Persian territory.
“How the hell do you get to this place?”
On top of the wall, soldiers were having a conversation.
“How do we know what the high men think?”
“Sometimes don’t you think we’re better than them? that’s true The rebels and our manor, such a mountain, is holding up. Do they not know anything?”
“Speak carefully. When you are in a high place, there are things you can only see from high places.”
“There are things that can only be seen from low places. Talk as if there is going to be a war, and let the boundaries stand as the boundaries.”
“Instead, the allowance is paid by a lot of money.”
“Uh-huh. it’s not thick It’s money that disappears after you drink a few times.”
“Isn’t that because you’ve been drinking too much?”
When the soldiers leaned against the wall and were having a leisurely conversation.
Tick tuck tuck tuck.
I heard footsteps approaching them.
“Is the centurion coming? Get up.”
“Yes, yes. All right.”
The grumbling soldier regained his posture as usual and took a vigilant stance.
A man quickly approached those soldiers.
“Loyalty, nothing is wrong… … .”
The man who approached the soldiers was not a centurion.
“Suck… … .”
It was Kell Linsberg, the chief elemental of the imperial family, who heard that he came from the imperial capital.
“Chuu, loyalty!! To the Chief Spirit… … !”
But Kelln didn’t care about such a soldier.
The two soldiers passed by ignoring them.
“what… … .”
Kelln approached the edge of the wall with a very surprised face.
“Hey, Spirit Master! It is dangerous to go to the end of the wall!”
The soldier stopped Kell with a bewildered look.
“never mind.”
Kelln looked at the mountains without looking at those soldiers.
‘Something is coming.’
While staying at the castle, Kelln noticed something.
The sound of the spirits on the mountain roaring.
Kell can feel the emotions of the spirits who have not signed a contract with him like the Imperial Chief Spirit Officer.
The emotion felt by the spirits in the mountains is fear.
I didn’t know exactly what I was afraid of, but I could tell it was a bad feeling.
“Sylperion.”
The wind gathered along with Kell’s words.
The wind clumps together to form a giant bird.
It was the appearance of the higher spirit of the wind, Silperion.
“What’s going on?”
“Go to that mountain and see what happens. And Sylph.”
A small bird appeared next to Silperion.
It was Sylph, a lesser spirit of the wind.
“Sylph, you go to the Persian ruler. Let me know the situation.”
“I know!”
At Kelln’s hasty movement, the soldiers looked bewildered.
“I am fine. What is this?”
At the soldier’s question, Kell turned his head.
“The war begins.”
***
“Professor, have you been at peace?”
“It’s peaceful. It is a series of hardships.”
Cromwell greeted Ian with a blank face.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the principal. I heard you are not in good health, are you okay?”
“Heh heh, you can’t just lie in bed because you’re not healthy. Then sit down.”
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McDowell smiled broadly and reached out to the chair in front of him.
Ian sat down and looked at McDowell.
“Did you hear about the war situation?”
“Yes, I have read all the materials you handed over.”
“Then it will be easier to say. Have you sent all the academy students back home?”
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McDowell shook his head.
“Not everything. Because the empire was in chaos, students from far away could not return. However, because it is a vacation, there are only a few students left.”
“How many students are left?”
Cromwell opened his mouth to Ian’s question.
“It’s about 10 people. Once the students are protected together with the residents, there is no big problem.”
“Is there a list of students?”
Cromwell handed over the documents to Ian’s question.
“If a war breaks out while returning to the family, it can be dangerous, so there are students who remain, and there are students who remain with their own will.”
As she read the document, Ian narrowed her brow and pointed to the two names with her fingers.
“What are these guys?”
Those two names were Evan and Jeniel.
What was written next to it was participation in the war.
“The two students said they would join the war of their own will.”
“Where are these students now?”
“They said they moved individually. I have work to do.”
Ian put the document down and opened his mouth.
“Take him back to the academy or home right now. Students cannot participate in wars. Are there individual movements? Individual movements that are not directly authorized by the military are unacceptable.”
“The above students are the students who excelled at the academy. Yeniel is a former rebel assassin, and Evan is a student who has been a senior at the academy several times. I chose it because of the basis for making this decision.”
“I am the commander of the Imperial Army. I will not allow it.”
“Ian Astria.”
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McDowell opened his mouth at Ian’s rising voice.
“Is it because of responsibility? Then let me take responsibility.”
Responsibility for when students die or are injured.
This was bigger than I thought.
Although Evan and Yeniel were not students of high families, the Empire reacts greatly if something happens to the students of the Academy.
It would be embarrassing for the academy, but especially Ian’s achievements as the commander of the Imperial Army left a big scar.
The commander of the Imperial Army personally came to protect the Academy, but it was clear that if the Academy’s students were wounded by the rebels, they would be held accountable.
