Academy’s Second Seat

[I have done a lot of research to earn the titles of Archmage or Sage. I gained a lot of knowledge in the world, and I also created new knowledge. But I did not know all the knowledge.]

[I have always had doubts. Do people have to die? If a person dies, is it the end? I think this thought is something that not only me but also a wizard should think about it at least once.]

[A wizard is one who makes the impossible possible. So I start researching.]

“Hmm… … .”

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Me and Luna read Levi’s research journal and ate it up.

eternal life and resurrection of man.

The magic that focuses on this kind of research the most is necromancer magic.

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Magic forbidden by the Empire.

Are you saying that Levian, the Imperial Wizard, studied this kind of magic?

I kept reading the journal.

[This research was supported by the Fred and Astrian families. There is no shortage of support from the Fred family, who has advanced in magic research, and the Astria family, which has great power.]

[However, we decided to proceed with the research in a direction other than necromantic magic. Spirit magic is magic that requires death to gain life. It’s not what I want.]

“A study without the use of necromancer?”

I put on a bewildered look.

As it is written here, necromancy magic has been the most researched on immortality and resurrection, and that is the main research area.

However, they have failed.

The magic of the resurrection was just an incomplete resurrection, not a true resurrection.

Just because a corpse gets up and walks around doesn’t mean it’s resurrected.

With regard to eternal life, it is only possible to increase the lifespan little by little by taking someone’s life, which is different from the true meaning of eternal life.

Still, people thought that necromancer knew best about it.

However, Levin went back to the beginning.

He judged that he could not obtain proper eternal life and resurrection with spirit magic.

The life you get from someone’s sacrifice is no different than it is now.

Levin thought so.

We continued to read the study journal.

There was no private content behind it.

It was mostly about how the research went and what facts were found.

Levi’s research mainly focused on magic tools.

Equivalent exchange, the basic principle of magic.

It is based on the principle of devoting mana and creating magic.

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Mana stones are absolutely necessary when making magic tools.

Conversely, it was said that magic tools could be made just with mana stones.

Levian thought that it would be enough if he could get life by using mana stones.

I also agreed with this idea.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could get a human life with just mana stones?

The mana stones in this world are coming out to the extent that they almost never dry out.

It is a mana stone that comes out uncountably from the mine.

Not only this, mana stones can also be obtained by killing monsters.

There are stones that are piled up like gallstones with mana accumulated in the monster.

So, in fact, in this world, mana stones were an almost infinite resource.

After obtaining the mana stones, Levi’s research proceeded with ease.

The Fred family provides mana stones to Levin, and Levian studies magic tools and life.

The Astrian family supports the cost.

It was a little strange for the imperial wizard Levin to receive the support of the noble Astrian and Fred families, but since Levian had never taken any political steps, he thought it could be.

Because Levian was a person who didn’t care about politics or economics at all, and just continued to study magic.

“By the way… … .”

Something was strange.

No matter how many times I read the journal, the research does not proceed.

No matter how good the Fred family provided mana stones, they could not withstand the magic circle created by Levin.

The magic circle that Levin had created as a resurrection magic was never executed.

He hadn’t been able to experiment with magic tools even once.

Still, Levi didn’t give up.

Levian studied the magic circle to be used in magic tools, and at the same time studied mana stone processing.

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Mana stone processing was not Levian’s main field, but he did his best.

[One day. The Fred family brought a mysterious mana stone. In their own words, it was a mana stone found in a mine in the north. That mana stone was very strange.]

[The amount of mana it contained was amazing, and the extent to which it accepted the surrounding mana was also enormous.]

[I made a magic tool with those mana stones. And it was successful. When the mana stones were used, the magic circle was activated. 1 year from the start of the study. I just took the first step.]

“Wait, are you successful?”

Luna saw the contents and opened her eyes.

I saw that too and narrowed my brow.

The progress of the research does not normally proceed in this way.

It doesn’t work at all at first, but as it goes on, only a small portion of it is activated, and eventually it works in a way that works completely.

The amount of mana required by the magic circle and the amount of mana possessed by the mana stones should be gradually matched.

Only then can the magic circle’s abilities and efficiency be adjusted.

However, the current situation did not activate at all even with the minimum amount of mana required by the magic circle, and then suddenly it worked perfectly.

“Isn’t it strange no matter how you look at it?”

“uh… … This is the first time I’ve ever seen a study like this… … .”

It was Luna who had been conducting research on magic tools and also watched from the surroundings.

If he participated in the study like that, he must have seen hundreds of research journals.

“This kind of thing… … miracle… … You can see it.”

“It’s a miracle… … .”

A miracle that happened suddenly.

doubtful

We weren’t the only ones feeling this way.

[It was strange. Every time you replace the magic circle you have prepared in advance, it all activates. I’ve never heard of such a mana stone. The Fred family informed me that it was a mana stone that had not yet been commercialized, but am I too old to accept new changes? First, I accept this fact positively and proceed with the research.]

When the Fred family brought mana stones, the research proceeded with ease.

Resurrection magic was based on healing magic.

He believed that if he maximized his healing magic, he could even save lives.

It’s been two and a half years since I’ve been doing research like that.

The study was nearing its end.

It has reached the point of reviving an animal that has already died.

