Chapter 2
The royal family was a bunch of people that I can’t really understand.
‘Why make a big deal out of it?’
If you’re angry, you should be angry at me, but you just broke the deal so that I could get in trouble on Erell because I stayed there.12
In fact, it didn’t matter to me that Erell and Ocal were out of business.
But as a result, it was also important that the wood that would keep me warm disappeared.
Restoring a broken deal was a real hassle, but if it were to stay the same, I would freeze to death.
‘It’s a countryside with nothing here, so I thought I’d be fine as if I was a dead person.’
The quiet and comfortable Erell life I had imagined was far removed from my mind.1
Leaving society, I was really going to stay quiet.
To not interrupt the flow of the original?
It was not for such a good reason.
I had no desire to fix what I had not done, nor was I willing to make great achievements in this world of books.
I possessed a noble lady who was wealthy and didn’t have to live tired.
‘It’s too much of a hassle to live hard.’
But now it was not a matter of mood, it was a matter of survival.
Wouldn’t it be nice to live first?
I jumped up from my seat with a blanket tightly wrapped.
“I can’t help it. I’m going to use cheat key.”1
“……Cheat key?”
Emma frowned at the unfamiliar word she had never heard.1
The cheat key was a device that turned a complex game that requires a high level of strategy into a simple game at once, such as mine-hunting.
No matter how difficult the game was, there was no problem if there’s a cheat key.1
“Emma, why can’t I light a fireplace in this cold weather?”
“Of course it’s because the Ocal Corporation has cut off the deal—-?”
“No, you’re wrong.”
“Yes?”
“Erell’s black iron tree. There’s a lot, isn’t it?”
“Yes, but it doesn’t burn very well and can’t be used to light fire. “
“I’m sure that’s usually with fire. But what if there was a very, very, very strong fire?”2
Emma couldn’t answer back any more.
She seemed to be wondering if I was finally out of my mind because of the strangeness of the conversation.
“Emma knows, right? The legend of blue fire, the wizard that was so powerful that he burned all his enemies.”1
“Of course. Everyone in the kingdom knows it.”
The founding myth of Zerette begins with the Blue Wizard.
An invincible wizard who helped his grandfather, Efron Zerette to wipe out his enemies.
He was the strongest ally that guard the king’s side, but with the death of Efron Zerette, he completely disappeared from the history of the kingdom.
In a state of smoke as if he didn’t exist in the first place.
In the history books, the people of the Kingdom considered the existence of the Great Wizard in myths, a kind of exaggeration.
“Wouldn’t a fire as strong as that Great Wizard’s blue flame burn a black iron tree? Then I can have a warm night. “
“But the Blue Wizard is a myth. And so do the blue flames.”
Emma didn’t believe in the existence of the Blue Wizard because she was an inevitable kingdom person.
But I knew because I read this world in a book.
Of course the existence of the Great Wizard is real, even his hidden stories.
It was going to be my cheat key now.
“Emma. Fill the fireplace with black iron wood.”
“But, Miss the black iron wood really doesn’t burn. It’s no use bringing it.”
“I’ll take care of it, so fill the black wood in the fireplace. Come on.”
My firm attitude has stopped Emma from preventing me.1
She nodded in a voice that seemed to have given up everything.
“Yes, I’ll bring the black iron wood as you wish.”
As a result, the fireplace in my room was filled with black iron wood.
I kicked out Emma as I sniffed near at the fireplace with a suspicious look and then I remained alone in the room.
‘It’s because I can’t call out the wizard in front of Emma.’
I knew the name of the Great Wizard, who had been adopted by Caesar Efron Zerette of the kingdom.
Of course, a normal person in ‘this world’ can never know his name.
‘Because that dog is a demon.’
A demon in the founding myth of the sacred kingdom. It was ridiculous.
‘If this is known, the whole kingdom will be turned upside down.’
That is why the name of the Great Wizard was not left in history.
Efron Zerette tried to conceal the fact that he had borrowed the power of the demon to the founding of the country.
So he didn’t give any information to anyone about the Blue Wizard. Even of it’s name.
Come to think of it, it was natural.
‘It seems more plausible that a king gained the loyalty of a powerful wizard rather than the king who signed a contract with a demon to establish the country.’
There were two ways to sign a contract with the demon.
To call the demon’s name, or to pay the price for which the demon will be interested.
Efron Zerette chose the latter, and in return for the contract, he dedicated the soul of his first child to the demon.
But the method I chose was, of course, the former. To call the demon’s name.
I can summon the demon for free if I know his name.
‘If this is not a cheat key, what would it be?’
“Theoharis.”
I called out the name of the demon I read in the novel.
It’s not a very common name, but it wasn’t even a very unusual name.
What happens if someone accidentally calls this name? You might think so.
But that name didn’t seem to have been erased from the minds of people around the world.
It was because the demon’s name has been taken from the memory of human race.
So no demons in this world could be named by humans.
Therefore, ‘If you call out our name, we’ll do it for free, but if you can’t, you’ll pay the price,’ was a contract clause with the demon’s own conditions.
“What is it? What’s going on? Is this the human world?”
The demon, whose name was called and forced to move before me, seemed quite embarrassed.
Of course it would be embarrassing.
According to the laws of this world, it is never possible for a human to call the name of a demon.
‘But I am not a human being of this world.’
Somehow it was refreshing. I was quite pleased with the situation of enjoying in sitting at the privilege chair.
“Good to see you, Mr. Theoharis.”
