069 – It’s hard to buy my own house! #9

069 – It’s difficult to buy my own house! #9

Treasure of the Walpurgis family.

The painting “A Midsummer Landscape”.

Looking at the object that is said to measure the viewer’s magical talent, Naru tilted her head.

A flower field full of sunflowers.

brilliant sun.

It was a very pretty picture, even the butterflies flying here and there.

Especially pretty was the woman in the center.

In the picture Naru sees, the woman is smiling brightly under the brilliant sunlight.

However, upon closer inspection, the eyes were wet and tears were running down his cheeks.

It looks like it’s smiling brightly, but it’s a very sad face.

It seemed that way to Naruto.

“I am crying. It’s a picture of a woman crying.”

are you crying

Morgan couldn’t believe this story.

“Are you going to keep lying!? I guess I’ll have to get scolded!”

Morgan clenched his fists.

However, the reason why he couldn’t wield it was because a sturdy man was standing behind Naru’s back.

He was a tall, sturdy man with a white beard.

The eyes were sunken, but the gray eyes shone like a wolf’s gaze in the dark.

“Ha, Grandpa… .”

Morgan trembled.

Morgan’s grandfather.

It was Faust von Walpurgis, head of the Walpurgis family.

Morgan closed his eyes, thinking that he would be greatly scolded for trespassing on his own.

However, Faust, the former white wizard, passed Morgan and approached the dark-haired girl.

Then he crouched down, leveled his eyes, and asked.

“Little boy, what about the woman in the picture?”

“… … .”

For some reason, Naru, who was always chattering, kept her mouth shut.

As if he wasn’t going to say a word.

Soon, a black hair ball came out of Naru’s shadow and blocked the way between Naru and the old wizard.

– Kreureung… !

It was an easy-to-understand hostile behavior.

“Is it a servant? What a smart guy. yes, kid What is your name? orphan? If you are an orphan, I will let you live with our Walpurgis family.”

“… I am Naru Baryu! I am the daughter of Judas! I am not an orphan!”

“She is the daughter of Judah. is that the guy Right. Then what about your mother?”

“… … .”

Naruto closed his mouth again.

Then he ran vigorously back.

“Naru, I want to go to Daddy now!”

Papababat-.

Naru left the treasure exhibition like that.

Morgan looked at the scene for a long time and shouted.

“Grandpa, you don’t have to worry about a kid like that. The thief also stole all the strawberries! I am also a liar! It looks like the woman in the picture is crying! Is it funny?”

“… Are you crying?”

The family head Faust tilted his head.

Soon he turned his gaze to the painting.

The woman in the painting that caught his eye was just smiling brightly.

However, the feeling he always felt while looking at the painting was somewhere vague.

“You guys, get out of here.”

Faust once bit the children.

A treasure exhibition that has become quiet before you know it.

The only thing left is the woman in the painting and Faust, the head of Walpurgis.

Faust looked at the painting and said.

“mother.”

The woman in the painting was the mother of Faust, the countess.

This is because the white wizard, Merlin von Walpurgis, who was called the best wizard of the time, drew a woman who was his lover and wife.

And she was also Faust’s mother.

Faust always felt a subtle sense of deja vu whenever he saw his mother’s picture.

feeling that something is missing.

‘tear… . Was this painting a crying painting?’

Although he couldn’t see the tears, Faust was able to capture the sadness in the picture thanks to the experience he has accumulated over the years.

Yes.

This painting was a picture of a sad woman.

‘Why was my mother sad?’

Faust could not understand.

But, that’s not what’s important right now.

‘sadness.’

Faust recalled a long-forgotten emotion called sadness.

Emotions are important in magic.

‘Perhaps 「Sorrow」 could be an important key to homunculus research. Yes, the feeling of déjà vu in Brigitte’s diary must have been sad looking at it now. That was the answer!’

The parts that Brigitte wrote down in magical ciphers and couldn’t read.

When he thought that he could read it through the magic of emotion called sadness, Faust couldn’t stay still.

“Friede, are you nearby?”

Faust called the eldest daughter who inherited his color.

Then a dimensional door opened nearby and a woman who looked just like him appeared and bowed her head.

“Did you call, Headmistress?”

“I have to go back to the lab. Prepare a portal to the mansion so that everyone can return.”

“All right.”

“And I will take your sister Brigitte west. Where is Brigitte now?”

The white wizard, Friede, frowned at the family head’s question.

Then he asked, putting his hand on his chest politely.

“It was the head of the family who said that Brigitte was useless. I wonder if there is a corner where I can be of help even if I come and take Brigitte.”

