Chapter 123: Mages of the Tower (1)

“Welcome.”

The most notable gray zone and borderline of legal and illegal premises were the alleyway bars. armor Black Mage Manroji of the Tower of Mages, was someone who was well-versed with the works of the backstreets.

Late at night, people were chasing entertainment and pleasure. acquire Bars opened up in the alleyways to receive customers; gangs patrolled the streets and men roamed the city looking for prostitutes, and the addition of one suspicious man in a robe was very inconspicuous.

“Want a meal or a drink?”

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“Follow the stairs.”

The master behind the bar welcomed him in a not-so-welcoming way, as he did to every other customer. amateur Manroji looked around and found a staircase leading to the basement.

“Here for a game or two.”

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“Hehehe…”

They weren’t even thinking about hiding it. legend In truth, everyone knew how bars and pubs in the alleys had gambling dens and prostitutes so there was no reason to really hide it.

Hiding his grin, Manroji took his seat.

Heading downstairs, Manroji found a bustling crowd with people each enjoying their own games. adapt Most of the games involved cards and dice for craps.

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Inside the dark underground den was a bat familiar stealthily hiding in a corner of the room. anxiety The familiar shared its vision with its owner, and provided Manroji with a bunch of information.

‘That guy has two pairs. auction And the other has a straight, huh.’

The only thing that set him apart from other addicts was…

The mage of the 4th floor of the Tower of Mages, Manroji, was a typical gambling addict, with such a severe addiction that he looked for gambling dens in whichever city he went to.

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“Aye shit. ability I lost again!”

“Damn it!”

“Huhahaha…!”

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She had ashen bob hair and was wearing an alluring dress. absorb Her bewitchingly beautiful smile complemented her confident charm.

“May I please join?”

It was another win streak today, but too many wins in a row was bound to make others suspicious so Manroji suffered a few intentional losses all the while enjoying his victory.

Right when the people were starting to leave, someone joined the table. shadow It was a beautiful young woman.

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“Huhu. abstract Of course.”

“A, are you really… going to give all the money back?”

Seduced by the sudden beauty, he decided to drain the purse of this lady. artist It was a strategy he used often, where he made the woman he was fond of into a beggar before asking for their body.

And after an hour, he was able to succeed in his plan.

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“O, okay.”

The woman became very submissive after losing dozens of gold coins at once. amber No matter how confident and attractive she was, she was the same as all the other girls that fell before his hands.

On one of the rooms on the second floor that was for accommodation and prostitution, Manroji led the woman he turned into a beggar into the room.

“Hell yeah I am. echo Huhu. alien So hurry up and take off that piece of cloth.”

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Thanks to that, Manroji thought to himself that his bed won’t be so cold during his stay in this city.

“No. arch Of course I need your name.”

“B, but… shouldn’t we introduce ourselves at the very least?”

“Huhu, why bother? zenith All you have to do is obediently lay yourself in my arms.”

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“Renya Claire. portal Owner of this building.”

The atmosphere changed in the blink of an eye. alpha The beauty, who had been shivering until then, suddenly looked at him with a chilling look in her eyes.

“What?”

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Something struck him on the back of his head, and Manroji fell face-first into the cold floor of the room. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com

– Slam!

“…!!”

“Did we seem that easy to fool, mage?”

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“Great work. orbit Can you wear some proper clothes now?”

“Fuu~. alien Mages. anchor Every single one of them.”

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Manroji’s consciousness faded away. admire The last thing he heard was the voice of a confident lady and… a rather familiar voice of a young man.

……

“Was it too stimulating for someone underage, boss?”

……….

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“W, who is it!? canvas How dare you do this to me!”

…

“Hello, Mr. alpha Wizard.”

After coming to himself, Manroji realized that he was in the basement, as well as the fact that someone was looking at him.

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“Huhp…!?”

In front of him was a man wearing a bizarre purple suit, and an eccentric clown-like makeup. artist He was looking straight into his eyes with a long smirk on his face.

Spotting the owner of the voice, Manroji gasped for breath.

