Viktor was bored. Around us are the leading nobles from all over the country, continuing their fruitless stories. Viktor is also ridiculing pleasantly on the surface, but the contents of the nobles' stories do not come into his mind.

There was dissatisfaction with the similarity of nobility in every country, but the table never spoke of it.

It is a celebration for the signing of a monumental alliance between the three countries, and on this occasion there is a gathering of nobles worthy of representing each country. Through this event, there are many noblemen who seek to create familiarity with leading figures from all over the country.

For this reason, numerous aristocrats are gathered beneath Viktor, the emperor of the Weixel Empire. Everyone leaps through the other nobles, trying to buy his cheer, the supreme power of Vixel.

But there's not enough people to buy Viktor's hospitality. Rather, Viktor is branding his nobles incompetent. Seeing Viktor, who seems to be having the most fun on the surface, he doesn't seem to realize that one person is making a bad impression on him.

The atmosphere at the venue had changed slightly, and Viktor looked around at the venue. Apparently, the Queen of the Union of Communes, Roslene, is here. Viktor looked at it for a while and caught his eye on a certain person.

Kaios...

Viktor is currently the most obsessed wizard. If this were known to the nobles present here, they would be buying jealousy from everyone.

I learned about my relationship with Alexia and secretly looked up her relationship with Kaios. As Viktor imagined, Caios had stayed in the Vixel Empire for a time, and when Alexia was attending the School of Magic, she was found to be acting with her as an adventurer hired in an extracurricular internship to fight demons directly.

Besides, I didn't even use a pseudonym. As much as I used to belong to the Adventurer Guild, I didn't hide who I was. Even based on the fact that there was a Kaios imposter, so much so that the officials of the Adventurer Guild turned their hearts back to the incompetence of the Adventurer Guild as to how the Adventurer Guild, which was supposed to have received a request from the Kingdom of Kastal to search for him, could not catch his news.

But thanks to the guild's demise, Alexia's relationship with Kaios has not yet spread to the public. And some that know the true usage value of Kaios.

The true value of Kaios' use, which is his talent as a mentor for being able to train good magicians in a short period of time. But this hypothesis was overturned by a report brought from Alexia, who temporarily returned home. No, it turned out to go the diagonal of Viktor's prediction.

Alexia's report also suggests that Kaios was involved in the training of adventurers who were active in crusading the giant golem.

In other words, it is not only the Magic Instructor that Kaios can develop in a short period of time. It turns out that warriors are not only magicians, but also extremely rare talents that anyone can develop into a battle connoisseur. I don't know if I'm the same magician as Kaios, but I can't imagine how I can train a different unknown practitioner, and Viktor doubted my ears when he heard the report, too.

But there was a verse that seemed possible. It was also at the same time as Alexia that Irene, Alexia's squire, appeared head-on, and she also attends extracurricular classes that would have made contact with Kaios. It is no wonder that Irene grows to think that Kaios is somehow involved.

Viktor didn't come to that idea because he himself was a magician and a brilliant talent. No matter how many magicians fall into the category of excellence, Viktor is a total amateur when it comes to swords. Regardless of the tactics and strategies on the battlefield, it is not possible to train immature soldiers into soldiers at one end, let alone even as powerful as Irene. That preconception kept him away from the truth.

Kaios can do that. Even in the Weixel Empire, which has more wizards than in other countries, those other than wizards outnumber wizards. That if we can make that more powerful than Irene, we can create an otherwise powerful army, not an army that relies on the Wizard. His usage value increased a lot.

Being that doesn't fit into the boundaries of my common sense. Kaios beat out results that exceeded his expectations. Viktor really couldn't help but enjoy hearing what he did. Even if there are many people who are the same as or below expectations, there are few who achieve results that exceed expectations. Especially since he has the nature to prefer something capable.

That's why Viktor is concerned about Kaios' behavior and naturally follows him with his eyes. Caios was surrounded by young noble ladies after he broke up with Roslyne.

Viktor, who was watching it, felt strange. He also hears about the events between Kaios and the nobility of Kastal. He thought the behavior was puzzling, but if a dignitary working for the Royal Palace knew about the incident with Kaios, he should not try to engage Kaios so that he would not be molested by the dignitaries of the Royal Palace if he were a common nobleman. Yet it is unnatural for a Castal nobleman to approach him in a group.

When Viktor takes his seat off with a no to the nobles around him, he summons his squire and asks in a whisper.

"Do you know about that man, the ladies on Kaios' side?

The summoned squire gave Viktor the names of the ladies' families. That is not the kind of prestigious nobility that represents the Kingdom of Castar, but they are all the children of the nobility of the authentic Castar. More and more suspicions just aroused.

