“I got a call from the Imperial Office.”
＜Delaiten＞ Office of the President.
Although the eight sides are open with arched glass, the morning in the president’s office was dark and eerie because of the low rain clouds.
“These days, as the internal and external situation is taking a turn for the worse, they say that the graduation cadet’s visit to the Imperial Office cannot be held as scheduled.”
A shadow fell on the faces of the two people present, Madelia Page and Valencidis, to such an extent that they could not read each other’s expressions.
“Is that so?”
It was a tone of regret.
I couldn’t see those eyes, but maybe the emotion reflected in those eyes was something from relief.
The event at the Emperor’s Office means that the top graduating cadet of ＜Delayten＞ has an audience with Rin’s corpse.
“It would be difficult if I overlooked it first and was disappointed. It’s just that we can’t proceed as planned, that doesn’t mean we won’t proceed.”
“Which exactly?”
“The event has been greatly accelerated. Exactly, after a fortnight. So, you just have to go to the Hwanghwan Office in two days. We have prepared a wagon to move.”
After all, is this also an unavoidable fate… … Valencidis let out a short sigh.
“Yes, I understand.”
“And one more thing, unlike before, the student council protocol is not prepared. I can’t be congratulated by my classmates and juniors in the student council. This part was unavoidable because it was a strong request from the Imperial Court.”
Did you say that you are fortunate in misfortune?
Originally, I was going to break one or two of my legs so I couldn’t come… … If you come, you will surely die.
I like this very much, Valensidis nodded in satisfaction for the first time.
“Thank you for the three years, President.”
“There is nothing to be thankful for. Just as ＜Delayten＞ is your pride, you are also the pride of ＜Delayten＞. Of course I just gave it to you.”
That too is until today. My name will never be recorded on the graduation roll of ＜Deleiten＞.
knew from the beginning
I knew it from the time I entered school, but… … Lately, strange imaginations have raised their heads abruptly, so I felt unbearably regretful somewhere.
It was not a particularly distant future.
Probably in about 2 years
It is to make fun of Lane Ludwig, who is currently serving as the student council president, after meeting the 2nd and 3rd grade executives after a long time.
If you need help, help as a senior (of course, after teasing like ‘Do you really need our help? Try asking out loud so everyone can hear, Lane Ludwig’)… … We talked a lot about the festival from 2 years ago.
“And I’m not graduating from this either. Should I go back to school? Don’t create a strange atmosphere to your juniors or classmates like you just did. We will only be ashamed of each other.”
But I know. that it can never be done
Because childhood is over now.
Knowing better than anyone else, Valencidis completely removed that imagination from his mind with a pitiful bitter smile. Turn around with a salute.
“Yes, then let’s go.”
* * *
After successfully ending the seasonal festival, summer arrived as if it had been waiting for it.
When the hot wind started to blow from the south in the scorching temperature, I started sweating even if I just stayed still.
The heat in Deliten, which is located in the southern part of the Empire and even adjacent to the Red Mountains, was so hot that it brought tears to my eyes compared to when I was in the center.
The Department of Education has officially approved the wearing of summer clothes. There wasn’t a separate summer uniform, and like Cassena, she didn’t wear a school uniform cape, just a blouse.
“Look, how comfortable it is to wear it like this!”
Cassena jumped up with an excited face and ran ahead of the campus.
Cassena’s recovery was quick, perhaps because Pina’s rehabilitation efforts were accompanied by the power of Magic-Protein. It’s gotten to the point where I can run lightly like that without crutches.
He replied with a sigh as he put the student council badge on his cloak in the breast pocket of his blouse.
“I didn’t even get an order to wear summer clothes, but it was only possible because I was a young lady.”
“What are you talking about! You would be too!”
“No.”
“Okay! If I ask mom to do it, it’s all done!”
He closed his eyes and gave up answering.
What an amazing girl!
Why are parents so weak against their daughters… … That way, the burrs will disappear.
‘Well, I’m not in a position to tell others.’
According to Fifi, Tureina was also beaten by Friede.
But I remember that I raised him so strictly that even if I made one mistake, I would punch him in the head… … Was that too weak?
Hmmm, I’m not sure what rigorous education is.
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“But why are your expressions so rotten these days!”
“I can’t find the person I’m looking for.”
“who!”
“Who are you? I’m the student president.”
As the student council activities went into a lull for 15 days after the festival ended, Valencidis did not appear in the student council even once.
