Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 688

The Witch and the Magic Tower (3)

As soon as Lenox finished speaking, Jenny led the group to a room upstairs in the bar.

‘Did I… did I hear that right?’

Jenny asked, unable to even sit properly on the wide sofa in the room.

‘What did you say you got from the Central Council? No, wait, is that even something you can just give and receive like a gift?’

‘It’s exactly as I said. I handled the task assigned by the Senate and received the authority needed to establish a Magic Tower,’ Lenox said, lighting another cigarette.

‘I didn’t mention it because I wasn’t sure how much authority the city could grant regarding Magic Towers, but I guess it might be useful.’

‘Useful is an understatement, Lenox,’ Jenny replied quickly, sounding dumbfounded.

‘All the conditions and foundations we were just discussing, you can handle almost all of them with just that one authority you mentioned.’

‘…’

‘I guess you really didn’t know.’

At Jenny’s words, as if she had expected it, Lenox tilted his head, looking puzzled.

‘I thought the authority related to Magic Towers was managed by the academic community. I heard it could create an extraterritorial zone [an area exempt from local laws], but I didn’t think that alone would be enough to establish a Magic Tower.’

‘Of course, the conditions for establishing a Magic Tower are set by the academic community, not the city government… but that’s different for a mega-city-state like Balkan,’ Tatiana replied, shaking her head in disbelief.

‘There hasn’t been a single Magic Tower officially approved in Balkan so far. Do you know what it means that you’re the only one in this huge city to have received permission to establish a Magic Tower?’

Before Lenox could respond, Jenny immediately continued,

‘Regardless of the permission from other Magic Towers or the academic community, to trade magical artifacts in Balkan, you have to go through a Magic Tower that has received approval.’

‘…’

‘Until now, no Magic Tower has been properly managed because none have received approval from the Central Council, but if a Magic Tower approved by the council is newly established in this city—’

Only then did Lenox fully understand why Jenny and Tatiana had reacted so strongly to that authority.

The recognition from the academic community, the conditions, the environmental factors, and the legitimacy were all secondary issues.

Whether other Magic Towers recognized it or not, if only a Magic Tower approved by the Central Council could manage the magical artifact market within Balkan.

Then the academic community and other Magic Towers would have no choice but to trade and continue their research through that ‘approved Magic Tower’.

And it was impossible to give up a city and market as large and full of growth potential as Balkan.

The fact that the Central Council Senate had given Lenox the authority to establish a Magic Tower meant exactly that.

‘I see. So…’

He had thought that approval from the academic community and the city were needed separately, and that it was institutionally designated.

Could it mean that the establishment and approval of a Magic Tower could be overturned based on the logic of power?

And the ironic fact that the authority was further strengthened because it was the Balkan city government that supported Lenox.

‘Was that why they entrusted me with the research on the Fragment of the Extinguished Tree and tried to bring me in as the person in charge?’

It seemed that the sudden offer of a research director position from the Central Council was also partly a result of considering the authority to establish a Magic Tower.

It seemed that the city government wanted to actively allocate necessary research to a directly approved Magic Tower.

Considering that, it was understandable that they chose Lenox as the right person and used the matter of the Extinguished Tree as a deal to give him the authority to establish a Magic Tower.

‘I heard it could create an extraterritorial zone… but it had more meaning than just urban administrative privileges.’

‘Oh, right. That’s also very important,’ Jenny nodded her head vigorously.

‘When you establish a Magic Tower, the business you conduct there is exempt from the city’s regulations and restrictions.’

‘…’

‘It’s not just a matter of honor or status, it’s something that could greatly shake the city’s internal business system and balance. The Senate must know that, but they still gave permission, it must be unprecedented…’

‘I heard there were a few people who received proposals in the past,’ Lenox replied, righting the overturned whiskey glass.

As he tapped the table with his finger, the whiskey that had spilled on the table went back into the glass as if time were rewinding.

Jorden, who had been watching from the side, approached and naturally cleared the glass, placing a new one.

