Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 273

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Special Side Story Episode 4

Just as he awkwardly smiled and subtly averted his gaze, someone’s shout came from the end of the road.

“Tower Master!”

The one waving his hand while his robe embroidered with the Magic Tower’s emblem fluttered was Pamas, one of Jeon’s assistant mages and a collaborator in his proposal plan. He resided permanently at the Magic Tower in place of the Mage Tower Master who traveled between Beladia Castle and the Magic Tower, handling various tasks, and was also a commendable subordinate who genuinely supported the Tower Master’s successful proposal. Jeon was so moved by his sincerity that he entrusted him with some of the execution plans.

Jeon, who was reflexively about to return the greeting, suddenly noticed that Pamas’s expression was somehow urgent. And if there was a reason for him to make such an expression at this moment…

“He really is the Mage Tower Master.”

An ominous feeling began to creep up, but he couldn’t confirm it. This was because Anelli, who was standing right beside him, spoke to him with a carefree expression.

The title of Tower Master seemed quite impressive to her, as Anelli stared at Jeon with curious eyes. Jeon quickly laughed heartily.

“Ahaha… Then would I be fake?”

There must have been some problem at the Magic Tower. Or with the proposal plan he had prepared.

Wouldn’t it be better to show Anelli around the village first and buy time to handle whatever problem there was? He momentarily considered this, but before Jeon could respond in any way, Anelli strode toward Pamas.

Pamas, who had been briefed in advance, seemed to immediately recognize Anelli’s identity and gave an awkward greeting.

“Greetings, Reviver. I am Pamas, a mage affiliated with the Magic Tower.”

Anelli nodded in response to Pamas’s greeting and looked back at Jeon.

“If we go straight this way, will we reach the Magic Tower?”

“Yes, that friend over there is my assistant mage, and he should have everything prepared.”

Jeon answered with a nod and glanced at Pamas. Pamas, who had been constantly rolling his eyes and watching Anelli and Jeon’s reactions, swallowed nervously.

“Um, Tower Master, wait, no, well…”

Pamas couldn’t bring himself to continue and just looked at Jeon with a troubled expression. Though he couldn’t understand everything contained in that intense gaze, at least the opinion that Anelli should not be allowed into the Magic Tower at this moment was clearly conveyed to Jeon. Jeon quickly spoke to Anelli.

“Oh, Lady Anelli. Wouldn’t it be a shame to go straight to the Magic Tower? How about taking a look around Aswud first?”

“Hm? Not really. I’m more curious about the Magic Tower.”

Anelli replied indifferently and strode past Jeon and Pamas without giving them a chance to stop her. As soon as Anelli, who was heading down the straight path, entered the Magic Tower area, her figure disappeared in an instant.

Jeon and Pamas also hurriedly followed her and crossed the barrier. And as soon as they entered, Jeon unconsciously lost his words and stopped dead in his tracks.

As he stared blankly up at the Magic Tower, Anelli’s carefree voice reached his ears.

“This isn’t about to collapse, is it?”

Looking up at the mottled stone tower that was clearly blackened and scorched from explosions that had occurred here and there, Anelli let out a comfortable exclamation. Completely unaware of Jeon’s despairing state of mind, she looked purely amazed. Only Pamas noticed Jeon’s feelings and whispered in a crawling voice.

“…I’m, I’m sorry, Tower Master.”

It was not comforting at all.

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To summarize the whole story, it goes like this.

First, the rose flower path that had been carefully decorated at dawn was completely cleaned up by nearby merchants once day broke. The merchants, who had only vaguely heard that there was a very important event at the Magic Tower today, intended to create a clean village landscape and contribute even a little to the Magic Tower’s event.

It was truly regrettable that the fresh flower petals looked like trash that needed to be cleared away in their eyes…

This was ultimately Jeon’s fault for not telling someone in advance to check on the rose flower path. If he had explained the plan early and secured cooperation, it would have been fine, so no matter how you looked at it, it could only be called the result of Jeon’s complacent judgment.

Even so, what about the Magic Tower? Decorating the bleak stone tower’s exterior walls with beautiful magic was something agreed upon with all the Magic Tower members. The one leading it was even Seisian, Jeon’s teacher!

“…You’re saying Teacher left his post early this morning…”

“Yes, Priest Morico urgently requested help.”

