Chapter 148 – Rank Match (8)
Frederick’s young housekeeper.
The prospective owner of the Magic Tower.
Eileen Friedrich.
All the wizards of the Mage Tower hoped that she would become an Arch Mage as soon as possible and take over her place as the lord of the Mage Tower.
In addition to the former owner of the Mage Tower, who passed away a few years ago, there are several archmages called Archmages on the Mage Tower.
They all sincerely hoped that Eileen would succeed the Mage Tower lord rather than becoming the lord of the mage tower themselves.
Because that was the fate, blessing, and curse that had been passed on to Friedrich’s bloodline for over a thousand years.
Loyalty to the former owner of the Mage Tower.
The feeling of affection for a new young owner, the kind you always feel when you see her granddaughter.
And the fact that that little girl, who will lead the future, is the incarnation of a talent that has been favored by magic to the extent that even those who have already reached the archmage level are treated as ‘something like that’.
So that.
The elders of the Mage Tower sent their young master to the academy.
Admission is scheduled for next year, so there is a pretext of visiting, but the most important thing is to contact the head of Chepes.
I was also a longtime friend of the owner of the mage tower.
A great wizard who is also one of only two Grand Archmages, including the Dragon Lord, throughout the continent.
Scarlett Chepes.
However, because of its unique magical properties, there are so many types of magic that cannot be used.
In the end, it was Friedrich, not the head of Cepes, who achieved the highest level as a wizard, except for the Dragon Lord… , The wizards of the Mage Tower thought.
But apart from that, it is true that Scarlett Tepesh has reached the grand level, so the wizards of the Mage Tower expect their young master to gain something from her meeting with Scarlett.
“Ugh…”
Indeed, what the girl saw was a feast of naked flesh.
After Eileen rented a room in the upper branch of the Mage Tower, located less than 10 minutes from the main entrance of her academy, she washed her body and lay down on the bed.
─Ah! Ah! Whoops! Ok, ok… !
A moaning sound that can be heard with eyes closed.
There was no way that such a sound would come from the guild operated by the magic tower, so the source of this naked groan was in her head.
The scene she saw at that time remained so much in her mind that she kept vividly feeling the scenery and sounds of that time in her head like this…
Eileen buried her head in her pillow and rolled her feet.
“It’s a beast…”
Eileen muttered with a slightly reddened face, adjusting her expression. Even though she saw a sight she didn’t want, she somehow succeeded in her original goal of ‘inviting the head of Chepesche to the Mage Tower’.
“I should go see the festival…”
Now that she’s done her job, she has free time until she returns to the Mage Tower.
Seeing the academy buzzing in the heat of the festival, Eileen, who was excited enough to go to bed, took out her robe and put it on as if she couldn’t just watch her.
Besides, if she is confined to her room like this, she might even feel strange with the moaning sound that keeps ringing in her head.
Eileen, who had finished her self-justification, returned her magical powers to her body.
‘First…’
There are several people in the room right next to her that she has assigned as her escorts in her magic tower and as her watchers so that she doesn’t do anything wrong with her and cause her accidents.
Moreover, one of them is her father—a wizard who was favored by the previous Mage Tower Lord.
If she opened her door without thinking, the only future left would be that they would grab her by the scruff of her neck and push her back into the room after learning that she was about to go out due to the activation of the alarm magic hung on her doorknob.
However, it cannot be folded and moved in space.
It’s not even a simple auxiliary magic, and space magic itself creates a strong wave of magical energy, so it’s impossible to use it secretly.
If you go outside like that, you’ll find the coordinates through the reverberation of your remaining magical power in an instant, and you’ll be caught by those chasing you.
“Because it’s overprotective…”
Of course, it’s not that I don’t understand their feelings.
Young maid. Preliminary Mage Master.
It must be an honorable name, but if you look closely, in the end, the meaning behind the modifier is that it means ‘not yet qualified’, anyone other than Eileen can easily understand.
Even though it’s not ‘unqualified’, it’s ‘not yet qualified’, and no one in the Mage Tower doubts that one day she will get her qualifications that will overflow her garage.
Anyway, right now she is immature.
Of course, if she’s a high-level magician, she’d be called a high-level magician, so she wouldn’t blink an eye at her slight threat…
If such things were considered in the first place, what reason would there be for calling it “Overprotection”?
Whew.
Eileen sighed and drew her magic circle.
Mana is intricately entangled and twisted to form a spell. The detection magic completed without any superfluity swept the entire building.
‘… They’re all in the next room.’
Eileen’s eyes peeked at the door. As long as all the wizards from the Mage Tower who came with her were in the next room, the probability that Eileen could open that door and go outside converged to zero.
