EP.105 Runaway from group task (2)
The early summer sunlight is hot rather than warm. Belnoir frowned at the bright sunlight shining down. It wasn’t a bad feeling.
I just wasn’t used to it.
I have lived in the back alleys my whole life. It’s been less than two years since I’ve been living in the sun… If it’s enough, it’s enough time, but Belnoa wasn’t used to this kind of sunlight yet.
The fact that he is evaluated as having a sharp impression and always seeming angry is actually nothing special.
‘It’s dazzling.’
It was so dazzling that I just had to squint my eyes. It’s just that people around me misunderstood it. Belnoir let out a short sigh.
‘It’s about time.’
Belnoir frowned and tilted his head back. His neck was slightly caught on the back of his bench.
The royal square.
Belnoa was sitting on a bench in the square where many people came and went. It was because there was someone he had decided to meet here.
Sarah.
As I tilted my head back and closed my eyes, a shadow suddenly appeared over my head. When she opened her eyes, she saw flowing white hair tickling her face.
“You’re frowning again.”
“You’re late.”
“But the smell of baking bread was so good? Come on, Belnoa. “I bought yours too.”
Then he suddenly shoves the bread into his mouth. Belle Noah moved her chin, smiling. It was bread that had been torn into pieces to fit into one bite.
“The day is hot. right?”
The girl sat down next to Belnoa, adjusting the hem of her white dress. As she lightly shook her head, her pure white hair fluttered in the wind.
Pure white hair.
Round eyes and sparkling green eyes.
Among the countless passers-by on the street, she is a girl who naturally stands out. Sitting next to Bellenoir, who looks gloomy and tired, the girl’s characteristics seem to be emphasized a little more.
Belnoir called the girl’s name.
“Are you here? Chloe.”
“huh. “Why is Belnoir so dead?”
Chloe.
A girl who was born and raised in the slums with Belnoa.
“Why are you dead? “The weather is too bright.”
“Is it just good? Belnoa, you are a bit gloomy, so you shouldn’t go around frowning.”
She pulled the corner of Belnoa’s mouth.
“It hurts.”
“It hurts because I use muscles I wasn’t using before. “I usually laugh a little like this.”
Belnoa asked, touching the corner of his numb mouth.
“So, where are you going today?”
“There’s a store I saw on the way here. let’s hurry. “I heard you have an appointment today so you won’t be able to stay for long?”
“That’s right.”
“So, let’s go quickly.”
Chloe grabbed Belnoir’s wrist. Belnoir stood up from the bench, almost as if he had been half-dragged.
“Hmph, huh.”
Humming, Chloe walks ahead.
Belnoir checked the time as he walked behind him. There was still some time until the time we were supposed to meet for the group task meeting.
I don’t normally plan this tightly, but…
‘Because Chloe doesn’t have time.’
It’s different from the old days when I didn’t have time.
Chloe was busier than he was right now. Coordinating time was difficult, so meeting each other like this was precious to Belnoa.
‘So, the schedule is a bit tight.’
In the past, we used to hang out every day.
With that in mind, Belnoir walked behind Chloe. Chloe asked, slightly looking behind him. That expression is quite serious.
“You’re in big trouble, Belnoa.”
“why?”
“I have three stores I want to go to, but won’t I have enough time? “I have to decide on one…”
Okay, Belnoa said with a smile.
“Just go quickly. “You can choose as you go.”
Anyway, there are only unfamiliar things.
The days of rolling around the slums, digging through piles of trash, and worrying about where to sleep every day feel like just last night… but now I’m thinking about this peaceful topic.
Warm sunlight too.
Such peaceful thoughts.
These were things that Belnoa still wasn’t used to.
2.
“It looks like you used the resistance stone well.”
“Yes, thank you again.”
I sipped my tea and nodded slightly.
To be honest, I could only say that I was lucky that I was able to obtain a mid-to-high level resistance stone.
‘I don’t know if I’m the next Mage Tower owner…’
Because it wasn’t that easy to obtain resistance stones of mid-to-high level. There are few places that handle it. It would have been possible to obtain at least a colored magic tower.
