Chapter 783 – 783. Wizard’s Tower (4)
“Then I will go.”
“Bye. Lady.”
It was Eleanor and Lily who decided to stay at home to see off Iliana, Eunhyeon, and Erin, who were ready to go out after a long time.
“Ilayna, we’ll be watching closely.”
Eleanor, who cherished and patted Ilayna, smiled.
It wouldn’t be too bad for Illyana, who had always been at home, as it was a good opportunity to change her mood.
I hoped that she would relieve her accumulated stress due to childbirth and childcare and enjoy her outside life.
“Thank you. Please.”
Illyana gave a small smile and nodded her head.
She looked intently at Eleanor, her own daughter in her arms.
“My baby. Goodbye her mom. Should I stay calm and not rot among the other mothers?”
“Kyaha!”
Is it so nice to have my mom talk to her?
Or does she just instinctively know that she is loved by many people?
She could tell at a glance that Reina was in a very good mood.
After all, raising children is difficult, thought Illyana.
Ileina chuckled and stretched out her little hand toward her mother.
She held out her little finger, the size of a finger, and as she looked at the laughing baby, a smile bloomed on Illyana’s lips as well.
“Come on, powdered milk.”
Eunhyeon held out a bottle full of light flesh-colored powder to Lily.
“You can just mix it with warm water and feed it.”
Originally, breastfeeding was the best, but since Illyana had no choice but to leave her seat, replacing it with her formula was the best.
“How amazing.”
Lily, who had seen powdered milk for the first time, nodded and received a bottle of milk and a baby bottle she had made herself.
Originally, among nobles, when a mother cannot breastfeed her baby, it is common to find a separate mother who feeds her baby with her breast.
However, if there was something called powdered milk, that hassle could be reduced, so Eleanor and Lily couldn’t help but wonder.
“Are you thinking of selling this in mass production later?”
“It’s not like I didn’t think about it, but…”
With this, newborn babies born among commoners can be properly nourished and raised in good health, so it is undoubtedly a groundbreaking item in terms of business.
Eleanor also noticed this, but the problem is that there are still many restrictions on mass production and supply.
“First of all, there are so many agendas that are underway. I need to take it slow and think about it.”
“I guess so.”
Eleanor seemed a bit regretful, but she knew full well that she couldn’t help it.
Currently, under the leadership of Eun-hyeon, there are not one or two projects being carried out by Ji’s Company or the duke’s family.
Development and mass production of mithril alloy, underground canal construction, water supply in the territory, and many other small projects.
I’m still busy, but I couldn’t increase my work here.
Eunhyun and Eleanor may not be okay, but the practitioners working under them are still crying at the endless amount of work that comes in.
‘Sah, save me. Be better!’
For some reason, it seemed as if I could hear the cry of Jess, who desperately wanted to retire.
However, there was no way that Eun-hyeon would easily let go of a talented person like Jis, who was well-spoken and quick-witted, and showed excellent talent in business.
Because they are giving carrots appropriately, they are crying and enduring by eating mustard.
“While I’m gone, I’ll take care of the dwarves and the business of Jis Firm.”
“Sure. Don’t worry too much.”
After completing the brief handover of ongoing businesses, Eleanor confidently answered.
“Erin. Miss Illyana. Should I take good care of it?”
“Huh! Sister! Don’t worry! Believe me!”
Lily, who waited on Illyana while she was at her house, explained to Erin what to ask her to do for her outside.
When she was all set, Illyana smiled and waved at Eleanor and Lily, then cast her spell.
[Eight Digit Higher Magic]
[Teleport]
A huge magic circle formed on the floor of the three of them slowly rose and completely wrapped the three of them.
Before long, the background around them distorted and changed completely.
“What?”
Erin looked around and gave a puzzled expression.
The place I transferred through teleport was a forest with nothing.
As the name suggests, it is a dense forest without even a single small building, let alone a tower that symbolizes the headquarters of wizards.
“Miss Iliana. Nothing here… Ah.”
Eventually, Erin felt a strange flow of magical power surrounding her.
Although she is invisible, she moved her gaze toward the center where the flow could be felt, perhaps because she has more sensitive senses than ordinary people.
“… Does it look like something is being covered up?”
It was as if it were covered by a transparent curtain.
Like the flow of air following the wind, it does not move freely, but forcibly changes its direction by forcibly controlling and blocking the flow.
There, something was definitely there that was covered by that magic curtain.
“You know right away, too?”
Illyana looked at Erin, who immediately noticed it, and put on a proud expression.
“Originally, it is not easy for not only ordinary people but also tolerable adventurers to notice this barrier.”
“Then within this barrier…”
“That’s right. There is a magic tower.”
