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Ian interrogated Karenne alone.
This was to prevent her from possessing anyone else's body.
Though such precaution might seem excessive...
Better safe than sorry, so Ian decided to proceed carefully.
"It's unfortunate things ended up this way."
Karenne snorted at Ian's words.
Though she was just a head - and a grotesque one at that, with half being Theo's head rather than her own.
Yet the venomous glare characteristic of black wizards remained undimd in her eyes.
"I don't need your pity, you stupid, foolish child."
Even at death's door, Karenne's spirit remained unbroken.
You could feel the determination of soone who'd lived life as an underdog through sheer malice and stubbornness.
If she hadn't gone down the wrong path, she might have achieved greatness in a different way.
...Though history has no room for "what ifs."
"I'll say it again - our clash was coincidental."
"Ha. Coincidental?"
"You know it too, don't you? Our goals simply crossed paths. That's why we clashed."
Ian spoke with a sigh.
"I'm not validating your past. Whatever happened in your childhood, learning black magic was wrong."
"Hahaha! Are you preaching? You're a wizard, not a priest!"
"I'm saying this because I acknowledge your magic."
"..."
"Karenne. You're an exceptional wizard. Even if you chose the wrong path."
Ian's feelings toward Karenne were sowhat complicated.
Yes, she was an absolute bitch who deserved punishnt for her cris...
But Ian couldn't help noticing her talent.
Being good at magic despite being such a horrible person - it was oddly irritating.
"The wrong path..."
Karenne spoke mockingly.
"Are you the type who thinks lowborn people shouldn't have power?"
"Not at all."
"Soone like you, chosen as a space-ti wizard's puppet, wouldn't understand... but I had to learn magic to survive. I didn't care if it was the 'wrong' path."
"..."
"I never walked a wrong path to begin with. I just walked paths others feared and avoided."
"Don't you think there's usually a reason when everyone hates sothing?"
"Not everyone has to be the sa. Even if 100 people oppose sothing, if I think it's right, then it's the right path!"
Her words flowed smoothly.
Though coming from soone who'd practiced magic by torturing people to death, they carried zero credibility...
When 100 people say "Let's not kill people!" and soone responds "Well I disagree? You should all kill too!" - we call such people insane.
Karenne was thoroughly insane-
And that's precisely how she'd attained such a high level of magic.
"Wizard Ian."
Karenne spoke almost dreamily.
Being just a head, she seed to be losing strength quickly.
"I acknowledge your magic too. You truly are... an excellent wizard."
"And?"
"I'll tell you the sa thing. You're walking the wrong path."
"..."
"Listen well. The space-ti wizards are not your allies."
For a mont, Ian recalled Gerard's face.
The face of the wizard who had guided Ian's journey until now.
"Do you know the Regent's goal?"
"...More or less."
"The Regent will correct this empire's false order and create a new nation for wizards."
Ian already knew this.
Regent Antios aid to establish a nation for wizards.
"A golden age of magic is coming...!"
Karenne muttered.
"Even my 'cris' that you pointed out won't be cris anymore."
"...Won't be cris?"
"Of course! Why should it be a cri for wizards to eliminate common people for magical experints! It's for the advancent of magic!"
Ian understood why talented black wizards were drawn to the Golden Rule Society.
Antios had promised them a bright future.
A society ruled by wizards.
A society where wizards stood above the powerless and could exploit their inferiors for magical advancent.
That was the "golden age of magic" Antios desired.
...But Ian still couldn't agree with Antios's vision.
Though Ian also wanted magical advancent.
Magic should exist for human happiness.
Archwizard Maronius had dread of a world without misunderstandings.
He would never have wanted a future where wizards exploited and slaughtered others.
"I also want magic to advance."
"...!"
"But that advancent should be a process where humans and the world progress together, not humans exploiting other humans."
"..."
"That is the magic Archwizard Maronius began."
Ian spoke quietly.
"And that is the future of magic I will inherit and develop."
Karenne was silent for a while.
Whether from exhaustion
Or having nothing to say, Ian couldn't tell.
After an awkward silence, Karenne spoke:
"Is that your will? Or the space-ti wizards' will?"
