How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Episode 33

“Great! Awesome! Not only ghouls, but also catching criminals!”

“thank you.”

“Please be my 13th teacher!”

“I will decline that.”

After the seats were all sorted out, the remaining ghouls were subjugated by the Purification Church and mercenaries.

In the meantime, Xian and the others came out of the ruins and faced Shamilla.

There was no reason to catch the ghouls anymore.

“ah! Pay first! I forgot that important thing!”

Shamilla went into the tent and squirmed, then brought out four purses.

Upon receiving it, the faces of the companions brightened.

No gift was anything but money.

‘Because there are additional points given by the school depending on the performance of the mission.’

As a student, I couldn’t have asked for anything more.

However, one more reward from Shamilla remained.

She rummaged through her arms and took out a small ring and handed it to the party.

A silver ring with Shamilla Drake’s name engraved on the inside.

“What is this?”

When Ian asked a question, Shamilla smiled and answered.

“It’s a ring with my name on it! If you have something to come to the church headquarters later, show it to the priest there!”

“Yes… … .”

“name?”

The others in the party made a puzzled expression.

Even if it’s not as good as the saintess’s at the time, even if it’s just a ring of a candidate for a saintess, it’s quite valuable, but the response is very lukewarm.

For a moment, I doubted that, but when I thought about it, it was natural.

They didn’t know that Shamilla was a candidate for sainthood. because you didn’t talk

“Whoops… … .”

Did you notice that like a ghost, or did you deliberately not introduce it?

Shamilla turned her head and giggled under her breath.

I wonder if he is imagining the appearance of the party who will be surprised to show the ring later at the church.

Xian also quietly put the ring into his bosom.

I didn’t have the loyalty to go along with her pranks, but I didn’t dare to interfere with her.

“What are you going to do now?”

After receiving all the money, the party had time to talk on one side.

“Sorry, wait a minute.”

“?”

Xian fell for a while, leaving the puzzled party behind.

Then he reached into his bosom and pulled out a jewel the size of his thumb.

A mysterious color that spreads light in hundreds of directions. If you look closely, you can see various figures and letters engraved on the surface.

Xian closed his eyes for a moment and concentrated.

5 minutes to fine-tune mana and put it into jewels.

Dig-!

The jewels glowed, and a huge magic circle spread around Xian.

People were startled by the sudden thing and raised their weapons, but there was no need for that.

Tsutsutsutsutsu.

Soon, the magic circle shrank and became so small that only one person could stand.

and.

“It’s been a while, young master. I am glad that you are well.”

A person appeared.

Sian replied with a small smile.

“You’re here, Yeomno.”

It’s been a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time.

In his hand, which suddenly appeared from within the magic circle, was the same jewel that was in Xian’s hand.

However, the jewels of the two were completely faded unlike the first time.

An artifact that allows the simple use of warp magic.

It takes quite a long time to recharge the mana to use it once. It has used up its charge.

“What are you doing? If you used this, it must be urgent.”

“That’s right… … .”

Yeomno wondered and asked.

Handing him the now useless jewel, Xian explained what had happened.

There is an assassin who came to kill him, and there is a high probability that this guy is the real killer of Xian.

Hearing his explanation, Yeomno’s face hardened.

The two found Verium tied up in a tent.

“Is this guy?”

“that’s right.”

The two of them looked down at Verium, who was lying on the bed.

His entire body was bound and his mouth was gagged.

“town! Yep!”

He rolled his eyes and struggled.

But the boy couldn’t break free.

Those eyes trembled and aroused sympathy, but there was no one here to feel sorry for him.

“okay. Is it my job to transfer this man to the family?”

“okay. I could transport it by myself, but I just don’t want to miss it.”

“Well sir. I will deliver it well so that no one touches a hair.”

“Eup! Ugh!”

Yeomno put a hand on the forehead of the noisy Verium.

I thought that mana was gathering at the fingertips, but soon the guy fell into a deep sleep.

“The Divine Mercy is clear, young master. Are you comfortable with life at the academy?”

After putting Verium to sleep, Yeomno talked to Xian.

