045. Ruins (1)
Beatrice couldn’t help but feel the sense of difference she felt whenever she walked down the dark passageway.
Dungeons are where the word “Unknown world” Literally fits. Seeing Veris walking fearlessly in front of her in such a place made her feel strange.
‘Is it because I’ve already been there…… ?’
Beatris, who had never personally witnessed Veris’ power, thought so innocently.
I’ve already heard Gunther explain that he’s a man far beyond the walls of common sense, but even so, he’s still her fiancé, a student at the academy, even B class.
However, although it was unique to be friendly with the best first-year students, in the end, you must have less strength than them. Of course, I had already heard from Gunther that his power was unusual, but it didn’t seem particularly credible.
When her thoughts reached that point, Beatrice couldn’t anticipate Veris’ thoughts and actions. There must be no academy student who doesn’t know the fear of dungeons, but what kind of confidence is that?
Less.
“Yes.”
As Beatrice walked alone thinking about other things, a broken bone collided with her foot. Possibly proof of necromancy based on magic, they had already lost their power and were filling up the passage.
‘It must be them?’
Verys said that she had already been here. At that time, he said that he and one of the first year S class students and another B class student were together.
When the thought reached that point, Beatrice couldn’t help but shed pure admiration.
How many bones have you seen that made up the body of the skeleton you saw while coming here? Even more surprising is that there are endless piles of collapsed skeletons in this dark passageway.
In other words, skills outside the standard. No matter how powerful a first year ace was, it was definitely not an ordinary thing to kill so many monsters with a small number of people.
“We are here.”
Whether or not he knew what Beatrice was thinking, Veris, who had reached the outside of the aisle, turned around and was looking at Beatrice.
In the sky, a group of purple lights softly illuminates him. Behind Veris, standing in the light, was a magnificent castle.
“This, this…… Is this the place you were talking about?”
Beatrice looked around blankly.
When she first heard Veris’ opinion that she was going into her dungeon with him, it was doubt that came to her mind.
It is a relationship that is said to have been made in the womb, but now it is only a shell. We couldn’t rule out the possibility that Veris, knowing that she was a key member of her Mage Tower, would harm her.
But Beatrice’s eyes couldn’t help but blur as she was standing here looking at the purple sky.
Wonderful, magnificent.
It was a scene where words like that were not enough. The warm but unique light that strikes right now like an aurora in the polar region illuminates this huge-scale cavity.
Is that all? The fact that such a huge castle was located in such a dungeon was also something that far exceeded Beatrice’s common sense.
“In the age of magic…… Ruins.”
Beatrice had no choice but to admit it.
The man with the mischievous smile in front of him did not lie. It was Beatrice herself who had just let her imagination run wild with her frugal judgment alone.
“Isn’t it pretty? The other children couldn’t take their eyes off them either.”
“Right. Really…… It’s beautiful.”
With her hazy eyes, Beatrice turned her head to take in her surroundings.
Buildings in the architectural style of the sorcerer era, which she had seen in her books, are visible beyond the castle.
All wizards are beings who seek the truth. Aren’t they not just polishing and polishing magic, but studying the past and the future achieved through magic?
Among them, for Beatrice, who was studying the history and magic of the distant past, the Age of Sorcery, this sight was at the level of bringing tears to her eyes.
“Let’s listen to our mage’s opinion first.”
“…… Any opinions?”
“Why did you bring me here? I brought you to tell me something I don’t know.”
After saying that, Veris turned around and looked at the castle. It’s his back that feels reassuring enough to be cowardly. Beatrice thought that this mysterious communal atmosphere was creating an unprecedented uplifting effect.
“I don’t know yet.”
“Really? What is certain is that the scene we are seeing is far from ordinary.”
Beatrice nodded her head.
This is something that cannot be explained by common sense. The fact that there is such a space beneath this deep underground dungeon of the academy is information that has not been recorded in the academic society, history, or any other literature.
That’s why Beatrice couldn’t help but have doubts. A dungeon is an unknown space where it is accepted as an established theory that one has a will. Then why did the dungeon lead this man here twice?
“Ha ha.”
Beatrice let out a sigh.
From the moment I faced that beautiful, but dreary landscape for some reason, I couldn’t erase the feeling of my heart beating for no reason.
I don’t know what that means. It was because there was no other way to express it than that the soul of a wizard, a scholar, who had been sleeping vaguely deep in his heart had awakened.
