The Magic Tower Master swung his wand forcefully.
blow!
“Eek!”
“Argh!”
Suddenly, the Assistant Crown Prince and Minister of Justice stumbled backwards.
The Magic Tower Master stood confidently on his own, and shouted again.
“I heard that Namia Rawabi is here!
Where is this little girl?”
The Emperor, who was just talking about the procedures needed to speak to the imperial family, frowned with a puzzled expression.
In the end, I had to stand in front of the Magic Tower Master, trembling.
“M-I… I’m Namiya Rawabi.”
"What?
This skinny thing?"
The Magic Tower Master looked surprised as he looked at me.
Then he crossed his arms and muttered.
“To use manuscripts on a large scale, you need muscles...
You have to move boxes of manuscripts every day.”
This explained why the Magic Tower Master's arm muscles were so highly developed.
In the silence, the Magic Tower Master tapped his staff on the ground.
“Let me ask you directly.”
“Ah yes.”
“Is it true that you created 166 defensive scrolls in one night and activated 172 the next day?”
“Ah yes.”
After my answer, there was a moment of silence.
I didn't expect the information to reach the Master of the Magic Tower...
'Who could have informed the Magic Tower Master of this fact?
The Magic Tower is so completely isolated from the outside world that it is unlikely that he would hear any rumours.'
Moreover, even the department head didn't seem interested at all.
While I was in shock, the Magic Tower Master approached me with a gleam in his eye.
Then he grabbed my shoulder and said:
"You're from the academy, right?
You hid your abilities there?"
“What a yes.”
“You must have your own personal reasons for not wanting to enter the Magic Tower, right?”
“Okay, everything is confirmed.”
The Magic Tower Master laughed.
The old man's laughter was so strong that it was surprisingly adorable.
“Now let's go to the Magic Tower.”
Yes, wait, what?
The Magic Tower Master quickly turned me over and hoisted me onto his shoulder.
In an instant, my world was turned upside down.
The Master of the Magic Tower shouted triumphantly,
“The Magic Tower usually only allows entry to those who are under twenty years old in order to become accustomed to magic from a young age, but… we cannot allow a genius like you to escape!”
Yes?
Wait, what?
"You're twenty-three, right?
So you can stay until you're forty."
The Magic Tower Master who was carrying me turned to Kiaros and said in one breath.
“Ah, this is how I will respond to the letter written by Your Highness.
Namiia Rawabi is a magical genius, so we must take her to the Magic Tower.
There is no room for agreement or consultation.
The end.”
I panicked for a while.
I felt like the devil was whispering in my ear: “Just go!”
This was because the magic tower in the original work was safe even during the war.
‘If I were dragged along like this, I could safely stay in the Magic Tower and conduct my favorite magical research!
I'm confident I can stay away from worldly affairs!'
As for the Magic Tower, which had no interest in worldly affairs, it did not participate in the war at all.
The forces behind the war were unable to touch the magic tower.
This was why the hero later doubted, ‘Is there a magic tower behind them?’ Of course that was not the case.
But I had to come to my senses.
'Wake up, Namiya!
You need to meet your father!
It's said we'll find him soon!'
I barely managed to gather myself and speak as I cling to the Magic Tower Master's shoulder.
“Ah, sorry… Magic Tower Master… I don’t want to go…”
I was a little taken aback after you said that.
First, I said that I hid my abilities because I didn't want to go to the Magic Tower after the academy, so of course, I don't want to go now either?
However, the Magic Tower Master laughed.
"Yes, this is correct!"
“Yes what?”
“But you're still going!”
It was really terrible.
That was at that time.
The world that seemed to be upside down has been turned upside down again.
Surprisingly, the one that took me away was Kiaros.
“Miss Namia Rawabi doesn’t seem to want to go.”
Kiaros spoke as he carried me like a princess.
“Lady Namiya is a palace employee, and it is our duty to protect her in the palace.”
He held me like he would never let go.
The Magic Tower Master shouted as he waved his wand.
"bunk!"
No wand was needed to activate the fascia.
The Magic Tower Master's steps were also extremely precise.
In this sense, the staff was just a weapon.
“The genius must stay where he is!”
