Rebirth Just Before The 10th Circle

It was a stone statue carved with a lot of money at the words of a colleague who said that the symbol of the tower was needed.

If it breaks, it has to be rebuilt.

It was also a stone statue on which Merlin put conservation magic on himself, saying that money should not be wasted on strict things.

And the stone statue climbed to the top of the Tower of Avalon, and was called this by many wizards.

“. . . the staff that seeks truth.”

Vivian nodded at the small murmur.

“Yes. It is a staff in search of truth.”

“How the heck is that here?”

“Fufu.”

Vivian smiled slightly.

With deep eyes, she called out the name of her teacher and the one she loved.

“Merlin.”

“···········?”

Merlin turned her gaze to Vivian.

Then I saw the doors open from house to house and people coming out.

Vivian’s voice flowed into Merlin’s ear, gazing at her teeth.

“Welcome back. To the wizard’s paradise, Avalon.”

“Yeah. This is Avalon.”

At his question of disbelief, Vivian smiled quietly.

“Merlin. When did you start to remember her past life?”

“It hasn’t been that long. It was last year.”

“Last year…?”

Vivian’s expression changed subtly.

When she first saw Merlin, she noticed that his status was not as good as his past.

It was expected that he had not yet found the state of the past at his confession that she was reincarnated, but he did not expect that it would be last year that he regained the memory of his previous life.

Vivian gave her Merlin an incredulous look.

As for her, Merlin’s status is about 6 circles.

If he really recovered the memories of his previous life last year, it was said that he had achieved this level in a short period of just over a year.

‘After all… it’s Merlin.’

Who in the world would have reached the 6th circle in just one year if not him

There···.

‘Something… is it a little different?’

The aura that Merlin felt was something different from the normal 6th circle wizard.

‘I think the 6th circle is definitely the right one… the energy I feel is more than the 7th circle.’

Observing her Merlin, she sensed her popularity and turned her gaze away.

“Vivian!”

“It’s Vivian!”

Finding her Vivian, the children of her village ran and clinged to her.

Vivian, who looked down at her children happily, patted their heads.

The children were greeted first, followed by the adults.

At the front was a man who looked to be in his mid-twenties.

“Are you here, Vivian?”

“Patrick, how are you?”

“We were always comfortable thanks to the protection of the forest.”

The man who welcomed Vivian.

There were people older than that, but Patrick had the feeling that he was representing the townsfolk.

Merlin glanced at Patrick.

‘It’s pretty good.’

He felt that Patrick’s level was 6th.

He was worthy of being said to be of high status for his outward age.

Did he feel Merlin’s gaze looking at him?

Patrick asked, looking at Merlin and his companions.

“By the way, Vivian-sama… these children?”

Vivian answered Patrick’s question with a bright smile.

“I’m not going to say this here, let’s go to the hall. I’ll go and explain. Guys, I can’t play today. Let’s play later.”

“Hey.”

“Biviaaan….”

Vivian patted the buttocks of the whining children and sent them back.

Meanwhile, Merlin took a look at Patrick and the people behind him.

Their faces showed curiosity and alertness.

“Come on, let’s go.”

Vivian, who had sent the children back, spoke softly and folded Merlin’s arms.

The villagers were amazed at her attitude.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

In particular, Patrick’s face was hardened.

“Come this way.”

Vivian pulled Merlin’s arm and led him to move first, and Avalon and all of them, who had been paying attention to their surroundings, followed them.

The villagers followed behind Avalon and all of them walking like that.

It was because they were curious about the identity of the outsider who had been visiting the village for a long time.

Merlin followed Vivian to the hall.

Calling him a hall, he was fine.

It’s just that it’s bigger and more spacious than other houses.

There wasn’t even an ordinary table in the room.

Still, it was quite spacious, so it could accommodate all the few villagers.

Seeing that no one else was coming, Patrick asked curiously.

“I… Vivian-sama? Who are these?”

Second question already.

It was Patrick who asked the question, but it wasn’t him that Vivian was talking to.

She said looking at her Merlin.

“About a thousand years ago, the awakening period appeared in the world. The awakening period, which can be easily and quickly strengthened, resides only in mana hearts, so many people choose mana hearts over circles. And as science progressed, interest in magic diminished.”

Vivian’s story was exactly what Merlin had guessed.

The process by which the magic was dead.

The only difference, however, was that Merlin had only guessed the process, and Vivian had experienced it firsthand.

Vivian, who has lived from the Age of Magic to the present, was a living witness of the living history of magic.

“Even though interest in magic has diminished and the number of people learning it has decreased, the pulse of magic has not been easily broken. Magic is still a great art, and it has its own charm.”

“What are you doing with such a grandiose sound?”

Merlin tightened her eyes and nodded her head.

Patrick’s eyebrows twitched when he saw this.

‘how?’

Although the opponent was a young boy, Vivian’s engineering skills were not so surprising.

Because she was kind to everyone.

