Chapter 47 – A story

Helena was a magician that can control flame. If Merjen is her daughter, she would probably be a flame magician.

The flame magician had overwhelming destructive power, and Helena’s specialty was high-speed casting. In the end, it seemed that she could use magic almost like a dragon.

Even so, it’s really hard to catch the great demon with her powers.

And Merjen was said to be her daughter.

Thane looked serious, and Ed looked at her too.

“Didn’t Helena tell you why she disappeared?”

“No. She didn’t say anything. She didn’t send me any letter either”

“There’s no way she’ll just disappear.”

Helena was not any ordinary person. As she caught the great demon in the demon’s Age 1, she was a woman standing at the top of other magicians.

It was hard to believe that she had been taken by someone. Of course, she did not catch the great demon alone, but she was not a weak magician herself.

Ed is curious because she suddenly disappeared.

“So I came out to find my mom. There were twists and turns, but in the meantime, I met Kyle and Leaf.”

Ed was a little worried to hear that. From an early age, this magician grew up learning powers from the top magician. Considering that she studied for a month, she hasn’t lived a normal life.

So Merjen looked somewhat sloppy. She certainly had a foolish side when Ed saw her drooling in the food alley.

Was her group really trying to help her?

Maybe they wanted to use her because she is Helena’s daughter?

If she were an ordinary magician, she would have not gotten this far.

But soon Ed shook his head. That’s bound to be the case for anyone. Ed thought she wasn’t lying when she said she was Helena’s daughter.

But Ed has to look for her group first. He wanted to know why they failed to meet up with Merjen.

“Okay. You said you lost Kyle and Leaf, right? Did something happen?”

“Kyle said he had someone to meet. Leaf followed him, and while I was in the royal road, I had something to get, so I went to buy it and lost my purse.”

Did someone pickpocket her?

Ed doesn’t know who he is, but if he knew who Merjen was, he wouldn’t have done such a crazy thing. How dare he pickpockets a magician?

“So I couldn’t buy anything and looked for Kyle and Leaf, but I couldn’t find them. If I hadn’t met Ed, I might have gone through the trash for food.”

Thane looked pitifully at Merjen.

“Sounds like you have gone through a lot.”

Merjen replied with a smile.

“It’s okay. I met Ed, and thanks to him, I met Thane.”

Ed laughed when he heard that. She seems to be lacking somewhere in the head, but she is quite positive.

Thane nodded and said.

“Who did Kyle and Leaf say they were going to meet?”

Merjen replied, thinking about something.

“Kyle has been looking for his lost brother until now. He said his younger brother was sold as a slave, and he was looking for him. He said I didn’t have to go with him because he wasn’t dealing with the demon. He was looking for someone that had information.”

Merjen continued, opening another candy and putting it in her mouth.

“Umm. On the royal road, I also said I had something to get. So we decided to meet again after we were done. Even though we couldn’t meet.”

“Is there any other clue? Where was Kyle going to get information from?”

Merjen shook her head.

“Kyle doesn’t tell me such details.”

Ed suddenly asked out of curiosity.

“But why were you tagging along with Kyle?”

When asked, Merjen smiled.

“I was seriously injured when I first left the house and caught a demon while chasing my mother’s traces. I thought I could die because of lack of experience, but I was counterattacked. Kyle and Leaf helped me then. That’s why I was traveling together with them.”

Did Kyle and Leaf save her?

Ed knew why she was with them. She was trying to repay their kindness. They helped Merjen. However, Thane decided to leave the rest for the future.

Thane nodded.

“Let’s find out more about it first. Is Kyle a noble?

“He said that his family was a corrupt noble.”

“What’s his last name?”

“Desto. Kyle von Desto is his full name.”

Thane frowned at her words.

“Is he the son of Prince Desto?”

Ed tilted his head at the words and asked.

“Who’s Prince Desto?”

Thane hesitated for a moment and replied.

“It must have been around 3 years ago. He was the head of the Southern aristocratic union and gathered them as if he were possessed by something at the time. And they communicated with the Magelta Kingdom in the south. Soon, all the nobles involved in his work were killed, and their families became slaves.”

“By the way, how did Kyle not become a slave?”

“I don’t know the details. But I guess he avoided it because he wasn’t there at the time, but if he survived, he would have to hide his identity to live. Why did he come to the Royal road though?”

Merjen gulped down the candy left in her mouth and answered, picking up the next candy.

“According to the information I got, an agent of a nobleman in the royal road bought his slave brother. That’s why he came all the way to the Royal road.”

Merjen continued to talk, opening the candy and putting it in her mouth.

“Kyle risked his life to look for his brother.”

