Genius Is Taught by Geniuses chapter 54

054 – Matchmaking (1)

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Jane sat comfortably on the sofa and read the newspaper.

[Declaration of martial law in the entire black soil region.]

[All lords from the Black Land in Victory are arrested…]

[All noble families in the Blacklands, including the Vinsmokes, are associated with the Chimera Lab…]

[Emperor Todd, do your best to stabilize the black soil.]

“This is going to be a lot of fun.”

Carter headed to the Imperial Palace with all the books and the letters and contract documents shared between the heads of the black soil and the Toho.

And he gave a complete account of how money laundering was done, and even which family was involved in the Chimera Lab.

Naturally, due to martial law, the heads of the Black Lands still remaining in Victory were struck by lightning, and they were all arrested and interrogated by the Inquisitors.

Most people didn’t know why Carter suddenly changed his mind.

But Jane knew why Carter was all talking.

It was because Tigris had briefly talked about Carter two days ago while eating.

-Carter asked to save the lives of Roy and the innocents instead of giving out all the information related to the Chimera Lab.

After Lucas’ death, when the emperor announced that he would be the first to investigate the Black Earth, the nobles of the Black Earth gathered together and made a plan to form an allied army.

The nobles of the Black Earth were never the people who would receive the emperor’s blade.

They were greedy pigs who could never let go of what was in their hands, so they tried to resist somehow.

However, there was no Lucas, no Levis, and no justification, the nobles of the Black Land could not stop the emperor’s army.

In less than a year, it was clear that the black soil would be completely subdued.

Nevertheless, the reason why the nobles of the Black Land region wanted to form an allied army was simple.

They want to take people and food hostage.

Now was the time to sow wheat.

If this time is missed, it was decided that the emperor would be reluctant to wage a war, because this year’s wheat crop would be completely destroyed.

Of course it was bullshit.

The emperor, who was already furious to the point of his head, could not avoid a war with a clear cause.

They wanted to live somehow, so they tried to look at this gloomy situation in a positive way.

Carter decided that this was the painting Levis was aiming for.

Due to the duel between Tigris and Lucas, the public’s interest in the Blacklands reached a climax, and newspapers and other media did not mention the Marquis of Baros at all.

He immediately noticed that this was a craft to lower the interest in the Marquis of Baros by fixing the eyes of the emperor and the people to the black land.

By placing a curse on Lucas’ body, Levis, who lowered the honor of Lucas and the Vinsmoke family to the bottom, could not create the picture he wanted.

So, before the martial law imposed on the emperor Victoria was lifted, he went to the Imperial Palace and confessed all his sins.

So that the Blacklands will no longer suffer from war.

And so that Levis doesn’t flow in the direction he wants.

Carter hopes the situation will calm down quickly.

“Really, politics is a pain in the ass. This is because there are many thieves in the country. How is it that no one is right?”

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Jane clicked her tongue and turned the newspaper over.

[Sequence battle begins! Who will be number 1?]

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Jane said looking at her watch.

“Oh, come to think of it, is it time to start slowly?”

The reason Jane can lie comfortably on the sofa in the morning and read the newspaper is that Tigris is not at home.

Tigris was currently dispatched as the supervisor of the Imperial University Rank War.

Of course, Charlotte and Irene also participated in the rank battle.

“Irene was trying to beat Charlotte this time, but I don’t know if that will happen.”

[Reporter Deiana’s arbitrary list of candidates for the first place in the Imperial University Ranking Competition]

1. Charlotte (Department of Swordsmanship, School of Martial Arts)

2. Irene (Department of Swordsmanship, School of Martial Arts)

3. Thein (Elemental Magic, Faculty of Magic)

4. Aiden (Swordsmanship Department, School of Martial Arts)

5. Konya (Department of Combat Magic, Faculty of Magic)

6. Basserman (Department of Martial Arts, Faculty of Martial Arts)

·······

10. Rakan (Swordsmanship Department, School of Martial Arts)

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Jane said, shaking her feet.