Illyana stretched out her hand toward the air that was hidden by the transparent magic curtain.
She carefully held out her hand in front of her, and at some point her hand disappeared.
“Oh, Miss Illyana. Hand… ?”
At first it shimmered and blurred, like when she put her hand in a water bottle full of water, then it disappeared as if it didn’t exist at all.
Looking at Illyana’s calm expression, it must be true that her hands are fine.
She took Erin’s bewildered attitude at the strange sight, as if her stomach was churning when she put her hand in the water.
Illyana smiled her eyes.
“Come on, let’s go. Baby.”
“Are you okay. Erin. You can just go in.”
“Uh, yes.”
Erin took a deep breath and followed Eunhyeon and Illyana into the barrier.
The surrounding background changed completely in an instant.
It felt different from the teleport that Illyana used.
“Omg.”
The whole background didn’t change, but she was shocked when a huge building that she hadn’t seen before suddenly popped up in front of her eyes.
It was a top.
An absurdly gigantic tower that fills Erinn’s field of vision with no end in sight even when she lifts her head up.
“This… It was built by a person, right?”
Erin’s jaw dropped at a size that convinced her that she couldn’t possibly have stacked it with a few hundred people.
“People built it. Then?”
“But…”
In Erinn’s memory, the building with the largest size was the royal palace where the royal family, the owners of the Kingdom of Pernias, resided.
Other than that, it was like a large casino hotel in the former Kingdom of Rendir, which had now collapsed.
However, this tower in front of her eyes had an absurd height that lightly exceeded her Erin’s common sense.
“Of course, it wasn’t built purely with the labor of ordinary people.”
“… Then?”
Eun-hyeon added her explanation to Erin, who was reacting with surprise.
“Before, when me and Illyana built our house inside the dungeon. Remember?”
“Huh. Don’t remember How did the two of them build that big house… Ah!”
Erin realized it belatedly.
“I see. This tower was also built by wizards!?”
“That’s right.”
The size of the tower was about the size of 63 buildings. Could it be that people built it by carrying resources by hand?
As the number of floors piles up, the labor required for it increases exponentially.
However, the existence of a wizard is phenomenal enough to cover the exponentially increasing labor force.
Even if not as much as Illyana, it is only a matter of time to build a tower like that if you mobilize dozens of top four or five digit magicians.
“That’s right. But if you think about it, you can build buildings really easily and quickly if wizards help with construction, so why don’t other places do that?”
Even in the thriving Duchy of Armitas, I had never seen sorcerers jumping directly into a construction site.
Illyana made a sad expression at Erin’s question.
“Because everyone only counts on their pride.”
“… Pride?”
“Okay. Pride. The notion of how he could use magic for such a thing is hard-wired into their heads.”
Most mages hold sacred the magic that they desperately study and strive to develop.
They consider their magic to be the most excellent, noble, and honorable, and therefore like to show off their level of magic.
Conversely, there was a strong tendency to look down on other things.
Especially in the case of construction, which is the main occupation of ordinary people who do not use magic, such as adventurers and knights.
“They are nobles who should be resentful of having to use the noble magic they have achieved for such a trivial task.”
“…Really?”
Erin asked back as if she couldn’t believe it.
Most of the mages she met were adventurers residing in the Duchy of Armitas.
They did not distinguish between these things, and they did not cover anything that made money.
From the point of view of adventurers who live day by day, it was rather a quest that guaranteed a stable income rather than a job in which they could not know their future due to battles with monsters.
“Well, the Mage Tower is where a lot of people like that gather.”
Even though Illyana was from the same mage tower, she did not deny the story.
Shrugging her shoulders, she answered, but she didn’t like the Mage Tower, which was full of such a trend and atmosphere, so she left this place.
Then Erin looked around her.
Except for the huge tower located in the center, there was not much difference from the Duchy of Armitas or other territories.
“… This is a place I really hate.”
Erin murmured honestly without realizing it.
She thinks that only her values are correct and nothing else is correct.
And forcing it on others and looking down on it is the kind that Erin hates the most.
“What kind of teacher is Illyana-sama?”
“The inspiration… You’ll know when you see it for yourself.”
“Yes?”
Illyana reserved her words about her mentor, who rarely taught her the rudiments of magic.
The reaction was very surprising, so Erin tilted her head.
Amidst the attention of many people, Illyana, who was walking in front of her, proudly reached the main entrance of the Mage Tower.
“How did you come…”
Before the gatekeeper guarding her door finished her words to ask about her visit to the Mage Tower, Illyana held out a blue veil from her bosom and presented it to the gatekeeper.
“This, this… !?”
The gatekeeper, who recognized the identity of the veil, looked at Illyana in surprise.
“Aden Hispia. I’m here to see my master. Open the door.”
