The Youngest Hides a Lot - Chapter 100
“Youngest fairy.”
It was Liam.
“Ack, Brother…”
“Your complexion looks terrible. Come here.”
I clung to Liam, who had also received a pendant but simply placed it into my pocket.
I was carried on Liam’s back and closed my eyes tightly.
When my body trembled slightly, Liam let out a short sigh and patted my leg.
“Fairy, what’s this on your wrist?”
Liam asked, looking down at my arm wrapped around his neck.
When I moved one arm, a rustling sound flowed out.
“Calid’s bracelet…”
“Why did you use it?”
“I borrowed it for a moment.”
A bracelet that suppressed magical power.
It was a kind of large-capacity magical power restraint that had the power to hold back some, if not all, of Calid’s enormous magical power.
In the Magic Kingdom, the types of restraints were predetermined. The choker type that is worn around the neck.
Anyone could easily tell that it was a restraint, so the ‘Fourth’ would naturally not have suspected that I was using the restraint.
Moreover, they would know that it isn’t as effective as this bracelet, and that it can’t completely contain my pure magic.
‘Treasures are treasures. Their power is amazing. Even with just one, it drains all the magic from my body…’
I felt my energy drain away. In fact, it had been that way since I was sitting at the banquet table.
[Rubian, the Emperor of Bamilon has allowed the tracking wizard to pass through the gate. It seems they will use a magic detection device. What should we do?]
Asha was there when the Emperor allowed the Tracking Wizard to enter. As soon as she left, she naturally wrote to me first.
I had expected this to some extent during tea time with the Emperor, so I moved quickly.
“Give me that!”
I discovered that Carl’s bracelet also affects me through a previous experiment.
So I kept one of Carl’s bracelets in my pocket throughout the competition.
The only thing left was when I would use it.
‘If the Emperor, who was concerned about the festival atmosphere, had his way, he would certainly permit the search after the Green Festival had ended… In other words, he would allow the search during this banquet.’
That’s what I guessed.
Of course, encountering the wizard in the maze garden was an unexpected situation for me as well. So, at that time, I couldn’t have been wearing the bracelet in advance.
But as expected, the wizard retreated after a light search. The real timing he was aiming for was today, when all the children would be gathered.
‘He must have found me the most suspicious, but he likely wanted to search the other children as well.’
Therefore, as soon as I entered this banquet hall, I secretly put on the bracelet under the table.
The problem was Calid, who possessed magic power, but as expected, the wizard showed no interest in boys of Calid’s age. They weren’t the ones he was aiming to search in the first place.
‘No matter how much I disguise myself, it’s hard to change my bone structure.’
Even if the world turns upside down, I wouldn’t be as big as Calid.
‘With different eye colors and no signs of magical power, there’s no reason for suspicion.’
Both were facts that ‘Fourth’ had personally confirmed with his own eyes.
As expected, this was hide-and-seek.
Once they’ve confirmed there’s nothing to find, they rarely return to the same place.
In that sense, I thought I had successfully gotten off to a good start.
‘But… to think that the ‘Fourth’ is really the wizard from the original story.’
I closed my eyes and calmly collected my thoughts.
My heart pounded.
Was he similar in size to the wizard in my dream?
I couldn’t remember well because I was so confused.
‘But the location of the mark is clear.’
The branch of the World Tree glimpsed through the sleeve.
Such coincidences weren’t common.
In addition, ‘Fourth’ is one of the wizards who is loyal to the Wizard King with all his heart and soul.
So the line in the dream about the price of standing up to our king is something that ‘Fourth’ would say.
‘But…’
How on earth did he end up attacking Dad?
The ‘Fourth’ and Dad had no connection at present. His orders from the Wizard King were likely just to find me.
“Ugh, I’m dizzy.”
My head was spinning. It was an overload of information.
Ah. I have to take off my bracelet…
It’s hard to move my fingers.
