Became The Patron Of Villains Chapter 580

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As far as Alon knew, Heinkel was not this type of person.

Because she was the type who did not have much interest in anything except magic.

Yes, that was definitely how she was supposed to be.

“You have come, Father! And Mother!”

So why was Heinkel saying something like that? While he was thinking that, she soon looked as though she found the lack of reaction from the two of them strange.

“……? Why are you not reacting at all?”

She opened her mouth.

And then, along with Heinkel’s greeting—

“Th-they said he rides around on a dragon—”

“I-it was true.”

“As expected of the Magic King—!”

■■■■■■-!!

Basiliora, feeling extremely pleased by the words of the mages who had rushed out behind her while still letting out a dignified roar.

And then—

“Mother…… I’m Mother……? And Lord Alon is Father……?? Then that means—”

After confirming even Penia’s reaction, which for some reason looked as though she were about to fall into confusion in a different direction unrelated to her exhaustion over these past three days, Alon soon made the maximum possible deduction, then spoke as though he had reached a conclusion.

“……Excuse me, Lady Heinkel.”

“What is it?”

“……Did you perhaps injure your head?”

He said it with a serious expression.

At that, Heinkel’s face stiffened for an instant, but she soon forced a smile.

“……What do you mean by that, Father? I am the same as before.”

“……”

Alon made a face that clearly said, You are not the same as before at all.

But only for a moment.

Grab—!

Soon, Heinkel seized Alon’s arm with her small body.

“F-first, let us go upstairs and talk, Father?”

She spoke in a strange tone.

Though Alon was inwardly bewildered, he nodded as though he understood.

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While Basiliora, in order to receive even more applause from the mages, did not follow Alon inside and instead performed a show by circling the Mage Tower together with Blackie—

Alon and Penia, dragged into the old library by Heinkel’s arm—

“Uaaaaaaaah—”

looked at Heinkel with odd expressions as she twisted her body this way and that as though she had failed her resistance check against embarrassment the moment they entered the Mage Tower.

“……Lady Heinkel?”

Alon called carefully.

However, Heinkel twisted her body this way and that several more times, then soon looked at Alon.

“……There is a really, very long story behind this.”

“……You mean calling me and Penia Father and Mother?”

“Right, exactly that. There is a story behind that. I did not injure my head.”

“……What kind of story could possibly lead to that?”

Alon asked in confusion.

At that, Heinkel let out a long sigh, then glanced at Alon’s expression from the side.

“That is, you see……”

Soon, she began telling Alon and Penia what sort of story had unfolded in the Mage Tower after they left.

And after spending a certain amount of time listening to the whole story from Heinkel, Alon said,

“……So, it started when Lady Heinkel, in order to help me, appealed to the mages by saying she received a body from me.”

“That’s right.”

Heinkel nodded at Alon’s words.

“After that, the mages saw Lady Heinkel’s appearance and said, Hm? She looks like him? Could she perhaps be a child born between the Magic King and the Blue Tower’s vice tower master? And that was the middle part.”

“Strictly speaking, rather than a child born between the two of you, the image was more like a being the two of you created. Well, yes, in terms of meaning, it is not exactly wrong.”

Heinkel nodded while making a subtle expression at Penia’s words.

“And after living like that, her image settled as something like my daughter, and then, huh? A god’s daughter? It began to feel like that, and divine power started accumulating…… Is that it?”

“Yes, something like that. Well, rather than divine power accumulating only because of that, since I became able to properly use the True Mages’ magic through your blessing—”

“A number of things overlapped, then.”

“That’s right.”

Heinkel nodded at Alon’s words and continued speaking.

“Anyway, so, you see? Once I actually gained a bit of this thing called divine power, it turned out to be a very fascinating power. And because of that—”

“……You naturally began appealing to them?”

“Ahem—”

Heinkel avoided his gaze to the side with a clearing-her-throat expression, and Penia, who had been thinking about something for a moment, tilted her head.

“But considering you appealed that much, we never heard anything about this story…… Isn’t that right, Lord Alon?”

“……Well, that is true. If the rumor had spread, it seems like we would have heard it—”

It had been roughly one year since Alon last stopped by the Mage Tower, but even so, it was not to the point where he would fail to hear news like this.

After all, he had an information guild.

However, that doubt lasted only briefly.

“I blocked that on my own.”

“……How?”

“I said that if they spread the rumor, blessings would no longer come to the mages. So the ones who know are about the friends currently in the Mage Tower?”

At Heinkel’s words as she cleared her throat, Penia nodded with an “Oh-ho” expression.

“That certainly…… would be enough to act as a deterrent.”

“Right?”

“……Would it?”

Alon tilted his head slightly, still somewhat uncertain.

However, Penia nodded as though it were obvious.

“Yes. Among the mages of the present time, there should be no one who is not interested in phrase magic.”

At Penia’s words, Alon nodded slightly.

“Anyway, after you left, the situation was roughly like this…… What about you? You did not come at all for a year, so I even wondered whether you had perhaps forgotten about us.”

