The day the Archmage died (2)
Archmage Glockt is a character from the past, but is mentioned quite often in the scenario of Failed Swordsman of Sylvania. Because he left a lot of footprints.
Various research achievements have been recognized at various academic societies, regardless of fields such as elemental science, monster ecology, herbal medicine, magic operation, induction principle, and spirits. And, such as saving the city-state from the periphery, or subjugating the highest fire spirit Theorphis and the highest water spirit Friede at the same time… . He truly lived the life of a hero.
After retiring, he inherited the will of his teacher, the great sage Sylvania, and devoted his efforts to nurturing future generations, and invested all of the assets he had accumulated throughout his life to fund research in the field of education or academic societies. It is said that he spent almost no money for himself.
Traces of that still remain in this Sylvanian Academy.
Glockt Hall, one of the three buildings in the Student Union, the Glockt Scholarship Foundation, which I once was indebted to, and Glockt’s magic theories that remain in the regular curriculum.
If the Great Sage Sylvania is the one who founded this Sylvania Academy, it can be said that Archmage Glockt was the first contributor to the succession and development of this academy into the world’s best educational institution.
There are materials that I simply read in the setting book, and when I came to this world, I memorized the story of the great man until I could memorize it. This is because he is one of the most important figures in the magical history subject.
However, nothing is known about his fate. At least historically.
still… I knew at least a little bit. This is because ＜Sylvania’s Failed Swordsman> deals with Lucy’s past to some extent.
When he thinks he’s robbed all his assets and has done all he can… It hides in the huge mountain range of the Lamelen region in the northwest of the continent.
Lucy was found abandoned in the monastery there, harvested and raised, and after recognizing the girl’s magical talent at once, she gave the blessing of a star and allowed her to bloom in an instant.
But if something unexpected happened… Lucy’s magical talent was far greater than Gloct’s thought.
Even if she had left it alone, she would have learned her magic and made a name for herself as a wizard, but even as her teacher, she met an archmage who will go down in history… Possibilities and possibilities meet and cause a chemical reaction to become a gemstone with great talent.
Anyway, Archmage Glockt spends his twilight in the Lamelen Mountains.
I was living as a hobby, writing as a hobby, doing survival activities, and honing the jewel of humanity called Lucy Meirl… Eventually, his life will come to an end.
Rainy Day. shabby hut.
Archmage Glockt was completely exhausted to the extent that his past as a rare great man who commanded the world and led the history of mankind was overshadowed.
Her waist was bent and wrinkles were wrinkled all over her body. Half of his face is invisible because of his shaggy beard, and his white, leaking hair is just frizzy without any luster.
There is no family to protect him. His wife, whom he met when he was young, lost his life while subjugating Theorphis, and all of those whom he could call his comrades died.
After entering the ranks of great men, all the people I met were those who feared him or tried to take advantage of his fame. A person at the top is always so lonely.
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Made a long trip
If weaved it into a book, it was so tumultuous that a huge adventure-action epic could come out right away.
Still, there was someone at the destination who would carry on the will. That alone could congratulate him on living a fairly successful life.
A night when the sound of raging rain hits the roof of the hut.
A wizard’s journey ended just like that.
“And so, my journey began. It is over now.”
“It’s over… ?”
at sunset.
A time zone that connects the lively daytime hours of Aken Island with the calm night hours.
The sky was dyed red, ready to face the long long night to come.
Around the time the eastern sky was slowly accepting the darkness, Lucy and I were walking together for a long time.
Lucy grabbed one of my arms and pulled me to the front, and I was walking at a moderate stride length.
If you fly around with all kinds of lightening magic, or if you use your magic a little boldly, you can even travel long distances with space magic. There is also a history of flying from the Ophelis Hall to the northern forest in an instant after being determined and pouring out all of his magical energy.
Nevertheless, Lucy dared to walk slowly. There seems to be a feeling that you just want to keep pace with me, and there are stories you want to tell while heading to your destination.
“For now, you can leave your hands alone and walk. I’m not going anywhere.”
It came out of the northern forest, passed through the living quarters, and came to the vicinity of the west coast. It means you’ve been walking for quite some time.
