Have Magic - Chapter 133
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Embrace the Magic (133)
When I returned to the inn, Bianca was writing poetry. She had a book of poetry next to her, and she read it briefly, writing down what came to her mind. Then she recited the poem with all her might.
“…The traces left behind by each step. The love contained within them. Brother Rodin. What do you think?”
“Okay. Do your best.”
As expected, the child was a child. He almost died because of Elder Kendrick, and became quiet for a while, but after a few days, he returned to his original form.
The next morning, Charis returned. To be exact, Rodin summoned Charis from the necklace’s storage.
“How are you feeling?”
“I’m all better.”
“I think there’s still some left.”
“If you keep doing this, it will go away on its own.”
Charis sat in the stable. With Jenna also sitting in the stable, Matthew no longer needed to drive the carriage.
“Matthew, how was it?”
“It is said that the South puts on makeup and sprinkles the powder into a nearby river, while the North buries the powder in a tree.”
Matthew, who went out yesterday, researched the funeral customs of the Hedens region.
Even though they were both in the same Hedens region, the funeral customs in the north and south were different. Margaret’s hometown was south of the city of Hedens, so after cremation, the ashes were simply scattered in the river.
“I guess I should put on some makeup. Charis, Jenna, let’s go.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The carriage set off. Rodin stopped the carriage for a moment near the gate.
“I heard Hedens is cheap. How many should I buy?”
“Your Majesty, do you need to say more?”
“I’m trying to give Bianca some proper horse riding training.”
Even now, Larry can ride a horse. For his young age, he is quite skilled at horsemanship.
But Bianca had given up after falling off her horse several times when she first learned horsemanship. She hadn’t been forced to train, and Bianca wasn’t particularly interested in horsemanship.
“Me? I’m scared of horses.”
“I can just catch it for you.”
“I still don’t like it.”
Bianca was still afraid of horses. Even though Rodin caught her every time she fell with his magic hand, she couldn’t forget the dizzying memory of that time.
“Sir, horses will be cheaper in my mother’s hometown than here. Of all the high-quality horses here, all of them come from my mother’s hometown.”
“is it so?”
“It is said that this place was originally famous for raising horses well.”
“Good. I guess I can buy a horse there. I can change the horse now, too, if I can.”
I set off again in the carriage. The line at the gate was not long, so I was able to leave the city of Hedens in no time.
The weather was nice and sunny, unlike winter. The sun was warm enough, so it felt like I was on a trip in spring.
“The sun is setting. Ah! The red sunset. That beautiful…….”
“Bianca, what are you doing?”
“I’m writing poetry.”
“also?”
In just a few hours, Bianca was already writing her eighth poem. But none of them were finished, only half-finished pieces.
“Inspiration just came to me.”
“The sun hasn’t set yet, so why is there a sunset?”
“My brother Larry is emotionally drained.”
Today, this conversation was already the third time. Hearing the same thing over and over again, Rodin was starting to get bored.
“Master, it looks like that village.”
“Whew, Charis saved me.”
It was the voice that ended the tiresome fight between Poetry, Larry, and Bianca.
Rodin jumped down from the carriage without anyone noticing. The carriages followed suit and stopped one after another.
The carriage was on a road that went over a hill. Below the hill, a picturesque green field spread out.
“Wow! Brother Rodin! That’s cool.”
“I know.”
“An award comes to mind. Blue flowers, that beautiful…….”
“Ugh. Bianca, stop looking at beauty. Jenna! Charis, let’s get down.”
Bianca’s poems always start with something about ‘beauty’. I’ve heard it so many times that I could now recite the poem before Bianca.
The carriage went down the hill and entered the village. It was a small village with about 100 households.
Perhaps because of the appearance of the unfamiliar carriage, the townspeople came out of their houses to look at it. There were even children following behind the carriage.
“It’s a nice place.”
“Yes, sir. It’s a peaceful atmosphere.”
“I don’t think there will be an inn.”
“There is a place where merchants who come to buy horses stay. You can stay there if you pay a fee.”
As Matthew had said, we soon arrived at a house surrounded by a large open space. A man who looked to be in his 40s was waiting in front of the house.
“Welcome. My name is Leas, the village chief of Oak Tree Village. Are you a merchant?”
“I am not a merchant. A person from here passed away, and I came to hold a funeral.”
“Are you from our village?”
“Yes. Margaret passed away a few months ago. I came here because I wanted to hold the funeral in my hometown.”
Village Chief Leas repeated the word ‘Margaret’ several times.
It was a name I didn’t remember. It seemed like someone who had only been in the village for a very short time, or someone from a very long time ago.
“Our village’s funerals don’t use land.”
“Yes, I heard. They say that after cremation, they throw it into the river.”
“Yes, the river is over there. The makeup procedure can help, but only.”
“Of course, you should be paid for your efforts.”
She could have used magic to make up for it, but Rodin decided to use people. He wanted to send Margaret off in a more homely way than through unfamiliar and alien magic.
“Then, please stay here today. The accommodation fee is 10 gold per day. Meals must be paid separately.”
The price of accommodation was not based on the number of people, but on the cost of renting the entire place. Whether there were a few or a lot of people, the price was the same.
“All right.”
Rodin immediately paid the lodging fee and parked the carriage in the empty lot in front of the inn.
“I guess it would be better to do the makeup quickly? I’ll do it by tomorrow morning.”
“thank you.”
When they arrived at their destination, Rodin seemed to have relaxed. He fell asleep much earlier than usual.
The funeral went smoothly. The cremation took a day, and the next day Matthew personally scattered Margaret’s ashes into the river.
Bianca cried as soon as she saw Margaret’s body, and when the ashes were sprinkled, she cried loudly. Rodin and Larry tried to comfort her, but it was no use.
