045 was then told that he will be given the 'items' of inheritance.
"Items?" He then looked at the displays.
"Yes, these items in the glasses."
"..." 045 looked confusedly at the cases.
"Priced possessions of the very first ancestor of Golden Magicians. The golden mask, the book of borrowed power, the robe of twilight, and lastly the ring storage of all and any."
The guy talking to 045 continued.
"With the efforts of our first ancestor, these items are made to be very durable, that it needs 100 of me to destroy it. But, to pay respect to him, we must still take care of these properly. Understood?"
045 was startled but he still replied.
"Y-Yes, I understand."
"Then, take it."
Magically, the items in the displays all disappeared. And in the next moment, the robe of twilight, with its golden and gray mixing hue, directly fitted itself in 045's body. The ring storage of all and any then snuggly fit on his right hand's ring finger. The golden mask then covered his face so that only his eyes can be seen. And lastly, the book of borrowed power appeared in front of him. Even though he was still on his knees, he reflexively caught it and embraced it in his arms.
"Looks good, fitting to your handsome face."
"H-Handsome? Me? A-AH Thank you, Master."
"Hahaha! Compliments are meant to be said to your close ones and not kept. I'm essentially your master, even if it's only an hour. Why? Do you think you are not?"
"I don't know. I've never seen my face in my life. Although those around me said it occasionally, I thought they were just being nice as I'm the youngest. The prison doesn't have mirrors… They said it might be used as a weapon against the officers…"
"Ohhh… AH! Now that I think of it. Your clothes… Wait, the ring storage, there are clothes from when I was young I kept as a memento. You can wear them, it's useless now since I did not have any family to pass them to. Wear it, disciples are said to be equal to a son anyway. Just think of the thought 'I'm using the ring storage' and its contents should be passed to your head in a moment. Then think of 'I'm getting this item' to get it. Even if you don't know the item, just thinking of it particularly is enough"
"Okay, Master."
'Ring… I'm using it…'
Then out of nowhere, images of minimized items appeared in his vision, with blue columns and rows separating each of them. Oddly enough, even though it's in front of him, he can still clearly see his surroundings like there is no hindrance to his vision at all. It is like having a separate eye for viewing the items in the ring storage.
"Don't get naked here. Just think of 'Switch them with my current clothes' and space magic should do the trick."
045 did as he was told after seeing a set of clothes in the storage.
The yellow prison clothes he is wearing then got replaced by a black shirt and gray pants, both in plain color. The cell in the ring storage then got updated with the minimized image of the prison clothes.
"Plain color really hits differently. By the way, make sure, that you don't wear the robe and the mask wantonly and plainly. Just use them… when…"
"Killing the Hideous Guild Member. And, make sure, that everyone in sight… Is Killed when you wore that mask and robe. Well… unless you trust them. But you don't have to worry about the items getting stolen. It's imprinted in this golden room. And the moment it left its owner… or the owner dies, it automatically gets teleported to these glass displays. "
"About their functions, the golden mask makes sure that your face won't get recognized even by magics of all truth seeing. And the robe also hides your true physique illusionary with the use of space magic. Ah, and they also recover by themselves when torn. But, they don't block any damage at all."
After explaining to 045, he then pointed at the book 045 was holding in his arms.
"That book. The book of borrowed power contains magics that I stored at my peak. It only has a total of 20 pages. You can use them all as you see fit. But, these are peak magics. Using it in… bad manner… is like wasting 10 dragon hearts to kill an ant. In short, just use it wisely."
"And every time a page is used, its contents are consumed too, leaving it blank. You, the new successor of Golden Magicians, should always add one of your strongest magic on the blank pages for the next successor in the line."
He then nodded slightly after seeing 045 looking nicely with switched clothes.
"Your appearance looks better now. I guess you're now prepared to meet them."
'Them?'
"The ancestors' tomb where you will do your oath."
'T-Tomb!?'
The soul-like person who '045' has to call as his master pointed his index finger to the golden door. And like a magic trick in amusement parks, it opened and revealed the blue swirl of water-like substance again.
"I-It appeared!" 045 was shocked to see the golden door working again.
The soul-like master of 045 then landed next to him and tapped his shoulder. The next moment, they were both stepping through the golden door.
'!!!' 045 eyes bulged as he moved in an instant and was suddenly facing the blue swirl directly.