After that day's business was over, me, Garnett and Hild of the Rainbow Scales Order decided to start analyzing the 'Right Eye of Wisdom' as promised.

''Well then, let's get right to it, but may we have a look at the 'Right Eye' ......!

　Hild seems unable to contain his excitement and is somewhat overly preoccupied with the investigation.

　Perhaps this is understandable.
　There is a chance that the research we've been working on for so many years will progress.

''All right. Should I activate my 'right eye' then?

　He sits back in his chair so that he can easily see his face from the hild.

'First of all, let me analyze it as it is. There may be some difference between your left eye and the other eye, even in normal circumstances.
"Yes, sir. I don't know much about magic, so take care of that for me.

　Hild stood in front of me and held up his hands to wrap his face from side to side and poured gentle magic power into me while whispering a spell.

　As I told him, I'm as much of a novice at magic as anyone else, but even so, I can tell that this magic power is not filled with hostility or harm.

　Garnett, who is standing right next to me, also seemed to understand that, and was not overly cautious and looked at the situation.

　Eventually, Hild stopped chanting the spell, so I asked him about the progress of the analysis.

'...... How's it going?'
'I don't see any difference between the left and right eyeballs. I was hoping to find some sort of trace of it: ......
Isn't the fact that it's no different from a normal eye if it's not activated also an important discovery for research?
''That's right. Now let me analyze the 'Right Eye of Wisdom' that is being activated.

　Since that is the most important business, there was no reason to refuse it from the beginning.

　I held my right hand over my eyes while sitting in the chair and [disintegrated] my right eyeball and transformed it into a blue flaming mass of magic power - the 'Right Eye of Wisdom'.

　Hild gasps in nervousness.

　An existence that even elves who have lived a long time have never seen before.

　A power in the right eye of a man who was later called a god, known only to the High Elves who lived from the time when the ancient magical civilization was alive and well, a special kind of power among the Elves.

　--No, it was not only ordinary High Elves who knew this.

　Demon King Gandalf.
　A dark elf king who tried to invade the earth a long time ago, but was defeated by forces deep underground that were suspected to be related to the ancient magical civilization, and was trying to revive himself in the "Demon King's Castle Realm".

　The moment he saw this right eye, he too knew it was 'Alfazul's right eye.

　At that time I had no idea how Gandalf had been able to recognize it at a glance, and I thought I would never know why.

　But now I can think of a theory that makes sense.

　Perhaps Gandalf, like Senator Eil, lived in a time when an ancient magical civilization existed, and he had met Alfazul before he was born.

''Now, if I may be so presumptuous, I would like to examine this Hild Army Field ...... No, Hild Fallkvang, Lord Commander's 'Right Eye of Wisdom'

　Hild gave a formal name with what seemed to be his last name before his exile and resumed his spell chanting, this time concentrating the magic power of both hands on his right eye alone.

　You can feel two kinds of magic power mixing inside your right eye socket.

　It's difficult to express exactly what kind of sensation it is.
　It's a vague and peculiar sensation, as if a part of your body that has become a gaseous body is mixing with another gaseous body, or perhaps only that part falls asleep and fades away. ...... It's a vague and peculiar sensation, so vague that I don't even know what I'm imagining.

　Then, the moment Hild's magic power penetrated deep into the right eye, there was a sudden change.

''Nah......!''

　My vision distorts and tilts unsteadily.

　I didn't think that the interference of the magic power caused a bad reaction in my body and made me dizzy?

　The idea that came to mind at once was quickly driven out of my mind when I noticed that both Hild and Garnett were getting dizzy on their feet.

　No, it wasn't just me. Something is wrong with everyone in this place.

　But there was no time for further thought.

　My vision was rapidly becoming hazy.
　The sound of Garnett's voice calling my name as I moved away.
　The lost sense of up and down and left and right.

　The last thing I felt was Hild falling into my chest, causing me to lose consciousness, and then all of my senses were swallowed up and lost in the haze.










　--When I woke up, I was lying on the stone floor ...... no, on the surface of what looked like a stone road road(s).

"Tsk ...... what the hell happened to the ......?

　I raise my upper body and force my still stunned head to work and look around.

　It's outdoors. The sky was covered by thin clouds and the surroundings were faintly hazy, but there was enough light coming down to make it bright enough.

　Is it a town somewhere? At least it's not Green Hollow.
　It's also different from King's Landing and Tri-Brook.

　It's a town lined with rather long buildings and yet with trees planted here and there to add greenery to it.

　I can't see far because of the fog, but I can tell that it's a nicely maintained city.

　Still wobbling, I walked with my hands on the exterior wall of the building and found a metal tube that ran through the road surface and extended vertically along the wall.

　If I believe the information I got from the 'Right Eye of Wisdom' that was still activated, there is magic power flowing inside this metal tube.

''The ...... metal tube through which magic power flows ......?　It's in the building over there and over there ...... Don't tell me you're carrying magic power from somewhere far away through this and moving the magic tools in the building ......?

　I tried to say the idea that somehow popped into my head, but I didn't know of any town with such a mechanism, nor did I know if it was feasible in the first place.

　I looked up and saw what looked like a lantern attached to the end of the thin pillars that regularly lined the roadside.

　It's not high enough to be lit by hand.
　You'll be able to see that the 'right eye' is not an ordinary lantern to begin with.

"This is ...... a magic lamp ...... in the same way as that metal tube, a flow of magic power that branches out from the mainstream below the ground into a lantern .......

　It's not impossible to obtain light by using magic as fuel.

　The light sources in some dungeons also use magical luminescence, so it can even be said that adventurers are rather familiar with them.

　But to put that all over the town with such a large scale contraption, at least in the lands I've visited, was impossible.

　I thought it would be Alexia's hometown and the headquarters of her crafty technology, or maybe ......, but even that doesn't give me any proof.

'd*mn, if only Noir or Alexia were here, I could have found out more. Should I have learned something from those guys too?

　I regained my composure and hurried onward.
　I walked around reasonably well, but I didn't encounter any other human beings, and in fact, I didn't even see any signs of people.

I'm sure it's just a dream after all. It can't be real, of course it can't be.

　I walked through the uninhabited town as if time itself had stopped, talking to myself, until I came to a park-like area.

　It seems that this place was higher in elevation than the surrounding land, and from the edge of the park you could see the flatlands below.

'If it's really a dream ...... no way this place is ...... this dream is ......'

　I can't believe the scene in front of me, and I can't help but give a drawn-out smile.

　A city spreading out to the other side of the horizon.
　Skyscrapers and tall towers towering everywhere.

　And above all else, the most unbelievable thing of all is the sight of a huge mountain of trees, a mixture of tree and finesse, prodding the heavens as if to say that I am the center of the city.