"Ummm ......"
Sadie has been sitting in a chair with her arms folded, wrinkling her brow and looking up at the heavens. When I approached her, she did not open her eyes and quickly raised her right hand to stop . I could clearly feel her intention not to talk to .
I had never seen such an expression before, and I was left in a state of confusion and anxiety, not knowing what to do. I look at ek, but she is just looking at Sadie with a blank expression on her face. Then she looks at and nods slowly. ......I don't know what the hell she's talking about.
Just a silent mont passes.
I feel uneasy to stay here. I have no choice but to do what I can. With that in mind, I decided to check how far I could use my magic while keeping an eye on Sadie.
The result was imdiately obvious. I really can't use magic at all, to the point of laughing at myself.
I could no longer produce any magic, not even clean or light magic, let alone appraisal skills. I thought I had really forgotten how to use magic. Has such a thing ever happened before? The other day, in the battle against Thana's army, my magic was almost blocked, but I was still able to use my own magic. But this ti, it seems that my magic is completely locked up.
No, no, still ....... A bit unable to accept the reality, I try to breathe and use my magic. First, let's go back to the basics.
I rember the first ti I learned magic from Master Falco. He told that image is the key. Be aware of the blood flowing in your body. ....... Feel the heat in it. That is the magic. Then visualize the heat coming out of your body. At the sa ti, try to imagine clearly what you are going to do with that heat: .......
Certainly, we can feel the heat in our blood. It is not possible to put it out of the body ....... Carefully, create an image to let out the heat in the blood. I try to recall the first ti I put up the warding ......, but it doesn't work.
After repeating such a process for several tis, I have co to understand many things, though only vaguely.
I can certainly feel the magic power in my body. However, I can't seem to activate it. I try desperately to strike a match, but I can't seem to light it .......
When I thought about it, I suddenly felt a presence. I turned my head and saw Sadie walking slowly toward .
"Sadie, what's wrong?
"Linos-sama, excuse for a mont, okay?"
......Patch that!
"Ouch! ......"
I didn't expect a slap. I never thought Sadie would give a slap. It was probably the first ti I had ever been slapped by a woman. I hold my cheek and look at her with tears in my eyes.
"It doesn't hurt, does it?
...... hurts. My cheeks hurt and my heart hurts too.
I shake my head slowly. Sadie stares at with sharp eyes, but then she puts her hands on her hips and thrusts her face in front of .
"Please hit , Mr. Rinos!"
"No. Why should I hit Sidney?
"I need to check sothing. Hit . Preferably with anger and hatred.
"You'll get hurt! Anger and hatred? I have no beef with Sadie. Besides, there's no way I could hit you in your pretty face!"
Her cheeks flushed and she frowned as she strode away from and went to ek's side. They were mumbling sothing, and then ek's right hand was raised high in the air, and she swung it down with a mighty swing.
...... pan.
There was a nice sound, like sothing exploding.
"Siddy!"
I couldn't help but run to her. Probably Sadie told ek to hit . But it was a pretty good one. I hope her cheek wasn't too swollen. .......
"Yeah, I'm fine."
Despite my concern, Sadie nodded her head with a nonchalant expression on her face. Then she turned her eyes to , who was rolling my eyes, and gave a slightly pouty look.
"That didn't hurt at all. How could you say that my slap hurt? I was quite angry, but ......"
"No, it really hurt, didn't it?"
"...... Well, okay. It makes so sense now."
"May I have your ...... explanation?"
Sidney huffed, pulled his face close to mine, and began to speak in a small voice.
"Perhaps the environnt that surrounds us now could involve quite a large number of elves."
"Hmm?"
"Listen. First of all, I have tried to put myself in the position of the elves. From what we have heard so far, what the elves hate most is to see their people hard. And by extension, the threat to their current way of life is what they fear the most.
"Surely, you're right."
"And then we ca along. We are the ones who can cross the impregnable mountains to get here, despite the orders of the Elven King. It is thought that we were a great threat to the elves.
"Wait a minute, if it's a threat, can't we take action sowhere else?"
That's it. Normally, they would have arranged so kind of assassination attempt sowhere in the village, but the elves chose to bring them into the village. If I were in their place, I would do the sa.
"What do you an?"
"It is better to bring them into the village, so that they can be counted on."
"Numbers?"
"This is just a guess, but I think the ...... elves are quite skilled. And I believe that these highly skilled elves are doing their best to block the magic of Master Rinos.
"What?"
Master Linos cannot use magic right now. I think that Master Rinos has many layers of powerful wards around him.
"Multiple layers of wards ......"
"There is no doubt that this village is wired. Otherwise, it would not be possible for everyone to live so comfortably. To put up such a large number of wards, it must take a great deal of warding skills, and not just one or two people. There must be quite a number of people involved in this warding.
"......"
"If the elves in charge of these wards are putting multiple layers of wards on Master Linos, then ......"
"I see. Not just one person, but several people putting up multiple layers of wards. If you guess how I move and think, and put up several kinds of wards corresponding to them, you can ......."
"I believe Master Linos is in that state right now. However, it seems that the highly skilled elves have not been able to neutralize the wards that Master Rinos put up before entering this village.
How can you be so sure?
Rinos-sama has placed a ward on himself and us that keeps us neither hot nor cold, and neutralizes all attacks by those who have evil intentions. Mr. ek's attack did not pass through . If your warding had been neutralized, you would have felt pain. Since that did not happen, Master Linos' wards are still in effect.
"I wonder if the elves know that?"
"Perhaps they know. I am sure they know what kind of warding they have ....... I don't think we can know that much."
"...... I see."
"Perhaps the elves want to take the life of Master Linos. And when they do, they will take ek's life and everything will be as it has always been. But my gut feeling is that they should not do that. First of all, we must get out of this village safely."
"How do we get out of the village?"
The best way for us to return ho safely is to find out who killed Leila. Let's focus all our efforts on that first. If we don't do it soon, the elves will make their move. It is unlikely that we will fall unless Master Rinos lifts the wards, but with Princess ek in mind, the longer we wait, the worse the situation will beco."
"I see. By the way, Sidney, can I ask you sothing?"
Yes, anything.
"When Sidney slapped earlier, he said he had a lot of anger in him. ....... What's wrong with that?"
"Master Linos, ...... is that where you are!"
Siddy's stunned expression tightened my heart even more.......
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