All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 67

“You’re saying there’s a price. What is it?”

“An artifact or a holy relic.”

I knew Baradis County was wealthy.

With the Grand Assembly [a major gathering of religious and political figures] not far off, being able to summon a high priest meant they also had significant influence within the Solar Church.

They should be able to easily acquire a good artifact or holy relic.

As Ian expected, they both sighed in relief, as if a great burden had been lifted.

“I can provide a good artifact,” Eldan said.

“We can also offer a holy relic greater than a Solar Brilliance Stone. Our Baradis County regularly provides substantial support not only to the Lunar Church but also to the Solar Church,” Helid added.

Giving a holy relic wouldn’t be difficult for them.

However, even Paul couldn’t provide treatment beyond maintaining Leila’s current condition.

*I had heard Ian was remarkable, but could he really perform such treatment?*

Under Leila’s questioning gaze, Ian opened his bag.

“What is that?” she asked.

“It’s called the Thousandfold Needle.”

Needles I made in my spare time at the academy.

As I took out dozens of long needles from the luxurious box, Helid paled.

“Isn’t that a torture device?”

“There are better things for torture than this,” I replied.

“I’ve heard that something similar is used in southern healing arts….” Paul mused.

“This is on a different level.”

*It really is on a different level.*

*Because it’s a technology from a completely different world.*

As I finished preparing for the acupuncture by sterilizing the needles, Kirke said.

‘I said I’d use everything in this life. And it was nice to see her resist. I’ll use the Thousandfold Gate Acupuncture [an advanced acupuncture technique]. Prepare.’

For most injuries, I can just use my own healing arts with the power of the sun and moon, so there’s no reason to use acupuncture.

But the wound to her soul is too great.

That’s why she needed proper treatment, and there was nothing better than the Thousandfold Gate Acupuncture.

While Kirke analyzed the spots where the needles should be placed, Leila looked afraid.

“Uh… what are you going to do with that?”

“I’m going to poke you,” Ian said nonchalantly, and she was even more afraid.

“First, give me your hand.”

“Ugh. Will this really heal me?”

To her, who was afraid, Ian said seriously.

“I will definitely heal you.”

I took her hand, which was as thin and dry as a piece of wood.

On her rather rough skin, I fearlessly placed the needles.

Hands, feet.

And the nape of her neck and head.

Forehead and abdomen.

Ian skillfully placed dozens of needles on her and infused them with the energy of the sun.

“Ian, is that okay?” Eldan asked, concerned.

“Watch.”

Even with dozens of needles placed, Leila didn’t seem to be in pain.

Rather, her pale face was regaining color.

“Uh… I definitely feel more comfortable.”

“Stay like that.”

Acupuncture with the sun’s energy to help the body recover.

This much should be enough for treatment.

Leaving her looking quite comfortable, Ian went out the window into the garden.

“Ian!! I, is it okay like this?!” Leila called out.

“It’s okay, just leave her alone,” Ian replied.

With just those words, he basked in the warm sunlight and began to meditate.

As the sun set, Ian returned to the room and removed the needles.

Leila’s complexion was much better than before the needles were placed.

No. She had definitely improved.

She, who couldn’t even eat a bowl of soup this morning, was able to eat soup and bread for dinner.

And that’s not all.

She could walk and hold a book.

Leila, who never thought she would get this much better, looked at Ian with a surprised face.

“Don’t forget about it either,” Ian reminded them.

“Of course. But Ian, where did you learn this? I heard similar treatments are only possible in the south….” Leila asked, curious.

*Where, from whom, and what Ian learned.*

*That was the biggest question even in the academy.*

No one knows exactly about him.

And even if you ask, Ian only reacts indifferently.

Even Helid, who is good at information gathering, couldn’t investigate that much.

So it was understandable to be curious, but he didn’t care.

*Is that important now?*

Leila got better.

Thinking that she would be grateful even if Ian was a demon, Helid held Leila’s hand tightly.

“Leila!!”

