Episode 494
This did not happen because the 3rd grade blast bomb was profligate or extravagant.
Magic is basically a very expensive discipline.
No matter how much support the emperor provided, and no matter how much the skeleton principal invested and supported, and sometimes even invested his own personal resources, this limitation could not be structurally overcome.
Still, he couldn’t ask for more from the empire’s budget. Even now, whenever officials under the Imperial Treasurer hear Einrogard’s name, they clutch their chests and complain of difficulty breathing.
-Um… Are you saying we should throw more gold coins at those crazy guys? You’d rather step on me! If you have the gold, please let us build the poorhouse that has been put off due to lack of budget!
-You still know how much of the empire’s gold and silver treasures the Einrogard thieves are taking! Even if I die, I will never forget the fact that the golden pillars in the square were donated to me at the behest of His Majesty, but were wasted as an experiment in burning gold!
-It’s not cool that these shameless wizards are fined and charged recovery costs every time they cause an accident outside! Every time I hear the name Einrogard, my teeth tremble and my blood rushes!
…In any case, no matter how much of the budget was allocated to each school, there would inevitably come a time when money was tight during research.
In preparation for such a time, Einrogard students worked hard to save up a huge amount of money on their own…
…That amount of money would disappear like snow after a few magic experiments.
In the end, students who borrowed the necessary reagents by depositing their family swords as collateral, like blast bombs, were bound to appear from time to time.
As a professor who knew that, I was embarrassed and heartbroken.
“The student who exploded is not particularly lazy or wasteful.”
“We know. Do not worry.”
The people of the Makin family smiled kindly.
“What is really needed for magic is not intelligence or emotion, but gold.”
“…haha.”
It was a self-deprecating joke going around among wizards. The thunderous professor couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.
“indeed…”
Lee Han, who was listening from the side, said with a truly moved face. The thunderous professor looked on with a straight face.
“What is it? what.”
Somehow, this boy from the Wardanaz family seemed to have a different understanding.
“Wardanaz. “Please calm down the wyvern.”
Professor Lightning Walk, who was checking safety equipment in preparation for departure, gave instructions to Lee Han.
The wyverns were supposed to wait calmly, but they got so excited while playing around among themselves that they were rolling around on the grass.
“All right.”
Lee Han nodded and stood up.
Since I was studying monsters separately from Professor Lightning Walk, I also knew a certain amount about wyverns.
When you joke around like that, be strict and don’t back down…
“?”
“??”
The friends sitting next to Lee Han looked at the lightning-walking professor with question marks on their faces.
“professor. No matter how good Lee Han is at his job, the Wyvern…”
“Okay, okay. kind.”
“!?”
Before even speaking, Lee Han separated the playful wyverns from each other and patted their heads.
The guys who had been smashing the grass on the grass just a moment ago lowered their heads like quiet sheep.
“…Uh, how did you do it?”
“I told you to read some books. Batrek. “The wyvern does not avert its eyes…”
“No, if it can be handled that way, why is there someone who gets bitten by a wyvern!?”
“I guess that’s because we became friends during this trip.”
Lee Han said as if it was obvious.
Of course, as Bartrek said, following the methods in the book did not mean that you could immediately deal with the wyvern. Wyvern was not such an easy monster.
However, Lee Han had a friendship with the Wyverns during the trip.
I feed the wyvern, clean its scales, cover it with blankets so it can sleep well, and stand guard next to its head while listening to Professor Boladi nag…
‘The last one is cancellation.’
When I thought about it, the last one seemed closer to annoyance than friendship.
In any case, as these incidents occurred, it was clear that the wyvern regarded Lee Han as friendly, although not as friendly as Professor Lightning Walk.
Don’t you actually listen to me this well?
“……”
Nilia thought to herself.
‘No matter how I look at it, it looks like he’s scared…’
Every time Lee Han turned his head, the wyvern glanced at him and looked at him, which was the typical fearful appearance of a monster following him.
“really? “How did we become friends so quickly?”
“It’s affection. Batrek. “Let’s do the same when we provide meals this time.”
“Oh, no… why… it’s scary.”
“I said I’m not scared. yes? “You’re not scared, are you?”
When Lee Han turned his head to ask the wyvern a question, the wyvern, who had been hanging out just a moment ago, suddenly raised his head and nodded with a very pretentious meek expression.
“Look. It’s not for nothing that they say that wyverns are easier to tame than griffons. “Everyone is nice.”
“……”
Nilia decided not to say anything.
-Request successful, arrived within expected time.
hmm.
The Skeleton Headmaster nodded with satisfaction at the message from the port city.
‘I was worried, but you handled it well.’
Although I did not doubt the abilities of the participating professors or students, it was also true that the situation was a bit complicated.
Since these are conflicts that have been building up for such a long time, I thought it could take quite a long time if things go wrong…
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It seemed to have been handled well.
Some students used to spread ridiculous rumors, saying, ‘The principal seems to be crazy about stimulation. If there is no accident in a day, he gets bored and goes crazy.’ However, there were rare people like the skeleton principal who were complacent.
He is a person who always desperately wants everything to be completed without any problems.
