“now! Just line up here! Do not push!”
It was a line leading to the capital of the empire.
A checkpoint was put in place to enter the capital.
“That person… … .”
“Oh, isn’t that a guy with blonde hair like that?”
There was one that caught the attention of the people who were waiting in such a long line.
Ian Astria.
As the commander of the Imperial Army, he stood tall where the gatekeepers would stand.
As he stood in front of the gates of the castle, the soldiers were tense as the standards were tight, and the people who came in opened their luggage without making a noise.
It was just as Ian intended.
If discipline is lax from the beginning, the result will be obvious even if you don’t look after it.
The baggage inspection is not done properly, and the nobles do not even open the baggage.
So, it was necessary to implement it properly in the first place and hold the discipline properly.
Ian stood still and watched the people enter.
‘This is going well… … .’
While watching the line like that, Ian was thinking differently.
‘What happened to Rudy?’
After meeting Rudy 4 days ago, Ian did not receive any other contact.
Apparently, four days ago, Rudy couldn’t use space magic.
He seemed to understand the basic theory, but had difficulty putting it into practice.
Ian had a lot of thoughts when he saw that.
Was it not unreasonable to say that you should use space magic in a week?
In fact, Ian alone took me over a month to learn properly.
Even so, I couldn’t relax.
In the words of the chief wizard, there was not much time left.
In such a situation, it was a week to make the most of it for Rudy.
‘If Rudy can’t handle space magic, should there be another way?’
The operation has already been implemented.
Blocking the passage of the capital was just the beginning, and the things behind it are already in progress.
Rudy’s help was essential in order to proceed properly after that.
If Rudy wasn’t able to help out there, he had to tweak the tactics a bit.
‘Did I gamble too much?’
push the father away
Ian had a lot of trouble with this act itself.
For Ian, his father was the strongest and greatest.
He is a father who has always been dignified as a Duke of the Empire.
Nevertheless, the objection was that his father decided that it was no longer the case.
The gun had already disappeared from his father’s eyes, who was holding a mana stone made with spirit magic.
His eyes were full of desire.
From Ian’s point of view, I didn’t think that desire was bad.
Desire makes people grow and leads them to higher places.
However, my father was at odds with something.
No matter how much he respected and followed, he needed to stop what he was about to do.
“Commander.”
At that moment, a woman approached Ian’s side.
A woman with red hair in a uniform.
The woman was Astina.
“Now I am in charge. Come and have a meal. We have prepared a meal for you in the barracks.”
“… … i get it. Thank you.”
“And then, a letter came to Li. They say things are going well.”
“It’s work… … .”
Ian made a subtle expression.
“Is there any problem?”
“Rudy Astria. It’s about him.”
Then Astina calmly opened her mouth.
“Then there will be no problem.”
“… … How do you know?”
“I’m sure I know him well. I also had a lot of worries about the commander. However, every day I realize that it is a pointless worry and I get frustrated. So, we’ll just have to do what we have to do.”
Ian narrowed his eyebrows at Astina’s words.
“Hmm… … . Too much trust.”
“Because he never betrayed that trust.”
“I will find out at once. I will make you go back.”
Ian moved on.
Although Astina believed that way, she was planning to prepare for Rudy’s failure in her own way.
So I went to the commander’s barracks to eat.
“thank you for your effort!”
“okay.”
Ian passed the soldiers guarding the front of the barracks and went inside.
A meal was prepared in the barracks, and there was a letter on it.
Ian looked at the letter with a puzzled expression.
“… … Well?”
Ian looked at the letter and went outside.
“What are you doing?”
“Who was inside?”
“No one came except the maids who prepared the meal. What are you doing?”
“… … not.”
Ian went back to the barracks and stared at the letter.
“what?”
Ian just opened the letter.
The letter had exactly one word written on it.
[This is Rudy Astria. Enjoy your meal.]
***
“It’s difficult.”
Perian rubbed his chin and looked out the window.
Outside the window, the roadside was quieter than usual.
‘Block the rebels from entering… … . The rebels are making things a nuisance.’
Perian was bringing various materials into the capital.
A magic that can be activated with mana stones made with spirit magic.
In the meantime, the documents processed at the mansion were about him.
All documents related to making magic.
It was a document sent by the necromancers and the wizards outside the capital.