Then the Empress took the staff from the wall and stepped forward.
"Oh really?
Then Nmiya must be a government employee!"
The Empress used the wand to block the staff.
Meanwhile, Chiaros stepped back, still holding me.
The Empress laughed and shouted loudly.
“Namiya is an incredibly talented civil servant, you know?
She memorizes all the legal rulings, meticulously reviews documents, excels at her work, and creates amazing manuscripts that help even the imperial family?”
"Are you crazy?
Are you now comparing civil servants to witches?"
"Are you enforcing mother's discrimination about professions?
Huh?
In an age where a mercenary becomes an empress?"
The Magic Tower Master and the Empress competed for several rounds.
They seemed to be equivalent.
The Empress blocked my path and screamed.
"No one can ever take Namiya from me!"
The room quickly turned into chaos.
But since it was the Empress's room, no one could say anything.
In the midst of all this, the Emperor remained silent.
“Your Majesty, shouldn’t you intervene?”
The Minister of Justice, who was standing right next to the Emperor, suggested cautiously.
Unfortunately for him, the Emperor was only smiling in satisfaction.
"No no."
The Emperor said as he patted the Minister of Justice on the back.
“I am a selfish parent, and I do not want to interrupt my son’s happy moments.”
Upon hearing this, Kiaros sighed deeply, then whispered softly to me.
“Well, um… It seems His Majesty misunderstands.”
“Okay I see so.”
“…Doesn’t one usually ask why there is a misunderstanding?”
During this time, the fierce battle between the Empress and the Magic Tower Master continued, resulting in the furniture in the room being smashed.
Kiaros jumped back again, protecting me from the Empress's club.
Then he explained the matter hesitantly.
“Oh, it’s… a misunderstanding that I’ve been in love with you for a long time.”
“Okay I see so.”
“…Isn’t it common for us to ask about the reasons or at least express surprise?”
At that moment, the Magic Tower Master realized that he could not overcome the Empress with force, so he threw down his wand and suddenly sat down at the table, resting his chin on his hand.
“Okay, let's talk about something else now.”
It was a remarkable change in attitude.
“I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince requested permission to intervene in a department.” The Minister of Justice sighed deeply and went to sit next to the Magic Tower Master.
Then, with a hint of sarcasm, he informed him,
“It's the Scroll Magic Management Department, Tower Master.”
"Oh, really?
Well, it doesn't matter."
Kiaros sighed deeply as he gently lowered me, then corrected them.
“It's from the Manuscript Management Department.”
In fact, Kiaros was the only person who knew the name of my department correctly.
He even pulled out a chair for me and guided me to sit.
Can I really sit here?
Before I knew it, the six of us were sitting at the table.
One of the employees quickly removed the broken furniture.
‘I am in a much lower position than this employee.’
The table where the six of us sat was like a bench full of forks.
The Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince, Magic Tower Master, Minister, and a low-ranking civil servant.
If Chiaros had not personally guided me to my seat, I would have naturally helped the employee.
“Magic Tower expresses its deep regret over this incident.”
Despite the disgusted expression on his face, the Magic Tower Master spoke solemnly.
I knew there would be trouble, but it was really serious.
‘As expected, it would have been helpful for the Minister to send a petition.’
Despite the spread of rumors of his dismissal...
However, if it was revealed that several officials in the Manuscript Management Department were fired using this access privilege, it would create enormous friction.
That was when I was looking around and measuring the situation.
“As a solution to this remorse, I demand that Namia Rawabi be deported to the tower.”
...huh?
Isn't this over?
Then the Empress hit the table hard and said:
"Is regret a commodity now?
Don't you know that spies come from this department?"
"I don't know!"
“You mean that you don’t know that people from this department conspired against me and planned to kill His Highness?”
The Empress and the Magic Tower Master continued their heated conversation.
Somehow, they seemed equal.
“We should get rid of this entire department!”
No no!
She looked pleadingly at the Magic Tower Master, desperately hoping that he would intervene to prevent this.
"Is this correct?"
A joyful smile spread across the Magic Tower Master's face again, almost like madness.
“Then all employees will be dismissed.
Namia Rawabi, who is no longer a government employee, will be transferred to the Magic Tower.”