My childhood friend the hero was genuinely angry

9 – Ultimate Magic (2)

As a member of the empire’s warrior party, I enjoyed the harvest festival a lot in the empire.

The Harvest Festival that takes place in the Empire, it truly boasts the greatest scale on the continent.

A harvest festival where people from all over the continent gather to celebrate and rejoice, of course it can’t help but be splendid.

Compared to that, the kingdom’s harvest products were clearly inferior in quality and scale.

The Harvest Festival was held much more simply than the Empire, and I naturally had no choice but to compare it while watching such a Harvest Festival.

I thought the kingdom’s harvest festival was definitely worse than that.

“Zerath. Do you want to try this? Is this really good?”

“Thank you. I’ll eat well.”

However, I don’t know why, but the kingdom’s harvest festival felt much more enjoyable.

It was definitely a harvest festival for the Kingdom, which is an overwhelmingly low-compatibility of the empire, but even now, I feel more than twice as happy as the harvest festival I enjoyed in the empire.

Is it thanks to the people of the kingdom who are full of compassion? Or is it thanks to Lucy who is smiling happily? Or is it because of all of them? I don’t know exactly, but I was certain that I was enjoying this festival right now.

“Oops, the young ones are going to run out of honey. They run out of honey.”

Well, of course I couldn’t fully enjoy it. There were many people in the kingdom who smiled happily as they looked at me and Lucy.

Me and Lucy are quite famous in this kingdom right now. Well, since she was a former wizard of the warrior party and a princess, she must not be famous.

Many people look at us and smile as if teasing us slightly. Couples of handsome men and women stare at each other saying that it is fun just to look at them.

As expected, these things still felt a bit burdensome to me. Lucy, too, seems to be burdened by such a gaze, and turns her head away.

Something was slightly awkward, and thanks to the humorous people of the kingdom, I couldn’t fully enjoy the festival.

‘Hmm… I wanted to investigate, but there’s no time.’

And, another reason why I couldn’t enjoy the festival was because of the Witchbeast.

The teeth marks of the demons I found before the harvest festival, it seemed to bother me quite a bit.

Originally, if I had found the teeth marks of such a monster, I would have investigated it long ago, but since the Harvest Festival started and the time was ambiguous, I couldn’t help but think about it.

Isn’t there something big going on in the kingdom? I thought I would like to.

Unless a monster doesn’t appear normally, I couldn’t help but worry.

For some reason, I have a foreboding feeling. But I was hoping my hunch would be wrong. It shouldn’t happen on such a joyous day.

“Princess… I’m in big trouble.”

But why is this premonition wrong? A lady-in-waiting from the royal castle rushed over from a distance. She looked at Lucy with a serious expression on her face.

And they told me what was happening.

“Now… Your Majesty… Your Majesty…”

It seems like something happened.

Me and Lucy hurriedly ran to the castle.

# # #

The really great news I heard from the lady-in-waiting was that the king of Alprada Kingdom was injured in a fight with demon beasts.

As soon as I heard that sound, Princess Lucy was so surprised that eventually she and I stopped enjoying the festival and headed straight to the royal castle.

In this way, I headed for the castle, and soon I was able to face the lying king.

“Father…!”

“Don’t make too much noise. It’s no big deal.”

“Thank God… Father…”

Princess Lucy ran away while shedding tears. She calmly told Princess Lucy not to make a fuss.

She was surprised when she first heard that she was hurt, but fortunately she didn’t seem to be hurt too badly.

The safety of the king is very important in the kingdom. If the king of a country were to die, the kingdom would fall into chaos. I feel really fortunate.

“I lived thanks to the wizard.”

And the reason must be because of the magic item I gave to the king in advance, I think it was a good thing to hand it over.

“How did this happen?”

Anyway, that’s not what’s important now. There must be a reason why the king did this. And I wanted to hear why.

Leaving Lucy crying as she hugged the king, I began to ask the king what had happened.

“…”

“Is it because of the Witchbeast?”

Wait a minute, I said to my words, the king who hesitates, I asked such a king what I expected.

