A man flew quickly in the sky. The dragon-like wings on his back flapped quickly, bringing with them a huge wind pressure.
This person who looked to be 18 or 19 years old was flying towards the further border of the Empire covered in blood.
"Huff… Huff… Huff…"
The panting man maintained an extremely fast speed as he flew forward.
His neck was covered in ring-like decorations. Almost all the dense black incantations had turned transparent. Only faint dark traces could be seen. This was clearly not a good sign.
This was because this was a sign of the Rune Bond drying up, and now, he had pursuers behind him.
"Third Wing Pillar—Dimensional Monster—Wing Spread!"
Almost at the same time that the man slowed down because of the insufficient number of incantations, such a female voice sounded from the distant sky…
The man only had the chance to turn around, but he did not have the strength to dodge the fragments flying from the transparent wings on the other party's back.
After slashing his body, the broken wing fragments that were like countless pieces of glass turned into a transparent chain that connected space itself to the man's body and tied him to the sky.
"Ha… ha…"
"Ha… Ha…"
The two of them panted at the same time to recover their strength.
Be it the man or the woman floating opposite the man at this moment, there were circles of densely arranged runes on their necks. This meant that the two of them had the same profession: a profession created by Ira that was exclusive to the Empire—
[Consul]
However, at this moment, the man's runes had almost turned transparent, but the runes on half of the woman's neck were black…
"Phew… let go of me, Hedlyn."
The man who had recovered his strength said, but the woman who tied him up opposite him looked very nervous.
She was seriously preparing for battle, just like how she was at a disadvantage now.
"That's impossible, Lord Ira…"
As a Consul, she had no choice but to take the tied-up Ira seriously.
"This is the Empress's decree. Lord Ira, you should return to the Empire…"
Hedlyn said this as the decree she received was to bring Ira back.
"Think about it. How can her handwriting be so ugly?!"
As Ira Alkaras said this, his face was filled with emotion as he said, "If she writes such ugly words, her father will climb up from the grave to beat her up."
"…"
Regarding this, Hedlyn was silent for a long time, but she still advised, "Teacher, even if you go back, no one can do anything to you… Just go back and explain clearly."
This was once his student, but compared to him, she had to obey the Empress's decree… This was rare in the Empire.
In fact, Ira had never told anyone that he was not a native of this world, but a transmigrator from the Blue Planet.
In this world where there were [magic], [mana], [magic crystal], and [demonic creature], Ira had become a glorious mage at first, and then for some reason, he had become a very impressive Great Mage.
Then, for some very impressive reasons, he became the first [Consul] in the world, or rather…
At that time, his position was the Consul in charge of teaching the current Empress, so this profession was called the [Consul].
After that, many things happened, including turning around the war situation with the demons and popularizing the [Consul] profession. Apart from changing people's livelihoods and introducing technology revolutionary to this world, Ira also used the wisdom of his previous life to do a lot of things.
It was very normal for some of Ira's thoughts to anger the nobles, because he, who came from a beautiful era, definitely had some thoughts that conflicted with those nobles.
However, he was also one of the greatest nobles of his Ira faction. He had thought that he had also reached some kind of tacit understanding with Grand Duke Caligula of the noble faction…
It turned out that he did not.
"It probably can't be Caligula… Although that guy is my enemy, he won't do anything to anger me. Then it can only be the stupid other nobles under him."
Ira, who was bound by the chains in the void, complained helplessly. He really did not understand this… It was not beneficial for both sides to fall out.
"If only Yosef was still alive. Isabella is still too young…"
Ira sighed.
"Lord Ira, even if you're the Empress's teacher, it's not good to say this…"
As she spoke, she sensed something and said, "You said that there's a price for us Consuls to pay when using the power of demonic creatures. It will cause our emotions to be even more unstable and cause us to mutate, so we have to remain calm."
The meaning of this was obvious. She hoped that Ira would calm down.
"Do you know how long I work in a day?" Ira asked.
Hedlyn knew that it was about 20 hours.
However, Ira did not give her a chance to answer and immediately said, "If I obediently return to the Empire, it'll be very difficult for the non-radical factions of Her Highness, the nobles, and myself…"
Hedlyn could not understand this. She did not know what compromise and exchange of benefits were… Therefore, she could not understand the complicated relationship between the Ira faction and the noble faction.
"Look, there are so many students chasing me. Most of them are pretending to have exhausted their energy, so they can't chase after me. Only you, the silliest one, chased me here, right?" Ira sighed helplessly.
...
In any case, he would not die no matter what…
Thinking of this, Hedlyn was only silent. After a long time, she said, "However, this is not a reason for Lord Ira to escape. No matter what, it's wrong to rebel."
"Whether you believe it or not, it's the opposite…"
Ira lowered his head and said softly. At this moment, Hedlyn had already begun to sense that something was wrong.
Hedlyn felt a strange smell in Ira's words—an inexplicable sulfuric smell.
"The Empire betrayed me."
Ira, who spoke calmly, looked up. A pair of vertical pupils that were similar to the dragon's looked into Hedlyn's eyes. At some point, the runes on his neck had lost their black and transparent color.
They turned extremely blood-red.
"First Wing Pillar—Scarlet Dragon—Wing Shattering!"
"…"
"…"
"…"
The moment the calm voice sounded, the demonic creature's mana (magic power), which resided in the Consul's spine, played its role. It consumed a portion of the world incantation connected to the Rune Bond on his neck and communicated with the World Tree, obtaining a large amount of magic power through stealing.
If the order was [Wing Spread], this magic power would gently spread the Consul's wings.
However, if the order was [Wing Shattering], this magic power would be used to activate the ultimate killing move until the wings were completely shattered and could not be used anymore.
"Lord Ira! Your body can't…"
Hedlyn shouted, but before she could finish, the entire border garrison of the Empire saw the extreme red that covered the entire sky the next moment.
It was as if hundreds of suns had appeared in the sky above the Empire's border at the same time.