routine (2)
Carolyn’s office, where the cold silence lingers.
Dustin is frozen in place as if he had seen a ghost.
“·······”
I took on his task with [Spirit]. Silently reviewed its contents.
“… that’s great.”
Leonard is a well-known ignorant of offensive magic.
However, there is only a flaw in the expression, and there is no problem with the interpretation and insight. At least that’s how it’s known to the public.
“It is by far the top of the assignments so far, and it is perfect without the slightest flaw.”
I put down the assignment. When the paper covering his eyes disappeared, Dustin’s terrified face was revealed.
Dustin managed to keep his quivering lips at bay.
“Aye, thank you Professor. Then I’m-“
“I just have one question.”
Dustin’s body trembled as he hurriedly left the office. Chick-gi-geek- After turning his head, he made an effort to smile awkwardly.
“Yes Yes? What point…?”
“This task, is it true that you solved it?”
Literally, Dustin’s assignment was perfect. Even with [Magical Insight], I couldn’t see any loopholes.
I entrusted it to the attack mage of the private knights, so it has to be.
This was in a similar context to entrusting a middle school math problem to an engineering college student.
I took out the same assignment sheet from my pocket.
“Release it in this spot.”
I held an assignment paper and a ballpoint pen in his arms with [Depression]. Then he pointed to the clock hanging on the wall.
“Since it has already been solved once, it won’t take much time. I’ll give you exactly five minutes.”
From that point on, the sound of the hour hand was heard more clearly.
Tick-tock-tock-tock-
Dustin read the assignment without saying anything. I read the problem with my pupils shaking anxiously.
However, I couldn’t even write Korean characters. His dry forehead was now covered with sweat.
In the meantime, time passes without a break.
Tick-tock-tock-tock-
Finally, the allotted five minutes had elapsed.
I took the guy’s assignment papers with [Depression]. It was still a clean white paper.
“Unlike the assignment you submitted, I couldn’t write a single word. How did this happen?”
“That, I was nervous because it was in front of the professor…”
Dustin scratched his head and averted his gaze. The boy’s complexion was pale.
I handed over the assignment sheet again.
“Then I’ll give you 10 minutes this time. No, say it with your mouth. How many hours will it take to solve everything?”
“·······”
An answer that does not come back.
Dustin hung his head, as if admitting his guilt. He clasped his hands together and bit his lower lip silently. A suffocating silence ensued.
sigh
I burned the assignment paper Dustin had submitted. The rubble, which had turned to ashes in an instant, sank under the fluttering desk.
I said, staring at Dustin.
“If I confess and receive the lowest score, I will do nothing. The disciplinary committee will not be held, and your family will not be notified. would you?”
“······yes.”
Dustin nodded slowly. Then he nodded his head.
“sorry.”
A voice that has completely eradicated its characteristic arrogance.
The arrogant Dustin couldn’t even sigh. If Carolyn had been sitting here, she would never have reacted like this.
click-
He said while pressing the button on the ballpoint pen.
“Just get out.”
“yes·····”
With his head bowed once more, Dustin walked out of the office with dejected steps. Then the door was carefully closed.
Awesome profit…
Re-hired office.
I put an F- on the Dustin assignment section of the student evaluation sheet. This completes all the tasks that have been put off.
All that remains now is to start with ‘Cataluine’.
“·······”
All preparations are complete.
I also took a handful of Mendelin leaves, and thoroughly finished my preliminary research on Catalonia.
A Catalan, an outsider among foreigners.
It is a huge mountain range in the ten fingers of the empire, but there are less than 200 residents living there. From what I heard, the common crystal network (crystal ball communication network) was not installed, and there were monsters everywhere, so even peddlers did not approach it, so it was truly a place cut off from the world.
Maybe that’s why there wasn’t even a map to the village. Of course, the road was not open, so I had to climb the mountain myself.
The hard road you can already see.
Do you still have any stars? I’m going to start with a header on the ground.
Besides, I have the talent trait “Understand Space”.
“I must go now.”
I got up from my seat. Headed to ‘Hennes’, the only Catalan town.
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the magic tower at that time.
The mage’s tower that researchers are most reluctant to enter.
“Good work. There will be good results.”
“yes. Let’s go.”
Narsha got out of there safely. After carefully closing the door, he let out a sigh of relief.
“under······”
The final formula for the Healing Invention Project that was finally submitted.
Contrary to concerns, Catherine responded that she was satisfied. Medicinal ingredients, data research, magic invention, magic part. He praised them in all areas, and especially praised the technique.
It’s a spell that Leonard corrected himself, so I can’t help but admire it.
Narsha leaned her head against the wall.
“·······”
To be honest, even Narsha was surprised to see the corrected spell.
