Episode 7
The test that my father gave before returning did not go as smoothly as it is now.
It was natural.
‘… It was like forcibly intervening in the exam.’
Also, unlike now, Allen had a bad relationship with Julius back then. It was evident that he had participated with impure intentions, but no good words could come out.
‘I was insulting rather than apologizing, and mocking rather than giving advice.’
That was the first thing I did when the exam started.
Allen seized all command of the soldiers and tried to push Julius down.
As the eldest son with the right to succession, it was a brief thought that the soldiers would follow.
However, there was no significant effect.
Julius trained with the soldiers every morning to get rid of his former notoriety and gain the support of the soldiers.
Contrary to his expectations, Allen’s crude plan didn’t go well, and there was no such arrogance as it was divided into soldiers following Allen and soldiers following Julius.
But now it was different.
“Long time no see. Mr. Friedal.”
“haha… . Long time no see, Allen.”
The one who greeted me was an old man with a white beard. A robe that covered his entire body, a long hat, and even a staff made of oak.
A typical wizard’s appearance that you would imagine if you were a wizard.
“I’m glad it still looks right.”
“Heh heh heh… . Fortunately, the old man has corrected it, so why not go back to the soil right away?”
“You have to live long and work for your family.”
“How much do you plan to pamper an old man? Ha ha ha ha ha.”
Even though he was old, Friedal was an old man who could tell jokes in a fun way.
Allen took on the role of welcoming Prindal before departure. Julius was managing the soldiers at the parade ground.
“I heard rumors that Master Julius has changed, but Confucius certainly has changed as well.”
Clear wisdom gleamed in Frindal’s eyes.
“The magic that circulates through the body and the hierarchy… . uhm? No. 1 No, the amount of magical power is too much for that kind of thing… .”
“This is the secret I found in the old book of the mansion. There must be something special about it.”
As Allen drew the line with humility and insinuation, Frindal smiled and immediately apologized.
“sorry. As I get older, my lust for knowledge only increases… It was a staple.”
“haha. How could a sorcerer be criticized for greedy for knowledge? it’s okay.”
“thank you.”
In the midst of such casual chatter, Allen carefully looked around him. He was told by his father that he would bring another wizard.
‘Who was the wizard he could bring at this time?’
Previously, he had brought his granddaughter. I did it to gain his experience. He probably remembers that he was only two ranks or so.
‘Has the future changed by not being here?’
for what? So, who is the new wizard?
‘It would have to be at least 3rd rank to be helpful.’
Allen asked sensibly to clear up the question.
“Prindal. I hear from my father that he is bringing a wizard with him. But where is he… .”
“Franciska, ah. Francisca is my granddaughter. She is now going to the training ground first.”
Wait, Francisca?
Allen tried not to show a look of surprise, and asked the question with a face full of doubt.
“I’m going to need at least a 3rd rank wizard, sorry, but can you tell me what her rank is now?”
I know how she will grow in the future.
But at this time, she was only a second-level wizard, as he knew.
“I am a fourth-level wizard. Nothing will get in the way of solving the case.”
4th rank?
Allen’s eyes stopped for a moment to turn to the black book.
‘By now, you will be able to read about this exam in a book.’
I’ll check that out later… . First of all, I had to point this out.
“… It’s something to celebrate for her granddaughter’s high achievements, but I’m not sure if it’s also about etiquette.”
Even a 5th rank wizard with the position of an exclusive wizard is here, but he has a lower rank and can’t even see his face.
As Allen furrowed his brow in a slightly displeased tone, Frindal felt a hesitation unlike before.
“that… .”
“Prindal. Even if you have contributed to your hard work as the family’s exclusive wizard, you must protect what you have to protect.”
“… Yes, it is. This old man’s eyes must have been blurred for a moment.”
Friedal apologized immediately for his words. Then he sighed and continued.
“… The reason he went there first is because of an old delusion.”
“Are you talking delusions? ?”
It’s an old delusion, delusion.
“Yeah, that’s what made him hung up for so long.”
“Can you hear what it is?”
“Of course not. I’m sorry, you can hear me… .”
The moment he opened his mouth.
– Whoa!
A scream was heard.
And a scene came to mind in a hazy memory.
