EP.52 Resty Eleanor (3)
What kind of person is Elder Gilleon?
Looking back on his memories from the time he served as the next Mage Tower lord, Elder Gilleon was a very good person.
‘People are a bit shady, but…’
It was helpful in many ways.
At the time, Elder Gilleon and I had the same goals.
‘It crossed the line sometimes, but it wasn’t bad.’
Raise a gray magic tower. Establish gray light at the peak of all magic towers. Since our goals were the same, I had a good relationship with this old man.
-I don’t like it.
-Why me?
···Even though I said this, I am saying that I do not particularly dislike Elder Gilleon.
‘In any case, he is a person who sacrificed himself for the Magic Tower.’
I have a certain amount of respect for that fact.
But, I know the bottom of this old man.
I didn’t know it when I was taking my place as the next Mage Tower lord, but after I was fully established, Elder Gilleon’s impression was a bit unique.
It was completely different from what it looked like on the outside.
‘For no reason, he didn’t sit in the senior position for a long time.’
The more you get to know Elder Gilleon, the more you get to know him, and the more you get to know him, the more shady he becomes. He pretends to be a nice person in front of people, but he is planning a shitty plan behind the scenes.
‘They say that nature doesn’t go anywhere…’
They must have come up with this plan because they saw no hope in flirting with Elder or Resti in front of them.
“·····.”
I look at the old man in silence. I had a vague idea of this snarky old man’s plan.
‘It’s obvious even if you don’t look at it.’
I recommend me as the next magic tower owner.
There is a good justification for that recommendation. Is it just a justification? If you recommend me, you automatically receive support from Master’s faction.
The next magic tower owner, who receives support from two factions, is born at once. However, the wizards of the Magic Tower who do not know that I am Raniel will think this.
‘Aren’t you an inexperienced wizard yet?’
Such suspicions will pop up.
There is no way this old man would miss it.
An inexperienced wizard was appointed as the next magic tower lord. What happens next is obvious even without looking. The answer lies in the accumulated history of the Magic Tower.
‘In the name of leadership, he will seize power.’
In this way, Zileon will implement a major reform of the Magic Tower. Definitely not a bad plan.
‘If I were really an outsider.’
Pretending to accept Zilleon’s offer and returning to the Magic Tower to seize power is no problem.
I have already experienced the position of the next magic tower leader once.
There is nothing that cannot be done twice if done once.
‘···I have some materials prepared in advance.’
This isn’t the first time I’ve had this thought.
I had similar thoughts when I first came to the royal capital.
Build achievements.
It attracts the attention of officials at the Gray Magic Tower.
So, back to the Magic Tower.
The next magic tower owner may come from a certain faction of elders, but it will be nothing more than a scarecrow for power struggles.
take that place
Once again, he becomes the owner of a magic tower and completes the reforms that were left unfinished at that time.
With that in mind, I returned to the royal capital.
So I returned to the royal capital and saw it.
‘I’m talking about the newly elected next Mage Tower lord.’
The child was not a wizard elected among the elders. It was a child who was personally selected by the elder who chose me and given that name.
Resty Eleanor.
While staying in Aplia, I saw the child.
We observed it closely and tested its qualities.
-Is this how you do it?
-Yes, I solved everything.
I saw it with my own eyes.
I made my own judgment.
‘It’s more than enough.’
I also saw potential in her.
Resty is a child with a completely different talent than me. To the point where I thought that perhaps he could overthrow the Magic Tower in a better way than me.
‘What I’m touching here is…’
That’s not quite right.
A well-qualified child is gaining ground. Still growing. Wouldn’t it be a bit wrong for me, who has already stepped down from the front line, to interfere with this and that future?
‘Still, I guess I can do this much.’
I look at the debris in front of me.
Although he is an old man who has already stagnated and rotted, the desire for power still lingers in his eyes.
‘What is this called?’
It wasn’t difficult to come up with that word.
“What is this now…”
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“Elder Gilleon.”
The first thing that comes to mind when looking at the behavior of the elderly.
I put it in my mouth.
“Do it in moderation. “It’s ugly.”
2.
“Do it in moderation. “It’s ugly.”
Zilleon’s eyebrows moved.
The expression becomes grimly distorted. Jill Leon asked back, hoping she had heard wrong.
“···What did you say just now?”
“I told you to do it in moderation.”
“You to me?”
“yes. “It’s ugly.”
The answer comes back the same.
Crackling, Zilleon’s fingernails scratch the staff. Jilleon narrowed her eyes and looked at the girl in front of her.
This is an attitude that completely looks down on oneself.
That attitude seems to be testing Gilleon’s patience.
