Ch 151
“Master Pamon!”
Those who coveted Lisir’s Master position wore unfamiliar expressions.
It was a face that would have made their heads burn with jealousy if they had seen it.
Reunion with Master after a long time.
Lisir expressed his welcome with a wide smile.
Pamon also adorably gathered her arms before spreading them wide, expressing her welcome.
Gently, gently. Smiling, smiling.
Her already vibrant smile bloomed even more brightly.
“Lisir, my disciple~”
Pamon left her arms outstretched.
It was an invitation to come and embrace her.
“Aww.”
Lisir smiled awkwardly and shook his head.
“Don’t be like that~”
Pamon, seeing her cute disciple, whined ‘Euuuh~’ and urged him, acting out a tantrum.
“No. Now that I think about it, I don’t think it’s an emotional situation worthy of a hug.”
Then, Lisir said with a stern and serious face.
“Huh?”
“Anyone would think we were forcibly separated and dramatically reunited. It’s just a reunion between an Abandoned Child and an Abandoned Person.”
“Abandoned Child and Abandoned Person. Oh no, Duran~ Lisir has become dark~”
-Well, if you’re abandoned by an Abandoned Person after only a week, that’s usually how it goes.
“Is my Title decided as Abandoned Person? No way~”
Pamon covered her face with both hands and made a playful crying sound.
-By the way, you spoke well, Lisir. Never indulge this girl. It’ll spoil her.
“Leave it to me. Separately, it’s nice to see you, Mr. Duran. Hearing your Voice after so long is really, nice. Yes. Perhaps this is what the Emotion of reunion is. I feel this warm Emotion thanks to you, Mr. Duran. How have you been?”
-Yes, Lisir. It’s good to see you too. Seeing that you seem to be doing well puts my mind at ease.
“It’s all thanks to the Teaching of Duran, who is like a Master.”
-Hmm? Did I teach you that much to deserve hearing such words?
“That goes for Master as well.”
-That’s frustratingly valid! What a clever fellow! How did you become even smarter while I wasn’t looking! Such a pretty fellow! Should I give you a rough hug!
Even though I’m a book!
The talking Grimoire added cheerfully.
“No way~ My disciple and the Grimoire have fallen for each other~ Duran is a book, but still.”
The noisy and playful Atmosphere continued for a short while.
“…Well, let’s stop with the Jokes.”
Soon, Lisir spoke to Pamon with a serious Expression.
“It’s good to see you, Master. Have you been well?”
Lisir felt his Heart pounding.
He wanted to show his growth to his Master as soon as possible.
And if possible-
“Ehehe.”
Lisir’s Eyes gleamed ominously.
It was the gaze of an abandoned dog returning from hell.
The Dark Elf’s vibrant Smile, sensing the murderous intent（?）, twitched.
“My disciple… will he be alright~?”
-I don’t know the details, but your disciple seems to have grown very strong. To an excessive degree. Someone’s going to have to be a little tense.
“Tense~?”
-Well, that’s that. First, tell that fellow that. Looking at him, he seems to believe that he’s reunited with the ‘real’ us. I’m starting to feel something similar to Guilt.
At Duran’s words, Lisir tilted his head.
“What do you mean?”
“Ah. What I mean is~ Lisir. You know? The me and Duran that Lisir is seeing right now are that. What should I say…”
Illusion?
That was the word that came out of Pamon’s mouth after pondering for a while with her index finger on her cheek.
“Illusion?”
“Hmm~ Now that I think about it, the expression Memory would be more appropriate.”
“…Ah, I understand. So, it’s like this. This place right now is a space created by Master’s Magic. And Master and Mr. Duran right now are, created by containing the Memories or Self of the two of you at the time of creating that Magic ━ a kind of Clone━”
“Oh my~ My disciple. You’re so clever. As expected, if I teach you one thing, you know ten?”
-The more I look at it, the more absurd it is. What crime did such a clever fellow commit to become your disciple?
Lisir watched the two of them talking vividly, marveling.
It felt exactly like having the two real people in front of him, but it was all an illusion.
“To think you can use this kind of Magic. As expected, Master is amazing.”
“Right, right? Master is amazing, isn’t she? I’m glad I’m Lisir’s Master, right?”
-See? I told you it’ll spoil her.
“Then…”
Lisir carefully observed Pamon’s appearance.
Mainly, her outfit and the length of her hair.
Soon, he nodded, as if he understood.
“So, the two of you who are talking to me right now can be seen as the two of you from when we parted ways.”
Now.
The Master was meeting her Future disciple-
The disciple was meeting his past Master.
It was then that the disciple was feeling a strange Excitement at that special Experience.
“Curious? Why Master prepared something like this.”
A subtle playfulness lingered on her vibrant Expression.
And Expectation for the other person’s reaction.
Lisir realized the significance of this Situation upon seeing that Expression.
It was a gift.
A surprise gift that the Master had prepared for her disciple.
“Yes, Master. I’m so curious I can’t even breathe right now.”