Leaving the tent, the two had a long conversation.

“very good. There are a lot of guys who attack me every day, and the classes are of a high standard. The rice is also delicious.”

“That’s good. By the way, have you made any friends?”

“Um… … .”

Xian’s mouth fell shut at Yeomno’s words.

It reminded me of the time I was recruiting people to go to an outside class not too long ago.

Even three acquaintances, all of whom were rejected, had no choice but to make a team in an expedient way.

When it comes to making friends, there was nothing to say even with ten mouths.

“that is… … .”

“draft.”

Then someone approached.

Ian, Raina, and Droned.

They were the ones who came together.

“That magic circle, warp magic circle right? There’s no way you wrote it yourself, artifact?”

“uh. There is one thing I brought from my family.”

“nice… … After all, the later writers are different, but they are different. Is the person behind you from Warp?”

The three of them saw Yeomno standing behind Xi’an.

Yeomno looked at the party and his eyes twinkled.

“Are you friends?”

While the party was slightly surprised by that bright expression, Yeomno put his hand on his chest and spoke.

“It is said that it is Yeomno who is serving Master Xian.”

“Ah, you are the butler. Nice to meet you.”

“nice to meet you.”

“Oh, hello.”

As he exchanged greetings with them, he spoke in a tone that seemed to be overflowing with anger.

“Fortunately, the. I was worried that my son-in-law was always alone because he was bad at dating people. It is so moving to see you get along with such wonderful people.”

“It’s not like that, Yeomno.”

“ha ha ha. You don’t have to be ashamed.”

Yeomno looked at the party, naturally letting go of Xian’s words of denial.

The companions averted their eyes slightly.

They couldn’t bear to say that they lost the duel and were forced to become a team… … .

“Even though there are many bad rumors, Master, they are all misunderstandings. In fact, he is a very kind-hearted and kind person.”

“Is that so?”

“So, please take good care of our boy from now on.”

Next to Yeomno, who nodded, Xian sighed slightly.

Then he soon touched a child and called it out separately.

“Raina.”

It was Raina who had been kidnapped by Verium.

“why?”

“sorry. For getting me involved in something stupid.”

“… … .”

Reina’s expression didn’t change much.

Before, they always stuck to me with a smile on their face, but now I felt a knife-like distance.

Don’t even get angry. I’ve been through that because of myself.

Xian glanced to the side.

Yeomno was in the middle of a hahahahahahoho conversation with Ian and Droned.

what the hell are you talking about

After taking a look at it, he even talked to Reina.

“Probably the reward will go at the family level. Considering Agrid’s face, it won’t be a small reward.”

In fact, other meanings will be greater compensation than the meaning of apology.

The meaning of silence is greater.

“are you okay. don’t mind it too much.”

Reina’s cold expression softened slightly at Xian’s polite attitude.

Actually, she wasn’t particularly upset.

It was just to throw away the acting I had been doing in front of Xi’an and act according to my original personality.

In the first place, she was such a shy personality.

“Thank you for saying that.”

Sian spoke.

Reina stared at Xian as he said that.

“why?”

“No, just.”

Reina twisted her hair on the side of her head and averted her gaze.

It was only for a short time that I met Xian, but I couldn’t think of him as a fool of rumors.

‘Even during the subjugation, he didn’t appear to be leaving at all.’

Rather, there were many times when he took the initiative to enter dangerous places.

Even when he was kidnapped.

Xian and Ian.

Even though we could have been procrastinating while waiting for outside help, the two of us immediately chased after each other.

Are all the rumors about Xian really misunderstood, as the old man said?

‘Well, I don’t know.’

she shrugged.

I know very well that Xian is not the man he is rumored to be, but I have no idea what the story behind him is.

I don’t even want to know

Because she had given up on pushing Xian now.

“But what are you going to do? There are still a few days left for off-campus classes, are you going to keep going?”

“Ah, that means… … .”

Sian spoke.

He said he was going to go to his hometown this way. It’s important, so I can’t help it.

It was therefore impossible to remain here any longer.

