[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-problematic-child-of-the-magic-tower":3,"chapter-the-problematic-child-of-the-magic-tower-the-problematic-child-of-the-magic-tower-chapter-367":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Problematic Child of the Magic Tower",{"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},1334638,1778,"Chapter 367","the-problematic-child-of-the-magic-tower-chapter-367",367,"\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chapter 367: Unidentified Zone (2)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third spatial rift was a desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sasha looked around and muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Ado must have really liked traveling before he built the Magic Tower.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seems like it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Silvarin Lake to the southern coastline, and now the western desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Traveling all over the world with his wife—there was nothing more romantic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oscar gazed at the sunset draped over the sand dunes before turning his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Come to think of it… what about Sasha?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She still looked like a kid in his eyes, but she was already twenty-six this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t be strange if she had dated once or twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sasha blinked her innocent eyes and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, did you have something to say to me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sasha, do you perhaps have a boyfriend?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I don’t.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Sasha’s expression turned sullen, her cheeks soft like glutinous rice cakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why? People your age are all doing it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was too busy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it wasn’t entirely untrue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Running the Magic Tower at a young age, going all over the place to take requests just to fill its empty coffers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of her incompetent master, she must not have had much time to play like others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But even in the middle of war, love still blooms.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having witnessed countless such cases himself, claiming to be too busy to date was just an excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You say you were busy until now, but don’t you have a bit of time these days?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should your master find you someone decent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eek, no! I’ll handle it myself!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Letting out a shriek, Sasha ran far away as if she didn’t want to talk anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They say when a daughter grows up, she won’t even have conversations like this with her father—he felt like he understood that sentiment now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he felt a bit upset and disappointed, Oscar soon shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Well, maybe it’s for the best.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sasha might be twenty-six, but she was still a kid—a kid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better that than her getting caught by some useless bastard and crying her eyes out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just imagining it made him angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there was anyone who made Sasha cry, he’d hunt them down to the ends of hell and punish them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his thoughts turned to Lloyd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That guy Lloyd must have dated, right?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was at an age where it wouldn’t be strange at all for him to start a family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had never met a woman even once until now, that would be serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This won’t do.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he returned to the White Tower, Oscar would immediately find him a suitable bride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had he started forming that plan than Sasha, who had gone far off, came running back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master! I found him! Lord Ado Vail!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following her up the sand dune, they saw an oasis below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An oasis.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It looks like he’s coming up after quenching his thirst.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she said, his master was walking up from the oasis together with his wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face hadn’t changed much from when they saw him in the previous rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, his achievements as a mage had deepened further—he seemed to have reached the late stage of Level 7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like quite some time has passed again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the two of them still seem just as close.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking behind, his master matched his pace to his wife’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time she glanced back, he smiled at her, making it clear just how much he loved her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He said spatial rifts were embarrassing… is it because of scenes like this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for himself, showing his disciples a lovey-dovey romance from his prime would be mortifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They look happy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I agree. Still, we have to do what we came here for.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Master, you sound like a villain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring Sasha’s quiet complaint, Oscar sprinted across the sand dune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhhaaak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sliding down the sand, his master noticed him and hurriedly stepped in front of his wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Teach me once more.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Oscar grabbed the threads of space and pulled, interference came as expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The diligent disciple repeated exactly what he had learned in the previous rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If the thread breaks…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled in nearby threads and connected them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the disappearing thread was restored, his master’s eyebrow twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the previous rift, that had been the end—the rift collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Now then, how will you respond this time?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Receiving Oscar’s challenging gaze, his master stretched out his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time—shhhhk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a tearing sound, a square space enclosed the thread he was holding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This is…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spatial rift?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He created another rift inside the rift?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps because of that, no matter how much force he applied, the thread wouldn’t budge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘It won’t move! Has the thread itself been fixed to a specific coordinate?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, there was no time to think further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhhhk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spatial slash flew toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kicking off the sand, he shot up into the air—BOOOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spot where he had been exploded, sand scattering in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grains of sand gathered together midair and launched a second attack at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Sand gathered using the wind.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The textbook example of a sand cutter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oscar concentrated mana into one hand and deflected the incoming blades of sand with the back of his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each grain that burst with a thunderous sound became imbued with his mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That massive quantity of sand now poured down on Ado Bale like a barrage of bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“%!#…… @$#!@.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, he couldn’t understand his master’s muttering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While his master blocked the attack by unfolding a spatial barrier, Oscar moved back to the fixed thread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hup!