“He beca emperor at a very young age and treated us from another country with great formality. I and Lagris regarded him as friends.”
That seed to be the problem. Because she treated him as a close friend.
A man like the emperor wanted soone who could stand on equal footing with him. In particular, the emperor was a man who hid his greed and was consistent in his pretense from an early age. He smiled falsely to gain people’s favor and whispered false in people’s ears. Those who knew his true face were afraid of him, while those who only saw him in his false form were busy flattering him. In the midst of all this, she and Lagris had stepped into his realm.
Valletta raised an eyebrow at the situation, which she could sohow imagine.
“I don’t want that boy Milord to turn out to be like Cainus.”
“Probably.”
In fact, he was going to beco emperor eventually. Of course, it was unknown what would happen if he continued to fall further and further to the bottom.
“And if you don’t mind….. Please let know if you hear anything more about Lagris.”
“I will. Thank you for letting know about the formation. And by any chance, you’re not planning to run away, are you?”
“…….”
Elise just laughed at Valletta’s words . The sadness and desperation in her eyes as she silently laughed made Valletta give up on speaking any further. If Elise doesn’t want to leave, there’s no way to help her.
‘……why do I want to help in the first place?’
Sotis you just can’t pretend not to know, even though you know that it’s often easier to pretend not to know.
Valletta wrinkled her brow and shook her head.
“It’s not safe for to stay here for too long, so I’ll go. And one more thing. I didn’t see the light when you wrote the formation earlier.”
“Hmm, they don’t tell you that these days, do they? Ancient alchemy doesn’t shine.”
“……really?”
Valletta’s eyes widened as she asked back. Elise, seeing the rare shards of emotion on her expressionless face, laughed and nodded.
‘If those kids had grown up, they would have been this big.’
Elise didn’t ask how old Valletta was, but they must have been around the sa age.
She didn’t know when the last ti she had talked this much. The muscles in her face and her mouth were already sore, but Elise ignored it and opened her mouth again.
“You do know that alchemy is basically a combination of magic and alchemy, right?”
“Yes, I know.”
“And the newer alchemy is probably easier than the ancient one, right?”
Elise’s words made sense to Valletta, who nodded her head.
The person in front of her (Valletta )must have been trapped here for a long ti, yet she (Elise) could rember many things. The story must be that she was that smart and didn’t get desperate. How amazing that she (Elise) could endure such a place without going crazy.
“Yes, I heard that it was simplified to prevent the magic circle from taking too long to draw.”
“Yes, I suppose it was for the sake of convenience. But that’s not the case with the original. That’s why when you draw an alchemy formation, if you write the alchemy formula in the old, ancient language, it won’t glow.”
Valletta nodded. Surely this was information that she wouldn’t understand even if she read the book day and night. It was sothing she had never understood before, even though she had read quite a few books.
“But many of the ancient alchemical formulas were taboo, and so of them were dangerous, the kind that involved human sacrifice. There must be a good reason why they are banned.”
Valletta nodded.
“So rember that it’s your job to choose and use them well.”
Elise smiled. Valletta nodded silently and bowed. She wouldn’t be able to co again for a while to avoid arousing suspicion, but the next ti she ca she wanted to bring the information Elise wanted.
‘Although that would be the last ti.’
Elise waved her hand lightly as she watched Valletta bow. Valletta walked down the long corridor again and ca out . With Nerade and Jin’s help, she returned to the room safely and exhaled slowly.
“What do you an?”
Valletta asked Nerade, interrupting Jin’s words. The rmaid the size of the palm of Valletta’s hand nodded slowly as she swam slowly, using the open air as her ocean. Then she sat down in front of Valletta, her hands cupping her chin.
Jin, who took the shape of a bird, answered as it flapped its wings spontaneously.
Valletta bit her lips. Elise was a pretty cheerful person, but she wondered what Elise would think if she heard news of death soon after they t.
‘It seems like every ti I et people, everyone dies.’
This was why Valletta was afraid to approach people. To call their nas, to promise them the next ti. And if she visited them, if no one was there….
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