It is my Destiny to be the Savior of the Protagonist

“Then should I miss her? You got it, right? I couldn’t prevent you from being kidnapped, but if I miss the culprit, I’ll have to go out and die.”

“It’s a black magician. Wasn’t it dangerous?”

“What is a black magician? Do you underestimate me?”

Erich replied bluntly. Ariadne opened her mouth slightly in surprise.

‘You really got her? A warlock?’

She knew very well that Erich Weaver was great. However, the Erich she knew was the Erich who appeared in the original work. Every time the main character returned, he changed a little, but it’s usually Erich Weaver, who was between 28 and 30 years old. At the age of 20, she had no idea he would have the skills to track down and catch a warlock who had already run away.

“Is she locked up?”

“Uh. I heard about her rough purpose and methods, and would like to ask for a more detailed interrogation when grandfather returns. If I do any more, I’ll probably kill her.”

Erich, who answered indifferently, continued his words.

“Anyway, you have nothing to worry about. As for the bastard of Eldeer, the adults will take care of it, so don’t worry about it.”

“No. Don’t touch the Duke.”

Ariadne said calmly. Erich asked back with a puzzled face.

“What? If you’ve been through this, are you going to leave him alone?”

“The opponent is a black magician. The Duke knew nothing, and he would claim he was a victim of black magic. Then it is difficult to punish him officially. If you do something wrong, it will flow like it was because of the black magician who abused me, isn’t it?”

Erich’s mouth was tightly shut. The demon world’s goal was the destruction of this world, not conquest. The only people the demons did not kill were those who received the black cup. And that ‘right to survive’ was given only to those who were useful in the demon realm, not to those around them, such as their families or relatives. In other words, receiving the black cup meant trying to kill all humans except yourself. Was he collaborating with them? It didn’t make sense unless you’re a suicidal person. So those who were entangled with the black magician were almost the victims. Whether it was intimidation, brainwashing, or using deceptive magic, those who were forcibly used anyway. The Duke of Eldeer was a very unusual case due to factions within the Demon Realm. No one even knew that there was a rivalry between factions in the Pandemonium. It would be much more natural to claim that the Duke was the victim.

To be honest, even Ariadne herself, who had heard directly from the black magician, found it difficult to completely believe what Leda said.

‘It’s good if I don’t dismiss it as a nightmare or an illusion of a kidnapped child.’

Besides, if this story came out, it should be revealed that the Elixir was a work of the Devil World.

‘That’s not allowed. They’ll hate the elixir. The wrong fire poop might even shoot at me.’

Ariadne said quietly.

“Leave the Duke alone. Whether he says he is a victim or not.”

“Then let’s let the dog pretend to be the victim? I hate that.”

“I hate it too. But I hate it more when Weaver goes too far to punish him.”

“Don’t underestimate us, Aria.”

“I’m not looking down on you, I’m worried about you. And…”

Her expression turned cold.

“He belongs to me.”

Erich saw the eyes of a girl as cute as a doll burning bright blue. A feeling of anger, hatred, or both blazed within him.

“Franz Eldeer, I will take care of him. When I get old enough to take everything from him.”

“…take everything?”

“I have to be 18 to inherit the title. Until I grow up, he has to safely take care of it.”

Ariadne replied lightly. Erich was surprised to see his cousin, who was only half his size so resolute. If, somehow, the Duke of Eldeer proved that he had joined hands with the Warlock, the Duke would be executed as a traitor to humanity. Then everything the Duke had was highly likely to disappear. First of all, the royal family would recover most of it while punishing him. The rest would be torn to shreds in the name of “taking care of” by relatives who were later in the succession order on behalf of the minor heir. So the Duke had to live unpunished. 

Until Ariadne Eldeer rightfully inherited the title.

‘The more we know about our skeletons, the better she is.’

At that age, she was not swayed by emotions, knew how to properly take care of herself, and moved while considering points that were difficult even for adults to think about. Looking at the Elixir business, he even doubted whether she was looking into the future.

‘The more I know, the more surprised I’m.’

