Please Do Not Abandon the Adopted Heroine

149 – The price of the moon phases

Returning to the Magic Tower again, I headed to the corridor on the top floor of the Magic Tower with a scowl on my face.

Manwol must have been away for a while and was nowhere to be seen. Instead, the twins of the full moon were giggling, one appearing from above the ceiling and the other from behind a stone statue, and began circling around me.

“Wow, Eugene is angry!”

“Wow, Shinwol is angry!”

“What do we do? “Do you think it would be a good idea for us to give it a go?”

“Ahaha! fool! Just to get scolded again~”

“I guess he’s angry because Undine and Ignis got hurt.”

“But we didn’t do anything wrong!”

“That’s right~ You did as Manwol told you.”

“As soon as he found out about the Fifth Holy Sword, he ran hard and told us about it!”

“Eujin wasn’t at the academy, so I spoke to Bald Head instead~”

“But you did well!”

“I was praised by Manwol!”

I looked at the twins in silence.

Then, the two twins seemed to have felt their gaze and quickly ran away to hide themselves.

Perhaps the reason they kept talking next to each other was to subtly express the fact that they had done enough. Normally, I would have offered at least a light compliment, but unfortunately, I wasn’t in the mood right now.

Chabakchabak.

The sound of wet bare feet slipping on the cold stone floor echoed through the corridor. The low humming singing voice is not the twins’ voice.

When I looked back, I saw Manwol approaching with light steps and throwing herself onto a stone chair littered with blankets and pillows.

“Ah, Eugene is here~”

“… … Oh, crazy.”

I didn’t mean to do that at all, but I couldn’t help but swear when I saw her.

What’s so exciting about it is that on the soft, white, woolly sofa seat, she shakes it with her legs straight out, and even as she flails around with no sense of shame, she pulls out a long, thin thread of magical energy between her fingers and plays with her hands. I was busy hitting.

I don’t know if he had just taken a bath, or if he had been splashing around in the lake near the Magic Tower, but his entire body was soaked. Water that has not yet been wiped drips down and wets the floor.

The problem was that she wasn’t wearing anything. She was literally humming as she was born, without even a single piece of underwear on.

The only consolation was that the hair, which was almost the color of cool blood, stuck to the body and barely covered the embarrassing parts. I frowned and barely suppressed the sigh that came out.

“… “Put some clothes on.”

“What~? why me?”

“Then should I wear it?”

“ha… Everyone is so annoying… . “I thought I was barely free from the crescent moon’s nagging, but now you’re doing the same?”

Manwol sighed in disgust.

“are you kidding. I’m the one who’s annoying. “What are you doing naked?”

“Who cares? “Anyway, the only people walking around in the magic tower are the Sanghyeondal twins.”

“… “I finally came to my senses.”

“I? I don’t want to hear from you that I’m out of my mind because everyone left. “You can count on one hand the areas where screws are missing.”

“You talk nonsense as much as you can. At least I don’t live as ugly as you. If you don’t wear clothes because you’re uncomfortable, does that mean you’re intelligent? “It’s an animal.”

“Just being able to consider dressing and undressing at the right time and place is already enough proof of intelligence.”

Manwol, who puffed out her lips and said, “Melong,” hummed as if teasing me and sat down on the stone chair. The twins who were watching next to her whispered.

“Ahaha! full moon! “I took it off again!”

“Ahaha! “We have to bring Crescent Moon!”

“No, then even those of us who didn’t stop it will be scolded!”

“Then let’s bring Ha Hyeon-dal!”

“that’s right! “If I bring Ha Hyeon-dal, I’ll put my clothes back on!”

… When I glared at him to see what this meant, Manwol shrugged her shoulders as if asking what he was looking at like that.

“You can’t just take off your clothes in front of a decent guy, right?”

“Am I far outside that category of being okay?”

“Fuhuhuhu! Oh my~ Is Eugene’s niece looking at her aunt that way?”

I frowned at the word ‘aunt’ as if I was overtly offended.

However, Manwol was not a talent worth being cautious about.

“Ha, do you think the DC siblings are getting on your nerves? Still, her aunt isn’t exactly wrong. Isn’t it too much to attribute her title of aunt only to the princess you used to follow?”

“… … … .”

“How close I was to your mother! When my sister was still in her magic tower, I was next to her and said ‘Sister ~ Sister ~’. “I was really cute back then~ I could never be that cute.”

“… done. “Stop talking and follow me.”

As the meaningless conversation continued, I gave up persuading and turned my back.

***

The expression ‘snowfield’ generally refers to the accumulation of scattered ash on a snowy field, but when you reach the north, the air becomes so frozen that this etymology becomes meaningless.

The atmosphere is so cold that it feels like frost is sticking to your lungs just by breathing. The snow field is so deep that it takes your breath away the moment you take a step, drawing lines that have never been touched by anyone.

“Keu~ Haa~ Eugene, I’m having a hard time. I’m exhausted. die. It’s annoying to have to cut off a few times to cover this distance. I already don’t have enough magic power, so I can’t believe I’m wasting teleportation like this. “I wonder if Undine or Ignis would be able to teleport in one go.”

