3 – Beautiful Magician
Green surface.
Hold the mug with both hands and inhale the contents. Then, not only the palm holding the cup, but also the stomach warmed up.
Bitter-sweet taste unique to green tea latte that lingers on your tongue. Someone used to make fun of it as green algae latte, but to me it was my favorite drink on the cafe menu.
I glanced sideways at the girl sitting across from her. She looks very happy as she sucks on the mango frappe through a straw.
Oops. How much would I have if I hadn’t eaten? My heart hurts and my eyes are reddened.
Did he notice my gaze? She startled and put down her glass with a puzzled expression.
Hmmm. He quickly cleared her throat. It seemed to be her habit to trim it like that when she said something important.
She immediately straightened her back and spoke to me in a serious manner.
“Ah, how are you? My name is Shin Hye-young, a yellow-class wizard belonging to the Selberg Magic Tower. As she said, she has come to guide you. I look forward to.”
Shin Hye-young slightly lowered her head. I don’t get to see her on the street because she’s embarrassed, but she treats me with great respect.
Heh heh, being polite. She didn’t know that she was a wizard, and she was sure that she was a young man with a bright future.
When I nodded her head without saying anything, Shin Hye-young, who seemed to think she didn’t believe it, immediately leaned over and continued her words.
“I know that my words are hard to believe-“
“No, I believe.”
“… Yes? You understand what I’m saying, right?”
“I got it right.”
I don’t even need to hear more explanations.
Why?
Because I already believe in her.
Why?
Because we were already “Comrades” And “Friends” Who shared friendship, trust, and empathy.
It is nonsense to ask why. I would have believed her even if she had introduced herself as her alien girl.
Yes, that is “Trust”.
Shin Hye-young shook her head as I sent a warm friendship look at her.
“You are a bit crazy because someone is not a wizard.”
“Huh? Are most wizards crazy? Rather, it sounds like I am some kind of wizard.”
“Yes. Apparently, there are a lot of eccentrics or missing screws among wizards.”
She twirled her fingers down the side of her temple.
Then she pointed her finger at me.
“And like Jinwoo Lee said, you also became a wizard. So I came to pick you up!”
Puppupu—!
Shin Hye-young pretends to pop a pancake.
How lonely I must be, how can I pretend like that by myself?
I covered my mouth in overwhelming sadness.
“… No, please. Please don’t look at me with those eyes. Because my parents corrected me.”
Haa, Shin Hye-young let out a sigh and scratched her head.
“The schedule is tight. One hundred words are not enough. Let’s make it simple and move on. Come on, let me show you clear proof that Mr. Lee Jin-woo became a wizard.”
“Ohh-. What could it be? I’m so looking forward to it.”
“… Come on, follow me.”
“… Come on, follow me-“
“Status window.”
“Status window?”
T-ring—!
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＜ Jinwoo Lee ＞
[ Rating : Green ]
[ Occupation: Merchant ]
[ Attribute: Gold Power ]
[ Ability: Buy(買收), Sell(賣却)]
[ Tendency: Moderate, hot-blooded ]
[ Strength: 13 ] [ Stamina: 15 ]
[ Agility: 11 ] [ Wisdom: 22 ]
[ mana: 02 ] [ Luck: 73 ]
[ Possession: 100, 000, 000 Gold ]
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“… ….”
I thought as I looked at the status window that appeared in front of me. I knew it very well because I tend to read web novels.
No… , This is not a wizard, but a hunter no matter how you look at it. As a person who pursues the Archmage, this is unacceptable.
THIS IS NOT MAGIC!!!
Chrill-. When I glared at Shin Hye-young, she smiled and showed off her V.
* * *
Booooong─
The scenery of the city passing by through the car window. I’m running on a road that I don’t know about the neighborhood where I live.
Yes. I am riding a car FYI, since I’m a jerk, Shin Hye-young was driving by the elimination method.
The sight of Hyeyoung Shin sitting in her driver’s seat makes her heart pound. When and where would she ever get a chance to see a female student in school uniform skillfully caressing a steering wheel.
Yes, this is a precious sight to cherish until death.
