I Became the Childhood Friend of the Northern Duchess - Chapter 207



207 – The Traces Left Behind by the Man Become a Dagger

It was two days later that they succeeded in removing the curse from Kelagh’s body

When Minette showed the gathered people the dark lump she had pulled out, holding it in her hand, the group’s eyebrows furrowed.

This is because the sight of her throbbing in her grasping her like a living heart, spreading dark energy in all directions, aroused an instinctive disgust in humans.

“This is the curse.”

“Yes.”

Minette nodded her head and looked pitifully at Kelagh, who was lying in her seat in a cold sweat.

The struggle I had with this curse a little while ago was so rough that I ended up lying down.

Still, since the curse was gone, I expected that if I regained my strength for a day, I would soon be relieved of bedridden condition.

“From now on, we are going to compare that with Albrich’s magic power.”

“But in order to compare, don’t we have to get that man’s magic power from somewhere?”

“You don’t have to worry. “I’m not stupid enough not to even think of such a solution.”

Minette headed to the corner of the room with a confident smile in response to Ariel’s concerns and returned after picking up something.

It was none other than a book with a dull look.

“I never thought this day would come… “I’m glad it helped.”

“You want to compare Albrich’s magic with that book?”

“Yes that’s right.” It was originally just an ordinary grimoire, but it contains something special.”

Something special?

The group tilted their heads at the same time at the ambiguous answer.

Minette thought it would be easier to understand if shown rather than explained, so she opened the bookmarked section.

Sreuk.

“This… ?”

“This is Albrich Bertus, a piece of that man’s magic power.”

“What!? How do you do this… ?”

Ariel asked, blinking her eyes at the unexpectedly precious item.

Because I never heard that Minette had a separate relationship with him.

From noble mtl dot come

Well, I was just curious as to how they obtained this item.

Minette began to continue his explanation her her her with a lonely smile on his her face her her her.

With eyes filled with sorrow, as if reminiscing about a long time ago.

“It looks like an ordinary grimoire on the outside, but it is actually a magic tool made by my lover. “It has the ability to distinguish not from magical power, but from the soul imbued with that magical power.”

“What does that mean? Magic power is the soul.”

Ariel expressed her doubts as she said something that was somewhat contrary to what she knew.

That’s right, there’s a saying in magic that magic is a piece of the soul.

But Minette slightly shook her head and denied that fact.

“To be exact, it’s a little different. I haven’t seen it in person yet… In theory, there is a theory that if you change the vessel using an evil method such as black magic, the nature of the magical power will also change. In fact, the proof of this was completed to some extent when I was at the Magic Tower.”

Everyone’s brows furrowed after hearing Minette’s explanation.

This is because it was an extended explanation that was even more difficult to understand.

What does it mean to change dishes in the first place? If the soul is water, the body is a vessel. It must be a grace that is given only once to each human being.

“Please wait a moment, Minette. Let me ask you something too. What does it mean to change dishes?”

In the end, unable to hold back his doubts, Yulken stepped forward and the rest of the team nodded in unison.

Among them, even Ariel, who was the most adept at magic, was just puzzled, so how could the rest be miserable?

“Among black magic, there is also a method of living by inserting one’s soul into a vessel of the living. Of course, I’ve only seen it in literature, and I’ve never seen a wizard who’s even tried his hand at it…”

“That means Albrich may have had a hand in it.”

When Minette could not bear to continue talking, Edgar picked up the conversation and added something on her behalf.

Thanks to this, everyone was able to understand what she wanted to say, but her fundamental questions remained.

Even if this magic tool is a special item that can distinguish souls even if the magic power changes, why was it made?

And why did that magic tool contain Albrich’s magic power?

“Actually, when I was working at the Magic Tower, there was this speculation among the wise men of the Magic Tower, including myself.”

“What is that?”

“The question was whether Mephisto, the owner of the magic tower, and Albrich, the owner of the Bertus family, are the same person.”

“… “It’s a pretty surprising rumor.”

Yulken also knew well that Albrich was close to Mephisto and frequented the Magic Tower, but he never dreamed that such rumors were circulating within the Magic Tower.

This means that suspicions were eliminated at the deliberation stage or rumors were prevented from leaking from the inside to the outside.

“The trigger was a small joke. It was because the two had never been seen together, or because on days when Mephisto invited Albrich, no one was allowed into the room.”

“There can be as many coincidences as that, right?”

“Yes. That’s why I didn’t pay much attention at first.”

In her part, ‘At first,’ Edgar noticed that she paid attention for some reason later.

