How to Survive at the Academy chapter 134

3 gold coins (2)

The morning air is not so cold.

When I woke up from the bed, there was moisture all over my body. It was probably cold sweat.

I can’t remember what kind of dream I had, but it seems it wasn’t a very good dream.

As you open the hut door and come out towards the camp, you are familiar with the unique atmosphere of dawn, where there is still subtle darkness.

The start of the day was always the same. Stretching among the forests covered with a soft fog.

Come to think of it, Lucy hasn’t come to the camp very often lately. I want it to be a big deal. He’s not the type of person to be busy with other business.

Even the sleeping figure spread out somewhere nearby becomes empty as it starts to become invisible. If I get a chance, I’d like to ask Mr. Bell.

“Did you wake up early?”

In order to take the exam at the end of the semester, I had to use the morning hours to browse through some magic history books.

It is rare to prepare meals using fire in the morning. It became a normal routine to lightly canter up to Gwak-dong every morning. If you eat well before your workout, it doesn’t mean much.

However, in recent years, it has become natural to light a fire. Because the mouth has increased by one.

Yenika is still getting a good night’s sleep. Before Jenika woke up, even a simple breakfast was prepared, and the magical powers of her body were lightly drawn out.

The magical energy gathered at the tip of the hand went toward the campfire, and then the ignition magic was manifested. I took a large iron pot, fixed it to the cradle above the campfire, and boiled water from the river.

“…”

Then, after taking out the wizardry books he had prepared, he sat down on a nearby tree stump.

At dawn, the forest air is still damp.

In the quiet atmosphere, the occasional chirping of birds was heard, and a squirrel-like creature was seen gliding through the grass.

I was intoxicated with the forest air and turned over the magic science book.

“……”

I feel popular.

I didn’t have to raise my head.

The direction is the tree stump next to my seat.

There, a girl with a familiar face sits quietly. Because of the hanging bangs, her expression is hard to see, but anyway, the corner of her mouth is smiling happily.

At first glance, it looks like he’s smiling happily and contentedly, but it’s not natural for anyone to see him bleed. Beautifully embroidered flowers are strewn across her pale yellow hair, and the veins of blood flowing from her body are running down the tree stump to the dirt floor. A lute soaked in blood is leaning slightly on the side of a tree stump.

He was a bard who tried his best to save his life and ran around, but eventually passed away.

I was flipping through the pages of the book.

He did not react to such a strange scenery, nor did he try to get rid of such hallucinations by shaking his head.

Poison rises in his eyes, but the speed of turning the pages of the book does not change.

If you lose your temper and ruin your pace due to a temporary emotional change, there is nothing more stupid than that.

I didn’t run away, I didn’t make a fuss… I just sat quietly by the fire and turned the book.

*

“I think I can handle low-level spirits now.”

It has been over a week since Yenica used the ring to summon the highest spirit.

This is Yenika, who has been leading her daily life with the help of me and Bell. He seemed to be apologizing every time as he had accumulated quite a bit of debt.

Being able to deal with the lower spirits means that Yenicka is able to live a basic life on her own. It was a pretty positive sign.

“okay? Have you tried it once?”

“I didn’t do it because I was afraid that my magic might be twisted… but I’m going to try it because Edgar is next to me. Now I have to go to class soon. The exam is coming soon.”

It wouldn’t be a problem for me to lie ill for a few weeks with Yenika’s grades, but I had to go out to light my face for the test day.

Yenika, who was sitting by the fire, concentrated her mind, and then began to release magical power little by little from her fingertips.

A small whisper within a moment is a spell to summon a lower spirit. It sounded pretty familiar.

In fact, Yenika is a girl with the ability to naturally do low-level spirits like breathing without chanting spells. In the first place, there was no way they could have summoned hundreds of sub-spirits while memorizing spells one by one.

However, now he is in a weak state of mind and body, and since he has not been able to express his magic for a long time, he seems to be taking it cautiously.

No matter how bad the physical condition, I thought I could easily summon a low-level spirit. If he is prepared to die soon, isn’t he a spirit warrior who can handle even the highest-ranking spirits?

“Uh, black…”

But Yenika began to stumble. I quickly got up from the tree stump and supported Yenika.

While I was supporting Yenika’s body, a huge fire erupted from the magical energy that came out of her fingertips. Before long, what rose from that flame was the lower fire spirit, Mug.

