Youngest Scion of the Mages - Chapter 20
The Magic Master’s Youngest Son Episode 20
[‘The settings of the other side of the world’ are revealed.]
Larsen focused on the interpretation of ‘Cheonan’. It seems that there was something in the contract of fire that the writer Cha Seong-min was unaware of that took on a life of its own.
[Fire contractors are granted the ‘power of runaway control.’]
At that moment, Larsen realized.
‘ah…!’
Seongmin Cha set Lydia as a ‘super single cell’. A person who is very simple and does not think deeply. This is a character who has clear likes and dislikes and hates complicated things.
‘Sometimes Kashin would stop Lydia like that.’
At that time, Cha Seong-min wrote it like that without much thought. Lydia sometimes went crazy. There were times when I couldn’t control my anger.
‘Readers left comments asking why I suddenly had a seizure.’
There were also some comments saying they understood and others asking why he was having a seizure. At the time, Cha Seong-min didn’t think much about Lydia’s reckless driving.
It’s a super single cell, so what? If you get angry, you might go crazy. Because the main character is nice, she stopped Lydia like that. That’s what I thought.
The interpretation value was visible before my eyes. It was a very specific and detailed setting, rather than the ‘just good’ setting that Cha Seong-min roughly set.
The content set by Se-gi himself was much more specific and detailed than the content set by writer Cha Seong-min.
[One. The ‘Power of Runaway Control’ has the power to control the exploding mana of the ‘Fire Contractor’.] There
were as many as 12 settings starting with …. Among them, there was one thing that definitely stood out.
[12. The side effect is the death of the contractee.]
To summarize it briefly, it means that the fire contractee (Larsen) must prevent the contractee (Lydia) from having a seizure and must take responsibility for Lydia’s life.
Cheonan showed ‘content in the novel’.
[“Please don’t run away. Lydia.”]
[“Why! I’m going to kill them all! Don’t stop me!”]
[“Don’t get excited. If you run away, you’ll die.”]
A conversation that wasn’t even in writer Cha Seong-min’s head. But after seeing it, I vaguely remembered it.
‘That’s right. We had this conversation.’
Cha Seong-min also couldn’t remember exactly. I’m a writer, but I don’t remember everything. When drawing a battle scene, there were times when I added unnecessary words here and there just to fill the space.
Perhaps this conversation is one of those cases.
‘I didn’t worry about why Lydia died. Why did you tell me to control my firearms?’
It was a conversation I entered into without much thought.
This was because the novel was centered around the main character, and the main character would simply overcome the danger.
So there was no need to worry much. Because it will be resolved anyway after the protagonist stops him a few times. Cha Seong-min’s novel lacked probability and concern.
However, ‘the world’ took over those concerns.
‘This world makes up for what it lacks in probability.’
I definitely realized that. Probability created by small clues such as conversation. The world made up for the writer’s shortcomings.
Larsen focused on the ‘contract of fire’.
‘If you use your power incorrectly…’
You can clearly see it with your own eyes.
[Death.]
Those two letters. Two short but powerful letters.
“uh. wait for a sec. Lydia, I won’t do it.”
My dream is to eat well and live well for a long time. This kind of contract is not right. It’s hard for me to take care of myself, so how can I take responsibility for a girl like Lydia who can’t go anywhere?
It’s a specification. I didn’t want to take on something as uncomfortable as taking responsibility for someone’s life.
“why? Why don’t you sign a contract? “This is a good thing.”
“Are you sure it’s good?”
“huh. “Dad said it was really good.”
“no. not good.”
“It’s good!”
“Explain why it’s good.”
“That thing…!”
Larsen shook his head. I knew it would be like that. Lydia herself doesn’t know what’s good or what’s good. Because they don’t know any better, they recklessly step forward and become ‘contractors of injustice’.
“Listen carefully. “If you become a fire contractor, you will have to sacrifice your whole life to me.”
“sacrifice? It’s good. “I like sacrifice!”
“why?”
“It’s cool.”