It doesn’t matter if he risks his own life. But should he risk other people, too? Thane replied after thinking for a while.

“I’ll ask some people about what happened. If this really happened within the royal road, we will know the results today.”

Merjen bowed her head.

“Thank you.”

Thane looked at her with a satisfied smile as if he were looking at his granddaughter and said.

“Anyway, you need to get new glasses. There’s an optician in the royal road, so we can get you a new one there.”

Merjen took off her broken glasses and looked down, and said.

“Can I just change my glasses lens? My mom gave me this.”

“It must be a precious item. Of course, we can. Don’t worry.”

Thane looked back at Ed and said.

“What are you going to do with Diego?”

“Please send someone to meet up with them. I wanted him to make some good memories with his mom today. Just let him know that I came back first because I had work to do.”

Originally, he was going to let Diego and Sophia spend time together on their own anyway. Thane looked around the butler’s office, and he nodded.

“Let’s go to the lab together.”

Thane left Merjen’s glasses to the butler and took them back to the basement. When he opened the underground iron door and went inside, they could smell books.

In the glass bottles lined up left and right, all kinds of things were displayed, from eyeballs to nails and intestines. This was like a demon’s by-product.

Looking back at it, Merjen was glistening purple eyes as if it were amazing.

“What your mother said was right. She said there was no one as good as Thane in terms of demon research.”

“Haha. It’s amazing that the hot-tempered magician gave birth to a daughter, but I can’t believe she even praised me.”

Merjen replied with a light tap on a bottle containing eyeballs.

“Is this Malai’s eyes?”

It was a strange eyeball that had 8 pupils, and she recognized it as soon as she saw it. Ed didn’t want to pay attention to that, so he turned his head and looked further inward.

And when he saw an object hanging inside, he laughed in vain.

“What are you making?”

The glass tubes, which might have been used by medieval alchemists, were intricately intertwined, with a blood-dropping heart hanging above them, and a thick liquid flowing down on the other.

When Ed looked back, Merjen was admiring it.

“It is Andalay’s heart, the liquid that boiled Mesto’s wings.”

“You recognize it at once. Looks like Helena didn’t just teach you magic tricks.”

Thane smiled as Merjen looked at the things in front of her.

“We are developing extreme poison that can kill any demon. If this is completed, demons will have no more place to stand.”

Ed looked back at Thane at the words. Humans who helped kill the great demon are now developing extreme poison that can kill all demons?

Thane’s hatred of the demon is truly admirable. The demon will regret having this human being as an enemy for the rest of his life.

Merjen admired when she saw Thane discussing its ingredients. Helena’s influence was large, given that she is so interested in demons.

Few of those who devote their lives to mastering the magic they gained are seen catching demons.

Like other games, wizards are only handed down to one person, and if they don’t find anyone who can pass their magic on, they just die.

A mysterious magician who catches demons.

Ed was a little jealous when he saw her talking to Thane.

In the evening, Arin, who went to the church, returned, and Diego and Sophia, who had been enjoying watching the puppet show also returned.

At the gathering, Thane introduced Merjen.

“This is Merjen, daughter of Helena, one of the three heroes. Ed met her in the royal road and brought her here.”

Diego glinted at his words. In fact, Juan may not have told Diego about the three heroes, but he doesn’t know why Diego likes them so much.

“Hi, Merjen! I’m Diego.”

“Nice to meet you.”

Merjen looked at Diego and looked at the ring on his hand.

“You’re a spirit commander, aren’t you?

“What?”

When Diego looked at her, he wondered what she was saying, and Merjen looked at him as if she was amazed.

“The spirit command is actually a kind of mystery. However, in order to deal with the power properly, you have to balance it well. The reason why the spirit commanders disappear often is that they are often eaten by the spirit. Be careful. You need a strong mind to deal with strong power. It’s the basis and core of magic.”

Diego looked back at Ed wondering what she meant. Ed was more surprised that Merjen recognized it.

“Hey, what do you mean?”

“You’re a spirit commander.”

“Really?”

Thane called attention as Diego looked down at both of his hands.

“Anyway, I found Kyle and Leaf’s last destination.”

“Where is it?”

When Merjen looked back, Thane hesitated for a while and replied.

“Someone said they went to Caren’s mansion.”

Thane continued with caution.

“He is someone that knows about the Prince Desto case.”

Ed and Merjen’s eyes collided in the air. They thought something might’ve happened to Kyle and Leaf.

When Merjen hesitated to do something, Ed jumped up from his seat and said.

“What are you doing? We need to find out what happened to your friends.”

Merjen stood up from her seat with a smile as if she were happy with his response.