Jenny, who had been glancing at Lenox, said,

‘…Of course, this is just from a businessman’s perspective, and the meaning of a Magic Tower establishment permit for a magician is also special. It means they have been verified as qualified to complete and pass on a school of magic.’

‘Hmm.’

‘I think Tatiana would know more about that than I do. Why don’t you ask her directly?’

Tatiana, who had been silent, slowly took a sip of her drink and said,

‘…Since you’ve already received permission, I’ll just briefly explain the conditions that other Magic Towers and the academic community commonly require. If you’re a Great Magician who transcends ranks, you’re free from proving your skills or the existence of your magic system.’

‘…’

‘However, you need to fill the number of high-ranking magicians required to receive recognition from other Magic Towers, and you need to prove your assets, establishment site, and land ownership. You also need to have permission to coexist with the city where the Magic Tower will be built.’

Assets, establishment site, and land ownership.

Although it might be somewhat difficult, it wasn’t entirely impossible to obtain them with Jenny’s help.

Jenny also immediately pointed out the part that bothered her as soon as she heard Tatiana’s words.

‘The number of high-ranking magicians… I guess that’s true. It’s not usually called a Magic Tower if it’s just you, Lenox.’

‘It doesn’t require a huge number. It’s not about finding high-ranking magicians who don’t belong to any organization, but about confirming whether you have a magic system that can be passed on.’

‘I guess so. But the problem is…’

Jenny glanced at Lenox and quietly muttered,

‘It might be a little difficult to meet that condition…’

‘What do you mean?’ Lenox immediately retorted.

‘I have acquaintances I can ask for help.’

‘No. It’s not that you don’t have acquaintances.’ Jenny waved her hand.

‘Tatiana is practically the first magician you’ve ever met, isn’t she? I don’t think I’ve ever seen you be acquainted with a high-ranking magician like this before.’

‘I don’t know what you think of me.’ Lenox chuckled lightly.

‘I know more than a few dozen magicians. If I think about the magicians who have completed their ranks, there are plenty of people I can ask for help…’

The confident words slowly faded.

‘…’

Come to think of it, almost all the high-ranking magicians Lenox knew were people he had fought as enemies.

Or they were all people who already belonged to a Magic Tower or a specific organization.

Oliviera of the Cartel, Myeong or the Clown of Pandemonium, Aris of the Sinclair Magic Tower.

Besides them, there were only acquaintances who were already affiliated somewhere and couldn’t join the Magic Tower, or acquaintances who couldn’t even be mentioned due to Lenox’s status.

Only then did Lenox realize that what Jenny had said wasn’t entirely wrong, and he fell silent.

Jenny subtly changed the subject.

‘Come to think of it, it doesn’t seem like a very important issue. Should we think about that later?’

‘Y-Yes, that’s right,’ Tatiana quickly agreed with Jenny.

‘Well, it’s not like the magicians you know have to be alive or on your side. If you count the dead magicians or the magicians you killed, they’re all acquaintances.’

‘That’s…’

Well, Tatiana must have seen that Lenox had killed several magicians and Gionis, who had rebelled, at the Blaver Magic Tower’s West Continent branch, so it wasn’t strange for her to think that way.

No, come to think of it, it might not be strange that most people who know Lenox misunderstand his ‘acquaintances’ as the magicians he killed.

Leaving Lenox in his thoughts, Jenny and Tatiana quickly returned to the main topic.

‘For now, let’s quickly conclude Tatiana’s issue first.’

‘That’s right. The important thing is that Lenox has obtained the most difficult and tricky authority… but this is really unexpected.’

Tatiana tilted her head slightly.

‘As far as I know, there have been more than ten Magic Towers that have tried to enter Balkan. But none of them have even passed the lower house’s review, let alone the Senate’s. But a magician with no enemies has received permission… it’s practically like they’re pushing him.’

‘…Does the Central Council want Lenox to build a Magic Tower?’

At Jenny’s question, Tatiana nodded.

‘Magic Towers have active academic and information exchanges, and the frequency of joint research, auctions, and trades is high. That’s why it’s so difficult to build a Magic Tower in the city without giving it extraterritorial rights. The items they handle are too dangerous.’

