Chapter 124
To use the Mana of a sealed Soul.
“If that’s the case, that’s too creepy, isn’t it? Isn’t that Anata's magic power?”
Kaiden clicked his tongue with a dumbfounded look and muttered.
If the Ingram Dynasty had such a custom, Enoch might be right. It also explains the fog that formed around the cabin, confusing people.
“Sealing Anata, maybe it was Zenas who did it.”
Kaiden said with a confident look.
“What makes you think so?”
“When I was a kid, I was experimented on by those God-damn bastards from the church. The moment I entered the Chamber of Rest, I vaguely remembered it.”
Kaiden spoke very calmly, as if recalling someone else's memories.
There was no sign of pain on his face, but it is unknown whether his insides were calm.
“This island seems to have been created for some kind of experiment. The Papal State bastards who experimented on me said there was a list of subjects. Zenas's name was also mentioned, so it seemed like he was related to them. So does our family.”
Kaiden paused for a moment and closed his mouth with a complicated look. He must have been quite shocked to recall the terrible memories of the past.
I quietly mulled over his words.
What kind of experiment is it for?
In addition, the temple and the Rohade Family were also involved.
The Rohade Family is a family that represents Wizards, and hasn't the history of conflict between Wizards and clerics been going on for a thousand years?
“Anyway, it’s become clear that Zenas is not our ally. He's involved in the experiment on this island…”
I muttered a little bitterly.
Is that why Zenas was kind to me? It's natural for an Experimenter to have favor or curiosity towards a subject.
Enoch, who had been sitting silently with his arms crossed, opened his mouth.
“Did the temple and the Magic Tower join hands? I can't understand kidnapping the Crown Prince of the empire and the crown prince of the kingdom, as well as key figures, to conduct experiments.”
“It looks like they're trying to start a continental war.”
Kaiden sighed and replied. With those words, a heavy silence fell again.
“Ah, come to think of it, Zenas told me to keep a close eye on the Saintess. He said she seems to know something.”
“The Saintess? What?”
Kaiden asked back at my words.
“I don’t know either. She said she was curious too. He didn't explain any further.”
The time spent in Zenas's Cabin was only about a day and a half. Moreover, so much information poured in during that short period of time that I didn't have the mental capacity to think about anything properly.
Looking back, it seems like a lot of important puzzle pieces came out, but the process of putting those many puzzles together was more difficult than I thought.
I rubbed my temples and thought about the Monster as well.
“Zenas said he watched us through the eyes of the Monster. However, he said he could only borrow the eyes and couldn't control them.”
“Borrowing the eyes of the Monster? Shit, those wolf bastards weren't just staring at me. They were watching me. What the hell is that Wizard doing, doing such shady things?”
“He's either the culprit of all this, or he's been trapped on this island for a thousand years by the temple and the Rohade Family and is out of his mind. It's one of the two.”
As Kaiden became enraged, Enoch calmly replied.
Come to think of it, that damn bastard told me to survive, but when I was about to become Monster food, he just left me alone.
“Should we move our position first? I'm worried because I don't know when the Monster will come out.”
Kaiden, who didn't seem to have calmed down, seemed to have calmed down a little at those words. His red eyes glanced at me.
“I’m here, Margaret. I can solve that.”
He immediately picked up a thin twig and began drawing a magic circle on the dirt floor. What is he trying to do?
After completing a very complex magic circle for a long time, he stood on it and held out his hand to me.
“Can you lend me Mana?”
“Ah. Okay.”
I nodded with a dazed face and held out my hand to him. It was the hand with the ring on it. He took my hand, and immediately a bluish light came out of our clasped hands.
Kaiden closed his eyes and reached out to the magic circle with his other hand, and the light coming from his hand permeated into the magic circle.
I felt Mana leaving my body at an alarming rate.
In a fleeting moment, the blue light surrounding us rose up into pillars. The light that had been emitted for a while soon disappeared.
Kaiden shook his hand and looked back at me and Enoch. He was back to his usual cheerful self.
“I’ve put up a Barrier here so that the Monsters can’t see it. Even Zenas won’t be able to look inside with this much.”
He winked at me while looking at me. After all, Kaiden was the one who knew how to use my Mana most efficiently and effectively.
There was still a lot of Mana left in my body. So I glanced at Enoch.
He was still covered in blood, and the injuries he had sustained earlier seemed to have become quite serious.
“Kaiden, can you do Healing magic too? Enoch's wounds…”
When I pointed to Enoch's shoulder, Enoch shook his head.
“I’m fine. It would be better for the Lady to receive treatment than me.”
“No, how can you be okay with that?”
