Omniscient First-Person’s Viewpoint - Chapter 613



Reunited Classmates

Rankart Spendrai. A genius who learned the unique magic at the age of thirteen and reached strategic level ritual magic at the age of fifteen.

After his evaluation, the military celebrated the birth of a talent who would lead the future. This was even more desperate for the military, which was already weak in mystical and magical power.

However, the vessel called the military was too small to contain Rankart, and he overflowed.

“Hahahaha! That’s right. I heard there was a mysterious explosion at the Tree of Origin, so I wondered who it was! Huey, it was you!”

But the military doesn’t know.

That Lancart and I still keep in touch.

“No. I didn’t do it.”

“When you said that Mujeogang had disappeared, I had a feeling that it was you. I went to look for you, but you were already gone! Why did you do that? If you had left a message, I would have come and picked you up!”

“That wasn’t something I did either. Ji-seon did it.”

Despite my explanation, Lancart pretended not to hear and continued speaking.

“It doesn’t matter! The essence of the Demon God is knowledge. Even if the Abyss disappears and the Tree of Origin burns, that knowledge will not disappear. It may affect the power of the magician who has the Demon God as his own magic sword!”

“Yeah. It wasn’t me, but I have to run away before the angry Nevida comes looking for me.”

“Wait a minute. Moving three people wasn’t part of the calculation. It’s a scroll mass-produced by idiots, so it’ll take a while to modify the spell.”

It seems like you still don’t really want to listen to me. You don’t really seem to believe me when I say I didn’t do it.

Lancart continued to edit the magic circle with his hands while talking nonstop. He drew lines of magical power and placed jewels and ores alternately on the points where they intersected.

White magic. Magic that recreates the mysteries of the world through high-value mediators. It is actually the mainstream of the magic world.

Ritual magic is widely spread in the military, but in reality, it is a type of black magic that uses one’s own body as a sacrifice. The magicians of the Magic Federation do not even consider ritual magic as magic. It is not because it is black magic, but because the high point is very low.

If I am limited to my body as a sacrifice, the magic I can use is also limited.

“If you want to finish it quickly, help me out. I don’t even want to understand why these idiots drew it like this.”

“You need to use magic to fix the scroll. I don’t have that much magic.”

Lancart clicked his tongue as he recalled his paltry magical power.

“Tsk. What a shame. Why did the world give you such knowledge but not magical power?”

Knowledge is something that is gained by reading other people’s minds. I would say that neither of them are originally mine.

“Both are better than nothing. And don’t try to fix the scroll too hard. It’s obvious that the scroll wasn’t designed with extensibility in mind. It’s closed so you can’t fix it.”

“Don’t you fools realize that the scrolls you made are stupid? You should have been in the scroll design department instead!”

“You’ll need three scrolls to move three people. Even you will have a hard time refreshing them.”

“What are you talking about? I’m different. I can fix even a scroll that was closed by idiots.”

Lankart grumbled and finished fixing the magic circle. In the brief moment of vacancy, Shay approached me and asked cautiously.

“Hughes. He’s….”

Ah, at least in this episode, Rankart and Shay are meeting for the first time, right? Then it would be cleaner if I introduce them first. I said.

“Oh, yes. That’s Rankart. He’s my friend who studied with me during my military days.”

“That’s not the end. It seems like we knew each other until recently, but we were just friends.”

“We didn’t meet often, but we kept in touch.”

“You were touching? With Rankart Spendrei?”

“I never told you my full name. Is that right? Is there a problem?”

‘Mashinjeon. A secret organization in the Magic Federation that only deals with and investigates the Mashin. One of its members, Rankart Spendry, is more than just a classmate… You’ve been in contact with him until recently?’

It seems that Rankart was quite famous even before the regression. It’s amazing that a classmate has become famous enough to catch the eye of a regressor. I feel proud as Rankart’s best friend.

‘The madman known as the Mad Mage who swept away two imperial cities in a whirlwind?’

… But, after all, the one who was closer to me was Historia. Rankart only respected me unilaterally.

It’s not like I cut ties, it’s just like that. I was just stating the facts plainly.

Lankart, who was fixing the magic circle, saw me and Shay stuck together and asked.

“More than that, Huey. What’s that? Is that a new woman you’re carrying around?”

“under?”

Shay frowned, as if he was annoyed. I said that because I was worried that Lancart might misunderstand.

“A new woman? If someone heard me, they’d think I change women every time.”

“That’s right. In Hamelin, it’s that boar. In Amitengrad, it’s the successor to the holding company. Every time I see him, he always has a different woman by his side.”

“Huh?”

Shay’s displeased gaze was now turned to me. No, why are you looking at me? Since it was Rankart who said it, I should ask Rankart about it.

Lancart spoke without any regard for my situation.

“I thought you changed from a wild boar to a slightly more submissive one, but you’re back again. Huey, I don’t think you’ll fail, but I’d advise you to stay away from women. b*tches’ only pleasure and pride is being leashed by men and swinging them around.”