Instead, Magic Towers nurture talents sent from the city and raise them into proper magicians, continuously supplying them to the city.

In fact, Magic Towers serve as educational institutions for training mages within the city.

This is how Magic Towers that have established themselves in the city and acquired extraterritorial rights generally coexist with the city.

‘That’s why the magic handled by the Magic Tower is often closely related to the city’s environment or living conditions. Isn’t that the same for us?’

The Blaver Magic Tower’s West Continent branch, which dealt with fire-based magic, was located in the middle of a volcanic area.

That itself was beneficial for both the Magic Tower and the cities and residents near the volcanic area.

But conversely, the fact that the Central Council gave Lenox permission to establish a Magic Tower meant that they were confident that Lenox’s magic would be helpful to the city.

‘Well, I’ve said a lot of things, but the most important fact is just one.’

Tatiana looked at Lenox, put down her glass, and asked,

‘Lenox, do you intend to build a Magic Tower and become a Tower Lord?’

‘…What do you mean?’

‘Becoming a transcendent magician and building a Magic Tower to pass on magic are separate things. There are many who are not interested in teaching or leaving a legacy.’

‘…’

‘Regardless of my situation, if you don’t want to, there’s no need to have this discussion in the first place.’

Tatiana’s red eyes calmly settled.

‘Building a Magic Tower is not something you can do with vague thoughts or feelings.’

‘…I don’t have a proper sense of responsibility or mission.’ Lenox, who had been silent, smiled.

‘I’m doing it because I can. I’m doing it because I want to try it. If you think that’s not right, it would be better to run away further to avoid the pursuers right now.’

‘…’

Tatiana was lost in thought after hearing Lenox’s answer.

Jenny looked at the two of them and asked, as if she had suddenly thought of something,

‘Then, if you were to build a Magic Tower, what would you name it?’

‘…Well. I don’t know because I’ve never thought about it…’

The unique magic and common magic that Lenox used were all techniques that already had names.

Lenox was just taking them arbitrarily, changing them as he pleased, and using them.

If he were to construct a magic system for the purpose of transmission and establish an order that encompassed all systems.

What name should Lenox give to that Ivory Tower?

While he was lost in thought, the psionic spirit in his arms reacted to his words.

[Twitch.]

‘…’

While Lenox firmly suppressed the spirit’s wish with one hand, Tatiana seemed to have made a decision.

‘Jenny, can you bring me a small knife?’

‘A knife?’

‘I think I need to show you what I brought out of the Magic Tower. Let’s talk again after I show you that.’

‘…Did you run away with treasure from the Magic Tower?’

‘It’s not treasure.’

Tatiana said, slowly grasping the knife that Jenny had picked up.

‘It’s a sacred object that symbolizes the legitimacy of the Magic Tower, and it’s a seal that proves the lineage of transmission just by its existence.’

‘A seal, then… could it be the Tower Lord’s…’

The moment Jenny’s face turned pale as she realized the meaning,

Tatiana brought the knife to the back of her hand.

‘I’ll show you. The Phoenix Hall of the Blaver Magic Tower.’

At the unfamiliar words, Jenny tilted her head, and Lenox faintly narrowed his eyes.

Tatiana, looking around nervously, quickly said to Lenox,

‘Lenox, can you block the presence so that magic doesn’t leak out?’

‘…I will.’

Since various superhumans and mages frequented Jenny’s bar, it didn’t have very strict barriers or security.

In the first place, there was no reason to worry about safety issues since superhumans from the Antares Mercenary Group or the distribution company came and went, besides Lenox.

As Lenox created a simple barrier to block the presence and reactions around them, Tatiana slashed the back of her hand with the knife.

Red blood dripped down her hand, forming a circular magic circle at her feet.

‘Blood magic?’

Tatiana nodded.

‘It’s similar but different. It’s more accurate to think of it as the management authority given to the Rosary [a high-ranking member of a magic tower].’

Whoosh!

Flames rose above the magic circle drawn with blood as a medium, and it turned into a huge gate of fire in front of Tatiana’s eyes.

Even though they were standing close by, they didn’t feel any heat.