“Thanks to you, I think the assignment will proceed without a hitch.”
“It seems a bit absurd to me that such a resistance stone would be used for an assignment, but… well.”
The black magic tower lord, Yetual.
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I looked at him sitting across from me.
‘I seem to see you often these days.’
There is a connection between him being Belnoa’s teacher and me being Aplia’s professor… but when I think about it, it’s a bit strange.
I am a professor at Aplia.
And Yetual is the magic tower lord of the black magic tower.
The social positions between me and him are as different as heaven and earth. Even if Aplia’s reputation is high, it can’t compare to the magic tower lord.
“They take great care of your convenience.”
“huh?”
A sudden thought occurred to me and I asked a question.
“It’s the same with the record of the last circuit, and the fact that you treat me like this alone. “When I think about it, I think they are very considerate.”
That was true.
The black magic tower lord I faced when I was Raniel was very different from the black one I faced as Rania.
‘I think he was a bit of a conniving old man.’
Facing each other like this… Is this the Yetual I knew? I sometimes feel like I want to.
“Well, it’s a bit hard to say it’s convenience. “It would be more accurate to say that there is a line.”
Yetual answered my question by touching his chin.
“Line…?”
“Most magic tower lords are like this, but if you sit in a high position, the only thing you gain is an ability to see people. “It’s the same for me.”
He pointed his finger at me.
To be more precise, the spell stored in my body.
“Although the player was taken away by the Gray Wizard, I have also been researching circuit engrave for a long time.”
“······.”
“Since the beginning of the previous generation, since the early days when the Black Magic Tower was built, Black has always studied the engraving of circuits. Even though it is not black that has seen the results… the research records are not going anywhere.”
Yetual pointed to his pupils.
“As a result, I saw it. “What other magic tower owners haven’t seen.”
He shrugged his shoulders.
“When I first saw you at the entrance ceremony, it’s funny, but I saw your true worth.”
“···Are you losing?”
“okay. “Other magic tower lords only talked about how weak mana was or how little control there was, but I could see it in my eyes.”
What did you see?
There was no need for me to ask that. Yetual continued speaking with a laugh.
“There are 120 circuits engraved in this office.”
“Isn’t it 128?”
“…More than 120. Anyway, this office is the Black Magic Tower’s greatest masterpiece. It was the pride of blackness. But… looking at you, even this office seemed like nothing special.”
He shook his head.
“I can’t read all of the circuits stocked in your body. “I can only infer that you have engraved so many circuits that it becomes dizzying.”
“······.”
“Imagine that a professor from Aplia witnessed a wizard whose name is not yet well known… walking around with that much circuitry engraved on his body.”
Yetual laughed bitterly.
“To put it bluntly, wouldn’t you feel like you have to do whatever it takes to get them into the Black Magic Tower?”
“···I have no intention of belonging to a specific magic tower.”
“It looks like that, so I guess that’s not the way to say it.”
Looking at Yetual who was joking, I sighed inwardly.
‘······I didn’t think of this.’
There are only a handful of demon kings who can recognize the circuits stocked in my body. At most, it was Ganicalt, Gletus… and Skebal.
‘So I didn’t think about hiding it.’
I never thought there would be someone who would recognize that.
If I had recognized it, such a reaction would not have been incomprehensible. If you are a black magic tower master who has studied the inscription of spells… you will know what that means.
“Now do you understand why I’m putting you in line?”
“To some extent.”
“okay. And, since I have another child to enroll at Aplia soon, I figured it wouldn’t be a bad idea to show off.”
···Admitted students?
‘Now that I think about it…’
I recalled a story I heard from Kalt at a drinking party some time ago. It was clearly a story related to the Black Magic Tower Lord.
-Ah, senior, do you know that a new hero has been born? It seems like news reached the battlefield as well.
-I heard it, but all I heard was that it came out?
-That’s a bit strange. I thought I would talk to my senior first… but maybe the timing wasn’t right?
A hero who is born periodically.
The number of warriors is always fixed at ‘four’. And while our party was active, the warriors were constantly replaced.
‘One to two years at most.’
