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Chapters 119 : ༺ The Love that Blossomed ༻
༺ The Love that Blossomed ༻
"Stop right there."
"Huh? Ah, okay…"
Lulu became flustered when the maid guarding the entrance of the noble dormitory stopped her in her tracks.
"Commoners are not allowed to enter the nobles' dormitory."
"Ah, uh… Um… You don't know me?"
Lulu asked cautiously, but the maid replied sternly.
"The rules must be upheld regardless of your identity. Only nobles are allowed in here. This isn't some place a commoner can–"
"Let her in."
However, another maid who seemed to be her senior cut her off with a sigh, baffling the maid guarding the entrance.
"W-what are you saying? Why are you letting a commoner in?"
"She must have been unaware because she's new. Go on in, I give my permission."
"T-thank you…"
As Lulu quickly headed inside, the new maid faced her senior with a puzzled expression.
"Um… What was that about?"
"She's Frey's sex slave."
"…Ah."
The new maid immediately grasped the situation from the words of her senior maid, who had a sour look on her face.
"How pitiful. To think that of all the nobles out there, she was Frey's sex slave."
"You should be careful as well. Lately, there have been rumors that he's even harassing the maids."
"…Yes."
Finishing their conversation, the two maids watched Lulu sympathetically as she made her way into the dormitory.
'…I've only been kissed by him.'
Lulu, who had been eavesdropping on their conversation while pretending not to care, felt like she was slandered.
It was true that Frey forced himself on her. He frequently touched her and even forcibly kissed her.
However, besides that, he had never crossed the line.
'…No, I shouldn't be fooled. That wasn't out of consideration for me, it's just because he doesn't even see me as a person.'
Lulu shook her head to get rid of her thoughts.
"Phew…"
However, despite her efforts to clear her mind, her feelings continued to be in a state of disarray for some reason.
Although he was a despicable man who did not even see her as a fellow human being, the warmth she felt whenever he pet her satisfied Lulu's cravings for human affection.
And it was the same for the kisses she received every night.
– Thump, thump
As a result, Lulu slowly made her way towards Frey's dorm with a heavy heart.
'But I can't stop here… I can't…'
Frey was undoubtedly a villain.
At the mansion, he physically abused Kania and Irina, threatened the chefs, and verbally abused his younger sister.
He even tried to sexually assault the commoners who approached him, going as far as trying to legally claim them.
Even if you ignored all of that, anyone paying attention to the stories circulating the Empire would suspect that Frey Raon Starlight was a spy working for the Demon King's Army.
That was why Lulu had chosen Frey as the target of her misfortune while simultaneously removing her stigma.
If Frey–a person so evil that most people wished him dead–were to become interested in her, then he would have her suffer all sorts of humiliation in line with the rumors.
Then, she wouldn't have to feel guilty even if he suffered from her misfortune.
That was why she had deliberately broken the vase to catch his attention.
She had honestly felt a little glad when she became Frey's pet, despite being at a loss from how it happened before she could even carry out her other plans.
However…
'…Why are you treating me so well?'
Before she even knew it, Lulu arrived in front of Frey's room. She then stood in place, trembling.
'Why aren't you treating me harshly…'
She stood blankly in front of the door for a long while.
– Duuk…!
Then, she bit down on her lips.
"…For now, let's just check up on him."
Lulu grabbed the doorknob, thinking that Frey wouldn't have anyone taking care of him anyway.
"…Hm?"
However, the door was firmly locked.
– Pajijik!
"Euk!"
Lulu activated her magic eyes, but when even that was blocked by information interference magic cast on the door, she became bewildered and started looking around.
After looking around, she spotted the head manager sighing in the corridor.
"Excuse me…"
"What's the matter?"
"I want to enter Frey's room…"
"I'm guessing you're up next in the rotation?"
"Rotation?"
"It's been like that since night-time. Ms. Kania had been nursing Frey, but she just left the room earlier, so it's about time for the next person to come."
For the past few days, the head maid had seen Lulu wandering around Frey's room every night. Thinking that she was the new rotation member, she quietly headed towards the room door.
– Click!
"You also have it hard, huh? Then, I'm off to rest now."
