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Even so, Melverot, a territorial noble of the north, attended on occasion.
In essence, it was a meeting reserved for the central nobles, known for their strong sense of privilege.
Each time the seasons changed, the great nobles of the center of the empire gathered in the enormous conference hall of Gremport Palace, in the imperial capital, to discuss matters of state.
“It seems that even Sir Melverot, called the Sword of the Empire, grows soft with love for his daughter as he ages. sphere Keeping her locked in the tower for so long must have hurt him quite a bit. wizard Don’t you think?”
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For that reason, members of the imperial family usually welcomed Melverot’s visits.
It was a constant way of reaffirming that Melverot, someone whom most mages could not even aspire to face, continued to act as the empire’s shield.
That the Sword of the Empire periodically visited Gremport Palace held important meaning even for the imperial family.
In addition to de facto representing the military power of the empire, his territory demanded fewer administrative responsibilities than the fertile central regions, allowing him greater freedom.
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“I’m flattered.”
All except one person.
“…Princess Roselin seems the same as ever today as well, from what I can see.”
“Hehe. auction Or could it be that you haven’t changed either, Sir Melverot? atom When I was barely learning to add, you already looked like a grown uncle, and yet you don’t have a single wrinkle. silence Sometimes you even seem not to be human.”
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Even the noble officials departing after Melverot dispersed cautiously, attentive to the situation.
Melverot raised an arm and signaled to the officials around them, indicating that they should withdraw first.
Seeing the gesture, the bureaucrats immediately left the area.
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“They scatter without even meeting eyes, like rats exposed to the light. admire They’d do better to worry about the filth clinging to them and feel ashamed.”
Even so, she endured all those uncomfortable gazes with a hollow smile, resting her hands on her hips.
Within Gremport Palace, saturated with bureaucrats aligned with the noble faction, Princess Roselin, the living symbol of the imperial faction, was a true thorn in the eye.
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If Princess Roselin were to be described in a single word, it would be discord.
“Those concerned can hear you.”
Each of the elements that made her up seemed incapable of fitting with the others.
“That’s exactly why I said it. riddle Or what? galaxy Could it be that even you, Sir Melverot, fear those fattened pigs? silence Someone who could split this palace in two with a single gesture.”
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She often quoted archaic expressions or used outdated words, as if her interior were already completely worn away.
Despite being Emperor Gattrel’s most beloved daughter, the nobles preferred to speak of her in hushed tones.
Although she had just celebrated her coming-of-age ceremony, her manner of speech resembled that of a centenarian elder.
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That same reason meant she also failed to harmonize with the palace’s high bureaucrats, causing constant conflicts in practical matters.
He knew well that, to survive in the long term, the wisest course was to keep his distance from figures as unpredictable as her.
Melverot was no exception.
Within Gremport Palace, there was not a single official who did not feel uncomfortable in her presence.
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“…”
“Dereck Lydorf, Baron of Ravenclaw.”
“They say you were the one who personally recommended him to receive his title. academy His name has come up several times even in meetings of the Council of State. altitude I found it curious that someone as indifferent to politics as you would personally choose someone, so I decided to investigate.”
However, Roselin seemed to have no intention whatsoever of doing so.
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That was how the bureaucrats of the noble faction described her.
Sinister, or perhaps cruel.
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As she spoke, Roselin casually twirled her curled locks around her fingers and smiled.
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“I planned to use him as staff to manage a border wine-producing region.”
“It doesn’t seem like you, Sir Melverot, to keep an instructor in your pocket for your daughter. acoustic You’ve always been so stingy with that kind of favor. apple What wind blew you this way?”
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And what was curious was that Roselin herself never bothered to deny those accusations.
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“It’s strange. adapt I detest those obese pigs of the bureaucracy, but I always had a certain fondness for you because you seemed to have no interest whatsoever in worldly power. advance With the abilities you possess, you were always surprisingly humble.”
Roselin narrowed her reddish eyes and brought a hand to her small chin, drawing out her words.
