136 Fig. 45. Big Picture (1)

It took about a week to reach the Empire of Meltador, mixing the gateway and the sea route.

'I can't believe Kiddard was the wizard who cursed me in my previous life.’

In the meantime, Jin kept thinking about the Kidad Hall while looking at the report on Kasmir's Quidad.

a nine-star sorcerer from non-Jipple

In his previous life, Jean heard quite a lot about him. It was because his name was often posted in the Magical Research Society journals and newsletters.

He's a single-minded, eccentric character, and finally abandoned by a jipple.

Nevertheless, Kiddard served as the head of education at the Beacon Magic Academy and took the position of higher magic educator at the Jipple purely thanks to his great understanding of magic and ability.

I'm sure he's a great man.

To Jin, it is just a foe who cursed himself as Joshua's collaborator and infant.

"I remember the story my teacher told me about Kidd. an arrogant old monster who does not to be treated like a man And I was afraid that one day I'd be robbed of all my magic work.’

To put it another way, genius or younger doesn't even deal with it.

Genius means to covet. Just as Kidd has been interested in Jean's magic teacher for quite a long time in his previous life.

"We're here."

said the boatman, taking off his straw hat.

Small ships arrived in Lomp, a suburb of the Empire of Meltador. The quiet scenery of the small dock showed the size of the city at a glance.

Jean, who paid the boat fare and set foot on land, was quite shabby. Cheap lobes, old oak sticks, dusty glasses and worn-out boots.

It was a picture of a poor magic scholar who was training without fail.

But compared to the camouflage of poverty, there was a subtle sense of confidence and enthusiasm in the eyes of the inner eye of the eyeglasses.

It was because a timid attitude was not included in the disguise to deceive Kiddard.

Let's find a place to stay and go to the restaurant he enjoys.’

When Lomp. Jean first received the report, she was very pleased that Kiddad was staying in a small town like this.

You don't have to wander around or find Kidd with difficulty.

When I asked the fishermen on the pier and walked for about an hour, I immediately saw the shopping district. On the way, Kashmir's report was burned with flame magic and scattered among the bushes.

The sun is bright, the wind is cool, and the streets are peaceful. Some kids playing on the side of the road were gazing at Jean in wonder and whispering among themselves. With a little scared look on his face.

The restaurant that Kiddard frequents is called Manseon. It was a common name in the fishing-dominated city, with a small inn opposite it.

First of all, Jin is looking for an inn.

"Welcome, huh? Wizards?"

As soon as the innkeeper saw Jean, he suddenly frowned.

'Maybe it's Kiddad. According to the report, they seem to treat everyone here as servants even though they're in hiding.’

Kiddard, who sees under genius as a bug, could not have respected ordinary people in Meltador.

"A room, please."

"There's a lot of vacancies, hmm. Do you have anything to do with Amel?"

An alias for Amel Odd, Kidad.

The locals of Lomp knew only that Kiddard was a quirky, hot-tempered wizard, not knowing that he was a nine-star.

"Who is Amel?”

"Oh, I asked because I thought you were the same wizard. It's a sorcerer who settled in our village about five years ago, and he's a poor gentleman."

"You must be a famous wizard."

"There's no one I don't know in my town. I think it was a strand in the past, but I hope you'll leave. It's been a couple of years since I've been in the neighborhood.... Anyway, here's the key. An overview of assimilation multiple lines a day."

Jean gave me a fairy tale and expressed her curiosity.

"I'd like to meet that Amel. I'm not a wizard but an aspiring student. I'm on my way to the magic school in the capital.”

"Oh, you're crossing here because you don't have enough money to get the door. If you want to see Mr. Amel, wait at the restaurant across the street later in the evening, he'll probably be out to eat.”

"Thank you."

"But I think we'd better ignore him and go our way. I think he wants to learn, but he's a little...... not very good."

"You have a bad temper?”

"It's not very bad. Last time, the kids kicked me out of curiosity! It happens more than once."

"That's serious."

"Maybe he's a failed man in his old neighborhood, so he's got to sit in a corner like this and stump. Tell him to take me when he gets to the water magic school.”

* * *

I took a rest until evening and went out in full swing.

'It's been over a week since I couldn't hold the sword. I feel weird.’

Come to think of it, it was the first time since I left the storm. Still, I couldn't hide the traces of a warrior, so I felt awkward in disguise when I looked at his callous palm.

"A grilled fish and a beer, please."

By the time I emptied two glasses of beer alone, Kiddard appeared.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, he poked his way through the camp and soon settled down in the corner.

As Jean strode to him, the other guests looked on.

"Are you Amel?”

The guests were all locals, because they had never seen anyone in good hands when they approached Kiddad.

