Genius Warlock-Episode 638
638. Idol (4)
conversation.
Of the Black Hand's fingers, the puppet who lived the longest, built up a vast power, and in a way had the most secrets answered that way..
He came here in person to talk with Tilda, the original master of the Magic Tower and the head of Ice Eye, a prestigious magic family..
That too in the magic tower.
A situation that deviates from common sense in many ways.
In keeping with this, Tilda exuded a unique, cold, murderous attitude..
“Have you come here to play a trick??”
So bad so bad·····.
When Tilda opened her mouth, the temperature inside the space dropped rapidly, and a thin film of ice formed on the walls..
Instantly lowering the internal temperature using magic power.
An ordinary person would have been overwhelmed by this force and would have stiffened and told the truth, but the puppet, as befits its nickname "fingers," simply blew on his hands and melted them..
“ha····. It's cold.”
“I know what you're doing.”
Tilda opened her mouth as if she knew something..
“They are playing tricks on the traditional school. Isn’t that why you came here? To play tricks on the Magic Tower... I don't know what trick they used, but it will work on this magic tower as well.-”
“-Hahahahahaha.”
While Tilda was speaking, the puppet burst into laughter..
It was a normal laugh, not too loud or too soft, but it was enough to stop Tilda..
Tilda stopped talking due to the sudden laughter, and in the meantime, the puppet naturally took the lead in the conversation..
“Oh, excuse me. I apologize... Because it’s funny.”
“···What's funny?”
“Seeing lies that are clearly visible. Do you really think I didn't know??”
This time the puppet asked.
“The frauds you recruited are invading other traditional schools, including the Skadi School. Those scammers were spying on me. Do you really think I didn’t know?.”
Tilda didn't answer..
“I knew it, but I let it go. I was curious. How will they act? Should I report it to the Magic Tower and devise a countermeasure, or should I keep it as my own secret and use it...? As expected, it was the latter..”
A puppet that shoots. Nevertheless, Tilda continued to maintain her stern expression..
Puppet continued talking..
“I'm not criticizing you. The Ice Eye family ran away from their hometown and moved from place to place for a long time. You always want to have a hand ready in case of an emergency. It's completely natural. I understand.”
“Watch your mouth. We took root in the Magic Tower, and we have remained faithful until now..”
“Does that faith mean you won't participate in Theodore's rebellion? He rejected the proposal to escape the curse of aging, transcend death, and create a magic tower only for true wizards.?”
“Yes.”
“lie. The real reason I rejected Theodore's offer was just because I was scared.?”
“······.”
“He was afraid of Merlin, so he rejected him even though he was attracted to him. Because he knew that no matter what he suggested, it would be impossible as long as Merlin was there..”
Jjajjajaja with charcoal!!
As soon as the puppet finished speaking, Tilda's emotions fluctuated, and at the same time, thin, sharp thorns sprouted from the ice film that had formed everywhere and were aimed at the puppet..
A thorn of ice that rots your skin just by brushing against it..
In the midst of it all, Tilda whispered coldly..
“You say something like that without any evidence. Did you think I would be scared by the famous name Fingers??”
“You're good at pretending to be angry. But you don't have to. All the world trees around the Elemental School-Tower are now as good as blind. Thanks to my friend's help. So you can be a little more honest.”
“gibberish. Who is protecting the World Tree in the Magic Tower now??”
“Eve is guarding it. Well then, you understand what I mean.?”
Tilda flinched at the puppet's answer without any hesitation..
Currently, the security of the World Tree of the Magic Tower is receiving help from Eve..
The artificial spirit of the world tree, called the spirit... But covering Eve’s eyes like that?.
This could only be interpreted with one meaning. Also, there is another Eve, and that Eve is helping the puppet..
It was a hard story to believe, but that's why I believed it..
“how····.”
“That's not important, so let's move on. How much did we talk about?····?”
The puppet thought about it and then thought of it..
“ah! He even said he was afraid of Merlin. Not the Archmage, the archivist, but the human being Merlin himself. Well, I understand that too. In her youth she saw her Merlin defeat her own master. Not one-on-one, but with multiple wizards. The problem is that she has multiple teachers..”
As the puppet brought up memories of the past, Tilda's face became slightly incontinent..
That's how much it was like a nightmare for her at that time..
Merlin, who was slightly older than himself, first advocated for the unification of the elemental schools and succeeded..
