Chapter 608 – Pylon and Video Readout?

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The academy is called the treasure trove of knowledge on the continent.

In one place of the academy, a giant ice crystal tower that was recently built was functioning as the academy’s new attraction and landmark.

This tower, built right next to the building where the 12 Council of Elders who ruled this academy in the past, was located, was the living space for Bingryong Anatis to live in her academy.

As her new head of magic department, she usually stayed here and talked to her own students.

‘If you have any questions about magic, come upstairs. Then, with the knowledge he has, he will surely answer that question.’

A hundred for a hundred, a thousand for a thousand. Even if she wasn’t a member of the Department of Magic, if she had heard her declaration, she would have been surprised by the unconventional conditions.

Knowledge possessed by dragons who can live beyond hundreds of years, close to a thousand years.

If that was the knowledge that Anatis, the most intelligent and claiming to be the guardian of knowledge, possessed, its value was indescribable.

Everyone jumped in like crazy and tried to get the knowledge of the dragon that Anatis had.

Of course, Anatis knows better than anyone else that knowledge is the power that only those who are worthy of it can have it.

This tower of ice crystals created through her ideology, on the surface, is just a tower of ice towering high, but-

First of all, the moment a human touches it with their bare body, the whole body freezes.

If you don’t make any preparations, you’ll turn into a frog frozen in water on the spot, carried away by the thin ice golem guarding the crystal tower, and left to melt in the sunlight.

First of all, about 50% of students who are cut at the entrance here. That is, about half.

In that case, there is a story that asks if it is okay to wear clothes, but the answer was not accurate.

With ordinary clothes, there is no way to block the coldness of the ice crystals, and to prevent it, protect yourself with powerful defensive magic tools, or wear clothes with such enchantments.

Or, you have to cover your body with your own magical power to block the invasion of cold air.

Starting with satisfying that condition, can you climb the tower intact after you finally get inside? If you do, it’s not like that…

Naturally, in the middle of the tower, various traps and illusions created by magic were hidden.

Stairs that looked like they could be climbed were actually illusions, and where there seemed to be nothing, there were actually invisible stairs.

The stairs that seem to be at a dead end are actually connected to a dimensional passage that exists outside of the crystal, and you have to find the right mirror again in the labyrinth of that passage.

Smashed golems blocked the way, and they also spread cold like ice crystals, and when their bodies were broken, the chill burst out, freezing those nearby.

If it enters the respiratory tract, it freezes hard while feeling the chill of hell, and in the meantime, the regenerated golem transports the intruder to the outside again.

Of course, there will be lazy people who will try to fly up on obstacles like this.

In fact, in the magic department or magic tools department, I was going to fly using flight magic and magic tools that could fly for a moment.

Since gravity suddenly became strong, rumors that he was forced to the ground and had to lie face down for half a day, no one wants to use a trick.

At first, the professors, who were worried that the ordeal would be too harsh for the students, must have felt complicated when they saw the students putting more effort into research and study than usual to climb the tower of Anatis.

However, if there was a problem, most of the students who failed while trying to climb the crystal tower turned into blocks of ice and were left outside, so there were always several frozen students around the tower.

Anatis is still waiting for the students to come up from the top floor of the crystal tower, where such avant-garde sculptures are lined up around.

He was enjoying a cold cup of tea.

Just before, there was a chair placed a little away from the table, as if someone had been across from her.

Due to the nature of this tower, no warmth remained.

At that time, just when I thought I heard the sound of “Food Duck!”, A girl with huge red wings flew from the sky, passed through the window at the top of the crystal tower, and came inside.

“Rhetios was here just now, right?”

“That’s right. Until just 30 seconds ago. Right now, I went to Luti.”

Wasn’t it against the rules to fly in? You might think that, but now, the one who appeared in front of Anatis wasn’t her student, but a dragon like her, so that rule doesn’t apply.

The Flame of Truth, Promise.

Like Anathis, an elemental dragon that exists to balance the world’s five elements.

Among them, Promise, the Fire Dragon who controls the elements of flame, was the girl standing with her arms folded in front of her with a serious expression.

Of course, it was a choice that came from the fact that it was easier to work with in many ways than its gigantic true form, but it took on an appearance that looked a little younger than other dragons.

Even so, if you ask if she is as weak as she is, she probably isn’t.

As far as simple force is concerned, no one would dispute if he said that he was at the top of the four, each with similar skills, except for Luti.

Of course, this would have meant that the other three other than Promise weren’t very interested in such a place.

In any case, Promise suddenly appeared, lowered his hips on the chair Rhethios had been sitting on, and raised his hand on the desk where Anatis’s teapot was placed while talking.

“That was Gaius’ magic. Did you feel it too?”

“I talked to Letios, too. As the seal she created was released, her mana was only momentarily sensed from this side. Because she is not herself.”

“Sealing means that there might be traces of him. Can’t we just send Letty to investigate?”

I hate to admit it, but Letios was also the most “Fast” Among them.

“No, you don’t have to. Because there is already… A ‘receptor’ there.”

“Cleon? …Then was he the one who opened the seal!”

