Male Lead Is Obsessed With My Health - Chapter 242

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242
Chapter

The Albrecht Imperial Palace was protected by a powerful Barrier that nullified most Artifacts and Magic.
It had been laid down by the first Grand Mage, revered as a Mage Deity, and was potent enough to have safeguarded the Imperial Palace across multiple generations.
‘That’s probably why Fession felt so secure about it.’
But who was I?
The Grand Mage’s direct disciple.
A certified genius of the Magic Tower, blessed by every star in existence.
I wasn’t being arrogant—I’d naturally grasped every thread of the Barrier’s Mana, which gave me the confidence to tear through any interference and use my Magic regardless.
“Still, did it have to be this easy?”
I thought I’d fail two or three times.
I was startled to succeed on the first attempt.
“Wait, the Barrier isn’t resisting my Magic at all……?”
Resist? The Barrier’s Mana was actively assisting me at full strength.
Thanks to that successful Spatial Movement to the Magic Tower, my expression turned grave.
The Mana that synchronized with me when the Barrier aided my spellcasting matched exactly the Mana that had flowed into me during the treatment process by my Master.
‘Why, exactly?’
There was only one conclusion to draw from this.
“Is my Master truly connected to the first Grand Mage after all?”
Since both were Grand Mages, they couldn’t be unrelated—but all the inconsistencies I’d felt during my time with my Master snapped into place like puzzle pieces.
‘Could they possibly be the same person……?’
As a proper member of the Magic Tower now, I knew the Tower’s three great stains well. While being treated, I’d learned Magic, yes, but I’d studied the history of Magic just as diligently.
The murder of the Mage Deity and the resultant imperfect Mage Deity born from the experiments it spawned.
But then.
‘If the first Grand Mage was the murdered Mage Deity, and my Master is the imperfect Mage Deity, then… how could mages revere my Master the way they do?’
The Nightmare of Stars was an entity that shattered and destroyed all stars. Therefore, that didn’t apply to my Master, who was loved by the stars.
But my Master wasn’t just any mage—he was an Immortal.
Wouldn’t it be the most reasonable inference, then, that my Master was the first Grand Mage who had been acclaimed as a Mage Deity?
‘Could it be that the Mage Deity wasn’t actually murdered?’
After rescuing Father, the list of things I needed to hear from my Master just kept growing.
I’d only meant to catch brief fragments of his past.
“You’ve arrived?”
A mage from the Magic Tower appeared then, pulling me from my thoughts.
“Will you be departing immediately?”
“No. I wanted to pay my respects to my Master first. Oh, before that—I’ll pop out and buy something quick.”
Some bread and drinks, at least.
While I was at it, I’d grab a bear doll too.
“A bear doll—why……?”
The mage from the Magic Tower and even the Star-rank Mages from the Sky Tower exchanged puzzled glances as I appeared with the doll in hand.
“My Master gets lonely easily, so I brought this to fill the empty space left when I’m not around.”
“……? Who gets what easily?”
“My Master—without me, won’t he get lonely? What if I don’t look after him and he skips meals again and just stares at the stars?”
“Arelin, you are talking about the Grand Master, correct?”
“No matter how I listen, it sounds like you’re talking about a different person entirely.”
The mages tilted their heads in confusion.
The way the mages viewed my Master boiled down to this: our lofty, unworldly, idealistic, and perfect Master—the Grand Mage!
‘Tsk, tsk. These people still don’t know him.’
For reference, here’s what I see:
A laziness patient so averse to walking that he uses Magic to move around, a grumpy grandfather who complains yet still looks after me, a reclusive truth-fanatic obsessed with stars.
How on earth would this man have survived if he weren’t a Grand Mage?

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I’d only intended to pay a brief farewell to my Master, but somehow I’d ended up with an expedition heading to Gairen.
“Jemelo?”
“What is it?”
Short, clipped speech and an odd manner of talking—the most obsessed with research among all of the Sky Tower.
The mage most zealous in new Magic development research, the one counted as the Tower’s greatest genius until I arrived—that was Jemelo.
“Not going because of you. Imperial Court requested it, so I’m going to investigate.”
“Ah, I see.”
“The anomalies in Gairen interest me. They said it’s a Ruin Outbreak—any intel?”
“If I knew, would I be doing this?”
“Fair point. Still far from matching my research level.”
“Right, right.”
The investigation team had preparations to handle, so they were supposed to depart later—there was no reason our paths should cross. But I’d gotten held up by Fession, so the timing aligned.
Minus me, the team consisted of one Star-rank Mage and ten mages, and they reached Gairen with surprising speed.
“Why use the Warp Gate? Could’ve used Spatial Movement.”
“Most people can’t use Spatial Movement…….”
When I first used it, they were shocked and demanded to know how I managed a high-rank spell. Truly, mages were a peculiar bunch.
‘At least I’m not alone, so it’s not boring.’
“Then I’ll go speak with the dispatched knights and return.”
“Go ahead.”
Star-rank Mages typically didn’t like taking the initiative, so when external requests required assembling an investigation team, a separate mage was assigned to handle negotiations.
“So this is Gairen…….”
I’d only heard rumors, but seeing an entire city wrapped in an opaque dome was genuinely oppressive. Especially from the perspective of someone who had to go inside.
“Not scared?”
“Not particularly.”
“I-I’m not scared either!”
Though you clearly look terrified…….
But since mages were as fearful as they were curious, I decided to be magnanimous and understand.
“By the way, why do you speak like that?”
“Simple. Economical.”
“I see.”
I had no idea what that meant.
“Speaking of which, I haven’t seen Robert around lately. Do you know where he went?”
Jemelo’s eyes darted around.
“That bastard? Yeah, beats me. Haven’t seen him since he claimed to find some Ruin years ago.”
“A Ruin?”
“Wish he was here! Could’ve had him handle the grunt work!”
Hey, you just broke character.
I’d thought he came voluntarily for research, but it turned out he’d been stuck with grunt work as part of some power dynamic within the Sky Tower.
In the meantime, the other mages—minus the one handling negotiations—returned with preliminary measurements.
“Mana flow is stable. Mana concentration is roughly three times the average. The dome appears to be a Barrier. It’s the city defense Barrier maintained by the Southern Mage Tower, but… we don’t know why it’s active.”
“Obvious! They said Ruin Outbreak, so it’s activated to contain hazardous materials from inside. It’s automatic, so it probably triggered simultaneously with the Outbreak.”
“Can we enter?”
Instead of answering, Jemelo unfurled several Exploration Magic formations.
All large-scale spells scanning the entire city, drawing gasps of admiration from the assembled mages.
It was genuinely grand enough to impress any observer.
“?”
Jemelo looked at me. His eyes sparkled with mischief.
“What does our genius mage think?”
He was asking me at this exact moment?
Every mage’s gaze turned toward me. Sufficiently nerve-wracking, but…….
“If the Barrier is preventing things from exiting inward, then wouldn’t entering from outside be relatively easier?”
“Bingo.”
Jemelo chuckled delightedly. That was when the mage who’d gone to the encampment returned.
“I’ve finished speaking with the dispatched knights. We can enter now.”
At those words, Jemelo called out with eager intensity.
“Then let’s find out what’s really happened to the city!”
There he goes, breaking character again.
‘I didn’t really come to uncover the city’s secrets…….’
For some reason, I had a feeling this was connected to Father too.
“Wait, Father! I’m coming!”

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