Prodia, who discovered Leke on the screen, was startled. Why is he with Irtis? Weren’t they on bad terms? Prodia decided to observe the situation for now. Then, a creepy scene, unnoticed until a moment ago, caught her eye. The meadow they stood on was soaked with something resembling blood. Seeing Leke holding a sword, it seemed they were luring and hunting a monster. The official exclaimed with excitement, “It seems they are hunting a high-level monster for the princess. This is highly anticipated!” The nobles also cheered loudly. It was even a combination of the Northern Grandmaster and the Tower Sorcerer, and everyone was eagerly anticipating the extraordinary scene they would witness. However, suddenly, with a clicking sound, the screen went black. In an unexpected situation, the official was greatly perplexed.
In an unexpected situation, the official was greatly perplexed.

“What, what happened? Let me check for a moment!”

The official hurriedly disappeared backstage.

However, it seemed there was no particular solution.

“Sorry, due to a malfunction in the magical device in this area, we will now observe another part of the hunting ground.”

The nobles’ disapproving shouts rained down.

But when a more interesting scene unfolded, the nobles, as if saying, “When did that happen?” once again immersed themselves in the video.

However, Prodia couldn’t shake off an inexplicable uneasiness.

Of all times, the magical device malfunctioned; something felt uneasy.

Nothing unusual should happen.

Despite worrying, Prodia didn’t imagine that Leke deliberately stepped on and broke the magical device.

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It had been a few minutes since Glawacus’s blood was splattered.

Irtis continued to gaze at the sky, but there was still no sign of the celestial beast.

Irtis looked down at the dagger in her hand.

Leke had handed it to her, saying he picked it up after another participant had discarded it.

If she didn’t have this, she would have had to fight the monsters barehanded.

Irtis wasn’t comfortable with unintentionally receiving help from Leke.

Just a while ago, she had vehemently rejected his joining.

Nevertheless, Irtis couldn’t entirely trust Leke.

It was because of “that incident” from their childhood.

Even if she tried to forget, it wasn’t easy.

Time passed in this manner.

As the two men waited for the celestial beast in a puddle of blood, Luka hid behind a rock, keeping watch in all directions.

Then, in Luka’s eyes, a monster hiding in the distance came into view.

He immediately tried to inform everyone of this fact.

However, at that moment, Leke suddenly raised his sword towards the sky.

Seeing this, Irtis, unintentionally, also looked up.

“Did the celestial beast appear?”

But the direction of the monster wasn’t that way.

The one revealing itself in front of them was Glawacus on the meadow.

Taking advantage of Irtis’s momentary distraction, Glawacus began to charge towards her.

Luka, who first noticed, shouted towards Irtis.

“Irtis, in front…!”

At that moment, Luka fell silent.

The sight of Leke, deliberately closing his eyes as Glawacus moved.

It was strange. Why would he deliberately close his eyes in a situation where a monster was charging?

In that moment, Luka remembered.

What special ability Glawacus possessed.

Immediately, Luka ran towards Irtis.

“Irtis, get away now. When you see that monster…!”

But it was already too late.

Glawacus, discovering a new prey, changed direction towards Luka.

“Rawr!”
Glawacus, with glowing eyes, charged towards Luka.

At the moment when the monster’s sharp foreclaw was about to pierce Luka,

Irtis eventually broke the rules and gathered magical power in her hands.

The situation in front of her overlapped too much with that day from her childhood.

The dreadful memory she wanted to forget resurfaced in Irtis’s mind.

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A few years ago.

It had been quite some time since the North Elhas Principality adopted young Irtis.

During that time, Irtis’s magical skills had improved remarkably, but she had no friends.

It wasn’t always like that.

Initially, the children thought Irtis was the grandson of the Principality.

So, they eagerly wanted to be friends with him.

However, after a while, it was revealed that Irtis was, in fact, an orphan abandoned in front of the Principality.

Upon learning this, one by one, the friends left Irtis.

Rejection turned into isolation.

Unable to endure, Irtis used an illusion spell on a fellow student who had been inciting torment.

Since that day, Irtis became even more isolated among her peers.

The disdain for Irtis turned into fear.

Perhaps that’s why.

On that day, Irtis readily accepted the proposal of the Principality, who was leaving for a long business trip to the North Elhas Principality.

The Principality, who had accepted Irtis without hesitation, told her an unbelievable story.

“The son of the Grand Duke of Elhas seems to want to be friends with you. He specifically asked for you. Do you want to go together?”

At that, young Irtis widened her eyes.