Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 114
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Episode 114 Reunion (2)
Since I had already coordinated my schedule with the Kalia group before arriving at Belpass, I was able to meet them right away without having to make a separate appointment.
The carriage passed through the gate and soon arrived at the inn where Elisha was staying.
I contacted the inn staff. After a while, the staff member returned and guided the two to the annex inside.
“Hey, brother.”
Lilia lowered her voice so that the staff walking ahead wouldn’t hear and whispered in Galen’s ear.
“Is he a very frugal person?”
“He wasn’t particularly extravagant… … but he wasn’t particularly stingy either.”
The innkeeper might be upset to hear this, but honestly, the level of this inn was not a place where a direct descendant of a noble family would stay.
Of course, it’s not true that they always enjoy the best just because they’re from a prestigious family, but they basically don’t care much about efficiency when it comes to spending because they have a lot of money.
The key is how appealing it is. Usually, the more expensive it is, the more effort is put into it, so it catches the eye, but there are also cases where it is inexpensive but different.
However, there was nothing particularly special about this inn. It was just one of the many ordinary inns.
Strictly speaking, it felt more like the shelter of the Bronn brothers in Nigerte. In short, it felt like a cost-effective inn. The facilities were better than Bronn, though.
“If it’s because of money… … .”
Galen trailed off.
If the direct descendants of a prestigious family have to save money, how can the situation be positive?
It means that either there is a problem in the family or there is a problem with the person himself.
Well, if you ask, you’ll find out.
Knock knock!
An employee who arrived at the annex quickly knocked politely on the door, and after a while, someone opened the door.
He was a man of strong physique. You wouldn’t think he wasn’t a warrior.
By the way, it’s a familiar face.
“… … .”
Was his name Rad? He was a member of the Royal Guard. He was an elite warrior who specialized in protecting the family’s key figures, and was recognized for both his skills and loyalty.
Of course, I had no personal relationship with him at all. As a servant serving Gerbon, I had to at least memorize the personal details of the guards, so I just remembered them.
“… … .”
Rad’s eyebrows twitched and his lips moved slightly as he faced Galen. He seemed to recognize Galen as well.
But before he could react any further, his eyes rolled to the side and belatedly discovered Lilia.
Regardless of their skill level, whether they belong to a wizarding family or are warriors themselves, priests are difficult to treat lightly.
In the end, Rad’s choice was unknown.
“… … I heard you came from the top of Kalia.”
“you’re right.”
Galen responded calmly. Rad tried to hide his confusion and stepped back.
“Come in.”
The annex itself was small, so the living room was visible as soon as you opened the door and went in.
The woman who had been sitting cautiously on the chair stood up.
As her eyes met Galen’s, an indescribable emotion briefly passed across her expression.
Joy, surprise, relief… … Fortunately, no negative emotions were seen.
“Please step aside for a moment.”
Of course, it wasn’t said to Galen, but to Rad.
“Yes? I have to escort the young lady.”
“No, I’m just asking you to step aside for a moment. I’ll call you when I’m done.”
“Ha, but… … .”
“You don’t think that the guests who came here after being introduced by Kalia’s superior would harm me, do you?”
“… … That’s not it.”
If you ask me so directly, how could I possibly answer?
If you answer yes, you’ll be criticizing both the top of Kalia and the church at the same time.
Ladd, speechless, finally bowed his head deeply and left the annex.
When Galen looked at her back for a moment.
“… … Galen?”
Galen’s head turned at the voice calling him cautiously.
“……miss.”
My throat is a little sore. Elisa smiled faintly.
“It’s been a while, Mary?”
“As much as you, young lady.”
Galen also smiled and gave a slight nod to the maid standing next to Elisa. Mary also nodded slightly and pretended to know her.
Because Elisa and Jervon were such close siblings, their respective maids and servants, Mary and Galen, were also close. After all, they were in the same industry. Although they were busy serving their masters, they didn’t have much time to socialize.
“And, um… … may I call you Your Majesty?”
“Yes, yes? Oh, no. You don’t have to do that! It’s a bit burdensome… … .”
“Then I will call you Bishop Lilia.”
Lilia was flustered and flustered when the sudden arrow of conversation flew at her. Elisa naturally sorted out the titles.
“Did you know me?”
“I heard rumors about Galen, so I naturally listened to it.”
“Compared to you, brother, I haven’t done much… … .”
“I heard you were very praised. They say you saved dozens of lives in this city.”
“Oh, the rumors are getting out of hand… … .”
Thanks to Elisa’s gentle conversation, the atmosphere of their first meeting was good.
Three people, excluding the maid Mary, sat down.
After a brief glance at each other, Elisa spoke first.
“Galen has gotten more handsome since I last saw him. You must have been very busy when you were working as a servant, right?”
“Well… … You could say I have free time all day now.”
To be exact, Lilia is forcing me to get healthy by holding me and doing PT every day.
At this point, Galen was more interested in Elisa’s worsening condition than in his own.
“Are you okay, Miss? You look very tired.”
“I want to say it’s okay, but… … to be honest, it’s not really okay.”
Elisa smiled bitterly.
She was considerably thinner than when I last saw her, and her face showed signs of fatigue.
“I’m physically and mentally exhausted… … I haven’t been able to go home for over a year. Even though it was my choice.”
