Episode 679
Diret, as a dignified senior, held back what he wanted to scream and led Lee Han inside.
As expected, the old mansion revealed a completely different landscape upon passing through the door.
The wide dome-shaped space painted white was filled with an academic atmosphere.
The wizards, each wearing a unique costume, gathered in groups of threes and threes and talked with serious expressions.
-Are you saying that research support has stopped?
-That’s right! Of course, I stole the gold, but it was for greater magic.
-know. know! You cut off research support because you stole some gold. Rude guys. What do you think of magic? The development of magic stops because of them!
-What do you think of the popular cane style in the capital?
-A single element of fire makes the structure so unstable? It’s just superficial! Soon the fad will subside!
If the wizards were talking in front of the dome, the wizards preparing to present at today’s exchange meeting were behind the dome.
Yi-han, who found Ga-won preparing in the meantime, prayed for the best in his heart.
Diret left his name in the guest book and called Lee Han.
“Junior. here. You have to look from here.”
“What is it?”
“It’s a snack. The refreshments here at the social gathering are fine.”
Deirett personally lifted the plate and put a few pieces of fruit and tea on top.
“Remember. Here, the apricots are overripe and the night snack is delicious.”
“Ah yes.”
Lee Han was slightly taken aback by Diret’s serious talk.
For a moment, I thought it was Gainan Island.
“That Delet senior. Shouldn’t we be preparing more for meeting magic or something like that?”
“huh?”
Diret sipped tea and laughed at his junior’s words.
“More than half of what is presented at exchange meetings is garbage, so what? If you don’t pick out delicious snacks, your time will be wasted.”
In fact, half of it was good.
I said I came here to get inspiration, but there won’t be one or two spells today that can inspire a wizard like Diret.
That was only possible if you were lucky.
“Fortunately, Princess Yukbeltire is participating in today’s exchange meeting. His work is worth seeing.”
“who are you?”
“ah. you don’t know My friend. I am also your ancestor. He goes up to 5th grade too…”
Diret tried not to show it in front of his juniors, but his last words contained anxiety and depression that could not be hidden.
Lee Han cheered.
“Cheer up. Seniors will be able to do well.”
“…I don’t know what you mean?”
Realizing that he had behaved rudely in front of his juniors, Diret cleared his throat as if he did not know.
“So what was the principal talking about earlier?”
“hmm. It would take a little longer to talk about it.”
“All that remains is time. It will take longer to prepare.”
Dereth replied with a shrug.
“So the reason why I went to the Bitong Mountains…”
Lee Han started talking about why he went to the Bitong Mountains and why the principal took the unicorn with him.
At first, it was a delet that was leisurely and crunchy snacks, but soon I put down the teacup and focused on the story.
“so? So what happened?”
“Unicorns! Those poor unicorns?”
Even other wizards nearby.
Lee Han and Diret looked at the wizards in bewilderment.
“Well, this is an internal affair of Einrogard, so it’s hard for outsiders to hear…”
“Please! I will keep it a secret!”
“Let me know! Whoa! What happened!”
The wizards begged, but Lee Han and Diret calmly stood up and headed to another seat.
“…That’s why the headmaster took the unicorn.”
After hearing the story, Diret was able to take a deep breath.
“You hoobae…really…”
“?”
“…There are so many points to point out, I don’t know where to point them out. I really managed to survive and live!”
“I was lucky.”
‘Isn’t that bad luck?’
Diret said, thinking only to herself.
“I don’t know anything else, but I’m a little worried because you seem to be getting along too close with the principal.”
“Because I could be misunderstood as a spy by my friends?”
“…no… magic. It was a magic story. The principal’s magic isn’t easy.”
Dereth looked at his junior as if he was dumbfounded.
‘but.’
Lee Han deeply sympathized with him as much as he was given an absurd task when parting ways in the Bitter Mountains last time.
“So you mean that Professor Bendozol will return this year?”
“yes.”
“Hmm, cheer up. Junior.”
Lee Han suddenly became anxious at Diret’s words, which had many implications.
“…was it that bad?”
“little? I still can’t forget getting my friend out of the Kraken’s belly by mistake.”
Diret stared into the air with eyes wet with memories.
Of course, Lee Han could not get wet with such feelings. I looked at my senior with a look of astonishment.
“Don’t worry too much, junior. Because everyone has been through it. Of course, the second year lectures will be a bit more difficult, but you, junior, have already taken it hard enough. It won’t change much.”
“Thank you for your warm consolation…”
Lee Han replied with a complicated feeling, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.
“really. Senior Diet. Do you know what Small World Magic is?”
When I asked him if he remembered what he heard from Headmaster Skeleton, Diret looked at Lee Han with a puzzled expression.
“I know, but why? It might not be magic that your juniors are interested in yet.”
Though puzzled, Diret took out the paper he had and explained by simply drawing.
There was plenty of time anyway, and in the eyes of Diret, the junior in front of him was very crazy about magic, so it wasn’t strange that he was interested in it.
