EP.9
Blonde hair that seems to glow even without lights. Eyes that are as cold as a winter lake.
Crooked eyebrows and narrow eyebrows give the impression of nervousness.
However, the natural elegance that adorned his body transformed the nervous feeling into majesty.
That young man was the second prince, Irid, one of the emperor’s three children.
To sum it up in one line, it means that he is handsome with a good personality.
He was accompanied by a boy knight as an attendant. It was a face I had seen at the Magic Tower performance presentation the other day. It felt like there was a lot of interest in Cheonma.
I roughly fixed the broken magic tower in a prone position and went to the front.
“It seems that the Mage Tower Lord is a little tired as he has been conducting research day and night to repay the Empire’s kindness. It is a sin to not show proper courtesy to the Little Sun of the Empire, but this is out of loyalty, so please take pity on him. Please come.”
“That’s a long story. Is that the end of what you have to say?”
“Why did you come to the Magic Tower?”
“……?”
He seemed to like to keep his words short, so I asked him bluntly, and the second prince’s expression became fierce. Should I say that he looked like someone who ordered a tuna sandwich but was served black bean noodles?
“Didn’t you… just a moment ago say that not being polite was a sin?”
It was a reasonable point, so I fell flat on the floor. It is a neatly angled large verse that has been refined through watching historical dramas.
Because I was polite, I asked one more time.
“Why did you come to the Magic Tower?”
“If you’re not a wizard, you’re also a weirdo. I didn’t even expect you to be polite. You don’t seem to be interested in small talk, so let’s get to the point.”
“yes.”
“I heard you demonstrated dimensional magic.”
“Huh? This is the Purple Magic Tower…”
“Are you saying that you turned away even after showing it to me in person? I heard from you what happened at the performance report meeting. I heard you got a glimpse of another world using dimensional magic.”
At that moment, a spark flew in my mind and the puzzle came together.
The secret behind the suspicious amount of imperial subsidies received.
That’s because the imperial family mistakenly thought that what we were researching was actual dimensional magic…!
The culprit, the person who could create such an illusion, was clear.
The boy who is currently accompanying the 2nd Prince was watching the screening of the Heavenly Demon with interest.
Other masters immediately recognized the clumsiness of the movements of the Heavenly Demon that I had implemented and criticized it, calling it a crude illusion. But that boy… seems to have believed the illusion to be real.
You have to be so negligent in your swordsmanship training to believe that a non-expert’s fantasy is real!
He would have to be skilled or powerful enough to follow the 2nd prince around, but I think he’s probably the son of a duke. Or maybe he’s really good at speaking…
I had to clear up this misunderstanding.
“It’s not dimensional magic. What we’re researching is illusion magic.”
“hmm?”
“Specifically, it is an illusion magic that shows you another world, allows you to feel the five senses within it, and communicate with the characters embodied within it. It is as if you have fallen into another world.”
“…Are you possibly playing a prank on me?”
“It’s undoubtedly true. If you can’t understand it in words, why not try it?”
“Dimensional travel as an experience?”
“It’s illusion magic.”
“I don’t know why they are so blind and silent… Is traveling between dimensions safe? Is it possible to enter and exit freely?”
“It’s illusion magic and it’s safe. Since it only transfers consciousness, the prince’s body will lie asleep.”
“You’re saying that only the soul is transferred using dimensional magic.”
“It’s not a soul. It’s a ritual. And it’s illusion magic.”
“Okay, let’s give it a try.”
“Then, please sign here.”
I took out a confirmation letter that I had prepared in advance.
-I was informed and fully aware that all events that occur in virtual reality are fiction and have nothing to do with real people. Signature: –
“…….”
The 2nd Prince crossed his arms and was silent for a moment before speaking.
“Could you please leave for a moment?”
“yes.”
I left the living room──
“…I also took the hardened magic tower liquor with me and left.”
“yes.”
I picked up the magician and carried him out of the living room.
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When the Magic Tower Lord and his disciple left the room, the 2nd Prince adjusted his posture to sit comfortably with his legs crossed.
Complex thoughts passed under his narrowed eyelids. There were many things to think about.
The 2nd prince opened his mouth leisurely.
“The purple magic tower lord… is as weak as rumored. The disciple who is the restorer of dimensional magic seemed quite bold, but he was by no means threatening. Was there any reason for you to come along here?”
“Even in the hands of good people, a blade is still a blade, Your Majesty.”
“And what’s protecting me now is the sharpest treasured sword in the empire. It’s too valuable to guard against a country woman’s chicken-killing knife.”
“You seem to be suspicious of my companionship.”
“Don’t you think it’s a reasonable doubt? Answer me, sir.”
The boy knight was not offended even by the looks of suspicion. It was a reasonable suspicion.
The boy knight was a strong man who had reached the extreme level of his sword and even shed his flesh. And the current emperor was very fond of using talented people in the right place. Never killed a chicken with a cow-killing knife.
