Became a Medieval Fantasy Wizard Chapter 16:

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Longtail, having acquired a new ho, underwent a remarkable transformation.

It wasn't that his appearance had changed, but rather the ambiance around him.

Doesn't soones air itself seem different when a person gains confidence?

This had a similar effect.

Gazing at his reflection in the still water, Longtail mused to himself.

Who am I?

He was Longtail, the owner of Hannam The Hill. [1]

With Ian's help, Longtail, now the proud owner of an amazing nest, had nothing left to do but seduce won and sire Longtail II, III, IV - becoming a distinguished male.

[I owe you a big debt.]

Longtail's gratitude towards Ian was imnse, beyond words.

Yet, Ian had no intention of holding this debt over Longtail.

"[A debt? If friends start tallying debts, are they truly friends?]"

[Hahahaha! You're right!]

Ian and Drake laughed happily together.

Suddenly, Ian felt a peculiar ringing in his ears.

'...Huh?'

A sharp chi, followed by a sticky sensation under his nose...

'What?'

Startled, Ian wiped his upper lip.

He found that blood was streaming from his nose.

'Why...?'

Thump!

Ian collapsed, unconscious, as he struck his head on the floor of Longtail's nest.

[Friend! Are you okay? Wake up! Friend!]

Longtail, panicking, called out to the unconscious Ian.

'What should I do?'

Being a drake, Longtail was clueless about human health.

So, with Ian lying there, all he could do was pace around, filled with worry.

That's when she appeared.

A human woman erged from the bushes.

She was likely one of Ian's companions, but Longtail, who was not the best at rembering human faces, didn't recognize her.

"Wait! Drake! Listen to !"

Krurrr...?

"I'm a friend of Ian's! Don't eat , I'm a friend!"

Longtail couldn't understand her words, but he had caught one familiar na Ian.

Just as humans looked upon the mysteries, the mysteries also looked back at humans.

Longtail, like Ian who had mastered summoning magic, rembered the na of his summoner, sothing that bridged the language gap.

Longtail watched silently as the woman approached Ian.

Seeing no threat from Drake, she cautiously approached Ian, checking under his nose for his breath, and confirming whether he was alive.

'Thank goodness. He's still breathing.'

The woman, Lucy Talian, sighed in relief.

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'...What ti is it?'

Ian's eyes fluttered open in the dark nest.

To a drake, it was a splendid house, rivaling a luxury apartnt, but for humans, it was rely a spacious cave.

Ian instinctively reached for his smartphone.

But, soone gently held his arm back.

"Are you awake?"

"Huh?"

Ian lifted his head. The cave was dark, but Ian, who had an affinity for darkness, could see everything as clearly as in daylight.

"Cassie?"

It was Cassie.

The woman who had always concealed her hair and face under her robe, only revealing occasionally a stunningly beautiful face.

Ian was puzzled.

Why was Cassie here?

Cassie had gently placed Ian's head on her lap, a soft alternative to the hard ground.

'Its soft.'

Ian, feeling slightly embarrassed, tried to sit up.

"Stay down for a bit."

"No, I feel bad. How long have you been here?"

"Don't worry about it. I'm fine."

Talking with Cassie always gave Ian a peculiar feeling.

She seed like a dieval fantasy character, yet she radiated an intelligence that transcended the era.

The only other person with such wisdom that Ian had t was his master, Eredith.

"Are you a wizard?"

Cassie's eyes widened at the sudden question.

"No?"

"Then how did you get here? Past Drake?"

"He let in after I said that I was your friend."

Ian was now even more curious.

How did she communicate with Drake?

Did she know Maronius?

An awkward silence ensued.

Cassie eventually broke it.

"Wizard Ian. I have sothing to tell you."

"A confession?"

Ian sat up, knowing it was important to listen attentively to such serious matters.

"Hmm. Go on, speak freely."

Seeing Ian's eager deanor, Cassie felt slightly annoyed but continued.

"...The attack last night. It was my fault."

Ian was taken aback by her admission.

"Were you working with the bandits? I knew sothing was wrong!"

Her beautiful face, he thought, was perfect for deception.

So, Cassie was one of those cunning won who lured in unsuspecting victims for bandits!

"No! How could you think that I'm a bandit!"

"...Because of your face?"

Ian, influenced by modern misconceptions, believed that, in fantasy tales, beautiful female bandits were a staple of the genre.

But she had a beautiful face and was not a bandit?

In his view, that was almost like a betrayal of expectations.

She should be reprimanded for not fulfilling the stereotype!

Cassie, blushing, clarified.

"My real na is Lucy! Lucy of Talian!"

"Your real na? So, Cassie was a pseudonym?"

"Yes! And it's an important secret, so please don't ntion it to anyone!"

Ian, recalling the previous night's events, pondered over this revelation.

"Could it be that they were kidnappers, not bandits?"

"...Not bandits, yes, kidnappers."

These individuals knew Lucy's na.

And they had been there to take her.

"Why would kidnappers be after you?"

"...You really don't know anything... Ah, right. You're a wizard."

Lucy Talian marveled at Ian's ignorance, before rembering that he was an extraordinary wizard.

