◈ Episode 276: Owner of the Imperial Castle (1)
“What are you doing here, Master?”
Aidan asked as he looked at his master.
Teishi and Iona, who were watching from the side, were also surprised and asked back.
“teacher?”
“Wait a minute, Aidan. Are you a master? What the hell is that?”
Aidan felt the need to explain to his friends who had not yet grasped the situation.
“Uh, so this is the master who taught me anti-magic… … .”
When Aidan was contemplating what to say, Mandelina took his place and opened his mouth.
“I think the story will be quite long, so shall we talk in a secluded place?”
At Mandelina’s words, Aidan nodded slightly.
So the four of them sat on a nearby bench.
Mandelina was the first to speak.
“Hi nice to meet you. My name is Mandelina.”
Tacey disapproved of Mandelina, who greeted him with an easy-going smile, and Iona nodded with her usual expressionless face.
“I guess you guys are Aidan’s friends? Aidan This guy, to be friends with these beauties. How are you these days?”
Mandelina looked admiringly at her pupil, who had now grown considerably, and put his arm around his shoulder.
At that sight, Tay’s eyebrows curled up slightly.
“Ahaha. Although he is an undeserved friend for me.”
“Look at this guy? While I couldn’t see you, I also improved my manners. You’ve grown, you’ve grown!”
They look more like friends who have known each other for a long time rather than a relationship between a teacher and a teacher.
It was difficult for Tay to bear it because it was uncomfortable to see the two of them getting along well.
Mandelina, Aidan’s mentor, had a good personality, didn’t look too old, and was even beautiful.
Then Mandelina glanced at Tacey and asked.
“So, what’s the name of the girl over there?”
“… … My name is Tacy Freead.”
“Haha, that’s right. Oh, are you worried about Aidan?”
“yes yes?”
“Yeah. Aidan This guy has good skills. To think that a country boy who loved magic so much could be acquainted with such a pretty girl. Oh, maybe a girlfriend?”
“Hey, a girlfriend… … !”
Teishi’s face turned red like a ripe persimmon.
My heart, which reminded me that I would never respond to Mandelina’s words, collapsed in an instant.
“uh? wasn’t it? You are so cute and pretty Hey Aidan! How did this happen?”
“yes? What am I?”
Rather, seeing Mandelina scolding Aidan, Tacey changed her mind.
‘Ah, he’s a good person.’
The girl in love was so scared.
Aidan, on the other hand, whoops! It groaned and twisted her body.
Because Mandelina hit Aidan in the head.
“Oh, that’s the head. Rather, what is Master doing here?”
“ok? what?”
“Wasn’t Master originally the type to wander around here and there?”
“No, it was like that in the past, but not now.”
“No? Master is a nerd who likes to play and eat.”
“… … No matter how much you are my disciple, hearing that directly hurts my heart.”
But Mandelina couldn’t deny Aidan’s words.
It’s because the one who actually likes to play and eat was right.
“Well, it was like that then, but it’s different now. I got a job.”
“… … yes?”
“What why, what. Would that surprise you?”
Aidan tried to answer yes, but changed his mind.
If you think about it, it’s because Mandelina has a strange personality, because in terms of magical abilities, she was a first-class wizard.
“Oh, so you came here for work?”
“no. This is just junk.”
“… … .”
“Don’t look at me that way. Because it’s a joke.”
“You’re kidding, right?”
“Half?”
“ah… … .”
“On the contrary, it is said that half of it is real. It’s true that I came here because of work.”
“What’s going on?”
Aidan asked purely out of curiosity.
Seeing that, Mandelina smiled and replied.
“That’s a secret. My disciple, as for this master, he has a very important job and is forbidden to speak to the general public.”
“Eh, Master?”
“Look at this kid? It’s like asking, ‘Master, how do you do important things?’
“Is it okay if I say that it’s an important job, even though I’m not allowed to speak?”
“Well, wouldn’t it matter if I didn’t tell you the details?”
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“… … Are you really okay? this person.”
“What did you just say?”