Erich was amazed again. If it continues like this, it might be said that she was the person who used the spirit magic that saved Ariadne.

‘Ah, please. Anyway, that’s really nonsense.’

It was conceptually impossible. Perhaps a passing elemental sage was lucky enough to help. He was looking for the elemental sage to repay.

“…yes, you are right I will tell my parents and grandparent that way too.”

“Thank you.”

“If you’re grateful, let’s stop thinking about things and eat something.”

Erich smiled and pulled the sling line. It wasn’t long before the bedroom was filled with food. It was focused on easy-to-digest dishes.

Erich had a meal with Ariadne after a long time. She lifted her head as if she had suddenly remembered it while she was eating her appetizer.

“Oh, brother.”

“Huh?”

“You know, I can use spirit magic.”

Erich almost spewed his drink. Ariadne calmly said to him who was coughing loudly.

“I heard that there is a spirit practice room that mother used to use in the basement of the castle. Please open that up.”

Erich Weaver thought while giggling.

In matters involving Ariadne, let’s just throw away common sense from now on.

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Ariadne looked down at the broken silver spirit lamp. It was the spirit lamp that Leda had given her as a gift. After it was revealed belatedly that there was sleeping powder in it, she disassembled it and investigated it just in case. The results were nothing. The Picaro custom of making knotted strings was also true.

‘My heart must have been fooled.’

The elaborate knotted string attached to the spirit lantern was broken and unraveled. She received this with great pleasure. It reminded her of her mother too.

‘I’m relaxed.’

She couldn’t believe it.

‘Knowing full well that if I don’t expect it, I won’t get hurt.’

All this while she was surrounded by nice people. She realized all over again how rare they were in this world. Ariadne threw the knotted string into the fireplace. The string quickly burned to ashes.

She was staring at it when she heard a knock.

“This is Veronica Brante.”

“Come in.”

The door opened and Veronica entered. Ariadne said without looking at her.

“Nika, it said you collapsed while training. Jailin said you were overworked. She said it was the first time she had ever seen a spirit knight collapse from overwork while training. Why is that?”

“I’m lacking.”

“What is missing? Of the snow leopard knights, Nika is the strongest. My aunt also said she couldn’t beat you anymore.”

“…I couldn’t keep you safe.”

Ariadne looked back at Veronica only then. Veronica silently lowered her eyes. Ariadne let out a small sigh.

“It’s not Nika’s fault.”

“I saw the young lady slipping away… I didn’t notice. She passed right in front of my door.”

“You were sleeping.”

“It doesn’t matter.”

Veronica bit her lip in anger. Ariadne stared blankly at her, and then she decided. It was a decision she had been putting on hold for years.

“Nika, do you want to become stronger than now?”

“Yes.”

“Even if you overreact?”

“Yes.”

“It could be dangerous. You could die but if there is a way for you to become much stronger than you are now, will you try it?”

“Yes?”

Veronica looked at her curiously. Ariadne held out one of her maps to her.

“It’s a map of the contaminated area south of the Great Forest. Here, see where I marked?”

“Yes… But why is this…?”

“There will be a small pond here. There will be a lot of monsters on the way, so be prepared.”

Then, afterward, she pulled out three envelopes.

“When you find the pond, open the first letter. After looking at the letter, you will know when to open the second envelope.”

“Hey, lady, what the hell is this?”

“And the last envelope, you should only open it when it’s really dangerous and desperate.”

What the colleague who betrayed the main character got was there. Ariadne had started working on some things through Simon as soon as she had amassed wealth with the elixir. One of them was to create a group of mercenaries to work for her. She made a huge investment in the mercenaries and made them do a lot of work. Most of it was to obtain useful items, objects, and information from the original work in advance. They have also been looking for clues about this place. They didn’t know what it was, but they secured it. It was the place she was going to send someone when she decided on a spirit knight to go to the Great Labyrinth with. To get the power the traitor obtained there instead.

“If you really want to become strong, trust me and go here.”

Shall she believe and follow these stupid words? Would she trust her? Ariadne looked at Veronica with a half-gambling feeling.