[ Aww! You finally called me! Miss Jenica! ]

“Collock…Colok…!”

Yenica sneeze and bury herself in my side. Seeing his face reddened, it seems that the fever has started to rise again.

I took the water I had left floating around and poured it into her mouth, and Yenika swallowed it with difficulty.

“This is strange… so far… magical power…”

[Yes, Miss Yenica… Maybe because of me…? ]

As it was, Mug was sitting on a nearby rock, twisting her body as if regretfully.

“it’s okay? Can you hear me?”

“Uh, yes… the magic load is bigger than I expected… I was embarrassed…”

[I mean…? That bonfire mug, which is just a low-level spirit… No matter how unhealthy she is, Miss Yenica can’t feel the pressure… ]

Hearing those words, I looked at the mug, and the amount of magical energy that surrounded the flame that revolved around my body was not unusual.

“Mug.”

[Yes, yep! Master Ed! ]

When I called out his name softly, Mug looked up with a guilty expression on his face. And answering with an upright posture is a state of the art.

“It seems like you, a phase shift will happen sooner or later.”

By pouring the magic of my body into Yenica little by little, the burden of magic caused by the mug was relieved little by little.

Yenica’s expression, who was breathing heavily, gradually calmed down, and her breathing became steady.

[Yes, yes?! ]

“I’ve been feeling it for a while, but the amount of magic it takes to deal with you is unbelievable. Originally, it consumed quite a lot of mana for a lower spirit, but these days, it is eating almost as much mana as a lieutenant.”

[ Whew, what do you mean… Then… ]

“Among the spirits I deal with, you have the best magic efficiency. So, every time I use you in battle, your affinity seems to have increased a lot… Also, it feels like your own magical sensitivity has improved quite a bit. From Jenica’s point of view, there would have been no way of knowing.”

In every battle, the spirit expression using the mug was repeated, and even minor physical attacks were left to the mug.

In the beginning, Mug was quite capable for a low-level spirit, so it was not unusual for him to transform into a lieutenant spirit only now.

[Well, that can’t be…]

“…a mug?”

[ The long years of suffering as a low-level spirit… are you saying that I can finally… finally receive the reward… am I… I’m becoming a lieutenant… ]

“…”

[Among the lower spirits, I get called out here and there because I have the best ability, and when I have time, I take over the command of the lower spirits. Are you saying it’s over…]

Even talking about Mug’s wretched feelings now, it’s like a new thing.

In fact, the main source of that stress is probably the high-ranking fire spirit Takan.

[ Master Ed… Thank you very much… If it were not for Master Ed, I would not have been able to gain so much combat experience in such a short time… Miss Yenica’s grace would be very grateful, but the numerous sub-spirits There is a limit to gaining direct combat experience between them… ]

“I don’t think now is the time to be happy.”

I shook my head and looked at Yenica, and then Mug trembled and flapped her wings.

[ That’s right…! Just because I am manifested will put a lot of pressure on Miss Yenica.. Let’s get into this candle-lit mug quickly…! ]

“The next time we train in response to spirits, let’s review your phase shift together.”

[ Yep…! Whoa… Whoa, whoa…! Clap cack…! aa— Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ]

With an indeterminate sound, whether it was a cheer or a scream, Mug burst into flames and disappeared.

Anyone who sees it will look like it’s going to burn to death.

“…”

I put my hand on Jenica’s forehead and touched it. It’s still hot.

After all, Mug was eating almost as much magical power as a lieutenant spirit. If it was Yenika, even a lieutenant spirit could appear casually, but in the current state, it seems that the lower spirits were the limit.

By the way, when Mug transforms into a lieutenant, the position of the lower spirit becomes vacant.

Getting one more powerful spirit is definitely a positive thing, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have a lower spirit at all.

High, Lieutenant, and Sub-Elemental. At first glance, the higher you go, the better it looks, but in fact, the roles of the three spirits are quite different.

In Sylvania’s failed sword castle, all the characters who dealt with spirits used spirits in the same pattern.

Lower spirits have basic moves, middle spirits have main moves, and high spirits have special moves. Each has different magical efficiency and different roles, so it is necessary to know how to deal with one spirit for each phase.

In other words, there was a need to introduce a new sub-spirit. If I had to ask, the spirits of the earth and the spirits of light and darkness were empty, so I think the spirits of that type would be more comfortable.