At Anatis’ words, Promise opened her eyes wide, thought about something for a moment, then leaned back in her chair.

“What, then she wouldn’t have to fly in such a hurry. But he’s also a dragon sensor, so he seems to have enough time to spend his time looking for Gaios.”

Anatis gently opened her eyes and looked at her and talked to her promiscuous expression, which seemed to be a little happy.

“Especially, as a responder, I don’t think so, but I mean.”

“What’s up! If we can find Gaios, we can finally break our oath. If that happens, even with Adam, it’s finally full-scale-“

“Shhh.”

While Promise is talking, Anatis holds out her index finger and covers her lips.

“It is foolish to have high hopes for something that has not yet been done. So, let’s wait for them quietly for now.”

“Ha, you’re cool.”

Indeed, it could be said that he was cold-hearted befitting the title of Bingryong.

Seeing her like that, Promise removed her hand from her desk, crossed her arms, and said with a smile on her face that her playfulness was activated.

“Anatis said that there is not much left to be able to be so leisurely. If Gaios wakes up, there must be a sensor next to him. Shall we start right away?”

“…”

“If that happens… Will you be the last? Well, I understand the situation. I got the timing just right and appeared in front of him at the moment that felt like fate. The ‘perfect time’ that should not be now. You really want to experience your first experience in a situation that is like the script of a well-planned scenario.”

When Promis said that, Anatis didn’t show any change in expression on the outside, but she could tell that the cup she was holding in her hand was shaking slightly.

“But what can I do? He must be busy I’m running around trying to save the world. Well, since he’s that kind of guy, he could have been a responder too. Even if you’re last, don’t take it too seriously. Oh, by the way, I’m the third-“

Promise, who had been talking that far, saw that the temperature around her dropped in an instant, and even the chair she had warmed up with her own power and even the teacup containing the tea that Letios was drinking froze.

“Is the order really that important? Promise.”

“Oh, hey. Why are you so mad about a joke?”

“I think like this. The important thing is not something like ‘order’… But that there is a ‘next’. It’s impossible to turn back time, and if you and I can’t change the order… Wouldn’t it be possible to widen the difference in ‘number of times’. I mean.”

Damn it!

The liquid inside the teacup and the teacup itself could not withstand how much the temperature had dropped, and it cracked and broke.

Then the promise is to get up from his seat and step back.

“Gee, gee. This is the academy – inside the human zone!? If you fire your breath like that from here-“

“Question and answer dance…! Diamond-“

Bang!

“Gaaaaah

That day, one more rumor spread to the Ice Crystal Tower.

At most, even if you go up to the top floor of the Ice Crystal Tower, Anatis said that it would be the last ordeal and attacked you directly.

If you don’t overcome it, it’s an unreasonable ordeal that you can’t gain knowledge.

001

“Really, security has been lifted… It doesn’t look like anyone was hurt. It must have been a fresher seal than I thought?”

When Artis returns and touches the machine called the computer a little, he confirms that the security that was obstructing it is gone and talks to Cleon and Lyla.

“Is it fresh…?”

However, after hearing the story, Layla shook her head with a slightly drawn face as if denying Artis’ words.

Of course, it was true that he was able to finish the fight without a single wound, but if he made even the slightest mistake, it wouldn’t be strange if he was swept away by the breath and turned to dust.

“What, why are you getting so bummed out? It’s a joke. It’s a joke. More than that, thanks to the two people’s efforts to release the security, it was possible to restore the video record. Look.”

While saying that, she points to the screen again, and the video resumes from there.

Just like before, before breaking the seal, a girl who appeared to be Nayuta was talking to a girl in a certain room.

Perhaps something made Nayuta feel bad, as Nayuta raised her hand and slammed him on the back, the door opened.

Originally, before, no one was standing here.

It was thought that it was unnatural, so if Cleon was quietly watching the scene-

As I opened the door, a woman appeared.

“──.”

Everyone there must have had no choice but to keep their mouths shut for a moment.

Standing there, her brown hair was braided into a long ponytail, and her body was wearing an antique dress worn by female royalty from the East.

It was a similar design to what Riomes usually wears, but the color was brown, similar to his hair, and the part covering his chest was white.

There is gold embroidery everywhere, giving it a much more antique feel.

However, it was no different from the design that revealed the lines of the body, so it showed her voluptuous body.

Her amber eyes, slightly raised, were shining with a faint light of magical power.

His features, which are in perfect proportions like sculptures, attract people’s attention.

If you look at it like that, you could have thought of it as a beautiful royal family from the East… But- a pair of black horns rising from her head, the part corresponding to her temple.

That said, she was a non-human being.

“…It’s Gaios.”

Cleon said that while touching the dragon ring on his hand.

The moment she saw her, she knew she was what they were looking for.

“That horn is talking. It’s the same horn as the dragon we defeated earlier.”

“Then, really, there must have been some relationship between Rakshasa and Gaios—as it was originally, Gaius also appears in the manuscript written by Kanon… Is that it?”

Attis’ words, Kanon fell silent for a moment.

