I Became the Villain of a Romance Fantasy

Chapter 36

36 – Uninvited guest (1)

Tower of Dawn 6th Library.

As befits the Mage Tower’s library, which is said to be a treasure trove of knowledge, there were as many books as the long history of continental magic.

Especially when talking about the Mage Tower’s library, the handling of the magic books stored there was, of course, an indispensable story.

The seven tower owners who are said to dominate the current magic world.

Each of them possessed enough skills to be called the Archmage, but those with skills enough to be called the Archmage did not necessarily occupy the position of the tower owner. There were also those who were quietly buried in the night and continued their research, or, like Mitross Gerald, the head of the Ministry of Magic at Estelia Academy, there were also cases where they were sitting in important positions in institutions other than the Mage Tower.

Nevertheless, the reason why the Seven Magic Towers were always able to be pioneers in the magic world was because of the history they had and the tremendous amount of magic books that that history created.

A sorcery book is not simply a book that contains spells for learning magic. Such things are classified as magic books that do not contain magical power.

The study of magic is not just for performing miracles, it is like a path toward a common goal of ‘transcendence’. Magic books are more like by-products of wizards walking the path.

The books that left so that others could know the wisdom created in the process of finding the true self within them while walking on the path to transcendence were called sorcery books. Therefore, from the moment a magic book is created, it possesses magical power that cannot be compared to a simple book.

Can you compare an object containing the wisdom of the road to God with a piece of paper with just a few words written on it? The difference between a magic book that embodies the knowledge simply by reading it and a magic book that simply contains spells was very large.

The Magic Tower is basically a research institute that studies magic.

It was also a sound that connected them as one community under the name of the magic tower. The wizards of the first Seven Magic Towers, who are called the founders of magic, left many magic books for their juniors, and these accumulated over the years, creating the current structure.

Since it monopolized ‘wisdom’ like this, the Mage Tower’s position was bound to become stronger as time passed.

Since tower lords existed even before the current seven pagoda lords, the magic books left by successive pagoda lords were stored in one of the libraries of the Mage Tower, but access was strictly managed in a way that only the pagoda lords could.

As befits the sorcery books left by the so-called great wizards, some of them contain great magic that can erase a country from the map with just one apparition, so you can’t carelessly manage such a dangerous item.

The 6th library of the Tower of Dawn was also a place where such dangerous magic books were stored.

The foundation of the magic handled by the Tower of Dawn is ‘Aspect Magic’, which is manifested by borrowing the power of the stars.

Since the previous tower owners also mastered Aspect Magic, it was only natural that the magic books they left behind were also stored in the 6th library.

Of course, it is said that the 6th library is storing the sorcery books of the previous tower owners of the Dawning Tower, but being able to read them was a different thing. The 6th library where they gathered could be said to be the most familiar place.

It was not possible to fully acquire the wisdom about it just by reading the magic books. Each person had a different level of understanding of the wisdom contained in them, and even today, wizards who are crazy about the study of magic continue to study in the 6th library to enlighten their minds even a little.

But there was someone who stole their attention. It was Joachim Edelweiss, the present lord of the Tower of Dawn, and his daughter, Elena Edelweiss.

The hair of the two edelweiss was pure white, probably indicating that they were the owners of the Tower of Dawn, which is also called the ‘White Tower’ because of their white appearance.

This wasn’t the first time Elena had come to the 6th Library, but as always, her appearance drew people’s attention to one place, and even magicians were no exception.

Since Elena had been away from Merohim for a while, it was inevitable that her sudden appearance drew attention. In addition to that, the owner of the tower, Yohaim, was also accompanying him, so it was inevitable that his gaze would come naturally.

After a while, Elena and Joachim took out their books and they started to concentrate on their work again.

No matter what position Elena and Yohaim were in, as long as they came here, they must have sought wisdom like themselves. Knowing that, they no longer paid attention to the two, and concentrated on understanding even one more magic book in their hands.

However, contrary to their thoughts, Elena did not intend to seek wisdom here like they did.

This was not because she was not interested in the study of magic, but because she had already mastered all the magic here. Even if time went back through ‘regression’, it did not mean that even her mind would go back to the past.

“Elena. Every star floating in the night sky has its own name. And that name has power. Aspect magic uses this…”

What we already know flows from Joachim’s mouth. Nevertheless, the reason why Elena was listening to Yoachim explain magic here was all because of what she said to Yoachim.

When Elena told Joachim that she didn’t know something, it was just an excuse she hadtily invented for her lonely father.

According to her original plan, she should have been walking in the winter castle with Damian by now and telling him about her memories in the winter castle, but before that, she had no choice but to stop Yoheim from taking her and Damian out somewhere. It happened.

Elena had to think of something to stop Yochaim, since if left as it was, all the plans she had conceived before could have come to nothing.

“The barriers in the Tower of Dawn are also made using the power of the stars. Do you know what stars they are?”

“Hex, Rigel, and Duroa are three.”

“You’re well aware of it. Then this time it’s different…”

However, Elena gradually liked the class with Yoheim, which was just an excuse, as time passed.

If you think about it, Elena had never been taught by Yoheim during her three lives.

She was a genius that surpassed Yoheim, and it only took a little time to read the magic books in the Mage Tower, but it didn’t take that long to make them her own. Afterwards, she also came to have a teacher, but it was not Yoheim.

So, it was the first time for Elena to spend time with her father like this.

Since Elena already possessed more knowledge than Yoheim had, the question he raised was not a problem for her, but she answered Yohaim’s words with a happy face.

Yoheim also couldn’t help but smile when he saw his daughter answering his problems with a bright smile. When Elena spoke without interruption until the last answer, he said to her with a small smile.

“As expected, she’s my daughter. To be able to answer anything she doesn’t know without getting in the way is a genius of this century. So, what did she say she was curious about?”

“Ah!…that, so…”

Joachim’s words made Elena aware that her lie had been exposed.

I enjoyed answering, so I forgot to pretend I didn’t know and ended up answering with ease. However, Joachim only smiles at Elena, who is flustered. It seemed that he had no intention of scolding her for this.

He folded the book in his hand and put it back on the bookshelf and spoke softly to Elena.

“Did you like him that much?”

“……Yes.”

At Yoheim’s words, Elena blushed lightly and gave a small reply.

Seeing this, Joachim silently stroked Elena’s head gently. To that affectionate touch, Elena, like Joachim, gave her head without saying anything.

“You’ve been a kid who doesn’t talk much since childhood. You don’t laugh very often. That made me and Adelay worry a lot… But now you don’t have to worry about that.”

Since Elena had little expression of her emotions since childhood, Joachim liked seeing her daughter, who had changed brightly in a short time, even though it was unfamiliar. It was to the point where I wanted to say thank you to Damian for letting me see these various images.

‘The moment I see even the slightest traces of water around Elena’s eyes, I have to put her in an ice prison.’

Still, there were things that didn’t change.

“By now, he should have had enough conversations with Damian. Let’s go back now. We’ll have to get ready to go outside.”

When Yoheim said that, Elena smiled brighter than ever before and hurriedly prepared to leave.

Yoheim himself knew that Elena would react that way, but he couldn’t hide the bitter smile on his lips when he saw it with his own eyes.

He was happy to see Elena smiling brightly, but it seemed inevitable that a bitter smile would form on his lips when he thought that that figure was caused by Damian, not himself.

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“Father too. He already knew…”

Since when did you notice?