Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 394

Part 2 Episode 134

Blonde and Green Eyes

Strangely, I didn’t feel any hostility from them at all.

As if it was natural.

“That thing is just as annoying.”

Elric let out a laugh.

Calling oneself a ‘duke’ meant not acknowledging one’s position as a ‘duke.’

The Eight Lions are the concept of vassals recognized by the Golden Lion.

They regard him as lower than the golden lion.

At the same time, since there is no trace of past resentment, should I say that it is moderation or rudeness?

Probably, unless the Golden Lion gives a special order, he will not even point his sword at him.

They were a completely different group from the knight commanders I had met before.

‘Of course, it remains to be seen whether the final appearance will go as planned.’

There was no thought of letting down one’s guard in enemy territory.

Elric said while looking around at the vassals.

“For now, everyone wait here. And if things go wrong.”

Elric’s green eyes glowed dimly.

“You may begin shelling.”

“I will follow your orders.”

Elric and his group headed down the stairs connecting the airship and the castle.

At that moment, the knights of Sajagongga moved out of the way like the tide, making a path.

and.

『There you are』

Mephisto looked ahead, showing his will to win.

That’s right too.

This was because at the end of the road made by the knights, a golden lion stood with a stern expression.

Today, his blonde hair and green eyes especially stood out.

* * *

The meeting place was the Grand Duke’s dining room.

On one side of the table were a golden lion, Cromhel, and several people who looked like lions.

On the other side were Elric, Guy, and Innerity Herman Andre.

Elric had agreed to represent the Magic Tower on behalf of Guy as well as the other messengers.

Right here and now.

Because the person who knew the Golden Lion better than anyone else was Elric.

but.

Clatter, clatter, clatter –

Even after half of the food on the table had disappeared, there was no significant conversation between them.

The only sound that resonates in the quiet restaurant is the sound of dishes moving.

“….”

“….”

A heavy atmosphere as if it were weighing down on one’s shoulders.

The fact that we had gathered to have a conversation was almost meaningless.

Even in that atmosphere, the Grand Duke’s servants busily served food and cleaned up dishes.

Even though it moves around quickly, the angles are maintained without being disturbed.

Elric was able to infer the atmosphere of the Lion House just from that.

‘It’s terribly cold.’

The servants were like machines made in the same place.

Their actions, facial expressions, and even their breathing speeds were all completely the same.

‘Are they the same as the test subjects I saw back then?’

How long did the silence last?

widely!

Elric put down the fork and knife he was holding.

The sound attracted everyone’s attention, including the golden lion.

Elric looked straight into the golden lion’s eyes.

Blonde hair and green eyes.

Everything that symbolized Mervinger was caught in Elric’s sight.

But the expression on his face was different from Elric’s.

A expressionless expression where no thoughts can be read.

I thought it might be a wax figure.

“I felt it every time.”

“…?”

“We really look a lot alike. “With us.”

At that moment, the people around me opened their eyes wide.

What is this sound?

There were a lot of people looking at Elric and the Golden Lion alternately without knowing why.

In fact, most of them had been feeling it for a long time.

Elric and the Golden Lion.

No, to be exact, Usden and the Golden Lion.

The two people are somehow very similar.

However, I didn’t have any doubts about this.

This was because it was difficult to find common ground between Mervinger, who represents magic, and Liongongga, who represents swordsmanship.

But Elric mentioned this?

It seemed like there was something there.

A secret story they don’t know.

just as expected.

The golden lion’s eyes were sinking deeply.

“I heard that you were originally a Merbinger. “When did you leave your family behind?”

“…!”

“…!”

And everyone was shocked by the next words.

The same goes for the servants who seemed to have no emotions.

Cromhel even looked like he was about to jump out of his seat.

But only one.

The person involved, the Golden Lion, seemed to be fine.

He calmly put down the dishes and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief.

The attendant next to me quickly came over and cleared the plate.

“It was probably about a thousand years ago.”

The golden lion seemed like it was nothing special.

But the impact those words left behind was not easy.

It was because those years felt so absurdly long.

A thousand years.

An eternity of time that ordinary people cannot even imagine.

Does he live the eternal life he only heard about?

But no one could open their mouths.

‘So that’s what Mirka knew.’

Thanks to this, one of Elric’s questions was resolved.

Either that or not.

The Golden Lion continued to tell his story.

“I was originally Mervinger’s bastard son. Moreover, I didn’t have any particular talent for magic.”

“….”

“Because of that, there was severe discrimination in the family.”