“Gee, I don’t remember. Ha, but… Gaios. The word, that, definitely seems familiar to me.”

Kanon said that it was a level of familiarity that would not arise unless you typed the same word over and over again on a typewriter.

“But this alone is not enough. Is there any way to hear what they are talking about?”

When Cleon says that, Artis once again operates the computer and adjusts something.

“Good. With this, you will hear your voice.”

Then, the video is reverted a little bit, and then played again.

The part where Nayuta slams the back of Rakshasa.

[Is it sweet that even after seeing this mask, I couldn’t see myself as a godmother! Aang!?]

[Oh no! I see! As you can see, please stop hitting the wounded back!!]

The voices of Nayuta and Rakshasa came from within the screen.

Then, Cleon unconsciously felt a throbbing sensation in his back, and touched his arm engraved with the symbol of restraint.

I could feel the reaction of the Rakshasa suppressed inside me.

Then, the door to the room opens once again, revealing the same horned woman as before.

[… What are you doing? Nayuta.]

She is a woman who says that to Nayuta with an expression that seems a bit tired.

‘… This voice…? Somewhere-‘

While Cleon was thinking about that, her Rakshasa turned to her and opened her mouth.

[You are…?]

[Me? I am ‘Gaios’. Do you know my name Well, I don’t think you know.]

“Also…!”

Artis and Layla clenched their fists, seemingly happy that they had found the right place.

Cleon listens to the conversation between the three while keeping his eyes fixed on the screen.

Rakshasa nodded her head in affirmation to Gaios saying that he would not know himself, and Gaios shrugged her shoulders and looked back at Nayuta.

[When his treatment is over, return to the main hall. Because I have to talk about the Five Elements Festival.]

[Ah, yes. Okay. Wait a munite. Gaios]

Having said that, Gaius once again opened the door he came in and left the room, and Attis stopped the video there.

“I left… But, well, this feels like a ‘start’.”

“Ah. From here, Rakshasa and Gaius must have known each other. As for Rakshala, she seems to have been unaware of the fact that she was a dragon, but-“

“Rather than that, the amount of records seems to be quite large, should I check all of them?”

When Kshat says so, Artis seems to think about something for a while, then operates the computer again.

“Obviously, there won’t be that many helpful parts. No matter how much you make and store a 24-hour video, except for useless parts such as sleeping time and eating time… If you refer to this…”

“…Thinking about it again, isn’t it dangerous to have filmed and saved almost everything?”

When Layla comes back and says something like that, Kanon collapses to the ground as if feeling the damage to his heart—remorse.

“Ka, Kanon?”

“Sorry for not voyeuring… I’m sorry for not going outside and peeking into other people’s private lives from inside…”

Despite Cleon’s worried voice, she approaches to appease her, who has fallen into her negative mode.

“Of course, taking pictures of people at will isn’t very commendable… But thanks to that, I had a clue to save Touhou.”

At Cleon’s encouragement, Kanon raises his upper body with his arms while staggering and makes eye contact with him.

“Is that so…”

“Huh. And even in the distorted history, did Kanon convey the truth? With those books.”

“…”

Kanon, hesitantly, nodded his head and, as he said, tried to stand up, thinking that his record might have been of some help to people.

At that moment, until Artis shouted as he raised his finger.

“Found! Since the number of parts played over and over again is stored, the high part must mean that it is an important scene!”

“To?”

“Oh~ That’s a plausible idea?”

Lyla rarely agrees with Artis’ words, but Kanon is about to get up in a hurry as cold sweat suddenly flows from his whole body.

“Okay, then I’ll play the part with the highest refresh rate—”

“Come on, let’s go to sleep-“

Back.

Before Kanon ran to stop him, Artis’ finger went down and pressed a button on the computer.

OK-

[Yeah ♡ sss♡ that of rachal ♡ go deep inside… ♡ Something like this ♡ can’t stand it ♡]

[Nayuta… I’m sorry… Me too…]

Pang, pang, pang, the sound of flesh colliding with flesh that resonates loudly with the gyrations.

Looking at the screen full of skin color, everyone in the party froze.

“Aaaaa!!!”

When Kanon runs to the computer at a speed never seen before, she presses the button Artis touched once more, freezing the screen.

To the end, I just stopped the movement, and the scene of the two people who were still on the screen was still visible.

“Aaaaa!! Ah-! Ah——!!”

Seeing Kanon clutching his head and screaming as if his spirit had collapsed, everyone in the party had a pitiful look on their faces.

“That… It can be…”

When even that Attis looked sympathetic to her, Lyla shook her head.

“If you die of shame, I’ll bury you in a sunny place…”

“No, don’t kill me on your own…”

Despite Cleon’s words, Kanon, who had been screaming while twisting his body, eventually—

If you think that the screaming has stopped.

Just like that, he fell backwards and landed on the ground.

“Ka, Kanon!?”

“I really can’t die!”

When Cleon and Lyla run there at the same time, Kanon’s face hardens in despair, as if he’s been through hell.

‘Ah… Let’s die…’

As it was, the consciousness was to sink into darkness.