Helen bowed politely and greeted her. Julia sat down on the sofa and smiled as she greeted her.
"It's nice to meet you. It's my first time on Magic Tower, so I'm a little awkward, but please take care of me."
"Yes. I will serve you with all my heart! The Lord of the Tower has asked me to serve you well, as you are the one he will raise as his special disciple. It is regrettable that you will only stay for a short while, but I will make sure that you will be remembered for the rest of your life!"
Helen answered enthusiastically.
Pal seemed to have given her a hint. Julia nodded, blushing, feeling somewhat embarrassed.
"Do you feel uncomfortable because I talk too much? The wizards said I'm noisy. If that's uncomfortable, I'll try to be as quiet as possible."
Helen asked anxiously if the blush had any other meaning. Julia quickly waved her hand.
"No, not at all. I just like it because you're friendly."
"Really? Thank you!"
They say wizards are sensitive, but Helen looked excited as if she had been bullied a lot. She chattered as she prepared dinner on the trolley she had brought in quickly.
Julia, who loved meeting new people, happily chatted with Helen and had a meal.
"I heard you were out on a long mission. You must have left a long time ago before I came to Magic Tower. I think it's the first time I've seen you. Of course, everyone at Magic Tower is always locked up in their own labs, so everyone's faces are unfamiliar."
Helen asked cheerfully. It seemed that those were the temporary identities the two had created.
Julia nodded happily, having found something to talk about.
"Yes. The situation is complicated. I've been outside the magic tower since I was little."
"Aha. I see! Somehow my colleagues don't seem to know the new wizards very well either."
The servants seemed to work in shifts, except for a very small number of people who were special to some wizards. Most of the wizards were quite eccentric and did not let the servants get close to them. So they did not seem to know that Julia and Endymion were outsiders who had come in yesterday.
Helen then said she didn't know much about the situation at the magic tower and started talking about this and that on her own.
"The Magic Tower's employees are people with extremely small magical powers that are not enough to become magicians. They were selected from the Magic Tower's entrance exam candidates and entered the Magic Tower. However, most of the magicians are very private. Usually, they just clean, do laundry and prepare meals for you, and you don't see their faces very often."
"I see. You must be bored."
"Just a little. Still, life in the Magic Tower is good because the pay is good and it's stable. Oh, and sometimes you can meet favored magicians and learn from them, and you can even awaken as a magician!"
The lively Helen chattered away, telling interesting stories. It was a leisurely moment, the first Julia had in a long time.
Thanks to that, time passed quickly, and Julia happily finished eating, bathing, and getting ready for bed.
"Then I'll see you again tomorrow morning. Sleep well!"
Helen nodded in greeting. Julia also greeted her kindly, then suddenly remembered something and asked.
"Helen, do you know where the person who came with me is staying?"
"Ah. Your brother? He's one floor below here. That's the men's dorm."
Helen told her to meet him tomorrow morning. It was a curfew, and she couldn't contact the dorms.
'Brother?'
Julia quickly swallowed her laughter, biting her lip. It seemed as if she had wrapped her arms around him roughly because she didn't want to call him her husband.
Helen retreated without noticing anything. Julia lay down on the warm bed with the hot water bottle in it.
As she lay down on the bed, the room became dark except for the soft glow of the night light.
'Do you think Mion will like it?'
Julia smiled and imagined it. Kilian hated it when she called him brother, so she wondered if Mion would be satisfied or dissatisfied if he found out that he was her brother.
Hmm. She guesses her husband has heard it so many times that he might like it because it's new to him...
Knock knock.
Then, suddenly, a very small knock rang out.
Julia sat up in the center of the bed with her eyes wide open and spoke kindly.
"Come in, Helen."
But the door was not opened.
She got out of bed, confused, wondering if Helen hadn't heard her. Then Julia put on her slippers and started walking.
Knock knock...
"Uh?"
The knocking was coming from the window, not the door.
Julia paused, then cautiously approached the large window with its thick curtains.
"What are you talking about?"
Do birds fly at night? Julia tilted her head and pulled back the curtains.
Chook-!
"Whoa!"
Julia screamed and covered her mouth in surprise. No wonder, because what she saw outside the large arched window was not a bird...
"Mion!"
Julia turned the handle and opened the window wide. Endymion smiled and draped his arm over the window frame.
"Hey, you were the one who just knocked?! Oh my god. How did you get here?"
"I heard your room is upstairs. I came over to the balcony."
Endymion pointed behind him with his thumb. Julia quickly looked out onto the balcony.
The rooftop had a spacious semicircular balcony attached to each room. However. It was a bit inconvenient to actually use it because you had to climb over the fence that was set up underneath the large window.
So Julia had no idea that she could actually use that balcony. No, she had no idea that someone would climb down that balcony from below!
"Hey, did you really come up here? Holding on to the railing?!"
"Yeah. It was easy."
