EP.67 Afterword (3)
Kalt and I were sitting on a bench on the outskirts of Harmain Forest, looking at the setting sun. It goes without saying, but no one comes to a place like this.
Not only is it the outskirts on the exact opposite side of Aplia, but currently, knights are patrolling the area near Harmain Forest with their eyes wide open.
As long as Kalt is in charge of this place, no one will come to this area.
We sat there and talked for a while.
How the incident went, was there any problem on that side, was it resolved well on this side… Same story.
So, as the story comes to an end.
“What…”
Kalt stretched and opened his mouth.
He sighed and straightened his back.
“Anyway, the case seems to have been well sorted out.”
“I guess so.”
“That too, very neatly.”
It is as Kalt said.
Really, the incident ended without any significant damage.
Resty, who was captured through an intermediary, returned to Aplia in good condition, and I heard that there was only some damage to the exterior wall of the building in Aplia… and that there were no casualties.
“It’s all thanks to Raniel.”
“Is that so?”
“…Shouldn’t you show some humility here?”
“It’s true.”
I shrugged my shoulders.
“Well, actually, even if I hadn’t come forward, I think Kyle would have done something.”
“But the mediator is probably dead.”
“I guess so. “It may be the beginning of the journey, but now he doesn’t really care about casualties.”
There is no need to do anything that is bothersome.
A warrior’s reputation is not diminished just because one or two people are sacrificed during an operation. Kyle knows that well.
The success of the operation is more important than the immediate sacrifice of one or two people. Because Kyle probably has those thoughts.
so.
‘···It can be saved, though.’
I wouldn’t have saved it at all.
Most likely, the moment Resty appeared in front of the altar after being killed by Skebal, Kyle would have cut him down whole.
“That’s not a wrong decision.”
Because it would be easier.
There will be no need to take unnecessary risks.
A moment of hesitation can lead to an uncontrollable situation. This is something she realized while experiencing the battlefield. Even if you can save it, sometimes you have to give up.
If you are not capable.
If you don’t have the ability or can’t afford it.
“Sometimes you have to know how to give up.”
I rested my chin and looked at the sunlight.
“Still, it’s better to save at least one more person if possible.”
“Is that so?”
“Isn’t that so?”
“If that’s the case for Raniel, then that would be the case.”
Mr. Raniel, Ira.
I looked at Kalt for a moment.
“Can you please stop calling me Mr. Raniel? “It feels like something very subtle.”
“…Didn’t you tell me not to call you superior again?”
“That was a wrong expression to begin with. “A superior is not a name you call yourself.”
Kalt thought for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“Then what about you, senior?”
“senior? I?”
As I recall, Kalt was a knight on the battlefield before I came. But am I a senior?
‘Isn’t something a little strange?’
As I was tilting my head, Kalt added.
“Our hounds just call anyone stronger than them “senpai.” “It’s not an organization with a specific rank system.”
“oh···.”
After listening to it, I think I like my senior better than ‘Raniel.’ I nodded slightly.
‘That’s it.’
There’s one thing I’ve been curious about since last time.
I opened my mouth to ask that.
“Anyway, Kalt.”
“Yes, what is it?”
“How did you recognize me?”
“yes?”
When I think about it, it was a bit strange.
So far, the only people who recognize me are the elves and Cardi. Let’s make an exception for Skebal because that’s what he did.
‘Even Master didn’t recognize me at first.’
Even Ayla, Stella, the child loved by the stars, did not recognize me. Even Kyle, the star-blessed warrior, didn’t recognize me.
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‘If you think about it… isn’t this guy really unique?’
It was a bit surprising that a guy who didn’t receive anything from Star recognized me.
“Um… senior.”
Eventually, Kalt answered the question.
“Do you know what my habits are?”
“Dog nose? “Smell it?”
“That is also true.”
Kalt took something out of his coat pocket.
It was a magic tool that looked like a small notepad made of pieces of paper tied together. Kalt continued speaking as he flipped through the pages one by one.
“First of all, I take notes of the habits and minor movements of nearby people, or keep them in my head.”
“···Why?”
“That way, it will be easier to figure out when you are possessed by a demon or when you feel like you have been brainwashed. “Am I a tracker for no reason?”
While saying that, Kalt held out a magic tool to me.
I checked the page Kalt had laid out.
“···Wow.”
It was all information about me.
I felt cold and returned the note to Kalt. Kalt shrugged his shoulders and said proudly.
“If all these little habits overlap, doesn’t that mean we are ultimately the same person? “There were over 10 habits that I saw in that brief battle alone.”
“Uh… okay…”
I heard he has a bit of a shady side.
I shook my head and sighed.
“···Well, since you don’t know magic, you can be sure by looking at it.”
“yes?”
“No, I just thought so.”
I glanced at Kalt, who was tilting his head.
Kalt is ignorant of magic. There is no way to know about the structure of the deal with Star. If only I had known that…
‘This guy probably wasn’t sure either.’
As a wizard, I know.
How absurd it is for the fundamental transformation of the body and the degeneration of the soul.
If it’s a temporary change of arms and legs, it’s possible. However, permanently changing the entire body is impossible, at least not with a spell.
As a similar example, if you cut off a limb and join it with someone else’s instead of regenerating it… mana will not flow to that part.
The stars decided so.
Because this was a kind of rule and taboo.
‘The body and soul given to us at birth cannot be interfered with in any direction.’
Nothing can interfere with it.
‘A being that deviates from common sense. ‘Not bound by rules.’
Demon King.
It’s just a lump of black sediment.
