Talent-Swallowing Magician - Chapter 43

Episode 43

Invitation from the Neresta family

“A guest has arrived?”

Gai, the head of Neresta, stopped looking at the payment documents carefully and looked up at the news brought by the chamberlain.

I could see his narrowed eyes behind the glasses hanging on the tip of his nose.

“yes. That’s right.”

“But? “Why don’t we just bring him here?”

“There is a problem.”

“problem?”

Guy tilted his head.

He was personally invited by the head of the family. In terms of title, he was one of the four dukes of the time, and privately he was Sean’s friend.

But who is causing the problem?

“The ‘Jingong Palace of Blue Light’ has been opened.”

Only then did Guy’s eyes widen slightly.

“The little old man came forward?”

“yes.”

“her!”

Guy let out a laugh as if he was shocked.

It is a fact that is not well known to the outside world, but there were numerous beings who could be called ‘monsters’ in the Neresta family’s senate.

However, the reason why these monsters, who had extremely eccentric temperaments, did not make much of a fuss was because there was a bigger monster holding them tightly.

Augustine Neresta.

He became a personal little grandfather to Guy.

Guy turned fifty-six this year, so he was already a hundred years old.

No one who knew him treated him like an old man in the back room.

It was correct to say that it wasn’t possible.

Despite his age, he is still carrying out active research activities, and the results he produces from time to time have been evaluated as advancing the home appliance magic system.

However, he has an eccentric personality and doesn’t like dealing with people, so he rarely goes out.

You suddenly became interested in Elric?

Guy burst out laughing as if he was dumbfounded.

“It looks like you’ve recovered from your illness again.”

“What should I do? “If something goes wrong…”

The chamberlain stopped talking and trailed off.

There was nothing more shameful for a noble family than for a formally invited guest to get hurt within the family.

Moreover, he is the grandson of Usden Mervinger, who is considered a hero in magic.

“Isn’t that your own fault?”

While the chamberlain’s eyes widen slightly.

Click!

Guy narrowed his eyes as he closed the cap of the fountain pen he had finished paying.

“The new Mervinger has arrived. “Don’t you think it would be a good idea to try it out now?”

* * *

Do you see it knowingly or do you see it without knowing it?

Elric thought about the question the old man asked for a moment.

Because I had no idea what that meant.

‘wait for a sec. this…?’

It certainly seems like he noticed the mind’s eye. Could it be that you don’t know exactly what you are looking at?

A thought suddenly occurred to me.

‘Then there’s no reason to answer, right? No matter what I say, it will only end up giving away information about me.’

Elric narrowed his eyes.

‘If I were to be honest, I didn’t do anything wrong. There is absolutely no reason to be interrogated. There is absolutely no need to be intimidated.’

I only felt pressured by the old man’s voice because I was confused and trapped in a strange turmoil.

If we were to judge the fault, the problem was with Neresta Street, which did not provide proper guidance.

Even if you ask whether they have caught a glimpse of their home appliance magic, wouldn’t the problem be primarily the one who led them astray?

Even if this is raised as an issue, they cannot be immediately held accountable.

He is the head of the Mervinger family. If you were to ask me, I was on par with Guy Neresta.

‘Let’s just ignore it.’

So Elric pretended not to hear and started walking.

[hmm! Could it be that you can’t hear me? That can’t be possible, right? Obviously, the frequency is running correctly… and there’s nothing wrong with the fog. iced coffee. Can’t you hear me? Is it a child?]

The voice of an unknown old man continued to ring, but Elric decided to put an iron plate on his face.

And he brought a lot of magical power to his eyes.

Hwii!

[It’s not. It certainly seemed like he was reacting to this person’s words… Are you just ignoring this old man’s words? I think it might be possible with the Mervinger bloodline… hmm?]

The world seen through the mind’s eye began to become more concrete. The grain became darker and finer grains appeared one by one.

[Hoo! Are you making your vision more specific? It takes quite a bit of force on the eyes…!]

“…【Cover it】.”

[Huh?]

For a moment, the fog surrounding Elric suddenly moved and covered his body.

The owner of the voice was embarrassed for the first time.

Apparently, all of the fog that spread here was driven by a magical power machine that he had personally installed, but it was because he suddenly carried out a command that he had not given.

This is why you can’t observe Elric.

So I decided to check what happened.

[Hacking?]

Then, I was very surprised when I detected traces of an external intrusion into the magic power machine.

[No way…?]

The owner of the voice spoke in a tone of complete disbelief.

No matter how open one’s mind’s eye was, it was not possible for just anyone to not only see through the components so accurately and thoroughly, but also quickly analyze them to find weaknesses and even attempt a reverse invasion.

Of course, the modified part was very minor, so it would be very weak to call it a ‘hacking’. Not even one of the eight-layered defense systems was disarmed.

But the problem was that this was a magic circle created by the Neresta family’s highest wizard himself.

Cheongyeon’s Jinggung was clearly the result of long research by the master of the voice.

So, for a moment, I thought that the owner of the voice was not Elric, but a guest other than the one who destroyed Cheongyeon’s Jinggung.

And according to common sense, that was more likely.

but.

[Interesting… It looks like a child came in.]

