“Sir Lista, would it be all right for a moment?”
Around the time when Lista Alter Surpin announced the recruitment of a wizard colleague to the Magic League, ‘The Story of the Beginning’ was so lucky.
“I am Atlanta. He is the dean who leads a school in the northern periphery. You may not have heard of the Osarius school, but… … .”
“It is an honor to meet you. Feel free to call me Rista. Are you willing to go on an expedition together?”
Atlante was startled for a moment.
Lista’s kindness was out of the norm. He must have been receiving enthusiastic proposals from the Eight Great Schools and the Five Great Families, so how could he be so kind to the dean of the middle school, not the middle school?
He was more than a rumor. That made me even more confident. trust the child
“It’s not me, but we have a brilliant disciple in our school. He’s already a 4-star wizard. Could you please take the child?”
“A 4-star wizard, but a child? How old are you?”
“I am thirteen.”
For a moment, Rista’s expression darkened.
How should I roundabout reject this, and what kind of dark beast is lurking there?
“At thirteen, no matter how talented you are, you are too young to go to war. If you want to clear the mess or something, there are many other ways.”
“I hope you don’t misunderstand. Not because of that.”
“… … ?”
“Obviously smart and excellent, but… … If you grow like this, you probably won’t grow great. Trapped in their own world.”
At that time, an emotion that passed through Atlante’s eyes instilled vague trust in Lista.
Was it lamentation?
I don’t know if it was a feeling of lamentation that I couldn’t guide my growth as a teacher to the end, but I could clearly see the sincerity hidden in that sadness.
“I have already taught you everything you can learn at your desk. So can you teach me about the world now? To become a great adult.”
It’s a story of beginnings.
and the end of the story.
This unfinished story, 300 years later, began here.
“Okay, let’s meet again. But neither I nor the dean decides. That child.”
* * *
I don’t like to get close.
I don’t want to be friendly
When I visited the tower of the Paige mansion again in the evening, when I opened the door again and faced this hysterical girl, I immediately thought of that.
“My lady, this is Lane Ludwig.”
Cassena turned her head from the telescope she was looking through and glared at her.
Were you still crying?
Her red eyes trembled, and she turned her head and looked at the wall.
“Why are you here again?”
“It’s a request from the president. As a junior cadet, it’s not something I can refuse.”
“Mom’s insistence is like an annual event, so it’s over in a day or two. Just say I kicked you out and go.”
There’s something I need to get this way too, so I can’t do that… … . When I didn’t leave the room, Cassena glared at me in a puzzled way.
“Aren’t you going? Go.”
“I can’t go.”
“why?”
“Actually, I made a contract like that.”
Cassena had to bite her lip to suppress the rage that boiled over. My patience was reaching its limit.
“The contract is a piece of sh*t! Don’t you think my words sound like words? I bet you don’t know who I am.”
“Hmm, isn’t that Miss Cassena?”
“If you know, just go, please… … .”
Lane didn’t go out.
After exchanging such scuffles two or three times, eventually Cassena’s anger exploded.
“I told you to go! You, even if I say just one thing, it’s embarrassing! know? My uncle is the Prince of Arfen, and my mother is the Prince of Paige!”
My father is Prince Ludwig and my grandfather is Ludwig the Scourge… … It was not a good idea to say this.
“I know.”
“But why aren’t you listening to me!”
For a moment, Cassena’s eyes seemed to tremble, but the book flew again and tore Lane’s forehead, causing blood to flow.
Perhaps thinking that it would be blocked by magic, Kasena herself, who had thrown the book, stuttered her mouth in surprise and turned her head away.
“Are you sick? Get out of here if you don’t want to see more pain. If you don’t like being annoyed, there’s no need for it!”
“there is. I have a contract with the president.”
“What kind of contract is that!”
“If I had to explain it, it would be a contract that makes a woman who has become a disabled person function as a person.”
“This, this cheeky… … !”
Cassena went mad and started throwing all the furniture in the room at me… … Here, magic was used to protect the body. I hate being sick.
“Who are you. Ludwig? Prince Ludwig? Can I destroy that family? As long as I ask my father or uncle, you’re all done, you son of a b*tch! Get out!”
“… … .”
“Why are you here! I like? Do you like seeing things like this? Isn’t it nice to see a leg asshole crawling on the floor!”
After throwing everything away, when there was nothing more to throw, Cassena finally started to sob.
No, no.
only one… … Only the astronomical telescope standing by the window through which the twilight shines through was not tossed out no matter what.
After the confusion subsided, Lane opened her mouth with a soft sigh.
“I didn’t come to comfort you, and I have no intention of comforting you. Not even that kind of person.”
Lista or Friede would have offered words of consolation with a beautiful smile, but I am not such a great person as I said before.
I am a wizard by nature.
Follow reason, not emotion.
So, I tore my forehead and picked up the book that was lying at my feet. 『Across the Continent』 was a travel book written by the famous adventurer Willang.
“I can make her walk instead.”
Cassena, who had been sobbing with her face buried in her hands, instantly lifted her wet eyes.
“I could have them go on foot to the lands mentioned in this book.”
“Impossible. The spine, the spine is broken.”
“It’s called magic because it makes the impossible possible.”
