Chapter 204 – 16. Waiting (19)
Beside Theresia, who had just stepped out of the imperial palace, a female sorceress about her age her hurriedly ran to her with her silver-grey bobbed hair flying.
“How are you?”
“Failed… I did…”
“Ah…”
At her her best friend Theresia’s gloomy answer her, the sorceress let her shoulders droop and sighed. The method he had been using frequently had failed. Even though he knew it wouldn’t work, he tried just in case, but the disappointment wasn’t small.
“Sorry…”
“Huh? No, it’s okay. What do you have to be sorry about?”
“Yes…”
Theresia, however, lost her temper.
Her friends were precious to her. I learned that from her older sister her. Adele, who was actually Theresia’s only friend of hers, was a person she was really grateful for. She taught me a lot and helped me keep away from dangerous people. She was always kind and dear to most of her family.
It was Adele’s request for her.
“Your Majesty… You are too… “
There were only the two of them around, but Theresia only called the emperor His Majesty. As always.
“It can’t be helped. Even a castle kingdom can be dangerous.”
It was Adele who had asked her, but now she was comforting Theresia. That would be the case, because Theresia, as much as Adele, was eager to leave her empire her.
No, she didn’t have to leave the Empire. She only wanted to go out of the imperial territories.
As an emperor who boasted of iron-clad power, he also boasted considerable size of decrees under direct control of the emperor and lands under direct control of the imperial family, but as the empire was large, it was not much when viewed in terms of overall ratio. Basically, the empire is not only led by the emperor, but also by numerous aristocrats.
The outside was the object of longing for Theresia, who had never been out of sight of the emperor since her birth.
Theresia, who had her head down, spoke her words her calmly.
“… My sister.”
“Uh?”
“Sister… Must have gone… Out of the empire… ?”
Adele was taken aback by her words her.
Her best friend was also her subject her, which she was partly avoiding.
A family that was once closest to Theresia. However, her older sister her, her first princess, Wilhelmina, who became distant from a certain moment. When it comes to her story of her, she naturally does n’t mention Theresia because she shows her sullen side of her.
Wilhelmina She was like the princess before she ran away, but she couldn’t even see her face her. After she ran away, there was nothing to say about her. The map of her disappearance was approaching her half year. The more this situation, the more she was obsessed with other things.
“Te, Tessa!”
“…Yes.”
“G-S-Let’s go to Master!”
“Master…?”
At Adele’s words her, Theresia tilted her head.
The two had the same master. He was a friend and at the same time a motive who became a disciple at the same time. Although the time of entering the mage tower and magic was different.
The mage master of the imperial mage tower was their teacher.
The highest position in the Mage Tower and the strongest mage’s disciple were these two.
“Yeah! Master said he was doing interesting research this time! He also said he would teach magic!”
“Fun… Research… Magic….”
Responding to the two words, Theresia’s eyes sparkled.
She was originally the 4th princess who was also a genius, but after Wilhelmina ran away, she became even more obsessed with magic.
Theresia had three precious things. Magic, longing for the outside world, and families bound together by a bond thicker than blood. There are three members of this family: her older sister Wilhelmina, her friend her Adele, and her mentor Natalie.
An obsession with one of her missing family members her turned that goal into magic.
“Yeah…Let’s go…”
“Okay!”
The two held each other’s hands and hurriedly ran towards the imperial mage tower with exciting steps.
Even after leaving the imperial palace, the surrounding area was the imperial grounds, but no one blamed the girls for their running. There was no way anyone could stop the two wizards who would lead the next generation of the empire and who were favored by the emperor at the same time.
It wasn’t a short distance from the imperial palace to the magic tower, but Theresia and Adele ran nonstop with the help of magic and arrived there. After entering the magic tower, he greeted the people he met and headed to the top floor through the magic circle.
Unlike Adele, who she greeted lively and lively with her loud voice her, Theresia only nodded her head due to her awkward gestures her, but those who were already used to her greeted her rather happily.
The two of them, who had even been conceded by the wizards waiting in front of the moving magic circle, were able to meet the lord of the magic tower.
“Master!”
“…”
“Huh? Ha, what else?”
She was floating through the air when her disciples suddenly attacked. Seeing the book in her hand, she seemed to be reading.
“Again. He floats again.”
“In the organs… Bad….”
“Noisy.”
At the disciples’ point, the master grumbled, but turned his body around and came down to the floor. The long green hair, which had been scattered around her face until just now, was also well-groomed and fell behind her back her.