Most of the work was entrusted to Felix, and although it was said that only important matters were paid directly, there could be important matters now that the seasonal festival is over.
I don’t know if he’s intentionally avoiding me or if he keeps passing me by, but I haven’t seen Valencidis since I heard those strange words.
Well, I don’t know where he’s going… … Until he graduates from school, he must be held here without fail.
Come to think of it, I’ve never really thought deeply about it.
Why did a talented person like Valencidis have to spend three years on Deliten? To celebrate youth?
There’s no possibility that a black magician would do that, and he wasn’t like that in the first place. Then why? To legally view Naya Rin’s corpse… … .
– My mother’s successful work to receive Rin’s soul is me!
– This body is just the reincarnation of Archmage Rin!
What Valencidis was aiming for… … This crazy, daze-like disgust came rushing out.
Then, I rushed past Cassena, who was giggling while asking what she was thinking, and rushed to the main building of the school.
“Valensidis!”
I shouted at the same time as I opened the classroom door, and the 3rd year cadets stared blankly at this place.
“What is that?”
“Are freshmen sane?”
“Be careful with your words. It’s Prince Lane.”
If it had been a simple freshman, he would have forgiven this rude behavior, but if the opponent is a great aristocrat of the Sedo family, the story is different.
In the midst of such gossip, a familiar face walked by. It was the Maya Snark of the Ten Gates Tribe, who had just been released from probation.
“Are you looking for Valencidis, Gongja?”
“uh. Where is that son of a b*tch now? Didn’t you come?”
“I just packed up and left. I didn’t ask where you were going.”
Maya shrugged off her glasses with a look that she didn’t know too well.
What?
Leaving school without a word to anyone?
Feeling a strange question, I narrowed my eyes, but Felix, the vice president who had just returned, looked at Maya and Rain alternately, puzzled by this situation.
“What are you doing until the 3rd grade class, Gongja-nim?”
“I came to find Valencidis… … I can’t see it.”
Then Felix’s reaction was a little strange.
“Oh, did you not hear? Oh, you must not know. Because it is so embarrassing.”
“… … ?”
“The Emperor’s Office moved the senior graduation ceremony ahead of time, so I just got on a carriage and headed to the Emperor’s Office. I’m on my way to see you off.”
what… … ?
Just in time, water droplets began to fall one by one from the black clouds that swallowed the sky, and dew formed on the windows.
The end of childhood was approaching, both Lane and Valencidis.
* * *
The sunlight shining through the cracks in the ground into the underground temple was bizarrely curved and entangled, making the temple as dark and eerie as night even though it was daytime.
As usual, it was a place where strange myrrh smoke rose and the ancient yin energy was seething, but one important point was different.
It was because the shaman with a hat, who always sat on the throne and watched the meetings of the shadows like a bystander, came down the stairs dressed as a woman.
“Is everyone ready?”
When Turaina asked softly as she bit into her smoking pipe, the figures wriggling on each throne prostrated themselves in turn.
[North Korea, there’s nothing wrong~ I killed a hundred people~ I squeezed their blood hard~ I drew a magic square~!]
Number 4 is always playful.
[The south has also been clearly drawn.]
Always sincere number 5.
And number 7 that I can’t figure out.
[East ends in two days. hahahaha, the surveillance of the ‘Golden Children’ was a bit slow, but well, it’s perfectly finished.]
Now that magic squares have been drawn in the east, south, and north directions, all that remains is the west side, and there is no problem since it can be created when Turaina moves directly.
The center of the magic square is the Hwanghwangcheong.
The magic square made of blood is a mixture of 5-star magic and 5-star magic, and the overall meaning of the ten runes engraved there is as follows.
[Cracks in the World Axis]
On the day of the death, there will be a crack in the seal of one of the forgotten kings, the time lord. The world will face upheaval.
“Everyone suffered. See you at the Imperial Court now.”
Turaina tied the string of Rin’s hat and then hit the wall with Friede’s pipe to blow off the cigarette ash. A gust of wind blew up and extinguished all the lanterns in the abyss that had been lighting up the temple.
Then, her hair, which had once been a blue light that contained the light of the sky, but was now just the dark blue of the abyss, fluttered.
Turaina’s hand, which stuck a smoking pipe to her waist, twitched silently with sorrow and joy at the soon-to-be meeting.
‘Now I’m going to end this absurd story, and bring back a story that shouldn’t have ended… … .’
* * *
Valencidis’ conduct of the court made me deeply troubled for several days.
Are you really after Rin’s corpse?
