Mirenia Castle, study.
Darnic stood by the window, gazing in a certain direction.
"Buzz...!"
When an incomparably powerful vortex of magical energy erupted from that direction, spilling endless radiance beyond the window as though it were leaking out, Darnic felt it.
A sharp pain came from the Command Spells on the back of his hand.
This phenomenon told Darnic something.
"Did the summoning succeed...?"
Darnic fell into thought.
Just what kind of Servant had that person summoned?
It was not as though Darnic had failed to place certain magical mechanisms in that room in an attempt to discover something.
Unfortunately, Fang Li seemed to have noticed them and destroyed them completely the instant he entered.
"Just an ordinary person who obtained a powerful Magic Eye..."
Those words were not meant as contempt.
Darnic, who excelled at wielding power, had long since cast such emotions into the gutter.
Rather, the fact that the other party was not even a Magus yet had managed to accomplish so much only made Darnic take him more seriously.
"Was bringing this person into our faction truly a good thing or a bad thing?"
Darnic continued pondering.
At that moment, the sound of wheels rolling came from the doorway.
Then, a gentle voice followed.
"Uncle."
That voice roused Darnic from his thoughts.
Darnic turned around and looked behind him.
A young girl was slowly entering through the doorway.
She had a gentle appearance that suited her voice perfectly, along with a pair of clear, translucent eyes.
Yet the girl sat in a wheelchair, though some unknown magecraft caused it to roll inside by itself.
Seeing the girl, Darnic smiled.
"You're back, Fiore?"
Fiore Forvedge Yggdmillennia.
She was one of the most capable Magi in the Yggdmillennia Clan, Darnic's successor, and the highly anticipated next Clan Leader.