Natalie, the lord of the royal mage tower.
She was the former owner of the tower and a disciple of Robert, who was called the Great Mage. She was the number of her grandmother this year, but she only looked to be in her early thirties. In particular, she felt younger because of her tick-tack and grumbling tone of her.
“So what’s really going on?”
“Master… It’s interesting… He said he studied… “
“What?”
“Well, Master said that he started a new study recently… Hehe.”
“Haa… You stole it again.”
“Huh?! Oh, I didn’t mean to spy on you, so…”
Natalie listened in one ear and let out in the other what her disciple was saying and making her excuses. She didn’t have to listen to excuses because she cared, not once or twice. She, of course, was not even upset by this. It was n’t because she had become numb, it was just because she was a researcher who did n’t have much trouble sharing it with her students.
“Okay. Come here both of you.”
“Yes!”
“Yes…”
The master led her students to one side of the room. The entire floor was the master’s room, so the space was very wide, but because there were so many books and research facilities, the realm of movement was quite narrow.
The three wizards entered the room marked as Laboratory 3. Following Natal’s gesture of her, the papers scattered all over the floor came to mind and were arranged in front of her. Theresia’s and Adele’s eyes passed between the letters that were nicely placed here and there.
“This…?”
“Reincarnation Art…”
“S, Master. What is this?”
Looking at the record beyond their imagination, the two couldn’t help but be astonished.
“This is a data given to me by a certain witch who is an acquaintance of mine. I was lucky enough to find a user, but I got stuck and started discussing it. Just as I was looking for something similar. Master… That is to say, the former Mage Tower Lord.”
Natalie’s head jerked and she turned to Adele.
“Your grandfather’s study also has quite a few of these materials.”
“In my grandfather’s study…”
Adele’s words reminded her of her grandfather her.
Her parents her died in the war shortly after she was born. Her grandfather was the one who directly raised her and her brother her. Here, as a mage, you have no choice but to respect the Mage Tower, the Great Mage, and the War Hero. Of course, I had different feelings for him.
It was rumored that her grandfather had died while researching, but she did n’t believe it. No matter how cleanly it flew into the laboratory with an explosion, there were too many strange things. At the time of the explosion, the influence of magical power was so great that there were many things that could not be confirmed.
So Adele believed her grandfather her was alive somewhere. And that’s Master in front of her own eyes. At the same time, her grandfather’s apprentice, the Magic Tower Master, had the same idea.
“Where the hell is Grandpa…”
“Well, Master, you’ll be fine wherever you are.”
It was a little closer to the alumni answer, but I still thought it was the best answer for now. The fact that she did not know the whereabouts of the Archmage was the same. More than 10 years have passed since her accident her. Even if she was alive at the time, she might be dead now.
But Natalie wanted to do a little more for her beloved pupil. Apart from that, she also had a good taste of seeing the numerous materials in her teacher’s library.
“Adele… Cheer up….”
“Yes…”
To refresh the atmosphere, Natalie changed the subject, and the three of them started talking about magic and research again.
Not long after that, a young man’s voice was heard from the other side.
“Top Lord~ Where are you~?”
It was a very familiar voice to all three of them.
“Huh? Brother?”
“Huh? Adele, you’re here… Ah, tower lord. You’re here.”
“Um, yes.”
The identity of the young man was Adele’s 3-year-old brother. In other words, he is also the grandson of the Great Mage Robert. Because of this, he was close with Natalie as well as Theresia. Moreover, the young man was also a wizard talented enough to become a disciple of the 2nd elder of the Mage Tower, so there was constant exchange.
“Adolf, what’s wrong?”
It was a slightly colder tone compared to the rough yet friendly voice he used to address his disciples.
“Ah, that’s because someone is looking for the tower lord.”
“A person? That’s something that can be done by sending it up here or kicking it out. Do I really have to ask me about that?”
“That…”
Despite the aggressive tone, Adolf didn’t mind.
Everyone who knew her knew the personality of her tower mastered her, and judging from her situation her, it seemed that she was having a discussion about her magic and research her, but then she was right. Magicians were such a race. But it was also very important.
“Introducing myself as Yueli Madruna…”
“…What?”
Natalie wanted someone for a moment, but she was shocked by the face and identity of the person with that name that came to her mind her. The young wizards around her were amazed at her unusual expression of her, but she saw that it was possible.