"What if it's the king's money?

Young and beautiful they will catch the eye of young heterosexuals. There are no heterosexuals who would feel uncomfortable unless they had extra differences of taste if they were pressed into it. Is that how you're trying to get into Kaios?

"But that's odd. Shall the king of Kastal do such a thing?"

Viktor agrees with the words of his squire. Wilfred, king of the Kingdom of Castal, is an old king, an experienced and competent king. But he was steadfast without disturbing the sum of his surroundings, and he lacked eccentricity and had a hard time taking dangerous measures.

Would such a king, under the delicate circumstances of Caios' relationship with the nobility of Castal, dare to draw him in and mix back the causes with the nobility? If necessary, we can wait until the relationship improves or the situation settles. Not to mention it's hard to think about using women and using distant hands.

Then it can be assumed that those ladies are not approaching Kaios with the king's will, but by the will of another person. But Viktor had no idea whose intention it was.

"And some of his houses belong to different factions."

If it is the face of the lord of the leading nobility of Castal, Viktor will soon float, but I can't even remember the face of the lady. As long as it is a faction between the nobles of the Kingdom of Castal, I can tell. But it is more and more strange when the word of the squire is right.

"That's crazy. There is no need to bother to ask each faction to cooperate until they have made a debt. That's all there is. The factions to which they belong should also be large if those in power are so face-wise that they can be gathered together. If there's any interest in approaching Cairos, you can do it by your own faction alone."

"I remember, Your Majesty. All his things are noble ladies with deep ties to the Church."

"The Church? No way the Church is involved?

Church - The history of the Orthodox Church is long and has existed since before the founding of the Kingdom of Castal. Few nobles have supported the activities of the Church, which has also been deeply involved in health care for many years. I know that there is also a certain force in the nobility of which I am an ardent follower. There was just no faction centered around the Church and the aristocrats who were deeply involved in the relationship that the Church was pulling itself away from the political struggle. Conversely, it can be said that each faction has a nobility connected to the Church.

However, it is unclear why the Church is deliberately attempting to come into contact with Kaios through the nobility of Kastal. If you want his help in the crusade of demons, you don't have to take the roundabout means to say this, you just have to ask him directly in person and ask the Union of the Communes.

Do you realize the true use value of Kaios as much as you do and plot to use his power? and Viktor imagined and immediately denied the idea. If it were an organization that would have the ambition to use the power of Kaios, it would send soldiers to the Church without any reason for countries to leave it alone.

While the Church holds its own armed group called the Knights of the Temple, its presence is tolerated by the nations. For this, for one thing, only dealt with its power of war in the crusade of demons, and never once did it translate ideas that were not directly involved in conflicts between nations. It is unacceptable, for example, the existence of churches with their own armed groups that would otherwise not directly belong to the State.

When that indiscipline collapses, the Church has no choice but to follow a path of annihilation. No matter how many of them have their own armed groups, the Knights of the Temple, their power is negligible compared to the military power of the country. Strongly speaking, there are threats to the church as well, but that's about Oliver, who is expected to stand alongside Irene. It is hard to imagine that fanatics would commit the foolishness of saying that the general faithful would also conflict with the state anyway, and that they would be in tune with the Church's original ideas and different actions.

It is unclear what the Church is up to, but it is not preferable for Viktor to have a closer distance between him and the Church. I decided to hit my hand as soon as possible. Instruct the attendant in his ear.

If the Church is to use the noble lady to contact Kaios, then the same means should be used here. Fortunately, Kaios and the aristocratic lady of the Weixel Empire, close to her age, are also present in this venue. He asked them to collude with Kaios.

He is highly regarded in the Weixel Empire as a powerful magician. The famous Kaios name in the Commune has gradually spread to the Weixel Empire as well, but there is still no indication that the Weixel nobles will actively interact because of his status as a civilian. More than that, the big nobles are meeting together, so they're giving you priority. So if it was meant to be, there's no way a Vixel Empire warrant would go under Caios.

Except at the request of the Emperor. In the first place, if the emperor just wants to talk to Kaios, he can use his own squire directly and call Kaios.

Asking via them means that if they bring Caios, we can get a chance to bicker with the emperor. This is your chance to connect directly with an unmarried young emperor who doesn't have a righteous queen. Instead, the emperor may just want to take Kaios as his stock and meet himself. They ate up quickly with such intentions and desires.

That's how Viktor's courtiers went out in a forceful way to bring Kaios as he thought. Until this point, it is as Viktor assumed.

It was unexpected that Alexia appeared and that Kaios had left the venue with her.

But as he listened to his squire, who was hiding and distracting him, Viktor deepened his grin.

