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Chapter 48
Form of the Shadow
Ferda returned to the dim room once more.
Not to sleep, but to continue his cultivation method.
The mana cultivation method, Shape of Shadow.
If ordinary mages were to rank it, it was a cultivation method difficult enough to sit in the 'upper' tier.
But Ferda was a man who had already walked paths more difficult and arduous than that.
Е̂ ň u m̆а . і̆d
He could accomplish something like that as if it were no problem at all.
The only thing needed was the circle's movement.
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And finally, that circle began to move.
'The amount is absurdly insufficient.'
Ferda also knew the method of forcibly squeezing it out.
If he had done that, he would have risen to the 5th Circle right now.
Еnú ḿа̂
But he didn't.
Because he knew how dangerous it was to be consumed by emotion.
Ferda guarded against this emotion and strove to find the answer.
And finally, he found it.
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Ferda closed his eyes.
He spread the flow of mana and concentrated it throughout his body.
Ẃе̇ bn̈ o vеl̈ Е̃ n ù mа
And slowly tilting it, he overturned everything.
Ferda's entire mental image stuck to the floor.
His mind was projected into the world of shadows.
A flickering shadow within a candle flame swaying gently with each breath.
That shadow moved on its own, then slithered up Ferda's body.
The shadow that had climbed up faced the red circle within Ferda's danjeon.
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'Valdrova.'
Ferda's mind began imagining Valdrova's appearance of its own accord.
In his head lived a mad painter.
He repeatedly drew the same appearance on the canvas, but unsatisfied, he repeated destroying it as well.
He drew thousands of sheets, and destroyed thousands of sheets.
The unfulfilled heart was not a simple thirst.
Еň u.m̄а̀.i d̊
'It was also something I wanted to find out when I reached the 3rd Circle.'
The question that had vanished while stopping Valdrova's rampage.
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But Ferda finally found out.
That the Valdrova he was drawing had an unfilled empty space.
In that empty space were two syllables.
'Tomorrow.'
Еn̊u̇ḿ ǎ
At that moment, the mad painter in his heart began to move.
Unlike when seized by anger, this time it held passion.
This time, he drew Valdrova's appearance onto a wider canvas without hesitation.
'Her tomorrow.'
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Not just her simple tomorrow.
'A tomorrow... with me in it.'
E.ňú m̊ а̂
He filled himself into the space that had not yet been filled.
That picture became a single sentence.
'I want to spend tomorrow with her.'
The moment the sentence was completed, an astonishing thing happened.
The pictures that had been created from flimsy imagination began to move alive.
Ferda knew this.
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'Childlike heart / innocence (dongsim).'
A very long time ago, the dream a frail boy had dreamed.
The vaguely drawn partner's appearance was overwritten by a beautiful woman with red hair and four horns.
It was a dream, and simultaneously, ecstasy.
Ecstasy is the peak of emotion.
It moves.
Е n um̈ а̀.
The uncontrollably growing heart agitated the circle.
If left alone, Ferda was destined to break.
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So Ferda focused.
Because the future of the two of them together had to become reality, not delusion.
Ferda brought the form of the spirit he had focused on to the circle.
At that moment, dozens of bundles of hands began gathering the raging mana and shaping it into form.
Wе b̊n o v̌ е́ l̆ Еñum å
'Easy.'
It was on a completely different dimension from simply scooping it up with one hand to create it.
It felt even harder when he had put in effort to create the 1st and 2nd Circles.
'Too easy.'
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Surrounding and pressing from all directions, there was no hole to escape through.
The rotation moved as rotation, and the form was shaped as form.
Е ñ u m а́
Thus it was overlaid as a new shell's form.
That was how Ferda reached the 4th Circle.
Ferda opened his eyes.
The shadow squirmed and moved, then eventually transformed into the shape of a hand.
That was the 3rd-tier magic, Shadow Hand.
No, it was on a different dimension from that Shadow Hand.
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This was not some artificial construct created by magic.
Another body part hidden inside Ferda's body.
Ferda immediately adapted to it.
'The shadow is me.'
The hand differentiated and created another hand.
Those hands into yet another hand.
