episode_0019

Leaving behind my anxious feelings, I flew away less than 20 minutes later and arrived at the capital of the Kingdom of Darkness, where the Ether Tower is said to exist.

“Let’s land now.”

“Yes~!”

Irina nodded with a bright smile, wondering what was so good about it.

Still, it must be said that it was the capital of a country of magic, and there was a huge invisible barrier spread out.

Within the huge yet transparent circular barrier that is so wide that it is visible to the naked eye, the appearance of a very developed city comes into view.

If you land directly from above, you will be caught in a barrier, so it would be best to land a little further away and then walk to the city.

There was a long line of blocks of unknown material, so there was no need to worry about getting lost.

The moment I lower my body with that thought in mind,

“Hmm?”

Countless magic circles were formed above the city’s barrier.

That wasn’t all.

“No, that’s… ”

The anti-aircraft guns on the numerous towers on the castle wall turned towards me and a magic circle began to form.

“Umm… ”

At first glance, the air defense system was activated to intercept me.

‘No, there is something like this…’ ?!’

Although it was somewhat expected at the time when airships had the technology to fly while clearly following their own routes.

I had no idea that such a sophisticated air defense system was in place.

I feel sorry for the people living in the Ether Tower and the people protecting this city for no reason.

“I guess I shouldn’t fly here from next time… ”

In the past, there wasn’t much of a problem with flying.

In fact, it was no exaggeration to say that the sky was one of the safest places.

If it’s floating in the sky, you can’t attack it with a sword, and even hitting it with magic is difficult.

But it was different now.

Civilization has advanced greatly, and all kinds of machines have been developed and deployed.

Airspace is one of the most important factors for a country, so a country with the most advanced technology in the world would naturally have prepared for it.

Weee!

Looking at the anti-aircraft gun aimed at me and the magic circle created in the air, I smiled and performed blood magic.

Something made me happy.

“There is a saying that even rivers and acids change in 10 years… A thousand years seems to be more than you can imagine, Irina.”

“Sister… ”

“Don’t worry. You won’t get hurt.”

As a side note, it was ridiculous to fly openly in one country’s airspace.

Well, even so.

It would be difficult if you tried to stop me with something like this.

Ji-ing!

Immediately after I performed the blood manipulation technique, an anti-aircraft gun fired a laser.

The laser attack is so fast that you can be hit the moment it flashes.

It is natural because it is the speed of light.

however,

“It doesn’t sting at all.”

I didn’t suffer much damage.

After blocking the laser with my simple blood, I turned my gaze and found the entrance.

“I guess I should fly to the entrance.”

The most important thing was to go to the entrance and inform the guard of my identity.

Thinking like that, I folded the wings to increase the quality of output, and then descended downward with an explosive discharge.

An intercepting magic was fired from the magic circle towards me as I was descending at an incredible speed, but I simply twisted my body to avoid it and landed lightly at the entrance.

“Huh… ”

Sure enough, not only was the entrance already blocked, but they were coming out of the castle wall and aiming their magic weapons at Irina.

– stop! stop! If you raise your hand and move, I’ll shoot!

“I really shouldn’t have flown in.”

I thought it was okay because the Empire openly flies airships.

Haven’t the troublesome things only increased?

“I am Midir Chepeshu, the lord of the bloody magic tower! I have been invited to the Ether Tower!”

– … Wait a moment!

One of the soldiers who heard me reported, and after a while, he looked in my direction and shouted again.

– Take 5 steps forward to verify identity.

“Okay, okay.”

It’s annoying.

Irina also followed me, raising her hand and stepping forward, but unlike me, who was clearly showing signs of annoyance, Irina was smiling brightly as if she was having fun.

Is this situation itself enjoyable?

Something seemed to be shining in my direction for a moment as if it was scanning me.

Then the light faded away and I breathed a sigh of relief.

– … … … Your identity has been confirmed. welcome. Midir Chepeş.