So Ian was vehemently opposed.
“And don’t you think they won’t participate just because they’re against it? They’re going to be stubborn anyway, so it’s safer to put them in a position we can control.”
Ian stared at McDowell who said that, then nodded.
“If the principal’s will is the case, then I will obey. However, I will not take any responsibility.”
“Do that.”
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McDowell said so, glanced at the ceiling and smiled.
“What’s wrong?”
“not. Then let’s keep talking about war.”
So they continued the meeting.
Since the two of them had dealt directly with the rebels, I was able to explain them in detail to Ian.
Having said that, the most important thing came out.
Aryandor’s time magic.
This was the most troublesome.
If a large army attacks and turns back time, they can continue the war again and again.
If they did it wrong, they would lose all their memories, and it was possible even if only the other party had their information.
“Then you are saying that time may have already gone back?”
“right. Of course, I hope not.”
The magic tool that Luna obtained during the last rebel attack.
As a result of digging into that magic tool, I got information that it could cause everyone to lose their memories.
The magic tool that Luna obtained is a combination of Zephrin’s hallucination magic and Aryandor’s time magic, and uses memory manipulation and time manipulation at the same time.
Of course, it can’t be crafted anymore now that Jeffrin is dead, but how many of these magical tools will remain.
So, it could be that time has gone back.
All the imperial troops here have lost their memories, and time has run back.
It was the worst situation for the Imperial Army.
“So the first task we have to do is to unravel Aryan’dor’s time magic. We need to find out if time has gone back or not.”
Ian rubbed his chin at McDowell’s words.
time and space.
In a way, it is magic in a similar position.
However, since Ian had not faced Aryandor directly, he could not tell what the similarities were.
“Then, when I meet Aryandor, I will deal with him. Wouldn’t it be possible to get the answer there?”
“i get it. Don’t let it happen.”
“Then on to the next agenda… … .”
when you try to get over it.
“Sah, Commander!!!”
“What’s going on?”
Ian’s lieutenant ran into their barracks.
“I have received a request for help from the Persian territory!!”
“Are you a rebel? How are the rebels?”
“I don’t know the details. The attack hasn’t come yet, and the chief spirit sergeant told me to tell you quickly… … .”
“How many troops do you have?”
“It seems like a pretty big army. What would you do?”
Ian made a quick decision.
“Once, as planned, Professor Cromwell goes, and sends troops back. And check the movement of troops on the academy side.”
“All right.”
After hearing the lieutenant’s answer, Ian looked at Cromwell.
“Professor, I would like to thank you.”
Cromwell bit his molars at those words.
Looking at the situation, it seemed that there were many enemies.
Fly from the Academy to the Persian Territories and then face such troops?
You can catch them, but you can’t even deal with Aryandor or other leaders.
Then McDowell spoke up.
“Ian, can’t you move me with space magic?”
It was asking if he could move other people with space magic.
Last time the future Rudy came, it was the idea that Rudy used space magic to move Lie and Uni.
“Space magic also has its limits. I’m not good enough yet, so I can’t even move someone else.”
“is it… … .”
Cromwell sighed when he heard that.
“Then let me go right away.”
“I will only understand the situation of the war and I will go right away.”
Ian, a user of space magic, was able to move right there.
However, if the enemy had a two-way operation, this could be dangerous.
Even Ian cannot continue to use space magic.
Especially if it was about the distance between the Persian territory and the Academy.
So, I had to figure out the movement of the rebels in front of me and decide whether to help the Persian territory.
“Gravity.”
Cromwell used magic and floated into the air.
taken from noblemtl.com
McDowell looked at Cromwell like that.
“Go carefully.”
“All right.”
Without much delay, Cromwell moved to the Persian estate.
“then.”
Ian got up from his seat and looked at the lieutenant.
“Let us move too.”
***
Cromwell was biting his teeth and flying through the air.
Control the use of mana, and fly as fast as possible.
To the contrary, I tried to keep the center of it.
As I flew like that, I arrived near the mountain range.
‘If you fly along the mountains… … .’
In the middle, there was a Persian territory.
“Well?”
So when you try to follow the mountain range.
A huge object appeared in front of me.
A huge being covered with red scales.
“… … Dragon?”
That being was a red dragon.
On the way through the mountain range, there was a red dragon.
Cromwell’s eyes widened at the sudden appearance of the red dragon.
And all sorts of thoughts started running through my head.
Is this a dragon prepared by the rebels?
Or did it appear by chance?
For once, I couldn’t fight that dragon now.
I had to go to the Persian territory as soon as possible.
So Cromwell tried to pass quietly.
“professor.”
“… … ?”
Then someone shouted from the dragon side.
“professor. Here it is.”
A man above the head of a giant dragon.
A man with black hair and a sword.
It was Evan.