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55 – Side Story: Ask Anything Sage Wiki

“Ahh!!! What on earth is mystery!!!”

In a dark laboratory in the Magic Tower, Sleeve grabbed his hair.

It has already been four years since she graduated from the academy and became a research mage at the Magic Tower. She discovered an interesting topic a few years ago and began her research.

The subject of research is mystery.

It is a concept widely known in the world, but on the contrary, the power itself was a unique case that had not been studied.

Sleeve had been looking for her related books for several years to research mysteries.

However, no matter how much I searched through related books, I could not find any books on mysteries.

“hehehe… But… I understand now!”

And then she finally got her chance to learn about her mystery.

Sleeve won the last Magic Tower research competition, and she was given the opportunity to choose whether to receive 100 gold or a meal with the Great Sage.

The Great Sage is a person who is reputed to have all the knowledge in this world.

If you are a great sage, you must know the mysteries well.

Normally, poor research wizards would receive 100 gold if they won the competition, but Sleeve, in the joy of being able to learn about the mystery that had been troubling her for several years, immediately chose a meal ticket with the great sage.

Well, Sleeve is having a hard time paying for her research equipment, rent, and food, but it doesn’t matter.

“hehehehe!!! I’m going to announce to academia what the mystery is!!!”

She rolled around in the magic tower for 4 years and one side of her brain was slightly damaged…

***

Time passes and a few weeks later.

Sleeve was finally able to sit down to a meal with the wise man.

Normally she would have eaten a few weeks ago, but the wise man said something came up and the schedule was pushed back so she was finally able to come to a nice restaurant.

How long has it been?

The wise man who had been waiting so long sat across from Sleeve, escorted by knights.

Sleeve began to tremble as she thought that there was a great person in front of her.

“Are you already here? I guess I didn’t make you wait too long, right?”

“Ah, ah… No! Oh, I’m only here in about five minutes!”

It’s a lie.

She sat down two hours early, wondering why she was so excited about having a meal with an old man.

“Good luck then… Did you order food?”

“Yes, yes! I ordered sardine pie, pineapple pizza, ketchup spaghetti, and mint chocolate ice cream that the wise man likes!”

“Uh… I see…? But how do you know the things I like…?”

“Pyeop, I’ve always looked up to you so much that I knew about your eating habits!”

“Hmm… I see…”

Schler pretended not to be embarrassed as much as possible and drank a glass of water.

“Anyway, the reason you chose to eat with me means that you have something you want to ask me. Please tell me.”

For Sleeve, this moment felt like a dream.

Not only is it not enough to be in a relationship with the great sage, but she can also ask him questions… !

Sleeve slowly opened his mouth, untangling his tongue.

“Oh, oh, oh, maybe…! What is mystery… Can you explain it to me in summary…!”

“You mean the mystery? Well, that much can be easily explained. Um, and first, eat this and calm down before listening to the explanation.”

Just then, the waiter placed the ordered food on the table.

For your information, the waiter is a devotee-level fan of the Great Sage, but when he looked at the food they ordered, he thought, ‘Why are they eating this…?’ ‘?’ I was so focused that I couldn’t recognize the great sage.

Schler roughly scooped up mint chocolate ice cream and fed it to Sleeve.

Sleeve chews it thoroughly.

“How does it taste?”

“Uh… It feels calming.”

It is truly unpleasant to feel refreshed in the mouth.

But thanks to this, my mind calms down.

“That’s why I eat this. Anyway, let’s start the story.”

Scherer also ate a large piece of mint chocolate with another spoon.

“First of all, I want to know how much you know about mysteries.”

“Huh? Uh… I understand that the mana floating around in nature is a by-product of the mana created by the idle thoughts of countless people.”

“Is it at an advanced level? I understand.”

Surer flicked his hand in the air and created a magic circle.

Then, the magic of subspace unfolded, and Scherer put his hand into the small dark space, placed his hand on a book, and withdrew his hand.

“That’s…”

“It’s a book I wrote about mysteries a while ago. After the story, I’ll give it to you as a gift.”

Sleeve swallowed his saliva nervously at the thought of having such a book about mysteries in front of him.

She prepared to listen quite seriously.

