Chapter 107
“I heard this from a senior I know, but did you know that many of the underground facilities at the academy are no longer in use?”
“I know there are unused sections.”
Philos Academy was established from the beginning of the Ethanol Empire.
In those days, the place was smaller and the scale was not as big as it is now.
It must have reached what it is now by gradually producing results, increasing the budget, extending the building, and growing in size.
“I know you hear all sorts of gossip.”
“huh! Actually, that’s about it! There might be an item that makes your hair look better.”
A very suspicious story.
Lisetta-senpai starts talking about the rumor with her eyes sparkling.
One day, not particularly long ago.
It is said that there was a senior who was tired of studying for the exam.
Maybe he wasn’t particularly smart, but after failing several times, he was pushed to the precipice.
If the evaluation is ruined one more time, the future is in danger of ending together.
The nameless senior desperately racks his brains and decides to take the first adventure of his young life.
“It seems that they thought of burning down the building where the test assignments were stored to overcome the crisis.”
“From what point of view is that a solution to the crisis? Is that man calling for a new crisis in his life?”
If you have such passion, study!
However, it is the reason of the world that there is enthusiasm that is not found outside of studying.
It seemed that the senior had found a passage leading to the basement of the building where the test papers were kept.
“Is the conclusion failing and ending with a bad ending?”
“listen. As a result, it seems that senior did not fail.”
“… … Couldn’t Lisetta-senpai have such a stupid idea?”
“… … Can I?”
“I think it will be difficult.”
“Isn’t the possibility zero?”
“line… … ship?”
I’m not saying I can’t do it, but I’m also a spectacle.
“no! That senior failed to burn down the building.”
“then?”
“The important thing is from now on!”
I’m not really one to argue about stealing or burning test papers.
The important thing is how the rumored senior got through that stupid crisis.
“That senpai failed in his plan, but he seems to have gained something from the basement.”
“Hmm… … .”
“He said there was something that made his brain grow!”
The senior, whose name is unknown, seems to have escaped the crisis of despair by doing a pull-up in the next evaluation.
“… … Even if you have it in your hand, you can pull it up?”
“They say he was a senior with very unfortunate grades. Anyway, that senior must have told the juniors who were curious about it at graduation.”
find
The secret to my grades is there.
What’s even more regrettable is that later on, juniors really went looking for it.
“There must have been several other people besides that senior who said they got the secret to improving their grades in the basement.”
“… … I wonder if it proves that my head is bad at the point of believing that kind of thing.”
“A third of my classmates are exploring underground right now?”
“Are all seniors fools?”
But the quest was accomplished.
More than anything, I know what this means.
“So let’s go find us too!”
For some reason, I am filled with stronger determination than when I was exploring the dungeon.
Yes, the exam is a serious matter.
I deliberately tried not to show it by saying sharp words.
… … Perhaps that secret really exists.
Obviously, this was a quest that was established even in the game days.
So, what choice do I have to make?
“All right. Let’s go find it.”
Just meddling in these idiots’ quest.
Hara does not study and goes treasure hunting.
… … I’m really looking forward to the future of the talented people of the empire.
* * *
The Imperial Academy’s facilities are large and numerous.
Multiple training grounds that are more than enough for each class to use, and a laboratory for research and experimentation of various magics and artifacts.
And an empty lot prepared for those who are tired of studying to escape from reality for a while.
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‘It’s obviously wider than the actual size of the land.’
In terms of experience, the entire area of the academy site may be equivalent to the size of the system.
No, it would be really wide.
‘Because it can be seen that he was openly messing with plain water.’
Magic is what makes it possible.
For example, if the forest of study where my black magic class workshop is located uses subspace to create a forest.
Similar spatial magic is always activated throughout the academy.
space expansion plan.
Distort and expand the space of the insufficient land mass, and build a building on it.
In this way, the academy solved the problem of insufficient land mass and continued to grow in size with confidence while repeating the times.
‘The problem is that he only grows in size and doesn’t take care of himself well.’
Like a child who doesn’t like to tidy up his room.
New facilities, the latest equipment, and the preoccupation with building and installing them often leads to neglect.
The Academy’s subterranean compartment.
“Originally, before the academy expansion plan was established, it seems that there was talk of securing an underground section as the next best thing.”
I told Lisetta, who was accompanying me, the outline of the setting for this place.
It’s fun to talk about what you know.
“You know that the entire area of the academy is enchanted with space expansion, right?”
“Yes. That’s because I’ve been warned several times. They said it would be a big deal if it was broken?”
“It won’t be much of a big deal.”
In a sense, it’s like the Achilles heel of the academy. … … Well, I’m not going to discuss that here.
“Anyway, originally, before the plan was established, it was to secure the lack of land physically, not magic.”
shovel and pickaxe.
And the slave who wields it… … . No, as long as there are students, everything will be fine.
“To put it bluntly, I was trying to expand the lack of facilities by digging underground.”
“… … It’s absurd.”
It was regarded as a plan of its own until the space expansion plan, which was the next best thing, was established, and in fact, the construction was progressed quite a bit.
“For some reason, it was abandoned after the theory was established that it was possible to distort the space at the end of the construction to secure the realm of fiction.”
A rough setting of Philos Academy.
