Overpowered Archmage Doesn’t Hide His Talent

Chapter 55: I’m Ready for a Forbidden Relationship

Chapter 55 – I’m Ready for a Forbidden Relationship

As I became interested, my thoughts became calmer.

The incidents that occurred in the eastern and central parts of the continent, the structure that had some degree of system… 

These alone showed that it was a huge organization.

And they had an interest in a magical device that was worth their attention. 

It was only natural that I looked forward to the exhibition.

The remaining information was about the ‘factor’.

But she tilted her head.

“Excuse me, but, Lord Maiev.”

“What is it?”

“It’s nothing else, but it seems like you’ve reduced your words a lot…”

Maiev was a talkative person. 

I walked toward her.

“Hey.”

And I casually grabbed her chin.

I felt her body shiver.

“As you said, we’re at a point where we have an important task ahead of us.”

She didn’t answer with her mouth open. 

No, she couldn’t. 

She just nodded her head a few times.

“…But you’re making contact so carelessly. In the middle of the academy.”

“Ah, that, that, that’s…”

“Just make a sound. The whole academy will know our identity. Is that what you wanted?”

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

I put my index finger on her lips, which were trying to raise her voice.

It meant to shut her mouth, and she understood and did so.

“I don’t need to be reported. Perfect preparation is a given. But…”

My eyes stared at her trembling pupils.

“You’re making such a fuss that I’m curious. I’ll give you a chance to explain in detail. But.”

“Yes, yes…?”

“If the content is below expectations… Remember that you’re also a rat.”

Her trembling spread throughout her body. 

She swallowed her dry saliva and barely opened her mouth.

“I, I just ordered to arrange the personnel… But we wanted to increase the quality a little more.”

“Are you saying that my quality was lacking?”

“That’s absolutely not the case!”

Her eyes widened as if they were about to pop out.

“Th, the factor assassination case was added too hastily, wasn’t it? The princess suddenly became interested in the blue flame…”

Blue flame.

I repeated the word silently in my brain. 

It was clear who the factor they were talking about was.

Trixie von Pritz. 

There was no one else but her.

“But.”

“To extract the blue flame from the other members of the family, the mother was already dead and the father couldn’t handle the blue flame…”

“The conclusion is.”

She gasped at the word conclusion.

“I’m sorry. The blue flame was a freshman, so we infiltrated based on their midterm evaluation. It won’t be noticeable at all.”

There was a magical device that exceeded expectations at the exhibition hall. The factor that I recently became interested in was Trixie. There was a force that aimed for both of these.

These three were enough for now. I nodded my head.

“Let’s go then.”

◈

As soon as I parted with him, I went to the training ground.

Tomorrow was the midterm exam, and soon I had a bet with Trixie, and there was a strange force involved.

There was no time to relax.

“It’s not useless, after all.”

[ Right? Master, you saw my popularity earlier, right? I told you I’m pretty useful. ]

It was my first training with Hera, and I got a good support in the ‘quantity’ section.

My growth would be much easier from now on.

[ And that woman earlier. She’s definitely a bloodsucker. A bloodsucker. ]

I nodded quietly. 

I didn’t need to tell me, I predicted it too.

[ They’re crazy about dark things. ]

Yes, that was the reason.

I researched a few more books on villains and bloodsuckers, and I found out that there was a very clear difference between them.

Villains were human corruption, a game and an ultimate goal, while bloodsuckers had their own purpose and moved accordingly.

[ But master~ You were so cool. If I were that woman, I would have peed on the spot. ]

“Do you want me to make you do that?”

[ Then it’ll get on your hand, master. ]

“I don’t like jokes. Even more if they’re not funny.”

[ Weren’t you a little moist sometimes? Not urine, though. ]

As soon as I heard those words, I felt anxious and quickly took off Hera and put it in my pocket.

I brought up Trivia. 

It was to get information about ‘Saphora’, the magic exhibition hall.

‘…It’s like a museum.’

In the previous world, the magic exhibition was a form where various magic schools had their own areas and guests could freely visit and wander around.

But ‘Saphora’ has a different structure.

All kinds of schools create and will create things through magic. 

All kinds of things are displayed like artworks.

I have to find the target object among them. I had to move diligently tomorrow.

But then it happened.

Suddenly, the door of the training ground opened.

“…”

The uninvited guest who appeared was so unexpected that I unknowingly tilted my head. 

Slightly.

Ivan.

The first event of the Sword Master Festival. 

The representative of the knight department who competed with me in the battle came to me.

She glanced at me for a moment and opened her mouth.

