Chapter 121: Not Long Ago, Magic Tower (1) *
Chapter 121: Not Long Ago, Magic Tower (1) *
Clever. A famous city that is often called a magic city.
The reason why it was called that name was simple.
This is because the magic tower, the sacred place of wizards, is located in this city.
The Magic Tower itself was a gathering place, laboratory, and training center for magic researchers.
Every wizard on the continent had something to do with the Magic Tower, no matter how big or small. The teacher is from the Magic Tower, or receives magic materials from the Magic Tower.
And the leader of the Imperial Magic Division, Luca Marti, was also one of the people related to the Magic Tower in that way.
As the successor to the dukedom, she knows very well how important her connections are, and she has built a good relationship with the Magic Tower, thanks to which she was able to receive cooperation in this research.
"So you came in person?"
A few days after sparring with the emperor. Luke was in her own laboratory set up in her magic tower.
Even aside from her status in the empire, her treatment of her was such that she was worthy of recognition as a magician, so the magic tower gave her a guide.
In reality, it felt like she was drawing a line by saying, 'You are an outsider after all.' She didn't really like that treatment.
In such a situation, her attitude towards her guide naturally became blunt.
"Why. Are you dissatisfied?"
"No. Is that possible? "I was interested to see how important the research period was."
"It's still a secret. "It's research that the empire also considers important."
"Well, if it's a state secret, there's nothing we can do."
Her guide explained the rules of the magic tower, which she always did when she stayed there, and then left her laboratory.
"What kind of explanation are you giving me now? I've been here for a few years... "
Lukea placed her butt on the bed in her lab and muttered.
She was younger than she is now, when she was a novice wizard.
Luca grew up receiving education at the Magic Tower.
Her teacher at the time was Tower of Magic, who was also a close friend of Luca's father, Duke Marti.
If a novice wizard whose skills had not yet been proven were to receive training directly from the tower owner through personal connections, severe jealousy and jealousy would naturally have followed, but such feelings were rarely expressed directly toward Luca.
This is because it was announced that Luca would continue her family as the successor to the Marti family.
I am envious of being educated directly by the magic tower owner, but he is someone I will never see again once I leave the magic tower when I grow up. With that awareness, the members of the Magic Tower gave up their jealousy toward Luca.
However, such a situation not only protected Luca from her evil intentions, but also completely alienated her within her magic tower.
Despite her position as the tower's master's disciple, within the magic tower, Lukea was treated as nothing more than a pretty decoration.
Luke herself didn't care because she was going to be an outsider anyway, but the people who tried to be close to her aroused her suspicion by saying, 'Aren't you trying to get something out of it?'
Thanks to this, for her Luca, her magic tower was not only a space where she remembered her childhood, but also a space where she recalled her painful memories of being a loner.
"... "I'd like to take a short walk."
Lukea decided to take a short walk to vent her increasingly bad mood.
It's been several years since I left the Magic Tower, but I could still draw the structure of the Magic Tower even with my eyes closed.
When I first came to the Magic Tower, everything seemed mysterious, but after only a few years, I began to analyze in my head what kind of magic could make such a mystery possible.
Luke smiled softly, recalling her immature childhood.
"Who is it? "I'm seeing you for the first time?"
"That person..." "
"It definitely looks similar, right?"
"Ah. That's him? Isn't it?"
As she felt a little better as she walked, she began to hear the surrounding chatter.
Most of them were curious about who she was and that they had heard of her name, but this was their first time seeing her.
Luke, she has work at the Magic Tower, so whenever she stops by, she gets a lot of attention.
She must have felt relieved, so she decided to go back and do her research rather than continue receiving attention.
However, in the meantime, I was strangely concerned about something I heard at first glance.
"Oh, I guess not. Why would such a pretty person take pictures like that?"
What is 'something like that'?
Lukea often goes out to public places, and of course she is often captured by magic tools for her records.
But was there anything she could even say was 'something like that'?
Even when I looked back on her memories, I couldn't find anything.
I guess she just mistook someone. Luke A didn't care much and returned to her laboratory to complete her purpose for coming to the Magic Tower.
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"... It's also a bit strange."
A few days later, she had someone to meet, so she left the lab and returned, nervously taking off her coat and throwing it away.
It was an unreasonably violent act for the daughter of a noble duchy, but I couldn't bear it otherwise.
"What the hell? Those rude looks."
Whenever Luca went out of the room, people's attention was focused.
That in itself is a common occurrence. It was nothing new.
The reason Luca got so angry was because her gaze was so blatant.
