Chapter 74

Chapter 74

She immediately knew why.

“…Then, is it difficult to become stronger?”

There was an obvious disappointment in Celine’s voice.

“No.”

Rose lightly jumped from the melting ice castle onto the flower garden before she opened her mouth again.

“Now tell me, what do you think you lack? What do you want us to do?”

“Well. There are so many things missing…”

Celine blurted out her words.

“Think slowly. What would you most like to fix? After reaching a certain level, you would know best.”

Rose was right.

As she pondered after listening to her words, it didn’t take her very long to find out what she wanted most.

“My magic is… like a rattling carriage. It lacks finesse and precision. While I’ve gotten a little better lately, I still want to use better magic.”

“Celine, may I know what your end goal is? Not just being a strong wizard. Right now, you seem to have a clear goal in front of your eyes.”

Celine answered immediately without thinking.

“Of course, a wizard of a level that will help Leonhard.”

Hearing the immediate answer, Rose giggled and suddenly burst into laughter.

“Are you more ambitious than you look? How could you say you want to become the greatest wizard in the Empire!”

“….”

Even though she tried to argue, Celine realized that Rose was right. After all, Leonhard was the strongest man in this field.

“Anyway, now that I know what the goal is, that’s much better.”

Rose smiled.

“Is it possible?”

“Of course.”

Answering Celine, her eyes sparkled.

“If only you do as I say.”

“I will listen to anything you say.”

Celine hurriedly replied.

“Then, forget what Celine thinks of your weaknesses… completely.”

“….?”

Her eyes widened and swayed confusedly at Rose’s unclear remarks as she kept listening quietly.

“Celine thinks that your weak point in magic is lack of delicacy and lack of accuracy, right?”

“Yes. Leonhard… thinks so.”

“Obviously, it has to be.”

“Yes?”

While she blinked her eyes, Rose smiled and explained slowly.

“We call a case like you a whale. Of course, you’re dull because you’re big, but you have that much power.”

“But…”

“Of course, if you can’t use delicate magic at all or if the accuracy is too low, it will be a problem. Still, I didn’t see anything like that before?”

She bit her lip. It was because instead of fixing her own problems, Rose was giving her compliments. This wasn’t what she wanted.

“However, when I used movement magic…”

Celine told her story of her experience of moving the entire knights, but Rose wasn’t surprised at all.

“Oh, I heard about that. At that time, I wondered what a wizard of Lord Leonhard’s level would be like, but now I understand.”

Saying so, she lightly touched Celine’s chest with her forefinger.

“Don’t use that kind of magic in the future.”

“What?”

“It’s not magic that suits you.”

“….”

Those words were so absurd to her that anger welled up in Celine. Seeing her like that, Rose parted her lips to explain quickly, “Oh, are you mad? I’m sorry. It’s because I don’t have time so I couldn’t explain properly. How can I say this… Ah!”

All of a sudden, she clapped her hands and continued her words.

“Even Lord Leonhard is not omnipotent, is he?”

“Well, Leonhard is a magic swordsman.”

“Yes. Magic swordsman.”

Repeating Celine’s words, she smiled brightly.

“I think Celine is a magic warrior, then.”

“Excuse me?”

“It’s a word between us.”

Rose shrugged her shoulders.

“Celine is not the type to focus on trivial magic like movement magic.”

“You mean to focus on attack magic?”

“Yes.”

She nodded her head at Celine’s words.

“Of course, you can build a house in an instant by mastering the movement magic or mastering the earth attribute if you put your heart and soul into it. Still, what good does that do for Lord Leonhard?”

“….”

“Besides, even if you think about Lord Leonhard separately, it only comes to the conclusion that it’s a waste of talent.”

“Okay.”

Celine nodded her head slowly. From what she heard, it seemed that she had been worrying for nothing.

‘…Yes, in order to help Leonhard, I should try to use stronger attack magic.’

Rose spoke in a brighter voice.

“Looking at your expression, I think we can start now.”

“Can I just ask you a question?”

“Please.”

“What type is Rose?”

A mischievous smile appeared on her face and she replied, “Of course, a magic warrior. I had a similar concern to you years ago.”

After a few hours.

“Huuuuuaah…”

Celine let out her breath and sat down in the flower garden. Unlike Lute Carl, Rose didn’t consider her in the slightest. Rather, whenever she looked weary, Rose would straighten her up right away.

“Wake up. Isn’t it Celine who doesn’t have time?”

“Haah… wait…”

Celine grabbed her chest.

If she continued to train without rest, it felt like her heart would explode and she would die. She didn’t want to cause an unfortunate death in front of Rose, as it would be if she were in front of Leonhard or the escort maids who knew about the curse.

‘I should have kept the crystal ball…!’

But, what should she do with the crystal ball she had already broken?

Soon, she took Rose’s hand and slowly raised her body.

‘At least I won’t die from magic exhaustion.’

Anyway, this place was filled with flowers that acted as living magic stones.