– jump
Frindal immediately got up from his seat. It was disrespectful, but neither Allen nor him cared.
Allen hurriedly followed him to the training ground and asked Frindal.
“I just heard a scream, maybe?”
“… The voice of my granddaughter, Francisca, is correct.”
“It looks like something happened, so let’s talk about it later.”
“thank you. Prince Allen.”
With those words, Frindal disappeared in an instant, at a speed that did not suit his old body.
Allen roughly imagined what had happened.
‘How dare you forget this.’
It was such a trivial matter, I thought of her, Francisca, but I forgot what had happened.
Rather than blaming himself, he accelerated further to resolve the fuss. He and he were soon able to reach the training ground.
The atmosphere in the training room was quiet.
The soldiers wrapped around the center of the parade ground, and Julius and a woman were facing each other in the middle.
Frindal seemed to intervene in the center so that nothing big happened.
‘Fortunately, the fears haven’t happened yet.’
It was even more fortunate because she was able to predict what she would do when she saw him due to her personality.
Allen walked towards the center.
As he approached, the soldiers veered out of the way in an instant, as if the sea were splitting.
As I got closer, I could feel the two forces colliding with each other.
The magic, the air, and the momentum swelled up as if they were eating each other.
It looked like it was about to explode.
In the aftermath, the soldiers could not easily approach, and Allen had to face greater pressure as he walked towards the center.
‘Not yet,’
I am stronger
His gaze turned to Julius, who was emitting wild magic from his lower abdomen.
This gap closes quickly.
No, maybe it’s just an advantage that will be overturned the next day.
If it was his bizarre ability, it wouldn’t be strange if he awoke even now.
Isn’t there already a difference in the amount of magic power?
Even with the elixir he obtained, there is such a difference.
The only thing he’s better than him is his magic and mana manipulation abilities that he’s been digging for for decades at most.
‘Still, now.’
A single gigantic ring around Allen’s heart spun like mad, making a wild roar.
A huge magic core begins to radiate power. A deep cry, like a gigantic stomach beating.
Allen took a breath.
He was always weaker than him.
both in the past and in the future. Even now when I come back.
‘But, not yet.’
not complete
The magical energy from the heart spreads like a thread into the 3m space that his sense of sensing extends.
There are three lines in which he is most confident, no, he can do it.
space, contract and.
‘soul.’
A thread that is invisible to others occupies the space and creates an elaborate model.
Allen, without opening his eyes, weaved, untied, and re-tied the complex seals.
The skein of thread gradually occupied the space, and eventually an object was created.
It was an instrument, and it was close to the magic of moving itself.
It resembles a violin, so it is a foreign form that can even be called magic.
A wizard of the 5th hierarchy woven with 5 rings.
Fridal was silently startled. He could feel it even though he couldn’t see it.
That whole technique was completely under his fine control.
A skill that can’t be seen as number one. No, it’s the same way… .
Fridal couldn’t keep his thoughts to the end.
Because the instrument started to move on its own.
Allen closed his eyes like a conductor and lowered his hands. Then the strings of the instrument moved on their own and let out a small sound.
Ji-in
The echo vibrated the space and turned towards them.
“Ugh.”
“What, what!”
They frowned at the sound that seemed to shake the soul directly.
Concentric circles radiated from the instrument, counteracting their momentum. At that moment, the eyes that had been focused on each other returned to Allen.
“older brother!”
Julius called out his name as if the hoped-for salvation army had arrived.
Frindal also made a surprised face at his ability, and immediately after thinking about the conversation and his family, he immediately agreed. Then he approached him, thinking that now was his chance.
“Prince Allen, I’m sorry to have caused a fuss.”
Friedal immediately bowed his head as if he had no intention of escalating the situation.
“no. It could be. It’s not something that Frindal should apologize for. But, who is that?”
Allen’s head turned to the woman who was standing alone.
“This is the granddaughter I was going to introduce earlier, Francisca.”
Frandal opened his mouth carefully.
She was still holding her head as if her hair was throbbing.
A woman with dark red hair and black eyes. She was a woman who could answer that she was a beauty even if she grabbed anyone around her and asked.
and.
‘Even at this time, magical power… .’
I didn’t notice it before. But now I knew. I don’t know why, but the fact that she hid her skills even in her life before her return.