‘It’s almost finished. There would be no problem with installing magic, but putting in magic tools would be a problem.’
Now, in front of the capital, not only did the soldiers check their luggage, but there were also Ian and Astina.
These two guys are excellent wizards.
When you pick up magic tools, you will definitely feel strange.
As the commander and deputy commander of the Imperial Army, he couldn’t continue to do so, but he had to be careful.
‘Would you like Ian to do it?’
There was too much snow around Ian to say that.
Now, Ian has also become a person who gets too much attention, so he can’t use it carelessly.
Then there was only one conclusion.
‘I’ll have to go there myself.’
Perian has collected mana.
I haven’t used space magic very well these days, so my skills were rusting.
Still, it wasn’t unusable.
“move.”
As Perian shouted the starter, his vision changed.
So we arrived in a small room.
Perian opened the door from the room and came out.
“… … Perian?”
When I came out of the room, I saw a dozen or so wizards.
The place where Perian had arrived was a workshop where the wizards had gathered.
A small workshop outside the capital.
Although it looked ordinary from the outside, this was a workshop where research was carried out with the mana stones that Perian had paid.
“Are things going normally?”
When I asked that question, a man who looked like a high-ranking wizard ran from afar.
“Yes! Perian-sama, we are proceeding as ordered.”
“How far has it progressed?”
“It’s almost final. More about the access to the water supply… … .”
“I am not going to report anymore. It’s the final stage anyway, so you can do it alone.”
“It is possible to some extent, but… … . As for the last magic circle… … .”
“Let me do it myself. Do only what you can.”
“All right.”
Perian looked straight ahead.
“How long do you think it will take?”
“one week… … . No, I think it will be possible in four days at the earliest.”
“Yeah, trust me.”
Perian heard the report and tried to return.
Then a high-ranking wizard caught Perian.
“Mr Perian. There’s something a little weirder than that.”
“the weird part?”
“The children who pay those mana stones are strange these days.”
“… … Mana stones?”
Perian narrowed his brow.
Those who paid mana stones meant necromantic wizards.
Perian did not notice anything strange in the reports the necromancers had sent to him.
Even if it was reported by these guys, they had kidnapped a few people and made a few mana stones.
“The mana stone supply is decreasing. In addition, in the case of yesterday, I did not receive any mana stones.”
“A mana stone? Did you hear that the report that came to me must have been paid?”
“No, he didn’t come at all. We didn’t know where that side was, so we were just rolling our feet.”
‘… … What are you guys doing? Did you make any plans to escape without me?’
Perian wrinkled his expression as if he was annoyed.
“Let me take care of that part. You do what you are told to do first.”
“All right.”
The spirit wizards are weird… … .
‘Are you going to join the rebel side?’
The rebels were the only ones who could accept the spirit wizards.
Only the Astrian family can hide the necromancers, and other families won’t even try to contact the necromancers.
‘I’ll have to check it out.’
“I, this is the final perfection. Not much has changed, but there are some minor tweaks that you might find helpful.”
“okay.”
Perian received the paper handed over by the high-ranking wizard and moved his mana.
“move.”
***
So Perian disappears.
“Well, did you all hear it? There are four days left. Can you finish it by then?”
“All right… … .”
The wizards around them spoke in weak voices.
It’s been over a month since everyone had been sleeping and holding on.
At Perian’s orders, the work was proceeding as quickly as possible.
‘eww… … . my eyes hurt… … .’
‘Now it seems that mana is not coming out properly… … .’
When the wizards were only complaining inside.
thump-
footsteps sounded.
That room is Perian’s private room.
It was the room Perian used when he came here with space magic.
“… … Have you forgotten anything?”
The high-ranking wizard who was answering Perian tilted his head and looked towards the room.
OK.
Aww!
There was a big explosion from the side of the room.
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Most of the wizards could not cope with the explosion, and they were swept away by the explosion.
However, the high-ranking wizard could barely use magic to prevent the explosion.
“What… … what?”
The high-ranking wizard had a puzzled expression on his face.
Then a voice was heard.
“Everyone, stop moving.”
It’s the first time I hear your voice
“If you move even the slightest amount of mana or body, you will die.”
The smoke from the explosion lifts, revealing a man.
A man who has the same hair color as Perian, but looks much younger.
A man with a mana stone studded glove in his hand and a silver wolf behind him.
It was Rudy Astria.