I Will Save the World and Retire Chapter 132

Witch’s Lantern (1)

An hour ago.

“Are you sure you don’t want to create a magic theory research group?”

“Didn’t you say it was a debate earlier?”

“Isn’t that what it is?”

Kim Chae-min smiled brightly. Her smile was one that other wizards who knew Kim Chae-min would avoid, saying it was ominous, but the two young wizards reflexively laughed along when their eyes met.

It looks like a baby duck following its mother duck. Kim Chae-min smiled even brighter.

“The teacher will treat you well. Even though the teacher is like this, he is very famous.”

If an archmage isn’t famous, that’s a problem.

“When I go to teacher’s home, there are a lot of magic books. It’s something my grandfather and father collected. It’s elemental magic, but there’s more to it… .”

“Is there a shadow too?”

“… “It doesn’t have that, but it does have light properties.”

“I have that too. “It was left to her by her grandfather.”

No matter how great the collection of the main family is, there is no light attribute magic book that surpasses the research materials left behind by the light attribute archmage.

“It’s good to read in a variety of ways!”

“is it so?”

“From another wizard’s perspective, I can see what I’m missing, and, um, I can use it as a reference when conquering dungeons.”

“Even when conquering dungeons?”

“Using the environment inside the dungeon well is a prerequisite to becoming a skilled wizard.”

While Park Seo-hyun was listening to Kim Chae-min with wide eyes, Choi Jin-woo smiled softly next to her. And he nudged Park Seo-hyun’s side to tell her to come to her senses and not be possessed.

“Then, instead of creating a research group, how about you become our club’s magic advisor?”

“ah! Oh, Ma, that’s right. “That will do.”

“There are only two wizards in the club. I was a little nervous about doing it just the two of us. This is an opportunity for teachers to create affiliations as well… ?”

Unlike Park Seo-hyun, who awkwardly rolls her eyes, Choi Jin-woo continues his speech smoothly.

This time, Kim Chae-min quietly listened to Choi Jin-woo.

‘oh. ‘Is this me scouting?’

After-school activities are the price you pay for recruiting the few archmages. If he were an ordinary wizard, he might have been angry and thought that he was something.

However, Kim Chae-min is not an ordinary wizard. He is a great wizard.

So Kim Chae-min burst into laughter.

“Are you not satisfied with Teacher Wu alone?”

“Teacher Wu does it too, but you can do it too!”

It was a logic that was difficult to refute.

“You know that if you ask me, I will teach you, right?”

Park Seo-hyun and Choi Jin-woo looked at each other for a moment and then looked at Kim Chae-min.

“That and this are different. “I said we should document it and make it official so there won’t be any problems later.”

“Who is it? “Seungyeon?”

“yes.”

“That’s exactly what this hunter would say. “I wonder if someone is my nephew.”

Kim Chae-min opened her mouth without being able to erase her smile.

“Then if I make it official like that, shouldn’t I also benefit from something?”

“… A fun magic discussion with your beloved students?”

“Are you going to be my disciple?”

“You’re still teaching me everything anyway.”

At first, I was only planning to teach simple basic theories and magic operation. However, when I came to my senses, it became a difficult class to call basic anymore. Kim Chae-min also knew that. When I teach, I get so excited that people follow what I teach… !

More than anything else, it was fun to be around kids who were just bright.

Kim Chae-min, who had neither the words nor the heart to refute, changed his stance.

“By the way, then what do you plan to do with Teacher Wu? “He served as an advisor, but Mr. Woo didn’t seem to have any intention of touching the club.”

“It all starts that way. “It’s like a light rain can make your clothes get wet.”

“If you say so… . Just in case, I’m asking, do you know that Teacher Woo is a member of the Principal’s Guild?”

“yes?”

The two people widened their eyes as if they didn’t know.

“Don’t let down your guard just because Teacher Wu has given you the position of advisor. The principal I know never misses a bite. “If you plan on giving your position to Teacher Wu even after you graduate, you’re going to have a hard time, right?”

“Ugh… .”

Kim Chae-min, who looked lovingly at the young wizard who was frowning in frustration, clapped his hands.

“Well, by the way, today I will teach you some etiquette that you must know if you are a wizard.”

“Etiquette?”

“hmm… Seohyun, you know what I’m talking about, right?”

“yes.”

Unlike Choi Jin-woo, who tilted his head, Park Seo-hyun nodded with a firm face. If you lived with his grandfather, no matter how young you were, you would have no choice but to know.

“Are you talking about territory?”

“okay. Do you know how to declare a territory?”

“… Roughly? “My grandfather taught me, but I don’t remember much because I was too young.”

“It’s okay because I have to teach Jinwoo from the beginning anyway. “If you don’t know something, ask right away.”

Kim Chae-min reflected on the teachings she heard from her grandfather and father when she was young. The day the rose bloomed in his hands for the first time, his grandfather was delighted and took care of his granddaughter’s territory with his own hands. Her domain, which was heavily touched by her grandfather, was cozy and peaceful, and was always a warm protective shell that protected her.

If these children had their own territory, would I give them a fully bloomed rose? It would look good if you gave Seohyun a pretty pink rose and Jinwoo a bright orange rose. Since it is a flower bloomed with magic, it can be useful in times of need.

‘… for a moment. ‘Don’t I really think of you as a disciple?’

Teaching a domain is usually the role of a young wizard’s teacher. The same goes for giving gifts to decorate the first area. Traditionally, it was good if the gift contained the teacher’s magic power. It meant that even if the disciple became independent, the bond with the teacher would not be severed and would last forever.

