Chapter 229 – The State of Invincibility
After the meal at the restaurant was over, I personally walked Agnes home and said,
“Thank you.”
“What?”
“While I was away, you took care of various things behind the scenes.”
Although the subject was omitted, Agnes would understand what was being said.
Because she is a very talented person.
And as if this prediction had not been wrong, Agnes said, pushing up her glasses with her index finger.
“It was something I naturally had to do. The position of chief treasurer that I sit in was originally created to assist the governor.”
“This country of Oz has rotted to its roots because there are people who don’t do what is obvious. So, you can be proud.”
When I said that and tapped her shoulder, Agnes looked at me with a strange expression, and then a smile appeared on her lips.
“You are still the same as when I first met you, Patrasche.”
“Isn’t that obvious? We’re the same person.”
Then Agnes shook her head.
“No, humans are creatures that are very susceptible to change depending on the surrounding environment. Just a few years ago, I was treated as something special, but now I have become a chief treasurer that everyone looks up to. Perhaps, like Patrasche, I look at the world with an unbiased perspective. If there was no one to look after me, I would have been buried in the mud and never see the light of day.”
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden? It’s embarrassing.”
When I grabbed the back of her neck and massaged it out of strange embarrassment, Agnes, who had been looking at me, suddenly lowered her head and said.
“Thank you for believing in me, even though I am lacking in many ways. I just wanted to say that.”
Soon Agnes said goodbye, opened the door with the key, and entered the house.
‘Why am I suddenly like this?’
I don’t think I’ve always had that emotional personality, but after seeing you for the first time in a while, I feel like I’ve changed a bit.
I don’t think the person I was when I first met her and the person I am now haven’t changed much, but Agnes has definitely changed a lot from the robot-like appearance she had when I first met her.
“Well, I guess that’s a good thing.”
If your emotions have become that rich, you don’t have to worry about not being able to get married in the future.
I’ll have to give him a generous gift later.
***
Three days after that,
“Wrong! You have to diverge the mana there, not converge it!”
I was undergoing hellish training under Glinda’s supervision at the training center in the basement of Emerald Tower.
“No, that’s easier said than done!”
What Glinda was asking now was the same as asking a person who had been walking on two legs until the age of thirty suddenly turn over and start walking on four legs.
It’s not that you can’t do it if you try, but if you want to continue it for a long time, should I say that there are many difficulties?
At that time, Master, who was receiving Glinda’s teachings next to me, slapped me on the back of the head and said.
“Hey, you damn bastard, Miss Glinda is taking the time to teach me, but why are you nitpicking and listening even though you can’t thank me?”
“Honestly, Master, you’re not even getting any progress! You and I are the ones who don’t understand even half of what’s being taught!”
“That is that, and this is this!”
When we got into a fight and were about to start the 68th priest battle, Glinda, who was watching right in front of us, intervened with a puzzled expression.
“Hey, don’t fight because of me! It’s just because I’m bad at teaching!”
“Hmph!”
“Hmph!”
When we stopped the fight thanks to her desperate intervention and turned her head in the opposite direction, Glinda groaned.
At that time, Master’s secretary Olivia sighed and said.
“You’re not even three or four years old, so why do you keep fighting? Both of you.”
“That’s because Master is having a hard time with me.”
“It’s not because you’re a cheapskate. You should be grateful if an 8th rank mage gives you 1:1 tutoring.”
It wasn’t wrong.
It’s not wrong,
“When it comes to walking, it’s because you’re stuck from the first step.”
When I said that and sighed in despair, Master only furrowed his eyebrows and didn’t say anything else.
As if it wasn’t enough, Olivia added a word.
“The reason you two couldn’t digest Glinda’s teachings right away is because your magic systems are different.”
“Still, since the roots are the same, I thought I would be able to understand it to some extent after hearing it. I never thought there would be this much of a difference between the hierarchical magic of elves and the hierarchical magic of humans.”
As the teacher said, the hierarchical magic that Glinda learned had a huge difference from the modern hierarchical magic that was improved for humans to use easily.