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He poured mana into his fist and struck the rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite the loud noise, the spatial rift didn’t budge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Yeah… figures.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even using brute force with mana, attacks like this couldn’t break a rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were possible, spatial rifts wouldn’t have remained in the White Tower for hundreds of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Then it has to be spatial magic.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the power of space itself could break space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment that thought crossed his mind—shhhhk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another spatial blade grazed the top of his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had been even a moment slower, his neck would have been severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oscar swallowed as he watched his master unleash those attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So that’s the spatial slash Master mentioned.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A magic said to require at least Level 8 mana and understanding to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, it was something he couldn’t even dream of learning back at Starlight Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And honestly, even now he didn’t understand its principles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘All spatial magic begins and ends with pulling the threads of space.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all one could do by pulling threads was push or pull space itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, it was a very crude method—fine manipulation like forming blades shouldn’t be possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Master said there was no benefit in learning that principle too early, so he didn’t teach it. He said I’d understand when the time came.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had assumed he would learn it within this rift—was this what he meant by learning it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oscar bit his lip and focused on his master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhhhk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, a spatial slash flew toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodging it by a hair’s breadth, Oscar shielded his eyes in preparation for the imminent explosion of sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that fleeting instant, what entered his vision was the color of the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Black.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That endless abyss seemed strangely familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, it was a fairly recent memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…A spatial rift?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Oscar recalled the crude rift he had created—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body, caught in the explosion along with the sand, was flung backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough! Ptoo, ptoo!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spitting out the sand that had filled his mouth, Oscar rinsed it with 『Water』 and stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Yes… I think I’m getting it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind was moving faster than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That spatial blade—his master had created it, but probably not intentionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He must have been like me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, he must have realized by chance that connecting threads could create a spatial rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And while pondering how to use it, he likely thought of applying it as an attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘But to confirm this hypothesis, there’s one thing I need to check.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he created an incomplete rift, the surrounding space distorted and that abyss appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But around his master, nothing like that could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Maybe…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps that was why the spatial slashes always fell from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment that thought reached its conclusion and Oscar looked to the sky—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space distorted, forming an incomplete rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that pointed rift shot toward him at the speed of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Bingo.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dodging the slash, Oscar also grabbed the threads of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he gathered as many surrounding threads as possible to form a spatial rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘And the empty region created as a byproduct.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the material and essence of the spatial slash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately pulled the threads and fired them at high speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhhaaaak!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a spatial slash flew toward him, his master’s eyes widened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, his master tore apart space and blocked it immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their goal wasn’t to defeat his master, but to close the rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second spatial slash perfectly shattered the rift that had been trapping the thread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, both Oscar and his master used 『Blink』 at the same time, reaching for the thread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how close to infinite mana one had, a spatial rift couldn’t be destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if it was a person, that was a different story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>KWAaaaaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overwhelming mana created a storm that swept across the desert, blowing his master away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching that, Oscar leisurely pulled the thread of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>* * *\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the third spatial rift was closed, the campus of the 36th floor expanded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At this rate, we could build three more buildings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah. We could even make a decent academy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking down at the site, now twice its original size, Oscar spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s call it a day.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you tired?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A bit. But that’s not why we’re stopping.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only two spatial rifts remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what he had learned today alone was already more than enough to study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Each time we enter a new rift, the difficulty is increasing exponentially.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just looking at his master’s level—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only been Level 6 in the first rift, but in the third, he was already at the late stage of Level 7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it would be reasonable to assume that in the next rift, he would be Level 8.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ll need to refine the spatial slash you learned this time if you want a better chance in the next rift.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to his master’s, his spatial slash was too blunt and too small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was likely because he wasn’t yet proficient at creating spatial rifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…It’s a bit of a shame. It felt like we were traveling together, just the two of us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I enjoyed it too. Thanks to you, I gained an important hint.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oscar said as he patted Sasha’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll ask for your help again if I need it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course. I’m always on your side, Master!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching her return to her duties, Oscar stepped into his subspace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Layering… three layers should be enough.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, he spent a hundred days refining nothing but the spatial slash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When only a single day had passed in real time, Oscar finally challenged the fourth rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Translator - Night]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proofreader - Gun]\u003C\u002Fp>",1912,"2026-06-05T20:00:10.790Z",1,"novelbin.me","5ba94390c030814b7e1518bf7aae9bcf7916260eb0e54109a8dd8a14b817937c","the-problematic-child-of-the-magic-tower-chapter-368","the-problematic-child-of-the-magic-tower-chapter-366",375,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-problematic-child-of-the-magic-tower-cover.jpg"]