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7.
After leaving the banquet hall with Delia.
The place where Ulan arrived was a small hill rising beyond the northern tower. He was reaching the end of the hill along a rather steep path.
“arrived.”
Delia, who was walking ahead, stopped.
As if you have arrived at your destination.
Ulan suddenly stopped walking and looked around the hill with a puzzled look on his face.
“Where is this place?”
“Stars, flowing, hills.”
After giving a short answer.
Delia turned around and smiled slightly.
“It’s my favorite place.”
She pulls Ulan’s arm.
After taking a few more steps and passing all the thick bushes, I finally realized.
Why did Delia say this was her favorite place?
“The stars… … .”
“A lot, a lot?”
The open night sky.
The sight of countless starlight covering the vast darkness was truly spectacular.
Plus, a shooting star splits the sky.
It was a moment when I realized why this place is called ‘the hill where the stars flow’. At that time, I was staring blankly at the night sky.
“… … .”
Suddenly I saw Delia’s face.
The brightest expression I made today.
His eyes, which were usually as calm as a lake, sparkled with starlight, and his expressionless face was filled with a happy smile.
As I was looking at this, memories of my past life came to mind. Delia talked about why she likes stars.
“Because the night sky is always the same.”
When the seven warriors gathered in one place.
When everyone talked about what they liked, Delia immediately chose stars.
The reason was extremely simple.
“Even if the world changes, the night sky doesn’t change. “Don’t you think that he is a very good friend to me who has to live for hundreds of years?”
She is a mixture of human and fairy.
Unlike other warriors who live a life of less than a hundred years, they must live a life of hundreds of years.
‘so that… … .’
I can’t help but like stars.
Delia had said.
While I was immersed in an old memory that suddenly surfaced, I suddenly heard a voice that broke my thoughts.
“How was the grassland where Ulan lived?”
“hmm? “What do you think?”
“Were there a lot of stars there, too?”
Delia asks as if she is curious.
Of course there were a lot.
The grasslands were not surrounded by mountains like here. He nodded silently.
“It was no different from here.”
“As expected, right?”
Delia smiled brightly.
After looking up at the night sky for a while, she suddenly took out a water bottle. Hers was a water bottle that looked cool because it contained ice.
“Do you want a drink?”
“I accept it gratefully.”
I happened to be thirsty.
So I immediately drank some water.
However, the taste was a bit strange.
Would you say it has a thick and bitter taste? So I asked back out of curiosity.
“What is this? “The taste is unique.”
“Dried, spider, brewed tea.”
“… … .”
Ulan’s expression changed subtly.
I never thought we would drink tea as a spider. Still, it was surprisingly drinkable, so I drank it all without complaining.
“delicious?”
“Not bad.”
Around the time I came up with a simple answer.
Delia suddenly mumbled.
“Ulan is an amazing person.”
“what?”
“The spider dish, but it’s also interesting that you don’t pay attention to the way I talk.”
Eyes sparkling with curiosity.
Soon Delia asked in a coy tone.
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“Aren’t you curious?”
Why do you speak in such a halting manner?
Ulan, on the other hand, shook his head. Delia asked in confusion at the negative answer.
“why?”
“Because each person has a different way of speaking.”
Ulan’s words were not lies.
There is only one basis for certainty.
This was because pure white light emanated from his body like a star.
‘After inheriting the knowledge of the stars.’
She has one ability.
When I had a conversation with someone, I could see the light coming from the other person.
‘I didn’t know what this was at first.’
As time passed, I learned its identity.
This is the power to tell whether the other person is telling the truth or a lie.
If it is true, pure white light flows out, and if it is false, black smoke flows out. I was confident that it was accurate because I had tested it several times.
‘And Ulan… … .’
There was no black smoke flowing out.
From the beginning until now.
In other words, it means that he has never told a lie. The moment Delia realized this fact, there was something she really wanted to ask him.
‘But before that… … .’
There is a story to tell first.
Delia stopped thinking, took a deep breath, and looked at Ulan again.
“Have you ever heard something like this?”
“… … ?”
“The saying that a being who receives Mana’s love can never be loved by people.”
“I’ve heard of it.”
“really? where?”
Delia asks with a surprised face.
However, Ulan could not answer.
Because the person who told him this story was not anyone else, but Delia from his past life.
“Do you even know the reason?”
“I don’t know that far.”
Ulan shook his head.
All he had heard was that there was that kind of superstition. Meanwhile, Delia surprisingly answered that it was nothing special.
“The reason is simple. From the moment I was born, I was able to use magic automatically.”
A person who receives Mana’s love.
From birth, they can see, touch, and even interfere with magical energy.
So, even if you do not learn magic separately, it is possible to create the magic you want using magic flow and reaction.
“But, that was the problem.”
When Delia was young.
At the time when I was just learning the language.
She created magic spells simply by uttering sentences.
It would have been fine up to this point, but the problem was that the magic was activated as soon as the spell was created.
And the result.
A total of five buildings were reduced to ashes and many people were injured. Delia, who was thinking back to that time, muttered with a dark look on her face.
“… … “It was incredibly scary.”
The moment when the voice takes shape.
The magic is activated without you even realizing it. When he thought that people were getting hurt because of him, he could hardly speak out.
