After Luca Osijek, the unfilial son of the Magic Tower, confronted the Lord of Tower directly and left without a single hair on his head being harmed.
At the top of the tower, a heated debate took place among those who wanted to voice their opinions at any time.
The wizards who had been cooped up in their labs all day, never showing their faces, were now all out of their labs, settling down wherever they could find people.
In the square, in the break room, in the corner of the restaurant, at the end of the hallway, and even in the bathroom, the wizards raised their voices one after another.
“Shouldn’t Rodrian provide the Mana Stones to the Magic Tower for the public good?”
“Isn’t this a problem that the government should intervene in?”
The claims of those who want to obtain mana stones by any means possible.
“At least you shouldn’t give the Mana Stone to a vicious person like Luca Osijek!”
"Shouldn't we punish Luca Osijek more severely to prevent him from ever using magic again? He's disrupting the ecosystem! How can we maintain order like this?"
The argument is that, regardless of whether it's Mana Stone or not, they can't just leave Luca alone.
"Vivisection? Isn't this simply a matter of clearing up the misunderstanding that such absurd things are being done at the Magic Tower?"
“Wouldn’t this be a problem that could be easily solved if the Master of the Tower came forward and confirmed it?”
The claim that the Lord of Tower should take responsibility for and guarantee Magic Tower's innocence to the Rodrian side. And...
“I don’t like the fact that they gave those sorcerers the flashy title of warlocks in the first place!”
“Why are you managing sorcerers who have nothing to do with magic at the Magic Tower?”
“It was a mistake to try to lump sorcerers and wizards together from the beginning!”
The prevailing opinion was that the Black Magician Training Academy should be separated from the Magic Tower.
Numerous other claims were outside the mainstream, but in any case, the claims of the wizards were ultimately gathered in one place.
'I want to get the mana stone somehow!'
Amidst the commotion among the wizards, the Magic Tower Lord and a few executives gathered in the conference room of the Magic Tower.
“How on earth does the Marchioness Rodrian know anything about the Warlock Training Academy?”
“No one is getting out alive there, so who on earth told this?”
“I hope the Marchioness Rodrian isn’t just believing Luca Osijek’s nonsense and acting without any evidence.”
The wizards who were taking various benefits from Kavala in connection with the Black Magician Training Academy, along with the Magic Tower, sighed deeply.
A wizard at the far end of the table grumbled and slammed his fist down.
"From the beginning, I felt really uneasy about it. Didn't I warn you time and time again that a long tail will get stepped on? What are you going to do about this, Lord of Tower?"
“Hey, I liked it when we first started, but now I’m finally getting to know the Lord of the Tower...”
As his resentful gaze turned to the Lord of Tower, someone stopped him.
But some defended it.
"In fact, now that things have come to this, someone has to take responsibility and clean things up. Lord of Tower, you are in that position, after all..."
“Oh, well, we’re not telling you to use a poison bottle... but if you give us a solution, we can work together to solve it, right?”
“What do you plan to do now, Lord of Tower?”
Lord of Tower looked back at the gaze focused on him and gritted his teeth.
He called everyone together to brainstorm how they could overcome this, but everyone was just looking at him.
'When the Empress was offered a huge amount of research funds, everyone rolled their eyes and said, 'It's okay if we turn a blind eye to a few biological experiments...'
Lord of Tower touched his forehead.
For several days, the conversation had been going in circles, and no one had come up with a proper solution.
The wizards were making a fuss, demanding that the Magic Tower take responsibility for obtaining the mana stones, but the Marchioness Rodrian refused to deliver the mana stones with the same words, no matter how many people they sent. The Magic Tower Lord had a headache.
"How about inviting the Marchioness Rodrian to the Black Magic Academy and having her check it out for herself? After everything's been cleaned up and neatly arranged."
Lord of Tower sighed at someone's suggestion.
“Where can we find so many healthy children to fill that void in such a short period of time?”
The academy was overflowing with children who had exhausted most of their vitality in the Kavala experiment, doing it today or tomorrow.
Even if all those girls and women could be moved somewhere without anyone knowing, where would we find the students to fill the academy in their place?
It was originally started with the condition that it would be closed after 3-4 years of operation due to a lack of talent.
