The moment the shield I created made a clanking sound and formed a wall, a blue-tinged aura formed another defensive formation above it.
'Ah. This is the Sword Master's aura!'
The surprised Rudnine and I briefly looked at each other.
This guy is really amazing, too.
To put up a shield in that short moment.
Suddenly, I remembered the incident when Rudnine came to the Argenthoz mansion, and he easily defended the bomb I threw at him.
'I really didn't know anything back then.'
Even back then, this person liked me...
What the heck!
A loud, eardrum-shattering noise echoed through the room.
There was no more time to leisurely think about other things.
The dark red smoke transformed into a huge cloud, collided with the defensive line that Rudnine and I had formed, and exploded.
"Ah."
Thanks to our double-layered defense, he wasn't hurt at all, but after a while, as the crimson cloud disappeared, Adrian also disappeared.
"What?"
As I muttered in absurdity, my hair flew before my eyes.
The night wind blew fiercely inside, as if all the windows in the living room were completely broken.
“Was the Crown Prince your target?”
“He ran away.”
Rudnine muttered softly, and as soon as he finished speaking, he jumped out the window.
The movement was so fast that it was difficult to follow with the eyes.
“Let’s go together!”
I also tried to quickly follow Rudnine and run to the window.
“Fairy, fairy!”
But Ant Rudican followed me with his sword drawn and called out to me in a hurry.
No, but why does this person keep calling me a fairy in the midst of this serious situation?
Where did I look to see a fairy? This isn't important right now, so let's move on...
As if he didn't hear the screams in my heart, he pointed seriously behind me and spoke.
"In battle, the magician's place is at the back. They're the enemy's primary target and have weak health, so follow me to the back. I'll protect you!"
Ant Rudican's eyes were sparkling as he answered cheerfully.
You, do you want to protect me...?
I shook my head as I looked at Ant Rudican, whom I was meeting for the first time today.
“Don’t worry about me, I don’t need you to protect me. Let’s go quickly!”
“Huh?! Oh, no, fairy!”
I left him calling me in bewilderment, and quickly hung on to the window frame where the entire window had blown out, and looked down.
'Over there!'
Far away, in a corner of the open space beneath the castle, five warlocks and Adrian lay unconscious.
Why on earth did this happen?
The situation changed drastically again.
I could never understand Empress Giselle.
After sending Adrian here, she forced the warlocks who were waiting to infiltrate the Duke of Iels' castle and take him back.
It was so strange. Why did they have to resort to such drastic measures to take Adrian away?
'Uh?'
Suddenly, I remembered Adrian reaching out to me in fear.
It was a look that asked for help. And it seemed to be saying something...
No way.
It looked similar to when Cordelia came to me and advised me to become a warlock and fight against Empress Giselle.
‘What is this...?’
Paat―!
At that moment, Rudnine, who had jumped down first, rushed towards the warlocks and swung his sword, causing a blue aura to swirl around.
The warlocks could not hide their bewilderment as the Sword Master's sharp aura attacks poured down on them fiercely.
Then one of them opened his mouth.
“Glisten, show yourself before me and protect me.”
The dark red smoke I had seen in the reception room earlier rose quickly from the ground and narrowly blocked the blue aura that was raging at the warlocks.
"Ugh!"
My eyes widened as I heard the familiar's voice clearly in my ears.
'That was a familiar.'
Unlike before, the familiar, Cloud, blocked the merciless attack auras that Rudnine was pouring out with his entire body, and let out a painful scream.
But I gulped as I saw the familiar Cloud pulling itself together again and creating a defensive barrier again.
"He's quite strong. I should go help him quickly."
I looked down, estimated the height, and decided that I didn't need to use any magic, so I jumped down.
Bam.
As soon as I landed on the ground, I unleashed the attack magic I had prepared earlier towards them.
A stream of magical energy gushed out from the magic circle formed near my body and rushed towards the familiar Cloud, causing them to turn their heads towards me in shock.
