Reincarnated with the King’s Power

Chapter 73

Diana Cornelia.

The Queen of Cornelia was said to have created miracles like natural disasters by perfectly materializing the magic of the five major elements.

“Diana.”

Diana in the hologram had long, flowing hair and was dressed as a queen.

The staff in her hand was the ‘Pentagram's Grudge’, which symbolized the strongest mage of her time.

It was an armory that had taken the lives of numerous Superhumans.

“How did you….”

[Strange. Only the direct descendants of Cornelia should be able to enter here.]

Despite Killian's reaction, Diana merely tilted her head.

Her gaze paused on the pendant around his neck for a moment.

[Well, I'm sure the future Cornelias will handle it.]

“Diana.”

Killian called her name once more.

[If you've reached this far, you must be a capable fellow.]

“Is that so.”

[I can feel a trace of Cornelia in you, so I'll turn a blind eye.]

“So she can't hear me.”

It was just a vividly reproduced illusion magic.

It seemed to be materializing an ancestor of Cornelia related to the psyche of the person who entered the Secret Repository.

[From here on, I, Diana Cornelia, will test you.]

“You've set up an interesting device.”

A bitter smile formed on Killian's face.

Even though he was facing a close friend after a long time, his words couldn't reach her.

The words he could hear were also just pre-recorded.

It didn't take long to compose his mind.

“A test, you say?”

[You can only move forward by answering my questions. The level of reward you can obtain will also depend on it.]

“A thought worthy of you.”

Even though he knew she wouldn't respond to his voice.

“Let's hear it.”

Killian played along with her.

It was his way of at least feeling like he was having a conversation.

[First question. State Cornelia's main enemy.]

“An easy question.”

Cornelia, due to its outstanding magical skills, had to offer its blood relatives as hostages to the Empire for a long time.

Those who grew up as hostages devoted themselves to the Empire until their deaths, and sometimes they were even tasked with hunting their own blood relatives.

In the past and now, that resentment would not have subsided.

“The Empire, the Heinrich Imperial Family.”

Violet mana enveloped Killian.

[Correct. If you had lied, even as a joke, you would have been ejected from here.]

‘Was it determining the truth with mana? No wonder the question was so easy.’

It was a test that no one but a proper Cornelia blood relative could pass.

Hwaak.

With a violet halo, the room's environment changed.

Even more luxurious-looking magic tools and faded magic books were on display.

Moreover, this time, things like spiritual medicines were added.

It seemed the Secret Repository was also composed of several sub-spaces.

[Now, shall we continue with the next question?]

Diana's test continued.

The allied nations that maintained a deep relationship with Cornelia in the Kingdom Alliance, the kingdoms that tried to sell Cornelia to the Empire, the traitors who murdered the kingdom's ancestors….

Most of the questions were ones that couldn't be answered without extensive knowledge of Cornelia's history.

Each time Killian gave an answer, violet mana would envelop his body as if to discern the truth, and as he answered correctly, new items were summoned into the room.

It was around the time when about ten such questions and answers had been exchanged.

Suddenly, she began to talk to herself.

[Edan Eurasia. He was the greatest knight I acknowledged.]

‘Is this a question about Edan?’

The corners of my mouth twitched at a question I couldn't possibly get wrong.

[If it weren't for the appearance of the Grotesquery, we would have surely brought down the Empire. That guy shouldn't have died like that.]

‘Come to think of it, there were marriage talks between Edan and Diana.’

For some unknown reason, the marriage never happened, but I knew that there were subtle feelings exchanged between them.

It was because Edan would sometimes meet Diana without me.

‘If it weren't for his womanizing tendencies… what a fool. There's no other woman like Diana.’

Diana's words didn't end with her explanation of Edan.

[Everyone praised that guy as an undefeated knight, the strongest knight. But that's wrong.]

“Diana, you really know something…”

[The one who raised that foolish knight is an even more clueless and arrogant fellow.]

“Huh?”

Diana's expression became ambiguous after saying that.

Her face seemed to have reddened slightly.

[Last question.]

“Hey, clueless and arrogant.”

Regardless of Killian's reaction, Diana's mouth opened, her face seemingly reminiscent of something.

[The first Human to stand against the ancient Gods, who raised countless Superhumans, and used mana.]

“……?”

[The only being who received the respect of this Diana Cornelia. Do you know his name?]

“……”

The first Human to stand against the ancient Gods, who raised countless Superhumans, and used mana.

‘That's… me?’

In Killian's memory, Diana Cornelia had never once shown him respect.

“You waged a war against the Gods? You got drunk on excessive power and made a reckless move. If it were me, I would have waited for the right time.”

“You foolish Magic Sword. How about serving me as your new partner instead?”

“It wouldn't be bad to melt you down and process you into a staff.”

“Tell me anytime. If you want, I can let you live in Cornelia's Secret Repository for the rest of your life.”

“……”

No matter how much I thought about it, it never happened.

On the contrary, she would either ridicule me for foolishly confronting the Gods and being trapped in a sword, or she would hurl insults at me for choosing Edan as my partner instead of her.

Whatever the case, I had to answer the question.

“……Adamas.”

Killian opened his mouth with a dumbfounded look.

A refreshing smile formed on Diana's lips.

[That's correct.]

Violet mana swirled.

A huge gate was created behind Diana.

‘This is……!!’

The Absolute Gate.

It was a magic that could only be used upon reaching 9-star.

‘So she did reach it in the end.’

Killian was, in a sense, facing the first 9-star mage in human history.

As she chanted a spell, the gate spat out a single box.

[May my will for the future be passed down to the later generations.]

At the sight of his friend smiling more brightly than ever before.

“……”

Killian silently accepted the box.

