Aroth’s Black Tower Master, Balzac Ludbeth — this name brought forth a memory of black-rimmed glasses, short hair with a neat parting, a thin face, and sharp eyes. After having met him so many times, Eugene could easily recall Balzac Ludbeth’s face.

Although they had exchanged several conversations, Eugene still didn’t have a clear understanding of what “kind” of a person Balzac was.

Eugene himself knew the reason for this.

Three hundred years had indeed passed since Hamel died. While it was only natural for the world to have changed, it still seemed like there had been far too many changes.

However, Eugene was still the same Hamel as ever. However, from the moment he was born, he had known that he was Hamel, and even though he had lived up until now as Eugene, he couldn’t completely shake off the remnants of the time when he had lived as Hamel.

Even though the Helmuth he had personally visited had become quite comfortable, no, a very comfortable empire for humans to live in; for Eugene, Helmuth was still and always would be that same hellish Devildom. Likewise, the Demon King of Incarceration might currently be viewed as a sage who enacted wise policies for the benefit of the continent and all humans, but to Eugene, the Demon King of Incarceration was still that same terrible Demon King who swatted humans like insects; and the same went for the demonfolk.

Then there were the black wizards. In this current era, black magic had been recognized as just another school of magic, and black wizards were now a respected class of wizards. However, to Eugene, black wizards were still just the pawns of the Demon King and his demonfolk, traitorous bastards who had betrayed their fellow human beings.

The times really had changed completely. Eugene had also tried to compromise to some extent with all of these changes. However, Eugene could still only view Balzac through the tinted lenses of his identity as a black wizard.

In the end, he didn’t know what kind of person Balzac was because of his own prejudice against black wizards. Until now, Balzac had never once shown any ill will towards Eugene. Instead, he would always try to provide help to Eugene. Balzac would warn Eugene of any dangers and had even given Eugene advice on the creation of his Signature that Balzac hadn’t even offered to his own disciples.

Yet even with all that, Eugene still couldn’t accept...