“On what evidence do you say that?”
“The spirit of Ophilus.”
Then Robert pulled out a piece of paper.
The paper had a pocket watch drawn on it.
“Where is this now?”
“Are you asking me to show you a picture of a pocket watch all of a sudden?”
“Isn’t that the watch the Ophilus owners carried? If you ask the aristocrats of some age, they will know, but I won’t say it.”
Robert slammed his desk and pointed at the clock.
“By the way, where are you? This watch.”
Ophilus couldn’t even open his mouth.
As Ophilus remained so silent, Robert opened his mouth.
“That watch, Aryandor, doesn’t it?”
“I don’t know what you mean.”
Robert then picked up a piece of paper with a pocket watch on it.
“If you are Principal McDowell, you know. So would you like to go with me?”
“… … McDowell?”
Then Robert laughed.
“Have you ever seen Principal McDowell’s flash magic?”
“Never seen… … .”
“So I think Aryandor wrote a flash of magic on his pocket watch. A guy who isn’t even the Ophilus family seems to work hard on the record. haha.”
The spirit of Ophilus.
It wasn’t really the character of a blood-to-blood bearer.
The past and all the information recorded by time magic, this was the spirit of Ophilus.
A family that remembered thousands and tens of thousands of pasts and dealt with everything.
That was the Ophilus family.
“I know things you shouldn’t know. How much do you know, and from whom did you hear it?”
Robert had never seen the fight between McDowell and Aryandor.
If Robert had been there, McDowell’s arm wouldn’t have been cut off.
Nevertheless, we know that Aryandor used a pocket watch.
To this, Robert responded calmly.
“I heard from the saint.”
“What the hell is the saint thinking? To tell you that… … .”
“I don’t know what he’s thinking. I just heard the story.”
“Huh… … .”
Ophilus sighed and sat down.
“Then do you know everything about the past?”
“you’re right.”
“Why did you come here to kill me?”
“It is not.”
Then Ophilus made a puzzled expression.
“Didn’t you say you heard the past?”
“yes.”
“You killed your son. Don’t you know that I was the one who killed the chief elemental’s wife?”
“you’re right.”
Ophilus put on a disappointed expression at Robert’s words.
“I don’t know what a saint thinks, and I don’t know what you think.”
“I just want to pierce Ophilus-sama’s neck right now. You’re the one who killed my son. However.”
Robert smiled lightly with a sad look on his face.
“There are people around me who have to keep walking into the future. Do you not know what will happen if I kill Ophilus-sama here now?”
“Is it because Aryandor is getting stronger?”
Time magic and space magic.
Both of them had one major drawback.
The reason why few people have monopolized space and time magic until now.
It was not that they wanted to monopolize the power alone.
The power of time and the power of space become weaker and weaker as they are shared.
If only one person in the world knows how to use that ability, they will use their original power, but when there are two and three people, all of each individual’s power is lost.
So Robert couldn’t kill Ophilus.
The power of Aryandor, who monopolized time magic, might be to what extent.
It was possible to block it to some extent now, but if Ophilus dies, it may not be able to stop Aryandor.
“I will choose the future over my revenge.”
“… … Then why did you come here?”
“I’m here to ask you one thing.”
“… … Request?”
“Please survive to the end. Please survive somehow until everything is over. If you think you have to make atonement for me or others, don’t think about face anyway and survive to the end.”
Ophilus looked at Robert with a puzzled expression.
“… … Is that a request for the enemy?”
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
Robert turned around and walked towards the window.
Ophilus knows how to use time magic and sees tens of thousands of futures.
Still, he had no idea what Robert was thinking.
“Robert, I don’t know what you’re thinking, but I’ll give you one piece of advice as a time keeper.”
At Ophilus’s words, Robert turned his head.
“Don’t try to defy the future. There are countless cases in the future, but most of them have already been decided. If you live for the future, the present disappears.”
Since Rudy had come, even if he knew how to use time magic, he could not see the future.
Since there was an intervention from another dimension, the future of this place can no longer be read.
Still, I knew the future wouldn’t change much.
A new intervention from someone will certainly change the future, but that doesn’t change the entire future.
Even if they tried to change, only one person changed.
It could not stop the strong current of the passage of time.
“I know who you believe in, but the individual cannot change the whole.”
“it’s okay.”
Robert turned his head as if nothing had happened.
“He is not an individual.”
Robert jumped out the window.
***
I returned to the mansion and was in trouble.
“One of the most important figures in the Empire is the Time Wizard… … .”
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More work to be done.
Finding the hidden time wizard because space magic isn’t enough.
The problem was that the time wizard didn’t feel like he was helping the rebels.
