There Is No Place For Fakes

“Take it.”

After a while. The owner of the leg, a man in a robe, tossed the pouch toward Philomel.

“Oh, thank you.”

Philomel took the pouch and gave a bewildered thanks.

“Are you out of your mind? Didn’t you know that scammers appear around here when you come to the Mage Tower?”

“I did not know.”

Philomel replied quietly.

“A child who knows nothing of the world.”

I was moved, but I had no words to refute it because it was true that I did not know the world. It wasn’t the kind of knowledge that could be learned by studying in books.

At that time, the scammer took advantage of the conversation between Philomel and the man and crawled.

“Where are you going?”

Knock-!

The man in the robe stomped hard on the scammer’s back.

“Ah! You little fellow! Do you know how old I am? You don’t even have parents!”

The scammer screamed, even with his back crushed.

“Unfortunately, my parents didn’t teach me the virtue of respecting the elderly.”

The man in the robe replied in a non-trivial voice.

As his feet gained more strength, the scammer’s face turned yellow with a thud.

“You must know that this is the territory of the Mage Tower. I will deal with it according to the law of the Mage Tower, not the Imperial Law.”

Because of the robe, she couldn’t even see his face properly, but Philomel instinctively felt it.

“He’s going to kill him in this place.”

The body stiffened.

I had never experienced anything like the scene of a murder.

“Sheesh.”

At that moment, the man who saw the white Philomel removed his foot from the old man and shouted to the surroundings.

“Lexion! Don’t just watch, come out!”

“Oh, my God, you caught me.”

Suddenly, a stranger came out from behind Philomel. He was a red-haired man with glasses.

“Are you just watching your visitors get scammed?”

“I just watched the situation because you went first. It’s a big deal that you did a good deed.”

“Good deeds freeze to death. I’m going to hand this bastard over to the discipline department, so you should listen to what he’s doing.”

After that, he grabbed the hem of the scammer’s clothes and dragged him to the magic tower.

The scammer was stunned because he had been hit in the face.

A handsome man with an intelligent impression left beside Philomel and responded kindly.

“Now that it’s like that, if you tell me your business, I will guide you wholeheartedly.”

Philomel was still dumbfounded, but came to her senses and answered. It was an opportunity not to be missed.

“I want to see Le Guin, the Master of the Magic Tower. Could you arrange a meeting?”

“Hoo. Why do you want to see him?”

The man raised his glasses and asked.

“…because I am his daughter.”

Philomel answered in a slightly trembling voice. The man may believe it or not, but it was true.

There was a difference in the golden eyes of the man facing her.

“I see. If it’s something like that, I’ll make sure you meet him.”

“… What?”

Philomel, who didn’t think the man would believe it, asked back in bewilderment.

“Follow me, I will guide you through the back door.”

But the man took the lead with a casual look and started walking.

Even after following him, Philomel couldn’t erase the strangeness.

The reaction was different from expected. As far as is known, Le Guin was single, and even though she was said to be his daughter, he showed no signs of doubting.

He seemed surprised, but it wasn’t too much of a surprise.

For a moment, the assumption that Le Guin was married and might have children crossed her mind.

Philomel spoke to the redhead ahead.

“Hey, wizard.”

“My name is Lexion.”

“Uh… Then Mr. Lexion?”

“Just call me Lexion.”

“Then Lexion.”

“Yeah.”

“Is Mr. Le Guin married by any chance?”

“No way.”

Thank God. At least, the possibility that he was having an affair with Catherine disappeared.

Philomel nodded with a hard face.

After a while, Lexion drew a geometric pattern with his finger on the closed iron door, and the spot turned red, and the door opened with a clicking sound.

The two entered the stone building. Few people could be seen in the wide hallway.

“The building is big, but there are not many people.”

“It’s still early morning for nocturnal wizards.”

A funny-looking dragon statue. A person running around with a bubbling test tube. A tree that bears a variety of fruits.

It was full of strange and mysterious things, but Philomel was careful not to take her eyes off him.

The structure of the building was entangled like a maze, and there was a risk of missing the Lexion if you distracted yourself even a little.

“Hey, Lexion, who was the person who made the reservation to use the 6th lab today?”

“It’s Cardin. But he ran out last week because he was bored, so I think it’s still a long way to go before he comes back.”

Lexion leisurely answered a passer-by’s question.

He did not forget to tap his foot on the wizard, who fell on the floor with the smell of alcohol.

“Go back to sleep, then you will turn back.”

And after setting Philomel in front of a room, he came out with an old book about ten minutes later.

“Sorry. It’s an old document, so it took me a while to find it.”

“It’s okay.”

He said as he turned the paper over.

“If you confirm a few things, I will meet Le Guin. What is your mother’s name?”

“Yes? Ah, Catherine Hounds.”

“Here it is.”

“How old are you? Please tell me what you know about your height, weight, and other physical characteristics.”

When Philomel stammered in response, Lexion closed the booklet.

“It’s confirmed. Let’s go to Le Guin-sama’s room.”

It was a strange question and answer.

‘Could it be that Catherine’s information is written in that booklet?’

Philomel tilted her head.

As they entered the large hall, Philomel asked him a question for the first time.

“Hey… aren’t you surprised?”

“What do you mean?”

“That I am Le Guin’s daughter.”

“Not much. I’m a little curious as to why you’re late.”

“What do you mean, you’re late…?”

“Watch your step.”

“Ahh!”

At that moment, the floor moved. No, the object that I thought was the floor moved. A circular footplate that was separated from the floor floated up and headed upward.

“… It’s a floating stone.”

Later, Philomel relaxed quietly.

Floating stones are stones that float in the air, and even in the imperial palace, they are used to having them in high buildings.

“You seem to have some experience using it.”

Oops.

Philomel hastily explained. If she said she had seen something precious like floating stones, there was a risk that her identity would be revealed.

“I saw it in a book.”

Philomel tried to ignore Lexion’s curious gaze.

“We’ve arrived.”

When we reached the top floor and reached the innermost room, he looked at Philomel’s hand.

“And why don’t you leave that out? He’s not a big fan of divine power.”

In the corner of her gaze, the red jewel of the ring glistened.

“… I didn’t mean to hide my identity because I had bad intentions.”

Philomel took out the ring of red flame and put it in her bag as if to make an excuse. From Lexion’s point of view, it could have been seen as a suspicious person trying to hide her identity.

“I know who you are.”

However, Lexion put his hands on the back of his neck and spoke indifferently.

Philomel stared at him with her eyes wide open in bewilderment.

“Unlike other wizards, I read the newspaper every day, and I am very interested in what goes on in the world. Her Highness, Princess Philomel.”

“… Are you going to accuse me?”

Philomel asked in a very nervous voice.

“Haha. If that were the case, I wouldn’t have guided you here. Hold on to your worries. If I have one piece of advice, don’t listen too much to what Le Guin says.”

He opened the door, speaking incoherently.

“…thank you.”

Philomel bowed her head and entered the room.

The room was filled with miscellaneous items and felt cramped even though it was not a small area.

Philomel stood in the doorway as Lexion made his way through the obstacles. It took me a week to come here, and I was nervous again.

My biological father, who is here.