Have Magic - Chapter 110



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Embrace the Magic (110)

Margaret died. Rodin was planning to visit the government office to find a place to bury Margaret. So he told Matthew what he wanted to do and asked him to go with him, but he blurted out something unexpected.

“So. You’re saying you’re going to take me back home?”

“Yes. My late mother would definitely want to be buried in her hometown.”

“Where is your hometown?”

“It’s the Hedens region.”

Rodin’s eyes widened at the word Hedens.

The Hedens that Rodin knew was the name of a region adjacent to the Paloma Mountains. It was the Kingdom of Thebia, not the Kingdom of Lennox, so he had to cross the border once.

“When you say the province of Hedens, are you perhaps referring to the kingdom of Thebia to the west?”

“You know, sir. Few people know.”

“ah!”

It was quite a distance. It was a region adjacent to the Paloma Mountains that separated the Western and Central Continents, and it would take more than a month to drive there by carriage.

“So, by the way… Boss, can I borrow your carriage? If you need collateral, I can pay you money…”

“No, that’s not necessary. Hmm, just a minute. Let me think about it.”

The distance was too far, but the bigger problem was that on the way there, we had to pass by Odella, where the Cedria Tower was located.

‘I guess that old man still has some grudge?’

Although it was a short meeting, I got the feeling that he was a person with a long aftertaste. He was someone who would never give up until he paid me back several times over.

“Matthew.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Matthew was born in Haddens too?”

“Yes, I’m from Hedens too. I moved here when I was two, so I don’t remember much.”

There was no need to ask why Margaret had come all this way. She had probably come in search of work.

The Marquisate of Richmond was one of the most prosperous cities in the inland. Even in the distant Hedens region, rumors of the Marquisate of Richmond would have spread.

In addition, the Marquisate of Richmond was famous for its good public security. With the exception of the Cedria Tower, there had never been any conflict in Rodin.

“Matthew, do we have to go right away?”

“Yes? Why are you doing that?”

“I was wondering if it would be okay to leave a few days later.”

“If I’m too late, my mother’s body will rot… I’m sorry, sir.”

It had already been two days since the funeral. The weather was hot and signs of decay were already visible.

‘I guess I’ll have to use my hands.’

Rodin did not touch Margaret’s body, since she would be buried soon anyway. He thought it would be better for her to return to the earth in her natural state.

But if they were to go all the way to the distant Hedens region, they would need to take care to keep the corpses from decaying. This was not a difficult task for Rodin.

‘It’s easy if you put it in a subspace. If that’s inconvenient, you can cast a state preservation spell.’

Just do whatever Matthew wants.

If you want to keep seeing Margaret’s face, I decided to attach a carriage and cast a status preservation spell on it, otherwise I decided to put it in a subspace.

“Matthew, I will keep Margaret’s body from decaying.”

“Is that okay?”

“A pantry. Don’t you remember? It doesn’t even let food spoil, so how could a corpse not spoil?”

“Ah! Thank you, sir. I really appreciate it.”

No matter how much I thought about it, it was dangerous to send only Matthew. Not only was the Cedria Tower a problem, but the Central Continent itself was not a safe place.

The Western Continent was a place without demons, except for the western part where there was a demon forest. Before the war, there were almost no bandits.

However, demons appear everywhere in the central continent. Thanks to them, the mercenary industry flourished, but for ordinary people, the central continent was more dangerous than the western continent.

In addition, frequent territorial wars inevitably produced many families that were ruined and disgraced. There were many cases of those who defected from the defeated side turning into bandits.

“Well then, I guess I should start getting ready. I need to tell Larry and Bianca too.”

“We said goodbye in the morning.”

“Farewell, huh? We should go together.”

“yes?”

Matthew thought he had misheard.

The Hedens region was a place that took a month just to get to. And that was assuming that nothing went wrong, and no one could have predicted how much longer it would take if an accident or incident occurred.

If we were to go to a place like that together, it would mean wasting at least two months on the road.

