Chapter 788 – 788. The Sorcerer’s Stone (3)
After hearing everything from Erin, Eunhyeon asked Erin to confirm.
“Therefore… You mean she persisted even though she kept rejecting the invitation?”
Proposal to become a direct disciple of the Red Tower’s representative, the Red Elder.
I could roughly guess how much of the ripple power it had would be within this mage tower without thinking deeply.
That position must be a dream and honorable position for most mages in this mage tower.
“That’s right! Really speechless! I was really frustrated!?”
Erin nodded her head in affirmation over and over again.
She gave a look of disgust at how afflicted she really was.
If she hadn’t done it, would she have run up the 63rd floor and asked Eun-hyeon for help?
Persuasion in front of someone you couldn’t communicate with was no different than talking to a wall.
As for fighting, Erin was really bad at this.
“How…”
“The elder’s suggestion…”
Erin’s attitude towards her, as if to drive away her troublesome flies, reacted with resentment from all her mages who followed her.
There aren’t that many wizards who can reach the top floor, the 63rd floor, by pouring a large amount of mana into the transfer magic circle.
Considering that even among the top digit mages in this Mage Tower, only those who have established themselves in the ranks can rise, most of the mages who have followed Erinn to this place are all treated well in the Mage Tower or in other countries.
The reason why they moved her heavy hips and pursued her Erin was because there was an order from their representative, the Red Elder.
However, Erin herself kicked away her honorable opportunity to become a direct disciple of the Red Elder, and she couldn’t help but be angry.
Someone thought that a young, blue-eyed woman was making fun of a position she had never been able to obtain despite all her life’s efforts.
“No. So, isn’t that what our kid said? I will not be a disciple.”
“Who are you, and are you interfering with my disciple’s affairs?”
The old man, the red elder, who belatedly appeared through the teleportation magic circle, asked Eunhyeon.
Eunhyun shrugged his shoulders and answered the red elder’s question.
“This is my husband. Of the woman you intend to make a disciple of. And… She is also a teacher.”
“Master? Of that child?”
Only then did the red elder look up and down Eunhyeon’s body and observe it.
On the surface, the total amount of magical power itself must be higher than that of most wizards, but even so, it fell far short of the top digit wizards.
And Eunhyeon couldn’t be seen as a wizard.
“… What did you teach me?”
“About swordsmanship, martial arts, and the knowledge and experience necessary to act as an adventurer.”
“Under! How absurd!”
The enemy elder let out a sigh.
“Does the so-called teacher not have eyes to see his disciples to this extent? He is a being blessed with magical powers like that! Aren’t you rotting that talent!”
There was something fundamentally different about the magic that Erin possessed from that of other ordinary wizards.
So clean, so strong, so overwhelming.
Her skin tingled at the mere touch of her magic, and a chilling sensation ran down her spine and hit her head.
Erin’s magical power, which is essentially different from that of ordinary wizards, is like a blessing from heaven, like an unprocessed diamond.
“Don’t curse Hyun!”
Erin, who was hiding behind Eun-hyeon, was furious at her enemy elder, who was vehemently criticizing her Eun-hyeon.
She couldn’t overcome her temper and tried to run at the enemy elder, but Eun-hyeon grabbed Erin’s arm and pulled her toward him.
“… Hyuna?”
“Are you okay. I’ll fix it.”
Eun-hyeon pushed Erin behind her back and faced her enemy head-on again.
“Certainly, Erin is very talented. But it is Erin herself who decides what she does and how she wants to live. Not to mention me, and she’s not something the enemy elder can tell you.”
“Are you saying you know what it means to be my disciple in this Magic Tower? The successor who can have everything in the Red Tower is the promised position!”
The highest position where wealth, power, and honor were promised.
As a red elder who had devoted his whole life to studying magic in this mage tower, he couldn’t understand Erinn’s thoughts of rejecting it.
Although she thought it was the road to the highest honor and future for herself, she had no idea that it might be different for others.
“No. Well baby! Because I hate it!?”
Erin, who felt frustrated, was annoyed once more, but as expected, she didn’t listen to the enemy elder.
“Cheeky! It’s not enough that you dare to destroy the artifacts of our enemy’s tower, to refuse the elder’s invitation! There is a degree to ignoring the red tower!”
“Joy! What a big deal to destroy and eat such a low-level artifact! If it was only going to break that much, the artifact must have been flawed in the first place!”
“What, what… ! How dare you scorn the Red Tower Wizard!”
A large number of red robe wizards were indignant.
Since she had heard the remarks that she openly ignored, she must have deserved it, but honestly, since she couldn’t actually withstand Erinn’s magic and her artifact shattered, she had nothing to refute.
‘Maybe that’s why I’m getting more heat.’
Eunhyun smiled.
It wasn’t that Erin did a good job, but that she thought of herself as a group of superior wizards and crushed their pride, who were firmly united by the idea of the chosen people, was a good result in a sense.
“Are you saying you know how much the artifact you destroyed cost!”
“How are you! I’ll ask you! I have a lot of money!”
Erin confidently responded.
In fact, Erin, who is acting as a gold-tier adventurer, has a very high ransom.
In the meantime, she has spent a lot of money doing various activities, but since her income was overwhelming, she did not have a lot of money saved.
Erin was confident that she wouldn’t be surprised at the price of the scout artifact she had destroyed.