"Ah, um… I…"
"Sorry, I've been on night watch ever since I received an order to not let anyone in, so I haven't been able to get a wink of sleep… Please."
The head maid opened the door and left through the corridor after pleading with sunken eyes. Taken aback by the sudden development, Lulu momentarily stood still before approaching the door.
"…I'm just taking a look at his face and leaving, so there shouldn't be any problems."
She carefully opened the door.
– Creak…
"What, so the rumors were exaggerated after all…"
Upon entering the room, Lulu found Frey sitting on the bed with his head down and turned around to quietly leave the room.
"Kuleuk!!"
"…Ah?"
However, she froze in place when Frey suddenly threw up dark pool of blood.
"Huh? U-uh?"
And Lulu, who watched the bloody scene before her in a daze, unconsciously started approaching Frey.
"Lo-Lord Frey?"
"Euk…!"
Immensely shocked by the situation, she began wiping the corners of Frey's mouth. When Frey once again vomited blood, she started to break out in a cold sweat.
'…He's in such a terrible condition?'
Despite wearing clothes, Frey's body that was slightly in contact with hers felt as hot as a fireball, and black blood continuously poured out of his mouth.
His face was also deathly pale, like a corpse.
"H-his heart is still beating though…"
Lulu skeptically pressed her ear against his chest to check his heartbeat and confirmed that it was still beating.
"Ugh…"
"…Lord Frey?"
Then, Lulu lifted her head and examined Frey's face before carefully trying to shake him awake.
"L-Lord Frey, p-please wake up."
"Uuk…"
"Ah."
However, what spilled out of his mouth was not a response but rather more black blood.
"Just, just what…"
At a loss for what to do, Lulu gently caressed the weakly slumped Frey.
-Thump, thump.
"....!"
Footsteps suddenly echoed from outside. Startled, Lulu got back on her feet.
"Ugh, ugh…"
Frey's room was under watch to prevent people from entering.
And her hands were currently stained with Frey's blood.
"…Gulp."
In this situation where the footsteps stopped right outside the door, Lulu suddenly shifted her eyes to the side in panic before gulping.
In front of her was the bathroom door–the only space in the room she could hide in.
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Moments before Lulu panicked at the sound of footsteps.
"So you were here, Ms. Irina."
"…Kania?"
Kania had just left Frey's room and found Irina vacantly staring out the window at the end of the corridor.
"I was looking for you, since you didn't come even when it was time to change shifts."
"O-Oh. It's already time?"
Kania's words flustered Irina, who then moved away from the window.
"Wait, Frey throws up blood if you're not with him… I need to quickly get some antihemorrhagic agents…"
"Don't. We need him to get rid of his blood."
"What?"
Irina looked at Kania incredulously while Kania heaved a sigh.
"When our souls merged together, dark mana entered his body while it was in shock."
"I-isn't that dangerous?"
"There's no problem. The negative energy from the dark mana gets discharged whenever he throws up blood. Most of it has already been expelled from his body."
After saying so, Kania let out another sigh before continuing.
"Also, it's better to let him cough up his blood than to block it."
"Ho-how come?"
"The Young Master's newly formed blood gets imbued with his 'Blessing of the Star' and pushes the bad blood out of his body. In other words, he's vomiting blood not because he's in a poor condition, but to recover."
"Phew… I guess we won't have to worry about him fainting from anemia."
Irina sighed in relief. She had been immensely worried about Frey, who had not stopped spitting out blood since the previous night.
"Then, let's go."
"Okay…"
Kania quietly turned and started walking down the corridor. Irina, who, unlike her usual self, had been acting feeble, quietly spoke up.
"Then… that means you don't need to stick right next to Frey anymore, right?"
"No. It won't be forever, but… I will still have to stay in close contact with him for the foreseeable future."
Irina cocked her head at Kania's denial while Kania began stroking her stomach.
"Traces of the Young Master's soul still remain. I have to be with him for at least another week or two to ensure his soul is restored safely."
"Oh…"
At Kania's explanation, Irina could only quietly mumble to herself as she watched Kania walk ahead of her.
"…If only I had a little more dark mana."
"Thank you, Ms. Irina."
"Uh, huh?"
Kania smiled.
"For developing the magic that saved the Young Master's life."
