Overpowered Archmage Doesn’t Hide His Talent
Chapter 119:

Translator: MarcTempest

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Chapter 119 – Scarlet, I have one more thing to ask you.

The dean’s office of the magic department.

The dean of the magic department, Conette, her secretary, the senior professor, Violet… 

The dean’s office was already full of people.

Actually, the dean didn’t call me alone.

Becky, Louis, and Trixie also received the same summons, but they couldn’t visit the dean’s office because they had interviews with reporters.

The winds of change were slowly reaching the representatives as well.

“She even brought this kind of thing.”

After hearing all the explanations from me, the dean of the magic department, Conette, rolled her strange eyes as she looked at the transparent gem.

An ancient rune treasure, a power source.

It was not hard to tell whether it was genuine or not.

The mere gem was creating its own current around it. 

And besides, if it was a fake, the Witch wouldn’t have treated it so preciously.

Conette looked at me with a new look.

“By the way, you also killed a high-level Witch.”

“Yes.”

I nodded calmly. 

If it was the Witch who controlled the shadows, I had surely cut off her breath.

“You did well.”

Conette smiled with satisfaction. 

At that moment.

“Dean, this is really amazing.”

The secretary next to her pushed up her glasses and opened her mouth. 

Compared to the sharp impression when I first met her, her expression was quite bright now.

“It’s hard to guarantee your life in the danger zone, even for experienced ones. But you killed a high-level Witch and got a trophy, that’s more than amazing.”

“Well… I’m not just impressed by his strength. I knew that from the beginning. But.”

Conette tapped the gem with her fingertips.

“I was amazed by Flan’s plan this time. He knew that there was such a treasure in advance, and he entered the danger zone without hesitation. That plan.”

Then Violet quietly raised her hand.

“Excuse me, but…”

Violet’s eyes were fixed on the gem. 

She had always been interested in ancient runes, so I understood her feelings.

She asked me.

“This is an ancient rune treasure. That is, a power source that contains the power of runes. Right?”

“Yes.”

“Five cities can be rolled up with that power source?”

“Five…”

I scratched my chin and pondered.

It was vague to limit the power it contained. 

This power source would show infinite value depending on how it was used.

“It seems like more than that.”

Then Violet’s eyes went blank.

“How do you do this every time? What’s your identity? Identity…?”

Come to think of it, Violet’s face was quite different from when I first met her. 

The dark circles that stretched to her chin were now much lighter.

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“I’ll do anything I can to reward you. If I can’t, I’ll even use my own money, anything, please!”

The secretary looked troubled.

“Please calm down. Professor Violet.”

“No. I can’t calm down as a mage. A power source that contains the power of ancient runes, even if the research progresses a little bit, it will be amazing. This is not the time. What do you call this power source…?”

Tap tap tap, Conette tapped the desk with her nails.

“Quiet.”

The dean’s office became silent like a dead mouse. 

Conette asked me quietly.

“Flan, how many people know that you have this treasure?”

“No one knows yet.”

“Not even the other three representatives?”

I nodded, and Conette smiled.

“I see. You did well.”

It was an obvious choice.

There was nothing good about spreading the information about this treasure, or that I had obtained it.

Precious things attract all kinds of people, and that leads to incidents and accidents, and eventually the bloodshed would be inevitable.

“Good. Let’s talk about something else now.”

Nodding her head, Conette carefully put the power source on the desk.

“Wand, clothes, the class led by Flan. I already promised you a lot of things. But you showed me this precious thing on purpose…”

Conette’s eyes sparkled.

“You have something else you want. What is it?”

“Tower.”

I answered without any hesitation.

“Oh, how quaint. Where should I vacate a room in the magic tower?”

“It’s not a room.”

I shook my head.

“I’m going to build a new magic tower.”

◈

A week later, on the day of the duel between Scarlet and Flan.

The mansion of the Judith family.

Scarlet was alone with the head of the family. 

They were just having a meal, but the tension was so tight that it seemed to snap at any moment.

“So you’ve decided to go through with the duel.”

That was the first thing Theodore Judith said.

“Yes. It’s something I have to do.”

Scarlet answered calmly, picking up the cutlery.

But the fork and knife she lifted did not head for the food. 

