The day the Archmage died (1)
Adele, the keeper of the torch.
When Saint Clarisse was in Chengdu, she was a girl who came to her bedroom window every day and played the lute.
“Is it a joint combat practice? I’m going to compete with my 2nd year seniors… ?”
Last night’s Ophelis Hall. Kylie, who sat on the bed and looked up at the window―― Saint Clarisse recalled her memories of the time she was in the Holy Hwangdo.
Adele’s song and her longing for freedom made her secretly cherish a new dream. Without Adele’s influence, Clarisse would not have come to Sylvania to ask for learning.
So, even after Adele left the Saints, Clarisse continued to look forward to seeing her again.
However, even though it has been quite some time since he entered the school, he does not have a chance to meet Adele.
“… … .”
In the center of Saint Carpea, the sanctuary of the Telos Church and the largest city-state on the continent, there is a towering and magnificent cathedral.
The cathedral, which leads to the Holy Land among the Telos Christians spread across the continent, was called the ‘Holy City’ because it was the place where the Holy Emperor Eldane lived and preached the will of God.
The cathedral is so large and magnificent that it occupies the entire towering hill. Two or three castles of any lord are large enough to put together. The height, of course, is also high.
If you climb the clock tower towering in the center, you can see as far as the Lamelen Mountains to the north and Denkin Wetlands to the Chloel Empire in the south at a glance.
At the top of the clock tower, a torch in honor of Telos, who has always been given, is burning.
A girl who sat there and maintained the torch, always looking at the open world.
A girl who would have looked down on the world from a higher place than Clarisse, who boasted of nobility, just next to the prosperous Eldane.
Clarisse is that bard… I really wanted to meet Adele.
But Clarisse is a freshman and Adele is a sophomore.
It wasn’t that there were no opportunities to interact with the sophomores, but it was rare for Adele to appear in such places.
In the first place, Adele was so flashy in the east and in the west, so even among her classmates, few people knew exactly where she was going.
It’s impossible to break into a classroom or dormitory during class, so Clarisse simply said, ‘I’ll see you when the time is right.’ And I had no choice but to focus on my undergraduate life.
However, even though he is slowly getting used to life as an undergraduate, there is no sign of meeting her. At this point, Clarisse also began to feel a little savage.
Clarisse herself thought that her relationship with Adele was quite special, but did Adele not think of coming to visit her at least once after hearing the news that a saint had entered the school?
I used to think like that, but… He immediately shook his head.
Now Clarisse’s position is special. Instead of Saint Clarisse, she is living her bachelor’s life as Kylie, a nobleman on the outskirts. Adele will be a little confused as she is not aware of this situation. However, he might not have noticed that the person who is pretending to be a saint right now is a fake.
A slightly different position. But Clarisse decided not to make a hasty decision.
Relationships are like the drifting wind. If you have a close relationship, you can meet again anywhere in the world and exchange warm greetings. That’s what Adele said.
Clarisse thought that was right, looked up at the moon and smiled. Since we are in the same Sylvania and living in the same school, we will surely meet if we meet.
He was earnestly wishing that the kite could come together quickly and that the troubles of the past could be resolved.
* * *
Lucy Meryl was sitting on the roof of the hut with her puffy eyes half raised and her knees wrapped around her.
Sitting there, you can see the entire camp at a glance, but what you see now is not very pleasing to Lucy.
The appearance of all kinds of spirits building a hut while slicing and carrying well-groomed wood… From Lucy’s point of view, it feels like an uninvited guest is invading the camp.
Actually, it’s not really Lucy’s camp. Therefore, Lucy is an uninvited guest, so there is no point in arguing.
Still, I don’t feel very good. I’m just pretending to have a fat face and blowing my breath, or twisting my hair with a grunt. This is quite a dramatic reaction for Lucy, who rarely expresses emotions.
The girl who is the cause… Yenica Palerover was sitting on a campfire in the center of the camp with her legs outstretched.
The hut, which was originally scheduled to be completed in 5 days due to overuse of the spirits, was canceled when Yenica struck a honey chestnut with a staff on the forehead of Tarkan. The lower spirits, especially Mug, clapped with tears in their hearts.
The hut construction plan, which was being carried out according to the original plan, was progressing well.
On the third day, Yenica was so proud that she had already found a good ground. She was sitting at the camp all day and humming.