‘No no no. If you don’t write a contract, you’re not a disciple. ‘It’s my rose. Who cares who I give it to?’

Kim Chae-min nodded.

“I explained the area last time. remember?”

“yes. You said it was some kind of safe. “Only I can enter.”

“Of course, we can’t stop it physically. “If you put up a lot of security, it may be difficult to get in, but it doesn’t mean you can’t crush it with force, right?”

“Right.”

“Although wizards are creatures closer to beasts than humans… .”

“Sir. We are wizards too. “That evaluation is a bit much.”

“Isn’t it more animals than humans who are talking about whether it’s my territory or your territory?”

Kim Chae-min spoke clearly.

It is a pitiful and cost-effective existence that loses energy after staying in someone else’s house, or even a villa that is not even a house, for a short period of time. Park Seo-hyun, who was slowly starting to feel uncomfortable at the pension, nodded with a sulky face.

“Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s a complete animal, so we’re putting up a fence around the house. “If you cross here, I’ll kill you.”

Choi Jin-woo’s expression is still confused. It’s okay though. Later, you will know even if you don’t want to know. Wizards were ultimately territorial animals and more independent than anyone else in the world.

“So the declaration of territory is like a fence. It’s a warning. “This is my territory, so don’t trespass on it.”

“… Like a cat spraying?”

“okay! So wizards are no better than animals!”

Kim Chae-min laughed.

“Humans are animals too. yes? Do you think it would be any different if you weren’t a wizard? “You don’t want someone sneaking into your house.”

“Yes.”

“There’s nothing strange about that because I said this? “They put a lock on the front door and a security device on the safe.”

“I know what you mean.”

“So this is the basic etiquette of wizards.”

“… … .”

“There is no need to create a territory right away. It is made slowly and painstakingly. Where is safe, what suits me well, how can I be comfortable… . Learn it now and use it later. “Isn’t it a big problem if you don’t know when you really need it?”

Kim Chae-min made eye contact with Choi Jin-woo and Park Seo-hyun, who looked somewhat depressed, and then smiled.

“In addition, I will teach you about a simple area that is useful when you are in a dungeon for a long time. No matter who asks you to teach this, you should never teach it? “Because I am you, I am teaching you something special.”

If Kim Chae-min had known what would happen when the declaration of the simple area was implemented through Park Seo-hyun’s magic, Kim Chae-min would have taught more carefully.

* * *

My grandfather’s house was always bright. When the sun was up, you could enjoy the sunlight pouring in from the large windows anywhere in the house. The same goes for after the sun sets. The lighting, powered by magic stones, shone like the moon and stars.

A small light was also held in Park Seo-hyun’s hand. The lighting, which a Russian craftsman had painstakingly made for his grandfather, was decorated with colored glass mosaics of flowers and larks. When the light bulb inside lit up, the colorful lights were so pretty that he often begged his grandfather to turn on the light.

Until a few days ago, my grandfather smiled kindly and turned on the light. But now he spoke in a firm voice.

‘Isn’t it time to do it yourself, Seohyun?’

Grandfather’s fingertips touch the colored glass decoration. The bird with blue glass feathers chirped with a clear bell sound and flapped its wings when the grandfather’s magic touched it. After completing a short flight, the bird returned to its original position and picked up a flower in its mouth… When her grandfather removed his hand, it stopped.

‘Seohyun is this woman’s granddaughter, right? Then you can do it. It’s very easy.’

Grandfather said it was as easy as eating rice. There was no way his grandfather would lie. So he had to be easy on himself too. He didn’t care about the cold sweat drenching his back.

Turning on the lights was easy.

Turning on that little light before going to bed has become a routine. Every time the bird flapped its wings, his grandfather smiled proudly. When he got used to it, his grandfather pointed to another light.

‘Would you like to try turning it on this time?’

It was easy too.

The lighting gradually increased. Before he knew it, turning on his lights as the sun set became his job.

Grandfather’s house was still bright. Bright, bright, bright, bright, bright, bright, bright.

My grandfather’s funeral was also held in bright light.

After that, I never went back to my grandfather’s house. That was his grandfather’s domain. Grandpa’s territory and a house without him.

It was an extremely precious space to him, but it was meaningless without his grandfather.

“The territory should be a space that is comfortable for you. Because it’s your own space. So, you should decorate it the way you want, regardless of what others think.”

When I hear the word territory, my grandfather’s house comes to mind. It was the only other wizard’s realm she had ever seen, and it was where she grew up.

However, although it could be the home of Park No-kyung’s granddaughter, Park Seo-hyun, it could not be the space of the wizard Park Seo-hyun.

“The same goes for the simple area. Since you can’t decorate it in earnest like an area, just separate the space appropriately… I need to fix my magic power. It’s convenient if you have something to use as an anchor, and even if you don’t, it’s easy to do it while remembering your own area. You don’t have a territory yet… “I think we will have to make it sooner or later.”

If you create your own territory.

Close your eyes and picture a familiar house. Let’s block all the windows on the wall. Let’s also cover the windows in the ceiling. Don’t let sunlight in. Bright light is your enemy. He is a libertine who erases shadows. The fairy lights decorating the entrance, the lights filling the hallway with warm light, and all the lights in the living room and every room. Let’s also get rid of all the colored glass lights that his grandfather placed by his bedside.

shadow. My area full of shadows.

Even an intruder would see nothing and become lost in the sinking darkness… .

fantasy, modern,