No matter how much the Magic Tower and Temple growled at each other, when problems actually arose, they didn’t turn away from each other and provided help. How much more so for Seisian and Morico, who had maintained a long friendship while bickering? Thus, Seisian had left his post at the request of his enemy-like friend.

However, he hadn’t forgotten his disciple’s earnest request either, so he had cast magic to beautifully decorate the entire Magic Tower before leaving. He had even safely supplemented it with papers inscribed with formulas in advance to maintain the wide-ranging magic.

The problem was that this magic consumed mana faster than expected. Even though mana consumption had been minimized with formulas, when the magic’s sustainability began to become gradually unstable, the Magic Tower’s mages fell into worry.

It wasn’t like they had to maintain the magic permanently anyway; it was magic that only needed to be maintained until the Tower Master proposed. The Magic Tower was full of mages, so if they put their heads together, what problem could there be in maintaining the magic for a few more hours?

The assistant mages who reached this conclusion began full-scale magic repair work. However, having others supplement magic that one person had spread over a wide area was not an easy task. Unable to directly touch the magic itself, they agreed to try adding formulas instead. And as a result…

“You’re saying there was a collision with Teacher’s magic…”

“Well, Seisian’s magic is so excellent and sophisticated…”

Was Seisian the Mage Tower Master for nothing? Although he had now stepped down as an elder mage, it wasn’t because his skills were lacking but purely for health reasons. Seisian was still the Magic Tower’s greatest mage.

It would have been possible if his disciple and current Mage Tower Master Jeon had stepped in to supplement it, but sadly, there was no one at the Magic Tower now with enough skill to handle Seisian’s magic. Even the skilled elder mages were away for their own reasons.

Thus, what greeted Anelli and Jeon now was the Magic Tower in a miserable state with black scorch marks and cracks everywhere from mana collisions.

“I should have blown up the Temple after all.”

Why did they have to call his teacher today of all days? Yesterday was available, tomorrow was available, or at least they could have called in the afternoon!

Jeon, who had been grinding his teeth while unreasonably resenting the innocent Morico, took a deep breath.

Right, it was regrettable and sad that the stone walls were a complete mess, but since they were exterior walls that wouldn’t be visible once inside anyway, let’s accept that. But still.

“Why did the carpets laid inside the tower disappear?”

“Ah, that’s…”

Worried that the cold air from the stone walls might ruin the good atmosphere, he had laid luxurious carpets from the top floor all the way down to the bottom floor just yesterday. The mages had also welcomed this greatly, saying their joints had been aching from running around the hard tower.

Just yesterday they were happy that even if they fell, their bones wouldn’t break, so why was it back to cold stone floors?

At Jeon’s cold question, Pamas scratched the back of his head.

“Well, while moving slime corpses, it was so soft and cushiony that someone ended up falling. But unfortunately, they fell on the top floor stairs, so the slime corpse rolled all the way down to the first floor…”

Foul fluid flowed from slime corpses, and it was so sticky and had such a terrible smell that when handling it, one had to be prepared to throw away the clothes they were wearing. For such a thing to have rolled around on the carpet, removing it was the best option.

Jeon pressed his lips together and remained silent for a moment. Then he calmly asked again.

“What about the decorations hung on the walls?”

“Well, this morning while demonstrating fireworks magic, sparks flew and caught fire instantly…”

“The flower petals I was going to scatter in my lounge?”

“When the fire broke out, they went with it…”

Jeon, who had been systematically questioning Pamas to understand the situation, gradually became resigned. In the end, he had no choice but to accept it. The sad fact that today’s Magic Tower condition was far worse than usual.

“Tower Master, the Reviver is looking for you.”

Jeon, who had left Anelli sitting in the Mage Tower Lounge to briefly talk with Pamas, unconsciously let out a deep sigh at his assistant mage’s call. However, he soon rubbed his face with both hands and tried hard to pull himself together.

Things had gone a bit awry, but still, Anelli wasn’t the type to be concerned with formalities. He had to quickly push away his gloomy feelings. The most important thing wasn’t the pretty appearance of the Magic Tower, but the proposal itself that he would present to her.

Right, the answer is sincerity!

“Huh?”

Jeon fumbled around his chest and immediately turned pale.

The ring was gone.

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