Е́n̂ǔ mа́ .і̀ ḋ
In that way, it endlessly differentiated.
The narrow room filled with black hands.
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'I am the shadow itself.'
The candle couldn't endure the deep darkness and went out with a pop.
* * *
Guild.
W ѐb̊ n о̊.v ě l̂ Еnū m̃а
A guild is a group that proves the status of its members and provides benefits.
In return, they hold them responsible for their actions, control them with rules, and demand unity for profit.
Protecting their interests through the union was the very essence.
But the Serdes Human Magic Academy was fundamentally different from such a guild.
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Surveillance rather than proof.
Control rather than benefits.
E nu̇ m á
That was the world mages lived in on the Serdes Continent.
Its founder was Erdes Roton.
A war hero of the 12-Person Expedition gathered to defeat the Demon King in the Dragon-Demon War, and the founder of the Human Magic Academy.
Even after 150 years have passed, she is still alive and active.
A mage who couldn't put down the title of Strongest Human Mage even to the current generation.
Embodiment of Intellect.
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Living Witness.
She possessed an undeniable depth of years, yet she was younger than women in their prime.
"You must do your official duties."
"No!!"
She threw a tantrum like a child, young beyond young.
"I don't want to work! Leave me alone!"
Е̄.n̆ um а̊..і d
"Official duties have been piled up for days. Look at this. They've stacked up so high I can't see the Academy President's face!"
"I stacked them up because I didn't want to see your face. Blue, you do it."
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"How can I do it for you? And my name is Lu."
"You won't die just because it's delayed a bit. If you're so unhappy, tell me to my face."
"But you won't open the door?"
"If you request a duel, I'll open it nicely, right?"
W еbn̂ о vе̇l̆ Е̊n̊u m̆ ӑ
"What crazy bastard in the world would fight the Academy President?"
She was a war hero of the Dragon-Demon War, and the Strongest Human Mage.
With a circle gap, the win rate was infinitely low from the bottom; theoretically, there was no one who could beat her.
"So that's the problem. They say they'll stake their lives with words, but when I ask 'Wanna die?' they run away screaming 'I want to live!' See? No grit, no grit."
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"You crippled the person who staked their life, though?"
"Sometimes I fail at power control while living. We reached an amicable settlement with the party involved, didn't we?"
Е̄n̊ ūm̂а̊. ī d̈
She brushed it off like it was nothing.
All the secretary could do was sigh and hand over the documents she received.
"This is the attendee list for this Grand Council. Please check it."
Doesn't matter if you don't.
Lu muttered inside her mouth like that.
With a single flick of Erdes's finger, the list flew into her hand.
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"Lots of old geezers I know. If they've eaten that much age, they should just pass it on to their sons by now, how long do they plan to keep at it."
"Right?"
The secretary's eyes looked at Erdes deeply.
"Retract that before I pluck your eyeballs out. If not, well?"
Erdes's eyes, scanning quickly, stuck on one spot.
"Is there a problem?"
En̂ ū.m̀а́.іd
"Thinking maybe I saw wrong."
She repeated that word several times.
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"But it wasn't a mistake. Blue, you bastard, not doing your job properly?"
"Huh?"
She was flustered by the sudden abusive language.
She pointed to one name written in the list.
Е n u ḿ a . і̊ d̆
"This man's surname is written as Valdrova here?"
"Ah, that's actually the Red Dragon Valdrova's real name. It means I didn't record it wrong, and it wasn't the organizer's mistake either."
"Swear it's not a lie?"
"Yes. There are records?"
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Erdes shrugged off her embarrassment.
"That scary dragon's doing something unusual. Then is he Valdrova's spawn?"
Wӗ b n̈о̄v ӗľ E̊ ňû m̈ā
"Uh... you didn't know that?"
Erdes smiled faintly.
But her face had a cold shade.
"What don't I know? The fact that I'm an airhead lady who doesn't know worldly affairs? Or the fact that your neck could fly off today?"
"Gasp, that's not it, I never had any intention of belittling or mocking the Academy President, this is purely..."
"Main point."
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"So this time, he's the Red Dragon Valdrova's fiancé."
"Fiancé?"
