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Chapter 384
Intelligent Beings of the Cerdes Continent
The task Iorga gave Erica upon awakening before the Continent Defense War was simple.
Her command: fulfill your duties as Tower Master.
Having received that command and left the tower, it was a clear declaration of defiance.
As a result, Erica effectively found herself expelled from the Magic Tower, and from then on she stayed at the branch.
Recalling the fact that she had neglected the tower for a long time, she thought this:
E n.u m а
'How comfortable the world is.'
Only then did she realize.
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That the Tower Master position didn't suit her.
She thought minor deviations becoming her livelihood would lead to boredom or mounting worries, but instead, only joy increased.
When tired of paperwork, she could scream to her heart's content, and even smash things—there was no better job than this.
On the other hand, she sometimes wondered if this was really right.
Ӗ n̈ ú m a . іd
When that happened, she thought it was the common worry of someone who'd only ever sat in uncomfortable positions.
-Erica Iorga.
Until she heard that voice.
The three letters felt from the voice were 'absolute'.
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That unyielding voice pierced directly into her ears.
-Come home now.
Webǹо v̌ е l̊ Ӗ n ūḿ ӑ
It was the voice reaching Erica who had set out on an adventure, and she happened to be on her way back.
She decided to wrap things up as Eri and then return—it wouldn't be too late.
Erica moved instantly to the front of the Magic Tower via space transfer magic.
The massive Magic Tower's figure rising through the blue boundary of the sky.
"Hah..."
A sigh escaped the moment she saw it.
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The reason her mind had been at peace was indeed because it wasn't in sight.
At the returned Magic Tower, her sense of responsibility pressed down on her once more.
The problem was that guilt was added on top as the things she'd neglected came to mind.
She didn't want to go back.
But she had to.
Erica opened the door and went inside.
Ѐ ńum̄а̃ . i d̂
The 1st floor scenery that should have been visible wasn't there.
Instead, only an empty space and a single woman sitting on a floor chair were visible.
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That woman had the same blue hair as her, and was playing chess alone.
She moved to the top floor in an instant and was facing Iorga.
"You're late."
Iorga pressed quietly.
Еnum̄ȧ
"I had business to wrap up."
"Wrap up... was retrieving that pottery so important it warranted ignoring my words?"
She'd been watching everything.
It felt like her spine wasn't just chilling—it was twisting.
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"You acted on your own and came back, yet instead of begging forgiveness to your master, you run away... Late puberty, was it?"
Puberty.
Ӗ nŭ mа̌
It was funny that a woman who'd aged plenty would say such a thing.
"Well, since you went through puberty, you'll mature a bit now."
Thud!
She closed the book as is and cleared the board.
"Erica Iorga, enough with the dereliction of duty—return to Blue Eye Tower duties from now on."
"Wasn't I unqualified?"
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"When did I officially say not to be Tower Master?"
"You didn't exactly say that..."
"Then you have to do it, don't you? Things will get busy from now on."
Busy from now on.
Erica recalled the conversation she'd had with Ferda.
The Dragons' Night had come, and all dragons would die.
E_n̄ũṁа . id
Iorga was no exception.
And the person herself would know that well.
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"Blue Eye will officially be hostile to the Far East starting today."
It flowed exactly as she'd heard from Ferda.
"Is that... because Valdrova-nim is Iorga-nim's death?"
Her eyes looked at her indifferently.
Е̇n ǔ m̆а .і̌ d
"Right. Because I have to die if Valdrova exists."
"I see."
"Your reaction is terribly bland. Like you're just wishing for my death."
Pressure intensified at Iorga's words.
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Erica almost unconsciously clutched her heart.
"That couldn't be, could it?"
Е̇n̄ ǔ ṁа̊
"Right. Anyway, get ready. We plan to raze Hestia Village by tomorrow."
Iorga said it as if it were nothing.
"Let's start and end cleanly."
Hestia Village.