‘···From the beginning to the end.’
I’ve endured it so far.
Not answering your own words? good night. I can understand. Reticence is not a bad thing. I understand that he may be a silent wizard.
Not even making eye contact? I understand that too. He may be a difficult person for a young wizard.
Even if every little attitude was annoying, I understood it. Because it was bearable enough.
-I don’t like it.
-Why me?
However, this is not it.
-Do it in moderation. It’s ugly.
It is not easy to get over this attitude of spilling coffee on the letter of recommendation you gave yourself and looking down on yourself.
Gilleon is the elder of the Gray Magic Tower.
He takes pride in that fact. Although he is not a person who looks down on others in the name of power…
‘You’re crossing the line.’
He is not a person who is generous enough to tolerate those who look down on his authority.
“hmm.”
Gilleon opens his mouth.
“One, I think you are mistaken.”
The hand raises the staff.
“I am an elder of the Gray Magic Tower. It is also the oldest elder. I bow my head to you for the survival of the Magic Tower. Don’t you know its value?”
If you don’t know.
“Feel its weight.”
I should let you know.
Gilleon brought down the staff he had raised.
Coo!
Mana fluctuates starting from the staff.
Gilleon’s mana melts into the mana in the air. It is an artificially created realm of mana.
Squeak, squeak.
The dense concentration of mana weighs down the surroundings.
The coffee cup is crushed and the scenery is distorted. The wooden flooring makes a creaking sound.
Realm of Mana.
It is a spell that spreads mana and rapidly increases nearby mana concentration. Although magicians are also included in the scope, Gilleon is a wizard who wandered around unexplored areas in the past.
I can tolerate this level of mana concentration.
Zilleon crossed his legs while holding his staff.
“Do you understand its weight now?”
Even in the thick darkness, the voice does not waver.
Zilleon smiled, emphasizing him.
‘It’s an environment similar to the fountain of mana in Harmain.’
The concentration is similar to that of the area near the Spring of Mana.
If you were a wizard who had never experienced combat, it would be difficult to even breathe under this much mana.
“I’ll ask you again, this proposal…”
“I keep saying that because I don’t like it.”
···what?
Zilleon opens his eyes wide.
The girl’s voice is smooth. The breathing is still constant.
“What are you doing?”
She raises her head and glares straight at Gilleon. Jill Leon is embarrassed and raises her mana concentration even more. However, there is still no change in the girl’s breathing.
It is constant.
Still relaxed.
The atmosphere began to distort and bend, but the girl tilted her head as if nothing had happened.
On the other hand.
Zilleon’s breathing becomes increasingly rapid.
If it goes any further, Gilleon himself won’t be able to bear it.
‘···What on earth is this?’
Everything becomes distorted.
However, the girl’s appearance was fine.
“under.”
A sneer appears on her lips.
Eventually, the girl lifts her foot. She doesn’t even lift high. Take her seat and gently lift her feet.
And then, I hit the floor lightly.
The movement is neither radical nor loud.
Cooung.
Light foot clouds.
That alone starts the flow of orders. There is a crack in the area. Once a gap opens, it grows uncontrollably.
Damn.
The spell is broken like that. However, the mana saturated around it remains. What happens to that mana?
It is the mind of the caster who manifested the spell.
And now, that power belongs to the girl who stole the spell.
Swish.
The girl draws a line about the length of a span with her finger from top to bottom. Gilleon looks at where the end of the line is heading.
‘···My fingers?’
I tried to hurriedly withdraw my hand, but mana came before me.
Puddeuddeuk!
“Huh, huh!”
Zilleon takes a deep breath and looks at his hands. He clearly heard something breaking. However, no pain is felt.
‘ah.’
Only then did Gilleon realize what was broken. It wasn’t his finger that was broken. Perhaps, it is more important than that.
Old tree cane.
The top of the staff, which is like a symbol of an elder, is curved. Even though it can be broken, it looks like it hasn’t been broken.
Squeak.
I hear the sound of a chair being pulled.
Zilleon raises his head. I make eye contact with the girl who stands up from her seat.
“Is there anything else you want to say?”
Gilleon swallows dry saliva.
“Then let’s go.”
She passes by Gilleon at a leisurely pace. She acted as if nothing had happened.
Squeak.
When she hooked her finger on the doorknob.
After coming to his senses, Gilleon gritted his teeth and opened his mouth.
“···You’ll regret it.”
“·····.”
The girl looks back at Gilleon.
Gilleon said, looking into those blue eyes.
“The elder and I, too, went to the Gray Magic Tower…”
“Elder Gilleon.”
A cool voice.
“Not twice.”