“Well, if I meet a good team member, I might be able to get first place.”

* * *

The morning when the dew fell quietly.

The water lily forest was full of ultramarine tents.

The head of Nation rang the bell.

ding- ding- ding-

“Powerful wake up! So that I can wash up and receive battle food within 30 minutes!”

The tent door opened and the students rubbed their sleepy eyes to welcome the morning sun.

“Ugh, my back is wrinkled.”

“Why did you have to choose a place like this for the sequel battle?”

“Think about it. But you can’t release the monsters right in front of the emperor, right?”

“······Well. is it?”

The students who had played the rank-and-file battle a few times went to eat after washing their hair proficiently and roughly trimming their hair.

“Oh, but I’ll give you a third brother.”

“The battle rations are there, but the 3rd brother is still edible.”

At that time, the eyes of the students were fixed on the two of them.

It was Irene and Charlotte.

The two have been together like a partner since becoming Tigris’ pupils, and they slept together even when they slept in a two-person tent today.

The students had their taste buds.

“Do you want the two of you to be on the same team?”

“Then that’s the worst.”

“Since it’s Instructor Tigris’ disciple, wouldn’t we be on the same team?”

“No, it’s meaningless because the two of us have to play different teams on the second day.”

In a sequel battle, the person who gets the most points wins first place.

It is an intuitive structure where you get 1 point if you catch a goblin, 20 points if you win by surprise or duel with another team, and 20 points if you get killed.

In such a point system, if a team is formed by a pair of two, you may think that it is difficult to divide the ranks because the points are shared among the same team members.

However, since there is a condition that the team cannot be reunited with the same team member in case of death once, there was no joint ranking. There was no point monopolizing the points by two talented people.

“But Irene and Charlotte can’t be on the same team, right?”

“yes? why?”

“Instructor Tigris told us not to be on the same team.”

“Oh, right? So, will we get a chance to be number one?”

“Wake up your dream. How to beat the three rings. We are aiming for third place.”

At that time, a man came to receive battle food.

It was Rakan.

Rakan received combat food in his panties and brown boots.

“Eat while it is still warm.”

“thank you. Instructor.”

Normally, Rakan would have been warned, but receiving the Order of the Iron Cross is not enough, and when he recently received an award from His Majesty the Emperor, he became a man that even the instructors could not easily touch.

So many people tried to get acquainted, but the world was not advanced enough to make friends without prejudice with Rakan walking around in panties.

“What the hell is he?”

“How do we know what a genius thinks?”

“Is he a genius? Come to think of it, it looks like you did well in the midterm, but compared to Charlotte and Irene, isn’t there something lacking?”

“He’s a magician.”

“What? Magician?”

“uh. other guys saw it He said he can use all of the common magic in Circle 1?”

“really? How did you learn magic? Do you have a master?”

“I don’t know. It seems like you’ve been rummaging through magic books in the library lately, but it seems like you just learned it right away.”

“You look like a real genius. Oh, maybe that’s why…”

Rakan sat alone in front of the tent and ate his battle food, no matter what the others said.

‘Um… it’s pretty tasty, isn’t it?’

It was because I didn’t care about other people’s gazes anymore.

[Quest accomplished!]

Receive and eat battle food in panties.

50 points earned!

[Currently remaining points: 17,250.]

Rakan murmured, thinking.

‘······ Now the points are weaving.’

Originally, I had to get 50 points for one thing to receive combat food while wearing panties and 50 points for one thing to eat, so I had to get 100 points.

But now you have to do at least two missions at the same time to get 50 points.

‘Is it because it’s too easy now?’

Now, Rakan has become so blunt that he can take off his clothes on the roadside without taking off his clothes in the bathroom the moment this quest appears.

If the hypothesis that the lower the difficulty, the fewer points you can get is true, it was a story that Rakan felt less shame and the stronger he got, the harder it would be to get points.

