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n“Well, that’s okay. It doesn’t matter whether you run away or not. But I want to know this. Do you know me?”

n“……..”

n“Oddly enough, I think you know me even though I’ve seen you for the first time at the auction today.”

nIt was similar to what Hypron said to me.

nDid he feel this way too?

nThis man I’ve never seen before seems strangely familiar.

nThe man was still silent.

nI wasn’t disappointed because I didn’t expect his response.

n“You don’t want to answer that either? Well, that’s okay. I don’t intend to force you.”

nInstead, I walked away to the old table with a single step.

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nI put my hand on the table, smiled languidly, and turned to the man.

n“I know I’m shameless, but since you’ve helped me once, why don’t you help me one more time?”

nI had no basis for this hunch, but my intuition told me this man would surely help me.

n***

nHe ran and ran. His lungs screamed, and he gasped, struggling for air and completely out of breath.

nNevertheless, he ran without stopping.

nIgelto still couldn’t believe he was alive.

nI thought I was going to die.

nYes. The hot fire hit him, and he was struggling in pain.

nThen, at some point, I didn’t feel any pain.

nWhen he realized that, he felt increasingly strange.

nEven though flames covered and licked him, there wasn’t a single burn.

nThe bracelet glowed.

nIgelto took his eyes off the bracelet and looked around.

nI don’t know when it happened, but the auction house was consumed in flames.

nAnd somehow, I was still alive in the midst of all of it.

nAt first, I thought it was a miracle.

nHowever, the more I think back, the more I feel that it is not a coincidence.

nIgelto looked down at the bracelet on his wrist.

nFor some reason, he couldn’t erase the feeling that there was more to this bracelet than he had initially thought.

nMaybe this bracelet was protecting him.

nIgelto continued running towards the exit.

nFinally, there was a light peaking out.

n“Choke-!”

nThe moment before he reached the exit, Igelto’s body was pushed against the wall.

nNot because he lost his footing, but because of an irresistible force that crushed his body.

nBut it didn’t feel like someone pushed me.

nThe impact on the wall prevented Igelto from moving easily.

nI looked around hazily with blurred vision.

nA shadowy figured approach, and I heard the echo of it walking toward me from a distance.

n“What? You are alive?”

nIgelto instinctively shrunk back.

nThis is dangerous.

n***

nI failed Plan A: Buy the elf.

nBut Plan B has not yet failed.

nI gave Igelto a bracelet for Plan B.

nIn the first place, there was no such thing as a magic bracelet to fulfill a contract.

nIt was a word made up to pass the moment.

nIgelto’s bracelet is meant to protect him from danger. If you didn’t tell him, he wouldn’t risk his life believing in the power of the bracelet.

nBecause there is a risk.

nAt the same time, the bracelet was also a medium for mobile magic.

nBefore the auction began, I drew a magic circle around a statue.

nThe magic circle transported what I desired if I injected mana into it. What I wanted would be moved to the magic circle.

nBefore the male protagonist came at me, I immediately ran to the magic circle and tried to summon Igelto.

nSo the magic circle and the magic bracelet I put on Igelto’s wrist acted as a connecting bridge between us.

nHuman eyes could barely see the place where I painted the magic circle because it was so dark.

nAlso, the distance from the auction house was adequate.

nAs the distance increases, the amount of mana it consumes increases as well.

nConsidering the amount of magic power I could consume, the distance was close, but it far enough away from the auction house.

nI wish I could avoid such a troublesome endeavor and just run off with Igelto, but I couldn’t.

nThe first floor was very messy, so it was difficult to move.

nAnd you’re going to take the elf out of the area where the hero is?

nThat’s ridiculous.

nI made a mana sword appear in my hand and drew a circle on the desk.

nI couldn’t reach the magic circle I had drawn near the auction house, so I had to draw a new one quickly. And then proceeded to draw all kinds of formulas within the circle.

nIt was challenging to draw on the rough wood. But now that there was no paper, the only place to draw the magic circle was this table.

n“It’s done. Now, then, give it a little bit of your power.”

nIt was the same magic spell I drew before the auction started.

nAt my words, the man put his hand on the magic circle.

nThen, a dim light began to rise above the magic circle.

nThe man was obedient to my words.

nI couldn’t help but wonder about the motivation behind all his eccentric actions.

n“Is this a moving magic circle?”

n“Yes.”

n“…… I’m sorry, but I can’t recall it.”

n“What?”

nI quickly put my hand on the magic circle.

nI checked if there was a problem with the magic I drew, but nothing was wrong with it.

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nEven if the lines are loose, I drew them accurately.

n‘…… Is the bracelet broken?’

nIgelto alone cannot break the bracelet.

nIt is designed so that only the person who put it on and filled it with mana can take it off.

nWith powerful mana, the tightly-knit bracelet was a high-grade magic item.

nIf such a bracelet broke…..

nThere is one hypothesis that can be established here.

nHe met a wizard who had a stronger ability than the bracelet had.

n“Can you use teleportation one more time?”

nThe man nodded, telling me could.

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