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VII.

It was not the old, shabby vacant lot I had seen so far. As if I was somewhere else, a completely different scenery unfolded before my eyes.

There were no ruined, old buildings that continued to disappoint. I just appeared in a completely different world.

The building that appeared to be the main building was actually not a building, but a huge castle gate. And the sight seen beyond the open castle gate was also far from an empty plain.

The only thing that is the same between Evergreen in the changed landscape and Evergreen before is the color.

A huge castle with bright green buildings throughout.

Here and there, what looked like green spires were competing to raise their heads towards me from a distance, beyond the castle walls. At first glance, there seem to be dozens of them.

I am impressed by the fact that it is the power of magic that hides all of this, but at the same time, it is also thrilling. Then a thought suddenly occurred to me.

“Oh, is this what you said was unusual earlier?”

“Hoho. That’s unusual. The fact that it is not an illusion magic for defense.”

The clown responded by smiling cheerfully and wrapping his hands around my waist behind my back, and it seemed as if the next words were omitted. So that curiosity naturally arises.

“Huh? It’s not for defense purposes? Then?”

“Hmm~? well? Maybe it’s because you don’t want to reveal it? or not… … . Did you want to hide from something?”

Whoa!

It was a problem that could have been overlooked due to the clown’s playful tone, but Alfred seemed to have no intention of doing so. The energy emanating from the Force was real.

An elderly gentleman who looks overly neat and tidy.

Alfred’s clothes are luxurious, and his every move gives off the feeling of a ‘learned person’.

On the contrary, I was an orphan among the lower class, rolling around rough on the floor.

So I thought he was vaguely reluctant. Therefore, I thought that I obediently followed his words, even though I was like, ‘Oh, my God,’ just like a teacher and a student.

Now I see that it wasn’t that problem.

The soul-giving instinct, perfected by the addition of two other souls—even the man who introduced himself as God referred to my soul as a high person—

The instinct that arose through awakening,

Although it was sealed, the soul of Joseon was said to have aroused the admiration of God in its handling of divine power.

The soul of Go Jeong-seong, who has precious eyes that can recognize information from others,

Everyone was warning me.

Alfred is not ordinary.

“Hmm~? Is this really life-threatening? Sending it to me?”

Unlike me, who was nervous, the clown was calm.

She had quietly followed me and taken a step back, but now she was standing in front of me and calmly asked Alfred if he was showing off his life.

“… Sorry.”

“It’s okay~. But will you please be more careful next time? If it weren’t for the Master, you… He would have died.”

“Yes… ”

Alfred’s answer had a strange disconnect.

Like, is that really true? As if I wanted to ask. Did the clown feel that way too? A nasal sound effect like ‘Hmm~.’ comes out of her mouth.

“Yes. No matter how much you are a sword master. At the advanced level, death is inevitable.”

For the first time, Alfred’s face cracks.

“Oh my~? Are you suspicious? Don’t doubt it~. I don’t want to kill you for being polite to us. If you fight 100 times, you will die 100 times. What if you fight 1,000 times? Die 1,000 times. 10,000? 1 million times? Same thing.”

“… … .”

“So, instead of crumpling your already wrinkled face, will you straighten it out~? It doesn’t look good.”

As I said that, I took a step back and looked at the face of the clown standing next to me. Her eyes were smiling. The corners of his mouth were also slightly raised. It was a face that anyone would think was a prank or a joke.

However, the dangerous energy emanating from the clown’s body tells her that what she says is not a joke. If you make one more mistake, I will kill you.

“Sorry again. However, now that you two have become members of the Academy, we ask you to be a little more careful with your words and actions.”

“Hmm~.”

Although he didn’t answer, I could feel that the clown was considerate of Alfred.

No, would it be more accurate to say that he was considerate of me who liked Alfred?

Among the Arcana belonging to the ‘First Card’, she is the most difficult to handle, and she is the Arcana who does not maintain her sanity when entering battle.