I smiled and held out my hand to the demon.
“Oh, can I not call the demon’s name unto itself? Can I call you the Great Wizard?”
“The Great Wizard, the only thing that called me with such a rustic title was a fool who had sold his son’s soul a few hundred years ago and said he wanted to be king.”1
The demon looks at me as if he was appraising an object.
“Are you that dog’s descendant?”
“What descendant. If you ask me who hates Zerette the most in this world, it’s me.”
Catherine’s five fishes were all equally troublesome but two of them, the crown prince and Liddon, were the most annoying.
The demon’s eyes narrowed as he looked at me with a weary face.
“I see. Same human being, but the feeling is completely different.”
The demon who nodded with a convincing nod, cringed his brow as if he didn’t understand what’s going on.
“How did you call me if you weren’t his descendant? No, even his descendants wouldn’t be able to call me.”
“Yes, because humans don’t know your names.”
“But how did you call me? No, how did you know that humans didn’t know our names?”
It was a precious guest that will light my fireplace.
“It’s a little complicated to explain.”
You might not believe it.
I pulled up the corners of my mouth trying to be as kind as I could.
“Do I have to explain it all? Can you just do me a favor as soon as possible?”
However, the demon didn’t listen to me wheter because it was their tracial trait to be arbitrary.
“Hey, human. How did you know my name? You’re not a normal human, are you? Is that it?”
“If I wasn’t a normal human being, would I be shivering with this cold? Why don’t you light it up and go back?”
“Fire? You need a flame, like that idiot?”
The word fire changed the demon’s mood a little.
“Fire…yes.”
His face was full of annoyance, but he was beginning to look interested.
“I handled the best fire among the clans, and if you need it, you can call me.”
He seemed rather pleased.
It wasn’t bad.
The better he felt, the more he would make a strong fire.
I quickly affirmed his words.
“Yes, of course. When you light it, it’s blue, and the blue wizard that deals with it is the best. “
“You’re a person of some knowledge. And you want to be king like that idiot?”
“No?”
“So you want a lot of money, so there’s a lot of people to wipe out?”
“That’s not it?”
“What? Then why do you need my blue flame?”
“I have to light a fireplace.”19
I calmly pointed to a fireplace filled with black iron.
The demon, who followed my finger to the fireplace, seemed in disbelief.
“…what? The fireplace?”
“It looks like a wood, but it’s not a normal wood, so it can’t be burned with a normal fire. So, it needs a very strong fire. So….”
“Wait a minute!”
The demon quickly intercepted me.
“You just called me to light the fireplace? The demon, Theoharis of this blue flame?”13
“Yeah.”
“Then, don’t you kill people?”
“Huh. Do you see me to be a killer? That killer sounded a little boring now.”
“What about blood? Do you not want to see blood?”
“What do I do when I see blood? It’s not something I can use for.”
The demon looked at me with his mouth open wide. His face looks like half of his soul was gone.3
“Yes, humans don’t need blood.”
He soon came to his senses when he was muttering.
“Then……the country, yes, conquer the country and become king! You humans love that stuff!”
“No.”
“Why not? Don’t you want a lot of power?”
“That… …just a reminder that it’s going to be really hard.”
Why were there so many short-lived kings in the Joseon Dynasty?
It’s very diffiult to be a king.
‘Why would I do such a tiring thing?’
“Life will not be a good thing if you’re always at the top. It’s best to be just a normal aristocrat.”
Someone who have privileges and high status but do not have to work.2
That was the daughter of a nobleman.
“So, demon.”
I pointed to the fireplace once again.
“Please light the fireplace as soon as possible.”
At the same time, the demon’s face sank.8
***
The black wood was burning.
Although it was said that the black wood could not be burned by a fire, as expected, the flame of the demon was much more powerful than an ordinary fire.
‘But the blue flames… It’s not as blue as I thought it would be.’
There was a blue glow in the center of the fire, but it was hard to tell unless you looked closely.
‘What, is color important? It’s more important that it caught fire!’
I buried myself on the sofa, looking satisfactorily at the flickering fire.
The warmth from the fireplace made my frozen body feel tired.
Now I won’t have to shiver with the ridiculous cold of Erel.
‘There’s a lot of blackwood to use in burning, so I just need to keep this fire burning.’
“Hey.”
Unlike me who is perfectly satisfied with this situation, the demon seemed to have a lot of complaints.
But with everything I got from him, I no longer felt the need to please him.
“Are you still here?”
I answered back insincerely with a slight wave of my hand.
“Now that my wish has come true, go home.”3
“Go home?”
“Yes. Home. Don’t you have a house? Go to your old house.”
I don’t know what the demon’s neighborhood looks like, but it won’t be much different from humans.
‘They have a house, they have a family, too.’
His brow furrowed.
“You called me.”
“I did.”
“Then you’re responsible for me.”
“Responsibility? Why would I do that?”
“Don’t you know what it means to call the demon’s name and sign a contract?”
Of course I know well.
Call the demon’s name and he appears to grant my wish.
‘Isn’t that all?’
The demon’s eyes struck at me when he look at me.
“This contract is a life contract!”
“…..what? A life contract?”
“Yes! I have to stay with you until you die! With constant acceptance of your wishes!”1
“….eh?”
What the hell are you talking about?
I just wanted to light the fireplace.20
I thought the demon would go back to his home if I gave him my wish.
A life contract? I have to keep this on my side?
I’ve never wanted such a troublesome lump.