Larsen’s stomach felt tight. Yes. Lydia is that kind of character.
“If you run wild, I can’t stop you.”
“What does that matter?”
“If I can’t stop you….”
Another setting.
[6. If you don’t use the ‘Runaway Control Power’ on a runaway fire contractor, the contractee will die.] He
told me honestly.
“You die.”
I die too. Then Lydia smiled brightly.
“It’s okay to die for a fire contractor. It’s the glory of the clan. “We call it martyrdom.”
It’s scarier because it’s pure.
“I don’t want to kill you and I don’t want to take that responsibility.”
“no way. Larsen has a lot of unnecessary worries. “I won’t die.”
For some reason, the more we talked, the more I felt like I was sinking deeper into the mire.
“That means when I can control you well.”
Larsen said with a serious expression.
“Listen carefully. You are nine years old. “You’re too young to be someone’s contractor.”
“Age doesn’t matter in an unfair contract.”
“I am not of the fire clan. “You are forcing the Fire Clan’s common sense on me.”
We conducted a customized conversation so that Lydia could understand.
“coercion. “That’s bad, right?”
“coercion?”
Lydia thought for a moment and nodded.
“Force is bad.”
“yes? “I don’t want to be forced.”
“Does Larsen not want me to be his contractor?”
“It’s not that I don’t like it, it’s just that the responsibility is too great.”
“You are also 9 years old. I’m also 9 years old. And I have so much work to do. In the midst of this, I am not confident that I can fully fulfill the sacred contract of fire. “I’m not ready yet.”
Lydia, who was thinking deeply, nodded.
“okay. “Then I’ll wait.”
The flame blooming in Lydia’s body disappeared.
[The ‘Fire Contract’ has been cancelled.]
Lydia smiled brightly.
“Is Larsen a good person?”
“Why suddenly?”
I just want to enjoy life and live a long life.
“Dad said that. “An unjust contract is always sacred, but the contract holder must always be cautious.”
“…Is that so?”
“I said that if I sign a contract, it will be perfect for me to live comfortably under the contract. “I said that if there is someone who refuses this unfair contract for a good reason, they are a good person.”
“….”
For some reason, this doesn’t seem right.
“He said he was a trustworthy person. “That kind of person.”
Lydia’s body bursts into flames again for a moment! I woke up. Lydia smiled broadly.
“I told you not to miss it.”
Larsen couldn’t bear to look at that smile.
‘It’s too bright.’
I got goosebumps for no reason.
Lydia tilted her head. Like a single cell. I mumbled something rude without even thinking about it.
“That’s strange. “I said Larsen was the world’s biggest son of a bitch.”
I smiled brightly. There was life in that smile.
“All those who tell such nonsense will have their tongues ripped out.”
I felt like the back of my head was getting cold.
* * *
I sat Lydia down at the table. Heira brought ‘Chocolate from Verden’. Lydia loved this chocolate as much as Larsen did in the past.
“delicious! It’s really delicious!”
Lydia was happy.
“Dad heals me too. Give me something delicious. Larsen is nice.”
“….”
Larsen cleared his throat and called Lydia.
“Lydia. “Now I have to give you something good.”
“Good things?”
Lydia jumped up from her seat.
“Oh right! Good things!”
Larsen slowly waited for Lydia to speak. Larsen already knew what Lydia would give him.
‘Chalice of Fire.’
According to the setting, it is a ‘divine object’ managed by the ‘Fire Clan’. It is an item that has been kept for a very long time and is currently kept by Lydia and her father. It is currently sleeping in the ‘Dragon Mountains’ near Hyran.
‘A small stone tomb that only the Fire Clan can activate. There is the Holy Grail of Fire.’
And a small stone tomb located there.
There will be a ‘Holy Grail of Fire’ there. It’s not that hard to get. A tomb that is activated when Lydia’s father or Lydia breathes ‘fire breath’ into it. A chalice of fire will pop out from there. Even thinking about it again, the settings were really rough.
“There’s something good in our neighborhood.”
“In the neighborhood?”
