[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring":3,"chapter-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-144":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting at Hogwarts, Logging into Elden Ring",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1496318,1944,"Chapter 144: Reunion with Master Sellen, and the War Between the Academy and the Royal House","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-144",144,"\u003Cp>Reality, however, dealt Arthur a heavy disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Queen Marika had left nothing behind in her bedchamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing—except for a single inscription at the nearby site of grace:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"O Radagon, loyal hound of the Golden Order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thou art yet to become me, yet to become a god.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My other self—shatter one another.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were no tangible rewards, but this inscription alone was enough to confirm Arthur's earlier suspicions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marika's decision to unite with Radagon had never been simple affection—it had almost certainly carried the intent of destroying this uncontrollable other half of herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, matters in the Royal Capital came to a temporary close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur's next destination was clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was going to visit his very first teacher—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sorceress Sellen, the Graven Witch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come to think of it, ever since reaching the Altus Plateau, Arthur had never returned to see her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Partly because he had been busy exploring the Lands Between.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And partly… because he hadn't known how to deal with the relationship between Sellen and the Carian Royal Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sellen had been expelled from the Academy of Raya Lucaria. Her physical body sealed, her soul exiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for her formidable power—and her ability to fashion a substitute body beneath the Waypoint Ruins—her soul might have long since returned to the Erdtree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, Sellen harbored deep hatred toward the Academy and the Carian royal line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had always planned to return one day, overthrow the Carian royal family, and restore primeval glintstone sorcery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur, naturally, could not allow that to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was his mother-in-law's home, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the other hand… Sellen was his respected teacher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That contradiction had left him hesitant, unable to face her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which was precisely why he had delayed this visit for so long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter what, this was something he had to resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't leave Sellen suffering alone in those underground ruins forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waypoint Ruins – Underground Chamber\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur returned to the place where he had first learned magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he stepped inside, Sellen's voice rang out, tinged with emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah… what a rare guest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My dear apprentice—you haven't come to see your teacher in a very long time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur scratched his head awkwardly and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, Master Sellen. I've been rather busy lately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Busy is good,\" she replied lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It means you're working hard on your path to becoming Elden Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So—have you been diligent in your magical studies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have. I've learned some new sorceries recently.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Arthur demonstrated Comet Azur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sellen's eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? That sorcery… You've met Master Azur, haven't you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the founder of glintstone sorcery—and my first teacher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She continued, clearly pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That strict old master acknowledged you… That's no small feat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My apprentice truly makes me proud.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur hadn't expected that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd had no idea Azur was actually Sellen's own master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, he hadn't found Azur particularly strict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Arthur first approached him, Azur had simply sat there in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had even thought he needed some sort of prerequisite to trigger dialogue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting for quite a while, Azur slowly extended his hand—and Comet Azur appeared within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No words. No reaction. Even Arthur's thanks went unanswered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Apprentice,\" Sellen said, interrupting his thoughts,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn't come today because of some urgent matter, did you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. Is there something you wanted to talk about, Master?\" Arthur asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing urgent,\" she replied. \"I simply wished to speak with you properly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…About what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I once mentioned that I was expelled from the Academy of Raya Lucaria. You remember that, yes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sellen continued slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason was my desire to revive the primeval source of glintstone sorcery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the hollow discipline manipulated by the Carian royals—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the empty art that's lost its core and exists only to show off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What I seek is glintstone sorcery with no taboos—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>pure, unfettered pursuit and exploration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For that goal, I was willing to sacrifice everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused, then asked quietly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My apprentice…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you willing to lend your strength to the restoration of primeval glintstone sorcery?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I do not demand it. Even parting ways is a common fate between master and student.