Return of the Class 8 Mage
8. Guests in mogrian house (4)
Guests in Mogrian House (4)
The entrance to the Mogrian mountain was connected to the back side of the landlord castle.
A place that is usually quiet, today is crowded.
All the warriors and knights, who did not go hunting, the people in the house, the owner's wife and the youngest daughter were there praying for the safe return of the landlord and his followers.
“Ian?”
A woman's voice called out to Ian.
That was his mother. He also came with people.
“I heard the story, so the owner is still in the forest somewhere ..”
“Yes, so I decided to help them find it.”
“What, Are you ...?”
Vanessa's face turned pale.
“It's too dangerous! You are young, and..”
“I'm fine, mom. Have you forgotten? I am a witch now. ”
“But..”.
It was natural for him to worry. Even though her son was a magician with extraordinary talent, he was still her son, before she became a witch.
“Do not worry. I'm not like the others. I'll be back, okay?”
After promising his mother a safe return, Ian walked with the soldiers.
The first scout troop that was already searching in the mountains looked very tired.
Scouts who still look energetic become the second scout squad.
“To start, take me to the place where the trail stops.”
At Ian's request, a senior knight came out and said.
“According to the first scout report, the trail ends completely. We only found hints that there was an attack by many goblins...”.
“I have a solution, so please lead the way.”
The knight's face became restless, when he was ruled by a young boy.
“….Yes Mr. Witch”
He calmed down and replied.
His command is a witch.
The witch will travel with the crown prince.
Age is not important here.
If nobles have rank, witches have rank and power.
A power that might be able to rule over the entire world, if the number was sufficient.
‘Huh, let's see, how great she is as a witch’
The senior knights did not trust Ian.
Of course he might have some talent, since the crown prince is coming.
However, the rumors about his magic in the gymnasium, the rumors that the maids and butlers had spread, he did not believe the rumors.
“Listening! Second scout troop.”
But, the knight had to follow Ian's orders.
She was a witch, and the army could do nothing.
The first squad did not find any important clues.
There was no way the second army would find anything important either.
However, the owner is missing.
The knight had to rely on whatever he could.
“As Lord Mage ordered, climb the mountain.”
The knights and soldiers of the second scout squad reorganized their ranks.
Suddenly, just before they began their journey,
“T, there!”
Someone pulled Ian's sleeve.
A girl with ginger hair, Owner's only daughter, ‘Margaret Mogrian’.
From his looks, he looks about 4 years older than Ian.
“My father ... brother .. save them, PLEASE!”
His face was covered with tears and snot.
“If you save them, anything, I will do anything for you! Me, I can ask my father to give you money, land, and servants! So, please ...”
His attitude had changed completely compared to the morning.
“I heard he spoke badly with my mother.”
It sounds like Margaret often acts badly on him.
In fact, it was more like he had just expressed his jealousy to the beautiful kitchen maid.
‘Hm?’
Ian found something on Margaret's finger.
Precisely, the ring on his right index finger.
It has a special aura.
‘Mogrian Ring?’
It must be a low-level artifact, a Mogrian ring.
It seemed that the landlord had given it to his daughter, not her reclaimer.
“I'll find it for you.”
“Really?”
The confirmation from Ian made Magaret's face bright.
“But, keep your promise.”
“I'm serious! Everything you want....!”
“Think of that when I'm scouting.”
“T, think about it?”
What's he talking about?
Margaret could not understand. Ian added words to help her understand.
“I don't want the things you've promised.”
“L, then what to do...?”.
“That's the thing you need to think about.”
Then Ian looked to the other side, and Margaret followed his eyes.
There was Vanessa, whose face was filled with worry.
“……!”
He quickly averted his gaze from Vanessa, as he understood.
His face revealed his complicated thoughts.
“Dan”
He continued the conversation. Margaret's face contained a hint of fear in her.
“Ring.”
“Ri, ring?”
“Lend me.”
