Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 115
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Episode 115 Reunion (3)
As a result, it became a turning point in the life of a mere servant who became a jewel magician.
That doesn’t mean the assassins were pretty.
If Gervon hadn’t used all his strength to stop him, Galen’s life would have ended there.
The reason I hadn’t been particularly conscious of them until now was because I didn’t know their true identity, not because I forgave them with a broad heart.
What if Elisa’s reasoning is wrong and she ends up blowing up the Amen Assassins?
It doesn’t matter. There is no such thing as an ‘Amen’ assassination squad.
It is a world where warriors who cut down dozens of people with a sword and magicians who kill hundreds of people with magic can both operate safely under the name of their family.
However, the assassins could not come forward with confidence. Their reputations were such a mess that they deserved to die.
Of course, dealing with assassins was a difficult task regardless of skill, and it was different from Elisa or Galen, who had a direct grudge against him.
“What do you think, Lilia?”
Galen asked. Lilia answered without any hesitation.
“I like it!”
“You must be quick.”
“If you don’t help me, there will be no one to help Sister Elisa. So you have to help her!”
Before meeting her, she seemed a bit wary, but after meeting her and hearing the story, she seemed to feel sympathy for her. She was just like the kind-hearted Lilia.
Elisa was slightly taken aback by his proactive attitude.
“You don’t have to go that far, Bishop Lilia.”
Although Lilia herself was not aware of it, a bishop was originally a high-ranking official in charge of a diocese that included several cities.
If it were up to the head of the household, Lius, then it would be understandable, but Elisa, who is merely the head of the household, is not someone one can meet carelessly.
But it was surprising that such a bishop, younger than him, would readily step forward for him, a complete stranger.
“But you don’t want to give up chasing the culprit just like this, do you?”
“That may be true, but… … .”
“Then I will help you!”
“Well, Lilia is like that too.”
Galen shrugged.
“I’ll help you, miss. You don’t have to suffer alone anymore.”
“… … .”
Elisa’s eyes, which had been looking at Galen and Lilia with a sad look, unable to continue speaking, soon became teary.
Her father was sick, her mother had passed away, her younger brother had died tragically, and she was now only twenty-three, half-neglected by her family. Rain fell on her parched heart after fighting alone for over a year.
The composed expression that I had been forcing myself to maintain until then collapsed and tears began to fall.
Mary quickly took out a handkerchief and handed it to Elisa. Elisa accepted it, covered her eyes, and pressed hard. However, she could not swallow all the tears welling up in her eyes.
“Sigh… … Huh… … .”
Galen did not disturb the quiet sobbing. Neither did Lilia.
* * *
After Elisa calmed down a bit, Galen moved her to her quarters. Naturally, to the best inn in Belpas.
Galen spoke firmly to Elisa, who waved her hand and said it was okay.
“Even if we were to calculate the severance pay you gave me at face value, it would be enough to cover the entire travel expenses.”
“But I am the one who hired Galen. This is what an employer should do… … .”
“If you really care, just think of it as me hiring the young lady.”
“yes?”
“I hired you as my guide to track down the assassins who attacked me, something like that.”
“What is that?”
“Anyway, I hope you don’t worry about money anymore, Miss. You’ve suffered enough already.”
“Galen too… … .”
Although Elisa was truly sorry, she could not completely refuse Galen’s repeated requests.
If we had started talking about money in the first place, it would have been impossible for Galen and Lilia to have offered to help without anything in return. It would have been ridiculous to accept that and not accept this.
After taking care to make Elisa rest comfortably like that.
Galen and Lilia found the church in Belpass.
“How have you all been? I guess you’ve all been doing well, judging by the number of people you’ve met.”
They were warmly welcomed by Roald, the Archbishop’s Vicar for the Eastern Diocese.
“I keep hearing stories about how much activity you’ve done in the Northeast over the past half year or so.”
“You are too kind.”
“What kind of compliments are you talking about? The relics, the cavalry, they’re all big things, even though they’re not generally known. Every time I get a letter from Myra, she’ll ask if I have any new news. Things don’t happen that often.”
“I’ve been sending letters to the bishop regularly. I don’t send important information that I don’t want leaked out, but… … .”
“That’s why my body hurts more. Because I hear things from you that you don’t tell me.”
Except for special circumstances such as the elf’s domain, Lilia sent letters to Myra and Jenny once a month without fail.
