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Me and Luna bowed our heads together.
“sorry… … .”
“Ahaha… … . This can be happen.”
The handcuffs could only be removed by Luna visiting another wizard.
It took a bit of time, but it was a good time to get things going.
“Sue, are you suspicious of the Chief Wizard?”
“doubt… … This is correct, but I came to check it just in case you didn’t know.”
In fact, the people who put forward the candidates were the chief wizard and the prime minister of the empire.
Anyone nearby will tell you it’s stupid.
Considering the sacrifices the two of them made to the Empire, it was absurd.
However, I couldn’t help but find out.
From the front, he might have been doing strange things while pretending to be loyal to the Empire.
“By the way… … . So, should I go and ask the chief wizard?”
“… … It cannot be.”
Whether that person is a user of time magic or not, he’ll say the same thing.
Even if you are a real time magic user, you wouldn’t say, ‘I am a time magic user~’.
“then?”
“There is a personal library of the chief wizard.”
“Hey, there has to be. How do I get in there… … .”
I took a small necklace out of my pocket.
The necklace had a transparent sphere that gave off a mysterious color.
However, the sphere had cracks.
“What is it?”
“A magical tool that can use space magic.”
It was the magic tool he used when he went to rescue Astina.
It was a magic tool that had only been used once, but the condition was not at all.
A state that seems to break if touched even a little.
Even a well-made magic tool didn’t seem to be able to withstand space magic.
Luna held the necklace and stared blankly, then narrowed her brow.
“this… … Isn’t it broken?”
“It looks like it’s almost useless, but I think it can be moved for a short distance.”
There is still mana left in the necklace.
It would be usable, but it seemed impossible to move as far as the last time.
“Then how do… … ?”
“I’m going to go into my personal study alone, so Luna let the chief wizard open the door there. In the meantime, I’ll sneak out.”
Looking at the condition of the necklace, it seems that it can only be used once.
So, I needed someone’s help when I came out.
“My, do you want me to lead the Chief Wizard to your personal study? Rather than that, when the chief wizard enters, can you sneak out?”
“You should do it. If only the door was opened, how would it come out? … .”
I couldn’t say for sure though.
It could come out of any place like a normal safe, but the opponent is the chief mage of the Empire.
I didn’t know what magic was installed there.
“I think it’s too reckless… … .”
“it’s okay. Magical tools may not break all at once, and even if they do, there is another way.”
“Way?”
“I’m trying to say that the magic tool was automatically activated because it wasn’t in good condition.”
“… … Will that work?”
“No one knows about space magic anyway, so it can’t be said that it’s a lie.”
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Magical tools of space magic do not exist in the Imperial Palace.
So even if I looked around, there was no way to check whether what I was saying was true or not.
However, I did not think what the Imperial Chief Wizard would do to me, who was on the side of the Imperial Family.
If there is no part that is stabbed, they will not question me.
“Then shall we do it?”
So I separated from Luna for a while and headed upstairs to the tower.
According to Luna, the chief wizard’s study is at the top of this tower.
The place I’m going into is the Chief Wizard’s Lab, which is further inside than the Master Wizard’s study.
A high-ranking person can enter the master mage’s study, but no one other than the chief mage can enter the laboratory.
There are materials that the chief wizard directly studies.
Those materials are state secrets and close to treasure.
It was a room that no one except the emperor could enter because there would be piles of magical materials that could be dangerous if they got into someone else’s hand.
Usually, high families keep their documents in their private residences.
Although the chief mage is certainly a family with a title, he is an honorary noble with no territories.
In fact, he was an honorary aristocrat without a proper mansion, so it was clear that all his valuables were in the laboratory.
Even personal items.
tuk tuk-
“Is it here… … .”
I knocked on the ceiling.
The place I was in was the library, just below the head wizard lab.
It was a library used by royal wizards, and it was a space that anyone could enter, but it took quite a bit of trouble to get there.
It wouldn’t be good if it was known that I was wandering around alone, not the Imperial Magician, so I came all the way out of sight.
I closed my eyes, facing the ceiling.
Feel the flow of mana and perceive space.
The entire room above the ceiling is surrounded by mana.
I don’t know exactly what kind of magic it was, but it seemed like it was blocked by magic to prevent intrusion from the outside.
