The entrance of the Purple Magic Tower.
“Ah~ Home really is the best! This moment of returning to the Purple Magic Tower is the most exciting!”
A young man with golden hair returned with pride.
His sunlit hair sparkled, and every time it swayed, it looked like golden lightning striking.
“Lord Zeta! You’ve arrived!”
The mages of the Magic Tower all greeted in unison.
Gendiz, the elder of the Magic Tower, smiled and spoke.
“Lord Zeta, it seems you have gained quite a bit of enlightenment in this expedition. You seem to have ascended in realm significantly since the last time we met.”
“Indeed, Lord Zeta! That’s amazing!”
The other mages chimed in with praises.
“Hmmm~ Is that so?”
As the young man called Zeta clenched his fist, golden lightning exploded out with a bam! It was an overwhelmingly powerful aura.
Since the Purple Magic Tower was specialized in combat, it was only natural that mages who demonstrated terrifying lethality in real battles would be highly regarded.
Considering the structure of the Magic Tower, it was only expected, and Zeta was indeed the lethal weapon of the tower.
With such etiquette right from the entrance, it was impossible not to catch the eyes of others.
Passersby from the Empire whispered quietly.
“Isn’t that the elder, Gendiz, bowing? Why show such respect to a young mage?”
“Don’t you know Lord Zeta? Every time there’s a battle at the Purple Magic Tower, he’s the mage who takes out the most enemies. It’s only natural he’s treated well.”
“…Why haven’t I seen him before?”
“He’s not someone you see often. He’s always gone from the tower to train, supposedly enjoying smashing signs while searching for strong opponents.”
“Smashing signs…? That’s quite aggressive.”
Even though Zeta could hear the whispers of the Empire’s people, he didn’t care much.
What good was it to be acknowledged by such trivial lower beings?
Seeing people of higher status, like the elder, bowing before him was one of Zeta’s main interests.
“Let’s talk the rest inside the tower.”
Zeta laughed heartily as he passed through the entrance.
As he walked, surprise spread across the faces of the purple mages he encountered. They whispered among themselves.
“…Lord Zeta has returned?”
“It’s unavoidable. I heard he proposed to jointly attack the fiend’s base from the Imperial Magic Tower.”
“To have Lord Zeta involved, it seems serious.”
Yes, that was precisely why Zeta had returned.
‘Imperial Magic Tower, do those arrogant fools think they can boss us around?’
He swallowed that thought several times inside.
Zeta was the elite battle mage of the Purple Magic Tower. Unless it was a massively significant issue, he was just a high-level mage enjoying travelling and smashing signs.
Yet now, the Black Tower, backed by the Imperial Family, forcibly summoned the elite mages of the Purple Magic Tower. The reason was to attack the fiends’ base.
“Those bastards… getting too bold.”
While muttering that, he entered the tower.
He brushed off all the elders who wanted to talk to him for a moment, as the capable young man had to meet his twin sisters first.
Thud─!
At last, he arrived.
In the Purple Magic Tower, there was a luxurious entrance adorned with purple-hued jewels, a place where not just anyone could set foot.
“Lord Zeta has arrived─!”
With the guard’s booming shout, he stepped inside.
Surprisingly, the interior was simple. A room that only contained what was necessary revealed itself.
“Looks like you’ve come back stronger.”
His twin sister, Herta, who had a sharply defined nose and golden hair cascading to her waist, spoke briefly.
Herta seemed to have little interest in Zeta. She was still meditating with her eyes closed.
Zeta lay back on a long, plush chair.
“Didn’t you hear the guard shout, ‘Lord Zeta has arrived’? What kind of sister treats her only brother like this?”
Zeta regarded Leta with subtle eyes.
Leta’s body, with beautifully shaped curves, was quite something to behold even in her brother’s eyes.
“I’ve come back after all that hard work. Shouldn’t you give your brother a bit of comfort?”
“You were just out killing innocent people, right? You probably made them drink elixirs after taking their lives.”
“So what?”
Crackle crackle─!
A golden lightning sphere swirled above Zeta’s palm. It had already surpassed any purple lightning, and indeed, it was impressive.
Zeta intertwined his fingers behind his head and spoke.
“The Black Tower summoned us so arrogantly, right? They called for all the elites from the Magic Tower too? Just how weak are they, that they can’t handle the fiends without us?”
Herta finally opened her eyes. Her golden eyes shone like lightning.
She had finally stopped meditating.
The woman licked her full, red lips.
“…About that, there’s something confusing. You know that before our return, the Magic Tower’s territory was invaded by fiends, right?”
“Of course I know that. So what?”
“The elders of the Magic Tower claim they were betrayed, but something feels off. They must be hiding something from us.”
“So you mean…”
Herta nodded at Zeta’s words.
“There are things that the Purple Magic Tower has done. I wonder if they’re trying to cover up their own betrayal.”
“Ah, this is why you’re no fun.”
Zeta clicked his tongue, his gaze toward his sister Herta filled with disdain and contempt.
“If we did betray, there’s no evidence, right? What can the Imperial Magic Tower do about it? They’re just a bunch of idiots who can’t even handle their own matters.”
“It seems you don’t know since you’ve been away for a while, but the Black Tower isn’t as weak as before. Besides, if we did something wrong, shouldn’t we apologize first?”
“Ah, that’s just weak. So weak.”
Zeta shook his head as if he were exasperated.
“Once you apologize, you create weaknesses. It doesn’t matter what the Purple Magic Tower has done. Just let it slide naturally.”
“What if a big issue arises when you try to let it slide again? The Black Tower wouldn’t have requested the Magic Tower’s cooperation without a thought. There must be some other purpose behind it. We can’t predict what could happen…”
“What, are you afraid the Black Tower will punish us?”
Zeta let out a chuckle.
“If we end up fighting, that sounds even more fun, doesn’t it? My name will get even bigger. In the future, I won’t even need to smash signs to get elixirs.”
“I’ll have to ask the elder again. I need to get the details about what happened in the underground maze.”
“Hey Herta, you fool, enough─!”
Crackle crackle crackle─!
Golden lightning burst forth, scorching part of the room. Zeta glared at Herta with veins showing on his forehead.
“I can’t stand your whining anymore. I’ll just kill the inspector of the Black Tower. Is that okay?”
Herta immediately narrowed her eyes.
“Act after confirming the truth.”
“Truth? I don’t care about the truth. This is how the world of mages works. The weak are always at fault, including trash like you.”
Zeta asked, eyes ablaze.
“So you’re really scared that the Magic Tower has done something wrong, and you’re frightened the Black Tower will punish us, right?”
Herta tried to explain but eventually gave up.
What Herta truly feared was that the Magic Tower would not be ashamed of its own sins.
Thus, while she was the one who thought that if the Magic Tower had indeed committed a crime, they should apologize, Zeta was simply not someone she could communicate with.
Perhaps Zeta was the one most suited to the Magic Tower’s character. He always solved things with fighting, conveniently covering up his actions after killing the opponent.
Perhaps the personalities of the Purple Magic Tower and Herta simply never matched. If it weren’t for handling lightning magic, she probably wouldn’t have fit in here at all.
With no other choice, she spat out a short reply.
“…Well, recently, the mages plotting in the Black Tower were all punished by that inspector.”
“Well, that’s great. To announce my name and the strength of the Magic Tower, it’s time to smash some signs.”
“What?”
Zeta maintained his nonchalant demeanor.
“The ones coming to punish the Magic Tower, right? Then they have to die. Only fools like you would stick their necks out and beg to be killed.”
“…Zeta.”
“Shut it. Just watch what I do quietly.”
Zeta grinned widely.
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