Lucy, who was sitting on the roof of Ed’s hut, was not at all comfortable watching him. In fact, even if it wasn’t Lucy, seeing Yenika’s appearance would make her tilt her head for a bit.
He sits on a tree stump near the campfire, stretches his arms and legs for a moment, takes a glimpse of the camp, looks at the hut, and smiles broadly. The laughter is so innocent that it seems like a flower is blooming.
After that, I wanted to read some books, and in the middle, I looked at the hut again and smiled. It seemed like I was going to go get some firewood, then looked around the hut, smiled again, and returned to walking. I wondered if I should do some spirit-sensitivity training by myself, but when I saw the site of the hut again, I fell into deep thoughts.
Seeing that scene made me nauseous, and at some point Lucy forgot to take a nap and sat with her cheeks bulging.
“… … .”
After about five minutes or so, Lucy got up to eat some jerky dried on the drying rack and flew near the campfire.
-widely!
Lucy, who landed beautifully on the rock next to the bonfire, washed her clothes a few times and stood up straight.
If you look down, you can see Yenika sitting on a tree stump, folding the corner of a book, and spreading her rosy imagination. It was a really pointless look.
“oh… .”
Yenika and Lucy met their eyes.
Innocent Yenika almost instantly greeted her. However, he knew intuitively that he wasn’t a good match.
It’s an opponent I’ve already had a nerve battle with at the Ophelis Hall. However, from the point of view of Yenica, who doesn’t like to date someone, it’s not a very pleasant opponent.
I didn’t want to be hurt or hateful, but I couldn’t afford to go in.
In the end, Yenika sat down and looked around the hut once, put her hands on her hips, and showed her chest wide open. The fact that he had a smile on his face trying to look arrogant is another way of trying his best.
Lucy opened her half-moon eyes at the bright smile that spilled out, and quietly shook off her clothes. It was surprising that such a flawless and bright smile could be so sarcastic.
* * *
I left the student library with a couple of jerky in my mouth, full of elementary science books.
Thanks to borrowing books every time and returning them without being overdue, I can now borrow quite a lot of books at once. I know the librarian, Elka Islan, so there is a part where I close my eyes.
“Whew… .”
I went down the hill of the student library with a bunch of books and went straight to the eastern plaza in the Gwakwon-dong.
The reason I borrowed only the elementary science books to such an extreme was to complete the lieutenant’s magic training at this point.
It’s been a while since I’ve successfully mastered the lieutenant’s magic ‘one-point explosion’, but it was a bit like the fact that there was only one lieutenant magic that I could handle properly.
The firepower itself of a one-point explosion is not much different from sub-magic. It’s just that it’s easy to trigger, good for raids, and difficult for opponents to deal with.
Such a strategic advantage is a big help in my fighting style, but I think it would be necessary to just learn magic that has excellent firepower itself. It’s natural in a way that you don’t know when and how a battle situation will unfold.
I have strong sensitivity to fire and wind elements. So, if possible, I was going to learn the lieutenant wind magic, but… I soon changed my mind.
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Most of the magics of the wind element were also of the level magic that coordinated the battlefield or aided the battle, but there were relatively few magics with purely strong firepower.
From my point of view, who knows how to deal with magic equipment and elemental magic, I could somehow provide a means of creating such a variable in a different way. In order to become dramatically stronger right now, it is most effective to train absolute firepower.
So, he borrowed a bunch of books on elemental science to search for magic that could be set as his next goal.
The amount was so great that I had to walk with it in my arms. Thinking this was also a workout, I walked across the East Square.
Starting from the central plaza where the Student Union and Obel Buildings are located, walk along the road that stretches to the east and you will find this eastern plaza.
Its size is relatively small compared to the central square. Still, it had everything a plaza would need, and there was a clock tower of a reasonable size in the middle, benches were provided here and there, and the fountain was built quite nicely.
“♪ ♬ ♪”
When I saw the girl sitting on the side of the fountain playing the lute, I realized the identity of the familiar face.
In a way, it was the impression that best suited the expression ‘free’ more than anyone else.
The class is in full swing, and the class you have applied for has been completed, so wear comfortable clothes.
Along with the flattering pleated skirt that comes over the thigh, the blouse with relaxed cuffs is exactly what I know. Bouquet-shaped ornaments tied to her waist were coming down her side.
Beautifully braided to one side, various beautiful flowers from lilies, daffodils, mist flowers, sagebrush, and freesia are embroidered on her hair. Perhaps it is thanks to her pale yellow hair that is not strong in color, her beautiful form is more revealed.
