chapter 10
10 – A slightly different look (3)
“Let’s start the class now.”
Now that Irea’s weak rebellion is over, it’s time to start the class. Jeniel untied the string of the scroll he was holding and spread it out on the table in moderation.
A not too difficult magic scheme was drawn on the opened scroll. One glyph, three symbols and six circuits. It was a fire ball, a magic that Irea was familiar with.
Thanks to this, Ireah’s eyes, which were depressed, are filled with confidence. Irea, who looked over the sketch drawn on the scroll once more, spoke confidently.
“Of course I know this much. It’s a fireball, right?”
“Yes. Of course you should know. Because he is the basis of all fire magic. However, Your Highness should not stop at simply handling fireballs.”
Jenny Earl raised his hand and opened it. The flames swirled above it and in an instant formed a round sphere. It was a neat and beautiful fireball that was only seen in textbooks.
“If you fully understand the magic schema, it becomes possible to manifest magic only with images like this. However, many wizards are afraid of change, relying only on existing schemas. Does Your Highness know that this fireball can take many forms?”
Fireballs have multiple shapes? You may or may not have seen it. When Ireah was making a puzzled face, Jenial showed it to her.
“Magic, in detail, is closer to realizing what we wizards imagine by combining countless mana particles.”
When Jeniel removed the will applied to the fireball, the flame lost its circular shape and began to run wild. Hwaaak! The flames spreading in all directions were so ferocious that Irea was bitten by herself without even realizing it.
“This is why many wizards dismiss magic as the realm of creation and transmutation. So, if this simple ball of fire changes the structure of the organization…….”
The dizzying overflowing flames are gradually compressed and flattened to form the shape of a saw blade. Jeniel gave the circular saw blade a rotational motion.
Cheeying─
The saw blade makes a rough sound and starts to rotate furiously. It was terrifying because it was spinning with the momentum to grind everything it touched.
“In this way, it is also possible to use it as a weapon that effectively harms the opponent.”
“Gu, do I really have to learn these things?”
“Of course. No matter what happens, I will risk my life to protect you, but if an unexpected accident occurs, you must protect yourself. In addition, a preliminary hearing will be conducted shortly thereafter. Then at least you shouldn’t be embarrassed.”
At the mention of her previous advice, Irea lowered her gaze and unconsciously clenched her fist. Perhaps it was because it brought up bad memories.
Jennie Earl also understood the current reaction because he knew that Ireah had always been ignored by the prince and other high-ranking grand princes in the royal council.
But if you’re down like this, the class won’t go ahead. Jeniel changed the shape of the saw blade and adjusted its temperature to relieve Irea’s mood.
The sharp saw blade gradually changes into a round shape and then into a cute bell bird shape. A bird with detailed eyes, beak and feathers jumped down on the table and looked up at Irea.
Beep—
Irea raised her eyes at the sound of her crying and involuntarily let out a cheer.
“hahahaha…… !”
The ends of his hair stood out, and his dead eyes were revived. Excited, Irea leaned her upper body forward to observe the bellbird up close.
“Extremely cute! Was this even possible with magic?”
“Your Highness can do it with practice. You can also touch it directly because the temperature is controlled.”
“Are you sure?”
Can you touch a bird made of fire? Ireah gently stroked her bellbird’s head while thinking about it.
Beep—
Then the bellbird let out a pleasant cry and rubbed her head in Ireah’s hands. That came as a fresh shock to Irea.
‘It’s warm… ….’
Even though the flames were obviously weak, it was just warm rather than hot. Ireah, who had been fiddling with her bellbird for a while, raised her head as if she had made up her mind about something.
“Good! I will give it a try!”
She’s a trigger. She was fortunate to have regained her will no matter what.
“Okay. Then, from the most basic fireball…….”
Jennie Earl, who did not miss her passion, taught her Irea for about three hours. Irea also eagerly accepted Jenial’s teachings.
Although she is still clumsy, Irea faithfully followed what Jenny Earl showed her. In the process, Jenie Earl could see that Irea had her magical talents.
