Although Walwiss was glad that Elena was safe and fine, he was now stuck in a difficult situation. He had mobilized too many of the city’s troops to save his granddaughter. Of course, the main reason why he had brought up all that fuss to gather troops was to capture Zich and his companions rather than to save Elena; but since they had failed to accomplish their first goal, they couldn’t prevent their reputation from getting tarnished. 

As expected of Sunewick—the city of the magical tower—the highest authoritative figure was the master of the magical tower, Walwiss. However, like other cities, Sunewick also had mayors and other bureaucrats, and Walwiss couldn’t just ignore them either. Since he went overboard in this incident, there was now friction between him and them.

Walwiss didn’t regret his decision. If he encountered the same situation, he thought he would do the same thing again. Yet, it didn’t change the fact that he now had many troublesome problems to deal with. Moreover, on top of this difficult situation, some mages were protesting against Walwiss. They weren’t just ordinary mages, but all from elite families and members of the highest meetings in the magical tower.  

Of course, it wasn’t like they were leading a coup d’état. They had simply requested Walwiss to step down from his current position. During normal...