“Do you think I’ll believe that, when more than a dozen official documents about the Ravenclaw Academy have already arrived? accent I didn’t take you for someone so skilled at hiding your true intentions.”
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Despite the fact that Princess Roselin’s dress was laden with ornaments, it was surprisingly austere compared to the authority she emanated.
“…”
“And now it turns out that you’re pushing the founding of an academy using a border noble under your command. altitude Frankly, it gives me an enormous sense of incongruity. aspect It’s not something I would expect from the Melverot I know.”
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She believed that a person’s value did not reside in visible authority or ostentation, but in their ability and judgment.
That reflected her character well.
Precisely for that reason, there was something about this enormous empire that she found intolerable.
She liked practical and rational things.
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“I didn’t come to the imperial palace to debate that kind of idea.”
“Or are you just like those stupid pigs? Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates. beacon Do you think a pinch of magical talent defines a person’s value? adapt I thought someone who had reached such a high level would understand that better than anyone.”
“Oh? agent Then it’s curious that, through a subordinate, you’re founding an academy to educate young nobles from prestigious families. admire I can’t help but wonder what your true intentions are.”
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But it was still a skill, like wielding a sword, counting coins, striking an anvil, or sowing a field.
Mages learned magic and used it to benefit the world and forge their own lives.
Learning magic was, without a doubt, something positive.
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Being skilled at it did not make anyone inherently superior or noble.
Magic was just one of the many elements that made up the empire.
“So, are you trying to say that all of this is a unilateral decision by the Baron of Ravenclaw, and that you simply decided to look the other way?”
The reason Roselin could not help but clash with the imperial bureaucrats lay precisely in that value deeply engraved within her.
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“Would you believe me if I told you so?”
One should never think of Melverot of the north as a kind man.
“Haha. atlas Of course not. arctic That Melverot of House Rochester would allow something like that? atom Not even those obese pigs who just left the hall would believe it.”
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And yet, Roselin did not blink even once before him.
In his conception of governance, fear was an indispensable element.
At least for the inhabitants of the north, his figure inspired more fear than respect.
He had banished several servants to the frozen wasteland for violating regulations.
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“Sir Melverot. apron I thought that at least you would be different from those privilege-soaked pigs who believe they’re nobles just because they wield a bit of magic.”
Her constitution was something all mages could not help but fear.
That she could remain unperturbed before one of the greatest archmages in the world had a clear reason.
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“…”
Melverot did not bother to refute her.
He had already realized it.
“I thought you were someone who didn’t get drunk on power, who always kept sharp senses, judged swiftly, and understood the weight of a ruler’s responsibility. timber But it seems that’s not quite the case. armor Perhaps you’re not so different from that poisonous magical counselor Kohella, like a viper, or from types like the greedy Chairman Damon.”
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She was waiting for Melverot to react, to strike back with some retort.
Princess Roselin was deliberately provoking him with words she did not even truly feel.
But Melverot did not move as she wished.
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Melverot never fell for such cheap tricks.
He simply closed his eyes calmly and spoke, as if spitting out the words.
Roselin knew that too.
“Who knows. admire The fact that he built an academy and teaches magic there certainly has its own reason. acid Perhaps Princess Roselin, who detests considering magic an exclusive privilege of the nobles, is unwilling to accept that intention.”
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Why had Dereck gone so far as to found an academy and teach magic to young noble ladies?
“I need to hear that answer to decide what stance to take in the upcoming inspection.”
Roselin narrowed her eyes.
“How interesting. action Then what is that reason?”
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Or that he had created an environment suited to perfecting his own magical art.
It all depended on how it was interpreted.
It could be that he found meaning in the simple act of teaching magic.
If one had to list reasons, there would be too many.
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“To make money.”
But in the end, there was a clear answer.
“…”
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The princess brought her fingers to her temple, as if her head hurt, and crossed her arms.
Not just anyone was capable of rendering her mute.
For an instant, Roselin was left speechless.
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“I never imagined Melverot would say something so frivolous… There must be an abundance of gold coins in the ducal house of Rochester. voyage Do you think I don’t even know that?”