I didn’t think Meriel’s technique was bad, but Leonard’s final technique was different. It was to the extent that his brushing up on Leonard was overshadowed.
“Narsha, Narsha!”
The music box that had been waiting nearby came running. I asked with a half-expected, half-concerned face.
“How are you? What did you say?”
All the other members of the team heard one voice at a time.
I spoke to the muttering music box.
“Good job. There are no flaws.”
Then, the music box jumped in place and was delighted.
“really? really?”
“uh. really.”
“Oh yea! I let go for an hour!”
Invention project, the main task of the second half of the year.
It was no exaggeration to say that it was the most important project because it accounted for the largest portion of the evaluation results. As the music box said, it could be seen that it was relieved.
Of course, there were still some research tasks left, but that didn’t apply to Narsha right away.
“Oh, by the way, did you take a day off this week? why? Where are you going to play?”
“No, it’s my mother’s anniversary.”
Narsha laughed bitterly. The music box, which had been lively all along, calmly subsided.
“Ah… that’s already happened.”
I took the same day off last year and the year before last.
The music box is stupid, so I just forget about it every time.
The music box, which had been biting its tongue, asked cautiously.
“Then are you leaving tomorrow?”
“yes.”
“Where did you say it was? It must have been a very unfamiliar place…?”
“They are Catalans, they are a foreign country on the outskirts of the Empire. leave today.”
Narsha said as if it didn’t matter.
It’s so far away from the academy, so I had to visit it every vacation.
I always went with my father, but this time I had to go alone because of circumstances.
Since we are using public transportation, it probably took longer than usual.
“······okay. go carefully You are doing well.”
For an instant, sadness lingered in the pupils of the music box.
It was the look of sympathy that Narsha hated the most. Reflexively, the brow furrowed.
Are the wounds from childhood still not healed?
“I’m going.”
Narsha turned her back as if to avoid it. As if running away, he headed for Catalonia.
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The sky where the sunset spreads from the west.
In the afternoon when the sun goes down.
boo woo woo-
I took a sedan and headed to Catalonia. The sedan, which rattled along the unpaved road, stopped at some point.
“master. I don’t think I can go any further than this.”
said the driver, Ergon.
Ergon hurriedly got out of the driver’s seat and, as always, opened the back seat door. He looked at me with worried eyes.
“I… will you be okay, Master? It’s a place where the mountain is rough even at first glance, but it’s hard to climb without any equipment… Or I’ll get the equipment right now. Or even accompany-”
“done.”
I cut the guy off.
He gazed at the lush trees and said.
“Don’t worry. This much is easy.”
“As expected, master…”
Ergon looked up with burdensome eyes.
Contrary to what I said, however, I was a little worried. It’s not because the mountain range was bigger than expected.
Second, it is too wide. Just looking around was awe-inspiring.
Will I be able to find the village of ‘Hennes’ within today, or whether I will be able to find medicinal herbs in the vast mountains?
I even felt a little bit of fear.
Should I ask for equipment, no, to accompany me even now?
The moment I thought about it.
“Then be careful. I will only wait here for my master.”
Did you even practice “Mind Reading”?
Ergon drew a clear line. Anyway, the second time was a guy who didn’t recommend it.
“I will go.”
I took a step into the woods.
cack- cack-
The ominous cry of a crow.
Certainly, the Catalans were different from other mountain ranges on the continent. A faint magi was felt in the air, and the drooping leaves gave off an eerie atmosphere.
The smell of grass in the mountains was also somewhat shady.
jerk- jerk-
I kept walking.
The deeper we went, the rougher the terrain, and the surroundings quickly became dark, probably because it was in the mountains. The thick leaves completely blocked the fading sunlight.
There was nothing to be afraid of since I had already mastered offensive magic, but I was still a little scared.
At that time, we were advancing slowly, wary of the darkness in the forest.
Four Trilogy-
I could feel the presence around me. someone was around I sharpened my hearing.
Four trilogy- Four trilogy-
Not one.
At least three or four footsteps.
“·······”
When I turned my head to where the sound came from, I saw men in plain clothes in the distance.
Straw baskets, straw hats, and scythes.
Certainly not an outsider. Since the peddlers said they didn’t come and go during the preliminary investigation, it was highly likely that they were residents of Henes Village.
In other words, if you follow them, you will be able to reach the village.
To me without a map, it was no different from a lucky guide.
“thank god.”
I followed the men at a distance. They were familiar with the Catalans and moved without hesitation.
Run up steep climbs, wade through grass, cross valleys, and more. There were no ninjas.
I followed them without difficulty.
jerk- jerk-
The darkness of the forest gradually deepens.
But since when?
Where did I go wrong?
The length was strangely bizarre. They moved only on the toxic rough roads.
