Hermit Wizard

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The door opens and light enters the dark space.

“Why aren't the lights on? ”

The whole room was brightly lit when I laid my hands on the side pottery in the corner of the room. It was originally an artifact that needed magical power, but it was a simple gesture that allowed the hand to function.

I should have told you how to use it before. Now is not the time to sleep. Why are you doing this?

The interior landscape is visible when the magic lights are on. Six red butterflie-like summoners rest on walls and furniture throughout the room. My mother was sitting on the edge of the bed. It seemed unstable, not fully seated, not lying down.

“· · · Are you here? ”

“Yes.”

I pull one chair and sit down. And I faced him.

“ · · · · · ·. ”

Pale face. Shaded by the snow.

“I heard you haven't slept well lately. ”

“Would you sleep in a situation like this? ”

There is a cool emotion in the silent, sober voice.

“Let us go now, even for Minseor's sake. Then let's live like nothing happened. ”

“I said no. And Minser seems to have adjusted. ”

There's only a mother in the mansion. My brother seems to be wandering around outside.

“You're 14 years old. You don't know the reality yet. What are you gonna do about school? Are you gonna leave me like that now? ”

“School is not important right now. Going out can be dangerous. ”

“I feel more dangerous now. There are no hospitals here. What if one of us gets sick? ”

“You don't have to worry about that."

I speak with my hands out.

“I occasionally drink in a glass bottle and I send it home, right? I said I got it at a part-time cafe. That's actually what I made, and it's called an intermediate elixir. It's like a panacea with magic. You've been drinking that for over two years, so you don't have anything to do with it. ”

My mother's expression was slightly distorted and my gaze trembled anxiously.

“You made it? · · · Magic? ”

I mutter like I said and close my mouth again. Then he opened his lips again and said, "Moore," but he couldn't do it, and his mother covered her face with two hands.

A brief silence. Finally, a repressed voice flows out in the palm of my hand.

“· · · Yes. It was weird. I knew Mindo was different. If you don't know, it's a lie. I just pretended I didn't know. ”

Taking it over the long term would have been more effective than just getting healthy. There can be no doubt. It was something I wouldn't do if I were you. But ‘I at the time' thought it was right to do so.

“Do you understand? That's how we always lived, pretending we didn't know. ”

My mother's voice trembled.

“I'll pretend I don't know the same thing. So, Min Joon, let's just keep living like that. ”

“· · · Like so far? ”

“In the meantime, you weren't even in school. It's also a lie that the cost of living and tuition was solved by a scholarship. I knew it all. It's one phone call away. But I didn't take it out on purpose. I thought I shouldn't force you to send me to university like everyone else, and then force you to have a job. You're a little different than most people. ”

It was unexpected.

“· · · You knew I was different? ”

“I've known it for years before I left the house. ”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

My mother was taking a story out of her mouth that she had never heard before.

“No way, you really didn't know? Strange things have been going on since you went to middle school. ”

Middle school was the time when summoning magic training with Parvash began to be in full orbit.

“Sometimes there's blood on your clothes, there's a day when you hear an animal crying in the room, and when you open the door and go in, your body floats in the air and you see strange lights. ”

My mother's voice was wet with water.

“What do you think I thought I saw? Do you think my son would be excited to show off his superpowers and call the local newspaper? ”

He shakes his head and talks.

“No, I cried every time I saw a scene like that. I was so scared. What if I found out that you're different from everyone else? I was afraid the world wouldn't let you live. ”

It continues to be a voice mixed with dark emotions.

“Even when Minseo's dad was like that, I thought it was weird. It's fine out there, but it hurts when you just come in. ”

Oh, the guy with the crappy name.

At the age of 10, when I no longer moved, there was an uncle who started living with me in my house. After a while, Minseo was born.

However, after Minseo was born, he often hit his mother when he was drinking. And from one day on, when I came into the house, my head and stomach ached, and I lay down sick, and I suddenly left the house.

At that time, I remember Parvasse getting angry with me like a fire every day. It was the last time that Parvasse scolded me so badly.

Maybe he planted an implication on my shimmer after the incident? With the magic I learned, I can't do anything wrong anymore.

“I realized that would be what you did, too. But I didn't tell you that. ”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

“Yes. I was so scared I couldn't tell you that I knew. I'm afraid I'll be irreversible the moment I get it out of my mouth. I kept pretending I didn't know. ”

· · · You did.

In the end, we have lived in the same house and have been playing with each other in secret. Hiding behind the mask was a clumsy play that would be so easily revealed. A ridiculous stage that continued after I left the house.

“I could keep living like that, why are you doing this! ”

The film of that play, now down.

In a very uncomfortable and smooth way. The curtain is torn as if it were pulled down by force.

By my hand.

