Surprising Even Breathing

46 – Just looking at it, it’s inexhaustibly nasty

Was the answer that came out of my mouth unexpected?

Chase, who was standing quietly and looking around instead of leaning against the ledge of the castle wall like me, made a strange expression.

“A volunteer club? Why do you want to join the volunteer club, Demesis?”

Chase, who asks me questions right away.

After the Magic Tower, we came to the Eastern Demon King together and became very close with me.

Don’t be afraid to ask this much.

“People are so afraid of me. If you join a volunteer activity club and do good deeds, wouldn’t your wariness toward me be lessened than now?”

I didn’t do anything particularly bad, but my impression was so frightening that my notoriety piled up just by breathing.

I wanted to show people that I wasn’t such a scary dragon by doing good things.

“You’re going to do good deeds because people are so afraid of you? That’s why I want to join the volunteer club.”

“Yes.”

Upon hearing the reason I said, Chase turned her head to the side and suppressed a laugh.

I don’t know why, but whenever I heard about my desire to do good things, I had a very happy face.

“why? Can’t I do volunteer work or something?”

“no. It’s just that it’s so different from the image.”

Although it was in the middle of the demonic scene, it was Chase holding the boat and smiling.

“I’ll put you in the volunteer club too.”

“yes?”

“Isn’t it the same as you for missing the club application period? You have to join at least one club, so don’t go to a strange place with surplus members, and join a volunteer club.”

“Eek? why? Why am I volunteering?”

I was offended by her seeming to laugh at me for some reason, so I decided to include her as well when I was talking about joining the club.

“Volunteering is a good thing. Isn’t it a good heart to give to those in need?”

“But I am not a helper, I am a person who needs help.”

“What help do you need?”

“Ah, I…”

When I asked while staring at Chase, I pursed my lips and mumbled.

It seems like a difficult word to get out of your mouth.

However, after looking at my eyes, I spoke cautiously.

“I have to train hard because I don’t have enough mana. If you want to keep up with the class, you have to study your notes carefully, and you shouldn’t neglect your information guild work in the slightest to meet the family’s expectations.”

She seemed to be worried about this and that.

He lowers his head and casts a shadow on his face.

“okay? If you need any help like that, I can help. Just tell me, I’ll solve everything. Instead, you should join the volunteer club.”

“Yes?”

Chase’s expression became perplexed as I spoke calmly.

I decided to help her with this and that in exchange for putting her in the volunteer club.

The fact that she was helping me seemed scary.

“good. Now that I’ve finished my work, I’ll go back to the Mage’s Tower and get the Infinite Ring. If I wore that item, it wouldn’t be as scary as it is now.”

I got up from the wall where I was sitting and stood up.

*

I went back to the Magic Tower and announced the completion of the quest.

Elderrick heard a detailed report from the wizards who went to the Eastern Magician with me.

After confirming that the matter had been resolved, I took out the Infinite Ring from the Mage Tower’s item storage.

“Is this the Infinite Ring?”

“Yes, Demesis.”

Since it was an infinite ring, I thought of a ring-shaped ring, but surprisingly, the infinite ring was just a simple ball of light.

It had not formed a certain shape yet, and floated around in the test tube that Elderrick had brought.

“It is not in the shape of a ring. Is this the Infinite Ring?”

“A legendary item that changes its form depending on the wearer. The appearance changed infinitely, so Infinite, mainly accessories, was named Ring.”

Elderrick explained in detail how the item’s name was derived.

I nodded after hearing the explanation.

Previously, the defensive artifacts received from the imperial palace were also said to be able to change their shape freely, but this was a similar type.

“I get it. I’ll put some magic on it and try wearing it later.”

You have to wear it to know exactly what shape it will take.

I heard from Elderric about how to wear items, how to operate them, and how to function them for a long time.

The Infinite Ring was an item that could store magic and mana.

The capacity of the magical power that can be stored is large, so if you put additional magic on it to absorb the magical energy I spill, you can use it to store the magical energy for your own purposes.

Shall we call it an external storage of magical power?

I thought of it for that purpose.

“If you want to visit the Mage Tower from now on, you can come without a reservation. Still, I would like you to tell me before you break anything.”

He asked me to say this.

I couldn’t bear to say that I shouldn’t break something, so I asked him to at least say something before breaking it.

“You don’t have to do anything weird. Didn’t I take the trouble to clean it up for no reason?”

“Kuhm.”

My pride seems to have been scratched, but Elderric, whom I was afraid of, stroked his beard and calmed himself down.

I saw with my own eyes the majesty of breaking down all the walls at once.

I was the one who returned after destroying Jasmaken, who had a headache because the Magic Tower couldn’t catch it, in a week.

I can’t say sorry.

No one with normal thinking skills could have attacked me.

“You may stay longer in the Magic Tower. If you need magic, you can call our disciples and ask for them.”

He thought about the safety of the Magic Tower, and seemed to have decided to gladly provide me with any kind of service.

“You can also call me if you have a problem that you cannot solve on your own, like Jasmaken.”

They parted ways while warmly promising an after-sales service.

It was a meeting that started by breaking down a wall, but he was afraid of me, and I didn’t particularly feel sorry for the Mage Tower.

Rather, it was mutually beneficial if they could cooperate.

*

“Heh heh heh! The Mage Tower suffered a great setback.”

Emperor’s office.

Upon hearing the news of what had happened in the Magic Tower, the emperor smiled broadly.

