A Porter Kidnapped by a Wizard

012. Crossing the line

It was already night. After controlling her emotions, Selene left the restaurant and walked down the hallway. As she was, she intended to finish what Seojae-ro couldn’t do.

‘Because I have to go and work out the details….’

There are many miscellaneous things. She had told Endymion to sleep first. Selene wasn’t a vicious employer enough to just roll it no matter how much she belonged to it.

‘Shall I take a look at what you’re doing?’

Selene stops walking in the hallway and gently closes her eyes. Then her vision changed in an instant. She was from the point of view of her familiar.

‘You’re sleeping.’

Endymion seemed quite carefree as she slept without knowing the world. Selene thought as she looked at him breathing thinly like a baby.

‘The owner can’t even sleep at night… A servant is very carefree.’

But if you ask me if that’s a complaint? Selene would shake her head at once. Because this was more of a whimper she was just doing.

“I can’t…”

The point of view changes again, and the original dark hallway hangs over the field of view. Selene turned and headed in the opposite direction of her study.

Kick?

At last, when I carefully opened the door, the scenery I had seen just a few minutes ago was unfolding directly in front of my eyes.

Fluttering – The floating eyeballs passed by like air that was not originally there, and approached him.

‘Wouldn’t it break?’

It was faster for her hand to caress his cheek than to question it.

Pleasant night air, dark but tasteful atmosphere. And we who embroider between them.

Selene thought the situation was just fine.

‘Why?’

I still don’t know. While rationalizing that it was natural for the owner to treasure his possessions, he was constantly shouting that the degree was excessive in places where he tried to ignore it.

‘Why am I doing this?’

Smooth the smooth skin with delicate hands as if touching a precious treasure. I really want to wake up at this point, but I was in the mood that it didn’t matter.

‘If you’re going to break it, break it.’

However, we cannot guarantee what will happen after that. It was about what Selene, who was in an abnormal state even by her own eyes, would do.

‘No… Would it be more fun to really wake up?’

His black eyes shimmered in a magical way. It seemed that the stage of night had prepared a place for Selene to stand as the main character.

Endymion fell into a deep sleep like a princess. There seemed to be no one else here to wake him up except Selene.

“…No, at least not yet-“

Like fireflies, they murmur barely enough to be heard by a small fairy. Selene’s eyes shook for an instant from an impulse, but it was fortunate that she still had that level of discernment.

‘When the time comes, everything will become clear.’

Perhaps that time will come sooner or later. Because she was the one who immediately suspected that Hecate was playing a sane trick.

‘If… What if not?’

What if? Just in case, Selene felt her body tickle for some reason as the tips of her ears were burning.

Haa… A moonlit breath flies around the room. Selene thought she couldn’t stand it any longer and she jumped up from her seat. She then left her seat empty as if nothing had happened.

Kki-Ik-Dalkak.

The door closed, and Endymion was alone again. But the man who thought he was asleep opened his eyes. It sounded like the sound of rolling eyes.

Eventually, after confirming that Selene had left, Endymion turned and lay down next to her. His eyes were new.

‘What brought you here?’

When I woke up in the middle, I almost panicked. The feeling of waking up from sleep to an unfamiliar touch and finding out that a hand was stroking your face….

‘It’s been unusual since dinner earlier.’

I guess I’m under a lot of stress. To the extent of suddenly stroking someone’s cheek in the middle of the night and muttering to himself.

‘… Surely it’s not a mental illness?’

I hope not. If it’s true, it’s not just one or two things that will be a headache. Endymion let out a low sigh and burrowed under the covers.

‘Let’s go to sleep….’

* * *

The morning is bright, and Selene has returned to normal as if Endymion’s worries were for nothing. What happened to her last night, why did she come to my room at night… She couldn’t ask why.

‘Sometimes things are better to bury… ‘

Everywhere she looked, it seemed better to pass it quietly. Endymion treats her as though nothing had happened to her yesterday.

“…Yes?”

“I have something to go out, so I told you to get ready.”

“Uh… where?”

“Northern Desert.”

At her bold declaration, Endymion lost her words.

It was my first outing since coming to the tower.

* * *

The northern desert is said to be a land of infinitely cold air. Endymion had only been heard of her, but she had never seen it herself. No, she didn’t even want to know.

‘Because I won’t be going anyway.’

But why… Am i here now?

Crossing sand makes walking slow. It is common sense that deserts remind us of the hot earth, but the sand in the north was as cold as snow in the middle of winter.

‘I’ve only heard of it… It’s really cold and cold.’

When he was a porter, whenever he met a mercenary from the north, he always talked about the Frost Desert.

-No matter what hardships and adversities come upon us, they will not be harsher than when we crossed the Cold Desert.

It was a word that made you feel proud at first glance, but Endymion saw their expressions clearly at that time. An expression that went beyond jingling and changed to something close to fear.

