Sir Mage, You Said We Would Only Hold Hands! Chapter 8 - Once Our Dog Bites Something, He Won’t Let Go!

 

“So, let’s go back to what we were talking about earlier.”

 

The teacup that Chief Ad handed over was plain in a simple pattern. It seemed like it showed Chief Ad’s simple personality well.

 

A kettle floated alone in the air and poured warm tea into the tea cups in front of Birkin and Ad Chief.

 

Birkin also knew about that product. Bathport kettle launched in the second half of last year. Although it was a sensationally popular product, there were many problems with it, so there were dozens of Bathport kettles that received her mana.

 

Slurp.

 

Chief Ad took a light sip of hot tea. Birkin was also mesmerized and drank quietly as she watched.

 

“I’ll ask you straight, Miss Birkin.”

 

“Yes?”

 

“Have you ever met the mad dog somewhere?”

 

Her stern eyes stared at Birkin. She had a different leadership style than Chief Gendal. Birkin confessed without realizing it.

 

“…Yes. How did you know?”

 

“I heard from the chief of the Item Development Division that the mad dog is looking for someone. He has been looking for Miss Birkin since yesterday when he arrived, and I know better than anyone that Miss Birkin was assigned to the Item Development Division and then moved to our Service Division.”

 

“…I see.”

 

At that point, it was even more strange that Ad Chief didn’t know. For some reason, Birkin lowered her head because she felt like she had done something wrong even though it wasn’t her fault.

 

If the mad dog is part of the Item Development Division, he’s certainly higher than her.

 

As she lived in society, she often took responsibility for mistakes she didn’t make. This was more common when the person was weak. But Birkin realized this after experiencing unfair treatment for a long time.

 

She shouldn’t make unnecessary excuses for mistakes she didn’t make.

 

It was easier to accept it if someone said something like, ‘That’s what Birkin Redfield did!’ with no lame excuses or explanation. And those wrong things just had to be shown by her own performance.

 

Birkin knew that better than anyone else.

 

“Why do you bow your head?”

 

“…Pardon?”

 

“What fault could Miss Birkin possibly have done. You haven’t been here for a while.”

 

Chief Ad spoke as she smiled briefly. When this happened, it was so different from all the attention that was paid to Birkin that she forgot what she was saying for a moment.

 

Chief Ad’s kind faith calmed her heart. Birkin felt that the new boss in front of her, Chief Ad, would somehow listen to her story.

 

“Do you know why the mad dog is a mad dog?”

 

“…No, I just heard that during lunch break.”

 

“He’s the mad dog because he doesn’t let go once he bites something.”

 

…That’s what I heard too, right?

 

That’s what Docson said a little while ago.

 

[Once he bites something, he won’t let go. Grrrrr.]

 

He had a funny tone, so she thought it was a joke, yet it turns out it wasn’t a joke at all.

 

It was then. Chief Ad suddenly sighed. Chief Ad, whom she saw since the first time was gallant and tough, let out an awkward heavy sigh.

 

“Miss Birkin, what on earth happened? You got bitten by that mad dog…”

 

“…He sucked my mana.”

 

“M-Mana?”

 

Chief Ad, bewildered, even stuttered her words. She even put down the teacup she was holding and listened intently to Birkin’s story.

 

“I met him as a customer when I was at the headquarters. He asked me for a favor to replenish his mana… Since I was concerned about the claim, it was difficult to refuse. Of course, it’s my fault that I did it because he asked.”

 

Birkin also knew her mistakes. That is, she didn’t refuse the man’s request for her own honor. That was when she was waiting for Chief Ad’s answer.

 

She asked in a spirited tone, her eyebrows furrowed.

 

“Favor?! Now, did you say favor?”

 

“…Yes? Yes.”

 

“T-That mad dog asked for a favor?”

 

I’m going crazy.

 

Chief Ad rubbed her forehead as Birkin finally nodded her head in approval. Her head seemed to hurt terribly.

 

“Even when he bites, he does so firmly… This is even the first time I’ve seen it.”

 

“Excuse me, Chief Ad. What on earth are you talking about,”

 

“Miss Birkin, listen carefully to what I say. This is advice that will cost me 30 years of my Magic Tower life.”

 

Chief Ad, covering her mouth with one hand, brought her body closer to Birkin, who was sitting across the table from her. The atmosphere was quite solemn, so Birkin swallowed her saliva and tried to listen to her advice.

 

The reason it couldn’t be done was because the door broke with a loud noise.

 

“…You’re already here?!”

 

It’s not a mistake. It’s not like they heard it wrong. The thick double doors that Chief Ad had locked tightly exploded with a sound, bang! It literally fell to pieces.

 

The remains of the broken door were scattered. There was still a tattered part hanging around the edge of the door. And through the dust, someone stepped.

 

A man’s low voice was heard.

 

“It smells like soap from here.”

 

The man had the same crazy appearance as when she first saw him. He looked at Birkin and Chief Ad, who were sitting there with perplexed faces, through his sparkling gold eyes.

 

To be precise, what he was looking at was Birkin.

 

While Birkin was so shocked that she couldn’t say anything, Chief Ad had already composed herself and was opening her mouth. She asked softly.

 

“What’s going on here, Sir Liam Moore?”

 

“I told you.”

 

It smells like soap here.

 

At the same time, Liam smiled until his teeth were exposed. She didn’t know why his expression looked as greedy as a hunter when discussing the smell of soap.