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, Arthur fully understood the true conflict between Sellen and the Carian royal family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Carian royals were descendants of the Eternal City, followers of lunar magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Academy of Raya Lucaria, meanwhile, revered stellar magic, inherited from the astrologers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur had learned from Ranni that the astrologers originally migrated from the mountaintops of the giants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They once lived near the Giants' Forge, neighbors to the giants themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when war broke out between Leyndell and the giants, the astrologers were forced to flee—eventually settling in Liurnia of the Lakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They chose Liurnia for two reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, the night sky there was the clearest in all the Lands Between—ideal for observing the stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, the region was rich in glintstone ore, crystallized magic that astrologers revered as amber of the stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why scholars of the Academy wore glintstone crowns—those stones were the very source of their power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The astrologers founded Raya Lucaria, and at first the Academy belonged entirely to star-worshipping sorcerers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the Carian royal family—devotees of lunar magic—joined, conflict between stars and moon erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus began the First Sorcerous War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war ended with the Carian royals' victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Academy was forced to bow its head, and even the astrologers' treasured weapon—the Sword of Night and Flame—was seized by the royal family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why Arthur had later found it in Caria Manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that point onward, glintstone sorcery became exactly what Sellen despised:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An art stripped of its essence, shackled by royal authority, reduced to empty spectacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sellen's dissatisfaction led her to pursue primeval sorcery—and ultimately, to her exile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, the Carian ruler was Queen Rennala, both sovereign and head of the Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could not allow Sellen's path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Sellen knew nothing of what followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did not know that after the Night of the Black Knives and the Shattering of the Elden Ring, the demigods plunged the world into war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Academy's sorcerers realized the Carian royals had lost the backing of the Golden Lineage, they immediately turned against them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They allied with the Cuckoo Knights, imprisoned Queen Rennala in the Grand Library, and launched an assault on Caria Manor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Cuckoo Knights weren't loyal to the Academy either—and the Academy knew it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they sealed themselves inside Raya Lucaria, barring the knights from entry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, at Caria Manor, War Counselor Iji united with the Albinaurics to counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was a stalemate:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cuckoo Knights surrounded Caria Manor\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Albinaurics surrounded the Academy\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither side could break the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Second Sorcerous War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sellen, seeing Arthur remain silent for so long, assumed he had refused her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice fell, even trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…I'm sorry. Asking you to involve yourself in something so twisted—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps I've relied on you too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it, my apprentice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I apologize.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur snapped back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master… I support your pursuit of primeval glintstone sorcery,\" he said carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But overthrowing the Carian royal family—that, I cannot agree to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Why?\" Sellen asked, confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am now the King of the Carian royal family—consort to Princess Ranni.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can't stand by while you destroy them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…I see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her calm response surprised Arthur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're… not angry?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Angry?\" Sellen replied, sounding almost amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why would I be angry? My apprentice becoming King of Caria is something to be proud of!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice carried unmistakable pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I would stop you from overthrowing them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My apprentice,\" Sellen said gently,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe you've misunderstood something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wished to destroy the Carian royal family only because they blocked my path to primeval sorcery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, tell me—what position do you hold within Caria?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur thought it through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Queen Rennala had awakened, but after Radagon's departure she had lost her will, caring little for governance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her sons—Radahn and Rykard—were both dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That left only Ranni as rightful heir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At present, Carian power was effectively managed by War Counselor Iji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Arthur, as Ranni's king…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a sense, he stood at the very top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur explained this to Sellen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She laughed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then if your authority is so great—and you won't hinder my pursuit of primeval sorcery—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would I still need to destroy Caria Manor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's my apprentice's domain now, isn't it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then slapped his own forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he ruled Caria, all he needed was a decree—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single order allowing glintstone sorcerers to pursue primeval origins freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd agonized endlessly over how to balance his teacher and his royal family—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never realizing the solution had been himself all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To read 90+ future chapters, head over to Patreon:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>patreon.com\u002FWhiteDevil7554\u003C\u002Fp>",1463,"2026-06-06T04:19:46.381Z",1,"novelbin.me","2a6aecef233c008f9c964694ff9563065a024000f77c087277eac852c5b90096","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-145","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-143",281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-cover.jpg"]