"Oh. Not at all… it didn't even work perfectly."
"No, if it wasn't for your magic, the Young Master's life would have been cut in half again, and we wouldn't have been able to figure out the System's identity either."
"…I see."
"I'll report everything about it to the Young Master when he wakes up. Once again, thank you very much, Ms. Irina."
As Kania thanked Irina, Irina briefly glanced at Kania's belly which was currently branded by the magic circle.
"Does it hurt, by any chance?"
"Mm… Just a bit."
"Want me to transfer it to my body?"
"N-No, it's okay. I'll manage."
Soon after Kania refused Irina's offer, they arrived at Frey's room, and Irina stood in place as she seriously requested help.
"…Then, can you help me form a blood oath with him today?"
After hearing Irina's request, Kania furrowed her brows as she opened the door which had been automatically locked.
"Please give up on that."
"Why?"
"Aren't you trying to offer your soul to Lord Frey through the oath?"
Opening the door, Kania spoke softly with a kind tone.
"You should already know what it means to offer your soul to neither a god nor a devil, but a mere mortal individual. So, there's no reason for you to do that."
"No, I will do it."
"What?"
Irina quietly entered the room and closed the door behind her as she responded with a similarly solemn voice.
'Not only did I cause him to suffer from a curse that's rotting away both his body and mind… even his lifespan has been cut short.'
Irina murmured inwardly as she approached Frey, who once again threw up bad blood while his body continued generating healthy blood.
'And…'
Then, she hesitated momentarily before taking out and looking at the lifespan device.
"Two years and two months. That's how long you have left to live, Frey."
Irina gently hugged Frey and spoke with unwavering conviction.
"...…Eup."
"Even though you only have a few years… "
"…I will pledge my soul to you."
She began whispering so quietly that only she and the sleeping Frey could possibly hear her next words.
"My body, my heart, and even my chastity… I will give you everything, Frey."
"Hu."
Frey's expression wriggled, and Irina gazed lovingly at him before looking to the side.
"Do you know why?"
To their side was a sapling that had rapidly grown and started flowering. It was one of the saplings she had him choose a few months ago when she still wasn't sure of Frey.
"It's because I love you."
She quietly whispered into his ear.
"…I've loved you ever since we were young."
And beside them, a puppy-love flower was gently swaying in the air.
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"What… just what does that…?"
Meanwhile,
"Two years and two months…?"
Lulu shivered as she overheard everything from inside the dark bathroom devoid of even a single ray of light.
"No way…"
"...…Because of me?"
Chapter 120 ༺ Blood Oath ༻
༺ Blood Oath ༻
"….Hm?"
Irina, who had whispered to Frey while leaning forward, suddenly frowned and tilted her head.
'What was that?'
She sensed a spell somewhere on her body that had become overly sensitive to mana.
"…Um."
As soon as she became aware of it, her eyes sharply scanned the surroundings. Her expression immediately turned cold.
Uugh…
"It seems like a stray dog has snuck in."
Soon after she formed a sphere of mixed flame and black mana on her hand, she took a slow step forward.
Of course, she also had a spare magic scroll in her chest pocket. But after the last defective scroll incident, Irina chose to believe in her own abilities over relying on external aid.
"…Come out at once."
Irina walked right up to the bathroom door, muttering coldly.
"I said come out."
Even so, the door stayed unmoved. Irina tried her best to shield the place where Frey was at with her body and then focused all her attention to the door of the bathroom.
Just in case there is an ambush, in order to protect Frey, Irina pulled out all the battle experiences she got from the last round.
– Kiiiiiik
"Stop. If you don't want to die, kneel on your knees and your hands should slowly…"
Irina, who glared at the door for quite some time, commanded with a cold voice as soon as the door started to open.
"So, sorry… Heugh."
"Lulu?"
When she realized who came out of the bathroom was none other than Lulu, Irina's expression turned bewildered.
"You… what were you doing there?"
"Th-That…"
Of course, it was the same case with the flustered Lulu.
She didn't expect that she would be discovered as soon as she cast her Magic Eyes to get a better look at the situation.
"I heard that Frey collapsed so I stopped by to check… H-He suddenly started vomiting black blood…"
"The door was closed though?"
"…I-It was open?"