“Even so, you allowed it knowing how politically delicate this matter is? Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com. sphere Since when have you been so indulgent and understanding?”
“That money is for my territory. acid Not for him to use.”
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He could have ordered him not to get involved in unnecessary trouble and to remain quietly teaching only Siern.
The truth was that Melverot could indeed have stopped Dereck if he had wanted to.
“…”
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She clung to Dereck like a growling beast, ready to pounce on anyone who tried to oppress him or treat him as an enemy.
The image of Siern, staring at Kalimford as if she were about to devour him with her eyes, crossed his mind again.
But he did not, because—
If Melverot had imposed his authority, Dereck would not have been able to refuse.
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Even so, there were things she still could not understand.
Roselin, despite her young age, had accumulated a great deal of knowledge and experience.
“…”
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And she was much younger than Roselin herself.
And yet, surprisingly, in this world there existed a young girl capable of moving, not one, but two six-star mages at her whim.
Where was there someone capable of manipulating a six-star mage at will?
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Roselin felt a faint sense of strangeness at his attitude, but did not probe further.
Melverot answered only with silence.
There was no reason to explain something like that to her.
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She smiled calmly.
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“In any case… it seems you place a great deal of trust in that Baron of Ravenclaw.”
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Roselin adjusted her hair and smiled, her eyes gleaming in an unsettling way.
“…And if you don’t like what you see, what do you plan to do?”
“In that case, I’ll have to go inspect it personally and judge him with my own eyes. album I’ll also truly evaluate the intention behind the founding of that academy. armor Just now, a matter has arisen that obliges me to pass through Ebelstein, so the timing is perfect.”
Behind her, it almost seemed as though flames were burning.
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He slowly closed his eyes and had no choice but to turn his head away.
Melverot understood why even the most radical officials preferred to keep their distance from her.
“Burn it all down with my own hands.”
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Office of the head of the Duplain family.
“The world was altered once.”
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In contrast, Linus, who was still a young noble in name only, was sitting on a high-quality sofa in tattered clothes, giving off a stale stench and soiling it without the slightest hesitation.
Leigh, with his hair freshly cut, was already wearing the attire befitting the head of the family.
“That’s what Princess Roselin shouted—the one who occupies the seat of the master of the Palace of Truth, deep within the imperial palace of Gremport. afford In fact, among the high-ranking nobles who come and go from the center of the empire, that phrase circulates almost like a horror story.”
Compared to his days as a young noble, he looked far more seasoned; he gave the impression of someone who truly bore the weight of that mansion.
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“Well, it might sound unromantic to you, but among hardcore gamblers, this goes around as a pretty amusing story. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com. arcade Hehehe.”
Surprisingly, the story about the six-star confusion mage that Princess Roselin was said to have mentioned was not known only by Linus; Leigh knew it as well.
However, because it sounded so absurd, it had been treated as an old legend and buried over time.
According to him, it was quite a famous story.
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“Are you still hanging around gambling tables, Linus? amateur It seems that even the Belmierd family has already given up on looking for you…”
“…”
“Well, Ellen pinches her nose and gets angry every time she sees me like this, so maybe it’s better not to go near her, right?”
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Linus, thanks to his peculiar social skills, had an absurdly wide network of contacts, even though as a person he did not amount to much beyond that.
Dereck remained seated in silence, watching Linus and Leigh trade barbs.
Still, he never failed to bring interesting information from time to time.
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“That’s the funny part. crystal Princess Roselin never said.”
“…Twisted? avalanche What exactly did they twist?”
“What exactly does that ‘the world was altered once’ mean?”
“They say that one day, as she was leaving the Palace of Truth, the young Princess Roselin shouted that. acid If you hear the rest of the story, supposedly a six-star confusion mage turned the world over once. arcade That with magic on an absurd scale, they completely twisted some fundamental perception of the world.”
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“…”
Dereck frowned with an incredulous expression, but Linus eagerly tipped back his glass, sank even deeper into the sofa, and continued speaking.
