I got into school for nothing-340
I got into school for nothing (340)
Lesson 67. Ten Great Families Meeting - 2
“In more detail... let’s hear it in more detail. And about the ancestor, too.”
Seeing the bandages that covered the room stir even more greatly, Ban Yuwon exercised his Authority to strengthen their power. At this, Clio Hecate put on a deeply moved expression, then bowed her head to him once more and continued speaking.
“The owner of the Tower, the Tower Lord, wished to unite all dimensions into one. You, Ban Yuwon, are already well aware of this, I presume.”
“That conclusion was more or less reached, and everyone affirmed it was correct.”
“In fact, the reason for that lies in the core material used to construct the Tower.”
“Core material? ...Ah!”
Ban Yuwon recalled the scene he had encountered during his solo exploration, and let out an exclamation.
Then monsters began to attack them, and what appeared last was a Minotaur imbued with the concept of deification—
“You were only shown what was necessary. That’s right, your ancestor, the previous Tower Lord, obtained none other than a God’s Fragment.”
“Wait, I’m just finding this out now?!”
“What do you think was born first in the universe?”
“Let there be light—Ah, damn it.”
That it wasn't just light-attributed magic, but the very power of a god.
It’s so plausible that I instantly understood it, and I’m furious that I can’t refute it!
“The Tower Lord knew it was merely a fragment, an incomplete state, and sought to create an artifact to complete it.”
“You’re telling me that was the Tower...?”
“Precisely.”
Ban Yuwon smacked his forehead.
What was the purpose of building the Tower of Babel? Wasn't it to hear the voice of God more closely!
And the reason it was destroyed by God’s hand was because humans challenged divine authority.
If the core material of the Tower of Babel was a God’s Fragment, that explains everything perfectly.
What Ban Yuwon’s ancestor did was literally to create a god and stand above it, wasn't it?
Ah, if only I had remembered the Bible properly, I would have known the Tower’s true nature much sooner—
To Ban Yuwon, who was feeling hollow and thinking such foolish thoughts, Clio Hecate, in her unwavering voice, declared.
“However, there were those who could not simply stand by and watch.”
“Is this where the True Dragons appear?”
“You’ve arrived at that answer, as expected. Indeed, those lizards who dominated the universe before the Tower Lord appeared are precisely them.”
“Domination of the universe?”
“From the existing S-1 to S-9 dimensions, and even the now-lost S-10 dimension, would you believe that dragons ruled them all?”
“Ah, more or less.”
Furthermore, Union belonged to no single dimension.
If one were to be precise, since it enjoys more abundant mana than any other dimension, the expression ‘S-0’ would be appropriate.
This not only implied placing Union above S-rank dimensions, but also that it was different from the dimensions that were formerly influenced by the dragons....
“I will not say that the Tower Lord was justice, but if the Tower Lord was not justice, then they, too, were not justice. They simply could not tolerate the rearrangement of the dominant order with the Tower Lord at its center.”
“I had more or less expected that....”
“Thus, the Tower Lord created vassals. My ancestor Hecate, from the family I was born into and grew up in, also held no meaning until she gained new life at his hands.”
“He had them defeat the True Dragons, and made them rule the ten most powerful dimensions that the True Dragons had dominated.”
“That’s right. Except for Melodia, the dimension that the True Dragons united to protect.”
If the Tower Lord had remained unharmed, no matter how the True Dragons had schemed to deceive him, he would have surely found and dealt with them someday, making his vassals the masters of those dimensions.
However, before that could happen, the Tower Lord met with calamity: the betrayal of the very vassals he had trusted so completely.
And this was the crucial point Ban Yuwon had been seeking.
“How was that possible?”
Ban Yuwon understood why his ancestor had trusted his vassals so completely.
He, too, trusted his own vassals, because an absolute order existed that made it impossible for them to betray Ban Yuwon.
“Was there absolutely no loophole?”
“No. It’s impossible, I tell you? To harbor such intentions.”
“Is that so? But you, Ban Yuwon, possess a power that makes it possible, even now.”
“Rebellion? That’s impossible with something like this; even if I absorb a concept, the moment that blade turns against its master, it will harm itself. That’s the fundamental structure of a vassal.”
