Chapter 10
Tears dripped from Karin’s pink eyes.
“What kind of life are you living?”
“Teacher, are you crying?”
Pink eyes filled with melancholy.
A pitiful gaze that felt sorry for the child.
Trembling red lips.
However, Isabel did not let go of her vigilance.
‘It would have been a big problem if I hadn’t read the novel.’
Karin was also a master of disguise and acting.
So, she was sure that the current tears were, of course, acting.
Isabel spoke calmly, holding her wavering heart firmly.
“Don’t cry. Stop.”
Karin hugged Isabel tightly.
She hugged her carefully, as if she would break if she held her too tightly.
“Don’t be indifferent to death.”
That’s deceiving and abusing yourself.
She didn’t say those words.
However, she thought she understood Isabel’s heart better than anyone else.
‘Because that’s how I was when I was young.’
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Karin grew up very unhappily.
Her parents abandoned her at an orphanage.
She was not very active and was rather timid from a young age.
Her beautiful appearance became a poison to her.
‘Th, that, I’m sorry.’
‘So, you can’t go out with me?’
There was a boy in the orphanage who was three years older than Karin.
His name was Michael, and he confessed to Karin, but Karin did not accept his confession.
The bullying started then.
‘You rejected me?’
Michael, who was 14 years old, was bigger and stronger than his peers.
There was no child in the orphanage who could defy him.
The teachers at the orphanage were not on her side either.
‘There’s a reason why you’re being bullied. If you behave properly, it will get better. Now, hold hands, shake hands, and make up.’
The teachers hated the noise in the orphanage.
Therefore, Karin had to silently endure bullying and harassment.
At some point, she became indifferent to the bullying.
Then one day.
When a wizard who happened to recognize Karin’s magical talent said he would adopt her.
That is, when hope arose.
She realized that she was not okay.
‘It’s so hard.’
She hid under the covers, bit the covers tightly, and cried.
What she had been repeating to herself that she was okay was just a lie to herself because it was too hard.
The person who adopted her was Wilhelm, the Chief Mage of the Mirotel Magic Federation.
‘My name is Wilhelm. Call me dad now.’
She was seized by a vague hope.
Maybe now she could be happy, she thought.
However, the nightmare did not end there either.
‘For magic training, an intimate and deep exchange between teacher and disciple must be prioritized.’
Wilhelm, known to the world as an angel, was a madman with two faces.
Wilhelm that Karin remembers was just a filthy beast.
Life at the orphanage was better.
She gave up everything.
‘It’s all okay. It doesn’t matter.’
If he taught her magic, she learned magic, and if he told her to do other things, she just did them.
She thought of herself as a living doll.
At some point, she decided to take revenge.
There was no burning rage.
She just calmly decided to live with revenge as her goal.
‘I need to build up my strength.’
She devoted herself to magic training even more diligently than before.
When she turned 20, she earned the honor of being the youngest 1st Class Mage.
And when she turned 22, she heard a rumor that the princess of the Bilotian Sword Empire was looking for a magic teacher.
‘Let’s get out of Wilhelm’s arms and build up my strength.’
What she has been interested in recently was related to ‘Narvidal’.
Narvidal is the g*d of death.
If she could wield the power of G*d, she would be able to take revenge on Wilhelm.
‘A child with the Mark of Narvidal would be helpful to my research.’
She thought so.
So she came to meet the princess, and the princess, like a child, was full of curiosity.
‘How old are you?’
‘Why is your name Karin?’
‘When did you start learning magic?’
The princess asked her many things.
Then she realized.
‘This is the first time someone has been curious about me.’
For the first time, someone asked about ‘me’.
‘It’s jelly. I saved it. Peach flavor.’
The princess also gave out her treasure without hesitation.
The way she lowered her voice and looked wary, as if she wouldn’t let anyone see it, was like a meerkat.
Suddenly, she felt that her innocent appearance was lovely.
Then one day, the princess said.
‘Ishabel is living to give gifts.’
Karin was greatly shocked.
Knowing that she would d*e at the age of 21.
This child said she was living to give gifts.
‘Meeting Teacher Karin is also a gift.’
She was among those gifts.
It was the first time Karin had heard such words.
