Episode 147: An Angel Meeting a Junior (4)
“What the hell is that?”
“Like a person who has no roots, he does things that have no roots… … .”
A white boy with a warm light that attracts students. Looking at such a boy, the assistants were filled with embarrassment and threw in a word at a time.
“How dare you infringe on the Magic Department’s events… … .”
“If you think about it, it was. Aren’t we going to get the dirty warlock out of the mage department and dormitory?”
“Interfere with the entrance exam as a student.”
Ignoring the fact that they had rescued students who were almost a victim of the exam, the teaching assistants were busy criticizing the boy.
And their superior, Professor Klein, was busy reminiscing about the memories of the mana diving he once had.
Days while participating in the UN’s wizard training program as the young son of the murdered Tap-ju, as a representative of the refuge on Ma Tap.
the memories of those days,
It hit Klein’s head.
‘I thought I forgot now.’
Klein still didn’t realize that thinking he had forgotten was a contradiction in itself.
‘Now it’s all… … .’
In the early days of the discovery of mana on Earth and the awakening of superhumans, the United Nations had a long way to go to research one of the advanced technologies of the other world, magic.
One of them is the wizard training plan, which uses the science of another world to nurture the wizards of the earth.
Matoap and his disciples, who had abandoned the world that had fallen to the demon king and were looking for refuge, had no choice but to obey the now-disappeared orders of the UN.
The wizard training plan was accomplished like this.
A mentor made up of high-ranking executives in the tower, and a mentee made up of Earth children who show talent in magical powers. A mentor teaches and guides the mentee to become a wizard. And leaving the image as an image, the Earth also acquires the technology to nurture wizards.
A simple schematic that is not difficult.
And it was a simple deal.
Klein, who became a mentor as the son of Kansas and Matap in the United States, met children selected by the UN as mentees.
‘The children were mostly orphans. Or was it the boy head?’
Matop’s scholars have warned UN officials. Raising a superhuman is something that requires a lot of sacrifice.
Trials make superhumans, so it’s common to die if you don’t endure the trials.
How did the UN executives react when they heard this? Now, I can’t remember the expression on that face. What I remember is that they were embarrassed and erased the names of their children and the children of high people. I can only vividly remember it.
Klein, who met his first disciples, knew that most of the students were about the same age as him, so he wore one-eyed glasses to not look down on him.
It was his father’s legacy.
“Ahaha, what is that monocle? It doesn’t suit you!”
“What, what?”
And a boy there laughed at it. A playful expression, dark skin and gray hair. And blue eyes that sparkled with curiosity.
All of them were dragged by the adults and crying, only the boy was smiling.
“A kid like you is a mentor? It’s fun.”
“You are rude to your teacher. I will discipline you.”
Klein didn’t like it.
And so the wizard training plan began.
Mato and his people who needed shelter. In order to get shelter, Klein and Matap’s professors had to show quick results, and in order to get quick results, a little harsh training had to be carried out.
It means that the safety of children selected by the United Nations was not taken into consideration.
Even if children become addicted to magic, the magic circle is twisted and accidents happen, and the mana heart collapses and disappears from the tip of their body into dust… … .
Matop did not stop nurturing.
‘I couldn’t help it.’
Because there is something unavoidable in this world.
So, looking back at that time, there were a lot of things I didn’t know. Why did the boy not lose his smile in such a harsh environment? Why did the boy always approach him kindly?
Even though he was training so hard, why did the boy come to share snacks without the other professors?
Even Klein, who is called the genius of the millennium, has yet to come up with an answer to that stupid thing.
Just thinking about that time… … .
‘I was young, I didn’t have any friends my age.’
I always had to be formal, I had to act like a grown-up, and I had to show myself as the next top owner of the tower in everything I ate and slept.
“That’s right. As a future top owner… … .”
“You’re talking like a top lord again. When I say top owner, do I have to say only the owner of the building? In this day and age, there are so many buildings that fail because no tenants have moved in.”
“Hehehe, that’s the only way to see the horse tower… Don’t compare it to a building for worldly profit! Do not ignore the tower!”
“Ahaha, there’s no way I can ignore the future owner of the building. It’s a world where the owner of the building is above the creator.”
But when I was with the boy, I felt so young.
Rather than the neat food I always ate with the professors, the intense snack the boy had secretly brought was tastier.
It was much more interesting to talk about games and novels the boy told me than to discuss magic with the professors in the tower.
Perhaps Klein,
Looks like you enjoyed that time.
“Hmm, I think half of the mana senses will be fully awakened by the end of this week.”
“then… When you have just awakened to the sense of mana, you need to give a strong shock to develop magic resistance… … .”
“I should prepare for a mana dive.”
mana dive. A traditional training method that immerses practitioners in high-density mana, and develops their mana sensitivity and magic tolerance.
“But it is so dangerous that it has been banned since the previous generation… … .”
Although the effect was excellent, it was a very dangerous training method, so the former Ma Thap-ju forbade mana diving.
“The predecessor is no longer there.”