 

Chief Ad, who was looking at that scene, answered calmly. No, perhaps she was actually just pretending to be calm.

 

“…There’s no soap here. Why don’t you at least go to the bathroom?”

 

“No, there is.”

 

“I told you there isn’t any?”

 

“I told you there is.”

 

Liam ambled through the open door. He then came up to Birkin, who was sitting in the seat, and bent his knees in front of her. Then he was barely at eye level with Birkin.

 

“You use soap.”

 

…Right. I use soap that I bought at the market for 50 silver.

 

***

 

Birkin sighed softly. Then she looked back. She repeated that action over and over again.

 

Behind Birkin was the Ad Chief’s office door which had been broken down. She had just left there with Liam.

 

[Miss Birkin, I think you need to talk together first.]

 

[That… I have nothing to talk about.]

 

[For now, just give it a try. Then talk to me again.]

 

Chief Ad kicked out Liam and Birkin first. She sighed and looked at Liam until he left, so it would be appropriate to say that she literally kicked him out.

 

Although she didn’t break Chief Ad’s office door, it kept getting on her mind. On the other hand, Liam, the person who broke down the door, was casually walking next to her.

 

As long as he keeps his mouth shut and walks quietly, he seems normal.

 

That was when she thought to herself, Liam asked in a low voice without even looking at her.

 

“Why do you keep looking behind you?”

 

“Because the door is broken. If it’s fixed…”

 

It’s going to cost a lot of money.

 

Of course, it was the man’s responsibility, and there was no need to worry about it, but she felt like it happened because of her. Liam then asked as he raised an eyebrow.

 

“You don’t like it?”

 

“What?”

 

“I asked if you don’t like the door being broken.”

 

“Is there anyone who might like it?”

 

Birkin momentarily forgot the difference in rank between him and herself, responding somewhat bluntly. It was then.

 

Liam stood tall and extended his hand toward the back. Then, golden light, exactly the same color as his eyes, burst out from the man’s hand. And when the light disappeared…

 

“…Did you fix it?”

 

The door was neatly in its original shape.

 

“I didn’t fix it, I just reverted it.”

 

“Pardon?!”

 

Crazy. Birkin muttered without realizing it. Moreover, the man said that he didn’t fix it and that it was ‘reverted’.

 

Although Birkin doesn’t have a mana circle, she’s a bright student who graduated from the magic department with good grades. She’s not good at magic, yet she’s confident that she’s more knowledgeable about magic than anyone else. Therefore, she knew how great the reversal magic he casually mentioned.

 

The wall of the 9th circle.

 

Some say this is the standard by which ‘archmages’ is distinguished. And the ‘reversal magic’ that the man had just performed corresponded to the 9th circle. It wasn’t even a magic that could be done that easily.

 

Even if dozens of mages came together and wrote complicated formulas on the floor to draw a magic circle, the probability of success didn’t exceed 10%.

 

The man finished it with ‘one stretch of his hand.’

 

“Excuse me. Could it be that you’re the 9th circle mons… no, genius?”

 

“The 9th circle part is correct.”

 

“Ah… ”

 

Then she remembered. The only archmage in the Empire whose name she couldn’t remember a little while ago. It was ‘Liam Moore’.

 

Until then, Birkin hadn’t been able to connect the ‘9th Circle Monster’ and ‘Mad Dog’ mentioned by Chief Ad as being the same person. But the moment she saw it, she realized why no one could touch that mad dog.

 

The reason is simple and clear. Because he’s a 9th circle!

 

She felt frustrated. Birkin didn’t like being associated with celebrities. Even so, she knew better than anyone else that if you were only ‘party B’, you wouldn’t get a happy ending and you would just end up as party B who got caught up in an incident.

 

“Surprised?”

 

“…Yes. I’m surprised. This is my first time seeing the 9th circle archmage, whom I had only heard about through rumors.”

 

Aside from not wanting to get involved, it was surprising. Isn’t the 9th circle archmage of the current era famous for making people feel helpless even those of the Imperial Palace?

 

The man narrowed his eyes. The corners of his eyes were very long and his dark double eyelids stood out, so even when he blinked, he was beautiful and didn’t fit the description of a mad dog.

 

…Yes, she hates to admit it, but the adjective that the man is more beautiful than any woman suits him well.

 

“Why?”

 

“I told you, it’s my first time seeing a 9th circle.”

 

“Why are you surprised.”

 

The same when he was the crazy terrible guy, it wasn’t easy to talk to that man either. She thought it would be easier to talk to the dog.

 

The man added in a puzzled voice.

 

“You did it.”

 

… What?

 

What on earth is that about? She saw the man stretch out his hand, and golden light come out from his hand.

 

Moreover, Birkin was an idiot who couldn’t even use 1st circle magic, such as lifting a feather. However, the man was claiming that Birkin had done the reversal magic.

 

When Birkin was told that it wasn’t him, but that she did it herself, she exclaimed in exasperation.

 

“What do you mean? I don’t know how to use magic at all…”

 

“You.”

 

The man cut her off. Also, he smiled. As Liam smiled, his golden eyes disappeared inward. The man knew how to smile very erotically.

 

When Birkin stopped breathing for a moment in surprise at that laugh, Liam spoke.

 

“It’s the power you gave me.”

— Wise Magic Tower Life TIP! —

 

There have been only five archmages in the 1,000-year history of the Turfret Empire.