Well, the reason was reasonable..
As befits its long history, the elemental school entered a decline and had to join forces to maintain its status in the new era..
Wizards who agreed to some extent at the time proved this..
The problem was that we didn't agree at the same time..
The reason was simple. Practical reasons such as shares, power distribution, and leadership following integration.
However, Merlin solved this complex problem very easily..
With overwhelming power and skill.
When the integration of the Elemental School was put on hold, he challenged the Grand Masters, powerful figures, and dark horses of each school to a fight in front of everyone..
At the same time, it is not one-to-one.
He showed the courage to take them all down by himself..
If you reject it, it will not end in mere disgrace..
In the end, the wizards of the time accepted Merlin's challenge regardless of their status, and all were defeated miserably..
So overwhelming that even the word “if” cannot be mentioned..
That was Merlin before it became an archive..
A being who is arrogant and ruthless, but possesses skills that no one can criticize..
In a way, it could be said to be the most ideal wizard..
‘Although it has completely changed since becoming an archive,.’
In the process of Merlin unifying the Elemental School, Tilda's teacher and Grand Master had to retire, and the Skadi School was later downgraded to the Skadi Elementary School. The grand master title also disappeared..
“I was also attacked by Merlin's disciple. Your son.”
“How dare you remember such trivial things?.”
“I know many more trivial things. After Lake Village, they are secretly stealing wizards from the School of Life, are personally investigating apocalypse theory, and are also investigating new disciples of the Archive. Even though he wasn't interested, he worked hard..”
“······.”
“Are you curious? What is the best ingredient to escape from the opening, aging, and curse that Theodore mentioned? Although I let go of reason due to my inferiority complex about the archive and my fear of death and aging, I know that Theodore is not the type of person to talk nonsense..”
“······.”
“Are you planning on staying silent like that??”
Puppet asked, flicking one of the countless ice spikes aimed at him..
Service is now over. It means that if you want something, say it with your own mouth..
Tilda accepted..
“····Do you know what Theodore said about opening doors and the best ingredients??”
“It's not fun. Right away, I asked.”
“····Does that have something to do with embracing traditional schools??”
“We can have a conversation now. The answer is yes. No matter how old you are, if it's not that serious, it'll be hard to hold my hand..”
Puppet said that there were quite a few warlocks, so it was difficult to cooperate with them..
It was an extremely common sense remark, but Tilda no longer thought about it that way..
In just a few minutes of talking to Puppet, I realized that he was not bound by such things..
“Could it be that the reason why the Cardinal Priest visited this place was also related to that??”
“You'll find out in a little while..”
“What on earth do you want from me??”
“I wonder what you really want. I keep it a secret that I am embracing the traditional school, and I am even having a conversation like this with myself... It's impossible if you don't have what you want.”
Tilda and Puppet showed their cards to some extent, but not entirely, as needed..
Now is the moment of choice. Of course there was silence..
A short but long silence.
It was the more earnest one who broke the silence..
“····Just one question before answering.”
“say.”
“Is the end really coming??”
Tilda asked after discovering the strange phenomenon that occurred in First Step, a colonial city in the New World..
It was a story that was too unrealistic and scary to accept..
To the point where I am reluctant to investigate further..
After hearing the question, the puppet smiled and answered..
“of course.”
***
“Could you take a look at the people around me while I'm in the middle of the continent??”
School of Life - Grand Master Room at the top of the tower.
Oliver asked there..
Merlin slightly opened his eyes after hearing the request..
A very different reaction from the one I was expecting and waiting for Oliver to come..
I couldn't tell for sure because I couldn't read his emotions, but he seemed a little embarrassed..
“Oh, I'm sorry, what can I say??”
“I guess my explanation wasn't enough... I met Cardinal Roderick today. He is the treasurer of the Pater Church..”
“I know who it is.”
“He asked me for help. He asked for help in subduing the warlocks in the center of the continent..”
“I heard that too.”
“People while I was gone... I asked you to take a look at the Redevelopment Association people..”
After hearing Oliver's detailed explanation, Merlin paused for a moment..
Oliver asked at that sight..
“Is it too much to ask??”
“····No, you were rude. Because it’s an unexpected question.”
“Is that so?”
“to be honest. I thought I'd ask if I could go to the center of the continent, or ask about Cardinal Roderick..”
“I've become a little smarter.”
“····Is this a joke??”