"Princess Argenthoz! When did you get here?"
“Ugh! I let my guard down; that was to be expected! The Princess isn’t an average sorceress!”
While they were chattering loudly, dark red clouds began to stir and reveal gaps.
"Ugh... It hurts, it hurts!"
It felt pitiful to hear such a childish scream, but there was nothing I could do.
Because that familiar is the enemy I must defeat now.
With my resolve firm, I continued to gather my magical power and pour out a stream of water, and eventually, the crimson cloud of the familiar that had been protecting the warlocks subsided into the ground.
“Ugh!”
When their position was completely exposed, they were shocked, and their expressions distorted into menacing grimaces.
I tilted my chin slightly upwards, meeting the gaze of a warlock who was glaring at me as if he was going to kill me.
“Why? I’m not scared at all.”
“What, what did you say?”
“And you guys, you kidnapped my brother? How weak is my brother... You guys, kidnap me instead!”
As soon as I thought of the captured Barden, I suddenly became filled with anger towards them and screamed.
The guys were taken aback by my outburst, but they quickly came to their senses and became absorbed in something.
"What on earth are they doing? Are they preparing to attack?"
At that moment, Rudnine ran towards the warlocks like lightning, so I quickly regrouped my magical power and ran along with them.
“Fairy!”
Ant Rudican, who had been following me, called out to me.
When I looked back, he was following me, his eyes sparkling like a golden retriever.
"I'm impressed that you were able to use two spells in quick succession. I thought only archmages could use consecutive spells. Are you an archmage, fairy?"
"Two outlines? I just used one attack spell."
When I tilted my head and answered, Ant Rudican opened his mouth wide.
"Huh? You didn't use landing assist magic and attack magic at the same time? I don't know much about magic... Sorry. Huh?! No, so you just jumped from that window?"
"Yes."
Ant Rudican's eyes grew as big as bells in surprise.
The central reception room was on the second floor, so it was quite high, but I also have pretty good athletic ability.
But before I could properly boast about my merits, Ant Rudican hastily came to a different conclusion.
“Oh my goodness. You have wings? You really are a fairy!”
'How could that be!'
After giving him a serious look at his delusion, which was no longer worth responding to, I started running back to where Rudnine and the warlocks were.
Kwakwakwakwang! Kookung!
“Ugh!”
“Ugh, do something about it!”
“No. Right now... This is the limit!”
The noise and shockwave of the black magic and Rudnine's aura colliding, and the warlock's scream echoed in confusion.
The warlocks were struggling, but Rudnine was moving cautiously.
He was really fast.
It was a movement that was difficult to keep up with, even with my eyesight and senses, which I believed were excellent.
Is it because he's a Sword Master, or is Rudnine special?
Growing up, I never really felt like there was anyone in the Argenthoz family who was physically stronger than me, so I never really respected knights.
But Rudnine was so cool, he was too cool.
If I had met him earlier, I would have been living in a martial arts studio with a sword instead of being obsessed with magic as a child.
I wonder if I would have learned swordsmanship if my mother, who was a knight, had been alive.
Yes-.
I was blankly watching Rudnine's movements, which were so ecstatic that they changed my perspective on my job, when suddenly a loud vibration from the floor brought me back to my senses.
'Gasp.'
“What is this...”
Unlike Ant Rudican, who was flustered next to me, I immediately understood what was being said.
This is a peculiar friction sound produced when a high-ranking magic circle moves with great magical power.
And my eyes widened as I realized what kind of high-level magic circle it was.
'It's a moving magic circle.'
Oh my god.
The warlocks had prepared a moving magic circle in advance to prevent them from rushing into close combat with the sword master, Rudnine.
My fingers were shaking.
I couldn't believe they were implementing a moving magic circle!
Now there are six of them, including five warlocks and Adrian.
Moving something that already exists is quite difficult, which is why movement magic is considered the highest level of magic.
Even if you succeed in moving alone, you will be praised as a great magician.