There were no exceptions when it came to protecting his sons and daughters. When the 2nd Prince was appointed as the head of the Elven Forest Investigation Team, he requested a boy knight as his guard. The emperor refused.
‘The danger level of the Elven Forest is not high enough to dispatch a sword master.’ was the reason.
In the end, in the elven forest, the 2nd prince lost one eye and one arm. It was restored after three months of intensive treatment, but the experience remained deep in my mind.
That was why.
It is not a charge into the center of the demon world, but a visit to the Purple Magic Tower, famous for its weakness. There is no animosity between them, and they are friendly enough. Why did the boy knight tag along as an ‘escort’?
There had to be another reason.
For example, I decided to take the side of the 1st princess or the 3rd prince. He said he accompanied him to spy on him…
The boy knight, who looked young on the outside but was old enough on the inside, was able to easily guess the second prince’s suspicions. There was enough time to resolve those doubts. A sonorous, young voice echoed through the living room.
“I do not support any of you three. I am just carrying out my duties… You won’t believe me. Let me explain a little further. I am handling three missions from His Majesty the Emperor. Do you understand that?”
“Appropriation of imperial patronage. Defense of the empire. Protection of imperial bloodline from threats.”
The 2nd prince answered with emphasis on ‘threat’.
“Yes. To be precise, it is protection from threats that cannot be dealt with. Protecting the prince in the elven forest could have been done by someone else as well.”
“Even though my arm was cut off and I lost an eye. Does that mean this purple magic tower is a threat that cannot be dealt with?”
“I am the purple magic tower lord.”
The second prince twitched his eyebrows at the boy knight’s answer.
I know he’s not a liar, but it’s something that’s hard to believe.
It is a purple magic tower that is considered the weakest of all magic towers.
And the purple magic tower lord I met right away didn’t seem that strong.
“Until his appearance, which announced dimensional magic, all support funds provided to the Purple Magic Tower… were paid to individual Purple Magic Tower owners.”
“To the individual. What does that mean?”
“There are two reasons why the imperial family invests support funds in the magic tower. First, ‘development of magic in the school.’ Second, ‘supply of wizard manpower in case of emergency.’ The first item was not expected from the purple magic tower. Fantasy magic lacks practicality. ”
The clever second prince was able to catch the key point.
“So, that means that one purple magic tower lord is comparable to the manpower of all other magic towers? So you handed over the support fund as if it were hiring one purple magic tower lord?”
“It is an evaluation that even the blue magic tower lord, who is considered the most excellent in battle among the magic tower lords, did not receive.”
“I think the Lord said it himself, but illusion magic lacks practicality.”
“If she had learned fire magic instead of illusion magic, the structure of the empire might have been different from what it is now. She is a genius close to a monster.”
“It’s not easy to believe, but… So, does that mean that geniuses who come out once a century have chosen the Purple Magic Tower one after another?”
“So that’s it.”
The 2nd prince calmed his anger and relaxed his body. The truth because there is no reason to lie.
If it is true, you must believe it even if you cannot believe it. Because being stuck in old ways of thinking was a dangerous poison for rulers.
The 2nd Prince readjusted the image in his head.
Purple Magic Tower Master: A weak idiot => A dragon wearing a rabbit’s mask.
Purple Magic Tower Master’s Disciple: No matter how genius you are, if you specialize in fantasy magic, your strength will be low => We didn’t restore the lost dimensional magic for no reason. This guy is also a potential dragon candidate.
Boy knight: A guy who claims to be neutral but shamelessly clings to his older sister or younger brother => A true loyalist.
“Let’s move on. The magic tower master’s disciple said that his magic was illusion magic.”
“Aren’t you just covering your eyes and pretending not to know?”
“Would you stop me if I told you I wanted to experience it?”
“There was no lie in saying that it was safe. It must have been equipped with enough safety measures to make it okay to show it to the royal family.”
“I will see with my own eyes what value this magic has.”
The second prince was hot-tempered and impulsive, but his courage and boldness deserved high praise. The boy knight did not stop the second prince.
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“I signed. Demonstrate it. It’s what it claims to be, illusion magic.”
“It really is illusion magic.”
“Yes, it shows you other worlds, you can feel pain, you can learn knowledge you never had before, and you can walk around with countless people and communicate and hang out with them, but it claims to be fantasy magic.”
“Please remember, everything is fiction. It is a product of imagination that has nothing to do with actual events.”
“Okay, so try it.”
“I will call you back in three hours, real time. I will leave a mark on your wrist so you can know the time of your return. And I repeat, this is fiction.”
“You’re being overly persistent, al–”
The second prince’s lion’s hooves never rang out, saying, ‘I understand, so if you talk about fiction or anything like that for the third time, I swear I’ll cut your subsidy in half!’
Because the magic was activated and the TRPG began.
A word from the author (author review)
If you have time, please observe a short moment of silence.
Because the reserve has passed away. Addu my partner.
There is a 75% chance there will be a break tomorrow.
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