Simon stood and opened the door slowly. He clearly did not expect to face the person in front of him so soon. The man standing on the other side of the door held Simon's sword in its scabbard towards him and said, "I don't remember you ever letting go of your sword, Simon the Rhino!"
Simon snatched the sword from his hand and answered with bitterness and sarcasm: "Tach! I don't remember ever letting you touch her, Adeline Duck!"
The atmosphere was a little tense. On one side, Simon with his big size and his eyebrows that were crossed, and on the other side, a cloaked man with purple eyes who, as always, had his wooden staff with him and kept his mysterious tone. The gaze of both of them was on the same line, but there was no hesitation in any of them.
Aisa, who did not expect Adeline to come so quickly, wanted to go forward to prevent the inflamed atmosphere between the parties and prevent possible incidents, but she gave up after seeing what happened next.
Simon opened and closed his eyes as he held his sword and walked past Adeline the witch saying, "Too bad this isn't the time to argue." Adeline, who already knew about Simon's presence, wanted to provoke him a bit with jokes and sarcasm, but from the coldness and hollowness of Simon's voice and behavior, he realized that the matter was really serious.
Adeline entered the room and closed the door behind her as Simon's footsteps sounded on the wooden floor of the hallway. Adeline was a witch of Simon's age, but there wasn't a strand of white hair among the black hair under her wide, pointy hat. On top of his purple dress, which was more or less decorated with gold rings, he had a very deep purple robe, and when he saw Aisa, he removed his hat, which was the same color as the robe, out of respect.
"Good morning Miss Aisa. I hope you are happy and healthy despite hanging out with that mindless rhinoceros. There must have been an emergency that you informed me like this, right?"
Adeline was surprised when she put her hat back on her head and saw Aisa's unusually sad and troubled face. He knew that Aisa did not inform him in vain, but what happened that made the proud and cheerful Aisa come to this day? The answer to this question was quickly understood by Aisa pointing to the throne and seeing the only remnant of the incident at the Dragon Legacy Castle.
"Hmm...so Lenus finally woke up."
Seeing Lenus, Adeline put aside her usual mood and became serious. He suspected it was about Lenus, but he wasn't so sure.
"If I'm here, that means what I said is true, right?"
Aisa said with a half glance at Lenus: "The signs are saying this."
"Are you sure?"
Aisa looked decisively into the eyes of Adeline, who came forward to see Lenus better, and said, "I felt that power with my flesh, skin, and bones, not only me, but Simon also noticed it."
"So that pesky rhinoceros is finally scared of something," Adeline said again, making a joke of it all. I really wanted to be her and her look-"
"Enough kidding, Adeline. The boy sleeping here has one of the seven best powers in this world. In addition, he is the only one who knows about the events of that night in the castle, and unfortunately, he probably lost his memory. Do you know what will happen if this news gets to the ears of others?"
Adeline's line of words was interrupted by Aisa, who was more serious than ever and angry at his unimaginative happiness, and he realized the seriousness of the situation by Aisa's question, the answer of which was quite clear. Then he went forward and looked closely at Lenus and his eyes. Beneath the eyes of Lenus was sunken, and a pale blackness covered the circle around his eye.
Adeline narrowed and widened her eyes and more accurately turned down Lenus. He first examined the eyes and then the facial features. Then he took the whole body from top to bottom under his sharp and searching gaze and after a while he stood straight. He put his hand under his chin and thoughtfully said, "Lenus himself is fine, but apparently that terrible power has taken a toll on his body. In this one month, his organs grew in a strange way. Even his hair grew a lot. Although he still looks like a young boy, he is no longer small and petite like the old Lenus.
Aisa looked at Adeline and asked, "What about that red glow coming from her eyes?"
Adeline continued without looking at Aisa: "It is clear from his renewed unconsciousness and the sunken under his eyes that this sudden power has not adapted very well to Lenus' body; Otherwise, both you and Simon would have been crushed. In any case, over time, this power and Lenus' body will adapt to each other, but if you want to stop him, you must now-"
"No!"
Adeline fell silent. He also did not seem very satisfied with his proposal, but he believed that in order to nip the future problems in the bud, he should skip kindness and compassion and hand over the reins to his mind instead of his heart. He turned to Aisa coldly and said: "I know that you are an important person and the only way to solve the case of the Dragon's Legacy Castle incident, but if we don't stop it right now, not only us, but many others may be in trouble later. ; However, there is less power in this world that can withstand this powerful ability."
Aisa didn't show it, but she already had an internal conflict. He did not know which way to choose; To leave Lenus alive and bear the possibly heavy consequences so that he can understand the secret behind his sister's death, or to get rid of Lenus right now and forget everything.
Adaline was calmly looking at Aisa's profile and waiting for Aisa to make her decision. The reason why Adeline did not intervene explicitly in this matter was that he did not consider himself involved in this matter; According to Adeline, he was just an ordinary witch who had come here in response to a request from an old friend and examined a sick and suffering boy. That's all.
Aisa and Simon were aware of Adeline's behavior for a long time. For them, how irresponsible Adeline is and never takes on difficult and heavy tasks was considered an inseparable aspect of his personality. Of course, this did not cause their relationship to collapse; At least not for Aisa.
Aisa was still fighting with herself and meanwhile, sweat was running down her forehead. Adeline, who was tired of waiting for his answer, turned and went to the exit door.
"I'll be waiting downstairs, Lady Aisa."
Aisa, who was walking in another world, came to her senses with Adeline's words and turned to him.
"O-Okay... just remember this is a hospital, not a battlefield with Simon."
"Heh heh! ok ok, I don't care."
When Aesa looked back at Lenus, Adeline put her foot in front of the door and said before walking through it, "You really look beautiful in this dress, Miss Aisa." After that, Aisa came back to answer but Adeline had already left.
The sound of the sorcerer's footsteps as his wand hit the ground created a rhythmic song and gradually faded from Aisa's ears.