My father, the owner of the magic tower, is somewhat familiar with movement magic, but even he can only move around on his own.
I haven't even successfully performed a teleportation spell yet!
But to create a magic circle that can move that many people at the same time... It’s impossible to activate with just any amount of magic power.
'The power of warlocks was this much?!'
The basic magic I learned, the so-called white magic, doesn't even allow me to calculate the magical power formula to create such a large moving magic circle.
A chill ran down my spine.
I let out a hollow laugh.
Those warlocks didn't attack us because they lacked skill.
They were just concentrating and pouring all their magical power into a large moving magic circle.
'That's great? It's interesting.'
My hands were cold from nervousness, but I soon clenched my fists with determination.
Now was not the time to be frightened by the level of black magic that was beyond imagination.
I had to do whatever it took to stop them from escaping and capture the warlock.
Research into black magic is absolutely necessary.
Otherwise, if we fight in an all-out war, we will 100% lose.
But I didn't have the energy to prepare magic to destroy that enormous moving magic circle right away.
We need to destroy the magic circle itself or kill them all, but there isn't enough time to do that.
So what? I have another card too.
You guys. Are you the only ones raising familiars? I'll raise them too, and they're much kinder and more honest!
I screamed.
“You broke into someone else’s house and are just going to run away?”
And now I desperately called out to the three familiars who were no longer by my side.
“Pembe, Jan, Gorten! Come here!”
Summon familiars.
I've tried playing around with Pembe a few times before, but I've never had any success.
Of course. I'm not a warlock.
But now, I waited with bated breath for the familiars to respond to the summons as if it were a given.
My heart was beating fast.
Although we didn't have a formal contract, I had faith that if I called out with all my heart, they would come running.
Because...
...
A few hours ago.
After drinking Thiels tea, I lost consciousness for a moment due to the aftereffects of the magical collision that awakened my body's magical power.
Although I was unconscious, I vividly felt the dormant magical power spreading throughout my body, and the magical knowledge I had forgotten was awakening one by one.
When I opened my eyes as a wizard again, I was terrified at the sight before me.
'Ah. This is the Sword Master's aura!'
The surprised Rudnine and I briefly looked at each other.
This guy is really amazing, too.
To put up a shield in that short moment.
Suddenly, I remembered the incident when Rudnine came to the Argenthoz mansion, and he easily defended the bomb I threw at him.
'I really didn't know anything back then.'
Even back then, this person liked me...
What the heck!
A loud, eardrum-shattering noise echoed through the room.
There was no more time to leisurely think about other things.
The dark red smoke transformed into a huge cloud, collided with the defensive line that Rudnine and I had formed, and exploded.
"Ah."
Thanks to our double-layered defense, he wasn't hurt at all, but after a while, as the crimson cloud disappeared, Adrian also disappeared.
"What?"
As I muttered in absurdity, my hair flew before my eyes.
The night wind blew fiercely inside, as if all the windows in the living room were completely broken.
“Was the Crown Prince your target?”
“He ran away.”
Rudnine muttered softly, and as soon as he finished speaking, he jumped out the window.
The movement was so fast that it was difficult to follow with the eyes.
“Let’s go together!”
I also tried to quickly follow Rudnine and run to the window.
“Fairy, fairy!”
But Ant Rudican followed me with his sword drawn and called out to me in a hurry.
No, but why does this person keep calling me a fairy in the midst of this serious situation?
Where did I look to see a fairy? This isn't important right now, so let's move on...
As if he didn't hear the screams in my heart, he pointed seriously behind me and spoke.
"In battle, the magician's place is at the back. They're the enemy's primary target and have weak health, so follow me to the back. I'll protect you!"
Ant Rudican's eyes were sparkling as he answered cheerfully.
You, do you want to protect me...?
I shook my head as I looked at Ant Rudican, whom I was meeting for the first time today.
“Don’t worry about me, I don’t need you to protect me. Let’s go quickly!”
“Huh?! Oh, no, fairy!”