For the northerners, the Cold Desert was no different from a place of fear.

‘Why did you do that… I think I know now.’

It makes sense that the frost freezes more than in the middle of winter, but Endymion wrapped himself in the freezing cold.

‘It’s really not the cold that people can endure.’

It is the cold desert that even the indigenous people who live in the north always shake their heads in the middle of winter. Endymion, who had been active in the relatively warm east and west regions, could not have been accustomed to sub-zero temperatures.

As he staggered as he lost his stamina, a hem of cloth was gently placed on his shoulder. Endymion opened his eyes wide. Because he warmed up in an instant. As his body calmed down, he turned his head.

“Look ahead.”

There was Selene, who pretended to be indifferent and nodded.

* * *

Because the sudden outing was embarrassing, Endymion had to follow Selene without being properly prepared.

In fact, he didn’t have anything special to do. In the first place, Endymion had nothing enough to take with him.

‘I never thought I’d come here….’

It’s colorless to have called for joy inside, but I came to a place that was perhaps even more desolate than Selene’s Tower.

Jermbuck – The sound of walking on the sand sounds like stepping on snow.

As he walked, the warmth that spread from his shoulders to his whole body seemed to make Endymion feel drowsy. Maybe it’s because he’s experienced extreme opposites so far, but he’s getting more and more depressed.

“I can’t sleep.”

It was then. A stern voice penetrating the hazy consciousness. Endymion’s head naturally turned to the side.

There was Selene, who was walking silently as well. However, she was worried about whether it would be cold wearing a black robe.

‘It must be worrying for nothing.’

People should shiver when they are cold, but Selene didn’t shiver at all. She just straightened her head and moved in front of her.

‘Let’s worry about me….’

Although it became warm, the notoriety of the cold desert did not go anywhere. Because she stays in her safe zone, it’s the world’s logic to be careless and go hooked. It is the right attitude to make sure there are no deserts or rocks in front.

‘Then why did I come here?’

I followed her, but I didn’t hear a word about her purpose. I hadn’t thought of that because it was cold until a little while ago, but now that I’m a little more livable, my suspicions are poking out.

“Selene, where are you going now?”

“…Yes. I have someone I need to meet.”

“…….”

Endymion really wanted to ask. What kind of relationship did she have with the person she had to meet, so that she came all the way here? But before that, something strange happened.

Kwasasaaah?

“…Something?”

“Okay.”

Selene’s gaze was serious for her sour words. If she could use her physical power with her gaze, she wondered if the desert land that suddenly disappeared would quickly return to its original form.

“Is this… a staircase…?”

“I think so…”

The land that eventually disappeared left the form of a staircase. Stairs made of cold sand. Endymion saw it and couldn’t believe it.

Let’s go for now.”

Unlike him, Selene took her steps without hesitation. It was only natural that Endymion would inevitably follow.

After a while, the two of them descended to a depth where they could no longer see ahead due to the moonlight. Just in time, Selene set her fingertips on fire with her magic. Then the son-in-law brightened up in an instant.

‘I thought something was strange.’

Endymion looked around, illuminated by lights. And she realized The fact that she entered the old temple.

The antique style speaks for itself. An old mural claimed. This place is called a temple. There are traces of an old god.

‘Whose temple is this?’

There are so many gods in this world. In addition, even its influence is indistinguishable, so it is ambiguous without a clear definition.

It is said that since ancient times, people in this world have not rejected other gods and have respected each other.

As Endymion, who knew nothing about the North, he could only speculate whether it was a god worshiped by the tribes who lived here in the past.

‘It’s a temple buried in a wasteland where no one can live for a long time.’

I couldn’t even guess when the date would be. Endymion felt like a grave robber who came to dig up a grave where treasure was hidden.

‘But why is it really here… ‘

Come to think of it, did you say there is someone to meet? I hope that’s not God.

Koogu Palace——

At that time, the temple suddenly began to shake. The ceiling was blocked by the roof, so there was no worry of dying under the sand. But Endymion widened his eyes.

‘That’s… ?’

The aura of Saihan springing up from the other side takes over the temple in an instant. Selene noticed this and called out the name with her murderous intent.

“Hecate… this Dorn-“

Before Selene could say anything, the aura of reciprocity was condensed in one place and eventually formed. And the place where the form appeared was right behind Endymion.

“Selene~”

The cosmos-colored purple hair hangs long over his shoulders. The curvaceous beauty of her undisputed beauty rested her chin quietly on Endymion’s shoulder.

“Why are you here now? Do you know how bored I am?”

“…….”

Anger wells up in Selene’s head. As she acted more hateful than she had always been, Iji disappeared from her eyes.

The sound of something breaking.

“Shut up.”

It was the sound of Selene running out of patience.