‘If he was really helping the rebels, wouldn’t he have been working inside when Aryandor attacked? Or, did he induce the rebels to fight advantageously?’
I also agreed with Rie’s guess.
Still, it didn’t change that he was a dangerous person.
Whatever his intentions, he was the person who raised Aryandor, and this time he even used time magic in the Imperial Palace.
I had to know who he was and what his intentions were.
I looked at the list of people gathered when the time magic happened.
Imperial Chief Wizard, Imperial Chief Spirit Officer, Riberion Academy Principal, Vice-President, Prime Minister, etc.
All those who exerted influence over the empire had gathered.
Of course, there was no Perian here.
Perian had been away from politics for a long time, so he didn’t know much about the situation, so it seemed like he left it out.
Anyone who thinks they can use time magic… … .
The Imperial Chief Wizard and the Imperial Chancellor Jason Ophilus.
They were old enough to raise Aryandor, and they were people I didn’t know in detail.
Even so, these two are famous for their loyalty to the Empire.
Not to mention Prime Minister Ophilus, and even the Imperial Chief Wizard was a person who had been in the tower for a long time and was an assistant to the emperor.
“But you can’t suddenly visit the Chief Wizard or the Prime Minister… … .”
Both are very busy bodies.
Even if I have dozens of bodies, there will be enough people for a day to meet me… … .
“… … Come to think of it.”
I suddenly remembered Luna.
Luna is currently in the Imperial Palace.
How could I not meet the chief wizard with Luna?
As I tried to think and act like that, I suddenly felt a sense of wonder.
Last time it was Li, this time it was Luna.
They weren’t doing any tour, they were getting help.
In that state, I clenched my fist.
“… … You can pay it back twice.”
Like a gambler’s mindset, he went to Luna with the thought of picking and paying back.
***
“Rudy!!”
While waiting in front of the Imperial Palace Tower, Luna ran out to the entrance.
I didn’t come in contact with him, but I had asked the guard to call me, so Luna came out directly.
“Luna, I’m sorry. suddenly called.”
“Hehehe. No, was it idle anyway? It’s even better to see Rudy’s face!”
Luna looked at me and smiled brightly.
“Yes, you can go in now.”
Hearing the guard’s words, we went inside the tower.
“Astina-senpai said it was dangerous. I heard Rudy got hurt while trying to save her, are you okay now?”
“Uh, I got the healing magic right there and I’m fine now. How was Luna?”
“Hmmm! I made my own magic tools and submitted my thesis! It was the first time I entered the tower and wrote a thesis so quickly!”
“Five!”
Luna has been at the forefront of writing papers since the academy.
There was also a talent for magic circles, so I thought that such a result was achieved.
“What kind of magic tool did you make?”
“A device that can bind a wizard! I have the original device, but I made the magic circuit more efficient there!”
“efficiently?”
“Yeah, I made it so that the same efficiency can be achieved even if you use a worse mana stone than the original mana stone!”
Luna rummaged through her bag and pulled out two small rings.
The ring was shaped like handcuffs and was made to bind a person’s arm.
“So, if I wear these handcuffs, I can’t use my mana?”
“yes! Come on, I’ll show you.”
Luna put the handcuffs on her arms with a proud attitude.
Then he moved mana.
I read the flow of mana and tilted my head.
“Is mana moving?”
“Yeah, it’s okay though. You can’t use magic.”
After saying that, Luna shouted a starter word.
“Fireball!”
Then mana flowed toward Luna’s hand.
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Mana, who was about to come out of Luna, immediately dispersed with a muffled sound.
“In the past, the flow of mana was blocked so that magic could not be used, but what I created is a way to block the time when mana turns into magic!”
I didn’t know exactly how they changed it, but I knew for sure that it did a great job.
Luna was also growing up in her own way.
He excelled at the Academy, but now it was about to affect the entire empire.
I smiled at Luna like that.
“Awesome.”
Luna bowed her head and scratched her head, embarrassed by my praise.
“By the way, how do I solve this now?”
Seeing Luna scratching her head while wearing handcuffs, I felt a little strange.
If you’re wearing handcuffs, isn’t there a way to unlock them?
There was no such thing as a keyhole when I just looked.
“Ah, it has a special dispel magic, so… … .”
Luna said so and looked at the handcuffs.
The person wearing the handcuffs is Luna.
And it was Luna who knew how to use dispel magic.
“ah… … .”
Luna stared blankly at the handcuffs,
Then a few seconds.
Luna slowly raised her head and looked at me with tears in her eyes.
“Lu, Rudy… … . release this… … .”
“… … .”
It was a Luna that had changed in terms of her skills, but her personality didn’t change at all.