At Heinkel’s following question, Alon said,

“……I will explain from here.”

Then he nodded slightly and began speaking.

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Alon’s story went on for quite a long time.

That was only natural.

He had not visited the Mage Tower for a long period.

“……That is how it happened.”

Because of that, after Alon, who had spoken for quite a long time, finally finished, Heinkel looked to the opposite side of Alon and quietly muttered,

“……I see.”

“Still, it is fine. We are currently searching for him.”

“That is fortunate as well. Then the reason you came here today is because of what that golden dragon said, right?”

“I also need to learn the interpreted magic.”

At Alon’s words, Heinkel nodded two or three times as though she agreed.

“I roughly understand. Then should I first look at that system you made?”

“That’s right.”

“Then could you try telling me about it?”

At Heinkel’s words, Alon nodded as though he had been waiting for it and began explaining the system he had created himself.

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Around the time Alon was speaking with Heinkel—

“Hmmm—”

The golden dragon Reinysius was stroking his chin with a strange expression.

It was because of the Foot That Runs Through the Past placed in front of him.

“How strange.”

With a quiet mutter, Reinysius picked up the Foot That Runs Through the Past and slightly furrowed his brow.

‘He had definitely almost found them……’

After receiving Alon’s request, Reinysius had been using the Foot That Runs Through the Past to locate two people.

One was his companion, Evan.

The other was a being called Strange Powers and Chaotic Gods from the forgotten age of gods.

And until recently, he had certainly been tracing both of their whereabouts with fairly decent progress. In particular, as for Evan, whom Alon seemed to want to find quickly no matter what, the progress had become quite high.

To the point that if Reinysius pushed himself, he could find the coordinates within a few days.

Yes, definitely until yesterday.

‘……What in the world is this?’

Reinysius furrowed his brow and used the Foot That Runs Through the Past.

Along with that, the lingering trace of magic power was felt for an instant.

Arculainysis had continued the tracking by following the lingering trace that appeared in this fleeting moment.

But.

‘……The coordinates changed.’

Strangely, the coordinates had changed.

And at a time when the unstable world had stabilized, no less.

And that, at least in the otherworld Reinysius understood, was something that should absolutely never happen.

The otherworld was a world that became fixed the moment one entered it.

In other words, there was no reason for the coordinates to change in the first place.

No, even if there were some characteristic he did not know about and the coordinates did change, then all coordinates should have changed.

However, the one that had changed now was only a single coordinate.

Namely, the coordinates of Evan, whom he had been searching for.

And that meant only one thing.

‘……Someone is changing the coordinates.’

While knowing that Reinysius was searching for Evan.

However, strangely enough, the coordinates of Strange Powers and Chaotic Gods, whom he was searching for at the same time, had not changed.

“……Who is it?”

For a while, Reinysius had no choice but to furrow his brow.

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After Alon finished explaining the system to Heinkel.

“……So, this system is something that sage who sees the future made by looking at about thirty days into your future and giving you feedback in real time?”

“That’s right.”

“That is a lie.”

Looking at Alon as he nodded, she declared it without hesitation.

“……It is a lie?”

“Yes. Why? Did you really not notice?”

“……No, Reinysius already mentioned it once, so I had been thinking about it, but is it to that extent?”

At Alon’s words, Heinkel smirked.

“It is not merely to that extent.”

“……Then?”

“I will say this first. I am not looking down on you. But this is not a system that could come out of your level of knowledge.”

“……It is that much?”

“Yes. I can say so decisively. I will tell you why.”

Heinkel lightly snapped her fingers.

Along with that, a geometric drawing began to form in front of Alon and Penia.

Many introductions attached themselves to the picture that began to be drawn from the roots.

Slowly, slowly, a tree grew, using letters as its leaves.

And when the entire drawing had been completed like that, what Alon and Penia could see was a shape like a massive tree.

With its center completely hollow.

“……What is this?”

“It is your system. Of course, not perfectly, and since this is only to help you understand, I did arrange it to some extent, but basically, you can think of the system you made as being like this. More precisely—”

Heinkel stared directly at Alon and spoke.

“It is a system that was supposedly made in only one month, yet does not have even a single fatal error. But that is not what matters.”

“……That is not what matters?”

“Yes. Do you see this?”

Heinkel pointed to the center of the tree.

The empty space where nothing had been drawn.

“……This is the something that golden dragon mentioned.”

“The space in the operating formula……”

“Yes. You want to know what goes into this space, right?”

“……That’s right.”

“The answer is simple. What goes in here is an ‘artifact.’”

“……An artifact, you say?”

“Yes. It even prepared a place for an artifact that uses Reverse Heavens, probably one only you can use. And not only that, the artifact contains an effect that would not merely have been absolutely impossible to create in that era, but may or may not even be possible to create in the future—”

Heinkel smiled as though amused.

“……And that sage, who could only see thirty days into the future, supposedly prepared it in advance.”

With an extremely interested expression, she said it.