“It’s really really good. “My dad said it was really good.”
“Good things. “What’s your name?”
Holy Grail of Fire. Talk about the Holy Grail of Fire. So Larsen waited for the answer that it was the Holy Grail of Fire.
“name? I don’t know.”
“I don’t know?”
“It’s a good cup.”
Lydia smiled brightly.
Larsen lowered his head without realizing it. Writer Cha Seong-min’s reflection on how he made Lydia into a single cell continued.
With his ‘Heavenly Eye’ activated, Larsen thought about the ‘Holy Grail of Fire’. Active use of Cheonan. It was twice as difficult and required a lot more mana than automatically generating phrases, but this wasn’t that difficult for Larsen now.
‘The Holy Grail of Fire… Interprets.’
I activated the Cheonan with my will to read the Holy Grail of Fire. ‘Cheonan’ responded to that ‘will’ and showed Larsen the setting of the world.
[The ‘Holy Grail of Fire’ can create water called ‘flame water’ once every 100 years. That water has the ‘power of purification’ and is a water imbued with the great power to burn and purify all ‘harmful things’ that infiltrate the body and mind. (It is written.)] This means in other words
.
‘It doesn’t die from poison and doesn’t get affected by mental magic.’
At least,
‘even if I eat spoiled food, I don’t get an upset stomach.’
Water containing that much power is created. Thin and long. For Larsen, who wants to live a long and healthy life, this is a great power.
‘What does ~ written in parentheses mean?’
Larsen stood up.
“let’s go. “Lydia.”
The bull’s horn was also quickly removed. I wanted to quickly go and drink the ‘fire water’. But there was a bit of a problem.
‘Oops.’
Larsen had forgotten. When members of the Mayton family go out, they must always be accompanied by a guardian wizard called ‘Gubeop’. This was the same even for the abandoned youngest child.
Heira asked cautiously.
“Shall I apply for protection?”
Why do you say you’re going to Lydia’s hometown, ‘Hiran’? Is it really to get the ‘good cup’ that girl claims? How will the family accept it?
Larsen thought for a moment.
‘I can’t lie in the first place.’
Protection is 24 hours a day. When eating or sleeping. Even when you poop, it will stick next to you. If the Mayton family wants, they will remain in hiding. And the guards are composed of wizards of at least the 7th circle. Circle 7 is enough power to eat a small principality by yourself. Such power abounds in the Mayton family.
‘Who should I take him to?’
The problem is that all the protections are directed at one of the brothers. Politics is not a bad thing in the Maytons. Rather, it is a virtue that is highly encouraged. From a young age, you must create power within your family and recruit many talented people within the family to your side. The succession war also includes such things.
‘At this point, most people would probably be lining up from first to fourth.’
Fortunately, the eldest one left for ‘Jeokrim’ a long time ago – Cha Seong-min only wrote that he was missing and did not use it in the work – so he is far from the succession structure.
However, the second child, Evelia, is different.
Evelia herself is fiercely engaged in the succession war. It is true that in such a situation, you do not want to attract too much attention from them.
Larsen has no intention of getting too actively involved in the succession war.
But with the 10th anniversary approaching, why bother talking about going out and taking Protector along?
‘It will probably be seen as political.’
Is that too crazy? It will be seen as an act of self-destruction that cannot be repaid. Since they can’t do anything inside, they try to do something outside. There is no room for interpretation other than that.
So, no matter what type of protection Larsen chooses, he will be picked on by a brother who is closely related to that type of protection.
‘I don’t want to give up the Holy Grail of Fire.’
A decision had to be made here.
Will you get the Holy Grail of Fire even if it means risking being photographed? Or do you just give up?
After thinking for a while, Larsen finally made a decision. This was closer to a decision made by writer Cha Seong-min than a decision made by Larsen.
“I will choose to protect the law.”
“yes. “I will upload the documents right away.”
“The name of the guard is Jayple.”
Heira, who rarely asks questions, asked back.
“Japle… you mean?”
Heira wanted to ask. Are you serious? Do you know who Jayple is?