“If we had given Mana Dive to Ma Thap’s disciples, we might not have been defeated so vainly.”
“You cannot repeat the same mistakes. Now the world has become a world where nothing can be gained without sacrifice.”
“so.”
“I can’t help it.”
However, the minds of the Matop professors were firm. Young Klein couldn’t stop it.
The deep and deep diving pool was filled with liquefied high-density mana, and the children crawled and waited for the orders of their mentors.
Even then, the boy was smiling. Klein saw that smile and smiled secretly.
“Then I will start training today, mana diving.”
Perhaps it was.
* * *
The training so far has been like that.
The professor gives a demonstration first. After that, the mentees follow the example given by the professor.
But as for mana diving,
I couldn’t give you such an example.
It was a very dangerous test, and it was a training that had never been done except by old professors.
“So, are you saying that this time we will proceed without a demonstration?”
“That’s right.”
“There are already many practitioners who are hesitant to practice, but if we don’t even show a demonstration… … .”
“However… … .”
When the always talkative professors disappeared, young Klein looked up at them and shouted proudly.
“I will give you an example.”
“Lord of the small tower!”
Klein had a plan. First of all, he is a magical genius so great that he is called the best genius in the tower, so there is a high probability that he will pass safely.
And he is a small tower owner. It wouldn’t make it really harsh if it was a mana dive that the small master would demonstrate himself.
If so, it helps the mentees to survive.
Klein, who thought so,
He rejected all the words of the professors who dissuaded him.
So the day of the mana dive.
Klein fearlessly dived towards a diving pool full of liquefied mana.
‘What is it, it doesn’t matter.’
Is ignorance of fear an absurdity of a child?
‘It’s nothing special, but because I said I’m going to do a demonstration, why did you put on such a worried expression? Not always wandering around like a fool.’
Or is it proof of the innocence of not knowing how cold the night is?
and at that moment,
Klein saw the darkness.
In fact, it is. Matop, an institution that researches and educates, also had a power struggle. Top-ju is the position that all wizards envy, and it was also a title with tremendous authority in the magic world.
People coveted envy and authority.
And wizards were people after all.
So, if the training is dangerous enough to be banned by the former top master, and if the young top master volunteers for such a training… There could be people with bad hearts.
By making the pool deeper than we had planned.
But if you’re lucky,
Klein had forgotten all about the trap.
Klein forgot.
The pressure that came on without end, and the darkness that deepened to the point where no light could be seen. The whispers of the demons whispering in my ear, and the appearance of the demon king glimmering in the distance. The mother’s hand holding her foot and the father’s voice telling her not to go.
‘cold.’
The blood gushing out of his eyes and nose, and the dizzying vertigo that came with him.
‘cold… … .’
And the loneliness and fear that made it all go away.
‘It’s cold… … !’
Deep in mana, remembering only the cold that would freeze those bones.
Klein had forgotten everything.
The fact that he had a hand reaching out towards him.
those blue eyes.
Hair like silver threads that shine in the light.
He forgot that the hand that was reaching out to him was really warm.
‘Forgetting this… … .’
Trials make heroes.
Klein, who passed the mana dive, realized that he was just a chick that had not yet hatched an egg.
Of course, from the time it was an egg, it was an egg that was comparable to the professors in the tower.
After waking up, Klein had forgotten everything. Thus, Klein became a Transcendent, and mana diving became a training method that created a Transcendent and spread popularly across the earth.
‘You cannot interfere while diving in mana. No, then what the hell I saw.’
The moment they entered the high-density mana, they were separated by each barrier, and there was no way to interfere with the practitioner who could not get out.
If so, what was it that you saw?
What the hell is that warm touch.
“What? Did he fall in to save me?”
“Yeah, yes.”
“Why didn’t you dry it?!”
“It happened so suddenly… … .”
Shaking- Klein stumbled back from the flashback.
“professor?”
“Maybe you are angry with that boy… … .”
“Your blood pressure seems to have risen.”
The assistants hurriedly approached Klein, hiding their laughter.
“I will start the disciplinary process.”
“Interfering with the entrance exam without being qualified? Not to mention cheating.”
“It is time to set an example for the Department of Magic.”
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Needless to say, the referee is in a state of dislike for the Magic Department. But Klein just favored the referee.
“To that rootless delinquent, what is true justice… … .”
The assistants were excited at the thought of removing such a thorn-like referee. Seeing the assistants like that, Klein smiled and said.
“haha.”
“professor.”
“Shut up everyone.”
Klein, who had all the assistants shut up with a single word, watched the referee once again.
With a look of concern for people,
That boy who reached out a hand that was warmer than anyone else.
In the dark mana, a boy raised his arm, and the referee gently grabbed the hand and pulled him away.
At that moment, the referee became a smiling boy with silver hair, and the boy who was dragged out became a criminal who wore monocle glasses to look like an adult.
A foolish criminal who forgot everything,
The silver boy said in his arms.
“It’s warm… … .”
The bastard muttered again.
“Really, warm… … .”
Klein couldn’t hold back his tears any longer.