Childish as Erdes was, she knew what Valdrova's fiancé meant.
"For real?"
"Huh?"
"I'm asking if it's for real."
Еǹu m a. ì d̊
"Uh, yes. It's for real."
"Interesting. There's no bastard who goes to get executed... Ferda, give me this human's records."
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"Ah, just a moment!"
The secretary placed both hands on her temples and chanted a spell.
"Search, Ferda Valdrova."
At that moment, a bundle of papers pushed through the door crack from outside the office and stacked neatly before the secretary.
Е́nǔ ṁ а. і́d̂
The secretary, having finished the chant, handed those papers to Erdes.
"H-here they are!"
Her eyes quickly scanned the received documents.
"Let's see, Rosnova Family's third son... hmm..."
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Erdes's gaze became quite calm.
As her eyes went down, her expression became serious.
W̆ е b̄ n̆о ve l Е ňǔ mа
"Blue."
"Yes."
"When does the Grand Council open?"
Lu's eyes widened.
"It opens in 5 days, but surely you're not thinking of going?"
"I was going to quit because it seemed like they'd just spout boring stories, but I thought going might not be bad either."
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Erdes's lips stared fixedly at Ferda's portrait.
"Besides, I should be able to see this stupidly handsome face, right?"
"Isn't there significance in attending? It might be late, but even now, quickly prepare the carriage..."
"No, no need for that."
Erdes's finger spins in the air.
Then a circular portal similar to the trajectory she drew appeared in the air.
Е̊n ů m̌ а
"There's a simple method, why do such troublesome things?"
5th-tier Teleport Door.
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She implemented difficult magic simply without incantation or magic circle.
For a mage, it would be a wondrous moment hard to see in a lifetime.
But for Lu, anxiety was greater than wonder.
"So, Lu. I'm going to do official duties."
Е̌ n̆ u ma . і̂d̀
"Huh?"
"Guard things well while I'm gone. Don't forget to feed the cats!"
"No, Academy President! Wait a moment!"
"I'm going~!"
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The Academy President brazenly waved her hand and threw her body into the Teleport Door.
"If you're riding the portal, you could've just done the piled-up official duties and gone aaaaah!!"
Е̌ nům̌ ӓ . ĩ ď
Lu's scream was in vain as the portal closed.
* * *
10 days before the Grand Council,
Ferda finished preparations to go to the Central Continent.
To go to Blancaros's domain in the Central Continent, he had to depart now.
'Convention is useless.'
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The higher the status, the more one must possess.
Among those was time, and having leisure was a noble's virtue.
For Ferda who had experienced the future, it was a funny thing.
Because such leisurely culture disappeared as mana automobiles began to become common.
Rather, nobles came to desire even faster means of travel.
"Regent-nim, may I enter?"
Е núḿ а̀_
It wasn't Ruri, but Jed.
He was wearing the Red Uniform as a member of Valdrova Castle.
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Because vassals of the Valdrova Grand Duchy were regulated to dress that way.
"Count Consillus's Sir Arwen and his subordinates have just arrived."
"I see."
"We've finished preparing the carriage too, so you just need to get on... huh?"
W е̄.b́ n̆ ôv́ е̊ l Е̌nů m̈ ӑ
Jed looked at Ferda's body with a puzzled expression.
"Is there a problem?"
"Not a problem, just wondering if you're going wearing that..."
Ferda's clothes were plain to the extreme.
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Nobles are beings who strive to shine in any way possible.
So pulling thread from gems to make it shine was basic.
Е̇ numа
Among those, the easiest gold thread was a must.
Until he entered the Royal Palace, Ferda wore red clothes with gold thread.
But now it was black with red.
Moreover, the gloss was only at the level of moderately starched.
Compared to other nobles, it was far too plain.
"I don't originally like gold."
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"Where in the world is a person who dislikes gold?"
Jed reacted as if dumbfounded.
He scanned Ferda's clothes and gave his own assessment.
"Without that, you'll look similar to me."
"Good. The probability of an assassin who doesn't know style targeting me decreases."
"As a body double, you're too handsome so I doubt they'd target me."
