EP.80 Tower of Stars (1)
A brunch cafe in the royal capital.
Roselle was looking out the window with an expression that made her look ten years older. I’m tired. Life feels tiring these days. His hair is also falling out little by little.
‘···I understand Aaron’s feelings.’
You may feel as if your hair is thinning.
Roselle suppressed a sigh and looked straight ahead. The student who is the culprit of my fatigue is in front of me.
Looking at Raniel spreading cheese on bread, Roselle opened her mouth.
“…was it delicious?”
“yes? yes. it is delicious.”
I’m glad it’s delicious.
Thanks to you, I can’t even take a sip of coffee.
Roselle swallowed the words that rose up in her throat. Raniel was savoring moderately cooled milk tea, unaware of Roselle’s speed.
“···Phew.”
In the end, Roselle sighs.
Lately, there has been a rumor going around Aplia Academy. There are rumors about a crazy wizard who tore a saint’s clothes and poured coffee on her.
-The saint’s clothes were torn.
-I heard you got covered in coffee and got angry in a rare way? That benevolent saint…
Saint Sarah, a symbol of lovingkindness.
Something happened that made her angry. The owner of the cafe testified that she was in a cold sweat and that she did not see anything, and even the saint herself did not open her mouth.
No one knows about the mad wizard.
There are only rumors floating around.
‘No matter how much I think about it…’
However, Rossell is confident.
‘It was Raniel’s doing.’
Roselle opened her mouth and tried to pronounce ‘saint.’ Ran El raises her head and looks at her Roselle. At first she frowned. However, she soon brightened her expression and asked, “Why are you a saint?” she asks.
That expression doesn’t look very unpleasant.
In fact, it even looks refreshing.
“···It is nothing.”
Okay, as long as you don’t get caught, that’s fine.
Rossel decided to think positively and changed the subject.
“They say the ancient lich came to Aplia.”
“It was like that.”
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
It’s an implicit question.
Raniel nodded, chewing on his bread.
“I haven’t caught it once or twice…it’s fine. “The only time you got hurt while holding that skull was probably when you first met, right?”
That voice does not leak out. Ran El continued his speech inside the temporary barrier.
“I was injured when I developed a magic system to beat him…”
Raniel closed his mouth after speaking.
After putting down the bread, he glanced away and opened his mouth as if he was embarrassed.
“···I don’t think I’ve ever been injured since developing the Battle Mage class.”
Battle Mage.
At those words, the corner of Roselle’s mouth twitched.
‘It looks like he realized it.’
Roselle tilted her coffee cup and smiled.
“How does it feel to be the founder of a class without roots, Raniel?”
“Well, developing a class is something to be proud of…”
“It’s something to be proud of.”
“No, Master. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
It was a very surprising question.
“Isn’t it weirder not to know?”
“yes?”
“If you ask anyone, the founder of the Battle Mage class is a great gray wizard…”
“Aaaah!”
Raniel screamed and lowered his head. Roselle looked at Raniel with a completely new gaze.
That face is bright red.
Somehow, it seemed like the words he had said with his own mouth came to mind. Roselle smiled and opened her mouth.
“A class without roots.”
Tuk.
“A wizard should use a spell, but he uses useless martial arts. There is no such thing as a rootless root.”
Tuk.
“I don’t know who the founder is, but he must be a pretty crazy wizard.”
These are all things Raniel said.
Roselle stopped tapping his fingers on the table and looked down at Raniel. She lowered her head and muttered in a hushed voice.
“Stop, Master, please stop…”
“I see you know how shameful it is.”
Roselle savored her coffee.
Unlike before, I drank too much coffee.
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“When did you find out?”
“…while revising for the midterm exam. “As I looked at other professors’ exam questions, I saw myself in the passage.”
“It comes up often.”
The gray wizard Raniel.
The question about the student who became a part of history used to be a regular question.
‘Maybe that’s what I saw there.’
Roselle said, stroking her chin.
“It’s too late to find out. “I thought you would recognize it right away when you saw the students who applied to become battle mages.”
“…is something crucial missing in the first place? “I didn’t think it was a class I created…”
Raniel grumbled and gave an explanation. It was an explanation of physical strengthening, which is the gist of a battle mage.