“As you said, mystery is a by-product of mana. However, that by-product has amazing power and is worth more than a by-product.”

“Amazing power, yo…?”

“Yes, it is impossible with one-sided mana power. It is literally a mystical power.”

Scherer quickly read the book she had taken out and then closed it.

“Do you know that mystery comes in two types?”

“Yes? Oh, no…”

“Mysteries appear in various forms, but they can be roughly divided into two categories. Before explaining the theory, think of them as people.”

Schler pointed to the pineapples on the pizza.

Pineapples are evenly spaced out on a wide surface.

“ㅇ, yes…”

Sleeve was reluctant for some reason, but since it was a wise word, he accepted it.

“These broken pineapples are each individual. It is a common mystery that if they have a common perception of an object, it is done through mana.”

“And objects in which mystery is revealed are called ‘mystified’ objects.”

Scherer grabbed a piece of pizza and put it in her mouth.

“A representative example would be the forceless walls observed in back alleys. That is a mystery created by many people’s perception that back alleys would be complicated.”

Up to that point, even Sleeve knew about it.

“Well… The other mystery is…”

“I was about to explain, so please wait.”

He put down the pizza he was eating and picked up a piece of pineapple on top of it.

“This time, the thoughts of this person are realized with mysterious power.”

Sleeve tilted his head.

“Is that possible…? Mystery is said to be achieved by reflecting the will of many people, but it is only the will of one person…”

“Sometimes the will of one person surpasses the will of the group. Of course, that is a very exceptional case, and it is different from the ways of the world, so we call this a ‘twisted mystery.'”

“Is there any example…?”

No matter how much he thought about the sleeve, he couldn’t understand the concept of a twisted mystery.

It is a phenomenon that can barely be understood even as a general mystery that can only be achieved by barely integrating the distracting thoughts of a group, but the interference of individual beliefs in the world.

“For example, there would be Count Akied and Pierre, which have recently become a hot topic.”

Scher ordered additional Gosam tea and sipped it.

“In order to save his wife, Count Akid attempted to create a twisted mystery by sacrificing countless people.”

“But didn’t that fail in the end?”

“Then let’s use Pierre as an example. He uses twisted mysteries to create his own alter ego.”

Sleeve did not understand Scherer’s words even after thinking about them.

“Da, are there any other examples?”

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“Hmm… It’s difficult to explain any further. The twisted mystery itself is a very rare case.”

“Ah… I see…”

“Don’t be too disappointed. I’ve written down several examples here, so read them.”

Schler handed the book to Slieve, who was feeling pathetic for not understanding the wise man’s explanation and his sleeves were drooping.

As soon as he received it, Sleeve asked, “Can you please sign it?!” I shouted.

Schler roughly scrawled his name.

“It’s been quite a while. I have next plans, so I’ll go. I hope you continue to walk the path for the Demon Lord.”

“Ah! Yes!”

The wise man left, and Sleeve ate the remaining food.

The food that she barely ate due to all the chatter didn’t suit her taste, either because it was cold and tasteless or because it wasn’t tasty in the first place.

No, it’s not that it’s not right, it’s just the worst…

She didn’t want to throw it away anyway, so she finished her food, left her restaurant, and quickly returned home.

“Phew…! This will contain all the mystery you’ve been wanting…!”

And finally, the moment came to read the book the wise man turned over.

She made her coffee and sat down at her desk.

Sleeve stuck her nose into her book, trying to smell it.

The smell of time lingering in old books is more wonderful than the smell of brought coffee.

For her, who is fanatically obsessed with her research, this moment must be like a dream.

Sleeve is not a woman who is damaged to that extent.

She must have suffered a serious injury to one side of her head during her four years as a research wizard.

“Okay… Then let’s read it!”

Sleeve turned the first page of her book, feeling her heart pounding.

“Meow.”

At that time, her cat ‘Nari’ hit her coffee cup.

The coffee poured out and soaked the book.

“Ah.”

The sleeve stiffened as I looked at the coffee stains on the book.

“Well, the letters aren’t obscured much at all! If you read them carefully…”

“Kyaaah!!!”

The cat scratched the coffee-stained area with her claws.

The book that would have written such a mystery was completely torn.

“Ahh…. Ahhh…!!!!!!”

Sleeve cried.