I Became an Academy Mechanic Genius chapter 2

2 – unexpected encounter

Imperial Imperial Academy.

This academy, newly established by order of the emperor, can be said to be the starting point of ‘El Pandor Runeterra’.

That’s because, when creating an account, the player participates in the entrance ceremony as an academy cadet.

However, I was able to step into the academy a little earlier than that.

Bidding competition for training equipment for the Imperial Academy.

Edgar’s father entered the bidding competition, and I also entered the academy as an assistant.

“Wow, it’s definitely different, but different…. It’s amazing.”

The main entrance to the Imperial Academy.

James muttered to himself with a dazed expression, as if overwhelmed by the majestic appearance.

And feeling this overwhelming feeling, I did too.

Even though it is a landscape that we have been tired of seeing on the screen in the game, seeing it in 3D graphics in the game and seeing the real thing by possessing it are on a different level.

“James Fix. Confirmed. You can go in.”

While enjoying the view of the academy like that.

The guards who were checking our IDs allowed us to enter.

After getting my ID back, James and I set foot inside the academy.

“Huh, this is…”

And in that, a superb view spread out.

A straight road made of marble and white buildings clustered on both sides of the road.

A huge fountain occupied the square, and a statue of the emperor made of solid gold.

And even a garden that harmonizes with it all.

We gazed at the whole landscape in awe.

“It’s more amazing than I’ve heard…”

As James puts it, the real thing was even better than the game’s 3D graphics.

The ‘Imperial Imperial Academy’, which contained the latest construction technology of the Empire, was very beautiful even to the eyes of an engineer.

Are all the named NPCs who will lead the world view gathering in this beautiful space?

And I also belong to them, making the main story of the game together.

I was very excited, but at the same time nervous, such a subtle feeling dominated my whole body.

“Big…! mmm…!”

However, James seemed nervous in a different way.

Seeing him loosening his neck with a firm expression the whole time.

He seems to be worried about the upcoming ‘equipment demonstration’.

“Father, there is nothing to worry about. My father will win this bid anyway.”

James looked nervous, but I knew he would be the final bidder.

That’s because the blacksmith NPC in the academy was James throughout the entire game.

“Father’s stuff is useful. And above all, it’s good value for money. His hands are quick.”

The result of living as James’ son for two months.

I could see why James became the blacksmith NPC here.

Although he doesn’t make great equipment, he can quickly make something cheap and cost-effective.

In other words, the academy needs training equipment for hundreds of cadets, and James is the right person to quickly produce such mass-produced training equipment.

There is no need to show craftsmanship.

“Ummm… yes! My son, who will become a legendary blacksmith in the future, is telling me, you have to believe it! cancer! Daddy will get it! Ha ha ha ha ha!”

Above all, I like that people are simple.

I guess you could say that even a little praise turns into a very passionate person.

Perhaps this positivity and sincerity were highly valued.

“If you think it’s not going to work, just show me the equipment my son made! Perhaps the faculty who recognized his son’s genius…”

However, I wish I hadn’t done anything wrong.

How embarrassing it was for me to brag about myself in the neighborhood for the past two months.

I quickly slipped away from James, covering my face with my hood.

*

Afterwards, James and I went through some basic testing.

It was a test to select the final 30 people out of hundreds of applicants.

We were able to proudly put our name among those 30 people.

[Waiting Table: No. 27]

Before long, we were waiting for number 27 ahead of the final test, the ‘Equipment Demonstration’.

It took about 30 minutes to finish the ‘equipment demonstration’ of the first participant, so we have to wait for another 13 hours and 40 minutes.

“I’ll take a look around.”

Waiting time alone is 13 hours.

I couldn’t just sit still and kill time.

Since it happened like this, I decided to actively utilize my rainy time.

It was decided to tour the academy in earnest.

‘Let’s look at classroom 5 first.’

5 classrooms.

It was the classroom where Professor Elena taught, and it was definitely the first place to look around.

The ‘Basics of Mana Science’ she taught was well-known in the game, and just taking that class increased the skill acceleration, the highest option in the game, by 15%.

In short, there is no lecture to improve your skills.

‘Well, Elena is the genius of the century.’

Elena von Ilaid Rosario.

Although she was still very young, not exceeding 30 years old, Elena was able to become a professor at the Imperial Academy.

This is because he has excelled in spells and spells since he was young, and now he has risen to the level of a great wizard by utilizing his talents.

‘It would be really nice if I could learn the magic circle from Elena.’

And her order line, in fact, was what I desperately needed.

That’s also the case because to make high-end equipment, scrolls with spells engraved on them are required.

‘Sigh. I could have entered as a disciple if I had been a formal student.’

However, in reality, it is impossible to receive Elena’s teachings.

My status at the academy is the blacksmith NPC.

It is also James’s assistant position.

There was no way Elena would teach me, a commoner and blacksmith.

‘In the end, the answer is river crossing.’

So my conclusion is river crossing.

I’ll somehow find a route to sneak into classroom 5, then hide and listen to the lecture.

Well, it may not be possible to follow the practice, but that’s something to think about later.

Wouldn’t it be a little helpful just to steal a theory class?

[Room 5.]

As I walked with so many thoughts, I arrived in front of classroom 5 before I knew it.

It was a place I had seen numerous times while playing this game, so it wasn’t difficult to find the way.

‘Now let’s find the root.’

Anyway, now that we’ve arrived at classroom 5, it’s time to find a secret route to infiltrate it.

There must be a vent somewhere for the wind to come in.

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Let’s look at the ceiling first.

“Ah, there he is.”

