Frankly, it was impossible not to be afraid. Ti magic wasn’t sothing you wanted to co into contact with if you could help it. And ever since I crossed the northern border, I continuously felt my heart beating strangely. As if it was beating in ti with the magic that was spread out around Hoiore.
How could I not be afraid, entering an unknown land without knowing what kind of ti magic there was and if I couldn’t destroy it?
‘I could get trapped in ti magic again.’
My heart sank in fear. The unthinkable answer to that question made my fingers curl. I hung my head instinctively, not wanting anyone to see my terrified expression.
‘It’s alright. Kaichen’s here. If anything goes wrong, he’ll co and save for sure.’
It was faith. Faith that he would not give up on . On the other hand, without , no one could have gotten in.
However, Hoiore wasn’t as involved in ti magic as Acrab. That was an arrow that Princess Exchetra sent to Julius. An arrow to mark the beginning of war.
He had to destroy the ti magic in Hoiore in order to save everyone. That way, the misunderstanding about the relief supplies could be resolved and he wouldn’t be stuck in the clutches of the princess.
I have decided… I breathed deeply and lifted my head. “I’ll be back!” I firmly said.
As I stood in front of the gate, Kaichen, who had been silent, approached . His golden eyes, which was darker than usual, filled up and made swallow my words. There were a lot of things I wanted to say, but I couldn’t bear to, and my words were stuck in my throat.
I smiled and hugged him tightly. I leaned my cheek against his wide chest, heard the faint thump, thump beating of his heart through his thick clothes.
How long would he have to run for it to be this loud?
I felt him sigh at the top of my head. Kaichen gently stroked my hair. Just as I was about to tell him not to treat like a child, I imdiately got cut off as he hugged from behind until it felt like he was suffocating .
“Co back safely,” he mumbled.
“…Yes.”
“You’re not allowed to get hurt.”
“Yes.”
“If things get difficult…”
“….”
“Call for earnestly…” He dipped his head down and whispered, “I will find you at any cost.”
My anxiety and fear disappeared at his words. Yes, this man will surely co to rescue . That was also what I thought back then when I waited for Kaichen. My relationship with Kaichen had changed, but the fact that he would always co to my rescue gave courage.
Forgetting that Julius and Chusinik were watching, I hugged Kaichen tightly and laughed like a fool. If it wasn’t for the situation we were in, I would have hugged him by the neck and kissed him right away. He licked his lips as he looked down at regretfully.
My growing courage would disappear if I kept stalling, so I smiled broadly at Kaichen and ran to the gate with all my might.
I entered through the gate with a splash. I wondered if I was about to drown in the cold, but it was just the sound of entering the area under ti magic influence, and I was fine. I wasn’t even wet.
“Ah…”
I thought of what I would do if I ended up being sent to another place, but it wasn’t much different from Acrab’s ti magic. The place I was standing at was just through the castle gates. But it was filled with a creepy stillness that wasn’t much different from the outside.
“This…”
Turning my head slowly, I saw a guard yawning. On the other side, a guard was standing awkwardly without hiding the bored expression on his face. They looked strange as if they were going to move at any mont, but they didn’t budge, as if they had hardened.
Swallowing, I entered the city. Winter birds looked like they were flying in the sky, children looked like they were running around, and I could also see rchants carrying fresh fish. It was so lively that it could’ve passed off as a well-made movie set.
I bit my lips and rubbed my arms.
‘Ti has stopped.’
I knew that communication magic and telekinesis couldn’t be used. Magic couldn’t move because ti had stopped. But… why was it impossible to use magic outside Hoiore? Isn’t that outside the area of ti magic? It was still an unsolved mystery.
If it was like Acrab, then the only thing that would be able to move freely in Hoiore would be the dium.
I ran around recklessly, hoping for an answer if I ca across a dium.
Fortunately, just as I had expected, I could still use magic in Hoiore where ti had stopped. It was only then when I realised that my magic was the sa as ti magic. Polluted, black magic akin to a place where ti intertwined endlessly.
Perhaps Kaichen had noticed that, and told that I had a talent for ti magic. He knew that my magic wasn’t all that different from the product of ti magic.
‘That’s why I couldn’t use telekinesis.’
Since communication magic and telekinesis couldn’t be used inside ti magic, I couldn’t use them directly either. But on the bright side, communication magic can still be used if it was created by soone else.
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