# 23
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“I will not ask you about the details of what happened.”
I looked at the Duchess who was holding my hand tightly.
Unlike usual, her expression looked very angry, but she still looked sad, so I couldn't say anything.
“But I want to scold you for acting so recklessly.”
“You're not going to do that again, are you?”
I couldn't help but notice the gentle but steady voice.
But this was the best method I've ever learned so far.
So, while I felt sorry for the Duchess, my heart also felt lighter.
To be honest, I still have mixed feelings towards the Duchy of Elad.
In my previous life, I was wandering the streets because of Duke Elad and ended up sneaking into his house and dying.
However, because I received grace in this life, I felt uncomfortable all the time.
'Besides, it was about Jack and Diana, so I couldn't ignore it.'
Above all, I knew Count Valery's words.
In the past, I was picked up by a teacher when I was ten years old, and in order not to be abandoned, I learned everything from letters and numbers to stealth and martial arts, as well as various magic.
Especially when I was learning letters, I read everything I could find, including newspapers and reports in the guild.
I discovered it by chance at the time.
The work of Count Valery who deceived the Duke of Elad, a great noble family.
More preciy, he was put on trial after discovering that Count Valery's family, long affiliated with the Duchy, was enriching itf by embezzling the knights' budget through the Master of Valery, the deputy commander of the Knights of Rexion.
This incident became more widely known because the Duke had always trusted Lord Valery, and Count Valery was head of the Council of Elders.
When diamonds were discovered in the Perrion mine, which Count Valery had bought with an occupied budget, Duke Ellard was forced to continue the trial with great difficulty in a situation where bribes and favors were being exchanged.
I was angry when I read the union report and said they were really evil people who made money with other people's money.
This will be revealed two years from now, but since it was revealed early, we will quickly be able to discover evidence of embezzlement and avoid a difficult situation without having to go to court.
'Yes, you did a really good job.'
Even though I decided to live freely in this life without forming a deep relationship with anyone, it is the right thing to do and allows me to pay off my debts.
Just as I did my best for the master who brought me into the guild, I also had to repay the kindness of Diana and the Duke who treated me so well every day.
I didn't know when I would leave, but it was time to make a decision in my heart to put my heart and soul into it until then.
"Miss? How did you get here?"
I naturally thought the Duchess would take me to the doctor.
But unexpectedly, the place where she arrived holding my hand was the tower where the Duke's magicians gathered to conduct research.
The wizards were surprised by the sudden appearance of the noble lady, and hurriedly prepared a place to sit.
I rolled my eyes back and forth and looked inside the tower.
Since magicians themves were rare, this was the first time in my life that I had gone to the place where they resided.
The thick books piled up on the floor and desk, as well as the oddly shaped bottles with smoke coming out of them, were fascinating, but what caught my attention most were the witches themves.
I can do simple magic, but seeing a full-time magician somehow made my heart skip a beat.
“I came because of this child, she needs treatment immediately, can you bring Thelin?”
"treatment?"
“Master Magician?”
When the Duchess spoke while looking at me, the hurried wizards looked puzzled.
Just as she did, he seemed to wonder why he was looking for a wizard and not a doctor.
“For wounds like these, you can treat them lightly without using healing magic.”
But I kept my mouth shut when I saw the Duchess looking at my wounds with eyes even more painful than mine.
Trying to avoid my eyes, I noticed the witches shouting as they walked up the stairs, looking for someone named “Telin.”
‘Hmm…. 'I thought he would move and move or communicate with him through the artifact.'
For some reason, my excitement at meeting the wizards diminished as they seemed a little different than I had imagined.
A moment later, a man with long purple hair appeared.
“Oh, you have finally arrived! My student!”
student? Who else came?
The man, who seemed excited, came right in front of me, as if he couldn't see the Duchess.
“I knew you would come to find me eventually! I didn't believe you when the Duke said you wasted a chance to become my apprentice!”
This man, who was screaming to himf and his lavender eyes flashing, looked like he had lost his mind a little.