Eldan and Paul rushed in upon hearing that she had gotten better.

Eldan examined Leila’s improved complexion, rejoiced, and hugged her.

“Thank goodness! Thank goodness!”

“This isn’t the end,” Ian said, his tone matter-of-fact.

Even if I’ve treated her, the tiger is still out there.

If I just leave it alone, she’ll get worse again.

Eldan nodded at Ian’s indifferent words.

When he heard from Helid that Ian was going to catch the tiger, it seemed absurd.

Even he, a 6-circle mage [a powerful magic user], went out to look for it after hearing its voice, but couldn’t see the tiger.

*But even if he is the winner of the Heroic Tournament, could he really do it?*

But he accepted it while doubting it because Helid spoke with confidence.

But now that he even healed Leila, he had plenty of trust in him.

“Is there anything else you need?! I’ll do anything! Anything!” Eldan exclaimed.

“Leila will tell you that. And that’s not the problem right now.”

The sun was setting.

It was time for the tiger to move.

“Close the doors and don’t open them until I allow it,” Ian instructed.

“I understand!” Eldan replied, nodding heavily.

Time passed.

Ian read a magic book, and Leila stroked Myane with her eyes closed.

Helid didn’t let go of the sword in his hand, and Eldan gripped his staff tightly, preparing magic.

Only Paul’s prayer echoed in the quiet room.

“Leila… Leila…”

Suddenly, a faint voice of unknown origin was heard from outside the window.

Helid tensed up, gripping his sword, and Paul raised his voice in prayer.

“May the moon take its place here, watching over everyone from the heavens….”

As Paul prayed, lunar energy was emitted along with divine power.

While Ian secretly accepted it, Eldan even held up an artifact.

“Shaaa!!”

Myane, who was sitting on Leila’s lap, bristled.

Just as Myane began to openly be wary, the sound of knocking on the door was heard.

-Knock knock.

“What is it?” Eldan asked.

“Lord, I’ve brought a late-night snack.”

“Come in….” Eldan started to say.

“I told you not to open it,” Ian interrupted.

Kirke stated.

This was just the tiger’s trick.

As Ian spoke without taking his eyes off the magic book, Eldan immediately ordered.

“We don’t need it, take it back.”

There was no answer.

Only the sound of knocking continued.

Eldan felt a chill down his spine.

What maid in the County would do things like this?

-Knock knock knock knock, bang! Bang! Bang!

The knocking sound grew louder.

Now they were hitting the door as if they were completely pounding on it.

Paul prayed even louder, and Helid drew his sword and asked.

“Ian, is it okay?”

“You stay next to Leila.”

When he said that, a voice was heard from outside the window.

“Lady Leila! It’s me! Hena! I barely escaped from the tiger! Please open the door!”

“Lady Leila! This is Kiton! I killed the tiger and barely escaped! Please open the door!!”

Both of them died a month or two ago.

As the voices of those who were already dead were heard, Leila covered her ears with both hands.

It was then.

The voice heard from outside the window changed.

“Leila… it’s your mother….”

Eldan’s expression hardened at that voice.

No, Leila, Helid, and even Paul, all of their expressions hardened.

“…Mom… is… dead….” Leila whispered.

“It’s the tiger. You know it’s imitating the voices of the dead, right?” Ian said, trying to bring her back to reality.

At those words, Leila tightly closed her eyes.

Even though she knew it was fake, tears flowed from her eyes.

“M… Mom…?”

No matter how strong she pretended to be, she was still just a girl.

In addition, she was still recovering from the tiger’s attack, so she fell into temptation more easily.

As Leila spoke in a trembling voice, the voice outside answered desperately.

“Yes… it’s your mother. There’s… there’s something outside. So please open the door.”

Something was flickering outside the window.

It was like a black shadow.

As it clung to the window and desperately pleaded, Leila raised herself up without realizing it.

Helid grabbed her arm tightly.

“Countess [Leila’s mother] is dead.”

“B, but….”

