Episode 23
His face turned pale. He seemed to be suspicious that the contract he had made with Mana might be a contract with the devil.
I took a book out of my pocket.
It was recorded intermittently.
“This is
“… … This, the genius of theory! Is it really you, Luis de Breyot?”
There was only one person in the world who could do such a thing: Louis de Breyot.
Just two volumes of the
There were dozens of 2nd class magic books in this world. However, although the theories were different for each wizard, most of them had similar contents. Whether copied or referenced, after removing the overlapping parts, the remaining theory books were less than 10 volumes long.
He re-established it as a theory in one volume. In the process, he advocated a single magic theory that runs through the whole thing, which was the essence of the
“From now on, be careful what you say in front of me.”
Jansen nodded with his mouth tightly shut.
He held the Hebron Basics Encyclopedia of Magic, Part 2, close to his heart.
In the past, I would have been furious at being called a ‘theoretical genius’.
But now I accept that. I was a genius, and now I inherited the genius’s theories.
The Duke of Braiot also recognized some of my genius. That’s why they didn’t kick me out right away, but locked me up in the basement and tried to drain me of my talents.
In it, countless theories were memorized, newly established, and existing theories were revised.
But the contents were not recorded separately.
I couldn’t afford that.
As soon as I created the theory, it was stored in my head.
What was written down on paper were only intermediate calculations for completing the theory. Even that would be thoroughly analyzed by the Duke of Braiot and extracted from the results.
‘Why did you do that? Was I so ashamed? Even a country like this would have been helpful to the Duke of Bray. If you had just reached out, even if your touch was not warm, I would have tried for the sake of the family and for you.’
I even thought that it might have been better.
I was able to shake off all my foolishness.
‘It is your delusion and arrogance to think that only swords and magic rule the world.’
If Jansen, El, and his men were to work all day, the cloud bridge would likely be completed within a week. They planned to add stability by connecting the handle and support ropes one by one with short ropes, and extending the long ropes woven in the center to the outside.
“At first we will send laborers, but later we will move the carriage.”
Jansen, who was casting his adhesive magic on the plank, raised his head and looked back at me.
The planks were two meters wide. They had to be at least four meters wide to move the carriage, and they couldn’t swing like a bridge, or a timid horse would get into trouble.
“Are you going to build a new bridge?”
“Yes, we will build a strong bridge that will charge twice the toll.”
“Do you know how to build a bridge like that?”
I knew some building methods, but I didn’t know the details, just the general outlines.
But in architecture, details were important, and even more important was who was doing the work.
“I’ll bring someone from the top of the serpent. If I can bring him, I can bring forward the schedule for building the bridge.”
Jansen looked at me.
He looked confused because he had heard too many stories at once. No, he seemed to be preoccupied with the book he had in his arms.
“Read the book after you finish your work. You must finish your work at least 300 meters.”
“Yes, your highness.”
It was a tough quota. When I quantified Jansen’s mana, it would take six or seven rounds to complete the quota. I had to work tirelessly to replenish my mana before it was too late. I wondered if I would have the energy to go back to my quarters and read a book after that.
‘It might be difficult at first, but once you get used to the new mana training method, you’ll be able to easily unleash the magic contained in that book.’
It was true that the mana training method that I had told Jansen was developed by the battle wizard of the Duke of Braio and refined by the previous magic tower master. I reviewed it once more.
The wizards of Braio had a nickname for this method of training, and that was the ‘Labor Training Method’.
It was a mana cultivation method that made the wizard work continuously.
‘The speed at which mana is filled is the best. However, not a single bit of mana accumulates in the body.’
It could be said that this was a training method that contained Brayo’s will to use the wizard while stripping away even his soul.
‘Hurry up. I want to see the implementation of the theory I have established as soon as possible.’
I watched Jansen.
He was the guinea pig that put my training methods into practice.
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“Luis de Hebron! My father’s enemy! I challenge you to a duel of knights!”
A boy on horseback came galloping toward me. He was the eldest son of Baron Nurha, Mandarin de Nurha. He had been training in swordsmanship at the Royal Academy of Knights, but he seemed to have come running in a hurry after hearing the news of his father’s death and the seizure of his lands.
The seventeen-year-old Mandarin was a short-term soldier. He did not even have a servant following him.
“I will step forward.”
Brown tried to get into the Matiz, but I raised my hand to stop him.
“No. He’s not your opponent. That bastard Nurhah was really boastful about his children, but it wasn’t all bragging.”
Mandarin’s momentum was impressive.
At least he was one step ahead of Brown.
“You are the one who will lead Hebron in the future. You must take care of yourself.”
“You don’t need to worry about that much and take care of yourself. And if you’re worried about me, then you should work on improving your skills.”
I gestured to the mandarin.
It meant to follow me to the training ground.
The Mandarin ignored my consideration. He ran towards me from the middle of the territory, pointing his sword at me.
“Inoooooooooooooo!”
“Inferno.”
The intermediate fire spirit flew up like a phoenix.
The large, flaming man burned the warhorse that was carrying the Mandarin.
Whoosh whoosh!
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The horse screamed and writhed.
Mandarin, who was running at full speed, fell off his horse and landed violently.