Although it was not a professional postal service, but rather a secondary operation at the top of Kalia, it took several months for letters to be delivered.
“While you’re here, why not stop by Abaca?”
“I would have done it if I had the time, but I came here because of a request.”
Belpass and Abaca are a distance that takes at least twenty days one way by carriage.
Elisha had already been waiting for Galen for over two months, and he couldn’t ask her to wait another minute.
“It hasn’t even been a year since I started my pilgrimage. If I go now, it seems like it will pass by too quickly. It’s a shame, but I’ll have to go next time.”
“Tell that to Myra.”
While we were on the subject, we briefly talked about the request. Of course, I didn’t directly say that I was going to take care of the Assassins, but only that I was going to the southeast.
“Can I charter just one warship here? I have to go a little far, and I don’t think I can find a ship that can get to my destination right away if I charter a merchant ship. I’ll pay for it.”
“I’ll tell the city. Since you did something for me, I don’t think it would be strange if they loaned it to me for free right away.”
“You already received the reward for eradicating the pirates. Just giving me some convenience is enough.”
“Okay, I see. By the way, let’s go to the southeast.”
Roald, who had been thinking for a moment, looked at Lilia and said.
“No problem, but please be a little more careful than before.”
“Yes? Me?”
Lilia tilted her head. Roald added his explanation.
“You are not simply on a pilgrimage, but you are also with the mercenary Duke Galen. So the two of you have been carrying out a mission together.”
“Right?”
“If, as a result of a request, the political landscape within the diocese changes, for example, there are bishops who do not like it. From his perspective, he may feel that another bishop has arbitrarily taken over his territory.”
“Up until now… … Thinking about it, I guess there were no problems because I only continued to take requests from the church.”
“Yes. The locations were also in the East and Northeast.”
In the Eastern Archdiocese, Roald had a favorable view of Lilia thanks to Myra, and in the Northeastern Archdiocese, he had gone at the invitation of Damus.
The Archbishop and the Archbishop’s Vicar are protecting them, so even if the bishops under them are dissatisfied, how can they express it? They did not do anything like that.
But the Southeastern Archdiocese was not like that, so it meant to be careful.
“Of course, that doesn’t mean I’ll go to the extent of being hostile towards you. But there’s no need to deliberately provoke your feelings, right?”
“I’ll keep that in mind. But Brother Galen never does anything bad, so I think it’ll be okay!”
“… … Well, if that means there’s a reason to act, then that’s good.”
In the end, to summarize in one word, it means not to make too big a fuss.
But, well, it was such an obvious thing to say.
This request doesn’t apply anyway. There’s no way the church would bother you with blowing up the Assassins. You should be rewarded for cleaning up the trash.
After hearing all that advice, I broke up with Roald.
True to his word, the city of Belpass willingly lent him one of its warships.
“See you again, Wizard!”
“It’s been a while.”
This is also a kind of network, if you will. Those who worked together to eliminate pirates last winter have gathered again. In less than half a day, all the sailors were saved.
“It will be a long voyage this time, so please take care of me.”
“Are you talking about this?”
“If you arrive safely and quickly, I’ll give you a generous bonus.”
“Oh!”
“Long live the wizard!”
Money isn’t everything, but it is everything. The sailors, whose morale was greatly boosted, quickly finished preparing to sail.
Exactly three days after arriving at Belpass, the warship left the port in the morning.
The ship sailed strongly south.
“Galen is really great.”
Elisa muttered softly as she felt the sea breeze on the deck.
“I had been doing nothing for months and just wasting time, but as soon as Galen arrived, things started to progress so quickly in just a few days.”
“What do you mean, they just pushed it with money?”
Galen replied with a bitter smile.
“You could have done it too, young lady, even if your family hadn’t cut off support.”
“But Galen also earned this much money on his own, without any support?”
“Well, that’s… … .”
“Honestly, when I first heard about it, I thought it was just someone with the same name. I know it’s rude to ask this, but… … .”
“It’s okay. Go ahead and say it.”
“… … Did Gervon ever teach you magic in the past?”
There was a reason why Elisha hesitated.
A self-made wizard is likely to have a strong sense of pride in being a genius who has mastered magic on his own.
Asking someone like that, “You actually learned our family’s magic in secret, didn’t you?” could have the nuance of being dismissive.