“Are you coming?”

– We sincerely ask you to follow the procedure from next time.

“Sure. I’m sorry for prolonging the work for no reason.”

– …

If I had known it would end up like this, I wouldn’t have flown there by myself.

– It may feel sudden, but… I have something urgent to tell you.

“Hmm?”

– Eterna wants to meet you in person.

“What?”

Ether or that guy?

After hearing what the man presumed to be the commander said, I smiled brightly inside.

I thought the most certain way was to meet a man named Eterna, who was respected by wizards all over the world.

I heard that it is not easy for even ordinary magic tower lords to have an audience with Eterna, but if the other side says they want to meet with me, wouldn’t things have been resolved very easily?

I don’t know why we’re meeting each other.

“Let’s go.”

There was no reason to refuse.

I decided to follow them.

* * *

“Phew… ”

“… It seems like a lot of kids follow suit.”

“That’s right… I didn’t expect it either… ”

Since I was the only one who called, I was the only one who had an audience with Eterna.

Even if Irina wanted to follow, she couldn’t follow the rules.

Irina was shocked and stubborn when she couldn’t go with me, but I couldn’t ignore the rules no matter how bad it was.

However, it was not a good idea to come all the way here and return without meeting Eterna, so I had no choice but to take Irina away.

The problem was that this guy didn’t want to be away from me no matter what.

He says he doesn’t like it no matter what I promise… As a last resort, I even told him that I would suck his blood later, but this clever guy blocked me by asking me to suck his blood right away.

I felt like it was an adult’s promise, and since I never decided when I would do it, I was thinking of moving on and saying there was no need to do it right away…

In the end, I was able to remove it using blood manipulation.

“Blood magic… It’s actually more amazing than it looks… ”

“I wish I knew by now.”

I was in a situation where I created another alter ego of myself and had him stick with Irina, and I had to escape separately and go to meet Eterna.

When I naturally drew blood and created an clone, the wizard of the Ether Tower who was watching my magic next to me looked at me with a curious expression.

“But why… ”

“Shh.”

It was very easy to figure out what this guy was trying to ask.

Well, if you’re going to ask in a situation like this, there’s only one question.

“Don’t try to know too much.”

“Yes, yep… ”

When I said that as if warning, the wizard nodded and answered with a shocked expression.

“… Arrived.”

While we were talking for a while, we arrived at the room where Eterna was hiding.

From what I heard, he said he almost never left his room.

What are you doing inside that makes you never come out?

‘Are you trolling like me?’

I thought about that for a moment, but then I dismissed it as nonsense and shook my head.

Even so, he is such a great wizard that he even has the nickname of the master of magic, but he is barely able to show up because he is just grinding.

Gigi Geek

As soon as I approached, the huge door began to slowly open.

The other magicians showed their eyes shining with greed and interest, as if it were true that they considered having an audience with Eterna as the honor of their lives, but since I was the only one who was allowed to have an audience with them, I just lost my appetite and left, as if I was disappointed.

As I stepped into the opening door, a huge room with a mysterious atmosphere appeared.

It feels spacious yet close.

Is the space shaking?

As I look around, I see a landscape beyond the mirror that seems to represent the ocean with blue waves, but is also reminiscent of a blue sky with nothing in it.

As I was walking through the scenery with a curious expression, I suddenly saw Inyoung Han lying on the bed…

…

bed?

“Cool… ”

As I got closer, I saw a woman with long white hair down to her legs, sleeping on the bed.

“Huh… ”

I came here because you said you wanted to see me.

In fact, how would you react if the person you wanted to meet didn’t just call you to your house, but instead of preparing in advance, you were lying in bed sleeping?

“Uh huh… ”

It’s beyond absurd and makes me laugh out loud.

“Shall I kill you?”

I’m not going to die anyway, so why don’t you try blood manipulation?

My fists were shaking, but I could barely control it.

It really sucks.