Episode 310
“No, how many times haven’t I told you that this is a very dangerous experiment? But if you come in like that…!”
Despite his grim face, Clayton, who was rarely angry, shouted like crazy at the king.
Logan, who had nothing to say, just lowered his head, and the servants and guards watching him were struggling to suppress their laughter.
Clayton’s face, with his long brown hair and beard burnt out, was especially bare at the top of his head, revealing empty, red skin. The unexpected appearance of the kingdom’s only mage, who had a scary face and did not talk much, which was usually difficult to deal with, made everyone laugh.
It was only after Clayton had poured out his anger for a long time that he realized the situation.
The sight of servants turning their gazes and lowering their heads with their faces turning red and the feeling of wind passing through the top of his head, which he had never felt before, stimulated his anger again.
“You almost got into big trouble! Even for me and your Majesty, that girl, Victoria, really could have died! No matter how much your Majesty, this is a serious matter! You really need to reflect on this!”
“…No shame. This will never happen again.”
The sight of Clayton getting angry with the top of his head fully exposed was quite funny, but Logan couldn’t help but laugh.
Even the knight who guided her outside the door was seriously injured and was being treated by priests, so Victoria could have really died if not for Clayton’s desperate protection.
Even in my own opinion, it was pathetic to commit such a serious act and then make the excuse that I had no idea that such an explosion would occur in just one experiment.
“Victoria, that child is a genius who will leave a mark in the magic world of the kingdom, and even in the history of magic in the world! We almost lost such a genius!”
Even if I thought Clayton’s words were a bit exaggerated, there was nothing I could say.
“Leah, what about that child?”
“There are no major injuries, but the shock appears to be significant. The circle must have been shaken, so we plan to let him recuperate for a while.”
“…I can’t help it. I’ll go and apologize to Lia separately.”
It wasn’t just Clayton’s angry face or Victor’s stinging gaze next to him.
‘We almost lost the kingdom’s talent for nothing.’
I planned to offer a sincere apology and reasonable compensation to both the seriously injured driver and Victoria.
As Logan continued to take a low stance, Clayton also had no choice but to calm down his anger.
However, the empty feeling at the top of my head made me feel nauseous.
“…I will announce to the outside world that my experiment has failed. However, you must accept that Your Majesty’s plan is delayed because of this. If we had just overcome this critical hurdle, we were just around the corner…” “
No, that’s…!”
At Clayton’s words, Logan’s head, which had been facing the floor, lifted up.
“All the experimental equipment was lost. It will take a good 15 days just to prepare it again.”
However, Logan had no choice but to bow his head again at the very obvious words that followed.
There.
“And the mastermind behind this plan is Lia, not me, so there’s nothing we can try until she returns.”
“Was that child’s role that big?”
“Yes. More than you can imagine, Your Majesty.”
Even though Logan felt sorry for Clayton’s words, he felt strangely curious.
* * *
“I clearly saw it…”
The blue-haired girl who was lying still on the bed stretched out her hand toward the ceiling.
A hand gently grasping the air. However, the red and blue Odd Eye was re-imagining yesterday’s explosion, not the hand in front of him.
‘It wasn’t even proper magic.’
An explosion that occurred when pure mana mixed with prepared reagents in an irregular pattern. It was a tragic situation that was completely different from the results she had originally wanted to study, but Victoria found unexpected inspiration there.
I was so blankly staring at the scene that I even forgot to deploy my defensive magic.
As a result, the teacher suffered significant injuries and the circle in his heart was shaken.
However, as the price was paid, the impressive sight was clearly engraved in my mind.
‘handful. It was definitely not enough Mana to penetrate Master’s Mana force and cause damage.’
In order for a lower level ability to overpower a higher level ability even momentarily, the total amount of energy must be superior.
The sight of that obvious common sense collapsing was still visible before my eyes.
‘Mana mixed with reagents and condensed to no end. It’s different from normal magical power.’
At the age of 19, he was already at the end of the 5th circle and had the talent to see the wall of superhumanity. He saw the path he had to take in that strange scene.
‘As expected, the expression of multiple attributes was not absolutely necessary.’
When a wizard becomes a mage, most circle wizards who used to only handle one attribute learn another attribute.
Just as her teacher Clayton also had the wind attribute added to his original earth attribute, making it possible to handle multiple battle golems from an absurd distance.
The rate was much higher than that of most Auror users who awakened with their overall abilities increasing instead of gaining new abilities. Although there has been no clear research, if we were to be specific, it is enough to call it ‘all’ rather than most.
And the magicians explain that the reason is that one attribute alone is not enough to deal with providence.
However, after researching the magic circle through research logs left by people who did not know who the teacher was, Victoria came up with another possibility.
‘The magic circle exerts its utility regardless of the attributes of mana. There is no need to have multi-attribute mana to move Providence.’
The stories of great mages left in history added to her confidence.
It has already been more than three hundred years since the Great Mage officially appeared on the continent. And most of the outstanding people who left their names in history were branches of the Wizard school that used class magic rather than just one attribute. That’s why circle magic mages imagined that handling various attributes might be the way to become a grand mage.
But only a few.
