Tou no Madoushi

Episode 92: The Crisis of Adinna

There was Zaini when Lynn went to work for the company.

"Zaini. Good morning"

"Good morning. Looks like you and I are leaving a message today."

Lynn relaxed at once when she heard that.

For Lynn, Zaini was the most heartbreaking person to be with.

No one or he had a strong habit of attending the College of Magic Instructors for some reason.

But he was natural.

That's why Lynn was so relieved to talk to him.

Only then do I feel like I can go back to who I was.

I was noble again, but I had no idea.

He had a gold clasp as per his uniform, not a silver clasp.

Lynn asked why she wouldn't put a silver clasp on it.

Then he laughed and said this.

"Because it's a pain in the ass"

Lynn laughed unexpectedly.

"Maybe I'm a poor nobleman after all."

He was from a country called Adinna.

Lynn wanted to know more about his background.

"What kind of country is Adinna?

"It's a doomed land."

He said that quietly.

"If I could be a great magician in this tower, I might be able to save my country. That's what I thought, but it seems pretty hard."

Zaini smiles when Lynn is as kyotong as she was stuck in a fox.

"Well, let's get rid of the rest of the work. Don't let Theo and Sheila fight again."

The crisis in Adinna came abruptly.

In fact, there have been a number of foreboding, and the time has only come for the parties, but it has been abrupt for Lynn, who is oblivious to the international situation.

The deep-rooted conflict across the territories, borders and resources that had long been dull between Adinna and Spyrna finally became irrepressible and turned into war.

Events outside the tower also rippled inside the tower in the form of an atmosphere.

Against Zaini, the nobles of the kingdom of Spyrna, and their nobles and good friends, become blatantly Yosoyoso.

Students who had been close to him before also began to distance themselves from him.

This sort of thing was common in this tower.

They noblemen must prioritize the convenience of home over personal feelings.

Lynn didn't know what to say to Zaini.

"I heard that, Zaini. There will be a war between Adinna and Spirna. The... what can I say"

He smiled gently at me against Lynn like that.

"Don't worry about it. It wasn't weird when it first happened. There's nothing you or I can do about it. Please treat me as you always do."

Lynn got her chest full.

He's supposed to be full of things about himself, but he never forgets his care for Lynn.

"What will Zaini do now?

"I don't know. My father and brother have told me to stay in this tower and continue my training as a magician, but if it is war, I have money. It's a crisis in my country. You can't afford to be spinning extra money. If we're finally in a hurry, we might leave this place."

"Zaini. Say anything you can to me. I may not be able to make a big deal out of this, but I'll help you with anything."

"Thank you, but no need to worry. You talk to me as usual. [M] It calms my heart when I talk to you."

Lynn tried to talk to him as usual.

Choose as many topics as possible so that Zaini can keep his mind at peace.

On the other hand, reports have arrived that the war conditions in Adinna, Zaini's homeland, are getting worse by the day.

It was rumored that there was no such thing as Zaini's departure or Adinna's whereabouts around Lynn.

Lynn was angry at these ambient carelessness.

"Looks like the tower has decided to remain neutral with regard to the war between Adinna and Spyrna"

When Zaini wasn't on his side, Theo said as he dropped his eyes on the newspaper.

Lynn rounds her eyes when she hears it.

"Neutrality... then on the contrary, there is something about a tower intervening in a war between two countries?

"I do. This is the most magical place in the world. Not enough to preserve Adinna's national stature if the tower adds up its total strength."

Then why didn't you?

"There are no Adinna people on the upper level of the tower. No, I guess it's right that he's not exactly here anymore. Until now, there was a magician from Adinna on the council, but recently, he was disqualified as a councilman."

……

"The tower maintains a balance of power across countries, and it can collapse. This is why the nobles send their talented children to the tower at some risk. If a child is born in a tower, the house will naturally be used heavily in the country and will have more voice"

……

"Now Adinna's Wizard is no longer in the upper echelons. So no one complains about invading. This Spyrna move is in anticipation of that."

"Then Adinna..."

"The difference in national power is historical. You're gonna get bummed on one side."

A few days later, the news reaches Lynn that Zaini is leaving the tower.

Lynn rushed to Zaini's.

Zaini was already just about ready to leave in his travelling outfit.

Pack enough magic props to pack your bags.

"Zaini, are you going back to Adinna?

"Oh, I'm sorry for the rush."

"Why? Did it make it harder to send? Or is it hard to stay in this tower?

"Neither. My father sent me enough money to become a cheap magician, and I don't care what they say around me."

"Then why the hell?

"It's pride as a nobleman. As a descendant of an aristocrat of Adinna's origins, I cannot watch the crisis of my country in silence any longer."

