Grand Duke of the Heibern House

＜Episode 84＞

When the free will of a person or a family is restrained or sacrifices are forced, the state must pay the price.

That is why the state gives titles and fiefdoms to subjects and grants them power.

If Egios had come here as the representative of the kingdom, not as a magician, it was necessary to make it clear to him.

‘Is it really a dragon… … !’

Egios, who had lived among the kingdom’s distinguished meritorious subjects and great nobles, was sensitive to momentum.

In Ruin’s eyes, as transparent as the color of water, I couldn’t feel the emotions that a human being should have.

What a calm look.

The eyes of the extremely calm, undisturbed guy looking straight ahead made me shudder.

It feels like facing the Lion King.

Egios was confused as to whether the reason his hand holding the teacup was shaking was because of the mana burn or because of that look in his eyes.

The grand duke of the Heibern family standing at the pinnacle of this country’s armed forces, and even the possibility of being the white dragon, Vicherisma.

In the end, Egios lowered his eyes in fear at such an overwhelming force.

“… … It’s your misunderstanding. This kingdom of Lemadel is not shameless enough to borrow the power of academy cadets.”

Only then did Ruin slowly lose his momentum.

The black magic pattern (黑暗魔道眼) was something he enjoyed using even in his previous life, and it was a very helpful tactic to gain an upper hand in negotiations.

It was not true magic, but fusion magic, but fortunately, looking at the reaction, it seems that the effect has improved.

“Then why did you tie this insignificant cadet’s magic to the fate of the kingdom?”

Aegios felt breathless and suffocated.

The greed was real.

If Ruin was an absolute genius possessing sage-level magical powers, or if he was certain to be a white dragon, Bisherisma, he tried to make it more clearly under the kingdom’s influence.

＜You’re a quick-witted person.＞

Ruin’s strange tone, as if acknowledging that it was his own magic.

However, I was overwhelmed by Ruin’s attitude that clearly drew the line.

Egios couldn’t bear to open his mouth again.

“You seem to have nothing to say. Then I’ll just leave.”

Let Ruin stand up without hesitation and try to open the door to the lab.

“Wait a minute! wait!”

Ruin looked back at Egios with indifferent eyes.

“If there is something you want, don’t hide your feelings any longer.”

“Okay. sit down.”

When Ruin sat down again, Egios finally revealed what he had been holding back.

“If the expectation of the kingdom is burdensome, I will use the mage tower. Could you become a member of our magic tower?”

Louin was dumbfounded.

No, then it will be like that from the beginning, when did you push it into the abyss of this stupid academy and now come?

Ruin furrowed his brow, probably disapproving of Egios, who belatedly suggested becoming a tower mage.

“well.”

Contrary to his initial concerns, he was more familiar and comfortable with life at the Faculty of Magic now.

In particular, the ‘Voice’ group, which has no curriculum, is the best place to recover one’s skills.

You could always browse the Wisdom of White Magic in the Library of Wisdom if you wished.

Because I can choose and attend only the classes I want, I have more time to train my body.

What I liked the most was the freedom from the gaze of the professors and cadets.

The best environment to spend the rest of your time only in the laboratory, playground, and library if you only accumulate grades quickly.

Throwing away such a good environment and now choosing a mage tower that will make your head complicated with all kinds of interference and gaze?

It was a mage tower full of old people like Bona Mana, Head of Hedeian School, and this Egios.

My head was already pounding at the thought of enduring the persistent curiosity of such elderly people.

“I will be graduating.”

But, first of all, the wise man of the Lemadel kingdom and the master of the magic tower.

There was no need to pretend to be with Egios or make them feel the distance.

If you can get what you want, it would be better to give a reasonable expectation and hope.

“No, of course. As a cadet, I have to finish the academy safely. Of course, the entrance tower will be after that.”

An opportunity to enter the tower that all cadets long for.

To think that such an opportunity to enter the tower could be used as a condition for negotiations.

Ruin realized the power of the fusion magic he had created.

“There are conditions.”

“Tell me!”

Ruin intended to be as selfish as possible.

Can the Master of the Magic Tower accept such irrationality?

“With the authority of the tower lord, can you slightly adjust the schedule for the martial arts tournament?”

“Martial arts competition… … ?”

“yes. The cadets in the voice group with me are preparing for the martial arts competition. But the schedule is too tight to handle classes and training all at once.”

In fact, the gap with the rank cadets who had been preparing for the martial arts competition for a long time was too great.

The voice cadets are now polishing the basics of War Mage.

There was also a problem with the cadets’ skills, but the biggest problem was the lack of experience in cooperative combat.

If he continued to participate in the martial arts competition that was to take place a few months later, he would eventually become his own one-man show.

If that is the case, it would be better to give up group exhibitions and focus only on individual competitions.

Luin calmly waited.

While weighing the sage’s feelings, how far he wanted to keep himself in the magic tower.

“The Magic Tower Master can’t even intervene in the school’s events. but… … .”

Aegios begins to smile faintly.

“I promise. I will definitely move Hedeian.”

Aegios was well aware of the current state of the Head of Hedeian.