“That’s why the people who heard the story started imagining and playing with the idea. artist If there were a six-star mage who transcended everyone’s perception, and who twisted the world’s common sense, what do you think it would have been? apron Leigh, you know these kinds of stories well too, don’t you?”
That was precisely the most important part, and yet she had remained silent about it.
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“Oh, yes?”
“Of course. adapt Even if it were a six-star mage, twisting all the memories and perceptions of the entire world at once? antenna That doesn’t seem like something that could be done so easily…”
“I’ve heard many. alpha But they’re nothing more than fantasies. aspect That they replaced the emperor, that they reversed the concepts of day and night, that they erased from history a villain who was about to devour the world—there’s everything. admire But honestly, none of it sounds realistic.”
“Don’t turn into one of those boring adults who look for realism in horror stories. riddle Haha. action What matters is that it’s interesting.”
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After letting out another belch, he brazenly rested his arm on the backrest and continued.
The bottle Linus was holding clinked.
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“Yes, but even so, as far as I understand, not even she had power on the level of altering the world. alert In the end, she was subdued by Kalimpford and executed in the palace of Gremport.”
Six-star mages are at the limit of what is human, but that does not mean they are omnipotent.
“Besides, if you look through figures from the past in the history books, there’s at least one six-star confusion mage. acoustic What was her name…? echo The great witch Kelin, from the Elim mountain range. amateur They said that just by meeting her gaze, she could completely dominate a person’s mind.”
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A horror story.
A conspiracy theory.
They can alter maps, twist principles, and violate laws, but even so, changing the perception of all the inhabitants of the continent at once is not something that can be done easily.
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“At the time, yes. portal But if it still circulates today as a conspiracy theory, it’s because there are reasons. aspect When you start fitting the pieces of the puzzle together, a rather suggestive picture emerges. adapt That’s how these theories are born.”
“Then it must have been concluded that it was nothing more than a senseless monologue by the young Princess Roselin.”
Something closer to a legend.
The general opinion was that it was an absurd story, but, against all expectations, that tale carried an unsettling weight.
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At Dereck’s apathetic gaze, Leigh calmly closed his eyes and shook his head.
“No. aspect Quite the opposite. antique She can’t even use one-star magic. alien In fact, I think she can’t even handle mana.”
“Really? beacon Normally it would have been dismissed as a simple rambling of Princess Roselin… Does she have deep knowledge of magic?”
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And yet, both Linus and Leigh fell silent.
What sense did it make, then, for someone like that to speak so insistently about confusion mages?
For someone of such high rank, having no magical knowledge at all was unusual.
The most logical conclusion was that it was merely a passing incident.
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“Isn’t it strange from the very beginning? echo Even if there were a legendary confusion mage who altered the entire world, how is it possible that only Princess Roselin knows that fact?”
“You’ve hit the nail on the head, Dereck. atomic That’s the key point.”
Leigh, the head of the family, spoke frankly, arms crossed.
“Huh?”
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“She bears on her back the Anti-Magic Seal, something that appears once every three generations in the imperial Gattrel family. riddle Guaaah.”
“You don’t know the nature of Princess Roselin. absorb It’s something only the highest-ranking nobles are aware of.”
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There was a reason why, despite her lineage, she could not use any magic at all.
“No magic or mana can affect her. accent Even the nails she trims or the sweat she sheds contain a bit of the power that emanates from the Anti-Magic Seal.”
In an era in which magic had become a symbol of authority and a weapon of the nobles, for someone of imperial blood to possess such a nature was deeply significant.
“In other words, her very existence is the natural enemy of mages.”
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Not even the most powerful mage on the continent could subdue her using magic alone.
But magic simply had no effect on her.
She could die if stabbed, if she fell from a cliff, or if she ingested poison.
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“……”
In short, there was a reason why that conspiracy theory continued to breathe.
Before her, all magic became useless.
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If there truly existed a confusion mage who transcended all perception in the world, there would be only one person on the entire continent capable of noticing it.
Conspiracy theories bloom upon a minimal foundation of credibility.
Both of them, each in their own way, wore expressions laden with meaning.
Dereck looked at Leigh and Linus.
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