She paused for a moment, thinking of something, and muttered quietly.

“It’s the first time.”

“What is.”

“It’s the first time I’m having a meal with you alone, sir.”

Theodore did not say anything.

Scarlet wondered. 

Why did Theodore suddenly arrange such a lavish seat?

But the dishes that started to come in one after another made Scarlet’s thoughts fade.

She couldn’t even tell where the ingredients came from, and the dishes were so exquisite and they had a taste that was impossible to express in any language she knew.

Theodore Judith just looked at Scarlet. Then, at some point, he opened his mouth.

“Don’t hate Flan too much.”

“…?”

Scarlet’s hand stopped quietly.

It was an incomprehensible remark, but Theodore’s face was deadly serious.

“Your heart for Judith is admirable. You should be like that as the daughter of the family. I also appreciate your ambition.”

Theodore continued in a serious tone.

“Scarlet, so I’ll ask you one more thing. Are you truly ready for the duel?”

“Yes.”

Scarlet answered without any hesitation.

“It’s not just about being able to swing a sword and fire. It’s about being ready to accept everything that comes after the duel.”

Scarlet felt awkward and unwelcome by Theodore’s question.

It sounded to her ears as if he was implying that a bad outcome was waiting for her.

“The Knight of Blazing, your mother’s knighthood, was a ‘proof’. She was a woman who would be happy as long as you proved yourself and lived, even if you didn’t walk the path of a knight.”

He spoke of the faith that the Knight of Blazing had.

“Flan is carrying on that faith well enough.”

“….”

Scarlet clenched her fist.

It had always been like this.

Theodore was always too lenient with Flan.

But that was his leniency. 

Scarlet’s thoughts were very different from his.

“I don’t think I need any proof that denies my mother’s path, that kind of thing, at all.”

There was a brief silence.

Finally, Theodore nodded. 

He had a hard-to-guess expression on his face.

“Then I’ll give you this.”

Theodore carefully placed something on the table. It was a key, and the handle was decorated with a symbol representing Judith.

“It’s the key to open Judith’s annex.”

“Annex, you mean?”

Scarlet asked with a bit of surprise.

She had many moments when she wanted to visit the annex, but the lord never allowed it.

“Yes. I think it’s time for you to check it out.”

The Blazing Knight left a lot of things to her children, besides her unique ability. 

One of them was a building, and it was a bigger annex than Judith’s mansion.

“A building that Libra, the Memory Cutter, was involved in.”

“Libra…”

Scarlet muttered the name softly.

The Blazing Knight did not live alone, and in her lifetime, there were knights who matched her swordsmanship by her side.

One of them was the Memory Cutter. 

Libra.

Copy, store, delete.

A knight who freely manipulated other people’s memories.

She was a longtime friend of the Blazing Knight, and she helped a lot in building Judith’s annex.

“I remember.”

Scarlet frowned as she recalled the past.

When she was very young, Libra pierced Scarlet’s heart with a sword for “memory storage”. 

She felt the sensation of that time so vividly that she couldn’t forget it.

The pain of her whole body freezing cold.

She didn’t even scream, and tears just flowed, but Scarlet endured it silently because she was the daughter of the family.

Theodore continued.

“It must be an unforgettable pain. Thanks to that, everything you’ve done, where you are, and even the past you don’t remember, is stored in that annex.”

“Yes.”

Scarlet was not foolish.

In fact, Judith’s annex was a building designed for surveillance and evaluation.

The inherited unique ability was burning. 

If the child went astray, it would lead to a great disaster, and the lord would have worried about that.

“I can’t say that all the memories are there without fail. But there is no lie stored. The only thing in the annex is the truth.”

In the air, the master and Scarlet’s eyes met.

“I hope you check it out before the duel.”

Scarlet looked at the key in her hand. 

The road to Judith’s annex, which she always wanted to go but couldn’t, was now open.

“Thank you.”

Scarlet didn’t know what the interior of the annex was like, or what memories were hidden there.

But.

She quietly put the key in her pocket.

“One, I’ll check it out after the duel.”

The Knight of the Flickering Flame, Scarlet.

She wanted to see the end of Flan first.

And Theodore’s expression as he looked at her.

“…I see.”

It was very meaningful.

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