The reason why I even know this is because the setting itself has been mentioned several times in the game’s scenario.
A setting that exists to progress the main scenario, sub-quests, or a story with a specific person.
“The problem is that two or three buildings were built to fit comfortably, but they weren’t used.”
Nowadays, only some sections are used as warehouses, but it seems that humans tend to avoid going underground.
The setting that it was built and neglected at best.
“If they had to use it, sometimes bad-tempered guys would use it as a place to avoid the eyes of professors.”
The problem is that we are entering such a place.
“Is it dangerous? I have already prepared.”
Lisetta tapped the two swords she wore around her waist and asked.
“At most, naturally occurring slime. And maybe where we’re headed… … There will be no one.”
“… … people?”
The reason why they came to this place was because of a rumor that Lisetta suddenly mentioned that there might be a treasure that will make you feel better.
Normally, I’d just laugh at it and say it’s just nonsense.
I know what this quest is talking about.
‘Well, I had to find the place, so it was a good excuse.’
Even if Lisetta didn’t come with the number of cases, she might have made another excuse.
(hehehe… that’s strange.)
It was then that Emily spoke in a chlorine.
Although it was not summoned, it was possible to explore the surroundings to some extent even in this state.
(Xian? Is there really nothing here?)
‘… … What does it mean?’
(Are you saying this because your senses are ambiguous? …… As Xian said, there are no people, but this is…)
Emily had no time to tell her the ‘truth’ of what was here.
He probably noticed it.
‘You’ll know when you see it.’
It’s probably faster to find than to tell.
Without the slightest hesitation, I proceed straight ahead through the underground corridor.
Lisetta, who had naturally followed by half a step, seemed to feel a strange sense of incongruity.
“Junior, do you know the way here?”
“I did an investigation. I told you. It was a formal expansion plan from the beginning. A drawing of the interior facilities is in the Academy Library.”
“Don’t you usually read stuff like that?”
“Everything has a point.”
If the manager is a human being, there will always be a way to show flexibility.
“… … If you give a bribe in the name of sincerity, it usually shows.”
“wow… … . The freshman has already rotted.”
“hahahaha, I can’t even get into the rotten axis at this level, right?”
Anyway, I checked the route, and I vaguely remember the exploration route at the time of the game.
“At least there won’t be any shipwreck in the basement of the academy.”
“That would be funny the way it is.”
“… … No, it’s not like there aren’t really accidents like that.”
Among the events that occur like repetitive quests in the game days, there is a search for idiots who went missing after entering an underground facility.
It was a cumbersome quest, so I had no intention of doing it anymore.
“For now, we are walking along the route that the rumored senior is presumed to have headed.”
With a suitable excuse, head to the most certain course.
Soon after, I sensed ‘it’ and stretched out my arm to pretend to stop.
“Ah, stop.”
“Do you have something? monster? Or the assistant professors who ran away from the professor?”
“Why are assistant professors treated as equal to monsters… … .”
Not many beings did that.
“It’s like a barrier. It seems more like a trap than a containment.”
“Where are you? Umm… … . I definitely feel a sense of incongruity.”
“Because seniors are usually the ones who break things when they notice a sense of incongruity.”
On the other hand, I, who have trained in magic, can read rough information naturally once I sense it.
If you notice it with your senses, it feels like the answer is naturally output from your head.
The sense of incongruity is not a joke as it is read naturally through skills and abilities, but it is useful once you get used to it.
“It’s a mechanism that activates when you approach.”
“Are you going to attack right away?”
“It looks like a mental attack. It’s not that boring. Is it to the extent of causing motion sickness and throwing up?”
“That’s worse… … . It’s more comfortable to have fireballs flying.”
Lisetta, who listened to my analysis while shaking her head, chuckled as if it were Vicky.
“Disassembly is possible.”
“Does it take time? There is something more certain. … … And if I don’t do something, I think my face as a senior will be in danger.”
… … Did you think there would be something like that?
“Look at you, junior. You don’t have to bother with dismantling.”
Lisetta, who drew a sword, lightly nodded the tip as if to judge it.
The target is the place where there is a sense of incongruity where I detected the barrier.
“Isn’t that where mana is most concentrated?”
“It’s a little further to the left.”
“huh. Then it will work. Cut enough and still remain.”
I understood what to do.
Before I could say anything, Lisetta raised her sword.
The sword has very little mana.
A step to increase the cutting power by simply overlaying mana on the sword.
And after she had already mastered a stage higher than that.
The overlaid mana is integrated into the sword as it is. The stage of assimilation with the sword itself, not the exterior.
sword.
An enhancement step that should truly be called an Auror.
“Since ancient times, what Auror users have been most bothered about is these magic traps. Of course, I always thought of a solution.”
He said it as if he were lightly joking.
Lisetta lowered her sword.
“The trap is only if you can cut it.”
No sound.
If someone who does not know anything sees it, it will be considered nothing more than cutting into the air.
However, as I watched, the image of cutting a thick rope passed through my mind for an instant.
(Cut.)
‘The magic formula that moves the barrier… … Did it cut off the flow of mana?’
As an analogy, it is a disconnection in a circuit.
Just cutting a single circuit will make the electronics inoperable.
Magic is no different.
‘It’s an absurd technique.’
I can’t ignore the difference between jjambab.