Children, adults, old people, even animals. Kiddard had never allowed anyone access since he came to Meltador.

"......what about you?"

But when Kidd looked up at Jean and said so, the guests shrugged and showed interest as if they were going to see everything.

What do you mean "you"? It was also the first time for Kiddard to refer to someone with such gentle vocabulary.

"My name is Huwell. I want to be a wizard. I stopped by this town on my way to the Meltador Magic School, and I wanted to meet you once because I heard there was someone who might be my distant senior."

Jean said, looking directly into Kidad's eyes. Guests are still nervous and fixed their eyes on them.

"Senior... ...foolish. The Meltador Magic School. I've never had an enemy in a dump like that. It's very unpleasant, but you don't know me yet, so I'll forgive you this time."

"Oh, a junior has done something rude. I'm sorry......"

"What are you staring at, you little bastards? Get out of here, before you maim them all."

Whoo....!

When Kidd opened the mana with a low recitation, the guests left the restaurant in confusion. Jin was dumbfounded at the sight of even the owner throwing away the fish he had been grooming.

'That's too much of a self-indulgence. Because I know it's no use reporting to the common people.’

Crazy!

Cracks began to form in unison on the solid objects inside the restaurant where Kiddard's mana touched.

While the dishes were broken, the fish burst and made a grotesque noise, Chin was still staring at Kidd with no change in her expression.

"I'm afraid I've interrupted the dinners between you and the people here.”

At a momentary moment, Jin did not miss Lee Chae-yi's stinging gaze in Kidad's eyes.

"I'm not surprised by the opening of my mana."

"I just can't believe it's a big power I've never experienced before. What's wrong with you? I'm embarrassed."

"It's a great power I've never experienced before....I have opened up about six stars of mana of about six stars. I'm sure you're not at the point of feeling threatened by the seven-star already.”

Kidd recognized the magic of Jean at a glance. It's something Jin didn't hide on purpose.

"I expressed it because I could feel the hidden mana in a moment. I was just going to meet a retired wizard and have a chat, but I never imagined you would be a secret sorcerer."

"Huh, it was amazing from the very first moment I saw it. It's getting more and more interesting, you. The Meltador Magic School? Desire? I'm not talented at lying. Why would a genius like you go to such a third-rate, or a fifth-rate group?"

Jean opened her eyes wide with a deliberate grin.

"It's not a lie. I was really going to the Meltador Magic School."

"If you've already achieved seven stars at that age, you've already had a good teacher. And you ran into me today because my teacher sent you. You're not a Zipple. Who? Cold Joe, that friend?"

"No."

"And I'll have to explain your body covered with that cheap robe. "You have the body of a man who has dealt with a life-long weapon, you."

When Jean didn't answer, Kiddard went on.

"Tell everything right. Otherwise, you will be a cripple who will never be able to use magic.”

Whoo, Jin who picks one breath.

'I've prepared a contingency plan for Kiddad, but I'm a little nervous. But Kidd, you'll have no choice but to covet me now. 'Cause it's not now when you die.'

Soon Jean shrugged her shoulders as if she couldn't.

"The reason I have a trained body is because I was a mercenary until a year ago. I've been holding the sword ever since I started walking, but I've been staying at the second star because I'm not talented in swordsmanship.”

"You're starting to get irritated. I'm not very patient. A man who was a two-star warrior until a year ago, suddenly gained the seven-star horsepower?"

Jean nodded and frowned.

"I know. If I had known the secret of birth a little earlier, I wouldn't have had a mercenary life. My name is Huwell... The Hewell Heaster. The last winner of the Hister family."

"What, what!"

Jump!

Kidd stood up and backed away.

It's not because I'm afraid of Jean, but because Kiddard's last name "Hister" is just as shocking.

"You must know my family. Now do you know why I couldn't even register as a full-time wizard with seven-star horsepower, and why I had to go to the Meltador Magic School?"

"Jeong..." You mean the horse? You're really the last victor of the Hister Street?"

The hysterics.

A family to which Jin's teacher belongs, officially extinct hundreds of years ago.

"......yeah, I learned that the mercenary leader who raised me a year ago confessed. So, according to the mercenary leader's will, he went to the family's battlefield and gained seven star horsepower at once.”

Hoo Woo-wook.

Kidd's eyes blinked as he calmed down the mana that was covering the interior.

"Now I'm going to die? Or are you going to hand me over to the GIFL? It's not fair. I just wanted to live quietly as a wizard, and I didn't mean to visit a sorcerer who didn't even know his name."

"Yi, for now. Let's move. Maybe I should talk to you properly.”

Jean smiled inwardly.