Subscriber of the Gods
Chapter 228: Breaking the Curse

Chapter 228: Breaking the Curse

The Magic Association he revisited had completely transformed.

When he first came here, it had an intensely closed-off atmosphere.

Now it was open, with a completely different bright ambiance.

The most notable difference was the extremely cheerful expressions on the faces of the association’s mages.

“Hello!”

“Welcome!”

It wasn’t just the mages’ expressions and atmosphere that had changed.

The Magic Association’s core function of registering magic was also now running systematically, unlike before.

Ethan checked off the association’s changes one by one with admiration.

‘This isn’t the kind of change you can make just by dealing with the Association President and taking that position.’

To change the association this much, you’d have to win over the hearts of all the mages belonging to it.

But how easy is that?

‘Impressive, Yerica.’

Ethan entered the Association President’s office following the guide. As soon as he sat down, the door opened and a familiar face came in.

“Lord Ethan, it’s been a while!”

“Yerica, what’s all this about?”

“I never thought I’d hear such words from you, Lord Ethan.”

Yerica said with a bright smile. She seemed very pleased to have exceeded Ethan’s expectations.

“Thank you. I learned a lot thanks to you. I fully understood why you left me in this association.”

Yerica bowed her head.

“I cleaned up everything. Everything that remained in the association. Grandfather was really… a kind person. If I had been in the same situation, I would never have tried to persuade with words like grandfather did.”

“I would have been the same.”

Hecate was a master called an Archmage. With that level of skill, he could have forcibly turned public opinion around without having to persuade difficultly.

However, Hecate did not use his magic in that way. He seemed to think that since he was innocent, the truth would eventually come to light.

“He didn’t understand the malice humans possess. Human malice can even create crimes that didn’t exist.”

Yerica explained what she had done at the association so far.

“…And that’s how I became the Association President. I’m at the level where I could put up a portrait now.”

“That’s amazing.”

Yerica looked quite proud at Ethan’s praise.

“It’s not that amazing. Well, this much is easy…”

“No, if it was a position that could be controlled by force, the association’s owner would have kept changing.”

Ethan shook his head.

“It couldn’t have been easy to win over the mages who make up the association. How did you do it?”

“I just used what I learned by your side, Lord Ethan.”

Yerica explained one by one how she had won over the association’s mages.

“As a mage myself, I know well. The most important thing for mages is confidence, and that confidence comes from recognition. I remembered how you recognized the talents of the mages in the magic tower who weren’t being acknowledged.” ℞𝘈₦őʙЕʂ

And she did exactly that.

She helped those whose talents were being wasted in the wrong places to work in the right positions. For mages with shortcomings, she advised ways to fill those gaps.

“And on top of that, I did the most important thing. Praise.”

“You’ve learned it all, Yerica? There’s nothing left to teach.”

“You flatter me.”

Praise and recognition.

Everyone knows it, but not everyone can do it easily.

‘At this rate, I’d say the association cleanup is basically finished.’

What Ethan had expected was just for Yerica to rise to the position of Association President. He hadn’t been thinking about her taking control of the association.

But not only had she become Association President, she had completely taken control of the association.

“Yerica, how’s your physical condition?”

“My condition? Well, not bad. But I definitely feel limitations due to the restrictions. I learned all traces of grandfather’s magic left in the association, but there are some I still can’t use.”

“You could use them all if only the restrictions were gone, right?”

“Of course.”

“Then let’s remove those restrictions first. It’s time to keep my promise.”

The current Ethan could definitely remove the restrictions binding her.

“Really? Is that possible?”

Yerica said with a surprised expression.

“I can at least release the next level of restrictions without problems. Whether I can remove them all completely, we’ll have to see.”

Ethan was in much better physical condition after his awakening.

Not only that, but he had also acquired new healing techniques, so there was a high possibility he could remove the restrictions constraining her.

‘I can definitely release up to level 3. The problem is the final level 4.’

As he told Yerica, he’d have to try to know for sure.

“Once that’s done, you’ll be able to use all the magic you couldn’t use until now. You’ll be able to form more circles too.”

While explaining what would happen after removing the restrictions, Ethan suddenly thought of something.

‘That would be a big help for the business too.’

“Yerica, I saw a magic during my travels. I only have the theory for now, but do you think you could modify it for business use?”

Ethan explained about the blessing he had received from the Holylight Order earlier.

“You mean the sparkling light when receiving the blessing? With no other effects?”

“The effects aren’t important. The sparkling is what matters. We just need to be able to give similar effects to various equipment.”

Ethan drew the magic formula on the spot to show her.

“Hmm.”

Yerica frowned slightly as she looked at the formula, then moved her hands this way and that.

“I think I can do it. Even in my current state with only level 2 restrictions removed, it’s enough.”

“That means you could do it even more impressively if all the restrictions were removed, right?”

“Of course. Honestly, I’m a bit excited too. To see how far I’ll be able to go once all the restrictions are removed.”

Ethan grinned at Yerica’s confident words.

“Then let’s get started right away.”

***

Gulp.

A tense Yerica swallowed. Ethan first checked her condition by taking her pulse, then immediately made a decoction.

He mixed various herbs centered around a century plant decoction to create a new decoction.

-You have created a Century Plant Mana Acceleration Decoction!

Yerica’s body had become strong enough to withstand the fierce flow of mana.

Especially her mana channels had become robust, allowing her to expand the narrow mana channels further.

Of course, he wasn’t just thinking of expanding the mana channels by simply accelerating mana.

“Drink this first.”

“Okay.”

Already knowing that Ethan’s decoctions were bitter, Yerica took a deep breath and then downed the Century Plant Mana Acceleration Decoction in one go.

