Swordmaster of the Red Light District

Imperial Horse Tower (3)

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“…”

Ray was very bewildered, but tried to figure out the situation.

I could tell that something similar to a barrier was preventing outsiders from entering a certain area.

The question is, how did you get through this?

‘There is an error in the obelisk security system, or my identity is incorrectly registered as admin, or someone deliberately passed me through, or…’

He might have had a strong resistance to the force that was spreading inside the obelisk that restricted people’s range of action.

Ray had a headache.

Only now did I understand the reaction of the wizard he encountered inside the obelisk a few days ago.

It was absurd that a certain knight servant was naturally wandering around in a space that was not allowed to enter.

‘At that time, even if I had just sent it to you, I’d definitely be interested…’

It was clear that he was doing a hard work behind the scenes by now.

‘I’m happy right now.’

Had it been publicly known that Rey had been walking through an area where the obelisk was forbidden, he could have been immediately detained.

However, it was right to judge that the magician who saw Rey shut his mouth, not because of good will, but because of his dark intentions.

Rey pondered for a moment if he could get rid of it before the wizard could do anything.

‘That’s crazy.’

This was in the middle of the imperial horse tower.

In the event of a murder of a wizard, it was clear that the Empire would spare no effort to uncover the truth, regardless of the status of the murdered magic.

‘Oh, my head hurts.’

I thought it was safest to just stay quietly in the dormitory and run away after the study period ended.

Biting her lips, Rey turned to look at Floria again.

If you go further here and run into another wizard, things get more complicated.

It wasn’t that he wasn’t at all curious about what was inside the obelisk, but he couldn’t put his head down without any purpose or preparation.

Tsu!

The moment Ray is about to cross a certain ‘line’ that distorts space.

A ray of light fell into the dark hallway.

As Rey hurriedly turned her head, a swarm of lights gathered in the corner of the hallway and began to form a vaguely human figure.

The swarm of lights, reminiscent of a hologram, opened its mouth to Ray.

[Heir.]

Rey’s eyes twitched nicely.

[I am waiting. What do you do without climbing the tower?]

“…”

The worries didn’t last long.

Rey ignored the group of lights and hurriedly threw herself at Floria.

Floria, who was looking around, suddenly felt a sense of popularity next to her waist, and took a step back in surprise.

“Oh, where have you been?”

“Uh, um…”

Rey looked back at the hallway that others had not recognized.

A bunch of light in the shape of a person was suddenly evaporating into the air.

“…I stayed idly and fell behind.”

“Did you?”

Floria, who was roughly convinced, walked again along with Rey toward the doorway.

Ray moved her legs, tensely.

I had to get out of the obelisk quickly.

Rey reached the doorway and looked at the huge portrait hanging by the doorway, which he had always passed without a second thought.

“Lady, the model in that portrait is…”

“Call me young Lisilote-sama.”

“Ah, shit…”

Ray let out a low swear word.

*

The heir to which the hologram has sung.

The only thing Rey expected right now was the ‘Successor of Harsia’.

Lisilote also said that he had a close relationship with Harsia in the past, so it would not be surprising if there was any arrangement for Harsia’s descendants.

‘Did you recognize the core?’

Since Rey is not of Harsia’s blood, if there was a way to determine whether or not he was a ‘successor’, it would have been one core.

Ray tried to hide her confusion.

It is said that Lisilote has prepared a small or large arrangement for the successor of the Space Sword.

At first glance, it was good news for Ray.

However, can the arrangement be delivered quietly and secretly?

Harsia was a member of the royal family, and if someone had inherited the space sword through normal procedures, it would have been under the protection of the imperial family.

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No matter what kind of arrangement Risilote had prepared for his heir, there was a high probability that the imperial family or officials in the tower were aware of it.

If the arrangement was set to send a notification to the imperial family the moment the arrangement was delivered to the heir, it would have been crazy to touch Lisilote’s arrangement.

‘If the hologram I saw earlier wasn’t handled by humans, it would have been a kind of AI-like existence… wouldn’t it be nice to find another wizard and tell him about his successor?’

The reasons not to visit the obelisk were piling up.

Floria asked Rey, who had a bitter expression on her face.

“Are there any sore spots? Your face looks bad.”

“I just saw a ghost.”

“ghost?”

“A 600-year-old ghost suddenly spoke to me pretending to be friendly.”

“…Do you have a fever?”

“I don’t have a fever, and I’ve been having a lot of trouble lately, so my head hurts.”

“If it’s okay, can I give you some advice?”

Rey looked at Floria.

I had no intention of confiding in Luna.

However, Floria’s help was desperately needed to select a list of wizards to try.

Originally, I wanted to get help from Alesia, but honestly, it wasn’t reliable.

“I’m looking for a wizard who can join the estate.”

“Hmm…”

Floria opened her fan and waited for Ray to explain.

Rey listed the conditions for a wizard that he needed one by one.

After hearing the story, Floria tilted her head slightly.

“Are you looking for a skilled and heavy-spoken wizard who will stay in the counties for a long time and teach the commoners magic?”

Although Rey didn’t talk about Luna, Floria saw through Rey’s purpose.