Of course, the reincarnated person named Zhuge Hyuk, the founder of modern hierarchical magic, could not have imagined that such a problem would arise in the future, but for those of us who have learned the twisted hierarchical magic over hundreds of years, we are learning from the beginning a completely different discipline that only has the same name. It was like learning.
“If there was enough time, there would be a way to acquire knowledge step by step from the beginning.”
“The problem is that Elven Wood doesn’t give us time to do that.”
“”Ha… “”
We exchanged opinions in a situation where we couldn’t find an answer, and then sighed.
“Then how about taking a break first?”
“A break?”
“The more complicated your mind is, the more difficult it is to study. Sometimes you need to know how to empty your mind.”
Glinda said that and smiled softly.
Even when I try to tell all kinds of truths like this, he accepts everything without frowning once. This is the kindness of an older man… ?
“Mr. Kaldrashu, didn’t you think something strange just now when you looked at me? It was mainly about my age.”
“… No, I didn’t.”
I will correct it.
Even if everything else is fine, it seems like the mention of age cannot be overlooked.
What happened in the past…
***
“Whoa!”
Following Glinda’s advice, we went up to the observation deck at the top of the Emerald Tower to take a breather.
“It’s been a while since I came up here.”
When I said that and turned around, Master shook his head as if he was not impressed.
“Really? I’ve come so many times that I’m almost sick of it.”
“That’s because Master has been in this tower for a long time.”
Perhaps among the existing human mages, Master has watched this continent for the longest.
A long period of 200 years.
What on earth have I been thinking about?
“What is it? You’re suddenly staring at me.”
“No, it’s nothing.”
“It’s bland.”
As I hesitated, Master shrugged his shoulders and looked down at the view beneath the tower.
“Kaldrash, I know I’m just saying this now, but out of all the guys I’ve seen, you are the best in terms of talent. Maybe you can compare to me when I was younger. That’s why I worry sometimes. You’ve never tasted failure before.”〈 Br〉
“You’ve never tasted failure…?”
“You’re only 30 years old. Unlike me, who said I was half-retired but honestly wouldn’t be surprised if I died at any time, you still have more than 100 years left.”
Master said so and stabbed the heart with his index finger.
“Don’t try to go too fast. Even if it’s a little slow, if you keep moving forward, one day you will reach your desired goal.”
I asked while gently rubbing the heart that Master had pressed.
“Why are you suddenly saying that?”
Then Master shrugged his shoulders and said.
“I have seen many so-called geniuses who have never tasted failure fail for the first time in their lives and become frustrated and never recover.”
“It’s an experience story.”
“To be exact, it’s an eyewitness account.”
Master said that and tapped my shoulder.
“When we’ve lost all the air, let’s go in. Glinda will be waiting for you.”
“Master, go in first. I’ll go in a little later.”
“Just figure it out.”
After saying that, Master went down the observatory first without even looking back.
Left alone, I quietly looked at the blue sky and muttered absentmindedly.
“When you see something like this, you say it’s blocked by a wall.”
Now I finally understand what the other guys were saying.
***
Another week has passed since then.
“Hmph!”
Although the special training I was receiving from Glinda was very gradual, progress was definitely being made.
‘At this timing, there is divergence, not convergence.’
The moment when the mana flowing through the blood vessels is organized according to the formula and is about to be expressed as magic, the act of letting go of the reins of magic that was tightly held.
Although it was the exact opposite of existing common sense, it was actually a recommended behavior in ancient hierarchical magic.
Because it’s not about ‘domination’, it’s about giving yourself over to the ‘flow’.
That moment-
Paaaaa!
It was only for a moment, but powerful plasma appeared and disappeared within the grasp along with a dazzling light.
“Success!”
As I clenched my fists in joy, Glinda, who was watching from the side, clapped and approached me.
“Congratulations. You’ve finally passed step 1.”
I asked in an excited voice after hearing Glinda’s words.
“If this is step 1, how many steps are left?”
Then Glinda made a worried expression and then spoke with a soft smile on her lips.
“About 29 steps to go?”
… Ha?
