20 – Ones Who Inherited The Name ‘Edel’ (1/2)

The moment I was hugged, RunRun and Fluffy jumped to their guard.

「Woo-gau!」「Pigi!」

「RunRun, Fluffy, calm down」

「Woof」「Pigi」

RunRun and Fluffy became obedient.

Still, RunRun firmly kept an eye on the person behind me.

And Fluffy jumped from RunRun’s back on to my right shoulder.

So it could react immediately if something happened I suppose.

I addressed the person behind me.

「…what are you doing so suddenly?」

I was already aware of whom was hugging me from the back, my past life disciple Sword Saint Xenovia.

Now she is Sword Saint Xenovia Edel Barling, one of the members of the Council of Sages.

「Master, it’s you, isn’t it?」

「…what makes you think so?」

Even if she was convinced that I am Edelfuss’ reincarnation, there was no reason to suddenly hug like that.

That was too careless. She still didn’t know what the circumstances were.

I will have to reprimand her later.

Even though she is about one hundred and thirty years old, she still behaved like a child.

I find it hard to believe that she belongs to the Council of Sages and leads the Salvation Organization, and is one of the top authorities in the world.

I am worried. Does she have proper control over her authority?

「Long time no see, Master」

Xenovia took off the hood of the cloak she was wearing.

The cloak itself seems to be a powerful magic item.

The powerful effects of magic concealment and disguise were the results of this cloak.

And by removing the hood, the magic effect was turned off.

「How did I come to notice Master’s existence…?」

Xenovia started talking.

「No, wait a minute. I didn’t say I am your Master, why decide on your own?」

Originally, I wanted to meet my disciples and only then reveal my identity.

However, my plan is thrown into disarray now that they had figured it out for themselves.

「Eh? Because you are Master? Even the aura of magic is exactly the same」

「I am of the Wolms lineage. Of course it would be similar」

「About that, my…」

The person behind Xenovia came forward and took off the hood.

He was now as old as I was at the time of my death.

His appearance has changed a lot but I recognized him.

One of my disciples, the most orthodox human being and a master mage, Milt.

By the way he is my youngest disciple. He should be one hundred and eighteen years old if I’m not mistaken.

Currently, he is a member of the Council of Sages, the famous Small Sage Milt Edel Valiras, the man who developed the guardian deity love value measuring device.

「Wait, Milt. Let me explain it」

「Okay, I will leave it to you, Xenovia」

If I listened to their explanation, I can learn how they figured out my identity.

So, I carefully listened to my disciples explanations.

「First of all, I am the General Manager of the Academy of Heroes this year」