What are you thinking of doing?
The soul is here, so if you try to do some tricks with it, nothing will happen.
‘And even though Valensidis is said to be a tremendously talented person in the first place, it is nothing compared to the light dragon in the Emperor’s Office… … .’
Light Dragon Haraderiman.
One of the three divine dragons who were endowed with power comparable to that of a divinity from ＜Things that came＞… … Its power is so strong that it can be called a divine dragon.
If you have to compare it, it’s not even worth a hundred Valencidis. Although that wouldn’t be possible.
‘It’s not just Haraderi Bay, but the Emperor’s Office is also the headquarter of the Yellow Dragon Corps… … .’
The divine dragons each gave birth to five true dragons as children and confidants, and the true dragons of the yellow dragon corps, who have the title of cardinal, have been called the five pillars of the Emperor’s Office and have guarded order.
‘No matter how much I think about it, I can’t believe that Valencidis is doing something against such an existence.’
It was clear that Valencidis was a man with an idea, so he wouldn’t attack.
So, is this just a rumor now? You damn bastard, would you just come back after seeing my dead body?
No need to worry. The place where Rin is is not anywhere else, but in the Emperor’s Office… … So who am I worried about right now?
‘No, something is wrong. I can’t explain this, but… … .’
Shall we go to the Emperor’s Office after Valencidis? It’s a week’s walk to the royal court, so there’s nothing I can’t do.
‘No, there is only one week until the event to decide.’
However, if that happens, the problem is that the school will process absenteeism without notice and the position of the senior cadet will become unclear… … .
– I’m proud of you.
– It’s also my lineage!
I thought over and over whether I was going to be a senior cadet or just recklessly follow him, but every time my mother or grandfather’s face flashed before my eyes.
‘Oh, that’s crazy… … .’
I sighed and tore my hair, but suddenly, a strong shock rushed to my back.
“what?”
I raised my head annoyedly and saw a familiar light purple face.
Cassena Page.
Realizing that, I didn’t even have time to reply, he grabbed me by the scruff of my neck and ran out of the classroom.
“No, wait, wait. What are you doing now?!”
“Since Rain has been sighing heavily for three days, I’m so pathetic that I can’t help him! That’s why I’m trying to make it impossible to rest!”
“It’s not something that can be solved by cheating… … .”
I wanted an uncomfortable silence to flow along with a deep sigh, but when Cassena glanced back at me, there was a relaxed smile on her face.
“Did I tell you? My mom does everything I ask her to do!”
“… … ?”
“Because you wanted to see the president so badly, I told my mother exactly the same! That’s why they sent the two of us to the Imperial Office as the student council president!”
Are you the student council representative?
What is it?
The answer to that question was told by Madelia Page, who was waiting for us with the family carriage waiting at the school gate.
“Originally, the student council executives congratulate the senior cadet on his first graduation and have an audience with Rin’s corpse after the ceremony of giving flowers. That was a tradition.”
“… … ?”
“But this time, an official notice against it came down from the Imperial Office.”
Well, even Haraderi isn’t an idiot. You’re smart if you’re tens of times smarter than me.
But it’s a bit unfortunate.
If it had been me, I would have just canceled this graduation event in case… … .
“However, in your case, the identity is certain, and above all, it is said that Cardinal Yoshhar actively agreed to your visit.”
I didn’t expect it at the moment, but I smiled brightly without knowing it when I heard the name.
Cardinal Yoshhar.
When Lista received formal approval from the Imperial Office and the party finally left for the Antarctic expedition, it was the Jinryong who gave me the Golden Warrant.
‘Did the Imperial Court know? That I’m back… … !’
No, no. let’s not overlook I hoped for nothing, but I was disappointed. Having one old friend is enough for me.
“I thought it would be a good experience for both Cassena and you, so I hurriedly asked through Griffin Rider. Do you like it?”
Instead of answering, he put his finger in his mouth and whistled.
And as soon as I called the name vigorously, food duck… … A clear sound of flapping wings was heard, and a warm being landed on the top of the head.
Madelia’s and Cassena’s eyes widened halfway at the same time, and when Lane smiled and tilted his head, the parrot followed suit.
“Can my friend come too?”
“Together, together, together.”
Sun Macaw, Pippi.
Madelia hesitated for a moment, but when Cassena looked up at Pippi and her eyes flashed with excitement, she finally let out a dumbfounded laugh.
“To use my daughter like a hostage, you are a bold guy after all. yes it is good Have a good trip.”