After seeing off the two of them as if chasing them away, I was guided inside the tower.

The man wearing a robe took off his hood.

From the sound of his voice, I thought he was a grave old man, but no!

He looked like he was in his 40s, but he was a very neat and handsome man.

“Please follow me, young lady. I will guide you inside the tower.”

The magician who smiled gently led me the way.

“Inside the tower, there are mainly two means of transportation.”

Stairs and elevators.

The stairs looked like fire escape stairs. If I stumble down them in daze, I’ll probably end my life here.

The middle-aged magician proudly said as he led the way to a magic-powered elevator.

“This elevator was installed by the current Tower Master and can be considered quite innovative. It takes advantage of the characteristics of magicians.”

This is my setting! It’s amazing, isn’t it?

“It’s much wider than it looks from the outside.”

The tower, with over 100 floors, was not only extremely high but also quite spacious, which surprised me.

“Haha, it’s all thanks to the power of magic. Now, let me guide you to the room that you will be using.”

The room I would be using was located in a protruding part of the tower, and half of the circular room was made up of glass.

“Oh…….”

It looked like a panorama of the sea!

“This is the best room in our tower. I hope you like it.”

“And the Tower Master?”

Even though I didn’t use honorifics, the middle-aged magician didn’t even twitch his eyebrows. Instead, he awkwardly chuckled and answered.

“The Tower Master has some business to attend to and has momentarily left the premises. As soon as he arrives, he will come to greet you. Until then, feel free to ask me if you have any questions.”

“I understand. What should I call you, Mr. Wizard?”

“You can call me Mr. Wood.”

After receiving guidance through various spaces such as restaurants, sports fields, gardens, and libraries, Mr. Wood disappeared.

At first, exploring the tower was fascinating, but I was a homebody. I mainly stayed in my room and, at most, used the library on the same floor as my room.

To be honest, using the elevator always required an accompanying magician, and it was a bit awkward to call Mr. Wood, who seemed busy.

There were days when I was a subordinate, too, so I should also understand the feelings of the other fellow employees, right?

“Ugh.”

While exploring the library, I saw an interesting book I wanted to take out, but my hand couldn’t reach it. I could reach the book, but not enough to get it out.

The more challenging it is to pull out, the more you want to do it!

“Ugh.”

As I felt a slight shadow behind me, the book came out with a swift motion and was promptly placed in front of me.

My head spun while looking at the title of the book, which was completely different from what I had expected ‘The seemingly funny but not at all funny adventures of Kilikili’, which was not at all what I expected.

Despite my face burning, I accepted the book.

“Thank you, ah…….”

I looked up, slightly, and there was a stranger.

“Thank you.”

As I grabbed the book, the man left without even saying a word.

Bright blond hair and golden eyes were visible through glasses.

He seemed taller than me, but not much different in height, with a b*by face that didn’t seem to have any rough features yet.

Above all, the decisive clue was the musky scent filling the air!

You must be the genius Tower Master!

The orphaned Tower Master stood at the top of the tower before turning ten. A genius who devours the entire world’s worldview.

Since the current story begins this year, he must have just become an adult.

Despite his fluffy appearance, I set the Tower Master to emit a seductive musky scent that captivates people. Never did I expect to confirm it in this way.

“Uh…”

Why did I even make such a setting?

The embarrassment that surged when the title of the book I eagerly sought out was ‘An adventure story that looks interesting like Kilikili but is not interesting at all’ was now even more overwhelming.

Nevertheless, the fact that the Tower Master appeared unharmed made me breathe a sigh of relief involuntarily.

The penalty for the Tower Master is ‘a flaw in one part of the body due to an accident during research.’

Though I have no idea about where the problem lies.

It might be a trivial issue, like Mongolian spots not disappearing even when you become an adult.

As I passed through the long shelves heading to the library’s sofa, I encountered someone. I was startled because I had assumed I would be alone.

“Ahhhh!”

The Tower Master, who was standing in front of a table, turned his head to look at me.

“Uh, hehe. Hehehe. Hohohoho.”

I laughed awkwardly and headed straight  towards the table on the other side of him. While he wandered around me, he didn’t initiate a conversation.

However, when I attempted to leave the library and headed to the restaurant, he uncannily noticed that and followed me.

“Oh, I need magic.”

To operate the elevator, magic is required, but I don’t possess any magic!

In despair, I realized that someone had covered the part where magic needed to be injected. When I turned my head slightly, I saw the expressionless Tower Master covering the part.

I subtly glanced around, pressed the button for the restaurant floor, and the Tower Master acted as if he couldn’t see me.

When I got off the elevator, he didn’t follow me.

As I made my way to the dining room, I looked back and through the closing door, he was staring at me.

“Welcome.”

As if he had been waiting, Mr. Wood greeted me warmly, and he became my dining companion. After a meal, he took me to the places I wanted to visit.

***

The peculiar standoff between me and the Tower Master continued for three days.

Staying only in the room felt stifling, and the library was filled with books much more interesting than ‘Kilikili’s seemingly fun but totally uninteresting adventure story’.

For example, books about the history of this world.

So, I continued to visit the library, and sure enough, it was empty, but shortly after the Tower Master would appear. He never spoke to me.

But I could feel his gaze when I was reading a book.

“Colli Collie had a habit of twitching her b*tt every time she walked. Twitch, twitch! Twitch! Puhahaha, twitch, twitch!”

“…….”

I even deliberately read aloud to him to get a reaction out of him, but he didn’t react at all.

It was awkward because he was very reserved. I guess too much reserved.

Living with Seth seemed to have thickened my skin. Wow, at least Seth was actually helpful in my life because he communicated very well with me.