“no. Still, I feel relieved to hear that Master got a job in a good place. I was worried that he might be starving on the street somewhere.”
“Why am I starving?”
“Actually, when I first met you, you were almost about to faint from hunger.”
“Ugh! that, that… … .”
Mandelina broke into a cold sweat and avoided Aidan’s gaze.
“What happened in the past?”
When Tacey asked, Aidan answered with a bright smile.
“huh. The first time I met Master was when Master collapsed on the street and was about to starve to death.”
“… … .”
Tacey opened her eyes wide and turned to Mandelina.
Mandelina blushed slightly and couldn’t lift her head.
However, Aidan’s explanation continued.
“So then, the me of my childhood brought bread to Master.”
“Bread… … ?”
“huh. So, Master thanked me and said that he would teach me magic. The magic I learned then is anti-magic.”
Tacey opened her mouth in disbelief.
Iona, who doesn’t show her emotions well, was a little bit, but the story was absurd enough to open her mouth.
“Oh my God, you learned a special type of magic just because of a piece of bread? What nonsense is this… … .”
“Whoops. Miss Tacey. It doesn’t make sense. Actually, I said that I teach you, but learning is another thing.”
Mandelina immediately intervened naturally, as if his mental state had recovered.
“yes?”
“That’s why anti-magic is not something you can easily learn just because someone else teaches you. The constitution and aptitude are also important. Especially the [special] type of magic.”
“But Aidan learned.”
“… … okay.”
Even Mandelina couldn’t bear to refute it, as if it was absurd even if she thought about it.
Soon, Mandelina smiled and shrugged her shoulders.
“Who would have thought that the naive country boy who gave me a piece of bread would succeed me in anti-magic skills.”
“Uh, then what if Aidan had no aptitude?”
“Then I was thinking of passing it on, saying that I was sorry on the outside, but on the inside thinking that I was glad I got free bread.”
“This person has no intention of hiding his true feelings!”
Tacey realized it all over again.
Aidan is not an ordinary person, but his teacher, Mandelina, is by no means a normal person.
“Ahaha. I’m glad I have the aptitude.”
“What are you laughing at again!”
Even seeing Aidan smiling comfortably and trying to pass it off by saying, ‘That’s how it was then~’, Tacey felt dizzy because her stomach was exploding.
Then Mandelina said.
“Oh, look at my mind. I guess I’ll have to go.”
“yes? Are you leaving?”
“I told you. that you came out to work It’s time to go back soon.”
“ah.”
“Don’t be too sorry. If there is a bond, we will meet again someday.”
Mandelina smiled, saying not to worry, and was about to leave.
“Oh. Aidan.”
“… … ?”
Before Mandelina left, he gave Aidan some advice.
“If possible, don’t separate from your mentor.”
“yes? why?”
“hmm. well Maybe because you don’t know what will happen? I don’t know the details. Enough!”
Mandelina stormed off without giving a proper answer.
I could feel the bewildered gaze from behind, but Mandelina left it behind and moved to a place where people were rare.
Mandelina looked around moderately and immediately took out a communication artifact from her arms.
“Princess, it’s me. I will return to the imperial castle after completing the mission.”
A cold, businesslike voice, completely different from when he was talking to Aidan.
After that, Mandelina put the communicator back in.
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Rudger continued to wander around the Imperial Palace.
Of course, he didn’t go around alone, he was just following the instructions of the imperial guide along with other teachers.
The viewing of the imperial family, which had flowed peacefully, was greeted with a brief lull by a man who appeared out of nowhere.
“nice to meet you. My name is Pasius, one of the Imperial Guard Knights.”
He was a handsome blond man with distinct features.
The uniform unique to the imperial family was neat, the posture was upright, and the behavior was courteous.
She had her light blonde hair down below her shoulders, and the way it was properly tied around her neck matched his wistful smile.
A few teachers who recognized the name Pasius murmured.
“If it’s Pasius, is that Sir Pasius?”
“Why is the Royal Guard here?”
Royal Guard.