This gate of fire itself was purely a conceptual form created by Tatiana’s will and blood.

Lenox watched the scene with interest from the side.

‘It’s not magic or a spell. It seems closer to a psychic ability that relies on mental power.’

‘It’s a unique management authority granted only to the five Rosaries of the Magic Tower,’ Tatiana replied, her tone slightly subdued.

‘The ability to freely enter and exit items specified as the Tower’s property. I forcibly twisted it on my side, so that only I can touch certain items.’

‘A preservation method that transcends space…’

Is it possible to create such management authority separately after establishing a Magic Tower?

Lenox showed interest in the method, and at the moment Tatiana naturally reached out to the other side of the gate,

[You took longer than I thought.]

A whispering psionic thought came from beyond the gate.

[I thought you would touch it someday, but your patience has grown a lot since I last saw you, Tatiana.]

‘Melter…!!’

[Let’s talk slowly while looking at each other’s faces.]

The moment Tatiana’s face hardened, the size of the psionic thought exploded and engulfed her.

Lenox’s face hardened at the appearance of a huge magic circle that instantly filled the floor of the bar.

‘To send this much psionic thought from a distance without any warning…!’

Kiiiiing!!!

In the instant that Tatiana staggered above the gate, as if she hadn’t expected it,

Lenox also immediately intervened by slamming his magic power instead of just watching dumbfounded.

But since the magic circle appeared in a completed state, it was the same as the power being delivered as a result.

The red light, which had swallowed Tatiana’s body with a powerful attractive force, instantly skipped through space and disappeared to the other side of the bar.

The red light, which burst out blindingly, instantly swallowed her body.

Thud!

The image of the magic circle that swallowed only Tatiana in an instant and disappeared.

Jenny turned to Lenox with a pale face.

‘Lenox, this is…!!’

‘I know. They were already prepared and waiting on the other side.’

If the psionic thought that appeared from beyond the gate had tried to attack Tatiana or had taken the form of a spell, Lenox would have reacted immediately.

However, the psionic thought felt from the magic circle that Tatiana herself had created was far from a threat or an attack.

A will closer to delivery or summoning. That’s why Lenox was late to react, thinking that the psionic thought was what Tatiana intended to summon the Phoenix Hall.

‘They used the method of summoning the Phoenix Hall in reverse to forcibly pinpoint Tatiana’s location and reverse summon her.’

Lenox’s eyes shone coldly.

‘The authority to reverse summon as soon as they recognize Tatiana’s location without any conditions. If they can do this, it can only be the Rosaries of the same Magic Tower.’

‘…Have the war mages of the Blaver Magic Tower already arrived in Balkan?’

The moment Jenny realized the meaning of those words and quickly took out her phone,

Lenox picked up his coat and immediately started walking.

‘W-What are you going to do?’

‘I barely managed to intervene at the last moment. It won’t be too late.’

If Lenox had forcibly canceled the summoning on the spot, it would have impacted Tatiana, who was the subject of the reverse summoning.

That’s why Lenox succeeded in forcibly twisting the location coordinates by interfering with the Magic Tower’s unique authority instead of canceling the summoning itself.

He had forcibly twisted the location of Tatiana, who would have been summoned next to the same Rosary, with a transcendent psionic thought.

The necessary location coordinates were secured the moment Tatiana disappeared.

Lenox said that and left the bar immediately, leaning on his staff.

‘It’s not far. I’m going to start tracking them right away.’

Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]

Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]

The Genius Wizard who takes Medicine, 약먹는 천재마법사 약먹는 천재 마법사
Status: Ongoing Author: Native Language: Korean
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In "Genius Wizard Takes Medicine," the protagonist, an avid gamer, meticulously crafts the ultimate wizard character in the game "World" by maximizing magical abilities and accepting numerous disadvantageous traits. However, he suddenly finds himself transmigrated into this very character—a prodigious talent who cannot survive a single day without relying on drugs. Set against a cyberpunk fantasy backdrop, the story blends action, adventure, and intricate magic systems, inviting readers to explore a world where extraordinary power comes at a significant cost.

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