“The truth is…… The fact is, we have to get in there.”
“That is correct. There’s no point in staying out here anyway.”
“But you need to be extra careful about your safety.”
“The last time I came, there was no threat.”
Beatrice responded by shaking her head at Veris’ voice. It was her first expression of disapproval towards Veris, which she did for her.
“If I simply think about it, I can’t help but consider that time lucky.”
“…… Why?”
“Do you remember the countless traces of skeletons from the barrel to the door?”
“I remember. I killed most of them.”
Beatrice shut his mouth. It is thanks to what he thought was a bluff that did not suit this situation.
“So you think that there is a possibility that something more dangerous is sleeping inside?”
However, in Berry’s voice that followed, Beatrice’s insight perfectly captured her opinion. That’s why Beatrice couldn’t help but be surprised.
“…… Yes that’s right. Even if you look normal on the outside, if you activate the trigger to release the other sleeping necromancy’s main sphere, another strong enemy will surely appear.”
“Trigger?”
“It feels like taking a valuable item kept in the altar, or operating a device in a facility that will be strictly protected.”
Veris couldn’t hide her displeasure at the sight of Beatrice spitting out words like running water in an unsuitable way.
“…… Hmm.”
It’s a sad truth, but there were a lot of corners where I was stabbed too much.
Who is the man who couldn’t afford to stay long in this city in the first place, and just followed his body into the tallest building, the tower?
And who was the man who activated the device in the tower and moved to the top floor?
In addition to that, who was the man who broke the box on the altar on the top floor with force, stole the three rings, and presented them to Arwen, Cecilia, and Maria?
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Unfortunately, they were all Berrys. Surprisingly, he didn’t bother to say that what he had done was very similar to Beatrice’s explanation.
“No way?”
Even if Beatrice’s personality was distorted by the influence of the circle’s mana, it’s not that she’s not ignorant. That’s why Beatrice couldn’t hide her absurd feeling at the sight of Veris scratching her head.
“No, it was a very powerful ring.”
“Sah, is that true?”
“It is true. First of all, it was a guy with the power to permanently increase the wearer’s mana sensitivity.”
“No! That’s not what I said.”
Beatrice took a step forward and looked at the castle.
Thanks to being untouched by humans for a long time, it is a castle that cannot be said to be in good condition even as a joke. The unusual fact is that the tall building on the contrary looks to be in good condition…….
There was a possibility that something that Beatrice and Veris were looking at now was waking up that they hadn’t encountered before.
That was Beatrice’s judgment.
* * *
“Dean, your complexion is not looking good.”
“Hmm? Is it. It seems like you’re getting older, so you’re worried. hahahaha!”
“Everyone respects and follows the dean who always leads the academy. Please pay more attention to your body.”
Kikik.
The dean looked at the back of the secretary who left the room with warm words of thanks, then turned the chair and looked out the window.
The weather is approaching full summer. It meant that summer vacation would come sooner or later, and that the students as well as all faculty members would have a break, but the dean’s complexion did not brighten at all.
“How strange.”
The fact that a student far beyond human level has entered this academy, and the fact that he has become her helper is definitely something that should be reassuring.
However, his eccentricities were at a level that even a dean could not have expected.
“No matter how much, to enter the dungeon with the Mage Tower’s greetings.”
Saying that, the dean scratched the few strands of hair left on his head.
He also had a source of information, and today I learned that the person who came as a representative from the Mage Tower was Veris von Wittelsbach, his fiancé.
Through that, he was able to relieve some of his worries, but the bizarre sensation that bloomed without knowing why was, on the contrary, giving him even more tension.
“Heh heh! I will kill you.”
The dean has reached the age of thinking about retirement. Even to him, who devoted his youth and his entire life to the academy, a man named Berrys was the owner of a disposition that he couldn’t even relate to, so it was natural for him to have such worries.
“Hmm… ….”
The dean was deep in thought.
You don’t know how long I’ve been immersed in contemplation in the past few days. However, unfounded and incomprehensible worries were ringing a warning alarm to him.
“Heh heh! Probably not Could it be that at least one of them would hand over the relic to the Mage Tower!”
Assuming the worst, the dean laughed.
No matter how engaged he was in the womb, isn’t he already accompanied by a saint or an elf of all colors in the world.
Besides, I heard that even Princess Maria, who is attending school while hiding her identity, is showing great interest in him…….
Isn’t that right?