Just in case Lulu was lying in fear that the maid who opened the door for her would be reprimanded, Irina looked at her doubtfully and started to tilt her head.
"Is the auto-lock magic broken? That can't be."
"Th-Then I will go first."
"Oh?"
Seeing Irina's countenance, Lulu began to hurry toward the exit of the room.
"…Wait, what were you doing here?"
"To visit the sick."
"But why did you hide when I came?"
"I-I freaked out when Lord Frey… suddenly started vomiting blood."
"Why did you freak out?"
Hearing those words, Lulu began to stammer.
"I-I thought it was because of me."
Soon, Irina sighed and said while she gazed at her.
"It's okay, it is not your fault. Frey was recuperating right now."
"Re-Recuperating?"
"That's right. The reason why Frey is vomiting blood is to spill harmful substances out of his blood. He is recuperating. Perhaps he will regain his health after the end of this. So you don't have to worry about being reprimanded."
Hearing those words, Lulu still looked at Frey who was currently laying down, with an anxious look on her face.
"What are you doing? Until when are you going to stay here?"
"Ah, that I…."
Frey's body which was reflected in Lulu's 'Magic Eyes' was constantly producing new blood. Just like what Irina had said.
If it was an ordinary person, their body would rather feel several times better than before.
"…Ah."
But, that was not the only thing reflected in Lulu's eyes.
Because of all the people she had ever seen, Frey's body was the one that was most seriously injured. And it even still going on.
Though it was Frey who had been hiding his condition, starting from Lulu, by surrounding himself with black mana with Kania's help up until now.
The shock of their souls merging caused black mana to seep into his body and dissolved his intestines.
"Is it… my fault again?"
Then as a result, Lulu's trauma recurred.
Although the other person was Frey, the one that was called the Empire's worst scoundrel, it was enough to bring out the trauma that had been constantly tormenting her since she was a child.
"Wh-What are you saying? Why are you suddenly like this?"
Because of that, Lulu crouched down and started scratching her arms. Then, the bewildered Irina walked over to her.
"I heard your words in the bathroom…"
"What?"
"Frey, Lord Frey is terminally ill."
Soon after Irina heard the words that came out of Lulu's lips, she began to look extremely puzzled.
"N, no. What kind of nonsense…"
"My Magic Eyes also saw that. Lord Frey's body looked seriously wounded."
"Ma-Magic Eyes?"
Irina bewilderedly repeated Lulu's words once again. Soon she swallowed hard as she watched Lulu speak with dead eyes.
"Please tell me."
"Wh-What?"
"Since when did Lord Frey… became like that?"
When she heard those words, Irina came to realize what was wrong with Lulu. She quietly cleared her throat and began to talk.
"It started when you became the so-called 'pet'. It has been a while."
"…Yes?"
"The current situation now became grave, but he is terminally ill from the start."
Hearing those words, Lulu's expression turned puzzled. Irina quickly lifted her up to her feet.
"You are the only one who knew about this. I told you because Frey favored you especially."
"Ah."
"You know the Academy is full of Frey's eyes and ears, right? If you tell anyone about this, it would be the end of us. Keep that in mind."
Soon after, Irina grabbed Lulu's hand, who was still looking as out of it as before, and took her out of the room.
"Ah, and come meet me soon."
"Yes?"
"I have something to talk to you about."
Irina, who was eager to analyze the devil's eyes and the stigma in Lulu's body, shooed her out of the room after she made an appointment with her.
"Remember. Don't tell anyone."
– Slam!!
Then soon, the door was slammed shut.
"Frey… he was terminally ill from the start?"
For that reason, Lulu was left alone in the wide hallway.
"And starting from the moment when I came, his condition became severe like that…"
Then soon, she began to mumble in a daze.
"Then how come…"
It seems like she would need quite a long time to organize her mind.
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Meanwhile, at this time, Irina who had sent Lulu out.
"Huft…"
Was sighing while she looked at Frey
"Then, I will start."
Irina stared at Frey for quite some time before she carefully took something out of her chest pocket.
– Sruung
It was a ceremonial dagger, with a sparkling and gleaming sharp edged blade.
"Hup…"
After she silently stroked it, Irina stretched out her arm and aimed the tip of the dagger at her own arm.