It was a sloppy and extremely risky undertaking to run in the long term.
“If the Empress had not been greedy and had kept her promise to tidy things up, this wouldn’t have happened!”
Someone lamented, and many nodded in agreement.
They did not blame themselves for continuing to run the Academy year after year, unable to refuse her offers, greedy for the additional research funds provided by Kavala or the various imperial benefits.
"The best course of action would be to simply demand that the Marchioness Rodrian produce evidence of the vivisection. This would hold her accountable for damaging the reputation of the Magic Tower."
“The current situation is not normal for that to happen.”
Lord of Tower closed his eyes tightly.
The reason why the Magic Tower was unable to respond strongly was not only due to the problem of obtaining mana stones.
“After rumors spread that Prince Andrea had gone mad, the nobles of Arrental began lining up to see the Marquis Rodrian, or rather Princess Chloe.”
If they are not careful, they could end up antagonizing many nobles of Arrental, and furthermore, it could turn the Arrental Empire into an enemy.
Lord of Tower pressed his head, which was throbbing, with his hand.
He couldn't shake the feeling that he was getting caught up in something complicated.
A situation where you cannot act rashly.
The executive meeting ended today without any particular plan, with everyone just passing the blame around, saying, "It's your fault," "It's my fault."
The Lord of the tower didn't know.
While he was hesitating, several impatient and persistent magicians from the Magic Tower had sneaked into the Black Magician Training Academy to determine the truth for themselves.
Kavala was obsessed with obtaining the Holy Grail, completely unaware of what was happening in the Magic Tower.
They must strike Ronheim soon.
This was a golden opportunity, as Chloe was preoccupied with business and other matters, envisioning a wealthy future among the nobility.
'If I can just get my hands on the Holy Grail, I can have everything at my feet.'
It doesn't matter what Chloe is doing now.
Because everything will be here anyway, and everything will go her way.
If only she had the Holy Grail.
The high ground was just a step ahead.
"But why! Why is it so difficult to take just one step?"
Kavala tore the letter she received into pieces.
It was a letter from the Northern Abene lord, containing the message that military action was impossible.
It was already the umpteenth rejection letter she had received.
Count Elbern, to whom she had first sent a letter, replied that he was ill and lying in bed.
She had no choice but to try to win over other northern lords, but she was rejected for some absurd reason, and she had just received another rejection from Lord Abene.
At this point, she thought she knew.
“Callius, he has enslaved the northern lords.”
When they said that they had left Ronheim and come to the capital for some reason, she found out that there was a place shr could trust.
Kavala smiled, the corners of her lips curling up.
"Hah, are you preparing a rebellion? You think gathering a few northern lords will do that, you foolish barbarian."
But then it was.
The door flew open without a knock, and Dnieper rushed in.
“Sister! I think you should see this!”
It seemed like something bad had happened.
Kavala took the paper that Dnieper had handed her.
It was a poster torn from somewhere.
[Statement Condemning the Magic Tower's Complicity in Vivisection]
Kavala's expression became distorted as she read through the poster, which had an unusual title.
[All magicians belonging to our Magic Tower strongly condemn the actions of the Magic Tower Lord, executives, and others involved in human biological experiments, who were swayed by political power.]
It contained the statement that the magicians of the Magic Tower had obtained evidence of biological experiments, and that the "political powers that undermined the spirit of the Magic Tower" were to be held accountable.
Although it did not directly mention Kavala by name, it was clear to anyone that the magicians of the Magic Tower were targeting Kavala.
“What, what is this...”
Dnieper reported bitterly to Kavala, who was trembling with excitement while holding the statement in her hand.
"This all stems from Princess Chloe's magical artifact, Sister. She's found out that a remarkable mana stone has been discovered in Rosendal, and the wizards are desperate to obtain it... It seems Princess Chloe is manipulating the wizards' minds."
“Why now...!”
Kavala gritted her teeth before finishing her speech.
Rosendal was the wasteland she had given to Chloe for cheap.
“Ha...! You’re trying to strangle me with what I gave you. This is unbelievable.”
Kavala clenched her fist.
The statement was crumpled and torn in her hands.
“Do you think I’ll let go and take it?”
Now it's really a dead end with no way back.
"You've brought things to this point, Chloe. I wonder if you have any hidden agenda."