So, recently, this kind of quest doesn’t come up very often, and I often give quests that are a little bit more difficult and have a lot of rewards.

[New Quest!]

Be on the same team with Irene in the rank-and-file match and get into the top 5.

Reward: 1,000 points.

Rakan looked at Irene like a lion reflexively preying on its prey.

‘Hmm······.’

Irene flinched as soon as she felt Rakan’s gaze.

* * *

Tigris returned from reconnaissance of the Water Lily Forest as the supervisor and security officer of this rank battle.

Last week, the mercenaries and instructors did an additional check, but I looked back just in case.

“Oh, instructor, haven’t you eaten yet? Would you like some?”

“thank you.”

Tigris tried to eat in the instructors’ tent with the battle food that had been warmed up a while ago.

Then, Rakan approached.

“Instructor Tigris.”

“What’s going on?”

“I have something to tell you.”

Tigris nodded as Rakan’s expression looked quite serious.

It was because he didn’t know if there was something in Rakan’s eyes.

Tigris and Rakan entered a secluded place.

“That quest has appeared.”

“What quest is it? Is there something wrong with the water lily forest?”

“no. That’s not it. It was about being on the same team as Irene and getting into the top 5.”

It was more heartbreaking than I thought, but it was still very important to Rakan.

But this was something that Tigris could not help.

“Instructors are not allowed to participate in the ranking battles of students. No matter how much Irene is my disciple, I can’t ask her to be with you.”

“I know. I didn’t come here to ask for that.”

“Then what?”

“I want to appeal to Irene as a person who is more helpful to Irene than to other people in this rank-and-file battle. I would like to ask you how to do it.”

Rakan’s eyes were serious.

Rakan had no intention of making it to the top 5 because he was just obsessed with Irene.

That didn’t mean he didn’t know his subject.

Irene is a three-star knight, and Rakan is now just a magic swordsman who can only use circle 1 magic.

If Irene wants to be on the same team as a knight, she can be teamed with a knight with two rings, and if she wants to become a team like a wizard, she can be teamed with a wizard who can use circle 2 magic.

No matter how much it was called a quest, Rakan was thinking of giving up the quest if he thought it was unnecessary to Irene.

Because that’s a nuisance to Irene.

‘You seem to have grown a lot internally.’

Rakan has gotten pretty serious since finding Viscount Kayle.

Watching people die in front of my eyes, I was a little worried that I might be traumatized, but I was a little proud of it because I think I overcame it well.

“If that’s the case, I’ll help you a little. What magic can you use now?”

“All circle 1 common magic can be used. Starting with magic bullets, mana barrier, ignition, wind, digging, jaw making, vibration detection alarm magic, and so on.”

“Cast speed and accuracy?”

“If you focus on it, you can cast it in 5 seconds, and if you are swinging the sword, it will be 30 to 50 seconds, and if it is within the range of 10m, there is no error of more than 1cm, and if it exceeds 50m, it is more than 30cm.”

“Accuracy is good, but casting speed is too slow.”

“Isn’t that going to help Irene?”

Tigris decided to speak coldly.

“If there is no way to make the cast speed faster, there is no point. And the common magic of circle 1 cannot have such a meaningful effect. At the very least, it is at a level that is convenient for life.”

“······okay.”

Rakan’s shoulders sag slightly.

“Should I give up too?”

Tigris thought for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“By the way, how did you learn all the common magic in one month? I don’t know much about magic, but I know that it’s almost impossible to master all of the common 1st circle magic in a month.”

“Ah, it’s because I learned ‘the structural understanding of circle magic’ as a point.”

“Structural understanding of circle magic?”

“yes. It’s a skill worth 25,000 points. I think it can be understood as a passive skill that helps to structurally understand circle magic and cast magic.

For example, if you were to learn Circle 1 Mana Barrier magic, Rakan translated it into an easy-to-understand expression and if you did, it was a secondary technique that showed you the right way to use magic in the current situation.