– Slash!
"…Eugh!"
A long slash cut her arms.
"Hold it. I said hold it Irina."
Irina gritted her teeth and began to mutter as blood oozed out in a trickle from the long gash that started from her elbow down to her wrist.
"This is nothing compared to the pain Frey has suffered because of me."
Frey, whose eyes were still shut, had his mouth carefully opened by Irina after she said those words.
"Heub."
"Haa…"
She passed the blood that was slowly trickled out of her arms.
Whoosh!!
Soon, flames began to burst around Irina and Frey.
It was clearly fiery hot but it did not burn anything. The flame that covered both of them soon gleamed with a multitude of colors.
– Swooosh…
"I swear to you a blood oath, Frey."
In that peculiar atmosphere, Irina whispered in a cold voice. She started to mutter with a smile.
"I give to you both my heart and body."
Then, the flames intensified.
"When a mage gives her body to someone, she will fight for them. If the heart was given to someone, she will not serve anyone else but them."
According to her words, the blood oath she made was not an ordinary one.
For the mages of Magic Tower who worshiped magic, it was a testament to their nobility and virtue.
Or for the priests of the Church, it was a testimony to their devotion.
Or if not that, for the Imperial Family it was a proof of their legitimacy as they ascend the throne.
Or even if that was not the case, then it was for a corrupt warlock to seek power.
To mana, to the Sun God, to the sun itself, or to the devil.
For it was an illustrious oath to give one's all.
And so, up until now, blood oaths have always been sworn to a transcendent being or the ruler of the world.
And those who broke it, were now only remained a tale passed down as a myth or legends in storybooks. They were known as no other than the thousand years ago Hero's party members.
"To you, I offer my chastity."
That outrageous thing, Irina was doing it now.
Not to the world's ruler or a transcendent being, she gave her all to the man in front of her.
Even the laws of the world were being skewed.
"What giving my chastity means… you also know that right?"
Irina muttered with her face slightly redden. Soon she adjusted her voice and continued talking.
"And lastly… I give you my soul."
After she said up to that point, the flame wrapping their surrounding pounced on both of them.
– Whoosh
Then the flames parted the two and began to penetrate them. Irina who was watching that scene.
"How should I make it up to you… I contemplated about it a lot."
Gently stroked Frey, who was still closing his eyes but somehow had a serene smile.
"I don't even know what I should do to atone for the sin I have done to you."
She started to whisper in a low voice.
"I contemplated like that, and then I thought about it again while being with you… I finally got it."
Saying so, Irina gently stroked the wound on Frey's body that was exposed as the disguise Kania had on it was removed.
"Whatever I do, I could never fully repay it."
At the same time when her words ended, the flame around them was completely absorbed into their body.
"So I will just give you everything I have."
Only after she realized that the ritual had been successfully completed did Irina smiled softly. She quietly embraced Frey and finished her words.
"So use it to your heart's content."
Afterward, the tiny sparks that popped out from Irina's and Frey's chests, coalesced in the air into tiny beads.
"…What the?"
Irina caught the bead and carefully stroked it.
"Why is the color a bit muddy?"
Soon, she started to mutter with a puzzled look.
"Is it because Frey's soul still remains with Kania?"
This was because, unlike when she swore on her mana in her past life, the color of the bead was muddled.
"…Tsk."
And Kania, who was sitting on the window, was carefully watching the both of them.
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Meanwhile at the same time
"Clana, focus."
"Ah, yes."
Clana, who was lost in thought while she looked outside the window, hurriedly turned her head to the board when she heard Isolet's cold warning.
"Why is your hand bandaged? You looked okay yesterday."
"…I got hurt while training."
Then soon, Isolet asked a question to Clana who was propping her chin with her hand. When she heard that answer, Isolet stared at Clana with a doubtful look for a brief moment.
"I'm glad if it was then, but I won't forgive you if you are fooling around."
"I will keep that in mind."
The class soon continued after she said that.
"Then let's continue. A sword's power and efficiency are based on the type of mana it is trained with. That means, based on the level of the wielder, it could lead to a different effect…"
After the incident of the mansion raid last time, Isolet was quite wary of Clana.
"…Heum."
