Sword God in a World of Magic

Knock, knock, knock.

Someone knocked on a wooden door.

No answer came.

Creak.

The door opened slowly, and an immaculately dressed person stepped in. It was a man with white hair, but it was a bit difficult to discern his age. Even though he had white hair, which obviously came from old age, there were no wrinkles on his face. If one only looked at his face, one might believe that he was rather young.

However, appearances often deceived.

If someone heard of this person's age, they wouldn't be able to believe whoever told them.

The man looked around the room with professional eyes.

It was a small study filled with all kinds of books, scriptures, tomes, and papers. An unbelievably soft, violet carpet was strewn across the ground, and a cozy fire crackled in the fireplace.

The man's eyes looked at the back of the room.

Another man was sitting on a chair behind a mahogany desk. Several papers were strewn across the desk, and the man practically lay in his chair, his head looking upward.

The man at the door slightly shook his head and walked over.

Bang!

He slightly kicked the table.

"Oh, wha- huh? Oh, good morning, Wester," the man who had just been sleeping said after recovering from the shock. He was an old man with gentle facial features, and everyone that saw him would believe him to be a nice grandpa.

"It's evening, sir," Wester, the butler, said to the old man.

"Oh, already?" the old man asked in confusion as he looked around his room. "I was working on this year's reward for the Clan Tournament. Guess I lost track of time," he said.

"Mhm," Wester uttered, deciding not to comment on how he had found his master napping.

"What? You don't believe me?" the old man asked with an offended expression. "Look! It's over there," he said.

A tome started to float from the desk and stopped in front of Wester.

Wester took the tome, opened it, and scanned through it.

"An Element-Neutral King Rank Spell," Wester commented. "You didn't read the dossiers about the candidates, did you?" Wester asked.

The old man felt like he had been found out.

BANG!

Wester put his hands on the stacked dossiers on the table, making it impossible for the old man to peek at them.

The old man groaned. "Fine! Fine!" he groaned, "but it doesn't really matter, does it? Element-Neutral Spells are worth more than Element-Specific Spells anyway."

"Sir, if you keep creating Element-Neutral Spells for every tournament, the other Clans will start believing that we don't care about the tournament," Wester commented.

The old man groaned again. "Fine! I'll just create one for every Element, and you can choose whichever you want to hand out in the future tournaments."

Wester put the Element-Neutral King Rank Spell under his arm but didn't comment on the old man's words.

Silence.

as his butler only

you need something else?" the old man

Silence.

Calamity

a bit taken aback as he looked at Wester with skepticism. "Vanished? Did he

people arrived at his home for their monthly visit, he

you search for him?"

As a mere Apprentice, he couldn't possibly have traveled further, and we would have noticed any spatial fluctuations. However,

other Clans could have hidden something like that. Additionally, they would

life. That would also explain why

nodded. "That is also our

also nodded. "I presume you

"Yes, sir."

for Wester to give him something, and a piece of paper appeared

at the paper

the bottom of the piece of paper, and his finger shone with purple

man commented as

"As always," Wester said.

and wished the

the old man looked with furrowed brows at

man waved his fingers. Some water gathered in the air, and a clear pool

into the pool, and

old man's eyes moved with rapid speeds as he scanned through every hidden corner of the world in

the old man

No trace of him. That's a new one," the old man mumbled to himself. "I mean, Affinities can eat up their owners, so it's not really unbelievable. It just hasn't happened with the Child of Calamity before in the past

scratched his chin for a while longer, but

Child of Calamity anyway," he commented to himself

meters. It was difficult to discern what was more surprising, the

Wester arrived in front of a wooden door, which he quickly opened and walked

arrived in

weapons and adornments were on the walls as imposing, violet flags hung down from every column. The flags

now, the hall

hallway, this hallway being far bigger and grander than the

through

of magical equipment could be found in the room. Several

evening, sir. Do

stood up politely. Electricity sparked around her as

She exuded incredible power.

Sarah, perfect, I was searching for you. Everything going well?" Wester asked

asking, sir," the woman spoke

need you to do something for me," Wester said politely as he took out the

floated over, and the

as she continued reading.

to a wall. She spoke complex

later, an outcropping in the shape of a piece of paper appeared on

the paper in the outcropping, and the paper

DING! DING! DING!

distance, their sounds

Wester commented politely

you, sir," Sarah said

SHING!

the bright light vanished just as quickly as it had

had undergone