My Endless Life.

Chapter 52: Lankana, the Magical City

The capital of England is called Lanka. It has been the capital of England since its founding.

And this city has another nickname.

The magical city.

It is known as the origin of world magic and is also a holy place in the minds of all magicians in the world.

At least... before the advent of guns, there was absolutely no city in the world with a higher status than Lanka.

Since this city is regarded as a holy place by magicians all over the world, it is natural that it is more prosperous than the capitals of other countries.

This place is home to magicians from all over the world who come here in search of advanced magic, tourists who come here to travel, and merchants who come here to trade.

The streets were crowded with people, and there were some strange-looking creatures pulling carts through the streets.

The style of the entire city is completely different from those other countries outside that have entered the steam age.

But now, this prosperous city is shrouded in the frenzy of war.

In front of the fountain square at the northern entrance of this city, a young man wearing a beret was giving an impassioned speech:
"…The shameful evil nation, Uno, they actually want to steal the authority of the God of Magic! They want to taint the sacred magic with their dirty technology! How can we allow this to happen!"

"Not allowed! Not allowed!!"

The people below were also shouting fanatically as if they were brainwashed. Everyone's momentum was gathered together, and everyone's voices formed a wave that almost drowned out the prosperity of this area.

The young man in the beret raised the magic wand in his hand and continued:

"Now, our respected Second Princess and our respected General have launched an expedition against the evil Principality of Uno! Her Highness needs us, and England needs us too!"

"So now, join the army with me! Become a warrior who fights against heresy! Come! Join me!!"

The young man shouted at the top of his lungs, and the people below responded in unison.

Although a small number of people were rational and did not shout with them, more people seemed to be moved by the young people and fanatically shouted that they wanted to join the army.

Some people even headed directly to the military registration office over there.

At the other corner of the square, a young man in a magic academy uniform walked by with a young boy.

The young man had brown curly hair and some freckles on his face.

Hearing the noise from the square, he turned to the boy behind him who seemed a little frightened and said:

"Don't be nervous. Since the war with Uno started, such mobilizations have happened almost every day. Just get used to it."

"Every day...?"

The boy was somewhat surprised, and his blue eyes revealed doubts:
"Uno... I remember it was a country with a low level of magic. Do we really need to declare war on them in such a high-profile manner?"

Hearing the boy's question, the young man shook his head and said:
"I don't know about that, but I heard from my teacher that Uno seems to be researching something...something 'evil' that will destroy magicians, so the higher-ups decided to declare war on Uno."

"…what…'something evil'?"

"I don't know. The mentors don't know much either. Perhaps only those legendary wizards know the inside story."

The young man said as he led the boy through the alley, away from the fanatical crowd.

When they were almost close to the English School of Magic, he turned to the boy and said:
"Well, why should we worry about these things? We are just magic apprentices now. Things like war are things that formal magicians need to worry about. They have nothing to do with us."

"makes sense……"

The boy nodded thoughtfully.

The young man then asked:

"Oh, by the way, I haven't asked you your name yet. To be able to get the special admission certificate from the academy, you must be from a big family."

"This... Senior, you may have guessed wrong." The boy smiled helplessly and explained:

"My name is Kiri. I don't have a last name. I'm just a...commoner."

The boy smiled and introduced himself to the young man. As he spoke, there seemed to be a special light flashing in his blue eyes.

……

Kiri... that is, Li Qi, looked at the scenery in the magic city. The first impression Li Qi had of this city was that it was magical.

Magicians holding staffs can be seen everywhere, and magical items made of special metals can be seen everywhere.

It is a very precious magic-conducting weapon in Uno, and everyone here seems to have one.

Not only that, the number of high-rise buildings here is far greater than that of Uno.

Li Qi even saw a dozen-story magic tower standing in the distance.

There is also an elevator powered by magic outside the magic tower.

It can be said that Lankana, the capital of magic, is a country that has developed magic civilization to the extreme.

It was also here that Li Qi found a sense of reality of traveling to a magical world, rather than traveling to 19th century Europe.

However, this was the only thing that surprised Li Qi. As for the rest, Li Qi felt that they were just ordinary.

Not only that, the fanatical mobilization of the entire English people at the city gate made Li Qi realize that this country's pursuit of magic may have reached a certain deformed level.

The Principality of Uno is called the 'Evil Country' by them, and it should not be just Uno that is a country that uses firearms.

The countries that use firearms are not only Uno, Farol, and the Ship Federation, but even other countries. They are all using firearms, using one of the greatest inventions for soldiers of this era.

Guns, gunpowder, and cannons are used in every country. Even the lower-level soldiers in the magical kingdom of England use them.

If that were all it would be called evil, then English himself would be evil.

So this is definitely not the reason.

What is the reason?

Thinking of the orb drawings that Amy stole, Li Qi already had some guesses in his mind.

It should be a magic orb.

England may not know that Uno has already developed a prototype of the magic orb, but they must have gotten the news from somewhere and knew that Uno was developing something that could change the world situation.

That's why they defined this thing as 'evil' and joined forces with Farol to attack Uno.

They didn't want this thing to be born.

This was probably why Amy received a sudden notice from the School of Magic to steal the blueprints.

"It's something that can change the magician's current situation, but it's actually praised as evil... It seems that these magicians in England are also very 'traditional'."

Li Qi sighed in his heart.

The magic orb can make guns as powerful as artillery shells, and the range is far beyond the magic cast by magicians.

If every magician can use magic orbs, then the magician's combat effectiveness and lethality will be far greater than before.

On the battlefield, magicians no longer have to fall into the dilemma of being unable to hit people at long range and unable to save their lives at close range.

I believe that anyone with a little foresight can see that the appearance of the magic orb is inevitable.

As a result, England launched an offensive against Uno.

It can only be said that in some ways, magicians are similar to the traditional nobles of Uno.

But Li Qi didn't care about that.

His current identity is that of a lucky guy who accidentally obtained the special admission certificate from England College.

No need to go to the battlefield or worry about those messy things.

As a special recruit of English College, he only needs to do one thing well.

That is to be a good student and learn magic.

But before that, Li Qi had to go with this "senior brother" to meet his mentor.

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(End of this chapter)