Of course, I never thought of writing this to people.

Even if it was an experiment on a dead person, he was careful about it because he did not know the aftermath that the person would bring when he was resurrected and in what state he would be resurrected.

At that time, an incident occurred around Levin.

[Robert had an accident in the end. He tried to save his wife by using the magic of spirits. As a result, he lost his son. I couldn’t even resurrect my wife and I lost my son who was around.]

[Obviously, I should have told you to wait a little longer. If this magic tool had been completed, if only I had waited until then.]

Robert’s accident.

[I knew he was working on necromantic magic, but I didn’t know he would commit such a stupid thing. He also learned a lot from me and studied a lot on his own.]

[Did you not realize that spirit magic only invites the death of another person? Rather than feeling sorry for him, I felt more disappointed in him.]

“This… … .”

“The sound that Professor Robert killed his son was trying to save his wife… … .”

I didn’t know much about Robert’s past.

And the fact that his wife was short-lived.

The reason that Robert got his hands on necromantic magic was to save his wife.

However, the resurrection of the spirit magic was incomplete, and as a result, he seemed to have lost his own son as well.

However, when I saw this article, I tilted my head.

Why is this the study of the Necronomicon?

Actually, this has nothing to do with the magic tools Levian is making, right?

I was in doubt.

[Even an ordinary person cannot avoid heavy punishment just by learning the Spirit Magic. Since Robert is an imperial wizard, it is not unreasonable to receive the death penalty.]

[I scolded him first. After that, I searched the place where he learned the necromantic magic. There must have been a place where he learned necromantic magic. As a result of investigation, the place he learned from was the underground city of Epomos. It was a place where the poor lived.]

[Recognizing that fact, I went to the emperor. and traded Robert’s everything is confiscated, but not punished. I said let’s just finish this case by clearing up the epomos.]

[The Emperor accepted my offer. Guy Robert was driven out of the capital, and I took the lead in cleaning up the Epomos by the Emperor’s orders.]

[As the Epomos theorem was being prepared, Perian Astria came to me. Perian was opposed to the Epomos theorem. I told you to stop doing this right now.]

… … Perian?

Perian Astria was definitely my father.

I’ve never seen your face, though.

I tilted my head.

The Astrians oppose cleaning up the slums?

The Astrian family in my head was very rotten and stagnant.

Guys who only want to take over the empire with their own power.

Does such a person advocate for the slums?

It didn’t make sense to me.

[I went ahead with it despite this. Ferian doesn’t know about the deal I made with the Emperor. We must proceed before he notices.]

[That’s how I started the Epomos theorem. They catch all the demon magic users and drive the poor out of there. Instead, the killings were kept to a minimum. We only used force against those who rebelled against us.]

[As I was almost clearing out the epomos, I noticed a strange thing. A mana stone found in the laboratory where the demon magic users were. It was a mana stone that contained an amazing amount of mana.]

[It was the same mana stone that the Fred family gave me. Unless my eyes got weird. Unless my mana got weird. This mana stone is definitely the same as the mana stone given by the Fred family.]

[I searched the lab. A huge amount of corpses were found. It was uncountable. I looked at the mana stones again. I took out all the materials from the lab. I started checking all the data on that mana stone.]

[The mana stones were made from these corpses piled up in the laboratory. To be precise, it is a mana stone made from living people. An artificially created mana stone. One mana stone contains hundreds of lives. That huge amount of mana was understandable.]

“As a person… … Mana stone… … ?”

“… … Let’s see you soon.”

I said calming Luna.

[I took the mana stone and went to the Fred House. The Fred family graciously admitted. They said they made it right. Since it was an underground city not managed by the Empire, the Empire had no way to confirm it even if people died, and the Fred family abused it.]

[The mana stones were forcibly created using the spirit wizards. Maybe it was because of this that Perian Astria stopped me.]

[I am in awe. A researcher who tried to break free from the limits of the resurrection magic used by spirit magic. Almost all of the research that had been carried out was eventually successful with necromantic magic. I scolded Robert for saying that I had received and used the power of necromancer magic. I wish I was doing the same thing.]

[no. I’m lower than Robert. Robert said that curiosity killed your son, but Robert had the innocence of saving his wife. But I wasn’t. To say that curiosity kills people is what I have to hear after all.]

[The magic tool is almost complete. It takes only a year or two to show the results to the world. Is it right for me to continue this research? this study.]

There was only strange graffiti written on the back of the page where it was written like that.

It seemed to show his mental state.

Written in a messy handwriting.

“… … Is this the end?”

In fact, if Levin was in this state, research could not continue.

It was Levian who was in charge of the magic circle, so the main research was not carried out any more.

I frowned and turned a few more pages.

Then I saw a page with the correct text written on it.

[I met Beatrix.]

[I decided.]

[This shouldn’t happen any more. All these studies must be completed. So I decided to listen to Beatrix. I’m conducting a new research using the research I’ve done so far and the necromantic magic used by the Freds. This diary is the opportunity to create this magic tool. Magic Book Necronomicon. I make magic tools that can use even the powers of gods.]

[The basis of magic is equivalent exchange. I will give my life for this magic tool.]

A magic tool that can use the life of an archmage and the powers of a god.

Levin decided to swap the two.