16 – Villains are popular
Wizards of the Mage Tower. They could be treated the same as nobles.
Because only very skilled mages can go to the Mage Tower. So it was only natural that they would be treated well.
Among them.. Aren Jagers, the master of the mage tower, was a wizard of great skill. He even said that if he hated him, he should leave the empire at once.
Even in the imperial family, it is not easy to touch him. Aren Jagers possessed independent power through overwhelming force.
People often compare the power of the Mage Tower and the various dukes.
The most representative of them was the Azbel family, a famous magic family. Of course, no one could know the answer.
In the Azbel family, there was the Duke and Duchess of Azbel, who were excellent wizards, and in the Mage Tower, there was the Mage Tower Master.
However, the power of the Mage Tower Master was difficult to see. That’s why people secretly looked up to the Mage Tower more than the Azbel family.
How would a magic tower built by such a magic tower master?
“This is the area where the magic tower is located.”
“You exaggerated it like that, but it’s smaller than I thought.”
She looked at the tower and said.
“It’s probably smaller than the Azbel family’s mansion. Shouldn’t it be at least bigger than that?”
“⋯It is not a mage tower.”
“⋯?”
She was looking at the wrong thing.
The size of the magic tower I pointed out was so huge that it couldn’t be compared to the Azbel family’s mansion that she suddenly boasted about.
To the extent that I wonder how that is a tower.
“Really, it is so small that it cannot be compared to the Azbel family’s mansion.”
That’s what I said. ⋯It was absurd.
“⋯.”
Shael walked towards the magic tower without saying a word, her ears red.
The magic tower was mysterious in a different way. As if to show the eccentric nature of the owner of the tower, there were many unique structures inside the tower.
After passing so many buildings, you can see the banquet hall.
“⋯There you go.”
“Let’s go.”
I said it and Shael answered it. Sael said she seemed to be bothered by the banquet.
Well, a bad girl has no social skills. Human relations would end with me and the Duke and Duchess of Azbel.
Shael stopped abruptly and looked at me.
“⋯.”
“What is it?”
“⋯You seem to have a strange idea.”
The villainess was only quick-witted at times like this.
“I didn’t think anything of it.”
“Oh, is that so?”
No more words came out of my mouth. It was because someone was standing in front of Shael and me.
“⋯Eran Baslet and Shael Azbel. You are late.”
Do not add honorifics to the names of dukes. Even rude words about being late.
Even we weren’t late. Rather early
It must have been a very long time before the banquet started.
This person just put us down. I could tell from the look on his face.
He was looking at us with a very unwelcome expression.
Looking at his face like that… it was quite a familiar face. It was because he was the person on the cover of the original novel.
It was one of the main male characters in the original novel, Aren Jagers.
I was immediately convinced. If he was as strong as this person, he could be so arrogant. To the extent that he could afford to commit such rudeness to the duke’s two sons.
It was when I was about to say hello to the owner of the mage tower. However, Shael was faster.
I talked to Shael.
“I have no manners.”
“⋯What?”
Once again, the owner of the Mage Tower questioned the wicked woman while leaving her words behind. There was no way the wicked woman would just let this go.
“Now, dare⋯⋯.”
“The unlearned.”
“⋯!”
The wicked woman let out a sigh as it was and passed by the head of her mage tower.
The Magic Tower Lord was glaring at Shael as if he were going to kill him.
⋯ Oh, it’s ruined.
“⋯ Then, let’s go. Have a good time, Aren Jagers.”
“⋯.”
Even in my greeting, he glared at me silently. It seemed that Shael had made me hate the Master of the Tower. For now, I followed Shael.
“⋯You’d better stop.”
The magic tower lord made me stop. Feeling somewhat uneasy, I immediately looked at the owner of the mage tower.
⋯ Magical power was gathering in his hands. It was just before using magic.
Magic tower lord, Aren Jagers. He was a cold, obsessive character who usually appears in romance fantasy novels.
So in other words, he has a very dirty personality.
How could one of the main characters be so nasty that he would use violence for just such a thing?
It was simple. In the novel, the male lead only needs to be nice to the female lead. Rather, the duality becomes Aren’s charm that readers feel.
