[Episode 155]
Richard sat lightly on the sofa and played with two marbles, lightly bumping them with his hands.
Between the crackling sounds, I opened my mouth with a slightly apologetic expression.
“I’m sorry for always calling you for things like this.”
“It’s okay, I have nothing to do these days and I was bored. You too…”
Khumm Richard cleared his throat once, then slightly averted his gaze before looking at me again.
“I was wondering how you were doing. So what is it?”
“Ah, I have a question.”
“Are you curious?”
“And maybe you need some help…”
I blurted out, and Richard lightly held the marble he was playing with in his hand.
Then, in an instant, the beads flowed down like water and disappeared.
“What?”
Richard smiled and lowered his upper body. He licked his lower lip lightly with a mischievous face.
“Do you know that it is the blue iron of Tian Maple?”
“Tian Maple?”
Richard’s eyes widened.
It was an expression that he did not expect that such words would come out of my mouth. After I waited for a while with a puzzled look on my face, Richard quickly opened his mouth.
“Where did you hear that word? These days, except for old people, it’s a word that isn’t used often.”
“gaffer?”
“Ah… the Master of the Magic Tower. The time has come for him to hand over his seat to me, but he’s not going down.”
Come to think of it, it seems Richard had already become the owner of the Mage Tower around this time.
‘…Isn’t it going according to what was decided now?’
Whether I made it or whoever made it.
I looked at Richard with a new feeling and smiled slightly. I just hope that this change is not a bad change.
“The blue iron of Tian Maple is iron from the mine owned by the Mage Tower. It is used to make magic tools.”
“A magic tool?”
“Yes, it is called blue iron because it contains the energy of moonlight and when you carry it in a dark place, a soft blue light emanates from the iron.”
“Wow… that’s right.”
“huh. A lot of magic stones are produced in the mountains owned by the magic tower. It was iron made by absorbing the magic stone’s power, so it looked blue.”
I widened my eyes at Richard’s explanation. It’s because I was quite surprised at how well-informed he was.
It was strange to see such an unusual appearance after always seeing a playful and infinitely light appearance.
“But why the iron? Now it’s not Tian Maple, it’s just called Maple Mountain. Because the Magic Tower forcibly manages the temperature and humidity, it is a mountain full of maple leaves all year round.”
“You manage? why?”
“Because there is the best weather for magic stones to grow.”
I nodded as I listened to Richard’s explanation.
‘I didn’t know they also raised magic stones.’
I rubbed my cheek lightly and smiled. It was because I burst into laughter when I suddenly imagined watering the magic stone.
“Can I possibly buy that iron?”
“Can I live?”
Richard looked at me with a very puzzled face.
“Umm how much?”
“One ton…?”
Even as I said it, it was an embarrassing number. No matter how heavy iron is, the size occupied by a number of 1 ton would be enormous.
“…one ton?”
Unsurprisingly, Richard’s mouth dropped open, and he confirmed with me one more time with a face of disbelief.
“That’s a year’s worth of sheep used in the Mage Tower, isn’t it?”
“1 year?”
Richard’s explanation left me speechless as well.
It felt as if I had heard someone say that this amount is equivalent to a year’s worth of the national budget.
“It’s only that much that can be mined in a year.”
“…ah.”
Somehow it felt like getting this list would be very difficult.
I sighed deeply and hung my head. None of the homework Purple gave me was comfortable.
“Can’t I buy it with money?”
“I have to give them a year’s worth of profit from the Mage Tower, but wouldn’t it be too much to solve with my personal money?”
My mouth closed like a clam again at Richard’s fairly realistic advice.
“Still, how can I ask you? Do you have any in stock?”
“inventory? As for the stock… Well, I don’t know, but I guess I’ll have to ask the Master of the Mage Tower.”
“Um…”
Was it a rejection after all?
No matter how you think about it, it was intentional considering that he pointed out the mountain owned by the Mage Tower and talked about exactly one year’s worth.
“…I see.”
Can we really just give up here?