“He asked me to go with him to the Hedens region.”

“No. Why?”

“I need to cool my head and let Larry rest a bit.”

Even so, Rodin felt the need to control Larry’s training time.

I was looking for an excuse because I didn’t think it would be acceptable to just say it, and going to Margaret’s hometown would be a good excuse.

At least Larry won’t be able to swing his sword while he’s riding in the carriage.

It was better to take that time to rest my body and clear my mind than to just abuse my body.

“Oh. Larry’s training a little too hard. But it’s a schedule that’s over two months long. Is that okay?”

“What’s wrong? Just leave. Give me a day or two, that’s all. I need to sort things out here too.”

“Okay, sir.”

The thought of leaving home made me feel strangely good. I guess that’s how a child feels when going on a field trip. My heart was filled with anticipation of seeing a new world.

This feeling was both unfamiliar and new to Rodin.

He was sold before he was even 5 years old, so he had already seen a new world. After leaving the special forces training school, he had already traveled to several countries on the Western Continent.

After coming to the central continent, he passed through the Kingdom of Tebia and the Kingdom of Lennox.

‘I feel like I’ve already been to enough unfamiliar places.’

* * *

I told Larry and Bianca that I would be leaving the house in two days, and that they could stay if they wanted to.

“Brother Rodin, so from now on we’ll live in Hedens? There?”

“No. I haven’t decided that yet. I’ll decide after looking at the situation.”

“You might come back again?”

“Yeah. I could come back. I could stay in the Hedens region. Or I could go somewhere else entirely.”

I decided not to make a decision in advance. I was going to decide where to live based on the situation at the time.

“What if we don’t go?”

“Then, I’ll go alone.”

“Should I go with Larry?”

“Then we should pack all the household items and go. We should take Bianca’s desk and bed, and also take the potion making equipment.”

There was plenty of space in the subspace bracelet. It could have housed the entire thing in it.

“How do you take it?”

“Okay. You’ll find out later.”

“Then I’ll go. Where’s Larry?”

“Of course I should go too. What would I do if I was left alone somewhere without you and my brother?”

The entire family decided to move. Although they didn’t know where they would settle, it was a trip to the Hedens region for now.

“Then I will know and prepare accordingly.”

“Yeah. Brother Rodin, you have to pack my bed. Okay?”

“Okay. I’ll pack everything.”

Rodin cleaned the house over two days.

First, I dismantled the magic circle I had created on the wall. It wasn’t a temporary stop, it was a complete dismantlement.

The day before leaving, I put all the household items in the subspace bracelet one by one. I’ve only been here for two years, but my household items have really grown a lot. In particular, I have a lot of cooking utensils.

The day before departure, I put all the ingredients from the food warehouse into the subspace bracelet and temporarily stopped the magic circle in the warehouse.

The status preservation spell engraved in the warehouse required a precious material called arobain. Without obtaining arobain again or a material of comparable quality, it was impossible to re-engrave the status preservation spell.

‘It might be possible once you reach the 7th circle.’

It was a shame to destroy it since it was difficult to recreate it right away. So I just temporarily stopped the magic.

Since it was a magic circle made of mana and not magic power anyway, there was no need to worry about it being discovered by anyone.

“Are you okay, Matthew?”

“Yes, sir. My mother has passed away anyway. That subspace might be better than a carriage that shakes violently.”

“thank you.”

“No. I am more grateful to the boss who helped me.”

Matthew had no objection to placing Margaret’s body in the subspace bracelet.

If he had objected, Rodin would have had to rip out the Arobain in the warehouse and engrave a status preservation spell on the carriage so that the body could be transported without decay.

Fortunately, Matthew didn’t care where it was stored. His top priority was to get it home so it wouldn’t rot.

It wasn’t just Rodin who had to clean up. Larry also had work to do before leaving the Marquis of Richmond.

Unlike Bianca, who stayed at home all the time, Larry went to the Kardos Inspection Center for a while. He would leave at dawn every day and come back in the evening.

