Chapter 132:


    <b>Trantor: MarcTempest</b>


    <b>Proofreader: naturallyInconsistent</b>


    Chapter 132


    “Let’s begin the exnation.”


    n stepped onto the podium and quietly unfolded the record sheet.


    He didn’t bother to introduce himself.


    After all, his only role today was to decipher the formul?.


    It wouldn’t take him more than an hour to exin the formul?. But he had a feeling that he would spend much longer than that.


    The expressions of those who sat around him in a circle were proof enough.Their faces were a mix of doubt and anticipation.


    Doubt would turn into certainty once it was resolved, but it usually took a lot of time to resolve it.


    That was the nature of magicians.


    They created mysteries with their own hands, but sometimes they refused to acknowledge them.


    They saw miracles with their eyes, but they didn’t easily change their opinions.


    They always broke and transcended the boundaries, but in a way, they were always trapped in them.


    n hoped that today they would break another boundary.


    “First, the exnation of the first transformation.”


    To make it easier for the others to ess the record sheet, n extracted and exined a few key forme.


    The first transformation didn’t need a long exnation.


    He briefly exined 「Observation」, 「Three-dimensional Transformation」, and 「Pration」, and only touched on the essentials.


    And he added one more thing.


    “If you use these three, the result will be very clear. However, always be careful that thepleted three-dimensional picture doesn’t blur like ink.”


    That was 「Preservation」.


    The process of shaping a three-dimensional picture with mana was simr to the process of printing with ink in many ways.


    So they couldn’t rx just by seeing a clear result.


    In the end, the most important thing was preservation.


    “For preservation, I pursued efficiency as with the above formul?. Next, the second transformation.”


    A second three-dimensional picture unfolded in the air.


    The theme was ‘present’.


    It was aplete representation of the current state of the magic department.


    The principle was not much different from the first one.


    This was also nothing more than printing something that existed, so he skipped all the redundant exnations and moved on.


    “Question.”


    Then someone interrupted sharply.


    The owner of the voice was the court magician, Nineheart.


    He had small, round sses and red at n with fierce eyes.


    He also knew that there was nothing wrong with n’s formul?. But the series of events that had turned the world upside down recently, including the ck Demon Emperor and even this record sheet and the tower construction…


    He was so amazed by the astonishing feats that he thought they were impossible for a student of the department, so his doubts grew even more.


    “You just emphasized efficiency. Right?”


    He had devoted his whole life to magic, so he knew that magic was never easy.


    Nineheart seemed to have found a w in n’s logic.


    “n, then let’s talk about efficiency.”


    Nineheart radiated mana into the air.


    Tiny mana particles shaped like cubes piled up, and soon the magic department waspleted.


    “In the case of the second transformation, you basically stacked particles one by one to mimic the academy’s scenery. I think you should admit that you gave up on efficiency.”


    “The result is the same, but the method is different.”


    n created a thinyer of mana that was stic like rubber.


    When he covered Nineheart with it, the manayer naturally took his shape.


    He solidified that shape with 「Preservation」.


    A three-dimensional picture that looked like a statue of Nineheart.


    It only took him five seconds, and it was very precise without having to stack particles one by one.


    “Is this enough for an exnation?”


    “…What? Wait, wait a minute.”


    Nineheart looked back and forth between the statue that resembled him and n, and blinked his eyes.


    He asked in a voice that had lost itsposure.


    “Are you saying that you can spread a manayer as wide as the area of the magic department…?”


    “It’s not a big deal. Next.”


    n unfolded thest three-dimensional picture.


    “The third transformation.”


    The theme was ‘future’.


    It was the appearance of the magic department that he would create in the future.


    A strange phenomenon where the result changed drastically depending on whether it was observed in a bright or dark ce.


    As he exined it, another person interrupted.


    “I have a question.”


    It was another court magician, Laura.


    Construction and Laura, Laura and construction.


    She was a person of great skill in the field of magic design, to the point where she was in charge of managing the pce garden herself.


    “The theme of thest transformation is future. Then, are you nning to make the magic department look like this?”


    Strictly speaking, it wasn’t a question about magic.


    Laura’s question focused on the future n, but n didn’t ignore it.


    He knew that this was also part of the verification.


    The current tower construction was receiving a lot of attention, and they naturally wanted to ask n about the feasibility of his n.


    It was something that I had to properly address sooner orter, so n nodded his head.


    “This is just the basic form.”


    Then, Laura created red arrows.


    They pointed at various parts of the magic tower.


    “A building that is only high in height is usuallycking in substance. It builds a height that it cannot maintain. That’s vanity, and even if you build it, wouldn’t it be a huge waste?”


