81. Do you want to learn magic? (1)
The capital was attacked by demons.
When I heard the news, it was the morning after I arrived at the duchy.
Rin, who is using the next bed in the same hospital room, is too busy sleeping.
I quietly opened the newspaper placed by her bedside and caught the news written on the front page.
Various gossip.
Especially, the news of the demon’s attack is at the top of the list, besides even those related to martial arts.
‘The devil infiltrated the capital while the knights were careless, and soon after stealing the ‘relic of the ancient god’, they destroyed it and fled…….’
A short sentence in this newspaper.
I wonder if it’s because the sacred relic of the ancient god that was said to be broken was what I returned.
The damage to the knights is minimally described.
On the contrary, it means that there is a high possibility that it has suffered considerable damage.
I don’t think they would have kept things worth the relics of the ancient gods in the first place.
If you received less damage, there is no need to reduce the description, and several knights were injured or died. If you write it down like this, it will be enough.
“… ….”
In a way, the knights suffered devastating damage because I, the winner of the Mutuje, returned the holy relic.
However, it wasn’t just that guilt that kept me silent.
Just.
Something like stealing the holy relics of the ancient gods. Whether to destroy At least as far as I know, that hasn’t happened in the previous episode.’
Because there was a sense of discrepancy between the past and the present before the return I knew.
Of course, such a gap shouldn’t have happened for a day or two.
The demons attacked the imperial palace and stole the holy relic.
If it was a gangster attacking the imperial palace, whoever the winner of the previous round would have tried to steal the holy relic from him as well.
However, I hadn’t heard anything like that in the previous episode.
It’s not just because of the devil’s remorse.
‘…… Asael. That that person handed over the holy relic to the devil.’
Mutuje is a very strong candidate for the championship.
If it wasn’t for me, the man who would have won after reaching the finals of the Mutou Festival.
Asael.
The story that the winner of the previous round joined hands with the devil.
No.
For humans to join hands with the devil is absolutely impossible due to the nature of the devil who hates ‘life’, so the more likely one is…….
‘Asael was actually a devil. It must be the other way around.’
He is a person whose identity was unknown.
If he was a demon, it would make sense why Rin was defeated.
But I don’t know why I gave up on Mutouje when I tried to get that far.
Did you think you couldn’t defeat me and save your strength?
“Or…… Are there other variables?”
For example.
Something to the extent that the devil had no choice but to leave after beating Mutuje…….
While continuing my thoughts, I shook my head.
From here on, it’s not speculation at all, it’s the realm of delusion.
If he catches his man named Asael or the demons in the royal family, it will be a little better.
He’s being tracked down by the imperial family, but he doesn’t really seem to be able to catch them.
Even if you put aside the fact that the devil is strong enough to dare invade the empire’s capital.
They would have fled right back to their land.
Outside the Empire…… A desolate land where humans can’t possibly live.
It’s not an official name, though. If there is such a thing as the Demon Realm, it is probably there.
It’s not just humans who can’t live.
Not even a single blade of grass grows there.
Life itself cannot establish a foundation or survive.
The land of the demons was pickled in demonic energy due to the influence of the disaster.
Knights of the expert level or higher can survive for a while in that environment.
Whether it is possible to chase down a demon enough to invade the imperial family is another matter.
I knew it because I had fought several times in the demon realm.
I wonder how harsh the land is for humans, and why the empire has never been able to open up the demon realm for a thousand years.
It is safe to say that there is almost no chance of catching it.
So, put this idea aside.
It’s time to make another guess.
For example.
‘…… It’s like the reason why the devil destroyed the ancient god’s holy relic that he had obtained so much.’
In fact, the reason is simple.
Not everyone except me knows why, but I, who had direct contact with the holy relic, knew why.
An ancient god who introduced himself as the god of wisdom. Hakma.
Hakma contacted me.
As if he couldn’t tell me about the questions he had asked, he cleverly turned his words around.
If it wasn’t a lie that he contacted me and spent most of his divinity…….
It’s highly likely that at the time the devil stole it, the holy relic was already turned into an ordinary stone.
If you only found out after stealing the holy relic, it would be natural to destroy it.
If you think so. I don’t know if it’s fortunate that I didn’t cross the holy relic to them.
I couldn’t just think of it as a relief.
The fact that they checked the holy relic and confirmed that there was no divinity before destroying it.
In other words, it is a story that the divinity within was necessary.
Once you look at the sacred relics of the ancient gods, apart from their uniqueness, they are little better than ordinary artifacts.
There is no way the demons would have raided the capital because they were only greedy for such a thing.
Then you wanted the divinity itself, not the sacred object.
And that…….
‘Because he knows how to use the divinity of the ancient gods.’
At least. Methods that humans do not know how to use.
Ancient gods. And the divinity of the Old Gods.
…… Didn’t you hear from Hakma? The beings called calamities are also similar to some kind of ancient gods.
Those who follow the ancient gods are looking for the divinity of another ancient god…….
No matter how you think about it, it doesn’t sound good.
Especially those called disasters.
They were disgusting monsters, enough to make me shudder just thinking about them.
After thinking for a while, I tore my hair out.
“…… Old god. Should I investigate?”
A name that looks suspicious and annoying to anyone.
