The Possessor Mistook the Genre for 20 Years

47 – The Secretary Was Soaked to the Skin.

Drip-.

A drop of water fell from the blue magic circle.

Starting with that one drop, water poured down like a torrential rain, and naturally, Arian, who was underneath, got completely soaked.

The water that fell on the floor could be dealt with using magic, so it was fine.

But what about Arian?

Why was Arian doing this in the first place?

If she had cast the spell on him, he could understand.

Such things happened more than once in the Magic Tower.

When people got upset with each other, a fistfight was something that could easily happen.

But to use magic on oneself was completely unexpected, and it was just bewildering.

Uh, um, ah?

Franz’s brain stopped functioning.

Rather than trying to understand her actions, he decided to just accept them.

If she was really angry, that could happen, he thought.

In fact, even among wizards, she was quite normal.

Most wizards are lunatics.

Last time, someone from the Water Magic Association set themselves on fire to show the inferiority of Fire Magic.

So, well, if it’s not fire but water, it’s somewhat…

While Franz was rationalizing like that, the stream of water flowing from the magic circle stopped, and at the same time, Arian swept her wet hair back and said,

“I’ll borrow the shower room too.”

“Huh? Oh, sure, go ahead.”

Arian strode towards Franz’s room.

And just as she was about to open the firmly closed door,

Thud-.

Yuna opened the door from inside, and Arian ended up hitting her head on it.

It was truly adding insult to injury, a double whammy, fanning the flames.

It was as if the whole world was tormenting Arian.

“Oh, oh?! I’m sorry…!”

Yuna, who had discovered Arian belatedly, bowed her head and apologized.

“Arian, are you okay…?”

Franz, who was watching carefully, asked Arian very cautiously.

Arian didn’t answer and just stood there blankly, then slowly entered the room.

The door closed behind her, and silence fell in the Magic Tower’s main room.

After a moment, breaking the silence, Yuna’s voice was heard.

“Fr, Franz, do you think the secretary is very angry?”

“She was very angry… but don’t worry too much. I’ll take care of it.”

“But, still, this happened because of me….”

Yuna’s voice was quite sullen.

I understand why she thinks that, but,

“Don’t worry, it’s not your fault.”

The only thing she did wrong was giving Arian a small bump on the head.

Even that was a mistake, so it’s not something to be blamed for.

The rest was all Franz’s problem.

It was Franz who brought the soaking wet Yuna, and it was Franz who failed to persuade Arian.

Of course, it’s not entirely fair to call it a problem.

Anyway, we had no choice but to wait until Arian came out.

After taking a shower, she would be calmer and easier to talk to.

“Yuna, let’s sit down for now.”

“Okay.”

The two sat facing each other on the sofa.

And they started talking while waiting for Arian.

“Franz, you saved my mom and sister before, right?”

“That’s right.”

“I want to repay you, is there anything you need?”

“No, I just happened to be there and helped.”

It was really just a coincidence.

The reason I attended the social gathering was because Eustia asked me to, not to help Yuna.

And even if I were to be repaid, there was nothing I particularly wanted.

I didn’t need money or fame, I just wanted to live leisurely somewhere.

Fishing at a quiet lake, eating fruit, that kind of life.

While Franz was dreaming of such a future,

The firmly closed door opened and Arian came out.

Arian’s hair was still damp, and she was wearing Franz’s clothes, which were quite loose on her.

She walked briskly and sat close to Franz.

Thus, the three finally faced each other, and at the same time, a subtle tension began to flow in the room.

It was Arian who broke the silence first.

“I’m sorry about earlier. I think I was a bit too harsh.”

She bowed her head and apologized to Yuna.

Then, Yuna also bowed her head in response.

“I-I’m sorry too.”

“Then let’s just say nothing happened.”

“Yes, that sounds good.”

After a few exchanges, the tangled thread unraveled.

It happened so quickly that it made one wonder if they had planned it all along.

If only it had been like this from the beginning, but that was impossible, so they decided not to think about it anymore.

At least they reconciled now, which was a relief.

It was then.

Arian, who had just reconciled with Yuna, suddenly turned her gaze to Franz.

“Master of the Tower.”

“Yes?”

“I wasn’t calm. I’m sorry.”

