Rather Than The Son, I’ll Take The Father

Translator and Editor: Effe and Elnie

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Chapter 85

“Were you caught doing something bad with Paimon?”

Unlike the gargoyle statue where Paimon was sealed in, the stone statue did not move even when I looked straight at it and talked to it.

Um, if you think about it, it might be a little unfair to other spirits.

The instigator, Paimon, has been released from the seal and is enjoying his freedom.

It was said that Paimon was the strongest among the spirits, so there was a possibility that he was forced to follow.

“I didn’t know that I would make a contract with a notorious spirit.”

I looked at the horse-shaped stone statue and thought blankly.

A huge number of spirits were sealed in the bell tower, but there must be spirits outside the bell tower.

Spirits who have never been sealed and have never had an accident.

“……”

When I felt the watchful gaze again during the day, Shaula had said that no one was nearby.

Like a hunter nicknamed the Wild Dog, she must be very good at sensing presences.

…What if it was the spirit that was watching me?

I furrowed my brow slightly at the sudden rising thought.

No matter how talented a swordsman or magician was, it was difficult to notice a spirit unless it showed up on its own.

And if the newspaper article I read at the bar was true, there have already been people who have gone through something similar to my experiences.

Originally, I was planning to show the article to Aedis as well.

However, Sarah and the maid, who were cleaning out the dress, saw the article I tore from the newspaper first, and showed a fairly realistic reaction.

Which was agreeing that it’s nonsense.

Even Sarah, who had experienced a lot of unusual things by my side, waved it away.

So that’s what I was worried about too.

Person B’s confession that spirits were monitoring people was shocking. Moreover, there was no evidence to support this.

Person B’s eyes were the only ones that could see the spirit.

Naturally, no one believed it.

But since the same thing has happened to me right now, even if everyone agrees that it’s most likely a fictional story, I desperately needed to grasp that straw-like clue.

I changed my posture again and called Aedis’s name without thinking much.

“Aedis, I’m here. Are you pretending to not know?”

It wasn’t a shout. It was only at the level of saying a complaint a little louder.

Still, he answered my call straight away.

“Eve? What are you doing here?”

Aedis, who arrived in front of me without even making a sound of footsteps, frowned at my cheeks that were red and hot.

Somehow, my husband was handsome even with a displeased expression on his face.

Even in the dark, the blue eyes shining brilliantly were like jewels that I could not possess even if I dedicated my whole life to it.

As I waved my hand in delight, he embraced me.

Ummm, I’m in trouble. What if I’m used to hugging like this?

Even if I fully recovered later, it seemed like I would be begging for a hug.

Anyway, that was back then, so I rested my head on Aedis’s shoulder now.

“I have a chronic disease. I can’t sleep without you by my side. There are so many things I want to say. Why is it so hard to see your face these days?”

“That is……”

“Huh?”

“To be honest, I ran into a problem.”

“A problem?”

The word “problem” came out of Aedis’s mouth.

Instead of explaining verbally, he took me to the highest floor.

Under the now unused bell, jewels shining in beautiful colors like the moonlight were powdered and fluttering in the wind.

The pretty powders I saw as I climbed the stairs came from the breaking and crumbling jewels.

“…What is all this?”

“My wife said that if I disappear, you would be upset that there isn’t a way to find me, so I thought I’d try making a magic tool.”

Eh, he tried to make a magic tool based on a fleeting thought like that?

Even if it was to cast magic on bulky objects or houses, there were very few wizards who could engrave magic on jewels.

Jewels can hold most magic.

If any magic was engraved, the strength of the gem would be absurdly weakened, and the gem would break even after just one use.

Even if you accidentally drop it on the floor, it will break. It will break even if you just keep it as a souvenir.

Also, if two magic tools were placed in the same place, the magic contained in them would collide. One of them would always break.

The worst case I’ve ever heard of was when a gem was broken and magic was triggered at will.

Fortunately, it was bought as a souvenir, so the person was only hit by water for 10 minutes, but after that, the nobleman got really angry.

