161 – El Parma Pajay.
The time for orientation has arrived.
I looked around at the scenery outside the window. People are on the move without a break, and they are busy talking in the middle of the day.
I was calm while looking at such a scenery, but Maiev couldn’t stay still for a moment and walked around. It’s pretty hectic to see this piece of paper mixed up and organized.
Suddenly, Maiev touched my forehead.
“… hahahaha, who am I going through all this trouble for?”
She gave me one look, muttering to herself, then busily moving again.
“Master, aren’t you nervous?”
“Not at all.”
“Maybe we should do it this time.”
Maiev started putting the papers on her desk. Before long, the top of the wooden board is filled with them.
“Let’s see, first of all, the hand job is right in front of you.”
“Yes.”
“There will be people who visit to check the owner’s history or to find even the slightest flaws.”
It wasn’t all that surprising.
It must be a dream come true that so many people are gathering and all of them are friendly to me. So I didn’t even have that kind of expectation in the first place.
“New students who will attend the academy from next year…. Little kids won’t even bother, and this is where the real problem lies.”
The tip of Maiev’s index finger points somewhere.
In the syllabus I had previously written, it was an item that said, “It does not discriminate between the races of the students.”
“It doesn’t discriminate against the race of the students. Master, according to common sense, this isn’t quite right.”
“It’s good to be out of common sense.”
I nodded quietly and continued.
“So, what is your problem?”
“When various races come together, they fight unconditionally. Must.”
Maiev let out a deep sigh.
“There is no way that blood demons are interested in human magic, and beastmen are docile, so it’s okay….”
The tip of her index finger moved and pointed to the list painted in yellow green.
“Elf. If they are involved, it is unconditional.”
“Did you say elf?”
“Yes. These guys who are unnecessarily good at magic, have extremely strong pride, and live a very long time.”
From Maiev’s words, it seems that even blood demons do not welcome elves.
I asked Maiev.
“How do elves usually view humans?”
“Even though there are differences between elves….”
She shrugged her shoulders.
“Anyway, humans are insignificant. It’s not just a story about elves. In the first place, it is like that in the eyes of the longevity species.”
“It’s insignificant.”
Actually, in the previous world, the relationship between elves and humans was not that bad. This is because they left behind achievements that matched the characteristics of each race.
I didn’t hate elves either. Taking advantage of being a long-lived breed, he even had quite a few of his assistants as elves.
“Oh, no. Of course I respect you, Master.”
After a thoughtless mutter, Maiev gave her explanation.
“Well, longevity species and short life species have different views.”
“Yes. The sense of time is completely different.”
Maiev nods her head.
There are also differences in appearance, but the biggest difference between elves and humans is, of course, lifespan.
The life of an elf is basically leisurely. No, they don’t even recognize that their lives are leisurely.
Humans value talent, but elves don’t.
If there is a lack of ability, it will take several decades to make up for it. It is a very natural concept for longevity species to simply press all fields with time.
Maiev tutted and clicked his tongue loudly.
“The owner is on the young side. I’m sure you’re going to argue with me while talking about this and that.”
“Sounds like fun.”
But still, I have no intention of covering race.
A masterpiece created by the paper of short life under the pressure of time, a study that the paper of long life can put out in leisure. I hope that these unique tastes will naturally harmonize.
“Yes, what. I knew you would answer that.”
That’s how our conversation ended.
But at some point.
“El Famal Pajay.”
Maiev muttered her words unintelligibly. She doesn’t even mumble it once, she repeats the same thing over and over again.
“Er Famal Pazai?”
Muttering such strange words, my gaze naturally turned to that direction.
“What do you keep muttering?”
“I’m an elf.”
After hearing the answer, my doubts grew. At least there was no such word in the elven language I knew.
Maiev continued with a serious face.
“I need to learn the elves as well. When the exchange begins in earnest, I will have a job to disguise myself as an elf.”
“I commend you for your diligent attitude.”
“Come to think of it, Master knows Elvish. Er Famal Pazai. Do you understand?”
Perhaps what she was practicing was ‘el mar paja.’ In human terms, it was like practicing ‘hello.’
I corrected that with another word.
“Maiev.”
“Your master.”
“El Parma Paja. Pronounce it like this.”
“El Parma Paja…. Oh sure it’s easy. That’s how you pronounce it.”
Maiev nodded her head as if to have cleared her doubts.
“Yes.”
Maiev practiced diligently after that.
“El Parma Pajay. El Parma….”
I left her dormitory, leaving her behind.
El Parma Pajai.
It meant ‘I am a slave’.
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The classroom was full of commotion.
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It was a natural result, as this place, with a platform in the middle and a round staircase stretching endlessly, was a space created by combining as many as five classrooms.
The successful candidates, who will be freshmen next year, glistened, and the wizard cadets who were already in school flocked to it.
“Can I have a seat here?”
“No.”
“Ah, thank you.”
As usual, the spacious lecture hall, the large number of people, and the voices from here and there are mixed in a mess. Still, excitement and anticipation permeated the turmoil.
But slowly, the sections of the classroom began to divide.
Where human aristocrats began to sit, naturally nobles began to settle down, and commoners formed groups with commoners.
The same was true of beastmen and knights. Groups of familiar people did not take into account race or age.
And this habit was also true of elves.
The two elves rested their chins side by side and had a conversation.
“Humans are good. I can only be surprised and make a fuss like this.”
“It deserves it. Because they live too short and die.”
At that time, another elf intervened.
“I heard flan is actually pretty amazing? He said it was a rather interesting thesis even in Daesoorim.”
“Great or not…. You know what?”
“What is it?”
“That person has never been near the Great Forest.”
As soon as they heard that, the corners of the elves’ lips went up. It was something close to ridicule.
“That is rather serious.”
“It has never left its nest, so it is like a baby bird.”
For elves, the Great Forest is known as a synonym for magic. Famous wizards also want to visit there. It was because the prestige of the place where the mana of the World Tree was rich was so high.
To them, the Mage Tower was at best something that humans could boast about.
“At first, I thought it was a human-specific fuss, but even so, it went too far. A mage tower that will surpass the world tree.”
“Exactly. No matter how young you are, no matter how ignorant you are, there are words you shouldn’t say.”
“Then what should I do?”
Everybody had similar thoughts about someone’s question type.
They lived for a long time and encountered countless humans who were called ‘topic figures’. And most of them really didn’t matter.
It will be the same this time too. No matter how good you are, aren’t you a student with human origins after all?
“Shall we say hello very lightly?”
“Let’s do it.”
But even then there was one woman who kept quiet. The elves who exchanged her meaningful glances turned her attention to her.
“Perien, what do you think?”
That call became a fuse, and one by one the other elves turned their heads toward Ferien.
“Yes. I’m also curious about Perien’s thoughts.”
“Among us, you are the greatest.”
I couldn’t see the face of the elf called ‘Ferien’. It was because her light green wavy hair covered one eye.
Ferien slowly blinks his cloudy blue eyes. She didn’t respond, just chewed the pipe in her mouth.
“…..”
At that time she was silent.
The door to the classroom began to open without any sound.
A man finally showed up.
Lol, “I am a slave”.