Fortunately, the magic tower lord erased my magic.
Looking back wasn’t the reason. It was because the only existence that could stop the owner of the mage tower had come.
“Ah, Lord of the Magic Tower?”
The heroine was Clie Ruspella.
The Magic Tower Lord, who was glaring at Shael and me as if to kill him, made a smile. It was a completely different expression from before.
“You’re not feeling well, so why are you here, Clie?”
“Oh, it’s okay!”
Collockㅡ
Clee coughed. Clié was the heroine of a terminally ill life. It was a setting often seen in romance fantasy novels.
Of course, like a romance fantasy novel, the ending was good. Because Shael, the wicked woman, dies… And Clie, who was terminally ill, can live.
Arren Jaygers took Clie and hurriedly went somewhere with her.
“⋯Looks like a murder.”
Shael looked at them and said to me. But surprisingly, it was true.
Clie actually uses her own cough. Predictably, she must have taken the Master of the Tower because of the prince who came to the banquet in disguise.
Moreover, her cough was not a symptom of her illness.
You might think he’s a selfish protagonist… But that’s also the reason for the novel’s huge popularity.
It was Sael’s barbed words that erased my thoughts.
“⋯You came too early.”
That was what she said as soon as she arrived at the banquet hall. It seemed that the wicked woman was angry.
Since we arrived too early, there were only a few people in the banquet hall. But this was intentional. The Mage Tower with its eccentric owner… Had all sorts of things to enjoy that didn’t match its name.
“Please follow me.”
Shael followed me just to kill her time.
The inside of the huge mage tower looked as if a festival was being held. Many people were enjoying their leisure time in various kinds of shops.
“What is that?”
It was then that the villainess showed interest.
She was pointing her hand at her shooting range. It was a store where you could take her doll if you hit it with an arrow.
“Would you like to try it?”
Shael nodded her head and raised her bow.
“I didn’t know you would like something like this.”
“I thought it would be good if I practiced my bow.”
Shael answered me while drawing the bowstring.
I immediately knew who Sael was talking about. Because Sael was staring at the doll fiercely as he usually looks at me.
It was the sound of her doll being torn apart by the arrow she shot. It was, of course, where the doll’s eyes were.
“⋯You are cruel.”
She grinned and handed me the doll. ⋯It wasn’t a compliment.
“This is a gift, keep it.”
She was about to throw her doll on the floor, but as if she had an idea, she handed me a doll with a torn eye.
⋯The first gift I received from the villainess was a doll with torn eyes.
After I had no choice but to accept the doll, Shael went looking for other things to enjoy.
What caught her attention this time was the place to fish.
In a moderately sized fishery, catfish were released. It was a place to experience fishing.
“Are you going to ⋯?”
The villainess nodded her head. At all, I couldn’t figure out her wicked woman’s taste.
Shael threw a fishing line. I also sat down next to her and threw a fishing line.
A catfish came and bit the bait. It was Shael’s.
As soon as Sael started, she caught one.
Splash!
Two.
Splash!
And three. It was different from me who couldn’t catch even one. The wicked woman had talent in strange places.
“Pugh, you can’t catch a single fish properly.”
Sael started teasing me before I knew it. Shael pointed to my fishing line, which hadn’t even touched the bait, and she laughed.
There was no way I could stand still at that action.
“Oh, yes. I hope It’s popular with catfish.”
“⋯.”
“You can get engaged to those catfish, not me.”
“⋯Ha. What do you mean?”
It was a catfish that answered Sael’s bewildered words.
Steel Fuck! Iron-!
“Hey, a strong guy is perfect for a groom.”
Shael punished me by glaring at me.
It was fortunate though. Unlike my expectations, Sael enjoyed this time.
⋯Although there were some strange quarrels.
If we maintain the current situation… We will be able to prevent the tragic incident at the banquet hall without any problems.
I took Shael and headed to the banquet hall.
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Chang-Geurang-!!
I look back at the ominous sound. A wine glass was broken on the floor. It was the wine glass that the heroine, Clie, was holding.
And looking in front of her… There was Shael. Sael’s clothes were stained with red wine.
⋯ Oh, it’s ruined.