Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 218

Episode 218:

Dragon Soldiers’

Faaah –

The tightly closed door was emitting light like a magic light.

『I guess this is the key?』

At Mephisto’s words, Elric nodded, stood in front of the door, and placed his hand.

Where my palm touched, a wave of magical energy briefly fluttered.

Slam!

Kiyi!

The door opened wide from side to side with the sound of a joint being loosened.

Elric went inside like a person possessed by something.

The innermost room within the family’s magic treasury. In a place like that, something very valuable must have been hidden.

However, contrary to Elric’s expectations, the interior boasted a very simple atmosphere.

The bookshelves along the wall were also empty.

But that wasn’t what caught Elric’s attention.

The innermost part of the room.

There was a desk sitting there as if it had been abandoned.

There was a thick book under a silver candlestick with a red flame flickering as if it had caught fire.

Strangely enough, the moment he saw that, Elric’s heart began to beat like crazy.

Exciting!

Exciting!

As if it was calling him, Elric slowly approached it.

As the shadow on the booklet became darker, the candle in the silver candlestick seemed to flutter louder.

『Hmm this…?』

“Is this something you know?”

『Not really.』

Mephisto chuckled as he pointed to the sentence drawn on the surface of the book.

A smile that is a mixture of complex emotions that can somehow seem welcoming or uncomfortable.

『Because it’s so familiar.』

It was clearly the Mervinger family crest.

However, it was also a sentence that is not currently used.

Elric knew very well what it was.

‘The robe the founder was wearing. The sentence that was drawn there.’

An afterimage of Sijo that I saw every time I went through an arrangement. The emblem on the clothes he was wearing was exactly like this.

Although it is similar to the current one, it has a stronger classical feel.

So, as Elric, he had no choice but to become more impatient.

Nevertheless, the reason Elric couldn’t move right away was because the booklet was so old that it felt like it would crumble if he even touched it incorrectly.

Considering that there were a lot of preservation spells on it, it felt like someone had managed to force something to remain that should have disappeared long ago.

Elric opened the first page with trembling fingers.

Then, a piece of parchment that had been inserted there like a bookmark quietly fell down.

‘This…?’

It was a letter.

A letter written in a font that is very familiar to Elric.

‘It’s a letter left by my grandfather!’

Wasn’t there something similar to this in writing among the few relics of Wusden Mervinger that remained in the family?

Elric’s eyes automatically focused there.

-To my grandson who will visit here someday.

Even though we have never actually met, I still think that you and I know each other very well.

The path I am walking now will be the path you will walk, and the path you will walk forward will be the path I walked.

And this is one of the small stops along the way.

I am leaving this letter here because I thought it would be okay to tell you some things because you may be confused by too many things.

From the black snow fields to here.

Will I now be able to hear the reason for my grandfather’s countless remaining touches?

Elric swallowed dry saliva without realizing it.

-First of all, let me tell you one thing: I actually don’t know exactly what path you are taking.

‘What is this…?’

-I was lucky enough to reach the God of Changcheon a long time ago. And thanks to her help, I gained the ability to ‘peek’ into the future, even if only briefly, through star divination.

However, the future remained entirely a realm of possibility, and it was impossible to pinpoint which one was real.

In the end, the path I have seen and walked is just one of many future lines. I only chose the most difficult, arduous, and painful path among them.

Because I thought you could do all of those things.

This is because I firmly believe that although you are my grandson whom I will never see, you are the child who will lead me and my family better than anyone else.

Elric pouted his lips.

‘If you believed so strongly, wouldn’t you have made it easier to adjust the difficulty level?’

I felt heartbroken for no reason.

Still, I felt like one question was being answered.

‘The god of the sky… the god Sarnai worships is also related to my grandfather.’

If I were to leave this place, I would probably have to find Sarnai first.

-The fate of the stars drawn on the ecliptic and celestial sphere is told. The star that represents me will soon go out. Right now it’s shining more brilliantly than any other star, but it’s like a candle burning brightest just before it goes out.

Elric’s gaze briefly turned towards the silver candlestick that gave off a bright light.

‘Ah, you wrote the letter below.’

Elric somehow felt like he could see the funny Mervinger sitting here, quietly scribbling with a fountain pen.

-I don’t even know how I turn off. I only know that the mission given to me by the stars ends there. There is no regret in life. I have already received many compliments that many people have never experienced, and I have a beautiful wife, cute children, and kind-hearted daughter-in-law.

However, what remains a concern is that the black clouds that are still covering the ecliptic show no signs of disappearing.

No matter how brilliantly I shine, won’t I be able to break through the dark clouds that cover all the constellations?

‘Dark clouds.’

This word caught Elric’s eye especially.

Does this really mean Azazel and Grigori?

But I thought it might not be just that.

‘perhaps.’

Elric glanced to the side.