Even with this kind of magic, it didn’t matter.
An ordinary person must pass this magic unconditionally.
It was a natural fact because it was a magic hanging all over the wall.
However, if it was teleportation magic, there was no problem because you could enter without going through the wall.
I held the necklace in my hand and looked up.
“move.”
Then a strong light leaked out of the necklace.
The light enveloped me, and the view around me changed.
You can see many bookshelves and bookshelves.
I had been in the library before, but this room was a little different.
There were books that were not in order, and there were books with a thick layer of dust around them.
It seemed unorganized as no one could enter the room.
“It came in.”
blah-
However, the magic tool was broken.
I expected it roughly, but seeing it break, a sigh leaked out.
Now the only thing I can trust is Luna… … .
I thought it might have put too much pressure on Luna.
I can’t stand still though.
I put the broken magic tool in my pocket and looked around.
Compared to the library I had just been in, I could see the shabby books.
I looked around the book and came forward.
Then the bookshelf appeared again.
The room was like a maze.
The entire top floor was the chief wizard’s room, so I thought it would be somewhat empty, but it was a room full of books.
Of course, this was not the entire book.
There were also books that looked as if someone had written them by hand.
I wondered if the material was written by the senior wizards of the previous generation.
So I turned around and found a door.
One looked like an exit door, and one… … .
“Is that the lab?”
I looked around and walked closer to the room.
Then I read the flow of mana again, just in case.
“ah… … .”
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Mana spread like a spider’s web.
Dozens of mana stalks stretched out in this room.
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Mana fills the inside as if a skein of thread is inside.
As soon as you enter this room, you will be caught.
“Is there no way to prepare for anything?”
There was no way that a person called the Chief Wizard didn’t know about space magic.
In the case of magic in the laboratory, it was prepared for space magic.
Even if they go to the study, they are not allowed to go to the lab inside.
The chief mage seemed to say so.
what to do with this
I read the flow of mana before entering the library, but it was not read from the outside because the flow of mana was so blurry.
Considering that the flow is weak, it doesn’t seem like strong magic, but the amount is too much.
Even if they are removed one by one, it is a month.
I stood in front of the room and watched the flow.
So when you are thinking of a solution.
“… … Rudy Astria?”
Suddenly a voice was heard from behind.
Clearly, there was no such thing as popular.
But, where did it come from… … .
I quickly turned back.
A man who looks like me is standing behind me.
She has blonde hair and looks a little taller than me.
It was my older brother, Ian Astria.
“… … ?”
I looked at Ian with a puzzled expression.
“Why are you here?”
“… … Why are you here?”
I asked and looked around.
Nothing has changed around.
“… … Are you into space magic?”
“Yes. how did you come Haven’t you been able to use space magic yet?”
The identity of the magic tool must not be revealed to Ian.
This magic tool was stolen from the safe.
“We have come up with a way.”
“… … Hmm.”
Ian looked at me with a suspicious face and looked around.
“Yeah, I don’t think he came in with permission.”
“Isn’t that the same for your brother?”
“Then why did you come here?”
“Why did you come in?”
When I returned the question like a parrot, Ian shook his head.
“If you stay here for a long time, there will be no good for each other, so answer quickly.”
“You answer first. If you find out that you broke into this place, isn’t it your brother’s side that is worse?”
Ian frowned and looked at me, then opened his mouth.
“I suspect the Chief Wizard is a user of time magic.”
Hearing that, I felt that my conjecture had some credibility.
“Is it because of the time magic that happened in the Imperial Palace?”
“Do you know?”
“Then I don’t need to say more.”
Both have the same purpose.
The chief wizard’s laboratory.
I reached out to the lab.
“The magic inside, can you solve it?”
I don’t like Ian, but my magic skills are better than mine.
Since Ian has been on the elite course since the academy, I can’t even imagine how good he is now.
Ian walked towards the front of the lab.
“Hmm… … .”
Ian stared at the room for a moment.
Then he opened his mouth.
“It is not impossible.”
Say it’s possible, what’s not impossible?
I opened my eyes thinly and looked at Ian.
“It means that it is difficult.”
Ian added that he had read my thoughts, and reached out his hand.
“Let me go right in.”
“Right away?”
As soon as I opened my mouth like that, Ian opened the door to the lab.