“Hey hey hey, you little punk! Watch what you say! Do you know who this person is!”

“Why? Can you give me some water or sponsorship?”

“uh….”

It’s similar. They give you money and help. They even give you information from the future. Honestly, they’re the kind of people you don’t want to miss out on.

“What are you talking about! Deny it!”

“Then it would be considered lying.”

“Really? … So you’re saying that you want me to be your watering hole?”

“How do you see it?”

“If you look at it one way, what is it!”

Shay was so angry that he tried to hit me. It was a sudden gesture that bordered on tantrums. It was an attack that I wouldn’t normally react to even if I read his mind.

“You’re not even my colleague, and you’re giving me water… Hey…?”

I grabbed Shay’s arm without realizing it. Shay opened her eyes wide as I grabbed her wrist.

Oh. What is it? Normally, you would have touched me before I could even react.

“Mr. Shay, are you tired? Something doesn’t seem normal.”

Is it because the arm fell off once and then got reattached? Doesn’t it feel the same as before? When I asked, Shay answered with a puzzled expression.

“… No. It’s not like usual… It’s not me.”

‘My arm is blocked. Right now, my arm is controlled purely by stamina due to the injury I suffered. It’s not that I’m weak. It’s that Hughes’s power… .’

“Okay. Get ready.”

When he heard Rankart’s words, Shay, who was startled, quickly pulled his arm out of my grasp. Rankart, who had modified the scroll to fit three people in that short time, pointed to one of the magic circles and spoke.

“Tsk. Turning one into three isn’t easy. Huey. Grab that b*tch and stand in that position. Since you’ve dealt with two of them as a group, you have to hold on to them as one body. If you want to leave that annoying b*tch behind, you can let her go in the middle.”

It was still a way of speaking that did not consider the listener’s feelings at all. Shay was the type who did not shy away from a fight, so she reacted to those words with a sharp attitude.

“You want to die to that woman? Activate the magic circle. Do some reverse gravity and shake things up.”

“Oh? You can read magic circles? It seems you weren’t a fool at all.”

Rather than Shay’s murderous intent or threats, Lancart was impressed that he had purely recognized the type of magic circle, and slightly upgraded his evaluation.

“Woman. Know one thing for sure.”

“what?”

“The reason Huey always has a woman by his side is because he’s purely obsessed with women’s bodies. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have a reason to have a squealing idiot like you around.”

“… Hughes.”

“No, why are you looking at me? I never said anything like that, I never coveted you, and in the first place, Ms. Shay was a man!”

It’s so unfair, it’s so unfair! I didn’t do anything to deserve being caught!

No, and what if you covet her? A man is supposed to like a woman! That’s the way of nature!

Why is this guy Rankart suddenly framing me and making a fuss? If I had done a lot of things with women, I wouldn’t feel wronged. I just tried to gain some favor and said some nice things, that’s all!

“If you think about it a little, it’s obvious. Why would Huey bring along Historia, who is much less intelligent than him? It can’t be her head, so it must be her body, right?”

Lancart, who had almost thrown me into the abyss without a care, declared while tapping my temple.

“But I’m the only one who can truly have an intellectual and spiritual exchange with Huey! If you weren’t a ‘chosen person’ like me, you wouldn’t even be able to look at him from that perspective!”

“… Oh. I see.”

Shaydo must be starting to figure out what kind of person Rankart is.

He is arrogant, conceited, elitistic, and hates fools. But if there is even a little bit of communication with him, he acknowledges it. And he tests him indiscriminately.

And if by any chance, he feels that he has been intellectually defeated… he suddenly goes crazy and starts to raise his voice, as if trying to justify his defeat!

Thanks to that, I also had a hard time living up to Rankart’s expectations.

“Ah. Don’t worry. It’s natural for you to devote your body and soul to Huey. Females are naturally attracted to capable males.”

“Shut up! No! I haven’t given it to you yet?!”

“You’re the one who’s making noise, woman. You’re taking up too much time, so just keep your mouth shut and stand still. Tsk, I shouldn’t be listening to all your whining.”

“No matter how I look at it, it’s because of you that time was wasted!”

Lancart recited the spell without even pretending to listen to Shay.

“The trajectory of the millennium that holds the world. I will walk in reverse in the middle of the great right-hand spiral. Twist and open, the path toward the universe.”

The magic flowed along the magic circle. The light that started from Rankart flowed out like water. Then, the magic that touched the jewel merged and changed, and began to swirl with even more powerful force.

I hurriedly took Shay and climbed up onto the magic circle. Shay flinched for a moment, then stood next to me, maintaining a subtle distance from me.

Meanwhile, Rankart, who had finished his spellcasting, poured his magical power into it one last time to complete the spell.

“Reverse Gravity.”

The moment I uttered the last word, the magic circle was enveloped in a halo of light, and I began to ‘fall’ toward the sky.