Two men walk through the garden quietly as if time had stopped.
He wore the same gray robe, but the opposite was good.
On the other hand, Irmis, a teacher at the Nork Academy of Magic, appeared to protect his students.
The Dark Mage Rhineland, who took Wendy's life hostage and dragged her students into a dangerous game called the Graduation Examination.
As I walked, the tree garden created by the ancient magician Rode Wolstand gradually reduced its number, and the withered bed of flowers began to stand out.
Only the green of the cultivated lawn remained the same as the entrance, but as it moved back, the garden began to absorb the ravaged air.
Even though he had already passed a huge fountain in the middle of the garden, the rhineless walk behind Ilmis remained silent.
"Oh, there it is, Irmis."
After two rough implants with all-you-can-grow, Rinel finally spoke up.
"I'm sorry for letting you walk so much." We've finally arrived. "
Ilmis frowned at the sight in front of him and stopped.
"... this is..."
It's good to be able to do it.
That said, Rhinelle slipped through the side of Ilmis.
The cobblestones are arranged in a large circular shape.
The inside of it was on the ground.
Although it was rough, in the greenery of the garden that would have been carefully maintained in the past, only the decorative blackened corner seemed unusual.
Rinel does not hesitate to step over the cobblestone and onto the ground.
I don't know, you know.
Rinel looked back at Ilmis as he reached the center of the circle.
"This is what it means."
Irmis quietly looked back out of the cobblestone at the dark sorcerer staring at her.
Are you looking at it?
Irmis said.
"In the academy's martial arts field."
"That's my friend."
Rinel clapped his hands with a playful smile.
As Ilmis said, the peeled ground was a texture reminiscent of the ground of the Nork Academy of Magic's martial arts.
"In the last year of high school, I couldn't participate in the martial arts tournament. I've already left the academy."
"The martial arts tournament without you was quiet."
Irmis said.
"I won, but it was clear to everyone that the level was different from the previous year. If only I had you."
"I thought you'd say that."
Rinel interrupted Ilmis on the way.
“That's why I prepared it. This martial arts venue
Saying that, slowly spread your arms.
"It's not like playing at a college martial arts tournament." This is where we take each other's lives with all our magic, in a real battle. Then we'll make a real settlement. "
Ilmis breathed quietly into the ferocious light of Rinel's smile.
"You say it's settled."
Ilmis hasn't set foot on the cobblestone yet.
"For eight years at the academy, you have surpassed me in all aspects. [M] In terms of magic, martial arts, classmates, and teachers. Your supremacy may be called a victory. [M] What more do you want to settle?"
"I've always been jealous of you."
Rinel doesn't break his smile.
"Stop talking nonsense about your grades at the academy, Ilmis. Teachers who are not as talented as you are are worth nothing. To put it simply, my magic was easy to see in the eyes of all fools. And only those who knew your talent knew."
"Rhinel, I don't understand your purpose."
Irmis said.
"I will defeat you to get my students back." But it has nothing to do with our college life. "
"It has something to do with it, Arisa."
Rinel answers.
"Do you remember the serpent trials I imposed on you?"
Snake Trial
Ilmis frowned. Always calm his face, peeking at his angry expression.
Four snakes Rinel had planted in Armor's right hand. How much risk Almark took and how many injuries he sustained as a result.
"How dare you say it's a trial." It was a curse. It's definitely not called a trial. "
A curse or a blessing can be a test.
"Well," said Rinel, plainly.
"And Almark sublimated all the snakes to blessings." Strong boy. Strong and wise. "
While saying that, I distorted my mouth.
"And it's pathetic."
"It's pathetic."
Rinel shook his head at Ilmis, who had heard of it.
"A boy of such qualities is tied to a fate like the paranoia of an old man. Don't call it pathetic. If you just let go of that dirty stick, you'll be relieved."
"With what mouth, Rhinelle?"
Irmis told her to throw up.
"The guy who set such a despicable trap for Almark."
"Don't take the wrong turn, Ilmis."
Rinel shook his head with an evil smile.
"Destiny came first. My trials will follow."
Having said that, Rinel looked up at the sky.
The sun was shining in the sky in a different space created by the magic tool.
Clear skies without clouds.
Star
Rinel said.
"Even though it's invisible now, the stars certainly shine in this sky." That's right, Irmis. "
Irmis doesn't answer. Rinel went on without worrying about it.
"They're stupid. They hide while the sun is shining during the day, but they shine at night." I'm the brightest person in the sky, look like me. "
When I say that, ha-ha, I laugh out loud.
"Such miserable stars are tying the fate of people," says the dean. You've got to be kidding me. Those who can't even come out in the sunshine are our destiny? "
The tone gradually increased in intensity.
"What is destiny?" Don't you think that the word "fate" is the chain of the curse that binds people, Irmis? "
Rhinelle raised her open hands to the sky.
“I was born with nothing. No clothes, no food, no parents. The dean says I have such a destiny. I'm not kidding. If you didn't give me anything, I won't grab anything. Even if they told me to grab it. Destiny. You just have to break the chain yourself.”
In response to the words, Ilmis opened his eyes wide.
He said, "I cut it off."
I muttered and looked at my old friend in front of me.
"Rhinel. No way you are."
Reinul lowered his hands and loosened his expression as if he had shone a little.
"When it comes to this topic, there's a lack of mental equilibrium."
That said, he suddenly waved his right hand.
And in his hand a scepter of mercy appeared.
A sinister twisted cane that could not have been found in nature.
"I woven the message into the trial that Almark gave you." Has it been passed on? "
In response to Rinel's words, Ilmis answered quietly.
"Money is wealth, books are intelligence, rings are power, wands are magic, and swords are force." It's all a symbol of power. "
"That's right, Irmis."
Rinel laughed, then looked at Ilmis's face.
So?
In response to that question, Ilmis had a strange look on her face.
"So, what is it?"
"What, you didn't know, even a guy like you?"
Rinel gave an openly discouraged look.
"If you don't know, no one will."
"What are you talking about?"
In response to Ilmis' question, Rinel smiled as if he had regained consciousness.
"I can't help it, I'll tell you by the goodness of my friend." Well, the first coin was a coincidence. That's where I came up with it. Yeah, you might know that. "
"To me?"
Yeah.
Linulu nodded.
“Money, or merchants; books are of the intellectual class; rings are of the royalty and nobility. The wand was a sorcerer, and the sword was fine, even with a sickle or a hammer. And many who make their living from manual labor. I wanted to represent the peasants and the soldiers."
In addition to those words, Ilmis had an increasingly strange expression.
"What the hell is that?"
"Almark will extinguish the snakes that symbolize these people." One more, another one. Merchants, scholars, aristocrats, sorcerers, many common people. "
Rinel said amusedly.
"When all the snakes are gone, who's left?"
There is a dark smile on his face.
"It's me with a nobody origin." When all the people that make up the world have disappeared, all that remains is this Rhineless Rhineland that doesn't belong anywhere in the world. "
"... you are..."
"The painter will sign his own work."
Ilmis could feel the darkness inside Rinel's body.
Linulu
"So, this is my signature."
Rinel said. At last, the stench of decay clearly begins to emerge from the body.
“I am the Rhineless, the only Rhineless.”