I was much more excited about this than if I had become a magician worthy of Hotwarg’s Gryffindor, with a status window.
However, the doubts have not disappeared.
“But weren’t you a high school student?”
“Oh, the school uniform?”
Shin Hye-young smiled bitterly as she looked over her own attire.
Deuddeuk—I heard a grinding sound right after, but what was it? Must be an illusion
“Well, she graduated this year, and this is because when some crazy senior goes to her first recruit, she wears the most familiar outfit. She was tricked into wearing it and throwing it away. Because I lack common sense.”
“Hey….”
“I’m going to kill you when I go back.”
Oh my gosh.
You have a lively voice and empty eyes. She wonders how she will kill her own senior.
“By the way, what do mage towers and their wizards usually do? Magic research?”
“Well, of course I do. Seeing that you mentioned Hunter earlier, I see you read a lot of games and novels, but I clean the ‘dungeon’ in your language.”
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It’s a dungeon….
There was a time when I swept through all the dungeons of the Autumn Leaves Story.
Of course, I wanted to refer to the dungeon in the hunter novels I know, but rather than that.
Looking at Hyeyoung Shin’s quite serious face, it doesn’t seem like she’s joking. I thought, scratching her head. No… , the wizard is an asshole. It’s also a hunter thing.
What wizard? Aren’t you just calling it what you want to call it?
A suspicious look was gently shot down the side of her face.
She held out her palm to block her gaze.
“Don’t doubt. Even the new Awakeners who started appearing in the original Mage Tower/Wizard are rounded up and called Wizards. It’s because he’s a person with magical powers.”
“Then have wizards been around since ancient times?”
“Yes, yes, it has been since a very long time ago. According to what I studied at school, it goes back almost to B.C.”
“What is it? Was Hotwag an actual school?”
“It’s a different name, but it feels the same.”
Ohh….
As a person who once read a magic school novel, I would like to go sightseeing at least once before I die.
Wouldn’t it be possible to see a dragon even if there were no evil wizards with bald heads or glasses with lightning scars on their foreheads?
Thumping. My heart trembles.
“But why are you hiding it? Sorcerers or Awakeners. That dungeon must be dangerous. We are working hard to protect the earth. Wouldn’t it be nice to inform them?”
“Um, first of all, it’s dismissed because the world doesn’t turn that romantically.”
“Secondly, there is a restriction that prevents people who do not have magical powers from talking about the system or dungeons and other related information.”
“Hey….”
Is it like a warrior of justice or a secret society secretly protecting us behind the scenes?
Those are wonderful people.
Clap clap clap clap— The driver gave a small clap to the seal so as not to be distracted.
Suddenly, Hyeyoung Shin said.
“Ah, I’m here.”
“Eh, are you all here?”
I looked out the window.
On the left, you can see Seokchon Lake, and on the right, you can only see buildings. It is literally in the middle of the city, where you can see Latte World in the distance.
Anyway, it didn’t look like the mage tower I had imagined.
It’s a secret society, but it must be disguised as a regular building.
Though I was thinking about it, I was secretly disappointed.
Shin Hye-young put her index and middle fingers together and drew down the air as she chanted.
“Open.”
Jjijijijijijik─────!
The space was split in half.
‘…… A barrier.’
I, who have a deep knowledge of genre fiction, immediately came up with the word.
The car went straight through the crack and burrowed softly and without a crash.
Then what you see……
“…… Magic Tower?”
I saw a jet-black tower that would have looked like that if the Leaning Tower of Pisa stood straight in front.
If you haven’t heard the explanation beforehand that it’s a magic tower, it looks like a devil’s castle.
Hee-I stared at her with her mouth open blankly, then I looked at Shin Hye-young with a frown at the thought that suddenly crossed my mind.
“No, but hey. Because you’re a wizard It may be my prejudice, but whatever. Wasn’t it like runes or spells at least in English? What kanji?”
“Ah, that is prejudice. Which… “
The beautiful girl magician inside the blonde hair scratched her head and said with an embarrassed expression.
“I am native.”
“…… Ah.”
Then it was an acknowledgment.