EP.233 Uninvited Guest (1)
Lark has returned from his ordeal.
Lark, who was sitting in the grass, was looking up at the sky in a daze, and his gaze seemed to be full of questions.
“is it. Was the sky splitting as well…?”
Muttering something unintelligible, Lark nodded his head loudly.
“Was the world so wide? There are too many strong people. “Everything is unfamiliar…”
An expression like a philosopher pondering enlightenment.
It was an expression that did not suit Lark.
“lakh?”
I went closer and called, but there was no answer.
In the end, it wasn’t until I patted Lark’s cheek that he turned to me.
“Uh, what. Professor Rania?”
“OK. “Are you out of your mind?”
Lark blinked a few more times and opened his mouth.
“···It’s a little confusing, but yes. “I come to my senses.”
“How was the Holy Grail Trial?”
“Well, it wasn’t Professor Rania who came to the trial. “She wasn’t even a sword ear.”
“Ganikalt.”
Lark’s eyes widened at my words.
“Ganikalt van Galatric, right?”
“···how?”
“It just seemed like it.”
I let out a long sigh.
As I expected, Lark seemed to be facing Ganicalt. Seeing that he was in a good state of mind, it seemed like he had met Ghani Kalt in his days as a warrior, not the sword of death.
‘I’m glad, really.’
I was secretly relieved.
Although it was a possibility, if what came out of the ordeal had been the sword of death… Lark’s spirit would have been broken.
‘Lark has a strong will and tenacity, but…’
This was a somewhat separate issue.
At this point, it was unclear whether Lark would be able to maintain his sanity even after facing the sword of death.
I took a short breath and asked Lark a question.
“What did you experience inside?”
“Well, I learned about willpower. “If your will is strong, you will be able to overcome the limitations of your body…”
“will? Limit?”
“Yes, it was mainly about possibilities…”
Lark briefly told me what he experienced during the ordeal. After hearing the explanation, I nodded and muttered.
“It’s like Ganicalt.”
human potential.
A prosecutor who believed in the possibility and took on the challenge.
“Anyone can become a hero.”
“I trust in the light that humans possess.”
It was around this time that I remembered the records I had seen in the Northern Tower. Belnoa, who had been quietly eavesdropping on Lark’s conversation from the side, opened his mouth.
“Professor Rania.”
I looked back at Belnoa.
Belnoa asked me with a serious expression.
“···Is it a coincidence?”
A question without a subject or object.
However, I could easily understand what Belnoa was trying to ask.
‘If you give me clues like this, I can’t help but be suspicious.’
I slowly opened my mouth.
It was not easy to avoid restrictive words and choose words that could be filtered out and spoken.
‘It was something Cardi was good at.’
I answered Belnoa’s question, implicitly guessing what trouble Cardi had gone through to give me a clue.
“We don’t have the same name by chance.”
“then···.”
“It’s related. “In any direction.”
A meeting that took place without going through the established order.
A very early clue that was given from that point on.
Therefore, there wasn’t much I could tell these two.
“You will find out as you take on the challenge. There’s nothing I can tell you. It’s not that they don’t do it, it’s that they can’t.”
Belnoir looked at me with suspicious eyes, then nodded. It was difficult to understand, but he seemed to understand what I said.
“That’s a shame, by the way.”
I shook the chalice.
The Holy Grail no longer resonates with Lark and Belnoa. Cardi said it could be done up to three times at a time, but after just one shot, the Grail stopped functioning. It seemed like it would take some time to rewrite it.
“I didn’t know it would be ruined this much all at once.”
“Oh, that Holy Grail.”
Belnoa pointed to the Holy Grail I was holding.
“From what I heard during the ordeal, it seems that the closer we get to the wall, the more we can handle.”
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Belnoir added that these were the words delivered by Belial.
I narrowed my eyes and glanced at the Holy Grail.
“…Is that so?”
The stronger you become, the stronger you become.
The closer the children get to the wall, the bigger the ordeal the Holy Grail can endure.
‘It means you can learn more.’
I smiled bitterly as I waved the chalice.
‘I’m not a part-time instructor.’
A special lecture that can only be taken once a year.
Also, it is a type of test that evaluates past achievements.