Four days after the funeral, Matthew came to see Rodin.
“Matthew.”
“I’m sorry, sir.”
“Is that what you decided?”
“Yes. I think this is where I belong.”
After four days of thinking, Matthew decided to stay in the oak tree village. It was a regrettable decision for Rodin.
“Okay. Thank you for helping me and my siblings all this time.”
“No, I got paid more than I did. I’m just grateful to you, sir.”
Matthew was to take up a job as a horseman in Oak Tree Village. He had learned horsemanship in the Marquess of Richmond, but this place was much more professional.
The village of Dokgalnamu was the perfect place for raising horses in terms of climate, vegetation, and everything else. There were thousands of horses raised here, and none were of the highest quality.
There is a small ranch that specializes in raising war horses, and the horses here are considered the best in the Central Continent.
After sending Matthew away, Rodin called Larry and Bianca and informed them that Matthew had decided to stay.
“Then what about us?”
“uh?”
“Brother Rodin, when I was in the Marquess of Richmond, I hardly ever went out of the house. It’s no different here.”
“Brother, I think the same way. I wonder if it’s necessary to go to a place with a lot of people.”
It was Rodin, not Larry and Bianca, who needed to be downtown. The city was a better place to buy the things you needed at the time than the country.
“You want to stay here?”
“What about you, hyung? If you want to go, I’ll go with you.”
“Hmm, let me think about it for a minute.”
Rodin pictured the oak village and the city of Hedens.
It was a distance that took half a day to get there by carriage, but if you made up your mind and moved, you could get there in 3 to 4 hours.
‘Hedens is such a small city.’
Hedens was a place where many magicians gathered due to its special circumstances in the Paloma Mountains. Most of them lived in Hedens and continued their research.
The problem is that they are all scholar-oriented magicians. Since they are not involved in artifact production, the amount of artifact materials in circulation is not large.
Not long ago, I couldn’t buy 500 low-grade mana stones at once in Hedens, so I had to go to several magic item shops. It was difficult to obtain the materials I needed at that time in these places.
‘It would be nice if I could use teleportation magic.’
Teleport, a 7th circle magic, is a magic that allows you to move through space. If you can use it, you can save time by going to a more bustling city center rather than Hedens.
However, the 7th circle magic, teleportation, was a vision. Among the four towers, only two. Chronoa Tower and Nella Tower knew the spell for teleportation magic.
Even the Landes Tower with Francis Tower didn’t know the teleportation magic spell.
There is no place where the vision of one’s own magic tower is revealed to others. The Chronoa Magic Tower and the Nella Magic Tower, which know the spell of teleportation magic, also strictly control the external leakage of vision magic.
‘In the end, you have to do the research alone.’
I didn’t think it was impossible. The number of runes I knew had already exceeded 20,000 characters. While attending Fruval’s welcome class, I was also learning how to combine runes.
‘That means I can’t use it right away.’
Teleportation was different from offensive magic. This type of support magic was unfamiliar to those who had never used it before, so I had to be prepared for more trial and error.
‘Space… … , space.’
It wouldn’t be easy, but it was worth a try. No, I had to be able to use teleportation magic somehow.
Using teleportation magic allows you to escape the constraints of space. This means less time wasted on the road. Depending on the situation, it could be a life-saving move.
“Still, I have to go to the Marquisate of Richmond.”
I lived in the Marquisate of Richmond for nearly two years. I had no particular connection to the Marquis of Richmond, but as a citizen of the estate, I had to do the bare minimum.
Besides, I couldn’t say that I was not responsible for the volcanic eruption. I felt relieved that I had to make up for my mistakes to some extent.
Rodin considered that a victory in the Battle of Yeongji. After being indebted to him for nearly two years and even the volcano erupting, he wanted to give him one last gift before leaving.
“You don’t have to worry alone.”
Rodin immediately called Larry and Bianca and told them that he was returning to the Marquisate of Richmond.
“Then are you ready to leave?”
“You can stay here. The Marquisate of Richmond is going to fight a territorial war, and I plan to participate in that and then leave.”
Larry and Bianca’s faces brightened at the news that they were leaving the Marquisate of Richmond.
The two did not like the Marquisate of Richmond very much. There were too many people and it was crowded wherever they went. It was an uncomfortable environment for the two who lived in a country village.
“Then, Brother Rodin, are you coming back here?”
“If you guys stay here, that’s what it’ll take. It’ll take some time though.”
Rodin had no intention of returning until he had perfected his teleportation spell.
This place was too rural, so there were too many inconveniences. Even though there was a subspace bracelet, it wasn’t a omnipotent tool.
Subspace was ultimately a magic for storage. It had to contain necessary items to be meaningful.
However, there was no way to know what materials would be needed in the future. It would be absurd to put everything you saw into the subspace bracelet.
“Ah! That’s good. But I also want to see Yeongjijeon.”
“There is no land war here?”
“The Hadens region is a direct royal territory. The chances of a territorial war breaking out are slim.”
According to the law of the kingdom, even royal territories could be subject to territorial warfare. If one was aiming for the throne, it could easily happen.
However, the Thebian kingdom was a strong country with considerable royal power. It was impossible for the nobles to fight for power with the royal family.
“I’m going too, hyung.”
“I want to go too.”
“Is that okay? You can just stay here.”
Rodin was not the type to force someone to do something they didn’t like. He would respect Larry and Bianca’s choice to stay or leave together.
“I want to see Yeongjijeon too, and I don’t think it’s time to break up with hyung yet.”
“Me too. I have a lot to learn from Rodin Oppa, but where are we going?”
“Okay. Then start tidying up. We’re leaving tomorrow.”
“yes.”
There was a brief commotion, but it was eventually decided that only Matthew would remain. Bianca was very sorry to see the scenery here, but she did not say that she would stay.
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