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Magic tower Minerva – 1
“Are you the one Cecilia liked so much?”
A woman called Minerva rose from her seat. The first thing that caught my eye was her staggering height, comparable to that of Claudia.
Claudia was taller than most men, and Minerva was similar to Claudia. It was almost safe to say that the difference was just one finger or that they were the same.
And that was all I could find out.
Long white hair down to her ankles, and the gender of a woman. Finally, to the dim face. The rest was impossible to perceive even though it was clearly right in front of my eyes.
“Will you be still for a moment?”
Without even knowing how it came, Minerva approached right in front of me and started observing me with a muffled sound.
“… … It’s really unique. Mana and faith are in harmony with each other. It must have been known that coexistence in the human body is impossible… … .”
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Minerva circled around me and muttered something. After overhearing the murmur, it seemed very strange that mana and faith resided together inside me.
It’s just me, because if I just take a stat, my stats go up on its own, and people in this world can raise their stats only after going through systematic training, so it was amazing.
If you can’t take faith because you took mana first, or if you can’t take mana because you took faith first, then that must be a system with many problems. At least within the Brün series.
‘Ah, come to think of it, I have to take the stats too.’
After resting Lucia in the Abyss Dungeon, and finally defeating the final boss of the DLC, the God-Forsaken Creature, you must have gained a lot of experience points.
No matter how you catch it, 20 or more. It wasn’t a bad choice to invest that much stat point into strength and then immediately throw away the bloody sword and switch to another weapon.
Sooner or later, it will be possible to strengthen weapons in this city, so the time to put down the bloody sword was approaching.
“Now it is done. There must have been a reason why Caicilia was so cute.”
While I was thinking about the distribution of stat points, Minerva took a few steps back to see if her observations were over. I couldn’t tell from his expression, but it was clear that his voice was quite excited.
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Minerva, who seemed to be contemplating something, suddenly turned to Iris.
“Iris, would it be all right if I did one favor?”
“Yes, Minerva. What are you asking for?”
Iris replied in a very nervous voice. Minerva didn’t care about Iris’s reaction, calmly walked this way, and crossed her arms around my right arm.
“I want to borrow this child for a while.”
“… … Delta, you mean?”
Upon hearing that, the first reaction of the knight commanders was astonishment. Different colored eyes opened wide.
As the astonishment gradually went away, the eyes of the knight commanders gradually began to look, ‘What did you do this time?’ changed into a gaze. They seemed to think that I had done something great again without them realizing it.
But this time, I was also unfair. First of all, he had never done anything that would attract Minerva’s attention.
I didn’t bring her a magic book, and I didn’t take the magician’s tech, so I had to question why Minerva was doing that.
“There’s nothing wrong with us, but isn’t that something we should ask Delta directly?”
“Directly to that child? You’re saying something funny. As a knight commander, can’t you just give orders to new knights to follow me?”
The faces of the knight commanders changed to uh. It was an expression that made the four of them wonder what the hell I was.
“It is, yes, but… … .”
Iris reacted with a rare hesitation. The reaction of the other three was similar.
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Maybe it was because there were more cases where I was taking the lead, rather than giving me orders, or making requests, or even taking the lead, so I wasn’t used to this kind of situation.
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Minerva looked at us like that with a smile on her face, then turned her head. It was the direction I was in.
“Since Iris says so, I will have to ask her myself. What do you think of my child?”
“I don’t care either. Instead, would you mind asking why?”
Except for the fact that I did not go to Minerva, but Minerva came to see me, it was only a little bit earlier that I should have gone through it anyway.
There was nothing wrong with hearing that.
“Of course it is fine. Explaining every single reason in detail. Or just explain the three biggest reasons. Pick the one you like.”
“… … The latter, please.”
I timidly chose the latter. I didn’t have the confidence to handle the aftermath after choosing the former.
If you’re a person with that kind of personality, there’s a very high chance that you’ll take out the listener’s soul by explaining every single reason. The source is my intuition.
“Firstly, because I found out why Caicilia was so interested in the child, secondly, because the pope himself did something great in the Holy Land that brought him here, and thirdly, because the first two It’s because I have a personal interest for a number of reasons. Could this explain it?”
“Wait a minute, Minerva. The Pope himself brought the Templar Masters here? Really?”
Aurora, who had been sitting quietly sipping tea, suddenly joined the conversation with a startled voice.
“Why would I lie about something like this? It really is. The Popes, who said they didn’t even show their faces for the past few years, brought their children here using divine spells.”
