202 – Just say it first. Huh?
I concentrated my mind to the maximum.
First, I shared my image with my aide. At this moment, we get the same view.
What unfolds is a vast sky.
Gray stone materials appear on blue drawing paper without a single cloud. They each fit together and create a single passage.
Presumably, this is a passage connecting the current world and the previous world. If the door is opened, it will also be possible to connect the two worlds.
Ting─!
But the door still does not open and is solid. This was the end of the scenery we could observe together.
I quietly pushed up my eyelids.
‘Not yet.’
Since the research on all four ancient runes had not been completed, it was natural that the door could not be opened yet. Anyway, this alone is proof that my research is making progress, so it should be okay.
Sure enough, a complex expression passed over the aide’s face as he looked at the same scene.
She muttered quietly.
“Just now…” .”
His eyes turned to me, longing for an answer, but I did not answer. The aide himself probably already knows the answer.
“Amazing, amazing….”
She muttered the same thing over and over again.
“What was that passageway just now? Anyway, I admit it. I couldn’t believe it, but I was really studying ancient runes. Surprising. “It’s truly amazing!”
It was right then.
Drop─ Drop─
Jet-black liquid began to fall to the floor. In fact, it was ambiguous to even call it a liquid. It was extremely slippery and highly viscous, something between a solid and a liquid.
They began to coalesce and form their own shapes. There were beasts, people, and indescribably bizarre things.
Is the fact that they slowly surround me something they have in common? I asked my aide quietly.
“What are you doing?”
“… “Flan, I ask for your understanding.”
The aide quietly retreats behind him.
“My desires cannot be suppressed. “I can’t suppress this feeling of wanting to take you completely right away.”
I looked at the slime called ‘Guardians of the Void’. Looking at the situation, it didn’t seem like he was trying to take me in a nice way.
“I see.”
I blinked once and thought. I was worried about the outcome of this battle…. No matter how much I thought about it, I didn’t think I would lose.
When the guardians rushed towards me.
I completely distorted part of the space. Telekinesis, space, manipulation. It was an art that dealt with three classes at once.
Quaddeuk─!
Part of the study is folded and crumpled like the hem of a curtain. The Guardians of the Void were imprisoned there, unable to resist at all, and were slowly broken apart.
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But at that time.
Part of the space began to tear apart. I narrowed my eyebrows. Because this was never intentional.
A gap was revealed as if part of the window was broken. It was a pure white gap, completely opposite to the current dark space.
Was there another space? There are times in life when I feel an intuition that cannot be described, and it led me into a gap.
The moment you enter a pure white space.
“… !”
For the first time, the aide seemed to have lost his composure. That kept pushing my intuition.
When I entered the space, it was completely white.
The endless list of study rooms was the same, but in that the background was pure white, it was like a reverse world of black space.
“Flan, wait a minute!”
The aide immediately blocked my path.
In the blink of an eye, the aide used movement magic more urgently than ever.
She muttered in a serious tone.
“It is not permitted to set foot in this space. “Flan, please step back immediately.”
“Well.”
I did not heed the aide’s warning. Concentrating only on movement, we gradually delved into the center of the gap.
The aide blocks, I move, block, move, block…. The same process was repeated endlessly. The aide’s face became increasingly grim.
“Flan, this is your final warning. Outsiders are not allowed here under any circumstances. “If you don’t step down voluntarily, I’ll do my best.”
First, I pretended to understand and accept.
“I understand. “I’m the type of person who can’t control my curiosity.”
Death blew like the wind and wrapped around our bodies.
It was a light answer, but the effect was clear. The aide’s shoulders, which had been tense, were slightly lowered, and I could see him letting out a sigh of relief.
Right then.
I collapsed the bookshelves that filled the space with my telekinesis. It was a time when the aide could not react.
Boom─ Boom─
“Flan, are you really… !”
An urgent cry was heard from the aide.
She straightened her bookshelf and grabbed her red thorn. The moment when that sharpness pierced me.
The thorns that had been extending all the way stopped in an instant. This is because before I knew it, my path was blocked by a book I was holding in my hand.
“Plan….”
Sweat is beading on the aide’s forehead. We didn’t say anything until a drop ran down my cheek, formed on the tip of my chin, and fell to the ground.
