Chapter 70
Alie began to prepare to et the witches when she had ti in between following Serwin. Her paragraphs of questions were refined to select questions to accurately explain their situation. She also studied magic by cramming for fear of being ignored for being bad at magic.
Soon it beca the day of the appointnt.
‘Ti goes by too quickly. If I had known it would be like this, I would have asked to et a week later!’
Alie was nervous since morning, so she couldn’t even eat properly and stood around the palace. While she was restless, the ti was getting closer to 11 pm.
“Mrs. Enard, are you ready for refreshnts and tea? There must be no one in the Palace. Okay? Make sure the windows are open.”
“Don’t worry. Milena and I will be waiting for you today.”
Mrs. Enard replied by trimming Alie’s dress.
Alie wore a black dress today. Because she had a black dress code for witches’ gatherings. She has a basic A-type dress with a sailor collar on her shoulder to increase the warmth. Her skirt was tailored to the length of her knee for activity. She decorated the hem of her skirt with a ruffle because otherwise it might feel plain. In addition to her, wearing a wide-brimd hat and holding a broomstick, the perfect witch’s outfit was completed.
“Then I’ll be back.”
Alie climbed on the broom. She didn’t have any company since she had decided to go alone because the witches could feel burdened otherwise.
“Please be careful.”
“We’ll be waiting.”
Alie soared into the sky as Milena and Mrs. Enard saw her off.
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About 20 minutes before midnight, Alie arrived at the eting point, Grand Malt Hunting Area, Zone 3.
The Grand Malt hunting ground was located outside the capital. Although it was a hunting ground for the royal family, it was a space that anyone could use if they applied for it in advance.
Unlike Zones 1 and 2, which were wide, the site of Zone 3 was small. It was because they were using it for the purposes of setting up tents and resting while hunting. Instead, the environnt was clean, and the hunting grounds were not usually crowded when not in use, so it was a perfect eting place.
‘No one is here yet, right?’
Alie ca down to the ground. The empty and dark hunting ground had a spooky atmosphere. The blowing wind was cold.
However, Alie didn’t feel the cold at all. It was because she was excited by tension and expectations.
She looked up at the sky, nervously waiting for midnight. The night sky was full of clouds and the moon was invisible.
How long has it been? No one appeared even though the excitent subsided and the cold began to seep in through the layers of fabric.
“Haa—”
Alie stamped her feet and waited for another witch to co.
‘No way, is no one coming?’
She endured the pain in her chest and looked up to the sky. Not a single flying bird was seen, let alone a witch.
‘It’s strange— the magic was definitely successful. Should I wait a little longer?’
But as ti passed, no one ca. Slowly, her legs hurt, and her body was trembling.
‘I was looking forward to it.’
Alie made a tearful face. Mrs. Enard and Milena must be preparing and waiting with snacks, but the thought of going back alone made her depressed.
“Phew. Well, it can’t be that easy.”
Alie sighed and lowered her head.
At that ti, she heard soone’s footsteps. It was the rustling sound of hard heels stepping on dry grass.
‘They’re here!’
Alie raised her head. Serwin stood in front of her.
“Your Majesty?”
“Are you disappointed?”
“No, well—”
Was it that obvious? Alie pretended as she pulled the corners of her mouth into a forced smile.
“Even if the appointnt ti has passed, if no one cos, you will go back. What are you doing until now?”
He took off his cloak and put it around Alie’s shoulders. That wasn’t enough, so he wrapped her body tightly with it and fixed it so that it would not fall off.
“Your face is cold, too.”
He wrapped his hands around Alie’s cheek. His big hand covered Alie’s face. His palms were rough and hard, but warm. Alie’s body, which had cooled down, quickly regained its heat.
“But why are you here?”
“I can’t let you go alone tonight. You’re also going to et a stranger.”
“Oh? Did you follow from the beginning?”
But she flew in a broomstick, so the ti was not right.
“You ca earlier, right?”
“I have to check in advance to see if it’s safe.”
Serwin was embarrassed to even say it himself, so he secretly avoided her gaze.
Alie then realized why he had not been seen all day.
‘I was worried about it without knowing it.’
She wondered if he had finally co to his senses because the person who was returning to the palace after completing urgent tasks at high speed didn’t co until night, or if his anger had not been resolved last ti, but it seed to be in vain.
“Let’s go back. If they don’t co by this ti, there’s no point in waiting any longer.”
“That’s true, but—”
Alie hesitated. She was very disappointed as she was looking forward to today’s eting.
‘Well, it’s because I unilaterally set the place and ti.’
Serwin grabbed Alie’s hand and pulled it.
“I’ll send for a carriage. It should be here soon.”
“We can ride a broomstick.”
“It’s cold.”
Alie followed him. She stared at his back. His overprotection was a little burdenso, but reassuring. If she had returned to the Imperial Palace alone on a day like this, she would have been very depressed.
