Sinus's voice suddenly grew agitated, and even his fingers began to tremble slightly! That was a fragment Geometric Angel had cast into the Material Realm, containing one-fifth of the Angel's power and symbolizing absolute control over the element of "water"—the Water Icosahedron!
But as a devout pursuer of the Path of Wisdom, Sinus was not particularly covetous of the power it possessed. Rather, "power" itself was something the Transcenders of the Path of Wisdom despised as "that which had already been discarded."
Back when they were still Mage Tower apprentices, having just enrolled in the Mage Tower, they had already been taught this core principle—
—spells must never be symbols of violence.
Nor could mages use the extraordinary power of spells to overpower others and proclaim themselves strong. Spells could not be researched and enhanced merely to demonstrate destructive power, either—all spells were fundamentally by-products obtained in the pursuit of wisdom. They were symbols of the mysterious.
When mages discovered a new truth, they tended not to make it public either—they only needed to discover and keep the secret. Once someone else discovered that secret again, they would receive feedback from the power of their path. Conversely, if a mage particularly enjoyed displaying their holiness before others, they would not become very strong.
For that very reason, mages were usually accustomed to maintaining an air of mystery. Many mages who disliked the research environment of the Mage Tower would choose to seclude themselves deep in the forests—or in the middle of bustling cities.
Although no one knew exactly when the principle that "spells cannot be used to display violence" had originated... all the Mage Towers of the Narcissus Principality possessed exactly the same inheritance. Moreover, every mage who had violated this principle in the past had paid the price without