Sometimes I like to see students suffer, but that’s just an exception.
-Sea Serpent appears, requests cooperation, fights off students, contacts magical criminals, arrests
…?!?!
However, Principal Skeleton was surprised when he saw the next message.
It was surprising that a magic criminal had made contact, but it was even more surprising that he had been arrested.
‘what? Did the headless guy make contact?’
Usually, people who are called magic criminals have built up notoriety for quite some time and do not often do clumsy things.
Even when contacted, he cleverly created several ways for himself to escape and took action.
I can’t believe they even arrested such a magic criminal.
Honestly, I couldn’t help but be amazed.
‘Maybe this guy, Bagrek, didn’t just stab anyone…’
The skeleton principal was slightly suspicious.
They became suspicious that Professor Boladi had stabbed a suspicious person passing by because he had a suspicious disease, and the others had covered it up by saying, ‘There’s nothing we can do, so let’s just call him a magic criminal!’
Fortunately it wasn’t.
Are you… not curious?
After meeting with the returning professor with thunderous steps, Principal Skeleton immediately called Lee Han.
The story about the magical criminal Ianop was so surprising.
The aggressiveness was surprising, and the fact that he caught it was surprising, but the most surprising thing was…
“Why do you believe that?”
…Are you a wizard?
…It was a boy from the Wardanaz family who called the professor right away without hesitation.
Of course, thanks to that, the matter ended neatly, but I can’t believe a wizard wouldn’t be interested in a situation like that.
“It’s strange for a wizard to receive such an offer. “I think we need to add examples to character education classes about how to ignore suspicious communications like this.”
Do you think I haven’t tried it? It’s meaningless.
The skeleton principal was annoyed.
Don’t touch forbidden magic, don’t hang out with suspicious wizards you see on the outside…
Of course, it was true and there was no problem with it.
However, the students did not listen as much as expected.
If you tell them not to touch forbidden magic, when they hear that, they say, ‘Oh, there was forbidden magic, right? There are people who go and ask, ‘I’m curious?’
“Are we going to lock them in a punishment cell for the entire vacation?”
……
The Death Knights next to him made gasping sounds in shock.
It was a plan that was too cruel for a first-year student to think of.
Just think about it for a moment. Anyway, I did a pretty good job…
Principal Skeleton said, recalling the report.
I thought Wardanaz would help, but I didn’t think it would help this much.
To immediately resolve conflicts between various guilds and bring about reconciliation.
‘This guy is definitely sociable, unlike any other member of the Wardanaz family.’
I have felt this for a long time, but the strength of Wardanaz that is easy to miss is this sociability.
Just by spending time with Bagrek, I was able to see how great his sociability was.
This advantage shined even more brightly when you consider that among the upper grades, there were many people with broken personalities due to social distancing and other reasons.
‘When I become a second year student, I’ll have to attach a badge to those with ruined character when they go out.’
Unbeknownst to Lee Han, Principal Skeleton added additional tasks in his mind.
What did you feel about magic?
More important than the story about the request was the story about magic.
The skeleton principal’s voice became serious.
Since he thought of Wardanaz as his successor, he had no choice but to be serious when talking about magic.
“I learned things to be careful about while picking flowers myself. Originally, they said you could buy it just by giving silver coins, but after collecting it myself, I felt like I could clearly know which was the high quality and which was the low quality.”
I understand. Sometimes there are wizards who ignore such detailed work, and they are the ones who will never make it big.
The skeleton principal was satisfied.
Any wizard had to be able to obsessively check each and every detail of the magic.
A wizard who arrogantly commanded servants or servants to prepare would never succeed.
“Thanks to this, I think I’ll be able to get a better discount on the price if I buy something in the future.”
…I wasn’t curious about that… Yeah. Anything else?
The skeleton headmaster moved on to the next point in response to the small ambition that he was not curious about at all.
“I was more surprised than I expected by the magic criminal’s magic. “It was difficult for me to predict what experienced battle mages would do.”
yes.
The skeleton headmaster was satisfied again.
It was in a similar context as before, but a wizard who was overconfident in his own strength did not end well.
In particular, magic battles were not about who could use stronger magic with greater difficulty.
It was a magic battle to see who could kill the opponent first with optimal efficiency.
As a back alley wizard could take the life of a renowned wizard with just the slightest carelessness or coincidence, a good combat wizard had to prepare several layers.
The Ianop you captured was a servant of Antagondals.
“You mean that archmage criminal?”
What is an archmage!
The skeleton principal suddenly grunted.
It is unpleasant for a young, arrogant magic criminal to be called an archmage.
He may have been surprising to you, as he was taught by Antagondals and had his own share of hardships.
“you’re right.”
Lee Han agreed.
The moment the wall flies away, he immediately activates the artifact to block the front line, greatly strengthens his physical abilities, and even prepares a separate means of attack.
It was such a familiarity that I thought I would have to train thousands of times to achieve that level of proficiency.
So what were you thinking there?
“I thought I should take Professor Bagrek with me when I go to suspicious places from now on.”
……
Principal Skeleton glared at Lee Han in response to his lack of courage.
