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    ◈ Episode 225 Arcane Chamber (1)

    More than 10 years ago.

    It was a time when I was alone with my teacher before Ludger came into the world.

    Master Grander accepted Ludger as his disciple and taught him many things.

    The method was quite barbaric self-righteous and involved great pain.

    Ludger followed it without saying a word but he did not always learn the teachings for no reason.

    If I had any questions I had to ask them to fulfill my aptitude and every time I did that I persistently asked my teacher.

    One of them was to increase the amount of magical power released.

    -Master. I have a question.

    -What? Tell me.

    -How on earth did you find this Mana Pass? How did you find the recipe for this magic suppressor?

    -It’s in the book.

    -What book is it? I want to read it too.

    – Arthur. You are an unreadable text.

    As Master said that he reached out to the bookshelf on one wall.

    Among the countless old books on the bookshelf one flew out and landed in her hand.

    -This book. It is a text that has now been lost and no one can understand it.

    Grander grinned as if he had an interesting idea and handed the book to Ludger.

    -Still my student said he was curious so I should let him read it. Now this is a book that contains the information you were curious about. Read it.

    -Is there no interpretation?

    -Is there any?

    -Master you can read right?

    -okay.

    -Then you can interpret it.

    -I? it’s bothering. Why do we have to tear apart what we can read one by one and come up with an interpretation?

    -…a disgusting moth.

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    -It seems that our student is missing the Master’s rod of love after a long time.

    -Anyway I understand that you have no intention of telling me. I’ll try it on my own.

    When Ludger who had received the book said he would come and decipher it himself Master called him from behind.

    – My disciple.

    -Why are you calling me?

    -Do you really want to interpret it yourself?

    -yes. It will happen.

    -You won’t be able to do it.

    -It’s something you have to try to know.

    -I say this knowing that. Do you know how easy ancient languages ​​are? It’s possible for me but it’s far from enough for you.

    Seeing what an 8th rank wizard was saying Ludger couldn’t refute even though he was annoyed.

    The difference between Master’s talent and his own was literally at the level of the sun and a firefly.

    -Well if you still want to do it as a teacher I can show you at least one mercy. The languages ​​may all look similar on the outside but they actually consist of three letters. Be aware of that.

    -Is that all?

    -okay. That’s it. The rest is entirely up to you.

    There is no particular reason for teaching us that Grander is composed of three letters.

    It is not that he is generous with the belief that his student will be able to interpret it.

    Because you’re going to fail anyway.

    So I thought it wouldn’t matter if I said this much.

    Interpretation of an ancient language consisting of three letters.

    There is no way a boy who is only in his early or mid-teens could do this.

    I’m sure I’ll get tired quickly and ask for help.

    -…All right.

    However Ludger unaware of his teacher’s playful intentions entered his room with the information of three letters in his head.

    With the Larsil language book.

    -Tsk tsk stubborn. I’m sure I’ll get sick of it soon anyway.

    Grander thought.

    He is a student with strong pride and rarely expresses his emotions but he is not a foolish person who blindly clings to impossible things.

    If I lasted as long as I could it would be half a day.

    At that time if I crawled out without notice I was willing to smile and pick on my student.

    He’s a guy with a great passion for learning so I’m going to ask him to tell me somehow.

    However he probably has some pride and hesitates to say it.

    If you look at their restless behavior as if you are savoring it then make a big decision and ask for a favor.

    Using that as an excuse I was planning to take this opportunity to give him a major fix to his messy hair.

    I waited for half a day with such anticipation.

    The disciple has not come out yet.

    -It’s holding up quite well. But how long will it last?

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    Half a day has passed.

    Ludger still did not come out of the room.

    -I guess he fell asleep. I guess I woke up tomorrow.

    The next day came.

    Ludger still hasn’t come out.

    No it did come out.

    Seeing that breakfast was set out on the table they must have come out and started eating as soon as the sun rose.

    I didn’t realize it because I was sleeping a lot.

    Grander grumbled as he nibbled on the rice prepared by his student. I should have woken up a little earlier.

