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“It is said that Cornell’s temple is well-constructed. It is said that the focus is on health rather than religion, and that it has avoided accusations of heresy as much as possible. It is also said that warriors capable of complete mutation are being steadily trained.”
Rudy reported from inside the carriage on the way to the workshop.
I smiled and nodded with satisfaction.
“Yeah. I told you, you’re a capable kid. You don’t have any complaints?”
“They say there is a lot of resistance among the bourgeois members of parliament. They think that with the power they have developed, they can take away their businesses.”
“Then we need to move the Badge members to help.”
Originally, it was a policy that the nobles opposed and the commoners supported, but now the pros and cons are completely reversed.
“I’ll tell you at the tea party tomorrow.”
Rudy smiled kindly and nodded.
“Do so, Count Consecratus.”
I called him Rudy by his pseudonym.
Instead of blushing, Rudy now bowed his head politely.
“Yes, Lord Valen.”
Now, Rudy wears a dress instead of a maid's outfit when she performs for me.
Anyone who saw it would see that he behaved like a real-life nobleman of the royal court.
I pointed to Saya Yan, who was sitting across from me, with a pleased look on my face.
“Ah. And if you ever need to do anything like infiltration in the future, have her do it for you.”
Rudy was good with a pistol and a sword, but he was not trained to specialize in infiltration or assassination.
As much as I have to act as my eyes and ears, I think it would be better to leave the infiltration and getting stabbed in the front lines to the real experts.
“Huh? Oh. That assassin?”
Rudy clapped his hands lightly and looked at Saya Yan.
Looking at her smiling brightly, Saya Yan made an expression as if to say, 'What is this?'
Rudy looked like he couldn't catch a bug, and his eyes were very gentle and his pupils were large and clear.
She was wearing a dress that was so frilly it looked uncomfortable, and she was a beauty with a classic, gentle impression.
On the other hand, Saya Yan looked tough and cruel at first glance, had sharp eyes like knives, and had short, ponytailed hair.
He was wearing a crisp black shirt and had an exotic yet androgynous look.
However, Saya Yan, being the quick-witted assassin that she was, did not make the mistake of underestimating Rudy.
She too was the one who saw Rudy fighting the elf that night.
“Please take care of me, Your Majesty. My name is Saya Yan.”
Of course, there was a hint of discontent in his eyes, but it was impossible to expect a sincere smile from someone who had just been separated from their lover and was now under a curse.
Rudy reached out to Saya Yan.
“Yes. Nice to meet you. Saya Yen. My name is Rudy Consecratus. I am the maid of Lord Valencianus. It was a long journey. Can I call you Saya?”
Sayaya Yan bowed her head politely and held his hand.
“Of course, Your Majesty.”
Bam.
At the moment of handshake, Saya Yan shrugged her shoulders.
I think she was thinking something like, 'It's not a maid's hand.'
“What’s wrong? Buy it?”
Rudy laughed heartily.
“No, Your Majesty. There is no problem.”
Sayaya Yan bowed her head again.
It was a very nice sight.
Just before getting off the carriage, Rudy gave me a questioning look.
“Lord Valen.”
"why?"
“What is the tattoo on Saya’s neck?”
Saya Yen had a thorn vine tattoo on her neck.
“This is a master-servant contract. If you intentionally try to harm the master, your neck will be strangled. You too must go to the Imperial Magic Workshop tomorrow and register as the master.”
“Isn’t that… a curse spell?”
“Yes. It was engraved by a black magician working at the Imperial Workshop. We cannot allow a first-class assassin to freely roam the capital and the palace. The term is ten years.”
Even though I did what I should have done, I somehow found myself making excuses.
It seemed as if Rudy was afraid that he would think of me as someone who would capture people and use them as slaves.
Luckily, Rudy didn't say anything like that.
I didn't even ask how the assassin from the East came to be here.
“Yes, Lord Valen. Thank you for assigning me a capable person. For Lord Valen and for her atonement, I, Rudy, will work harder!”
He just told me what I wanted to hear.
No matter how much I think about it, I really do have a good maid.
* * *
Boom! Boom!
The moment I entered the hall on the first floor of the high-rise stone building of the general workshop, fireworks burst out on both sides.
"what-!"
The moment I reflexively grabbed the handle of the sword 'Typhoon' and was about to pull out the wind flame blade, colored paper and flower petals began to fall from the ceiling.
"majesty!"
“Your Highness!”
“We did it!”
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Marcus' assistants and Sereraji's disciples gathered in the hall, smiling brightly and clapping.
“It worked out in the end.”
“It was so, so long.”
“It was hard, but I didn’t give up!”
The clergy of Gwangmyeong Church were also clapping their hands in a corner.
“It was a human victory.”
“They fought the circuit as knights who received the grace of the Lord.”
“May their future be blessed.”
Sereraji came running to me, smiling like a little child.
“Little sister! This big sister did it! I really am a genius.”
The blue eyes shone like the sea, and the yellow eyes shone like the sun.
When I saw him a few days ago, he looked like he was dying, but now he looks healthier than me.
Her pale skin was full of elasticity, her blue hair was shiny, and there was a lively smile on her lips.
“Hey!”
She hugged me tightly, I let out a scream that didn't match the notoriety of a rascal, and she pulled me along without a care in the world.
“Come and see!”
It was on the table in the center of the hall.
The magical tool, which looked like a lotus bud made of gold, was too big to hold with one hand, but a little small to hold with two hands.
Each and every petal had a very, very detailed magic circuit drawn on the front and back.
“There are hundreds of circuits in just one petal.”
There were dozens of such petals attached to the magic tool.
Sereraji placed her hand on the lotus bud and breathed mana into it.