“It’s worth noting that I don’t recognize you.”
I muttered like that.
Those who have received something from the stars tend to overestimate them. This is because the teachings of the stars are never wrong.
Ayla didn’t recognize me.
Although I feel like we feel similar, she seems to think of me as a separate person.
‘Because the stars would have judged it that way.’
Kyle didn’t recognize me either.
It seems like he also got a clue. That’s probably why he provoked me like that in the end. However, in the end, he did not consider me the same person.
‘···Because the star must have whispered that.’
He just looked at me blankly with a puzzled face.
‘The stars do not regard me as Raniel.’
Do you think that souls are different?
There was nothing to know right away. In the end, there is only one person worth asking about this fact.
Cardi.
A person who seems to know about the curse placed on me.
I sighed as I remembered the image of that mysterious silver-haired elf.
‘···I think I need to visit once.’
Because there was something I had to ask.
What on earth is the shadow of a star?
Still, well… that’s a story for a little later. It’s a problem that we can gradually figure out. First of all, I wanted to give meaning to the fact that the incident ended well.
I smiled slightly and looked at Kalt.
“Anyway, thank you for your hard work. Kalt.”
“Yes, thank you for your hard work, senior. “Actually, I think I’ll have to struggle for a while to clean up after it.”
While saying that, Kalt smiles bitterly.
“Just in case, a traitor appears, so we’ll have to be busy wandering around for a while.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, that’s right, senior.”
Kalt suddenly asked.
“Is the child chosen as the medium okay?”
At first glance, it seems like a question about Resty’s condition, but if you think about Kalt’s personality… that might be a different kind of question.
‘Is there a possibility of defection?’
I’m sure you’re asking that.
To that question, I rested my chin and declared.
“are you okay.”
“···Is that so?”
“You seemed determined.”
Besides, While muttering that, I tapped the corner of my eye.
“I think I realized it.”
What do you have?
I remembered the eyes of Resty that I saw last time. Eyes filled with platinum-colored light.
It is different from the warrior who is blessed by the stars.
It is also different from Stella, who is loved by stars.
That’s a completely different kind of talent.
That talent is now about to bloom.
When it is fully bloomed, if Resty can take it as his own…
“Gletus, maybe we can catch that crazy bitch.”
“···yes?”
I smiled as I pictured the near future.
Did you say that it is Aplia, the cradle of magic, where talented people who will lead the era gather?
Indeed, it is as it is said.
“Ugh.”
I stretched and stood up. I took a deep breath and nodded my head a couple of times for no reason.
In any case, the tumultuous incident has passed.
It is different from the battlefield, where a new incident erupts immediately after an incident ends. Now that the incident is over, we can return to our daily lives. Since I have a decent job, work will follow.
What will I do starting tomorrow?
It wasn’t difficult to imagine that.
Most likely, you will spend time sitting at a cafe, sipping coffee, creating a curriculum, and grading test papers.
If you think about those days.
Surprisingly, I think it might not be that bad.
“Do you want to go?”
“uh. I have to go back now. “I also have to grade test papers.”
“haha.”
Kalt laughed inadvertently.
I turned my head and looked at Kalt.
“···What?”
“No, it’s a bit unfamiliar.”
“what?”
“When you said you were going to be a professor, I didn’t think it suited me at all. “I wonder if they are beating up students.”
“···This isn’t a battlefield, so what are you doing?”
“That’s just the way it is.”
Kalt looked at me and said.
“Still, I think you suit me better than I thought.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, I guess you are quite satisfied with your second job?”
At those words, I inadvertently burst out laughing.
“hey.”
What is your second job?
“It’s not two, it’s three, idiot.”
The next gray magic tower lord, the wizard of the warrior party.
After quitting both jobs… I am now a professor at Aplia.
From the Magic Tower to active duty.
After retirement from active duty, he became a professor.
The job change process made more sense than I thought, and I ended up laughing without even realizing it.
2.
Three days after the Aplia raid.
Resty, who had been receiving protective treatment for three days, was only able to leave the nurse’s office today. She stopped by her dorm and changed her clothes.
Change from patient uniform to school uniform.
I put the cape on my shoulder and reached for the robe hanging in the closet. The robe Professor Rania gave me that day.
‘The symbol of the gray wizard, Raniel.’
It was originally the symbol of the Gray Magic Tower… but about three years ago, the Gray Magic Tower changed its symbol. In the sense that I hope that what the pattern refers to is only the gray wizard.
Why does Professor Rania have that?
I didn’t have that question. All of the Gray Wizard’s items would have been delivered to his teacher, Elder Rosell.
It wouldn’t be strange for Professor Rania, Rosell’s student, to have that robe.
“·····.”
Resty looked at Rob for a moment.
It was a pattern I had seen so many times in the Magic Tower.
That symbol was on every document the gray wizard worked on, and the elders would throw them at Resti and compare them.
So, in the past, I got annoyed every time I saw that pattern. I would intentionally fold the documents and hide the patterns.
In comparison… what about now?
I don’t feel anything special.
Rather, as I look at it, I think of the face of the professor who was looking around at it, and it makes me feel a little better.
“That’s strange.”
Laughing awkwardly, Resty went out of the room. He was holding a robe in one hand and a test paper in the other.
The destination is the same as always.
Mana’s trading professor’s office.
Before taking a step there, Resty looked in the mirror for a moment. When she looked in the mirror, a platinum-colored glow was shining in her eyes.
A word from the author (author review)
Kyle’s monologue was added to the previous episode and the follow-up story (2).