The fact that the mage tower owner, who had been so arrogant, openly knocked down the wall and didn’t even hear a squeak was a truly comforting story for the imperial family, who often blushed while dealing with the mage tower.

“It looks like he was afraid of the Mage Tower too. Instead of asking for compensation, you made a request and handed over the Infinite Ring.”

It was a mage tower that did not listen to the imperial family.

The noses of the high-ranking wizards were piercing the sky, and everyone who traded with the Mage Tower was suffering damage, but with the appearance of Demesis, their noses became very flat.

Since it’s the boundary between talents, you won’t be able to say that you can enter the Mage Tower as a true wizard only if your magic power is high.

“I don’t think the Magic Tower has any intention of stopping the Dragonian Prince. But Father, can we continue to rejoice? If you can’t control him, you don’t know what damage the imperial family will suffer.”

Oscar, who had entered the office at the emperor’s call, said with a worried face.

The father laughed cheerfully as Demesis’ name got higher, but he wasn’t sure if this was a good thing.

“Son, you rule. You got it wrong. Did you even say that when you saw him in person?”

Oscar lowered his head at the emperor’s pointed words.

Even my father can’t think of ruling over Demesis.

“The only thing that needs to be known to the outside world is that you are closest to him. Since the Dragonian Prince attends the Imperial Academy in the Ecliptic, it should be easy to infer that he is related to us. The stronger he is, the higher the name of the imperial family will be.”

Anyone on the continent could see that the imperial family was fully accepting Demesis.

As long as he doesn’t really commit evil deeds, as Demesis’ reputation increases, the imperial family will benefit as well.

“But what if he points the blade at the imperial family? Can we stop it?”

“Oscar, you lack the ability to see people. He’s a man who doesn’t lose his cause, even if he seems to be acting out of his own way. As long as we have sufficient cause, the blade will not be pointed at us.”

“Are you talking about a justification?”

The thieves, the maker of the chimera, the wall of the mage tower.

If we remove rumors and only look at his behavior, Demesis was a man who played by certain rules.

Delete only the wrong and wrong things.

As long as this principle holds, it is not difficult to guess how he will behave.

If you always hold the minimum justification in your hand, you will not be attacked.

“Before taking any action, unconditionally secure the evidence in our favor. Of course, it would be better to get rid of the unfavorable evidence.”

In the meantime, it was not possible to maintain the work that had been passed on in the name of the imperial family by force.

Be careful not to fall under the eyes of Demesis.

“The Church and the Indeed Mercenary Corps, I wish they didn’t know about Demesis like they do now, but the Mage Tower unfortunately found out too early.”

You have to experience his true fear to know.

The emperor licked his lips, trying to figure out how to use this information.

Politics, as always, was a fight for cause.

As long as the definite power of Demesis appeared, the justification became more important.

“I told you to be friendly with him, but what happened now?”

The emperor suddenly asked the prince if he remembered something he had said before.

“Yes, I am working on it.”

“effort?”

“Ah, Choi, I will do my best, Father.”

Oscar’s face was crushed vertically.

I know in my head that it’s good to be close to him, but my body just can’t follow it.

When I thought of Demesis, my body naturally shrank.

“If you can’t do it, you can have someone else do it for you. Record and report his every move, and find out as much information as possible to contribute to the imperial family. Do you understand?”

“I will keep that in mind.”

Hearing the emperor’s request, Oscar bowed deeply.

*

It wasn’t until the fifth week after the academy started that I returned to my home in the Imperial City.

After thinking about it for some reason, I thought that there were more periods of absence than attending the academy, but I still felt good.

Infinite Ring.

It’s because of the legendary item in front of me right now.

As long as I wear this, the magic power I radiate will decrease, just like when I get a tattoo.

Considering that it was really difficult to create or obtain magic control items that had this level of effect, the time spent in the academy was not such a waste.

‘Now, then, let’s activate the item. I wonder if the effect will be good.’

As Elderric had taught him, he put magic into the test tube and made the legendary item recognize its owner.

Whoops.

A halo of light mixed with my magical power began to escape through the small passageway at the entrance of the test tube.

Since it was an item that consumed a lot of mana, it took time to fully activate it.

An infinite ring that rotates in a ring shape and gradually forms a certain shape.

Find a place to attach to my body.

I put my finger up.

Wouldn’t it be appropriate to wear an infinite ring on the ring finger of the right hand?

However, the ring-shaped item that was spinning around my hand broke its shape and came back up to my face as a halo of light.

A group of lights spinning in a circle in front of my eyes.

It scans my face as if searching for a place to attach it, and it stops at my lower right lip.

“… … ?”

bite into the lips

I thought it was looking for a place to attach, so I let it go even if I pierced my lips.

An infinite ring that has turned into a ring on the lips.

absorb my blood

It moved along the ball with the remaining magic power, then pierced the ear lobe and formed a certain shape there.

‘what?’

I understand that the Infinite Ring is attached to my body.

However, not knowing what form it had taken, I approached the full-length mirror and examined my current state.

When I activated the item, I didn’t know what part of the body it would be attached to, so I had taken off the top beforehand.

The tattoos that cover more than half of the upper body are first noticeable through the full-length mirror.

And on top of that, accessories by the newly created Infinite Ring.

A ring-shaped silver piercing was formed on the lower right lip, and an earring shaped like a dragon’s skull was attached to the earlobe.

The earrings were silver in color with a little blood on their surface.

“… … .”

When I put on the infinite ring, I got lip piercing and dragon head skull earrings.

The appearance of the man reflected in the full-length mirror is inexhaustibly formidable.