The whole of the Archmage Tower is an irregular circle, the four towers in the south, east and northwest are each on one side, the highest tower seems to be in the middle, in fact, from the north tower to the south tower, from the east tower to the west tower each pull out a line, the center of the real intersection is the large library in front of the tower.

The chaos didn't spill over here. Even though many people flocked here in uneasiness, they kept quiet, exchanging glances instead of whispering. The mages who guard the library are derived from the early death of the walker Tuchman, and are now part of the Archmage Tower. They do not participate in any disputes, but carry out their duties in silence and strictly—no one is allowed to make noise, fight, or even eat and drink in the library, and destroying books is a more unforgivable crime than hurting others.

No one would try to challenge their authority, not even the owners of the five towers. Because this is not only the original purpose of the Archmage Tower, but also the resting place of the three founders.

Their modest sarcophagi are juxtaposed in a corner of the library. The square stone hall has no door, and anyone who can be allowed into the library can come here at any time to pay their respects to the three great founders.

As he passed, Stormel bowed respectfully to the sarcophagus as he usually passed, glaring at the mages who were avoiding him, but no one dared to run out and grab him and ask him if he knew anything.

He's weak in this tower. Another disciple of the Stone Shaper, Laszló Carmack, Lord of Theta, was not close to him, and he never understood what the old mage, who had almost been raised by Santo, was thinking.

Maybe not a betrayal...... What Carmack pursues and cares about is not the same as that of his teacher.

But this moment, here...... Before the sarcophagus carved in Santo's obsidian, as his youngest disciple, Stobel could deeply feel that the teachings of those few short years still seemed to give him some kind of shelter today.

As he walked away without squinting, someone couldn't help but follow him. But then, the ground shook.

A low exclamation rang out, and the glass windows rattled. The whole building shook, abruptly and briefly, and it didn't hurt anything, but it did bring even more unease—it should have been completely safe in the eyes of the mages...... But this may not be the case.

Stobel quickened his pace. Verona seemed to have made up their minds to sit idly by, but he couldn't.

The library contained the manuscripts of the three archmages, some of which had been copied and made available for everyone to borrow, some of which only the mages who had been freed from the word "apprenticeship" had the right to read, and some of the more secret things were hidden in secret rooms, or in the respective libraries of the masters of the five towers. When Verona is secretive and refuses to reveal more, it is better to come here to look for clues than to waste time on him.

He has clear goals.

When Santo was a child, he had taken him with him to sort out the manuscripts, and by that time Harold had died, and only one of the three archmages remained. The old man, who had not spoken much, became more and more silent, often casting his gaze into the distance, and what he saw seemed to be no longer the scenery of this world.

Only when collating the manuscript will he say a little more. He would tell Stormbell some distant stories...... Some stories when he and his friends were young. The main character of the story is mostly Tuchman, the passionate mage who seems to have infinite energy and countless whimsical ideas...... Because of this, it always causes all kinds of trouble

Santo would silently clean up the mess for his friends, and Harold would add more cynicism. For the most part, they tolerate their differences, except for one occasion, when Tuchman and Harold had an argument that nearly broke down...... Shortly thereafter, Tuchman died in the Southwest Desert trying to save a group of stupid adventurers, and Harold's temper took a turn for the worse.

Santo's gloomy expression made Storbel afraid to ask more. But in the end, the old man himself told him.

"Their argument was over a girl. He said.

“...... Do they all like him?" guessed half-sized Stobel, self-righteously.

Santo shook his head.

"That's a very special girl. "She has tremendous power, but she doesn't know it...... And it can't be controlled. ”

She was very young when they met her, playing in the wild with her brother, and for some reason suddenly got angry and screamed. The surrounding vegetation was shattered by the wind, and her brothers fell bleeding from their ears clutched, and even the birds that flew through the air fell headlong to the ground.

The girl herself fainted. Tuchman and Santo, who witnessed this, looked at each other in disbelief.

They quickly found a familiar pastor and healed the injured children. Then, Harold erased their memories.

"They're too young. "Tuchman felt they couldn't understand it...... I can't bear these even more. ”

They even managed to seal the little girl's power. Santo had no objection to this, but Harold, who only learned about it later, had a different idea. It's just that they didn't know it at the time.

They would take turns checking on the girl every once in a while. If her power could no longer be suppressed, they would take her back to the Archmage Tower, which was under construction. In any case, at least they wouldn't fear and reject her like a monster.

But Harold did not "suppress" at all - on the contrary, he lifted the ban.

He did it very carefully, even secretly guiding the girl to familiarize herself with her power and slowly control it. But by the time Tuchman and Santo learned all this, the girl had already lost control of her wedding because of the groom's heart, and her sudden burst of power turned the beautiful wedding feast into a terrible disaster.

When Tuchman confronts Harold, he admits that he was not cautious enough, but does not believe that he was wrong.

"She was born that way. "Suppressing it will only make her power more violent and uncontrollable when it explodes." ”

"You're counting on the moment she explodes?!" Tuchman roared, "Are you so eager to get her into your lab and see how her 'innate' powers work?!"

Even Stobel, who was just listening to the story, broke out in a cold sweat - it was an extremely terrible accusation.

“...... Will he?" he whispered.

Santo shook his head: "Harold is not a person without a bottom line. ”

But Stobel felt ...... He didn't seem so sure, either.

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