Count’s Youngest Son is a Warlock

Chapter 38

Lucion stopped for a moment while rushing his way back to the city.

Russell’s gaze at him with a happy expression was too burdensome.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

[It’s nothing, so don’t worry.]

Russell shook his head.

If he became a person who can think of others and said that he was unique, it seemed that Lucion would be angry.

[If you procrastinate, Carson will scold you. Let’s go and use the new ability that Ratta has acquired.]

Not only Lucion but also Ratta received blessings from the divine beast.

To be exact, there was a strong feeling that it had no choice but to bless Ratta.

Russell informed that the blessing he received jumped from level 1 to level 3 at once with the affinity of light, that is, the force to increase resistance.

‘Thanks to the divine beast’s blessing, I got a title and a position as an honorary priesthood.’

Lucion came out of the shadow and looked at Ratta, who was wagging her tail.

—Ahem.

Ratta spoke in high spirits.

—It’s Ratta’s turn!

From the time Ratta was able to enter his shadow, he wondered if the power she had had to do with shadows, and it was true.

With the blessing received from the divine beast, Ratta’s power grew and gained one ability related to shadow.

At the same time, Ratta grew a little, and her darkness also felt bigger.

“Not now, Ratta.”

Lucion shook his head.

—Why? You can use the ‘shoong’ that Ratta learned.

“No. It’s impossible to go that far yet.”

Ratta said with her mouth sticking out.

—Pippi. He said Ratta is nice, so a good child is an obedient child.

“Young master.”

Hume blinked and opened his mouth.

“Why?”

“What’s the ‘shoong’ that Ratta mentioned?”

“You’ll know when you see it later.”

[You’ll probably be surprised and faint.]

Russell told Hume as if to look forward to it.

* * *

[Devia Jeven. Devia.]

The ghost seemed to ponder about something and trembled when he saw the darkness of Lucion.

[I remembered! I remembered, so please get rid of that scary thing.]

The ghost, No.9, said in a panic.

“If you make a mistake, I’ll send you to heaven.”

Lucion’s voice was fierce.

[I, I’m in the hands of a warlock right now, who would you dare lie to?]

“So where did you see her?”

[Montshere. I saw her go to a bar named Montshere.]

“Are you sure?”

[Yes, of course. I really like that place… I got familiar with it.]

As if when did the ghost tremble with fear, he smiled and brought it up.

[Hmm.]

Russell suddenly coughed out.

[I think it’s a little too early for you to go because you’re not an adult yet.]

“I’m not going there for an impure purpose.”

[Who said that? Your age is still young. That’s all I said.]

Russell’s voice grew a little louder.

—What’s impure?

When Ratta tilted her head and asked, Russell, coughed louder.

“Guide me.”

Lucion hurriedly urged the ghost because he didn’t want to be led by that story anymore.

[Yes. I’ll show you the fastest way.]

The ghost took the lead, followed by Lucion’s party.

[I can tell that you’re quite used to it now.]

Russell smiled and said.

“Are you talking about ghost domination?”

Lucion asked back.

[Right. Thanks to the divine beast’s blessing, your darkness must have increased. You’ll learn more after the banquet.]

“Yes. It’s always welcome. It’s fun to learn.”

Lucion’s voice was excited.

Although black magic is a magic of being rejected by countless people, Lucion saw himself and his surroundings change one by one.

[This is it.]

The ghost stopped in front of a store.

Montshere.

Lucion checked the letters on the sign and gave instructions to the ghost.

“Go inside first and see where she is.”

When the ghost entered the store, Lucion handed over the mask to Hume.

“You use it, too.”

“Why should I use it, too?”

“Come to think of it, it would be weird if I was the only one.”

There were two blue threads connected to him in the store.

It was as if there was Shen in there too.

“Do I have to keep using it?”

Hume asked sullenly.

“No. Only this time.”

“That’s a relief. I hate wearing something on my face the most.”

Hume smiled and received the mask.

—Ahem. Now it’s Ratta’s turn. Right?

Ratta from the shadow glistened her eyes and looked at Lucion.

“Ratta.”

—Yes.

“Use that ability and come into my shadow right away. Do you get it?”

—Yeah! Don’t worry. Ratta is super fast.

Ratta rolled her front paws as if she would run at any moment.

Lucion briefly agonized over the bright smile of Ratta.

‘I can’t ask Ratta to stay in the shadows every time this happens.’

He didn’t want to suppress Ratta’s freedom, but more and more people knew that the black fox was his fox.

How many of the nobles raise black foxes?

‘If you put a hat on Ratta…’

—Why? Do you have something to say to Ratta?

Ratta’s eyes were full of expectations.

“It’s frustrating that you’re only in the shadows, right?”

—I like walking with my feet the most! But I can stay if Lucion wants.

Lucion felt somewhat strange about Ratta’s smile.

‘When she deciding on her appearance, she should have used a cat.’

Because black cats are common.

Lucion looked away and looked at Russell.

“Do you have any items?”

[Is there such a thing?]

Russell reacted as if he had no energy.

The animals instinctively stay away from a warlock, so he’s never touched the soles of a cat’s.

—Ah!

Ratta knew what Lucion was trying to say.

Soon, she shrugged and made a sound of “Ahem.”

—Look at Ratta.

Ratta soon gave strength and her fur swelled up.

—Ta-da! Ratta can move her fur freely!

Then Ratta, whose fur swelled up to the fullest, looked like a fat fox.

Lucion sincerely burst into laughter.

[There’s no problem with this.]

