Chapter 239: Past and Future (6)

Chapter 239: Past and Future (6)

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"What evidence do you have to make such a claim?"

"The spirit of Ophillius."

At this, Robert pulled out a piece of paper.

On it was a drawing of a pocket watch.

"Where is this now?"

"You suddenly show me a drawing of a pocket watch and ask me this?"

"Isn't this the watch carried by the Ophillius family heads? The older nobles might know, but I'll refrain from saying more."

Robert slammed his hand on the desk, pointing to the watch.

"But where is this watch now?"CHeCk for new stories on no/v/el/bin(.)c0m

Ophillius couldn't bring himself to speak.

As Ophillius remained silent, Robert spoke up.

"That watch, Aryandor has it, doesn't he?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

Then Robert lifted the paper with the pocket watch drawn on it.

"Principal McDowell would know. Shall we go together?"

"McDowell?"

Robert let out a small laugh.

"Have you ever seen Principal McDowell's flash magic?"

"I haven't seen it..."

"That's why Aryandor recorded the flash magic in the pocket watch. He's not even from the Ophillius family, but he seems quite diligent in his records. Haha."

The spirit of Ophillius.

It wasn't something like a character trait passed down through blood.

It was the past recorded through time magic and all the information this was the true spirit of Ophillius.

A family that remembered thousands, tens of thousands of past events and responded to everything.

That was the Ophillius family.

"You know things you shouldn't. How much do you know, and who told you?"

Robert couldn't have witnessed the fight between McDowell and Aryandor.

If Robert had been there, McDowell wouldn't have lost his arm.

Yet, he knew Aryandor had used the pocket watch.

To this, Robert calmly replied.

"I heard it from the saint."

"What is the saint thinking? Telling you such a story means..."

"I don't know what she is thinking. I just heard the story."

"Huh..."

Ophillius sighed and sat down.

"So, you know the entire past?"

"Yes."

"You came to kill me?"

"That's not it."

Ophillius looked puzzled.

"Didn't you say you heard about the past?"

"Yes."

"That it was me who killed your son and the wife of the head elementalist?"

"That's correct."

Ophillius wore a look of defeat at Robert's words.

"I don't understand the saint's thoughts, nor yours."

"If I were to follow my heart, I'd pierce through your neck right now. You're the one who caused my son's death. But..."

Robert smiled sadly.

"I have people around me who need to continue moving forward into the future. You know what would happen if I killed you here."

"Is it because Aryandor would become stronger?"

Time and spatial magic.

This continuation revealed a significant downside to both time and spatial magic.

The reason only a few had monopolized these powers wasn't due to a desire for exclusivity.

The more people who shared these powers, the weaker they became.

With a gambler's mindset, determined to pay back what I owed, I headed towards Luna.

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Raei Translations

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"Rudy!!"

As I waited in front of the Royal wizard Tower, Luna burst out of the entrance.

I hadn't contacted her directly but asked the guards to call her, so she came out herself.

"Luna, sorry for calling you out of the blue."

"Ehehe, no, I was free anyway. Seeing Rudy's face makes me happier!"

Luna smiled brightly at me.

"Yes, you can go in now," the guard said, and we entered the wizard Tower.

"I heard Astina was in danger. Rudy, you got hurt trying to save her, are you okay now?"

"Yeah, I received healing magic right away, so I'm fine now. How have you been, Luna?"

"Hmm! I made my own magical tool and submitted a paper! I'm the first in the wizard Tower to write a paper so quickly after joining!"

"Wow!"

Luna had always been adept at paperwork since our Academy days.

With her talent in magic circles, it seemed she had achieved such a feat.

"What kind of magical tool did you make?"

"A device to bind wizards! There was already an existing device, but I made the magic circuit more efficient!"

"More efficient?"

"Yes, I made it so that even with lower-quality manastones than the ones originally used, it could achieve the same efficiency!"

Luna rummaged through her bag and pulled out two small rings.

The rings resembled handcuffs and were designed to bind a person's arms.

"So, if you wear these handcuffs, you can't use mana?"

"Yes! Let me show you."

Luna, with a confident attitude, slipped the handcuffs onto her own arms.

Then, she attempted to manipulate mana.

I read the flow of mana and tilted my head in confusion.

"The mana is still flowing?"

"Yes, but that's okay. It prevents the use of magic."

Luna explained and then shouted an incantation.

"Fireball!"

Mana flowed towards Luna's hand.

Fizz

The mana trying to escape Luna fizzled out disappointingly.

"In the past, mana flow itself was blocked to prevent the use of magic, but what I made disrupts the conversion of mana into magic!"

Although I didn't understand exactly how she modified it, it was clear that she had achieved something remarkable.

Luna had grown in her own way. She had been outstanding during our Academy days, but now she was influencing the entire Empire.

A smile formed on my face seeing Luna's progress.

"That's impressive."

Luna, perhaps embarrassed by my praise, bowed her head and scratched her hair.

"But how do we unlock this now?"

The sight of Luna scratching her head with the handcuffs on felt somewhat odd.

There must be a way to unlock them.

I hadn't seen anything like a keyhole when I looked earlier.

"Oh, there's a separate unlocking spell for that..."

Luna said this while looking at the handcuffs.

The person wearing the handcuffs was Luna, and the one who knew the unlocking spell was also Luna.

"Ah..."

Luna stared blankly at the handcuffs for a few seconds, then slowly raised her head, making a pitiful face at me.

"Ru, Rudy... Can you unlock this for me..."

"..."

Luna's skills might have changed, but her personality was still the same.

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