    However now that he had called him again Grander felt quite a bit proud and decided to wait again.

    Another day passed like that.

    -This guy. You were very determined this time.

    Grander also has a bit of strength now.

    He’s not stupid either so he’s probably trying to hold on somehow.

    If so just wait.

    For us a day or a year is just a fleeting moment.

    -If you’re like that you’re still a flea on the table.

    With that thought in mind another day passed.

    It’s been three days since Ludger was locked in his room.

    Sigh.

    Just as I was thinking that he might not come out again this time the door opened and Ludger appeared.

    -boy. You lasted quite a long time. okay. Did you come here to ask because you still don’t know? First of all let’s show the same respect as Hahae towards this teacher.

    -Interpretation is complete.

    Ludger said that with a tired face as if he hadn’t slept well for three days and nights.

    -huh? Did I hear something wrong?

    -What do you mean?

    -That’s what you just said. What did you say?

    -The analysis has been completed.

    -You are trying to make fun of this heavenly teacher.

    -Why do I make fun of you Master?

    -That’s it. I’m going to go in and check it myself. If what you said was false I will give you a harsh scolding.

    Grander said that and entered Ludger’s room.

    I was just about to ask how good he was that he was able to complete the interpretation so confidently.

    The moment Grander saw one wall of Ludger’s room he seemed to freeze in place and stopped walking.

    -her.

    What comes out of my mouth is a sigh of admiration.

    One wall was filled with countless pieces of paper.

    On each piece of paper sentences written in the Larsil language book were broken into pieces down to individual letters and scattered like a puzzle.

    The scattered pieces came together to form various shapes and eventually emerged as a complete meaning.

    -Really… it was successful.

    I thought it was a lie.

    That’s right it’s only 3 days.

    3 days is not that long.

    Even if this person gave a hint it wasn’t something very trivial.

    Nevertheless Ludger did it.

    In three days the remaining two characters including Larsil were dismantled and analyzed down to their skeleton and the meaning was completed by finding regularities.

    Ludger who followed them into the room spoke in an annoyed voice.

    -The teacher told me. It consists of three letters. Thanks to that.

    -Thanks to that? Are you serious about that?

    -yes. What’s the problem?

    Grander thought as he looked at his student who had no idea what he had done.

    This guy wasn’t aware of his talent.

    Where is the talent?

    Just by looking at the results hanging on the wall you can see how much effort went into it.

    Something beyond effort beyond obsession.

    -Why are you looking at me like that?

    In fact this stupid guy is still asking that question in a stern tone.

    Grandeur was so taken aback by the sight that he burst out laughing.

    -That’s it. Now you’ve finally reached the level of Beomjae.

    -Is it Beomjae?

    Grander thought.

    Ludger’s talent is dangerous.

    The direction is too strange.

    And I couldn’t guess what would happen once he realized his talent.

    So you should continue to be careful not to become overconfident.

    The moment this guy goes out into the outside world the world will be greatly shaken in some way.

    -So don’t be cocky just yet and work hard.

    -…yes. This is also thanks to my teacher’s advice.

    Is this my advice?

    Grander was so dumbfounded that he laughed.

    Calling this advice much less the distorted way of thinking of a student who sincerely thinks so rather than deception seems like a bad joke.

    I just laughed.

    -…?

    Young Ludger tilted his head unable to understand why his master was smiling.

    * * *

    Ludger thought while looking at Maloso who was embarrassed.

    ‘okay. You won’t understand. ‘I wouldn’t have known if Master hadn’t given me a hint.’

    However I did not feel sorry for seeing him so embarrassed.

    It was Maloso who blatantly attacked this side in front of everyone.

    From there Maloso became his enemy so he had no intention of watching him and taking care of him from this side.

    “Have you sufficiently answered your question?”

    “no. yet. “Not yet!”

    Maloso whose eyes were bloodshot asked a series of sharp questions in an attempt to somehow find a loophole in Ludger’s research results.