‘Isn’t there another way to find out?’
The only eyewitnesses to the situation were the bitch and the purple dragon.
‘But I really can’t waste 500 years.’
It’s not 50 years, it’s 500 years. I couldn’t even have a somewhat small expectation that I would be alive.
“Would you like to have that?”
Richard, who was staring at me in disappointment, asked me cautiously.
“Yeah, there was something I really needed… but it seems like it’s something I can’t get my hands on.”
“Do you want to talk to the Mage Tower Lord?”
“…conversation?”
“Yes, I’m the future owner of the Mage Tower, but I’m not there yet, so I don’t have the authority.”
said Richard.
“But the Mage Tower Lord might allow something.”
Even though the old man is vicious, he’s not someone who can’t communicate.
The added words were quite mischievous, but what was contained in that voice was quite firm trust.
“Then may I ask?”
“good.”
Richard held out his hand.
“hand?”
“I have to go straight to the Magic Tower. I have direct access to the Mage Tower Lord’s room.”
Richard seemed very satisfied with his expression as he proudly said that there were only a handful of wizards who received this kind of privilege.
I stared at Richard’s outstretched hand, then grabbed it without hesitation.
Richard’s shoulders trembled, and soon the lobe of his ear turned red. The boy lowered his head and made a nonchalant expression, then snapped his fingers.
“Let’s go Erin.”
“huh.”
“You keep your eyes closed.”
“I got it, thank you.”
Scared to finish the greeting, I closed my eyes tightly. It seemed that the body shook slightly once, and then the air changed.
Richard tapped me on the shoulder.
“You can open your eyes now, Eirin.”
Richard took a step back and smiled.
“Welcome to the Magic Tower.”
Richard opened his arms and said with a mischievous smile. His long drop earrings shimmered and swayed brilliantly.
“Wow…”
I tilted my head and saw a tall tower with no visible ceiling.
The magic tower was completely pierced through the air, so I couldn’t see the end. In a very large space that looked like an empty lobby, there was only what could be seen as a staircase.
“Is this the magic tower?”
“Yes, this is the lobby floor. The real magic tower starts from the second floor.”
“Second floor? Do I have to go up the stairs?”
“No, you can use magic one more time here. All wizards coming from outside must go through the lobby at least once.”
I listened to Richard’s explanation. Richard took my hand and moved it lightly as if he was very excited.
“Let’s go to the Master of the Magic Tower’s room.”
“as soon as? Can I come in without notice?”
“Yeah…”
Richard laughed lightly.
“They’re all watching and listening to what we’re doing anyway.”
“how?”
“This lobby. Anything that passes through the lobby, be it an ant, a person, or a plant, is all bound to be in the eyes of the Lord of the Tower.”
So the Magic Tower is the last line of defense.
An existence that monitors and discerns who enters. Come to think of it, it seems that [Ip. Yang. Gak] also had such a presence.
It was a setup I made up.
‘Eyes that look down on all things.’
He thought that a person who reached the pinnacle of a wizard must have those eyes.
I don’t know why I thought that at the time.
‘…I wish I could filter out bad people who approach me.’
Looking back at my vague memories, I think it was probably like that.
This lobby must have come from my head. It was made by me. I want someone to protect me, who is lonely and lonely.
‘Richard’s eyes will be obtained later.’
To be precise, it was an ability given to Richard, the owner of the Mage Tower.
“So he probably knows we’re coming.”
“huh.”
“I’ll go, close your eyes for a second.”
Richard lightly closed my eyelids with his other hand that was not clasped together and gently pressed them
down. Hook-!
The moment the air changed, a sudden gust of wind blew in.
I let out a short breath and slowly opened my eyes.
In front of me was a man wearing a robe. He was a man with the appearance of a man in his 40s who looked very arrogant and looked like he would look down on everything in the world.
A heavy voice came out as he opened his mouth very slowly.
“Yes, I waited for a long time…”
“What kind of shit is this? teacher.”
And the dignity was broken by an infinitely light voice.
