magic tower (4)
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“… … .”
A strange feeling flowed into the deepest research room.
heaviness? tension? I didn’t know what that feeling was. However, it was not enough to describe it as ‘bizarre’.
Of course, it must have been an unchanging fact that it flowed out of me as I scrutinized the papers I had taken out.
Before long, I gracefully flipped through the papers I had taken out, one by one, appreciating the contents as if chewing on them.
“Recently I discovered something interesting.”
“Which one?”
“The fact that there are spies selling Esteban’s technology to other countries.”
“… … .”
quivering eyebrows. And faintly swaying eyes.
An unprecedented agitation rose from Wilford’s body. However, the head tilted in puzzlement was astonishingly calm.
“… … You mean the skill of the magic tower?”
“I didn’t say a word about the magic tower technique, did I?”
“… … .”
“Well, I guess this magic tower is also one of the places where the operatives are hiding. Information about defense artifacts came from that clue.”
Finally, the ledger, which had been turned over in its entirety, was handed over sadly and stopped in front of them.
“Would you like to see it too?”
“… … .”
Does such a simple invitation come so calmly and weakly as a compulsion?
reluctantly However, Wilford, who received the document as if he was more surprised by this story than anyone else, quickly turned it over and checked the contents.
Cromwell, too, looked surprised and began to read the document from the side.
“How is it?”
The voice watching the process gradually became insensitive.
However, there was nothing to do after checking and sleeping in the first place. The contents of the document, no more and no less, only pointed to the truth that took place within the Mage Tower.
“Do you guys have any guesses about the operatives hiding in the Mage Tower?”
“… … that.”
The red eyes reflected in the eyes facing each other were arrogant.
And the tightly closed lips were perfectly expressionless, and the gaze looking down was so cold that it was impossible to breathe, trapping the air.
As if he was going to have to listen to the answer, gently.
“… … .”
However, Wilford, who read the document to the end, was shaking his head incessantly.
“I’m really sorry, but I have no clue. However, if it is the Lord of the Magic Tower who is recuperating… … .”
“Are you saying you don’t know anything?”
“… … yes.”
My gaze passed him and headed for the next destination, before reaching Cromwell, the director of the research institute, who looked clearly surprised.
“Are you?”
“… … I’m sorry I couldn’t be of any help.”
“Right.”
… … The pressure that weighed down the top floor of the magic tower had long since disappeared. As if that was enough.
It literally felt like my pulse was going down, but I just shrugged my shoulders, not caring.
“Thank you for your cooperation.”
“… … yes.”
Wilford answered briefly, urgently wiping the sweat from his body.
I looked at the glowing magic crystals from inside the glass cabinet for the last time, then turned my head back to them.
The questioning that had just happened was calm, as if it had been buried beyond memory.
“If there’s nothing more to guide you, I’ll leave soon.”
“… … .”
… … There was no answer. However, as if he had to be faithful to the role, Wilford quickly took the lead.
The three of them left the laboratory on the top floor in a strange atmosphere.
clap-
“uh?”
When I opened the door to the lab and came out, the guard who was watching the door for security made a sound of air escaping. The allotted time was long, but it was because he left the lab faster than expected.
However, I walked past it and asked only the facts I was curious about, Wilford, the assistant tower manager.
“The conference room.”
“Ah, the preparations must be over soon. Likewise, we will guide you.”
… … Right.
Although it was a sudden visit that was not even mentioned, it seemed that the meeting room was already ready for use.
If so, there is no need to dwell on the occasional assortment play.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes, Your Highness. Come this way… … .”
“Previously.”
squeak-
“uh… … .”
That moment.
A cutting sound that flowed like a sweet melody spread, and at the same time, red water droplets split the air.
The wizard, who looked away for a moment, felt something strange and tried to move his eyes, but as if a nauseating feeling of nausea and a hazy mind prevented them from doing so, they seemed to be holding on to their bodies and not letting go.
… … well, of course
Soon, he could not control his body, which fell over itself, and collapsed helplessly to the floor.
Thanks to that, he would have been able to grasp the situation even with his broken neck, so in the end, wouldn’t it have turned out the way he wanted?
Perhaps the last thing the magician saw was the turquoise blade that was being recovered stained with blood and my face looking down at me without any emotion.
“… … Wh-what!”
The guards who were watching the situation covered their mouths in amazement at the sudden situation.
On the top floor of the Mage Tower, which had become a sea of blood, my gaze turned to the wizard who had become a cold corpse.
“But at least I won’t have to move with you.”
… … third.
It was the last word left in Cromwell’s head in the midst of his gruesome death.
* * *
I remember the scent of the battlefield that pierced my heart.
Even in that situation where I was poisoned and couldn’t keep my body straight. And even in the adrenaline that exploded for hours in the heat of murder.
Each scene was imprinted in my mind.
So, to say I can’t remember that face is an overstatement.
The magic of restraint that entangled me behind the backs of those I thought were my knights.
And the current mage lord who stood next to Asus smiling meanly.
… … Elder Cromwell.
