Chapter 74: Invitation (part 1)

The soul stone shattered, and light radiated from the Empress’s body.  

Realizing that magical energy was surging within her, she looked down at Ian in disbelief.  

“What is this…?”  

Her body had already reached its limit—a perfected form, honed by pushing her talents to their absolute peak. She had believed it was impossible to grow any further.  

Yet now, her body had undergone another transformation. Her magic power had increased, and its quality and density had deepened.  

By rough estimation, she was at least 10% stronger than before. This level of growth might not have seemed significant in the lower ranks, but for someone of her caliber?  

She had crossed the barrier. 

The path to becoming an Archmage, a road she thought she would never walk in this lifetime, had begun to unfold before her. And it was all thanks to Ian.  

“What happened?” she asked.  

“Huh?” Ian blinked.  

“How…? I’ve never heard of anything like this.”  

“What, you didn’t know?”  

Ian looked at the Empress as if even he hadn’t expected this outcome. Hundreds of years ago, she had been called a sage, said to possess knowledge of the entire world—yet even she was at a loss.  

“…Yeah, I didn’t know.”  

She had to admit it. What Ian had done defied all logic.  

Ian, seemingly uninterested in explaining himself again, scratched his ear and gave a simple response.  

“What do you think of the summoning system?”  

“The summoning system…? You mean the summoning ritual? The process that allows the gods to bring heroes of the past into the present age?”  

“So you thought it was just about resurrecting long-dead heroes?”  

“…Isn’t it?”  

“There’s no such thing. It was created solely to defeat the Demon King.”  

The Demon King had been an enemy so fearsome that even the gods themselves had been threatened. If simply reviving past heroes had been enough, the Demon King would have been defeated in an instant.  

The first emperor, a 5-star Summoner, had only managed to force the Demon King to retreat.  

“You can’t defeat the Demon King with the same level of power you had in life. So what’s the solution?”  

“…You have to become stronger than before?”  

“Exactly. Otherwise, why would the summoning system require making contracts with summoners?”  

With the summoner’s help, the summoned being could manifest in the modern age and continue to grow—specifically to defeat the Demon King.  

If the system had merely preserved a summon’s past strength, it would have been far more efficient to simply revive them permanently rather than creating such a complicated mechanism.  

“…I’ve never heard of such a thing before. Line never mentioned it.”  

“Line?”  

“The first emperor. His nickname was Line.”  

The Empress observed Ian with newfound disbelief.  

The first emperor, Reinhardt, had been a singularity—a figure who saved humanity and unified the world.  

The summons he left behind still revered him, and the nation he built stood strong even now.  

And yet, in this very country, another singularity had appeared—someone capable of evolving a summoned being to challenge the Demon King himself.  

Was this truly a coincidence?  

The Empress didn’t think so.  

“…Well, whether this is good or bad, we’ll find out soon enough.”  

“What’s that supposed to mean?”  

“Never mind that, Summoner. I’ll grant you the privilege of knowing my true name.”  

At her words, Ian’s eyes widened. This event should have only triggered after she developed a deep trust in him, yet it was already happening now.  

“My name is—”  

The Empress leaned in and whispered her name into his ear. It was a name he knew well from the game.  

As she pulled back slightly, she studied Ian’s face, gauging his reaction. Ian gave a small nod, signaling that he had heard her clearly.  

“You do realize what it means for a witch to reveal her true name…”  

“It’s akin to surrendering one’s life.”  

“…You know a lot, Summoner.”  

The Empress looked at him with mild surprise. For Ian to understand the weight of her words, he must have possessed far more knowledge than she had initially assumed.  

Did he know the hidden secrets of summoners that others didn’t? Or had he uncovered long-forgotten knowledge about witches?  

Either way, it didn’t matter. He was her summoner.  

“…Do well in the future,” she said with a faint smile.  

As if his business was done, Ian immediately dismissed the summon.

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