Even information about the ancient gods is thoroughly managed by the imperial family, so it was obvious that finding them would not be easy.
I wanted to deny it, but. It cannot be buried forever.
It depends on whether you check it now or not. Because the game of war against future disasters may change dramatically.
…… Because I was so sure.
I didn’t want to get entangled in the slightest.
Until at least five years later, when the disaster completely revived, the goal of life was to spend time playing and eating.
Somehow, it feels like each one is distorted. …… Maybe it was like that from the moment I went to Mutou Festival.
‘I’ll have to ask the butler. This too.’
Chin.
Anyway, I don’t think I’m the kind of person who can play and eat comfortably.
Thought so quietly, I closed the newspaper.
* * *
-Yes, that way. Don’t get distracted and stay focused. It’s connecting the mana circuit.
It is noon when the sun rises in the middle of the sky.
A silver-haired wizard with a hat pressed down was quietly using his magic on the terrace of Duke Reinhardt’s mansion.
What she is doing, if anyone with magical knowledge saw it, she would have been horrified.
It creates a round shape by weaving the magical energy in its heart like a thread.
What draws on her heart like that is another sphere.
To a wizard, something more important than the heart itself.
Circle.
There is no magician in the world who has not created a circle.
Because in order to use any type of magic, a circle is required as a minimum condition.
However, her method was different from the normal method.
It takes a week for an ordinary wizard to complete the first circle.
It takes a month to engrave the second circle on the heart, and after that, it varies greatly, but usually it takes at least half a year to build one circle.
Well, making a circle isn’t just an act of mana.
Because by continuing the dialogue with myself based on my magical knowledge, I am approaching the ‘source’ itself.
That’s why learning magic is a constant battle with oneself, and creating a circle is no different from an ordeal.
A circle is not created overnight, but is a subjectivity that is barely created after hundreds or thousands of hours of deliberation.
No magician can have complete confidence in the eternal dialogue.
Even if it’s a wizard who has reached the 7th or 8th circle or higher, which is starting to compare with the sword master.
On the contrary, if you had doubts and doubts more severely, you had them. It was impossible to be certain.
A wizard doubts and revises even the judgment he made yesterday, and creates a better answer.
If you make a wrong decision for even one day, the shape of the circle you’ve created will collapse.
If there are 100 wizards in the world, there are 100 different ‘answers’ to magic.
If there were a thousand wizards, there would be a thousand answers, and if there were ten thousand wizards, there would be ten thousand answers.
That’s why the word study is ridiculous.
Even if a magician from the 9th circle comes, there are not many ways to teach even a magician with only a 1st circle.
The relationship between master and disciple is virtually meaningless.
A study in which you must believe only in yourself from the beginning to the end. Because it was magic.
Even if a magician lost his Circle due to an unfortunate accident, it was the same that he had to weave the Circle carefully.
Even if the magician of the 9th circle loses the circle and starts over from the beginning.
Because the problems you’ve already experienced won’t come out to the wizard.
To advance to a higher level. Of course, I had to solve more difficult problems.
However, the speed at which the silver-haired wizard weaved the circle was beyond the standard.
As if he had no doubts about the answer he gave.
I was weaving magic with the conviction that I wouldn’t be wrong. Actually, it was all correct.
The reason why the silver-haired sorceress, Lucia, was able to give the perfect answer was simple.
-In explosion magic, formulas related to heat must be combined in order based on temperature, after fusion formulas. Remember?
‘There’s no way I forgot.’
In her hand, she already had the perfect answer to that question.
The magician of the 10th circle who perfectly walked the path that Lucia would walk in advance.
Lu.
However, this kind of speed would not have been possible if it had been memorizing and writing down only the answers.
The ability to fully realize the reason and reason just by looking at the answers and brief explanations.
As a wizard, literally the best talent.
Because it belonged to Lucia.
-It’s a country, after all.
‘… ….’
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Lucia, who almost lost her concentration at Lou’s self-congratulations in her ears, managed to hold on to her magical thread.
Even that is a trick to train one’s concentration.
…… Please, I wanted to think so.
I wonder if he was so focused.
The definite results of the training came sooner or later.
“…… Done.”
With a short mutter, “It’s over.”
Whoop!
The magical energy that flowed from her body gushed out and gently wrapped around the area.
Kung. Thud. Thud.
In the quiet beating heart, I felt a new presence.
One more circle beats in the heart.
It says one thing.
8 Circles.
Because it was a story about reaching that level again.
A scene where magic power soars.
It wasn’t just Lucia who was looking at the beautiful scenery.
“…… Wow.”
“Ciella?”
Let’s look back at the sudden exclamation.
The half-open terrace door and Ciela came into her eyes before she knew it.
Siela approached from outside the terrace to call Lucia.
She was admiring her from behind her.
Ciella calms down her expression for a while even in admiration.
“Congratulations. Have you achieved something?”
“…… Uh. I’m back in the 8th circle.”
“…… ! Congratulations!”
A look that seems genuinely congratulatory.
Seeing that face of hers, Lucia suddenly said what she was thinking.
“Perhaps, Ciela. Are you willing to learn?”
“…… Yes?”
Ciela tilted her head as if she had heard it wrong.
Lucia said, as if she hadn’t heard anything wrong.
“…… Do you intend to learn magic from me?”