"Well, I see. Did you think Alexia was the reason Caius left the venue?"

"Yes. Apparently, Caius was furious at the fact that some of the noble ladies she had turned to lied to with Alexia's friends."

"I know you exaggerated to attract the interest of Kaios, but it's a shameless thing to lie about right away. But don't bother getting a bad impression on the nobility of the Weixel Empire. Well, it's not going to be any worse than Alexia."

When Alexia became the Virgin, it is under investigation that Alexia was neglected by teachers and students at the School of Magic. She said she was a pretty big student, and she never exposed her dissatisfaction. She seems to have acted conveniently thinking to herself that she would not tell the truth even if she claimed to be probably her friend.

By failing to complete Viktor's instructions, a phrase that was seen through by Kaios, Viktor was driven by the desire to hold his belly and laugh down at the appearance of a girl who was angry but clever imitations of turning his face blue.

Viktor didn't do what he wanted, but the main purpose of keeping the nobles of the Kingdom of Castal away has been achieved. But Viktor is not going to tell the nobleman the truth.

Viktor also learned the fact that Alexia's talent had been neglected, and there was something about the school system. An aristocratic maid whose name enraged Kaios would have cooled her liver a lot by now because of her own lapse. Cut off that Viktor doesn't intend to impose sanctions directly, but it's karma.

"But now there's another one. You found out about Kaios."

The bond between Kaios and Alexia is deeper than Viktor imagined. The presence of Alexia is still important to keep Caios on our side and welcome him into the Weixel Empire.

I was right to send Alexia back to the Union of Communes earlier. A favored Alexia takes the liberty of deepening the relationship. The stronger the relationship, the more likely he is to respond to the invitation of the Weixel Empire.

Alexia is also a prestigious aristocratic young lady in the Weixel Empire. Moreover, it is so called the Virgin that it is worshipped by the people in the country. If Caius and Alexia were to become deeply close, they would need only a position comparable to Alexia's status. You can't be spoiling his status as a rootless adventurer forever.

When it comes to preparing the corresponding status, a castal that is related to nobility is out of the question. But it is unacceptable for Alexia, the country's hero, to marry under Caius, even if Caius gains his place in the Commune.

Kaios, on the other hand, has different circumstances from Alexia. Even if he is raised a hero in a comune, he is free for what he is not a nobleman. When it comes to connecting with Alexia, the only means is to come to Vixel and gain status.

If you are a normally competent magician, no matter how aristocratic you could be, there are no more specifications of prosperity and the intrigue is the aristocracy of the end. It is hard to disagree with Alexia, daughter of a prestigious nobleman. But if the battle against demons continues in the future, there are as many opportunities for him to achieve merit. That's all he has. For if he becomes a nobleman and gets a companion out of a prestigious nobleman cannot even be truncated as a pictorial matter.

"Yes, did you grab what those guys were talking about with Caios?

"Apparently they were just talking to Kaios. But I was wondering if you had a lot of questions for Kaios."

"I see, is the Church examining the qualities of Caios"

Kaios' qualities are also examined by the Weixel Empire, but his qualities, which are not from this continent, are still surrounded by mystery. Even his activities on this continent are daunting. It's hard to grasp his footsteps. I guess the Church is also investigating his identity independently in an attempt to reveal it.

But why is the Church secretly looking into him? Viktor laughed and thought.

There are several men kneeling in the dim room. An old man in a white coat sat on the chair opposite the men. The old man asks the kneeling man.

"How was the comune the vampire attacked?

"As expected, vampires had soaked life blood by calling it a meal, besides increasing their families everywhere, and some of them seemed to have killed numerous people without meaning for entertainment. But despite the enormous direct damage of vampires, the scale of secondary damage is less than we assumed and does not match the number"

"Right. Looks like you're still thinking about what was happening that you were concerned about. I didn't know the demon knew that secret trick. It was supposed to be covered up, but where did it leak?"

The old man in the coat frowned.

"Then this time (this time) the demon invasion is for that purpose. How this battle keeps the human dead out becomes crucial. Let everyone be thorough."

"Sir."

"Then did you grab anything about that man?

"No, I haven't grabbed anything yet. I turned the nobles around and made them look for the man, but I didn't get in the way and think. We have also dispatched our hand outside the continent, but we have not proceeded to gather information on the man because he is not part of the Church, and we have not yet found any traces of the use of secret art abroad."

Hearing reports of a man on his knees, the old man lifts his eyebrows.

"It is lamentable. I did not know that with the total power of the Church we had not achieved anything"

"My apologies"

"There's not enough of a sense of crisis. Do you guys really understand? That man may be trying to repeat his mistakes again! And maybe it was the man who leaked the secret to the demon."

