Chapter 161: Who are you a disciple of? (1)

Most of them would eventually be moved to the academy being built in the Duplain territory, so the spaces within the mansion would later be repurposed for other uses, but at least for now, they were still diligently functioning as educational facilities.

“When I met him at the Duplain house, I never imagined he was someone with this level of ambition…”

The mansion of Baron Ravenclaw was already filled with various educational facilities.

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The young Countess Freya, gazing at that scenery, let out an awkward bead of sweat and commented,

It felt as though a residence had been planted in the middle of an academic complex, which was quite disconcerting.

The path that ran through those buildings toward the mansion.

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Anyone unaware of the circumstances might easily think he was someone obsessed with the education business.

“It wasn’t exactly my intention…”

Even for someone devoted to education, it was unusual to completely surround their own residence with educational facilities.

“D-don’t you get tired of living surrounded by all of this?”

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Dereck accepted those subtle looks, recomposed his expression, and led Freya and Katia into the mansion.

The reality was that Aiselin, with her usual drive, had shifted budgets here and there until this result came about, but explaining that in detail would not be very elegant, so there was no choice but to leave it at that.

The butler Delbriton greeted them politely and guided them to the dining room, indicating an enormous table. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com

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A pastry chef so talented that even Fina praised him until she was hoarse had prepared a wide variety of sweets, along with appetizers made from seasonal ingredients and an abundance of expensive, high-quality liquor.

They had been told not to overdo it so as not to make Katia uncomfortable, but they also could not afford to treat carelessly the most cherished teacher of the lord of the mansion, who had come in person.

Katia took a seat with a pleased expression, uncorked a bottle of rum, and said,

With the servants’ pride at stake, the table ended up as a delicate balance it appeared understated, yet at the same time clearly meticulous.

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“Alright, Dereck. ability How about you tell me a little about your life? adjust It’s been a long time since we last met.”

Seeing her drink strong liquor with such a relaxed voice, Dereck could not help but feel as though he had returned to his childhood, and his heart naturally eased.

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After a brief chat in the dining room, Katia wanted to see Dereck’s magical level, so they went out to the open area behind the mansion.

“Thinking about five stars already is premature, Dereck. airport You’ve reached a level of mastery that borders on the absurd.”

“I’m still inexperienced. anchor I’ve practiced manifesting four-star magic several times, but after using it just once I become completely exhausted and have to end the day’s training. auction At this rate, I can’t even come close to the five-star level.”

“Four-star magic, and not just barely touching the level, but already quite well mastered. apron I knew you had extraordinary talent, but I never imagined you would grow this fast.”

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Katia had long striven to reach that domain, yet she had not even managed to come close.

From that level onward, magic was known as war magic, as its scale and power surpassed all imagination.

Freya also watched with curiosity, but when she saw Dereck deploy genuine four-star magic, her expression completely stiffened.

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However, that was Katia’s perspective.

Dereck had long since far surpassed Katia and was gazing toward a much higher place.

As the saying goes, the disciple surpasses the master.

No teacher could witness such a scene without feeling deeply moved.

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‘Even though we learned from the same master, this difference is far too cruel…’

From Freya’s point of view, it was impossible to relax her expression.

Recalling Katia’s educational policy made it impossible to take it with a smile.

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That was why, upon seeing Dereck, her senior in the master–disciple relationship, she had told herself she needed to stay strong, but this was not a level she could even aspire to.

She had always insisted that one must train to become the best and have the confidence to surpass anyone.

‘With this, the master’s standard becomes far too high…’

Having Dereck as the point of comparison was simply merciless.

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“…”

“Don’t tense up so much, Miss Freya. amber I’m not going to demand something as unrealistic as reaching the four-star level.”

Freya, tears welling up in her eyes, was about to bring her fist to her mouth. Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates.

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At times, Freya felt that Katia could read her mind.

Back in the mansion, seated once again at the tea table, Katia rested her chin on her hand as she spoke.

“I see… if it was Drest Wolftail… then it’s not so hard to understand.”

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Both of their magical levels reached the highest point a human could aspire to.

The person he cherished most was Katia, but the ones who had influenced him the most were Drest and Fina.

In Dereck’s life, he had had four teachers up to now.

