103 – Crimson Sage #2
After the atmosphere had calmed down a bit, Llewellyn spoke in a bright voice as if evocative.
“Well then! I have something to share with the chest, so Mr. Sylvia, would you mind leaving her seat for a moment?”
“Huh? Me?”
Sylvia opened her eyes wide in surprise.
“What is it? Is there anything you want me to tell you?”
Llewellyn put her index finger to the corner of her mouth and smiled sullenly.
“Because from now on, what we are going to talk about is a conversation as parents.”
“Parents?”
Sylvia showed a puzzled expression for a moment, then she nodded her head as if she understood.
“Ah… That’s right. If that’s the case, there’s nothing you can do about it. Honey, are you two having a good talk with Llewellyn?”
She waved her hand and left her basement.
Only two people were left in the dark basement. It was a bit ambiguous to say that one side was human.
I had no difficulty guessing what Llewellyn was talking about.
“Is it because of Oznia?”
“That’s right. How is she doing?”
She thought for a moment about Llewellyn’s question, then she answered.
“She is doing well. She has made friends and is taking regular classes. It’s a downside that everything is annoying, but I still don’t stop doing what I have to do. Not too long ago I got a lot of help.”
“Is that so? It’s amazing that the chest was helpful. I’m glad she seems to be watching over her better than she thought. Even empty words aren’t sociable, so I was worried.”
Unexpectedly, I could feel the sincere concern in his voice. Are you still a disciple? It felt very strange that Llewellyn really cared about someone.
I gave her a small nod.
“Because that is the role of an instructor.”
Llewellyn raised the corner of her mouth slightly exposed beneath her robes.
“I recently received a letter from Ms. Oznia. Aside from her greetings, it was only about her friend named Titania and her instructor. Even reading the letter, I could tell that I was very dependent on you.”
“… ….”
Oznia sheep. I didn’t know that I would use such a title even for a disciple. Well, Llewellyn took what was inside, and she was as humble as a horse. Anyway, he kept talking to her.
“He is a child with a lot of scars. A child who is afraid of contact with people and protects himself with indifference. In the Mage Tower, no one has spoken a few words except for me. Does she know about her past?”
“Yes. I heard it myself.”
“Whoops, I thought it would take a few months, but you got to know me faster than I thought. As you know, Miss Oznia is the child you saved. The only thing I did to her was to take her to her mage tower, which was discovered by her belatedly imperial army.”
“You’re underestimating a lot. Aren’t you the child’s teacher?”
“That was just the bare minimum to protect Miss Oznia. I never taught her anything of her.”
I couldn’t help but be surprised by those words.
A quick cast she has seen since the beginning of her semester. And the teleport she used during the non-fair crash a while ago. All of her magic skills were far beyond the student level.
Of course, I thought that Llewellyn taught her herself, so she had that level of skill.
After a brief silence, I slowly opened my mouth.
“You didn’t teach me?”
“I thought so at first. She wanted to find out the identity of her voice that spoke to her, and since it was a fate to meet her like this, she thought of testing her qualities in moderation. However….”
Llewellyn let out a laugh bordering on laughter.
“Oh, really… What a talent. Teaching one was not enough to awaken ten. Is it like getting something out of nothing? It seemed that if she wanted to know something of hers, the magical knowledge related to it would pop out of her head.”
“It’s crazy….”
I asked timidly. Isn’t it quite cheap compared to the vocabulary of an archmage?
“Really. It was like watching a mage version of you, the scar. Didn’t you learn the swordsmanship of the swordsman and the shielding of the warrior just by seeing it with your own eyes? The moment when Notos-sama went wild at that time is still vivid in my mind.”
“… ….”
Yes, there were times like that.
The Great Warrior’s Holy Shield Skill is an arcane skill that is only passed on to Paladins belonging to the Kingdom, and especially to very good Paladins. Since he learned it by seeing it with his own eyes, of course, it was inconvenient for the Holy Knights of the state.
What did I say then?
Ah, ‘a technology that can only be seen once and copied is a vision, so it’s worth knowing the level of the law.’
…… At that time, my personality was a little more twisted than now, and I got annoyed with him constantly making noise next to me, so I answered like that without even realizing it. What happened next was obvious….
In the end, since the divine shield technique was only half of an excellent shield operation method if the divine power could not be used, he was able to finish it properly by promising that he would never pass it on to others.
I had a long thought. Anyway, the important thing is that Oznia’s talent is at that level.
“Are you not a genius in your own right when it comes to magic? That you couldn’t even teach me?”
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“To be precise, it was not taught.”
Llewellyn shook her head.
“She is an egg that has not yet hatched. No one knows yet what may be lurking in that egg. But the moment I try to teach her anything, it will be like breaking her eggshell with my own hands.”
“… What does that mean?”
