The Female Lead’s Daughter after the Bad Ending

It was the age of magic.

Each and every country scrambled to get the most talented mages to their side, and their national power depended on the level of mages that they possessed.

So it was natural that the ‘magic tower’, an institution that spearheads magical research, became a dominant group of people during these times.

And inside the tower, there were signs of change a-coming.

Opening the door to the tower, the unexpected visit of one individual became the mark to a new beginning.

The mage who was stationed at the reception desk on the first floor initially considered this entrance to be insignificant.

It must be just another mage of the tower who came in, was what the receptionist thought.

However.

“Um…?”

The person who appeared did not match the enormous door of the tower.

Disheveled hair that was as black as pitch.

Dirty and shabby outer garment that’s falling at the seams.

Above all, this person was too small that the receptionist’s eyes gravitated to her.

It was a girl who was small enough to be seven or eight years old at most.

Rubbing her eyes, the receptionist couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

‘That kid opened the door on her own and came in?’

The door at the first floor of the magic tower, the ‘door of enlightenment’ would never budge no matter how hard it’s pushed, except for those who had powerful mana.

The fact that this small girl opened the door with her own strength meant that there was a tremendous amount of magic in her body, contrary to her petite appearance.

‘Is that even possible?’

While the receptionist was trying to wrap her mind around this fact, the girl walked in.

“Hello. My name is Remilienne.”

Upon hearing her introduction, the receptionist stuttered and asked in return.

“He… Hello. Are your parents inside the tower?”

“No. I don’t know anyone from the tower.”

“Then what brings you here…?”

“I’m here to see the Tower Lord.”

The receptionist was swept into a wave of confusion once again.

“D-Do you have an appointment?”

“No. But I can wait as long as you want. I’d like to have a chance to talk to him, even for just a little bit.”

“…….”

The lord of the magic tower was not an easy person to meet, and just because you want to meet him doesn’t mean you can.

But then this girl just suddenly appeared—it was like a commoner who’s out of her mind just walked into the palace and asked for the king to come out and do her a favor.

‘Where’s this kid’s parents? I should kick her out gently.’

However, the receptionist couldn’t take her eyes off Remilienne even as she thought so.

Despite her shabby and ordinary face, the child’s turquoise eyes boasted of intelligence.

The calm and mature attitude she had did not match her young appearance.

And simply opening the door was something that most adult mages didn’t even have the power to do.

Because of all these factors, the receptionist couldn’t just ignore her.

However, being the office worker that she was, she quickly judged the situation.

‘The Tower Lord would soon come down to the first floor. If I don’t kick this kid out by then, His Lordship will rebuke me.’

She organized her thoughts, then answered in a formal manner.

“If that’s the case, please apply through the official means and set an appointment with the Tower Lord. It’s going to be difficult because his schedule is packed until about one year in advance, but he’ll meet you once there’s an opening.”

Of course, in general, even the process of applying for a meeting with the tower lord was difficult.

This was just the roundabout way of saying, ‘Dear uninvited guest, please go back out the door.’

But Remilienne did not back down. She pleaded earnestly.

“I’ll take up only a very short amount of his time. I can wait.”

“Little Lady. I don’t think you’ve realized just yet, but as the receptionist and gatekeeper of the magic tower, I have the authority to kick you out harshly.”

“……”

“I don’t know what kind of business you have with His Lordship, but hurry on home while I’m still asking nicely.”

The receptionist gave her a firm final warning to scare her away.

“I’m…”

The moment Remilienne was about to say something with a desperate expression,

A buzzing sound echoed throughout the lobby.

‘Oh my…!’

The receptionist clicked her tongue.

It seemed like the tower lord descended to the first floor a little faster than what was scheduled.

It’ll be complicated at this rate. The receptionist thought that the first thing she should do was to forcefully send the girl somewhere else.

“Ack!”

However, the first thing that Remilienne did was to run across the lobby all the way to the other side.

And while she was running, she was even drawing a magic circle.