“Huh? No, what the hell has been going on with you?”
Galen asked in surprise. Elisa glanced at Lilia for a moment. Galen, guessing her intention, added.
“You can speak comfortably. I know the general situation, and my mouth is heavier than it looks.”
“What is it, beyond what it looks like?!”
Lilia’s protest was drowned out by Galen’s sly averting of his gaze. Elisa nodded and opened her mouth.
“After the funeral and Galen’s departure, the family established a temporary organization to investigate the assassins. It was personally directed by Brother Lius.”
“… … Are you talking about Master Lius?”
Galen asked back, shaking.
Rios, Tarina, and Raven. The three siblings born from his ex-wife.
Although not as much as the second and third who directly condemned Galen as a criminal, the first also aided and abetted him tacitly.
In the first place, he was the head of the household, and he was the one who decided to kick Galen out without giving him a single penny of severance pay, so from Galen’s perspective, all three siblings were the same guy.
Anyway, did that indifferent Lius order the creation of a separate department to investigate assassins? If you were going to care so much about Gerbon’s death, you should have done it a long time ago.
“Of course, it was a good-looking organization. I don’t know if they worked hard in places I couldn’t see, but I wonder. Even when I was watching, there were people who didn’t work very hard?”
As expected, Elisha answered scornfully.
“So I personally investigated the family from within. Fortunately, the general was very cooperative. He knew all the big and small things about the family, so it was a great help.”
“Your Majesty has liked you and your master since long ago. But then again… … did you suspect internal affairs?”
“Among the means of eliminating a rival family, assassination is the most despised and degrading one.”
Elisha answered Galen’s careful question indifferently.
“Is it really necessary to target Gerbon while prescribing such a drastic measure? He is the youngest and has the least influence within the family. You should aim for a bigger player. If you are going to get cursed at anyway, you should at least achieve something big.”
“That is correct.”
“Of course, there could be irrational opponents who simply took out their grudge against our family on their weakest sibling… … That’s why it was even more necessary to investigate internally. If it wasn’t an internal act, we could just wait for the irrational culprit to act up and find him.”
“What were the results…? …?”
“Unfortunately, it wasn’t clean.”
Elisa sighed.
“It was just a faint clue that I finally found after searching and searching, but its existence itself means that it wasn’t pure white. I was going to go to land to trace the trail that continued… … but they told me to figure it out myself.”
“Do you know how to do it?”
“The existing investigation team is already working hard to investigate, so why are you trying to interfere again? The tracking experts have stepped in, so just stay still. If you want to do something, I won’t stop you from doing it on your own, but I won’t support you.”
“You guys are so shameless!”
Galen exploded with anger. Elisha made a bitter expression.
“But what can I do since it’s not a wrong statement? Even if I say that the investigation team isn’t doing their job properly, it won’t work.”
“So, you really did all this research on your own without any support?”
“Yes. I used up all my savings, and when I was short on money, I even worked as a mercenary… … But since I was a wizard, I was often called upon.”
She said it jokingly, but Galen couldn’t laugh at all.
How difficult it must have been for a girl from a prestigious family who had grown up well to become a mercenary to earn money.
“Fortunately, there were some results, and the outlines of the criminals were revealed a little.”
“Who are you?”
“We suspect they are an assassination group based in the southeast.”
It’s so obvious, but assassination is not an honorable act, so assassins cannot act openly.
But there are so many bad guys in the world, and there are so many people who instigate assassinations, so assassins often form their own organizations to make money professionally.
It was an assassination group. If you want to call it a family in the shadows, you could call it a family.
“But I couldn’t go any further from there. The fact that they were the culprits was just a result of my deduction, and the only way to get solid evidence was to subdue them by force, but I didn’t have enough strength… … .”
“Your family still won’t help you?”
“They asked me to bring them evidence that the criminals I pointed out were the criminals.”
“… … If we catch those criminals, won’t we get evidence that they are the criminals?”
“That’s why.”
“Wow, really.”
Galen let out a hollow laugh.
If Elisa’s guess that there was someone within Oceanis who had orchestrated the assassination was correct, then of course they would not help since they were in cahoots with the assassins.
Although it was annoying, he wasn’t saying anything wrong.
The prestigious families of the southeast would not welcome the Oceanis, a prominent family in the south, projecting their power into the southeast.
They were trying to get away with the excuse of catching the culprit who killed their direct blood relative, but if Elisa had mistakenly identified the culprit, they would have been in big trouble.
“Even if you were to hire mercenaries, no matter how much money you offered, there wouldn’t be anyone willing to take on the task of fighting the Assassins… … .”
“No matter how good money is, it is not better than life. Silver is also unstable, and gold would be better… … There are very few gold mercenaries.”
“Yes. To be honest, I don’t have the money to hire a gold level… … .”
The ransom started at a minimum of several hundred gold coins, which Elisa, half-outcast from her home, could not possibly afford.
“So I was almost giving up… … when I happened to hear a rumor about Galen. It’s hard to believe, but he’s become a very powerful golden wizard.”
Elisa’s voice gradually diminished as her face became more and more expressionless.
“So, I know it’s shameless, but I thought I could get some help, so I just… … I’m sorry. I said something weird.”
“What do you have to be sorry about?”
Galen said nonchalantly.
“I almost got killed by those guys too.”