Chapter 67 – Reunion

I wasn’t in a good mood that day. I knew that Werner was coming and that we had to face each other… No, I made it that way in the first place, but it didn’t feel good.

Werner Alton, how can I express my feelings for him? Jealous of your skills? Sympathy for the loss of great magic? Anger at me for saying that and not apologizing? Disappointment at the sudden departure? Worried about getting injured by suddenly using great magic? If it’s not even that… The lingering attachment to the confession you received when you were a child? I don’t know. My head was in a mess, so I just lit a cigarette.

Also, if I were to draw a relationship between me and him… What modifier should I put in? A partner who developed magic together? No, he made it entirely and I just watched it. Rivals competing for performance? No, since he was ahead of him in terms of performance, it should be said that he is forever No. 1 and No. 2 for later years. Or were they only friends with each other? No, there were shining heroes around him, and I am an outsider who has no friends in the past or now. So, did you ever have feelings for each other when you were little? Still don’t know.

“Whoa, whoa…”

The cigarette he started after he went into hiding is still not quitting. When my head is complicated, when my head is blank, when I’m bored, when I have too many things to do, before meals, after meals, as soon as I wake up, and before I go to sleep, I always smoke. Come to think of it, I smoke a lot. Should I cut it down gradually? It’s a top-notch special order product, so there won’t be any strange odors left behind.

“So much has changed…us.”

You, who showed me a splendid magic trick that I couldn’t even follow… Now, you who vomited blood when you used only great magic, and you who were responsible while always moving with interest… abandoned everything and ran away at night.

I, who treated you as a weakling and always played pranks on me… I now rose to the position of a worthy Mage Tower owner, and dreamed of becoming an adventurer instead of the annoying Mage Tower job… Now I was buried in a mountain of documents and dipping my toes into politics.

We could understand each other because we looked at each other from opposite places. ‘That guy is just as lonely and solitary as I am.’ I said. We were still on opposite sides.

But… we’ll be standing opposite each other like before, so why aren’t you looking at me? Why can’t we look at each other?

Standing in opposite places is like the old days, but why can’t we understand each other? Even if it’s just that each other’s footing has changed.

When the question that would not be resolved even if I went for the rest of my life tormented me again, I couldn’t see the papers anymore. How much longer will I have to live tormented by this question? A new question has been added. I really wanted to solve the questions that were like chains that held me down today.

At that time, the lady-in-waiting, Ekaterina, knocked and entered.

“Lorsha-sama, Werner-sama said she passed through the gateway.”

“Okay, don’t bother me with that story anymore.”

“sorry.”

She was just doing her duty, but she got irritated without knowing it. Oh, it’s all because of these damn cigarettes. Damn.

“Ah… I’m sorry for bothering you.”

“Fine.”

“Come to think of it, my son said it was his birthday soon, right? I’ll send you a present.”

“It’s okay, Miss Lorsha.”

“So what does he like? Food? Books? Toys?”

Since Ellen, my nanny, died, and she was a maid who helped me for nearly 20 years, it was only natural that she would take care of me. I was worried when I said I was getting married to a gentleman 15 years older than me.

“Weapons… I do like spears.”

“Okay, I’ll ask a blacksmith I know well and send it to you.”

‘No matter what happens, I take care of my people.’ That was my credo. If Werner had accepted my offer that day… we might have been spending time here talking about a birthday present for Ekaterina’s son.

“Ekaterina, would it be all right if I ask one question?”

She chose to get married at the age of 20 and has been married for over 14 years, so she must be knowledgeable about the relationship between men and women. I was very weak in that field, so I wanted to seek an answer from an expert. ‘Don’t be ashamed to bow your head to learn.’ This was my second credo.

“What is?”

“When it comes to relationships between men and women…”

Then Ekaterina covered her mouth and began to laugh. When I looked at her disapprovingly, Ekaterina stopped laughing and returned to her usual manner.

“… I’m sorry, Miss Lorsha.”

“I feel a little bad, but it’s okay, I’ll forgive you. I just got annoyed with it, so let’s pretend it doesn’t exist.”

“So what do you want to ask…?”

“That… over there…”

I honestly expressed my doubts. I don’t know my feelings towards the other person, and I don’t dare at all how to imply my relationship with the other person. It was more difficult than any other problem in the world, but Ekaterina easily came up with an answer.

