Overpowered Archmage Doesn’t Hide His Talent chapter 36

36 – I’ll let you report on my true identity.

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Someone urgently knocked on the door. I used telekinesis to open the door.

As expected, the person who knocked was Sepia. She ran so fast that her orange bangs were a mess.

“Ah, flan student! Do we see each other more often than we thought?”

As soon as the door opened, Sepia burst into the room.

Sepia was covered in sweat all over her body, but her green eyes were shining brightly.

I used my telekinesis to set up a chair for Sepia to sit on. She looked around the room as she sat down.

“Oh…. But is the student room really this good? The dorm rooms I know aren’t like this.”

“That’s not the problem. Doesn’t it come and go too easily? Not even a dormitory student.”

“Please do not disregard my work ethic. Where were you last time…. Have you ever had an interview in front of the toilet seat?”

“That’s not professionalism, it’s nuisance.”

“Since it is a legal coverage, there is no need to describe it as a nuisance. Anyway, flan student. It’s not that important right now….”

Sepia bangs her palm against the desk to make her sound. And then he put his face on me.

“Special News! The news that I almost missed! I don’t think I missed it at this speed.”

The scent of perfume mixed with the smell of sweat is somehow familiar. It’s strangely similar to the scent of violet.

Anyway, I nodded her head. Sepia’s run here in two minutes would be an excellent choice.

“Great catch.”

“Whew…. Thank god. Do you know how quickly I came?

Sepia let out a sigh of relief. At the same time, her emerald-like eyes began to glow.

“If you don’t mind, I’d like to get straight to the point. As a journalist, her body itches and I can’t stand it!”

I didn’t want to make a long introduction here either.

But before that, there was something I definitely had to ask.

“I start by asking a few questions. How are representatives of the Faculty of Magic participating in combat events selected?”

“Ummm…. It’s not at all difficult to answer the question.”

Sepia looked at me with a meaningful smile.

“After you answer, you can definitely hear the news, right? No matter how much I do, false information really hurts me a lot.”

“I bet that. It will definitely become a major issue.”

“Good. Originally, it is a rule of thumb to receive information in advance, but we make an exception especially for plan students!”

With a smile, she continued.

“The way to select a representative for each event is simple. There are professors of the Faculty of Magic, the representative selection committee, and they decide by voting. So democratic, right?”

“The criteria that affect voting.”

“Is there such a thing? It’s not uncommon for someone with good grades or good family names to be selected.”

Unknowingly, I crumpled my expression.

According to Sepia, isn’t it different from saying that professors select representatives according to their wishes?

“I don’t understand why people look at family names.”

He said that the win rate of the Faculty of Magic was extremely low.

Needless to say, it is a great humiliation to accept defeat in front of everyone.

What on earth can you benefit from being in the position of a magical family?

“It is mutual aid.”

“What kind of mutual aid.”

“In the position of the family, it is the honor of being selected as the representative of the family, and in the position of the professors, it is to make eye contact with the family in advance.”

“It’s not the glory of winning, but the glory of being selected?”

I didn’t understand the words themselves, so I asked back. However, Sepia calmly nodded her head.

“Yes. It’s an honor to be selected. After all, few people expect the Faculty of Magic to win against the Faculty of Knights, right? I think my sister is the only one.”

As soon as I heard that, my temples started to throb.

Come to think of it, I forgot. These guys just had this kind of mindset.

He doesn’t even expect to win, and is just happy to be the representative. This was the current address of the magicians at Marchen Academy.

Beyond pathetic, now it’s just deplorable.

“Is there a case where the participating representative is replaced?”

“A professor’s heart is enough. Re-voting is always possible!”

It means that there is still room to change the participating representative. It was the best news I’ve ever heard.

“Sepia.”

“I’m listening, student Plan. It’s a little funny when you think about it. Why are you talking respectfully over here?”

“The condition for receiving the special notification is simple. I will put up a poster so that the Marchen Daily will distribute the contents as extras.”

“I wonder what kind of content will be featured. Could it be the kind of great character I imagined?”

“Condemn the professors. First of all, we need to set up a proper screening process. How good can a representative who was selected based solely on his family and grades perform?”

“Hmm~”

Sepia tilted her head and moved closer to me.

“Hey. A flan student.”

“What is it?”

“Looking at it now. A story you told me the other day. Did you really mean it?”

If you talk like that, there is nothing that can be answered from this side. Because there’s never been a single moment when he’s told a lie.

Sepia opened her mouth again.

“Ah, why? Don’t you remember? The mindset and power structure of mages. You said you would change all of that.”

“It was. I mean it.”

“Wow…. Was that serious? I was thinking of nothing more than the childish aspirations of a young magic genius!”

Sepia’s head tilted crookedly.

“Good! I think the heart is very good and support it! But it must be difficult to meet the demands of the plan students, right?”

