23 – Oh my, do you know this student? Are you interested?
From early morning I am a training ground.
I didn’t think I would lose the battle with Arya in the first place, but things to come won’t be that simple.
To prepare for the upcoming exploration task, constant training was essential.
You just trained to increase the total amount of mana.
I just finished Intermediate difficulty. What matters is that you did it. No way, growth will not be slow.
‘It’s just a little while.’
The shortest is two weeks, the longest is one month. In that amount of time, it will become a body that can use advanced magic.
The real problem was separate now.
It’s hot. I hate this heat more than training.
I completely took off my jacket. There is a sign in use at the entrance of the training ground, so no students will come in on their own.
While I was taking a break, I noticed a blue light on the cover of Trivia. I flipped through the pages without much thought.
[ ▷ I can’t even do this. ]
[ ▶ Teach me. ㅠㅅㅠ ]
This is the customer who spent 10 gold coins just for searching.
It is not difficult to teach, but the first priority was to negotiate the price.
And in order to negotiate the price, there is a need to figure out how eager this lesson is for customers.
Humans spend more money and time on desperate tasks. Because this is a very obvious truth.
[ ▷ You are busy. Get back to you later ]
The reply came less than a second after I typed it.
[ ▶ I can give you any amount of gold coins ]
I can give you any number of gold coins. If you’re satisfied with just this much, you’ll be third-rate.
[ ▷ I’m not in a hurry with gold coins, but I’m busy as I said. ]
[ ▶ I’ll also get you some items. ]
[ ▶ I’ll do anything !ㅅ! ]
If you do that, you are a very good customer.
Looking at Trivia with a satisfied gaze, I wrote down a few requests.
It is up to the customer to follow this requirement from now on.
[ ▷ Describe how far you have approached. ]
[ ▷ Describe what part is blocked. ]
[ ▷ From now on, report the situation to me once every 8 hours. ]
But then, suddenly, someone poked his head into my shoulder and reflexively covered the trivia.
“Hey, flan! I brought some drinks…. What.”
It was Becky. She waved her hand busily.
“Oh, I didn’t watch it to see. Really. I just brought it because I thank you for the feedback today…. It looks like he was trying to steal it. Situation.”
This morning, I gave Becky’s mock battle feedback from yesterday.
I accepted her request the other day to ask if there was any magic I didn’t know about, so she didn’t refuse the request last night.
“By the way…. Um, it must have been very hot.”
Suddenly, Becky ran her fingers through her hair. Couldn’t meet my eyes.
I think I know why. I put on the jacket I took off again.
After putting it all on, Becky started talking again.
“Hey, flan. However…. Does the person you contact have a lot of interest in you?”
“What are you talking about?”
“No, just. I didn’t look to see. I’ll do anything for you…. Seems like there’s a lot you can do Are you a noble….”
Why did I only see that kind of content at all? She let out a deep sigh and ignored it. Dealing with this is a waste of time.
“It doesn’t matter. I’m not interested in that.”
“Oh, is that so?”
As Becky twisted his hair, the movement stopped. It seemed like the conversation was over, but Becky opened her mouth again.
“Flan, how is the preparation for the expedition going?”
“As usual.”
“Then you will do well. I am very worried.”
Aww, Becky let out a deep sigh.
“I feel dizzy just thinking about going through a maze-like complicated path, but since it’s a competition format, I have to check other groups. I will turn around.”
“You can do it.”
“Hey! I know everyone is great like you! Is it easy to figure out the location of the other groups while clearing the road!”
Becky yelled. Then, soon after, the grass dies alone.
“Besides, I only exchanged greetings with my team members once. On a day like this, I have to adjust my breathing…. Nothing to say to each other….”
That gloomy expression is full of pensiveness.
Her whole process will be lonely and painful for her as a commoner and not even talented. Her growing pains will be close to her pang.
But consolation is completely against my nature. So, I had nothing to say for her.
As expected, teaching magic is the least compassion I can give.
“Becky.”
“Huh?”
I pointed my chin at the center of the training ground.
“Go and stand.”
Becky’s head tilts.
“Why? Feedback is over. Do you remember all of me?”
“Stand.”
“Suddenly?”
Despite putting on a questionable expression, Becky finally did. I instructed briefly.
“Let’s deploy the ice barrier again.”
“Yes, yes. What did I do wrong?”
After concentrating for a while, Becky created a sphere of ice and spread it thinly to create a wide rectangular film.
Compared to yesterday, the color has become clearer and more transparent, and the strength has also improved, seeing as the mana is tightly woven. The difference is clear.
“Until all mana is used up.”
“Huh? All exhausted?”
“Start repeating.”
Then, Becky’s face turned as blue as ice.
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Violet was in the intensive care unit at the academy.
Haa, I sighed and washed my face dry. The very fact that her student is in critical condition is awkward for her.
Of course, it was the first time that an accident occurred during her lecture since she was a faculty member.
‘Why the hell are you doing that?’
Violet doesn’t understand at all.
Violet is curious about what happened between Plan and Arya.
What the hell happened to Arya’s mind to use the poisonous scroll? While thinking about such things.
“Aria?”
Violet’s thoughts were shattered by the sophisticated male voice that neatly brushed her hair.
His gaze goes through the window to Arya Fontaine lying on the bed. Violet spoke cautiously.