“Oh no~ Then I have to help our disciple breathe quickly.”
Tap, tap.
Elegant applause, like a noblewoman calling for a Butler.
In response, the surrounding environment began to change drastically.
Color and form are added to the space where only emptiness and pure white existed.
“Here is…”
Lisir looked around.
He was standing in the middle of the VendelMansion before he knew it.
“Master, you know, found something interesting in the Vault of Vendel?”
Memory Stone.
It was the Item mentioned from Pamon’s mouth.
“Memory Stone, you say?”
“Yes. As the name suggests, it’s a stone that remembers all sorts of things in the surrounding environment. You could say it absorbs Information? Objects and people belonging to that surrounding environment, their states and actions, as well as their actions. The current space we’re in. The Magic that makes it up is made using that Memory Stone?”
Pamon approached Lisir and wrapped her hand around his.
“How is it? Isn’t it vivid?”
“I’ve been thinking that since earlier. It’s just that it’s too vivid for an… illusion created through Magic.”
“That’s right. This illusion created using the Memory Stone is not a simple illusion?”
Hmm.
What should I call this?
It was then that Pamon was pondering while fiddling with Lisir’s hand.
-Think simply, Lisir. You’re in the past right now.
“Ah…”
After hearing Duran’s words, the surrounding environment began to look quite different.
“Over there!?”
“Yes! The intruder is over there━”
The Knights of the VendelMansion are moving busily.
Lisir mulled over his Memories.
At the time.
So, before he parted ways with Master.
What could have been the Event that would have made the Mansion so noisy during that period?
“Could it be that I’m now in the moment when Master ‘visited’ Vendel?”
Poke.
Pamon poked Lisir’s nose and said.
“Correct~”
Pamon continued, fiddling with Lisir’s cheek with her index finger.
“This Magic, you see. It was designed to activate when it was confirmed that Lisir had satisfied certain Conditions and reached a certain Realm?”
“When you say certain Realm━”
“My disciple. Have you ever thought about it? Showing a dignified appearance to the nasty Vendel people who Ignore our Lisir and making them look back━”
-Lisir. I’m telling you in advance, I tried to stop her.
Leaving Duran’s tired Voice behind, Pamon approached Lisir and looked at him.
“Wouldn’t it be possible for the current Lisir?
Her vibrant Expression seemed somewhat excited.
Like a teenager in puberty having a dark but thrilling imagination.
The Situation and Story of her beloved disciple.
It was an Expression that could be made because she knew the environment that surrounded him.
In other words. Pamon was saying that.
“Are you telling me to overturn Vendel?”
This Magic was a gift given to a disciple who had reached a certain Realm as a Master.
It was an Opportunity for Self-realization given to an Illegitimate Child who had the power to cause a pleasant rebellion in the Family.
Of course, it was all a Story under the Assumption that the Illegitimate Child wanted that.
“Yes. Wouldn’t it be fun?”
The Master checked her disciple’s reaction with her unique vibrant Smile.
Soon.
A Smile similar to the Master’s appears on the disciple’s face.
“Is that so?”
He looked around the Mansion while laughing playfully.
“That would be fun?”
-Goodness, like Master, like disciple.
Ignore the book’s lament.
The Master grabbed Lisir’s hand, excited.
“Right, right~ It’ll be fun~ Okay, then. Shall we start right away?”
Pamon.
Mana blooms according to her Gesture.
It was then that Pamon was about to give Lisir magical assistance.
Even though the disciple had made tremendous growth-
He still seemed immature in the Master’s Eyes.
“Ah, Master. Could you wait a moment?”
“Yes? Are you perhaps nervous? Worried? It’s okay, so put all those negative Emotions away? This Master will help you by your side.”
“That’s not it━”
Lisir checked his body.
The Master talking to him.
The environment surrounding him.
All of that remained in the past, but he did not.
Lisir looked down at his hand and concentrated his Mind.
Then, a Blue Lotus was held in his hand.
“Huh?”
-Huh? Lisir. What’s with the sword.
Pamon and Duran expressed Doubt.
“Yes? Ah.”
Lisir showed off his sword and confidently replied.
“Actually, I’ve achieved quite a plausible accomplishment in Swordsmanship. I’ve also received Recognition from great people with this.”
-Great people, you say. What, did you even receive Recognition from a Sword Master?
Duran’s words were meant to lightly scold Lisir for neglecting Magic and straying down another path.
‘This fellow. Is he still holding onto the fact that he hasn’t received Recognition from his Father? So, he’s pointlessly obsessed with the sword-‘
His Standard.
In other words, it was impossible to pursue both Magic and Swordsmanship from a universal Standard.
“Oh, how did you know?”
-?
However, Lisir’s reaction that came back.
“As expected, it’s Mr. Duran. Did you find something out?”
-No, should I say I found out… Lisir. Are you serious?
“Yes?”
-No, what I mean is… Magic. What about Magic? What, is it a kind of protest? About Pamon abandoning you in a week-
“My disciple~ Is it true~? Did Lisir become twisted because of this Master~?”
