The Abandoned White Magician’s Tea Life - Chapter 57 : Amalia's Disappearance (1)

Translator: Sunnyshies

Editor: Ryuubii

Chapter 57 : Amalia’s Disappearance (1)

Before his eyes, Amalia disappeared with the figure in black.

The next moment, both of their bodies were enveloped in a seven-colored light. At the same time, the blue-white light that was restraining Leonardo’s legs also disappeared, and he fell to his knees as his legs suddenly became free.

The reason why he stopped moving and why Amalia disappeared was definitely magic.

Leonardo kneeled on the floor in daze for a few seconds.

Then Leonardo quickly came back to his senses and ran upstairs to the bedroom.

“Yugo! Hey, wake up, Yugo!”

“What… I’m feeling a little sick today…”

When Yugo, who was curled up in bed, woke up, he was very unhappy, but immediately afterwards his pupils widened as he shuddered.

“…mom is not here…?”

“Yes, that’s right. Yugo, I know you’re good with magic. We need to locate Amalia-san―”

“Mom, Mom… where are you? Why isn’t mom here…?”

Leonardo grabbed Yugo by the shoulders and tried to talk him out of it, but he was startled when he heard Yugo’s empty voice.

His widened eyes had no fixed point of view, and even Leonardo, who was insensitive to the presence of magic, could feel the negative vibes swirling from inside the boy, and instinctively felt fear.

“Hey, Yugo…”

“Mom, did they take you? Bad guys, bullying my mom again…? I’m going to kill them… all the people who bully my mom, I’m going to kill them… mom… mom…”

“…sorry, Yugo!”

His head is buzzing and he’s starting to feel nauseous. At this rate, the village might be blown up by the outburst of magic before he could even find Amalia.

In a flash, Leonardo clenched his teeth and slapped Yugo on the cheek as hard as he could. He is a mercenary with strong arms, but Yugo is a dragon, so he presumed that it’s okay to do this.

But he didn’t expect Yugo to hit him back. He was blown down, and he fell off the bed. A thud, a bang, a whimper sounded.

The bedroom was quiet for a while, but then he heard a low growl from the other side of the bed.

“Come on, you…! What are you doing all of a sudden, you little brat!”

“I sincerely apologize for hitting you. I’m sorry, Yugo. But you need to calm down. If I hadn’t done what I did, you probably would have let your magic run wild.”

Yugo peeked out from the other side of the bed and groaned, so he grabbed him and sat him back down on the bed.

Then Yugo blinked and let out a small “Eh?”

“Am I going crazy? Strange, my memory is failing me…”

“…sounds like you’ve been in a very tight spot. Listen to me, Yugo. Amalia-san has been kidnapped right in front of me.”

“…oh, so that’s what happened! There’s no sign of Mom anymore, and the magic residue is… hey, where did my mom disappear?!”

“It’s this way.”

It would take some time with Yugo’s short legs, so Leonardo hurried back to the entrance with Yugo in his arms.

When he put Yugo down at the spot where Amalia had disappeared, he began to grumble something as he struggled to get to the ground. Leonardo didn’t know what it was, but he figured he was probably looking for a hint of magic or something, so he put some distance between them so as not to disturb him.

“…Leonardo! What’s going on? What’s the commotion?!”

“Bruno-san…”

Perhaps they heard Yugo’s voice, Bruno and the others arrived one by one carrying torches in their hands.

They were about to approach Yugo with concern when they saw that he was clearly acting strangely, but Leonardo stopped them.

“Please leave Yugo alone… Amalia-san was kidnapped by someone just now. Probably by some kind of magic.”

“What…! Amalia!?”

Then there was a commotion, “What do you mean?”, “Is it the same guy from last time?” Then a woman quickly stepped forward, “It’s not the same guy from last time!”

It was Eva, the innkeeper’s daughter who was close to Amalia.

She was pale, but when she saw Leonardo, her eyes must have sharpened and she grabbed Leonardo, who was much bigger than her, by the chest.

“You…! You’re Amalia’s bodyguard, aren’t you! You’re supposed to protect Amalia! How did this happen when you’re here… even though you’re here, don’t tell me you’ve been watching with your eyes and fingers crossed!?

“Stop it, Eva!”

“I won’t stop! If I don’t say it, no one else will!”

Shaking off her father and Bruno’s panicked attempts to stop her, Eva came at Leonardo with the force of someone about to spit on his face.

“Say something! Don’t just stand around here, go help Amalia!”

Eva’s claims are almost like taking it out on him. Eva can’t use magic either, and if it was a contest of brute force, Eva must have known that there was nothing Leonardo could do if they used magic by surprise.

…even if she knew it, she just couldn’t control herself.

Leonardo’s eyebrows drooped and he shook his head, because he knew that feeling painfully well, and it was also a sign that she cared for Amalia.

“Of course I’d love to help, but… I don’t know much about magic, so I don’t know where they are.”

“You…! Useless…!”

“That’s enough, Eva! Don’t tell them what to do when it’s Leonardo who’s in the most pain!”

At last, the innkeeper seemed to decide that his daughter’s outbursts could not be overlooked, and forcibly pulled her away from Leonardo and slapped her on the head with a considerable force.

Eva screamed and fell to the ground, though it was probably less powerful than when Leonardo had brought Yugo back to his senses earlier.

“You’re a child who doesn’t know how to reason, and you’re on the wrong side of justice!… I’m sorry, Leonardo. I’m sorry―”

“No, you’re right, Eva. I was also feeling helpless, so I thank you for your encouragement.”

Leonardo politely bent his waist and bowed, then turned his back on Bruno and the innkeepers who were watching him blankly.

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