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“Sigh. Can’t believe I had the coordinates off by one number. You really have to be careful when it cos to numbers, seriously.”
I was the fool for trusting Master. When I teleported from Master’s magic tower in Iceland to the Kallian Continent, I found myself not on the magic circle within the Nerman Imperial Castle I intended, but sowhere I’d never seen or heard of in my life.
“Where am I?”
The environnt didn’t look all that different from the Kallian Continent, but it was a little warr and the air was very humid. This kind of climate was characteristic of the eastern continent, the ho of the legendary Araktch Empire.
Cla-Cla-Clang! SQUEAAAAL!
As I was looking around, I heard the considerably faraway sound of clashing weapons along with the screams of dying orcs.
“A battle?”
There was only one thing I could do in response to the sounds of battle that ca drifting along the wind over the completely unfamiliar mountains far in the distance. I knew the coordinates, so I could imdiately open a Gateway to Nerman Imperial Castle, but curiosity was bubbling up deep within my heart.
“Fly!”
I lifted into the air and flew towards the place that had drawn my curiosity, coming upon the battle before long. Hundreds of orc warriors were attacking a carriage being protected by two knights and a platoon of soldiers.
“Tsk tsk tsk, what can you hope to do with such skills…”
Nerman’s knights would have been able to wipe out that many orcs with ease, but these knights were far too weak, and the ragged soldiers were of the sa feather. They were definitely knights and soldiers belonging to a rural mountain territory.
“Gaahh!”
“G-Guard the carriage!”
Bested in both numbers and morale, the soldiers were falling over one after another. I couldn’t just keep watching.
“Fire Spear!”
Still flying in the sky, I let loose an easily controllable Fire Spear.
Schwiiiiiiiiiiiip. Boom! Boom!
The magic flas blazed fiercely as they crashed into orc hide.
SQUEAAAAAL! SQUEAAAAAAL!
The sudden magic attack quickly turned the squealing orc warriors into roast pigs.
‘Hurry up and go ho, piggos.’
I didn’t want to tire myself with battle from my very first day of returning to Kallian, so I urged the orc horde to disperse with a look of annoyance.
“Kugebar!!!”
Shortly afterward, once a good hundred orcs had beco magic roast pigs, the orc warriors began to retreat.
“A-A mage has appeared!”
“Ohhh! The gods have not abandoned the Yantre count family!”
The knights and soldiers looked at , the mage who easily handled the orcs, with the jubilation of supplicants whose prayers had been answered. I had experienced this sort of occurrence ti and ti again on the Continent, so I was unmoved even in the face of their overwhelming emotion.
‘What kind of count family is this? Even a baronet family would be better than this.’
I wasn’t one to look down on people, but the people of the Yantre count household were obviously poor and poverty-stricken. I landed briefly next to the carriage in order to ask where this was.
‘So noble will definitely co out of the carriage, thank for saving their lives, and invite to the county. Then, they’ll tell all about the difficult circumstances of the territory and ask to sweat blood and tears together to restore the county to its forr glory.’
Having seen it over and over, I was now familiar to death with the conduct of nobles.
Clunk.
The door of the carriage opened, just as I had expected. From it, appeared a pure white leather shoe and the hem of a blue dress.
‘Eh? A woman?’
A noblewoman showing up was a hundred tis better than a man, at least. I closed my mouth before I could ask one of the knights where exactly this was.
Bzzzzt.
A current born of instinct ran down my spine, telling that this was no ordinary event.
“Which esteed mage has saved us undeserving souls—”
Her voice was like morning dew sliding down lush green leaves, the beautiful trill of a mountain bird of unknown na singing to a lone wanderer. The woman’s dulcet tones enchanted , the listener.
“Ah!” cried the woman upon seeing .
“Ah…” ca a matching cry from my lips.
‘Sh-She’s incredible!’
Didn’t soone once say that the world was wide and full of beauties? The woman before could go toe to toe with Aramis, Igis, Rosiathe, and all the others. At 168 cm tall, her simple blue dress matched her lily-white skin all too well, and her clear blue eyes that seed to hold the sky in them pulled in, urging to dive inside and go for a swim.
‘I want to protect her. Even if it ans my death…’
My heart was seized by a certain desire. Her look of loneliness and sadness instantly misled to think that I needed to protect her, no matter what it took.
“Thank you for saving our lives. I am Countess Claria de Yantre of the Doveth Kingdom. I wish to once again offer my great gratitude to our savior.”
Neatly holding down the hem of her dress with her right hand, Countess Claria bowed her head.
‘Ngh, such a beautiful lady lived all this ti with knights like these as her retinue?’
Rage flared within . How could the gods bear to throw beauties like her into the jaws of crisis? And then, when such world-class beauties died unnatural deaths, the gods of fate defended themselves with excuses like ‘beauty is short-lived’. I could never let that happen, not on my watch.
“No, my lady. I rely did sothing any mage who knows the warm justice of mana must do as a matter of course. Please, think nothing of it.”
My imperial manners were polished to a glossy shine. I offered the Countess my greatest manners with none of a mage’s usual discourtesy.
“I see you are a mage of great enlightennt. If it pleases you, and if you can spare the ti, I would gladly welco you to my humble castle…”
As expected, the beautiful countess invited to her ho. I hesitated for a mont, but that lasted all of 0.5 seconds.
“It would be my honor. My na is Kyron. Please, just call Ron.”
The lies spilled out of with unbelievable ease.
‘Huhu, I never promised anyone that I would return at a set ti. And if I were to abandon a beautiful countess saddled with such a struggling territory… the heavens would never forgive .’
Even as I thought that, I looked everywhere but up. The gods in the heavens could surely see straight through my pitch-black heart. I had zero desire to invite hatred and get hit by a lightning bolt.
‘Kya, how nice~! This clean air, stretching out for miles. I must be a male lion on rolling adows(?) blessed by good waters to play in after all.’
Claria’s face reddened as she looked at , and I, of course, t her eyes with the smile of a dashing man.
And so, the Goddess of Destiny, Pallan, chose to play with . Rather than play emperor with a 21st century archmage, she wanted to dream freely with .
I did not reject her. I, a male lion who lived and breathed freedom, would never let prey I marked slip away.
Not until the day I give up on my sky-high dreams.
21st Century Archmage SERIES END
Translator’s Note: And so, a 7 year journey cos to an end. I started this as a teaser back when I was in university and sohow ended up picking it up again many years later. It has been a pleasure to translate this series and I am so glad we could see it through to the end. Huge thanks to my proofreader Imagine for accompanying on this wild ride and to Reaper Scans for taking in and 21st.
If you liked 21st Century Archmage and are looking for a new novel, check out my other project, Max Talent Player! It’s very different, but I think it’s an enjoyable story.
Proofreader’s Note: What a journey hahaha! I’m not going to lie to you, I did not think I would be finishing this series in its entirety, but here we are xD I just want to thank Lei (The TL) for being a great translator and an even better friend! Would not have been able to finish this journey without her! I would also like to thank you guys, for reading this novel! I know so parts of it may have been questionable or corny, but I’m glad that you, the person reading this right now, stuck through and got to the end along with and Lei! It’s been a pleasure to have proofread this novel for you all and I hope you enjoyed this journey as much as I did! Once again, thank you, from the bottom of my heart 🙂
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