Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 56



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The season, which was early winter when I first arrived in Belpass, was the coldest time of the year during my time in the Dawn Archipelago.

Even for Galen, who had been accustomed to the warm winters of the Sun Islands, the southernmost island in the South, for over twenty years, it felt a bit too much.

My head remembered the Korean winter, but my body was having a rejection reaction. If Lilia hadn’t been there, I might have had a hard time.

Anyway, after staying in the eastern part of the Dawn Archipelago for a little over two weeks.

The old year has passed and the new year has arrived.

Galen was twenty-three years old. Perhaps so.

The reason it was a guess was because Galen himself didn’t know his own birthday. He was an orphan. Who would care about an orphan’s birthday?

Although they were born with memories of their past lives, they were unable to properly perceive their surroundings as newborn babies because their five senses were not fully developed.

Since he seemed to have been born in the middle of winter, his birthday was arbitrarily set to the first day of the new year to make it easier to calculate his age, and that has continued to be the case to this day.

“Oh, we have the same birthday?!”

The irony is that Lilia was in a similar situation.

“They say Bishop Myra found it abandoned in front of the church on New Year’s Day! Oh, he was a priest at the time? Anyway, that’s why his birthday was on that day!”

“Hey, you speak too brightly.”

“Isn’t it shameful not to have a mom or dad?”

“I don’t feel particularly ashamed, but······.”

It’s not something to be ashamed of, but it’s not something you can proudly brag about in front of others either.

Why is it that the phrase “How are your parents?” is often used as an insult? There are quite a few people who look at someone with colored glasses when they hear the word “orphan.”

Well, if you look at it another way, you could say that they have become comfortable with each other enough to share the secret of their birth without any problems.

Anyway, Lilia also grew older and turned nineteen.

About a month later, a letter from Roald arrived.

It was a letter addressed to the two of them, knowing that they were together, and the content was very brief, perhaps because he was worried that others would see it.

But it was enough to get the point across.

“Congratulations, Lilia, Bishop, Your Excellency.”

Galen said, emphasizing the last word with a smirk. Lilia puffed out her cheeks.

“Eww, don’t tease me! Not yet!”

“Well, that’s because we’re here. We’ll be right back when we get back.”

Moritz made a pact with the devil, a new candidate for bishop appeared, Belpass collapsed, Banan collapsed, and even the cavalry appeared.

All of this happened in the past two months at the end of last year. It must have been a head-scratching time for the Archbishop.

Roald wisely took the time to do nothing himself and instead gave the Archbishop of the North-East a run for his money, and the answer has only now arrived.

The Archbishop must have had a bit of a headache, but the message in the letter was simple.

The content was to ask you to return to Belpass so that we can proceed with the ordination of Lillia as bishop.

With the addition that, if possible, Galen should come too.

“If you just look at the written text, it says that I would be grateful if you could come and congratulate me.”

Galen’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“I smell a new request.”

“Right? I’ve never heard of anyone asking an outsider to come and congratulate someone on ordination! They can’t attend anyway.”

“I guess His Excellency the Bishop has something to say.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I should go. There’s not much more to do here.”

There were a number of reasons why Galen spent the winter here.

The externally promoted reason of ‘making money by raiding pirate ships’ was not actually that important.

Of course, the more money the better, but it wasn’t something I needed right away.

What good would it do to have tens of thousands of gold coins in your possession if you were camping on an island and living like a natural person?

Money would be needed later on when you decide to settle down somewhere, but while traveling, you only needed to cover the cost of food and lodging. Silver coins, not gold coins, would suffice for that amount.

‘Neither Lilia nor I are particularly extravagant spenders. Now there is no reason to ask for favors just for the money.’

The main reason I stayed here was to refine my magic without worrying about what other people thought. Especially the Vanity Heat Wave.

[ Water Flow Manipulation Lv.62 ]

[ 27% progress to next level ]

[ Spirit Creation Lv.54 ]

[ Progress to next level 59% ]

After destroying the horsemen and leveling up, there was no significant result in water manipulation or spirit creation.

The progress just went up a little bit. Spirit Creation went up a lot more than Water Manipulation.

It was like this even before I fought the Ghost. I barely gained any experience by studying on my own, and I could only gain a little more by sparring with Lilia.

On the other hand, Heo Yeong-Heol-Yeom, who was still at a low level, was able to grow steadily just by studying on his own. He could train to his heart’s content without worrying about what others thought because it was an uninhabited island, even though he made a lot of noise with fireworks and explosions.

‘I didn’t know it would go up to level 55. It surpassed Spirit Creation.’

It is clear that the self-study experience points for water manipulation were significantly reduced at level 39, and for spirit creation at level 35.

[ Vanity Heat Lv.55 ]

[ 12% progress to next level ]

Vanity Heat Wave went up to level 55 very smoothly. At least it had some conscience, as the self-study experience points were reduced from there.

Galen thought the reason was his fight with Moritz.

‘All my experience with water flow manipulation was from the master. All my experience with spirit creation was from Redna. Both were silver. On the other hand, I learned about vanity flames through Kane, but I experienced them through Moritz. I can only see it as an influence from that.’

Except for Galen, most warriors, wizards, and priests grow while gaining some kind of enlightenment of their own.

If you look at the status window, enlightenment comes first, and as your realm increases, your level also increases.

On the other hand, Galen somehow gains experience points to level up, and enlightenment follows automatically.