Zaini said away with perseverance.

"My family in Addinna, my friends, my friends, they're fighting for the country and they're suffering. The people are under fire. And yet I can't believe I'm just listening to the evolution of the war situation from where I'm safe. I can't stand any more."

"Zaini......"

"I know I'm still an immature magician. It doesn't help much either. But I want to do what I can for my country."

Lynn was suddenly felt like a human being with Zaini far away.

For Lynn, who has no such thing as a fatherland, fighting for the country was a feeling of not coming pin.

Lynn has been intimate with Zaini until now, but maybe it was just a fraction of a human being named him that I've seen.

At least Lynn didn't have a word right now that I could or could put on for him.

"Thank you for everything."

"No... I can't do anything."

"That's not true. He was mindful to the end and he was my friend."

……

"I'll see you when the war is over. Until then, you must be a master."

A few months later, news came to Lynn that Adinna's capital had fallen.

Adinna is doomed.

Zaini's message is unknown.

So Lynn imagined.

How Zaini worked on the battlefield of a doomed nation.

Zaini said he didn't do much good.

But that would be humility.

A magician who can freely manipulate mass and natural phenomena should have been helpful everywhere on the battlefield.

It's about him, who treats him with no separation of identity, kindness, excellence and patriotism.

Must have been useful and treasured everywhere on the battlefield.

But from the enemy, it's just a pain in the ass.

Probably got targeted first.

Still, honest and brave, he will not abandon his mission.

I wouldn't mind running around the battlefield, I would have fought alone.

But that can't last forever.

Eventually the enemy's unleashed attack hits him.

Maybe he's dead.

Did he suffer when he died, or did he go to the afterlife not long before he felt pain?

What would he have thought at the time of his death if he had not died immediately?

Must be the end of families, relatives, friends, the people, the doomed nation. That would be the place.

Were there any things in it about myself?

"Hey, Theo."

"Hmm?"

"I wonder if Zaini is dead"

"I don't know. That's not true."

"What does Theo think?

Theo thought a little silently before carefully choosing the words and answering them.

"... Zaini is never weak, and he's more of a dependable guy. But this time they're too bad. Anyway, the opponent is Spyrna, a military power. I don't think I'll cut it, even though I'm a weak small-country opponent. And..."

"And?"

"He was a good guy."

To put it that way, Theo looked down on the newspaper he'd been watching earlier.

A few days later, a list of Adinna nobles who had been prisoners of Spyrna appeared in newspapers in the tower.

They can be released and exiled as long as ransom is paid.

Lynn looked at the list of names from corner to corner, but there was no Zaini name among them.

Eventually Lynn also forgot about Zaini after being chased by her daily busy schedule.

That's how Lynn was originally made.

But there was only one thing that noisily recalled Zaini's memory.

It was a speech by Radiat, a senior nobleman of Spyrna.

They frequently occupied the square near the college and gave speeches.

When I went to school, I didn't have to try to hear it in Lynn's ear passing by.

"There is a propensity for the theory of sympathy for Adinna to spread within the tower. I was wondering if Spyrna's treatment was too harsh or if Adinna had room for sympathy as well. I don't think so. Adinna perished. The stupidity of the Adinas is beyond sight. Yes, they did not have the ability to govern their country. rulers that would lead the country to annihilation, and the national republics that were spoiled by it. There is no room for sympathy. Spyrna gave Adinna the hammer of justice. In the future Adinna will be rightly ruled and guided by us Spyrnahs"

They seemed sorry if everyone didn't agree with the legitimacy they claimed.

"Yes."

"Radia's right"

"Long live Spirna"

The college magicians of the Spyrna gathered in the square for Radia's speech concur in applauding and uplifting the momentum.

"Let's go."

I urged Lynn to pass by early enough.

Lynn hurried her way to the college as she was urged.

When Lynn returned to the room, one parcel had arrived.

Because he was tired, he sees the sender of the parcel like a hundred million bucks.

(Who is it? At a time like this...)

In the sender's column is called 'Zaini Citra'.

Lynn read the letter that was inside to see the sender or not and hurry to cut the seal and eat in.

"To Lynn.

I may be dead by the time this letter arrives. [M]

Adinna will soon perish.

Now the capital is under siege.

It won't last long.

That's why I'm losing contact with the outside world, but fortunately I knew a mercenary from the Spyrna faction.

Thanks to you, I can deliver this letter and gift to you.

What's in the parcel is the family heirloom of my Citrus family.

I can't help it anymore, and I'm going to get it to you because it's in Spyrna's hands. "

Lynn interrupted reading the letter once and looked inside the parcel.

Inside was something like a blue demon stone.