"Farewell, Teacher. I shall return with a more dignified deanor,"
Rosbane yelled as he stepped into the portal, created using Portal aid.
"Thank you for doing a favor.”
rlin stood next to the portal, conversing with a wizard, who appeared to be an official from the School of Elental Magic where the children would be staying.
The wizard was elderly and radiated a strong aura of mana, indicating his high status.
However, he rely nodded respectfully while listening to rlin, his emotions reflecting a mix of respect, fear, struggle, and longing.
"…It’s nothing. It's an honor just to have you call . I will happily accept what you have entrusted."
Oliver observed the interaction between rlin and the wizard as he bid farewell to the children.
He was intrigued, as he had never seen such submissiveness among wizards before.
They usually carried themselves with confidence and pride, but now, he was witnessing them defer to soone else.
‘Is the hierarchy among wizards this rigid?’ Oliver wondered to himself.
He initially thought that the Warlock organization was unique in its structure, but it appeared not to be the case.
"By the way, Archma…"
"…I'm just a retired old man now. Just call rlin."
"What? …how dare I."
"Well, then call Elder. That word sounds good, too."
"Sir. I heard there's sothing wrong with the Life School these days."
"… Can you briefly tell the point? Portal aid maintenance costs are no joke. I'm a poor old man."
"Oh, I'm sorry. So, when are you coming back…."
"I'll talk about it later."
"Oh, yes. I'm sorry. Then….”
The wizard nodded, bowing his head, and shot a fleeting glance at Oliver, before stepping into the portal.
Oliver noticed that the wizard's emotion was a mix of curiosity, suspicion, envy, and dissatisfaction.
Oliver briefly wondered if the situation would cause any distress to the children, but quickly dismissed the thought.
He realized that there was nothing he could do for them and that they would have to take care of themselves from now on, whether they liked it or not.
The purplish portal buzzed as the wizard stepped into it, gradually shrinking until it disappeared into thin air with a pop, like a light bulb turning off.
rlin noticed Oliver staring at the spot where the portal vanished and asked,
"Are you concerned for the children?"
"No, I am not,"
"Really?"
"Yes, being worried about them would not change their situation. They have been given an opportunity and it is up to them to make the most of it,"
"You have a cold heart, mate,"
"Is that so?"
"But it's a good attitude. You're the only one who can save yourself… Then, what are you looking at?"
"Um.… I was looking at the portal. As expected, it looks convenient.”
"Indeed, it is," rlin said. "The School of Spatial Magic is the most promising of all schools at present, despite its small size and lack of history compared to others."
"Really?" Oliver exclaid, surprised.
He had worked as a Solver for so ti, but he was still unfamiliar with the world of wizards.
So far, he had only seen them as valuable resources, treated as a group rather than as individuals.
"Yes, of course. Humanity has always been in a battle against ti, space, and distance, and Spatial Magic has the potential to put an end to this fight. However, there is room for improvent," rlin explained.
"What kind of improvents?" Oliver asked.
"Well," rlin said, gesturing with his hands, "the magic is too complex and difficult to master. True magic should be activated using a wizard's natural abilities without any aids, but in reality, that's not the case."
rlin pointed to the portal aids in the basent of the mansion.
Oliver rembered the Spatial school wizard who he fought while protecting Murphy's magic wine factory and the fact that he used an aid that looked like an arrow to open the portal.
"Not many wizards from Spatial schools can actually use portals without the aid of any tools. Perhaps only 3 out of 10 can, and even fewer if you take into account the distance and amount that can be transported," rlin said.
This revelation was quite shocking to Oliver.
"That's why it's that hard. It requires not only the ability to control mana, but also a trendous amount of mana. It's the opposite of a delicate image."
"Trendous amount of mana?"
"Just because the portal is open doesn't an you can just move around. As the weight, mass, energy, etc. passing between portals increase, it requires a lot of mana to maintain the portal. In Spatial School they call it a ‘ Usage Fee'."
Usage Fee… Oliver didn't know the details of the reason, but he understood what rlin was trying to say.
Portal was not an all-around skill that could move anything comfortably if it was increased in size.
Apart from increasing the size of the passage, there were many factors to pay attention to, such as the amount of movent and distance, and there were many demands such as adjustnt ability and mana to match.
"I didn't know that. It's more complicated and amazing than I thought."
"You talk as if you've used it before.”
"……."
"……have you used it?"
"Uh. . . Yes, didn't I tell you?"
⏩ ⏩ ⏩ ⏩ ⏩ ⏩
Oliver took out the extra paper he had made.
One was raised in the right hand and the other in the left hand and activated as it was.
Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!.whiiiiiiiiii
Two portals ford on paper.
rlin observed the portal without a word.
rlin's emotions were blocked by the wall of mana and could not be read, but his expression seed quite serious.
"……Hmm."
After a mont of observation, he collected mana in his fingertips and launched it in the form of a ball.
The harmless ball of mana entered one of Oliver's portals and erged from the other.
Whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo-woof.
The portals then shrank and disappeared as the magic dissipated.
"How did you create it?"
rlin asked, as Oliver put away the used paper into his pocket.