However, since he could not live with his mouth shut forever, the royal family at the time spent a lot of money to invite a special tutor.
“That was Deflin.”
Archmage of the Empire, Diphlin Chernio.
She recognized Delia’s problems and immediately began training to improve them.
What was born from this process is the ability to stop speaking word by word. Her education was successful, and the problem was solved.
“That’s why I started using this way of speaking.”
“Right.”
Ulan nodded.
As if I finally understood the whole story.
However, unresolved questions remain.
“But you’re okay now, right?”
At the time, she was just a child swayed by talent and power, and inexperienced with magic.
On the other hand, things are different now.
The current Delia uses magic freely and has reached the level of an archmage. There is no need to insist on the way you spoke when you were young.
“That’s right. “For now, it’s okay.”
Delia also agreed with Ulan.
He then said with an awkward smile.
“But, like a habit, it’s hardened, so it’s hard to change… … .”
It’s not an answer that doesn’t make sense.
If you repeat something over a long period of time, it’s not unusual for it to become a habit.
“But, there are exceptions.”
“exception?”
“If I have a wish that I really want to achieve, I say it straight out without intentionally interrupting.”
Like right now.
A conversation that flows naturally like water.
Delia took a somewhat disorganized breath, as if she was not used to this type of speech.
“For example, when I prayed for Rudine to get better, I said the same thing just now.”
Just like the magic I used when I was young, I hope your wish will come true as you say it.
“And, it was a little late, but… … .”
The wish was definitely granted.
With the help of Ulan and Noah, Ludine miraculously opened her eyes. Ulan, who had been listening to this story in silence, suddenly asked as if he was curious.
“So, have all your wishes come true now?”
“Yes, except for one thing.”
“What is that?”
Was there anything else you wanted besides Ludine?
Ulan tilted his head.
Meanwhile, Delia closed her mouth and wiggled her fingers in silence. Then, he spoke in a cautious tone.
“Do you remember when we first met?”
“Are you talking about the entrance exam?”
“that’s right. at that time.”
Of course I remember it.
Because Ulan has a good memory.
“I remember.”
“What did you say or do?”
“I said we would be together in the future.”
When protecting Delia from an attack by a runaway magic golem, she once asked why he saved her.
At the time, Ulan responded as follows.
‘I saved you because you are important and we will be together even after 30 years.’
After thinking about the situation at the time.
Delia asked with a serious face.
“Is that answer still the same?”
“Of course.”
“good. “Then, let me ask you about the conditions.”
“hmm? “What are the conditions?”
I asked curiously, but there was no answer. Delia didn’t say anything and just took another deep breath.
Some time after that.
The tightly closed lips were sweet.
“What did you mean by saying that we would be together as friends? Or as another relationship… … .”
“Of course, I said it as a friend.”
The answer came back before the question was even finished.
Delia bit her lip slightly.
At least this time, I hoped that black smoke would flow out, because pure white light was still shining from Ulan’s body.
‘… … truth.’
The moment I realized this fact.
My heart ached. Like stabbing with a knife.
However, he did not show it.
‘Actually, I was guessing.’
That the relationship between himself and Ulan was a misunderstanding that started from his own one-sided illusion.
The reason I realized this was simple.
‘If it wasn’t an illusion… … .’
I’m sure he didn’t even give Ibella or Laurea any room to tease him.
From the first time they met, Ulan had always called him his friend.
So, I vaguely realized it.
I just didn’t want to admit it.
‘but… … .’
It’s not over yet.
Even if the relationship started out as a misunderstanding, the feelings Delia currently harbored for Ulan were absolutely not an illusion.
After shaking off all my depressed feelings.
Delia clenched her fists.
Meanwhile, around that time.
In response to Delia’s sudden question, Ulan continued the story he had mentioned earlier.
“I can’t immediately tell you why I said those words to you at the time, but the fact remains that you are a valuable colleague.”
I know it’s true.
Even now, Ulan shines brightly.
Delia, on the other hand, shook her head.
“I’m not.”
“… … what?”
“I like things other than my colleagues.”
“Something else?”
“When I said I wanted to be by Ulan’s side, I wasn’t saying it as a colleague.”
Delia speaks with a serious face.
Ulan, on the other hand, looked puzzled.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Phew, you really don’t have any sense.”
Delia sighed.
Like it’s frustrating.
“But it’s okay now.”
It doesn’t matter if you’re a bit clueless.
Because I have no intention of going back on it now.
“So let me be clear.”
What do I want to say?
Right after I finished answering.
Delia’s eyes sparkled brilliantly.
At the same time, Ulan realized.
Since when did Delia’s speaking style become different from usual? When I realized this too late, a strong wind suddenly blew.
Saaaaa!
Petals fluttering and fluttering.
Her silver hair, which had fallen calmly, was swept along by the wind. On the other hand, Delia’s eyes were still fixed on Ulan.
And that moment.
The tightly closed lips were trembling.
“I like you, Ulan.”
Looking at the widened eyes.
Delia silently stretched out her hand.
As if asking to be held.
“a lot.”
Cheeks blushing shyly.
A smile much brighter than the stars.
It was the brightest smile of all Ulan could remember.
Chapter 40. banquet
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