“···Replace the burden on the body through strengthening spells with the consumption of mana?”
“Yes, so I could follow Kyle’s movements. “Isn’t it strange to engage in hand-to-hand combat without such things?”
It is even more surprising that this flaw was not found. Seeing Raniel muttering like that, Roselle smiled bitterly.
“Of course, as you say, it is a flaw. But that’s right, Raniel.”
“yes?”
“Even taking that into account, Battle Mage is a class with excellent combat skills. “It has also proven useful on the battlefield.”
That’s true.
A combat system that utilizes the stock concept of spells.
A series of spells without delay.
Combat ability that will not be defeated even in close combat.
Unless you are dealing with a high-ranking executive like Raniel on the front lines… the Battle Mage’s shortcomings are not particularly noticeable.
‘Rather, the advantages are much greater.’
Because the wizard’s operating system has been replaced.
That’s how Battle Mage was an innovative class.
“As you said, it may be a bit lacking in fundamentals, but the Battle Mage class has proven its worth on the battlefield. “It’s not a class with flaws.”
“If that’s the case, then I’m glad…”
Looking at his student who seemed not very satisfied, Rossell shrugged his shoulders.
“If it bothers you that much, wouldn’t it be a problem that you could teach it yourself?”
“Me?”
“Aren’t you also teaching related subjects?”
A physical strengthening spell cast over subordinates.
The gist of it lies in Mana Transactions, the subject Raniel is currently teaching.
‘Replacement of the price.’
Trading with the stars through Libra.
Rather than simply manifesting a spell, it causes a phenomenon by offering something in return.
‘It is the ultimate goal of mana trading.’
A class that takes that as a prerequisite.
Roselle let out a laugh.
‘Aren’t there too many prerequisites?’
You must master the stock concept of orders. You must know how to use body strengthening spells and be good at martial arts.
‘Besides, you have to know how to handle scales.’
Is there any other class this complicated?
“Well, I don’t think it’s a problem that will be resolved in a day or two. “Teach me slowly.”
“Hmm… I also learned this from watching Kyle run, so I think I need some examples to learn this.”
Where should I pick up a hero?
Roselle, who was looking at Raniel muttering like that, suddenly took out a piece of paper from his pocket.
“By the way, Raniel.”
“yes?”
“An invitation has arrived.”
An invitation that was sent to the mansion recently.
Roselle placed the letter with the society’s emblem on it in front of Raniel.
“Where did it come from?”
“The Horse Society.”
“···yes?”
Rosell said, pointing to the letter.
“The Horse Society sent an invitation to the Ivory Tower.”
2.
There is a tower called the Ivory Tower.
The Ivory Tower is different from the gray magic tower I belonged to, or the magic towers that each have their own representative color.
The Ivory Tower is a tower where scholars of the Magic Society reside.
They do not study with a set topic. We often analyze circuits that are not easily solved and require a lot of time, such as circuits found in ancient ruins.
‘And then, based on that, we pose a problem.’
A place to solve difficult problems and create difficult problems.
That place is the ivory tower of the Magic Society.
‘···A, ivory tower on the surface.’
It seems to be known in the world as a tower where noble scholars gather to solve circuits, but my thoughts, having personally argued with these crazy people, are a bit different.
‘A tower full of dark and strict bastards.’
That’s the ivory tower I know.
The way of thinking of these guys who are only analyzing circuits on a whim is a little strange.
Kids pursue art on the circuit.
-This part has a bit of a curve.
-Isn’t there a way to draw it a little more artistically? This mess! Circuits shouldn’t be this messy…!
-Drawing a new circuit means challenging over 300 circuits created by an ancient dragon wizard…!
Every time I created a signature spell and tried to register the circuit, I would mess around with that repertoire.
‘f*ck, all I need is for the circuit to activate properly.’
I don’t understand that way of thinking at all.
Anyway, the Ivory Tower is different from the Magic Tower where wizards who value efficiency gather. The Ivory Tower is a tower where various types of people who create art using spell circuits are gathered.
‘So, I didn’t really want to go…’
I looked up at the ivory tower and sighed.
If it had been the way it was, I would never have set foot in this place.
‘Even if Master didn’t ask for it.’
