Episode 196
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The smell of high-grade disinfectant gently filled my nose.
The hospital room is decorated with furniture of a luxurious yet modest design, with the surrounding area painted white.
A special room of the Royal Capital Medical Corps. Inside the special room, two women were talking to each other.
One of them is a woman with purple hair and eyes of the exact same color.
It was Hecate Latmos.
“It’s already been more than three weeks… … .”
She opened her mouth, staring at the young man who was lying on the white bed, not even moving, with his eyes closed.
“When will I open my eyes?”
Heavy sighs and worried voices. It has to be that way.
The young man currently lying in bed was Russell Raymond, Endymion’s Holy Prince and also her fiancé.
There was someone who responded to her sigh.
An elderly lady wearing a pure white dress that matched the hospital room and a contrasting red cardigan.
“According to what the doctor said, most of the physical wounds have since recovered.”
It was Daria Snowwhite.
She, too, is worried about her youngest student. Soon she covered the back of Russell’s hand with her own hand.
Perhaps because this incident made him about ten years older, he continued speaking as he brushed the back of his youngest student’s hand with his hand, which had more wrinkles than before.
“I think… … “I think it’s more of a mental issue than a physical one.”
“… … Mental side?!”
At Daria’s words, Hecate jumped up and stood up.
If the body was damaged, it could be repaired as long as it was not cut off or disappeared.
However, if it is a mental problem, it is a different story.
“What you’re saying is, Sir, is there a possibility that Russell will never wake up again?”
Daria quietly shook her head in response to Hetake’s question.
“I don’t think that’s true. “Her Royal Highness.”
“then… … ?”
“It will take some time.”
Because he is a fellow wizard, and because he is a senior who walked that path before him. Now she knew Russell’s condition better than anyone else.
The day before, in the middle of the battlefield, Russell’s condition was not very good.
Isn’t breaking down the walls that have surrounded oneself and facing a wider world the state of becoming a superman?
It’s called breaking away.
It was not for nothing that the process was described as breaking out of one’s shell.
Just as a chick breaking out of its shell was in a very weak state, an adept who had just reached the next level was also in an unstable state.
‘In that situation, you put so much effort into it when the circle wasn’t even stabilized… … .’
I would have had to walk a precarious tightrope, like crossing a thousand-way cliff while relying on a single rope.
‘I guess I should say it’s fortunate that the circle didn’t completely collapse… … .’
It was most likely due to the incredibly strong mana circle and the equally pure mana.
Anyway.
“Perhaps Russell is in the process of repairing his broken state and digesting something he was holding on to as his own.”
Shaking precariously.
To become a perfect 7th circle great mage with a strong and iron fortress, not a pavilion built on sand.
“is it… … .”
The voice is quieter than before. However, he could not hide the bitterness in his eyes and the worry in them.
It has to be that way.
It may be said that it saved an hour, but in other words, it was the same as not knowing when Russell would wake up.
“after… … .”
Hecate took a long sigh and looked out the window, then got up from her seat.
“I really want to stay here all day, but it’s a shame I can’t.”
Only three weeks have passed since the rebellion was suppressed. There were still a mountain of problems to deal with.
As Hecate stood up, Daria, who was talking with her, also stood up.
“Let’s go out together. “Her Royal Highness.”
As an archmage at the top of the kingdom, she also had something to deal with in this matter.
As she was about to go out, Daria stopped walking as if something suddenly occurred to her and slipped her hand into her sleeve.
And after a while… … .
Click─.
The hospital room where Daria and Hecate escaped. There was a large Lollipop candy sitting by Russell’s bedside.
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Russell woke up about ten minutes after Daria and Hecate went outside.
It’s truly an odd coincidence.
‘Umm… … .’
Russell sighed as he slowly regained consciousness.
For some reason, my lips felt heavy. No, not only the lips, but also the eyelids and the tips of the fingers.
My whole body went limp and I felt heavy, as if I was being weighed down by something.
The sound that could not escape echoed from inside my lips, and my consciousness became hazy.
A feeling of floating, as if I had been dreaming for a very long time. Of course, I couldn’t remember the contents of the dream very well.
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‘Grunt.’
After making a groaning sound, Russell carefully woke up his body.
As the magical power flows and the intention is transmitted to the muscles, the senses of the whole body gradually begin to awaken.
‘How long have you been lying down?’
At the same time, the situations just before I lost consciousness came into my mind at a glance.
‘… … ‘I think it’s resolved well?’
Because what I felt along my back was the feel of a soft bed. If something had gone wrong, there was no way he would have woken up in a place like this.
Even if it was alive, it would have become a cultist or Blaine’s laboratory.
In an instant, my whole body trembled at the sight of a terrible sight just imagining it.
It was thanks to that.
The sense that was slowly awakening, suddenly became angry! What has been expanded.
“eww… … .”
Russell, who had regained his strength slowly and carefully, rose from his fingertips.
“after… … .”
I sighed and looked for water first. Fortunately, there was a glass bottle full of water and a glass by her bedside.
And what lies next to it is─.
