Salem was half-detained, probably because he wandered around the inside of ＜Skientia＞ ignoring Tia.

When he walked around, someone was basically watching him.

Of course, it did not stop him from watching the game as long as he came as a parent.

But Salem didn’t bother going to see the match in Oz.

Salem did not move as if he was satisfied with just watching the video of the match being filmed in real time.

Salem watched Oz’s match.

I saw him using martial arts to push the professor.

Somewhat lacking… … .

“Did I say I couldn’t admit anything else… … .”

Definitely different.

Oz’s fighting style on screen was unlike anything he had ever seen. different. No, Oz is changing little by little.

Salem had hoped for that, but he didn’t know how to judge the scene he was seeing.

He just wanted Oz to focus entirely on magic.

Originally, Salem didn’t think it was bad to branch out like that.

Yeah, there was no reason to be bad.

A wizard must have a free-spirited mindset. The creation of magic begins there.

Then, isn’t the idea of using martial arts as an auxiliary not free?

No, it’s different.

That was definitely right.

“But you… … .”

He had to live only as a wizard. No one else knows, but you should. Salem thought so.

“Be open.”

Salem spread his palms in a place where his watchers couldn’t see him and muttered. A translucent key floated in the palm of his hand.

Someone’s half legacy.

Salem was pathetically looking down at the key.

– The friendly match of the Basic Combat Skills class has ended.

Salem, who had been staring blankly at the key floating in his palm for a while, raised his head at the belated sound.

“Look, baby.”

Didn’t you lose in the end?

Salem murmured as he looked at Oz, who was lying in the middle of the arena.

Oz has to live as a wizard.

otherwise you will die

Time was too short to devote my mind to the study of divinity, to find another way.

It was not an analogy. Oz, unknowingly, was in a very precarious position.

So, Salem pushed Oz and sent him to Skientia.

gave him time

“Stupid.”

But what is that? You’re wasting the time you’ve been given.

Salem clenched his fists.

Then the key, which was in an unstable shape, dispersed like smoke.

“I want to see the second match in person.”

“I see. Your Highness the King of Darkness.”

After talking to the person watching him, he left as if he was going to convey something.

It was rather crude surveillance, but Salem didn’t mind that.

In any case, it is impossible to cause an accident outside the domain of the [Solvent].

“It is too difficult.”

Salem, who had been waiting for the watcher to return, suddenly muttered that.

He has never failed in his life. Yes, he was a wizard closer to perfection than anyone else.

However, starting from one day, they are repeating only failures all the time.

“I do not know.”

Salem looked down at his palms.

It was the hand that held the key in an unstable form just before.

But what Salem was seeing was no sign of the key.

Salem remembered holding the hand of someone who was dying.

“… … I don’t know if I would have been okay with you.”

The hand was so warm that it had no choice but to lose that warmth.

Salem grabbed the hand of the original owner of the key, his wife, and Oz’s mother, as if it were there.

“I must be a self-righteous wizard after all… … .”

Salem opened his clenched fist again and looked down.

“… … .”

There was nothing left in his hand now.

* * *

Salem watched the match right next to Tia.

This is not because he is wary of him, but because he is the king of a country.

Without such courtesy, the stomachs of other parents would have been rather bitter.

“Hmm.”

But Salem had an attitude of not caring about that.

He just looked at the two wizards facing each other in the middle of the arena.

One needs no explanation, his son and heir, Oz.

“The opponent… … .”

“Ira. Ira Merlin. Since you have become a senior level wizard this time, put your name on the Senate.”

“… … .”

Salem nodded meekly.

There was nothing good about making [Yongje] feel uncomfortable, and he knew that at least she wasn’t the type to lie.

“Hmm.”

After each other’s business was over, Salem turned his head away from Tia and watched Oz’s match.

I wasn’t wrong either.

Oz is weak. It also weakened in a way I could not have imagined.

It was as if he had forgotten how to use chopsticks.

“You’re weak too.”

an ignorant way.

As soon as the short number read was over, Oz simultaneously gave up and pressed down with force.

“It’s a stupid decision.”

“Gee, why don’t you stop flirting with each other like an old man next to me?”

“Kuhm… … .”

Tia was annoyed at the sight of Salem muttering disapprovingly whenever Oz used magic.

Even though she was still, there were too many lessons.

“Let’s be quiet. What are you doing at the children’s party?”

“Oz is just a kid… … .”

“This is my student.”

Salem glared at Tia quietly.

Tia also looked down at Salem with cold eyes.

‘Try it if you can.’

It was that kind of look.

Salem took no further action, but the other spectators around them held their breath.

Of course, if you think about it rationally, Salem can’t be hostile to Tia.

But I couldn’t help but worry about one thing.

The opponent is none other than the [King of Darkness].

Although he may not be able to defeat Tia, he is a monster capable of bringing her to the realm of ‘fighting’.

And it was only in an instant that the atmosphere would rise dramatically.

“… … .”

“If you don’t want to die, put down your wand. Salem.”

Salem was raising his staff with cold eyes. As if to confront him, Tia was sticking her claws into Salem’s neck.

But unlike before, Salem didn’t seem to want to back down.

“You don’t know what that means.”

“I told you to put it down.”

The blazing dragon’s eyes and the cold sorcerer’s eyes collide in the air.

an imminent situation.

“How about calming down a bit?”

“Calm. Calm down… … . Are you telling me, who lived through that era, to calm down after seeing that?”

“Do you speak short?”

“Until now I have shown you respect. Like it or not, you were claiming to be the guardian of the world. But what about now? Are your actions worthy of respect?”

“… … .”