Cold eyes look at Gilleon.
Gilleon feels familiar in those eyes.
-Elder Gilleon.
It’s a completely different voice, but the same cool voice lingers in my ears.
Although it was more than five years ago, the memory is still vivid.
-Don’t do anything presumptuous.
A wizard who took control of six factions in half a year.
The voice of a wizard more suitable than anyone else to carry on the name ‘Ashen’ rings in my ears.
-Not twice.
The look in the eyes of the wizard sitting alone in the laboratory engulfed in flames comes to mind. That cool voice echoes in my ears.
gulp.
Zilleon swallowed dryly without continuing to speak. The old body shrugs its shoulders arbitrarily.
“It’s not for you to judge.”
She raises her finger.
What that finger was pointing at was Gilleon’s staff.
“I see and I judge.”
I’m sorry.
Opening the door, she says.
“Whether or not he is a wizard suitable for the position.”
How arrogant these words are.
A single wizard judges the qualifications of an elder and dares to make such an outrageous statement.
But Gilleon couldn’t say anything.
I just watch as the girl opens the door of the cafe and leaves.
“···under.”
The laughter that leaked out had no strength.
No matter how much strength you put on your back, your old and sick body can no longer keep your back straight.
“…everything has been exposed.”
I feel like my true feelings have all been exposed.
Feeling extremely shabby, Gilleon smoothed out his cracked staff.
3.
A research report falls on the floor.
These are reports written while staying up all night. However, Resty’s gaze is not directed at the report.
His gaze is fixed on the letter handed to him by Elder Gilleon. Resty’s pupils shake.
“ah.”
I purse my mouth and a sound escapes.
The shaking pupils calm down. Because her eyes couldn’t focus, Lesti kept rubbing her eyes.
“·····.”
No matter how much you rub your eyes or blink, what you see remains the same. Resty’s reasoning sums up the situation.
Elder Gilleon took out a letter of recommendation for the next magic tower lord.
The one who receives it is Professor Rania.
Should I like myself for summarizing and organizing even this situation, calling myself a wizard?
“under.”
The sound that escaped turns into laughter.
Little by little, Resty’s expressionless expression crumbles.
The things he had been enduring became a burden and weighed down Resty.
‘why.’
I have doubts.
‘Why on earth?’
I feel like I’m out of breath.
It feels like everything I’ve built up will explode. My tightly bitten lips taste like blood. The front teeth dig into the wound that has not healed again.
Just as blood was about to form on my front teeth.
Coo!
Vibrations spread through the cafe.
At the vibration, Resty suddenly raised his head from his lowered position.
‘···Realm of Mana?’
Resty also knows that spell.
I know, but it’s still embarrassing. At least, it wasn’t an order given during negotiations.
Resty narrowed his eyes and examined the situation inside the cafe. When I looked closely, I noticed something strange about him.
The coffee is spilled.
The recommendation letter has black stains on it.
And, the gazes they stare at each other are fierce.
Even as Resty was observing, the concentration of mana increased every moment. It gets to the point where the landscape becomes distorted and you can’t even see what’s going on inside.
and.
-Jeokjeok.
The area is destroyed.
There is no time to even pay attention to it. The cafe door opened with a squeak.
The door is half open, but no one comes out. Resty looked at the woman standing in front of the door.
“···Gun, it’s not.”
I hear a voice. It’s Professor Rania’s voice. Resty listened to the voice.
“I will see and judge.”
After saying that, she extends her finger.
points to something
“Is he a wizard suitable for the position or not?”
With those words, Professor Rania leaves.
The only person left in the cafe is Elder Gilleon.
“·····.”
Resty turned his gaze to the direction Professor Rania had just pointed to. It was clearly Elder Gilleon’s side.
The first thing that catches your eye is the table.
I look at the recommendation letter placed on the table.
‘···A black-stained letter of recommendation.’
The recommendation letter is still on the table.
There is no sign that it has even been opened.
Anyone can see that the offer has been rejected.
‘What did you just say?’
It’s not difficult to remember. Resty thought back to Professor Rania’s last words.
-I will see and judge.
what.
-Is he a wizard suitable for the position or not?
I don’t know who it is.
But the last thing she pointed to was a letter of recommendation.
“·····.”
That position probably refers to the next Magic Tower lord. Moreover, the tone of voice did not seem to refer to Professor Rania herself.
Who is the target of that judgment?
Resty looks down. Among the research papers scattered on the floor, I look at the name written on the first page.
-The next magic tower owner.
-Lesti Eleanor.
Slowly extend your hand.
Pick up the paper.
“·····.”
Resty looked at it for a while.
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