—Davey. You’re aware that this could turn into an international dispute, right?

“It doesn’t matter. There’s already a precedent, you know?”

—Still…

“Besides, when would I experiment if not now? The mage tower is the best subject to experiment on.”

Davey was testing out items that nobody could ever use even in the future. He was the only one who could, because he did not want to release the items for sale anywhere. Besides, even if he released them, the only ones who would be powerful enough to decipher the principles behind it were mages at the 7th Circle or above.

“If the mages of the mage tower only focus on research, then they will become rigid and dull. They sometimes need to get some fresh air and exercise. If they don’t do that, then won’t their bellies stick out of their uniforms?”

Hearing Davey’s teasing voice through the communication tool, Great Sage Hellison Valestia felt a strange sense of uneasiness.

“I believe you’re aware that Emperor Deorte of the Lyndis Empire had played such a fun and interesting prank on me, no?”

Hellison Valestia certainly knew about that one incident. After all, he was the Great Sage. He could infer various things from the simple information that he had gathered.

[I am…aware.]

“It’s quite similar to what happened back...