In a way, it was like a disposable time bomb boasting an astronomical price.

Therefore, the popularity was low, production was low, and interest was low.

“It’s a pity to include only one magic. I was trying until I was satisfied.”

The one magic Aedis was talking about is movement magic.

Of course, there has never been a time when magic tools that can move appeared in the world.

In the first place, it was a type of magic that only succeeded if the wizards were gathered together.

But he was dissatisfied because he didn’t want to engrave only one type of magic.

“Do the jewels break every time you try?”

Those gems aren’t mine, so why am I crying…?

“I guess so.”

Aedis spoke calmly, as if he had only broken a few stones.

“How many pieces of magic are you going to put in one jewel?”

Well, if you add something like magic that makes me whistle, I’ll allow it. However, Aedis’s thoughts were beyond my common sense.

“The magic that moves you to where I am, magic that moves you to Cyclamen Castle, magic that moves you to the mansion at the Crystal Gate, magic that moves you to the Morgana mansion in the capital city, magic that moves you to the castle in the Marquisate of Morgana, magic to control the temperature, defense magic, and attack magic just in case…”

“Hmm? Are you abusing jewels because you don’t even have enough familiars anymore?”

Wow, really.

Even to me, who didn’t know much about magic, it seemed a bit too much to put so much magic into a single gem.

I like moving to all these places, but……

I thought Aedis was attentive because it included all the places where I felt safe and comfortable.

Besides, it was nice to include the mansion at the Crystal Gate.

I liked the scenery there.

The problem was that it wouldn’t even be possible to bring the most famous archmage in history.

“It was my first time making magic tools, so it took some practice, but I’ll be able to finish it soon.”

“How many jewels were sacrificed in that practice…”

I was speechless.

Aedis looked at my face.

“Eve? You have a bad complexion.”

“It’s because of the gems that became powder.”

“Isn’t there any other reason?”

Since when did he get to know me in such detail?

His blue eyes grew darker.

It was transparent and cold as if frozen water had been transferred from the deep sea, but it just felt sweet to me.

Aedis sat me on the coat he had taken off.

He didn’t care about anything else. He was just focused on me.

“What happened?”

It was a voice that didn’t have a high or low tone, but worries were oozing out.

After choosing my words for a while, I talked about the gaze I felt when I went out of the Castle with Shaula.

And I said that it was the second time.

“The feeling of being watched in the cave disappeared quickly, and I didn’t mention it because I wasn’t sure. But what I felt today…”

As I felt the discomfort from before I came back to life, I frowned.

“Aedis, could it be a spirit? No, it’s okay if it’s just a spirit, but is there a possibility that it’s a spirit that has contracted with someone else? What if they approached me intentionally? It may be a guess, but there’s nothing wrong with being careful.”

It may have sounded like nonsense, but Aedis listened intently.

“Do you have any reason to speculate like that?”

I also explained about the newspaper article that featured an interview with Person B, who said that they were stressed by similar happenings, even though there was no evidence.

The worst assumption I can think of is, ‘The interview with Person B I saw in the newspaper was all true, and the spirit who was spying on the estate of the Grand Duchy Kallakis changed their target to me after hearing the news about the Grand Duchess. It was because the contractor of the spirit was Aedis’s brother.

There was no evidence, only suspicions. But isn’t that…… Quite a fitting assumption?

Gilbert had said that if his biological father, Aedis’s brother, obtained complete immortality, he would come here and kill Aedis.

All the other nonsense he spouted went in one ear and out the other, whereas the only information I paid attention to was the one about Aedis’s brother.

Aedis couldn’t be easily beaten.

Aedis was also trying to kill him.

So, it was wise to attack the weak joints.

That weakness is probably Aedis’s wife, me.

While I was talking about the things that bothered me, I also talked about how Gilbert kept bothering me and how my blood pressure went up.

But I didn’t talk about Gilbert’s other brother.

Anyways, I didn’t want to believe his claim that Aedis had killed Gilbert and Regen’s other brother, even if I hadn’t listened to Aedis’ explanation.

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