“That’s as simple as that.”

After all, Ekaterina was a fairy who seduced a 15-year-old. I focused my consciousness and listened to Ekaterina’s answer.

“If you have recently written something that reminds you of him, read it. If there is something you have done that reminded you of him recently, think about it.”

“As expected Ekaterina. You give me a neat answer to my question.”

“It’s too much, ma’am.”

Ekaterina covered her mouth again and began to laugh. However, there was a small wound on her hand that I couldn’t see.

“What’s that scar on your hand?”

“Because there was a problem with that house…”

Did the gnome lay his hands on his wife? According to the new ancestor that one must take care of one’s people, no, even from a normal moral concept, trash raising one’s hand on one’s wife was unforgivable. To beat his wife who is 15 years younger than him.

“Tell me in detail what happened.”

“A flirty fox who flirts with other people’s husbands… No, stop trying to convince a flirty woman with her fists even though she knows that her husband is married…”

“Are you seriously hurt?”

“Oh, my hand is fine. In a week, it will be better without a trace…”

“No, not the opponent.”

It was she who was in charge of discipline whenever I did something wrong, so I knew that her hands were very spicy.

“Ah… that facial depression…”

I won’t fight so ugly over a man later. no matter what happens There won’t be any misfortune of hitting someone just for love, or arguing with someone ugly.

I sent such Ekaterina back, and as she advised, I decided to search the Akashic Magician Records for articles I had recently written about Werner.

Title: The reason why this bastard Werner is an asshole

Posted by: Werner

Description: Abandoning the title of honorary imperial mage and escaping at will. Severe punishment according to national law.

ㄴ Be a bitch: Honestly, I understand that it’s something I can’t do.

ㄴ Sammae Evolution’s State: Isn’t it rather amazing that he endured the labor of the magic world for three years?

ㄴ Crying bird when looking at an asshole: Tahehehehe! hehehehe black!

I want to pierce Werner’s belly: What is this asshole?

ㄴ Steel Will: This apprentice is jealous for no reason. Are you at the secret level?

Read at noblemtl.com

Nn I want to pierce Werner’s belly: Yes, I’m a mage.

Title: Werner This bastard must be banished from the world of magic.

Posted by: Werner

Content: Well, if you come as my assistant, you will be accepted hahahaha

ㄴ Dragon’s Roar: What kind of mage lord are you hahahaha?

ㄴ Steel Will: You claim to be the owner of the Magic Tower hahahaha

ㄴ Crying bird when looking at an asshole: Tahehehehe! hehehehe black!

ㄴㄴ I want to be in Berner’s boat: I’m going to turn it off.

ㄴ Lightning is the will of the sky: This aggro kid doesn’t get tired of it, and it’s fucking.

Read at noblemtl.com

Nn I want to pierce Werner’s stomach: Are you still breathing without getting tired of it? Look back, you bastard.

Title: You bastard Werner, even in the past hahahaha

Posted by: Werner

Content: It was unlikable because he ran wild and ran wild.

ㄴ Weed Woman Lara: Isn’t that why it’s more cool?

ㄴ Winter is our season: That’s why it’s cool, but it’s stupid.

ㄴ Crying bird when looking at an asshole: Tahehehehe! hehehehe black!

Read at noblemtl.com

Nn I want to pierce Werner’s stomach: Crying like that because your mother died?

ㄴ I am Yamah Tower: Isn’t this my baby?

Read at noblemtl.com

Nn I want to pierce Werner’s stomach: I think your parents cursed at each other a lot hahahaha.

… I feel like I’ve been cursing too much lately. It’s all Werner’s fault.

But even when I looked through my writing list, all I wrote about Werner were profanities. Do I really hate him? Really, if he died somewhere… would I be happy about that? No, I don’t think I’ll be happy. I just don’t know why.

Then Ekaterina knocked again and came in.

“That Lorsha-sama… A report on Werner-sama…”

“What’s going on again?”

Werner Werner I’m going crazy today, really.

“He didn’t ride alone in that carriage, but he was accompanied by three beautiful women…”

“Ekaterina.”

“Why is that?”

“Teach me one kicking technique.”