In the tower of Wimpal College, Loren and Dalton Kander sit opposite each other by the fireplace.

"What is a wizard? good question...... It's better than the stupid questions of the past, at least I don't have to repeat common sense. Dalton, who was as mean as ever, was still as sharp as a blade:

"But...... It's not up to me, it's up to you to answer. ”

"Me?"

"You chose spelling, what does it mean to you, and what does it mean to you when you choose to become a wizard?" Dalton's eyes burned:

Think about this sentence and tell me the answer. ”

"I think it's too broad. ”

"No, it's you who are obsessed with what you are looking for and making a wizard a profession. Dalton shook his head, "You see knowledge and power, but you're blinded by both." ”

"Is it to explore the truth of the world, to gain more knowledge?"

"For many wizards, yes. Dalton's tone was flat: "But what about you?"

"There are many paths, but there is only one destination, there are many choices, but there is only one ending, when you become a wizard, the term is no longer a profession, but an identity; you are a wizard, your life is a process of achieving some impossible, but what the specific means are, is not the most critical. ”

"Who made it possible for wizards to wield wands, not swords, and who decided that wizards should die in the Tower, not on the ruling side? Just always remember that you are a wizard and nothing else—that's the most important thing.

The wizard is both a nine-pointed star and an endless range of possibilities. ”

"Do the impossible? I thought the gods could do it. ”

"Gods, that's another level of existence. Fairies, devils, evil gods...... All you have to know about them is that they're scary, but as a wizard, you can still surpass them. ”

Dalton suddenly looked straight out the window: "Do you hear the bell? Apprentice, it's time for you to wake up!"

Bell?

A faint, leisurely sound came from afar like the water at low tide......

"Ah——!h

Awakened by a sudden start, Loren opened his eyes and gradually adjusted to the light around him in the darkness.

There is no sense of weightlessness, no falling, and no collapse of the sky...... It's like waking up from a dream, it's weirdly abnormal.

Clutching the "bright silver" in his hand tightly, Loren gasped softly, the cold beads of sweat on his forehead made him sober up a lot, and instinctively looked around to confirm where he was.

Tall towers, brick walls, looming majestic buildings......

I seem to be in a ...... In the castle?

The dark-haired wizard looked up, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes when he saw the sign at the top of the tower.

This is the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower?!

In the dim midnight, the burning black sun hung high in the dome, and the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower was silent in the darkness, standing itself outside its gates, with the bottomless abyss behind it.

It's the same dream he had when he first stepped into it.

"It should be said...... Personality seems to be a little different, but the aesthetics are surprisingly similar. ”

Loren muttered to himself, and just as he couldn't help but laugh, the smile froze on his face, and a sense of surprise and surprise arose.

No, this wasn't a dream world—whether it was in the Great Tree Wall or in the dream world of Eternal Night Limmezka, he could feel the power of the Void so strong that it turned into substance, but it was different here!

I didn't feel a strong remnant of the void, and I was able to use the spell as usual, as if, as if, as if......

"It's like the real world, right?"

The girl's gentle voice sounded from her ears, and there was even a faint touch of breathing, tickling.

Without any warning, Loren, who turned back suddenly, pinched the delicate neck with his left hand, and the smiling girl was lifted in the air by him, and the smile on his face did not diminish at all.

"Dear Loren, do you want to kill Ariel?"

"It depends. The black-haired wizard was already full of murderous intent: "And don't pretend to be pitiful, you are not afraid at all, and you have even thought of a thousand ways to kill me a long time ago, haven't you?"

"So you might as well answer my question first, here...... What the hell is it?"

"Ariel has said that as long as it is a question asked by dear Loren, it will be unreserved. The girl's bloodless face revealed a deep affection:

"This is the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower. ”

"That's right, I'm not stupid, and I'm not blind. Loren sneered: "Do you need me to make the problem clearer?"

"No, it's Loren who made a mistake, Ariel made it clear, this is the Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower. The girl smiled softly, without any impatience:

"It's the real Nine-Pointed Star Wizard Tower!"

Really?

"This is the real Nine-Pointed Star Wizard's Tower, built by wizards hundreds of years ago to keep the Holy Grail of the Nine-Pointed Star. The black sun burning in the sky is proof of this.

Yes, dear Loren, you're surprised, aren't you? You must have seen it in your own dream world, but the dastardly Asrael lied to you and didn't tell you what it was.

It's not the scenery in your mind, it's the 'valve' of the void and the material world—that's your innate power, the power that will allow you to set foot here!"

Ariel slowly raised her right hand, and with her fingers, Loren lowered her head in disbelief, watching as the clothes on her chest were burned, revealing the scar in the center of her heart......

A pitch-black brand, surrounded by flames that boiled like blood.

"Sure enough...... He has channeled your power, despicable Asriel. A hint of coldness flashed in the girl's eyes: "Just like Ariel thought, what a bad guy!"

"You haven't answered my question yet. Loren's left hand, whose face was cold, was slightly forced, and he could even hear the crisp sound of the girl's neck bones.

"The truth is already in front of you, this is the power of the Nine-Pointed Star Grail, this is your power - let the void and matter overlap, let dreams and reality alternate, and when your power is fully unleashed, you will become a living Nine-Pointed Star Holy Grail!

Do you really think Asriel is doing this to help you gain power?

Do you really think that all evil gods are a threat, as he says?

He only does what he wants to do, dear Loren, you are only a tool for him to achieve his goals, why should he do what he wants?"

Ariel trembled, smiled bitterly, tears flowed uncontrollably from those crystal eyes: "No... Absolutely not...... Ariel can't watch Loren suffer like that, that's not right, dear Loren shouldn't bear that, just let it all end here. ”

"Ariel promises not to let Loren feel even the slightest pain, everything will be very gentle, give her body to Ariel, calmly, without burden, without pain, sink into sleep. ”

"All this is for the sake of dear Loren......"

"Suffering, pain, choice...... Just leave it all to Ariel. ”

The surprise and shock on the black-haired wizard's face gradually turned into an equally gentle, sincere smile.

Ariel smiled too, obviously being grabbed by the throat, but reached out like a lover, trying to caress his cheek.

Then, the man who heard the reflection in those crystal eyes read out the most sincere words in his heart:

"Turin Fire ——!"

"Boom!"

It was like a real flame that instantly enveloped the girl. In the blink of an eye, the petite body ...... with the burst of fire It became a puff of dust on the ground.

Ashes!

"Why...... I know the truth, but I'm still obsessed?"

Ariel's voice came faintly, as if there was still a hint of confusion.

Sure enough, she was still alive...... Simply pulling out the "Bright Silver" and the long sword behind his back, the black-haired wizard turned around and walked into the door of the wizard tower without hesitation.

"Dear Loren, you can't win, why don't you give up?"

"Impossible?"

Loren, who muttered in a low voice, stopped, and his stunned expression turned into a sneer:

"I'm sorry, but you really seem to have misunderstood. ”

"First of all, I've never had a relationship with a damn guy — well, technically, it's more like taking advantage of each other;

Second, if you really think that we don't know what each other is thinking, it only proves that you really don't deserve the name 'Asriel';

Finally, I'm a wizard,

What I want to do is make the impossible ......

It's possible!"