Episode 185
Wizard Tower’s fireworks festival.
A day when colorful fireworks are launched to decorate the night sky for 10 minutes every night at midnight, and the entire Wizard’s Tower emits colorful lights.
This is not a sight you see often.
Every time a new tower owner appears.
Every time the history of magic is rewritten.
As short as a few years or as long as several decades
The festival period that comes every time.
Pow-!
pop! Bubble bubbling!
Dozens of wizard’s towers spread across the continent simultaneously shot fireworks into the sky, creating a spectacular sight.
10 minutes.
The moment when a dark night street becomes bright enough to feel like day.
“Wow! “It’s a firework!”
Although it was late at night, the children ran out of the house all at once.
Men and women of all ages in a sight that is difficult to see
He smiled brightly without any hesitation.
“and-! pretty! grandfather! “What is that?”
“Hehe, the wizard’s tower has tilted. “It means that a new tower owner has appeared.”
“… … “The owner of the tower?”
“I saw this same scene a long time ago. Let’s see… … . She was either 35 years old or 36 years old.”
The day Flame King Theron became the owner of the tower.
The old man, thinking about 35 years ago, realized that he would never see a scene like today again.
I thought, and my eyes filled with the sight of the fireworks festival.
The Wizard’s Tower, emitting colorful and brilliant light, was extremely beautiful.
Scenes like these occurred all over the continent.
Not even the desert sandstorm that hit Esperanaja could stop this beauty.
Seta Malkiri said, pointing out the window.
“… … Great Emperor! “Look over there.”
“Wow, it’s beautiful. That meant a new top state had been elected.”
Seta Malkiri, hearing Great Emperor Oyota’s words, suppressed his puffed heart and spoke as if he was proud of himself.
“Yes, my friend.”
Toyota too.
and… … Ardel Island is located at the southernmost tip of the continent.
“sister! dad! “Look over there!”
Although there was no wizard’s tower in Ardel, a fireworks festival was also going on in the small, shabby magic tower built in the nearby trading city of Monjo.
That beauty reached Ardel.
Ruina smiled brightly at the countless fireworks that decorated the night sky.
Irene’s cheeks heated up like flames.
“… … pretty.”
It’s my first time seeing it with my own eyes.
How could she, a wizard, not know?
What does that flame mean?
“Ruin••••••
“Whew, I’m glad you’re okay.”
Everyone who was gathered together at the Ardel family mansion to watch the fireworks was heartbroken.
Although no news is good news, there has been no news from Lu Yin, who visited the magic tower to verify the tower owner, for nearly a month.
It was natural to worry, and I was afraid that someone would make a fuss.
The reward of the wait finally came today.
Someone’s son.
Someone’s older brother.
Someone is someone who must be protected.
Ruin Ardel, loved by everyone here… … .
Became the owner of the tower.
And, someone who regards this new tower owner as his ‘enemy’.
“Ruin Ardel has become the owner of the tower.”
“… … Know. “Because I’m watching too.”
Emperor Shomertan sat on the throne and muttered as he looked at the magic tower pouring out five colors of brilliant light.
“My godfather became the owner of the tower the year I was born… … . “It’s been exactly 35 years.”
“That’s right.”
“I have decided. “In a year, we will see the same sight again as today.”
Seeing the same scene again meant appointing a new tower owner within a year.
It sounded different because it was ‘Shomertan Lainach’ that said this.
“What do you think of the fireworks festival commemorating the day the Wizard’s Tower disappeared from history?”
10 minutes.
Everyone on the Continent of Frelia saw the same fireworks display.
Each of them had different dreams.
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“The tower owner is the only one who can decide all major and minor issues that occur in the Magic Tower.”
Breakfast meeting, lunch meeting, regular meeting, emergency meeting, etc.
Why are there so many meetings?
I was plagued with meetings all day.
Couldn’t the Wizard’s Tower help in exterminating the pirates who constantly invade the waters of Mageria?
Should we allow the dispatch of wizards to Perna, a country currently in a territorial dispute with the Reinak Empire?
How many magic engineering masters of Iron Manor Maetel are planning to retire?
How many times did you go to the bathroom today, etc.
I wasted three days buried in the endless stream of agenda items.
“Is it over now?”
“Yes, major agenda items have been resolved by the public. In addition, there are approximately 210 ‘minor’ problems remaining… …
“… … “Please give me everything.”
As soon as I was elected, I didn’t want to hear that I wasn’t working, so I took care of everything on the spot.
A wizard from a certain house is talented, a wizard from a certain school is transferring, a wizard from so-and-so is asking for salary negotiation. etc.
There are also many.
I don’t even know my exact salary yet, but I can’t believe I’m negotiating someone else’s salary.
This is it.
It’s been a week since I was buried in a pile of documents like that.
I fell down on the chair, exhausted.
“ha… … . it’s tough. “It has become harder to use my head than to use my body.”
Then, the door creaked open and Ms. Gilgi Yangi stuck her head out.
“Lord Tower.”
“Ugh, I just sat down?”
“Then, shall we come back later?”
“… … No, I just want you to know. Come in.”
Mr. Stray Cat is a very trustworthy person when it comes to public affairs, but sometimes he feels really scary.