I left him calling me in bewilderment, and quickly hung on to the window frame where the entire window had blown out, and looked down.
'Over there!'
Far away, in a corner of the open space beneath the castle, five warlocks and Adrian lay unconscious.
Why on earth did this happen?
The situation changed drastically again.
I could never understand Empress Giselle.
After sending Adrian here, she forced the warlocks who were waiting to infiltrate the Duke of Iels' castle and take him back.
It was so strange. Why did they have to resort to such drastic measures to take Adrian away?
'Uh?'
Suddenly, I remembered Adrian reaching out to me in fear.
It was a look that asked for help. And it seemed to be saying something...
No way.
It looked similar to when Cordelia came to me and advised me to become a warlock and fight against Empress Giselle.
‘What is this...?’
Paat―!
At that moment, Rudnine, who had jumped down first, rushed towards the warlocks and swung his sword, causing a blue aura to swirl around.
The warlocks could not hide their bewilderment as the Sword Master's sharp aura attacks poured down on them fiercely.
Then one of them opened his mouth.
“Glisten, show yourself before me and protect me.”
The dark red smoke I had seen in the reception room earlier rose quickly from the ground and narrowly blocked the blue aura that was raging at the warlocks.
"Ugh!"
My eyes widened as I heard the familiar's voice clearly in my ears.
'That was a familiar.'
Unlike before, the familiar, Cloud, blocked the merciless attack auras that Rudnine was pouring out with his entire body, and let out a painful scream.
But I gulped as I saw the familiar Cloud pulling itself together again and creating a defensive barrier again.
"He's quite strong. I should go help him quickly."
I looked down, estimated the height, and decided that I didn't need to use any magic, so I jumped down.
Bam.
As soon as I landed on the ground, I unleashed the attack magic I had prepared earlier towards them.
A stream of magical energy gushed out from the magic circle formed near my body and rushed towards the familiar Cloud, causing them to turn their heads towards me in shock.
"Princess Argenthoz! When did you get here?"
“Ugh! I let my guard down; that was to be expected! The Princess isn’t an average sorceress!”
While they were chattering loudly, dark red clouds began to stir and reveal gaps.
"Ugh... It hurts, it hurts!"
It felt pitiful to hear such a childish scream, but there was nothing I could do.
Because that familiar is the enemy I must defeat now.
With my resolve firm, I continued to gather my magical power and pour out a stream of water, and eventually, the crimson cloud of the familiar that had been protecting the warlocks subsided into the ground.
“Ugh!”
When their position was completely exposed, they were shocked, and their expressions distorted into menacing grimaces.
I tilted my chin slightly upwards, meeting the gaze of a warlock who was glaring at me as if he was going to kill me.
“Why? I’m not scared at all.”
“What, what did you say?”
“And you guys, you kidnapped my brother? How weak is my brother... You guys, kidnap me instead!”
As soon as I thought of the captured Barden, I suddenly became filled with anger towards them and screamed.
The guys were taken aback by my outburst, but they quickly came to their senses and became absorbed in something.
"What on earth are they doing? Are they preparing to attack?"
At that moment, Rudnine ran towards the warlocks like lightning, so I quickly regrouped my magical power and ran along with them.
“Fairy!”
Ant Rudican, who had been following me, called out to me.
When I looked back, he was following me, his eyes sparkling like a golden retriever.
"I'm impressed that you were able to use two spells in quick succession. I thought only archmages could use consecutive spells. Are you an archmage, fairy?"
"Two outlines? I just used one attack spell."
When I tilted my head and answered, Ant Rudican opened his mouth wide.
"Huh? You didn't use landing assist magic and attack magic at the same time? I don't know much about magic... Sorry. Huh?! No, so you just jumped from that window?"
"Yes."
Ant Rudican's eyes grew as big as bells in surprise.
The central reception room was on the second floor, so it was quite high, but I also have pretty good athletic ability.
But before I could properly boast about my merits, Ant Rudican hastily came to a different conclusion.