“You’re busy today too, Ed-senpai.”
As I was about to pass by, Adele was the first to speak to me. This was another unexpected situation, so I tilted my head.
Adele, who was playing the lute, made eye contact with me and smiled. If they were close enough to pretend they knew each other, it wasn’t.
Adele Seris is a colleague of Taylor McLaure, the protagonist of Sylvania’s Failed Swordsman.
As a bard who freely uses all kinds of enhancement magic, she has been constantly appearing since the first act and illuminating her face… Until the final match of Act 3, he does not come forward and play an active part.
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Most of the things that had consistently shown their faces in the first place appeared like licorice from a drugstore. He seems to be participating in the battle properly only in the final battle of Act 2, but after that, he doesn’t show that he is really trying to do anything.
Until then, Adele appeared mostly playing an instrument in an unfamiliar place, and I thought that maybe this was a directing part to emphasize her free-spirited and sepa-premier appearance.
A girl who plays an instrument without losing her composure no matter how urgent the situation.
The reason she can be so calm is because of her ‘prophetic temperament’.
“… … .”
Sometimes Adele sees the future with the power of Telos. It’s not a power that can be freely manipulated, it’s about reciting the future as if possessed by a sudden revelation.
This is possible because Telos’ sensitivity to sexual power is uniquely elevated from birth. Therefore, she is in a position where she has been treated well by the saints, and she is a person who even raised her name as a candidate for a saint when she was young.
“I mean… ?”
“I have often heard stories of Taylor and Isla. It seems that the two of you are thinking of seniors a bit complicated, but… .”
“okay… I don’t know, but… .”
It seems that Taylor, the protagonist of the screenplay, is still on the brink of success.
The talent of swordsmanship is so great that when you reach Act 4, you will be proud of your almost overwhelming level of strength. The scenario has already passed the middle of Act 3, so it may be starting to stand out at this point.
It’s me, the school year is different, and I’ve been subtly separated from the incident, so I don’t have much of a point of contact… We know all too well that Taylor’s growth will not be easily dampened.
If you continue to grow at the highest efficiency without wasting a single inch, you can defeat not only Wade but also Ziggs in the next joint combat practice event. Of course, that was when I was a fully skilled player.
Usually, just catching Wade is quite difficult, so I wouldn’t worry about that.
“Would you like to hear a song? I am a bard who has traveled all over the continent in my own way. Now I am based here in Sylvania.”
“… done.”
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
I’ve never met Adele in person, so I don’t know why he treats him so warmly. Maybe it’s because of my reputation as a college student, which has recently improved, or maybe it’s just because my story is circulating among people around Adele.
I rewrote the elementary science books like crazy. It was an unspoken signal that I had to deal with it as I was carrying so many heavy books. Adele smiled sadly and bowed her head in a cool way.
I turned around and headed towards the northern forest.
The scenario is also halfway through the third act. The love affair, which had been twisted little by little, has already started to deviate a lot with Tanya’s election as president.
The scenario that had flowed similarly up to the first act, was staggered in the second act, but by the third act, it was no longer possible to control its direction.
Still, a great current is flowing as I know it, so the future knowledge I hold has sufficient utility so far. However, the deviated flow is likely to lead to unknown results soon.
It is like a straight line drawn along a dotted line.
If you follow the dotted line without shaking a little, a pretty straight line will be drawn, but if you shake it even a little bit, twisting of the angle will occur. At first, the slight difference seems fine, but as the straight line advances, it becomes far away from the dotted line.
He didn’t have any big ambitions in the first place, and his only goal was to get a diploma. I just wanted to survive. But it is also arrogant to think that everything will go according to my will.
In the end, if the flow of the world came to be, just breathing quietly would not solve the problem.
The love affair began to deviate from the orbit.
Finally trying to fix it… I had to grab the creffin.
However, as he is now, Crepin has no political weakness, he is strong, and he has many loyal followers throughout the empire, so killing or subduing him will only make him a treason and ruin his life.
In the first place, it takes a little more time to grow enough to fight Crepin, and even if you fight with someone’s help, you can’t beat his head without a cause.
But that doesn’t mean I don’t have a card. There is Tanya, an insider of the Roth Taylor family, and Princess Fenia, who is at odds with him.
When Act 4 is reached and Mevular’s manifestation is near, Crepin will surely show its tail. At the same time, the gnome shows an indisputable gap.