The withdrawal of her pennies does not take a toll on her balance in her own pocket.
‘At most, two or three gold coins. How much…’
“It’s just two platinum coins!”
“… What?”
Upon hearing her totally unexpected amount, Erin’s eyes widened.
Seeing Erin’s reaction, she couldn’t believe it was true, and her enemy tower mages laughed at her.
As they expected, her attitude, which was quite embarrassed, seemed to like her quite a bit.
“Don’t cheat! How can that cheap crystal ball be worth a platinum coin!”
“Cheap, cheap!”
At best, it wasn’t the unit I thought I would play in the gold unit, but the platinum unit of 100 times that unit.
She should be able to go as far as overcharging, and Erin wondered if their faces were covered with mithril rather than iron plates.
“Scouter is the best masterpiece made with high-grade magic crystals refined by several high-ranking wizards in our Red Tower working together for days and days! You guys don’t know how much a day is worth for the top digit wizards in our Red Tower.”
I do not know.
I didn’t care, and I didn’t want to know.
Erin frowned.
“Lie. Compared to the artifacts Hyun and Illyana-sama made, they were really cheap…”
“… What?”
The wizards’ brows twitched as they heard Erin’s self-talk.
I didn’t know who the ‘hyun’ was referring to, but what they reacted to was the name ‘Illyana’.
Even if he belongs to another affiliation, he is definitely a wizard from the Mage Tower, and he is the best wizard who is said to be one of the top 10 wizards on the continent.
The mere mention of the name Illyana had an extraordinary impact.
“Huh. That’s an interesting logic.”
Before long, the soft female voice was clearly heard in the ears of the Red Tower wizards.
One of the three elders’ rooms connected to the central hallway.
It was in the office of the Commissioner.
The eyes of all the wizards, including the Red Elder, who were arguing in the hallway, turned to the Chief Elder’s office, where the voice had been heard.
Erin, who turned her head one tempo slower than them, was delighted to see Illyana slowly walking out of the Commissioner’s Office.
“It’s Iliana!”
Erin, who had been arguing with the red tower mages while hiding her body behind her Eunhyeon’s back and sticking her head out, smiled broadly and was embraced by Illyana.
Illyana comforted Erin by brushing her hair in her arms.
“Okay. Okay.”
“Lol.”
The touch made her feel good, so she smiled once and then pointed at the red tower wizards.
“Lord Iliana! That grandfather keeps following me relentlessly and trying to make me her disciple! Please scold me.”
“Huh. I’ve heard a lot of talk Do you want to go back to Hyun-i for a second?”
“Yes!”
Erin nodded her head and turned to Eun-hyeon again.
Illyana slowly moved her steps towards the central hallway that was the center of the scuffle.
“Are you okay?”
Eunhyun, who had gotten closer, cautiously asked Illyana.
“Are you okay. I am Illyana.”
“… No. I didn’t ask for that.”
What Eunhyeon was worried about was not Illyana, but the wizards of the Red Tower.
But for now, Eunhyun chose to watch.
Passing by Eunhyeon and Erin, Illyana stood in front and faced the red elder head-on.
“… Is it really you?”
The red elder narrowed her brows and looked at Illyana.
“Long time no see. Enemy inspiration. It seems to be the first time since the Mage Tower meeting 10 years ago.”
“What did you come to the Magic Tower for? The guy who had already said he would quit the world and go into seclusion.”
The enemy elder was not happy with the sudden appearance of Illyana.
After the war ended, she stopped all her external activities as a wizard and went into hiding.
It was also absurd that the reason was the sense of loss caused by the death of the man she loved.
For that reason, she threw away everything, including her affiliation with the Blue Tower, and now that she appeared in the Magic Tower, she was no different.
“You don’t like that I’m back, do you?”
“Joy. I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
In fact, there was originally a reason why she didn’t like her reappearance, but the enemy elder was trying hard to ignore it, and she wasn’t aware of it.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t take my child.”
“… My child?”
The red elder glanced at Erin hiding behind Eunhyun.
“Joy!”
Erin, who was provoking herself with her tongue sticking out, realized belatedly with whom she visited the Mage Tower.
She thought for a moment that she couldn’t be like that because she was Illyana, who had lived in seclusion and had no relationship with anyone, but at this point, she couldn’t help but be convinced.
“… Is that child your disciple?”
“No. My kid is not a wizard. Magic is definitely great, but… My head is bad, so I don’t know how to do arithmetic calculations.”
“Hey, Miss Illyana!”
Erin was shocked and turned her face red and shouted at Illyana.
She looked even more hurt because it was the harsh evaluation of her, whom she thought was an ally.
Even if it was an undeniable fact, Erin was crying like a puppy drenched in cold water over her.
“So inspiration gives up. I will not raise my child to be a wizard.”
“…”
The red elder glared at Illyana and said nothing.
Even Illyana, who was calmly accepting his ferocious gaze, did not stand still without doing anything.
Between the gazes of the two people facing each other, sparks flew and it seemed like the embers were about to burn.
The formidable atmosphere that has formed gradually subsides, and the chilled air around it creates the illusion that it is gradually getting heavier.
“An artifact that my child broke. Is it really worth a platinum coin?”
“… If so, what will you do?”
“Then if I create something more valuable than being that scout. Is this a problem that can be solved?”
