Chapter 225 – The First Mage (1)

After another two weeks passed, Alon arrived at the Marquis’s house.

“We have arrived!”

Seollang shouted as soon as the Marquis’s house was visible in the distance.

Alon looked at the Marquis’s house while fiddling with the ears of Seollang, who looked very excited even at a glance.

“Wow! Master’s statue has transformed!”

“Ahem…”

He felt embarrassed for no reason by Seollang, who marveled at the statue with two horns.

At that moment.

“Ah!”

Seollang clapped her hands as if something had come to mind.

“Master! Come to think of it, I heard a rumor, but is it true that Master uses lightning!?”

It had already been a month since they met, and she was only asking now.

Alon gave a chuckle and nodded for her.

“I cannot use it for long, but I can use it.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

“That is good…”

Seollang smiled brightly and said so as she hugged Alon tightly.

“Just what part is good?”

It was doubtful.

What reason would there be for Seollang to like him using lightning?

“It is the same power as me!”

A pure exclamation.

‘……Is it?’

Well, of course, it was difficult to see it as the same power if one delved into it in detail.

But since it was similar if categorized only by major classification, Alon nodded.

“I see.”

“So I like it! I feel like we have become a little closer!”

“Certainly, it could be seen that way.”

“Right!?”

“Yes.”

As he faithfully responded to Seollang’s words that she asked repeatedly in joy.

Before he knew it, he stepped into the Palatio Marquis’s house.

“?”

Soon, he encountered an unexpected sight.

“Just where are you…… Ah!”

One beastman approached immediately as soon as she discovered the carriage.

She was quite familiar somehow.

‘……Seollang’s secretary?’

Alon soon realized her identity.

The eyes of other beastmen, who had been bustling as if looking for someone, also turned toward the carriage all at once.

‘Was her name Lime?’ Alon thought as he fumbled through his memories of the Colony last time.

“Seollang! How can you just run away like that!?”

He slightly lowered his gaze to look at Seollang at the voice that pierced into the carriage.

Seollang, who had been burying her body in Alon’s chest and only sticking her head out to look up at him until just a moment ago.

Slink.

She was already turning her head to the side to avoid his gaze.

At the sight of her rolling only her eyeballs to see if it was a situation where she would be scolded.

“……”

Alon could not help but let out a chuckle instinctively.

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After confirming about thirty beastmen.

Alon was able to hear the truth from Lime, Seollang’s secretary, in the office.

“So, originally, she participated in an escort role while moving for friendship with the Ashtalon Kingdom, but she suddenly disappeared on the way?”

“Yes. That is right, Marquis.”

At Lime’s words, Alon slightly glanced at Seollang.

Seollang was still pretending not to notice while turning her gaze elsewhere.

Glance.

In the midst of that, at the sight of her rolling only her eyeballs between her drooping ears to see if Alon was angry, Alon spoke toward Lime.

“……Anyway, you managed to find out that Seollang is here.”

“Since we could easily predict where Seollang would go.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes, because Seollang’s disappearance was right after she heard the news that the Marquis is in Caliburn in the first place.”

As he looked at Seollang again, Seollang was whistling for no reason this time.

…Since she could not whistle properly, only the sound of air was coming out.

“If you knew I was in Caliburn, wouldn’t it have been enough to come there immediately?”

“If the Marquis was also there when we went, it would not be a problem, but if by any chance the Marquis disappeared from Caliburn faster than we came, it seemed like it would take longer to find you.”

“……So you waited here since I would eventually come to the Marquis’s house?”

“Yes, that is right.”

Lime nodded weakly.

Alon comforted Lime, who looked a bit haggard.

“You are suffering a lot in many ways.”

“Thank you……”

Then, Lime immediately wore a tearful expression.

Presumably, she must have suffered a lot because of the unpredictable Seollang.

After steadying her heart for a moment.

“Now, then, let’s go quickly, Seollang!”

“I don’t want to…”

“At the very least, you should be together when returning……!”

“Since I am returning anyway, there is no great meaning even if I go…”

When Lime tried to drag her away, Seollang grumbled slightly and showed signs of not wanting to go.

“But that, we already have something we received……! I am saying we must do at least this much. If they pick a fight and start a scuffle for no reason here, only we will become tired.”

“It is okay. If that happens, it is enough to just have a scuffle once…”

“Then it might pass again, but still, that is a bit too much……”

Alon, who was watching Lime, who was trying hard to persuade, and Seollang, who was trying hard to refuse, opened his mouth.

“Seollang.”

“Ah, Master……”

Seollang, who was openly revealing an expression of annoyance, immediately drooped her ears when Alon called.

She became anxious in an instant as if she had not recalled that Alon was there for a moment.

“Follow Lime for now.”

“But…”

“Even if you go now, I will visit before long anyway, so you can meet me there.”

“Mmm, I guess so…”

Seollang nodded at Alon’s words.

However, at her appearance of having a strangely pouting expression as if something was lacking, Alon thought silently.

“……Let’s go on a trip together sometime next time.”

“A trip?”

“Yes, if you have time.”

He presented a carrot.

Seollang’s tail began to swish and swish again.

“I understand!”

Seollang, who stood up from her seat immediately with a lively answer.

“Then Master! See you at the Colony!?”

“Yes.”

“Let’s go, Lime.”

“Eh, yes? Wait, wait a moment. Kyaaaaak-!”