But actually, Clana's mind was focused entirely on the bead inside her drawer.
And that bead was blended in shades of silver and gold.
Chapter 145 ༺ The Third Ordeal ༻
༺ The Third Ordeal ༻
"…Gulp."
As Irina glanced at Frey, who lay motionless beside her, she felt a lump in her throat and gulped.
"Really, nobody has given their chastity to Frey yet, right?"
First of all, it couldn't be Kania.
If that cat-like woman had offered herself to Frey, she would have shown it off so that anyone could tell.
And it couldn't be Clana or Serena either.
Clana, who had hated Frey until recently, wouldn't have had the opportunity, and the 'Absolute Obedience Magic' that Serena had, according to her knowledge in the field of magic, prevented her from having a 'relationship' with anyone.
Lastly, Ferloche had once proudly held up the emblem of chastity in front of everyone.
So, it was evident that no one had given themselves to Frey yet.
"Frey, are you asleep?"
Having reached that conclusion, Irina addressed Frey with a trembling voice.
"....."
"Really?"
She reached out and shook Frey's unresponsive shoulder, but he remained silent.
Frey was usually quite sensitive when he slept, but today's events had exhausted him to the point of a deep sleep.
– Whoosh…
Realizing this, Irina began to sneakily move her body closer to Frey.
"Uhm…"
Soon after, Irina, who was pressing her body against Frey's, looked at his face that had come close to her and whispered softly.
"He's really asleep."
Frey's breath as he slowly exhaled in deep sleep, tickled Irina's face.
His heartbeat intertwined with her own unusually rapid heartbeats, created a harmonious rhythm.
With each breath he took, his chest rose and fell, briefly pausing as it brushed against Irina's soft chest.
"Uh, umm…"
In such a situation, Irina struggled to suppress her pounding heart and quietly reached for the button on Frey's collar.
"…Meow!"
"Eek?"
Suddenly, a cat doll leaped onto the bed, startling Irina, causing her to recoil away from Frey.
"Meow…!"
"What, what is it?"
The cat, that had been staring at Irina, nestled into Frey's arms and began to shake its head.
Why is that?
Somehow, a desperate feeling emanated from the cat doll's expression.
"S-Sorry. I'll just borrow your master for a moment."
However, Irina was desperate too.
"Haah…!"
And so, she removed the doll that had nestled into Frey's arms, employed a simple binding spell to immobilize it, and pushed it to the floor.
"Meow…"
Having removed the obstacle, Irina reached for Frey again while listening to the pitiful cry of the cat doll.
"…Eh."
Unable to put her hand on the button, she mumbled with her face buried in Frey's chest.
"Will Frey really like me like this?"
Whenever she was with Kania, Frey would unconsciously gulp.
There was no need to mention Serena, and even when dealing with Clana and Ferlotche, he was conscious.
However, just a little while ago, Frey hadn't been conscious of her at all
Even when he undressed, exposing her bare skin.
Even when he caressed her exposed bare body with his hands for hours.
Frey showed no trace of embarrassment.
The only one feeling embarrassed was herself.
It meant that Frey didn't see her as a woman.
"Ha, who would like a woman like me?"
Irina, with her rough, fierce demeanor and an unnecessary sense of pride, bore countless scars across her body.
"With Frey surrounded by women."
She mumbled, feeling smaller than ever before.
"...…."
And for a while, silence engulfed them.
Shuuuu…
"…Meow."
Apart from the soft meowing of a cat doll that suddenly made a cold expression and began to emit black smoke from its body, while tied up and scratching the bed leg, causing a fuss.
– Swooosh
Just when everything seemed to be in vain,
Irina, her face still nestled against Frey's embrace, suddenly raised her head with a determined expression.
Click.
Then, reaching out again, Irina began to unbutton Frey's clothes.
Click, click, click.
Slowly descending, lower and lower.
With utmost care, Irina unfastened all the buttons on Frey's attire and said,
"This is… just magic."
She blushed and began to convince herself.
"It's merely a necessary step in the magical ritual, nothing more, nothing less."
Despite her words, her hands trembled as she removed Frey's coat and delicately placed her hand on his unbuttoned shirt.
"So… So…"
After removing his shirt, she cautiously climbed on top of Frey, and soon mumbled with a very flustered expression.
