Episode 1. Prologue.
When I turned thirteen, a hero came to visit me at the Magic Tower. He was a beautiful woman with pure white hair and golden eyes.
“He has a reputation as the genius wizard of the century. Was he such a cute little boy?”
At that time, I remember that I was quietly sorting books.
“excuse me… … ?”
“… … .”
“hey… … ?”
It’s not that I intentionally planned to ignore it, but I had a lot to think about.
“I am neither a genius nor a kid. “There’s a name: Lin.”
I felt a little sorry for him, so I answered by putting a book in the library, and his face lit up brightly, and he chased me around like a puppy for a while.
“lie! A 4-star wizard at the age of thirteen? “I heard there is no precedent in the history of the empire?”
“… … .”
“And you’re so short, you’re a kid, right?! Why do you treat me like an adult? But I guess I’m still old enough to need someone to change my diaper, right? “If you come to our party, I’ll change your clothes every day!”
Then he covered his mouth and started giggling. So I opened my palm and calculated magic.
“Fireball.”
“Ouch, sorry, sorry! “It was a joke!”
She was a funny woman. A person like this is a hero. It’s the end of the world. No, that’s really true.
I remember laughing.
She only smiled slightly, but strangely enough, she smiled several times brighter than I did.
“Now you’re smiling… … ?”
That’s when I got interested.
There are all these strange people, I’ve never been interested in people before.
“I am Lysta Alter Surpin. “I am a FakeWarrior of the Gwangryong Orthodox Church.”
He said that he needed my help because summer had begun in the world and the Abyss was rampant in Antarctica.
It was a so-called warrior party.
There were two more celebrities.
They were Gungseong Keyes, one of the Yellow River Ministers of the Holy Human Empire, and Friede, the Fire Dragon shaman belonging to the Yongin Republic.
“I don’t want to die.”
“No one wants to die.”
“Are the other two as fun as Rista?”
Then, Rista put her finger on her cheek and seemed to be lost in thought, and gave a strange answer.
“Those two are idiots comparable to me, but… … “But there’s something more fun.”
“What?”
When I showed interest, Rista grinned like a girl telling a puberty secret.
“World.”
world.
For me, who had been living in the Magic Tower ever since I was picked up by the dean from the slums, that language struck me as a strange resonance.
That’s how I joined the party.
Keyes was a mute archer whose accuracy dropped dramatically when he didn’t drink, and Friede was a shaman who was a heavy smoker and smoked cigarettes whenever he got the chance.
“My name is a fire dragon shaman, so shouldn’t I be able to breathe at least?”
At the same time, she was a crazy woman, blowing black smoke in my face and laughing. Still, we were both confident in our abilities, so we did well.
We fought for 5 years, 5 years.
In between trips, Rista always played pranks on me.
“Rin, you can never fall in love with me?”
“Rin, when everything is over, why don’t you go on a trip with me?”
“Rin is so innocent that I’m worried that she might be fooled by another woman later.”
So 5 years… … .
Now that the decisive battle is finally approaching, I am dying from the dark poison that erodes my soul.
The remaining life is ahead… … Not much.
“Lin, come to your senses, Rin! please… … Friede, what are you doing!”
“Rista, the poison is too strong.”
Friede shed tears.
“Even I can’t help you… … This… … I might die… … .”
“If you don’t die, who will die!”
“I don’t want to die… … .”
“I know, I will never let you die. “Just be patient.”
Coughing away the congestion, I pulled up my jacket with hands that were turning black and showed my chest.
Lord Sogye Daeban (主濾小計袋反).
The magic of immortality, which I had compiled over four years of research, was engraved on the heart.
“no… … So, before the magic… … I made it… … .”
It was a magic that completely froze the body, entered a forced dormant state, and then completely healed the body through healing amplification spells and holy scriptures.
According to my calculations, that is.
Of course, I don’t know how long it will take. It may remain dormant for life. But isn’t this a situation where we have no choice but to do it?
“I’ll be back… … I must win… … .”
There is only a moment left to live.
When I activated the magic before it was too late, my body was covered in ice, starting from my toes.
Rista, whose face was covered in tears, held my hand tightly.
“I promised, Rin. We’ll meet again. “You promised to come back, right?”
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Rista was pretty when she smiled. But now that I look at it, I think she looks prettier when she cries.
“Back then, the four of us together… … Let’s go see the world. got it… … ? “I will wait by your side until you wake up.”
Ice and the chill of death gradually creep up my body. Shins, thighs, pelvis, back, neck… … .
I smiled weakly.
Just like when I first met Rista at the Magic Tower.
“Yes, promise.”
And then my consciousness plunged into bitter cold. A sense of floating and emptiness, as if sinking into a lukewarm swamp… … .
A strange attachment to death remained.
Did you want to see the end of the truth in the empire’s grand seven-star magic system? Traveling through this big and wide world with your party members… … .
darkness.
darkness.
darkness.
darkness.
As I was getting tired of struggling in the dark, my eyelids suddenly lifted.
Warm sunlight.
And the refreshing spring breeze.
The energies of life that warmly and gently caress the entire body.
“Rain, are you okay?”
I blinked in a daze, but my mother grabbed my shoulder. The thought that instinctively crossed her mind gave her a sense of discomfort.
mother?
You call me a mother… … ?
I was an orphan?