“what? Why?』

“No. nothing.”

Mephisto’s eyes narrowed slightly as their eyes met, but Elric calmly shook his head.

However, contrary to appearance, my mind was complicated.

‘Mephisto…’

Sometimes, a thought popped into my head without me even realizing it.

This is when Mephisto awakens from his seal after over a thousand years. Can we simply dismiss the fact that Grigori, who is seeking Azazel’s resurrection, has begun his activities as a ‘coincidence’?

Even though two Great Demon Lords, who had never been seen even in that difficult Great Demon War, opened their eyes?

And if, as he feared, Mephisto is also included in the ‘dark clouds’ mentioned by Usden.

then.

What should I do?

-So I started walking blindly along the dots of the stars to find a way to disperse the dark clouds.

And soon I found out.

That those paths are actually paths that someone has walked.

4th vassal.

the four seasons.

It was them.

‘…!’

Elric thought that Usden was on his way, but it seemed that there was someone else in front of Usden as well.

But in a way, I felt like it was natural.

In the end, all of those roads were places where the family’s touch was evident.

-It was truly amazing. Everywhere you go, traces of people called the Four Seasons remain.

Thanks to you, I saw many things.

There are many things that I didn’t know about, and many of the previous family heads didn’t know about, or had forgotten.

A past remembered only by the beastmen in the black snowfield.

Traces of the ancestors left at the Temple of Flowers.

Dragons who have been waiting for a long time.

and.

There are various arranging locations that Elric has not been able to reach yet.

-I was able to realize many things while watching them, laughing and having fun together.

I also realized:

What is the mission given to me?

I didn’t know what they really wanted to say, but I had to make sure it could be passed on to future generations. That was my mission.

In this way, the dark clouds disperse and the starlight of the founder, now forgotten on this earth, spreads across the sky.

That was also my mission.

Elric recalled what Otto Han once said to him as he disappeared.

The magic that symbolizes the four seasons, spring, summer, fall, and winter, was developed by the four major retainers, but their roots all originate from the founder.

And if we can sort out all of those things, we will be able to approach the founder.

perhaps.

This may be what Woosden is talking about.

‘The magic of the ancestors…’

-So all I had to do was touch it, but at the same time, I couldn’t help but feel old again.

I was worried that what started out as a way to ward off dark clouds might end up leaving a burden too burdensome for my grandchildren

– but I believe it.

I was like that, my father was like that, my grandfather was like that, and so were many of my ancestors.

And just like the founder did.

You too.

That way, you will have a good journey.

Elric felt like the tip of his nose was getting sore for no reason, so he wiped his nose with his fingertip and grumbled.

“…My grandfather, in the end, he doesn’t tell us any secrets until the end.”

-So even though the road is still very difficult, lonely, and lonely. Should I just walk and walk in silence and wait again? It will soon be resolved and resolved.

-But I can’t just let you go, even if it’s because you’re so amazing that you came all the way here as a spare expense. I’ll give you a gift.

Usden even lightly comforted the upset Elric. I felt like my real grandfather appeared and comforted me.

But there was something else that caught Elric’s attention.

gift.

What is it?

-I leave you this booklet as a reward.

What is written behind this is what I vaguely glimpsed as I followed the star’s divination and followed the four seasons. These are the magics of the ancestors that can be imitated even with superficial tricks.

“…!”

When that moment came, Elric had no choice but to straighten up.

‘The magic of the founder?’

Woosden humbled himself, calling it a shallow talent, but there was no way that the magic that someone of his stature had ‘restored’ could really be of that level.

I don’t know, but it may have been restored to almost its original state.

What could it be?

Magic that commands dragons?

Or the magic of commanding a giant?

no. Probably not, as dragons and giants have long since died out.

I think it would be okay if it was a magic that spread massive lightning and caused a typhoon…

Elric’s eyes sparkled as he recalled the various magics of the progenitor that he had glimpsed in the arrangement.

These were all things that could only be described as ‘miracles’ or ‘disasters’, so it was clear that they would also show a great path to myself.

-ps. Oh, and by now, I think you’re probably panicking because you can’t remember the arrangement of ‘spring’ that should have come after ‘winter’.

Actually, that’s what I did.

Why?

Then, when he reached the last page of the letter, Elric narrowed his eyes.

The reason why I couldn’t remember the spring arrangements.

The assumption I had, ‘Just in case?’ turned out to be correct.

As my grandfather is such a deep-hearted person, I wondered if there was a good reason.

-just. Do you think it would be fun?

“….”

Elric could not help but fall into deep silence at the answer that somehow reminded him of Otto Han.

And soon I was tearing my hair out.

“Aaaah! Damn Mervinger! What a damn family! “I really don’t like it!”

I knew one thing for sure.

My grandfather, who was said to be the hero and savior of the continent, ended up being a Mervinger.

Wizard who swallowed talent