Grand Duke of the Heibern House

＜Episode 61＞

‘This is an ideological game?’

These were not words that would come out of the mouth of a student dreaming of becoming a magician.

If you knew even a little about the history of magic, you couldn’t say such a thing.

They were the ones who unraveled the truth of the world with magic, and were great men who did things that could not be done at the time.

The amazing rationality shown by the pioneers in history is like a scripture to magicians.

Head of Hedeian School was glaring at Ruin with a feeling close to contempt.

“Cadet Ruin. Retract what you just said.”

“It sounds like you are trying to impose penalty points on the authority of the dean.”

Ruin smiled with a twisted mouth.

“There is no professor who gives good grades to a cadet who denies the history of magic science.”

“I never said I was denying history.”

The head of the Hedeian Department, impatient, raised his voice.

“How dare you play with words in front of this Hedeian! Why do you, who declare that all the ideals left behind by the pioneers of magic are insignificant, do not deny history!”

In an instant, the smile disappeared from Luin’s face.

“The dean said that magic is a substitute for human nature that will disappear.”

“… … This is the will left by the great wizard Lelius.”

An inaccessible light flowed from Ruin’s eyes.

Ruin’s momentum was so ferocious that it was difficult for the head of Hedeian’s department to open his mouth easily.

“In the organization, magicians are beings who are protected until the very end. The soldiers are dying while staring at the magician, even as holes are pierced all over the body by the rain of crossbows.”

Ruin suddenly closed his eyes and was unable to speak for a while.

“… … The person I chatted with until yesterday, the brother-like person who secretly cried for me, the ones with more beautiful souls than anyone else desperately wanted.”

“… … .”

“The only wizard who can turn the tide of battle in an instant. The power to finally complete the supreme magic formula by forming hand signs and rearranging complex mana while looking at those flame-like eyes that each person is dying with hope is—”

“… … .”

“It’s not some stupid lucid dream that I’m human. Human nature?”

Ruin’s shoulders were shaking.

Adrena had never seen Ruin like this before.

It was a surprisingly cold look, but the suppressed emotions in it made the viewer feel like they were suffocating.

“… … Give it to the dog.”

A cadet with no rank, as if spewing out the emotions he experienced himself.

Hedeian Department Head felt an unbearable sense of difference in Ruin’s words, which felt like old self-deprecation.

‘What the hell is this guy… … !’

The heavy emotion that Ruin gave.

The strange feeling echoing in his heart made the head of Hedeian’s department unable to even open his mouth.

Emotions are contagious, so all the students closed their eyes and immersed themselves in their own feelings.

“What makes wizards bearable is the shallow relief that they survived. It is a cowardly exterior that tries to forget memories. It is a twisted narcissism that rationalizes all sacrifices because you have completed your revenge.”

Sword Saint, can you hear my voice?

“To defend against his twisting ego, a mage can take on all his servile feelings. Disappearing humanity? Do you think that would be possible?”

why don’t you speak This is my first confession.

“It may sound cruel, but a person’s humanity is not something that can be lost. That’s why it’s all bullsh*t.”

I’m sorry. Because the mage you entrusted your back to is just this kind of guy.

* * *

A dark afternoon covered with thick night fog.

As always, Ruin returned coldly and was running on the playground.

However, the number of people watching him increased considerably.

Lilia and Shurie are unable to hide their complex emotions.

And Shiron and his friends who still look blank.

“… … Did he go through a war?”

Shurie shook her head in response to Shiron’s question that seemed to be puzzling.

“There has been no war in half a century.”

Severon’s calm voice followed.

“This is a story that is possible if you were in the mercenary corps. Some famous mercenaries also participate in wars in other kingdoms.”

Lyria shook her head.

“If you’re a mercenary wizard who participated in the war, there’s no way I wouldn’t know.”

Shiron nodded.

Lyria’s family is a long-established magician.

If it was Abrelga, it would have had a close relationship with almost all the mercenaries in the kingdom.

“Above all, the mercenaries who go to other kingdoms are not interested in wizards of our age.”

After all, if you were a seasoned mercenary commander, at most you couldn’t invite a wizard who had just passed the coming-of-age ceremony.

I would rather have an experienced mage who can reliably take over even if the pay is high.

Of course, Shiron’s question only grew stronger.

Magic.

I just enjoyed the process of getting to know wisdom.

It was rewarding to be able to solve a difficult problem.

I was just delighted with the joy of conquering magic formulas while encountering creative circuits.

But to think that such magic would carry the wishes of dying people.

Shiron had never thought of it that way.

‘… … .’

Before, Ruin’s behavior on the playground was thought to be just a struggle to attract attention.

But now I know very well that it’s not for such stupid reasons.

Louie Ryan.

It was a guy who couldn’t be explained with simple rhetoric of genius, and there was definitely something more than that.

Took- Took-

Shiron suddenly unbuttons his cadet uniform.

Jed, who was guarding him, asked with his eyes wide open.

“Chiron? no way?”