Could it be that the king’s injury had something to do with the Witchbeast? Anyway, this was just my guess without proper research.

“Does the wizard know?”

“Roughly, but I don’t know exactly. Please let me know.”

It was just a guess, but it seems that what I guessed, that the king was injured by the Witchbeast, was the correct answer.

Anyway, I felt the need to listen in detail about this matter. And it would be quicker to hear that directly from the king.

“Okay. I’ll explain what I know. It all started a few years ago when Matsusan came into being…”

The king thought about my words for a while, then nodded, and soon began to tell all about what had happened to him and what situation the kingdom was in.

A few years ago, a certain mountain suddenly began to transform into a mountain of monsters. The cause and reason are unknown, but the witches continued to pour out.

For that reason, I’ve been working on clearing that monster mountain every year, but it seems that the demon beasts have become quite strong this year. So it seems that the king had no choice but to be slightly injured.

‘Hmm… Masusan.’

After hearing all the stories from the king, I had no choice but to think about what the king said about ‘masusan’.

Originally, witch beasts were beings born from demons shed. Like the demonic energy shed by the demon king or the Four Heavenly Kings, the stronger the demonic energy and the greater the amount, the stronger and more demonic beasts are created.

However, it was a bit strange that such a monster constantly appeared in the mountains.

Because right now, demons will be fighting on the frontlines of the empire.

Perhaps there were no demons in a kingdom located in the back of the continent like this Alprada kingdom.

Why the hell did this happen? I started thinking about him, and something flashed through my mind.

‘Hmm… Maybe it’s the legacy of the previous demon king?’

Come to think of it, Alprada Kingdom, whose history is not very long. In fact, this place was originally the site of the previous demon king.

It was the beginning of the Alprada kingdom that the nobles of the empire crossed over to the newly created territory after the previous demon king died.

Having known and thinking about such background knowledge, I was able to come up with a hypothesis like this.

I don’t know why the remaining demons after the demon king died, but wouldn’t it be bursting out from that demon mountain? I want to hypothesize

Of course, it’s just a hypothesis so far and I haven’t found any evidence to support my hypothesis yet, but I’m sure it must have turned out like this.

Perhaps if you find the evidence, the evidence will come out. Seeing that this amount of Demonic Beasts poured out in the first place, it is correct to assume that there is no other possibility than this.

‘You left something pretty annoying. It would be dangerous to leave it alone.’

As a result, it’s clear that the Demon Mountain is quite a nuisance.

Of course, it is the legacy of the Demon King-level demon tribe, and at the same time, it is harassing the people of the kingdom in the form of a mountain of monsters. It is certain that it is a troublesome existence in many ways.

In addition, the number of demon beasts continues to increase from the mountain as the starting point, and the danger of the beasts will also increase.

Perhaps the kingdom of Alprada might perish within half a century if that Masu Mountain is left alone.

“Well, I’ll solve it. I’ll take this opportunity to solve it neatly.”

In this situation, fortunately, I have the ability to solve it.

I’m no longer a warrior party, and I’m a wizard who’s no better than them, but I still belong to a wizard with excellent residual skills.

I know a magic that can solve that demon mountain.

“Yes…? Master Xerath?”

“Yes. I just want to enjoy the Harvest Festival.”

The king was surprised to see me. I smiled and said to the king.

Honestly, I don’t like the fact that it’s Masu Mountain.

I was trying to settle down and enjoy a fun festival like a harvest festival, but now he’s trying to disturb me like this.

Of course, I couldn’t help but want to get rid of that. It’s only when that thing goes away that you can enjoy the Harvest Festival.

“Thank you very much, Mr. Xerath. How many times have I been grateful to Mr. Xerath…”

“You don’t have to say thank you. I’ve already received a lot. Rather, I’m repaying the favor.”

Also, there is something that Master said to me as if eating a meal.

‘If you have received grace in your life, just give it back 100 times more enthusiastically’

I don’t know if this returns about 100 times, but I’ll solve that monster mountain anyway.