“Don’t play bad jokes! If you’re making your legs move with telekinesis, f*ck it! These ugly legs, forcing them to walk only makes them uglier!”
Bell Sidious and Lane’s eyes burn red, and soon they solve everything in the world with mathematics.
“The shape of the magic square is a pentagon, and the inscribed runes are three (fine; fine).”
Signals that make the body move are all weak currents flowing from the central nervous system.
If part of the organ that sends the current is broken, it will be possible to solve it with lightning-type magic.
“Relax your body and just take it easy. If you try to resist the force, you get hurt.”
Cassena’s legs squirmed. Cassena blinked as if she couldn’t believe the reality that was happening in front of her eyes.
“This is a thigh movement, and this much force moves the toes. Well, if you do this… … .”
The next moment, Cassena stood up from her chair. Of course, those legs couldn’t support my weight, so I added a bit of telekinesis.
“Lie, lie. This, this can’t be possible… … .”
With Cassena’s eyes quivering, Cassena’s legs began to walk as Rain magically sent a series of electrical signals.
One foot, one foot.
Like a child taking toddlers, but clearly one step, another two steps… … Lane crossed her arms like a giant.
“This is a magical possibility.”
“… … ?!”
“It’s not my body, and the lady’s body isn’t perfect, so it’s a bit awkward, but I can walk like this. Are you willing to learn some magic from me now?”
In fact, manipulating other people’s neural circuits and moving their bodies was something I had only thought of as a theory when I was young.
But now it was possible.
Because I was able to see the flow of magic within my body through Bel Sidious. I couldn’t help but admire the power of kinship limits that actually made the theory possible.
“… … .”
Confused or astonished, Cassena, who had been unable to speak for a long time, finally let out a trembling breath and shook her head.
“Get out, get out! You bastard!”
“?!”
“Do I look stupid? f*cking with this, this cheap hallucination magic… … Get out before I kill you! guards! What are you doing! Don’t drag this bastard out!”
oh oh oh As the escort knight, who immediately ran to Cassena’s screams and politely dragged Lane out, thought blankly.
‘Is this going to happen like this?’
Of course it’s like, ‘Wow, this is magic, so cool! Should I learn magic too?’ Did you think it would turn out like this?
“… … Isn’t this?”
* * *
“Oh, I’m relieved to hear that Knockout is leaving the Mage Tower.”
The day Rin left the Magic Tower was troubled from dawn.
The classmates who had never been in a hostile relationship, if not intimate, spit out such words one by one.
Not knowing the grace he gave me, and now learning everything I have to learn, I am leaving ruthlessly. … .
“Hey, who would really like it? Since I have talent, such a beautiful hero directly nominates and takes me.”
I didn’t even react. I knew very well that arguing with the hostiles was only tiring.
I just quietly packed my things.
After leaving the tower, the dean’s lady and Lista were waiting in front of the school’s main gate.
A total of 18 classmates were lined up on both sides of the stepping stones leading to the main gate, and they were all glaring at each other, probably for sarcastic purposes.
“Lynn.”
It was just when we reached the front door that the ambassador opened his mouth in a silence close to sarcasm. The voice trembled gloomily.
“Take good care of yourself. We will all be waiting for the day you return.”
I doubted my ears for a moment.
When I turned my head and stared blankly at the ambassador, the eyes of the classmates who had been busy sarcastic since dawn became wet and shouted like this.
“If you die, don’t leave me alone, you hateful bastard! see you again… … !”
“We will take care of the dean’s hysteria instead of you… … !”
“Write a letter whenever you have time! okay? If you don’t let go, I won’t let you go… … !”
In an instant, the surrounding situation, which turned into a sea of tears, caused intense confusion, and his gait became strange. No, the act of walking itself became impossible.
And at the same time, the tears in my eyes became so hot that I couldn’t help but shatter the world.
It was then that Dean Atlante put something deep on Rin’s head. It was a hat.
“Wizards don’t cry. Do others look down on you?”
“… … .”
“Those idiots aren’t good at magic, and they’re not good at acting. How can one day… … .”
Whether it was to cover Rin’s tears, or to hide the tears from the dean, only Lista, who was next to him, knew.
“The sun is hot in the South. Since I’ve only been living in the North, my skin will sting a lot if I don’t prepare.”
Rin didn’t say anything for a moment.
The hat covered the source of the tears, but it did not cover the rain of tears that flowed down my cheeks and fell nonstop to the ground.
“Hak, dean’s lady… … .”
I had to say thank you.
What an indescribable situation. The grace of taking away, the grace of teaching magic, the grace of giving an orphan with nothing to eat and a place to sleep… … .
I had to say thank you, but all I could hear was a painful croak, like an animal that had been pierced through the lungs by an arrow.
“Rin, can you promise me?”
Putting his hand on Rin’s head, the master said. With a voice mixed with pride, with a voice stained with bitterness, and with a voice full of affection.
“When I return, I will become a wonderful adult who can share the light of magic with others.”
It was a farewell to the master.
And as we all know, the boy never returned to his classmates. The only thing that came back five years later was the archmage’s secret treasure.
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The war ended like that, and in honor of the achievements of the boy whose name was engraved on the memorial stone as the great wizard of the warrior party, the Osarius school was promoted to the university school.
None of the classmates welcomed the award he received in exchange for the boy’s life.