“Oh my goodness. You have wings? You really are a fairy!”
'How could that be!'
After giving him a serious look at his delusion, which was no longer worth responding to, I started running back to where Rudnine and the warlocks were.
Kwakwakwakwang! Kookung!
“Ugh!”
“Ugh, do something about it!”
“No. Right now... This is the limit!”
The noise and shockwave of the black magic and Rudnine's aura colliding, and the warlock's scream echoed in confusion.
The warlocks were struggling, but Rudnine was moving cautiously.
He was really fast.
It was a movement that was difficult to keep up with, even with my eyesight and senses, which I believed were excellent.
Is it because he's a Sword Master, or is Rudnine special?
Growing up, I never really felt like there was anyone in the Argenthoz family who was physically stronger than me, so I never really respected knights.
But Rudnine was so cool, he was too cool.
If I had met him earlier, I would have been living in a martial arts studio with a sword instead of being obsessed with magic as a child.
I wonder if I would have learned swordsmanship if my mother, who was a knight, had been alive.
Yes-.
I was blankly watching Rudnine's movements, which were so ecstatic that they changed my perspective on my job, when suddenly a loud vibration from the floor brought me back to my senses.
'Gasp.'
“What is this...”
Unlike Ant Rudican, who was flustered next to me, I immediately understood what was being said.
This is a peculiar friction sound produced when a high-ranking magic circle moves with great magical power.
And my eyes widened as I realized what kind of high-level magic circle it was.
'It's a moving magic circle.'
Oh my god.
The warlocks had prepared a moving magic circle in advance to prevent them from rushing into close combat with the sword master, Rudnine.
My fingers were shaking.
I couldn't believe they were implementing a moving magic circle!
Now there are six of them, including five warlocks and Adrian.
Moving something that already exists is quite difficult, which is why movement magic is considered the highest level of magic.
Even if you succeed in moving alone, you will be praised as a great magician.
My father, the owner of the magic tower, is somewhat familiar with movement magic, but even he can only move around on his own.
I haven't even successfully performed a teleportation spell yet!
But to create a magic circle that can move that many people at the same time... It’s impossible to activate with just any amount of magic power.
'The power of warlocks was this much?!'
The basic magic I learned, the so-called white magic, doesn't even allow me to calculate the magical power formula to create such a large moving magic circle.
A chill ran down my spine.
I let out a hollow laugh.
Those warlocks didn't attack us because they lacked skill.
They were just concentrating and pouring all their magical power into a large moving magic circle.
'That's great? It's interesting.'
My hands were cold from nervousness, but I soon clenched my fists with determination.
Now was not the time to be frightened by the level of black magic that was beyond imagination.
I had to do whatever it took to stop them from escaping and capture the warlock.
Research into black magic is absolutely necessary.
Otherwise, if we fight in an all-out war, we will 100% lose.
But I didn't have the energy to prepare magic to destroy that enormous moving magic circle right away.
We need to destroy the magic circle itself or kill them all, but there isn't enough time to do that.
So what? I have another card too.
You guys. Are you the only ones raising familiars? I'll raise them too, and they're much kinder and more honest!
I screamed.
“You broke into someone else’s house and are just going to run away?”
And now I desperately called out to the three familiars who were no longer by my side.
“Pembe, Jan, Gorten! Come here!”
Summon familiars.
I've tried playing around with Pembe a few times before, but I've never had any success.
Of course. I'm not a warlock.
But now, I waited with bated breath for the familiars to respond to the summons as if it were a given.
My heart was beating fast.
Although we didn't have a formal contract, I had faith that if I called out with all my heart, they would come running.
Because...
...
A few hours ago.
After drinking Thiels tea, I lost consciousness for a moment due to the aftereffects of the magical collision that awakened my body's magical power.
Although I was unconscious, I vividly felt the dormant magical power spreading throughout my body, and the magical knowledge I had forgotten was awakening one by one.
When I opened my eyes as a wizard again, I was terrified at the sight before me.
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