〈 Episode 245 〉 Night of the Wizards (7)
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“You have the qualifications to be a leader.”
The plaza is shaken by the words of the ancient dragon wizard.
The nicknames given by the original wizard who has lived for tens of thousands of years are diverse, but the branches are fixed to some extent.
Sage, wise man, great sage.
These are the three nicknames given by the ancient dragon. Although the exception exists, it is right to exclude it because it is the name given to the disaster.
and.
『Guide?』
『What is a leader…?』
『This is my first time hearing this tinnitus…』
『Guide? Lead? what?”
Among the countless people gathered in the square, no one had ever heard of the nickname ‘Guide.’ It is a nickname that no one has ever heard of, not even the leader of the Colored Magic Tower or the special wizards who study the history of magic at the edge of the human world.
『Not walking under the stars?』
『He said he was close to the truth.』
『Walking on a magic path different from anyone else.』
The excitement is growing.
The eyes of the wizards who were talking in their own voices gathered in one place again. There is a girl sitting where their eyes are directed.
Rania van Trias.
She is looking at the podium in silence.
Blue eyes that we do not know what they are thinking or what they reflect are mysterious at first glance. The doll-like girl slowly closed and opened her eyes.
The blue-tinged eyes reflect gold.
Seeing the girl facing the ancient dragon wizard directly, the agitated wizards fall silent. There was such unnatural silence for a moment.
“I have nothing more to say.”
The ancient dragon wizard opened his mouth.
He turned his gaze away from the girl and lightly tapped the ground with the cane he was holding. A cluster of platinum-colored stars spreads out from the wand.
What the spreading star cluster creates is a moon.
The ancient dragon smiled as he tapped the door.
“I’ll just go down now. It was a fun festival, wizards who will represent this era.”
There are many things I want to ask.
However, no one dares to stop the ancient dragon wizard. This is because it is considered blasphemous to block God’s path.
However, there are people who are not like that.
Someone walks among the stopped wizards. Her gray hair sways in the blowing wind.
widely.
A wizard who does not lightly trust anything, not even stars or ancient dragon wizards, stands on the podium. The ancient dragon wizard enters… and roughly pulls on the platinum door handle just before disappearing.
Woe!
The door opens and light floods in.
When the light died down, there was no one on the platform.
2.
I pulled the doorknob roughly.
For a moment, my vision flashed white. After blinking two or three times, I could see clearly in front of me.
A wide open grassland.
Collapsed stone pillars are scattered haphazardly in the grassland. The scenery is reminiscent of ruins that were destroyed a long time ago. Among them, a collapsed statue of a god can also be seen.
Traces of ruins that appear to be a temple.
I raised my head and looked straight ahead.
At the end of the line of sight is a wizard. He was sitting on the tallest stone pillar, looking at me and smiling.
“As expected, you followed me. “I thought you would follow.”
“What happens if you just say a lot of things you don’t know and then leave without any explanation?”
“Because it’s not something worth talking about in front of others. Besides, I’m talking about it…”
The ancient dragon wizard shrugged his shoulders.
“It’s to show that I’m not a light person. “The mystery that often emerges in lightness is what makes existence special.”
What is that again?
I frowned at the appearance of the ancient dragon trying to feign lightness. I walked towards him.
“stop.”
The ancient dragon’s cold voice echoed.
I stopped walking and looked up at him.
“Don’t cross that line and listen there. “This is an area that I don’t want to be invaded by others.”
“···If you hate it so much, why did you call me here?”
“Because this is the story I want to tell here.”
He came down from the stone pillar and stood in front of the broken statue. The ancient dragon looked at me as he swept the half-collapsed statue with a gentle hand.
“What does this statue look like?”
“First of all, it doesn’t look like Delohim.”
“haha. I cherish my friends, but I don’t worship them. “This is a place to honor someone I truly admire.”
It was different from the statue I saw at the Delohim Church.
The statue of God seen there represented a perfect human being without s*x… but the statue in front of him clearly had the shape of a woman.
Put an eye patch on your eyes.
He held a staff in his hand.
A robe engraved with a pattern of three overlapping circles.
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“What is it? “That?”