This, like ‘Advanced Search’, was a technology that borrowed the power of the system.

“So, can I understand that if you hit with swordsmanship, it helps you understand how your body moves when you cast swordsmanship and tells you what kind of swordsmanship you should use in the current situation?”

“yes. Right. Of course, there are also relatively cheap and effective techniques like fast chanting. Then, in the end, my real skills would not improve, so I first picked a technique that would help me understand magic.”

Before returning, Rakan thought quietly about why he couldn’t reach the 7th circle.

I thought the reason was because I was trying to choose an easy and quick way.

The fast chants help Rakan to sing quickly without even having to say it.

Then, you can complete the 1st circle common magic in 2 seconds instead of 5 seconds.

One circle common magic, such as fire or mana barrier, could be used without the need to spend time studying by investing only 1,000 points each.

However, the path is probably the path Rakan walked before returning. Even now, Rakan was going crazy because he wanted to buy fast chanting or 2nd circle magic.

However, Rakan decided to abandon his sword and choose the path of magic, so he decided to learn from the basics, taking time and learning.

Then I thought that maybe I could really become a magician of the 7th circle.

But if there is something to gain, there is also something to lose.

I couldn’t become a wizard who could help Irene right now.

Tigris thought for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“Irene has a chronic problem. It doesn’t matter if you fight once or twice as the body itself doesn’t fit the great sword, but if you fight the points for 5 days in a row, a lot of pressure will go on your body. Perhaps after 5 days, Irene’s condition has deteriorated a lot.”

“Healing magic cannot be used because it is more than 4 circles……”

“But it will be helpful for Irene to adjust her condition. There is also a wind magic that can wash away the heat, and you can use an alarm magic to help keep you from being vigilant. Other than that, there will be plenty of ways to assist in battle.”

“So, you’re saying you want to be Irene’s supporter?”

Tigris nodded.

“okay. Don’t think of fighting yourself, say that you want to become a supporter. Originally, there are battle wizards who use colorful magic, but there are supporter-type wizards that relieve the fatigue accumulated in the body of knights or assist in battle.”

“But will that be an advantage for Irene? All other wizards can do it.”

“But there are things that other wizards have but you don’t.”

Rakan tilted his head.

“What is it?”

“Shame.”

“Would that help?”

“Across all grades, there are fewer than 30 wizards from commoners who are not nobles.”

Magic is one of the skills that commoners are hard to come across.

Compared to swordsmanship, magic has a very high barrier to entry. To learn magic, instead of buying a magic book, you have to be taught by a wizard, and all wizards are nobles.

In the end, it is said that in order for commoners to learn magic, they have to ask a noble to learn it.

“By the way, most of the wizards were nobles. The instructors were all nobles.”

“As a result, wizards have a higher nose than knights. Do you think there will be anyone among them who can cast wind magic on Irene when she is having a hard time, and bandage her when her feet hurt?”

“Uh… No.”

“Currently, it doesn’t make much sense for Irene to carry a 2-star knight or a 2-circle wizard. Except for Charlotte, there are currently no students in Imperial University who can beat Irene. In that case, I would rather need someone to relieve Irene’s fatigue.”

Rakan immediately understood Tigris’ words.

“In conclusion, what Irene needs is a supporter, not a wizard.”

“Yes.”

Rakan’s eyes twinkled.

If that’s the case, Rakan could do it too.

“I’ll go see Irene.”

“okay. I hope you have good news.”

Rakan hurried to the tent.

And I thought.

How can Irene accept herself?

How can I appeal to myself as a person who can actively help Irene?

In the distance, I saw Irene having finished eating and cleaning out the trash.

Rakan went straight to Irene.

Irene looked at Rakan with a very strange look when Rakan suddenly approached.

“Irene. Haven’t you found a team yet?”

“······uh.”

Rakan took a deep breath and said.

“I will be your slave. Be on the same team as me.”

Irene’s spoon fell to the floor.