She felt ashamed.
Not just him, but the Mogrians.
It seems they do not know the existence of aritifak
“Why is that so?”
“I can feel mana from him.”
“Mana?”
“This will help me find his people. So...”
It was not just an ordinary ring, but an heirloom of his house.
The heirlooms that her father gave to Margaret specifically.
But Ian says it has some mana in it.
Mostly, he said it would help him find his father.
“O, okay.”
The ring was handed to Ian.
His finger was still too small, so he had to put it on his thumb.
*toward*
Right after he put on the ring, he could feel which heart was beating.
This feeling, Ian liked it.
“Come go.”
He turned away from the young noble girl.
He stomped on the mountain ground with a scout.
In general, the course is not too difficult.
Instead, there was a wide road like a road.
That is proof that they often hunt.
“Do we need to go deeper?”
Ian broke his silence and asked the knight.
“Not too far from here where the trail starts.”
“Does he usually start the hunt from there?”
“No, goblins usually come out of deeper area...wait, it's weird”.
The knight's face became more serious.
“I heard he goes hunting periodically.”
“Yes, every first day of every month. It's not something special.”
“So they're all used to it. I mean, the hunting route of the hunters.”
‘Pemburs’ shows its owner and company.
In the eyes of goblins, they were simply goblin hunters.
“So that means...”.
“They may have ambushed them.”
“Did you say goblins do ambush?”
The Knights disagree with that.
“There is no way they could make such a plan..”.
As is known that their intelligence is quite low.
As humanoid monsters, they had some sort of intelligence, but it was only estimated to be the same as a 3-year-old boy. These creatures dare to have the courage to attack first, and ambush the hunters by analyzing the route?
‘Mustahil.’
Unless the Hobgoblins were living in the vast southern prairie, far from here, it was almost impossible for goblins living within the province.
When Ian's thoughts reached this point,
“Here, as you can see, all these areas ..”
The scout team and Ian reached a point.
Traces of human red blood and traces of goblin green blood…
It is clear that there is a battle.
However, there were no human corpses.
There were only goblin corpses on the ground.
“Has the corpse of our side's victim been collected?”
The knight shook his head.
“We couldn't find anyone when we first found this area.”
That means the goblins took them all.
Whether alive or dead.
‘There are so many strange points.’
First, the scale of the battle was too large.
There are more than ten goblin corpses around here.
When they attacked, there must have been hundreds of them.
“They don't make a group like this.”
They usually form as small villages and hunt animals or collect berries. However, these traces showed that there were hundreds of goblins attacking them. Ian was quite curious about this.
‘Does anyone set them up?’
It has high intelligence, strength and the desire to gather all the goblins around the mountain. ‘Top-class beings’ who have charisma.
“Are there any other monsters living in this mountain?”
“As I know, no.”
“Hm.”
Thinking will not solve this problem.
Now he has to take action.
“Magician.”
With a calm spell, Ian raised his index finger.
He began to draw silver magic formula in the air.
“The spirit of wolves.”
As soon as he finished his magic formula, he triggered his second spell.
Then the sliver light became thicker.
The magic door opened slowly,
Silver light shot out from the gap between the doors.
*how – ow – wool*
Suddenly, the soldiers were confused.
Strange growls came out of the magic formula
It was the howling of a wolf.
“What? Where did those voices come from?”
“Didn't he say wolf spirit?”
“But it sounds a bit strange ..”
When the whisper becomes silent,
Something small came out of the formula while struggling.
Then, *fall*, it falls to the ground.
“Wah, wolf?”
As the soldier said, it was a wolf.
Out of nowhere, the wolf is called.
But, the wolf was a little strange.
It was a wolf, but…
*arf.rrf?*
Funny growl, with puppy size.
Teeth that are not sharpened because they do not grow fully.
His tail waved towards Ian.
“A puppy..?”
As someone explained, It was a puppy.
Precisely, it is ‘wolf puppy’