"…Wh-What am I supposed to do?"
Irina had only focused on magic research and combat in both her previous and current lives.
Naturally, she had led a life devoid not only of boyfriends but also of men in general, leaving her completely clueless in this domain.
"I don't… I don't know."
But it wasn't that she had no knowledge of sex.
Although Irina knew only about magic, she had come across a few curses and spells that involved relationships, so she naturally read and learned basic information from books.
"…Hah."
However, due to the gap between the information she read in books and reality, combined with the awkwardness that came from spending her whole life distant from men, Irina couldn't help but be overwhelmed by panic.
"Should I take off my clothes first? No, should I undress Frey first? No, I already did… I haven't taken off his pants yet."
Despite her confusion, Irina found her way to the next step and began unfastening Frey's belt while talking to herself.
"It's magic. This is just an extension of magic. It's a magical act to solidify a promise to him. It's not for my own satisfaction or personal desires…"
As she spoke and threw the belt aside, Irina suddenly cast a sharp glance towards the window.
"Huh?"
There was quite a loud noise coming from outside the window, which currently had the blinds drawn.
"Could it be an intrusion?"
Considering that possibility for a moment, Irina quietly took out a scroll from her bosom and slowly approached the window.
"…Sigh."
Rustle!
Arriving safely in front of the window, Irina tightly clutched the scroll and raised the blinds.
"Huh?"
She was fully prepared to launch an attack at any moment, but the scene that greeted her after raising the blinds was rather comical.
"Grrrrrrrrr!!!"
"Grrrrr!! Grrrrrrr!!!"
"Chirp! Chirp-chirp!"
The birds that had been sitting calmly by the window with fierce expressions just moments ago were now in a frenzy.
"What… what is this?"
Irina frowned at the absurd scene and tried to drive the birds away by casting a moderately threatening spell.
"…!!!"
But soon, she froze upon discovering something.
"That, that is…!?"
Amidst the agitated birds, a spherical-shaped mass floated in mid-air.
"This is the mana the Secret Lordr had, isn't it?"
The purple mass emitted the energy of the Secret Lord, whom Irina had recently engaged in a life-or-death battle with.
"No, wait. That's not possible. I definitely dealt a significant blow to the Secret Lord…"
Despite sustaining grave injuries herself, Irina murmured with a pale, drained face, recalling the substantial damage she had inflicted on the Secret Lord.
"Annoying creatures."
"…Huh!?"
As the voice of the Secret Lord resounded from the purple mass floating amidst the surrounding birds, a look of horror washed over Irina's face.
"Hoo-hoo!"
"Coo-coo!"
An owl and a pigeon flew towards the purple mass simultaneously.
"Just a mere flying beast, daring to disturb me…"
The mass attempted to scold the owl and pigeon as if they were trivial, but…
Shaaaaa…!
"…Hmm?"
At that moment, the two birds emitted a white mana.
"This mana… Could it be, spirits?"
The purple mana, which recoiled just before touching the white mana said,
"…Insignificant."
Fzzzzzzt!
Like an electric current tinged with purple, the mana was released and entangled around the two birds.
"Hoo-hoo…"
"Coo-coo…"
The two birds struggled to resist the strange energy somehow but eventually reached their limit.
"I always thought about this, but indeed, their power is great. To think I could defeat ancient spirits so easily."
Observing the two birds, the purple mana muttered in a triumphant voice, sensing victory.
"Chirp-chirp!"
"No?"
Wearing a determined expression, the small canary flew towards the purple mana, which tried to dodge hastily.
Fwoooosh!!!
"Ugh!!"
The purple mana began to stagger after being caught in the explosion of the canary's attack, which scattered the sun's mana in all directions.
"Aaaaaaaah!!!"
And at that moment.
Fzzzzzzzt!!!
"Aaaaaaargh!!"
In that instant, Irina's magic, which she had been preparing by activating the most powerful attack scroll she had, burst through the window and struck the purple mana.
"Krrrrr…"
Releasing the white owl and pigeon it had held captive, the mass began to pulsate, contracting and expanding repeatedly.
"I can't… I can't let this end here…"
As the white mana, infused with the last remnants of strength from the two birds, began eroding the mass.
