Taming The Villainesses

(EP-131.1) Nova #2

131 – Ars Nova #2

The Black Mage Pelto was said to be the best among the High Road’s Sages.

It was in ‘past tense’ because he went crazy.

However, very occasionally, like the sun breaking through the clouds and shining down on the earth, there were rare moments when his brilliance would flicker once again.

“Sir Pelto, do you have something to say? Can you please try that again?”

That was why the other Sages always listened to what Pelto had to say.

Now that the Black Mage had spoken, everyone eagerly anticipated what would come out of his mouth.

As if he had noticed our expectations, he got up from his seat and roared eloquently.

“Killing-! Death-! Destruction-! Slaughter-!”

Then he climbed up the table and started jumping around. Seeing this, Blue Mage Osyeon touched his forehead and sighed, “Here we go again. Is it time for pills?”

Without the need to confirm it or not, Black Mage Pelto ran wild in all directions with a foaming mouth.

“Hi-Hi-! Destruction-!”

With the disturbance escalating, as the Chairman of the Sages, Hynax could no longer bear to watch and pulled out a long staff from the air.

—High Rank Sleep Magic. Somnus-.

With a strange light, Pelto slumped on the floor in no time. Finally, Hynax sighed and said.

“I’ve just calmed him down. Please understand Sir Pelto’s abnormal tendencies. It’s just that he got too close to the truth while breaking through to the 6th Rank.”

He twirled his finger next to his ears, like how Elga would mock Aira from behind.

But Sir Pelto pointed a finger at me and said, “Solomon.”

Fortunately, they dismissed it as the ramblings of a madman. But I had a feeling that it wasn’t a coincidence on Pelto’s part.

However, Mirna didn’t seem pleased with the situation.

“What kind of commotion is this? Anyway, I know that you know something about King Solomon’s magic. Tell me everything you know.”

“Understood.”

Hynax nodded at Mirna’s orders.

He orated while stroking his beard.

“Demon King Solomon created 72 spells for the world. From the 72nd to the 1st, each one of them was astonishing and capable of astounding the world. Especially the four completed spells in the end, that were on a different level.”

“You mean the four grand spells with personalities, ‘Ars Nova’? It’s a story that even young children who are new to magic know.”

Mirna elaborated. Well, I also knew a few things about Ars Nova. They were the final grand spells painstakingly created by King Solomon.

They were like the new order.

This new order – Ars Nova meaning the Four Great Spells.

One of them was the magic I acquired and the one that tormented Professor Balan, ‘Gamigin’.

「You have calmly judged the situation!

You have gained experience points through the talent 《Calm Thinking》.

All job experience +5」

See? I didn’t just fool around, I also did my due diligence!

Seureuk.

Hynax took out a long pipe and flicked his fingers to ignite it. He said after taking a puff.

“But like Pelto over there, Solomon went mad one day. Ironically, the spells he created for humans ended up killing many.”

Hynax pointed his staff at his face. As he did so, his face and body began to horrifically melt away. I almost choked on my breath seeing this.

It was such a terrible burn that even just watching it hurted.

“I also fought in the Great War of Evil. It was dreadful. Words couldn’t express the horror. I got this scar from that time. It hadn’t healed. However, it was worth risking my life for.”

Seureuk.

As he pointed his staff at his face again, Hynax’s face returned to its original state. To be precise, it was more appropriate to say that he concealed the horrific burn with some illusion magic.

He then continued.

“As Lady Mirna said, in the end, Solomon was torn to pieces by the combined forces of your family, many warriors, and heroes. The 72 spells that comprised his body were also scattered. And many of those spells are sealed within this fortress, Arc.”

“Aha.”

It also occurred to me.

This was why Arc’s dome was built so rigidly.

It was a barrier containing King Solomon’s magic.

Like a last bastion for humanity.

So there was such a lore…

While I was marveling at this, Mirna asked.

“Then how did the Rank 4 Spell Gamigin get released?”

“There was an accident. Twenty years ago, two adventurous and righteous Arc students broke a taboo. The spell must have escaped at that time.”

“Breaking a taboo, who on earth would do such a thing?”

Although Mirna dropped school like she couldn’t believe it. I had an idea. Because I knew something about what happened 20 years ago.

“Priga Nightfall, the Saintess.”

Hynax nodded reluctantly to my speculation.

“Yes. I don’t know how you found out. But since you guessed it straight away, there’s less to say.”

Hynax then explained the events that took place 20 years ago.

“The Rank 2 Spell Agares was released and caused chaos. We managed to seal it again, but there were many sacrifices. It was the catalyst for the formation of the current Sage Council.”

‘Agares?’

The word rang a bell in my mind.

When I entered the academy, I saw a magic circle with ‘Agares’ written on it. However, I couldn’t use it nor absorb it.

The reason became clear in Hynax’s subsequent explanation.

“Agares is currently sealed in the Saintess’ body.”

So that was what happened.

It made sense. Perhaps, I could not absorb magic that was possessed or sealed in other people’s bodies.

「You have calmly judged the situation!

You have gained experience points through the talent 《Calm Thinking》.

All job experience +5」

As I was pondering the accident, Hynax continued to explain.

“But we don’t know how long the seal will last. With a spell like Gamigin getting released and running wild, the seal is clearly weakening. Hence, Sir Gospel, I have an offer for you.”

“An offer for me?”

“This ‘offer’ should be interesting for Sir Gospel as well. It’s something only people with special eyes like you can do.”

• Edited by: faker