Episode 16. Beginning (3)
“Then why don’t you explain it to me soon. How did this happen?”
“············”.
Ludwig turned his back on me and asked.
I think I heard everything.
I’d like to tweak it a bit though.
“I don’t know either. Didn’t the professor stop me?”
“I didn’t do it.”
“Is that so? Then who the hell….”
“You don’t know who did it best. Schlus Heinkel.”
“What-“
“Until now, I’ve seen countless wizards who have exhausted magical powers. Don’t think that you can fool my eyes.”
Ludwig clicked his tongue as he stared at my trembling legs.
This is Ludwig, who served in the Magical Artillery Battalion at the height of the war.
Magical exhaustion must have been seen and experienced over and over again.
It was also an error to deceive Ludwig with regards to magic.
Now, there is no other way than to break through the front.
“Is that so? He is also the head professor. Then we only do one deal.”
“A deal? Are you saying you want to make a deal with me now?”
Ludwig’s face contorted.
What about you? It looked like he was saying.
“Yes. Let’s keep it a secret between the two of us that I was the one who suppressed the explosion. Instead, I’ll pass the ball that blocked the explosion to the professor.”
“············”.
Students already know that Ludwig stopped the explosion.
If neither I nor Ludwig said anything here, it was really Ludwig who stopped the explosion.
······ Even though Iris knows about it, it doesn’t seem like she’s going to be flirting with her personality.
“Why do you refuse to be a hero?”
“I don’t think it’s time to get attention yet.”
It’s getting enough attention now, but that’s just curiosity.
However, once it became known that I had magical powers, it would be an instantaneous change of curiosity to hostility.
It wouldn’t be far-fetched to say that the Kingdom Intelligence Service or noble families try to exclude me as a threat.
Perhaps we will be subjected to the same terrorism as the last poisoning incident every day.
So it’s better not to be famous until you’re strong enough.
It’s best to be recognized as a commoner who is just lucky enough to be admitted to the top.
“So you don’t like it?”
“············”.
Of course, I don’t think Ludwig will do my convenience without paying for it.
If it was Ludwig on a regular basis, he wouldn’t be greedy for a ball that prevented mass casualties.
However, he is now taking the exam for advancement to the rank of wizard. It must be quite desperate as it is the third attempt after failing to be promoted twice in a row.
If it turns out that Ludwig was the one who stopped this case, it would be a pretty big plus on the exam.
It will be difficult to refuse.
“Okay. That deal, let me accept it.”
He grabbed Ludwig’s hand.
The fact that the eyebrows were so narrowed seemed very unsettling.
So what are you going to do?
I barely stood up on my shaky legs.
Now it seems that his magic has been restored to a level where he can walk somehow.
“Then I’ll go too, Professor.”
“Schlus Heinkel.”
“Don’t worry, Professor. I’ll never damage the professor’s honor by saying that I blocked it later.”
“Schlus Heinkel.”
“If you’re really worried, can I make a magic vow?”
“Don’t make me call three times.”
“········Yes. What’s going on.”
When Ludwig repeats the same thing three times, there is an uproar…
I forgot the setting.
“There are no eternal secrets. You know it.”
“···········?”
“When everything that was hidden and hidden is revealed. The aftermath of that time will be entirely up to you.”
“············”.
“Okay. If you know, go ahead.”
“Yes.”
I scrambled up the stairs and left the classroom.
Leaving behind Ludwig, who was still standing behind his back.
‘There is no eternal secret….’
Now is the time to worry about me.
When the secret is revealed, it must be Ludwig who is stigmatized for stealing student achievements.
Or was it that he was prepared to be like that and took care of my convenience…?
‘Oh no.’
I don’t remember setting Ludwig as such a dedicated educator.
Maybe he has a different plan.
I shook my head as I walked down the hallway and exited the building.
But I think I forgot something, what was it?
“ah.”
battle magic.
The first class is this afternoon.
I forgot because I was concentrating on preventing explosion artifacts.