Jewels adorned throughout her body circulated naturally with the magical energy emitted from her body, and as Frindal had promised, she was sure to be a wizard of at least 4th rank.
As his eyes turned to her, Julius shouted as if telling his parents.
“Brother, that woman is a disgrace to me. .”
Allen endured his disgust and listened to him. We’ve been close friends for a few weeks, sticking together as if we were really part of each other.
‘Thank you for being so careless, but… .’
different.
What he remembered and what he is now. He frowned for a moment at the feeling of alienation as if from another person.
Are you too close?
But, even so.
“Stop it, I see, fall to the side.”
he didn’t forget His own purpose, the forgotten brother.
“ah. Okay. older brother.”
Allen approached her and bowed her head according to the etiquette.
“Hello, Miss Francisca.”
Wizards have the title of semi-noble under the laws of the kingdom.
However, no matter how much the Reinhardt family fell, it was not enough for a high-ranking nobleman to bow his head.
However… If you can buy her crush.
‘If only once.’
Allen, who knew her future, was willing to bow his head at least once.
The witch of Sangam, Francisca.
Because the future was the name she would be called.
“Tongue, brother!”
“Allen!”
Frindahl and Julius thought they would punish her for causing a riot, so Allen suddenly bowed her head, showing a bewildered look.
It must have been a surprise for sure.
‘Already in a state where I couldn’t even see my face, I had a quarrel with Julius.’
There was nothing to be said for taking responsibility for Frindal who brought her.
She, too, forgot that she had a headache and had a blank expression on her face. But she quickly bowed her head, as if she had been awakened by Allen’s manners.
“I see you, Prince Allen.”
Upon receiving her greeting, Allen smiled softly and asked her a question. She was not arrogant as a nobleman, with the attitude she would have liked in her previous life.
“Can you tell me what caused the riot just now?”
Why she acted that way was to be expected.
‘Is it trauma?’
Because he had caused a strife with Julius in the same way before.
Considering her circumstances, which will become widely known in the future, it was not difficult to understand.
Unlike ordinary aristocrats, Francisca’s expression changed subtly when he asked about his circumstances first without taking the side of his relatives.
No wonder, I never expected such a nobleman to exist.
But for a while. She quickly put on a pretentious smile, calming her excitement that had risen.
“no. Confucius. I am only sorry for causing a disturbance in the situation of the party. The appearance of Julius-sama I heard rumors about… I am sorry for being rude.”
“No, it could be. It’s all because of my younger brother’s past behavior, and I think it’s suspicious enough.”
“and… . Excuse me for not showing my face. If you punish me even now, I will accept it sweetly.”
When she apologized for her previous rudeness and fuss, Allen accepted her apology with a gentle demeanor.
“Brother, that bitch, I’m different from before… .”
“Stop it, Julius. Isn’t it rude to say that I’m sulking at the customer’s apology?”
Allen sympathized with the man’s words, but he was not thoughtless enough to provoke him in this place.
“Oh, you’re talking too much. But it’s also my fault… .”
Francisca also covered her mouth with her hand and smiled a little, then smiled.
“I’m sorry earlier. Master Julius. Wizards are curious, so they just wanted to verify the truth of the rumors.”
Julius regretted that he had approached the enormous talent that seemed to be a characteristic for nothing. He wondered if he could make friends.
‘Even if I’m annoyed, I have to get rid of the stigma of being an asshole. How many times is this?’
It seemed that there would be a setback in recruiting the original characters or the main cast.
“Then let’s get going now. Actually, I think it’s a little late.”
“I would love to do that.”
Frindal didn’t want to cause any more trouble than this, so he grabbed her and quickly headed for the wagon he was riding.
“Julius, let’s go too.”
“no… . older brother.”
“I am Frindal’s granddaughter, so it would be useless to tell my father. this time you’ll be patient Didn’t she even get an apology?”
Allen always had a smile on his face while talking to him.
had to keep
“under. really.”
Whether his efforts paid off, Julius grumbled and agreed to his words. Then he quickly rearranged his men and climbed into the wagon with Reina.
He didn’t know how to ride a horse yet.
“Then, let’s go.”
The party, which was eventful from the start, went on a journey with a different purpose.