“Star Guide.”
The ancient dragon looked at me.
In the eyes of the ancient dragon looking at me, three circles appeared, like those engraved on the statue of a god.
“This is the guide’s temple. It is a place to honor her and me, who were her guides in her early days. Now, it is a place that only honors her.”
“···she?”
I frowned.
A name came to mind. And, the name was pronounced through the mouth of the ancient dragon wizard.
“Gletus of Discipline.”
Discipline(？）.
“I guess you came to ask about the guide?”
I nodded silently.
The ancient dragon smiled faintly.
“So, I would like to talk about the guide here. “Here we honor her, her most perfect guide.”
The ancient dragon narrowed his eyes.
A half-hidden ring of platinum-colored light shimmered.
“Another name for a leader is guide. Another name is pioneer.”
Names related to roads.
“Early on, Gletus walked one path. At the end of that path, Gletus engraved rules into the world. “I also walked the path I decided…”
Starlight hovered around the ancient dragon wizard.
“At the end of the road, I hung my friend high in the sky.”
The ancient dragon muttered that and stretched out his finger to point at me. There was no mischievous appearance like always.
“Even though he wasn’t chosen by the stars, he is a child who learned how to manipulate them. A child who understands stars and shade. “I am a child who dares to think of a path that no one else has thought of.”
he whispered to me
“I don’t know what path you will lead, but let me warn you of one thing.”
The golden eyes were shiny blue.
“Do not break the taboo.”
The sad voice sometimes sounds like the growling of a huge animal.
“Don’t you dare try to disturb the rules that Gletus engraved on this world. I am also bound by those rules. “Don’t make me break the rules.”
Without thinking, I took a step back.
This is the first time I have seen the ancient dragon wizard show his emotions to this extent. I took a step back in a moment of embarrassment…
“···This is what I had to say.”
The ancient dragon wizard looked at me and smiled bitterly.
“It was something I had to convey to you as someone who has to protect discipline, rules, and stability.”
As if he had been like that for some time, the ancient dragon spoke in a much softer voice. It was not easy to get used to the temperature difference between the two voices.
“Did you leave the door open as a warning for me to follow you?”
“Even though it was like that, there was a great desire to welcome new compatriots.”
“···Your voice was scratchy even as a welcome greeting.”
“You think I’m being a bit territorial.”
The ancient dragon approached me, joking.
“Actually, I wanted to give it a name other than Leader. “The fourth beauty of the century chosen by the ancient dragon wizard… Well, those are the names.”
He folded his fingers one by one and began to call out the names he had thought of in advance. As each candidate was revealed, my eyebrows furrowed a little.
“Lastly, if you choose the same path as me, you will be accompanied by none other than the ancient dragon… Hehehe!”
The ancient dragon quickly turned his head.
I clicked my tongue briefly as I looked at the sly wizard who had dodged my fist by just a piece of paper.
“…If I say any more, my face won’t be left behind. “There’s nothing more thrilling than running your mouth in front of a spicy lady, but I guess I’ll take it.”
He tapped the bottom of my foot with his cane.
“Anyway, congratulations on becoming a Guide. “As long as you don’t break the taboo, I will also bless the path you take.”
A platinum-colored door appeared in front of me.
Before I opened the door, I glanced at the ancient dragon wizard. Because I still had questions.
“Does being a leader remain in history books?”
“no. “Only you and I know this.”
“But why did you reveal that in the square?”
No one will understand anyway, so why on earth?
Isn’t it okay to call them separately and talk to them?
In response to my question, the ancient dragon smiled mischievously, as if asking the obvious.
“Well, it’s to draw attention to you.”
“···yes?”
“Didn’t I tell you earlier? “I hope you, as ‘Rania’, will settle down well in wizard society.”
“What does that have to do with this…?”
Before speaking, I narrowed my eyes.
The ancient dragon continued speaking with a smile on his face.
“It feels special because no one knows. “It’s like the ancient dragon wizard directly announced that he was ‘special,’ so wouldn’t the wizards be excited?”
It seemed like the name ‘Sage’ alone would not have enough impact.