She flew out the window as she was with Lime tucked into her waist.

“Thank you-”

At Lime’s voice that was heard like an echo from far away.

Alon sat down while thinking that she really had bright manners once again.

“They disappeared in an instant.”

Evan spoke as if he had been waiting as soon as Alon sat down.

“I see.”

As soon as Alon nodded at that.

[Kyu?]

Kkamangi, who had been almost erasing his existence until just a moment ago, revealed himself from Alon’s chest with a “shoo” sound.

[Phew, I thought I was going to die!]

Basiliora, who had been inside the ring, also came out of the ring as if waiting.

[That guy, I thought I would die of frustration because she did not go for over a month!]

[Kyu-!]

[Please take her around within a week from next time!]

[Kyu kyu-!]

[If not that, stay away for about one day every three days!]

[Kyu kyu kyu-!!!!]

He began to protest endlessly in sync with Kkamangi.

Usually, they fought intensely with each other, or rather, there were many situations where Basiliora was unilaterally victimized.

Today, the appearance of the two guys talking incessantly like soul partners was a bit fresh.

The next day, after accepting the grumbling of the two while thinking if this was what “an enemy’s enemy is an ally” meant.

‘As expected, it is comfortable.’

Alon, who processed the documents that Alexion had simply organized.

This time too, he stopped by the place where Fenia was to research magic with her.

“Ah! I was going to greet you anyway, and you came, Marquis!”

“For saying that, you were not visible at all.”

“That is, actually, I have been hooked on magic research that requires a little bit of time recently…… Hehe.”

He shared updates with Fenia, who scratched her head with an embarrassed expression.

After a while, Alon, who was contemplating the interior to use strength for experiments as usual.

‘……It has increased again.’

He confirmed that the gray divinity that was newly created a while ago was increasing its size similarly to other divinities.

Of course, it was a very good thing for him that divinities were being created.

However, because he could not understand just why this gray divinity was being created.

He was wearing a strange expression for a while.

Then, he soon came to his senses and was looking at other divinities one by one.

He wore a somewhat unexpected expression upon confirming Callanon’s divinity.

Because it was growing more clearly than before.

‘It seems Silly is working hard… No, wait, in the first place, isn’t it time when she has not even returned from the north yet?’

After wondering for a moment, Alon soon shrugged his shoulders and draped Callanon’s divinity.

“……Did you not particularly practice in the meantime?”

“No, I did it steadily.”

“For saying that, I feel divine power differently from when you always used it last time?”

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

Fenia stroked her chin and stared at Alon’s divine power.

“At this level, it seems we can even try experiments according to mana properties beyond what we were researching?”

“Are you talking about linked assimilation?”

“Yes, that. Because it was impossible to research due to lack of divine power.”

She approached Alon with an expression full of her characteristic curiosity.

Fenia, who arrived right in front of his nose, let out an exclamation and pushed her face toward him.

Slink, step.

She suddenly stepped back a few steps as if she had realized something.

“……Why are you suddenly moving away?”

Alon tilted his head.

However, at that question, Fenia.

“No… just suddenly… because I felt like wanting to do that… Hahaha.”

She let out an awkward laugh like a creaking wooden doll.

It seemed like Fenia’s eyes were repeatedly heading toward his chest.

“Just, ahaha, hic!”

Alon let it pass peacefully, thinking, ‘If she says so, then it must be so.’

And the next day.

Immediately after practicing magic with Fenia as usual, Alon, who headed to the office to process the territory business that Alexion had reduced.

“Marquis.”

“What is it?”

“I heard a strange rumor and got a little curious. May I ask?”

“What is it?”

“Is Callanon, the One Who Receives Lightning, originally also the god of knights?”

At Evan’s sudden question, he wore an inquisitive expression inwardly.

“……What does that mean? The god of knights.”

“That, usually gods have one characteristic, but aren’t there also gods with multiple characteristics? So I asked.”

“Hmm.”

Certainly, as Evan said, there were also gods with multiple characteristics rather than just one.

Without going far, Sironia, the god of the moon, symbolized not only the moon but also life.

However, since Callanon, the One Who Receives Lightning, clearly had nothing but the lightning characteristic as far as Alon knew.

“Callanon’s divinity is only lightning, but why do you suddenly ask that?”

He responded to Evan.

“The thing is, rumors have started to be heard in Caliburn that Callanon is not the One Who Receives Lightning but is actually being adored as the god of knights.”

“……What?”

He was able to hear unexpected news.

“The god of knights?”

“Yes.”

A rumor that he could not easily imagine just why the talk had circulated in that way.

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That evening.

Wuuu.

Hidan, who breathed mana into the magic tool 20 minutes earlier than usual to participate in the regular meeting of the Blue Moon.

He soon wore an unexpected expression as he saw the screen slowly rising.

Because unlike usual, Yutia and Seollang were in first.

Feeling a small sense of wonder, Hidan tried to greet them as usual.

“Hello……”

No, he had tried to.

[Let me see too!]

[No.]

[Let me see too!!]

[Seollang? I have told you many times, but that was given ‘unavoidably’ to protect the great moon. If you try to use such a light intention…]

[……I will tell Master.]

[……]

[……]

[……Three times a month.]

[Ten times.]

[Seven times.]

[Ten times!]

“……?”

If it was not for the strange conversation between Yutia and Seollang whose context he could not understand at all…