“You take away the opportunity to awaken yourself. I’m going to cut off Miss Oznia’s potential myself. Have you ever seen her cast?”
“Yes.”
“Did you ever recite a chant even once?”
I’ve only seen Oznia use her magic three times. When she fights Saladin, when she escapes the illusion of the forest, and when the fair goes down.
Even if the first is low-level lightning magic, dispel magic and teleport are high-level magic that even moderate wizards find it difficult to use. And Oznia cast those magics casually without a spear.
“… Quick casting is your specialty. Of course I thought you taught me.”
“Quick casting and no casting are completely different. I never taught her to shorten her casting. But at some point, as if it were natural, he was using magic with a shadowless window.”
Llewellyn laughed again.
“I don’t live as long as the elves, but I’ve lived a long time to match this kind of appearance. For a long time, I lived only looking at magic. The title I have achieved by giving up everything for decades is the title of Archmage. Miss Osnia? I don’t know, but in the next few years, I’ll be called the youngest archmage.”
Llewellyn’s expression darkened slightly. Her robes were pressed down so she couldn’t be seen, but she felt that way intuitively.
“Whoops… I even felt a little bit jealous. Well, that’s not the point. Shouldn’t the birth of a rare giraffe in the world of magic be celebrated?”
“… Is that why you sent them to the academy? A talent you can’t handle?”
“Um, no. Not at all. That’s not why. I think you misunderstood what I said earlier-“
Lwellyn’s shape trembled unsteadily.
He continued in a troubled voice.
“… Gee, I’m running out of time. The elders will soon notice, so I’ll keep it short. I was very concerned. Miss Oznia’s talent is also her talent, but it was obvious what would happen if she grew up like this.”
“It was obvious?”
“She was abused by her parents since childhood, and she is a gifted child that even I can’t help but be jealous of. I wouldn’t leave it alone, but even after coming to the Mage Tower, he doesn’t talk to anyone. What will happen if she grows up like this?”
“… ….”
“Of course, it can grow wonderfully. But maybe not. I know that even I who say this belongs to what is commonly called a social misfit, but Ms. Oznia is different. I had no choice but to be prepared so that nothing could happen.”
Llewell Lynn seemed to know what she was talking about.
“You wrote a prescription for a deadly drug.”
“I thought that meeting other children my age would make a difference, for better or for worse. I never expected to meet you there, but I was rather fortunate. Because she seems to depend on you a lot.”
It’s a long story, but the point is, Llewellyn wanted Oznia to move on the right path. However, since she herself does not have the ability to lead her, she is asking me.
Don’t let Osnia become a bad wizard destroying the world.
That was an undeserved expectation for me, who was too daunted to take care of himself right away.
I shook my head slightly and said.
“Oznia has never been given great lessons. She doesn’t even have the ability to do that.”
“Anyway, Ms. Oznia is brighter than when she lived in the Mage Tower. Isn’t that enough?”
It was a wizard-like idea that puts importance on results.
“It’s easier said than done. And I have work to do.”
“Are you thinking of going to the Ionian Kingdom? To save that child?”
It was a hit.
From the moment I heard Llewellyn say that Ella is alive and that she, in some form or another, has become a medium that maintains the door to the other world.
I thought about it all along and finally made a decision.
If necessary, even if she has to take a break from her instructor post for a while, she has to go rescue Ella.
Ella was the most precious thing to me in her childhood, and she thought that if I could save her, she should now put her Ella above everything else.
Llewellyn said to me, who had already made up her mind.
“Don’t do that.”
“… What?”
“Oh, she doesn’t mean not to go get that child. I mean, don’t do that until you quit your job as an instructor.”
Before I could say anything, Llewelyn spoke her words quickly.
“This is my advice as an old acquaintance. Chestnut, you have changed a lot since the war. It must be because I threw away a lot of things. But do you even need to let go of things that have a positive impact on you? I think you need your students just as Miss Oznia needs you.”
“… ….”
“Have you already thrown away a lot? Then, isn’t it time to fill that empty heart with something?”
In an instant, Llewellyn’s body turned into flames up to her waist and shook unsteadily.
He said with a light click.
“There are so many things I want to say, but I don’t have time. As an archmage, I assure you. That girl named Ella, even if she can’t, she’ll be fine for the next few months. So don’t overdo it until you give up what you have in your hands right now. Definitely a good opportunity soon-”
Flame!
While talking, Llewellyn’s form was reconciled with a handful of flames and disappeared.
It looked as if communication was cut off in a hurry.
I looked at the place where he disappeared for a while, then took my eyes off him and went up to the ground.
As soon as I opened the door and went out, Sylvia, who had been waiting for me, immediately spoke to her.
“Are you finished? It took longer than expected.”
“Yes.”
“You want to go right away?”
The question must be whether you want to go rescue Ella.
I shook my head slowly.
“No. Back to the academy.”
Now was the time to meet the students.
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