… Was this some kind of interrogation?
A lot of people surrounded me as I sat on a chair. All of them had their arms folded.
In the cramped room, some bearded ‘Gandalfs’ were glaring at me with a sullen expression…
An old Mage in a white robe then asked me.
“So you read these letters? Is the word written on this page here called ‘Agares’?”
I nodded at the old man’s inquiry.
“Yes, is there a problem?”
“Agares. Indeed, it was Agares… So, can you read the text written on this brick?”
The brick the old man held out had letters stamped on it, like a factory trademark. The words were ‘Halpas’.
“It’s Halpas.”
「One step closer to the mysteries of the world.
Gained job experience for ‘Mage’. +50」
「Amazing magic!
Job: Mage +1 Level!
Mage Lv. 1 → Lv. 2
You are now a novice Mage!」
By reading the characters, I gained experience points for Mage and increased its level.
At the same time, I felt something like a piercing electric current flowing from my fingertips to my toes. I didn’t know what it was, but it wasn’t bad.
As I turned my gaze, I could see the old fogeys chattering.
“Oh my god-. It was Halpas!”
“Yeah, no wonder the magic didn’t work… The calculation was wrong!”
“It is important to know the correct name. The barrier patrollers will love this!”
The sight of old people talking around me was quite unpleasant…
“What the hell is going on? Can anyone explain to me what this is? I think I have the right to be told that!”
Then, an old man in a brown robe and a cone hat said to me.
“The secretary of Angmar, Sir Theo Gospel. It’s our first time doing something like this, so we also don’t know how to explain it. What you saw was an unreadable text. It is said to be the language of the dead, the Dead Language!”
“What do you mean by ‘dead’ language?”
“Those letters belong to the deceased. The undead!”
Something popped into my mind when I heard the words “language of the dead”. It was Mirna, the daughter of the Draco Family. Just a few days ago, I got to meet her and the undead dragoon followers.
At that time, when the Lich opened his mouth to speak I thought the strange language was just a spell. But now, it seemed that it was actually the Dead Language which belonged to the dead.
“Originally, these are letters that living beings cannot read. In fact, even I can’t read it!”
To read the letters of the dead… Wasn’t this like a common horror movie cliché? Did I just read something I shouldn’t have?
… Was I being cursed or something?
Shaking off my fears and anxieties, I asked the old man.
“Why can I read this? What would happen if I read this?”
“We want to know that too… The Gracia Mountaineering Club, the 5th largest Magic Association, would like to conduct research with Sir Theo Gospel!”
“… I did not come here to be a researcher, I wanted to be an Ark Student.”
“We can let you in. We are a mountaineering club and the Board of Directors of Ark. You just have to join our meetings and climb the High Road, the Holy Mountain of Gracia, once a week.”
“Climbing the Holy Mountain? Why!?”
“It’s good for your health. If you only read books in the lab, your body will deteriorate. The worst enemy of Mages like us is health. So we have this mountaineering club!”
What, I couldn’t go hiking…
However, getting admitted through a special process would be quite good. After all, neither my physical strength nor my magic skills qualified for the admission. In fact, it didn’t even reach the threshold of the Academy…
By reading some strange letters, I accidentally gained the qualifications to enter Ark. It was definitely not a bad outcome!
The brown robed old man then continued.
“I think Sir Theo may have special eyes. Eyes that can see things better than others…”
Hearing that, the blue robed old man, who was quietly listening on the side, said while stroking his beard.
“This is the first time since Saintess Priga. After the Saintess’ eyes became like that, I thought that we had to stop the research… This must be God’s guidance!”
The Saintess… they were probably talking about Priga…
Suddenly.
The black robed old man who had been silent started coughing loudly, “Eherm-.”
This made everyone cease their chatter to look at his face.
“Sir Pelto. Do you have anything to say?”
In response to the brown robed old man, the black robed old man slowly opened his mouth.
“Theo Gospel. Parents. Family. Sibling. Murder! Mating!”
… Wait, what?
As I was trying to decipher what’d just been said, the brown robed old man interpreted it for me.
“Sir Theo, he’s asking if you have any parents, family members or siblings.”
“… But I’m quite certain that I heard the words ‘murder’ and ‘mating’ too?”
