CH 85

“It seemed Your Majesty was worried.”

“Hmm? Really?”

“Didn’t you say something about her mana scent disappearing? You must have worried about that.”

The Emperor was worried his expectations would burden his daughter.

Hearing that, Alderuan relaxed his expression as the Tower Lord continued, “However, her mana wave was magnificent.”

He trembled in excitement as he remembered just how magnificent her mana waves were.

It couldn’t be helped. Pure mana waves like that would excite every mage.

The Tower Lord was also excited because he felt the same as when he first accepted the Crown Prince as a disciple.

But after bringing it up, he tried to moderate himself. Because it seemed like the Emperor would scold him again for saying unnecessary things.

“Hm.”

For some reason, however, the Emperor did not speak.

Even the way he deeply reclined to the chair strangely seemed as if it was okay for him to talk more.

The Tower Lord caught up quickly because of his wit and opened his mouth again with a sly smile.

“You must see how similar her result was to the Crown Prince and Archmage’s.”

Perhaps because the Emperor couldn’t hold it in any longer, he replied, “Well, isn’t it natural since she’s my daughter?”

As expected, he was proud of her.

The Tower Lord continued to talk while laughing on the inside.

He talked at length about what kind of light the Orb of Judgment emitted, how the mana wave shook his robe, and so on.

‘Um? It’s time for him to tell me to leave…’

Today, however, the Emperor didn’t dismiss him.

He seemed disinterested, but when the Tower Lord stopped talking, he stared at him.

‘Don’t tell me… he wants to brag more.’

After that, the Tower Lord had to talk with excitement for a long time.

He finally received permission to leave after he explained the day’s events in great detail.

***

Today was the long awaited magic class.

‘I’m nervous and excited, what should I do?’

The night before, Siervian hardly slept.

Ellie was also excited and checked on her constantly.

‘I can learn magic. I have the ability to learn magic…!’

When Siervian thought of how she could be better than in her previous life, her heart fluttered.

She was born into an imperial family full of mages in the Elverdotte Empire, which was also known as the magic empire.

No one would know how painful it was to be Siervian except for herself.

“Hurry, hurry, Ellie!”

“Princess, it’s still not the time.”

“Let’s just go!”

Ellie and Jane tried to dissuade her because they were worried about her running around wildly.

However, there was nothing that could stop a child that had been excited since the night before.

The people who passed them hurriedly greeted the excited Princess and made way for her.

“She must be excited because it’s her first magic class.”

“Probably.”

Siervian nodded to the whispers as they were right.

Leaving behind the laughing maids, she headed to the magic tower.

‘I can’t believe I’m going inside the tower!’

This was another reason why Siervian was excited.

She could finally go into the magic tower where her first class takes place.

In an area near the north gate, a small forest suddenly appeared even though they were still inside the palace’s grounds.

In the middle of the forest stood a seemingly small stone tower.

“Your Highness, you’ve arrived.”

“Yes!”

The Tower Guard in charge of guarding the tower greeted the Princess politely.

Seeing the person she saw in her previous life again was quite an interesting experience.

‘It’s gonna be okay this time, the color of the Orb was also different.’

Back then, she couldn’t go past this point. This was because no matter how hard she tried, she did not meet the qualifications to enter the tower.

There was only one qualification to enter the tower: mana susceptibility.

“Once you enter this magic circle, it will determine your mana susceptibility.”

Siervian nodded her head and headed in the direction the Tower Guard pointed.

Most people could not enter the tower because they weren’t susceptible to mana.

“Please be careful, Your Highness.”

“Yes.”

Even so, the maids saw off the Princess without any worry.

Other than that, the magic tower was a place full of forgotten magic.

“It will shine as you teleport, so don’t be surprised.”

“Yes!”

Before, no matter how long she waited in the magic circle, it didn’t shine. It was as if she wasn’t allowed to go inside.

That was why she could only take magic class outside the tower. She used to believe she could get in if she had mana.

‘I thought it was my fault.’

Back then, the tower wouldn’t let her in.

