238 – Call Me Maybe (1)
Theo followed Piel to the back of the educational stadium.
─Quaaa!!
─Look at me! Oliver has been targeting me since a while ago! Hey, Oliver! I’m sorry – ugh!!
Teacher Oliver’s education was in full swing on the educational stadium.
He was alone, weaving his way through the 50-member joint team, taking pictures of the unrivaled team.
Oliver’s teammates stood behind him and only passively assisted him.
Theo looked at the scene with his tired eyes.
‘I guess there was no answer to confronting them head on. ‘I’m glad the strategy worked.’
While thinking that, I was walking through the auditorium of the educational stadium.
“You’re here. “Come here.”
Locke appeared after opening the door to the audience and gestured to Theo and Piel.
The two entered the room where Locke appeared.
In the narrow room, there was a desk and sofa of appropriate size. It was a place where you could do some simple office work.
Kkii Iik─
After Locke closed the door, he spoke to the two people standing blankly in front of the door.
“I’m trying to reward you for your courageous performance when an armed invasion of the Academy occurred a while ago. “I’ve been busy with post-processing, so I finally have some free time.”
Locke grabbed the two boxes that were lying on the desk. It was a size that appeared to be about 20cm in width, length, and height.
Locke held the box, and he walked over to the two people and handed it to them.
“I chose this item after thinking about what kind of reward would lessen the jealousy of other students and whether it would actually be helpful. “Open it now.”
Theo and P.L. Opened the box.
Inside there was an item that Theo was familiar with.
Piel took out the item and looked around.
“I think it’s a contact crystal ball… But, this is the first time I’ve seen a model like this.”
“It is still a prototype before the commercialization stage. Unlike existing models where only identical pairs could communicate, anyone who owns the same model can communicate as long as they know the serial number. “Could you please tell me Ms. Piel’s serial number for a moment?”
“Yes, just a moment.”
Piel took out a piece of paper with a serial number written on it that was enclosed in her contact crystal ball box and showed it to Locke.
[SH-0003]
Locke took out the communication crystal ball from his pocket and entered the serial number.
Burr ── Burr ──
Soon, P.L.’S communication crystal ball rang.
Locke nodded his head.
“It’s working normally. “What is Theo’s serial number?”
Theo also took out a piece of paper with a serial number written on it.
[SH-0004]
Likewise, when Locke entered the serial number into his contact crystal ball and pressed the button, Theo’s contact crystal ball rang.
Locke said.
“This is how it is written. “My serial number is [SH-0001], So if you have any urgent business, please contact me.”
“Thank you.”
“It looks like today’s afternoon class will be canceled, so take note. I expected it, but I didn’t know Oliver would kill the students like that… “It’s okay to go now.”
Piel and Theo left the room, leaving behind Locke, who was talking to himself.
While walking towards the stadium audience again, P.L. Said while fiddling with the communication crystal ball.
“Anyway, it’s amazing… There are hundreds of contact crystal balls at my home, but I’ve never seen a product that allows you to contact someone just by knowing the number.”
“I guess it’s because it’s a prototype.”
Theo nodded roughly.
‘It’s a novel product whose serial number starts with SH…’
The person who created this object was a named character in this work, so of course I knew it.
‘Sonya.’
She is a wizard, scientist, and alchemist who mainly works in various northern cities in addition to the Magic City.
The reason she formed a relationship with Locke was because she was a student in the Department of Magic and Alchemy at Ellinia Academy.
Sonya majored in a double major at Ellinia Academy, where it was difficult to graduate from just one. He also graduated at the top of his class from both departments.
The reason was simple.
─Because it’s fun!
In other words, Sonya is an insane genius.
She is said to be excellent at people, and the fields she is best known for are magic, science, and alchemy, but she is also skilled in various fields such as pharmacology, herbalism, and architecture.
That’s how she is. From professors who try to kidnap her to graduate school, to crazy people in the magical city of the North. Many people coveted her.
Maybe that’s why she doesn’t stay in one place for long. She often moves from place to place.
Even in such a situation, she couldn’t give up her inherent desire to leave her mark. Every time she creates a prototype, she leaves her initials somewhere…
While Theo was organizing his thoughts, he was returning to the audience.
Burr ── Burr ──
A vibrating sound rang in my arms. It was a contact crystal ball that had been placed there.