The moment he hears that Ruin will participate in the martial arts competition, he rolls his eyes and falls into anticipation and aspiration.

Wouldn’t it be easier to convince Hedeian than turning a loaf of bread?

“Are you saying it’s possible to change the schedule?”

Ruin could not help but be surprised when he accepted the lightly thrown words at once.

It wasn’t what I expected.

Martial Arts Tournament at the Royal Academy.

It belonged to the pivotal event of the kingdom enough in terms of symbolism, meaning, and scale of patronage.

How could an event of such a grand scale be rescheduled at the mere words of a cadet?

-Isn’t that sage the person who attached the child named Daphne to you? I was convinced that you were a dragon.

Louin nodded slowly.

If he truly believes that he is a dragon, such a reaction would not be unreasonable.

“However, the range of fluctuations in the schedule won’t be large.”

“It’s enough once we’ve reached number one.”

“Isn’t that about a month or two?”

“I hope it will be after early spring.”

Aegios said while brushing his beard.

“Good. The changed schedule will be notified later.”

“There is no need for that. Shouldn’t the school be notified if the martial arts tournament schedule changes anyway?”

“That’s right. hahahaha.”

Egios’ expression had changed much better, as if he had finally regained his composure.

“If I have nothing else to do, I will leave.”

“Okay.”

When Ruin left the lab, Egios’ face was filled with anticipation.

It’s a guy’s martial arts competition.

Egios had already been waiting for that day.

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Shurie opened the laboratory door and entered.

“So, did you hear the news?”

Shiron woke up from his image and made an impression.

“Can’t you see the image is in progress?”

“Oh, sorry! But it is urgent!”

Ruin had not yet heard from Shurie, but was fully anticipating her words.

“It seems that the schedule change of the martial arts tournament has been announced.”

“uh? how?”

When Shurie stiffened in doubt, Shiron jumped up.

“what? change? When is that?”

“March of next year. It changed after spring break.”

“suddenly?”

I was surprised at first, but upon reflection, it wasn’t such a bad thing.

Even if it wasn’t, I felt like my body and mind were getting sick as I tried to prepare for the martial arts competition while I was busy getting grades and preparing for the grade exam.

Shiron smiled brightly.

“It was better! You’re buying time!”

Ruin also pretended to be Egios, who accurately fulfilled his request. However, he did not show off to the cadets.

“It was only slightly delayed, but nothing has changed. We do what we do.”

Lyria looked at Ruin.

“Still, I would like to put more emphasis on filling in credits more than once in my time. Daphne in particular is very urgent.”

Ruin frowned.

Because of Daphne, who had no classes in the first semester, plans were always disrupted.

In the end, Ruin had no choice but to trust Daphne’s abilities.

“Now we have no overlapping classes with you. Can you participate in class alone and fill your credits on your own?”

“Sure. Two months should be enough.”

“I don’t mean to skip training.”

“… … .”

Chiron glanced toward the window as Daphne started to image again with her drooping shoulders.

“What are those guys going to do?”

A failed student couple was sitting by the window where Shiron’s eyes were pointing.

It seemed that Shiron was also secretly concerned as he kept stepping on his eyes.

“These are the kids who will be weeded out anyway. It doesn’t matter what we do.”

Lyria’s calm answer.

Shiron looked at Lilia in surprise.

“Are you saying that even after seeing that Louise’s sympathy response?”

“so? That’s it. No matter how special talent he has, he is a child whose speech itself is sealed off. It is too difficult to keep up with the classes of the Faculty of Magic in such a state.”

“Are you a descendant of the Avrel family?”

“What are you talking about?”

Shiron made an even more absurd expression.

“You say that when you have ‘Him’ as your middle name?”

“That, that… … .”

Silent Wizard Dreamet.

A rare genius wizard who was born mute, but was reborn as a great wizard by awakening to the absolute spirit of speech.

The reason Lyria had his name as her middle name was because she was a direct descendant of him.

“The absolute command… … It is not possible only through talent. We must transcend the limits of human language… … .”

Then, the moment Ruin’s eyes met, Lilia couldn’t speak anymore.

It was because his eyes were shining like the North Star.

“… … Why are you looking at me like that?”

Ruin felt the distorted side of Lyria.

So far, she has never denied anyone’s potential or gossiped about it. No, it would be more accurate to say that he was not interested.

However, there was only one thing that Lillia said carelessly about Louise, who resembled her ancestor.

“you. Do you hate your family?”

“what… … ?”

If he was a normal descendant of Dreamet, he should rather bless and support Louise.

If you had even a little bit of love and respect for your ancestors, you would never be able to say such pathetic words.

“Is that why you deny your family’s magic and follow the southern school?”

“you! thoughtlessly… … !”

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For a moment, Ruin’s eyes were filled with warm light.

“I got to know you a little more.”

She is a girl with a strong will and high passion.

If Lyria was enduring that hard, the wound would be very deep and painful.

However, overcoming the wound and standing up is one’s own problem.

In particular, the issue of blood relatives and family is not a matter for others to interfere recklessly.

“Let’s be friends.”

“who… … ?”

Ruin stared at Louise.

“Louise seems to like you.”

Louise was smiling brightly and waving at Lillia.