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“W, who are you!”

“W, why aren’t you saying anything!?”

“No, wait. abstract It’s been too long since I watched the movie so I can’t think of a good phrase. portal Huu… It’s been 4 to 5 years since I last watched it.”

“…”

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“Shhhh… It’s just a joke. aspect Don’t fret.”

– Hwaaak!

“What…?”

Manroji immediately started shooting his mana at the clown. alien It was a low-grade magic, Fog of Darkness, that did not need any chant. album Despite the low level of the spell, it should still be enough to kill a random alleyway thug.

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“I don’t even need the sun for a curse at this level.”

“W, what…!?”

But unlike his expectations, as soon as the fog touched the clown, light covered the darkness and pushed it away. armor The fog immediately disappeared into nothing as if it was cleansed.

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“Do you know who I am!? admire I am a mage from the 4th floor of the Tower of…!”

He was therefore frightened and rushed.

Manroji realized that his magic wouldn’t work on him. advance The opponent was too close for him to start chanting a medium-grade spell. meadow It was incredibly obvious that a dagger would end up piercing through his throat the moment he welled up his mana.

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“Now, are you ready for a conversation, buddy?”

The clown said with the bat-shaped familiar in his hand.

“I don’t care but what I do know, is that your life will be over if I catch you telling another lie.”

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『Dunareff Fresh Produce』

“Korin. agent It’s this way. aspect Come here!”

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I was in the downtown area of Merkarva City with Marie. echo It wasn’t because of anything serious; we were out to have a look at a distribution company affiliated under the Dunareff Family, which had officially created a branch in Merkarva.

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“Hnn? aspect Umm, I think so? abstract I think my dad ‘donates’ them though.”

“Senior. album If I remember correctly, the company that supplies the Academy with food was one of your companies right?”

It was a company that hadn’t existed in Merkarva City in the last iteration. auction Looking back at it now, there had been a lot of changes in the campus as a result of Marie’s confinement.

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“…”

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Donation…? atlas Seeing the dumbfounded look on my face, Marie chuckled and tapped me on my nose.

“I’m joking! silence There are more than 3,000 people including the staff. aluminum Of course we can’t give that much for free!”

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“Ah, for the potatoes, I’m taking a small portion out of the amount we supply the kingdom with using my allowance to share with everyone.”

“…”

“R, right? meadow Plus, there’s no way all those potatoes would be free…”

By ‘small’, you mean the mountain of potatoes that are kept in a separate potato warehouse… right?

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The store that Marie led me to… was pretty big. accent It was like a massive fruit and vegetable warehouse, and it also had a second floor along with a restaurant. zenith It seemed that they had the intention of wholeheartedly jumping into the food industry using the abundant ingredients they bring directly from the south.

“Anyway, so why are we going there?”

“It’s the opening rehearsal day for our store today, so I thought we could try out some sample food. orbit There were a few things I wanted to give you as well!”

“I see.”

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“Can you give us this potato puree, some hash browns, potato cake, potato meat stew, potato gnocchi, a potato croquette, fried potatoes, and a potato pie? armor Thank you!”

“Here you go, Korin! aspect Don’t hold back!”

As if this was what she had been wanting to show me, Marie asked for a bunch of dishes directly from the chef.

But… wasn’t this like the tyranny of a large corporation, making all the nearby small companies go out of business?

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“Hnn? zenith Come on, Korin. shadow There’s no such thing as a potato addiction!”

“…I got to say, Senior, you really have an addiction to potatoes.”

The large table was full of potato dishes. altitude I had a feeling that every type of food on the planet that involved having potatoes as the main ingredient was here.

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“Be honest, Senior. antique How many potatoes do you steam every day?”

“How many times have you had a meal that did not include potatoes over the past year?”

“A, around 80? matrix But I share them with my friends!”

“P, potatoes are… like rice.”

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Come on; we don’t usually use the term, ‘quit’ for dishes, young lady! arcade Only people with an addiction to soft drinks, caffeine, or smoking would use that word.

