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Alpoy wasn't originally a person who was weak to praise.

When he lived in the tower, he was an arrogant and confident man.

I have lived my life confident that I lack neither background nor talent.

'Yes, I am Alpoy. A man who never gives up.'

In fact, since I've been suffering since coming to Jiselle's side, my self-esteem has dropped a lot.

These days, I don't even know why I'm alive, and I often get depressed out of nowhere.

But, hearing all the compliments after such a long time, I felt like my confidence from my days at Matap was coming back to me.

"Of course you can! It's just… … I'm tired, so I just asked the Lord once. It's not that hard. If you can't even do that, how can you call yourself the successor to the Magic Tower?"

As Alfoy spoke arrogantly, the wizards next to him turned to him in shock.

Since they had been dealing with Alfoy for a long time, they knew his shortcomings well.

He is full of arrogance and has a personality that can't come to his senses when people around him show him off.

Before the wizards who sensed ominous things could stop them, praise poured in again.

"As expected, this is the spirit of a successor to the Magic Tower. Not just anyone can show that kind of spirit."

"Isn't this why the Red Flame Tower is called the best in the North?"

"A person like that is the successor. The future of Matap is truly bright."

Jiselle also raised her thumb and lightened the mood.

"You're really the best, Alfoy."

He said it all when he praised someone like this. It was not common for him to call someone the best.

"Tch… … When was that not the case?"

Alpoy started to show off a little bit, with a sour expression on his face.

Claude said, pointing to Alfoy's hand as if driving a wedge into it.

"Hey, bro! Do you know what kind of hand you have that uses magic?"

"...right hand?"

"That's not what I meant, you little punk… … No, the magic that starts from your hands will create miracles in this realm! That's why your hands are the hands of miracles! Your right and left hands don't matter! You little punk… … ."

"Wow! The miracle hand, Alpoy!"

People cheered and cut off Claude. Since we've already started the emotional labor, we might as well make it through to the end.

Clap clap clap clap.

As the applause poured in, Alpoy became completely confident.

Claude, who saw that sight, did not even think about hiding his sad eyes and whispered to Wendy.

"He needs to experience more of the bitterness of society. He grew up being treated well only at the top, so he has no sense. How on earth did the top owner raise him?"

'You're the worst kid.'

Wendy didn't answer and just thought to herself.

As the people continued to applaud and cheer, Alfoy's pride grew higher and higher.

The bewildered wizards tugged at his sleeves to stop him, but it was no use.

When the atmosphere was completely heated, Jiselle asked in a quiet voice.

"How can I possibly handle this within the given time frame? I have to do it as quickly as possible… … Is this difficult even for the genius wizard Alfoy?"

At those words, everyone held their breath and looked at Alpoy.

Alfoy scanned the people's eyes filled with anticipation, then slowly ran one hand through his hair.

Then he raised one hand with a very arrogant and haughty expression.

"Don't worry, Alpoy-nim will take care of everything!"

"Wow! It's Alpo after all!"

Again, loud cheers and applause poured down on Alpoy.

Alfoy lifted his chin high into the air, while the other wizards lowered their heads in bewilderment.

* * *

'Why did I do it when I knew it wasn't right?'

Alfoy was regretting it as he stood before the rune stone.

It was the first time in a long while that I received such a lethal dose of praise that I couldn't say no.

That was… … a blow to my pride.

But when I actually faced the task, there was so much to do that I couldn't even think about starting.

Even now, each construction site is desperately looking for magicians, and the government is urging them to quickly provide runestones to use in the reclamation area.

Whenever they praise you, they only pressure you to the point where you become cold when you actually start working.

Claude in particular was vicious in that he sent someone every hour to check his schedule.

– Hey, miracle hand! Show me a miracle quickly! When will you finish the work? You little punk!

'You bastard! You dare try to manipulate me with such sweet words? That bastard must be casting spells with his snout.'

Who would have thought that a genius wizard like me would fall for such words? It was as if a 'charm' spell had been cast from his mouth.

If the people around him had heard, they would have laughed heartily, but Alfoy did not know.

He kept biting his fingernails and muttering with an anxious expression.

"No way. When on earth will I be able to finish this? I don't have time to do anything else if I have to make the Mana Concentration Clan in a week. And it doesn't fit the schedule."

Even though all the wizards were there, they couldn't keep the schedule.

But he couldn't say he couldn't do it again. His pride wouldn't allow that.

Alpoy, the successor to the Magic Tower, always had to be proud and perfect.

Vanessa spoke carefully to him as he sat there lamenting.

"There… … I have a way."

"What is it?"

"I can engrave the magic circle… … but the magic power is the problem?"

Anyway, Vanessa was leading the magic circle work even now.

However, because she lacked a significant amount of magical power, others had no choice but to follow her instructions, and the speed was not very fast.

Alpoy answered curtly.

"But why is that? Are you bragging about leading the magic circle? Wow, what are you bragging about? Hey, I'm the successor to the Magic Tower, the successor. I'm better at everything except magic circles. That's why I didn't study it because it's not mainstream."

"No, no. That's not it… … If you could transfer your magic to me… … I'll do it as fast as I can."

"What?! I don't like it! You want me to do that again? Are you crazy? What are you going to do when you die!"

Alfoy and the wizards retreated in terror.

During the war, I had no choice but to be dragged along because I didn't know what would happen to me, but I would never have thought of doing something so dangerous while in my right mind.

But Vanessa pushed ahead more forcefully than usual.

