True Magician

Chapter 71

An unknown place.

A kaleidoscope of different colors and their shades appeared before my eyes again. It was a kaleidoscope of different colors and shades of colors, changing into a peculiar and chaotic cycle that repeated itself over and over again.

Thankfully, this time Zelretch had asked before sending me to the other world. According to him, the place I was going to might turn into a lifeless wasteland. All because 'someone' is unable to keep his hobby under control.

Everything was supposed to be fine, as he says himself, but here's a very unfortunate chain of events that led to just that. The damn vampire didn't give me any details, just told me I'd figure it out quickly.

Oh, yes. The man had argued that my intervention was because I owed him a favor. Of course, I wanted to ask why that had happened, and... it was very simple. My not entirely well-thought-out actions with Death had borne fruit.

As it turned out, after I left, she started looking for me. More specifically, she was pressuring Zelretch to get my not-so-smart head for her. Fortunately, somehow, unbeknownst to me, he'd managed to subdue her urges, from which it followed that I did indeed owe him a debt.

I rubbed my temples as I flew to nowhere.

The next moment, a very cute and anxiety-soaked voice came from the side pocket of my robe.

- "Aaaaaaaa~"

- "Just glad to have you with me." Pulling a tired smile on my face, I said and stroked miniature Tia's head with two fingers.

- "Aaaaaa~" she sang out and started to caress against my hand with a satisfied smile on her face.

Since I would like to avoid what happened last time, I took her with me. Or rather, a piece of her that had a connection to her original. Wherever I went, her identity would attract too much attention. The Beast class and status of the original goddess is very prominent regardless of the world or its type. But a tiny bit of her, more like a spirit, while it doesn't fundamentally solve the problem, it makes it quite tolerable.

It was created with the help of Tia's aspect and my 3rd magic. You could say that this particle is both her and her child. Well, ours, for that matter. Pretty funny thought, if I do say so myself.

Regarding the mana maintenance of the Servants in my absence. Ophis took care of that, just as she did last time. As soon as I beckoned her to cook Emiya, she would instantly rush over and agree to anything I suggested.

Suddenly a gap opened up in space in front of me, through which I fell through and landed on something hard as a sack of potatoes. Standing up and shaking off, my carcass found itself in a corridor of some sort. Its appearance reminded me of what I'd seen in the Gremory Mansion, but in a more... ancient style. Something between Greece and Rome, to be more precise.

For all of its fifty meters it was empty and I, unable to think of anything else to do, shrugged and decided to just walk forward. Clean walls with rustic ornamentation were occasionally replaced by portraits of strangers, reminiscent of something in medieval.

When I reached the end of the corridor, there were double doors in front of me, and behind them I could hear two voices: male and female, arguing about something. Occasionally another voice joined them, that of a relatively young woman, making comments in a relatively... arrogant tone, I would say.

What was disconcerting was that I could understand what they were saying. I mean, there was no language barrier, which is kind of weird. This isn't your typical isekai, is it? Truth be told, my foot froze without completing a step as I heard something very interesting.