The World I Was Supporting Was Real - Chapter 95



95. One more, I’ll send them right over…!

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How many days had passed since the notice was posted?

Contrary to Isaac’s worries, a surprisingly large number of mages began to visit the shabby wood-attribute tower, nestled deep in the forest.

“Making bread out of air, that crazy talk is quite appealing!”

“The roof looks like it’s about to collapse, is it really okay?”

The task of greeting the flood of applicants fell to Stella, the Vice-Tower Master.

Though things were hectic with the influx—it seemed the revival of the magic tower was making people happy—her expression was brighter than ever.

“Welcome! Thank you for coming! Oh, you were affiliated with the Water Magic Tower? As I mentioned, we guarantee an upper-level position, so please have a brief interview with the Tower Master tomorrow!”

“Don’t worry about the roof; it’ll be fixed soon! Why don’t you consider joining our Wood Magic Tower while you’re at it? We have our own advantages! If you want more details, feel free to come find me after your interview tomorrow!”

Honestly, when Tower Master Reina had suddenly called her away from the budgeting work she’d been frantically doing and announced, “From now on, we’re recruiting new mages,” she’d been worried.

She never imagined it would turn out like this.

And just today, Reina had confidently declared, “I’ll go sort out the budget issue and be back!”

‘Finally, Reina-nim has awakened!’

She had no idea what they’d talked about during the VIP interview that made the lazy Tower Master so motivated—

but whatever the reason, Reina’s enthusiasm was nothing but a good thing for Stella.

“Okay, next!”

Just as she was diligently setting up interview schedules with the new mages…

“Huh? You’re definitely—”

“Ah, Stella. It’s been a while.”

A woman with short, black hair that covered one eye and piercing red eyes, looking boyish, waved at Stella as if happy to see her.

Her voice was surprisingly androgynous, and at first glance, her delicate, sharp features made her look like a handsome young man—

but the undeniable, explosive chest area fiercely revealed that she was, in fact, a woman.

Stella’s shock was not unfounded.

She was none other than Yunos Arturia, the pride of the 38th class of the prestigious Telos Academy, the ‘Sage of Our Time,’ who had single-handedly reached the rank of Grand Mage after quitting the elite magic tower path, simply because she “couldn’t be the emperor’s dog.”

“Here.”

“What’s this?”

The box she handed over was overflowing with snacks.

“They said there’s bonus points for bringing snacks.”

“…….”

Right. Lady Reina had mentioned something like that in the notice.

Even so, I never thought someone would actually bring them.

“How’ve you been?”

“I’m alright, but… How did you end up coming to the Mage Tower on your own two feet?”

As I said before, she’d thrown away the elite course of Mage Tower -＞ Imperial Magician.

It wasn’t just a simple ‘I won’t go’. She went around badmouthing the place, saying things like ‘I can’t stand going to the Mage Tower to k*ss up to old, boring, and stupid mages’. Because of that, her Academy classmates were getting glared at by the Mage Tower Masters just for being her classmates!

Of course, about half of those classmates were drawn to Yunos’ charisma and agreed with her anyway.

Stella, also a part of the 38th class, knew it well. That he was a central figure in many ways.

“I worked so hard to defeat the Demon Lord and become a hero… It all became meaningless.”

“…Ah.”

The Saintess’s appearance had truly changed a lot of things.

Like the Wood Attribute Mage Tower, she seemed to have her own share of complications.

“Well, it’s okay. If we can resolve things with words, it’s best not to fight. Less bloodshed that way. I even listened to the Demon Lord’s speech myself, and it was definitely moving.”

“Anyway, so?”

“I was wondering if I should just get by, scraping by with whatever… What does my life mean now, the life I worked so hard for to defeat the Demon Lord… those kind of philosophical worries, you know. And Then, I heard about you making bread in the air. Is that really true?”

“Honestly, I don’t know the details myself. But our Tower Master would never make such a meaningless lie.”

“Whoa, Stella, the one who never listens to me, showing that kind of blind faith? Just how amazing must this person be?”