She'd stayed there a long time, but the scenery changed every time.
Buildings going up frantically and people increasing.
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The bustling liveliness felt like a new adventure.
"Understood."
Erica said.
"From now on, I'll designate the Far East as an enemy, order indiscriminate attacks on those deployed inside, and raze Hestia. If we seize the initiative like that, they'll surely show an opening."
"..."
A cold current flowed.
Ẃ еb n ö_v̇е̇ l̆ Ё n̆ ûm ǎ
Erica's lips twitched as if cramped, then she opened her mouth again.
"If I say it like this... would Iorga-nim like it?"
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"What do you mean?"
Iorga, she herself, lifted her gaze to look at Erica.
"Water and Magic Phase, before that—do you remember what Iorga-nim told us young ones?"
Iorga didn't answer.
É n̄ üm̀а̊ . i d̃
"I remember. Whenever new Spawns came, you always said this: We Iorga are not mere dragon descendants. Beyond mere Spawns, we are the intellect of the Serdes Continent. So stay vigilant against deviant acts, and if something doesn't accord with reason, do what is right."
"So?"
"With that belief, I joined the expedition as Iorga-nim's Hero in the Dragon-Demon War. You know what I was like then, don't you?"
"You rebelled for the first time."
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Iorga remembered that day vividly.
It wasn't that she didn't want to speak—she tried to defy.
Е̃nu̇mă.і́ d̊
Guiding the Iorga Spawns' leader and second-in-command to mingle with humans felt like no different from a severe punishment.
Of course, she got brutally crushed in return.
"Looking back, I did truly shameful things. Back then, my nose was piercing the sky as Tower Master."
"You were."
Humans and mortals, ignorant beyond measure.
She didn't even think humans could do what dragons couldn't.
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She thought sending them to break through was no different than giving them shoddy tools.
"But thanks to that, I learned how narrow my insight was. Accompanying heterogeneous comrades for the first time, I learned many things."
Each individual was trivial and frail.
But if one endures to the end, the others recover and rise again.
Tenacity obtained precisely because they weren't connected.
They repeated falling and rising until they reached the Demon King's Castle's edge.
Ŵ e bnóv̌еľ Е ṅ um ӓ
Erica still recalls that and reflects thus:
That the foolish and lazy ones were none other than themselves, who believed only in being the strongest and locked themselves in a high tower.
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Erica felt her words becoming more firm as she continued.
"Mother, Iorga-shi-yeo. So I will uphold your words and shout here."
She crosses a river of no return.
"Opposing the Far East trying to reclaim the Devil's Land that lost its color by Godwin's hand is not right action. Upholding your words, I will defy the decision you made now."
Е ṅ ù mӑ .і̌d̂
A child opposing a parent cannot exist.
In dragon society, it's an unforgivable act of rebellion.
"I will gladly pay the price."
So Erica bowed her head.
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"Erica Iorga."
Iorga called her name.
W_еb́ ñ ov ĕl̀ _Е n ǔṁ.ӑ
"As of this moment, I strip you of the Blue Eye Magic Tower Master position, and expel you from the Iorga name."
Iorga gestured toward her.
Then the senses connected to Iorga, and to all Spawns, began to fade.
It was over.
Erica becomes a mere human existence.
"However, acknowledging the achievements you built, I won't take that power back."
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Erica lifted her head.
What Erica did just now was a situation where she'd have no excuse even if she died on the spot.
A fundamental issue that achievements couldn't cover.
Yet for the price of rebellion against her mother, it was far too merciful.
"You who serve the old era's Iorga, follow her. I will go my way."
At the gesture that seemed to say farewell, Erica opens her mouth.
Е ṅ ū m̊ a .і d
"Iorga-nim, I—."
A massive gate appears before her, blocking her.
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Blue Eye.
She was expelled from the Magic Tower in an instant.
Just as she felt that emptiness,
A presence was felt behind her.