Didn’t Alfred just say it because he really wanted to get an answer? Without even listening to the clown’s answer, he immediately turned his back and started guiding us again.

The building that was thought to be the main building was actually the ‘real’ main entrance to the castle.

The moment you pass through the wide main gate and castle gate.

“Eck?”

Just like the feeling you get when you are hiding from the monsoon rain under the eaves and have no choice but to run out into the rain due to urgent work, the feeling of the cold wind passing through your head, neck, shoulders, and entire body makes you let out a strange scream of your own.

“It’s a magic curtain~. Identifying intruders. Hmm~. Do you really want to hide?”

The clown’s explanation helped me understand the sensation that was passing through me, but knowing it didn’t make my dirty feeling any better.

For a moment, I was walking with a creepy feeling on my face, frowning, but as I passed the gate, my mouth fell open at the sight of the full view of the castle walls.

It was quite late, so it would be more appropriate to call it night rather than evening.

It was a sight that made me completely understand why the name ‘Evergreen’ was given to Evergreen Academy.

Magic lanterns that illuminate the streets.

However, it was not one of the flimsy magic lights that were scattered throughout Creşti, especially those stuck in the street and shining downward from a height of about the height of an adult. Both qualitatively and quantitatively.

I don’t know what the principle is, but the trees planted along the main streets have magic lights on top of them, as if they were wearing hats, illuminating the trees and their surroundings.

‘okay. Conical hat? Witch hat? ‘Is that what it feels like?’

It seems as if the fresh tree is wearing a long conical hat made of light. It is a shape created by a magic light floating high in the center and two magic lights below it scattering light on each other.

‘uh?’

Additionally, due to their nature as light sources, the three magic lights emitted light in all directions, and the beam of light they created when they met the green trees was like a long cloak of light.

“Wizard?”

Yes. The play of light created by the three bright magic lights made each tree look like a wizard wearing a pointed hat and long robes, something that comes to mind when thinking of a wizard.

“This is Evergreen’s Wizard Tree.”

Looking up closer, near a fairly large tree, it looked more plausible. Because of the light coming down between the leaves and teasing the eyes, the countless leaves with vitality looked like abundant hair or a long beard.

“It’s fun.”

“Evergreen’s pride. Come up.”

A wide boulevard secured by Wizard Trees lined up left and right in an orderly manner. The distance from the starting point of the boulevard to the building at the far end was quite long, so I was thinking about walking for a while.

It was then that Alfred suddenly encouraged me to ‘climb’ in a place that seemed no different from the surroundings.

“Where… … !”

At that time, a pleasant scent hits my right arm along with a squishy sensation.

“Huh?”

“Let’s go~. Master~♥”

Like a warm spring day. Just like a man who goes on a date with his girlfriend with expectations of various things and unexpected events and is dragged by his girlfriend who leads him to the front of the department store, I followed the clown’s lead and stood behind Alfred.

“Move, I will do it.”

“Huh?!”

The moment we stood behind Alfred, we almost stumbled due to the illusion that the ground was rising, but thanks to the clown holding us firmly by our side, we managed to keep our balance without falling.

And the moment I look down at the culprit who almost created the illusion that the man’s lower body may be weak in front of the woman,

“Ugh!!”

I couldn’t help but react like a fool again. I, we,

“Am I flying?!!”

was flying Clearly there is something holding me up from the floor. Because the feeling of ‘my lower body being healthy, strong, and strong’ was telling me that I was stepping on something.

“Flotation Dish. We call this ‘Fot Dish’, or ‘pot’ for short. It is the main means of transportation at Evergreen Academy.”

It wasn’t long ago that I was complaining that the carriage was uncomfortable. But this time, is it ridiculous overtechnology? A translucent disc can lift and move people!

“Do you see the tiles around the Wizard Tree? If you look closely, the colors are different.”

surely.

Some places had ocher tiles, and some places had green tiles. In some places, the two colors were mixed.