    As if they shared the same concern as Laura, a majority of the others also nodded their heads.


    Laura did not stop and interfered with the three-dimensional picture.


    She split the towering magic tower in half and ced them side by side like twins.


    “This would be apromise. Architecture that only harbors fantasy leads to casualties. Look at reality.”


    But n calmly answered.


    “Even though you discussed reality, you call it fantasy.”


    “Informal speech…?”


    Laura frowned.


    But the point about honorifics was forter. First, the magical debate was the priority.


    “Indeed, if it is a magic tower that consumes power, it makes sense to split the building in two.”


    “All power is consumed.”


    “No, my power source has two characteristics. One is self-generation, the other is cirction. It is far from waste from the beginning.”


    n muttered and floated a few formul? in the air. Laura narrowed her eyes as she examined them.


    “Hmm, there is nothing wrong with the formul?, but…”


    As she grumbled, n checked the clock. He intended to allocate only about 90 minutes at most, but 85 minutes had already passed.


    “I spent too much time on a trivial question. There is no separate exnation for thest transformation.”


    “…!”


    Some of the magicians gave Laura a resentful look. Laura’s face turned red.


    “Wait, wait!”


    She shouted with a flushed face.


    “There is definitely no error in the theory. But!”


    Laura clenched her fist and continued.


    “What we are discussing now is realism.”


    “I said it for the second time, I talked about reality.”


    “As far as I know, in the field of magic, there is not a single power source like that. You may be able to dy the consumption as much as possible, but self-generation? Cirction? That’s impossible.”


    “That’s a good remark.”


    n nodded his head with a faint smile.


    “So, I intend to expand the field of magic.”


    “Expand the field…?”


    “The magicians here have only learned human magic. I n to actively use ancient runes in this regard.”


    “Then, that power source is rted to ancient runes…”


    Laura couldn’t finish her sentence. Her face gradually showed horror.


    Not only her face.


    The rest of the reactions were one of two. They either clenched their mouths and opened their eyes wide, or opened their mouths nkly.


    The whole lecture hall was shaken by the word ancient runes.


    Then.


    Somewhere, a cold voice was heavy and thick.


    “Everyone, clear the ce.”


    It was a short word, but the weight was immense.


    At the woman’s word beyond the curtain, everyone hurriedly left the lecture hall.


    The three representatives of the magic department looked around nkly and left their seats.


    Only two left in the space.


    Once again, a voice was low.


    “Did you say ancient runes?”


    Beyond the curtain, golden eyes shaped like crescent moons stared at n.


    She was none other than the second princess, Aurora.


    “Yes.”


    “You make some interesting noises.”


    The princess spoke not only with words but also with eyes.


    In her pupils, which passed countless times between the crescent moon and the full moon, there was a strange interest in the man beyond the curtain.


    “Also, you only received gold coins as an investment.”


    Aurora said calmly.


    “Architecture, engineering, technology… No manpower, just gold coins. I naturally wondered.”


    “What are you wondering about?”


    “If this is arge-scale fraud, I can’t sit still. I, the princess, can’t just watch the people be deceived. Isn’t that right?”


    n thought for a moment about how to exin.


    Soon, a good idea came to mind.


    So, he nodded his head with a faint smile.


    “Deceiving people by promising false results is a verymon method.”


    Aurora narrowed her eyes slightly.


    “But.”


    n radiated his magic ‘incessantly’.


    A vast amount of three-dimensional pictures, each with a very subtle difference, were arranged at a fast speed, forming a ‘video’.


    The three-dimensional pictures were finely carved and also passed by the princess’s eyes at a rapid pace.


    Aurora stared at them without blinking for a moment.


    The total number of three-dimensional pictures used was 10,000.


    What was reflected in the princess’s pupils was the process of the current magic department bing the future magic department.


    “…”


    Silence flowed for a moment.


    The first to break the silence was n.


    “It will definitely be like this. Without any error.”


    “Definitely, without any error.”


    Aurora blinked her eyes again.


    “I can create errors with my fingertips. It’s not a big deal to ban the investment that goes to you.”


    The golden color of her pupils intensified.


    “Yet, knowing that, how dare you utter the expression that there will be no error.”


    “Yes.”


    n answered immediately.


    One second.


    Two seconds.


    Ten seconds.


    He did not avoid the princess’s re.


    Soon.


    The woman behind the curtain burst intoughter.


    ?


    A day had passed since the verification lecture.


    When I opened my eyes in the morning, Maiev was sitting on the floor, sorting out arge amount of documents.


    She asked me, her eyes fixed on the documents.


    “Did you sleep well?”