“If you’re a junior, you’ll know what it means for a wizard to use magic.”
“Changing reality with the will of a wizard…”
It was such a famous phrase that Lee Han answered without much thought. Dereth nodded and continued to explain.
“that’s right. But strictly speaking, most magic doesn’t really change reality. It’s more like cleverly deceiving reality.”
Diret pointed out that a wizard passing by was wearing a dazzling cloak of light magic.
The cloak of light changed into seven colors and created a unique magic wave.
“That magic is probably < Asen's Seven-Color Illusion Cloak >. The classic way to cast that magic is two magic circles and five types of reagents. And it’s more than four words. So why can’t I just cast it with spells and wills and motions? Wouldn’t that be much easier?”
“It’s because I don’t have enough horsepower.”
Lee Han immediately replied.
“……”
At the unexpected answer, Diret looked at his junior with a slightly stunned expression.
“That… that’s true, but that wasn’t what I was talking about, junior. I wanted to tell the story that changing reality is not as easy as I thought.”
Magic was not the study of making something out of nothing without any cost.
Whatever the phenomenon, if you want to achieve it, you need a price.
Whether it’s magical powers, reagents, or spells…
“The reason why all these complicated methods are used is because they are essentially deceiving rather than changing reality. Various methods are used to deceive cleverly. If you really want to change reality, it’s difficult with lower magic. It requires a much higher level of magic and requires all kinds of visions… One of them is the realm of the small world.”
Diret, who had said this far, pondered over how to explain it.
“Do you know about unique world magic? You probably don’t know…”
“I know. I have seen it.”
“ah. You know what? …what? Where did you see that?!”
Dereth was taken aback.
Did you see it in the Wardanaz family?!
“I’ll ask about that later… Unique world magic is the pinnacle and the highest level of magic. Because it changes the world itself to the wizard’s will. But it’s such a difficult and difficult magic… Few people aim for it.”
Not all wizards dreamed of magic like the original world like the skeleton headmaster.
As the goal of wizards is basically the quest for knowledge, only magic that is related to their purpose is important.
The magic that was hard to reach even if I put my whole life into it was inefficient as a means.
In comparison, Small World Magic changed reality on a similar principle to native world magic, albeit much more localized and limited.
‘Is it some kind of low-end unique world magic?’
Lee Han listened to Diret’s explanation and understood it in his own way.
Well, as much as the Skeleton Headmaster had a bit of conscience (although he recommended learning the language magic right away), he couldn’t tell me to learn the unique world right away.
Instead, it was clear that he recommended starting with a small world with a little more knowledge.
Unique world magic is the supreme realm of an individual wizard that no one can teach you.
In contrast, small world magic was theorized to some extent, and it was a level that could be learned with time and talent.
“If you can expand your small world, then you can say that you really change reality. The magic that can be spread within it also diversifies.”
“Do you know how to write, too?”
“If you are very, very prepared, wait only in limited circumstances.”
Diret briefly explained the small world ‘Pentagrammaton’ he had learned.
It was a small world level of a series that released the limits of black magic within the wizard and at close range.
“But I don’t have anything to write about. It’s much easier to just prepare in a different way to use this.”
If he had to prepare magic beyond the limit, Diret would simply cast various magics on the workshop, take over the area strongly, and then amplify his abilities with an elixir.
It’s because if you strongly dominate the area with magic and amplify your own abilities, the effect is roughly similar to that of the small world.
A wizard has always been a being that pursues efficiency.
“Awesome!”
Lee Han looked at Dereth with eyes full of respect.
“Because I can only use it for a short time.”
“Still, great is great. I respect you.”
At the junior’s words, Diret shyly averted his gaze. It wasn’t a bad feeling to be praised, but it was also true that it was a bit embarrassing.
Diret cleared his throat and changed the subject.
“But why the small world? Who told you to cook it?”
“yes.”
“…What kind of crazy bastard?!”
When the affirmation returned to the joking remarks, Diret was stunned.
“The headmaster told me to learn the 5th circle magic so that I can enter at the end of this year.”
“Is the crazy bastard out of his mind!”
Dereth was enraged.
Seeing this, Lee Han was more moved than before.
How many people would be angry with the skeleton principal for the sake of their juniors?
Loyalty soared.
“This can’t work. Junior. I write a letter.”
“Oh no. it’s okay.”
“It’s okay, what’s okay?!”
“I was thinking of making an excuse and moving on.”
“how?”
“I was just thinking of insisting that I did what I was told after learning the easy magic.”
“……”
Direth got angry and was dumbfounded.
So now…
isn’t that saying you’re confident in learning the easy 5th circle magic?
Feeling that the junior in front of him was a genius who could not be compared to himself, Diret shook his head.
“…okay. Junior. It’s your job, so you should respect your wishes. But if you think it won’t work later, don’t hold back and tell me.”
“yes. If it’s difficult, I’ll just tell His Majesty directly.”
“Yeah… Huh?”
Dereth, who was speaking, tilted his head.
Didn’t you just say that it was directly, not a letter?