Ẅе̌ b nõ v̈_е̌ l̊ Е.nŭ m а́
Jed smiled with full narcissism.
Ferda didn't care about such appearance and picked up an item on the table.
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"Take it."
Since the distance was too far to receive the item, Jed tried to step forward, but a surprising thing happened.
Sseuseuk—.
A shadow extended from Ferda's hand, grabbed the item, and brought it to him.
Е n̂u̇ ṁ а̃ . і́d̈
Jed was quite flustered by the shadow hand but tried not to show it.
"What is this?"
"The promised item."
At the words "promised item," Jed checked the contents.
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"Ferda Valdrova, consort of Valdrova, representative, and regent, acting on behalf of the Great Twelve Dragons and the Ruler of Power and Fire, Valdrova, appoints Jed Swallow as the King's Sword and the People's Shield..."
He didn't even need to read all the tongue-twisting content to realize.
W_е̃b̀ n о̇v̆е̊ ľ Еn úṁ ã
"Knight Appointment Letter?"
Jed's eyes went round as he lifted his head.
"...Is this real?"
"Would it be fake? You came in promising that from the start, didn't you?"
"No, you said you'd work hard to get me into high society, but I didn't think you'd appoint me as a knight right away?"
Becoming a knight is the step to becoming a noble.
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So it's impossible unless you're from a knight family passed down generations, or you achieve remarkable military merit.
"Is it okay to receive this like this right now?"
"No need to worry. Your ability was sufficiently proven at the Imperial Warehouse."
"No, that's not it..."
Jed waved his hands.
"Originally, a grand banquet is basic for this kind of thing, isn't it?"
Е̄ n u m̌ а̇.іď
"..."
"Calling women, singing, drinking, omitting that important part is a bit..."
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Ferda stared at Jed making a gesture of tilting a glass.
Should I take it back.
"Focus only on your mission, Sir Jed."
"Tch. Understood, Regent-nim."
Ẇе̄ b́ n o vеl̇ Ӗ.n̈ u m̆ а
My party...
Grumbling like that, he left.
"I need to prepare quickly too."
Originally he would need Ruri's attendance, but that wasn't necessary anymore.
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Sseuseuk—.
Black mist-like things extended from Ferda's cuffs and chest.
Ẇе b́n ō v е̇ l Е n̆u m.â
That mist was woven into eight hands and began attending to Ferda.
Buttoning, fixing his clothes, creating a near-perfect appearance.
'As expected, 4-star is worth it.'
Right now it's immature so he uses it for simple attendance, but these hands are Ferda's arms.
Once familiar, he can deploy magic circles and strike the enemy's blind spot.
Talent still remained with Ferda, so only practice and experience were left.
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"Shall we go?"
Ferda's footsteps flowed through the corridor.
When he reached the inner castle gate alone, many soldiers had gathered below.
"Attention!"
Arwen's voice rang out loudly.
The soldiers moved in unison and knelt.
Е̌.ṅ ŭm а̇
It was just a single motion, but one could tell how harshly they'd been trained.
"Arwen Wolfhart, 30-man unit under my command, received orders to execute the escort mission!"
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"Received orders!"
The knights' shout.
Ferda scanned them one by one and nodded.
"Good work."
Е ṅū m̌а
"Yes! To your positions!"
Arwen mounted his horse and the soldiers deployed a battle formation for escort.
Jed was on horseback next to Arwen.
Not even a day since becoming a knight, but fitting for a swallow who made women cry, his form was set.
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Ferda turned his gaze to where the carriage was.
Waiting there was a red carriage and Maid Ruri.
Wѐ b̆ n̈ о v̆ е̃ĺ Ѐn̊um à
As usual, she held the door with a businesslike expression.
"Please board."
"Right."
Just as Ferda left the castle and tried to board the carriage.
Ferda felt a gaze and slightly turned his head to look up at the castle.
The balcony from which one could look down at the castle gate from the inner castle.
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There was no one there.
It was natural.
What did I expect?
"Ferda-nim?"
"Let's go."
Ferda took his seat and the carriage started moving.
W̌ ěb n̆ оv̇е̃l Е̃n̊ ǔ m̌_а
The long 10-day journey passed like an arrow.
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