Perhaps what Minette wants to talk about now is the detailed story.

“There was a man named Karun, who was my lover and one of the wise men of the Magic Tower at the time, and he had eyes that could see magical power.”

“Is it the magical eye?”

“It’s a little different. It is not an innate magical eye, but an acquired phenomenon that occurs when looking at mana for a long time. It was an ability I gained while working at the Magic Tower. Thanks to that, it was a secret that only I knew.”

Perhaps because he had spoken for the first time in a while, Minette realized that his mouth was dry and she took a sip from the glass of water that was on the table.

Then he cleared his throat a couple of times, saying, ‘Quite a lot.’ Then he continued talking again.

“But one day, suddenly, Karun said something like that. It seems like the magic I saw from Albrich and Mephisto is somehow similar. However, although the magic power may be the same, the likelihood of them being similar is extremely small.”

“… Right. “It must have been even more suspicious since it was a time when rumors were spreading.”

Minette responded to Yulken’s muttering with a small nod of his head.

Moreover, the wise men of the Magic Tower also knew that magical power could be changed by touching black magic, which further fueled Karun’s suspicions.

“So Karun said he would find out the truth, and he devoted himself to making magic tools. “If you can’t distinguish by magical power, why not distinguish by something more essential than that?”

“So this is what was created as a result…”

However, Albrich’s magic was only contained here, and the man named Karun died.

Considering that no news had spread outside since then and that Albrich and Mephisto were still alive and well, Edgar was able to guess what had happened in the future.

A faint, bitter smile appeared on Minette’s lips as she examined his sunken eyes.

He’s a smart guy who’s annoying. She guesses what lies ahead for her just from this story.

“That’s right. He succeeded in capturing Albrich’s her magical power her her her, but she then met her her death her her while approaching Mephisto.”

To be exact, it was just an estimate.

I heard that the day after Karun declared that he would reveal their true identity, their cold corpses were found somewhere without even showing their faces in the Magic Tower.

Minette, who heard the news, went to the homes of other wise men that night, but the rumor that Mephisto and Albrich were the same person had already completely disappeared from their minds.

“It was scary. I thought that if even people like me and him who were called wise people ended up like that, I might be next. So from that day on, I packed my bags and ran away.”

“Is that why you offered me a place to hide then? The reason I didn’t ask anyone to tell me about this…”

Yulken shook her head, remembering her first meeting her.

In the first place, Minette’s real name is not Minette.

When she was in the Magic Tower, her name was Levia, and her appearance was very different from now.

Her current appearance is just an appearance created by magic in case this fact leaks out.

The only people who knew this were Yulken and Minette.

Even Helen and Ariel knew Minette’s her identity her her her, but they did not know her her real name her her or her her original her face her her her.

The two people’s expressions were dumbfounded because they had never expected that there would be such a hidden story.

“I tried to stop him at first. Let’s not do anything unnecessary. Even if they touched gold and alcohol, if we pretend not to know, there is no reason for them to touch us. But in the end, he didn’t listen to me and ended up being killed. “That fool.”

Minette smiled bitterly, holding back tears that threatened to well up in her eyes.

Even though the man is no longer by her side, he still has this much, so there is no need for him to cry.

And her left behind by that fool was handed over to her as a dagger to pierce the heart of her enemy her.

What enveloped her heart her now was not the sadness of his departure

Finally, revenge can be achieved with the traces left behind by that man.

I had to see it as an overwhelming feeling that came from there.

“Actually, it’s still early to start playing drums. The item he left behind may not work properly, and in the unlikely event that the man who placed this curse may not be Albrich.”

“… We can prove it now. “The time your lover spent was not in vain.”

As Ariel squeezed her hand and praised her courage, the rest of her group also smiled and nodded.

It’s as they say. Because the only thing that can prove the life of a lion is the living who will move forward.

Let the quest of a brave man who tried to expose an evil enemy who tried to dabble in the magic of gold, even though he was a wizard, shine even now.

“… All you have to do is engrave the magical power of this curse here. He said that if there is a blue light, the souls match.”

“Then let’s go ahead and try it.”

When Edgar took her magic tool and brought it in front of Minette, she placed the fragment of her curse in her hand.

Eventually, the purple magic combined with the black curse, and the curse, which was shaking as if it were alive, soon stopped moving.

And then soon…

“Ah…”

“… I guess it was all in vain.’

As blue light filled her sheet of paper, Minette covered her mouth, unable to hold back her tears.

The life of a man who left behind her even as she faced her death has only been proven after a long time.