“I came to do an errand for Lady Scarlet.”

“That woman doesn’t like you.”

It’s not forbidden for knights to enter the magic department, but even so, it’s very rare for anyone to do so.

The eyes that look at each other are not as nice as one would imagine.

This situation would be even more humiliating for Ivan. 

He had to face the ground of the magic department after losing.

Scarlet knew everything and sent Ivan. 

No, she sent him because she knew.

Ivan nodded his head obediently.

“I understand. I caused the problem.”

She handed me a piece of paper that was enclosed.

“She said it was something that had to be delivered to the winner of the Sword Master Festival, and she entrusted it to me.”

What delivery, Scarlet must have hated to reveal the fact that she and I were connected by blood.

I felt the same. I took it and folded it so that only I could see it.

[ After the midterm evaluation, dinner at the Udit family. ] *Be sure to attend.

The content of the slightly burnt paper was short and simple.

I crumpled it up with telekinesis and stuffed it in my pocket.

The flying ashes were a bit annoying.

“I confirmed it. You can go back.”

But Ivan stood still like a statue.

“I finished the official business, and I have a personal matter left.”

“Do you want to vent your grudge for losing?”

“I have no grudge, so there’s nothing to vent.”

Ivan smiled bitterly. 

There was no malice in his expression.

“Then let’s go in.”

“I admit everything, losing, harboring a grudge, and being humiliated. It’s all my fault.”

His face hardened a bit.

“But I can’t forgive myself for dropping the sword at the end.”

“So.”

“When you have time, summon me like you did then. Three or five… I hope you can help me.”

It was a bit surprising. 

A knight who sought help from a mage, I didn’t expect that to exist in this world.

“Ivan, I’m a mage.”

“I know that much.”

“Aren’t you ashamed?”

“I am ashamed, but I have a goal.”

Ivan bowed his head politely.

The paths of magic and sword were too different from each other. But I liked his attitude as a seeker of the way, who did his best in walking his path.

However.

Even so, it was too early for him.

“When the time comes, if you change your mind, then do as you wish.”

But that time came.

“Please, I beg you!”

He quietly laid down his sword on the ground. 

Not satisfied with that, he knelt down.

“You don’t have to teach me as a colleague or a friend. As long as I can receive your guidance… I’m already prepared to be your disciple.”

He said, squeezing her chest.

“The victory of the Subjugation Tournament… It’s too precious to me.”

“Subjugation Tournament?”

When I asked, Ivan nodded.

“It’s one of the two events of the Magic Sword Tournament. Four people form a team and compete…”

“Why are you asking me for advice? We’re in a competitive situation.”

“We’re not in a competitive situation. The magic department doesn’t participate in the Subjugation Tournament, right?”

I frowned.

It was an event of the Magic Sword Tournament, but the magic department didn’t participate.

“Is the participation of the magic department prohibited?”

“No, but I’ve never heard of anyone from the magic department participating. They say mages can’t work in groups…”

That annoyed me.

Mages could work in groups if they coordinated well. 

No, they could achieve the ultimate effect.

The reason I had been acting alone was because of my personality, not because mages were incapable of group action.

‘…Those mages.’

They couldn’t even take advantage of such a good event.

After making a decision, I nodded at Ivan.

“I’ll take a look at you once the midterm evaluation is over.”

“Is that true?”

At the same time, Ivan’s eyes sparkled. 

He asked in a brighter voice.

“Until then… What should I prepare?”

“Well.”

I had nothing to say to him, since he wasn’t a knight.

I looked at his, still kneeling, and said one thing.

“Stand up.”

◈

A space filled with emptiness and silence.

In the middle of it, a woman was sleeping soundly on a throne. 

She didn’t make any sound of breathing, as if she was dead.

Around her, twelve bloodsuckers gathered in a circle. 

They were there to discuss the ‘operation’ that would take place tomorrow.

But right now, they were checking a visual record that had nothing to do with the operation.

The record showed the exploits of a mage student at the Magic Sword Tournament of Merhen Academy.

By the way, the record was stolen and delivered by a bloodsucker who had infiltrated the ‘Mystic Valley’ guild.

Anyway, the video ended with three dolls revealing themselves.

As soon as the record ended, one of them raised his hand. He was a small bloodsucker with a girl’s body.

“Hey, hey.”

The woman standing next to the throne caught his gaze.

“Do you finally want to quit being a secretary? You’ll quit by dying? Why are you showing me this nonsense~?”

But his loudness was suppressed by the calmness of the other side.