I moved by clinging to the road that was not even a width above the cliff, jumped over the cliff with a narrow stride, and climbed the cliff as if climbing.
It was at a level that ordinary people could not follow.
······ Is this the right way?
Even as I silently followed, I felt strange.
Then, the flat land that came up after a while.
Without much thought, I reached out and stepped on a branch lying on the floor.
Kwajik-
A noise breaking the silence in the forest.
Recognizing the echoing rupture, the men turned their heads at the same time. When I found myself following, I was startled.
“Who, who?”
A man who seemed to be the elder of the group said.
“Who is following us?”
An unusually wary reaction.
Is it some kind of bullying?
I approached them personally. asked formally.
“I didn’t mean to harm you, I followed you to Hennes Village. Aren’t they villagers?”
“Yes!?”
Then the elder was even more surprised.
He looked at me with his mouth wide open and wide eyes.
“Are we herbalists, not Hennes residents?”
“······yes?”
For a moment, my head went blank.
My mind went blank as if I had been hit with a hammer, and the words of the elder echoed around me like an echo.
You’re an herbalist.
I believed he was a guide and followed him, but he was a herbalist.
“We are the people of Julanco. This is where we play with herbs.”
“·······”
I was frozen for a while.
Somehow, he said that he was only going on a rough road. I thought he was carrying a basket and a scythe.
They were herbalists, not residents.
Oh… it’s ruined.
······
Fortunately, the herbalists showed me the way to Hennes. I headed for the village with the objet (light-emitting magic) manifested.
It was a much smoother road than before.
jerk- jerk-
The lights of the town in the distance.
It seemed to be about 30 minutes away. After all the twists and turns, I wanted to finally arrive at Henes.
When I was walking slowly
“Aaaagh!!”
“Eh, run!!”
A scream was heard nearby.
Then, the ogre’s scream echoed through the quiet mountain.
Queee!!!
I immediately warmed up my mana. I sprinted to the place where I heard the sound.
Tadadat-!
In less than a minute, they reached the place where an ogre was raising a club, and a terrified man was facing death. Around them, those who seemed to be colleagues were stamping their feet.
“Uh, what should I do!”
“Someone do something!!”
I instinctively manifested [Magic Coalescing Bullets] in my hand blades. Without hesitation, he spurred off the ground. Before long, the ogre’s club is about to strike the man
Squeak——————!
I cut off his torso. The ogre’s body, which had been cut in half, split on both sides of the man. Red blood and foul filth stained the sprouts of the ground.
“Ahh······”
dump-
The man, whose legs gave way, collapsed on the spot. Colleagues around me took a step forward.
“Gwa, are you okay?”
“Aren’t you hurt?”
“Thank you, thank you very much.”
They checked the man’s condition and thanked me. I looked closely at my face reflected in the object. I hurriedly put on my hood.
“·······”
Oops…
Because of the situation, he expressed attack magic while revealing his face.
Officially, Leonard is a stranger to offensive magic. It’s a fact that only Frederick knows.
The situation is on the verge of revealing the hidden truth.
I watched them with suspense.
Those who witnessed the bizarre sight of Leonar manifesting offensive magic…
“Thank you, but… who are you?”
“Looking at it, you don’t look like a villager, do you?”
I couldn’t figure out my identity. As if wary of a stranger, they took one step back at the same time.
It was an embarrassing reaction even for me.
“yes?”
“·······”
The moment when each other is embarrassed by each other.
Subdued silence with only the sound of bugs.
Before long, they looked at me with bewildered eyes.
“Who are you? He looks like a nobleman, so he’s not even a herbalist.”
“I think you just manifested an attack magic? Are you a member of the Knights Templar?”
“Hey, man! What kind of bullshit is that? Why does such a person come to such a shabby place? Even at this late hour.”
As you can see, it didn’t look like a lie. They really didn’t seem to know who I was.
Well, Hennes is a town cut off from the world, so even if you’ve heard the name Leonard, you probably don’t know his face. Maybe he didn’t even know who Leonard was.
Then… I have no choice but to borrow his reputation.
“You don’t recognize this body.”
I put on a solemn expression again. Putting my hands behind my back, I cleared my throat and grabbed the weight.
“I mastered intermediate offensive magic at the age of 13 and graduated early from the Kingdom Academy. I am a master of offensive magic, and a candidate for the archmage chosen by the heavens.”
The way he spoke was also changed to an archaic style.
Like a common protagonist in a novel, he spoke coolly.
“A man who deals with tactics as his main talent and will become the leader of the Immortal Knights in the future. Soon you will become the best attack mage in the empire.”
Attention gradually focused on the grandiose introduction.
I looked down at them with haughty eyes.
“This is Karios Cedric .”