É ǹŭ mа
"Huh? Why am I here...?"
"Seems like we were having a meeting with Iorga-nim..."
Newly arrived apprentice mages and familiar-faced Spawns were visible.
"Tower Master-nim!"
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The one who ran out in joy at seeing Erica was Yuria.
"It's been a while. Have you returned to the tower?"
W е̃ b n̆о v el̀ Ѐ n̆um̄ а̀
"I came back, had a meeting, and ended up like this?"
"Huh, I was having a meeting too and came out here..."
"Me too."
"Me too..."
Erica scanned the faces of the expelled one by one.
The Tower Master's duty is managing tower members.
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So she knew each of their personalities.
Still, just in case, she asked Yuria.
"What did she say?"
"We talked about the Far East. She said she must eliminate the Far East to survive. So she told us to help."
"What did you answer?"
"As proud intellects of Iorga, we cannot participate in destroying a place that stabilized the Devil's Land."
Е̇ňum а̃
"I said the same."
"I said something similar..."
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It wasn't just a meeting with Erica alone.
She must have thrown that question to all Spawns who underwent Ascension Ritual with her blood in this tower, and the mages under them.
Will you follow the current Iorga, or the past Iorga?
The ones here were those who, like her, followed the past Iorga.
Еǹ u m a
"So we got expelled from the Magic Tower?"
"Looks like it."
The Spawns looked at each other's faces.
Their lives had been nothing but that tower, yet suddenly driven out—they were at a complete loss.
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Seeing those faces, a handful of regret in Erica's chest lessened.
If I had yielded to the command, who would have led them?
Еn_ǔm̊ a
"Since you all seem to have nowhere to go, want to follow me?"
Excluding a few who had places to go, most followed behind her.
Erica led the mages who'd become another kind of refugee and moved east.
Hestia Village in the Far East.
Now that place is their home.
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Among refugees, those who can wield magic are rare.
Even more so if they're Iorga Spawns called the Magic Phase.
They had to be caught somehow, and had to be served.
Not knowing that such burden rather causes bad moves.
Ferda knew that heart, so he didn't give that burden to refugee mages.
If they wanted to settle, he gladly supported them; if a place to leave appeared, he gladly sent them off.
W̌е b̊ n̊ о̆vе̌l̈ Е num̌ a
With that flexible attitude, the Iorga Spawns decided to stay in Hestia.
At least until they were safe from their former master Iorga's attack, they planned to hold that place.
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"Ferda Regent-nim."
Garnet, the Merchant Guild Master and Dark Knight, brought a report and said.
"This is the report organized from investigating the Gregorio Saint Emperor matter."
Ferda took the report, and Garnet briefed.
W̃е̌bn̄ ȯ v̊ е l̀ Е̂ n üm̄ а
"It's natural that internal vigilance keeps increasing since Gregorio Saint Emperor hasn't awakened for several months. But even accounting for that, it was too strict and strange."
"In what way was it strange?"
"Anywhere, dust accumulates over time, and if alive, one must eat, no? But Gregorio Saint Emperor's bedroom is thoroughly isolated."
"From what I hear, it's not nursing the sick—it looks like monitoring entry and exit."
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"You hit the nail on the head."
Entering a sick person's room carelessly is dangerous, so that's possible.
Еṅ ūṁ a
But this was Garnet saying it.
That entry monitoring wasn't simple environmental control.
Ferda threw his body against the backrest.
"So you're not telling me you failed to infiltrate because security was tight like isolation?"
"I've shown disappointing sides often lately, but fortunately this time there was no need for that."
Garnet made a determined expression.
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"Our agent grasped the security gap, infiltrated, and confirmed Gregorio Saint Emperor's condition with their own two eyes. And a shocking result came out."
Ferda happened to be reading a summary about Gregorio.
It was truly shocking content.
He instantly understood why surveillance there was so strict.
"Gregorio Saint Emperor has already passed away. Three months ago, at that."