This is because I always carry around thick stacks of documents.
however.
“Are you empty-handed today?”
“… … “I had no intention of harassing the tower owner.”
“Um, sorry. I didn’t mean it that way
yo. this.”
“You are tired. Cheer up a little. Since the tower owner position has been vacant for a long time, work has piled up, so you will have plenty of time in the future. “There are many times when I just fly around and do nothing.”
Oh, lie.
Mr. Stray Cat seemed to be amused by my suspicious gaze and smiled, then took out a piece of parchment from his pocket.
“what is this?”
“This is a list of wizard’s towers you should visit in the future. Since you have become the owner of the tower, everything
You need to see with your own eyes what the situation is like at other magic towers. Let’s call it a kind of ‘inspection’.”
It’s an inspection of the tower owner… … .
That is correct.
You can say that you are the master who leads 10,000 wizards, but you don’t even know where the magic tower is located or what it looks like.
There were exactly 8 places written on the list.
Excluding the Rhedian Kingdom and the Lynak Empire, which are temporary ‘head towers’ where the tower owner resides.
Wizard’s Tower of 8 Bells.
It’s a long distance to travel across the entire continent, regardless of whether it’s east, west, south, or north, but it’s easy if you take the Mana Train.
I grinned as I grabbed the parchment.
“It’s simple.”
“You must be tired, aren’t you? “Your expression suddenly brightened up?”
“Ah, I have a disease that makes my whole body ache when I sit still. “Moving like this is definitely more to my taste.”
“Usually it’s the other way around, but Top Lord is definitely unique.”
“How were the other tower owners?”
“In the case of Theron Artemis, the owner of the tower, most of the time, he did not leave a single foot mark on the tower. He strictly controlled who came into his room. “It is shocking to us that this was done to hide Mine’s traces.”
It is said that other top owners were also similar.
Books rather than exercise.
Handwriting rather than practical writing.
I prefer the office rather than the field.
Would you say that I am like a heretic who is the exact opposite of the lineage of past tower owners?
“So, where would you like to stop first for your ‘inspection’ area?”
I unfolded the map of the continent.
Starting from the Radian Kingdom. Pass through Oyota in the west and take a picture of Iron Manor Maetel in the northwest of the continent.
From there, turn east and pass through Eisenhour, the northernmost snow country on the continent.
Paltheon, Holy Duchy, Perna
Take a picture… … .
Lastly, take a picture of the East Forest located to the northeast, and then go all the way south to take a picture of the Mazeros Sea.
The eight shortest Mana Train courses are completed.
However, I erased these things from my mind.
My finger was already pointing clearly to one place.
“East Forest.”
Because there was a separate place that sparked my curiosity.
A prime candidate for the third relic fragment of Draka.
This is first.
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East Forest.
Although it has a vast territory comparable to the Lynak Empire, it is the region with the lowest population.
The population is smaller than that of Eisenhour, a snow country where only white snow falls all four seasons… … .
There is a different reason.
“Because it’s dangerous.”
Mana train special seats.
My former ‘aide’, Mr. Stray Cat, who sat next to me, explained it skillfully.
“There are many unexplored areas in the East Forest that haven’t even been named yet. A dangerous forest from which you can never come out alive once you enter it. “It’s because of the so-called forbidden forest.”
If Oyota is a land where savagery secretly exists, East Forest is a land where ‘primitives’ live.
This is why the name is simply ‘East Forest’.
There is no country, and there are dozens of large and small villages.
Although most of these villages are forming ‘unions’, there are extreme differences in civilization between villages.
The reason lies in the ‘forest’.
This is because there are several forbidden forests between villages where human access is denied.
As movement routes are blocked by prohibited areas, exchanges are not smooth and the differences in civilization between villages are severe.
happening.
A primitive civilization exists, the magic civilization is in decline, and the population has hit rock bottom.
It is a bad situation in many ways.
There is only one place, but there is also a Mana train transfer station in this place… … .
It’s such an amazing thing once again.
As expected, the magic civilization is great.
“It’s fascinating in many ways. “A 7th class wizard has appeared even in such a primitive place.”
“yes. Rakum Nature Supreme Commissioner is called the miracle of the forest. Still all
This does not mean that the village exhibits primitive behavior. “Supreme Commissioner Rakum is lucky enough to come from the largest ‘Moon Village.’”
“Is that our destination too?”
“yes. “It is a beautiful place with the World Tree and the Moon Tree.”
The World Tree and the Moon Tree… … .
I’ve read about the World Tree supporting the bamboo forest in a book, but this is my first time hearing about the ‘Moon Tree’.
Prohibited area where people do not visit
A pristine, unexplored land.
I would say that it is a place where curiosity is aroused just by imagining it.
Moreover, why do I feel that it may have something to do with Draka’s relic fragments?
At that time, Mr. Stray Cat spoke in a stern voice.
“Lord Tower. Please keep in mind. The purpose of this inspection is not to investigate prohibited areas. “This is a simple inspection of the East Forest Horse Tower.”
“Yes, I know that.”
“Yes, but I am worried that the tower owner might be interested.
“This is the word.”
this person.
You know exactly about me.