The owner of the voice somehow thought that Elric had done it.

I’ll have to look for more evidence, but I’m pretty sure that’s the case.

[Usden. You walked away so easily, but were you actually peeling pumpkin seeds so cleverly behind your back? haha. Then, that’s right.]

While the owner of the voice was somehow happily laughing.

Jerk.

Jerk.

Elric was walking quickly through the fog.

‘see.’

I couldn’t see anything ahead.

But I saw a way.

This unidentifiable magic circle had tangled textures flowing like a proud river.

All he had to do was step into the empty space between the rivers.

At some point, I could no longer hear the old man’s voice laughing.

‘Here, magical power does not simply have one characteristic.’

And there, Elric was able to catch a glimpse of a new side of Ki Hwan-jin’s magic.

‘The wind is tied to one attribute, but changes are so free-spirited.’

‘In addition to controlling the concentration, we are also drawing out the change in entropy due to the drop and the flow of other elements accordingly. It’s partly inspired by the butterfly effect.’

‘The hot wind dries up the moisture on the ground and gathers water vapor.’

‘The breeze gathers water vapor together to form fog.’

‘Cold winds make the fog thicker and strong winds flow through it, making the roads dizzy.’

‘Depending on the intention of the caster, these fogs can become typhoons and sweep away everything.’

‘Wind becomes an infinite natural power depending on how it is used, so it also leads to the recirculation of magical power. Various magics are naturally interlocked like cogs according to this flow.’

‘then.’

‘Couldn’t I combine it with the ice magic I have?’

‘This magic circle uses the attribute of wind to manipulate water vapor and create a maze. Then, wouldn’t it be possible for me, on the other hand, to manipulate other properties such as wind or flame depending on the use of the ice world?’

‘No, even if it doesn’t go as far as attributes… if we can rearrange the magic cycle from speech to seal. If only we could reduce wasted entropy by doing so.’

‘First, rearrange the coding in this order…’

Elric didn’t know it, but Blue Yeon’s True Palace was one of the best magic circles in the Neresta family.

There were endless ideas that could be derived from there.

The flow of magical power flowing within Cheongyeon’s Jinggung is compared to a mana road.

The change in wind was replaced with ice magic, and the sequential magics were replaced with words and seals.

The structural circuit was copied exactly and improved to suit it.

It is as if Cheongyeon’s Jinggung, which had become much smaller in scale, was completely transplanted.

Of course, if we copy the same thing, problems may arise later, so we added Yong’s knowledge and made corrections in a way that was not noticeable.

The formula was changed and unnecessary parts were removed.

So, wouldn’t it be possible to call it a ‘relentless palace’?

Hwaaa!

Thanks to that, Elric didn’t know.

The Relentless Seal was undergoing a new change.

The mana rod, which had been inefficient until now, became efficient as it was reallocated, allowing more magical energy to smoothly seep into the seal than before.

As magic seeped into every nook and cranny where magic had not yet reached, dormant functions awakened one by one.

The cruel seal vomited out a halo of light. A white light that shines so coldly. Then, the seal showed little changes.

Tsutsutsu –

The shape of the river became clearer, and what appeared to be ice caps gradually settled over the three mountains.

5 stars.

Even though I had not personally collected the seals since the arrangement was completed, it was the first time that the Relentless Seal developed.

Of course, it couldn’t be called a full 5 star yet.

Just clearing a path like this could be said to be sufficient progress.

Whihwihwi!

As the seal of cruelty glowed brilliantly, an icy cold air blew around him.

A hazy vapor rose like a haze.

“….”

How long did it take to walk like that?

『…Binger! What… uh… nyah!』

Mephisto’s voice began to be heard little by little.

Damn it!

The fog that seemed like it would never end suddenly disappeared in an instant.

“this guy! Where on earth did he appear?』

Mephisto spotted Elric suddenly appearing and jumped in place.

In the same way, Elric stopped implanting the Relentless True Palace and returned to reality.

‘ha!’

He, too, couldn’t help but notice the changes in his body, so a smile spread across his face.

‘I feel good.’

Then I saw Mephisto with a bunch of horns.

I couldn’t help but laugh.

[Were you worried?]

『What are you worried about? If you disappear completely, won’t there be no way for the original king to be resurrected? So, I found it!』

Mephisto shouted with his face turning red, and then he belatedly noticed the change in Elric and opened his eyes wide.

『But you…?』

[Yes. It got 5 stars. Isn’t this a complete bonanza?]

『Nonsense…!』

Mephisto was also quite surprised as he was seeing several high-level magic circles surrounding the Neresta family.

I never would have thought that I would develop so suddenly just by stealing one of them.

Even for Mervinger, this was too much.

I also wondered how absurd it would be for the original owner, who had been deprived of the essence of Holadang, to learn this fact.

“Where did you go on the way…!”

Then, Sean also found Elric too late and approached him with a very upset face, but had to stop midway.

Patter!

This was because a lot of ice crystals suddenly rained down around Elric.

The water vapor in the fog had frozen in the cold emanating from the seal.

and.

Whihwihwi!

Sean’s expression hardened as he saw the pure white light rising above Elric’s body.

“You…are you sure you made it to the 6th circle?”

Wizard who swallowed talent