Episode 107. Visit (1)
“Luden, why aren’t you coming in?”
“… … .”
Rubin didn’t go straight into the Rhapsody Hall because someone was waiting for him at the entrance.
“It’s been a while”
It was a calm, yet somehow cold voice.
Oscar, who had entered the building earlier, returned and stood next to Rubin. The atmosphere was somehow tense. Oscar’s voice naturally lowered.
“Who is that person? Why does the atmosphere make me think Professor Solana should go away?”
“Celestine. Chloe Witherspoon’s maid.”
Even though she was a maid, Witherspoon’s status was so evident that Oscar flinched without realizing it.
“Is Witherspoon’s maid originally like that… scary?”
“She’s not just a maid. She’s a wizard who can easily surpass most professors.”
“Ah… Okay, I’ll go up first, so I’ll see you in my room. Come and talk to me properly.”
Oscar consciously moved away. But it wasn’t the end of Oscar’s move. The cadets passing by glanced at Rubin. Rubin nodded to Selesne, indicating his intention to move.
Why did Celesne suddenly come to see me? I was confused, but at the same time, I was relieved. I needed help, and Celesne was the perfect person to help me.
“It’s been a while, Celestia. By the way, can you walk around the Magic Tower area too?”
From the school’s perspective, Celesne was an outsider. Even though they were called ‘wizards’, the difference in their class was obvious. Even if Chloe was an exchange student, Celesne had no reason to do so.
“I’ll tell you about that later.”
“later?”
“I came here to convey the message of the young lady. She said that I should invite the young master to dinner soon. I don’t feel like it… but including Kuze.”
Rubin was secretly surprised that the name ‘Kuje’ could be said so awkwardly.
“I’ll tell Kuze.”
“… The young lady currently resides on the outskirts of Capotini. It’s a building that Mayor Capotini used as a villa.”
Well, Chloe wouldn’t be in the dorms, Rubin had expected that too.
Although Celestia didn’t add anything, there must be separate personnel guarding Chloe.
“This weekend evening. Is that okay?”
“Yeah, it’s possible.”
“I’ve told you the story, so I’ll be going now.”
“…Celeste, just a moment.”
He called out to Celesne, who was about to turn around.
“Hmm, what is that?”
Rubin had a pouch in his hand. There was something inside, but he had no intention of showing it to Celesne.
“Can you levitate this with telekinesis?”
“yes?”
“I’m studying magic on my own right now, but I just can’t figure it out.”
The wariness washed away from Celesne’s expression as she realized that it was simply due to her passion for learning.
“… I understand your greed, but psychokinesis is not that simple. It will take a long time for you to be able to do it. And even then, it will only be at a very weak level.”
Although she spoke coldly, Celestia did not refuse Rubin’s request.
He immediately performed a telekinesis spell in front of Rubin. He even kindly revealed the Whisik to the outside so Rubin could recognize it.
“Triangles and circles… Although the shapes of the curves are different, the composition is the same, so please refer to it. Can you see that the shapes are overlapping three times?”
“Yeah, it’s just like I saw in the book.”
But what Rubin was paying attention to wasn’t the sway of the telekinesis magic. He was looking at the sway, but what he was actually focusing on was his pocket.
Boom boom boom.
The pouch left Rubin’s hand and floated into the air by the magic of psychic power. Celesne stopped the pouch in front of Rubin’s eyes.
“Hmm, there’s something inside. It looks like a bead.”
“These are the materials for class.”
“I see. Is it okay now?”
Celesne finished her demonstration. The pouch fell back into Rubin’s palm. Rubin looked down at it quietly.
“Your Highness, Luden.”
“huh?”
“Don’t worry about what I said two years ago. I told you not to think about becoming a wizard.”
Even though he looked like that on the outside, he must have been really worried on the inside. Rubin decided to be honest about his feelings.
“Don’t worry. Well, magic is magic, but I actually came here because of my father’s publishing business. I’m trying to expand the business to the Capotini area.”