“Go up to the green tile and say the command ‘Move’. Then, a wizard tree that you can move around will automatically appear before your eyes or in your head. If you choose one of them, you can travel as comfortably, safely, and quickly as you do now.”

“Then those wizard trees… Is it a station?”

“A stop? Where does the carriage stay? okay. yes. It will be some kind of station.”

In Go Gon-seong’s memory from the meta dimension, there was clearly a stop where he used public transportation called ‘bus’. If the Wizard Tree served as a station, it meant that it was not planted just for aesthetics or to provide mystery.

“Well, if it was just planted for aesthetics, there would be no need to hide the academy with magic like this.”

“That… I guess so?”

Only then did I have time to look around.

This means of transportation called a ‘pot’ floats about 50cm above the floor. Of course, it is comfortable because there is no shaking or rattling that is common in transportation.

Since it is only 50cm, it is comfortable without being scary or dangerous unless you have a serious fear of heights.

When I looked around from a little higher than the ground, I saw not only the main road extending straight from the main gate as he said, but also a tree that looked like a wizard tree between each building and three magic lights floating on the tree. see.

Evergreen Academy.

I think it might be a much more interesting place than I thought.

Then a question suddenly occurred to me.

“This is it. Don’t other nobles ask you to install it in their territory or castle?”

“Yes.”

what. I hate answers like that the most. When a question is asked in a negative question, a short answer of ‘yes’ is given. So you asked me to install it? Are you saying you didn’t do it?

Did you feel the sullen gaze on you? Alfred, who was looking straight ahead, turns his head to look at me and bursts into laughter. Was my expression that strange?

“Oh, I’m sorry. yes. I didn’t ask you to do it.”

“Why? It looks so comfortable, right?”

“This movement system using the wizard tree was designed by the Dean himself. Additionally, at least twenty Circle 5 mages are needed to manage this system. Or, even fewer, high-circle mages. At least he’s a Circle 5 wizard. The manpower required to manage it.”

“Ah… … .”

In fact, this kind of system, a system that has never been seen even in the confessional meta where the unique power called ‘science’ has developed, has been achieved through magic, so not only designing it but also managing it must not be ordinary.

“Not only… … .”

“Yes?”

“This movement system is not for the castle owner.”

At first, I didn’t understand what Alfred meant. However, because Alfred did not give the correct answer right away and Jindeuk waited, he had no choice but to ask himself the question ‘Why’ and think about it alone.

“Ah!”

“Do you understand?”

“Well, the only places the castle owners usually move to are the office or bedroom, right? There don’t seem to be many nobles who inspect the territory or anything like that. From what I heard through rumors, you often hold banquets and parties like that? Then, you will mainly live within the inner walls. People who live in and out of castles, people who need convenience for movement like us, are mainly territory residents.”

“Yes. In the first place, no noble would install such an expensive system for the commoners or for the convenience of the people of the territory. never. The same goes for royal family and imperial family.”

Yes.

Today, after the souls of Confession from Meta were united, I forgot about it for a while… .

I am from Rom, a commoner and lower class. It’s also an orphan.

If you were to classify a person’s status, you might have to dig hard with a shovel to the very bottom, or perhaps even the very bottom.

‘I forgot. No, I think I was too drunk.’

no. It is not something to be foolish and say that you forgot.

‘You still haven’t come to your senses. Hway… ‘No, Grey.’

This is correct.

Look at it now. When can you say that you saw Alfred and have a friendly conversation with him? We neglected our beautiful clown next to us.

As I lowered my head and pondered my worries, I saw that the ground, which had been naturally moving under my feet, slowly slowed down and stopped moving. This means that the pot has stopped moving and has reached its destination.

When I finished a short but important thought and looked up again.

I forgot everything about my dramatic resurrection from the dead, my revenge on the Roman father and son, my intoxication with slaughter, my awakening, and my meeting with the man who I presume to be God. No, I put it aside.

“Then. Let’s go see how great Evergreen Academy is. Lady?”