It made sense that he wouldn't know the na Talian.

Why?

Because he was a wizard.

Wizards often lived in a world of their own.

With a deep sigh, Lucy began to explain.

"I'm betrothed."

"Already? How old are you?"

"Eighteen."

"So the sa as ?"

"Nobles often marry young."

Ian was surprised by Lucy's revelation.

"You're part of the nobility?"

"..."

Lucy was truly shocked.

This wizard was remarkably talented but knew so little of the world.

"For the Talian family, I was engaged at the age of seven."

"To so crazy pedo... No."

Ian quickly corrected himself.

"It was a political marriage, then."

"That's not it either."

He had montarily lost his composure, shocked by the idea of a seven-year-old being married.

But, even in a dieval setting, it seed unlikely that anyone would eagerly marry a child.

Lucy's engagent was clearly a political move.

"My fianc is a knight, a forr rcenary. He's thirty-three."

"Hmm... Congratulations?"

The age gap was significant, but it wasn't unheard of in modern tis.

However, Lucy continued, grinding her teeth,

"But, that bastard...! He poisoned my parents!"

"!"

Ian was stunned by this unexpected dieval family drama.

Wow!

A noble's son-in-law poisoning his in-laws?

Was this Crusader Kings? [2]

"But why?"

Lucy explained:

The Talian Family, a baronial family overseeing the Pianleb Region, had too few knights to defend their lands.

Threatened by external forces and fearing that they might beco puppets to so rising knight, the Talians planned to marry their daughter to the leader of a renowned rcenary group for protection.

The rcenary leader, upon seeing the 7-year-old kawaii loli bride, did not fall in love at first sight... but agreed to the engagent after seeing the baron's wealth.

For a rcenary, finding a place to settle down whilst having a spouse was only a dream for most, one that offered them a chance to leave behind a perilous life.

And this leader was no exception.

Initially, he was content with being the son-in-law of the baron.

However, human greed was not so easily satisfied.

Naturally, when one sat down, they would want to lie down, and when lying down, they would want to sleep.

That was human nature.

Having beco the son-in-law of a baron, he had realized that he could never truly integrate into noble society.

It was a realization that ca naturally to anyone who sat at the sa table with nobles for even a day.

He was not really the son-in-law of nobility; he was just a dog guarding their property.

Naturally, the rcenary leader began to build his own power after realizing the fact.

For over ten years, a strange standoff ensued.

A standoff between the baron family, who used the rcenaries as a shield to protect their territory, and the rcenary leader, who was trying to increase his power as the baron's son-in-law.

And, the first to draw their swords was the baron.

"My parents wanted to annul my marriage with that man, and the reason they gave was his promiscuous affairs with other won."

"..."

It was a ridiculous reason actually.

After all, was a man who was engaged to a seven-year-old girl really supposed to wait like a monk until his bride grew up?

Even if you looked to the other side of the coin, if he did sothing inappropriate with his teenage fiance (a minor), that would then mark him as a crazy man.

As an adult male, it was natural for him to seek out won to satisfy his desires.

But, the baron used that as his reason for the annulnt.

Of course, that was just a superficial reason.

The real reason was likely that he couldn't just stand there watching the rcenary leader build up his own forces.

However, the fact that a man engaged to soone was fooling around with other won remained unchanged...

Thus, the rcenary leader found himself at risk of being chased out of the lands he had toiled in for ten years.

Therefore, the rcenary leader chose a ninja-style response.

Assassination.

Yep. If you didn't know them anymore~ Then you could just kill them all~

So, at a banquet, the rcenary leader poisoned the baron and his wife.

Officially, it was a case of food poisoning, but even a five-year-old could figure out that the rcenary leader was the culprit.

Naturally, the baron's faction rebelled.

Unfortunately, the rcenary leader, along with his subordinates, wiped out the opposing forces.

After all, how could those with pens stop those who ruled with their swords?

The rcenary leader wasn't stupid; he had spent ten years cultivating a force that would support him.

In the end, it seed like his bloody coup was successful... but then a problem arose.

Lucy Talian, the rcenary leader's fiance, had escaped the territory with the help of her nanny!

The rcenary leader thus found himself in a dire situation.

He needed to marry Lucy to beco a noble; without Lucy, the rcenary leader was just a commoner with a sword.

In the eyes of the nobles, a commoner with a sword was no different from a bandit.

Oh?

So there was no baron in the Talians Territory, and only a bandit lived there?

As most readers of fantasy novels knew, bandits equaled experience points.

And so it ant that the first to the hunt would gain the most.

Thus, for the sake of farming experience points, the neighboring barons and counts would hurriedly co running, making it obvious what would happen next.

Now, the rcenary leader, facing the risk of losing the territory he had dearly cultivated for the last ten years to neighboring nobles, had to risk his life to find Lucy.

"So, the people last night were..."

"They were his n."

Lucy Talian's words carried a mix of anger and bitterness.

"And they're trying to recapture ..."

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[1] (PR/N: A high rise luxury apartnt complex in Seoul.)

[2] (PR/N: Old dieval video ga.)

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