She had known about it in the past, but she couldn’t be sure of it because her headstrong Irea didn’t like learning and was suffering side effects from the pills on her feet.
‘More than that… ….’
There was a subtle takgi in the magic that Irea was creating. She can’t be seen from the outside, but if she takes the time to look deep down, she can spot those subtle twists in her.
Perhaps she was caused by the pills that Dure gave her. It would take quite a while to recover naturally, so it was best to remove it artificially.
“Stop it…… !”
She feels sorry for Ireah, who is working hard to make a bell bird, but it would be right for her today’s class to end here.
“Your Highness.”
“Huh? Yes?”
“It would be better to end the class here. There is something more urgent than class.”
“Ah. Then I can’t help it. I’ll take care of the rest, so you can go.”
“…… I’m sorry, but the urgent matter is related to Your Highness. If it’s okay with Her Highness, would it be okay if we moved places?”
Anything related to me? Irea innocently blinked her eyes as she made the finches she was making (actually more like hairballs) disappear.
“Why do you move places aside from urgent matters?”
“That…… I’m sorry to inform you, but can I borrow Her Highness’ ears for a while?”
One of Irea’s eyebrows frowned. It was because I had no idea what the story was supposed to be about.
After a brief thought, Ireah nodded her head, thinking that it would not be a big deal. After receiving her permission, Jenny Earl got up from her seat and approached Ireah, then bowed her head and whispered quietly.
“…… It is because Her Highness’s jacket must be removed.”
Thanks to that, Irea felt her whole body go cold.
“M-Neck!?”
I was so surprised, to the point where strange alien words came out.
*
Irea moved to the separate room only after Jennie Earl finished her secondary explanation. There was no one in her private room except Irea and Jenial, and all of her windows were covered with curtains.
At the entrance, it was a perfect secret room because Ruinel strictly controlled access. At least she didn’t have to worry about anyone else coming in.
After finishing all preparations, Jenial sat down on a chair in the center of the private room. Right in front of her, Irea, the princess of the Empire, was glaring at Jenial with an embarrassing face.
“…… I wish I could have explained the reason that it was for the purpose of treatment from the beginning.”
Irea’s grunting made Jenial’s face disrespectful. After all, it was Jeniel’s fault for skipping important details and only explaining the action.
“Sorry. He thought it was something that needed to be resolved quickly, but it seems that the words came out hastily.”
“Huh. I’ll forgive you. It’s not that I said it for a bad purpose.”
“Thank you for your generosity. Then would you like to undress?”
A saliva flows out at the word undressing. Even though she knew all about the situation, it was not normal to have to take off her clothes in front of a man.
Of course, I didn’t have to take off all my tops. It was because Jenial’s request was simply to expose the bare skin near the heart.
No matter how embarrassing it was, it was embarrassing! What a shameful thing to say that you have to take off your clothes in front of a professor.
If you hesitate, then it is clear that Jeniel will look down on you. Ireah, who didn’t like that, took off her cardigan and unbuttoned a couple of the top buttons of her top.
Taking a deep breath, Ireah tugged at her top and pulled it over her shoulders, then slowly lowered it. She did so, exposing some of her bare skin, before stopping her hand.
“Is this enough?”
“Let me check in a moment.”
Jeniel lowers his gaze. Irea did as well as requested, so the area between her breastbone and collarbone was exposed.
The lace of the pink bra was slightly sticking out because it went down more than expected, but Jeniel thought that it would be an awkward situation if he pointed it out, so he decided to just skip it.
“Yes. I guess we should proceed like this. It won’t take long, but minor pain can be transmitted to the body, so please let us know if you experience any abnormal symptoms.”
Jeniel said calmly and put his hand between Irea’s collarbones. When her warm and soft hand was placed on it, Ireah involuntarily trembled her shoulder and closed her eyes.
“Ah… ….”
Even though I’m clenching my teeth, a stupid moan flows through my teeth. Irea was ashamed of it and her face turned red.
You might think it was her mischief, but from Ireah’s point of view, this was a huge deviation. Think about it. It is Ireah who has spent her entire life in the Lotus Palace without contact with her opposite s*x.