“Are you a member of Aria’s student body?”
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“Yes. I am the secretary to the Fontaine family.”
Violet took off her cone hat and bowed her head respectfully.
The man asked in a calm voice.
“What happened?”
“I was covered with a poisonous scroll. The whole body is paralyzed, but because we took action quickly…. You will be fine soon.”
“Is that so? I am very fortunate.”
The man smiles and looks towards Arya. However, the expression on her face looking towards Arya is oddly cold.
It was around that time that Violet felt uncomfortable.
He didn’t have the slightest reaction Violet expected.
Worries about Arya Fontyne, shifting responsibility towards the academy, anger…. He feels none of the emotions one would normally feel in a von Tyne.
He just looked at Arya with her nonchalant eyes and opened her mouth.
“How did this happen?”
“It is my fault. I violated the academy rules and got caught using a scroll I personally brought with me.”
Violet conveyed the truth step by step while being polite.
“Why didn’t I notice in advance that I brought a private scroll? Recognition-hindering artifacts stuck to the scroll surface. This, too, is against Academy Rules.”
“Aha. Did that happen?”
The man nodded his head politely.
However, Violet overheard the secretary muttering while looking at Aria through the window.
“…… A pitiful thing.”
He must have muttered that.
“A pitiful thing that doesn’t even look like half my brother. Just die….”
But the murmur was short-lived. He quickly turned his head and bowed respectfully at Violet.
“If there is something to be borne by Fontyne, please inform us in writing. If you need discipline, I think you can drop it.”
After that, the man turned around.
The man leisurely left, and Violet stared blankly at his back.
… A young lady listening to gossip from her attendant secretary.
It was a strange feeling, but family affairs were not something that she, her professor, could arbitrarily intervene in and judge.
Soon, he turned his steps towards his office.
I moved each step accurately, but I checked the document in my hand with my eyes. What I was looking at now was the plan student’s information.
To be honest, this side looks more awkward.
His status is a commoner, and his family information says that he is unknown, so he has no parents. He even had an F grade in the Faculty of Magic and….
“…… ?”
Violet stopped at some point. Because the door to his own office was wide open.
A woman in her orange robe with her hair hanging down her back, sticking her hips out towards her violet one, was flipping through her report card.
Violet mentally lifted the broom and hit her butt as hard as she could.
Pair!
“Kyaaha?!”
An orange-colored witch, just like Violet, leaps up like her frog.
She turned her head, met her eyes with Violet, and screamed.
“Oh, really! Sister hee hee!”
“Sepia. I told you not to go in and out of the office recklessly. I’m sure it’s locked, but how did you open it again?”
Violet let out a deep sigh, and Sepia smirked.
“I can’t help it because of my job as a reporter at the Faculty of Magic. If there’s something you’re told to do, do it! And is this legal?”
“I’m higher than you in the press department.”
“This is a request from the Judith family~ I have no choice but to do it.”
The Judith family. Violet was also well aware of the majesty of that lofty knight family.
However, I still don’t understand why he came to his office.
“It’s a knight family. Why does the Judith family ask for a Magic Faculty report card?”
“Work is my job, so I can’t say more details~ Anyway, since I’ve seen all the grades, I’m done with my business!”
Sepia comes close to Violet with a brisk pace. And she also glances at what Violet is looking at.
“Oh my, do you know this student too? Are you interested?”
“I know. My head hurts right now because of him.”
“Yes. He is a very interesting student.”
“Why?”
“Well, why?”
Sepia looks up with her meaningful smile. Then, when she caught Violet’s nervous gaze, she burst into laughter.
“Ah~ Okay, okay. I can’t say anything else yet. Do you know that he is homeless?”
“Homelessness?”
“Yes. There was a period when you could only unpack your luggage in the dormitory and not check in. In the meantime, I was sleeping outdoors. Isn’t that funny?”
Sepia smiled brightly, but Violet’s expression cooled off.
“You do research on that too?”
“Because that’s what it is.”
“…… And is that funny? Get out.”
“Oh, wait a minute. Kill me! Aww! Right! Come to think of it, there will be a huge transfer student coming to the Faculty of Magic soon! Oh, stop hitting me!”
“Get out.”
After mentally throwing Sepia out of her office, her Violet thought quietly.
‘While sleeping…. Raised F-rank skills to A?’
I laughed out loud because I was dumbfounded.
His remark about not liking scrolling made Violet quite amused. Violet wasn’t the type to like scrolling either.
Moreover, the simulated battle between Arya Fontaine and Plan, which she visually confirmed.
That battle was the truth without the slightest lie. Plan showed the skills of an A-grade student.
No, it showed more than that. Being able to handle the interference series means that he has already surpassed the level of newcomers.
The response to blocking Arya Fontaine’s scroll using rapid freezing was also excellent.
Thanks to that, things didn’t get bigger. If the poisonous scroll had exerted its effect as it should, all the students inside the training ground might have had to lie down in the intensive care unit.
“Hmm.”
She thought for a moment as she rubbed her chin. And she made a decision.
I do not sympathize with his status and poverty. No, sympathy itself may not be possible.
However, one thing was certain.
Efforts to be recognized must be recognized, and actions that deserve rewards must be rewarded accordingly.
Violet moved her hand to the drawer under her desk.