Well, it’s something to think about slowly, and I had to take care of Yenika first.

I put Jenika’s head on her lap and let the water run for a while.

*

“I have a letter from the Roth Taylor family. The sender is Crepin Rothtailer, California.”

Lortel swallowed dry saliva.

The letter brought by Lortel’s personal assistant had a pretty seal engraved on high-quality paper. On the back of the letterhead embroidered with the Roth Taylor family symbol, there was also a handwritten autograph of Crepin Roth Taylor.

Lortel, who sat at her desk at work and received the letter, ordered her secretary to leave, and then opened the letter by herself.

– ‘Dear Elte Chamber of Commerce, to Miss Lortel Keheln.’

The duke, who is in charge of the most powerful man on the continent, pays tribute. It is the highest honor as a merchant.

I read the letter all the way to see if there would be a story about Ed Roth Taylor, but surprisingly, there was no story about Ed written on it.

Rather, it was exactly what I expected.

– ‘I think the time has come to draw a conclusion about the purchase of the sage’s seal.’

‘Sage’s Seal’.

It is now owned by the Elte Company and managed by Lortel, but it was agreed to one day be sold to the Roth Taylor family.

Crepin Roth Taylor had completely entrusted the negotiating authority to Tanya Roth Taylor for the purchase of the seal, but Tanya was so involved in the student president election that she could not care about the seal.

Ed Rothtailer seems unwilling to hand over the Sage’s Seal to the Roth Taylor family.

Anyway, the sale will be negotiated directly with Tanya, and Tanya is very friendly to Ed Roth Taylor… It is highly likely that he will move as he intends.

However, what about his relationship with Tanya?

Tanya and Lortel cannot be said to be good friends even with empty words.

From first impressions to the present, Tanya and Lortel continued to maintain a hostile relationship.

I don’t know what Tanya would think, but Lortel herself has a sense of creating this composition herself.

If you’re going to swallow Sylvania in one bite, you need to remain as a sleep dragon under the water. Everyone who already knows that Lortel is the real loser in the life wing, but nevertheless, I wanted to keep the angle of confrontation with Tanya.

The overwhelming power is always checked.

Only if the situation in which they are sharply opposed to each other has to be maintained, it will be difficult for Principal Obel Forsius to take a side in haste.

“It would be better if we quarreled a little more… At least until the negotiation of the sage’s seal purchase this time…”

With a smile, Lortel lowered her head.

And I read the last verse of the letter in an instant.

– ‘By the way, the construction proposal that was put on the side of the imperial family last time has been rejected.’

“…?”

– ‘The northern forest of Aken Island can be used for the expansion of the Sylvania Academy in the future, so the imperial level wants to leave it alone. Her Majesty Chloel did not give a very positive response either. In the beginning, the living quarters in the southern part of Aken Island were playing a role as a commercial district, but I do not know the intention of expanding the building to the north forest.’

– ‘At the beginning, it felt unnatural to build the upper base in a place far away from Maxes Bridge in the south. If the intention is not clearly stated, it is difficult to obtain permission.’

Lortel planned to build an upper base near the northern forest to manage the inventory of goods coming into Aken Island.

At all, I was thinking of creating an area around the Elte company around Ed’s camp. Anyway, lately I have been feeling the need to expand the Sylvania branch of the Elte Chamber of Commerce.

Apart from the living quarters, if you build a large upper base, Sylvania and Elte Sanghoe will gradually merge as one body. If it crosses the line to a certain extent, it will go to the point where even if the academic side tries to separate the Elte company, it will not be able to separate it.

Until graduation, eat this academy whole.

I thought it would be the first practical step in the plan.

– thump

Lortel buried her head on the desk.

– quiver

When the door opened and an employee of the Elte Company entered, he was startled to see Lortel with a pale complexion.

“Representative Hoeju… What’s going on…?”

“no. It’s just… there’s been some setbacks in our business expansion plans… so we’ll have to take a different approach.”

“I, the report is…”

“Put it down there, uh… could you put a call to the Office of Ophelis? If possible, to the maid chief.”

When the office staff looked at him with a bewildered face, Lortel talked coolly about the main point.

“I want to get out of the Ophelis Hall. When asked about the reason for leaving the company… well… what should I say… tell them that you want to live in a more liberal environment.”

“…”

“Oh right. And please put in another proposal.”