The golden square dazzled the awards ceremony. The scorching southern heat that burned her entire body and the muddy cries of the abyss were not heard.
Where am I… … ?
Deep in my mind, the memories of Lynn, who died at the age of eighteen, and the memories of Lane, who was nine, were tangled together.
“here is… … .”
“It’s the Hero Square of the Imperial Palace. The statue here was erected to commemorate the Rista Party. “Why don’t you like it?”
I quietly looked up at the statue that had been weathered for eons. It was a face everyone knew.
Hero, Rista.
Archer, Keyes.
Shaman, Friede.
and me… … Lynn.
From deep in my heart, the pain that I defined as grief welled up. A majestic inscription was carved on the pedestal, telling the story of the passage of time.
[Lista: 1082 ~ 1116]
[Keys: 1076 ~ 1154]
[Fried: 1079 ~ 1168]
[Lin: 1090 ~ 1107]
They all died… … ?
The lifespan of the Payquirer, whose strength was enhanced by modifying the human body, was originally short, so Lista’s death was expected to be like that.
That’s why I tried to pass it up.
“Mom, what year is it now?”
“This guy, why are you being so formal all of a sudden? “Don’t do it, it’s scary.”
“How many years?”
“It’s 1418 in the Tersian calendar.”
It’s 1418… … ?
To explain quickly, I seemed to have reawakened in an era approximately 300 years removed from the era in which Rin lived.
Was I born again, or was my memory added? … .
It felt like an indescribable nightmare. An era that is 300 years removed from Lista’s laughter, Keyes’ drunkenness, and Friede’s cigarette smoke.
“Did you win?”
It was a meaningless question.
Since we won, the statue must have been erected, which means there must have been such a peaceful sky.
“Do you see that Beophwangcheong tower? It is said that the body of Archmage Rin is still there. “It’s completely frozen and looks the same as before.”
“is it so?”
“And it is said that Lista stayed by his side until the day he died. “Isn’t it a truly beautiful and sad fate?”
It was funny.
To me, the final battle happened just recently, but it feels like we’re talking about a legend from hundreds of years ago.
“Why are you smiling? “It’s a sad story.”
“just… … “I thought you really kept your promise.”
You just promised that you would, and you held my right hand tightly, and I can still vividly feel the touch… … .
“lane?”
My mother tilted her head as if she had no idea what I was talking about.
“But someone couldn’t keep their promise.”
As I mumbled and caressed the pedestal’s screams, hot water flowed down both my cheeks. Quiet and helpless.
“I couldn’t keep it… … .”
* * *
According to what the three people wrote about me, I became a very great person in history.
Elemental Master.
Master of multiple operations.
I received a huge prize money and a plaque of appreciation from the Emperor of the Holy Human Empire, and many magic towers and magic saga described me as a saint.
It was a trivial nickname, the 11th Grand Wizard.
Over the long period of 300 years, there has been only one other Archmage who has followed in my footsteps and reached 5-star rank, and the position is currently vacant.
‘Now there really is nothing left.’
I think blankly.
All I have left is magic.
Memories of traveling to countless places and the laughter of colleagues that shone brightly in those memories became not just memories, but legends of old stories.
Rista used to tell me that a memory is a memory when you can share it with someone.
Therefore, the memories I have are not memories.
Until the day I die.
It must be an unanswered echo that must be embraced alone and moved on.
‘I remember feeling regretful about the accomplishment of magic before I died.’
The Holy Human Empire systematized a vast amount of magic into the ‘Imperial Seven Star Magic System’.
1-star ordinary wizard, Bandoran.
2-star middle school wizard, Limites.
Atlas, a 3-star high-ranking wizard.
4-star highest level wizard, GLaDOS.
5-star archmage, Aquizard.
What I have reached is the level of the 5th star, and from the 6th star onwards, I am called a wise man, and it is the cutting edge of truth that only two people have reached in the history of the empire.
‘If I hadn’t followed Lista, I might have reached the rank of 6-star before I died of old age.’
But I definitely regretted it.
Even if I could turn back time, I would follow in her footsteps and travel again and again.
‘But now there is no Rista… … .’
If so, let’s achieve in this life the dream that we couldn’t achieve in our previous life.
‘In this life, I see the truth.’
It is said that those who reach the end of magic, the truth, can see through all the truth of the world.
– I hope this world is full of laughter.
Rista said so.
Let’s take a look through the eyes of truth to see if the world we desperately protected together is what it is now.
So let’s do our best.
Let me whip myself so that I can forget this stinging feeling of grief and futility.
Before leaving the square.
Finally, I looked up at the statue, slowly closed my eyes, and thought about the unanswered echo.
– Lin, this way! Look at this flower!
Lista.
And Friede.
– It’s a flower garden that’s too romantic for a cute little kid like Rin.
Since he couldn’t speak, Keyes always expressed his emotions by stroking my head.
– Instead of looking at things like this, it would be better to read one more book of magic. What is good about this… … .
And I was always complaining.
I always bounced around like that, but the truth is, I enjoyed traveling with you guys… … It was so much fun.
“Rista, Keyes, Friede.”
I quietly savored their names, prayed that my voice would reach their souls, and then said my final goodbyes.
“Now, bye… … .”
The dead just stay in the past.
The living cannot go against the flow of time, so they must move into the future.
That’s how I persuaded my feet that I couldn’t stop walking.
That’s how my second life began.