“Ah. Of course not. How could I abandon Magic? It’s the trigger that changed my Life, and it’s the link between me and Master. I’m not neglecting Magic and I’m training it.”
“Oh my~ So poetic. Master is touched~”
Pamon was so excited that she kidnapped Lisir into her arms.
Uubeub.
Duran, speaking behind the captured Lisir.
-Is that so? That’s a relief to hear…
Huh?
He tilted his head in the middle.
Even though I’m a book.
-Did I hear wrong? Lisir, did you just say Magic ‘too’?
“Ubeub… Ugh! Is, is that so?”
-…?
Was it just his imagination?
Lisir felt Duran’s blank gaze.
-What… what exactly have you been doing?
“A lot has happened in the past few months.”
-Well. Quite a long time has passed since you parted ways with us, so during that time… No, wait a minute. A few months?
“Yes?”
-So, what you’re saying now is this? This Magic was activated less than a year after you parted ways with us?
“Isn’t that right?”
-You reached that Realm in a few months?
“I was lucky in many ways.”
-No…
It’s not something that can be explained by luck.
It can’t be explained even if you drink Elixir like water.
Duran was confused and swallowed those words.
-Pamon, say something too.
“But, I’m confused too~ I knew Lisir was outstanding, but I never thought it would be to this extent.”
Pamon crossed her arms and pondered.
She tried to accept Lisir’s words, the changes that had happened to him-
It didn’t work out well.
“Well, whatever.”
Soon she shrugged and said.
“What’s important now isn’t that. Isn’t that right, Lisir?”
“That’s right, Master.”
-Damn it. I don’t know.
Their gaze were focused on one place.
The Head of the Family of Vendel.
Idor Vendel.
He was running towards them at a tremendous speed from the opposite side.
To subdue the Intruder who had attacked the Family.
“Lisir. Are you really sure you don’t need my help?”
“Master’s Existence itself is the greatest Sponsorship and support for me.”
“Ugh~”
Pamon, as if shot in the Heart with an arrow, grabbed her Heart with a happy Expression and pretended to collapse.
Leaving her behind, Lisir stepped forward.
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“…!”
Idor’s body stopped abruptly in its place.
“Lisir…?”
The eyes of the heartless Head of the Family, looking at the Illegitimate Child, trembled.
“Why are you here…”
The Illegitimate Child defied the Head of the Family’s will and left the Family.
Also, with the Vendel’s Miss, who was the pride of the Family.
The Head of the Family tried to take action immediately after learning that fact, and the Event occurred in the meantime, which is the current Situation.
Idor organized his thoughts for a moment before opening his mouth.
“Could it be, Lisir. Did you lead this Event?”
“Wow. Look at that Expression. It feels so real.”
“What?”
“Ah, it’s nothing. Don’t mind me, it’s just me talking to myself. By the way, what did you say? Did I lead this Event?”
Hmm.
Lisir, who was pondering, smiled bitterly.
“Well, you could say that. In many ways.”
“…”
The heartless Head of the Family stared blankly at the Illegitimate Child’s appearance and then spoke.
“Who are you? Reveal your identity.”
Because the Man in front of him was so different from the Illegitimate Child he knew.
“Goodness. Have you already forgotten my face in the meantime?”
That relaxed Atmosphere.
Above all, that Realm that cannot be fully fathomed.
Idor’s sense of unease reached its peak.
His body was already moving.
Vendel’s sword.
The sword of that Hero is unfolded from the fingertips of a high-ranking Knight.
The Distance between the two is narrowed in an instant. And a strike.
The speed and power that the Illegitimate Child Idor knew would not be able to catch up even if he devoted his entire Life.
Clang!
However, a fierce metallic sound erupts.
“…!”
Amazement settles on Idor’s Expression.
The Illegitimate Child parried Idor’s strike with a relaxed Movement.
It was an impossible thing in his mind.
Also, it was something his Pride would not allow.
Idor pushed his sword away and created Distance with Lisir.
“That power. Did you sell your Soul to a Demon?
“What do you think? Do you think I’m the kind of Human who would do that?”
“It seems I’ve been too lenient with you.”
“I agree with that. You’ve been ignore me for a long time.”
Idor regained his posture and looked at Lisir.
“I will give you a Teaching. How meaningless the power obtained in the wrong way is. So that you can realize it yourself.”
Where.
Show me your full power.
Idor recited indifferently.
“Full power…”
Lisir nodded.
“I understand.”
It was then that Idor was about to prepare for the approaching Swordsmanship.
Swish!
A curtain of grayish-white fire confined the two.
Whoosh!
A fierce Sandstorm swallowed Idor.
“I’ll go.”
Lisir gripped his sword tightly.
“Wait…!”
Idor shouted without realizing it.
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Same time.
“Huh?”
A Dark Elf tilted her head.
Strength enters her gentle eyebrows.
Soon, she murmured quietly.
“Could it be, already…?”
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