Piel tilted her head.
“What? “Who are you calling?”
“I guess I’ll have to receive it to find out.”
The sender is not displayed in this contact crystal ball.
When the vibration sound was still ringing, Piel urged Theo.
“Are you a professor? Hey, take it, take it.”
Theo pressed her receive button.
However, there was no sound coming from beyond the crystal ball.
Theo spoke first into the crystal ball.
“Theo Lin Walderk, I have contacted you. Who are you.”
─······Ugh, ugh!
Dutdduddu······
Dutdduddu······
After that, contact was lost.
“······.”
Piel spoke to Theo, who was staring at the contact crystal ball.
“Who is it?”
“I don’t know.”
Theo shrugged her shoulders.
* * *
At the same time, inside the student council room.
Saint Isabella sitting on a spacious chair as usual.
“······Hooha, hooha, hooha.”
But unlike usual, she let out a rough breath.
“What, is this really working?”
She muttered, looking at the communication crystal ball she held in her hand.
“Yes, saint.”
“······!!”
The saint was startled by a voice that came out of nowhere.
Claire, the owner of the voice, spoke calmly.
“The manual states that as long as there are no special issues such as interference with magical power, it will operate without problems up to a distance of about 50km.”
“Ah, I see… Next time, will you please knock and come in?”
“I knocked three times in a row, but I didn’t hear anything, so I excused myself in case something bad happened.”
“Ah, ahahahahaha… I see. I guess I didn’t hear. “I’m sorry, Claire.”
“No.”
The saint tried to distract her and put her communication crystal ball back into her box.
Claire said as she looked at the scene.
“You can have it, saint.”
“······! Oh no! “This item was received as compensation for Claire’s hard work.”
“No. “I don’t really have anything to write about──”
Claire continued, looking down at the box containing the contact crystal ball.
“──If I had this item, wouldn’t I be able to contact Theo at any time?”
“Why do I need to contact her!”
“Oh, is that so? “I thought that since the saintess was still asking me to investigate Theo’s movements, she wanted to meet me again.”
“Isn’t that what it is?!”
Isabella looked at her Claire with anger in her eyes and she huffed.
To Claire, she looked very cute like that.
‘Now you look a bit like a 17-year-old girl.’
If she were to describe the Isabella she had seen so far in one word, it would be ‘boredom.’
Isabella seemed like a person who had no interest in her life at all. No matter what she did, she was dull and expressionless.
But after I became interested in Theo, a little bit. No, it has changed a lot. Isn’t her face still blushing and wearing a mask?
‘I don’t know why, but it’s a good phenomenon.’
Thinking so, Claire nodded her head.
“Anyway, this item is of no use to me, so I’ll leave it behind. “Then I will go again to investigate Mr. Theo.”
Percussion──
Claire closed the door and left.
Isabella looked at her door where Claire had left for a moment.
“······It’s not like that, Si.”
Isabella’s hand secretly moved to the communication crystal ball manual.
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* * *
Inside a shabby house located in the underworld of Polaris.
The room was filled with all kinds of magic and alchemy tools, including magic stones, scrolls, various gems, reagents, and ancient documents.
“Uhuhu~ Good. “If she follows this method, she will be able to recycle the magic scroll she once used!”
A woman who appeared to be in her early twenties looked at the paper in her hand and raised the corner of her mouth.
There were magic formulas written all over the paper.
At that time, the door burst open.
The man who opened the door hurriedly shouted.
“Run, Sonya! The security forces have invaded! “It won’t be long before we get here!”
“······What does that mean now? “How do you know this place?”
“I don’t know that—— Ugh!”
The man who opened the door fell to the floor.
Sonya looked towards the fallen man with fearful eyes.
“······Cat?”
There was a fluffy cat there.
─Miyao, Miyaooooo~!!
As soon as her eyes met Sonya’s, her cat meowed sadly and hopped up to her.
Then he rubbed his body against her legs.
“What is this…?”
Sonya looked down at her cat in confusion.
“······Finally.”
A child’s voice was heard from the door.
There stood a child smiling eerily, so much so that the corners of his mouth touched his ears.
Sonya was also someone I knew well.
“Find. Yes. All.”
······Its identity is Lunaflora Ring Neverland.
She was the chairman of the academy where Sonya graduated and was a fairy called a one-man army.