With her shining green eyes calmly calmed down, she continued her words.

“First of all, a large letter is a big challenge in itself. It will have a huge impact on the formation of public opinion in the school.”

Sepia explained, stretching her fingers one by one.

“Secondly, even if the advertisement is published as an extra, the problem comes after that. How many people can agree with what the plan student wrote?”

“There is nothing to worry about.”

“How can you not worry! If the backlash is severe, it is my responsibility to accept the criticism. The trademark of the Ministry of Magic of the Marchen Ilbo is openly attached.”

Finally she spread her fingers a third.

“Third and last, this is the most important!”

Sepia’s face became quite serious.

“How great is the special report he gave me? Unless the information provided by plan students is really at a level that can make a ‘topic’…. I can’t easily get involved in something like this.”

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“Simply put, you are asking for information first.”

“That’s how it works! I will judge whether or not the information the plan student has is the information worth making headlines after listening to it myself.”

She smiled softly and added her words a little.

“Ah, you don’t have to worry too much, do you? If I decline the offer, I will not use the information provided by the plan student in the article. I promise!”

I burst into laughter.

“The three things you are concerned about…. I will try to solve everything at once.”

After unfolding a large white piece of paper in the air, I began to move three pens simultaneously with my mental powers.

Sepia watches the scene with interest.

Crunchy Square

The writing continued without stopping for a moment, and the sound of the pen tip scratching the ground naturally filled the room.

Before long, half of the paper was filled.

Half of the page is full of geometric shapes.

“…… Agora board.”

Sepia muttered lowly.

That is the correct answer. These are the problems and solutions I presented on the Agora Board.

Embarrassment began to spread across her face.

She seemed completely oblivious to herself, but her mouth was slowly opening.

“Sepia.”

She filled the other half of the paper with her name softly in her mouth.

“You just have to follow my words.”

But Sepia didn’t pay attention to my words. No, she just couldn’t seem to concentrate.

“If you follow me.”

Her gaze was focused only on the paper. Her face was already wet with ecstasy.

“…… Someday.”

By the time Sepia’s face had completely gone white, the other half of her paper had been filled in as well.

Almost thousands of types and figures were forming something close to art on the paper.

“I will let you report my identity exclusively.”

The answer does not come back.

Sepia was just blank, she just looked up at the paper.

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Returning to the editorial department, Sepia’s expression was dazed.

Void and silence close to nothingness. It was as if she was standing in such a space.

“Oh, manager. What are you doing?”

A front-line reporter who was bringing her coffee found Sepia and tilted her head.

It was natural. It wasn’t common for the head of the Marchen Ilbo to be dazed.

“It’s okay.”

“It’s okay. It’s a look that has completely lost its soul. Did you make a contract with the wicked?”

“Let’s go with common sense. Common sense.”

“There is a possibility. I think the manager will go around covering articles even when he becomes a villain.”

After cutting off the frontline reporter who had been following her, Sepia approached the whiteboard that occupied an entire wall in her editorial department.

Approaching her board, she echoed Plan’s words.

ㅡWizards’ way of thinking and power structure. All of that.

I’d change all of that. Plan made his aspirations clear.

For reasons unknown, he has a lot of dissatisfaction with the current structure.

It’s not just having a crooked and cynical attitude. He had a cause of his own.

And the will to realize that cause seemed stronger than expected. Thinking of hiring even the manager of the Marchen Daily, what kind of ulterior motives are they hiding?

“What?”

As I think about it, one more person naturally comes to mind.

Violet, Sepia’s older sister.

The joint meeting between the Faculty of Knights and the Faculty of Magic not long ago made Violet furious.

The image of Scarlett’s older sister, who was terrified by Scarlett’s attitude towards wizards, was still vivid in Sepia’s mind.

“Come to think of it, my sister really likes the word change.”

This structure where the knight reigns as the strong is disgusting. One day we will see the imbalance of power upset and changed….

Sepia overheard her sister muttering that over and over again.

“It looks like it.”

Plan and Violet are completely different, but somehow they look alike.

Tilting her head, Sepia stood in front of the white board.

This white board is called a ‘time bomb’ within the editorial department of the Marchen Ilbo.

And this board lives up to its name.

The time bomb is a board that collects materials that can be scooped up or special news, and is currently divided into four spaces.

Sepia checked it with her hands.

The fact that a man from the Judith family is enrolled in the Faculty of Magic, the mystery in the magic labyrinth, the mysterious agoraboard genius that overwhelms Trixie…….

“To think that the main character of all these articles is only one person….”

Sepia looked at the white board with awe once again.

She doesn’t even dare to guess what kind of ramifications this time bomb will have when it explodes.

However, it is certain that the scale is unprecedented.

“… You really are a jewel, this person.”

Plan Judith.

Sepia is starting to feel like he’s a gem.