“You don’t have to make excuses. The Witherspoon family won’t interfere with your decision to become a wizard.”
Even if you make a mistake, it looks like you’ve done it right.
Rubin gave it a proper tempo.
“Really?”
“Of course. To be honest… I said that back then because I thought you might be able to use the Witherspoon family name.”
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
“Yes, it’s confirmed today. If we were going to use Witherspoon, we would have made a fuss about it before the entrance ceremony. However… … .”
“but?”
“I’m worried about you, young lady. You’re not very sensitive to the waves caused by the imperial nobility. Even today, I never thought you’d be the first to ask me to dance… .”
Chloe clearly has no idea how much influence each of those small actions can have on the social scene. Well, she’s still young, after all.
Celestia frowned slightly and bowed again to Rubin. Then she turned around abruptly.
Rubin, who was watching Celesne moving away, turned his gaze back to his pocket. He immediately examined the condition of the blue orb inside.
‘Griffon’s Egg.’
Fortunately, Celestia didn’t seem to notice. I had asked her to demonstrate because I needed some ‘confirmation’.
‘There is no change.’
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The same thing happened when it was lifted into the air by psychokinesis magic, or even afterwards. There was no change in the state of the blue orb.
‘Am I wrong?’
I recalled a memory from a few days ago. The blue orb was surrounded by darkness, as if it was decaying in the aura of destruction.
Then, when Oscar tapped on the transparent ceiling with Managu, the blue orb came back to life in the energy of revival.
‘So I thought the key to waking up the griffon would be ‘Mana’.’
The fact that there was no response to Celesne’s magic meant that Rubin’s assumption was wrong. Perhaps it was because there was a difference in the level of mana?
‘No, if it’s Mana, Celestia is far superior. Even if Oscar is a genius, he’s not at that level right now.’
Rubin stuffed his pockets into his ball gown and stared up at the Rhapsody tube.
If not mana… … .
Is the secret with Oscar?
* * *
Back at the dorm, Rubin told Oscar the story of how he got involved with Chloe.
“Wow, that’s an amazing story. If you twist it a little, you could sell it as a love story. You meet an old friend you thought was dead, and the feelings bloom anew… … .”
Oscar’s eyes sparkled. The pure passion for creation could be felt in his eyes even through the transparent ceiling.
I wasn’t lying. I met Chloe by chance on a ship heading to Philimond, and they shared many interesting experiences because it was a unique ship that could dive.
Then, for the first time, I was able to manifest mana, and the person who helped me was none other than Chloe.
“Ah, now I understand. Last time, you said that mana was manifested over the sea.”
There were no lies, but it wasn’t like he had told everything. According to the story, it was just a case of the third-class publisher’s son having a stroke of luck and running into an imperial noble.
“Should I really flesh it out a bit and sell it as a love story? Luden, you’ll let me?”
“Then I might get kidnapped by the Witherspoons. Without anyone knowing. Then I’d have a new roommate.”
Rubin joked in a dry manner. But it wasn’t an entirely impossible story, so Oscar shook his head and shivered.
“No, I should just keep this story to myself.”
“I thought about it carefully.”
Rubin looked at Oscar through the transparent ceiling and waited for him to continue speaking.
Since Rubin was the first to reveal his secret, I thought that Oscar might share his secret too. It was like they were exchanging mana balls.
“… … .”
But Oscar never revealed why he dyed his hair and eyes, and why he had to use magic instead of just dye.
Even when it’s bedtime and I fall asleep.
‘Is it that much of a secret?’
Rubin closed his eyes. He waited with his eyes closed. As dawn deepened and the clock struck three o’clock.
Then I opened my eyes on time. I saw Oscar sleeping soundly beyond the transparent ceiling.
As soon as he got up, the veil of the transparent ceiling was lowered. There was a creaking sound, but it didn’t matter. Oscar was usually a deep sleeper. It was clear that he wouldn’t wake up at this level.
But I had to cover my face just in case.
“… … .”