“Your Majesty.”
The mont Alie tried to say thank you, an unknown force pulled her back.
“Ack!”
When Alie scread, Serwin quickly grabbed her hand and swung a mana sword. A silver-blue sword flew from the sword and knocked down the entire tree.
“Kyaa!”
Between the branches of the fallen tree, a black shadow shot out toward the sky.
‘What is it?’
The shadow was a woman in a black suit. She wore a hat with a wide brim similar to Alie, and black hair was tied together and flapped like a horse’s tail.
“Do you recognize ? You are indeed the Emperor.”
She stopped in mid-air, standing skillfully on a broomstick. Her true identity was undoubtedly a witch.
“Who are you?”
Alie asked.
“Lira hose! Are you the witch who held the eting?”
“Yes! That’s right!”
“Yeah—”
Lira smacked her lips. Then a snow storm engulfed Alie and Serwin.
“Ugh, Alie!”
He turned against the storm, holding Alie in his arms. Alie tried to calm the snowstorm by raising her own winds, but it was only to keep the two from getting caught up. Alie’s hair fluttered wildly in the wind.
“Are you okay?”
Serwin was the first to check Alie.
“Yes. I’m fine, but—”
Alie looked at Lira. She couldn’t see her well because of the blizzard, but she could feel her looking at them from the air.
‘Why are you attacking ?’
Alie was very confused.
“Don’t worry. We can suppress her and interrogate her.”
“She’s flying in the sky.”
“That’s not a problem.”
“Yes?”
“Only protect yourself. Okay?”
Serwin held his sword. If the opponent used magic, it was enough to use this. He lightly kicked the ground. A strong wind shook his body.
“Your Majesty?”
Serwin stomped in the air and jumped into the higher sky. He stepped on the storm caused by Lira and leaped into the sky.
‘…Is that possible?’
Alie was montarily stunned. The witch had magic, but in this case he was completely ignoring the laws of physics.
He escaped the blizzard and swung his sword toward Lira.
Lira, who was careless, avoided Serwin’s sword. Alie quickly raised the wind and floated Serwin’s body up again. In the anti, Serwin threw his sword at Lira.
“Tsk! Such a distraction.”
Lira clicked her tongue. Alie chased her with her eyes to counter the new magic, but at the mont Lira disappeared from her sight.
“….?”
“Alie!”
At Serwin’s cry, Alie hurriedly looked back. Lira was trying to swing a dagger at her.
“Damn it!”
Serwin couldn’t go to save her. Lira caused a blizzard and completely blocked him. He moved forward without giving in. However, the dagger was already coming closer to her neck with an eerie glow.
“Ugh!”
Alie instinctively swung her arm. A strong fla wrapped around the dagger and transferred it to Lira’s hand.
In the anti, Serwin broke through the snowstorm and protected Alie. He continued his attack quickly to prevent Lira from chanting a spell. Lira raised magic with a gesture to prevent his attack.
Alie tried to help Serwin, but backed away, rembering his words that her safety ca first.
‘It’s amazing.’
Alie admired Lira’s magic. She thought about it since the snowstorm started, but her magic skills were great.
While protecting herself, Lira created another spell to tie Serwin’s feet and slow down the attack.
‘She’s using three or four magic at the sa ti.’
She was different from her, who could barely use one magic at a ti. Moreover, she looked familiar with battle.
However, the opponent was Serwin. No matter how great the witch’s magic was, it was no match for Serwin, who reached the peak of swordsmanship.
Even though Serwin was unable to use his skills due to magic, he pushed Lira little by little. He broke her broom in two and put a sword on her leg. It was only a matter of ti before Lira lost.
“Why did you attack her?”
When Serwin asked, Lira closed her mouth and stared at his golden eyes.
“You won’t tell ? Well, okay. After all, if you’re being questioned, you’ll beg for everything while confessing.”
Serwin put a knife around her neck. Lira bit her lips. When her magic stopped, the hunting ground quickly beca silent.
‘Tsk, if I knew this would happen, I would return as soon as I knew the Emperor was here.’
As soon as Lira arrived at the hunting ground, she noticed Serwin’s existence. At first, she thought he was accompanying Alie, but she seed to have no idea that he was watching her. Lira didn’t know the relationship between the two, so at first, she thought Serwin was monitoring Alie.
So Lira was going to watch Ali like this. However, when Serwin approached Alie and talked affectionately like a lover, Lira was surprised and accidentally tripped over her own feet.
‘I didn’t expect you to find out that I’m there with that small sound.’
It was a famous story that the emperor was strong, but Lira belatedly realized that he was this overbearingly powerful.
‘What should I do now?’
Not far away, she saw a broom that Alie had dropped.
‘I just need a little gap.’
She couldn’t think of how to make a gap. The mont she used any magic, it was clear that the emperor would blow her neck off.
While Lira was struggling for a solution, Alie’s scream suddenly was heard.
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