Ch.110Esc…ape the Tower (Intermission)

Time continued to flow.

As initially announced, all Blood Mages were allowed to go on vacation.

Accommodations had been prepared for mages who might not have anywhere to go, so no mages ended up on the streets overnight.

All of this was arranged by Midir.

[I decided to stay at the place Midir prepared…]

[This resort is insane]

[Is this… vacation? What kind of life have I been living until now…?]

[I decided to stay at the place Midir prepared…]

I thought it would be a nice place since Midir prepared it, but this is beyond my imagination…

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Is it right to let an average mage stay in a place like this…?

This is even better than my room in the Blood Tower…?

Comments:

– whyonlyyouwhyonlyyouwhyonlyyouwhyonlyyou

ㄴ youcancomeyoucancomeyoucancomeyoucancome

– The room Midir prepared for me… *sigh*… ha…

ㄴ Die

ㄴ Just hold your breath for 30 minutes

ㄴ Hmm… the fragrant smell of blood…

– Actually, isn’t the Iron Tower Master really the Blood Tower Master? Our Blood Tower couldn’t possibly have this much money

ㄴ The legend is that she’s paying for everything out of her own pocket lolololol

– Damn Blood Tower Master, are you the strongest in capital too…!!

ㄴ How is your wallet Eterna lolol

ㄴ Upvote lolololol

ㄴ I couldn’t even imagine this in the past lol

[This resort is insane…]

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I never knew vacation could be this good…

How much have I been grinding away until now…?

Comments:

– I’m so fucking jealous you bitch

ㄴ Why are you cursing, asshole

– Did Midir really provide all that?

ㄴ No, I paid for the food myself lol

– It was first come first serve for locations, so I rushed there and secured a good spot lol

ㄴㄴ You crazy bastard

ㄴㄴ How did you do that, damn it;

Everyone was shocked to learn that even average mages could get good spots.

The reason was obvious—there was no discrimination in assigning vacation spots, so whoever moved first could get a good location.

Of course, there were cases where people who secured good spots in advance sold their vacation spots to others, but that wasn’t a big issue.

Midir didn’t feel the need to interfere with that and didn’t pay much attention to it.

Or rather, she didn’t have time to pay attention to the forum.

It was a busy time focused on rebuilding the Magic Tower.

So while Midir was running around for the Blood Tower with no time to check the forum, an unexpected vacation fever was sweeping through the Blood Tower.

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“Wow~ The ocean!!”

“Wait.”

I grabbed Irina as she was about to run toward the ocean with an excited expression.

“Why, whyyy?!”

“You need to do warm-up exercises first. It’s dangerous to just jump in.”

“Hmph…”

Irina made a disappointed sound, apparently wanting to dive right into the ocean.

“I don’t understand what’s so great about coming to a place like this.”

“Why did you come then?”

“Because you said you were going?”

When I asked with an incredulous expression toward Eterna, who was fixing her hair blowing in the sea breeze with a smirk, she answered as if it was obvious.

“Besides, I’m not the only one who came.”

At those words, I turned around.

“Ugh, nothing but water.”

“Ahh… feels refreshing…”

Ignius and Seria were walking side by side.

I never thought I’d see those two walking together.

Usually when they meet, Ignius is the one looking for a fight, so Seria tends to avoid him.

From the elves’ perspective, a Red Mage who burns everything including nature couldn’t possibly be viewed favorably.

But they weren’t the only ones who came.

“I didn’t expect to be invited too.”

“Erika…”

Erika…

“Noah, I understand you’re having fun, but you should mind your manners.”

“Um… my name is Erika.”

“What are you saying? You’re Noah, aren’t you?”

“Eek…”

Erika finally couldn’t hold back and started confronting the White Tower Master.

“I let it slide last time because it was an official setting, but I can’t stand it anymore. Stop calling me by that baptismal name!”

“Once you’ve been baptized, you can’t go back, Noah.”

“…”

I wonder what happened for her to get involved with that side.