It was a very expensive course… but it was truly worth it. Because it is a teaching received ‘directly’ from ancient heroes that has not been recorded anywhere.
“I would like to receive it too.”
As I muttered that, Lark, who was sitting with his head leaning against the tree, let out a sigh.
“Now that I think about it, Professor Rania.”
“uh. What?”
“Didn’t you say that in the trials of the Holy Grail, someone stronger than you imagine will emerge? “So, those people that Belnoa and I saw are stronger than the professor?”
I flinched, and my brows furrowed.
“lakh.”
“Boo, did you call me?”
I bent my knees and was at eye level with Lark.
“The Holy Grail ordeal you went through is a bit different. What should I say? more? An unusual case? Anyway, because it was a slightly different case, the ordeal was measured in a different way.”
With my hand on Lark’s shoulder, I spoke in a soft voice.
“I am the ideal strong person you envision, right? yes?”
“Yeah, that’s true.”
“Then that’s it. Strength is relative. “It changes every time depending on the situation, so ranking things is a very bad habit…”
Cough!
“···Big, big.”
When I turned around at the sound of coughing, I saw Belnoa had turned his head and was avoiding my gaze. I glared at Belnoa with my eyes wide open.
“You seem different, Belnoa?”
“Well, actually, the scene I saw during the ordeal was so amazing…”
“so?”
“···It’s surprising, but the professor is still the stronger person I envision. “The memory of seeing such perfect balance does not fade easily.”
“yes. “You know something.”
I nodded loudly.
It felt like there was a sharp change in direction in the middle, but that was probably a good thing.
‘Compared to Belial and Ganicalt, I am very little…’
My conscience was pricked a bit.
‘···It’s a bit much, but that’s not important.’
In the end, it is I who teach those children.
It was just a matter of making a stronger impression than a part-time instructor who came once a year.
“huh. “Then it’s okay.”
I smiled brightly and tapped Lark on the shoulder.
“Let’s do our best.”
2.
“I assumed that would be the case, but it looks like it really happened.”
The top floor of the Black Magic Tower.
The Black Magic Tower Lord’s personal laboratory located there.
“One day when the final battle was approaching, Gleria suggested this. “Let’s make things that will leave our mark in preparation for the next time.”
“The Northern Tower is one of them?”
“okay. “I have arranged the Northern Tower, the Holy Grail, and in the case of Ganicalt, my sword.”
Shaking the reagent being mixed, the ancient elf, Cardi, continued speaking.
“The Holy Grail was one of them. “Gleria and I worked together on the development of the Holy Grail… so it was worth trying to come up with a way to leave something based on that structure.”
Of course, we had no idea at the time that even the Holy Grail would be used in this way.
Cardi muttered that and smiled bitterly.
“Belnoir’s case was expected. However, the Grace family’s child is a bit surprising. “That boy, hasn’t he yet been able to hold the sword placed in the shrine?”
“I couldn’t hold it.”
“Then the Holy Grail will never summon Ganicalt, right? “That’s strange.”
“You mean that?”
Raniel sits next to Cardi, who is mixing reagents.
She looked at Cardi with wide open eyes and asked a question.
“What on earth does this have to do with Lark and Ganicalt?”
“I don’t know the details either. Ganicalt had a boy who could be called a disciple, but all I know is that his name was Grace.”
“···student?”
“okay. student. Ghani Kalt said, “He was a disciple whose natural senses surpassed him.”
Cardi said, taking a short breath.
“I actually met him once. “Because Ganicalt asked me to entrust his sword to the boy.”
“Ah, so your symbol is in the holy place…”
“I helped build the shrine. “He could have done that much for his colleague’s student.”
Even as he continued speaking, Cardi did not stop moving his hands. It’s not flashy, but with minimal movement, Cardi continues his alchemy.
‘It’s always amazing to see.’
Raniel stuck out his tongue as he looked at the test tube filling and changing colors in an instant. Raniel wasn’t the only one who was watching that scene and clicking his tongue.
‘Amazing.’
A figure standing at a distance with his arms crossed.
Black Magic Tower Lord Yetual, the owner of this laboratory and, by extension, the owner of this tower, was watching Cardi’s alchemy with narrowed eyes.