"It's my will, my intention."
"Ha, haha... Really? Is that so..."
Karenne closed her eyes.
Surprisingly... a tear rolled down her cheek.
"Now it's all over... everything's ruined..."
"..."
"Damn it... now I'm curious about the future you'll create."
Ian smiled sharply.
"Even so, the underground prison is the only place for wizards like you. Idiot."
"Of course. Hehe. You're right."
Laughing weakly, Karenne suddenly opened her eyes wide:
"One piece of advice, Ian! Don't trust the space-ti wizards!"
"I'll decide that for myself."
Those were her final words - Karenne never opened her eyes again.
Ian picked up the now-silent head and left the room.
Karenne was dead.
In truth, she should have died ages ago by any normal standard.
Even for a wizard, escaping with just a severed head wasn't exactly a natural ability.
In that sense, Karenne's transmutation magic was truly exceptional.
If she'd been a normal wizard, Ian would have wanted to ask her to teach him magic first.
Karenne left final words as she died.
"Ian... please grant one last request."
"You're quite shaless, aren't you?"
Ian listened to Karenne's last wish.
And was dumbfounded.
"Save my love... Theo."
"..."
That had been on Ian's mind too.
Theo of House Gremlin was... just soone Karenne had kidnapped.
Though she'd kept him until her final monts.
He didn't need to share her fate, did he?
"I prepared a body. Just need to properly insert the brain."
"You think I can do that?"
"Yes."
"..."
Sharp bitch.
Ian grumbled quietly.
He actually could handle transmutation magic.
He'd learned the basics from Professor Demonite.
Though the materials hadn't been human then... techniques were ant to be adapted, weren't they?
"Let ask one thing. Do you truly love Theo?"
"Of course! I planned to spend my whole life with him!"
Then Theo, from the other half of the head, managed to speak one desperate line:
"No I don't... you crazy bitch..."
"Hehe. My darling is so shy?"
"I said no... you crazy bitch..."
Ian clicked his tongue.
A noble being kidnapped and obsessed over by a female black wizard?!
Thank goodness it wasn't !
Ian finally decided to resurrect Theo.
Though granting Karenne's request felt uncomfortable...
Letting an innocent person die didn't sit well with him either.
Ian carried the dangling head to where Karenne said she'd hidden the body.
"Hey. Is that it?"
"Yes. That's it."
"...Crazy bitch."
Ian cursed without thinking.
Karenne was truly an insane woman.
With ti short, Ian quickly perford the resurrection ritual.
The mystery of transmutation faithfully obeyed both Karenne and Ian's will.
"Mmm... where...?"
"Hey, Karenne. It worked."
Karenne didn't answer.
She'd breathed her last during the ritual.
"...What is this?!"
Theo, awakening in a complete body, scread while frantically feeling himself.
Ian patted Theo's shoulder and said:
"I did my best."
"No...!"
Theo was speechless.
He was overjoyed to be free from that crazy bitch Karenne's bonds.
But...
His body had beco female!
"Karenne said she only prepared a body for herself, so there was no male body available."
"What do you an...!"
Theo cried out in shock.
It was a woman's voice identical to Karenne's.
"Then... what am I supposed to do now? What about inheriting my title? Marriage?!"
"I asked about that too. Karenne said to just live alone thinking only of her forever. Though she said she'd accept it if you married a man?"
"Aaaaaargh!"
Though Theo wailed... there was nothing Ian could do.
Just had to give him ti to accept reality.
Ian clicked his tongue watching the feminized Theo.
The vicious transmuter had turned her "lover" into a woman as her dying echo and passed away.
A simple wish that he never date won again.
Ian felt a brief mont of pity for Theo but...
Wasn't it partly his own fault for dating soone without even checking if they were a black wizard or not?
"This is impossible!"
If he found a transmuter as skilled as Karenne, he might be able to beco male again.
Though Ian had no idea where such a wizard might be or what they might be doing.
Ian dusted off his clothes and returned to the inner castle.
Sowhat satisfied with having eliminated one of the Golden Rule Society's executives.
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