Tia narrowed her eyes and glared at Salem. Not even an inch of shaking. Salem has no intention of backing down.

But the same goes for Tia. She can’t let anyone within her realm die.

We are bumping into each other at the minimum line where we can step back from each other’s territory.

“If you touch Aira, I will burn the spell.”

“It would be nice though. But if the author is left alive, the world will burn.”

Salem’s wand was already full of mana, and Tia’s claws began digging into Salem’s neck.

Blue mana and red blood.

As if they could never mix, the two colors color the audience.

“… … Shall we talk for a moment?”

“… … .”

In the end, it was Tia who withdrew.

At first glance, they seemed equal, but the disadvantage had to be her.

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Killing Salem is easy.

However, as long as Salem was also disregarding his own life, killing Aira would not be a problem.

Moreover, killing Salem is a problem. That action will destroy the image Tia has built up until now.

To kill the king of a country without any convincing reason.

There are probably not one or two countries that will be alert to that act.

“I’ll try to do something, so calm down for now.”

“How can you, what can you do?”

Salem was distrustful of Tia’s bottomless words, but decided to listen to her for now.

[Yongje], who had been solving everything with violence in the first place, suggested that we talk first. That alone would be worthwhile.

Salem waited for Tia’s answer.

“First of all, let’s cover it before it is revealed that this happened.”

“… … While I couldn’t see you, you’ve grown considerably more human-like.”

Salem clicked his tongue at Tia’s words so absurd that he forgot the current situation. Should I say that he has grown up?

Salem shook his head. no. That’s not growth, it’s staining.

“There are conditions.”

“Tell me.”

Seeing that Salem’s tone had returned to normal, Tia said as if she was relieved.

Of course, the boundaries were not lifted.

“I need to meet the author in person.”

“… … .”

“Surely you can cover it. In Skientia, it wouldn’t be a job to stop even one mana from moving.”

Tia nodded.

In fact, that was not a problem for her.

“However, that is a problem that pertains to this day. As the representative of Spellage, I have the right to know what kind of person that mage is.”

Tia nodded.

Aira is also a magician whose name is registered in the spelling, so this is an unavoidable problem.

Even if it’s not that, Tia believes in Aira. It would be easier to understand her disposition if it were a place of conversation like that.

“good night. Admit it.”

Simultaneously with the answer, Tia pulverized all the crystal spheres that were sending out images of the match.

No complicated process was required.

Because the mana inside ＜Skientia＞ couldn’t go against her will.

She additionally changed the nature of the barrier blocking ＜Skientia＞ to prevent anyone from escaping.

A perfect closed room where even communication is impossible.

All that remains now is to issue a silence order to the individuals who watched this match.

“Go and call me Ai.”

While giving the order, Tia took one look at Salem’s expressionless face before continuing.

“And Oz too.”

It was an experience of about half a semester.

Tia was 100% sure that Oz was involved in this case as well.

‘Are you hitting me again like this? pup.’

When I told him not to get into an accident, he caused another person to get into an accident.

Tia chewed her lips carefully at the amazing trolling.

* * *

Salem and Tia, Ira and Oz.

An uncomfortable meeting between the four began.

To be honest, it was unfair for Oz to be in this seat, but he lowered his head when he saw Aira trembling in the seat next to him.

‘If you leave it like this, it will be a big problem… … .’

Even Oz did. Just being with Salem is uncomfortable.

Then what about Ira, the party in question? It probably feels like vomiting.

Oz looked at Salem.

On the other hand, Salem did not even pay attention to Oz.

utter indifference.

Oz was annoyed by that.

“priority.”

Salem opened his mouth to the process of cross-verifying detailed information about Aira Merlin prepared by ＜Skientia＞ and ＜Spellage＞.

“I want to ask the dragon priest.”

“What.”

“Did you know beforehand that the author’s teacher was a mage from ‘that’ legion?”

Tia frowned at the suspicion towards herself, but readily admitted it.

“First of all, he acted like a normal person in his later years, didn’t he?”

[Mage of Legion]. He was also a notorious wizard in ＜Spelling＞.

He was obsessed with military magic to the point of being half-mad.

“Can you be sure that’s the case even though it’s been four months now?”

“that’s… … . yes, what I honestly didn’t care too much. Still, Aira is a normal person compared to Arjuna, right? The kid is so pure… … .”

“That is not the answer.”

“… … .”

Salem deflected Tia’s words.

Tia almost got mad at that answer, but managed to hold it in.

This, too, brought out the utmost care. There is no room for negotiation if you run amok here.

Whether it be ＜Spellage＞ or the world, it will burn and disappear.

“Then I will ask the person concerned. Senior-class wizard Ira Merlin.”

“Ah, yes… … . Whoa, I’m Ira Merlin, an elder-class wizard.”

What Salem concluded from Tia’s answer turned the arrow at Aira.

“I want to ask you. What is the reason for creating this magic?”

“that’s… … .”

Ira hesitated.

She had already prepared an excuse for this incident.

If I say it as it is… … .

If you do, you will be able to cover up this case somehow.

‘But that… … .’

People are defining her teacher as a villain and driving her away.

But Ira thought it was different. The sorceress she knew, Arjuna, was obviously a kind teacher.

It was Aira herself who wanted to become a wizard in the first place.

But what if we affirm that here?

If he himself is a victim of Arjuna’s trick and excuses that the result of this experiment is just a coincidence, what will happen to her relationship?

Yes, I’m sure we can overcome the temporary crisis. But her life will lose its light.

So Ira answered.

“I wanted to create magic for everyone and for everyone to be together.”

If it’s a sin, I’ll accept it.