Well, it wasn’t something I needed to know.

“Did you invite all the Tower Masters?”

“I couldn’t invite the Purple Tower Master and the Black Tower Master.”

“Ah… well, with their personalities, they probably wouldn’t have come anyway.”

Erika nodded in agreement with my words.

They were both introverted and preferred being alone, so inviting them to a place like this wasn’t a good idea.

Sure enough, not just Erika but all the other Tower Masters nodded in agreement.

“The day those guys show up would basically be the day the Magic Kingdom falls.”

“Especially the Purple Tower Master.”

The White Tower Master sighed as she glared at the Red Tower Master who was snickering.

“I wonder if it’s because we both have water attributes… I didn’t expect you to choose the ocean as a vacation spot.”

In contrast, the Blue Tower Master seemed pleased.

It made sense that someone specializing in water magic would enjoy being at the ocean.

Not that I had specifically chosen the beach with that in mind.

“I appreciate everyone coming except those two, but did you all properly leave your towers in someone else’s care?”

Since they’d never taken a break before, I invited everyone for this vacation, but…

If the Magic Towers had problems just because of something like this…

“Don’t worry, my tower runs fine even without me.”

“I don’t think I asked you specifically…”

Of course the Aether Tower would be fine…

She hadn’t properly managed it for over a thousand years, being busy only with the Transcendent Forum.

Although she’d started managing it bit by bit recently, she had already delegated most of her authority to her proxy, so the Aether Tower wouldn’t have any problems just because she took a short vacation.

“But if there’s no problem with the Aether Tower when I’m away, couldn’t I just retire right now?”

“There’s a huge difference between taking a short vacation and leaving the Aether Tower altogether.”

If you think about it, Eterna was more like a figurehead or mascot.

“You’re the first person to call me a mascot…”

Eterna said with disbelief, but judging by her expression, she wasn’t that offended.

What is this… “You’re the first woman who’s ever hit me”… that kind of feeling?

“But what exactly are we supposed to do for fun in a place like this?”

“Your speech is too short.”

“What are we supposed to do for fun… sir.”

Ignius, who had been wiping his shoulders nervously, added honorifics after being told his speech was too short.

Perhaps he still remembered how I beat him like a dog on a hot summer day.

It seems beating disobedient kids is indeed the right answer.

No matter how prideful Ignius might be, there’s nothing he can do against overwhelming physical force.

Yes, he must be scared.

‘Or it could be because I defeated Eterna…’

I heard that after challenging Eterna once and being completely defeated without her even using proper magic, he became afraid of her.

Since I easily defeated her, it wasn’t strange that he feared me too.

Anyway…

‘That’s a strange question.’

I frowned slightly.

Do I have to teach them how to have fun too?

“If I brought you here to rest, shouldn’t you figure out how to rest on your own?”

How much have they been working that they don’t even know how to have fun?

Seeing my incredulous expression, Ignius clicked his tongue and said:

“I know how to have fun without you teaching me.”

“I said your speech is too short.”

“I know how to have fun, sir.”

He maintains his honorifics even when angry…

“Are you two doing a comedy routine…?”

At Seria’s question, I shrugged my shoulders.

“Sis! I finished my exercises!”

“Now you can go in.”

“Yaaay~!”

Watching her jump into the ocean with a blood-made tube around her body, I could really feel how much her Blood Magic skills had improved.

“Maybe I should go in too.”

It’s been a while since I played in water…

“No, sis!”

“Huh? Why?”

“You have to do warm-up exercises before going in!”

As I blinked at Irina splashing in the water, Seria who was watching from the side chuckled.

“That’s right. The person who said it should follow their own advice.”

“Well, that’s…”

She’s right.

I scratched my head.

I have nothing to say…

In the end, unable to ignore Irina’s words, I found myself doing warm-up exercises at my age.

Grabbing Ignius, who laughed at me, with a blood claw and throwing him into the ocean was just a minor incident.