You have to know when to hit your opponent’s neck. When the gimmick began to surface, I had to be all set.
“Sir Ed.”
Suddenly, as I was about to go back, Adele called me.
I turned around with a bewildered look, but Adele was playing the lute with a cheerful look without looking at me.
The pleasant tone of the strings harmonized with the sound of water from the fountain and resonated in the square in late spring.
“One day, when you ascend to the throne of California, you will have to kill the person you respect the most with your own hands.”
It was just a hint, without a hint.
“If you hesitate then, remember that you are the one who will die.”
“… … .”
I was going to ask more questions, but it didn’t mean much. In the beginning, Adele made one last glance on the lute and made a beautiful sound, then stood up and disappeared in the distance with a gait.
I was still watching Adele’s departure from afar as I had a bunch of books on elemental science.
And then he took a deep breath.
Adele, the keeper of the torch. Romantic Adele. And the prophet Adele.
Her prophecies don’t always come true, so it’s hard to give them any meaning… In any case, one of the talents that made people’s hearts flustered was excellent.
There are many scenes that come to mind when I think of Adele… The first thing that comes to mind is… it’s her death
Act 3 of ＜Failed Swordsman of Sylvania> is an important turning point in the scenario. The final boss, Lucy, will finish his role safely and leave temporarily if he stands still, but in the course of the scenario, two people from the protagonist’s generation die regardless of Lucy.
One of them was that bard Adele.
The macroscopic flow is still flowing in the same way as the love affair, but now that a big twist has already occurred in many ways.
Knowing her words, what stance should I take now?
Professor Glast’s death was out of my hands in the first place. No matter what I did, he would have seized Bongseo and took over the bachelor, and I was not a person who could influence me as a student in the first place.
Adele doesn’t guarantee anything I’ll be able to do, but anyway, as far as I’m aware of her unpleasant words… In many ways, I can’t help but feel uneasy.
I scanned my head a few times, and, with the book wrapped around me, headed towards the northern forest.
First, I went back to camp, finished organizing my books, and preparing to make a wand… The immediate task had to be completed first.
Still, there are thoughts that need to be sorted out… Too many.
* * *
“no.”
It was a firm and clear answer.
Lucy, who was muttering jerky by the bonfire and fiddling with my knees, looked uncomfortable.
“… … .”
This was an unexpected reaction.
Having cut two branches from Merylda’s guardian tree, I asked Lucy to implement lightning magic to make a staff.
Lightning realized with Lucy’s magic power is also huge, so it will have a pretty positive effect on the performance of the staff directly.
I said that I was going to make two thousand-year-old trees that were struck by lightning, one for Yenica and one for me, and two sticks.
Actually, from Lucy’s point of view, it’s not a very difficult request, and I thought it wouldn’t be a problem since I’m pretty good at accepting my requests in the first place… Today, Lucy felt a bit crooked.
“Can you do just one?”
It’s very refreshing to see her lips stick out as she hugs my knees and grunts. Is it Lucy who is always sleepy, or who only sees a dull state?
It still looks like something is dazed, and it has the impression that it is out of pulse, but it was the first time I’d ever seen him inflate his cheeks. Lately, I can’t get used to the fact that my facial expressions look so colorful. Yes, although there are only a few patterns.
“Do one or two, and there it is, isn’t it… ? After all, you only have to perform magic once.”
“… … .”
“Eh, yes… Well, if you do, there must be a reason. My head hurts.”
When I said that and swung her head once more, Lucy swung the tips of her legs in the air to see what was bothering her so much.
“If you make one… Who will use it… ?”
“Give me Yenika. The person who can use it better is probably right. I still have to do more spirit art training.”
“profit… .”
Feeling very uncomfortable at my disappointment, Lucy moaned and moaned as she muttered and shook her head.
Then, with his lips clenched, he quickly stood up from his seat and walked furiously toward the tree stump where I was sitting.
I stood still to see if it was sticking together as usual, then Lucy looked down on something and sat down with her butt on my lap with her hat pressed tight.
I buried my back in my arms as it was, but it’s so light that I don’t feel any weight. It is slightly heavier than the pile of books I was carrying with only my arm muscles.
“Okay, I’ll do it. Both.”
And then add words.
“Instead, there are conditions. It’s not that great.”
“Condition?”
“There is a place I want you to go with me.”
It was a strange thing for Lucy to say something like this, so I had no choice but to nod in amazement.