episode_0084

Jeremy walked towards me and held out his right hand, and I carefully took his hand. Then, Jeremy’s voice came from my ear.

‘I thought that if I turned into Isabel, I would trust her to some extent, but she’s more cautious than I thought. Judging by the way she doesn’t lift her hand from the wand.’

“I’m sure everyone at the academy knows that Isabelle is busy. Wouldn’t it be surprising if someone said to be in the Sea of Charon suddenly appeared in front of me? The senior may have returned to the academy using teleportation or a portal, but that would be difficult.”

‘Isabel said she had something to tell you.’

And at that moment, before my eyes, it turned black. With a strange feeling as if I was being sucked into another world, the space that slowly emerged from my vision, which was slowly turning black, felt similar to the space where I had an audience with Denatus.

I felt something like the fear of death creeping up my spine. I wonder if Isabel called me because she had something to say. With that thought in mind, I carefully looked up and walked slowly toward the large door. The door slowly opened as if to welcome me, and then a small room appeared. In the small room, I noticed a chair and a small table placed as if to sit down, and another door. So, as I carefully sat down on the chair, someone opened the door and came inside.

I carefully got up and bowed my head to Isabel, a familiar face, and she smiled at me.

“I heard you went to Araelia, but I guess you’re back at the academy now?”

“I returned this morning. I heard that you are currently in the Sea of Charon.”

“It’s not the Sea of Charon now. There was something to investigate in the Sea of Charon until yesterday, but the investigation is over.”

“Are you walking around a dangerous place?”

“It’s in the northern part of Araelia now, a city called Stolln. Do you know?”

“I saw it in a book, the northernmost part of Araelia, a place where monsters often invade.”

“If you walk along the Sea of Charon, it is also the first city you encounter. If you cross the Sea of Charon, you will reach the Black World, the continent of monsters.”

I nodded to senior Isabel. I’d read about it in books, but I’d never been there or even thought about going. Stolln also had no desire to go to a place infested with monsters, as a black world appears when he crosses the sea.

Although monsters occasionally appeared in Jingara, they were only born around dungeons and rarely invaded cities or villages. Dungeons were constantly being created and adventurers and countries were subduing them, so there were not many opportunities to encounter monsters in one’s life.

“I heard that a monster recently invaded Stollen, so I came here to do some investigation.”

“Isn’t it dangerous?”

“For someone to pose a threat to me, he/she would have to be at least an executive level member of the Demon King’s army, right?”

It wasn’t arrogance. It was absolutely true. I wondered how many people in this world could be a threat to senior Isabel, and no matter how hard I counted, I thought it wouldn’t be more than 10.

“Well, let’s skip that story for a moment, and I’d like you to tell Erica something. I recently saw Arnold, and he told me that he had something to entrust to Erica and that she should come down to her hometown soon. That’s the story. Please tell me.”

“I will remember.”

“That’s the end of the story, and you can go back now. If you open that door, you’ll go back… … Well, if you have any questions, feel free to ask.”

“I have no questions about what you do, but I have a personal question.”

“The question is about magic, right?”

“I recently met Denatus, and since then, I think my amount of mana and imagination for magic have increased sufficiently. To be honest, I don’t think I’ll lose easily even if I face a third-year student.”

“Well, of course. Those who come back from the dead after meeting Denatus show tremendous growth as a magician, so did I. In my case, the amount of mana did not change much. It is difficult to say that my imagination increased, so I don’t know about that, but in my case, I can’t use magic spells. Because it has become a form that can be used just as you spit it out.”

“There are differences from person to person.”

“Astan’s case may be different from mine. Returning from an audience with Denatus means that the wizard has become able to use all the mana in his body that he had secretly hidden, and since he has overcome death, all thoughts are gone. This means that it can be reversed. Perhaps today’s Astan can use most of the magic you can imagine?”

I nodded slowly at her words. It was true, before that, it was difficult to cast magic unless you knew the spell and practiced it constantly. However, even if I compare it now, even if I abbreviate the spell, I can use magic. However, after that it was still difficult. Is it because I don’t know any magic, or is it because all I’ve seen is Erica-senpai’s magic?

“But seeing as you’re curious about this story, you want to grow, Astan.”

“Shamefully so.”

“If a wizard doesn’t want to grow, he’s not a wizard. hmm… … Have you met Erica?”

“I asked senior Erica, but I still don’t have much of an idea. Is it because I don’t know any magic, or is it the limit of my talent?”

“The talents of the magician who had an audience with Denatus are endless, and it may not be long before Astan will start using magic other than ice magic. If you learn magic from Erica, you will naturally grow, but the most important ability is the ability to create your own magic. Most of the magic used now is an imitation of the Academy’s magic and Erica’s magic.”

With those words, Isabelle smiled at me.

“Didn’t you learn that discovering and exploring new forms is the basics of a wizard?”

“It doesn’t work. I can think of it in my head, but I don’t know how to put it together.”

“Then have you ever seen other people’s magic? Not ice magic like Erica, but other magic.”

“… … Almost none.”

“Try a duel. It’s a good choice to duel with all the wizards in the academy, whether they are seniors or professors, with the sole intention of seeing the magic of others, regardless of whether they are ahead or behind.”

I nodded at those words.

“This is my class, so I would like to give you, Erica’s student and my student, an assignment: to fight and defeat 10 wizards before the end of this semester. Is it possible?”

“I think 10 people is too many, and I’m not sure I can beat them all.”

“If the person who had an audience with Denatus cannot achieve even that level, it would be better to return the death.”

The senior’s assignment was more difficult than expected. First of all, I have turned down all competitions so far, so it would be almost ridiculous for me to be the first to challenge now, and secondly, I thought, who will challenge me, who is already rumored to be in the academy? It was.

Isn’t it natural that the students who challenged me at the academy no longer challenged me after the dueling class? In the meantime, it was difficult to find someone to compete with or someone worth betting on.

A small sigh escaped my lips. As I was thinking about whether I should only focus on dueling classes, I heard a voice in my ear.

“There is a saying that if you sigh for that long, your luck will disappear.”

“I guess that’s how I feel right now.”

“Do you have any concerns?”

As I looked at Miles, who suddenly spoke to me, he smiled at me and started walking towards the dormitory with me.

“Well, I’m worried about various things, so it’s hard to talk about it. What about you? I didn’t think he was a person walking around at this time.”

“I have some business to do in Ignolia, and I broke my wand while practicing magic, so I’m coming back after getting a new one. Isn’t it strange? The walking stick that usually held up well suddenly broke? Since the last time I competed with Ceresria, I haven’t listened to her well, and it ended up like this.”

“Did he use the staff to the point where it could not hold up in that duel?”

“Hmm… … Well, I was excited at that time too. It was fun. After all, she’s the princess of Araelia, so she’s overwhelming, right? What wizard could endure seeing something like that? Even if your body burns in that flame, you want to see it in person, right?”

“No matter how much of a wizard he is, wouldn’t he try to avoid that level?”

Miles shook his head slightly at my words.

“If you are a wizard, you should aim for the peak.”

“Miles, can I ask you a favor?”

“Anything, if there is anything I can help you with. We’re friends, right?”

“I didn’t know we had already become that kind of relationship, but it’s nothing special.”

I slowly opened my mouth to Miles.

“I ask for a win, Miles.”

“Do you know that I was waiting for you to say that?”