38 A Be (2/2)
”Then, every one of you must take part in my sister's birthday party the day after tomorrow.”
”Hahaha. Okay, not a problem.”
Everybody was happy. Both having fun in this place or taking part in John's sister's party were good things. They wouldn't lose anything whatever the result was.
Down on the street, Betta was at a loss before the dirty water. He said, ”Why don't we take a detour?”
”That's unnecessary.”
Roland pointed his finger, and a concentration of cold air surged out and paved a road of ice on the dirty water.
It was a derivative spell of Ice Ring that Roland invented recently. It was not powerful, but Roland thought that it could be useful as a rapid freezing method on certain occasions, like right now.
On the third floor, all the young nobles fell silent. In the end, John laughed. ”What an interesting spellcaster. I've never seen anyone squandering magic power like him.”
Betta also said in amazement, ”Magic is really useful.”
The civilians nearby were shocked by the magic, but they gradually calmed down seeing that Roland and Betta did not intend to hurt them.
Walking over the ice bridge, Roland and Betta continued.
They had questioned the city guards when they entered the city. The white tower, which was the highest building in the city, was the headquarters of the Association of Mages.
This Magic Tower was at the end of the road.
Delpon was a large city. The white tower seemed close but was actually far away.
It took them half an hour to reach the tower.
They found themselves in a square made of blue and white bricks. It was clean, lacking the garbage that littered the rest of the city.
The Magic Tower was exclusively built with white rocks. There were no gaps, as if the rocks were naturally one great rock.
The tower was rather enormous. It was at least seventy meters in radius.
Raising his eyes at the tower, Roland sensed patterned, invisible waves emanating outward.
”Is this a magic creature?” Roland mumbled in a low voice.
At this moment, Betta suddenly said, ”Brother Roland, I won't go in with you. I'm not a Mage anyway. I'll wander the city and see if I can trigger any quests!”
Roland frowned and asked, ”Then how should we meet up later?”
”I saw an inn named Lamb Girl on our way here. I'll stay there. You can come to the inn if you want to see me.”
”All right.” Roland nodded and said, ”This is a large city. It's not a bad idea that we explore it separately.”
Betta waved at Roland and ran off excitedly.
Staring at the gate of the Association of Mages, Roland walked closer.
When he reached the gate, one of the two guards there stopped him. ”I'm sorry, but the Magic Tower is open to members only. Do you have a Mage certificate?”
After a brief daze, Roland asked with a smile, ”How should I get this certificate?”
The guard said rather awkwardly, ”I'm sorry, but I'm not clear on that, either.”