Mage Tower Meeting-5
The top floor of the Mage Tower boasted a splendid landscape unlike the square, crude shape seen from the outside.
The shape of the place is different from the image of the mage tower, which is usually contrasted with the temple. It is the structure of an old-fashioned large library, and each outer wall has a library fixed to it, so magic books and sorcery books are inserted.
Those who participate in the Mage Tower general meeting are the 4 Mage Masters who are in charge of each Mage Tower.
“We will start the Mage Tower general meeting from now on.”
And the doctor, Eileen Temperius. The Temperius family was able to serve as the chairman of the meeting on the condition that they did not belong to the Mage Tower.
Originally, her father was serving as the chairman, but due to her achievements in defeating demons and warlocks over the past four years, she was able to assume the chairmanship in place of her father.
Of course, that was also possible because Leo cooperated, and it was also what Leo wanted.
[…Because you seduced me?]
Even though the sage wasn’t around, he was giggling as if he was seeing it right away, as if he had grasped the whole situation just by talking.
[This is a real bottle.]
From Leo’s point of view, it worked well and unlike before returning, it formed a cooperative relationship, but from the sage’s point of view, it seemed like nothing more than a flirtation.
“…There’s no such thing as a meeting, right? The reason why we gathered like this before the festival is so obvious?”
As soon as Eileen’s words were finished, she glanced in the direction where Leo and Orb were.
There was always a reason why there were people who weren’t even the owner of the tower on the top floor of the tower, especially during meetings.
.O’Brien, the executioner of sorcery, and Leonardo, the executioner of sorcery, could clearly see the outline of the reason.
“Is it because of the Mine that has no mana?”
Externally, it was a meeting held for the progress and expenses of the festival, but all the tower masters here knew that it wasn’t everything.
“I’ll report back what came out of it. Orb?”
“…Yes. Senior.”
O’Brien, expressionless, took up the report and began reporting the findings on the body.
However, the trembling of the fingertips holding the report silently explained how different Orb’s expression and true intentions were.
‘…Don’t be nervous…’
One of the famous great wizards in front of me now remodeled the mother of a respected senior as her biological weapon and cloned her into a chimera.
In addition, he had to explain to the archmage and the traitor while maintaining a poker face and excluding the connection between the chimera and the demihumans.
“…Therefore, what can be judged as of now is that this demon is not a vampire, and at the same time, it is judged that the human base has special abilities.”
The reports so far were information that could have been obtained if the autopsy had been performed directly at Reinhardt, not the Magic Tower.
This demon was the most unusual, special, and dangerous humanoid chimera in the history of the Empire, including the Mage Tower, simply by the fact that it had no mana.
“Looking beyond…”
“…Wait!”
As O’Brien was about to finish his report, someone cut it off with a crisp voice that didn’t match the mood.
“Looks like I’m missing an important story! May I ask the question myself?”
Jane Narsha, the owner of the red tower, led a not bright story at all with a refreshing voice. Everyone, including Leo, felt a sense of alienation from the eccentricity.
“…Tell me. Red Tower Lord.”
“There was a saying that the devil was related to Leonardo, but is it true?!”
After Eileen allowed her to speak, the red pagoda owner joyfully brought out heavy information as if he had waited.
At those words, the other Mage Tower owners also started to mumble. But even from that reaction, Leonardo was not particularly agitated.
[You already knew it, but it came out like that, right?]
＜…That’s right. I’m a bit disappointed.＞
Leonardo did not bother to hide the fact that the devil’s identity was the same as his parents’ appearance.
Because the harm to be done by hiding is greater than the gain to be gained by hiding, I rather chose to disclose it.
So there was no way the mage tower masters didn’t know. Rather, since there were wizards trained in each mage tower, there was nothing strange about entering information in the evening.
Nevertheless, to openly ask such a question,
‘…They came out like this…’
It was to shake Leonardo’s spirit.
Even if Leonardo wasn’t an enemy, he wasn’t a sure ally of the Mage Tower.
The place he officially belonged to was the Reinhardt family, and he also entered the school of a certain mage tower and learned the knowledge of each mage tower while remaining neutral without learning magic.
As such, it must have seemed like an opportunity for them to shake Leo and turn him over to their side.
“…No. That would not be it.”
Leonardo smiled bitterly and answered the words of the Red Tower. At those words, the other Mage Tower owners also started to react.
Among them, Baektapju was the fastest to catch the horse’s tail.
“That’s strange. On the side of the Mercenary Guild, the picture of your mother and the face of the corpse matched perfectly. That means…”
“No two people are the same.”
However, Baektapju’s claim did not last long. In the first place, Baektapju also expected that answer, so it was a claim that he brought out.
All the masters of the Mage Tower, including her, knew that one more body of her was stored in Reinhardt.
“The Chimera’s base must be my mother. We are still investigating how my mother, who went missing years ago, became the way she did.”