Her attendants were all women, and her escort knight, Louis Nel, was also a woman. She sometimes kicked out all of her guest professors, even though there were males, not paying attention.
So, Irea has no physical contact with her men. She had never even ‘holding hands with a man’, which is said to have been experienced by all women of her age at least once.
But holding her hand was skipped and she made her touch her chest (between her collarbones to be exact), so it’s no wonder she’s embarrassed. Even if it is for therapeutic purposes.
“Um.”
Irea was sweating profusely and fighting her psychological resistance line, but Jennie Earl was calm. Because for Jennie Earl, this was nothing more and nothing less than her therapeutic purpose.
She asked Irea to undress her, and she was always there to treat and check her demon blood. It was only when her bare skin, not her clothes, were in contact with each other that she could examine the demon blood more directly.
‘As expected… ….’
Jenny Earl examined her blood vessels by projecting her body, and found that her small takki were scattered here and there in her blood vessels.
Since it was a small amount of dirty air, it was not difficult to dispose of it, so Jenial started cleaning up right away. Jenny Earl then begins to cause his hands to emit a soft blue light.
Jenial, who was removing the takgi accumulated in Irea’s bloodstream one by one, looked at Irea’s expression. The image of her blushing while biting her lower lip makes her look uneasy for some reason.
‘…… Are you sick?’
I don’t think you’ll get sick because the takgi doesn’t accumulate that much. He had doubts, but it seemed to be out of the ordinary, so Jenial asked in a worried tone.
“Your Highness. Please be honest about what you are feeling. That will help with treatment.”
“That, that’s… ….”
How far does this person want to embarrass himself? But he couldn’t help but say that it was helpful for treatment.
“Cow, hand…….”
You can’t collapse here, Irea! Irea, instilling her confidence in herself, said what she felt in her crawling voice.
“…… I think her hands are very big and warm.”
Thanks to that, a question mark appeared above Jeniel’s head. He asked her to tell her about the condition of his body, and he was just curious because he was out of the blue commenting on her hands.
In any case, it didn’t look like he was sick, so Jeniel was silent and focused on treatment. After about ten minutes had passed, Jenny Er removed her hand from Irea’s body.
“The treatment is over. Now that you have removed all the takgi accumulated in the Blood Path, you should be able to use magic more smoothly. However, you should not use magic today as it can put a strain on your body.”
Is the treatment over? Only then did Irea open her eyes and look at Jeniel. The calm and sharp eyes as always, Ireah didn’t like her for some reason.
While he was receiving treatment, his mind was confused, but Jennie Earl had a calm expression, like someone who had just finished a light workout.
Thinking that way somehow makes me grumpy. I felt like I would have to see that man who looked like a stronghold in a state of panic at least once to clear my mind.
“…… I mean you.”
Irea, who worked hard on the abacus in her head, thought of her idea and smiled leisurely. However, she thought that only she was relaxed, so it was a slightly distorted smile to Jenny Earl.
“Didn’t you have a strange thought while treating me? This devil-“
“No.”
However, the attack of conversion was blocked by Jeniel’s iron wall.
“I don’t even lust after your body. In the relationship between the ruler and the lord, it does not make sense for me, as a servant, to have lust for Your Highness.”
It was the truth without a single false word. Even that insensitive expression added confidence to Jeniel’s words. Thanks to this, Irea was driven into a little more corner.
“That…… Yes? That much I knew. Ahahahaha…….”
Awkward laughter and awkward gestures combine with Irea’s flushed face to form a triplex. Leaving Ireah like that, Jenny Earl stood up and bowed his head.
“Then I will leave. The next class will be held outside the Imperial Palace, so please be aware of it in advance. We will contact you separately when the class is ready.”
Irea, who didn’t even have time to answer, just nodded her head slightly with her knees together. Only then did Jenny Earl turn around and leave the private room.
It wasn’t until the sound of her shoes faded away that Irea let go of her tension and let out the breath she had been holding back. Tears welled up in Ireah’s eyes as she pondered what Jenial said.
‘Too much… ….’
Unintentionally, she was hurt.