***

“Is it only the tenth hour yet.”

Toneri Cornelia looked at the gate of the Secret Repository.

Ten hours had passed since Killian Eurasia had crossed the gate.

Toneri had come here before returning to his room after finishing his work.

“I wonder how many days he'll stay before coming out.”

When one first enters the Secret Repository, they are confronted with their own situations.

As one of the direct blood relatives, he had entered the Secret Repository when he was a 4-star.

Unlike his father, who was called the Mage of Ten Thousand Ices, he had felt familiar with darkness since he was young.

And the moment he entered the Secret Repository, he faced the abyss.

At first, he thought he had to find the answer in that darkness, but that wasn't the answer the Secret Repository wanted.

It was when he had spent about a day trapped in the darkness.

The advice of Hegel and Kiel flashed through his mind.

“Among our ancestors, there was one who entered the realm of an Arch Mage with dark magic. There's no need to feel intimidated just because you don't meet Celot's expectations.”

“Illusions cannot exist without the company of light and darkness. You must accept that you and brother Celot are different to grow.”

Toneri used all the mana he could muster at the time to create a fire.

It took a full day to burn the entire space filled with darkness, and thus he, battered and bruised, was able to reach the true Secret Repository.

There, he met the previous Lord of Cornelia from about 100 years ago.

An Arch Mage who had made a name for himself by mastering dark magic.

Toneri answered a few of his questions truthfully and obtained a magic book that recorded dark magic.

‘Not everyone in the bloodline gets what they want from the Secret Repository.’

No matter how skilled one was, those who lacked a sense of duty and insight could not even pass the first gate.

“Killian… the Fourth Young Master of Eurasia.”

Demian Eurasia, an unparalleled genius who excelled in both literary and martial arts, Paian Eurasia, who was not inferior even when compared to the direct descendants of Cornelia, and Julian Eurasia, who had no distinct strengths but was backed by the wealth of the Sepia Merchant Guild.

Compared to them, he was a failure of Eurasia with no skills or background.

It had certainly been that way until a few years ago.

‘There's no need to doubt anymore.’

The exact cause and effect were unknown, but Killian Eurasia was clearly someone who had reached the realm of a Sword Master, which knights dreamed of.

He successfully stopped the Lord's rampage and played a major role in him reaching 8-star.

I knew that the reason the Lord didn't forcibly take the pendant was because he inwardly thought of him as a son-in-law.

“By now, he's probably struggling with the first trap.”

The Secret Repository depleted the visitor's mana and mental strength to extend their stay.

“He'll somehow pass the first gate. The question is what he'll bring out.”

He had told the librarians of the library to contact him first.

It was with the thought of offering a deal himself if he came out with a useful magic tool.

“As the head librarian, the Lord will understand that much.”

It was the moment Toneri turned around and was about to head to his room.

Kiiiing.

The gate connected to the Secret Repository reacted.

“……”

Toneri, who had stopped in his tracks, focused on the pulse of mana.

The stabilized gate wavered with violet mana.

“Already…?”

Toneri tilted his head at the earlier-than-expected result.

Less than 10 seconds later, Killian walked out of the gate.

In his slightly tired-looking hand was a single iron box.

“Young Master… You've come out earlier than I thought.”

“I felt a strong presence from beyond the gate, and I see it was you, Sir Toneri.”

“How was your visit to the Secret Repository?”

“Nothing special.”

“……”

Toneri trailed off, looking at the box in Killian's hand.

“That is….”

“I brought it from the Secret Repository. I put a magic book in the box.”

When he opened the box, there was a single old book inside.

Toneri's eyes sparkled.

‘He chose a magic book instead of a magic tool. That's unexpected.’

“I plan to show it to the Lord of Cornelia first and discuss it with him.”

“……I see.”

Toneri swallowed his disappointment and continued.

“You've worked hard. You must be tired, so I will guide you to your room in the main castle. I will report to the Lord separately.”

“Thank you.”

Toneri Cornelia, having gathered his thoughts, led the way.

His face, holding the box, was flushed with anticipation and excitement for the new magic book.

And.

“……”

Killian, with a strange expression, quietly followed behind.

***

It was about two hours after Toneri had personally guided him to his room.

“Young Master, it is I.”

Sharle came to visit when it was almost midnight.

Killian, who had changed into casual clothes, opened the door.

Next to the royal guard protecting the room stood Sharle in a light robe.

“Is it your hobby to visit at midnight?”

I asked as I let Sharle into the room.

“Of course not. I was just worried because you came out of the Secret Repository earlier than expected.”

“Worried…”

Killian showed a strange reaction.

“I never thought you'd come out of the Secret Repository in less than a day. You brought a magic book?”

“Yes. The Lord is probably looking at it by now.”

“Do you happen to know what kind of magic it is?”

“8-star solar magic.”

“……!!”

“It's a magic book that the Lord of Cornelia would be interested in.”

“I see… it's something the Lord cannot refuse. If you wish to make a deal, you must have reasonable conditions, right?”

“That's a separate matter to discuss with the Lord.”

Killian grinned and infused mana into the pendant.

Sharle's eyes wavered as she watched the sub-space magic manifest.

The 5-star magic ‘Another Space’. It was a magic she had secretly engraved to store her cluttered belongings.

‘No one in the family should know that I engraved the magic…’

As if her reaction didn't matter, Killian took out a round object from the sub-space.

“……An egg?”

Sharle's face hardened at the size of a human head.

She prided herself on being well-read.

That's why she knew.

The object before her was not an ordinary creature's egg.

“This is….”

“Yes.”

Meeting Sharle's fiercely trembling eyes, Killian nodded.

“It's a dragon's egg.”