“Amazing isn’t the word. It’s more that they’re not the type to just do things big for no reason.”

“What? Pfft!”

Yunos chuckled, satisfied, then nodded.

“Okay, got it. What time should I come tomorrow?”

“Just keep it like this.”

“Alright, see you tomorrow then!”

Yunos took the paper Stella offered, waving it as he walked away.

And so, while mages all over the country were gathering one by one, drawn by the unprecedented notice—

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—Reina, to solve the “budget problem”, dragged her heavya*ssand left the Wood Attribute Magic Tower that she hadn’t left for about six months.

“Heavy ass” had a double meaning here.

That she hardly ever moved from her spot, and that her lower body was incredibly sturdy, built for childbirth.

Her breasts were also quite weighty, but it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say Reina’s physical charm was in her impressive hips.

Anyway—shaking her large ass, Reina arrived at the Iggwodun Cathedral and got straight to the point with the Saintess.

“You’re saying you need support from the Imperial Magicians?”

“Yes. It’s difficult for me to have an audience with His Majesty, so it seems I’ll need the Saintess’s help. To really use simple facts to the fullest, an absurd amount of mana is needed… I did post the notice , but direct support would be a great help for sure.”

No matter how outstanding a great mage is, the amount of mana a single human can handle is limited.

Of course, it’s true that the total amount of mana you can control increases with your ability—but right now, she was trying to perform the miracle of creating bread from air.

Naturally, it was something she couldn’t achieve alone.

“How could it not work?”

“Of course it’s possible! I’ll speak to Lady Eirene directly. If I make it known it’s the will of the god, she’ll surely be a great help.”

“Yes. Ah, and since we’re mobilizing the mages, I think we’ll need to secure an additional budget….”

Rayna said this, glaring slyly at Erin.

And Erin, truly befitting a woman of god, caught on incredibly fast –

“Of course, I’ll also explain it in detail to His Majesty the Emperor. Would it be alright to additionally support the wood-attribute mage tower, with exactly double the budget provided to all mage towers?”

“Double the combined amount…! I-is that really…!!”

I’d roughly thought we could get a 50% increase, but this unbelievable response left me flustered, so I asked –

The Saintess, with a very refreshing look, replied.

“Of course! If it’s not enough, just tell me. I’ll help with all my strength!”

“Thank you, Saintess…! To push our mage tower this much, both materially and mentally… I’ll make sure to create the miracle fertilizer as quickly as possible!”

Saying that with a big, beaming smile, Rayna reached out and grasped Erin’s hand, who gave a satisfied smile and then… whispered to her master.

‘Igweogwodon-nim. I’ll be sending you one more to your side, soon… !’

―Everything for Igweogwodon-nim.

The god’s clear facts were spreading smoothly throughout the world.

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A few days later.

Rayna was looking at the mages gathered in the research lab, wearing green cloaks, with a proud smile.

A total of 67 mages had been added to the wood-attribute mage tower.

The number of applicants had been a good double, so more people than expected had been drawn to the announcement and knocked on the doors of this shabby mage tower.

There, thirty imperial mages, directly dispatched from the Emperor, arrived.

Adding Stella, who was already part of the wood-attribute magic tower, that made a staggering 98 mages gathered here for the sake of a single research project.

Considering that a typical collaborative research would involve around five people to give the impression of ‘mobilizing a good number of mages’, this was undoubtedly an unprecedented large-scale research.

“Alright, everyone, although it’s a collaborative research, your role is singular. While I complete the incantation, replenish me with mana! To finish as quickly as possible, I need 49 of you to work in 12-hour shifts!”

“Two shifts?! With this many people, couldn’t we do four shifts…?”

Despite Stella’s worried tone, Reina shook her head firmly.

“To harness this new power, we need as much mana as possible.”

“But-“

“You’ll get an overflowing allowance.”

“……!!”

Reina, with a confident tone, shouted again to everyone.

“I know it’s going to be a tough grind! But, you’ll be compensated with money worthy of it! Furthermore! The moment we succeed, as I said during the interview, you will become part of the grand mage group that created bread from thin air!”