Manwol was walking lightly in the air, half floating in the air, with cold protection magic wrapped all over her body. After all, she is the one who carries the title of Manwol, which only those with the greatest magical power can inherit. Her lack of magical power is probably her excuse. One of the many pieces of evidence is the constant fluttering of her mouth.

“… … … “Ask Undine directly.”

“What~? Undine won’t answer? “She hates me.”

“I know. “Every time I see it, it makes me scratch my stomach and it’s something he does well.”

“Whenever I see Undine, I always want to torment her. It’s so cute how desperately the kitten squeals and tries to get attention. So much so that I want to press it with my hand and burst it. So, without realizing it, I ended up saying something harsh in front of her.”

“Wanting to explode means you think it’s cute, or you want to bully it.”

“What’s wrong, Eugene? You know it well. “Of course it’s both.”

Normally, I would have accepted it calmly, but now the topic of Undine just felt uncomfortable. I wanted to erase the image of her still on the operating table from her mind as much as possible. She said as Manwol clapped his hands.

“Oh. I also heard about the DC siblings. “I’m sorry.”

“Is that so?”

I opened my mouth with a puff of breath.

“… … “The Sanghyeondal Twins said that the Magic Tower first announced the return of the supposedly dead Fifth Holy Sword.”

“that’s right. We delivered it to the Academy Chairman. I also knew that if you did that, you and the DC siblings would come forward after hearing the news. I thought Ignis and Undine would win the 5th Holy Sword. “I never dreamed that another hero would invade.”

Manwol shrugged his shoulders as if it was no big deal. She hummed her tune and lightly glided through the air.

“I definitely have to become friends with Undine next time~”

It seemed like there was no chance of her becoming friendly with Undine.

Since we had just reached our destination, I passed by her, pretending not to notice.

As we climbed the hill, a small vacant lot was revealed. A quiet snow field without a single footprint. Under a sky that is almost purple, a transparent crystal that extends vertically, like an elegantly decorated forged sword, stands in place like an old tombstone.

The moment I encountered it, I let out a soft sigh in my mouth, but at the same time, I felt so sad that it seemed as if it would melt at any moment under the light shining from the crystal. It must have been because of someone else who was different from me and Manwol.

There is a woman sleeping along the shattering halo of light.

The outfit, which is almost a thin robe, is the same as before and now, and even the reverence is evident in the way he kneels.

Even in the harsh cold wind, their appearance remains undisturbed, creating a feeling of unreality that makes your heart stop just by passing by. Without realizing it, I was taken by her noble appearance, worthy of being called a goddess.

“Hmm… “Is Crescent Moon away for a while?”

Manwol looked back at me without even looking at the goddess. With a flick of her finger, a three-dimensional margin was revealed surrounding the goddess for a radius of several dozen steps around her.

“First of all, I will receive compensation for releasing the magic power.”

“… know.”

“As you know, the Majin here is the old treasure of the Magic Tower. It is the great magic that our blood family has protected for thousands of years, and the only chain that binds the moon in the sky. Hyeoncheon (玄天) margin. This margin alone is preventing the moon from collapsing. It’s such a sophisticated and amazing magic that I was shocked when I first saw it… “The problem is that it consumes an incredibly large amount of magical power.”

“… … … .”

“That’s why the moon phases exist in the Magic Tower. He is not simply a symbolic strongman of the blood family, but a being who protects and maintains the Hyeoncheon Majin and continues it to the next generation. Among them, the most important task is devoting magical energy to this Hyeoncheon Majin. “This is why our moon phases always complain about lack of magical power.”

“It’s not enough… “And still doing everything I can.”

I gave a short sarcasm and approached the center of the margin.

Spilling out magical power was something I was very familiar with. Karma as the lunar phase of the moon, which has not been done until now even under the name of ‘New Moon’.

“Is this okay?”

“after! thank you! “Now my shoulders feel a little lighter!”

“That’s really good.”

“You finally got to do something worthy of the moon phase?”

“Is that so?”

“How does it feel to return your magic power as soon as you are released from the seal? Umm~ I guess you donated about 30% of your magical power?”

“It would be much more convenient than having 80% sealed by a multiplication operation.”

“Ha, do you still remember what Cecilia said? You say you’re a teacher, but you’re so mean-spirited to be sarcastic about a joke your student made. … Anyway, it was good. “This is mutually beneficial.”

“Are you finished paying off your debt now?”

“It’s full and overflowing.”

“Then is this something we can expect from service?”

“Hmm. “It is quite possible.”

“Then send him nearby. hurry.”

“To kill me?”

“Then what?”

“Hmm.”

“… … … … .”

“Eugene?”

“… … … … .”

“Eugene? New moon? Eugene? New moon?”

“… … … … uh.”

“I’ve been looking at the goddess over there since a while ago. Are you falling in love with her?”

“… … … … .”

“uh… ? Really? Fuhuhuu! No matter how much she looks like a goddess, why are you lusting after a doll that has been frozen like a stone for tens of millions of years? You don’t have a fetish for corpses or anything, do you? “I have to tell Undine and Cecilia.”

“… … Noisy. Send it quickly.”

“okay.” Manwol said with a deep smile. “Close your eyes. And count to three.”

From now on, I will send you near the Fifth Holy Sword.

I wish you luck.

With Manwol’s last words, the numbers passed.

one.

two.

three.