“… That’s just an adulation. Sir Pelto has something like a tick. Anyway, do you have any other family members or siblings?”
I also wanted to know that too. If I even had a family or siblings of my own…
“I have none. I am a ‘Gospel’, an orphan.”
As I said that, my eyes were looking at the black robed old man called ‘Sir Pelto’.
“Uh-huh…”
His eyes were blurry and there were drools on his lips, just like a drug add¡ct…
Was he senile or something? He not only just randomly shouted killing and mating, he also acted weird.
But his hair was still black, and his face looked the youngest among them…
The brown robed old man then explained the situation in a small, muffled voice.
“Sir Pelto got too close to the abyss of truth when he reached Rank 6, so sometimes his mind wanders. He’s not a bad guy. Rather, he is the best of us.”
“… Are you saying that, as your magic skills increase, you will also have mental problems?”
“… In general, yes. It is because we are trying to put into our body truths that are difficult for a human body to handle. Doing so would break our body, like putting a heavy rock onto a bowl.”
“Ah…”
“I think you must have seen it already. After all, there is a Rank 7 Mage on your side daily…”
A woman popped into my head at those words.
‘I see.’
I guessed the reason why Aira acted a bit unusual was because her magic knowledge was too high.
According to other people, back when Aira was young, she was as innocent as a Disney princess.
Then, when she ascended the throne and had her magic skills improved day by day, Aira’s personality changed dramatically.
Perhaps, there was a way to bring Aira back to her kind and generous self!
With that in mind, I said.
“Then, how can I control it? If there is a way, I will pay for it!”
“We are also working on it too. And Sir Theo Gospel, you can help us! Our research is in line with the letters you’ve read earlier!”
I really couldn’t tell how reading some strange language was in line with the research on magic and Aira’s psychotherapy…
“Gr…”
“Ugh…”
Before I could even ask for an explanation, I could feel them looking into each other’s eyes. I might be treated like a newbie here, but I’d already been through a lot of chaos at the court.
I could tell they were going through a quick discussion about “Is it okay to talk about this?”
「You have calmly judged the situation!
You have gained experience points through the talent 《Calm Thinking》.
All job experience +5」
… Was this some kind of interrogation?
A lot of people surrounded me as I sat on a chair. All of them had their arms folded.
In the cramped room, some bearded ‘Gandalfs’ were glaring at me with a sullen expression…
An old Mage in a white robe then asked me.
“So you read these letters? Is the word written on this page here called ‘Agares’?”
I nodded at the old man’s inquiry.
“Yes, is there a problem?”
“Agares. Indeed, it was Agares… So, can you read the text written on this brick?”
The brick the old man held out had letters stamped on it, like a factory trademark. The words were ‘Halpas’.
“It’s Halpas.”
「One step closer to the mysteries of the world.
Gained job experience for ‘Mage’. +50」
「Amazing magic!
Job: Mage +1 Level!
Mage Lv. 1 → Lv. 2
You are now a novice Mage!」
By reading the characters, I gained experience points for Mage and increased its level.
At the same time, I felt something like a piercing electric current flowing from my fingertips to my toes. I didn’t know what it was, but it wasn’t bad.
As I turned my gaze, I could see the old fogeys chattering.
“Oh my god-. It was Halpas!”
“Yeah, no wonder the magic didn’t work… The calculation was wrong!”
“It is important to know the correct name. The barrier patrollers will love this!”
The sight of old people talking around me was quite unpleasant…
“What the hell is going on? Can anyone explain to me what this is? I think I have the right to be told that!”
Then, an old man in a brown robe and a cone hat said to me.
“The secretary of Angmar, Sir Theo Gospel. It’s our first time doing something like this, so we also don’t know how to explain it. What you saw was an unreadable text. It is said to be the language of the dead, the Dead Language!”
“What do you mean by ‘dead’ language?”
“Those letters belong to the deceased. The undead!”
Something popped into my mind when I heard the words “language of the dead”. It was Mirna, the daughter of the Draco Family. Just a few days ago, I got to meet her and the undead dragoon followers.
At that time, when the Lich opened his mouth to speak I thought the strange language was just a spell. But now, it seemed that it was actually the Dead Language which belonged to the dead.
“Originally, these are letters that living beings cannot read. In fact, even I can’t read it!”