Woohoo!
The petals opened with a soft red glow, revealing the space in between.
Inside it was the crystal of Kuit Az that had been pulled out from me.
The decision came in two pieces, each about the size of two fingers.
Sereraji opened his mouth and smiled like a believer who welcomed a saint.
“If you leave the decision here for about a week, it will be imprinted, and once the decision is imprinted, it will become coordinates. And if you have the coordinates, you can open the door using this magic tool.”
I lifted Az's decision in awe.
“So, if I hold a decision that has been engraved like this……?”
“You can open a door that allows you to move to the opposite side of the magic tool. Let me try it out.”
She smiled like a child showing off her drawing and handed me the decision.
I went towards the entrance and breathed mana into the decision.
Woohoo!
Light flashed along the engraving.
Soon I felt the two decisions being connected by an invisible string.
"ah."
It was a similar feeling to when I resonated with the fragments of Az.
Originally it was just for destroying the fragments on the other side or finding their location, but now it seemed certain that the string could be used to transmit something.
I spoke to the decision.
“Sister Sereraji.”
Saaaaah-.
Red fog flowed out from the magic tool on the table, and gathered inside the lotus leaf to form my shape.
My voice flowed out of that form.
-“Sister Sereraji.”
By conveying the voice and situation like this and adding more mana, it seemed as if the door would open.
"oh my god!"
"yes!"
“It’s a success!”
Rudy let out a gasp, Marcus clenched his fist, and Serrera cheered once more.
I too couldn't hide my laughter at this surprise.
“As expected, my older sister is a genius.”
-“As expected, my sister is a genius.”
* * *
This was a great discovery that will go down in history.
Sereraji and I immediately stormed into Jaylilis' office.
"your majesty!"
"your majesty-!"
“What the hell is the fuss-”
“The Grand Duke of Sereraji has succeeded in restoring the teleportation magic tool!”
“……Please sit down first.”
Jaylilith looked through the magical tools carefully, then muttered as if it was absurd.
“To be honest, I didn’t believe Jim would succeed either.”
“So did I, Your Majesty.”
“I don’t think I can even think of making this. Mass production would be impossible.”
Sereraji smiled bitterly, which was rare when it came to magic-related matters.
“I think it was half luck. Even if you ordered me to make it again, I couldn’t do it.”
Jaylilith muttered in satisfaction.
“Yes. You did a really good job. I’m glad I took you in.”
I didn't take advantage of that gap and flattered him.
“It is to the credit of Your Majesty that you have recognized such a talented person as the Grand Duke of Sereraji.”
Sereraji looked at me with the same expression as if looking at a house-sized caterpillar.
Jaylilith made a puzzled expression for a moment, then shook her head.
“Sweet, Your Highness. Yes. I missed your flattery. Of course, I missed your contemptuous expression on Sereraji. For the time being, just do the research you want and relax. I won’t give you any more unreasonable work.”
Sereraji also rarely steps away from work related to magic.
A slightly embarrassed smile appeared on her lips.
“Yes, Your Majesty. Honestly, I think I need to rest for three days.”
three days?
Did I hear that wrong?
“No, Sister. Let’s rest for three weeks.”
“Your Majesty. If you do that, you might die.”
Jaylilith and I were both disgusted at the same time.
Sereraji did not answer.
After that, we had the honor of drinking coffee served by the Emperor himself.
"your majesty?!"
“I didn’t know you could do it this well.”
I was surprised because the taste was completely different from last time.
There was barely any bitterness or sourness, and only a savory aroma and a pleasant clean feeling remained in my mouth.
I felt like I was being treated by the best barista in the best coffee house.
Jaylilith smiled happily.
“Yes. Jim is a person who can do anything well if he learns.”
I doubted my ears.
“Aren’t you the one who, when you look at the sky, understands the principles of heaven, and when you look at the earth, understands the principles of the earth?”
“I was able to understand such a burden only after learning the principles of coffee.”
“Then I will never understand the meaning of coffee.”
Sereraji looked at us like that and poured his glass with dignity.
Sunlight streamed in through the window and poured over her cone-shaped hat.
The fingers that offered the glass and the wrist that tilted lightly were elegant, and the way he sipped it without making a sound was like a legendary magician in a painting.
I even felt a little embarrassed.
“I thought you were a big metal jug filled with coffee and drank it like water… You’ve become quite stylish, haven’t you?”
She said it fresh.
“The Master sometimes gave me some from the ivory tower. At that time, I drank it like this.”
"ah."
“It tastes like what I used to drink back then. I thought I’d never taste it again.”
It was a voice full of longing.
Jaylilith clicked her tongue slightly and looked at Sereraji.
“As I said before, you can now do the research you want. Marquis Marcus will take care of commercializing it.”
“Actually… I was thinking the same thing.”
“I understand that Archbishop Evader’s arm is being studied jointly with the Ivory Tower. I also understand that he is in charge of hosting academic conferences.”
“Yes.”
“I don’t think you will now dream of rebellion with your ivory tower on your back, or throw yourself into the erosion to see the truth. Yes. I won’t mind if you go back to your hometown in comfort.”
The emperor was as innocent as ever, and as majestic as a god.
But looking at her eyes, which brightened and darkened like the sun hidden by clouds, she seemed to feel a little sorry.
* * *
“No matter what, it’s disrespectful to say you’ll go right away after hearing those words, even to your lord! Can’t you read the mood, Sister?”
“Shut up! You naughty little brother! Do you know how many years I’ve been waiting for you?”
“Yes. It was my fault for expecting courtesy from a wizard.”
“You know that very well. But it seems like you’re still being objective about yourself.