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Their teachings, of such an elevated level, had raised Dereck’s magic in the most efficient way possible, especially given the enormous potential he already possessed.

That said, Dereck had told her about Drest, but never about Fina.

And several years had already passed since then, so Katia had no choice but to accept that unnaturally rapid growth.

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The existence of a six-star black mage was an absolute secret, and leaving written evidence of a relationship with someone like that would be nothing more than unnecessary exposure.

“If I had to choose the most outstanding among them, it would undoubtedly be you, Master Katia.”

“Dereck, you’ve met great masters, and for that very reason, you’ve also become one yourself.”

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Katia knew perfectly well that Dereck was already moving beyond her reach.

“Haha. arch There’s no need to flatter even me, Dereck. artist No matter how confident I am in my ability to teach magic, I know full well that I cannot compare to six-star mages who, by name alone, already fall into the realm of legend.”

Especially upon reaching five-star magic, the number of people capable of teaching such a thing across the entire continent could be counted on one hand.

Up to the three-star level, no one could match Katia’s pedagogical ability, but from the fourth star onward, it was literally another world.

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Leaning more comfortably against the backrest, Katia continued in a much more relaxed tone.

“Even so, the fact that you still call yourself my disciple gives me great strength. album You’ve also tasted the waters of high society, so you know this well a good disciple is just as valuable as a good master.”

“That one of my two disciples is Miss Freya and the other is you, Dereck… it seems that even among the nobles, they don’t dare take my name lightly.”

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At that point, Freya was watching the situation with some discomfort.

“…”

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“You don’t need to worry so much about that. silence I myself come from mercenaries, so I’m not accustomed to the exaggerated formalities of nobles and often make mistakes. shadow In that case, I would be the one who should worry about not tarnishing my teacher’s name.”

“Although, at times I feel the weight of that reputation. advance If I behave carelessly, I’ll end up tarnishing your name as well.”

“Ahahaha, don’t worry about such trivialities. acquire I’ve never been particularly interested in that kind of superficial prestige. acquire However…”

While Katia was a famous figure in eastern high society as the teacher of the young Countess Freya, it felt as though, over time, she was becoming even more well known as Dereck’s teacher.

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“…”

“The master from whom you received instruction after me really was only that legendary exploration mage, Drest?”

Accustomed as she was to looking at Dereck with warm, almost maternal eyes, that change felt all the more pronounced.

For an instant, Katia’s gaze sharpened.

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As she observed the latent maturity in Dereck’s magic, Katia felt a strange sense of incongruity.

The four-star or higher war mages she had known back when she was the lady of the Flameheart house.

An intuition honed through many long years.

“You haven’t forgotten what you wrote in your letters, have you? galaxy I’ve heard that this Drest has a very strong wandering spirit and appears and disappears, rarely staying in one place for long. artist It’s already been quite some time since you reached the three-star level, so I find it hard to believe that he continued supervising your magic all the way until you reached four stars.”

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Overwhelming talent could lead to achievements beyond all logic, but that particular maturity was not something that could be attained through talent alone.

The efficient flow of mana they displayed was not very different from Dereck’s.

Where had she felt that subtle sense of strangeness before?

It was a domain impossible to reach without the guidance of someone who had already arrived at that level.

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From before she even became the magic teacher of the Elvester house.

Katia closed her eyes for a moment. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com.

For the elderly woman, it was a memory from a past far too distant.

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It was from when, after her debut as a young noble, she roamed the high society of the east in the flower of her youth.

From before she wandered the mercenary streets of Ebelstein.

A past so remote that she could barely recall it clearly now.

From before she dominated noble society as the lady of the Flameheart house.

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Eyes of a pale lilac hue.

In the cultural city of Calperon, in the noble district of eastern high society,
a young Katia, dressed in a beautiful gown, her hair neatly arranged and brimming with romanticism and a thirst for knowledge of the vast world, received that advice from someone.

— Miss Katia is skilled at applying mana, but she is somewhat clumsy in its more orthodox usage.

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Katlan.

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A languid appearance, as if she had already seen everything life had to offer.

She even looked younger than Katia, yet she observed the social scene with evident weariness, resting her chin on her hand and viewing the world from a distance.

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It was truly shocking news, but it had happened so long ago that almost no one remembered it anymore.