Now the magic…
[Residual Magical Amount: 5]
f*ck you.
***
Liechtenburg mansion.
After returning from a commotion at Imperial University, Erica was the first to stop by Julia’s room.
“Ahhhh… Listen, Yulia. You almost died today?”
“From the first day of class?”
Erica sighed and flopped on the bed.
It seems that Julia’s legs, being touched on the blanket, have become thinner than before, so I firmly hold back the tears coming out.
The best way to hold back tears was to pretend to be bright.
“Because there was an explosion artifact hidden between the manastones. Because of that, the Imperial University is in an uproar. They’re trying to find the culprit.”
“Oh, you’re not hurt, sister?”
“Ugh. I’m fine.”
When Julia grabbed her hand, Erica responded with a smirk.
The truth is, the hip bone that I hit when I fell from the pulpit still tingles a little, but I decided not to talk about it. ’cause it’s sloppy
“Wow, did you see something very silly in the meantime?”
“What? What?”
“You know Iris? In the past… Ah.”
Erica kept her mouth shut.
Before.
It was the story of when Julia was still able to walk.
“Yes. I met you when I was attending a magic academy. He was a nice person…. You said you were recently appointed as a saint?”
“Yes······.”
But in front of Yulia, who spoke casually, she could not be depressed.
Swallowing up the tears that seemed to burst at any moment, Erica was armed with a smile again.
“Iris and him…. Oh, have you heard of Schlus, too? Schlus Heinkel. Chief commoner of rumors.”
“Schlus….”
Schlus Heinkel.
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Julia’s eyes widened when she heard that name.
However, by the time Erica turned her head to look at Yulia, Yulia’s expression had returned to normal.
“No, I thought they were definitely seeing each other for the first time, but suddenly they were hugging each other in the chaos?”
“It must have been something that caught me from falling, or something like that.”
“No, no. I knew that too, so I kept watching. But what the hell did you hold on to for a few dozen seconds? Burying your face in your chest!”
“············”.
In a very brief moment, Julia’s expression distorted.
However, Erica, who was talking with excitement, did not notice this at all.
“Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha… There must be something like that. It’s often said that they fall in love at first sight, right?”
“Iris? To commoners? A. It’s really nonsense.”
Erika was pensive as she slapped her hand.
When I thought about it, it sounded quite plausible.
Iris has always been revered as a saint by people and lived.
What if Iris, who was tired of such a life, fell in love with a commoner who looked down on her and treated her rudely…?
“Ahhh! That’s not okay!”
“What’s wrong…?”
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Just imagining it was terrible.
That an irreplaceable friend falls in love with a commoner.
Besides, isn’t Schlusus a human being who has sold his life to the devil?
“No. Probably not. I must have misunderstood. It should be.”
“If you are curious, how about asking directly?”
“What? No. How can I ask that. If not? Then what if I’m embarrassed?”
Looking at Erica who was pouring out words like a rapid-fire gun, Yulia gave a faint smile.
For Julia, who never went out of the room, she was simply grateful that Erica became a window into the world.
“So what happened to that explosion artifact?”
“Ah, that. There was an explosion, but fortunately, Professor Ludwig stopped it.”
“Professor Ludwig? How?”
“An artifact that absorbed the amount of magic that a cart of magic stones had exploded, and it was blocked with telekinetic magic. I was really surprised. Is it necessary? As expected, the head professor at Imperial University is different.”
“············”.
After rolling her head for a while and finishing the calculation, Julia tilted her head.
‘Wrong, Erica. Not three thousand, but ten thousand. and······’
Something was strange.
100,000 is not an amount of magical power that exceeds the level of an extraordinary human.
‘Professor Ludwig has no power to stop it.’
And Yulia knew what was going on, knowing that Professor Ludwig’s magical power, whom he had never met before, was far short of his.
***
“Hey yep-“
As soon as I looked at the large paper, cursing came out of my mouth.
– The search of the battle magic classroom is over. Judging that there is no fear of terrorism, today’s combat magic lecture will proceed as scheduled.