There were many people I met along the way.

From Aunt Lauren at the fruit shop, to Mr. Hughes at the blacksmith shop, to President Revan at the bakery.

They were all people who cheered Larry on when he was having a hard time. In particular, Aunt Lauren would crush up some herbs and apply them to Larry whenever he came back from being beaten up by the swordsmen.

To say goodbye to them, Larry left home early in the morning, stopping at nearby places one by one, and finally stopping at Aunt Lauren’s fruit shop.

“Oh my, isn’t it Larry? What brings you here at this hour of the morning?”

“How have you been?”

“You’re doing well if you come here every day. What about you? Aren’t there any kids who hit you these days?”

“Yes. I train at home. Oh! I quit the Kardos inspection.”

Larry still felt like he had quit the Kardos Inspectorate. He couldn’t shake the feeling that he had given up, not chosen a new path.

Besides, since I was training in swordsmanship on my own, I had nothing to compare it to.

No one could clearly tell me what level of swordsmanship I was learning or where I was at right now.

“Oh. Isn’t that a shame?”

“It’s okay. I’m training hard at home too.”

“Yeah, Larry, you’ll do well wherever you go. You work harder than anyone else.”

Lauren was impressed with Larry. He was only 12 when she first met him, and he never acted like a spoiled brat.

Even though he’s not an adult, his true nature is so deep. Even though he was beaten like that by the swordsmen, he always pretended like nothing happened and endured it.

There are few market traders who dislike Larry.

“Thank you, Aunt Lauren. Oh! I’m leaving tomorrow.”

“Leaving? Where to? Are you leaving the Marquisate of Richmond?”

“I’m going to the Kingdom of Tebia. It’s supposed to be a two-month trip. But I don’t know what’s going to happen. Rodin is very spontaneous when it comes to things like this.”

The word improvisation meant that it could spread to other places. Maybe today would be the last.

“Oh my. Are you really going?”

“Yes, ma’am. But I will definitely come. If you don’t come, I will definitely come to you, even when I grow up.”

“Okay. Don’t wait. If you succeed, come and find me. Got it?”

“Yes, I will definitely do that.”

His steps as he left the fruit shop were heavy. Larry kept looking back and seeing Aunt Lauren waving.

“See you later, ma’am.”

“Okay. I’m fine.”

On the way home from the market.

Larry had to stop walking, regardless of his intention. Unwelcome people were lining up in front of him.

“Oh, who’s that? It’s Larry the Fugitive.”

“Dorian, why are you here at this hour?”

The work of the Kardos inspector starts at dawn and ends at dusk. It was now morning, the time for physical training.

“Hehehe, I woke up this morning feeling really good. I thought something good would happen, but guess what? I ended up meeting that fugitive.”

“That’s right. Why did we have to meet here?”

This was a sparsely populated area between a residential area and a commercial area. During the day, carriages would pass by frequently, but now there were no people passing by.

“Haha, Fugitive Larry. It’s been a while.”

“Have you grown taller?”

“Has the bruise gone down a bit?”

“You haven’t been doing well lately, have you been feeling uneasy?”

Larry gritted his teeth as he listened to the rustling noise.

There wasn’t a single kid in the Kardos censorship who didn’t tease Larry. He was almost like a recognized toy.

There were five of them who harassed me particularly badly, and they were the ones right in front of me.

Dorian, Malice, Kati, Lucain, and Kronail.

These five men started each day by beating Larry. They tormented him until the hour as if something big would happen if he didn’t beat him even for a single day.

The five people who initially led Larry’s bullying and ostracism were also the ones who stood in his way.

“Get out of the way.”

“Get out of the way? Man, Larry’s grown up so much. He dares tell me to get out of the way.”

“Guys, I think that runaway has forgotten who we are.”

“There’s no other way. We have to teach the fugitive a kind lesson.”

Srrrrung!

Dorian drew his sword first. Then the other four scattered in all directions, blocking Larry’s escape route.