“Good idea. Of course you should go Your parents would be worried too.”

“My parents… … .”

Sian spoke.

The blurring of his words made him guess that something was going on, but he didn’t ask.

“Yeah.”

Xian called Yeomno.

“Did you call?”

“Let’s go back to our home.”

“yes. I will see you.”

After Xian said his last goodbyes to the party, he got on the carriage opened by Yeomno.

It was a wagon borrowed from the Purification Church, loaded with Verium.

The rest of the party saw off the carriage as it left.

“Raina.”

“why?”

“You seem to have grown cold towards Xian?”

Reina shrugged at Ian’s question.

“Because I am a high-ranking noble, I thought I would flirt with you. But I gave up.”

“why? Looking at it, it’s completely different from the rumors, and it’s okay.”

Why?

The reason was simple.

“Because it would be dangerous to be together.”

Things like today are considered aegyo.

Her intuition was telling her so.

They say it smells like something that can’t be compared to the level of rumors that it’s crazy.

“okay? For what?”

“It’s a woman’s intuition.”

Ian laughed.

A woman’s intuition was a reason he could not understand at all.

Reina, who answered in a fresh voice, turned her head away as if she was tired beyond this point.

‘It’s dangerous… … .’

Ian took another look at her words.

Certainly, there is something unusual about Xian. Something other than simply being the son of a marquis.

Why did such crazy rumors spread from such a guy?

How far can this guy’s skills go?

At that time, when I found two traces in the tower, how could I immediately distinguish the location of Reina and the culprit.

‘It looks dangerous.’

Ian laughed.

Reina’s words made me laugh out of reflex, but when I thought about it, there was nothing but suspicious.

what is the alternate identity?

When he looked straight ahead again, the carriage with Xian was disappearing over the horizon.

* * *

Unlike the other students who left the ruins, Yoo Seol remained at the site.

A place where all the mercenaries have already left and only the priests of the Purification Church who are investigating the case remain.

‘This… … .’

After looking all the way up, she found herself in the basement of the tower.

And on the way, I found a mess and a collapsed passage.

There is only a hole left for one person to pass through.

‘The ghoul didn’t destroy it. Traces cut by a sword… … . Did Xian break it himself?’

She had a fairly accurate guess of the situation at the time.

The decision to break down the aisle with your own hands.

I could fully guess why he made that decision. I would have made the same judgment as him in this situation.

Also, he wasn’t an ordinary guy.

‘The traces I saw earlier weren’t unusual either.’

The traces we saw earlier were traces of thunder that had broken down the main gate of the tower.

When I saw it, I couldn’t help but admire it. How could such a blow be possible with a single sword?

With that thought in mind, she eventually arrived at the deepest underground lake.

It was the first thing she felt there.

“… … !”

There was no admiration or anything.

It was embarrassing.

‘This energy… … .’

She looked at the lake calmly.

Traces of the battle left there. and the reverberation of the aura.

And I was able to find out.

The ‘this energy’ she felt now was not Cian’s, but the energy of the perpetrator who manipulated the ghoul.

—… … .

“ah… … I told you not to come out on your own.”

She hurriedly looked around.

Fortunately, no one was around. she was alone

—… … .

“Not now. later. You know it’s going to be a big deal if you get caught.”

She let out a small sigh to soothe the thoughts she heard.

A secret she hides in her family.

He saved her from a young age when she was born with mana anaphylaxis and was waiting for the day she would die.

From childhood until now, her only friend and teacher.

[The winter snake pouting its lips.]

[They hate the unlucky fishy smell.]

Winter’s serpent Psyche.

Her existence was an absolute secret.

Even so, the elders of the family are eager to expel them.

It’s not something you can afford to be weak against.

If it is known that what he is using is a completely different energy than mana.

If it were known that mana arthrosis, which was said to be cured, was in fact not cured at all.

I didn’t know how the elders would bite.

[The winter snake smiles broadly.]

[If that happens, the two of you can live in a secluded place, so I tell you not to worry.]

“Take care not to be noticed… … .”

To that insensitive thought, Yu Seol sighed and replied.