Kavala's eyes flashed.
At the top of the tower, a heated debate took place among those who wanted to voice their opinions at any time.
The wizards who had been cooped up in their labs all day, never showing their faces, were now all out of their labs, settling down wherever they could find people.
In the square, in the break room, in the corner of the restaurant, at the end of the hallway, and even in the bathroom, the wizards raised their voices one after another.
“Shouldn’t Rodrian provide the Mana Stones to the Magic Tower for the public good?”
“Isn’t this a problem that the government should intervene in?”
The claims of those who want to obtain mana stones by any means possible.
“At least you shouldn’t give the Mana Stone to a vicious person like Luca Osijek!”
"Shouldn't we punish Luca Osijek more severely to prevent him from ever using magic again? He's disrupting the ecosystem! How can we maintain order like this?"
The argument is that, regardless of whether it's Mana Stone or not, they can't just leave Luca alone.
"Vivisection? Isn't this simply a matter of clearing up the misunderstanding that such absurd things are being done at the Magic Tower?"
“Wouldn’t this be a problem that could be easily solved if the Master of the Tower came forward and confirmed it?”
The claim that the Lord of Tower should take responsibility for and guarantee Magic Tower's innocence to the Rodrian side. And...
“I don’t like the fact that they gave those sorcerers the flashy title of warlocks in the first place!”
“Why are you managing sorcerers who have nothing to do with magic at the Magic Tower?”
“It was a mistake to try to lump sorcerers and wizards together from the beginning!”
The prevailing opinion was that the Black Magician Training Academy should be separated from the Magic Tower.
Numerous other claims were outside the mainstream, but in any case, the claims of the wizards were ultimately gathered in one place.
'I want to get the mana stone somehow!'
Amidst the commotion among the wizards, the Magic Tower Lord and a few executives gathered in the conference room of the Magic Tower.
“How on earth does the Marchioness Rodrian know anything about the Warlock Training Academy?”
“No one is getting out alive there, so who on earth told this?”
“I hope the Marchioness Rodrian isn’t just believing Luca Osijek’s nonsense and acting without any evidence.”
The wizards who were taking various benefits from Kavala in connection with the Black Magician Training Academy, along with the Magic Tower, sighed deeply.
A wizard at the far end of the table grumbled and slammed his fist down.
"From the beginning, I felt really uneasy about it. Didn't I warn you time and time again that a long tail will get stepped on? What are you going to do about this, Lord of Tower?"
“Hey, I liked it when we first started, but now I’m finally getting to know the Lord of the Tower...”
As his resentful gaze turned to the Lord of Tower, someone stopped him.
But some defended it.
"In fact, now that things have come to this, someone has to take responsibility and clean things up. Lord of Tower, you are in that position, after all..."
“Oh, well, we’re not telling you to use a poison bottle... but if you give us a solution, we can work together to solve it, right?”
“What do you plan to do now, Lord of Tower?”
Lord of Tower looked back at the gaze focused on him and gritted his teeth.
He called everyone together to brainstorm how they could overcome this, but everyone was just looking at him.
'When the Empress was offered a huge amount of research funds, everyone rolled their eyes and said, 'It's okay if we turn a blind eye to a few biological experiments...'
Lord of Tower touched his forehead.
For several days, the conversation had been going in circles, and no one had come up with a proper solution.
The wizards were making a fuss, demanding that the Magic Tower take responsibility for obtaining the mana stones, but the Marchioness Rodrian refused to deliver the mana stones with the same words, no matter how many people they sent. The Magic Tower Lord had a headache.
"How about inviting the Marchioness Rodrian to the Black Magic Academy and having her check it out for herself? After everything's been cleaned up and neatly arranged."
Lord of Tower sighed at someone's suggestion.
“Where can we find so many healthy children to fill that void in such a short period of time?”
The academy was overflowing with children who had exhausted most of their vitality in the Kavala experiment, doing it today or tomorrow.
Even if all those girls and women could be moved somewhere without anyone knowing, where would we find the students to fill the academy in their place?
It was originally started with the condition that it would be closed after 3-4 years of operation due to a lack of talent.
It was a sloppy and extremely risky undertaking to run in the long term.