Yetual is quite knowledgeable in alchemy.
Therefore, he understands that the alchemy shown by the elf in front of him has reached a very high level.
‘There is no waste in movement. It is clean. I’ve seen it before, but this… is amazing.’
He is an alchemist who has reached a first-class level.
It was a rare opportunity to observe the alchemy process of an alchemist of his caliber, so Yetual enjoyed the situation.
‘If this wasn’t my office, I might have had a little more fun…’
Yes. That was the problem.
“Can I borrow your lab? “I need a space to do alchemy, and I need the right environment.”
A gray wizard who suddenly came to visit not long ago.
She asked for the rental of a ‘well-equipped laboratory, away from human eyes’, and Yetual willingly granted her request.
The gray wizard is staying in the magic tower?
It was something to be welcomed with open arms.
At this point, Yetual accepted the offer, intending to ask her various things about the research he was conducting. So he rented his own dedicated laboratory…
“The facilities are better than I expected.”
In fact, it was an elf who came to the magic tower.
The old elf I saw last time.
“I’ll take care of you for a few days.”
It was a declaration like hell.
After a truly hellish few days, Yetual felt his temples throbbing.
“Whoa…”
Yetual let out a long sigh.
It seemed as if the gray wizard and elf talking couldn’t even see him standing in the corner.
‘Anyway, what on earth are you talking about?’
It wasn’t that far away, but their voices didn’t reach Yetual’s ears. It feels like the sound is being intercepted by something.
Looks like they used some kind of trick again.
‘I’m tired of trying to understand now.’
Thinking of that, Yetual sighed and cleared his throat a couple of times. Only then did the two people who were talking look back at Yetual.
“Is the research progressing smoothly?”
“Ah, are you here? “Black magic tower lord.”
Raniel nodded.
“Thank you for lending us your research facilities. Just like last time, I am indebted to you.”
“···What are you doing? “There are still things I haven’t paid you back, so I have to do this to you.”
Yes, this is a normal conversation.
Yetual, who has been harassed by an old elf for the past few days, is moved by this trivial and ordinary conversation.
“It looks like the potion is almost finished. “I think the work will probably be finished today or tomorrow.”
“I’m glad that’s the case.”
It was really good news.
Yetual continued speaking, unable to hide his joy.
“By the way, the reason I came here is because I have news to tell you.”
“Are you talking about news?”
“okay. “This is information that just arrived.”
Yetual took out a letter from his pocket.
In the letter, several patterns decorated a single circle. That decoration is also familiar to Raniel.
‘The pattern of the six magic towers.’
Six magic towers that received color.
Six patterns and six colors are engraved on the letter. Since he had once written that letter himself, Raniel spoke about what the letter meant.
“···Wizards’ Night?”
A banquet held under the supervision of the Six Magic Towers.
This is the largest festival for wizards, where numerous wizards gather from all over and present their achievements.
However, Raniel’s gaze on the letter was not satisfactory. She tilted her head and muttered.
“This is already open?”
As she remembers, Wizards’ Night is a festival held every four years. The most recent festival was held two years ago, so it was not the right time to hold it again.
“···Because the situation this time is unusual.”
With a tap, Yetual touched the center of the circle that decorated the letter. Then a new pattern appeared.
What appeared was a dragon pattern.
White, black, blue, red, green, grey.
What is revealed in the center of the circle with the six-colored patterns engraved on it is a platinum-colored pattern. The moment he saw that pattern, Raniel’s eyes opened wide.
“···Ancient Dragon Wizard?”
A platinum-colored dragon pattern.
It is a symbol symbolizing the ancient dragon wizard.
“okay.”
Yetual nodded.
“A month from now, the Elder Dragon Wizard is scheduled to visit the capital. “The Wizards’ Night was held to coincide with that period.”
“Why did he choose this place…”
It was around this time that Raniel could not help but be surprised.
Cardi, who had been quietly listening to them, frowned and opened her mouth.
“Why is the senile lizard here?”
Swish, Raniel and Etoile’s eyes turned to Cardi. Cardi just shrugged his shoulders, paying no heed to the two people’s looks as if they were asking why he was making such nonsense.
“why. “Did I say something wrong?”