“I told you, I don’t hold back my curiosity.”
I flipped through her book in front of her, making a sound. Because the cornea was coated with mana, it was enough to examine what was inside.
It was shocking content.
“Ha….”
At first, I burst out laughing because I was dumbfounded, and later I was shocked. But in the end, I was able to close the book with interest.
While I was reading the book and contemplating my thoughts, the aide’s face slowly became pale. I opened my mouth with a laughable expression.
“Aide.”
Even as I uttered just three letters, the smile on my face grew younger. It was completely opposite to the aide’s face, where beads of sweat were growing more and more.
She was confused and didn’t know what to do. He seemed unable to hide his embarrassment at all.
She finally looked at me and said.
“Plan, the contents….”
“Aide, please sit down first. “Let’s talk.”
Perhaps sensing anxiety, the aide acted quickly. After filling the gap that appeared like a broken window, I quickly made a chair and sat down.
She asked again, not knowing what to do.
“So how much of the content did you check?”
“Everything.”
“….”
The aide looked at me with a dejected expression. It seemed like he was giving up.
I asked her.
“Aide. “How do you think I felt every time a magical achievement was achieved in this world?”
“Well, wouldn’t you have been proud?”
“Wrong.”
I answered firmly.
“Why is the magic in this world only this much? Why has it been downgraded? . “I always thought about that.”
I gently pulled the aide’s chair towards me.
I looked down at her coldly.
“It was all your opinion.”
I used my mind to pull the book I had thrown to the floor again. After unfolding it so that the aide could see it clearly, he pointed out each major section with his index finger.
[The failure of the summoning school to develop is largely due to the influence of the manipulation school. Those who try to deal with what they can see do not feel the need to summon….]
[It appears that the cause of Berkel’s beasts becoming ferocious is the beast. Their magic leaves a reverberation in the mana, ultimately making it cloudy… ]
“I never would have thought that such information would be cleverly mixed in a thesis that is not an autobiography.”
“….”
“You constantly encouraged conflict so that everyone could not focus on development. “My arrogance has gone too far.”
“Stop, stop. “There’s no need to say anything.”
The aide first made a pleading voice. She continued her words as if she were protesting.
“It was necessary to balance power on the continent. “I already told you this, right?”
“This method was kept secret.”
“Flan, don’t worry about it anyway.”
“Really? “I wonder if even the princess would care.”
“… !”
The aide’s face turned pale. This is not an exaggeration, the complexion on his face had actually faded slightly.
“Aide, I thought you didn’t understand. “The plan was to make the continent loyal to you, not the princess.”
To summarize, it was simple.
[For better understanding, look at the following example.]
There were various spells below, but black magic spells that brainwashed the reader were cleverly inserted.
First, it promotes conflict.
Secondly, people in conflict seek out magic books to turn against each other.
Thirdly, he uses cleverly hidden brainwashing techniques to make people loyal to him. It was a meticulous method targeting a very long period of time.
All of these are atrocities carried out by the aide without the princess’s knowledge.
“….”
“You are thinking of subtly brainwashing the entire continent and taking it under your control. “While you cried out for loyalty, did you actually want to become the ruler of the void more than anyone else?”
The aide was unable to give any answer. I just nodded quietly.
“There’s nothing I can do if you don’t answer. “I’m going to the princess.”
“That’s not possible!”
The aide got up from his seat. Judging from the fact that he was out of breath, he seemed to be in quite a hurry.
Well, it was natural. The fact that the second-in-command, who was supposed to be more loyal than anyone else, was plotting treason, would inevitably turn the entire Void upside down.
I muttered for no reason.
“I’m worried about what to do.”
As he paused, a mixture of emotions appeared on the aide’s face.
“Hmm.”
Even with a slight change in facial expression, the aide would gasp as if he was out of breath.
“Hmm.”
When the aide’s face turned completely white, I opened my mouth again.
“You never know. If you cooperate with the study of the ancient rune language, it may be kept secret for a while….”
“Uh, some type of cooperation.”
The aide’s reaction followed like a tail. It looked somewhat like a puppy with its tail down.
She asked me again.
“What kind of cooperation do you mean? Just say it first. Huh?”