I’m going to give a lecture.
An all-time terrorist attack that almost destroyed an entire building a few hours ago ended in an unsuccessful attempt.
Is this a strong heart or is it just a lack of thought?
“ha······.”
1 hour until class starts.
I sighed and headed to the classroom.
I hate the past me who unnecessarily increased the size of the campus.
How can it take 30 minutes on foot to get around campus?
*
“Hey! Our chief is here!”
“············”.
It was before I even entered the classroom.
Einz greeted me with a bright expression, waving his hand.
I must have publicly humiliated him in front of the other kids on the day of the entrance ceremony.
Is it because of the setting of waving its tail indefinitely to a person with whom it has a crush…?
The setup is scary.
“Let’s go in. May I introduce you to my friends?”
Einz naturally tried to put his arm on my shoulder.
Do you remember the last time I told you to lower your arms?
As I entered the classroom with Einz, familiar eyes fell on me.
contempt. Ignore. Doubts, etc… The reactions were similar to when I entered the elemental magic classroom in the morning.
“no.”
“Uh, huh? No?”
Friends of Einz?
I think I wrote a line or two of stories of those guys.
He would have described them as scum of little value, no skill, and full of vanity.
It’s not good to know the names of those guys.
On the contrary, the further away you are, the more likely it is that you will look good to the senior named later.
However, it was so funny that Einz was embarrassed, so I decided to give him some carrots.
“Yeah. As long as I only know you, that’s enough.”
“Ha, hahahaha. Really? That’s true. Are you finally recognizing my true worth? In fact, I’m different from the idiots who have nothing to offer but my family-“
This kid is the problem.
There is no end to bragging. When it’s good, it’s full of confidence, when it’s bad, it’s arrogant.
In the original story, this habit is corrected only after being given to the main character, but how to fix it here…
There will definitely come a day when Einz will buy and hit. Then I’ll have to hold on to me and force me to rehabilitate.
Even then, if you don’t think you’ll be that strong, just throw it away.
He looked away from Einz, who was still chattering.
Then, for some reason, a familiar, green-haired girl came into my sight.
Even if I didn’t write ‘lookup’, I could immediately recognize who she was.
Edengart Trier von dem Schulzenberg.
A wizard called Trie, no, it was a knight.
Thought she would become a wizard and entered the Imperial University with pull-ups, she actually had overwhelming talent as a knight.
In the original work, it becomes the first sword in the world, and it becomes a reliable sword that protects the main character’s side.
It is an essential name that must not be missed in order to see the ending.
“Everyone pay attention.”
At that moment, a shaky man walked out from a corner of the classroom with an iron rod.
It was Professor Sergei.
He yawned as he tapped my shoulder, not knowing whether it was an iron rod or an iron pipe.
“It’s the first class, so you’re all here? So, I skip attendance and start right away.”
“············”.
what the hell
If it’s like Sergei, who has a bubbly and tough personality, it can be said to be the answer.
In the original story, the first day of class only deals with terrorism in the elemental magic classroom, so not a single line of the battle magic lecture is described.
As a writer, I do not know what the content of today’s class will be.
Still, it’s the first day and I don’t think I’m going to do anything very important.
Orientation or something like that.
“Today, I’m going to test your basic fighting skills.”
Kugugugu…
Sergei grinned and tapped the ground with an iron pipe.
Then, the ground vibrated enough to vibrate, and something sprang up from the floor.
······ Now that I understand why this classroom is flat.
“It’s a practice golem. A kind assistant to help you with your tests.”
A stone that was tall enough to be on the second floor of the building… No, a doll made of stones was standing there.
So, in a nutshell, you have to fight him.
[Residual Magical Amount: 50]
Really f*cked up.
[Quest: Destroy the Training Golem.]
[Difficulty: ★★★★☆]
[Reward: 4 Shop Coins]
In the meantime, a quest came up in front of my eyes as to whether they were trying to mess with me.