“I won't ask you where it is. I'm not going to ask you what this butterfly that keeps following me is, what the odd animals that brought us here are, why they brought us here. Send us back home, Min Joon. Let's do that, huh? ”

I was looking at my mother without saying a word for a moment. Organize your thoughts and then reopen your mouth.

“· · · I think I need a more detailed explanation of why I should be here. ”

“No.”

My mother shakes her head decisively. The voice split a little.

“I don't need an explanation. Nana Minser doesn't need to know that. All you have to do is send it · · ·. ”

I hang up.

“I should have been a little more meticulous, but I'm sorry. I got caught up with my country and the Chinese government that I could use magic. You know what a wizard is. Now it's a public secret we talk about on TV. ”

She looks like her soul has escaped.

“There's so much they want from me. But I don't intend to be dragged around. I told you, when people find out I'm special, they won't be able to live. It's already been discovered, and I'm avoiding people who are trying to harass me. ”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

“I can get away well. I'm confident. You don't have to worry about that. But the problem is reaching out to people around me. If you can't find me, I'll definitely use it. No, actually, there's already been an attempt. Mom and Minser were taken here before they even did. ”

I tried to explain it in the easiest way possible.

“This is why Mom and Minseo can't go around without any protection. You two are becoming dangerous, and I'm becoming dangerous. ”

“· · · So, how long? ”

“Yes?”

My mother asked in a low voice.

“How long do we have to be here? ”

I haven't thought about it either, but I haven't been able to answer it clearly yet.

“Once I created a way to negotiate with my country's government, ”

My new contractor to the Korean government. I still haven't decided how to negotiate on family matters, but I threw a fishing needle first.

“But China is a bit of a mess, so please wait a little longer. Think of it as resting in the air. Have peace of mind. ”

My mother looked absurd.

“Rest easy? Are you seriously saying that? ”

I scratch my cheeks and say,

“Please wait a little while until you find a way. ”

Even after solving the problem of the Black Keeper, the government and the situation continue to be bad, and if the invasion of other worlds leads to a suitable dimension for survival, they also intend to flee.

But it's not easy to find the right dimension, and in this situation, what's in the backlog is safer, so we just don't put it into action.

“You don't mind eating here, do you? It's a pity you can't get in touch with the outside. · · · · Hmm. Actually, just because you don't meet people doesn't mean you don't have a big problem living. ”

“ · · · · · ·. ”

“Honestly, even if you don't want to be here, there's no alternative. There's no alternative, but if you keep insisting, there's nothing I can do about it. ”

My mother looked me in the eye and said,

“Min-joon, you've changed. ”

Answer for a moment.

“· · · Yes. Probably.”

“It's not about magic or superpower. You weren't supposed to make me say anything like this. What the hell happened in the meantime? ”

I gave my childhood memories to the summoner. And then I changed my mind a little bit.

I ask instead of saying that.

“Don't you like the way you look now? ”

“It's not about not liking it. You didn't talk like this, even if you had something to hide. In the meantime, I didn't know exactly what you were hiding, but I tried to bury it together. Because he's my son. He's my son. By the way · · ·. ”

My mother hesitates for a moment and says,

“Not like before. ”

“What is it?”

“The tone, the look, the eyes, everything is different from before. It looks the same and the egg is like · · · · ·. ”

When my mother continued to hesitate, the words eventually flowed out of my lips.

“I doubt if you're really my son. ”

I think quietly Is my condition abnormal now that I don't have any agitation in my mind?

If I had the memory of my childhood, would I have been hurt by that horse?

My mother asked.

“Is it to protect us or to protect you? ”

“Both. ”

I get up from my seat with a proper greeting.

My mother didn't evacuate me.

* * *

I murmur as I walk on a bridge between the island in the middle of the lake and the land outside.

“· · · What is it?" This is a miracle. ”

The mind doesn't move. Emotions are quiet. Nevertheless, paradoxically, this state feels a little awkward right now.

I wanted to talk to Parvasse. I would like to discuss this issue. But Parvasse still doesn't respond.

I stuttered my memory. I recall what Yodmo said.

My memory is already digested, so I have no way to get it back, but I told you to find a way to make a mock-up that resembles the original memory, a fake memory, and plant it. Even Yodmo, a memory specialist, said it wasn't easy, but he was afraid.

It's funny, in a way. The same fake memory I used to have. If so, it is confusing whether it should be real or fake.

When I summoned Yodmo recently, I did not ask about his progress. I thought I'd check it out.

Of course, after an urgent date.

I entered my house assigned to me in the White Book, clearing my mind. Then enter a clean room, sit on the floor and concentrate. At the same time as memorizing the ‘Revelation of Furvagios’ spell, my soul accessed the academic record.

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