"Otherwise, we won't be able to meet our schedule! If we can't meet our schedule, there will be problems with the development of the territory! Alpoy-sama said confidently that he could do it. If we can't, we'll be embarrassed!"

"W-what a shame? That won't do… … . Oh, then how about filling up your magic with Rune Stones? There are plenty of Rune Stones."

Vanessa's words became even faster at the words to use the rune stone, which was the property of the estate.

"How can you just use something so expensive? Even if it's a rune stone, it's not more than the magic power of a wizard. You have to use it a lot to fill up the magic power to the extent of magic transfer. I'll be using it here and there in the future, so the lord won't allow it."

"Wow, you suddenly… … why are you so good at talking?"

Alpoy couldn't bring himself to refute the realistic words that were completely correct, so he just scratched his head and sighed.

Vanessa spoke to him as if to soothe him.

"I won't drain all my magic power like I did during the war. It won't be as dangerous as it was then… … and I'll be able to finish the job quickly. And Alpoy will be praised more."

"… … ."

"If I finish really quickly, I can rest a little, right? Isn't it better to finish quickly and rest than to embarrass myself?"

Alfoy and the wizards were persuaded by Vanessa's strong persuasion and asked cautiously.

"How fast can we finish it if we give it magic power?"

"Two days! We can do it in two days. Then we can rest for at least two more days. If we all work together in the remaining time… … we'll be able to handle the runestone work for the farmland."

"Really… … You can finish it in two days?"

"yes!"

After much thought, Alpoy decided to risk the fear of death for the sake of his pride and rest.

"Should I do it slowly…?"

"yes!"

Vanessa, who had received magical powers, displayed amazing concentration.

Her obsession with helping the spirits eventually created a small miracle.

It literally created a hundred mana concentration circles in two days.

If anyone had to be called the 'Miracle Hand', it was Vanessa, not Alfoy. Alfoy was the only one who didn't know that.

Anyway, everyone paid a price for having their schedules forcibly pulled forward.

As Vanessa staggered around after completing the final process, twenty-six wizards had already fallen.

"Ugh… … . It's really possible… … ."

"Crazy… … . I think I'm going to die. You said to take it easy… … ."

"That, that's not sane either… … ."

Their bodies were so thin that their bones were touching each other.

At first, Vanessa said she would do it slowly, but as soon as she started transferring her magic power, she started sucking up all the magic power like crazy.

Somehow, it felt like a lot of personal feelings were mixed in there.

Alfoy, who was almost a skeleton, spoke while trembling.

"Hey, since I finished all this… … I can really rest for two days, right? Make sure to say that I took the lead and succeeded. Then I won't embarrass myself… … right?"

"yes yes...."

Vanessa nodded with a pale face.

Alfoy and the wizards fainted after hearing the answer they were hoping for.

Although their faces were all haggard, there was a faint smile on their lips.

'I can't even move because I don't have enough magic power, so what can I do as a lord?'

As a result, the wizards' plan was successful.

Since I finished in two days what would have taken me over a week, I was able to spend at least two days in bed to recover.

Even Jiselle was surprised and came running when she heard the news that the magic circle was completed.

"Wow, you really did all this in two days? But… …. Are you all okay? Are you dead?"

Jiselle looked around and swallowed hard.

It's good that it ended quickly, but everyone looked very bad.

Then Vanessa smiled and said, as if to tell me not to worry.

"If you just rest for a couple of days… …then you should be able to work again without any problems. The next job is simple work on the farmland runestones."

"Yeah, yeah. You should get some rest first."

"Oh, no. Alpoy-sama did everything so I'm fine. But let me check a little more… … ."

Gulp.

Vanessa stopped talking and wiped her nose.

Then he looked at the bright red liquid on his fingers and said something urgently.

"That, and… … this magic circle can last longer than the previous ones… … . It'll last at least this week… … ."

This is great news, because the longer the duration, the more Runestones you save.

It was indeed a skill worthy of a genius wizard.

Jiselle didn't believe Alfoy's words one bit. She knew very well that Alfoy and the wizards had neglected their study of magic circles.

But now there was no time to worry about such trivial things.

The blood flowing from Vanessa's nose was increasing. Seeing this, Giselle said urgently.

"I'll check it out, so just rest. Are you saying that your nose is bleeding right now?"

"It's okay. This is because the brain is overloaded due to sudden exposure to a large amount of mana and excessive thoughts. The solution is… ."

Vanessa, who was giving a long-winded explanation, suddenly lost consciousness and fell forward.

"Vanessa!"

Giselle grabbed Vanessa's shoulder to keep her from falling.

Even if you climbed to the 6th circle, it wouldn't have been easy.

Because it was something that not only lacked magical power, but also consumed an enormous amount of mental strength.

Still, Vanessa pulled out all the stops to help the spirits.

"Ha, right… … ."

Giselle smiled as she patted Vanessa's back as she passed out in her arms.

He is usually invisible, but when it's important, he accomplishes greater things than anyone else.

I felt his sincere gratitude and gratitude took precedence.

And for whatever reason, I was proud of Alfoy and the wizards who collapsed while using dangerous magic transfer.

"But you do it as befitting the successor of the Magic Tower. I'll have to prepare something for you later."

Giselle ordered her servants to move the wizards, and then immediately summoned Gillian.

"Did you call?"

"Gillian, we'll have to split training and security work into morning and afternoon shifts."

"What do you mean…?"

"Okay, now let's start improving my constitution."

Jiselle turned her head with a smile.

Before his eyes, a hundred magic circles spread out, emitting a soft blue light