Aurora’s golden eyes turned to me. Just like the knight commanders, ‘what did you do?’ It was an eyesore. He seemed to think that I was the cause without even hearing the details.
I didn’t have anything to say because this was the cause. He averted his gaze. Aurora’s gaze became even sharper at the appearance that anyone could see that there was something stabbed.
“Can I take the child now, Aurora? Don’t worry. It won’t take long.”
“… … why do you ask me that? After you’ve already finished talking to Delta.”
“It’s been a while since we met again, but you haven’t even spoken properly yet. If we leave like this, won’t our Aurora feel very bitter?”
“… … .”
Aurora’s face turned red. The hand holding the cup trembled.
“I’ll be back soon, but don’t wait blindly. I’m just going to play with the kids for a while.”
A blue magic circle formed under Minerva and me. The moment I realized that fact, the pattern glowed blue, and my vision instantly turned blue.
I felt the floating feeling unique to momentary movement.
“… … .”
Looking at the positions of Delta and Minerva, who had disappeared leaving only a cloud of blue light in the blink of an eye, the captains of the knights stood still, dumbfounded.
It was because my head couldn’t keep up with the situation.
Speaking of Mage Minerva, or Eternal Mage Minerva, in the Empire, she was very well known as a sorceress with tremendous status and power, right next to the emperor or equal to the emperor.
Such a person appeared at Aurora’s mansion out of the blue, and dragged Delta away saying that he was personally interested in it. It was natural to be dumbfounded.
While the knight commanders stopped the accident, several maids rushed in, rearranged the table, took out new tea cups, and arranged them at appropriate intervals, moving in perfect order.
Slowly, finally, the movement stopped only after pouring the green tea water with steam rising into each cup.
“what are you doing? don’t sit Are you going to stay like that?”
After hearing Aurora’s words, the knight commanders woke up from their thoughts. After confirming that the four of them were sitting on the sofa where the teacup had been placed, Aurora gently crossed her legs.
“How was Seongguk? Why did the popes call?”
“… … There were a few incidents.”
“Because of Delta?”
Nod, Iris nodded. Aurora continued with a voice that said she knew even if she didn’t say anything.
“It’s okay, so explain everything. I’ve already finished all my work. I have a lot of time.”
It was a sentence that especially gave strength to the word everything.
The knight commanders exchanged glances with each other. Aurora told me to tell her everything, but it was because there was one thing that was a little ambiguous to tell others during the incident.
Of course, it was Rize and Delta’s job.
—-Your lord tells me to tell you everything, can I tell you about you and Delta having a blast?
ㅡDo you think it will be?
ㅡIt’s a pity. I’m sure you’ll find it very interesting.
Lise and Claudia were acting as if they had a very big secret. It was to the extent that I wondered if I was not trying to hide it, but rather revealing it.
There was no way Aurora wouldn’t intervene in such an interesting-looking conversation, and Erica and Iris let out a deep sigh when they confirmed that their golden eyes were curious.
As soon as I closed my eyes and opened them, the scenery changed. I looked around.
“here is… … .”
“It is the top floor of the Magic Tower. It is used as a bedroom.”
It was a space that was not in my memory.
The Mage Tower of Minerva, as I remember it, was a place that made curses come out of itself with its twisted structure, vicious mob arrangement, and confusing magic that flew in whenever it was forgotten.
I had never imagined a simple and peaceful space with a soft-looking bed, softly lit candles, a wooden desk with a few parchments on top, a wooden table, and a moderately thick curtain.
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Minerva took some cookies from the cupboard and returned to the table. Slowly, the chair fell back by itself. It meant to take a seat. I sat quietly in the chair.
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Minerva, sitting in the chair across from me, placed cookies on the table.
“I can bring you something else, so just tell me. Or would something a little sweeter than that be more palatable to the child?”
“it’s okay. So, what should I do now?”
“Before that, I have something to tell you. If there is something coming, there must be something going. Is not it?”
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Minerva raised her right index finger.
“… … Oh, right?”
“It’s natural, so don’t hesitate. In exchange for satisfying my curiosity, there are two pieces of information I will give you.”
Extending the index and middle fingers of her right hand, Minerva released her arm from her chin and grabbed hold of her right index finger.
“One is why Caicilia saved Aurora’s father, and why did he let the tyranny of him go unnoticed.”
The words were cut off, and the index finger was left untouched, and the middle finger touched.
“The other one is the true identity of the restoration magic cast in the castle.”