She had to imagine the inside of the tower from the description the Tower Lord gave her.

“Is that forgotten magic?”

“That’s what they say. It’s my first time here, too.”

The maids behind her chattered as they saw her off.

The magic circle itself was made for the purpose of teleporting. However, many mages were still studying how it could determine susceptibility and teleport them.

“The magic circle will teleport you soon. Then, I wish you safe travels.”

As Siervian stood there, a subtle light began to glow around her feet. The Tower Guard bowed politely to see her off.

‘At that time, I was surprised because there was no response no matter how long I waited.’

Soon, the white light covered her until she couldn’t see anything.

After that, she heard a distant voice.

‘Is it Ellie or Jane’s voice?’

When she opened her eyes again, she saw an open space in front of her.

“W– wow…!”

Forgetting about her dignity, Siervian admired the view before her.

A space beyond her imagination was in front of her eyes. From the outside, the tower seemed like an old tower with only a few rooms inside.

“It’s huge!”

But when she arrived, she saw a vast forest.

“Hoho, Your Highness, you’ve come early.”

Perhaps the Tower Lord was contacted by the Tower Guard, so he stepped from a huge tree at the side.

The tree looked very mysterious. It was obviously a living tree, but there was a space for people to enter as if it had grown into a house by itself.

That type of tree was scattered throughout the forest.

Among them, the tree the Tower Lord came from was more majestic.

“Teacher!”

“Hoho!”

The excited Siervian exclaimed as she ran to him quickly.

[Turana Ellison]

Affection: +10

When he heard her call him teacher, he immediately laughed.

Since Siervian knew she could learn magic, she always acted in a lovely way.

“This must be your first time in the tower.”

“Yes!”

She was so excited that she was breathless.

The Tower Lord grinned as if he knew the feeling well.

“As a reward for coming early, I’ll give you a tour.”

In response to the unexpected favor, Siervian looked at the Tower Lord with her eyes shining.

“Do you know why this place is called the magic tower, Princess?”

“Huh…”

For ten minutes, Siervian was rapt and didn’t hide her expression.

From the outside, this place looked like a tower. But when she came in, this place was more like a dense forest.

“I don’t know.”

She didn’t know the answer to the first question, so she was a bit disappointed.

However, the Tower Lord explained slowly as if he didn’t intend to test her.

“The extending of a space is a forgotten magic. That’s why it seems small when you look from the outside, but it was extended inside.”

“Yes.”

As if asking her to follow, he beckoned and took the lead.

She entered one of the trees, and she could see the mage’s room, which was wider than she anticipated from the outside.

She felt strangely dizzy with the change of space.

“Haha, you’ll get used to it soon. One thing you should know is that you can never judge a space from its appearance.”

Siervian nodded, and she slowly adapted to the space.

The inside of the tree looked like a smaller tower, because the space was divided into floors so that one mage could use multiple spaces.

As she headed to the highest floor, she saw a forest in front of her.

“Look over there.”

“Oh…! Ellie! Jane!”

They were certainly the maids and escort who saw her off outside.

Siervian waved and shouted at the maids who were having a conversation in front of the tower.

“Hoho. They can’t hear you, Princess. We’re in a different dimension now.”

“Dimension?”

Her eyes opened wide as she tried to grasp the difficult concept.

When she urgently looked over there again, she saw the palace at a distance this time.

“You see the Imperial Palace and the north gate over there right?”

“Yes!”

The gate, which would only open when they were tasked to subjugate the snowy mountain’s monster, was majestic.

“As you can see, we entered the tower through a magic circle. However, we can look outside.”

The space was separated from the outside, yet it overlapped.

“The reason why this tower is placed near the north gate is to prevent the intrusion of monsters. We can oversee the north gate easily like this.”

“Oh…”

“Because it is a space where different spaces are layered on top of each other, mages have called this place the magic tower for generations.”

It was a detail that wasn’t explained in history class.

When Siervian obtained new knowledge, she excitedly tried to memorize the new facts. The Tower Lord smiled warmly after seeing her enthusiastic response and gestured to her to go downstairs again.