After unbuttoning all the buttons, Chiron took off his cadet uniform and threw it away.

“I also run with him. Jed.”

Zed, unable to speak, froze in a daze.

It was Shiron who had devoted all of his physical strength and mental strength to magic.

I couldn’t imagine him running on a playground like that.

“Wow, are you okay? You’ve never run before.”

Chiron ran towards the playground without a word.

The remaining cadets were all staring blankly at Shiron.

Severon, who had been contemplating for a long time with a frown on his face, also began to unbutton the buttons.

“Severon, you too… … ?”

“Well, Shiron-nim must have an idea.”

When I ran to Severon, I had no choice.

Led by Jed, all the cadets who followed Shiron took off their shirts and ran to the playground.

Adrena, who was leaning against a tree, stopped observing Ruin and frowned.

“Eh, why is everyone going crazy?”

After staring at Ruin for a while, Lilia moved to the dormitory, and Shuri followed her without saying a word.

* * *

Denden-

The grandfather clock reminds me of 3:00 in the morning.

The librarian was already dozing off.

As expected, until now, the only cadet remaining in the Wisdom Library and reading books was herself.

Tup-

When Ruin got up after tidying up his desk, Gyrobel’s voice resounded.

– My disciple.

Gyrobel knew from early on that Ruin was in a very disturbed state.

So, I called out to him several times, but Ruin hadn’t responded even once until now.

But then.

＜Ahhh, I slept well. oh? Where are you?＞

– Ugh!

Gyrobell freaks out and hides in the depths of Ruin’s soul.

＜Aagh! There are too many books! what! Where is this hell?＞

Awakened ancestor Sahol’s thoughts.

Ruin, who had many questions, opened his mouth without hesitation.

“This is the academy of the Lemadel kingdom.”

＜Academy? what is that?＞

Sahol, the founding hero of Lemadel, was active a thousand years ago, even before the kingdom was born.

Even if his thoughts were intact, the Royal Academy would not be in his memory.

“This is a place to teach talented people selected by the kingdom. I don’t think there was a place like this a thousand years ago.”

＜A thousand years ago? what does that mean?＞

“This is the world a thousand years from when you lived.”

Bondi thought was weak.

If there is sudden identity confusion, there is a risk of disintegration and disappearance.

However, if the thought, which is highly likely to act as a dangerous variable to one’s mental system, disappears, it is good as it is.

＜you. Do you know me?＞

“Of course I know. Along with the founding king, there are only two dragon riders who exist in the history of Lemadel. You are a friend of the founding king, Soro Lemadel, and the founder of the Bern family.”

＜you! Do you know Bisherisma?＞

“That name is the name of the dragon that served you.”

＜B, you know Bisherisma? So where is he now? If you know, please take me to him!＞

Even when the Heibern family perished, the family’s guardian dragon, Bisherisma, did not appear.

If Bicherisma had existed, it would not have perished so miserably.

“I don’t know. Probably dead.”

That’s how Ruin continued to stimulate Sahol.

It was so foreign that a thought that felt like a child was a great ancestor in history.

So, Ruin hoped that Sahol’s thoughts would be awakened quickly through continuous stimuli.

Either that or it just disappears.

＜It’s dead… … ＞

Waves of thought that tremble as if anxious.

As if it had been expected, Sahol’s thought had been silent for a long time.

＜… … okay. you died in the end Somehow, even though I overturned the land of the Great Dragon, it wasn’t there.＞

Luin was startled.

If it is an ancient dragon, it is a creation dragon that exists in the mythology of the dragon race.

It was surprising that a distant existence like a myth was real, but it was even more surprising that Sahol knew the lair of such a dragon.

Besides, it overturned.

If the lofty dragons knew, they would try to wipe out the human race itself.

What a huge human being this Sahol was?

Perhaps he was a stronger being than the founding king.

In fact, it was not common sense that the small thoughts he left behind remained for a thousand years.

＜Uh… … Your name is Luin Bern. So are you my descendants? wait for a sec! What is this? What is this miserable world? did you go back to the past Is this possible?＞

To be able to read even one’s own memories on the subject of thoughts, which are only fragments of the soul.

Ruin felt uncomfortable as if all his senses were on edge, but he couldn’t help it.

Even if he wanted to put up a mental barrier, he couldn’t help the thoughts that had already penetrated his soul.

＜Nonsense! All the ‘beings’ that make up the world die? What about your mother? what did she do There’s no way she’ll leave us alone!＞

Apparently, the humans of a thousand years ago were a little more intimate with the god Altheia.

＜That fellow with a cloud of souls! It’s unbelievable that there could be a human as strong as me other than me!＞

In an instant, Ruin felt an indescribable hot energy roaming through his brain.

I could feel it instinctively.

That Sahol’s thoughts had begun to awaken.

When Ruin waited for a long time like that.

Sahol’s thoughts had been transformed into a distinctly different atmosphere from before.

＜My child. There must be so many things to talk about with you in the future.＞

Airani to the great mage.

Luin finally smiled brightly.