“What I spoke of was the power of Starlight.”
Ban Yuwon stopped moving.
So right now... huh...?
Starlight...?
“Why did the woman with the power of Starlight have to suffer such a fate? Losing her life, unable to even maintain her Constellation status, the reason she had to be sealed for hundreds of years.”
“Wait, Stella was sealed by other Constellations.”
“Who do you think was able to control those Constellations and give them orders?”
Clio Hecate smiled.
“The Chancellor, coveting her power, attempted to use her twice. However, the Chancellor, fearing she would destroy the Tower he had sent her into as a climber, killed her instead. That is how she became a Constellation.”
“So... the owner of Starlight has the qualification to conquer the Tower.”
“As you yourself have experienced, Starlight clearly possessed that potential, didn’t it? Among the countless Authorities you have handled so far, it is the most certainly radiant potential. It holds the power to destroy order.”
However, Clio Hecate continued.
“The plan to leave her as a Constellation and use only her power by utilizing Professor Yumina, who had a connection with her, was likewise thwarted.”
“Because Yumina set a new record in the Tower?”
“The Chancellor had hoped Professor Yumina would gain only her power, but Professor Yumina ended up sharing even her ideology. The Chancellor ultimately sealed her even as a Constellation. What’s amusing is that the Chancellor did not lay a hand on Professor Yumina. All he did was restrict her from leaving freely.”
And that became his most fatal mistake—.
Listening to Clio Hecate’s summary, Ban Yuwon harbored a ‘what if’ thought.
“Could it be that my meeting with Stella was....”
“Without a doubt, it was because you, Ban Yuwon, were Professor Yumina’s proxy. All the causality that arose from that was unintended by the Chancellor. It couldn’t have been otherwise; his predecessor died because of it.”
His breath hitched.
He felt like a fool for having thought until now that it was all the Chancellor’s arrangement.
Yet there was such clear, continuous causality.
Stella’s appearance, sealed within the staff, was neither the Chancellor’s intention nor the Tower’s intention.
It was driven by the strong will of Yumina and Stella themselves.
Good heavens, that such a childish and embarrassing conclusion could be the answer.
If one were to add a plausible explanation, it would surely be thanks to the power of ‘Starlight’.
“Then, why did the Chancellor leave Yumina alone?”
“Well, perhaps he was wary of Professor Yumina becoming a Constellation. The Tower’s selection and capture of Constellations itself is an area where even the Chancellor cannot interfere.”
That much could be clearly seen just by how the Tower was targeting Ban Yuwon.
“If not that... perhaps even that monster retained a shred of recognition. The descendant of one of the Ten Great Families who survived in the Garden of Four Seasons, S-10 Dimension, which was destroyed by the Tower’s ‘Unified Will’—it seems there was considerable interaction with that ancestor.”
“The Chancellor, as expected....”
“He was a vassal who did not betray. Among the ancestors of the Ten Great Families, there might have been some who did not betray, but the Chancellor alone surely defended the Tower without betrayal.”
But at this point, the Chancellor’s origins, or how the owner of Starlight died, are not particularly important, she said, returning the topic to its original point.
“What is important is that Starlight is a power that overturns order. And that the vassals used this power to kill their master.”
“Suddenly, this has become a very concerning story.”
Ban Yuwon also possessed Starlight.
Of course, his vassals only shared his concepts because he permitted it, so it would be a simple matter of not lending them Starlight.
Was that all?
Considering that he had revived Yumina’s Starlight with his own hands, and restored Stella, the Constellation who wielded Starlight, to her former glory.
Indeed, why the Chancellor had not wanted such causality to occur, he felt a pang of sorrow understanding it instantly.
[“We’re different from those ruffians! More importantly, we’re not close enough with those women to borrow Starlight from them!”]
‘I know, I know, so don’t bring up such sad topics.’
As Ban Yuwon sighed at Lilyth’s shrill cries, Clio Hecate’s story continued, utterly unaware of the conversation taking place.
“Then where did Starlight come from? We are discussing those who wielded Starlight before the Starlight Player awakened it herself.”
“What do you mean, ‘where’? Starlight is a higher form of light magic, and....”