    It was a question that was possible because he majored in Larsil language which other wizards could not.

    The linguistic knowledge revealed there clearly showed that he had not wasted his research on ancient languages.

    however.

    At least he is a person who can receive treatment commensurate with his achievements no matter where he goes.

    Even though the opponent was bad today it was really bad.

    “The answer to that question goes without saying. Rather their interpretation was wrong.”

    “I did something wrong?”

    “Didn’t I tell you? It looks similar but it’s a completely different character. Look here.”

    Ludger said so and materialized the text he analyzed into the air with magical power.

    Then among the sentences he cut out the word that Maloso had misinterpreted and spread it out.

    Sigh.

    The unfolded word was split into phonemes.

    Even the phoneme has been broken up into pieces so much so that it is now difficult to recognize its form.

    “What are you doing now….”

    “Look closely at the two shapes here.”

    “What do you want me to see?”

    “Can’t you see it yet?”

    Maloso narrowed his eyes and stared at the collection of sculptures that Ludger had created.

    His eyes soon widened greatly.

    different. There was a slight difference in the thickness of the letters written as if pressed and the bluntness of the ends but they existed.

    “Still you still have the insight to find out this much. Do you understand? “The differences can be seen only when the language is broken down to this extent.”

    “That kind of….”

    “Are there any more questions?”

    “….”

    “Since you didn’t answer I’ll assume it doesn’t exist.”

    Maloso had already completely lost his will to fight.

    We are faced with a huge wall that we have no choice but to acknowledge.

    Ludger’s gaze naturally turned to Altego next to Maloso.

    “Elder Altego. Is this enough of an answer now? “The fact that all these results are mine.”

    “this person…!”

    This is not it. Something is wrong.

    The moment Altego was about to say that an innocent laugh erupted from the head of the table.

    Who dares laugh at the elders of the Magic Tower!

    Altego’s sinewy face turned upward.

    And the moment he saw the other person Altego’s face crumpled mercilessly.

    The person there bathed in light and looking down arrogantly was Elisa Willow with whom they had a bitter rivalry.

    “Elder Altego. It’s okay to have doubts but I didn’t know you would say it so confidently in front of everyone. Moreover even that suspicion was wrong.”

    She who would normally wear a mask and be polite speaks without hiding her joy.

    The moment Altego heard those words he felt a cold chill go down his spine.

    Now in front of everyone he was doubting Ludger’s research results.

    And Ludger gave a good explanation and the consequences came back like a boomerang.

    “You must be prepared to handle it right?”

    “This doesn’t make sense!”

    Honestly I didn’t know this would happen.

    Does this make sense based on common sense?

    Altego had a million thoughts but there was nothing he could say.

    He knows it too. No matter what I say here it will be nothing more or less than an ugly excuse.

    The common sense he already knew was completely shattered at this point.

    You need to seek help.

    Artego’s sorrowful gaze turned towards Auguste who was sitting at the head table.

    An elder belonging to the same old magic tower as himself.

    He asked for help with his eyes from the wizard who was a greater wizard than himself.

    ‘Lord Auguste! Please help! Aren’t we part of the same old magic tower?’

    However Auguste ignored Altego’s gaze.

    Since you are the one who caused the problem you should also take care of the problem.

    Auguste clearly drew a line even though it was the same old magic tower.

    Altego looked around.

    In addition to Auguste other people from the Old Magic Tower were here.

    He hoped that at least one of them would extend a helping hand.

    However most people ignored Altego’s gaze or some even sent a reprimanding look at Altego’s actions.

    No one took his side.

    Seeing that Altego felt unbearable shame.

    ‘Damn it!’

    In the end Altego had no choice but to bow his head and leave the audience.

    Altego Dantes will later receive appropriate punishment for his malicious actions against his opponent in the sacred Arcane Chamber.

    “Okay then.”

    When Ludger opened his mouth everyone’s eyes naturally turned to him.

    “If you have any further questions feel free to ask.”

    I’ll answer anything.

    No one opened their mouths to say those words.

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