A title given to the best sword in the imperial palace that exists to protect important members of the imperial family.
Fasius walked toward one of them while asking for permission with a smile from the teachers who recognized him.
Rudger narrowed his eyes.
Pasius was coming toward him now.
“hello.”
Pasius stood in front of Ludger and greeted him with a smile.
“Are you Sir Rudger Celish?”
“yes. I am Rudger Chelsea.”
“Oh, so it was. Nice to meet you. My name is Pasius, a knight working for the imperial family.”
“Yes, nice to meet you too. So do you have any business with me?”
If it’s to the extent of contacting each other separately in front of everyone, there must be some purpose.
Fasius nodded his head without breaking his smile despite Ludger’s direct question.
“yes. Sir Ludgar Chelsea. If you are not busy, could you set aside some time for me?”
Royal Guard Pasius’ personal request.
At those words, the teachers around them were surprised again.
Even if he was Seorn’s teacher, he was incomparable to the Royal Guard, who had one of the best combat powers in the Empire.
To think that such a Royal Guard would invite a teacher from Seorn for personal business.
However, since it was Ludger Celish who had been invited, I was also strangely convinced.
“What do you mean by asking for time?”
“It is literally.”
“I’m sorry, but as a lead teacher, I can’t be occupied with other personal matters… … .”
When Ludger tried to express his intention to refuse, Pasius lowered his voice enough for Ludger to hear.
“There is someone who wants to see Sir Rudgar.”
“… … .”
Saying that, Pasius winked with one eye.
With the intention of saying that if you said this much, you understood it enough.
In fact, Rudger realized right away the moment Pasius quietly suggested that.
That is, who wants to meet you.
He was not an ordinary person, and he sent one of the few royal guards within the imperial family as messengers.
It suggested that the other party respected the position of this side, and at the same time, one’s own position was very high.
There were few people in the imperial family who could do this.
‘No, not a few. There is only one.’
Rudger was troubled.
The fact that he called himself even while sending the Royal Guard in front of everyone means that he had a purpose.
‘Do you really know my identity?’
I couldn’t make a decision yet.
Ludger, as Ceorn’s teacher, has recently been raising his stock price tremendously.
Thinking of the results shown in Arcane Chamber, I didn’t even know that they were called separately because I was just interested in them.
Whatever it was, the fact that a high-ranking member of the imperial family wanted to meet him personally did not change.
‘There are too many eyes to see the intention of refusal.’
It wasn’t a person I really wanted to meet, but it was ambiguous to refuse if the situation had developed this far.
First of all, isn’t he a guest of the imperial family?
“All right. Let’s go.”
“yes. Then I will guide you.”
Pasius immediately guided Ludger as if he had waited for that answer.
Watching the two leave, the other teachers stood in their seats and watched the scene blankly.
Some with disbelief, some with jealousy.
After escaping the long hallway of the imperial palace and following the path Pasius guided, a small garden appeared before anyone knew it.
Beautiful fountains and colorful flowers blooming everywhere.
To the majestic towering topiary and manicured trees.
The sound of birds chirping along with the subtle scent tickled my ears.
Small means that it is small compared to the vast courtyard of the De Valk Imperial Family, but this place was also formidable on a formidable scale.
“I have heard a lot about Sir Rudgar Celish.”
Pasius, who was walking in the lead, opened his mouth first, as if it was too quiet to go quietly.
“They said that he showed quite a lot of magic in Seorn as well. Besides, this time in the Arcane Chamber, he also made the world of magic go wild.”
“No big deal.”
“haha. No big deal. Do you know how many people in the world can’t even do that? If anyone else had heard of it, they would have been rather angry.”
“I don’t care. I really think so myself.”
“You are serious.”
At Ludger’s words, Pasius’ eyes lit up.
“Maybe that’s why the princess wants to meet you.”
As we passed the towering topiaries, a small vacant lot appeared.
In the center of the clearing stood a small pavilion made of pure white marble, which seemed to double as an observatory overlooking the garden at a glance.
And, there she was.