—I told you before. Starlight is also part of the dimensional wall. But that’s impossible, they actually wielded Starlight! I can’t believe it!
Suddenly, Stella interjected.
Ban Yuwon understood Clio Hecate’s words that Starlight was a power that overturned order at this moment, precisely because even his contracted Constellation, Death’s Pupil, Dokgo Yeon, could not interfere in this space.
But wait, Starlight constitutes part of the dimensional wall?
Who built the dimensional wall?
“You seem to have realized.”
A sinister smile played on Clio Hecate’s lips.
It was as if she were furious with her own ancestors.
“That’s right. Starlight was the power of the True Dragons. They borrowed the enemy’s power to murder their master.”
“Hold on, too much information is coming out, I’m getting dizzy. Let’s organize this once before we move on.”
—How could True Dragons handle such a delicate power as Starlight!
Leaving Stella, who was denying reality, aside for now.
Ban Yuwon clutched his head, and listed the information in chronological order.
First, the Tower was built to complete the God’s Fragment.
Second, in the past, the Tower Lord and the True Dragons were fighting over the Tower.
Third, the Tower Lord prepared vassals to defeat the True Dragons, and with their power, succeeded in driving the True Dragons to ruin.
Fourth, at the last moment, the vassals borrowed the True Dragons’ power, ‘Starlight’, and murdered the Tower Lord.
Fifth, only the Chancellor, the loyal vassal, remained in Union and continued to guard the Tower.
“Furthermore, the Chancellor wished for Starlight never to reappear, and relentlessly tracked its traces. The Starlight Player’s capture by the Chancellor was also due to this. This is also why, even now, traces of True Dragons cannot be found throughout the universe.”
It seems she doesn't know that one True Dragon still remains.
But now Ban Yuwon understood perfectly.
The Chancellor might not know that Aire is a True Dragon, but even if Aire were a True Dragon, he wouldn't actively try to kill her.
Because Aire doesn’t possess Starlight.
‘Was that the trick the True Dragons used to protect their last descendant? They didn’t leave Starlight to Aire....’
To Ban Yuwon, who had realized everything and let out a soft sigh, Clio Hecate smiled faintly once more and spoke.
“Now, let’s return to what I mentioned earlier. You, Ban Yuwon, are about to go to a place teeming with the descendants of those traitors. A place filled with those who believe you will ascend the Tower’s summit and seize dominion over the universe, and who will try to kill you before that happens.”
“I, of course, the Tower.... No, come to think of it, there was something I hadn’t heard yet.”
Ban Yuwon, who had almost revealed his true intentions, closed his mouth.
His sharp gaze turned towards Clio Hecate.
Her previously hazy, violet eyes were now once again sharp and clear, meeting his gaze.
“So why are you following me as if I were your master?”
“Because it is the right thing to do as a vassal.”
“Don’t be ridiculous, you’re neither my vassal nor anything else. You’re just Clio Hecate.”
“I will become a vassal. Just as my ancestor did to yours in the past.”
But why—!
In front of him, feeling as though he might scream, she knelt once more.
“Because it is what I desire, and the path my Authority has read for me.”
“Didn’t you say you’ve never made prophecies?”
“There is only one thing my Authority can discern: the optimal choice I can make. In the past, I left my family and followed the Chancellor for that reason, and for that reason, I found you.”
The reason I parted ways with the Chancellor is that unlike me, who desires the current Tower Lord, he only looked to the predecessor—.
She finished speaking thus, and coincidentally, Ban Yuwon largely agreed with her words.
The Chancellor had never once looked directly at Ban Yuwon.
The impression that he saw something else through Ban Yuwon was too strong, so he never felt like he had a proper conversation with him.
“Even so, I still....”
“You can’t trust me, can you? But isn’t there a way to gain your trust?”
In an instant, the bandages burst open.
The bandages that had tightly enveloped her entire body simultaneously unwrapped, strengthening the spatial barrier and quieting the area.
Clio Hecate, revealing her smooth, ample, brown nakedness, prostrated herself before Ban Yuwon once more.
“If you take me, you will be able to engrave the mark of a vassal once again.”
“Ah.”
The phrase ‘50 percent’ floated before his eyes, making him resent his older sister all over again.
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