However, the boy’s appearance of accepting this casually and treating him rudely was enough to touch Patrick’s heart.

Not only Patrick, but some of the villagers also expressed displeasure at Merlin’s tone.

That’s because the existence of Vivian meant a lot to them.

However, Vivian, who was the real party, continued to talk as if there was no emotion.

“The number gradually decreased over time, but the magic pulse continued… Until the denomination started hunting wizards in earnest.”

When the church appeared in her story, Merlin’s face hardened.

“For some reason, the Church tried to erase magic from the world. Countless innocent wizards who were hunted by them died. I couldn’t just watch this… and wandered around the continent as a dancer. I rescued the wizards who were being hunted while wandering the continent and brought them here.”

Vivian said looking at the villagers gathered around her.

“These are the sorcerers or their descendants that I have gathered from wandering the world as a dancer. Even now, I’m constantly going out and looking for people who have the power of magic, but it’s harder to find people who are learning magic than in the past. Maybe the people of this village are all who have a magical vein in the world.”

“Well···.”

Merlin groaned slightly.

It was because he did not think that the reason Vivian was called a phantom dancer and wandered the continent was because of the wizards.

But that was a bit premature.

The reason why Vivian wandered the continent.

The real reason followed.

“The number of descendants of wizards that I and the villagers have brought to us over the past 200 years is no more than ten. I haven’t found a single one in the last 20 years. Still, I was constantly wandering the continent. Someday… I wonder if someday I will be able to meet the descendants that Merlin left behind, or maybe Merlin’s descendants are also being pursued by the Church…”

At the confession of her mournful Vivian, her Merlin and all Avalon who followed her looked at her in amazement.

‘You have lived like that…’

Merlin and Vivian’s time together did not last long.

just over 30 years.

Of course, 30 years was a long time for humans, but for Vivian, who will live for a thousand years, 30 years did not take up a lot of weight.

Nevertheless, Vivian has spent all of her life saving the wizard because of his 30 years with Merlin.

She said looking at her Merlin.

“I liked magic. Because the memories of those days when I was learning magic from Merlin were so happy. So I hated seeing them destroy the magic you left on the world. But… the only thing I could do on my own was to protect them.”

“…you have suffered.”

Merlin reached out and stroked Vivian’s hair.

To say that she has lived for over a thousand years, she still seemed to be staying in her childhood days when she was small and fragile.

“Ah···.”

Vivian sighed slightly as her hand stroking her own hair.

Soon, clear tears flowed from her eyes.

A struggle that has been fought alone for a thousand years.

It felt like the stains of a hard life that had led the wizards who were oppressed by the church alone disappeared at Merlin’s caresses.

With tears in her eyes, she accepted her Merlin’s hand.

And Patrick, who was watching Merlin and Vivian, showed a confused expression.

They have eyes and ears, but how can they not understand what Vivian is saying and doing?

However, the still confused mind was not easily sorted out.

Patrick asked, perplexed.

“Gee, now… this is…”

At Patrick’s question, Vivian wiped her tears away and smiled brightly.

“Patrick.”

“·················ogue.”

“Do you know why Avalon was called a magical sanctuary and paradise?”

“Yes?”

“It was because of one wizard in Avalon.”

“·················ogue.”

“The only great wizard who founded Avalon and brought magic to life in the world. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the age of wizards began because of him. And he is . . . this is him.”

At Vivian’s introduction, Patrick muttered in a squeezing voice.

“Magic Pioneer… Merle… Lin?”

Because the surroundings were quiet, no one could not hear his voice.

Winston and Zeppelin, Kay and Sasha looked in disbelief at what they heard about Merlin.

The villagers, including Patrick, looked at Merlin and murmured.

“Really? Are you really Merlin?”

“But how? He disappeared thousands of years ago, didn’t he?”

Voices of disbelief came from all over the place.

Patrick asked on their behalf.

“Are you really saying this, Vivian? Is this little boy… really the first Archmage Merlin?”

“Absolutely. I can testify as Merlin’s last disciple. This is Merlin.”

Despite Vivian’s strong insistence, the villagers could not help but distrust it.

After all, she was the one who saved them.

The villagers could not ignore Vivian’s affirmation.

As the surrounding noise subsided a little, Vivian looked at Merlin and opened her mouth.

“Merlin, welcome back. And . . . please.”

“Request?”

“Once again, please become the lord of Avalon.”

Once again, she was shocked by her remarks.

The tower owner of the Avalon Tower, which has now become a village, has been in charge of Vivian for hundreds of years.

Spiritual support of the villagers.

Such Vivian declared that she would step down from Topju herself.

And that too by handing over the position of Tapju to a young boy who doesn’t even look twenty yet.

“Rain, Vivian-sama?!”

“Vivian!”

Surprised voices erupted from everywhere.

Even though that young boy was the old wizard Merlin, he was still a stranger to the villagers.

No matter how much Vivian said, there could not be a backlash.

In particular, those who respected and deeply followed Vivian felt even greater resentment and betrayal.