He continued speaking while lightly tapping his hand on the sword that was standing next to him.

“Then, by chance, I became interested in swordsmanship. But unfortunately, I didn’t have any talent for that either.”

You said you had no talent?

People who heard this furrowed their brows.

I wondered what this meant.

“But I didn’t really pay much attention to it. Anyway, from a young age, I knew very well that I wasn’t talented at everything. So I wasn’t interested in anything. “But the sword was different.”

“….”

“It was just good. The first thing I liked. “It would be nice to say that.”

Elric recalled the time when the golden lion was holding a sword.

No matter what happened, he never took his sword away from his body.

At the time, I thought it was a natural position for a prosecutor.

Now that I think about it, it seems like it had a different meaning to him.

“So I trained steadily. I swung and swung again…. I tried again and again without giving up. I absorbed all the knowledge I could get my hands on. “Then, when I came to my senses, I realized that I had reached where I am now.”

The Golden Lion took his hand off the sword again and looked at Elric.

“How is it? “Is this a sufficient answer?”

To summarize, he left the family due to discrimination and learned the sword in the process.

Elric didn’t ask any particular questions.

Of course, there were still many questions.

How did I live eternal life?

How was the concept of the chain created, and is it true that it is based on Mervinger’s magic?

But I guess that was good.

All of them are ultimately just by-products of the process of ‘learning’ the sword.

The most important thing was the existence of the golden lion itself.

-A being born through endless training.

I thought that maybe I was introduced to Sean’s swordsmanship around that time.

‘difficult. I knew it.’

Elric read the deep resentment contained in the golden lion’s calm tone.

Perhaps the reason I came to like swords was because of my resistance to magic.

He hated magic so much that he picked up a sword that was the opposite of it.

And even though I had no talent, I continued to wield it.

He said he would have to overcome his damn talent somehow.

With the sole intention of somehow getting revenge on the family that abandoned him.

After swinging and swinging in response to evil like that… how did you end up escaping that limit?

For example.

The golden lion could be said to be the complete opposite of himself.

Elric was Mervinger’s only legitimate child and became the head of the family from a young age.

He was very talented, but because of that, he was unable to use magic.

After overcoming the heavenly punishment, he was able to quickly become stronger through various arrangements left by the founder and the four worlds.

A collection of everything about the family.

That was Elric.

On the other hand, what about the golden lion?

It was quite the opposite.

He was born as a bastard and was abandoned by his family.

I wouldn’t have been able to expect anything like support.

Because he had no talent, all he could do was swing the sword again and again.

After finding a path, hitting a wall, finding a new path, and hitting another wall again and again… I reached this stage.

The Golden Lion, which has lived for over a thousand years, has only been making its name known in earnest for about 50 years.

It was commonly known that he was a contemporary of Wusden Mervinger.

And for the first time, he came up with the concept of Auror Chain.

A person with so much resentment has never appeared in the world for such a long time?

It was ridiculous.

‘It’s been that way since then. What brought me to my current position. ‘It made me think that I could beat the family.’

This is a person who pioneered a new world by practicing training for over a thousand years.

How boring and grueling those years of suffering must be.

As Elric, I couldn’t even imagine it, so I couldn’t say anything.

and.

Now the Golden Lion was asking.

-Can you bear the times I have walked through?

Even if we talk about the years that Elric trained his magic in earnest, it is too trivial compared to the golden lion.

but.

‘But what I hold… is not just mine.’

Elric is the favorite child of a family that has been around for over a thousand years.

It contained all the things that the family had accumulated over the years.

The wish of the ancestors, the waiting of the four seasons… As long as all of those things existed, Elric never thought that what he held was inferior to the Golden Lion.

so that.

Elric asked while taking a deep breath.

“War.”

This contains everything about the family.

“Are you going to continue?”

“It’s war.”

The corners of the golden lion’s mouth widened for the first time.

In an instant, his eyes changed.

The angry lion was right there.

“What do you think I’ll say?”

“well. However, I think I know one thing for sure. “If things continue like this, it will end up being a meaningless war of attrition.”

“Do you really think so? “Isn’t it possible that the Mervinger family itself will end up disappearing?”

also.

Elric’s eyes tightened.

Hermann and others around him quickly moved their hands toward the sword hanging at his waist.

“You asked? Are you going to go to war? “I will give you the answer right away.”

Coo coo coo-

The restaurant shook violently.

“something to do. of course. “As long as I have my breath left, I will absolutely dry up your seeds that exist on this continent.”

At that moment, a golden lion stood up.

Wizard who swallowed talent