Arian bowed her head and apologized.

“It’s okay. To be fair, I didn’t handle it well either.”

Though it was a bit ambiguous to say he did anything wrong, he decided not to mention it.

In a situation like this, saying such things would only cause unnecessary trouble.

So, is this the end?

Whether Arian had resolved her misunderstanding or not, they had reconciled for now.

So there was no reason to continue the conversation with this group.

Just as Franz was about to wrap up the situation, Arian suddenly spoke.

“Yuna, may I ask you one thing?”

“Oh, yes. Go ahead.”

“Why were you soaking wet when you arrived at the tower?”

Franz had also been wondering about that.

There was no way she could be that wet without falling into water.

Since she had come all the way from the Duchy of Ishtar by carriage, it was impossible for her to have fallen into water in the first place.

Yuna scratched her head awkwardly.

As if it was an embarrassing story to tell.

“I tripped while running and fell into the river.”

“River? There shouldn’t be a river near the Magic Tower, right?”

“You know the big river you see before entering the city? I fell into that.”

Arian tilted her head as if she couldn’t understand at all.

And Franz was the same.

He understood what Yuna was saying, but he couldn’t figure out why she fell in.

While Franz was pondering, Arian spoke up.

“So, the carriage dropped you off near the city, and you tripped while running and fell into the river?”

“Huh? No, I didn’t take a carriage.”

At Yuna’s answer, Arian showed a blank expression.

By now, her mind must be filled with question marks.

Unlike her, Franz roughly understood what Yuna meant.

From the Duchy of Ishtar to the Magic Tower, it takes several days by carriage.

Common sense would not consider it a distance to run.

But with Yuna’s physical abilities, she could arrive much earlier than a carriage.

And if you add Yuna’s impulsive way of thinking…

“You, did you run all the way here?”

“Yeah, it’s faster that way.”

Franz raised his hand to his forehead.

Who in the world would run that distance…

“So, you ran all the way from the Duchy of Ishtar to here?”

Even after hearing Yuna’s answer, Arian still had a puzzled expression.

From a common-sense perspective, it was incomprehensible.

Just because she had business to attend to, she ran all that way.

Like someone running from Busan to Seoul just to have a meal with a friend.

That was exactly what Yuna looked like now.

“Yes, I left after dinner yesterday.”

“Ah, you ran all night, to the Magic Tower…”

Arian mumbled to herself and then suddenly stood up.

“Master of the Tower, I’ll go back to the secretary’s office now.”

With those words, she left the Tower Master’s room.

It seemed she chose to escape after experiencing too much confusion in a short time.

Maybe she was embarrassed about having thrown a tantrum for no reason.

Anyway.

Despite various events, Yuna and I were left alone.

Now, I could slowly ask her the reason she came.

“Yuna, didn’t you say you had something to ask me earlier?”

“Oh, right. I almost forgot. It’s nothing big, but I told you before that I wanted to live in a big house, right?”

“You did. You said you wanted to live in a big house with your family. You mentioned farming, having a pond at home, and raising chickens.”

“Did I really say all that…?”

Yuna laughed awkwardly, as if embarrassed.

“Well, anyway, it’s a bit embarrassing, but I grew up only in the countryside, so I don’t know much about these things. So I was thinking of asking you for help.”

Franz sighed in relief.

It didn’t seem like a big deal, contrary to what he had expected.

“I’ll help you. It’s not that difficult.”

Finding a house is a simple task.

You just go to the person selling the house, check the market price, and buy it.

With the Tower Master and a hero involved, anyone trying to scam would be asking for trouble.

At Franz’s words, Yuna smiled brightly.

“Franz, thank you so much. I’ll repay you somehow later!”

Repay…

The word “repay” made Hera come to mind for no reason.

Surely, Yuna wouldn’t say she wants to become a slave too.

Well, she has a family, so she definitely wouldn’t.

At that moment, a forgotten fact popped into Franz’s mind.

“Yuna, can I ask you one thing?”

“Yes, ask me anything.”

“When the sun rises in the Duchy of Ishtar, the sleeping dragon awakens. Do you know this saying?”

“A dragon in the Duchy of Ishtar…? If I’m right, I think I know.”

Eureka.

Franz shouted that inwardly.