“Let’s give it a shot.”

“I’ll follow you, Tower Master!”

These people had already broken through the competition and were applicants who came here, anyway.

Even with an extremely tight schedule, they had no choice but to follow it.

And so-

Reina began to sketch out in her mind an incantation that had never been attempted before—one that dealt with the power of god himself.

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“Time to change shifts!”

“Team 1 mages, please move to your stations immediately, and Team 2 mages, please take your rest from now!”

At Cohen and Isaac’s shouts, all the mages moved busily, like precise machines.

The two of them were mages who lacked the skill to ‘send large amounts of mana to others’, so they couldn’t participate directly in the research-

Instead, they took on all the odd jobs, playing a crucial role as indispensable personnel in the research.

“You’ve worked hard.”

“Sending mana continuously for 12 hours without moving is no easy feat.”

“I’m telling you. It doesn’t even feel like we rested…”

It was understandable that the mages participating in the research would grumble like this-

“But still… they pay us enough, and it’s much easier work than the tower lord’s.”

“To be drawing out the incantation for 24 hours without even a single nap, that’s amazing.”

Looking at Reina in the center, who was weaving a new incantation never seen before by utilizing everyone’s mana, no one could easily voice any complaints.

Today was already the third day since the research began.

In other words, it was already the third time Reina had stayed up all night, and yet her eyes were shockingly bright.

Scattered beside Reina were empty bottles of a special potion manufactured at the Wood Attribute Magic Tower. A medicine that helped forget fatigue to a certain extent without sleeping.

Those were made by Cohen and Isaac.

As it was a potion designed by the genius Reina, its effectiveness was certain, but the cost of ingredients was too high, and since it was a problem that could be solved by just sleeping, it was an unfortunate potion that couldn’t be adopted in actual combat-

But with the infinite support of Saint Erin and Emperor Eirene, it was finally strongly proving its usefulness.

“Making a potion like that is amazing though.”

“It’s the Wood Attribute Tower. The second-best place after the Fire Attribute.”

“They said they were making a new fertilizer, right?”

“Ah. They say it’s made from the air. If the Mage Tower Lord is right, it’ll be like making bread from the air, truly.”

“If it’s done right, the status of the Wood Attribute Mage Tower will be drastically different than before.”

“Looks like you have some ambition, huh?”

“Yeah. I plan to stake my claim after things wrap up here. At the Water Attribute Tower, it’s the same whether I’m there or not, but here I feel like I could at least get some respect. And besides, this whole inter-tower competition is old news now, right?”

“I guess. Well, I wish you luck. Anyway, let’s meet in 12 hours.”

“Get some rest.”

And like that, they kept switching, switching, switching…

* * *

… How many days had passed while relentlessly continuing their research in this cycle of shifts?

“……!!!!”

―BOOM!

Suddenly, something exploded, and the eyes of the mages, who were concentrating on gathering mana, all turned toward one place.

The source of the explosion was right in front of Raina, who had been constantly crafting incantations, her eyes shining.

Raina waved her hand, grabbing the spot where the explosion had occurred.

And then, slowly opening her hand…

“This is…!”

Something pure white and round was held in Raina’s hand.

She didn’t know exactly what it was… but it looked like tiny little dumplings.

Raina closed her eyes and, once again, with a surge of mana, she unleashed a ‘plain fact’.

―BOOM!

Again, her hand sliced ​​through the air, grabbing – a small, pure white dumpling, identical to the one she’d just caught.

And, it was then that Reina could finally be certain.

Utilizing the newly established formula, created with a large quantity of mana and a small dose of plain facts, this thing was, without a doubt—

“…It’s finished!!!”

Reina gathered it all into both hands and raised it to the sky.

It seemed to be that very moment.

At the same instant a bell chimed in Reina’s ears… the angels’ hymn resonated.

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A product that existed only in the ‘Realm of Gods’ had finally descended upon the world – a truly historical moment—

A feat accomplished exactly seven days after beginning the research.