Endymion said calmly. Julia, with wide eyes, grabbed his arm and stroked it here and there.
"No, but how... The height between floors here is also incredibly high. And just now Helen said that there was a security spell placed on each room!"
"It looks like it only blocks magic. There are no physical restrictions."
Endymion muttered, "I guess weak wizards wouldn't even dream of that."
Julia gulped, releasing his muscular arm.
"It's dangerous. Don't do that again, okay?"
Then Endymion leaned closer to her. A soft, muffled voice followed.
"I risked my life to come here, but all I got was a scolding."
The blue eyes were even deeper, containing the darkness of the night. It was the color of the captivating night sea.
Julia stared blankly for a moment, then smiled bashfully.
"Did you only want to see me?"
A large hand reached out and naturally cupped Julia's cheek. It was a little cold, but it was a gentle touch.
Julia felt her heart pounding and leaned her cheek against his hand. Then she placed her hand on his and whispered.
"I missed you too."
Before she could finish speaking, Endymion's eyes widened. More gently than the moon in the sky behind him.
"It was worth risking my life."
"Ah. Mion, don't be like that. You can see me in the morning. Yes?"
Julia tried to keep herself awake and worried, half-enchanted by his handsome face. Then Endymion smiled even more earnestly and said.
"Just kidding. It was a lot easier than hunting."
"Lie."
"It's true. I just thought I'd get in trouble less if I joked around."
Endymion spoke in a soft voice. It sounded far-fetched, but somehow it sounded quite plausible, and Julia was confused.
She blinked her eyes, wondering for a moment, but Endymion smiled with the corners of his lips raised.
"Ah..."
It was an ecstatic laugh. The gorgeousness of a flower in full bloom and the deep atmosphere combined to make it look like an ancient male god statue.
Julia felt dizzy as if she had fallen into a deep honeypot.
"..."
Endymion whispered in a low voice and applied a little strength to his hand. Julia, who had been gently pulled, pressed her body against his with the fence between them.
"Because I wanted to kiss you."
"..."
Julia felt as if the blood in her body was flowing three times faster.
Even her breathing was dizzy as if she was captivated by those strange blue eyes. Julia exhaled thinly, trying not to show that her heart was pounding.
At that moment, Endymion tilted his head and kissed her. He easily stole her light breath, and when Julia inhaled in surprise, he began to kiss her deeply.
"..."
The sound of their lips locking together was accompanied by a sliding heel lift. Julia, who hesitated at first, soon wrapped her arms around Endymion's neck and responded to the kiss.
A quiet tower where darkness has fallen. In one of the hundreds of rooms, a secret meeting is taking place.
The lips that had been interlocked and digging for a long time parted. With a wet sound.
Julia opened her eyes slightly and blushed when she saw Endymion right in front of her. His lips, which had just been heated, were slightly wet and incredibly alluring.
"...Do you want to come inside?"
Julia spoke softly, trying to avoid eye contact. Endymion took a step back and watched as Julia opened the window a little further.
"That It's dangerous to go back down again."
Julia tried to cool her red, swollen lips with the back of her hand as she made excuses. She pretended to be calm, but she couldn't meet his eyes at all.
Endymion, who had noticed everything, let out a low laugh.
"Why, why are you laughing?"
A flustered Julia asked what she had done wrong. Endymion, who was leaning against the fence as if he would fall over at any moment, stretched out his long arms and pulled her closer.
"My Queen doesn't seem to know what is truly dangerous."
"Huh?"
"It's not the railing that's dangerous, it's you."
Endymion slowly stroked her pure white nape. The shawl she had wrapped around her shoulders while kissing her had fallen off and his gentle hands could be felt openly through her thin nightgown.
"Ah, that, that's..."
She had told him to come in first, but she flinched again at the stimulation pouring in. Endymion smiled leisurely as he cupped Julia's cheek.
"Don't worry. I won't go in."
"...."
"I heard there's also a sex detection alarm in the room. It's so unnecessarily thorough."
Endymion muttered that he was only thorough in strange things, without knowing about physical intrusions. Julia glanced around curiously.
"I haven't heard anything like that..."
"The wizard told me. He said I would definitely sneak in."
"Huh? Then you came after hearing that...?"
Julia asked with wide eyes in disbelief. Endymion answered as if it were obvious.
"I just have to avoid going into the 'room'."
Julia finally burst into laughter at the shameless and confident voice. Endymion chuckled, pushing back her long blond hair.
The two chatted away under the quiet night sky.
"Hey, Mion. I was just asking, do you like a daughter?"
Julia asked lightly, as if in passing because she felt a little embarrassed.
"Yes."
But Endymion answered without a second of hesitation. It was so obvious that the careful question seemed meaningless.
Julia tilted her head.
"Really? Why? Aren't they both good? I think Ed is too cute."
"Then she'll resemble you. In both looks and personality."
Support Novellate!
Comments
Post a Comment