As expected, I was able to find a passage through which the wind came out.

‘▦’-shaped hole in the ceiling,

It circulates the air inside through those tight holes.

“Then… let’s go inside.”

Now that you’ve found the hole, it’s time to go in there and find your route.

If there is an entry hole, there will also be an exit hole, so the exit hole is the entrance to infiltrate this classroom 5.

“Inventory”

However, the height of the ceiling was quite high, so I needed something to step on.

I used ‘Inventory’, a unique skill of ‘Player’, and then took out the ladder I had put in it.

It was good to have it prepared in advance for this situation.

– Knocked up.

Eventually, I climbed the ladder and succeeded in removing the ‘▦’-shaped iron plate.

The iron plate was held in place with screws, so it was easy to unscrew it with a screwdriver.

“Inventory.”

Afterwards, the ladder was collected into the inventory to erase the traces of infiltrating this place.

At times like this, you don’t know how fortunate I am to be treated like a player.

If I didn’t have an inventory, I would have been uncomfortable.

– Swoop… Swoop…

Anyway, that’s it.

I started crawling down the narrow aisle.

Of course, I didn’t forget to leave a mark with a specially treated pen to mark the route.

How much did you lie down like that?

Finally I was able to find a way out.

Surprisingly, the exit was the smithy where I would work.

“Honey.”

I came out screaming for joy.

5 Since the entrance to the lecture room was the smithy where I would work, it seemed like it would be easier to cross the river than I thought.

‘Hmm… I still need to do some remodeling, right?’

But it was too early to like it.

It’s because it took too long to get out of here.

Even at that time, it was 20 minutes long.

The thought of whimpering every day from now on and crawling on my stomach for 20 minutes made my forehead crinkle on its own.

The vents need to be modified to make it easier to infiltrate.

‘Yes, let’s completely change it.’

Anyway, there is more than a month left until the entrance ceremony.

I’ll be working here with James before then, so I’ll have plenty of time to renovate.

“Why!”

It was time to think about how to renovate it.

The sound of a cat crying out of nowhere.

When I turned my head in the direction of the sound, I saw a cat whose right hind leg had been cut off.

And as soon as I saw the cat, I couldn’t control the emotions boiling up in anger.

“no! How could this be!”

Who the hell could have done such an atrocious thing?

Isn’t this really a mess?

A prosthetic leg attached to the cat’s right hind leg.

From the point of view of body engineering, from design to design, it was a completely nonsense prosthetic leg.

“Have you ever lived wearing something like this?”

“Why!”

A cat’s cry as if saying ‘yes’.

How hard was it to walk around with such a crappy prosthetic leg?

I just couldn’t pass this up.

“Whoa… Wait a minute.”

It just went well.

Just in time, this place was a forge, and I had plenty of time.

5 I found a route to infiltrate the classroom, so now I can do what I want to do.

I’ll have to take care of his prosthetic leg for the rest of my time.

– belt ring

[Lv.2 Engineering Accident is activated.]

That was the moment when I decided to make a prosthetic leg for the cat.

Suddenly, the hidden skill ‘engineering accident’ was activated, and the cat’s legs began to appear in the form of blueprints.

Then, how many bones make up a cat’s legs?

What is the exact length and strength of that bone.

Also, what kind of movements can the bones engage with?

It all started to make sense.

Eventually, after understanding everything, I twisted the corner of my mouth up and stroked the cat’s head.

“Wait, butterfly. I’ll get that beggar thing off right away.”

***

“Hu-woo. I want a cigarette.”

Elena von Ilaid Rosario.

She had just completed the examination of the 15th blacksmith, and her expression was quite disturbed.

Thinking I’ll have to do 15 more demonstrations of this crappy equipment in the future, because I’m already feeling the urge to ditch my professorship.

Should I have turned down the professorship?

“No, there was nothing I could do about it. Since Cephilia nailed it as an ‘order’…”

Cephilia.

The imperial princess and Elena’s apprentice.

Elena touched her forehead and recalled her pupil’s face.

Sitting in the seat of honor with a lofty face, the image of her ‘naming’ herself to be the head professor of the academy passed by.

Normally, she would have refused with a single blow, but since it was an order given as a princess, she could not refuse.

Because there were too many eyes to see.

“Sepilia… Let’s see…”

A disciple who dishonestly used her status as a princess to put herself into a professorship.

Elena shuddered and clenched her fists.

If one day I meet a disciple 1:1, I will squeeze that pretty hair and drive it.

“Sigh. Why should I go pet the dragon…”

But there is still one more month left before that day comes.

Until then, I have to somehow relieve myself.

Elena decided to pet her favorite cat, ‘Waoyong’.

It’s because if you pet that cute guy’s fur, you’ll instantly calm down.

It was when he stopped by his temporary office to see Whyong.

“Well?”

As soon as Elena opened the door to her office, she tilted her head.

It’s because the guy who should normally sit quietly on the desk doesn’t even poke his nose.

Where did the crippled guy go?

– Dig!

Whyyong is nowhere to be seen even after looking around the office.

In the end, Elena used ‘mana tracking’.

If there was a creature with even a very small amount of mana, it was a wide-area detection skill that could detect its location.

However, the dragon’s mana was nowhere to be felt.

It is far outside the detection radius.

“Why!”

Eventually, Elena kicked out the door and started looking for the dragon.

I walked around the entire building and tracked the dragon’s mana.

And as a result, I was finally able to find the dragon’s mana.

About 200m from here.

So, where there is a blacksmith’s shop, you can feel the dragon’s mana.

“Why, why!”

Elena hurried there.