“Uh, why… … .”
Wilford stepped back.
I took so many steps that I didn’t know how many steps I had taken.
But how far could he have escaped with his stuttering legs?
Unfortunately, he couldn’t get away from the eyes of the beast that had finished hunting.
“Why?”
After lightly brushing off the blood from Elbern, I retrieved the sword into the scabbard. Then he strode up to Wilford and smiled.
“I’m sure you remember what I said?”
The operatives hiding in the magic tower. It had only been ten minutes since he told the story.
Still, if you ask me why, it doesn’t really mean that I can’t guess the reason, but it means that I didn’t understand the next process.
“That guy is an insect that eats Esteban. And handling it myself is my duty as the next heir to the throne.”
“… … .”
“If you thought you didn’t know anything and moved only to dig up information, you’d be mistaken.”
Who tried to insult the royal family, and who sinned.
That was something that was decided from the beginning.
For me, who moves based on memories before returning, defining it was easier than the palm of my hand, and at least that certainty would be closer to the exact reality than anyone else.
so.
The last question I asked them was just a personal question, not for conviction.
What kind of person is Wilford who brought ‘Cromwell, the head of the research institute’? Why couldn’t Wilford become the master of the mage tower in the future?
I looked down at the corpse, which was cooling down, and coldly kicked my brain.
“You mean you killed all the people who would get in the way of your ambitions?”
That way of thinking was also incomprehensible to me.
… … Well, even if you come and say that now, it won’t mean anything.
“Follow me.”
“… … Yes, yes?”
“I’ll give you a fun tour.”
I laughed with interest, as if my eyes had found something truly amusing.
* * *
A meeting room in the dark.
Opening the door, five wizards cautiously entered. But there was nothing to see in the dark.
“what? He said he had a meeting, but nothing happened?”
“under! I am not kidding.”
Discontent erupted among the wizards.
It was strange considering the fact that it was their teacher, Research Director Cromwell, who summoned them. But it was natural for them.
“Tsk… … At least turn on the light.”
click-
The moment the wizard complained, the interior of the meeting room suddenly brightened and revealed its appearance. The problem was that it happened spontaneously even though they didn’t even lift a finger.
The wizards hurriedly covered their dazzling eyes and lost their temper.
“what?!”
“What kind of guy… … .”
However, the moment her eyes adapted to the light captured someone in the retina, she had no choice but to stop her dissatisfaction.
“Why are you here… … .”
“you… … !?”
“Ah, nice to meet you again.”
“Where is Cromwell!”
It would have been very embarrassing.
The man who summoned them, saying that Cromwell had something to discuss urgently, was alone in the empty conference room.
That too, the man who had convinced them by adding that it was a matter of the Federation Empire.
Of course, the embarrassment I felt after coming to my senses would have been more, if not less.
“Look, you called it right, right?”
“Right.”
“Who, who are you talking to… … .”
The guys panicked and looked around. Before long, she found someone standing next to the man and shuddered.
Because they would never have thought they would be in a place like this.
“… … 1 Prince?”
“I think it’s a bit short.”
… … okay.
It was me who was waiting for them in the meeting room.
I nodded my head as I examined their faces as they entered the meeting room. Of course, that wasn’t a new realization.
“Five guys. You called me correctly.”
“… … !”
The eyes of the five wizards wavered.
A man who knew about the Commonwealth, as well as this situation that lured them to Cromwell. And finally, to the first prince who couldn’t be in a place like this.
He wouldn’t have known anything about the context, but it would have been more than enough to make sense of this unusual situation.
so that.
“this!”
“I got caught!”
Cromwell’s disciple… … No, the wizards of the Federation Empire immediately raised their magical powers.
Those eyes were shining with life. But I couldn’t hide my embarrassment.
‘Damn it, how?!’
If they were caught, it was normal for them to have a reason.
However, there was never an inspection, and there was no sign of being caught.
For them, this situation itself does not make common sense.
In the meantime, only one certain fact lingered in their heads.
“Cromwell, you son of a … … !”
as soon as. If they didn’t catch the tail, it was only the fact that Cromwell, who was not here, was likely to have contributed.
Of course, in the current situation, it doesn’t matter what happens to such a trivial ‘culprit’. Before long, the life of the wizards exploded.
“We must inform the Federation of this fact!”
“Strike! I’d rather kill you and shut your mouth!”
Colorful magic flew in the sky. The clumps of magical energy that rushed straight like wedges reached me at close range.
… … however.
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“You’re going to kill me and shut your mouth?”
Even at that moment, my gaze did not look at the magic. I didn’t pay attention to their lifelike eyes.
However, he chewed over their conversation and laughed at it to the fullest.
“Try it.”
“Uh, what… … !”
Woowook-!
Elvern, who had been wielded as if to play with it, split the space, and the traces of the magic they exuded had long since disappeared.
… … okay. I was just laughing out loud.
“If you can.”
“… … !”
My eyes slowly curved as if appreciating something pleasant.
There was still a long time left to show us something fun.