But Galen didn’t care at all. He thought it was because he was lucky enough to get a status window.
“My awakening happened after the young master passed away.”
“Then, you really got to this point in just over a year?”
“Yes. I don’t know if you’ll believe me.”
“You have to believe it.”
This time, Elisa smiled bitterly.
“Even if you learned magic right after meeting Gerbon, it would only take a few years anyway, so it would be absurd whether you turned into gold in a few years or in a year. Since there is evidence, I can’t not believe it. So just consider it as a talent that I can’t dare judge.”
Elisa’s smile turned a little sad as she paused for a moment.
“… … If you had really taught me, Gerbon wouldn’t have had to die.”
“……miss.”
Even if I had leveled up only through self-study, I would have reached Baek-eun, so if there had been one more Baek-eun during the raid, the results would have been very different.
I didn’t even know the status window existed, so there was no use in regretting it now.
The gloomy atmosphere lingered for a moment and then dispersed with Elisa’s sigh.
Galen saw her expression relax slightly and finally lowered his voice.
“Miss. I think I should ask you this now.”
“yes?”
“The escorts.”
Originally, she should have been nearby, but Elisa had said she wanted to be quiet and moved away, so she was now quite far from the escorts. At least, it was enough that they couldn’t hear the small talk.
“Are they trustworthy?”
“no.”
Elisha answered immediately. Galen nodded quietly.
Even within the Royal Guard, there are bound to be groups that, to some extent, hang out together, if not factions.
There were people who were close to Elisana Jervon and were mainly in charge of escorting her.
Now Elisha’s escorts were different people.
Elisha, who understood the hidden meaning of Galen’s question, spoke quietly.
“Because I was away from the family for a long time, the family changed personnel several times because they needed shift work.”
“You only care about that part while not supporting anything else.”
“I guess the reason for surveillance is big. I didn’t share the information with them, but I heard something from nearby… … .”
“He even recognized my face. I’ll be reporting this to the family soon.”
“… … Are you okay?”
“That doesn’t matter. Rather, since you’re not on the young lady’s side, there are aspects that can be exploited.”
Galen responded calmly and whispered to Lilia.
“Lilia, I’m sorry, but can I leave you in my care for a while? I think we need to be more careful of them than external enemies.”
“Yes! Don’t worry!”
Since they are both women, it is easier to stick with them than with escorts.
This gives me some peace of mind for now.
* * *
After sailing south for more than twenty days, the ship finally arrived at its destination.
It was Nigerte, a port city located in the southeast of the country.
Since there was no more need to sail, the sailors were sent back with generous bonuses.
“This was the first place we arrived after leaving the Sun Archipelago. Except for the brief stops along the way.”
“So this is where you start a new life, brother?”
“I guess you could say that. I also had my mercenary examination here. Well, since we’re on the subject, I guess I should stop by there… … .”
“There?”
“Oh, there’s an inn here where I’ve been staying for over a month. I’ve become quite friendly with the owners. I thought I’d say hello.”
“Can I come with you, Galen?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Both Lilia and Elisa readily agreed, and with their master gone, the maids and escorts had no choice.
The party split into two carriages and headed to Brother Bronn’s shelter.
The store’s exterior looked unchanged for over a year.
Squeak!
The door that was making a slight noise was still there. Galen entered the store, feeling a strange sense of reminiscence.
“Not doing business yet… Huh?”
Freeman, who had been speaking calmly, recognized Galen’s face and opened his eyes wide.
“No, who is this?”
Shaker, who turned around to see what was going on, was surprised but also happy.
“Galen!”
It was a time when there was no work, so Terti was there.
In short, the story was that the three of them were sitting around drinking beer in broad daylight. It was a common sight in the past.
“It’s been a while, everyone.”
Galen greeted me with a grin.
Following them, Lilia, Elisa, and others came in one after another.
“What? Are they all the same group?”
“There are only ladies lined up?”
“Oh, that’s not it… … .”
Since three women came in a row, including Mary, it was understandable that such a misunderstanding would arise.
Galen was about to make an excuse.
“… … Huh?”
Terti’s eyes suddenly widened.
Almost simultaneously.
“uh……?”
A similar reaction occurred at Galen’s side.
Unexpectedly, Elisa had a surprised expression on her face.
“Why are you… … here?”
A question mark appeared in Galen’s eyes at the completely unexpected turn of events.
“Do you two know each other?”