On the way home, as I passed through the living quarters, the people around me looked at me, and my face was itchy.
This is because the current shape that Lucy dragged and led to me was a very strange sight to the people around me.
Lucy is known as the chief of all Sylvania and a rare genius wizard. Although the face is not well known… In any case, those who recognize it mean that they recognize it. This is especially true for students from Sylvania.
Still, it is uncomfortable to receive a lot of strange glances while passing through the living quarters, and sometimes I get numb because I have stretched my arms out for such a long time.
“Because I’m like this, I feel like I’m being dragged along. It’s okay.”
As I said that, Lucy looked down at her arm and looked at my face again.
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My eyes are still blank, but I feel more emotional than before. Anyway, after knowing each other for a long time, it is said that everyone’s heart is somehow opened up, but it’s just surprising that this little girl, who looked like a talking doll, is starting to look like a human being.
Lucy straightened her arms and twisted the ends of her white hair for a moment. Then he pulled down the large witch hat and nodded.
“So, where are you going now? ? If you just tell me first, where will it go? .”
“The coastal area west of Aken Island. We are almost there.”
“Isn’t that just the beach? Did you suddenly want to see the sea? It wouldn’t be like that.”
“… … .”
Lucy was about to say something, but she just shook her head because it was difficult to explain.
Then, flapping the remaining sleeves, wave your hand in the direction you want to go. I didn’t mean to say anything, I just kept walking after Lucy, just saying I knew.
“I know where the old man’s hometown is… ?”
“The Archmage Glockt? Did you mention that you came from the Cohelton Lawless Zone to learn in private school?”
Lucy shook her head.
“That’s just where the old man once spent his childhood.”
“What… ?”
“The history book is wrong.”
This was another strange point. The fact that the book itself is wrong has someone right in front of you who can confidently say that it is wrong.
Lucy must have been a story told by Gloct herself, so Lucy is probably right.
“then… ?”
“Here, this is Aken Island.”
“… … .”
The early evening sky is wide open in Lucy’s eyes as she looks up at the sky while fixing her hat.
A few birds were disappearing through the distant forest under the setting sun.
From here on, it’s completely outside the scenario. And it’s outside of history.
The content of ＜Failed Swordsman of Sylvania> is not in the setting book, nor is it in the history books of this world. It was completely subterranean.
“When the old man was in the midst of going to study, there were no big schools like this on Aken Island, just a few indigenous villages and monster tribes.”
“It would have been at that time. In the first place, the massive subjugation of demon tribes on Aken Island happened after the establishment of the Sylvania Academy.”
“Actually, there was a Sylvania Academy at that time, but it was very small and… It was embarrassing to even call it a school. I just said it was at the level of a private classroom building.”
A school established by the Great Sage Sylvania on this Aken Island. It was a time when he wasn’t famous yet, and he couldn’t afford to recruit students like students.
What kind of childhood Glockt must have had when he met Sylvania on this Aken Island… Neither Lucy nor I know.
― ‘The Sylvania Academy is a treasure that my teacher, Sylvania Robester, devoted his whole life to the advancement of science.’
― ‘There are too many trials that have already been observed in this precious treasure. Of course, only Sylvania-sama, who is a researcher on the constellation science, could see it properly.’
― ‘After the rain, the ground hardens, so most of the trials will be overcome by this Sylvania Academy on its own… An ordeal that cannot be overcome without your strength will surely come.’
― ‘When that time comes, even if I see this old man… Could you please lend me your strength… ? Lucy.’
“What was so much fun, I was always talking about the days when I was always asking to learn on Aken Island, and I was only worried about this school until the moment I died. He was a really stupid old man.”
“… … .”
“The hometown of the heart that grandfather thought was this Aken Island. … Then there is nothing you can do.”
What can’t you do, what can’t you do? I was about to ask, but suddenly I was speechless.
When I imagined it by myself, my expectations were gone.
As I said, from here on, it’s a completely under-the-water story.
It’s a story that doesn’t exist in the script or in the history books… Still, I couldn’t help but check it out.
Archmage Glockt met his end in a hut in the Lamelen Mountains at the northern end of the continent. And Lucy, who was guarding him.