Then…
‘… I can’t help it!’
Smiling broadly, she opened her window. Even though the view from the fourth floor should send chills down her spine, the girl casually planted her foot on her window frame.
“Yap.”
She skillfully carves a magic circle of shock absorption and reflection into the soles of her shoes.
And then.
Jump!
I jumped.
She wouldn’t think that she would open the window and jump out.
Regardless of whether that is possible, the act of ‘opening a window and jumping down because I want to go to a festival’ cannot easily come to mind in the way of thinking of mostly static wizards.
Now that I’ve earned time like this, I’ll enjoy the festival to the fullest!
“Kyaa… ?!”
Smile. Eileen, laughing at the thought of enjoying the festival, erased the unfamiliar sight from her mind, and was startled by the screams she heard from beneath her feet.
‘Omg…’
A pretty woman with azure hair was looking up at herself with her bewildered face.
She must have been there when she jumped, but no one was there?!
Embarrassed, Eileen hurriedly cast a floating spell on her body, but she was one beat late. If she stays like this, she will definitely crash ─.
Fire!
After Eileen, who had her eyes tightly closed and prepared for the upcoming collision, had nothing to do with it for a long time, she cautiously opened her eyes.
“Are you okay?”
Slightly awkward middle words. Eileen nodded her head with a bewildered face.
“Thank god.”
A woman with a soft smile. Eileen then realized that she was in the arms of a woman. Eileen, who is quite small, is being hugged by a woman with a slim and slender figure, so the picture came out very natural.
“… Let go, let go.”
“Ah yes.”
Eileen blushed and she left the woman’s arms. The face of a woman with her azure hair tied in a ponytail was familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere, but Eileen decided to search her own memories later.
“… Thank you sorry. She should have looked down.”
Eileen apologized in a somber voice. She was confident in her magic. Even wizards who were superior to her, she couldn’t handle her magical powers as elaborately as she did.
But what is this mistake now?
Eileen said she was stupid. With her mood down, she bowed her head once more to the woman who had saved her.
“I will definitely do the case.”
“Ah… I’m fine… Rather, I think I have my own responsibility.”
What do you mean? She raised Eileen’s eyebrows. It’s obvious to anyone that it’s not her own fault. Before Eileen said a word.
She laughed as if Anna, the girl with sky-blue hair, was embarrassed.
She said, “Because she usually kills her presence just because she practices… If you hadn’t looked carefully, you probably wouldn’t have seen me.”
No matter how much she kills the presence, it’s easy for her to not see her at all…
Eileen’s thoughts stopped.
I wondered if she had seen her somewhere… !
─ Hmmm! Yes, ah!
The memory of that time comes back. Inside the waiting room. Two men and women mixing flesh. A blatant and lewd landscape in which gold and silver are intertwined and vulgarly attached.
And beyond that, she saw the sky-blue haired woman who was spying on the scene like herself…
“… And, the voyeuristic woman… ?”
“What are you talking about… ?!”
Anna was frightened.
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“… Are you going to be okay, my princess?”
It’s not like I’m involved in something weird again. I’ve committed so many things that I’m not sure. Why do you worry so much about being apart? I’m not a child who was put out on the waterside…
The girl who was fiddling with her bow sighed.
The girl’s name is Sasha.
Sasha Aylanova.
She was the woman who always stood by Anna’s side.
The Marquis of Aylanova is an old friend of the Kroychev family, who rules the snowfields in the northern part of the continent. She had married each other’s lineage a few times, so in reality, she saw the two families as one family.
Anna and Sasha are cousins.
Sasha was the only person who could be called a friend to Anna, the next Sword Saint who would one day rule the vast northern land.
This place.
The same is true of the central academy located in the center of the continent, right next to the ecliptic.
Some of the girls who are friendly with Scarlett Tepesh… Like Lady Christina, or Daisy, the maid serving Scarlett, or Princess Iris, and his sister Leticia…
Anyway, there aren’t any people who can say ‘we know each other’ or ‘we’re close’.
In the end, Sasha was the only person I could call a ‘friend’.
“Ehh.”
When Sasha heard her that her turn was next, she checked the string of her bow.
3rd round.
If we win here, it’s the semifinals.
Perhaps the opponent is none other than the Gongnyeo’s unrequited love.
… If she is the only friend of the princess.
Her princess was also her own only friend.
Sasha finished her check and got up on her knees.
“Eutcha!”
A really painful friend, she thought with a laugh.
Still.
He’s my only friend, so I have to help him. What can I do?
“You really should thank me, princess~!”
The princess who listens is not here.
Anyway.
Sasha Aylanova, sortie.