Russell touched Ratta’s fur.

It was even as strong as a shield.

At that time, Ratta raised her ears.

—I got a call from No. 9 that he found Devia.

“Tell him to wait there.”

Lucion rubbed his finger with his thumb.

Ratta’s new ability was to move between shadows, literally between shadows.

When Lucion returned to the villa from the banquet and was just about to rest, he noticed Ratta flying like a salmon out of the shadow of his bed.

“Ratta.”

Lucion has tested Ratta’s abilities several times.

Ratta moved exactly where her eyes touched, but she lost direction or could not even move to other places.

—Yeah! Ratta knows where No. 9 is.

So Lucion’s choice was to use the darkness.

When Ratta turned her back and Lucion sent darkness to designate a place, Ratta boasted an incredibly accurate movement.

But another problem arose.

Lucion, who was worried about various problems such as the trouble of having to send the darkness first, and the duration of the darkness, saw Russell.

A being that can move on its own and embrace darkness for a long time in its arms.

It was a ghost.

“Hume.”

“Yes. I definitely remember your instructions.”

—Here we go!

Ratta lifted her front paws wide and hit the shadow excitedly.

Slap!

As if the shadow opened its mouth, it attacked Lucion, Hume, and Ratta and pulled them down into the shadow in an instant.

* * *

“…….”

Devia and Shen looked at Lucion and Hume who suddenly appeared, and reacted calmly.

‘Did they know we were coming?’

Lucion was embarrassed by their lukewarm response.

“I have something to say to you…”

The moment Shen opened his mouth, Hume suddenly punched Shen in the face.

What Lucion instructed Hume was a ‘first win’ operation to lay down Shen first.

Shen was a knight, so it was impossible to attack with a fair operation.

Ppak!

As a knight, Shen responded to Hume’s attack and blocked it with his hand, but his opponent was Hume.

Clashing with Hume with bare hands while holding a sword was like blocking iron with a bare body.

Shen, who blocked Hume’s attack, screamed.

“Ahck!”

While Shen faltered in the dizzying pain, Hume succeeded in feeding Shen’s face with another hand.

Ppak!

Shen’s head turned around.

However, Shen held on to the millstone and held the sword on his waist.

‘Hold on…’

Lucion was surprised.

Hume’s fist had enough power to break the floor.

Whoosh!

As soon as Shen pulled out the sword, he swung it, but he failed to adjust the distance due to a head blow, so only the innocent sofa next to him was cut in half.

Shen’s posture also collapsed at the same time, and Hume’s fist was deeply embedded in his abdomen.

Ppak!

“Ugh… No way!”

Shen trembled and fell back helplessly.

Russell blocked Hume when he raised his fist to see if he pretended to faint.

[Since he fainted, stop there. If you give him another shot there…]

“Stop there! Please stop! This person is not at fault!”

Devia approached the fallen Shen and wrapped her whole body around him.

‘What? Why is this all of a sudden?’

Lucion looked at Devia, pretending to stop Hume, at Devia’s unexpected behavior.

[I think you have been mistaken for someone else. I guess your outfits were similar.]

Russell pointed a finger at Lucion’s clothes.

Coincidentally, it was just a typical black mask costume.

“I’m just a daughter of a viscount. How can I approach the count’s son? It would have been impossible without this person in the first place.”

Devia spoke out as if she were complaining of injustice.

But Lucion didn’t say anything.

Devia struggled to speak with strength in her hands surrounding Shen.

“I’ll stop now. I called you here to talk about this today. Don’t think about using this person or me anymore. Debt… Do as you please.”

‘Are you in debt?’

Lucion did not listen to Devia.

With this story, Lucion found out a number of facts.

Devia was threatened by someone, and the relationship between Devia and Shen was deep enough to be a lover.

‘It wasn’t Devia that the enemy was aiming for, but Shen from the beginning.’

Naturally, knight Shen was easier to approach than Devia.

‘I don’t know who it is, but I guess you researched Cronia for a long time?’

[Even if she mistook you for someone else, there are only a few sorcerers to the point where you take it for granted that you have moved like this. …That’s a pretty strong wizard.]

‘A wizard….‘

Lucion calmly asked Devia, handing over an unexpected fact.

“So what?”

It didn’t matter whether Devia cut ties with him or not.

She had mistaken himself for him, so he thought he should get more information.

Devia flinched for a moment at the calm words, but the way she saw Lucion was still fierce.

‘Even though their voices are different, don’t you doubt it?’

Lucion quickly felt questioned.

“So what do you mean? Tell your master like that. I can’t do it anymore, so do as you please. Tell him like that!”

‘Oh…I guess that guy who used Devia doesn’t really come here.’

As soon as the question was resolved, Lucion asked again.

“So what?”

At the same time, he pointed at Shen as if giving Hume instructions.

[Hume. You just have to go]

Hume, who was clenching his fist right away, loosened his fist at Russell’s words and walked away.

“What else do you want from here? I betrayed Shen, who devoted himself to Cronia, and gave information about Lucion Cronia! I did everything I could!”

Devia cried and said.

“It’s your fault that you didn’t catch Lucion. It’s not my fault. I… I don’t care what you’re trying to do. Just, please, just let us go.”

“Keep talking.”

Lucion sat in a chair and urged Devia.

She’s talking all the time by herself, so what’s the point of keeping her mouth shut?

Even if she couldn’t help it, he had no intention of sympathizing with Devia because it was true that she sold his information to another man.

From Lucion’s point of view, he was just that kind of guy.