That’s also true, because Yueli Madruna was the name of a spirit sage who was a colleague of the former warriors, that is, the great mage Robert.
“Yuelli… Yueli-san… ?”
Embarrassed by her unimagined identity Her, Natalie stuttered her words.
Although she is about 20 years younger than her, her partner her is a former colleague of her teacher Robert. She is one of the war heroes who led the war against the demons to victory, and she is a woman who has been known to be missing until now. No one could have predicted her sudden appearance of her.
“What should I do…?”
“…First of all. Come once… Bring me. No, I. I’m going. Where are you now?”
“It’s the VIP room on the 20th floor.”
If she was real, it was a big deal. However, if it was a fake, it would be punished with a hat even if it was really clever.
“Let’s go.”
Ellie Yu sat in her chair and looked out through the window located in the back without her waiting.
The blue sky with sparse snow clouds and half of the capital city were captured in her blue eyes.
It wasn’t the first time, but it was a really great sight. Indeed, I thought that it was worthy of being 20 stories high. Still, this is not the top floor. It seemed to match the reputation of being the tallest and most scenic building in the world.
“It’s been a long time here.”
-It’s been several years since the Magic Tower itself, but it seems like it’s been about 20 years since you went inside.
“Because I could have been caught if I wasn’t lucky~.”
Yu Eli, who used her spirit power to hide her identity her and wandered all over the continent in search of Valdes.
There was also a magic tower where she looked. At that time, the magic compass installed in her womb did not work properly, so she had no choice but to poke around randomly. As a result, it was all nonsense.
“Hmm, should I ask you to make something like a spirit tower later?”
-Oh, that’s not bad either. I can collect delicious food.
“Noisy. Stop eating spirits now. Elemental spirits should be our strength for Valdes.”
-…….
The ancient spirit was dumbfounded.
Who was the one who said it was fun and hunted spirits together? Really, I thought that even if I fell for that terrible demon prince, I was too into it. If she could have separated from Yu Eli, she would have left right away.
“Why don’t you answer me? I’m going to eat it, I’m not going to eat it.”
-… I get it. Don’t eat anymore
Hehe, you answered well~.”
-… Tsk.
As we looked down at the outside and chatted, I felt a presence from behind.
“Ah, I see you’re here.”
At the same time Yueli turned her back, the door to the VIP room opened, and Natalie, the owner of the mage tower, entered. Seeing Yueli’s face her, she froze on the spot.
“Yu-Mr. Yueli… ?”
“It’s been a while, Natalie.”
As soon as Natalie saw Yueli, she was sure she was real.
The aura of a mighty spirit radiates softly. Even though he was hiding his power his, it was this much. It was a power of a different level than the Elemental Weavers she had seen so far.
Another piece of evidence was her face. Because of her more nasty personality than her own her, Yu Eli did not get along well with outsiders, and her face was not properly known even among her warriors her. But now she sees herself as Yu Ellie was the same as she was back then.
“You’re not getting old….”
“Maybe it’s because of the spirit, her body has n’t changed much. Is Natalie similar to that time?”
“Hey, well… I’m pretty advanced, but I’m interested in this sort of thing.”
A complex yet bitter emotion came over Natalie’s face her.
Anyone could see that Yueli’s face her hadn’t rejuvenated, but it felt like it was the same. In other words, she has had the same power as Yu Eli since she was in her 20s. She was afraid even if she made a contract with a strong spirit.
She herself deserves to be counted among the wizards on the continent, but she was not young and was born into an aristocratic family and received numerous support for her thanks to her. She also knew very well that Yu Eli was from an aristocratic background, but that she was destroyed by the war.
The two women, with youthful faces that did not match their age, soon sat on the sofa.
“I thought she was missing, what are you doing here?”
“She’s been wandering around for a while. But I just want to settle down.”
“Settlement….”
It was more than good news.
Natalie, the mage lord, was ranked in the top 10 of the Empire in terms of power and status. She just doesn’t use it for anything other than magic. Anyway, as a result, she had some knowledge of the emperor’s dream of conquering the continent.
If Yu Eli could be brought in, she would be of great help to the Empire. Not only she, but she was also able to minimize the sacrifice of young talents like Theresia, Adele and Adolph.
“What can I do to help?”
“Um…Ah.”
Yu Eli threw her words out naturally, as if she had just remembered.
“Wouldn’t you like to ask for a professorship at the Imperial Academy?”
That was her goal after coming here on Valdes’ orders.