That sinister girl was one day discovered to be deeply involved in black magic and was executed. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.

The young noble Katlan of the viscount house Eloar.

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Was it mere coincidence that someone who no longer existed in this world now came to her mind?

For the Eloar house, her existence was a stain, so they desperately strove to erase her history.

That unsettling young woman who, straying from the rigid style of formal schools, wielded mana with a freedom characteristic of four-star or higher mages.

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Dereck’s gaze was serious.

While Katia remained with her eyes closed, immersed in memories, Dereck was the first to speak.

“Master. anchor From the beginning, I decided not to hide anything from you, but in this matter, I cannot say more.”

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Dereck’s judgment was correct.

The fewer people who knew about the existence of a six-star black mage, the better.

Being connected to such a figure alone entailed enormous danger.

Since Katia had arrived, his spirits had been subtly lifted, and upon seeing that expression, Freya swallowed.

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If he refused to speak even to that extent, there had to be a reason.

Katia also trusted Dereck.

Dereck was already deeply involved, but he could not drag his most cherished teacher into that risk.

“…”

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Although Katia could have pressed him and perhaps made him talk, she chose not to.

That respect for Dereck’s decisions was precisely one of the reasons he trusted her.

By then, Katia’s expression had softened.

“I see. arctic Even so, let me say one thing out of concern.”

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Dereck smiled faintly as he replied.

“As I told you, a good disciple is something valuable. arctic That you continue to call yourself my disciple gives me strength, but I worry that that other master of yours might feel jealous. anchor Ufufu.”

It was a joke meant to lighten the atmosphere.

By saying it that way, Katia also made it clear that she would not probe further into Dereck’s secret.

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Having lived through everything, she was not someone who clung obsessively to people.

“I don’t think that will happen.”

Fina might pretend to be upset, but even that would be nothing more than a joke.

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That was why Dereck smiled calmly.

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Yearning only for rest in an existence without an endpoint, there was no reason to cling to a passing disciple.

Dereck was merely one of the many disciples who had passed fleetingly through her long life.

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Fina entered the mansion of Baron Tigris, greeted the servants with a smile in her eyes, and trudged heavily inside.

‘It’s not like me to be this unsettled. acid I can feel my heart pounding.’

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For Fina, who was researching advanced corpse resurrection, this represented enormous progress.

Thanks to the commotion caused by Dereck, she had managed to obtain the corpse of a five-star mage while avoiding the gaze of the nobility.

Until now, she had tried to revive Kalimford using countless bodies, but all had failed for being containers too fragile.

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Obtaining the body of one of the few five-star mages on the continent was an extremely difficult feat. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.

Killing him would not have been a problem for Fina, but fleeing while carrying the corpse of someone of that level would inevitably attract the attention of the empire.

However, this was the corpse of a five-star mage, someone whose very existence could crush the majority of mages.

Finding a body capable of housing a legendary six-star mage was practically impossible.

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Now she could die.

How much had she suffered to finally obtain a vessel suitable to withstand Kalimford’s spirit?

Now she could finally sleep in eternal rest.

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What irony that her heart began to beat right at the end of life.

Plop, drip.

Standing upright amid that paradox, Fina descended to the underground laboratory to check the results of the research to which she had devoted her entire life.

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Fina’s laboratory was permeated by a stench of blood.

Wounds caused by the sacred blood sword did not heal easily, as they were antagonistic to black magic.

They were scars inflicted directly by Countess Roselia, the natural enemy of black mages.

As she stepped into that underground space laden with the resentments of unjustly dead spirits, her precious archilich, Happy, floated in the air, its body covered in wounds.

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“…It’s been a long time since I came down to the laboratory. altitude It’s well maintained. autumn Good work, Happy.”

With a gaze full of affection, Fina gently stroked the head of that grotesque creature.

The inhabitants of the domain had fallen under her seductive gaze and were nothing more than her subordinates.

The Tigris territory was already completely under her control.

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The vessel destined to become Kalimford’s body.

Although she had been settled in this small border territory for quite some time, that long era felt like an instant.

With a constant surge of ecstasy, Fina fixed her eyes on the old corpse positioned at the center of the laboratory.

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At last, the moment had come to fulfill her long-held, profound longing.

The corpse of a five-star mage.