Damn… I managed to stop it once, but what do I do now… .’

It was at that time that I was internally worrying about a desperate situation.

“… That’s ridiculous!”

The psychopath who cast the spell shouted loudly.

“No way. This body didn’t notice…?”

That guy. What has he been talking about since a while ago?

The mysterious entity possessed by Tia slowly approaches me.

… but something was strange.

His arrogant expression and arrogant attitude seemed to have completely disappeared, and he was walking cautiously and restlessly.

She came close to me, right before my eyes, and said,

“Uh, I’m sorry.”

“… … ?”

“I think there was a misunderstanding. Could you keep this a secret from Ifrit?”

“Ifrit…?”

If it’s Efreet… .

I remember. It’s a fire spirit that one of the party members of the warrior Cain made a contract with in the story.

High-level, top-level, supreme… and further, the highest level that a spirit can reach, the spirit king Ifrit. I couldn’t understand why that name was suddenly coming from her.

I can’t understand it, but… .

One thing was clear.

Her eyelids tremble slightly, so much so that you wouldn’t notice it unless you looked closely. And her focus wavers occasionally.

She is anxious.

Until just a moment ago, he had been calling me an inferior being and an incompetent person, but now he was clearly anxious about me.

I decided to take advantage of this situation. I slowly took my chances.

“Who the hell are you…?”

“Selena. I rule over the children of fire by Ifrit’s side. Although our first meeting was a misunderstanding, I hope you will forgive me with great generosity. Human warrior…”

…Selena?

I remember this name too.

Selena is the right-hand woman of the spirit king Ifrit and the first supreme fire spirit.

In order to prove my worth as a warrior during the old days, Ifrit once summoned the female fire spirit, Selena, and asked me to defeat her.

If he could defeat Selena, his right-hand woman, single-handedly, he would be able to subdue the Demon King together with his contractor or something. Of course, he defeated her in 10 seconds.

… The guy who seems to have possessed Tia calls himself Selena.

And they called me a warrior.

For a moment, my head spun rapidly.

I don’t know why, but she’s misunderstanding now. She thinks I’m a warrior.

‘As far as I remember, the warrior is someone that even the Spirit King cannot mess with. This is because the warrior is under the direct protection of the goddess Freya.’

The Goddess is a being one level higher than the Spirit King. If a single spirit were to touch her without any reason, the Spirit King would destroy the spirit that touched the warrior before he incurred the Goddess’ wrath.

Now all her actions made sense.

‘If we do it well, we can use this situation… to our advantage.’

I told her, who was still fidgeting.

“If you are that high-level spirit, Selena… you can also use healing magic, right?”

“It is possible. My healing skills are above the 7th circle by your human standards.”

“Then… heal the girls lying over there. Then… I will forgive everything.”

“…! i get it.”

Selena approached Lucy and Aria, who were lying on the ground. She chanted something softly, similar to a healing spell.

-Whoosh.

Red flames surround Lucy and Aria.

I was terrified, thinking they were going to attack again, but I was relieved to see their burns healing and their complexions gradually returning to normal.

Selena, who had finished healing everything, said after she healed me too.

“Warrior. I have expended so much strength that I will fall into a long sleep again. So please, let this be your peace.”

“… I keep my promises.”

“thanks.”

The red color disappears from Tia’s eyes.

And then, as if he had never been awake, he fell to the side and fell asleep as if it were a lie. It seemed like he had passed out again.

I quickly got up, my magic and body restored by Selena’s spirit healing technique.

“Kihihihihi… .”

“Kiririck, kirik.”

“Kyahahahahahahaha!”

As Selena’s overwhelming presence disappeared, I felt the fallen spirits swarming around me again.

“Ugh… It’s so fucking heavy!”

I carried Lucy, Aria, and Tia on my back.

I looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was rising. Soon, it would be time to finish the exam.

I strengthened my body with magic power and ran at full speed down the mountain while carrying them.

Even though things have gotten a bit complicated, at this rate we should be able to get to the entrance where everyone is waiting on time.

I’ll think about everything that’s happened so far and my thoughts about Tia later.

Right now, the priority was to complete the exam safely.

I ran until my feet were worn out. It was so heavy that I thought about leaving Lucina Aria in the outskirts, but I barely held myself back.

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I can hear the students murmur.

Not only the students, but also the instructors and professors standing at the entrance to the Forest of Enchantment had their eyes focused on me.

…because he carried three unconscious women?

That’s true, but it didn’t seem to be just that.

“What is this… all?”

Instructor Bahamut, standing in front of countless students and professors, asked me with a dumbfounded expression.

I answered awkwardly.

“…these are fairy tears.”

“No, that’s something we all know….”

It was a headache.

I swore and swore that I would not stand out.

“How can you bring this much fairy tears?”

“… … .”

Tia forgot to throw away the fairy tears she had taken from her students along the way.

There seemed to be at least 40 of them.

“… I guess today is the feast day for the fallen spirits.”