Guess I expected it.

 

Aria Lilias knew why I was looking for her. I just asked why I was looking for it to make sure my thoughts were correct.

 

Then the story is fast.

 

“Are you hiding something from me?”

 

Aria seemed to dislike the consideration that made her care about the height difference, so she straightened her knees and asked.

 

As if it was an expected question, Arya took a deep breath and walked past me.

 

“It will follow.”

 

I entered the Hegel Magic Tower with Aria. We boarded the elevator while being greeted by the Wizard of the Mage Tower.

 

As the elevator moved up to the top floor, Arya didn’t say a word. Is it to be careful of the mention of ‘secret’? I deliberately kept silent.

 

Reached the top floor. Arya and I entered the Lab of the Master of the Magic Tower.

 

The light shade of the lamp placed on the high wall is adjusted with telekinesis and illuminates the laboratory. A large laboratory like a large library appeared.

 

Aria puts her hand on the bookshelf and checks the barrier first.

 

“also… , Is there any damage?”

 

The way he said he guessed that there was damage to the barrier.

 

Supposedly, there must have been someone other than me who questioned what Arya was hiding. It’s probably the imperial mage tower.

 

“Is there a barrier? Who broke in?”

 

Arya shook her head.

 

“It is not a trace of someone breaking it. It’s just a simple magic tool defect. Not paying enough attention to preparing for the academic forum.”

 

read the psychology It seemed that something that shouldn’t be seen had leaked through the recently broken barrier.

 

Aria restores the barrier at once by infusing magic power. A barrier with soundproofing magic was also opened.

 

“Isaac.”

 

“yes.”

 

“As you said, I have a secret. Because they are conducting secret research.”

 

Aria said, flying with telekinesis toward somewhere on the wide bookshelf.

 

Were there any studies conducted in secret?

 

“Can I just show you that?”

 

“I didn’t think I could hide it from you all the time anyway, and I didn’t intend to keep it a secret from you. but… This is a very important issue for me. I’ll show you my secret, but before that, you’ll tell me yours too.”

 

“For example?”

 

“The ultimate reason you entered the academy. You will still remain here and tell me what you are waiting for.”

 

Arya has been on the academy’s side to protect people, and strictly speaking, she’s been on my side as well. In other words, he was an ally.

 

Since the mysterious Dorothy Gale told her to go find Arya, she must know her secret. You told me in an unknown book that this person would be on my side.

 

It’s only natural that you can’t question an ally in a harsh way to reveal a secret.

 

Anyway, it’s okay for Arya to be on the human side in the battle to subdue the demons, she won’t be on the side of the demons.

 

I decided that there was no need to hide my goals.

 

“All right.”

 

Arya’s calm eyes turned to me. approached her

 

still. Silence. After a while, standing in front of Aria, I opened my mouth.

 

“The evil spirit will be resurrected.”

 

Arya’s eyes trembled.

 

“I don’t know the exact time, but I’ll be able to find out when the time is near.”

 

“Evil god… .”

 

As we talked about before, Arya seemed to be interested in demons and divine beings.

 

He must have guessed the danger of the evil god Nephid.

 

“Then the place where the evil spirit is sealed… ?”

 

“It’s around here.”

 

For the first time I saw Arya startled. His eyes widened for a moment, then returned to normal.

 

“Evil spirits are struggling to get rid of obstacles before being resurrected. So far, accidents have occurred centering on the academy, and now we are trying to wake up the dangerous guys all over the world one by one.”

 

“Like a floating island or the demons that imitated the sky before?”

 

He nodded.

 

“Those guys weren’t directly awakened by the evil spirits, but it’s true that the evil spirits are trying to awaken those dangerous ones. And, I like the academy. That’s why I’m trying to keep my way. There is also a purpose to find out the time of the resurrection of the evil spirit as soon as possible.”

 

“So secret… . If students knew that fact in advance, information would spread out of control, and people would panic… .”

 

Arya muttered to herself in a low voice. She remembered and understood many reasons besides what she said.

 

Of course, the real reason was hidden. That I still have things to learn at the academy, and that the key to clearing the scenario lies in the academy.

 

‘It is, but… .’

 

It’s a place where I’ve been possessed all along. It was just my will to want to protect Marchen Academy first.

 

There was no gain or loss of understanding. It was just because I heard it. Both the place and the people.

 

“… I understand the situation.”

 

Arya was calm about the story of the resurrection of the evil god. She was surprised for a moment, but she had a personality that quickly regained her composure.

 

“Again, I am on your side. Don’t worry.”

 

Are you trying to reassure me? thank you for that I smiled.

 

Arya took out a book from somewhere on the bookshelf. The section where the book was taken out, the inside of the bookshelf was empty, but Arya put her hand there.

 

The keyhole covered by camouflage magic was there. Arya put a key in the keyhole.

 

Hard.

 

“uh?”

 

A certain section of the bookshelf cracked, revealing a tightly hidden passageway.

 

It was embarrassing. It was like a scene in a movie when the police broke into a criminal’s hideout and found a secret passage.

 

“Now I will show you my secret.”

 

Arya grabbed a glowing lamp and nodded toward the aisle. It meant follow me.

 

We entered the secret passage. It was dark inside, but Aria’s lamp made it clear. The color was dull and the width was narrow, about shoulder size.

 

As I climbed the winding spiral staircase, a large room appeared. It was a hidden section between Arya’s lab and the rooftop.

 

“This… What is it?”

 

All kinds of magic stones are placed in an orderly manner. High-ranking monsters used in alchemy and body organs of monsters are scattered around, and in the middle of the room, a strange-looking magic circle is engraved.

 

And what stands in the middle is a crack of strange blue-green magic.

 

It was also very small, about the size of a finger.