“Wait a minute. What are you talking about, Margaret? Are you hurt?”
Kaiden hurriedly approached and grabbed my shoulder. Then, he looked at my outfit and looked surprised.
"Huh? Wait, I didn't see it because you were wearing the Crown Prince's uniform. You were wearing pants? What, why is the top like this? Why is it so short? Damn it, I've never seen clothes like this before. Isn't it too revealing? It's worse than underwear?"
He opened the jacket slightly, then quickly closed the front of the jacket with a startled look.
“Don’t take this off. Seriously, don’t take it off.”
Then, he took off his robe and put it on top of the jacket.
“You don’t have to go that far. It’s okay. These clothes are comfortable.”
When I retorted to Kaiden's words and tried to take off the robe, Enoch, who had been watching quietly, unexpectedly sided with Kaiden.
“Margaret, I would like you to listen to Lord's words. Those clothes are very dangerous.”
No, what's so dangerous about these clothes? Who is in danger? I turned to Enoch with a dumbfounded face. This is the first time I've seen Enoch take Kaiden's side like that.
“I’ll heal your wounds. I’ll do Margaret first, and then heal His Highness.”
At Kaiden's words, Enoch nodded as if agreeing with his arms crossed.
Everyone was so stubborn that I thought it would be better to finish my injuries first. I had no choice but to hold out my ringed hand to Kaiden.
Kaiden gently took my hand, smiled, intertwined his fingers with mine, and pulled me slightly.
I, who had been sitting on the tree trunk, stood up in a daze. As if waiting for it, he wrapped his arms around my waist, and his face came close to mine.
Just before his lips touched my cheek, a large hand squeezed in between and blocked it.
“Lord, what are you doing now?”
A chilling voice like frost fell in the air. Enoch was standing right next to me.
‘Why is everyone so fast?’
Kaiden clicked his tongue and stepped back slightly from me. He looked very disappointed, but due to Enoch's fierce gaze, he eventually had no choice but to focus on treating my wounds.
As he placed his hand on my wounded stomach, a bluish light poured out, and the stinging pain gradually began to subside along with a slightly cold sensation.
"Wow. Amazing."
Usually, even if you take painkillers, it takes time for the medicine to take effect, but with this, you could immediately feel the pain disappearing.
‘I want to learn Magic too.’
Kaiden finished Healing magic without any effort. He smiled prettily and squeezed the hand he was holding without letting go. Then, he approached Enoch.
First of all, Enoch's white shirt was really messed up. The shirt was torn like rags, revealing his firm abs and curved muscles in places.
‘Looking at it again, it’s embarrassing.’
It seems like there's someone else who needs a jacket.
“I think it would be better to take it off. It looks too dirty and cumbersome to treat.”
Kaiden looked at Enoch from side to side, then clicked his tongue once.
Enoch silently unbuttoned his shirt one by one. As I quietly watched Enoch take off his shirt, Kaiden glanced at me.
“Margaret. Would you like to close your eyes?”
"Huh? Why?"
Kaiden looked embarrassed at my question.
“No… then are you going to watch?”
“You’re not taking off your pants.”
“Oh…, is that so?”
Kaiden nodded with an awkward face. In the meantime, Enoch completely took off his shirt and threw it away, revealing his fierce and muscular body.
His delicately curved muscles and angry chest, as if sculpted by God, were captured in my vision. Even though it was covered in blood and scratches, I couldn't shake the feeling that it was like a perfect statue. A man's body can be so sensual.
The shoulder wound seemed to be the most serious of the wounds on his body, but Enoch sat down with a calm face and looked up at Kaiden and me with his bare body exposed.
His quiet Golden Eyes showed no agitation. As if he didn't feel any pain.
“It’s quite serious.”
Kaiden also narrowed his brows and looked at Enoch's wound, then turned to me.
“This seems to require a lot of Mana, are you okay?”
I nodded and looked down at the ringed hand I was holding with him. The emerald gemstone was emitting a subtle glow.
“It’s still enough.”
At my words, Kaiden nodded and picked up a thin twig. Then, he began to draw a magic circle in the air, not on the ground.
A blue trail streaked through the air following the twig. It was truly an amazing scene.
A magic circle is a very complex formula. Even when drawing lines on the ground, it is common to draw the formula incorrectly, but he is drawing a magic circle in the air where no lines remain.
‘Come to think of it, he said he could implement a magic circle drawn in his head.’
After all, Kaiden must be a genius.
But such leisurely thoughts were only temporary, as Mana was leaving my body at an alarmingly fast rate. I gasped as I felt my energy disappear in an instant.