A Deal With The Frigid Wizard

id a little research around Hisran, he would soon find someone who has come from another dimension.
Even if they have a different appearance from the people here or change their appearance with polymorph magic, they would have different characteristics.

“Then, Count Gloria’s daughter is useless.”

Count Gloria’s only daughter, Elena Gloria.

She was recently recognized for her talent for magic by the nearby magic tower branch.
She was seventeen this year.
It was late, although she was old enough to learn magic if she wanted to.

She was particularly gifted at dealing with the magic of a cold nature.
The warlock, who accidentally obtained this information, doubted whether she was the possessor of a strong yin.
Still, the warlock thought that Elena was also a good vessel candidate, so they devised a scheme to obtain her body.

They dazzled one of the Count’s maids, so that they put a worm in Elena’s food that was barely visible to the naked eye.
The worm’s name was ‘Rigor.’ At the time when the warlocks were proudly roaming this continent, it was more widely known as ‘False Death Worm’ than its original name.

This worm was a kind of parasite.
When it entered the body of a living organism, it slowly absorbed life force, leading to a state of suspended animation.

Usually, they collapsed within three days of Rigor infiltrating, and within ten days at the latest, the worm burrowed into the heart, causing the heart to temporarily stop and appear dead.
However, they weren’t really dead.

Rigor was a creature that went through metamorphosis.
The reason that the heart of the most nutrient-rich life form nests from a pupa to a moth was because it needed a lot of nutrients to become an adult.
How to get better nutrients from living creatures than dead ones.

So, Rigor kept life by flowing a special secretion into the body of the living being who had fallen into a false death.

After all, all the warlock needed was Elena’s living body.
They planned to quietly take away the body that had turned into a corpse after the funeral at County Gloria.

If there was one mistake they made, it was ignoring the love the Count had for his daughter.

Count Gloria did not spare his wealth and personal connections, and mobilized all his powers to pour out the divine power of the priest on his fallen daughter.
Among them, the divine power did not destroy Rigor, but it made its movements dull.

Because the worm had not yet reached the heart, the Count’s daughter looked as though Elena had just collapsed.

“Now, no one will know of Rigor’s existence.
We should just leave it alone and focus on Hisran.”

Devrant, who had decided in the direction he would move, summoned what he called his right arm.

***

‘What is love?’

‘That’s how I feel about His.’

To the young son who asked with sparkling eyes, the father answered with a smile.
Even though they were a bit fiery when they were angry, they were usually affectionate parents to their children.

‘Then, does father love mother more than me? You never get angry with mother.’

‘What…? Haha, is that how it is? It may be difficult to say, though my love for His and Vellita are a little different.
His as the only child, and Velita as the only woman.’

‘As a woman…?’

‘If His is a little bigger, I’m sure you’ll find a woman who makes your heart race and looks pretty no matter what she does.’

‘What if there is no such person?’

‘Just do what His likes.
It’s all right if your heart isn’t beating fast from the start.
Do you feel attracted to something? That’s enough.
If you are kind to her and work hard, your body and your heart will follow.’

‘Look at this.
That is nothing you should say to a child.’

The mother looked happy as she patted his father on the back with her little hand.

A smile hung on the corner of Hisran’s lips as he looked at her.
At the same time, he felt that he wanted to see Jaeha.
Is it a selfish wish to want to see her smiling happily by his side like his mother?

When the corners of his chest tickled and he opened his eyes, Hisran recognized that he was lying in bed.
He had a vague memory of finding the warlocks and throwing a fireball once… What happened after that?

“As long as she is safe…”

…All other minor issues will be fine.

Hisran, who raised his body halfway and glanced around, noticed that this was the bedroom in the Viscounty.
And, he found someone sleeping on a chair by the bed.

“Jaeha…”

It was her, she was the one Hisran had wanted to see so much until a little while ago.

The moment he saw Jaeha’s unharmed face, Hisran’s heart pounded.