"What? What kind of ridiculous reason is that? And I heard that firstborns resemble their fathers. Heh."
"If possible, I wish it were all the same to you."
"Sleep, just a moment, Mion."
The two of them stayed together for hours on the balcony under the moonlight. They didn't come into the room, but the warmth and thrilling sensation never left them, going back and forth between them.
Eventually, Julia, whose lips, nape, shoulders, and even earlobes had all turned red, was able to return inside only at dawn.
Oh, what should I do?
It was so sweet that she thought she would melt. Julia was so scared by the sensation that came crashing down on her like a wave that she pushed Endymion away.
Julia rolled around in bed, trying to calm her racing heart, but she still felt like she was floating on a cloud, and it took her several hours to finally fall asleep.
And the next day, Julia slept in late until late morning.
***
"You must have been very tired?"
He shouted with his arms bent over the bench.
"It's okay, you can sleep in here all the time!"
"You clearly told me that if I didn't wake up at 4 in the morning. I would be sent to the mines."
Boris muttered, then looked up at her with a big smile on his face, and Julia felt embarrassed and made an excuse.
"No, from tomorrow onwards I'll wake up on time. Sorry for being late today."
"Huh? No. You didn't oversleep while playing. You were just tired. And Julia can do whatever you want."
Pal clung together, shaking.
'Oh. that's right. I was playing around...'
That too, secretly with Mion.
Julia exchanged glances with Endymion, smiling awkwardly, his usual arrogant face slightly raised at the corners of his mouth.
'How can you have such a poker face?'
I need to learn too! Julia stood up from her seat in admiration instead of reflection.
Pal seemed completely unaware of what she had done in his area last night. Boris, who had gotten to know them a bit while spending time together, felt something and tilted his head.
"Okay, from today onwards we're going to train on feeling magical power. Julia can already use magical power, but you've never learned it, so it'd be better to start from the beginning."
Pal explained in detail. It was a serious look, the complete opposite of his cute appearance with his hair tied in a ponytail.
Julia therefore began her training by listening intently to the additional explanations.
"Yes. Then let's take off that ring first."
Pak said, holding out his hand.
Julia looked at Endymion, who was watching from the other side as an observer, out of fear that Endymion might get caught up in magic and cause trouble again, just like in the garden.
"Don't worry. I'm here."
As expected of an experienced wizard, Pal reassured her. Endymion nodded slightly as if it was all right.
Julia took a deep breath and took off the ring on her left ring finger.
Phew-!
Immediately, a heavy vibration enveloped her entire body. A faint golden light covered Julia from head to toe. However, it did not explode like in the garden of Semele's palace.
"Wow! This is more incredible than I thought! Are you saying that this much magical power can be controlled with just this?!"
His face started to get excited as his arms were raised. Julia handed him the ring and he was amazed as well.
"I don't know either. Is it okay to be with so many people this time?"
Julia, who had already briefly talked about the magic overload, asked seriously. Pal's eyes sparkled as he said that this was the first time he had experienced something like this.
"Hmm. I think that's something we need to look at more carefully. Magic has its own unique wavelength, so each person has different characteristics."
"I see. Okay. I'll ask for your help in the future..."
"But the magic power is more submissive than I thought! The higher the level of the magician, the stronger the ego is in the magic power, so It's difficult. Isn't Julia a genius?!"
"Oh, thanks. But maybe that's not it."
"Yes! This is special training!"
The excited Pal shouted loudly. Julia, whose words suddenly stopped, blinked in surprise.
Like it or not, Pal was like a charging bull burning with enthusiasm for learning.
"Julia! Hurry up, hurry up! What do you want to do first?"
After that, the magic training continued. Excluding the 30 minutes for snack time and lunchtime, it lasted a full 7 hours.
"You did really, really well, Julia! I think you'll be able to master it completely within this week!"
Julia felt happy as Pal, which was still fresh, hugged Julia's waist. Julia smiled with a surprised and proud face, even though she was a little taken aback.
"Thank you, Pal. Thanks to you, I was able to learn without any accidents."
"Thank you! How long has it been since I last taught such a brilliant wizard! Let's see, It's been since the high wizard Atollan died... it's been 86 years!"
Wow.
He hugged Julia with his arms trembling and rubbed his cheeks, causing a ruckus.
In fact, Julia didn't know any theory at all, she just did it instinctively, just as Pal told her to, but she was surprised that it was so great.
'Besides, today, all I did was extract all my magical power and figure out the amount.'
Although it was a very basic training, Pal was showered with praise.
"What a pity. You're so smart, kind, and pretty, ugh. Julia, do you really want to live with me? I'll take good care of you! I can even build you a special castle. Let's develop new magic together! Yes? Come to the magic tower!"
"No."
A man's voice suddenly interrupted. Julia, who had been whining and laughing nonchalantly because it was so new, turned her head.
"My Queen doesn't want to be separated from me."
