Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 498 I seem to have forgotten something

The mage who follows Drouot is the elder brother of the Alchemy Department of the Tower of Stars. He is essentially a "heavy artilleryman" responsible for management and maintenance, a role similar to that of an engineer.

This is not an interesting task. The operation deployed on the Eastern Front is a feint. These five machines are also the weakest in performance among the giant constructs of the same generation. The purpose is to make the Imperial Army make a wrong estimate of the combat effectiveness of the new weapons.

Only by hiding their abilities on the Eastern Front first, can the thirteen upgraded models on the Western Front give the enemy enough surprise when they violently bombard the Empire.

However, I encountered unexpected fun in the job that I thought was boring.

"I didn't expect Master Rorschach had a younger brother." The older brother touched his chin, grinned wickedly, and went to the prisoner-of-war camp with Drouot.

The imperial prisoners were stripped down to their underpants and washed like animals by the Valois army's medical soldiers. When General Drouot arrived, the soldiers in charge of the prisoners followed his instructions and found the rascal who kept shouting that there was someone above him.

"What's your name and how old are you?"

".Franz Merckle, sixteen years old." He didn't wait for Drouot to continue asking, and added: "Rorschach's brother! Don't touch me, he is in your Tower of Stars, and he is a very powerful wizard."

Drouot couldn't help laughing, and it scared Franz a little, but fortunately he said, "Actually, I know Master Rorschach."

The elder brother also smiled: "I know him too."

Before Franz could laugh, Drouot immediately frowned and said fiercely: "But he has left the Tower of Stars and gone to the Kingdom of Bavaria! The Kingdom of Bavaria is an important state in the empire, which means that your brother is also an enemy of us in Valois!"

He approached the boy who had gone to the battlefield at the age of sixteen and said, "So, you have a brother who is a spellcaster. We will not treat you preferentially or worship you like a treasure. On the contrary, I will take special care of you. Do you understand?"

The smell of smoke sprayed on Franz's face. The boy, who was captured for the first time on the battlefield, had never expected this result. He didn't know what to do and could only grit his teeth to control his trembling.

Trembling was a shame even if it was fear. He felt so embarrassed now because he had boasted about his brother to his comrades and other captured soldiers.

Seeing that Drouot had had enough fun, the elder brother decided to take this unexpected surprise away. He used the [Communication] to tell Drouot alone, "I will be returning to the Starry Tower to report soon. Please give me this puppy. He is quite useful."

"Use?" Drouot wanted to ask, is it going to be subjected to some evil experiment?

"I heard that the general has worked with Master Rorschach for a period of time. I might as well tell you that Master Rorschach will come to Valuvana secretly in the near future to have a very important negotiation with us. You have picked up a bargaining chip for free, and you have done a great deed!"

"Ah?" Drouot captured two crucial pieces of information: Rorschach was going to come secretly to the heart of the Republic, and that kid was promoted to a great wizard!
The mage's younger brother and the grand mage's relative, the weight of these roles is "slightly different".

Although he disliked the Imperials, he still arranged for Franz's personal belongings to be returned to him and found a set of clean clothes for him to wear. A piece of soft armor that had been stolen was also searched out. It was still glowing with a faint glow, outlining faint patterns. Even Drouot, who was not a spellcaster, could tell that it was not an ordinary item.

After doing all this, Franz was taken away by the wizard of the Alchemy Department.

"I always feel like I've forgotten something." Rorschach was a little confused.

In the corridor of Byrne Kempson's new school, Rorschach and Caroline walked and talked. They passed through classrooms, where the sounds of lectures or students speaking could be heard one after another.

At first, Caroline didn't understand why Rorschach insisted on installing glass windows on the walls and doors of the classroom facing the corridor, but now she understood. The two walked past the back door of a classroom, and Caroline suddenly stopped after glancing at it. A student in the back row was reading a novel with great interest, but suddenly the novel was grabbed by an invisible hand, and the student was caught off guard and the novel flew into the air under the gaze of the teacher and other students. In exchange, he received a note: Go to the Academic Affairs Office on the second floor to register before school ends today.

Similar things happened more than once, and teachers and classmates were no longer surprised.

Rorschach shuddered, thinking of his past self. Originally, he had built a window just to scare the students with a stern face and enjoy their wonderful performance of switching from being absent-minded to pretending to be in class in a panic, but now with Principal Caroline here, everything has become terrifying.

During the pause, Rorschach remembered what he had forgotten. "Originally, we were going to bring the Merkler family to Byrne before the start of the school term. At least we were going to bring Angel here to enroll before the start of the school term. But it has been delayed until now. I plan to go there when I return from Valuana."

"Is Merkler Rorschach's parent?"

No! Or maybe. Rorschach decided to avoid the question: "Where are Teacher Caroline's parents?"

When asked about this, her beautiful eyes dimmed. "My father was once a courtier of Charles XV, but he was framed during the turmoil of the succession of the throne. My mother was also killed when I was a child. Anyway, it was Master Kano who discovered my talent and brought me to the Tower of Stars. It can be considered a kind of protection."

Oh no, what happened? Rorschach was at a loss. How to comfort her? Praise her for being a true protagonist? Comfort her that Charlie XVI was dead?

Fortunately, before Rorschach could speak, Caroline raised her head and smiled: "So I stayed away from Valois, in addition to the ideological differences, there are also personal experiences.
"But whether in the Starry Tower or in the Empire, I have met very good people and received a lot of help. Now that I can be here and do something that I think is meaningful, I am satisfied."

She then changed the subject: "If the Merklers can come, please let me meet them. I really want to see what kind of family is like that can produce a great wizard."

"It's just a farming family that can be found everywhere in the Empire." Rorschach shook his head. "If you really want to take her over, just let my little sister receive a better education than in the village or town, and don't give her any special treatment. The more conspicuous they are, the more trouble they will have, and it will also be my trouble."

As for Franz Rorschach, he heard from the letter that he had been drafted. According to the conscription law, his elder brother was supposed to go to the front line, but the conscription office couldn't find this man in Bavaria, so they arrested Franz instead.

By the time Rorschach learned of this situation, people had already gone to the front line. He could only try to find out which unit Franz belonged to through cooperation with the military logistics department.

However, Rorschach has not received an accurate answer yet. The boy has not sent a letter home since he joined the army, and no one knows which team he has been assigned to.

Unless you are a member of the Empire's Red, White or Black Flag with "Feng" in the middle of your name, you will be given special attention as soon as you enter. Otherwise, it will be somewhat difficult to find an ordinary soldier. After all, there are too many people, and all departments and teams need to be coordinated, and it takes a long time just to pass the note.

It would be a bad idea to make this a public event and let the entire army know that a certain great wizard called his brother home for dinner.

That cheap little brother was already sixteen years old. If he really died on the battlefield, Rorschach wouldn't cry bitterly. Even his original self didn't have any deep impression of that little brother.

But if he had the ability to protect Franz but let him die on the front line, he would still feel a little morally uneasy and a little guilty towards his original self.

"Well, let's deal with it after I finish talking. Anyway, the war between the two countries is not intense now. I hope that the lieutenant colonel in the logistics department of the Imperial Army can reply as soon as possible."

After Rorschach and Caroline came out of their inspection of the school, he himself was about to set off for Valuana again to discuss the matter of the transmutation dust supplier with the Alchemy Department.

(End of this chapter)