"I'm on the verge of being abandoned by the great one… The Empire… No, the world is within my grasp!"
The mass started to mutter in an enraged voice.
"I don't know what the ordeal invitation is… or how it made this possible…"
"Wh-What is it?"
"I can't give up here!!!"
Eventually, the mass exerted its final ounce of strength, unleashing its magical power all at once.
– Clang!
Leaving the injured birds behind, the mass burst through the broken window.
"W-Wait!!"
Flustered, Irina hurriedly retrieved a magic scroll, but the rampaging mass had already approached Frey.
– Swoooosh…!
At that moment, as the mass was about to invade Frey.
"Meow!!!"
A cat doll, emanating intense dark mana, jumped in and took the hit with its body.
"Frey!! Wake up!!! We need to get out of here right now…!!!"
Irina, who quickly threw herself at Frey, slapped his cheek and yelled, but…
"…Frey?"
For some reason, Frey didn't wake up.
"Heeek…!!"
"Frey's surprisingly well-guarded."
"No, no!!"
As the mass sent the cat doll that was wringing out painful dark magic, flying far away, it effortlessly dodged Irina's attacks while she frantically pulled out scrolls.
– Swoop!
In the end, the mass succeeded in invading Frey.
"...….."
And for a moment, silence engulfed the dormitory.
"The ordeal invitation… ordeal… Could it be?"
In that situation, as Irina desperately tried to think, she began to look at Frey with a suspicious expression, pondering the words muttered by the Secret Lord.
"It's the same as before…"
Upon checking Frey's condition, she discovered that his current state was the same as when he had fallen asleep during the second ordeal, and she collapsed with a pale expression.
"No, no, no. No…!"
Caught in a panic, Irina began purging the dark magic from her body and initiated Kania's dark spell.
The unconscious infiltration magic that Kania had tried several times during the second ordeal.
Although Irina's self-esteem had dropped and she was unaware, she was still a genius in magic in this iteration.
As long as she had seen the magic repeatedly, even if it was dark magic, she could perfectly replicate it.
"…Ugh!"
But as Irina tried to infiltrate Frey's unconscious, she was soon pushed out, clutching her heart.
'Something, something is… Something is deliberately blocking my intervention…'
As she suspected, the system that oversaw the ordeals had been strictly blocking external interference since the second ordeal.
"No, it's not working. If this continues, Frey will…"
However, believing that the ordeal happened because of her, Irina was at a loss as to what to do about the inexplicable phenomenon.
"Frey will be in danger…"
"...…"
So, after a while of stroking Frey's face with a pale expression, Irina said out loud,
"…Let's try."
Gritting her teeth, she stood up from her seat.
"I don't know what's stopping me."
Soon after, Irina headed to her desk, biting her lip until it drew blood.
"…Let's see who wins."
Using her blood as a medium, she began to draw complex magical formulas on a blank scroll.
At the same time, she started making complex calculations.
Once, she had shaken the world's providence by swearing a blood oath to a human while possessing the status of a magician.
"I'll save you, no matter what it takes… Frey…"
Once more she began to challenge the world's providence.
* * *
"…Where am I?"
Irina Philliard, who had quietly opened her eyes, began to look around with a blank expression.
"Could it be…"
After looking around for a while, Irina said,
"Did I succeed…?"
She rose from her seat, her expression filled with disbelief.
"Really?"
She had used thousands of magic scrolls, calculated over hundreds of magical formulas, and created dozens of new formulas.
Irina, who had surpassed her previous achievements with the sole determination to save Frey, dashed off without even pausing to celebrate her achievement.
"I have to hurry and save Frey…"
For some reason, she found herself heading towards the sprawling Starlight family mansion before her.
Inside her head was a simple thought… since it was Frey's home, he would be inside.
"Wh-who…?"
"Move!"
Entering the mansion through the front door, Irina brushed past a startled maid who had stopped sweeping.
"Please, please be there…"
She swiftly climbed the stairs leading to the upper floor, heading towards Frey's room.
"Please…"
Upon arriving at Frey's room in an instant, Irina took a deep breath.
"…Frey?"
She carefully opened the door.
"I-I'm here, Frey! So, don't worry now…"
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