Between Your Letter and My Reply

Chapter 102

“Lily, don’t worry too much. I’m here. Although it’s a bit overwhelming for me to handle alone, if you and Damian help me a little, I can take care of it. You don’t have to worry about anything. We’ll solve it one step at a time.”

Damian frowned at Casey’s passionate plea and asked,

“Then how are the ‘Lion’s Heart’ sending people continuously? I can understand that providing funds isn’t a big problem for a noble. But human resources are limited, and even Marquis Sutton can’t hire that many people with just money. Moreover, they have to move in secret. How can they use people so easily?”

Casey shook his head at Damian’s point.

“Sigmund Sutton doesn’t use people. As you said, there’s a limit to hiring people.”

“Then?”

“Instead of using many people, he hired a wizard.”

“A wizard?”

“That’s what makes it more troublesome.”

“Who is this wizard?”

Damian pressed Casey.

“The wizard Sidel Luriantz. His specialty is…”

Casey narrowed his eyes and looked at Damian and Lilliana.

“Golems. The golems he creates are exceptional. He makes them using earth, water, fire, and wind. They’re incomparable to the rock golems Pascal makes.”

“So the reason you couldn’t help but run away all this time…”

“Because of the numerical superiority they have due to the golems. And they can also use golems to gather information.”

“So Lilliana’s existence was exposed because of the golems controlled by that wizard?”

At Damian’s question, Casey fell into thought. He seemed to be contemplating whether he should say this or not.

“Uh… the reason they became aware of Lily’s existence is, in fact, because of Pascal.”

“Because of Aunt Pascal?”

Lilliana asked back, as if she couldn’t believe it. Instead of looking at Lilliana who asked the question, Casey looked at Damian.

“Does Damian know that Pascal helped Oracis Shelbyr create the Kingdom of Istarica?”

“I heard that from Lilliana.”

“I see. Then it will be easy for you to understand what I’m saying. Oracis Shelbyr was a close friend to Pascal. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have helped him establish the kingdom. That Pascal gnome.”

“She sometimes told me about how clumsy that fool Oracis was…”

Casey nodded at Lilliana’s interjection and continued,

“Yes. That’s how close they were. So what would Oracis’ descendants be to Pascal? Like nephews, just like us. So it seems she has a soft spot for the Shelbyr royal family. I don’t really understand that feeling, though. Even looking at Timo’s puppies, I don’t quite get it.”

Casey pulled Timo, who was at Lilliana’s feet, towards him and stroked her fluffy fur.

“Anyway, so Marquis Sutton went to Pascal. He wanted Pascal to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Shelbyr bloodline he was trying to restore and to get her help.”

“Aunt Pascal never mentioned that…”

Lilliana blinked rapidly, and Casey shrugged.

“This is part of the memory you lost. If he knew Pascal’s whereabouts well enough to visit her, where would he have gone?”

“Our house.”

“That’s right. And who was there?”

“…Me?”

Casey smiled bitterly at Lilliana’s answer. Lilliana let out a sigh from deep within her.

“I entered Noster State University because I thought I would be safe with Aunt Pascal…”

“We miscalculated. I thought you would be safe if I left you with Pascal while I went abroad. But we shouldn’t have done that, considering that Pascal was a symbolic figure for the Shelbyr royal family.”

Casey continued, frowning with belated regret,

“Marquis Sutton didn’t know that the children of Deltaius Salamander were twins. So he was just chasing after me, and when I went abroad, he was dumbfounded. But when he went to Pascal, there you were. Wouldn’t you have seemed like the easier target? Even though you were under Pascal’s protection, Pascal needed a contractor to leave Kelta, and at that time, Pascal didn’t have one.”

“I have a question,”

Damian interjected.

“If Ms. Pascal had the power to help establish Istarica, doesn’t that mean she was a very strong spirit? Then how was she defeated so easily by Marquis Sutton?”

Lilliana and Casey glanced at each other at the question and said,

“Our aunt isn’t a spirit who fights. The earth, the land, creates the foundation for all things in this world to live on, it doesn’t harm anyone. Unless it’s a natural disaster that affects humans. Like landslides, earthquakes, and such. But she can’t use that power recklessly. There are many restrictions because its impact is too strong.”

“Besides, an earth spirit can’t leave the land they belong to without a contractor. Even if they make a contract with someone, they need permission from the other earth spirit who governs the land to use their power in a place that isn’t their own land. They can’t just use someone else’s land without permission.”

Damian, looking like he didn’t quite understand, asked,

“Then what kind of power did Ms. Pascal lend to Oracis?”

“She became Oracis’ source of funds.”

Pascal had an abundance of money. And the enormous task of founding a nation requires a tremendous amount of money. Pascal was the one in charge of that financial aspect.

“Did Marquis Sutton also want financial support from Pascal?”

Casey waved his hand dismissively.

“No. I told you, he needed someone to support the legitimacy of the royal heir. That was Pascal. Among the spirits who supported Oracis in his time, Pascal is the only one still active.”

“But it’s not the mythical age anymore, is Aunt Pascal’s support really necessary? The idea of absorbing my power is also strange. I know that the power of spirits can help with significant tasks. But this is the age of science and technology, and the power of spirits can be easily replaced by science.”

Casey rubbed Timo’s belly with his hand and answered Lilliana’s question,

“Hmm… Well, Lily, do you know what I was doing while traveling?”

“Self-discovery?”

“Yes. Do you know how I was doing that self-discovery?”

Lilliana shook her head.

“I have two choices. To live as a spirit or to live as a human. For your information, I haven’t decided yet, but that’s not important right now… I traveled around to see how mythical creatures live. I wanted to see how those who were pushed away by humans or chose to hide themselves live. And I realized something; mythical creatures basically like spirits. Because they possess the power that forms the foundation of all nature. Even though I have human blood in me, most creatures that live by borrowing the power of nature show favor towards me.”

Casey crossed his arms and leaned towards Lilliana.

“Do you know how amazing that is? You can do whatever you want just by receiving help from a wizard. But imagine being able to borrow the power of other mythical creatures as well. That’s a revolution!”

Lilliana frowned. It was a way of thinking that she couldn’t understand. How much wealth and glory was he aiming for by using such immense power…?

Damian, who had been listening silently to Casey, opened his mouth.

“Casey, there’s something I don’t understand. If mythical creatures favor spirits, can’t you get their help by asking them? Oracis also founded Istarica with the help of mythical creatures. You could do the same, so why aren’t you? If you gather mythical creatures like Marquis Sutton is trying to do…”

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