“Brigitte was a worthless bastard. Because in the first place, I doubt whether it is my daughter. At the time, your mother was having an affair with some kind of clown while I was rolling in the battlefield.”

“… … .”

“Of course I killed the clown with my own hands. I didn’t disclose that your mother cheated on me out of respect for my honor, but it’s a fact that won’t go away.”

“okay. Is that why you sent Brigitte out of sight?”

“yes. But Brigitte grew up with dignity alone. After defeating the demon king, he was even awarded the color black. Now that I think about it, this is possible because I inherited my talent. She is my daughter.”

“… … .”

“You can tell by looking at the fact that he studied the homunculus at the age of 6. The genius written in this diary must resemble me. It is regrettable that I first found this diary in the year the demon king died. I never thought they would have built a secret lab behind the wall.”

“But, head of household, will Brigitte listen to us now? I don’t think I would be wasting my time if I forcefully took him.”

“My daughter Friede, you are far from being the head of the household. Just like before, you can just chain him up and put him in solitary confinement for about a year. The memory of thoroughly educating you not to disobey us will never fade.”

“All right. Then let’s prepare the portal to return to the West. The agreement with Graham Academy has been safely signed, so you won’t have to be here anymore.”

Friede bowed his head and left the seat.

Left alone again, Gaju looked at her mother in the picture.

“I can’t see any tears either.”

Shuk-.

Faust was also absent.

That was the moment when everything was engulfed in silence. Soon someone fell from the ceiling. It was a very light step.

“Wizards. After all, it tastes like rice.”

She was Salome.

I infiltrated the treasure hall to steal a ‘book’ that the householder had, but unintentionally overheard the conversation.

‘You’re taking Brigitte to the west?’

Salome laughed.

If the hated sorceress disappears to the west with her family, it is in many ways the same as the disappearance of an obstruction to Salome.

Salome didn’t like the wizard.

He thought that Judas, a man who looked like a sharp awl, had become like a slack slacker, probably due to the influence of the sorcerer and his companions.

‘It would be nice if the most annoying guy disappeared like this.’

Thinking like that, hehehe-laugh for a moment.

The smile slowly faded from Salome’s lips.

“… … .”

Soon Salome was silent for a moment.

Even if the wizard disappeared to the west like this, somehow there seemed to be a corner that he didn’t like.

It was a strange feeling.

* * *

“So, the old man is going to take Brigitte and run away on a portal to the west?”

Salome’s explanation was fairly simple and concise.

Salome nodded at my words that summarized the story so far.

“It is.”

“yes? So, why are you telling me this?”

What is the purpose of Salome telling me this?

Didn’t this guy hate Brigitte?

As I wondered, Salome stared into space.

And then he said softly.

“If that damn old man takes the portal to the west, he won’t be able to steal the book. So, I want to collaborate with you.”

“yes?”

That’s not quite right.

But it didn’t seem like that was the only reason.

“And. Seeing the old man do whatever he wanted to say was his own daughter, it made me proud.”

“I see.”

That was a good reason for me.

However, it was certain that trying to take Brigitte would be a pretty difficult story for me as well.

Without Brigitte, how would I look at Naru by myself?

It means how to help Naru with his math homework and science homework.

Because I’m a liberal arts major, I’m weak in math and science.

“So where are you all now?”

I asked.

Then Salome said.

“I opened the portal an hour ago and went there.”

“What? Why are you talking about it now?”

I mean, I was contemplating whether or not I should go into the women’s bathroom now because Brigitte, who had earlier said, “I’ll fix my makeup,” didn’t come out of the bathroom for over an hour.

Did you get kidnapped by your family when you thought you were going to be away for a long time?

Oh my God, I didn’t know that there were people who were kidnapped by their own family.

As I frowned, Salome made an excuse.

“I also had a lot of trouble in many ways.”

“Yes, you can. Where did you tell me even now? I know better than anyone that you hate wizards. But in many ways, it’s messed up.”

To escape to the West through a portal.

No matter how much I reached 20 agility, it was sure to take more than two days to run west.

“I wish I could ride the portal too.”

I don’t know much about magic, but did you say that to open a dimensional gate, you need an extremely advanced technique?

I’ve heard that it’s the specialty of those who handle the creative magic of white color.

There’s no way the Walpurgis guys can help me.

Salome said when she felt troubled in many ways.

“How about getting some help from El Cladeco? That woman might be able to make a dimension gate.”

“Cladecora… .”

If possible, I didn’t want to approach her hastily.

I felt a little uncomfortable thinking that Brigitte would be suffering from people she didn’t even want to call family.

“I can’t.”