Chapter 1 (1/2)

The head

Kung! Thud!

Swoosh! Wheeeing!

In the wilderness overlooking the humongous castle, there was a grey-robed wizard, and a knight clad in golden armor.

As the dark energy rose from the hand of the wizard, red lava rose from the ground.

The lava streams, which seemed like giant snakes, wished to get stuck to the knight like a whip.

But the knight who was spewing a golden aura gave rise to an illusion of an angel with a shield who appeared in the air to prevent the lava from getting close.

No, the knight didn’t stop by just blocking it.

The knight took an offensive stance in a second and was ready with his sharp and shining sword, which he wanted to drive into the wizard.

‘This!’

Puck-!

The wizard who was trying to stop the knight got pushed back by the golden-armored knight’s attack. The knight’s sword was dripping with blood.

“Die, Devil Saymon!”

At the shout from the knight, the grey-robed wizard, Saymon, ground his teeth.

With all his strength, he tried to block the knight’s incoming sword and asked,

“Devil? Are you saying that this body belongs to the Devil?”

“Yes, I am! The city and estates are filled with that filthy dark magic of yours! How can one cause such a commotion if not the devil!?”

Saymon was astounded and couldn’t respond to him.

The words from the knight were indeed true.

Saymon was the wizard in the 9th circle.

And just as he had said, with the use of dark magic, he managed to take down two kingdoms and an estate.

However, apart from the facts that the knight just spoke of, there was another thing that had to be taken into consideration.

The things that Saymon took down were the nobilities that stood in front of him and the vested interests which were like parasitic to him.

And as for the innocent people, he hadn’t laid a finger on the ones who knew nothing.

On top of that, those who surrendered were saved.

And that wasn’t all.

He also saved those people who were being kept captive by humans and living their lives like slaves.

Which was why other people from a different race called him the ‘Dark Sage’ and the ‘Liberator Fairy’.

But the knight decided to turn away from the truth. Technically, the truth was distorted.

“Keuk, you’ll see and hear the stars as you live.”

At the laugh of the knight, Saymon spoke again,

“Rakan, what did I do wrong? Was it wrong for me to take revenge on those who feed off of good people and suck our country dry?”

Tears filled the eyes of Saymon as he spoke.

“If you had eyes, you would have seen it too; you could’ve heard it too. It is the royals who destroy the lands with their greed, harmed the good people and enslave the half-breed tribes. Aren’t they the true devils!?”

Nevertheless, Rakan firmly shook his head.

“No, they are different from you—the one who decided to mess up the whole world with evil dark magic!”

“Kukk, different you say? Okay, they are different. I at least didn’t live like a lamb that followed the words of God and bite the weak like a wild dog.”

“Shut up! Don’t even try to deceive me with that desire overflowing tongue of yours!”

“You stupid one! You have already been deceived! By the wild dogs which overlaid a sheepskin on them!”

Saymon was building up magi.

Darkness was storming at his fingertips.

With teary eyes.

The tears which he thought had long dried were forming once again as he thought of the grief and the unsettled anger that he could never erase from his thoughts.

* * *

20 years ago.

Saymon was an ordinary wizard of Veritas Magic Tower.

There was not supposed to be an outstanding mana absorption for the poor commoners.

As he was in a Magic Tower with a status he wasn’t supposed to possess, the others had always been angry at him and despised him.

And naturally, he had to take the dirtiest work in the Magic Tower.

But he endured it all with a lot of hard work.

All the ingenious ideas and the papers he worked hard on were taken away by the senior wizards and elders.

Nevertheless, not once had he ever complained about it.

‘As long as she is here… as long as she looks at me and be with me. I can bear the weight of the world!’

For the beloved woman that he loved. Only for her.

He could forget the pain of the past, be happy in the present, and dream of a better future.