Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 5 Volume 10 by Kazuki Miya

Author:Kazuki, Miya [Unbekannt]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2024-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

The Lord of Evil’s Machinations

Thanks to my copied teleportation circle, I’d arrived at my destination. Each country gate was basically the same on the inside, so I could tell them apart only by the sigils of the primary gods drawn on their circles. A quick glance was all it took for me to spot Geduldh’s. I must have been in Klassenberg.

“I just need to fill the gate with mana, right?”

I approached the wall and pressed my Book of Mestionora against it. Because I’d already supplied the country gates in Ehrenfest, Dunkelfelger, and Ahrensbach, I was well accustomed to the process.

An easy win. Like taking candy from a baby. Heheheh.

As my mana streamed into the country gate through my Book of Mestionora, I suddenly noticed the magic circle behind me shine. I turned around while taking care not to disrupt the flow.

Huh? What...?

Only those with a Book of Mestionora or the Grutrissheit kept in the underground archive could use these teleportation circles. And as only members of royalty could access the latter, Ferdinand or Gervasio had to be behind this surprise appearance.

Don’t tell me someone’s coming here to sabotage me. There’s only one person who would even consider such a thing...

“Is that you, Ferdinand?!”

“Well deduced,” he replied as he appeared atop the teleportation circle.

“I would ask if you came here by mistake, but let’s be honest, that would never happen. Based on prior experience, I suspect you’re here to sabotage the race that Mestionora and Erwaermen set up.” I pointed straight at him and declared, “You can’t hide anything from me!”

“Well, that saves me having to explain the obvious,” Ferdinand replied, not even attempting to disguise his intentions. I wouldn’t have believed whatever excuses he might have thrown at me, but still—would it really have hurt him to try?

“Go on, then—what are you plotting? How are you going to sabotage me?”

“I take it back; I do need to explain the obvious. Pray tell, how would trying to sabotage you benefit me? I am here to sabotage Gervasio.”

Our race was, in short, a simple, easy-to-understand test to see which of us Zent candidates had the most mana. It would also measure our ability to draw teleportation circles, the completeness of our Books of Mestionora, and our experience in magecraft.

“I was first because of my secret technique, but you drew your teleportation circle much faster than Gervasio,” I said. “I don’t know how much of the mana you expended during battle you’ve managed to recover, but with your vastly more potent rejuvenation potions, you are at a considerable advantage. Why not play fair this time, hm?”

Ferdinand gave a sardonic smile. “Hmph. Fair, you say? Even though you contributed most to sabotaging Gervasio?”

“Um, I did...? That doesn’t ring a bell, I’m afraid.”

“Has your memory not returned, or are you still completely lacking in self-awareness?”

“Probably the latter. I remember what we were doing before Mestionora descended.”

Ferdinand gave his temple a few irritated taps. “I expected you to have learned something by now... It was your idea that we interrupt Gervasio while he was in the Garden of Beginnings.

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