“You’re being too greedy.”

The conditions didn’t make sense.

A clumsy mage could be filled with goods and held in the Countess and educated children.

It was impossible to drag a wizard whose skills were recognized enough to set foot in the Imperial Horse Tower to the corner of the empire as Rey wanted and deal with it at will.

Even if they found weaknesses and threatened them, there were only a few wizards who would obey them, and it was clear that those around them would be suspicious.

“If a skilled wizard signs a contract that is too long or is tied to a specific area after the contract period is over, the tower sends someone to check whether there is a coercive contract engraving process.”

Matoap was also preparing for a situation in which the contract engraving would be abused.

Of course, no one expected that he would be able to make a slave contract with the spirits.

“I think it would be better to lower the rank. It will be difficult to hire a wizard of the level you want for a long time right now.”

“Is that so?”

“Um… wait a minute.”

Floria, who was worried, slowly opened her mouth.

“There must be one professor who meets the criteria you mentioned.”

“?”

Floria, who smiled at Rey with her eyes wide open, continued.

“Professor Lopilen, a person who values academic inquiry. He’s more mastered than most high-ranking wizards in magic theory, but he’s still in the 4th circle.”

“There are many such people in the Imperial Palace, aren’t there?”

Wizards who value academic inquiry rather than raising circles.

Also called ‘theoretical magicians’, they were one of the main pillars of the imperial horse tower.

Even if one of them was taken out by coercive means, it would not be long before the suspicions of the imperial court were abated.

“Huhu, isn’t what you need a ‘magic who has regrets’? That way, it’s easy to persuade, and even after persuasion, you’ll be able to convince others easily.”

“Are you saying that Professor Lopilen meets that condition?”

“He’s famous enough that even I, who has just come to study abroad, is familiar with the rumors. He seems to think that he is threatened with his life.”

“…’yourself’?”

Why is the nuance strange?

Doesn’t it sound like you’re talking about paranoid patients?

Floria, who was silent for a moment, folded the fan.

“I don’t know either. Is the professor really trapped in a paranoid thought, or is he really in danger?”

“Because you probably haven’t even met me a few times.”

“I’ve seen him twice. He was a very picky person as much as I could feel his passion for magic. Anyway.”

Floria stopped walking and faced Rey.

“If it’s the latter, isn’t he a good target for conciliation? He’s been lacking in track record lately, but he’s really good. Of course, to ensure his safety, he’ll risk feuding with someone.”

Ray nodded.

If Lopilen could be conciliated in exchange for safety, negotiations could be reached without much friction. You can avoid the doubts of others.

‘The question is who did Lopilen get a grudge against.’

Couldn’t be too big.

However, if the Osiris and Phillips came together to secure Lopilen’s safety, it would have been possible to cut off the threat.

‘I think it’s okay to ask for this much in return for the spirits…’

The moment Rei is about to put the request in her mouth.

A huge flame erupted from the building in front of me with a roar.

*

“Did you have dinner?”

“…”

Lopilen turned away from Professor Gino, who pretended to be friendly.

Gino had been a colleague who had had in-depth discussions about magic theory in the past, but now Lopilen felt nothing but hostility towards Gino.

Leaving behind the sound of Gino’s tongue being ignored.

Lopilen wore her robes deeper, with a throbbing headache.

‘Damn things…’

It has already been two years since important data was lost or the experiment in progress was interrupted by someone.

Some said that Lopilen had ruined the experiment because of her own mistake, and that she was paranoid and nonsense.

Regardless of the truth of the claim, it is true that Lopilen’s performance has been very poor in recent years.

Lopilen had already lost a lot of her position, and there was a high probability that she would have to leave the Imperial Palace too soon.

Considering the practice of Matop, which waited for the professor’s recovery for five years, even if the performance was a little lower, it was clear that a certain force was putting pressure on the Imperial Palace.

‘What the hell was that bastard researching!’

Lopilen had been fascinated with magic theory from the past, so she built relationships with various scholars and shared knowledge.

Among them was a mathematician named Ator.

Mathematics was one of the most important tools for the easy and accurate manifestation of magic.

Lopilen has been discussing mathematics with Ator for a very long time.

And since Ator started working on certain concepts.

Contact was lost.

Shortly thereafter, Lopilen learned that Ator had died.

His research was worth it, but at first he didn’t care.

The problem was next.

The number of eyes watching Lopilen began to increase.

Others said it was just because he was nervous, but Lopilen was sure.

Since the number of observations increased, it was common for someone to break into the room or interfere with the experiment.

As the performance deteriorated in the aftermath, pressure began to come in immediately to leave the Imperial Palace.

Despite the fact that he had achieved decent academic achievements for over 10 years, it was very cold-hearted.

Lopilen was certain she would be killed the moment she left the Imperial Tower.

‘Yeah, if you’re going to die anyway…’

I had to die to see what was inside the Licilote record I so longed for.

Madness flashed in Lopilen’s eyes as she left the building managed by the Blue Horse Tower and walked towards her laboratory.

at that moment

A huge explosion erupted from the experiment building right next door and hit Lopilen .