“If the Empress had not been greedy and had kept her promise to tidy things up, this wouldn’t have happened!”
Someone lamented, and many nodded in agreement.
They did not blame themselves for continuing to run the Academy year after year, unable to refuse her offers, greedy for the additional research funds provided by Kavala or the various imperial benefits.
"The best course of action would be to simply demand that the Marchioness Rodrian produce evidence of the vivisection. This would hold her accountable for damaging the reputation of the Magic Tower."
“The current situation is not normal for that to happen.”
Lord of Tower closed his eyes tightly.
The reason why the Magic Tower was unable to respond strongly was not only due to the problem of obtaining mana stones.
“After rumors spread that Prince Andrea had gone mad, the nobles of Arrental began lining up to see the Marquis Rodrian, or rather Princess Chloe.”
If they are not careful, they could end up antagonizing many nobles of Arrental, and furthermore, it could turn the Arrental Empire into an enemy.
Lord of Tower pressed his head, which was throbbing, with his hand.
He couldn't shake the feeling that he was getting caught up in something complicated.
A situation where you cannot act rashly.
The executive meeting ended today without any particular plan, with everyone just passing the blame around, saying, "It's your fault," "It's my fault."
The Lord of the tower didn't know.
While he was hesitating, several impatient and persistent magicians from the Magic Tower had sneaked into the Black Magician Training Academy to determine the truth for themselves.
***
Kavala was obsessed with obtaining the Holy Grail, completely unaware of what was happening in the Magic Tower.
They must strike Ronheim soon.
This was a golden opportunity, as Chloe was preoccupied with business and other matters, envisioning a wealthy future among the nobility.
'If I can just get my hands on the Holy Grail, I can have everything at my feet.'
It doesn't matter what Chloe is doing now.
Because everything will be here anyway, and everything will go her way.
If only she had the Holy Grail.
The high ground was just a step ahead.
"But why! Why is it so difficult to take just one step?"
Kavala tore the letter she received into pieces.
It was a letter from the Northern Abene lord, containing the message that military action was impossible.
It was already the umpteenth rejection letter she had received.
Count Elbern, to whom she had first sent a letter, replied that he was ill and lying in bed.
She had no choice but to try to win over other northern lords, but she was rejected for some absurd reason, and she had just received another rejection from Lord Abene.
At this point, she thought she knew.
“Callius, he has enslaved the northern lords.”
When they said that they had left Ronheim and come to the capital for some reason, she found out that there was a place shr could trust.
Kavala smiled, the corners of her lips curling up.
"Hah, are you preparing a rebellion? You think gathering a few northern lords will do that, you foolish barbarian."
But then it was.
The door flew open without a knock, and Dnieper rushed in.
“Sister! I think you should see this!”
It seemed like something bad had happened.
Kavala took the paper that Dnieper had handed her.
It was a poster torn from somewhere.
[Statement Condemning the Magic Tower's Complicity in Vivisection]
Kavala's expression became distorted as she read through the poster, which had an unusual title.
[All magicians belonging to our Magic Tower strongly condemn the actions of the Magic Tower Lord, executives, and others involved in human biological experiments, who were swayed by political power.]
It contained the statement that the magicians of the Magic Tower had obtained evidence of biological experiments, and that the "political powers that undermined the spirit of the Magic Tower" were to be held accountable.
Although it did not directly mention Kavala by name, it was clear to anyone that the magicians of the Magic Tower were targeting Kavala.
“What, what is this...”
Dnieper reported bitterly to Kavala, who was trembling with excitement while holding the statement in her hand.
"This all stems from Princess Chloe's magical artifact, Sister. She's found out that a remarkable mana stone has been discovered in Rosendal, and the wizards are desperate to obtain it... It seems Princess Chloe is manipulating the wizards' minds."
“Why now...!”
Kavala gritted her teeth before finishing her speech.
Rosendal was the wasteland she had given to Chloe for cheap.
“Ha...! You’re trying to strangle me with what I gave you. This is unbelievable.”
Kavala clenched her fist.
The statement was crumpled and torn in her hands.
“Do you think I’ll let go and take it?”
Now it's really a dead end with no way back.
"You've brought things to this point, Chloe. I wonder if you have any hidden agenda."
Kavala's eyes flashed.
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