Our party was a bit special, but most warriors only lasted a year or two on the battlefield. So when it comes to heroes, the person who represents them is Kyle.
Anyway, the death of a hero and the birth of a new one was not that special.
‘That’s why I didn’t pay much attention.’
When I reacted so harshly, Kalt made a fuss and said something.
-Well, this hero is a little different.
-How much is different? Are you using a star spear instead of a holy sword this time?
-No, it’s the star stream.
-······what?
-This hero is not a prosecutor. He’s not good at hand-to-hand combat either. There are no weapons represented.
Kalt said.
-Instead, starlight flows through the body of this hero.
That’s another way to say it.
-Yes, this hero is a wizard.
A wizard with the blessing of the stars.
Remembering those words, I looked at Yetual. Because the one who was chosen as the hero’s teacher was the magic tower owner in front of me.
“I guess you find it interesting.”
“…Aren’t you already raising Belnoa as your disciple?”
“That child is my representative student. “The child I am currently teaching at the Magic Tower is closer to a guardian than a student.”
Yetual said, spinning around with the nuance that it would be difficult to reveal in detail.
“Anyway, that child is difficult for me to teach. “He is a child who can only be taught by a wizard who knows how to ‘perfectly’ handle scales.”
“···Is that so?”
A wizard with starlight flowing through his body.
Considering that he was actually a warrior… I could understand Yetual’s words to some extent.
‘If the mana itself is starlight, the transaction conditions themselves will be extremely difficult.’
It was clear that it would not be possible to deal with the stars through normal means. The process of manifesting a spell would also be very complicated.
“There is only information that is difficult to reveal other than that I will be entering school next year… so all I can say is that I wish you well.”
I nodded slightly.
‘I’ll be entering school next year.’
Somehow, my curiosity was piqued.
It was the first time that a child with the talent of a wizard became a hero.
‘The hero gets a weapon related to the star.’
Its types vary depending on the hero.
Although its basic form is a holy sword, it also appears in forms such as spears and blunt weapons.
However, it was the first time that the mana flowing through the body itself was starlight.
‘No, isn’t this the first time?’
It seems like something I saw in a history book of an ancient kingdom.
Although it was a history book embedded in the gray magic tower’s forbidden library, even that was not accurate.
‘The first saint.’
There was an expression that all the magic she used was imbued with starlight. Until now she thought it represented a pole, but…
‘There is a possibility.’
Of course, I couldn’t be sure. Almost all records of the first saint had been erased, and the books in the forbidden library were torn.
‘That’s it.’
I gathered my thoughts and raised my head.
In front of me is a black magic tower sipping tea. Right now, I can’t show that I know, but I thought it would be a good idea to warn them.
“From what I’ve heard, it seems like your student has a very unusual constitution.”
“···It’s unusual.”
“Then you’d better be careful.”
I said looking at him.
“Wizards with unique constitutions are often targeted.”
Mana itself is starlight.
When I heard that, a thought came to my mind. It was a very blasphemous and terrible idea, but I couldn’t help but think of that possibility first.
A wizard with a unique constitution.
They are always the best ingredients.
There is nothing more appetizing to use as an ingredient for those who make a living from apostasy.
Black nodded slowly at my warning.
“…I’ll be careful.”
3.
“found.”
she smiled
“I finally found it.”
Her smile is foreign. The corners of her mouth turn up and she smiles, but her eyes are frightened.
“Are you talking about that, that, that, that?”
she asks herself. Eventually, her mouth moves on its own and she puts her answer into her mouth.
“huh.”
It is a strange situation where you ask yourself and answer yourself. However… if you look closely at the nape of her neck, it’s not that strange.
What is planted on the nape of the neck is a parasite.
The parasite’s tentacles move her mouth as they please. Control her body.
“Succubus Queen, Lepe.”
The parasite’s master gives orders.
“Hold that.”
The owner of the body responds to the command in fear.
“Okay, I understand.”
In a trembling voice, Lepe spoke his master’s name.
“Mr. Gletus.”
Apostate, Gletus.
A shadow drifted from deep in the alley. Dark red eyes flashed in the fluttering shadows.
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