"I saw the usefulness of Spatial Magic and tried to replicate it several tis. Since it's difficult to create a portal over a long distance without any aid, I decided to use paper as a dium," Oliver explained.
rlin nodded, "You copied ?"
"Yes, I was impressed by the way you used paper. Does that bother you?" Oliver asked, feeling unsure.
"No, it doesn't bother . I'm just surprised. Imitation is one thing, but to actually replicate it is a whole different story," rlin said, waving his hand in a dismissive gesture.
"You ntioned you've used it before," rlin continued the conversation.
"Yes, I used it during the suppression of the Kell Liberation Army. I moved a corpse doll and then used it four more tis to move two people, three zombies, and myself," Oliver said. "I was lucky and didn't run into any fee shortage issues."
"Well, you were lucky," rlin said.
"What happens if the fee is insufficient?" Oliver asked, curious.
"The portal could explode or disappear into an unknown space," rlin replied.
"Unknown space? What do you an?" Oliver asked, tilting his head in confusion.
"As I ntioned earlier, the Spatial School of Magic has a short history, and there is still much research that needs to be done," rlin explained.
"Oh, I see," Oliver said, nodding.
"It's better if you refrain from using it in the future," rlin advised.
"Why? I find it very convenient," Oliver said, feeling disappointed.
Oliver ant the words he said.
It was far more advantageous to get away or move.
In addition, it showed considerable surprise in combat.
He was able to summon Duncan to overpower the enemy who was not good at close combat, and stop a war wizard using zombies.
"It must be unfortunate. But still, I recomnd you refrain from doing so. Mattel… No, I ended quietly with the School of Life magic, but the old man who runs that place is a bit of an obsessive pervert. He'll bother you if he gets to know you have a lot of talent. So, be cautious and hold back from using it for now."
"Oh, I see. But what if soone has already seen or knows that I'm using it?"
"Did soone witness it?"
Oliver talked about Arthur, and the war wizard, but did not ntion the mission.
"A war wizard?"
"Yes, with black hair and red skin. I heard he was from the School of Elental Magic. Do you know him? His na is Kevin Dunbara."
"Did he tell you his na?"
"Are you familiar with him?"
"Yes, he entered the School of Elental Magic despite his exceptional talent and red skin… He generally has strong self-esteem and does not usually reveal his na first, but I guess he must have liked you a lot."
"I don't think so, but it's good to hear that."
"What made you fight him?"
"I'm sorry, I can't disclose that information due to the nature of the mission."
"Then you shouldn't have brought it up in the first place."
"I don't want to lie to you. After all, you're my temporary teacher, right?"
"A temporary teacher, that's a touching term, mate."
"I'm glad, then. In that sense, I hope you don't delve too deeply into this subject."
"I never agreed to that, mate… If you tell about the fight, I'll consider it."
rlin wrote sothing in his notebook as he spoke.
With a serious expression, Oliver described the battle with Kevin, the war wizard, in detail.
rlin listened attentively and wrote everything down.
"You absorbed Kevin's mana?"
"Didn't your heart race, did you feel choking, dizziness, or a rise in body temperature?"
"I didn't check everything, but there was nothing like that."
rlin was quiet for a mont before speaking again.
"Take off your coat and sit here for a bit. I want to check sothing."
Oliver removed his coat as instructed and sat with his back facing rlin.
rlin gathered his mana at his fingertips and put it on Oliver's body.
Mana ca into Oliver's body, and it wasn't just coming in, it entered Oliver's body with a special spell that spreads mana like a thread and examined the surroundings, and then gradually disappeared.
"…….."
"……."
"…..Elder?"
"Oh, my God."
"Is anything wrong?"
"I guess I'm very tired. I'll check it out later."
"But, you already…?"
"What? Is there a law that says I shouldn't fail, mate? It's cruel to an old man."
"No, that's what you ant…"
"… The adult is talking, so don't answer back. That's rude.”
"……."
"Oh, that's not how you look at an adult….. Anyway, I'm very tired today. That's it for today."
rlin, who suddenly ended the conversation. Oliver, however, was puzzled and could not read rlin's emotions, so he just nodded.
Apart from repeating the word "tired," rlin created a portal in an instant, a portal without the power of aids, purely by rlin’s own magic.
Oliver pondered the difficulty of this feat, even within the Spatial School.
rlin's magic was large in scale, and above all, there were no boundaries between schools.
Ice, lightning, space, the magic of all schools were handled freely as if it were his own magic.
"What's wrong?"
"If you don't mind, may I ask you a question?"
"I’ll mind, that's rude. Don't make the old man have a hard ti, just go. This is why young people these days……. Don't look at like that."
rlin pushed Oliver's back and pushed him into the portal as if he were kicking him out.
Oliver had no choice but to follow suit.
When the portal disappeared after Oliver left, rlin, unlike saying he was tired, ward up and finished writing the notes he had written while talking to Oliver.
When he finished writing, rlin looked at the note with a subtle expression, left it on the desk, took a bottle of alcohol, and poured it into a teacup.
Two sentences were written prominently in the notebook.
[Using magic beyond the rules]
[Can't see the end of the mana heart]
GULP
rlin murmured after a sip of the drink.
"It’s scary…"
(To be Continued)
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