The man who wore a mannequin mask upside down, so that his mouth was facing up, opened his mouth.

“The princess brought the record. Are you saying that to the princess?”

“…!”

The bloodsucker girl looked at the woman on the throne.

Fortunately, she was still asleep. 

The bloodsucker girl coughed and opened her mouth again.

“…Well, that changes things. But still, this is too irrelevant, isn’t it?”

The bloodsucker girl lifted a red paper and a blue paper.

She pointed at them in order. 

The red one was the assassination list, and the blue one was the recruitment list.

“Look at this. That guy doesn’t belong to either list.”

“Excuse me, I have an urgent report!”

The fight between the two of them was interrupted by the sudden appearance of a vampire in a suit.

“This is Maiev!”

“…!” “…?”

The faces of the other vampires showed slight changes of expression.

They could tell there was a tense disagreement among them.

Four of them looked incredulous, as if he was talking nonsense. 

Four of them looked puzzled, and four of them looked like they understood.

Among the vampires who stuck together like a family under the concept of ‘clan’, Maiev was a rare breed who liked to act on her own.

She did things that were helpful to the vampires, but it was very hard to find any traces or news of her.

The vampire in a suit continued his explanation.

“I met him in person today and confirmed that he is Maiev. Maybe that’s why the princess revived him….”

At that moment, someone spat at her.

“If that’s not Maiev, you’re responsible.”

“Yes. I’ll keep that in mind.”

Meanwhile, the eyes of the girl vampire and the masked vampire turned back to the video.

They muttered to each other again. Then they finally accepted it.

“But it does seem like him, right? Now that I hear it, I can see it too. That way of making the other person despair, that’s exactly Maiev’s style.”

“That’s true, and besides, that’s not a magical achievement that a human of that age can achieve.”

“Well, then there’s no need to have a meeting anymore.”

The girl vampire stretched.

“Maiev does whatever he wants, right? There’s no point in having a meeting. Just let him do her thing this time too.”

The other vampires also left their seats casually.

They didn’t completely agree with their opinions, but the meeting was impossible anyway since the princess didn’t wake up.

One by one, the vampires scattered into the darkness. And after about three hours, maybe.

“Yawn….”

The princess finally opened her eyes.

Literally, she barely lifted her eyelids without moving any other part of her body.

The secretary next to the throne greeted her politely.

“Are you awake?”

“Yeah…. Let’s have a meeting….”

“It’s already over. Three hours ago.”

Three hours. 

The princess scratched her head quietly. 

The secretary looked at the visual record and asked.

“Princess, was that man Maiev?”

“No…. He wasn’t….”

“…?”

The secretary tilted his head.

“Some of them returned thinking he was Maiev.”

“I…. I went to see the blue flame, remember….”

“Yes.”

“I saw him by chance. He was talented in summoning…. So I took the record….”

The secretary tilted his head a little more.

“Summoning?”

“Yeah… To summon him, we need a summoner of the transcendent realm…”

The secretary’s head is now completely tilted to the side.

“If that man is not a Maiev, then he is just a human mage. How can a mere human…”

“I only praised his talent.”

The princess’s tone suddenly became clear.

A silence close to emptiness settled down, and the secretary quickly bowed his head.

“…I’m sorry.”

The secretary hastily changed his words.

“Right, this is not the time. If that man is not a Maiev, we should inform the tribes as soon as possible.”

“No, no.”

The princess waved her hand. Her thin arm fluttered like a paper in the air.

“The fact that some people think he is a Maiev… That’s proof of his talent… So…”

“Yes, princess. I’m listening.”

Yawn, the princess yawned and barely continued her words.

“You watch him tomorrow… See if he goes on the red list or the blue list…”

“As you command. While I’m at it, should I check on the blue flame side too?”

The princess blinked twice.

“No, no… You just look at that man…”

“I will do that.”

The princess blinked twice again.

“No, no… Let’s observe both if we can.”

“Yes. I will do that.”

The princess slowly blinked twice more.

“No… It’s better to focus on one thing.”

“Princess, I get tired every time you do this.”

“Really?”

The princess slowly raised her upper body.

“Then… Should I just kill them all?”

“No. You know that’s not what I mean.”

“Hmm…”

The princess lay down again.

“Right… And one more thing.”

The princess nodded, sleepy.

“I had a thought when I saw that man’s face…”

It was rare for the princess to elaborate on her thoughts. 

The secretary swallowed his saliva and listened carefully.

And one second, two seconds, three seconds…

Snore-

The only thing he heard was the sound of her sleeping.

“…”