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33 – Mages’ Matters (3)

It’s been a while since I stopped by the Mage’s Tower to find Latika’s location.

When I found out the location of this Latika, I was shocked.

“No, why the hell is he in the place where the devil is?”

The location of Latika, which I found with the magic I received from my master, was pointed to by the demon king’s realm.

It was no exaggeration to say that the western part of the continent, now ruled by the demon king, was the most dangerous place on the continent.

It was clear that it was a place where no human could enter or leave without permission.

‘Huh… Latika is in a place like this?’

But now Latika was in such a place.

The woman I was looking for was located right there.

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Why the hell is he here? It’s a bit embarrassing, but I don’t understand.

‘Has Master’s magic failed by any chance?’

In this situation, I naturally had to make one assumption.

What if the magic given by the master failed and Latika’s location was wrong? Because of that, I thought about the case where the result came out that I was in the realm of the demon lord.

Well, there weren’t many cases where magic failed. Furthermore, there were likely enough cases where magic that had not been tested failed. So I thought for a moment that the magic had failed.

‘No matter how much I think about it, it’s impossible.’

As expected, even thinking about it a little bit, I couldn’t help but think that’s not the case.

I don’t know how sophisticated the magic Master developed is.

When she develops magic, she never makes mistakes.

The possibility that Master’s magic will fail is extremely low.

‘I also checked.’

Besides, I also briefly checked Master’s magic, but I couldn’t find anything strange.

For this reason, it was concluded that the assumption that the magic given by Master had failed is of course not.

No matter how much I thought about it, it was difficult to find the possibility that the magic approved by Master and I had failed.

Then why is Latika in the realm of the demon king? I started to make other guesses, and after a while her face turned blue again.

‘Couldn’t it… Have you defected to the demon king’s army?’

What if Latika defected to the demon king’s army…? The possibility of that was not really impossible.

In reality, it wasn’t that there weren’t people who defected to the existence called the demon king.

It is said that black magicians and heretics on the continent actually give their allegiance to the existence of the demon king. I heard that the demon king embraced them generously.

In that sense, there was no possibility that Latika might have defected to the Demon King’s Army.

There was a reasonable enough assumption that she had been taken over by the demon lord and that she had sworn allegiance.

‘No matter how much, that’s probably not the case.’

However, I couldn’t confirm that it was right.

I don’t know much about her, but she was once in her class at the magic academy, and after spending a little time with her, I know that she’s definitely not her type to do anything so daring.

Her personality was very timid and surprised by trivial things. For her to defect to the Demon King’s army, it must be absurd for her.

I only have a heart attack, but I don’t think that’s the case.

‘Hmm… Then what is it?’

So I felt like I was getting into more and more difficult situations.

Why on earth is she in the realm of the Demon King’s Army? No matter how much I thought about it, it was difficult to come up with a proper answer on this topic.

“Hmm… First of all, I’m sure it’s not a very dangerous area.”

However, it was not that there was no way. Her answer to that would have been if I asked her directly.

The location of Latika, which I just confirmed, is in the demon lord’s realm, but that doesn’t mean it’s near the demon lord’s castle either.

The location where Latika is now is not a battlefield where the battle is in full swing.

As a fairly minor strategic point, there are probably few Demon Kings here.

I don’t think it’s going to be a big deal just because I’m going back for a while.

‘I’m sure I have insurance.’

Of course, it’s true that it’s very dangerous as long as it’s the domain of the Demon King’s army, but even so, I’m a wizard of the warrior party, so I’m not going to die in a place like this.

I had the option of running away in case of emergency, and I had enough strength to protect myself.

So I guess I can make a little courageous choice.

‘Okay. Let’s go in…’

Enter the realm of the demon king and find Latika.

And brings her back to her empire.

It was an operation worth trying.

I don’t know what will happen in the process, but it was worth a try.

‘Hmm… Let’s set off with a firm resolve.’

The strategy has been roughly laid out, and there’s nothing good about taking too much time.