If we go back not three hundred years, but a thousand years, there were tales of sorcerers, such as a magician who turned a country into a desert with a single wave of his hand or a ruler of the earth who artificially created a mountain range.
Of course, this is an exaggerated expression since it is a fairy tale, but there is also a clear record that the mages who left their names in such folk tales were superior to the great mages of the common wizard school that existed at the same time.
And Victoria had a vague idea that the magicians in the tale had crossed the border and maximized the potential of one attribute rather than multiple attributes.
However, yesterday’s explosion showed right before our eyes that that imagination may not end in mere imagination.
“It’s definitely possible.”
A confident voice echoed throughout the room, and at the same time, ocher-colored mana began to move along her fingertips.
Since the circle in my heart was shaken, I buried my teacher’s advice to focus on healing for a while and be careful when using magic, buried in a corner of my mind for now.
‘The proof only requires a little mana, so it’ll be fine.’
Ugh.
As if responding to that will, the mana of the earth created a slight vibration.
The mana that moved according to will began to condense into small pieces, copying the pattern of the explosion seen yesterday. Based on yesterday’s experience, she attempts to strengthen the single attribute she has been planning and thinking about.
At this moment, I didn’t even consider that if I failed and created another explosion, I couldn’t really guarantee my life.
– A good idea occurred to you? Then you should give it a try.
The theory held by the benefactor and monarch of the kingdom who saved her and her brother’s lives. Thanks to that, I didn’t consciously think about the hardships people around me were having.
Thinking only of the kingdom’s achievements, Victoria followed her inspiration.
‘Let’s give it a try!’
And that expectation was immediately rewarded.
Ugh.
The moment Victoria saw the mana of the yellow earth turning dark brown, she felt her heart pounding.
‘at las!’
He recognized that his mana felt distinctly different from his teacher’s and that he was trying to overcome its limits.
The mana circles of the heart, which had shaken like gears with misaligned seams, returned to their original positions as if responding to that realization.
The circle changes, ignoring the teacher’s worries that he will need at least a few weeks of medical treatment.
The moment when Victoria’s face was filled with joy and the circle that had found its place was about to create another circle.
“Leah!”
The door suddenly opened and a familiar face popped in.
“Look who’s here…? Huh?”
“This…”
Victoria’s face distorted.
At that moment, the mana of the earth, which had been turning into magical power, lost its balance and shook uneasily again.
“Ha ha…”
When Viktor instinctively realized that something was wrong with the timing, he smiled awkwardly.
“Get out! You idiot!!”
Victoria didn’t even realize that she had sworn at her brother for the first time in her life.
And in the finger extended towards that older brother.
Rumbling.
Wow!
Ocher-colored light leaked out and burst into a corner of the wall of the two-story mansion.
* * *
“…I see. Still, I’m glad you recovered from your injuries.”
Logan’s awkward gaze, which had come to visit Victoria, glanced towards the corner.
Victor is standing in a kneeling position with his hands raised, one of his gauntlets flying off somewhere.
The expression on his face looked painful enough to make you wonder what kind of pain that would cause to the Auror user.
Next to him, Clayton, wearing a needlessly wide-brimmed hat, was nagging endlessly.
“Do you know what you’ve done? You almost created the youngest mage in the history of the continent… but you ruined history. History…” ‘
My ears are bleeding.’
Logan, who was laughing at that thought, looked back at Victoria.
“You’ve already reached the level of a mage at that age. That’s amazing, Lia.”
“Oh no, Your Majesty. Because of that foolish brother, I don’t know when such an opportunity will come again…” “
I’ve experienced it once, so the opportunity will definitely come again. Don’t think too hastily.”
Unlike the siblings who were crying, Logan’s face was full of laughter.
I had heard countless times through Clayton that Victoria was a magical genius rarely seen in history. However, because of her age and the impending war, I did not expect that she could become a superhuman within her.
But doesn’t it seem like we’re already halfway there?
Although the person concerned did not seem to be able to feel it due to the emotional ups and downs, Logan’s extrasensory senses recognized the half-formed sixth circle in Victoria’s heart.
How could it not be satisfying to know that research into the Great Magic Circle and preparations to deal with the Empire have created another powerful force?
“And perhaps that time will come much sooner than you think. So please forgive your brother.”
Victoria’s face, which was about to relax a little at Logan’s words, soon turned red again as a thought occurred to her.
“I can’t forgive you!”
“huh?”
“What kind of family is this when even an Auror is hidden? Chi…”
Victoria complained after seeing him for the first time in a long time.
Perhaps Viktor showed an auror when the mansion exploded.
When he first saw her, the tiny little girl was now growing into a mature woman, but seeing traces of her old self after such a long time made Logan smile.
“This is what I told you to do. So, if you want to be angry, you have to take it out on me
.” “How dare
you… with Your Majesty?” “If you can’t be angry with me, why don’t you just forgive me?”
“… Yes.”
Her expression was still clearly sulky, but that’s it. It’s up to Viktor to take care of it.
Logan just smiled in satisfaction, feeling like he’d found an unexpected gem while visiting an apple truck.
And it’s only been a few days since he smiled that pleasantly.
– Appearance and Application of the Great Magic Circle The research on this matter has reached its final stage.
After hearing Clayton’s message, a big smile appeared on Logan’s face once again.
