Almark – Northern Sword, Southern Wand

On the way home that day, I didn't meet a man in a black robe.

Almark, who broke up with Morgan in the dorm, dressed himself up again after finishing a proper dinner in his room, as Morgan advised.

I don't know if I'll see you soon.

Prepare to be a long place and put another piece of clothing under the robe.

I turned my shoulders around.

Yeah, it won't interfere.

With Mars' wand on his back, Almark left the room.

I still heard a lively laugh from somewhere in the dorm, but I didn't meet anyone until I left.

Step away from the warm dorm lights and walk the night road to the school building by yourself.

Even if you come out like this today, you may not meet a man in a black robe.

But I wanted to see Almark alone, if I could.

At least I wanted to avoid meeting Curime on my way home tomorrow.

Curime is a quiet girl, even if she's not as good as Lilty.I'm sorry I stunned you like I stunned you.

Walking alone on a dark road without lights on reminds me of my journey.

How many nights did you walk on the moonlight alone?

Recently, it has become commonplace to walk with friends using the magic of lights, so I almost forgot.

But now I am who I was and who I am.

Compared to that day, the road I walk has become extremely bright and lively, but still it is me who walks along it.

Speaking of which, the sword I carried that day is now a wand.

That's my biggest change of the year. [M]

Walking in the darkness awakens the feeling of sleeping.

You can feel your body's nerves running through every corner of your body so that they connect to your senses.

Is this also the result of the remedial education?

Almark took a breath and noticed a man in a black robe walking side-by-side and slipping next to him.

"I'm looking for"

The man said to Almark, who turned around without any surprise.

"Not important, but important."

That said, the man turned to Almark.

Show me.

"Indicate"

Almark answered.

Lower Mars' wand from his back and hold it in his right hand.

"Not important, but important."

Almark said slowly.

The answer is the key.

"Huh?"

The man's face is distorted.

"The keys.Why is that? "

"Why the key exists"

Almark said.

"It's to protect what's important.People lock boxes, doors, gates, so they don't take what's important. "

The man answers nothing.

Almark went on.

"So it's not the key that matters.There's something really important that needs to be protected with a key. "

Morgan's confectionery bag.

That's what inspired Almark.

The most important thing is the sweets inside.

But Morgan said my precious confectionery bag. [M]

"The key is just a tool to protect what is important.But without the key, you can't protect what's important, and the key is important. "

I can't read the face of the man who listens to Almark.

I'm not important.

Almark thought.

Wendy is important.

But if I can help Wendy and protect Wendy,

If so, so am I. [M]

"Not important, but important.What you're looking for.It's this. "

Almark slowly threw Mars' wand at the man.

It's a key.

A leaking sound of air.

The man laughed.

"Oh, my God."

The man said.

The body looked surprisingly massive.

"It took a long time to get there, but this time the owner..."

Is that correct?

Almark saw the man's face.

"Is that what you're asking for?"

I guess you have to say, "That's right."

The man answered with a laughing voice.

"Let's answer it. to the owner this time."

That's how he slowly raises his arm and points to Mars' wand.

"My name is Greelest.I forged the key and there was only one magician. "

I thought it was crazy.

The man in the black robe, named Greelest, said so and gently touched the wand of Mars that Almark gave him.

"I am the second keeper of this key.It's my turn to use this key to perform magic beyond a certain level. "

Mars' wand and Greeless fingertips emit a pale light that resonates.

"But I don't want to be called, but it came from a different place.The connection with the owner is broken. "

Greelest said so and distorted his mouth with self-ridicule.

"So I had to start the process of matching the owners again."

Then he raised his face and looked at Almark.

Greelest's face resembled the face of a silver magician who fought in martial arts competitions.

"You must have done something.To this key. "

Greelest said.

"I'm in trouble when you do that.This key is enchanted with fine magic.If you use it roughly just because it doesn't break, you get a lot worse. "

Ah, well...

Almark scratches his cheeks with his fingers.

"Before, I used my magical right fist to beat you up and stop you."

"That's it."

Greeless pointed at Almark and frowned.

"Do something imprudent.That's why the key went crazy.I was supposed to show up right before you. "

"I'm sorry."

Almark apologizes.

"Can I ask you one thing?"

"I can't tell you what's going on."

Greelest answered without hesitation.

"After all, I am just an incomplete part of Greeless who lives in this key.There are a lot of things I don't know, and even if I did, there are limited things I can talk about.If you don't mind, ask. "

I'll see you later.

Almark nodded.

"You said second watch.I've never met anyone named first watch. "

In response to Almark's words, Greelest frowned for a moment before answering with a laugh.

"We've met.If you do not meet, you will not be considered the owner of the key. "

"But"

I don't remember meeting a magician like Greeless.

"Primary Guardian, Reblod."

Greelest whispered.

"That's because it's extremely rare to take a person's form.It usually takes the form of a person's fear. "

Say that and peek into Almark's eyes.

"Look, you've met him.When I got this key, I saw something terrible. "

Ah.

Almark remembered.

"Durugan"

Dark Demon Beast Durgan with blade-like body hair.

That beast in the dorm basement was the first watch?

That's Lebrad.

Greelest said.

"If that was admitted, there's nothing I can do about it.I must treat you as the owner. "

Almark sees a man in a black robe standing in front of him with a strange feeling.

This man forged himself a key and named himself a sorcerer.

Does that mean that this sorcerer is one of the good sorcerers who once fought you in the dark abyss, as the dean was talking about?

Did you notice Almark's gaze? Greelest frowned.

"Don't look like you said something."

"Are you a good magician?"

Almark asked.

"I don't know what you look like, like a dark magician"

Oh, this is it.

Greelest saw his body.

"Rebrad embodies your fears."

That's how I pull my black robe sleeve uncomplicated.

"I embodied the concept of magician in you."

Bye.

"It's your fault I look like this."

Greeless glanced lightly at Almark.

"You don't seem to have a very good impression.It's called magician. "

"That's not true."

He shook his head and denied it, and Almark remembered.

Maybe so.

I have learned a lot of magic and deepened my understanding at this college.

I also met amazing magicians like Professor Ilmis.

However, magic and darkness are still inseparable images in Almark.

"Well, the darkness, that is, black, is cheap."

Greelest said in an unexpectedly casual tone.

"Black is not such a simple color."

Greelest's eyes were so gentle that he looked at Almark.

"Like darkness is not so simple."

The combined result of Almark's predictions and Greelest's story is probably this.

Mars' wand, referred to by Greeless as the key, has a "watchman" who confirms the power of the owner.

It appears according to the owner's stage.

The first watchman, Lebrad, was when Almark tried to get Mars' wand.

And Greelest, the keeper of the second part, used Mars' wand to do more than a certain amount of magic.

The day Killieb said he was the first to witness a man.

On that day, before watching Leila, Almark made a fine dragon with Mars' wand.

That was the trigger.

After confirming more than a certain amount of magic skills, Greeless appears in front of Almark, the owner.

It was supposed to be.

However, during the previous battle with Rhinel, Almark beat him and forced him to stop his wand, causing him to go crazy.

As a result, Greelest appeared in the night forest and wandered in search of his owner.

A call like that, made by whoever he was, would have been necessary to restart the complicated procedure applied to Mars' wand.

I can understand the meaning of Greeless' laughter now.

Because Almark carried Mars' wand, which answered the question, and kept answering that he didn't know.

"Well, whatever."

Greeless looked at Almark and laughed clearly this time.

"Second Trial.Let me try, Master Owner. "