Have Magic - Chapter 131



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Embrace the Magic (131)

Rodin followed Jenna and checked the faces of the people around him.

Most of them were new faces. A few were familiar, but they were all wizards who had followed Francis Topju yesterday.

“Is it them?”

“I think that’s right.”

“I heard you’re a young person.”

“I can’t tell your age because your face is covered.”

As he watched Rodin and his group, he heard people whispering around him. Rodin realized they were talking about him, but he pretended not to hear.

At first, vague rumors circulated, such as that they were caught at the Landes Tower or that they were caught by the Central Knights of the Kingdom of Tebia. There was even a mercenary group that came forward and claimed to have hunted them.

However, at the Landes Tower, a young wizard officially declared that he had captured the giant beast. With this declaration coming from one of the four towers, of all places, the groundless rumors were put to rest.

Instead, many people showed interest in the young wizard’s existence. In particular, the nobles had been guarding the area around the giant beast for a long time in order to recruit it to their faction.

“excuse me…….”

“If you come any closer, I’ll cut you.”

Jenna blocked the approach of a noble. The nobles had no choice but to stop walking due to her firm attitude.

Rodin gave me a quick glance, then quickly turned his head away, indicating that he was not interested.

“This is it, Your Majesty.”

“Thank you for your hard work, Jenna.”

It took a while to follow Jenna.

We arrived at a clearing a reasonable distance from where the giant demon was. Dozens of tents were set up in a row, and robed wizards were busily moving around them.

“Stop! This is where the Landes Tower stands.”

“I’ve come to see Francis Topju. Please tell him I’m the wizard you met yesterday.”

“Yesterday? Oh! Please wait a moment.”

The wizards of the Landes Tower fixed their gaze on Rodin. And soon they exclaimed, ‘Ah!’

The wizard who had blocked Rodin’s path was the wizard who had not been there yesterday. Naturally, he had no idea who it was until Rodin introduced himself.

However, most of the wizards present were wizards who had seen Rodin and his party yesterday. Rodin with his hood pulled down low and his beautiful female escort. It was not a common combination.

* * *

After a while, Rodin and his party were guided to the innermost part of the tent.

Every time Rodin moved, the surrounding wizards glanced at him. This was because they had heard that Rodin was a 7th circle archmage.

The Great Wizard was the dream of all wizards. All the wizards here entered the Magic Tower dreaming of becoming a Great Wizard when they were young.

Although some realized the reality and gave up on becoming a Grand Wizard, many wizards were still training hard to become a Grand Wizard.

“Come in.”

Francis Topzhu, whom we had seen yesterday, greeted Rodin and his party with a smile. His smile, which did not seem pretentious, put our hearts at ease.

“Thank you for welcoming me.”

“Grandpa, thank you for giving me revenge yesterday.”

“thank you.”

Bianca and Larry nodded. Matthew stood awkwardly for a while before joining them in expressing his thanks.

“You took revenge on my behalf? Hehe. Is that what you said?”

“That’s not wrong, is it?”

“Well, I was worried that I was taking your revenge away from you. I appreciate your consideration. Please sit here.”

Francis Topz suggested we take a seat. The soft chairs were placed facing each other.

Rodin looked at the chair for a moment, then turned his gaze outside.

“I think the kids might find this place uncomfortable.”

“Hmm, I wonder if there’s a place for kids to play outside.”

“Just leave it alone and it’ll play well.”

“Is that so? Haren.”

At Francis Topju’s call, a wizard I had seen yesterday came in. He was a 6th circle wizard who looked to be in his late 50s or early 60s.

“Did you call?”

“The two of them would like to talk. Would you like to take the children with you?”

“Yes, my lord.”

“Hmm, Jenna. Take the kids and wait outside.”

Jenna also nodded and went outside. With Jenna, the children’s safety would be okay.

“I prepared some tea. I don’t know if it will suit your taste.”

“I will drink well.”

Rodin took just one sip of the prepared tea and put it down.

It wasn’t my taste. I tried to drink it with some patience, but it was too bitter and rough.

“It doesn’t look like it suits your taste.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be rude, but this is just too tasteless.”