As Leila hesitated, Eldan also stopped her.

But his gaze was also fixed on the window.

“Honey? Are you there…? Please open the door…. Honey… Wh, what is that outside… There’s a tiger. A tiger… Honey! Honey!! Leila!!”

“Don’t look,” Ian commanded.

Paul also tried to stop them, but Leila and Eldan’s eyes kept turning to the window.

Then, the sound of knocking on the window grew louder and shook as if it would break at any moment.

-Bang! Bang! Bang!

“Leila! Please open the door! Aaaagh!!”

A large shadow was seen behind the shadow.

Something that was reflected in the window was seen grabbing something that was on the window.

“Sniff… sob… M, Mom… Mom….”

Leila’s sobbing grew louder.

Ian, who was listening to it, went to the window and said.

“Hey, be quiet at night. What time is it now?”

Even with Ian’s words, the desperate and urgent cries continued.

“Honey!! Leila!! Aaaagh! Open it! Open it!!”

-Bang bang bang!!

“Get lost.”

Then, a shout was heard from outside the door.

“Lord! It’s a disaster! You must come out right now! A tiger has appeared outside and is killing everyone!”

*I don’t know whose voice that is.*

*But shouldn’t we go out and fight right now?*

Eldan gripped his staff tightly.

“Wh, what should I do?”

*Should I go out?*

*Should I not?*

While he didn’t know what to do, Helid picked up his weapon.

“Ian! What do we do! Is it okay to leave it like that?! Can’t you catch it now?!”

“Hmm. It’s not a problem to catch that guy… but the conclusion from the Archaeological Society hasn’t come out yet,” Ian said.

Eldan shouted urgently at Ian’s words.

“Can you stop that?! If you can, I’ll do anything for you!!”

“Aaaagh! Honey!! Honey!! Save me! Honey!! Leilaaaa!!”

Just hearing that scream made my head explode.

As Eldan pleaded, Ian nodded.

“You promised.”

He immediately opened the window.

There was a thick fog outside the window, and something was standing there.

It was a monster with silver fur.

It was bigger than a person and had red eyes.

Its front paws were long and its claws were sharp.

The monster, which had black patterns all over its body and looked like a tiger no matter how you looked at it, shouted gleefully.

“Aaaah~ Honey~ You opened the door!!”

And rushed towards the window at a terrifying speed.

-Thud!!

It was punched once by Ian and fell backward.

“Close the door. Activate the barrier if you’re scared,” Ian, who had gone outside, instructed.

Helid hurriedly closed the window.

In the meantime, the white tiger monster, who had gotten up, chuckled.

“Hee hee hee hee!! Honey~ Leilaaa!! Helidddd!!”

Ian quickly swung his sword at him.

In an instant, a pure white moon appeared, cutting through the fog.

The tiger was hit by the Moonlight Slash, but only laughed grotesquely.

“Oh.”

The energy of the moon rippled from the body of the tiger, who was laughing at Ian.

“Hahaha!! You moron! Trying to catch me using only the power of the moon!!”

“Hey. You’re pretty good?” Ian acknowledged.

“I stole the power of that moron who only asks that question and researched the moon. So….”

The monster’s mouth opened.

Powerful lunar energy flowed out from within.

“Now the knowledge of the moon is also mine! That damn snake bastard’s ruins can’t hold me either! Hahaha!! Now I’ll catch and eat all the guys here!! Instead of the demon bastards, I will rule the world!!”

The tiger rejoiced and mocked Ian.

Ian, who was looking at him laughing grotesquely, raised his sword.

Demonic Divine Art, Chapter of the Sun.

Black Flowing Fire.

-Whoosh!!

Black solar flames soared from the sword.

The black solar flames that had completely dominated the sky.

Even that was made his own by the Demonic Master, and thus he ruled the sky.

As the power of that Demonic Master was realized, the tiger was horrified and asked.

“Uh. Um. That… is that the fire of the sun?”

Ian nodded.

As Ian affirmed, the monster muttered.