As I held out the letter, I remembered what my teacher had said.
-Wasn’t there a final exam question you created?
-I heard Dean Aaron recommended it to Ivory Tower. From the beginning, it seems like the ivory tower was also paying attention to the problem you created.
At first I was thinking of refusing.
Because I didn’t really want to hang out with other people. Of course, posting a problem in the ivory tower itself is a great career for a professor, but… I wasn’t really interested in that.
‘So I tried to refuse…’
Then the teacher spoke to me.
-Do you know that, Raniel?
-Most of the textbooks and textbooks used in Aplia come from the Ivory Tower.
As I listened, the situation was a bit different from the time at the Magic Tower.
Ivory Tower was like an obstacle in the Magic Tower, but Applia didn’t seem to be.
‘Is it a complementary relationship with the ivory tower?’
Aplia receives academic journals and textbooks free of charge from Ivory Tower. In return, among the graduates, those who see a path as a scholar are recommended to the Ivory Tower.
For Aplia, it would be good to receive textbooks for free, and for Ivory Tower, it would reduce the effort of finding talented people…
-You need to maintain a good relationship.
Pushed by the teacher’s sharp words, I ended up standing in front of the ivory tower.
“hmm.”
Nothing had changed from the ivory tower in my memories.
‘When was the last time I came here?’
I think it’s been about 6-7 years.
The last time I visited was when I complained to the people who repeatedly rejected the circuits I was trying to register.
chin.
With that in mind, as I passed the entrance to the ivory tower, someone approached me.
“Ah, are you Professor Rania?”
Nodding his head, the scholar smiled brightly.
He fluttered the hem of his robe and lowered his head.
“This is Brick, the guide. Nice to meet you, Professor Rania.”
“nice to meet you.”
“The pillars of the ivory tower are waiting at the top. I think it would be helpful to explain to them the simple solution to the problem and the intent of the exam.”
Five Pillars of the Ivory Tower.
I remember it was a similar concept to the elder of the magic tower.
“Yeah, whatever.”
I nodded and followed Brick.
As I walked down the aisle with his guidance, the picture frames hanging in the hallway suddenly caught my eye.
The difficult problem of selecting 44 selections from the ivory tower.
A circuit is drawn inside the frame with such a sign.
As I was looking at the circuits displayed as if they were works of art, I couldn’t help but laugh.
‘They’re still the same.’
As I walked down the aisle and glanced at the circuits, I suddenly noticed a circuit hung in a more ornate frame.
“···huh?”
I stopped in front of that picture frame.
The circuit looks familiar. Anyway, it’s a circuit I feel like I’ve seen before somewhere. As she tilted her head, Brick approached me.
“Oh, are you interested in that circuit?”
“yes? No, I just got used to it…”
“That circuit was donated to our ivory tower by the gray wizard, Raniel.”
Ah, somehow.
‘This is it.’
This is a problem I threw at the Magic Society guys who risk everything and say, “f*ck you.”
‘A problem that mixes all kinds of circuits.’
A problem that was posed not to be solved, but to be blatantly bullshit.
It was a matter that had been suppressed with malice.
‘It was evaluated as a difficult problem, but I never thought it would be put on display like this.’
Something felt strange.
I asked, looking at Brick.
“This piece of trash…”
“It’s a really beautiful problem.”
“yes?”
“yes?”
Why did you put this garbage problem on display?
As I was about to ask that question, I closed my mouth.
‘beautiful? this?’
As I was blinking, Brick opened his mouth.
“Look at the slope of that curve, the circuit that creates a perfect geometric pattern. “It is a beautiful pattern created by dozens of circuits intertwined and intertwined.”
Brick looked ecstatic.
“Among problems that are considered difficult, this is one that has reached the realm of art. “The Gray Wizard is not called a wise man for nothing.”
Brick nodded and looked back at me.
“Isn’t this a beautiful problem?”
“·····.”
Brick’s eyes are extremely bright.
As I was looking at those eyes, I couldn’t help but think, ‘This is a problem made to screw you guys?’ The words did not come out.
“Yes, well…”
I looked at Brick with pitiful eyes and muttered.
“It’s a beautiful problem.”
Those of you who solved the problem must be like that…
