Chapter 39 – Emperors Kingdom’s 4th Knight Order Commander (2)

-Emperors Kingdom’s 4th Knight Order Commander’s POV-

「Commander Mizeros, my apologies but, can I ask you to take care of it?」

Prime Minister Gaji asks while looking in the room where the magic stone is with a troubled expression.

At the end of his gaze is Mage Amagar walking around the magic stone.

In addition to that, he’s still wrapped with a rope.

Looking at the excitement of the man, everyone can conclude that he doesn’t care at all.

Vice Commander Kimir is trying to calm him down but it doesn’t seem very effective.

Prime Minister Gaji had come with us with the hope that they could find a clue to solving the problem with the magic stone.

However, seeing the man he put his hope on, Mage Amagar, not listening to anyone, he seemed to have given up.

He has a lot of work to do including being the king’s consultant. There are a lot of problems being brought every day so he can’t stay here.

He has no time to wait for Mage Amagar to calm down.

「Don’t worry, once he calmed down, I’ll ask him. What are the priority questions?」

「A certain way to destroy that magic stone.」

「Right.」

「Then, I’ll leave everything to you.」

「Ah, yeah. Perhaps I’ll ask for your help later after I see what Mage Amagar is capable of.」

「I’ll leave the decision to you.」

「Okay.」

After seeing him leave the room, I looked at the magic stone.

The stone is about 1 meter big and it’s in the middle of the room.

It is divided vertically but it doesn’t fall down because of the pedestal that supports it.

The magic stone is wrapped by a thick rope-like object.

It was something that appeared when it was attacked by the forest and it is unknown what was that for.

It seems like during the time of the previous king, they spent a lot of time investigating the rope but it was written in the investigation report that they don’t know what it was.

If it has any feature, perhaps its strength.

It looked like an ordinary rope without any magic in it but it was unusually strong.

You can’t even scratch it with sword or magic.

「I’m sorry. I think I’ve finally calmed down a bit. Where’s the prime minister?」

「Ah, he left because he has things to do. However, Mage Amagar is acting like a totally different person now.」

「Hahaha, I’d be relieved if he’s always like that.」

As Commander Dadavis said, the current him can be relied on.

Even so, after staring at the magic stone for some time, he really feels like another person. His gaze even became sharper.

Come to think of it, before I knew it, the rope tying him had been untied.

When was it untied?

「Did the vice commander untied the rope?」

「Yeah, it’s just an ordinary rope so it’s simple to remove it using magic.」

「Magic, I see.」

A small light appears near the magic stone.

Looking at it, it seems that he is using different kinds of magic to investigate the magic stone.

As expected of a greater mage.

He seems to be the type that can use different kinds of magic.

I don’t know what kind of magic he was using but I can tell the difference given their colors.

However, the expression is quite grim.

「It’s amazing that he can use a variety of magic.」

「It’s pretty rare even in our country.」

「Is that so?」

「Yeah. Otherwise, why do you think we tolerate his eccentricity a little?」

「…..A little?」

「Ah, yeah. Oh, it looks like he’s done looking at it. However, it looks like he didn’t get the result he wanted.」

Looking at Mage Amagar, I saw him giving out a long sigh.

His expression is quite grim.

Even vice commander Kimir seemed to be a little puzzled with his expression.

「It’s unusual for him to be like that.」

「Is that so?」

As expected, it’s not easy even for him.

Now, how can I get him to cooperate with us?

「Hnn? Is there something wrong? You look pretty serious. Is that magic stone that much trouble?」

「Yeah, a big trouble.」

Commander Dadavis was slightly surprised with my reply.

Countries often conceal things about their magic stones.

As for why, it’s because the magic stone is a source of power.

However, we’re not going to hide anything about the magic stone. For now, I’m more interested in his findings.

I hope he got something.

I called out to Mage Amagar who was thinking about something.

「Mage Amagar, did you find anything about the magic stone?」

Hearing my words, his eyes widened, and approached me with great speed.

「How dare you ask something like that while you were lying to me!」

He said it alright.

Mage Amagar suddenly shouted which startled Commander Dadavis and Vice Commander Kimir.

However, the mages of our country in the room looked a little disappointed.

「We didn’t lie.」

My reply must have angered him even more.

The expression of Mage Amagar becomes more insidious.

「Who are you trying to fool? You said that this magic stone triggered the magic eye? How can it do that? It’s true that it has a powerful force within it but it’s not the power of darkness that covered the forest. It has the power of light! Why did you lie to me?」

「Amagar! Calm down!」

Commander Dadavis noticed that he was going to aggressively approach me so he got in between us and held his shoulders.

「I’m not lying. It is indeed that magic stone.」

「But there’s no sign of the power of darkness of the evil eye! It is impossible for the power inside the magic stone to completely change!」

「There are things that just happened.」

「Eh?」

Mage Amagar’s knowledge and magical power are quite impressive.

If he can get us one step closer to the possibility of solving the problem of this magic stone, we should ask for his help.

However, how can I persuade the angry him?....is it better to be honest and hope that he will cooperate?

Ah, I’m not a politician after all.

「We never lied to you about the magic stone, greater mage Amagar. There are a few things we didn’t tell you but we never lied.」

「….what are the things you didn’t tell me?」

「I’m sure you’re aware of that by now, aren’t you? The change in power.」

「Change….is not possible. It’s….impossible.」

「No, it really changed. I have a favor to ask you, greater mage Amagar. I need you to help us break that magic stone.」

「Help you to break it?」

I could hear the stunned voice of Commander Dadavis next to me.

That’s normal.

The power of the magic stone before us is a considerable asset.

And I just told them we’re going to crush it.

「….are you sure that’s the magic stone in question?」

「Yes, it is. It’s the magic stone that has stopped the aging of the former king and several mages, the same magic stone that empowered the slave crest, and the same magic stone that triggered the magic eye that covered the forest.」

I made sure that what I said was the truth, word for word.

He’s familiar with the magic stone so he should be able to notice the abnormality of the magic stone before him.

「No way….it can’t be….」

Mage Amagar stares at the magic stone with a stunned expression.

I understand why he is confused.

The common sense that he had cultivated as a mage was overturned by this magic stone.

If this is just a normal magic stone, what he was saying is correct.

However, that is if you exclude the magic stone before him.

What’s happening with this magic stone is something where common sense can’t apply.

One of them is the power of the evil eye.

Evil eye is a magic that requires the power of darkness and it’s a bit special.

It’s pretty easy to tell if a magic stone has that power.

If you look into it, you will notice it immediately.

The magic stone in front of us had activated the evil eye magic that covered the forest so it should have had the power of darkness.

However, now, you won’t be able to sense any dark power from the magic stone.

It’s unbelievable but all you can feel from it now is the power of light.

Yes, there has been a change in the power of the magic stone which is impossible according to common sense.

Because we didn’t dare explain it, Mage Amagar was angry thinking that we made him examine another magic stone.

The reason we didn’t say anything was because we were expecting something.

We were hoping that he could sense the power of darkness.

However, it looks like we’re wrong.

「Mage Amagar-dono, this magic stone even attacks its surroundings in order to repair itself. When it finishes repairing itself, what will happen next?....There is also the risk of it causing something to happen in the world. That’s why we want to crush and erase it from this world as soon as possible. Please help us. Please.」

I bowed.

It’s probably not a good idea for a knight commander to bow to a mage from another country.

However, if that will cause the crushing of this magic stone, it’s something trivial.