It was Rubin who had been figuring out how the Srehim sergeant operated the beasts at night for the past two months.
As a supervisor, he was extremely eccentric, but on the other hand, he was an unavoidable blood donor. Unless it was a serious situation, he did not treat the beasts that were like his friends strictly.
‘Now is the time for the beasts’ guard to be loosened.’
Rubin opened the door and went out into the hallway. The hallway was lit only by a thin lamp. Rubin’s shadow was only briefly reflected in the lamplight.
Soon, Rubin disappeared from the hallway.
With the shadow spread wide, he began to use ‘Shadow Humming’. The assassin’s art of making no noise. The faster he moved, the more his vision flowed.
After climbing up a few more floors, we stopped.
It was Oscar’s room. Rubin opened the door quietly.
‘This is my first time coming to Oscar’s room.’
Come to think of it, that’s right. It was always Oscar who came to visit.
I went inside and looked around, but there was nothing that caught my eye. The room was exactly as I had seen it through the transparent ceiling.
widely.
Rubin took the blue orb out of his pocket and placed it on the shelf next to the bed. Oscar didn’t notice the shadow cast over his face due to Rubin blocking the moonlight.
‘If it’s not Mana but ‘Oscar’ that’s the key, then the blue orb will react. Then the probability that this child is Per will also increase.’
Rubin crossed his arms and watched what would happen to the blue orb.
‘… Does this mean it won’t react in this state?’
He stretched out his hand and immediately unleashed the ‘Shadow Force Field’.
A blue marble floated slightly into the weightless space. Then, the same phenomenon that had occurred before occurred.
Blue and black mixed together, and in an instant, an aura of corruption spread throughout.
‘So, what now?’
Rubin pulled his hand away. Now all he had to do was watch how the blue orb changed around Oscar.
“… … .”
Now, a lion, a security guard of Srehim, was walking around the hallway. The lion’s thick footsteps resonated.
Right then.
‘also…….’
The long-awaited change has taken place in the blue marble. Just a moment ago, it looked as if its life would soon fall away.
But now it was coming back to life, its blue color returning as death recedes.
Because Rubin has taken over the dark side?
No it wasn’t.
It reacts to the breathing of the sleeping Oscar. Whenever Oscar breathes, a blue stream of water appears in the dark room. Like a mana line, it blinks and connects Oscar and the blue marble.
Rubin, who was watching this, closed his eyes quietly.
-Rubin.
It was Haneke who shared a gaze with Rubin in his inner world.
-I think you got it right. What are you going to do now? Are you going to wait for the results of Kuze’s investigation?
‘Kuje won’t be able to bring much information to either the Tunio family or Oscar.’
Rubin opened his eyes again and looked down at Oscar.
‘If everything Oscar told me was a lie, then there was no town where the boy lived, or if there was a town, it wouldn’t have been named Oscar.’
-That’s what they sent out to investigate.
Rubin nodded.
‘This child is Per Lorenzini. I’m sure of it.’
-Then are you going to kill me? Here?
‘… … .’
Rubin’s hand turned towards Oscar. The clear situation, the coming future… If it is certain that Iza is Per, then it is right to kill him here.
but.
‘I won’t kill you right away.’
-… … .
‘If I kill him now, the school will be in an uproar. I’m already getting a lot of attention.’
Rubin put the blue orb in his pocket, turned around, and walked down the hallway with silent steps.
He quickly returned to his room, performing ‘Shadow Humming’, took off his mask, and lifted the veil covering the transparent ceiling again.
Oscar, who had been sleeping, reappeared before Rubin’s eyes. Until this morning, he had been a roommate with genius qualities, but from this moment on, he was nothing more than a target who would soon have to die.
‘I need to come up with a plan that will not be questioned. There are various magic classes, so there should be something suitable among them.’
There was no need to rush, since I had already found Per.
From now on, there was something else that was important. It was to solve the question that Rubin had been wondering about since his previous life.
‘Why did Per hate the Assassin Swordsman so much?’