He is saddened by the loss of his grandfather, who was his father and teacher, but the reality is flowing nonetheless. Now, all that was left of Lucy was a shabby hut without an owner and a cold corpse.
There comes a time when you have to choose your own life. The time of someone’s protection in the cradle is over.
If so, what did Lucy want to do first? First, the master’s body had to be retrieved.
It’s terrible and sad, but it’s not difficult. If it was Lucy at that time, her magic skills would have already climbed up the chest to some extent. It would be a good idea to use magic to bury the master in the ground.
However, Lucy didn’t do that.
After this, I had to listen to Lucy’s explanation.
“… … .”
Walking along the west coast, Lucy continued the story. I was only listening to Lucy with intermittent answers.
The body is once covered with a blanket, tied with a leash, and then kept frozen at all times to prevent decay. And if you use floating magic well, the magic efficiency is not good, but it can be carried easily.
However, even if you keep doing this for only an hour, most wizards are exhausted. Being Lucy, it’s possible.
He roughly swept all the food and junk from the hut into a leather backpack, and left the Lamelen Mountains as it was.
The destination is… This is Aken Island, the southernmost point of the continent.
A streak of goose runs down my back.
Even if you open the world map, pick up a quill and draw a straight line… It is a distance that can only be reached by going down for a while.
Starting from the Lamelen Mountains, south and south.
Passing through the Great Urekle Forest, the Great Lakes of Aika, Crete, the land of alms, as it is, through the Meilan Plain, past the Saint Carpea, and crossing the Denkin Marsh, the border of the Chloel Empire. It continues along the lower reaches of the Telden River, past the commercial city of Oldek, and passes through the Counts of Aoln, the Barons of Islan, the Viscounts of Seir, the Duchy of Los Taylor, the Marquis of Peder, and the Counts of Tess. Then, after crossing the Zenit Mountains, crossing the Dres River, going southwest through the territory of the Jahul Frontier, passing through the Kranfell Forest, and going through the plains for a long time, the Maxes Bridge, which leads to Aken Island, comes into view in the distance. .
I endured that journey, manifesting all the magic to maintain the body of the master, the floating magic to transport it, and the magic to maintain and move my own body.
“…how long did it take?”
“3 months. I was a little lost.”
By the time we arrived… It must have been difficult to see that he was ignoring people.
The place Lucy was guided to was the coastal cave, which had to be entered further from the outskirts of the western coastal zone.
This is a cave that only comes out when you get close to the cliff you come out of while walking along the sea road. The entrance was smaller than expected, so it was difficult to notice.
When I went inside with Lucy, the inside was quite large. I don’t know if it’s a natural cave or if Lucy widened it.
The horse was a cave, and the light from the outside could seep through the cracks in the broken rocks, so the inside was bright.
After going straight in for a while, this time it is an open landscape again. The outer wall itself was completely torn down, so you could see the open sea at a glance.
It is a sunny place where the sun is shining, the cool sea breeze is blowing in, and it is always cool, and the flowers blooming among the rocks are swaying here and there.
Along with the tomb, there is a stele made of roughly stone, standing between them.
And in front of the tombstone were all sorts of miscellaneous things. Probably the things the owner of the tombstone had while he was alive.
“here is… .”
“It was difficult to find only the fragmentary testimonies I had in the past, but… Still, I searched the island all week to find it, so I somehow managed to find it.”
Lucy trotted past the tombstone, and sat facing the direction of the sea.
“This is the place where the great magician and the great wise man exchanged teachings and trained.”
This cave overlooking the sea was the place of memories buried in distant memories for the dead archmage.
Was it the scene that came to mind at the end of his life, when he was training his magic while arguing with his teacher rather than when he was active while shooting around the continent?
At least for Lucy, as it seemed, only a towering tombstone was nestled in this open cave.
The Wind Blows. It is a damp sea breeze.
Lucy’s hair, tied in two beautifully, dances with the wind, and takes on a strange red color in the light of the red sky in the late evening.
I approached the tombstone calmly and looked at the relics lying there. It’s all sorts of junk, like a shabby wand or an old robe.