Rodin was a person who believed that the most important thing in anything he put in his mouth was ‘taste’. Whether it was a meal, a snack, or a drink, if it didn’t taste good, he didn’t want to put it in his mouth.

“Heh heh heh. It’s possible that tea doesn’t suit your taste. But you said you’re from the Marquess of Richmond, right?”

“Yes, the Marquisate of Richmond is my home.”

Yesterday, when I was talking about my bad relationship with Elder Kendrick, I mentioned the Marquisate of Richmond. I didn’t have to hide it, so I spoke frankly.

“Did you come here to avoid the territory war?”

“A fief war? Is the Marquisate of Richmond fighting a fief war?”

“Didn’t you know? There’s a battle scheduled with the Marquis of Rotten. It’s in two months.”

It was the first time Rodin had heard of it. He had not felt anything like it when he left the Marquisate of Richmond.

Of course, even if he had known, there would have been no change in the schedule. Burying Margaret in her homeland was more important to Rodin than the Marquess of Richmond’s estate.

“I had no idea. It was a territory war… but the opponent was Marquis Rotten? Isn’t he a noble from the Maven Kingdom?”

“That’s right. He’s a noble from the Kingdom of Maven. The Marquis of Richmond is a noble from the Kingdom of Lennox. A very troublesome fief war has taken place.”

“Can you fight a war of territories with nobles from other countries?”

“That’s why I said it was a headache.”

Rodin had never heard of a feud between nobles from different countries. From Francis Topjoo’s reaction, it seemed like something new or rare.

“That’s amazing.”

“You don’t seem very interested.”

This war of territories was triggered by the curse of black magic. The conflict that arose from the gift given by the Marquis of Rotten could easily have escalated into a war between kingdoms.

Several magic towers stepped forward to mediate this, which eventually led to a war between the two marquises. Both sides agreed to it.

In this battle of territories, in addition to the honor and pride of the two marquises, there was also a huge amount of compensation at stake. Whoever lost would have to tighten their belts for at least three years.

“It’s difficult to go back now and help with the Yeongjijeon.”

“Well, if you came here for something other than a battle, you must have some business.”

Since he didn’t seem very interested, Francis Topju gave up explaining it in detail. Instead, he changed the subject.

“Yes. I have to go to Hedens.”

“You mean Hedens in the Hedens region? Is the Paloma Mountains your destination?”

“No. Our destination is a small village near Hedens. The name of the village is called Oak Tree Village.”

In Hedens there was a city called Hedens, named after the region. It was not a large city, but it was the largest city in the area.

Margaret’s hometown was a small rural village about half a day’s drive south of Hedens, about four days’ drive from here.

“Are you by any chance a member of Slavon?”

“Slavon? Are you talking about some back-alley conspiracy theory? Something about ancient times….”

“No, I was just saying.”

Rodin was not at all taken aback by Francis Topjoo’s sudden question. Instead, he looked puzzled as if asking why he was asking such a thing. Even his expression was perfect.

Rodin was a good actor, a master at slyly brushing things off and pretending not to care.

“If Slavons are real, they must be skilled in ancient magic.”

“No, I’m not. It was just something I said, so don’t worry about it. More than that, umm…”

Francis Topjoo paused and looked at Rodin for a moment. His hood was pulled down low, so only his chin was visible.

‘Young.’

Judging from his neck and chin, he was definitely not an old wizard. He himself became a great wizard at the age of 60, but the man in front of him, Rodin, was in his 30s at best.

‘My younger siblings were young too.’

He referred to the two children, who appeared to be in their early to mid-teens, as his younger siblings rather than his children. The age difference between them and his younger siblings would not be 20 years.

‘I want to see your face.’

I was really curious, but there was no way to satisfy my curiosity right away. Unfortunately, asking to remove the hood was also taboo among wizards.

‘The voice is also amazing.’

There was something strange about the voice of the young wizard named Rodin.

The tone of her voice was soft, but the sound was really clear. Even though she spoke softly, as if mumbling, the content hit home.

“Please speak comfortably, Your Majesty.”