Before she knew it, Endymion, who had been sparring with Boris from afar, was approaching.
"What? Where is that? Julia didn't say a word!"
Pal puffed out cheeks and shouted in a sulk.
Endymion hugged her waist tightly from behind. Then he naturally rested his chin on her shoulder and spoke arrogantly.
"Should I say that?"
"Ab! Julia, really? No! You're better off with me!"
Pal was trembling, but Julia just coughed with slightly flushed cheeks.
Julia had to spend two hours re-tying Pal's hair because he was so jealous of Mion.
***
Julia returned from dinner with Endymion, Pal, and Boris.
She was a little tired because she had trained so hard. When Helen heard that, she prepared a warm bath with rose petals and perfume for her.
"Thank you. It smells really good."
"What!"
Helen looked at Julia with admiration and served her. Helen, who was far from being qualified to be a magician, was surprised to hear that Julia was being trained by the Magic Tower Master.
"The wizard must be really great! The tower lord is very picky and rejects most people who don't suit his standards."
"Really?"
Julia, who was surprised at how friendly he was, asked in wonder. Helen nodded her head wildly, feeling very proud of herself.
"Even the high-ranking magicians! There are currently three high-ranking magicians in the Magic Tower, but two of them are so old that they hardly ever come out of their rooms. They only go to and from the laboratory using magic!"
Julia heard that high-ranking officials are rare, but she didn't think there would be more than three.
"Hmm. So that's why Pal liked me from the beginning?"
It was a pretty plausible guess since he still complimented her every chance he got. Julia listened to the next story with interest.
"That's why Hamas, the only young high-ranking wizard, asked the Lord Magic Tower twenty years ago. He didn't have a master who could help him closely, so please help him. But the Master openly refused, saying, 'My labor is too expensive for that!' Hamas' pride was hurt quite a bit because of that!"
Julia was a little surprised. It seemed like Pal wasn't that merciless. You're saying that you rejected the only talented young man because you didn't like him?
"But the wizard teaches so closely, so the wizard is much more outstanding! I really respect you!"
"Ah. Thank you, Helen. That makes me happy."
Julia, who felt warm inside, although it didn't feel real, greeted her humbly.
Helen laughed and combed Julia's hair with a comb soaked in perfume.
"I am more grateful. I have served over 30 magicians, but this is the first time I have seen someone as kind as you! Even Lord Hamas was extremely eccentric, no, a bit sensitive! He became even worse in the 20 years after being rejected by the Lord of the Tower. As expected, if you have a good heart, you will be good at something. Oh, this was a mistake!"
Helen whispered with a look of embarrassment on her face as she continued to chatter.
'Seeing that meticulous and bright child do that, I guess he really has an unusual personality.'
Julia nodded, holding back laughter as she thought about it.
"It must have been hard to serve such an eccentric person."
"Oh, no. He's not being eccentric! It was a real mistake!"
"Hehehe. Okay, I got it..."
Oh, wait a minute.
F"How old are you?"
"I'm 50 this year. I'm the youngest of the maids. Oh, by the way, you're about my age, right? Let me guess. You look a little younger than me, so 45? Right?!"
...How on earth does this magic tower work?
***
In the darkness, a dazzling golden light gently swirled like a mermaid's tail.
It flowed like a stream, sometimes slowing down and sometimes speeding up as it narrowed.
Sararak-!
It was like the Milky Way at midnight, or like sugar spilled on a pitch-black plate. The dazzling light soon began to form elaborate patterns.
It was tightly woven like silk, then unraveled, and interlocked to draw dozens of lines and shapes. It seemed difficult, but it was erased and reappeared.
When Julia kept shaking like a flickering candle over and over again. At some point, so much time had passed that she couldn't even guess how much time had passed.
Jiiing-!
The golden light that stretched out in hundreds was woven together without a single misalignment.
A flash of light thousands of times brighter than before finally completed the great magic circle, and the primordial darkness rolled across the horizon with a thunderous roar.
Phew!
"Wow, it was a success!"
A wide open space with bright vision returned. Pal wrapped around Julia's arm and shook.
"You completed the defensive magic circle so quickly! Normally, it would take half a year just to implement it!"
Julia smiled and patted the back of Pal her head.
"No. It's not finished yet. It was easy to make because you gave me your formula hints."
Pal swelled and he snorted softly.
"How humble! Do you think it's easy to achieve that kind of result with someone else's formula? Even if it's the same formula, if it's not modified to fit the caster's magical power, it will fail to activate. Julia modified the formula to fit your magical power, didn't you?"
Julia nodded, dumbfounded at those words.
"Yeah. Your magic is a bit fast, so I changed the formula to be a bit looser."
"Look at that! You figured it out without me telling you. You're really smart!"
He glared at her, saying that no matter how much she looked at Pal, they were still attractive. Julia smiled with slightly reddened cheeks.
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