 

A mysterious flow of magical power reminiscent of a black hole sucking in light.

 

Because the barriers were stacked on top of each other, I couldn’t even hear the noise of magic flowing. It was very still.

 

It was something I had never seen in ＜Merchen’s Magical Knight＞.

 

“My work. It will be a rare masterpiece.”

 

Arya approached the turquoise magic door.

 

I stood in front of him and looked back at me.

 

“A gap connected to the underworld.”

 

“… … ?”

 

What an absurd story… ?

 

“yes… ? what?”

 

I needed some time to organize my thoughts.

 

Arya wasn’t telling a boring lie. I was directly feeling the evidence to support that statement.

 

A sense of magical power that faintly touches the skin, as if it is not from this world.

 

The alien sensation he felt when he went to the underworld to fight the floating island and the monster Cavalion was something he could never forget, even if he wanted to forget it.

 

I was feeling that sensation.

 

“Seeing your reaction, I’m convinced that my research is going smoothly.”

 

Aria puts on a satisfied expression.

 

It seemed that he wasn’t completely sure that the rift was really the point of connection with the underworld.

 

I couldn’t go, so of course.

 

“Isaac, before I die, I wanted to explore whether there is a place called the underworld, and if so, what kind of place it is. I wanted to observe the divine presence there.”

 

Arya stroked the barrier like a precious object.

 

“I couldn’t have died. I can’t die yet because I haven’t even found out the secrets of this world. Still, I couldn’t bear it because I was curious about the afterlife and the existence of the gods that would exist there.”

 

Look around again.

 

All kinds of dried up and twisted body organs of high-ranking monsters and monsters are scattered around. These are rare materials that are hard to find. A large amount of hardened traces of blood are prevalent on the floor.

 

The way to implement the passage leading to the afterlife cannot be normal.

 

this is clear

 

“Is it ‘black magic’… ?”

 

It is common knowledge that there is so much magic in the world that it is difficult to count, and that there are still many undiscovered magic. Just as humans have not discovered all sea creatures.

 

Untyped magic also exists, and among them, magic that must never be used and is forbidden by law is collectively referred to as ‘black magic’.

 

For example, magic that turns creatures into rats forever, enables humans to give birth to monster children, summons entities that shouldn’t be called, or creates creatures made by mixing the bodies of various creatures.

 

In ＜Merchen’s Magic Knight＞, it was a setting that could be found in the library, and among the quests that could be accepted at the adventurer’s guild, there was a case of stopping a group of wizards from using black magic. So I knew.

 

Arya shook her head.

 

“Something I don’t consider black magic. That kind of thing is just a malignant heretic religion or a malignant black magician. This is the method I established by obtaining hints from old books and researching them myself.”

 

Thanks to the effect of [Ice Control], my emotions did not intensify over this matter.

 

calmly accepted.

 

“That is the teacher’s idea. It’s not something the law allows anyone to see. It’s dangerous… .”

 

“I have no intention of hurting people.”

 

“What will you do if something comes over from the underworld? Do you think you can control it with your will?”

 

“… Just in case, you seem to know about the Underworld as well.”

 

I’ve been to the corner of the underworld where the dead are arguing, so of course I know.

 

“Well, that’s not going to happen anyway. Because the aisle is narrow. this is my limit. I’m just observing, so this is enough.”

 

It was about observing the afterlife like observing microbes under a microscope.

 

Actually, that crack might not be a problem.

 

If that had caused an accident, it would have been a major accident, and there was no way it wasn’t mentioned in the game. But like I said before, I had never seen anything like that in ＜Merchen’s Magic Knight＞.

 

Even in the ending credits, Ian ate well and lived well. In other words, the rift could have disappeared naturally, or Arya could have just observed it peacefully and discarded it.

 

Of course, I couldn’t just look at it with hope. Because I don’t know what kind of end the extra aria met.

 

Whatever it was, it was a high treason if it was discovered by the Empire.

 

However, as if she wasn’t afraid of the punishment, Arya didn’t heed my warning and felt relieved that her research went ahead without any problems. It was the appearance of an arrogant human trying to touch an area that should not be touched due to intellectual curiosity.

 

‘however… .’

 

Dorothy Gale, who wrote the unknown book, told Arya to go and find her. that she would be by my side

 

Was it because of that crack that he pointed out Arya?

 

But what does it have to do with defeating the underworld and evil spirits?

 

“It is fortunate that the reaction was not aggressive… .”

 

It wasn’t long before

 

Suddenly, a giggling sound was heard from inside the barrier.

 

The magical energy swirling in the cracks roared. As if trying to vomit something. as if they were waiting for me

 

I felt a sense of crisis. shouted urgently.

 

“teacher! Avoid!!”

 

Arya was very surprised. I stare at the crack with eyes in disbelief.

 

and.

 

Clink!!

 

The rift fired something like a gun.

 

It pierced a hole in the barriers piled up one after another and advanced in a straight line. Whoops, the sound of breaking windows.

 

“… … !!”

 

Something fired by the rift passed through my forehead.

 

Something dreary and cold soaks the brain coldly.

 

That moment.

 

In the blink of an eye, an icy lake appeared in my field of vision. A rain of blood was falling from the sky. My bodily sensations have not changed, so I have not been moved.

 

this is an illusion.

 

It was the kind of thing I could solve if I had the will.

 

But I couldn’t get rid of the hallucination right away.

 

A small house in the middle of an ice lake. Because he saw a woman standing in front of him.

 

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My body stiffened. Both eyes were not narrowed.

 

The woman had long, light purple hair that had turned gray. Looking at me, smiling softly.

 

She had a mature appearance, but I couldn’t help but recognize her.

 

‘Dorothy… ?’

 

I was immediately convinced.

 

She was Dorothy Gale.