The old man, with his eyes tightened, yelled at the men.

"That secret technique is a contraindication that will change this world. It is an excessively incomplete technique in the hands of those who have rampaged it uncontrollably in the past. Don't you dare touch me. Our church has always tried to preserve its teachings and keep secrets from the ancients. Due to its dangers, there is very limited knowledge of this fact even in the Church. We must wipe out all traces of that secret trick and maintain order in the world."

The old man preaches the dangers of secrecy.

"But where did the secret leak from?"

"It will be difficult to believe that secret art has been leaked from our church under strict control. Officials have been told that they were executed in order to conceal the secret at the birth of the secret. Maybe something that spared execution fell off the continent and was secretly handed down. Our surveillance is not outside the continent, so secrets are probably done outside the continent."

"We still need to build church branches outside the continent. Maybe there's something else besides that guy that knows the secret."

The old man sighed. There is also interaction outside the continent, but the world is wide. There are not enough people or time to widen the eyes of church surveillance.

"Either way, the most dangerous part of the situation is the man who knows secrets. It's Oliver. I met him in person. How did you see that guy? I don't mind. Tell me what you think."

One of the men on his knees - Oliver looked up.

"He didn't look like someone who abused secrets. But how he mastered our unknown magic and knew more about that phenomenon as well. I don't know if you know secrets or if they have anything to do with it, but when you know that phenomenon, you don't think it's irrelevant. You will have some information besides the facts that the Church grasps. And that man's strength is certain. It's natural because we have that power, but if we were to turn it to the enemy, that's what we're expected to do, too. Plus we have an ancient covenant with dragons. The dragon that lives more than the mythological era, so you should know that too. If that's the case, there's no way the dragon could have made a pact with that man."

"Are you saying that there is no chance that that dragon is being deceived?

"I can't tell you enough not to. But he seemed to be close to the man and seemed to be exploring that phenomenon. If we're not really the kind of people who abuse secrets, I think we should ask for help."

"You said you didn't abuse me? Isn't it because of that phenomenon that you gained power that you became called a hero in the Commune? Like the girl the church in Vixel mistakenly identified as the Virgin. I mean, he didn't use secrets to earn his own reputation."

"I'm sure I'm using it, but it's hard to believe I'm acting by my honor. If that man has ambitions, I don't know why he can use that phenomenon in others without monopolizing it. If you want status, will you refuse to invite me from the emperor of the Weixel Empire? And when you use secrets enough to trigger that phenomenon that affected the world, naturally, the price is huge. It pays so much for it, and it doesn't fit for the achievement to that extent. If you just have the strength to pay the price, you won't even have to cause that phenomenon itself."

The old man who listened will. But one of the men on his knees raised his voice.

"It is true that the man is in contact and interacting with those in power in various countries, in particular Her Majesty Queen Roslyne of the Commune. Prestige is already good enough, and status is noble. Perhaps it's premature and we don't have the status quo."

Before Oliver pinched his mouth, the man went on to say that he would control it small by hand.

"We hear that the Virgin is also intimate with that man, and that before she became a Virgin, she was a fallen and famous magician. That man is a benefactor to her, who gained strength in that phenomenon. If you knew the truth, you would shut your mouth. Using that secret technique in the first place is no longer the kind of madman. The purpose of a madman is not to understand us."

"Is that what you're saying about that man being a lunatic?"

"It would be a madman. The one who thinks about helping the dragon. Oliver. What are you putting in? Only that man is under surveillance. You could be our enemy. What if you think your feelings have shifted?

The man laughs with his nose. Neither man nor Oliver will continue to speak just to make fun of each other. The old man looked at those two alternately.

"Will you both shut up? It's right in front of you."

The other man I saw reprimanded the two of them. Finally, the two broke the stare.

"I'm sorry, sir."

"I don't mind. But it's Oliver. Your role is only to monitor that man. I don't know the conditions, but if I use that phenomenon, I can gain more resilient power than people know. So much so that we illuminate ourselves with 'God's protection'. If that man hadn't recreated that phenomenon in the Commune, we wouldn't have noticed. That's the luck of being unhappy. With the same power, you can fight that man. Only a very limited number of people can stop that man if he abuses that power and runs wild. That's why I put you to work. Don't forget."

"Sir."

Oliver nodded.

"The powers of the country must not know about secrets. But we must hurry. We need to stop that man from aiming and using his magic tricks."

The old man stared sharply at Oliver.

"Oliver, if that man seems to make a mistake by exposing his ambitions, you must do everything in your power to preserve order in this world."

"…… even if I replace it with this life."

Oliver bows his head deeply. The look on Oliver's face lowering his head was never seen by anyone else.

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