"Society is growing ever more dependent on magic. I don't know whether that's good or bad. The magic net is shrinking, the Magic Net Dragon is asleep—it feels like there's more to this than meets the eye... Reforms targeting mages must be accelerated. We need to dilute the very notion of mage as a profession."
When it came to preventing a resurgence of mages, Liszt shared the mindset of every noble—mages could be relied upon to craft equipment, but they absolutely could not be allowed to influence the knightly system.
Perhaps in the eyes of knights, the ancient Moon Empire truly symbolized the pinnacle of civilization. Whenever they achieved even the slightest success, they had to drape it in the mantle of the Moon Empire. Yet when it concerned themselves, they would never permit a second Moon Empire to emerge. That was taboo.
The great could be enshrined in temples.
But they absolutely could not exist in reality. At the first sign of one, they had to be struck down!
The emergence of alchemical magic arrays was the second piece of magical high technology the Flame Kingdom had mastered after teleportation magic arrays. Liszt both loved and feared it, classifying it as a top state secret that could not be leaked in the slightest—without a Magician to guide them, outsiders could not replicate this technology.
"Brother, once A Ke had thoroughly researched alchemical techniques, she gained new inspiration regarding the barrier. She's going back now to think about it."
Having tossed aside the alchemy research project, A Ke was busy pondering barriers again.
"Alas, it's clearly my cultivation system, yet it all depends on A Ke's research... It's hard to imagine how many detours I would have had to take to reach my current heights if I hadn't met A