“Yes, but I'm only half serious. No matter how much I think about it, it seems like going to the center of the continent is a foregone conclusion..”
Merlin confirmed silently..
There was a group of warlocks who worshiped Oliver more than anything else, so I had to go without thinking about the future..
Even if he was a hero of Landa or something, if he was involved in idolatry, he would be accused of being heresy, a cult, or devil worship, and there was no answer..
If I was thinking about the future, I had to help first. No matter what risks and tricks there are.
In other words, whether to go or not was not a question worth asking..
“I think His Highness Roderick knows roughly what kind of person he is, so I just asked him a more urgent request first..”
“okay?”
“Yes, he seemed like an intelligent person with great knowledge and insight. There are some aspects similar to His Majesty Armand. There are other parts too.”
Oliver said, thinking of Armand..
Both are cardinal priests with a Holy Knight background. Maybe that's why they had similar tendencies..
One of them is the attitude of taking action rather than just praying. At the same time, there were also opposite sides..
Merlin asked Oliver, who rarely judges others easily..
“Do you think you are a good person to help??”
“What exactly does it mean to be a person who is okay with helping??”
Oliver asks. Merlin asked again..
“····I mean don't you look like a dangerous person?.”
“I do not know. I wonder if I can evaluate something like that. However, it was strange for someone who served as a priest..”
Oliver saw Roderick's characteristics accurately, but at the most important end, he stuck to his past attitude..
An attitude of not being easily judged.
It looked extremely frustrating, but Merlin showed a look of relief and regret in that sight..
“For someone who has been in the priesthood, he is quite enterprising..”
“yes.”
“Other than that, didn't you say anything else??”
Roderick's words about the archive passed through Oliver's mind..
He said that the archive is deeply involved in the apocalypse..
They interacted with and respected Paterism on this topic, and furthermore, to the extent of speculating that the existence of the archive may be directly related to the apocalypse..
If it's surprising, it's surprising. If it's obvious, it's obvious news..
Oliver answered, remembering that story..
“They said it was awkward..”
“what?”
“That’s why I call the elderly ‘senior’. It is said that usually a direct teacher must be called teacher..”
“I think I've heard it before. What did you answer??”
“He said that he happened to call me by that name... Is it awkward??”
“well? I'm a progressive person so I don't care about such things. What do you want to do??”
“hmm····. I just want to call it what it is called. I'm used to this side..”
“Then it's no problem.”
Merlin smiled, and Oliver tried to imitate his smile..
Even though it failed.
“Well, that's it. Anyway, back to the original topic, I would like you to take a look at the people around me while I am in the center of the continent. I'm a little worried about the central continent's idolatry..”
“There's nothing that can't be done.”
“thank you.”
“But, do you have any plans to take me with you? That girl named Marie. I think it would be better to take him with him.?”
“It's not that I haven't thought about it, but I think Marie would be better off staying here..”
“Do you think I'll go and cause trouble??”
“No, I want Marie to help establish a school of black magic. That's the reason I brought you to the Magic Tower..”
“That's amazing. My thoughts got deeper.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
“But at the same time, it looks frustrating. Compared to the old days.”
Oliver couldn't say anything. Because it was true.
Oliver was in a more frustrated state than in the past..
There's more to think about, and things have become more ambiguous..
In the past, everything was simple and clear..
All you have to do is satisfy curiosity and persuade or get rid of those who interfere with the process..
At least I didn't have as much to think about as I do now..
But at some point, there was a lot to think about, and things became more difficult to define..
Oliver suddenly wondered how this happened..
When trying to establish a school of black magic?
When Jane Was Kidnapped?
When offered sponsorship by Cardinal Armand?
When you meet the devil?
Or a meat cook?
Or when he went to Weinham to rescue Marie and the Chosen People.?
When I gave a little help to the fighter crew?
Or even that, when you meet Cant?
It was not easy to define exactly where..
Maybe it was the cumulative effect of all those processes..
Oliver, who was lost in thought, opened his mouth..
“Can you please excuse me? First of all, I think I need to contact Cardinal Priest Armand. I have a lot to ask.”
“what?”
“This and that. Since you have to go alone, there will be a lot to prepare..”
“Central continent? alone?”
“yes····. Is there any problem??”
“There's no problem, but I don't think I can go alone..”
“yes?”
“Burke. He said he heard it too. Idolatry. Then I will never let you go alone.”
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