I immediately headed to where Latika was.

A snowy mountain, a territory currently ruled by the Demon King.

I’m really preparing for the worst…! Proceeded towards the destination.

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The territory of the demon king, probably the most dangerous place for humans in the empire, was definitely the territory of the demon king.

For a human called the Demon King, it was absolutely not allowed for anyone to enter such a realm as a disaster-like existence.

If you enter this place, you really have to risk your life. It’s a place where you can’t enter without a certain resolution.

“Hmm…? There are more demons than I thought?”

That’s why I prepared a lot.

I carried a large amount of potions in my backpack, and kept the state of automatic activation magic so that I could fight anytime, anywhere.

While maintaining such a state, I entered the demon king’s territory.

However, nothing in particular happened to overshadow the things I had prepared.

Thirty minutes had passed since I entered the demon king’s territory, but nothing particularly happened.

Looking at this situation, I felt relieved, but I also felt more and more relieved.

‘Hmm… It seems that the Demon King’s army is busy with the war against the Empire.’

Even though it is the territory of the demon king, there is no demon tribe. If I guess about the reason for this situation, it seems that the reason is that the demon army is currently at war with the empire.

The empire continues to win against the Demon King’s army, and perhaps my childhood friend Chloe is at the center of it.

As long as she was pressuring the demon lord’s army right now, it seemed that there was not much room for her troops to be deployed in such a worthless place.

‘It’s fortunate.’

That’s why it seems like no demons come to me even if I wander around the demon king’s territory like this.

This situation could be considered very fortunate.

‘Anyway, I need to find Latika…’

But still, I couldn’t let my guard down.

I didn’t know that the place where I am now is a territory ruled by the demon king, and even though there are no demons, this is a very dangerous place.

You’d better leave as soon as possible. I thought so and continued to search for Latika.

I’ll find her as soon as possible and leave this place. That was my number one goal.

‘Hmm… I’m told I’m here.’

And when I was advancing toward that goal, I was finally able to reach the place I wanted to get to.

The hut in the snowy mountain, located halfway up the mountain, was where the Latika the note told you about was located.

It is a place where one person can barely live, and the note informs that Latika is here.

‘But why are you here?’

As I looked at the cabin in front of me, I couldn’t help but wonder again.

No, why the hell is Latika in a place like this?

No matter how you look at it, it was not a place for a female wizard in her twenties to live alone.

Is there something wrong? I thought I would like to.

I thought about what to do if the circumstances were very dangerous, but…

“Let’s meet and talk.”

Well, it was meaningless to see me worrying alone like this.

You can hear directly from her mouth what happened and why you are here now.

I tried knocking on her at her cabin, and calling her out on her.

“Latika…?”

“…”

I knocked and called her name.

However, there was no answer from the cabin.

Are you not at home by any chance? Desperately, I opened the cabin door.

“…!”

The elemental magic flying towards me, I was attacked by a mysterious surprise from someone.

The magic was so sudden and fast, I couldn’t deal with it because I was careless, but fortunately the automatic magic circle that I had activated in advance blocked it.

If it wasn’t for the automatic magic circle, I would have been seriously injured, so I was slightly relieved when I saw the broken magic circle.

And without missing that moment, the fireball flew at me again.

The same sudden and fast magic as before, but I was already prepared.

Unless it’s a surprise attack, such magic won’t work on me.

After canceling and nullifying the spells, I began to trace back and find the wizard who used these spells.

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It wasn’t long after I started looking like that, I immediately knew the wizard’s location.

“Ahhh… It’s all over now. I thought they wouldn’t come after me if I hid in the demon king’s territory…”

A girl shivering while crouching in the corner of a cabin.

Perhaps that girl attacked me.

I slowly approached the girl.

By any chance, is this the person I was looking for? I thought about it and approached it slowly.

“Huh…? Latika?”

“Uh…! Xerath?”

As expected, this girl was exactly the girl I was looking for, my magic academy classmate Latika.