When I was frightened and retreated, the Duchess urgently caught me.
“Taylin! Come back to your senses, this is not the reason, I came here to seek treatment because my little girl was injured.”
"Yes? Cure? You didn't come here to become a disciple?"
Only then did the man stop and look at me.
“Oh my God, every time I see you, it hurts.”
He clicked his tongue and made me sit on the chair.
Then he drew something in the air, muttered, and gathered magic power.
Soon, a round ball of bright light appeared in the air, covering the wound, and it began to heal.
“Oh, as expected, it wasn't my fault.”
Thelin shouted excitedly when he saw my wound begin to heal quickly with a slightly cold feeling.
Maybe this was the magician who erased all the scars from my body.
I tilted my head because the process was completely different than when I cast the healing magic.
'. ...Does that sound like a magic circle? Why would a wizard cast such a complex spell?'
Unlike the last time I blacked out, I paused for a moment as I carefully watched the wounds heal with the healing magic.
‘Now that I think about it, the holy power didn’t work on me….’
Since the Duchess didn't say anything, I forgot about it, but I was worried that something was wrong.
But this thought did not last long.
Before I knew it, the wizards were sitting around me, looking on as a group.
“The amount of mana is amazing, but the affinity is also amazing.”
"How could this be real? It's really amazing."
My ears became hot because of the witches talking non-stop without even thinking about the listener.
It was strange that all the eyes looking at me were blinking.
So, when the treatment was more or less over, she unconsciously grabbed the hem of the Duchess's dress.
Curiosity about witches and the space they inhabit has long since faded.
All that remains is my desire to escape from these strange witches who seem to be performing suspicious experiments on me.
Only then did the magicians realize that I was afraid, so they quickly changed their expressions to gentle ones and started showing me different things.
“Hey, this is a mana measuring pill, it looks amazing, right? Do you want to touch it?”
“Oh, don't be afraid, it's just a toy, it never goes off!”
“Hey, that makes her even more scared.”
"Oh! Would you like to try some of this? This is a dessert that took me three months and ten days to make! If you eat this, you won't have to eat anything for two days!"
“What do you give a child who has to grow up and also needs to eat a lot of delicious food to grow? She should eat while you work!”
“Don't you watch your mouth? Don't listen to this man.”
When she was completely tired of the mages fighting and talking frantically, she heard Thelin's voice.
“Do you like dolls?”
The little girl's ears perked up at this point, as if she couldn't resist.
Although my pride was wounded, I looked at Thelin, using the excuse that I was curious about the puppets that wizards made.
"dummy?"
“I made this to be my assistant, do you want to see it? Well, my lab is at the top, so it takes time to get up and down. Would you like to go together?”
I asked hesitantly, hearing a voice that seemed to attract a child somehow.
“Why don't you use teleportation magic? Or you can just use a summoning spell.”
For a moment, I thought I spoke too childishly, so I hurriedly said: “Poof haha!” He raised his hands and expressed that something had been called.
At this sight, the magicians shouted, “Ha-ha!” He burst out laughing, and even the Duchess smiled.
Tailin also smiled faintly and said.
“It is a childish fantasy, but magic is very difficult, even if you use a magic attribute that suits everyone, you must use the mana in your body efficiently, so it requires a high level of concentration, and you must meticulously understand the magic technique, draw a magic circle, and even memorize the spell.”
"Excuse me? So what is the technique? Magic Circle?"
I asked again in confusion.
Isn't that something wizards don't need?
When you learned magic from a teacher, you only learned how to control mana efficiently and cast spells?
“…Wait, doesn’t magic just require memorizing the spell?”
“Haha, no, that can't be! Magic is not something like instinct, you need to learn theory and study formulas systematically, even an Imperial Mage can't do something like this if he only memorizes the spell, right? Ah, maybe the Magic Tower can use magic like breathing.”
He is a genius who appears once every thousand years!
Thelin laughed.
I froze.