“… … .”
However, a book caught my eye.
A normal person… He wouldn’t have been able to hold his breath.
[ Introduction to Aspect Magic ― Author, Glock Elderbane ]
“… … .”
I didn’t even bother showing my emotions. However, if you’ve ever studied magic, you’d know it all.
Aspect magic… There is no such thing as an ‘introduction’.
A field in which a clear system has not been established, even though rare wizards have rushed to study it for a long time. It is a magical realm like a mountain that has not yet been conquered.
Archmage Glockt until the moment he dies… He was writing a book that established this aspect of magic. Although it was not finally published, the draft has already been completed to some extent as it is already in the form of a book.
The magical value is indescribable, even if it is converted into monetary value.
The old memoirs that Gloct visited the southern continent and studied the magic of the region were sold for about 7,000 plain gold coins.
He said that the trip to the South would be his last book, but was he really preparing for the final posthumous work by gathering his last strength?
If it were his last work, this book containing the interpretation of Aspect Magic… First of all, I cannot measure its value in my line.
“You can take it. I don’t need it anyway, I know how to do it all.”
Lucy, who was sitting on her knees looking at the sea… spoke softly.
This book is a keepsake of Glockt. I understand well what that means for Lucy, so I couldn’t answer in a rude way.
However, Lucy looked up at the sky carefully and spoke.
“This is where my journey ended.”
From the Lamelen Mountains to Aken Island.
It was a hellish journey just imagining it, but the reason I was able to finish it in the end must be because of the remorse my teacher left behind.
“Still, I haven’t even lived half the life I’ve been given. I might start a new journey again, or I might just live my life like this. still… I plan to keep the promise I made with that grandfather.”
“If a crisis comes to Sylvania, you promise to keep it at least once?”
“That is my last obligation.”
The question of how to know that never came back. It was because he had already heard about the will Gloct left for Lucy.
That last promise is the reason why Lucy has not left Sylvania, and it is the last stopover in her life.
Only after keeping that promise will we be able to let Glockt go completely…
“I’m afraid of the ‘future’ that will come after I shake off all this.”
Lucy has a lot to say.
However, the voice that sat down and looked completely dazed is still there.
On the other hand, the sky I looked up at was still peaceful and beautiful.
Lucy, who must have lived and watched Glockt’s twilight up close, realizes how frightening it is to be thrown into this wide world without any reason to live.
I know it myself. Lucy was born with an incredibly strong force.
If you decide to become the best wizard on the continent, of course, it may even threaten the heyday of Sylvania and Glock, who are known as rare wizards.
But what is the meaning of life if all that remains at the end is nothing but emptiness?
So the girl finds a reason to live. Just like his master had done, he would spend his entire life escaping from the void.
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Master had memories of this coastal cave and Sylvania. There were quite a few memories left to reflect on at the end of that life.
How far will Lucy go? Sometimes it turns into anticipation, sometimes into fear, and she constantly sleeps with her toe on the side of the girl’s chest.
So, I have to be lazy.
He loses interest in the world and has no choice but to live with the flow.
By coming to this Aken Island and burying the master, the first journey of his life was somewhat completed.
At that point, the girl’s world was gradually becoming achromatic.
When I come to this grave, does it make me feel depressed?
The girl sniffled and hugged her knees. It’s not like I’m crying, I’m just crying a little bit. Because it’s already past.
Lucy speaks in a soft tone.
“It’s not a very pleasant story, and it wouldn’t be pleasant to hear. It would be troublesome to come to a place like this again… .”
Behind me, sitting quietly in front of the tombstone, I listened quietly without answering.
“I just wanted to show you.”
There is only one ordeal left in the life of a girl who looks at the sky quietly.
After that, I will be able to lead my own life completely free from the shadows and restraints of my teacher.
However, life without direction is like a ship lost in the current.
Because I don’t even know how it feels… I just sat with Lucy for a while.
The sun was setting in the western sky.
The occasional sound of the rising waves resounded against the walls of the cave.
Thanks to the cool breeze of late spring, it was not cold or hot even after sitting for a long time.
It was fortunate.