“Ugh.”

It was so unpalatable that she almost threw up for a moment. But Yerica desperately swallowed the decoction.

After confirming this, Ethan immediately used a skill on Yerica.

-Using Hua Tuo’s Abdominal Surgery! (+)TLN: 화타개복치료술

The area of use was from around the heart to the navel.

It could be said that he was opening up the entire torso.

Shaaak-!

The torso opened wide and the mana flowing inside became visible.

Shwaaak-!

The mana acceleration decoction she had drunk was spreading through her body, intensely accelerating the flow of mana.

‘I can see them.’

Among the fiercely accelerating mana, pitch-black lumps were visible. The lumps were tightly attached to the mana channels, firmly gripping the mana channels that were trying to expand with the flow of mana.

‘So that’s the nature of the restrictions.’

Ethan inserted his hand. The sticky lumps caught in his hand, but they were so firmly attached to the mana channels that it was not at all easy to pull them out.

‘Five in total.’

There were five black lumps clinging to the mana channels.

If he could remove all five of these, he could completely release Yerica’s restrictions.

“Lyuka!”

Ethan immediately summoned Lyuka. Summoned with a cute cry, Lyuka immediately injected mana into Ethan.

Then it settled on top of Ethan’s head, ready to transfer mana at any time.

Shaaak-!

“Alright, keep it up like that, please.”

“Kyung!”

Ethan took a deep breath and concentrated mana in his hand. Then he immediately detached one sticky lump.

Kwaduk-!

The black lump was torn off into Ethan’s hand.

“That’s one.”

Ethan continued to tear off the black lumps. In this way, the remaining four lumps were torn off into Ethan’s hand and disappeared.

-The proficiency of Hua Tuo’s Abdominal Surgery greatly increases!

After removing all the black lumps, the flow of mana along the mana channels became much smoother than before.

“Done.”

Ethan finished Hua Tuo’s Abdominal Surgery and finally caught his breath. It wasn’t an easy task. But with this, Yerica’s restrictions were completely removed.

“Is it… all done?”

“It’s done. Concentrate and feel the flow of mana.”

Yerica closed her eyes and focused on her inner body. Then she shuddered once. As Ethan said, the restrictions were definitely gone.

The restrictions that had been attached for a very long time were gone, making it hard to adapt at first.

But that was only for a moment.

Shaaaaaak-!

An enormous mana aura burst out from Yerica’s body.

“The restrictions were suppressing it, so now it’s time for that to explode.”

The aura swirling all around grew stronger and stronger, then became calm as if it were a lie.

Eventually, Yerica, who had gathered the aura, opened her eyes.

“How many did you complete?”

“Seven.”

The mana aura that had enveloped her body was fully absorbed back into her body.

Seven.

“Congratulations. You’re now a 7th Circle Archmage.”

“It doesn’t feel real yet, but…”

Yerica looked at her own hand.

“They’re really gone. The restrictions.”

Then she looked at Ethan with sparkling eyes.

“Thank you, really, thank you so much.”

-Your survival probability increases!

Ethan smiled as he saw the notification.

“That’s my line.”

***

Now that he had completely removed Yerica’s restrictions, there was only one thing left to resolve.

“You have a favor to ask?”

When Ethan spoke first, Yerica nodded.

“Yes, it’s about time for a reaction to come. The noble family that supported the existing Magic Association has found out that the Association President has changed. As you can see, the association has completely changed.”

The Magic Association is a place visited by numerous mages.

This is because there are many mages who want to register their own magic and gain definite rights.

Thanks to this, news that the Association President had changed and the Magic Association itself had changed began to spread quickly.

“They’ll probably try to claim ownership.”

“There’s nothing to worry about.”

The Twelve Families that had been sponsoring the existing Magic Association.

Ethan already knew which family it was.

Moreover, he was already in a good relationship with them, more or less.

Knock knock-.

“Association President, a guest has arrived.”

“A guest? I’m in the middle of an important conversation with an important guest right now.”

At that moment, the door burst open and three men in luxurious attire entered.

“We came urgently after hearing the news! What insolent behavior is this! Our Felix family has been supporting the previous Association President, but you completely ignored that and rose to the position of Association President? Don’t you value your life…”

The mage who had barged in and started berating suddenly met Ethan’s eyes mid-sentence.

“Lord Ethan Whiskers, what brings you here…”

“Please, continue what you were saying.”

Ethan said as he naturally took out his golden plaque. Then he tossed it onto the table as if to show it off.

“…!”

“I said continue? Or if not, come here and sit down. But first, sincerely apologize to the current Association President.”

The three mages’ eyes wavered. They didn’t seem to have expected Ethan to be here.

This was because Yerica was registered in the Magic Association under the name Yecaterina, not Yerica.

Of course, everyone was calling her Yerica, but no one thought it was her real name. They probably thought it was a nickname.

So everyone was unaware that the new Association President was Ethan’s bodyguard. This was the same for the Felix family, who were the sponsors of the previous Association President.

In fact, the Felix family had no time to pay attention to this.

Although the rumor hadn’t spread, until recently their eldest and second sons had been kidnapped. They hadn’t even had time to pay attention to the Magic Association while this was happening.

They had come to the association belatedly to try to resolve the situation, but…

They couldn’t have imagined they would encounter Ethan, who could be called their family’s benefactor, in such an unfortunate situation.

“We apologize.”

The mage who hadn’t properly grasped the situation quickly bowed their head.

“Let’s sit down here and talk for a bit.”

Author's Thoughts

Hi everyone, I've completely translated this novel! For those who love this novel and wanted to binge read until the last chapter, you can go to my Patreon "Shop" page. There, I have a product in which you can read them with discounted price!

The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!