*

“I want to live in a more free-spirited environment.”

In short, I’m not going to go to camp.

Bell Maia, the chief of the Ophelis Hall, seemed to have a headache again.

Anyway, I’ve been busy these past few days and I’ve been busy.

While handling the maid’s work, he visited the camp whenever he had spare time and helped Jenica’s illness.

Gradually, Yenika’s condition seemed to be getting better, so she could afford it, but this time, Lortel’s side is in trouble.

“Lady Lortel… her lifestyle isn’t that fastidious, so she must always have someone by her side… I wonder if she needs to go out of the Ophelis Hall and suffer.”

“I think so…”

The senior maid replied coolly.

Before going to work in the afternoon, Bell Maia was checking the cleaning status of the Ophelis Hall maids.

One of the most important tasks of the Ophelis Hall Maid is to clean the inside facilities and private rooms perfectly and neatly while the students go to the faculty building and take classes.

In the afternoon, the students whose classes are finished early will come back, so I had to finish the cleaning quickly.

For Bell Maia, who worked for a long time as a senior maid, it was quite a difficult time.

If you go on your own inspection, most of the rooms are well cleaned, but if you go often, you will see quite a few rooms with really absurd work.

There are stains on the sheets, dust comes out when you shake the curtains, and there are even rooms where one leg of the chair is broken and left unattended without knowing it.

The maids of Ophelis Hall must always do their job perfectly. Therefore, most maids do not make this kind of mistake, but sometimes maids who come in as new maids make this mistake.

It could be just one or two mistakes. However, when managing such a large dormitory every time and checking the cleaning condition, similar mistakes are often found.

Do athletes who run directly because they feel frustrated feel this way?

It’s not that difficult. When washing the sheets, check them properly, check every nook and cranny of dust, and check the condition of the furniture. To be honest, it takes less than 5 minutes.

They are busy maids who don’t care. Bell Maia is also a person who has been working for a long time, so I understand the situation. Even so, I feel like I need to check these basic things properly.

However, if you wash the mop yourself, wash the sheets, and shake off the dust, all the maids around you turn over.

It’s not very pleasant to be embarrassed by the people around me, so I’ve only worked as a manager for a long time… but now my body is itching.

In particular, it feels like something has become clearer this time with Yenica’s hand.

I personally wrapped a clean cloth and a simple food item, went to the hut, cleaned this and that, and listened to the number of bottles, and it felt like something cool was being pushed down my chest.

He doesn’t think complicated and what he’s best at is so close, but he gets tired of his body because he’s been managing his head all day like this.

“Ah, that’s right… Chief Maid.”

“yes?”

“I also have another message from Mrs. Lortel. That… I’m cautious about saying that…”

“Be careful… what else can I say…”

The senior maid, who was on a tour together, pulled out a neatly folded letter from her arms and handed it to Belle Maia.

“I’ll find a representative for you, so don’t you want to change your job…”

“…yes?”

“I doubted my ears, but… They say they are three gold coins of plan.”

20 plan gold coins is enough money to buy a whole wagon which is quite large.

3 plan gold coins a day… This is the amount of money that can only be earned by becoming a high-ranking member of the Imperial Knights. He was treated almost like a knight commander.

Of course, Bellmaia is a first-class maid, and she has accumulated a lot of experience, so her weight class has grown quite a bit for a long time. Not only as a maid, but also as a personal assistant, or as a person, he is a talented person who deserves high praise.

However, even taking that into account, this kind of treatment is outrageous to say that it is unconventional.

“They are asking you to come over as Lady Lortel’s personal maid… and she asks you to manage the new villa you’re going to build.”

“……”

“You said you don’t need to answer me right away… Uh… Maybe… Are you going to quit…?”

Bell Maia’s hand began to tremble as she received the document.

All sorts of thoughts start running through my head. Then, as if he had finally found some time to relax, Bell looked tired and smiled.

“…But yes, I have been working in this Ophelis for several years. I’ve always been a maid here since I was almost young…”

Even so, there was a time when I served at the Ophelis Hall.

The experience and recognition accumulated there cannot be converted into monetary value.

But… the short words on the corner of the paper keep tickling her eyes.

“…”

3 first-class, plan gold coins.

No salary, no weekly…

First class… Plan gold coins… 3 pieces…!!

She closed her eyes with a relaxed expression, but her pupils were already trembling infinitely.