So far, most of the looks Luca has received at the Magic Tower have been curiosity. People who don't know Luca looks like 'Who is that person?', And people who know Luke look like 'Why did he come?'
But this time was different. To the bad side.
The gaze Luca received this time was full of sexual desire.
She stared at everyone she met, first at their breasts, then at their faces, and finally at the area between their legs.
It was a lewd look, as if he were criticizing a prostitute.
Lucia was a beautiful girl that everyone could recognize, and she had never been looked at like that for a day or two.
But as soon as she went out of the room, she couldn't help but feel disgusted by everyone she encountered looking at her the same way.
Since she had a lewd gaze, I investigated to see if she was connected to the suspicious magic tool that Luca was researching, but she wasn't like that.
How can everyone act the same even though they are not under any spell?
Could it be that they used something other than a magic tool?
-Knock.
Just as she was concentrating on an idea that suddenly occurred to her, someone knocked on Luca's door.
"Why, at a time like this... "
Luca, interrupted from her thoughts, sighed but went to her door to check on her partner.
"Who is it?"
"I brought the items you mentioned."
"Ah. "Yes."
Among the items needed for research, there were items that required permission from the Magic Tower to be used, so there was a request.
Luca opened the door and let the man in.
"It came sooner than I expected."
"Because the magic tower system is also improving."
However, the man did not leave the laboratory even after placing the requested item on the laboratory desk.
"What? Do you have anything to do?"
"Hey, there's one thing I want to tell you... "
As he said that, the man's eyes scanned Luca's body.
It was a very short moment, but Luca, who was already fed up with those looks, said as she felt her irritation rising again.
"What? "I'm busy, so speak quickly."
"There is a magic tool I am researching. I was wondering if I could get some advice since I couldn't do any research... "
"Why are you asking me that? There are many others."
"No. I can't meet all the other people... "I'm sorry."
Under. So you're saying I'm easy?
I can't meet other people, but I can meet myself even if it's just to run an errand, so I'll ask you first. Even though I scoffed at the words that had such implications, I didn't feel comfortable rejecting them so coldly.
When receiving education at the Magic Tower, Luca also had a difficult experience because there was no one to help her.
Luca, recalling how he felt at that time, decided to indulge his whims.
"It won't last long. Take it out."
"Thank you! So this is it... "
The magic tool the man took out looked ordinary on the outside.
"What kind of magic tool is it?"
"Well, this place is a little strange. "Here."
"Where? It's small and hard to see... "
The moment when Luca put her face up to take a closer look at the small part the man was pointing at.
Flash!
"!! Oops-"
With a strong light, Luca's eyes lost focus and her body stiffened.
Talk. Degurrr...
The magic tool fell from Luca's hand and rolled on her floor.
The man cheered when he saw that.
Haha! Did it! That's it!"
The magic tool the man used was obtained from a suspicious person, and had the effect of temporarily suspending the consciousness of the person who saw the light.
It was unexpected that Luca did not lose consciousness the moment the light shined on him, but the man who had already gone through several tests also knew that some of his memories disappeared before and after the moment he saw the light.
In other words, even if Lukea had noticed a strange feeling in her magic, she had nothing to remember after waking up.
The man hurriedly approached Luca before the effect of the magic tool disappeared.
According to the man's opinion, since Luke was an outsider of the magic tower, there was no one within her magic tower who would care or notice anything that happened to her.
Of course, if you were caught touching the heir of the dukedom, death would be a better punishment, but anyway, if you were caught using such a magic tool, you had to be prepared for death, no matter who you were dealing with.
If you're going to risk your life anyway, isn't it natural to choose a more attractive prey?
The man checked whether the magic tool was working properly by poking Luca's cheek as she stopped moving.
"Looking at you like this, you're pretty. Although my personality is dirty."
The man was the guide who guided Luca on the first day. Although Luca did not remember each of those chores, the man always kept Luca's blunt attitude in mind.
This was exactly the reason why the word 'barely' was appropriate, but the man who suddenly acquired an enormous magical tool had no self-control.
The man's hand gradually began to move downward.
"I thought you were skinny because you always wear a layer of clothing, but it's smaller than I thought, right?"
The man who had evaluated the size of his breasts by massaging them over his cast-iron clothes lowered his hands even further.
I want to take off all my clothes, but I don't have time. The moment when she hurriedly lifted the red skirt that reached above her knees and placed her finger on the woman's precious breast...
– Howling!!
"Kwaaagh?!"
Luca's body was covered in flames.
Burning without a trace the right arm of a man who dared to touch a woman's inner flesh without permission.