‘It looks like the teacher has visited.’
A large lollipop whose origin is clearly visible to anyone.
widely-.
After moderately quenching his thirst, Russell straightened his body and rotated Mana.
‘Let me see.’
This was because I still had the sensation of reaching the 7th circle before I fell unconscious. At that time, if what he felt was not an illusion… … .
Ugh-.
Beyond the original six circles, I felt a seventh circle rotating in a faint outline.
It wasn’t just filled with magical power, but it was clearly the seventh circle.
‘7 Circle… … .’
Russell clenched his fists as he faced that supreme state.
‘Before I went back in time, I thought I would never reach a point in my life… … .’
This may be true for all wizards, but this level of the 7th Circle was a little more special for Russell.
It has to be that way.
As a family of founding contributors, it was this 7th circle that was written in the special privileges of the Raymond family.
‘The moment you reach the 7th circle, you become a marquess… … .’
It’s been hundreds of years since we started down the path of decline. In its long history, except for the first generation and several generations thereafter, there has been no one in the Raymond family who has received the title of marquess.
Moreover, the reality is that among them, except for the first Earl, he is the only one who has ascended to the rank of marquis solely on his own ability.
Moreover, through this incident, I was able to defeat my father’s enemy, Blaine, and the cultist.
‘I’m a little disappointed that I wasn’t able to do it entirely on my own… … .’
Russell, who was muttering to himself, suddenly stopped thinking. The one word the cultist left behind as he was dying lingered in his mind.
‘The darkness is not over yet, and an even greater darkness remains… … ?’
It is enough to simply dismiss it as a curse left behind by one’s death.
But what if not?
What if there really are cultists left somewhere and they are plotting something?
Perhaps Archduke Bismarck’s treason was also part of the plan.
Some would say this.
Isn’t this an excessive leap and speculation without any basis? Actually, it wasn’t wrong.
However, even if it happens just in case, it would be better to prepare in a corner of your mind than to face it without knowing.
If this isn’t the end…
‘Next time, I’ll definitely do it with my own hands… … .’
A crimson flame spread along the corner of Russell’s eyes as he regained his resolve.
Wow.
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After a while.
‘hmm.’
Russell, who was checking his physical condition, frowned slightly. There is no particular pain or open wound anywhere.
However, perhaps because I had not been able to move properly for three weeks, my body was out of balance.
A change that could be noticed because Russell had been training his body consistently even though he was a wizard.
‘I think I’ll have to invest some time in rehabilitation when I’m discharged from the hospital.’
I will be discharged from the hospital two days from now.
The reason he wasn’t discharged right away was because the doctor said he should wait a few more days to monitor the patient’s progress even though he had woken up.
‘For now, let’s put that off until after I’m discharged… … .’
Next, it was time to check the reward. Because I was moving so quickly, I couldn’t even check what kind of reward the mission had, so what was the reward?
Just as I felt a subtle sense of anticipation and was about to open the sub-space.
Jeopuk, Jeopuk-.
The sound of shoes stomping sounded outside. It was the sound of two people walking.
The sound of shoe footsteps that looks formal but somewhat urgent, and the sound of footsteps that seem quite heavy.
As I ascended to the 7th Circle, my senses became sharper than before, and I was able to detect the owners in an instant.
Before the two people’s hands touched the door of the hospital room, it slammed.
Russell’s magic opened the door.
“… … !?”
Two men appear beyond it. He looked a little surprised by the door suddenly opening.
A combination of a wizard who looks like a scholar and a large muscular man who cannot be believed to be a wizard at all.
Russell’s two older brothers, Hubert and Vermillion, were standing right there.
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“You must have lost quite a bit of muscle from not being able to move for three weeks, but I’m glad the priest is okay.”
Russell smiled sheepishly, feeling a sense of déjà vu from an experience he felt he had experienced once.
‘I think I also received protein powder at that time… … .’
anyway.
“I don’t know, but Master and Her Royal Highness will be arriving soon. “It looks like you both have some business to attend to right now.”
Hubert said that, looking at Russell with serious eyes.
“Rather… … .”
“… … ?”
“Congratulations. Priests.”
Next, Vermillion ate his mouth.
“I expected this to happen at some point, but you are finally overtaking us.”
“… … sorry.”
“What is there to be sorry for? It’s not that I didn’t know it would turn out like this, and it’s the proper duty of the executioners to congratulate the priest if he succeeds!”
Vermillion laughed with a cheerful expression on his face. Hubert, who was sitting next to her, also nodded his head at her.
“It would be a lie if I said I didn’t feel any regret. Because I always wanted to set an example as a capital punishment. However, my congratulations to the priest are also sincere.”
As if in response, Vermilion tapped him with his thick elbow and asked.
“If that’s not the case, you’re not saying that now that you’re the king’s ruler, you’re going to pretend not to know us, are you?”
“That could be… … ?”
As he was speaking, Russell felt something strange and closed his mouth.
Not a marquis, but a public king, that is—.
‘─Duke?’
Russell’s eyes grew as wide as a lantern.
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