“Youngest…Rubian?”
Liam’s voice wavered faintly.
My energy drained completely. I resisted my heavy eyelids, barely managing to whisper.
“Ywour brace….bracel…”
“…”
“Brother! What’s wrong with Ruby?!”
“…It seems like she’s a bit drunk. What’s going on?”
Whoo.
I took a deep breath. No, that’s not it. I’m perfectly fine…
But even my tongue was frozen, so I couldn’t say anything.
It was then.
“Bracelet.”
Whoosh!
My body’s strength surged!
“I’ll take it.”
“Kyaa!”
I jumped up.
“Fairy, you’re hurt.”
I, who had completely recovered from the melted chocolate, put my hand on Liam’s back and looked around with my eyes wide open.
Calid was looking straight at me as he put a bracelet on his wrist.
“Are you okay? You suddenly feel refreshed.”
Voyd, who had come closer, said while examining my complexion.
“Mhm! I’m completely revived after breathing in the cool air!”
I lightly patted both cheeks.
Let’s think about that wizard’s identity a little more!
Liam gripped my arm tightly, urging me to stay down.
At that moment, my eyes met Calid’s, who was standing still, watching us.
‘It’s over, right?’
‘Thanks to you!’
I could know without saying it.
Well… there are still some things left unresolved.
Of course, Calid had no way of knowing what I was thinking. The boy, who gave a sly smile, poked his finger against my pinky.
I felt magic surging all the way to the top of my head!
It’s thrilling!
Meanwhile, the red-haired wizard walked down the hallway with a nervous stride. When he spotted the silver-haired child, he thought he’d found what he was looking for.
“No?”
He recalled the glowing red magic tool. Before distributing it, he had thoroughly verified its margin of error, so the results were undoubtedly accurate.
“…But it turned out to be a mistake.”
The wizard gritted his teeth and stopped walking.
He felt uneasy, but there was no way to investigate further. The knights trailing him from earlier were becoming increasingly worrisome.
‘Are they Imperial knight or Zibert?’
Tsk. No matter what, he shouldn’t move rashly now.
He took a small magic paper from his pocket. With his fingertip imbued with magic, he drew letters in the air, and they were perfectly imprinted on the paper.
‘First…I should report first.’
Northern search results.
Target’s whereabouts unknown.
Main search target, Rubian Zibert.
Target match probability low.
* * *
“Prince?”
Leviathan turned around. He was leaning on the Emperor’s desk with both arms.
“Heuk, Duke Zibert.”
“Richt, what’s wrong? You always have that kind of face.”
The Emperor frowned at the Prince’s unusual expression. Leviathan, who had been protesting about the wizard’s work, was no exception.
“What’s wrong?”
“Ruby, Rubian…”
The Duke immediately changed his expression and quickly approached. Richt barely managed to catch his breath and said.
“What’s wrong with Rubian?”
“Rubian is actually… No, perhaps…”
It was then.
“Your Majesty.”
A servant approached quickly.
He was the servant in the banquet hall where the children were.
“The kingdom wizard has finished his search.”
“What?”
The one who asked in surprise was Richt. The servant politely bowed to Richt and continued.
“It seems that they have concluded that the wizard they were looking for is not there. There is no child with magical power in that hall.”
“Tsk, I guess so.”
The Emperor nodded as if it were obvious. He issued a brief command for the attendant to leave, and the attendant quickly withdrew.
“See? Duke. Nothing bad will happen.”
“That doesn’t mean I agree with it. To think you would bring a wizard into my northern region.”
“I understand. I understand. I will definitely report back next time, Your Excellency the Duke.”
Leviathan’s hardened expression didn’t soften despite the Emperor’s tired reaction.
“So…4th Prince.”
This time, the purple gaze was fixed squarely on Richt. Richt flinched and stepped back.
A low, constricting voice flowed through the room.
“What’s wrong with my daughter?”
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