Chapter 28 Part2 (1/2)

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”A human? You're a living human being?”

”Yeah, I'm human. Human.”

Kratia hurriedly nodded her head while replying stutteringly. But it was clear that she was fl.u.s.tered, and her acting wasn't good enough to hide Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's ident.i.ty. As proof, Prince Altania quickly pointed his staff at Lee s.h.i.+n Woo.

”Then what about you...? Are you an undead? I only felt it for a moment, but I definitely felt powerful death energy. Don't try to fool me. If you're caught by the genius magician, Prince Altania, then even a general would fall in one hit!”

”...There's no way I'd be able to fool you, Senior.”

”...Huh?”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's voice, which flowed out from his helmet, caused Prince to flinch. Once Lee s.h.i.+n Woo took off his helmet and revealed himself, Prince Altania froze. Kratia, who unintentionally looked back, froze as well. At some point, Rem had disappeared from his shoulder, but that wasn't really very important right now.

”...Lee s.h.i.+n Woo?”

”It's a pleasure, Senior. That's right. It's me, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo.”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo replied with a refres.h.i.+ng smile. Prince Altania was temporarily unable to respond and remained stiff, but he soon cleared his throat and withdrew his staff.

”It's strange. It was just for a moment, but I definitely felt death energy.”

”I believe it might be due to the energy flowing from the gate, as we opened and entered it.”

”That's... I a.s.sumed as much! I was just on guard because you were wearing that weird armor of yours! You got it?”

”Ah, you truly are a hero. As expected of you, Senior.”

The boy's cheeks flushed, and he attempted to put up a strong front to hide his embarra.s.sment. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo smiled gently, and agreed enthusiastically. He was even able to sweet talk a general, so Prince Altania quickly moved on.

”You're not bad. I'll recognize you as my junior. ...Ah, then who's that woman over there?”

”This is Kratia Melloi. I met her a short while ago, and we've gotten quite close. It seems like she's still wary of you (seniors).”

”Yeah, Kratia Melloi...”

She confirmed his statement by nodding her head, yet she was still unable to hide her anxiousness.

Kratia kept glancing at Lee s.h.i.+n Woo in disbelief, and fortunately, Prince took that as her being shy. He nodded his head, made a sudden sound, and furrowed his brows.

”Kratia Melloi... Wait a sec, you're the one who went into the channel and then left right away? The one who met with Lloyd a little while ago?”

”Uh, yeah.”

”The one Lloyd said was stronger than him... Keut, you said you were a magician, right? Let's spar!”

Once Kratia nodded her head, Prince raised his staff once more. However, Kratia didn't give him the time of day. She was completely busy glancing at Lee s.h.i.+n Woo.

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo could understand how she felt, but it was becoming troublesome, so he re-equipped his helmet, covering his face. Only then did Kratia get a hold of herself, gasped, and slapped her cheek. Her once pale cheeks soon turned red. Jin sighed and spoke with Lee s.h.i.+n Woo through their connection.

'How did you disguise yourself so quickly?'

'That's what it means to be a pro.'

That's right. The moment someone outside of their party noticed them, he had immediately activated Disguise. The reason that Prince Altania just moved on, and Kratia was so astonished was because of his disguise.

It had only taken 0.01 seconds to change into his human appearance back on Earth with his level 6 Disguise skill! It was so fast that even if he were to disguise himself right in front of someone, they would think they were seeing things and let it go.

”Hey, I said let's spar!”

”...Huh?”

Kratia finally turned her attention away from Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and towards Prince Altania. She noticed that Prince was pointing his magic staff straight at her, but she didn't really react.

”Why?”

”Why, why... That's right! In a joint operation with a magician you've met for the first time, you're supposed to spar so that you can a.s.sess each other's abilities. You didn't know?”

”A joint operation...?”

It seemed like his 'joint operation' was referring to challenging this training facility... Kratia couldn't understand what he was talking about, and tilted her head. As a rational magician, she couldn't understand Prince's actions.

”Whatever, c'mon. Ah, and if you lose, don't go near Lloyd ever again!”

”I don't like wasting my energy. I'd rather focus on the traps here. And I'm not interested in this Lloyd guy whatsoever.”

”Urgh... If you're not going to attack, then I will!”

Kratia furrowed her brows at Prince's persistence, and the moment she responded, an overwhelming amount of flames erupted from his staff!

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo didn't think Prince Altania would actually attack another hero, and just gaped while watching on the side. He'd gotten that vibe from him in the chatting channel, but he really was an idiot!

”...Hoo.”

Despite the wave of flames that threatened to swallow her whole, Kratia sighed and waved her hand.

Once the orb (it was a lot smaller than last time), which was stuck to the back of her hand, s.h.i.+ned and soared into the air, Prince muttered something, as if to stop her from casting a defensive spell, and cast another spell, but...

”Freeze.”

With one word, everything froze.

”...Woah.”

In an instant, the area had become silent. The flames, the new flow of mana that the Prince had created, and even Prince Altania himself were frozen.

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo ended up clapping, as he saw her do something so ridiculous, yet she retrieved her orb with a single gentle hand movement without breaking a sweat.

”He's not dead though, right?”

”He has magic, so he won't die. I held back.”

”Yeah, so you did hold back, huh...”

Once Kratia softly waved her hand, the frozen flames completely vanished. Then, the mana that had formed in the air vanished as well. And lastly, the frozen Prince was thrown out of the subs.p.a.ce.

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo offered up a silent prayer for him, and Kratia tilted her head and briefly spoke her mind.

”He was weird.”

”Well, I feel like I can understand where he's coming from...”

”You can understand him!?”