To read the letters of the dead… Wasn’t this like a common horror movie cliché? Did I just read something I shouldn’t have?
… Was I being cursed or something?
Shaking off my fears and anxieties, I asked the old man.
“Why can I read this? What would happen if I read this?”
“We want to know that too… The Gracia Mountaineering Club, the 5th largest Magic Association, would like to conduct research with Sir Theo Gospel!”
“… I did not come here to be a researcher, I wanted to be an Ark Student.”
“We can let you in. We are a mountaineering club and the Board of Directors of Ark. You just have to join our meetings and climb the High Road, the Holy Mountain of Gracia, once a week.”
“Climbing the Holy Mountain? Why!?”
“It’s good for your health. If you only read books in the lab, your body will deteriorate. The worst enemy of Mages like us is health. So we have this mountaineering club!”
What, I couldn’t go hiking…
However, getting admitted through a special process would be quite good. After all, neither my physical strength nor my magic skills qualified for the admission. In fact, it didn’t even reach the threshold of the Academy…
By reading some strange letters, I accidentally gained the qualifications to enter Ark. It was definitely not a bad outcome!
The brown robed old man then continued.
“I think Sir Theo may have special eyes. Eyes that can see things better than others…”
Hearing that, the blue robed old man, who was quietly listening on the side, said while stroking his beard.
“This is the first time since Saintess Priga. After the Saintess’ eyes became like that, I thought that we had to stop the research… This must be God’s guidance!”
The Saintess… they were probably talking about Priga…
Suddenly.
The black robed old man who had been silent started coughing loudly, “Eherm-.”
This made everyone cease their chatter to look at his face.
“Sir Pelto. Do you have anything to say?”
In response to the brown robed old man, the black robed old man slowly opened his mouth.
“Theo Gospel. Parents. Family. Sibling. Murder! Mating!”
… Wait, what?
As I was trying to decipher what’d just been said, the brown robed old man interpreted it for me.
“Sir Theo, he’s asking if you have any parents, family members or siblings.”
“… But I’m quite certain that I heard the words ‘murder’ and ‘mating’ too?”
“… That’s just an adulation. Sir Pelto has something like a tick. Anyway, do you have any other family members or siblings?”
I also wanted to know that too. If I even had a family or siblings of my own…
“I have none. I am a ‘Gospel’, an orphan.”
As I said that, my eyes were looking at the black robed old man called ‘Sir Pelto’.
“Uh-huh…”
His eyes were blurry and there were drools on his lips, just like a drug add¡ct…
Was he senile or something? He not only just randomly shouted killing and mating, he also acted weird.
But his hair was still black, and his face looked the youngest among them…
The brown robed old man then explained the situation in a small, muffled voice.
“Sir Pelto got too close to the abyss of truth when he reached Rank 6, so sometimes his mind wanders. He’s not a bad guy. Rather, he is the best of us.”
“… Are you saying that, as your magic skills increase, you will also have mental problems?”
“… In general, yes. It is because we are trying to put into our body truths that are difficult for a human body to handle. Doing so would break our body, like putting a heavy rock onto a bowl.”
“Ah…”
“I think you must have seen it already. After all, there is a Rank 7 Mage on your side daily…”
A woman popped into my head at those words.
‘I see.’
I guessed the reason why Aira acted a bit unusual was because her magic knowledge was too high.
According to other people, back when Aira was young, she was as innocent as a Disney princess.
Then, when she ascended the throne and had her magic skills improved day by day, Aira’s personality changed dramatically.
Perhaps, there was a way to bring Aira back to her kind and generous self!
With that in mind, I said.
“Then, how can I control it? If there is a way, I will pay for it!”
“We are also working on it too. And Sir Theo Gospel, you can help us! Our research is in line with the letters you’ve read earlier!”
I really couldn’t tell how reading some strange language was in line with the research on magic and Aira’s psychotherapy…
“Gr…”
“Ugh…”
Before I could even ask for an explanation, I could feel them looking into each other’s eyes. I might be treated like a newbie here, but I’d already been through a lot of chaos at the court.
I could tell they were going through a quick discussion about “Is it okay to talk about this?”
「You have calmly judged the situation!
You have gained experience points through the talent 《Calm Thinking》.
All job experience +5」
