Chapter 119

It was natural to have more doubts.

I guess this guy was weird.

“What are you talking about? Seriously… Is Allen under black magic?”

However, Sylvie just rolled his eyes, as if he didn’t want to say anything.

I furrowed my eyebrows, looking at Sylvie.

“What is it? What are you hiding?”

“Are you copying the Grand Duke?”

“,,,Doesn’t this look scary?”

“…No.”

Sylvie smiled and waved his hand. I thought it would look pretty scary, but I guess not.

“Anyway… what are you hiding?”

“Hiding… I hate humans. They’re stupid and arrogant.”

After taking a deep breath, Sylvie shook his head and looked at me.

“What?”

“I’m strong, so I’m sure it won’t be a big deal, so I usually ignore the advice I give.”

For some reason, I felt like I was being scolded so my heart ached.

“I-Is that so?”

“Yeah, it’s your brother, so he’s under black magic.”

“What? Then why didn’t you tell me?”

I asked out of shock, but lowered my voice again to whisper in fear that my mother would wake up.

“Is he in danger?”

“Right now, not really. There’s no way they’d kill the son of a duke or anything like that.”

“Then why didn’t you tell me…?”

“I warned you to be careful.”

My chest felt like it was being stabbed as he said those words.

“You did… but…”

“I didn’t say it properly on purpose. Human beings are like that. Maybe that’s… the power of black magic strengthening after testing on humans in the past. If I said so, you and your brother would have run to check.”

I couldn’t deny what Sylvie said. If I had known from the beginning, Allen and I would have gone.

I believed in my powers.

Without realizing it, I nodded my head. Sylvie got up from his seat and patted my head with a grin.

“Black magic is weaker than your powers, but it’s dangerous because of its specificity. People themselves are the sacrifices. What if you can only sacrifice your powers?”

“Wow….”

“Still, it seems you listened to me, but your brother…”

Sylvie’s lips were beautifully distorted.

He was just a puppy, a strange puppy that turned into a human, yet he looked really attractive.

The more I looked at him, the more handsome he looked.

‘No. My mom would always say handsome men are useful.’

I turned my head and made eye contact with Sylvie.

“So does that mean my brother didn’t listen and got caught up with black magic?”

“Correct.”

Was it really like that? Come to think of it, I remember the last time I followed Lexit.

“The power of black magic is so fascinating. I feel like it has the power to listen to anything. Like Lexit, you can suddenly grow taller and make people move according to their will.”

“Then… Then…! Could it be that people under black magic can change suddenly? Just like that?”

“Yes.”

For a moment, I remembered the people who looked at me coldly every time they looked at me recently.

‘Then those people… did they hate me because they’re under black magic?’

He smiled with his hands around my cheeks. I was sad that they hated me, but not anymore.

“What’s with your expression?”

“What?”

“You suddenly laughed.”

“O-Oh… nothing…”

Thinking about it, the world suddenly looked different.

“Hey, Sylvie! If he knew about this and sacrificed himself to get there…”

But Sylvie ignored my question.

“I’m sure you’ll see it later, but you know, what kind of person is your brother?”

“…”

A mindless, faithful brother whose body acts before thinking.

For a moment, those words flashed through my head.

“Oh, yeah. That’s right.”

“Yes.”

“What should I do now… to save my brother?”

“I need to find the Queen.”

Before I knew it, Sylvie, who approached me, pulled himself forward.

“Queen?”

“Yes, that wormy queen who has been settling in my territory after being offended. Did I say Harris? It’s her.”

The shock when the expected things became reality was greater than expected.

“Are you sure it’s Harris?”

“Oh, it would have been different if it had been anywhere else, but this is my territory. I don’t know what’s going on here, but my power is stronger than ever here. That’s why we’re going to catch bugs.”

Sylvie’s face, which was unusually bright in the moonlight, shone. His silver hair was as beautiful as a collection of stars.

As if I had been misled by his appearance, I looked at Sylvie for a long time.

Perhaps he felt my gaze on him, but Sylvie turned his head very slowly.

“Why? You don’t like bugs?”

“Huh? No, bugs are good!”

“What?”

“Oh no, I’m not saying that…”

For a moment, I was flustered and blurted out anything. Sylvie, who watched me, shook his head.

“That’s what you like.”

“…What?”

“I’ll give you all sorts of bugs later.”

“No, that’s… You seem very strong today…”

I pursed my lips and looked at Sylvie. It’s not that he wasn’t, but like Dad, Sylvie’s back suddenly looked big. His shoulders looked exceptionally strong, and I felt like he’d grown up.

I didn’t know why my cheeks kept getting red or hot when I saw Sylvie, but anyway… I felt a little strange.

“D-Do I look strong?”

“Yeah! A lot!”

“…Well, I look strong because I used to be strong! I’m a proud silver wolf! Anyway, there’s something you need to do from now on.”

Sylvie, who was shy while talking to himself, turned his head and made eye contact. As if something important happened, Sylvie’s clear eyes stared at me endlessly.

“What should I do?”

“Well, that wormy queen hates you. Everyone made her do that.”

“Everyone?”

“You…”

“Me?”

As if playing a word chain, Sylvie dragged the end of the sentence. He sighed deeply and ruffled my hair relentlessly.

“No, meet her anyway. That’s your job.”

“Huh? Can I meet you?”

“It’s not suitable, but nothing will happen if we meet. You don’t have to worry because I’ll go with you. In this area, I won’t be subjected to black magic.”

As I nodded at his words, I suddenly got curious.

“But wouldn’t she think you’re weird?”

“What do you think?”

“About how you suddenly appeared? She’d never seen you before. Even now, if she doesn’t like me, she’d scream at me and disappear… but if someone else who wants to see her shows up, she’ll definitely come.”

I asked suddenly. Sylvie tilted his neck, wondering about it.

“Oh, that. It’ll be fine as long as I’ll jinx her.”

“Jinx?”

“Yes. It’s for people to recognize me as someone other than a dog.”

I nodded my head in response.

“There are two ways to deceive people: the one-on-one method and deceiving the whole territory. The first method is powerful but not usable for many people. It does have the advantage of not being able to remove the spell even if you move away from the caster.”

“Then…”

“The second method is to set up a zone and make everyone in the zone think that something that didn’t exist before existed all this time. It’s more like memory manipulation. The problem is that when you’re away from the area, they’re released from the spell.”

“Oh, there is such a thing!”

Curious, I looked up at Sylvie as I lit up.

“And I’m using the latter…”

“Then, in this area…”

“To be exact, I’ve laid out the whole forest I was born and raised in.”

“Then…”

I thought it would be nice if this was the case, but Sylvie got rid of my expectations before I had them.

“But magic isn’t always perfect. People with strong minds can notice it. To be exact, you felt something was wrong. Even so, I win here. My strength can last, Even if they think it’s weird, they won’t know exactly what’s weird.”

“Well… ah! So did Dad notice?”

“Uh…? Who knows? Is there anyone here that is that strong?”

It was then…

“Who’s not sleeping and whispering?”

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