The reason why I was able to use magic naturally once I learned it was also thanks to that. Should I say that I realized my own abilities a priori?

But, apart from that.

Just as the creation of spirits evolved after experiencing a ghost, Galen was also able to achieve something similar to enlightenment after experiencing a certain phenomenon.

Perhaps, while fighting Moritz, he had a clear image of what a golden level of vanity looked like, and thanks to that experience, he was able to level up to golden level through self-study.

‘It’s just a guess… but it will become clear when we meet the Golden Wizard again.’

Although the Golden Wizard was not a very common being.

Like birds of a feather flock together. If you play in similar waters, you’ll eventually run into each other.

In that sense, it was necessary to check why Roald had called him.

Would he have called Galen for such a trivial matter? He must have known his abilities, and it must have been for something that suited him.

There was no way Roald could have told her not to do so, as Myra had introduced him to some very good ideas.

At that point, Galen concluded his speech, gathering his thoughts.

“Let’s go back right away.”

“yes!”

Lilia smiled brightly.

*

The total amount earned from selling ships in the Yeomyeong Archipelago amounted to fifteen thousand coins.

The influential figures of Banana, who knew that they would not be able to buy it at this price any other time, have been gathering their souls and raising money little by little.

In fact, it would have been profitable for them to buy it with a debt and then later resell it at the regular price when their circumstances improved. Galen had no intention of going that far, so he just sold it.

At first, Lilia asked them to divide it up appropriately, but when the amount became too large, she felt burdened.

“The amount I received from Bishop Myra to use when I went on a pilgrimage was one hundred coins······.”

“You are so generous. You are so generous to pay that kind of money.”

“No, not gold, but silver.”

“ah.”

One hundred silver coins were worth five gold coins. It was not a small sum, but it was enough to cover a trip of a few months at most.

“He told me to work hard and earn the rest! But if I do this, I won’t have to earn it······.”

“It would be nice to travel comfortably without worrying about money. There’s no need to go on a pilgrimage while starving.”

“That’s true, but… can’t you just take care of the money? I just need the money to spend right away.”

“Um… Okay, I understand. I’m also in a position where I just carry it around.”

Even though I was carrying around a hundred-dollar bill, it was now so thick that it felt like I was carrying around a secret book.

Galen, who arrived in Belpass, collected the commission he had been putting off.

The amount is three thousand.

Although the price of gold-grade mercenaries was not set properly due to the lack of supply, Roald explained that it was a very large amount for a one-time subjugation request.

“Of course, it’s a small amount compared to your efforts… but could you be a little more lenient? If Belpass wavers too much, it will affect the entire East.”

“I will do that.”

“Thank you, thank you!”

Money is no longer urgent. It is better to pay off the debt of the Archbishop’s Vicar than to receive it stubbornly.

While Galen was finishing up the request.

Lilia’s episcopal ordination also went smoothly.

She is now officially a bishop.

It was an unprecedented speed of promotion in the history of the Church, with the priest being promoted at eighteen, skipping the subdeacon rank, and the bishop at nineteen.

When all the formalities were over, Roald invited the two into his office.

“I don’t know how many times I’ve said this, but congratulations, Bishop Lilia.”

Roald said with a grin.

“A deacon and a priest are not that different, but a priest and a bishop are very different. A bishop is someone who stands above others, so he should be even more careful about his conduct in the future.”

“Yes! I’ll keep that in mind!”

“Originally, I was supposed to be assigned to a suitable parish right away, but I decided to postpone it because I am on a pilgrimage. The Archbishop’s message is to return when you are ready after experiencing the world sufficiently.”

“You didn’t give me a deadline or anything, did you?”

“How can you put a time limit on a pilgrimage? You stop when you feel you have had enough.”

“Phew.”

Lilia secretly let out a sigh of relief. Even Galen could hear it, so it was all discovered.

Wouldn’t he be running away from his episcopal duties and just spending his life on pilgrimage? It was rude of him to think that way, but Galen thought it over without thinking.

Roald, who seemed to have had similar thoughts, looked back at Galen with a hollow smile.

“What does Duke Galen plan to do now? Will he return to the Dawn Isles?”

“No. I’m done with my work.”

Galen answered calmly.

“You can’t stay there and catch pirates your whole life, right? Of course, I won’t deny that I made a lot of money in the process.”

“I also heard that they sold it for less than the regular price. As a result, the number of pirates decreased significantly. I don’t think that free service is the only right thing to do.”

Roald continued with a gentle smile.

“Do you have a specific place in mind to go?”

“I will decide after hearing what His Excellency the Bishop has to say.”

“First of all, I have to ask you this. What do you think of the church?”

“That’s too general a question.”

“I don’t know what you were doing before, but haven’t you been getting only church-related requests lately?”

“That’s right.”

I received a request from Lilia in the pioneer zone, went to the Devil’s Cradle at Myra’s request, and caught pirates through Roald’s mediation.

In terms of time, I was entangled with the church for about half a year straight.

“The question is, do you feel burdened by that?”

“Well, not really.”

Rather than specifically targeting church commissions, the commissions that caught my eye just happened to be church-related.

“Then I guess it’s okay to recommend it.”

“Do you have any good work to do?”

“I’m not sure since it’s not my commission. But I’m sure the person I’ll be dealing with will be difficult.”

“If it’s the other person······.”

“A fairy. A ground fairy, to be exact.”

Roald shook his head.

“I heard that the short guys in the north are causing trouble.”