Seeing the ancient dragon mage mumbling like that, I let out a long sigh.
“···If possible, I hope we won’t have to see each other again in the future.”
“Let’s meet as often as possible.”
“Please don’t come looking for me.”
I said clearly and opened the door.
Let’s not get entangled, I said that, but only unfounded confidence lingered in my head.
You will become entangled.
And, depending on the situation, they may become hostile.
Just before the platinum-colored light engulfed me, I looked at the ancient dragon beyond the light. The ancient dragon standing there as always is like a symbol of constancy.
It doesn’t get old.
It doesn’t change.
A being that has maintained constancy for tens of thousands of years.
Its existence feels like a wall. A wall that is just cumbersome. If there is something at the end of the road I will arrive at, it will definitely be that wizard in front of me.
suddenly.
That’s what I thought.
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The grassland where the gray wizard left.
Jormun, leaning against the stone pillar of the temple, sighed briefly. The corners of his mouth are full of a bitter smile.
“You ate it.”
I tried warning you.
He made threats.
However, even though she took a step back… the girl’s eyes did not change in the end.
“In the first place, I didn’t think I would change my mind to this extent…”
It’s beyond imagination.
Although he is the one who believes in constancy, the young wizard he encountered possesses another constancy.
No, it is not immutable.
It would be right to call it indomitable.
“Whoa…”
Jormun let out a short breath.
He reached out his hand and smoothed the corners of my eyes. Many things can be seen through the eyes of the three platinum-colored rings.
The ancient dragon wizard, Jormun van Dragonic.
He is a close friend of the stars, and as long as he follows the rules, he can enjoy all the blessings of the stars without cost. Therefore, if it is possible for someone with the blessing of the stars… it is also possible for Jormun.
Therefore, he can see the future.
Countless, countless future possibilities.
The possibility of what may or may not happen is visible in Jormun’s eyes.
“Move.”
A woman with gray hair is standing there.
The hair of a young woman shaking wildly in the blowing wind.
『I have to go back.』
There is anger in the eyes of the woman who looks at her with opaque eyes. A voice with heat, like a burning flame, rings in my ears.
“certainly.”
We want to break the taboo that should not be broken the most.
The possibilities end there.
Everything burns down, and the gray wizard inevitably breaks the taboo.
That future brought the ancient dragon to the royal capital.
‘···Right now, it is just one of many futures.’
Thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of futures.
This is just one of those possibilities.
The probability of it not happening is higher than the probability of it happening, and nothing can be certain.
Therefore, the rules bind the ancient dragon.
“We’ll have to watch a little more.”
Nothing is certain yet.
However, if there are any signs of it.
“Even if you don’t do it, I will put it out. Directly with my own hands. So, shut your mouth.”
The fire must be put out.
Not anyone else, but yourself.
3.
A few days after the Wizards’ Night ended.
The excitement of the festival atmosphere has died down and everything is back to normal. There are two girls walking down a quiet hallway.
“Have you heard anything from the professor? Miss Chloe.”
Stella, a child loved by the stars.
“No, you didn’t tell me the details back then…”
A child chosen by the stars, a warrior.
The two are heading to the classroom when Rania calls. I don’t know why the two were called together, but it was probably related to class.
“Oh, are you here?”
With that in mind, they walked down the hallway again and again heading to the classroom… and lost their breath for a moment at the scene unfolding inside the classroom.
A separate classroom.
On a large blackboard made by overlapping several blackboards… there was a huge circuit engraved on it that was difficult to capture at a glance.
“I was waiting.”
It’s a circuit that makes you dizzy just by looking at it.
Standing in front of a circuit that was complicated, difficult, and even dizzying, Rania tapped the blackboard with the back of her hand.
“Come on in.”
Chloe, who had been standing only on the threshold without opening the door to the classroom, quietly took a step back. Even Aila, who has a good sense, takes a step back from her.
“Uh huh.”
However, there is no way to avoid the professor’s gaze.
Rania smiled brightly and pointed her finger at the two people standing at the threshold.
“come in.”
If they don’t come in, they are going to drag them in.
The two students, who were favored by the professor, walked into the classroom, swallowing bloody tears.
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