“Ugh! You deadly bastard! What the hell are you doing in a duel between holy knights!”
“I am not a knight.”
Inferno burned the Mandarin. The intermediate fire spirit tested the young knight’s skills.
The knight was trapped in a pillar of fire. The Mandarin did not die and held on. He raised his aura to protect his entire body, but the hair on his entire body curled and disappeared due to the heat. The Mandarin’s skin began to distort as his eyebrows and hair fell out.
Still, the bastard struggled and tried to come towards me.
“Do you think you can get back the Nurhah territory if you defeat me?”
“I will avenge my father!”
Taaak!
I snapped my fingers. Immediately the Inferno flames died down, and the Mandarin tried to rush at me.
In an instant, a wall of flame rose in front of the Mandarin, blocking his approach.
“Have you ever read a knight novel?”
“what?”
“I like Jeffrey’s knight novels. In his novel, The Princess Antaria’s Knight, the protagonist sharpens his sword of revenge. Foolishly, the opponent despises and mocks the protagonist, and then lets him go. This gives the protagonist a chance to grow up and take revenge. How foolish!”
Srrrrrrrr!
He pulled out his long sword.
In accordance with that, Inferno took hold of my sword.
“This is not a duel between knights. We are just going to kill each other with all our might. Come on, one of us has to die.”
“Euraaaaah!”
The bald mandarin blasted his aura.
‘You’ve learned well.’
Mandarin had solid fundamentals. He must have been working hard his whole life, because the amount of aura gushing from his dantian was considerable. His muscles were well-balanced, and his swordsmanship was free of unnecessary elements.
I held my sword forward.
The flames contained in the sword transformed into a sphere and were fired.
Kwakwakwakwang!
Inferno’s fireballs pounded the Mandarin again and again.
The bastard raised his sword to block the attack, but it was not enough to stop his skin from melting in the rising flames.
The mandarin came running, fearing death.
He succeeded in approaching me.
Kaaaaah!
Sword clashed with sword.
I must have put all my energy into this blow, because my grip on the sword felt quite tingly.
The Mandarin’s eyes wavered. He had no idea that I, a spirit mage, would be able to block the knight’s sword.
‘The sword of the Zyleson family is indeed different.’
The sword that Viscount Zielson had gifted me was wagging its tail and screaming its name.
As I poured magic power into the sword, it began to emit a soft light.
It is a technique that only knights who have reached a certain level can use, but with the help of the sword, I was able to put an aura on the sword.
A crack appeared in the Mandarin’s sword.
His sword snapped and broke.
The panicked Mandarin stumbled back, trying to grab the shield hanging on his back.
“I will remember you.”
“Ugh!”
He cut off the mandarin’s head.
It was a knight’s disgrace to survive defeat in a fight where one’s life was at stake.
There was a woman who watched the whole process. Beside her was the Serpense. The Serpense only had one woman to invite as a guest. Just by her clothes and posture, it was easy to tell that she was a daughter of a noble family.
“It’s you.”
“I’m Amy de Ludwig. Are you looking for me?”
Amy watched my reaction with a very nervous expression.
For a woman to be successful, she had to be born with magical talent.
If a woman wanted to become a knight, she had to give up pregnancy, as it was customary for all knightly orders to be expelled from the order at the same time as becoming pregnant.
So, women who were not born with magical talents had to live as someone’s wife and mother.
There was only one reason why the Duke of Bray turned away from Amy despite seeing her capabilities. It was because she was female.
“I will have you.”
Amy blinked.
She was dumbfounded for a moment, then blushed and continued speaking.
“… … I have a partner that my father has chosen for me.”
Amy was five years older than me. For a woman of noble birth, twenty-four was considered past her prime for marriage.
“I bet you heard an explanation from Serpens?”
“I’ve heard that you think highly of my abilities, though I can’t quite believe it. Just by looking at the fact that you like author Jeffrey, I can tell that you have high standards.”
Amy’s face flushed. She was a woman, but she wanted to show off her abilities to the world. But this world demanded help from Amy.
I felt pity for the women of this world, for they were in a similar situation to my former self.
If they failed to demonstrate their talents as wizards and knights, they had no choice but to become someone’s wife.
“That is exactly what he said. I have heard that you are quick at calculations and good at writing documents. I will appoint you as administrator of Hebron. I will contact Baron Ludwig, and you can start working as soon as you make up your mind.”
“Suddenly like this? I’m not prepared at all.”
“Why waste time? It seems to me that you are the one who is pressed for time, not me. If you refuse my offer, you will be remembered as someone else’s wife, not Amy de Ludwig.”
It hit a sore spot.
But Amy took it as a joke, as if she was used to that kind of pain.
“Don’t you need a wife?”
“It just gets in the way.”
“The Baron’s administrator? It’s a position I’ve never even thought about.”
“If Hebron is promoted to a vassal in the future, then I plan to establish a military position.”
“What authority is given to the military?”
Amy’s eyes lit up.
The face of the woman who had been crouching and observing me came closer to me.
“This position is responsible for formulating war strategies. In times of peace, it is in charge of military affairs, intervenes in internal affairs, and makes plans for future expansion. In times of war, it formulates strategies, oversees military meetings, and decides on military deployment.”
“Give me that position… …!”