‘Have I ever been someone’s gift?’
Never once.
Since meeting the princess, everything was a first for Karin.
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“……”
So she wanted to tell her.
That she shouldn’t be so indifferent.
‘If you’re a person, it’s natural to want to live.’
And the child asked again.
“Is Ishabel a bad child?”
“Your Highness is a good child.”
In the princess’s appearance, there was young Karin.
The appearance of calmly accepting death and giving up on life was also Karin’s self-portrait.
Tears welled up.
The burden the three-year-old child was carrying seemed too heavy and overwhelming.
“I’ll hug you.”
“Teacher?”
“I’ll carry that heavy and scary burden with you.”
Isabel’s body flinched.
She quickly hugged Karin with her short arms, saying, ‘Really?’
She hugged her in a hurry because she was afraid her flustered expression would be revealed.
‘Come on, get a grip. You can’t be charmed. She’s the psychopathic final boss.’
She made up her mind not to be fooled by that warm appearance.
‘Phew, I almost really got moved.’
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However, not everything went smoothly.
There were still many in the Magic Federation who followed Wilhelm.
The title of the wicked woman who betrayed her father weakened Karin’s dominance.
In such a situation, there was only one thing Karin could choose.
‘The only answer is war.’
She had to express her internal dissatisfaction externally.
She expanded her power based on her overwhelming magical skills.
The people and mages of the Magic Federation gradually began to acknowledge her.
In the midst of all this, Karin gradually changed.
‘It’s fun.’
She learned the joy she had never felt before.
Ironically, the most enjoyable memories of her life were war and conquest.
So that became the reason for her to live.
However, her sprint was blocked by Arun, the Emperor of Bilotian.
‘I have to k*ll Arun.’
She tried every means possible.
She even resorted to black magic.
She sacrificed humans and made a pact with the devil.
To k*ll Arun and destroy the Sword Empire.
At some point, that became the only reason she lived.
Karin, who would have lived like that in the novel, was now Isabel’s magic teacher.
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Six months passed.
“……So, like this, you feel the mana. Once you’ve done that, focus on this pebble and try to overlay that mana on it. Oh, and the flow of mana is basically direct current. Think of a strong and fast straight flow.”
She knew it wouldn’t work anyway.
As she had done so far, she tried to focus on building a close relationship with the princess.
Karin, who thought they had become quite close now, decided to try teaching magic.
It was more like playing house than actually thinking she could learn magic.
“Like this?”
Karin’s eyes widened.
‘Huh?’
It was invisible to ordinary people, but it was clearly visible to the eyes of a skilled mage.
A thick mana membrane was forming on the pebble.
It was a level that Karin was only able to reach after six months of formally learning magic.
‘The color of the mana membrane……’
The mana membrane was a colorful light.
Five-colored mana.
She had only encountered it in theory, but this was the first time she had seen it in reality.
Even Karin’s mana, which was called genius, was only four-colored.
Karin swallowed her saliva and ordered something else.
“Try to lift the pebble.”
“Yes!”
Isabel clenched her fists and closed her eyes tightly.
She put all her strength into her whole body, and her eyelashes trembled.
“Heave-ho!”
When Isabel opened her eyes with a sparkle, the pebble floated up.
It was a level that Karin was only able to reach after a year of learning magic.
Karin, hiding her surprise, spread her palm.
“Can you move it here?”
“Yeah, I got it.”
Perhaps because her concentration was broken while speaking, the pebble fell on the desk.
“Hehe, I failed.”
“……”
“Teacher, shall we try again?”
Isabel swallowed her saliva.
‘This is so much fun!’
Isabel was very interested in and enjoyed this mysterious telekinesis.
Karin’s eyes, looking at the fallen pebble, shook greatly.
Even though she had clearly failed, her body was trembling.
“Teacher, what’s wrong?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
Karin adjusted her glasses.
She quickly hid her left hand under the table.
The remnants of the magic circle remained faintly on her left hand.
‘The table almost broke.’
To prevent an accident, Karin had to use shock absorption magic.
‘Even though she can’t control it yet, the natural quality of her mana is exceptional.’
Karin realized.
Isabel was a child born for magic.
More time passed.
Isabel was now four years old.