“My words may sound like nagging. But when I became an archmage, I heard the same thing from Alias. Think of it as advice given to a junior archmage.”

Rodin had also heard the name Alias. He was the former tower lord of the Nella Tower, one of the four towers, but he was no longer of this world.

The cause of death was old age. Having lived to be over 100 years old, he passed away peacefully on his horse’s back.

“What are you trying to say…, it’s scary.”

“Ha, that’s not so scary. Hmm, you just became a great wizard. The whole world probably seems easy to you. You feel like there’s nothing you can’t do.”

“I’ve never thought about it that way. Even the Lord Francis Tower in front of me right now is an opponent I can’t defeat, isn’t he?”

“That’s right. Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that the world is really big. There are many stronger and more fearsome people than you know, so always be careful.”

Rodin understood what Francis Topju meant by his concerns. He had Slavon and Valis Nova in mind.

It was a warning that if you install and run around recklessly, you may encounter Slavon and Valis Nova.

Rodin understood the meaning, but nodded as if he had no idea.

“Yes. I will keep that in mind.”

“I’m not going to ask you to show me your face. If you’re covering it, there must be a reason. Instead, I’m going to ask you this. Are you a criminal?”

“It’s not that I’ve never committed a crime in my life, but I’m not wanted anywhere.”

“I see? I see.”

That was enough. Francis Topjoo decided not to nag the young wizard Rodin in front of him any longer.

“I have a question, can I ask it?”

“Ask me.”

“How many runes do the four great magic towers know?”

“Ugh.”

Francis Topjoo was momentarily speechless at Rodin’s question.

It was a question I had never expected to hear. It was a question I had never heard before in my life, and I never expected to hear it.

It wasn’t a taboo, though. If you were to ask about each rune word one by one, it would be understandable, but it would be hard to see how many runes were stored in the magic tower as a secret.

“Is that a too difficult question?”

“No. There are probably many who have guessed it, so there is no reason to hide it. It’s a little over 10,000 characters.”

Rodin nodded slightly after hearing the answer.

It was similar to what he had expected. At the same time, he could see that the runes he knew had long ago surpassed those known by the four great magic towers.

“thank you.”

“Is there nothing more?”

“Yes, that will be enough.”

In fact, Rodin wasn’t particularly curious about how much rune the four great towers knew. Everyone already knew that the four great towers knew about 10,000 rune characters.

‘Did you come for nothing?’

Since I came here at Francis Topjoo’s invitation, I felt I had to ask him something. So I just casually asked him something I had been thinking about.

There was no other business. The only takeaway was that I learned that Francis Topju had information about Slavon and Valis Nova.

“Now, let’s have some tea… Hehe. Have you eaten?”

“It’s before lunch yet.”

“Then, let’s go out and have a meal together. Invite your siblings too.”

“Yes, I understand.”

When I went outside, dinner had just been prepared.

Rodin called Jenna, Matthew, and their siblings over for lunch.

It wasn’t a very tasty meal. There was no place to buy salt near the Landes Tower, so all the food tasted bland.

“Thank you for the kind words.”

“No. I’m worried that I’ve become a nagging old man.”

“No. Can I ask you a favor?”

“Tell me. I’ll help you with anything I can do.”

“Can’t I become a member of the Landes Tower just for today?”

Francis Topzhu let out a hollow laugh at Rodin’s request. He then shook his head as he looked at the crowd of people gathered around him.

“I guess the person is uncomfortable.”

“I don’t have the confidence to get through it. I can’t kill them all either.”

“How about a year instead of a day? I think that’s enough to make people quiet down.”

“thank you.”

Rodin sighed as he looked at the crowd of people gathered around him.

There were so many people gathered. They were all looking at me, and I felt nervous the whole time I was eating.

“Good. Starting today, you will be a member of our Landes Tower for one year. Haren, Dice. Clear the way for our new recruits.”

“Understood, my lord.”

“Then go and see. If fate allows, we’ll meet again.”

That’s how my meeting with Francis Topju ended.

Now all that remained was to push through the crowd of people filling the area surrounding the Landes Tower campsite.