“No! legend I am not addicted to potatoes! armor I love corn, sweet potatoes, and carrots just as much! arctic I can quit potatoes if I want to!”

“Look. atlas I’m telling you; you’re addicted.”

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“Are you sure?”

Seeing her confidence, I picked up a pinch of salt and flicked it on top of the steamed potatoes. silence White crystals fell like raindrops on the hot steaming skin of the potatoes, making them more tempting than ever.

“I am!”

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I deeply stared at her, as a bead of sweat slowly traveled down her forehead. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com. action Her golden eyes shivered and wandered between the potato and me.

“Can I eat this and quit potatoes from tomorrow?”

“…”

“…”

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“You will help me eat half of it, right Korin?”

Marie returned a wide smile and picked up one of the salted potatoes before breaking it into two and giving me a half.

“Don’t worry and just eat it.”

“Hehe.”

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“Oh right. arch Korin, you know the mages that visited our Academy from the Tower?”

We started indulging ourselves in the food and eventually began talking about the mages from the Tower.

“Of course.”

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“Hohh~”

“You volunteered to guide them right? arch Apparently they were going to tell me to do it.”

“What about them?”

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According to the original storyline of the game, Marie was supposed to be confined in the basement of the Academy at this point in time. arctic And plus, there was supposed to be research going on about ways to suppress her instinct as a vampire to help her recover from her primal instincts.

That was probably why the Dunareff Family cut off their ties with the Academy in the original game.

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However, the Tower of Mages had a different opinion of Marie.

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As expected of those crazy wizards with no ethical and moral restrictions holding them back, they were eager to carry out human experiments as if they were nothing.

She was an extremely precious and valuable Elder-level vampire. beacon They saw big potential progress in the future of their magic studies by investigating her flesh and blood.

“Hnn?”

“Senior. orbit I was going to tell you sometime soon, but…”

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She too was a genius mage with extraordinary talents, and knew just how valuable her flesh and blood were.

Marie looked puzzled for a while after hearing what I said, but it didn’t take long for her to understand what I meant.

“Umm… B, because of me?”

“The reason the Tower visited this time around, is probably because of you.”

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“It won’t… end well if they do something to me though?”

“…Why?”

Marie Dunareff.

But even so, she was still doubtful and that was for valid reasons.

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Even though calling her the princess of the Potato Empire was just a joke, it was still undeniable that she was from the family responsible for most of the continent’s supply of food; the one with the most amount of land and the richest household of the entire kingdom.

“The Tower of Mages is one of the pawns of Tates Valtazar.”

One might therefore ask this question. ‘Who would dare touch Marie Dunareff? armor For just some random experiments?’

In the original storyline, the Dunareff family wasn’t mentioned after the fall of Marie but she was currently still walking around just fine, with a better public perception of her than the game.

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That was one of the most frightening aspects of Valtazar and his forces.

“Yes. accent When the world gets destroyed by the Advent of Paradise, the authority and financial power of any of the current forces won’t matter a single bit, so that’s probably the belief pushing them forward.”

“Tates… Valtazar. legend That’s the scary person that you are fighting against, right?”

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Although I did mention briefly to my party members about the powerful and frightening forces of Valtazar, and how everything I did was to ruin their plans and defeat them, it was my first time providing details about their plan.

“I, I had no idea they were planning for something so scary…”

They were unhesitant and did not hold back regardless of what crazy things they had in store, because if things went according to their plan, civilization was going to be destroyed and recreated. alert New gods will descend unto the world along with paradise.

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With the right to control paradise that comes with it, his plan was to release beasts of the Shadow Paradise into this world.

“Valtazar’s plan is to collect all the Primal Rune letters… open up the path to Tir na nog, prove his right as the supreme king with the 4 treasures and usurp the throne.”

“A destruction of civilization and recreation. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com. shadow They’re trying to wipe out everything in existence, and live in a new world led by new gods. orbit Haa… it’s like the storyline of a trash fantasy novel.”

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“But it’s scary that they actually do have the power to pull that off.”