Even with Leonardo’s quick recognition, the tower masters showed no signs of stopping. This time, the head of the cheongtap also opened his mouth and made wild guesses.
“That means your mother could be a demon.”
“Lord of the blue tower! That’s too much…!”
“Too much? Is this a conjecture? It must have been quite possible.”
At the harsh words of the blue pagoda master, Orb wrinkled his expression and chewed his lips, but there was nothing to refute.
The corpse alone was sufficient evidence that Leonardo’s mother was a demon, but there was no clear evidence that it was not.
In addition, Ren’s whereabouts so far were concealed to the extent that even Leo, her regressor, did not know.
So it wouldn’t be an awkward picture at all whether you put a demon or a black mage in there.
To the extent that if you spray it on the media, it will bite you right away.
“…That’s right. She could be Mine.”
But Leonardo didn’t blink an eyebrow.
She said, “She could be a warlock who made herself a clone of her. It’s a probable guess. It is not speculation.”
On the contrary, there is a basis for the claim of Cheongtapism, and they even agreed.
“Actually, this may sound irresponsible, but I don’t know anything about my birth mother. I never saw her biological father.”
Leonardo wasn’t sure either.
Since the return, I haven’t been able to find anything else that has been so frustrating.
Reuniting with my deceased mother in this way,
And the thought that the mother may actually be the shadow of all this continues to eat through her head.
In fact, I wonder if her mother was also involved in killing Ariasviel.
Leonardo was being dragged into the past while imagining even such a future.
“So I will make a suggestion.”
But
“I will sell this corpse as research material for the Mage Tower.”
Leonardo was used to that.
From 70 years ago to now.
“…What?”
That was what Eileen said. It was a decision made by Leo alone, without saying anything to Eileen.
“…What does that mean? This corpse of your parents…”
“Not my parents. As I said before, this is nothing more than a ‘chimera’ that matches the appearance of my parents.”
Leonardo’s argument was difficult to understand, but it was easy to understand.
“This corpse is the first creature without mana. Although dead, even as a corpse, this being is of high value.”
So he said he would sell it to the Mage Tower.
“…I…Are I sane? How about you, Leonardo?”
Even the owner of the red pagoda, who pushed this conversation, was taken aback. It was to the point that the usual pleasant voice and voice were low for a while.
“I killed this body. I pierced the heart and struck the neck.”
He even added that he lost his cool and was brainwashed because of that. But the words didn’t touch them at all.
Right now, Leonardo was cold-heartedly calculating the situation as profit and loss, as if he had killed his emotions.
“Besides, there is one more corpse on Reinhardt’s side with his throat cut. Selling it won’t be a big deal.”
“…Even so, sales are…”
“Isn’t this a proposal that will damage you?”
That was not wrong. Horrible, but what I wanted to study was the wizard’s psychology. If I said no, it would be about the cheongtapju, who frowned at the horror.
“However, the temple would not allow the sale of demon corpses…”
“Is that so? It’s Mine…”
In response, Leonardo took out his coffin from his cloak.
The chestnut-colored coffin, which was so bloated that it could be said to fill the subspace, was placed on the floor with a heavy sound.
“…Because it’s a demon, conditions are necessary for it to be judged.”
Leo’s hand opened the coffin lid.
“It will be contaminated by demons.”
What was in the coffin was a black-haired woman who looked just like Ren. Her red eyes, floating empty with her chest open, seemed to capture the chill of this corpse.
“This corpse doesn’t have a handful of mana, let alone magi. Even the Heretic Questioners had no choice but to classify them as Chimera according to regulations.”
And selling the body of a chimera, not a mine, was strictly legal.
“We do everything that is legally permitted.”
Leonardo put the lid on the coffin.
“That is the duty of a mage that I have learned from you. Am I wrong?”
The conference hall was quiet.
Some people kept their mouths shut even when they tried to question whether Leonardo was on the devil’s side.
In the first place, at the point of selling the corpse, it was said that there was no way that Leonardo was on the same side as Mine.
“No, that’s perfectly reasonable.”
The only one who didn’t tremble was the Black Tower Master, Bernan Verdein. The only one who was not at all shaken by Leonardo’s argument earlier was the owner of the Black Tower.
“Rather, we might be able to research a way to counteract this existence, so isn’t it a benefit to the Mage Tower?”
“…That’s right…”
Including the blue pagoda owner who answered, even Aileen all seemed to be shy. Because Leonardo’s proposal was bizarre and cruel enough to be difficult to understand with human emotions.
“Then how much do you intend to sell it for?”
“I won’t take it for money.”
I already had enough money. He would be able to receive Reinhardt’s cooperation directly, so he didn’t have to worry about financial problems.
There were certain things in the world that money couldn’t buy.
“I will hand over the corpse of this Chimera to the Lord of the Mage Tower who passes the unique magic formula first.”
An example of this was the information of the enemy to be dealt with, or the situation in which the enemy could be shaken.