The Abandoned White Magician’s Tea Life - Chapter 69 : Betrayal and True Intentions

Translator: Sunnyshies

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Chapter 69 : Betrayal and True Intentions

The only reason the tea did not spill during the continuous shaking was because Amalia was holding the pot with her hand.

“Hey, what the hell is that !?”

“Your Highness! Apparently a golden dragon is attacking the castle…”

Hearing the words of the guard who rushed in, Alphonse, who had been yelling at him in a pompous manner, quickly turned pale. “…a golden dragon…?” He muttered to himself.

The same is true for Esmeralda, who also has no good memories of the “golden dragon,” causing the two to exchange a pale look.

“How can there be another golden dragon? No way, the one from ten years ago is still alive…”

“Eh? Your Highness, what kind of——”

“Shut up! Hey, get the troops ready now! This is more than just slaying demons!”

“O-of course, His Majesty has ordered the two of you who have experience in slaying the golden dragon to go into battle.”

As soon as the guard’s words fell—— the flames burst.

The flames that Esmeralda released flared up instantly as they hit the guards―― Amalia, still holding the pot, desperately tore her gaze away from the screaming, writhing figures in flames.

“W-why did you have to do this——!?’

The pot she was holding was hot, but her body was as cold as ice.

But Esmeralda just snorted evasively as she lowered her hand and quickly sneered back.

“E-Esmeralda!?”

“I’m running away, Alphonse! You can’t win that thing!”

“Hey, wait——!”

Esmeralda ran away at once, and Alphonse hurriedly chased after her.

“Oh, to abandon your suffering subordinates and run away…you are indeed an incompetent man, Your Highness.”

A chuckle was heard behind him, and the door, which had been left open, was suddenly slammed shut, knocking Alphonse face-first into the door.

And a big hand retrieves the pot from Amalia’s hand and grabs her wrist—— and at the same time, Amalia was moved from the parlor to Alphonse’s office.

Even if you don’t confirm it, you can see Braulio moved with Amalia by some spacial magic. Perhaps he teleported from another location to the Oval Office only at a moment’s notice.

Amalia sat on the floor of the office, gaping for a moment.

In front of her, there were no guards suffering from burns of magical flames, nor Alphonse, who was slumped over, rejected by the closed door.

‘…what…happened?’

Placing her hands on the floor, Amalia took a series of short breaths. Holding her stomach area to keep herself from vomiting, then she thought frantically.

The golden dragon is probably Yugo. He is probably here to rescue her.

But Esmeralda attacked the guards and ran away first. Alphonse, who tried to follow——probably because of Braulio’s magic—— was bounced off the door. The other guards were also left behind, and if things continue as they were, the magical fire would spread and burn the entire room to the ground.

“…is this the time to worry about others?”

His voice was gloomy and deep as ever, as if he could see right through Amalia’s mind.

He put his hands on her shoulders and she shook them off with all his strength. But she had no strength in her legs, and the nausea only got worse.

“Since I went to the trouble of rescuing you from that room, why don’t you thank me a little?”

“…well, thank you, but why did you abandon Alphonse?”

Without raising her head, Amalia asked plainly.

For Braulio, Alphonse was his childhood friend, and now he should have been the one to serve him. Even earlier, if he wanted to, he could have brought Alphonse with her, and even if he couldn’t teleport three more people, he should have left the door open.

‘It looks like he was trying to get Alphonse to die…’

There was a sound of giggling in the background, and footsteps walking towards the window.

Another explosion sounded a short distance away and the castle shook. Then she wondered if Yugo was all right.

“I just threw him away because he got in the way.”

“…got in the way?”

“Let’s say, because it was no longer worth following. I have been following him for the past ten years because I thought it would be most advantageous for me. Whether he or Esmeralda, they are just fools with a strong desire for self-promotion. But by pretending to obey the two of them, I could get funding for my research, and I could behave as I wanted to.”

‘Research funding…’

The nausea subsided a bit, so Amalia stood up, clinging to the desk.

Braulio turned his back on Amalia and continued to look out the window.

“For many years I have been studying magic that is not black magic, white magic, or any kind of gray magic. In very rare cases, someone is born with those qualities and is able to release that magic in some form or another.”

“…”

“You already know what I’m talking about, don’t you? You were the one…who deserved to be studied by me.”

Braulio turned around.

The sun’s rays illuminated his unhealthy, pale white profile.

“I had a sneaking suspicion of this during our travels, but…I was inexperienced at the time, and didn’t have sufficient funds for research. You lost your life because of that stupid couple, so I was looking for my next research subject while conducting my research in Kyros―― but you were alive. And you developed your talent more than ten years ago.”

Braulio came back with a thump, thump, thump of his boot heels and looked at Amalia, who was clinging to the desk in an amused manner.

“I am just getting tired of fawning over that couple of idiots. You don’t want to be burned to death by the flames that Esmeralda has unleashed, do you? The castle is in turmoil because of the attack of the golden dragon, and now is an opportune time…join me, Amalia!”

“…I refuse”

Although she was still in bad shape, Alamali made herself clear.

‘Who would want to go along with such a pervert!’

She always knew that he was such an eccentric person, but she had no idea that it was the worst.

For his own personal gain, he bends his knee in front of anyone he doesn’t like, and for his selfish purpose, he easily abandons his childhood friend of more than ten years.

“I am grateful to you for saving me from that place. But I have no intention of becoming your research material.”

“Are you in a position to say such a thing? You are born with rare magical powers, but you are still a weak woman who cannot even handle a single piece of black magic.”

As soon as he said it, Braulio quickly raised his right hand.

Amalia suddenly lost all strength in her body and collapsed to the floor. When she looked, she saw that a blue-white light was wrapped around her from the waist down, restraining her. It was slightly cold, so this was a kind of ice magic.

‘Come to think of it, Braulio was good at the ice attribute…!’

She somehow succeeded in raising her upper body with both hands, but she was unable to move from the waist down, so she immediately fell down to the ground.

Amalia gritted her teeth and stared up at Braulio, who looked down at her with amusement.

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