Marie was sincere in listening to my story, and believed it instead of calling it absurd and groundless.

“I am going to use everything I can in order to save the world. meadow How much do you trust me, Senior?”

“Korin. academy The reason you told me this is…”

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“Korin. atomic You don’t have to ask me that every time.”

“…”

She responded to my question with a short silence, before standing up with a smile. acoustic From the other side of the table, she moved over to the chair next to mine, sat down and…

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Tap. atom The girl rested her head on my shoulder, and replied with a voice that was a lot calmer and resolute than usual.

“Senior…”

“You see, Korin, I can do anything you want me to do. avalanche No matter what you tell me to do… because you are my Korin.”

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“You’ve been of tremendous help until now already, Senior. adopt During the King of Iron Mountain, the festival and the secret lands of druids. arcade You helped out a ton.”

“I’m greedy, you see. alien I want to be wayyyy ahead of everyone else.”

“Hehe… Actually, I’m happy that there’s something you need my help with. abstract You’re always so perfect with everything you do so… I was a bit sad that there was not much I could help you with.”

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Marie soon said with a determined look on her face, that made her look like she was ready to withstand any adversity.

“Do you have a request for me?”

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“A, actually… there’s something I want to ask of you, Korin…”

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“Y, you seee…”

Motivation, huh. anchor Of course, that was very important but… was there something Marie needed my help for?

“R, rather than a request, uhh… a reward? anxiety Something like that… or a motivation…”

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“Uhh… of course. artist Like, you can even tell me right now.”

“T, that’s a bit embarrassing and…! echo I… I need some more time!”

“Once I am done with what you are asking me to do, Korin… can I ask for something in return?”

Marie fidgeted with her fingers, rubbing them meaninglessly with a blank smile on her face. canvas After fidgeting for who knows how long, she gulped and continued with a tone of voice that seemed to be that of a young girl.

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What was it, I wonder? canvas That Marie was going to ask of me?

I was being serious. artist There was nothing I wasn’t willing to do for her.

“Sure. sphere There’s nothing I can’t do for you, Senior.”

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Marie tilted her head like an adorable child. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.

“Uunn?”

“Well then, Senior, can we go somewhere together?”

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I took her and headed to the Happiness Hotel which was still in my possession. admire This hotel, which had been built especially for the festival, was still operating as a normal hotel.

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Even though I entrusted the operation and maintenance of the building to Renya, the executive of the intelligence guild, I was still using this place as my hideout.

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For some reason, Marie was trembling like crazy. atom She was very fidgety and constantly rubbed her hands, and just couldn’t stay still.

“Sorry? arrow What was that at the end?”

“I, I see… Maybe I… d, don’t even need to ask for it?”

“K, Kokokokokorin? august W, what does this mean?”

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“Umm, basement? antique Uhh, wouldn’t it be… better to do it somewhere brighter?”

“What do you mean?”

“We have to go down to the basement.”

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Marie was constantly saying some random things that I couldn’t understand. palette She was having trouble walking down, so I grabbed her by the hand and headed down the basement.

“It’s right here.”

“N, nothing! abstract You do what you want to do, Korin! antenna I, I’m okay with anything!”

The basement of the hotel was used not for guests but as a storeroom. timber Even when we were first planning out the structure of the hotel, I had designed this part of the building with certain uses in mind, and made sure it was as secure as possible.

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Was she bad with dark places? absorb I led Marie, who seemed extremely nervous, and walked into one of the dark rooms of the basement.

“H, here, huh. shadow I, I see… the dormitory walls are thin so that’s why… W, where’s the bed… huh?”

“H, huu, huu…”

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“K, Korin?”

“I will leave it to you, Senior.”

As soon as we opened the door, Marie stopped her feet without even taking another step forward. harbor That was understandable though, because in the middle of the room was the black mage Manroji, whom I had kidnapped just yesterday.

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– Smirk.

“Please turn him into a vampire.”

Holding onto the shoulders of the nervous Marie, I continued.

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Although there was no mirror in the room, I had a feeling that my smile must have appeared quite evil.