If she had enough magic power, it was a good opportunity to see how much firepower she could dissipate… Although the problem was that Rose was driving her to the point of dying from physical exhaustion, not magic exhaustion.

“Are you having a hard time?”

“Yes. I think I will die.”

As Celine said with sincerity, Rose gazed at her blankly before putting her hand on her chin.

“Get some rest.”

“Well, how long can I train here?”

She raised one of her eyebrows at Celine’s question and replied slowly.

“As long as you want?”

“So, you mean I can train for days and days?”

“Oh.”

The question made Rose lost in her thoughts for a moment.

“I thought you would want to go back early. If that’s not the case… You can do it a little slower.”

Celine let out a sigh of relief. If she continued like this, she would really die.

“Should I contact Lord Leonhard instead?”

“I will contact him directly. Please teach me how to contact him as you have sent me before.”

Rose was dumbfounded, and she laughed.

“I thought you would say it. All right, it’s not difficult.”

Leonhard smiled as he saw the golden letters shining in front of his eyes. As expected, Celine seemed to get along well with the wizards belonging to the Imperial Family.

‘I should have let her reach them earlier.’

However, it was good news that the wizards belonging to the Imperial Family could not wait and voluntarily contacted Celine. He had barely had contact with the imperial wizards since he was fifteen, but he was well aware of their behavior.

‘They will never try to lose money.’

Still, they won’t harm the same wizards. In addition, Celine would return with sufficient achievements.

‘I can’t stay still either.’

Thinking so, he slowly made his way to the hotel stable.

As Black buried his nose in his hand and cried, Leonhard jumped lightly onto the horse’s back. Not too long ago, all he could do was wield Rashir in an empty room. But now, he had a card that guaranteed loyalty.

The Paradiso Knights.

“You idiots, can’t you move quickly?”

Bart, the Captain of the Paradiso Knights, screamed as if his throat was about to burst. Meanwhile, even though the members did not openly express dissatisfaction, they carried their things in a procrastinating way.

The Paradiso Knights were given a lodging that was twice as wide and larger than the original one by the Emperor as a reward for killing the monsters in the border area.

Bart was very happy with the new accommodation. Unlike the previous accommodation, where he had to bring the servants themselves, they even had more than thirty servants attached to the accommodation.

The problem was the members…

They kept rambling, perhaps they were grown accustomed to their old accommodation and refused to move their things into the new one. So, he made a very reasonable argument about how they could keep using the training ground that was all destroyed and messed up by monsters.

However, only nonsensical words came back saying that such a messed up training ground was actually the most suitable for actual combat. It wasn’t until Bart ground the vice-captain that he learned the real reason why the members were refusing the new accommodation.

“There are rumors that it is haunted…!”

“What do you mean haunted!”

Bart groaned in disbelief.

“Everyone didn’t talk about it because they knew the captain would come out like that.”

“….”

“I don’t believe in that either, but anyway, our members are reluctant, so what can we do?”

He then clenched his teeth.

On the other hand, the vice-captain made an irrefutable remark with an obnoxious face. Nonetheless, it was impossible to ask for new accommodation. If they rejected the accommodation given by the Emperor because of superstition, who would bear the aftermath?

‘So, let’s continue to use the original accommodation… that’s easier.’

Bart contorted his face. The dome-shaped training ground was so distorted that it was impossible to find the original shape.

As he was still muttering inside, a newcomer came running in a hurry.

“Captain!”

“What is going on?”

“Lord…!”

He didn’t need to hear more than that. Bart hurried toward the entrance. At the same time, the members who were carrying their items of luggage also rushed after him.

Leonhard Bernoulli was standing in the doorway.

“The new place looks good.”

Bart smiled happily.

Who would dare to dispute what Leonhard Bernoulli said to be good? However, his men did that hard job…

“It looks good from the outside, but…”

“Shut up.”

Even though he reacted quickly, it was too late.

“What do you mean?”

Leonhard frowned.

“Is there something that makes you uncomfortable?”

“There is none.”

Bart responded immediately, but a clamor erupted from the members who intuited that this was their only chance.

“Lord Leonhard, please save us. There are ghosts here!”

“…Ghosts?”

Leonhard’s face hardened at those words.

“It is nonsense. Never mind.”

“I’ve seen a lot of baseless rumors.”

“There is no basis for this.”

“I respect your opinion, but… can members live a proper life only when they are so anxious? Who knows about the rumors?”

Surprisingly, the person who raised his hand was the vice-captain. Even though Bart immediately glared at him, he steadfastly explained.

“It is said that this place was built over an underground labyrinth where prisoners were locked up and starved to death a long time ago. Maybe, that’s why we see suspicious entrances. There are not a few people who have witnessed ghosts nearby.”

“Really?”

Leonhard strode into the building.

Looking at his lord’s lukewarm reaction, he glared at the vice-captain again as if saying, ‘I knew it.’ Nevertheless, Bart’s jaw dropped open at Leonhard’s following words.

“Guide me to those entrances.”

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