How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 134

Three Gold Coins (2)

The morning air is not so cold.

When I got out of bed, there was moisture all over my body. It must have been a cold sweat.

I can’t remember what the dream was, but it didn’t seem to be a very good dream.

As I opened the cabin door and came out to the camp, I was familiar with the unique atmosphere of dawn with subtle darkness still remaining.

The start of each day was always the same. It is to stretch among the forests covered with subtle fog.

Come to think of it, Lucy doesn’t come to camp often these days. I want to do something special. He is not someone who is busy with other responsibilities.

I feel empty as I start to lose sight of her sleeping figure spread out somewhere nearby. If I get a chance, I’d like to ask Mr. Bell some questions.

“Did you wake up a little early?”

In order to take the end-of-semester exam, I had to take advantage of morning time to look through some books on the history of magic, and I was thinking of getting the bonfire back to life and preparing some simple meals.

It is rare to prepare a meal using fire in the morning. It became a normal routine to walk lightly to Gyodong-dong every morning. Eating well before exercise doesn’t mean much.

However, in recent years, it has become natural to light a fire. It’s because the mouth has grown by one.

Yenika is still sleeping. With the intention of preparing a simple breakfast before Ye Nika wakes up, she lightly drew out her body’s magical energy.

The magical energy gathered at the tip of the hand was directed towards the campfire, and soon the ignition magic was manifested. He brought a large iron pot, fixed it to a stand above the campfire, and boiled water from the river.

“…”

Then, after taking out the wizardry book I had packed, I sat down on the stump of a nearby tree.

The air in the forest at dawn is still damp.

The occasional chirping of birds resounded through the quiet atmosphere, and I could see something like a squirrel flitting through the grass.

Intoxicated with the forest air, I flipped through my mage studies book.

“……”

I feel popular.

I didn’t bother to raise my head.

The direction is the tree stump next to the seat where I am sitting.

There, a girl with a familiar appearance is sitting still. Her expression is hard to see because of her fringed bangs, but the corners of her mouth are smiling happily anyway.

At first glance, it looks like he is smiling contentedly and contentedly… but the way he sheds blood is not natural to anyone. There are a lot of pretty flowers embroidered on her pale yellow hair, and the blood from her body runs down the tree stumps to the dirt floor. A blood-soaked lute is leaning against a corner of a tree stump.

I tried my best to save him and ran around, but he is a bard who left the world in the end.

I was quietly turning the pages of a book.

I didn’t react to such a strange sight, nor did I shake my head to get rid of the hallucination.

The poisonous air rises in his eyes, but the speed of turning the pages of the book does not change.

If you lose your temper due to a temporary emotional change and ruin your pace, there is nothing more stupid than that.

I didn’t run away, I didn’t make a fuss… I just sat quietly by the fire and turned over the book.

*

“I think I can handle the lower spirits now.”

It’s been more than a week since Yenika used the ring to summon the highest level spirit.

This is Yenika, who has been living her daily life with the help of Bell and me. The debt in her heart must have accumulated quite a bit, but she seemed apologetic every time.

Being able to handle the lower spirits meant that Jenika could do basic life on her own. It was a pretty positive sign.

“Yeah? Did you try it once?”

“I didn’t do it because I was worried that my magic might be twisted… But since Ed is next to me, I’m going to give it a try. Now I have to go to class, too. The exam is coming soon.”

It wouldn’t be a big problem if she had a grade like Yenika’s and lay sick for a few weeks, but she had to go out to show her face on the day of the test.

Yenika, who was sitting by the fire, concentrated her mind, and soon began to radiate magical energy from her fingertips.

The words whispered in small words were spells for summoning lower spirits. Quite familiar.

In fact, Yenica is a girl with the skills to naturally perform a lower level spirit without chanting spells. She couldn’t have summoned hundreds of lower spirits by memorizing spells in the first place.

However, he is currently in a weak state of mind and body, and since it has been a long time since he has been manifesting magic, he appears to be working with caution.

No matter how bad your physical condition is, I thought I could summon a low-ranking spirit with ease. Isn’t it a spirit sage who can handle even the highest ranking spirit if he’s ready to die soon?

“Uh, black…”

But Yenika started to stumble. I lifted her up from her tree stump and supported Yenica.

While I was supporting Jenika’s body, a large fire shook from the magical energy expressed from my fingertips. Eventually, what rose from the flames was the lower fire spirit, Mug.

[Wow! You finally called me! Miss Jenika! ]

“Cough… Cough…!”

Yenika sneezed and buried herself in my direction. Seeing his face flushed red, it seemed that the fever had begun to rise again.

I brought some water that I had stored nearby and poured it into my mouth, and Yenika swallowed it with difficulty.

“This, it’s strange… to this extent… the magic…”

[Yes, Lady Yenika… Could it be because of me…? ]

As it was, Mug was sitting on a nearby rock and twisting his body as if he was sorry.

“Are you okay? Can you hear me?”

“Uh, yes… The magical burden was greater than expected… I was taken aback…”

[I-I mean…? That candle mug that is nothing more than a low-ranking spirit… No matter how abnormal her physical condition may be, Lady Jenika can’t feel the burden…]

Hearing those words and looking at the mug, the amount of magical energy surrounding the flames surrounding the body is extraordinary.

“Mug.”

[Yes, yep! Mr. Ed! ]

When I called the name softly, Mug looked up with a guilty look. And answering with an upright posture is the appearance of military discipline.

“Anyway, it seems that a phase shift will happen sooner or later.”

As I poured my body’s magic into Jenika little by little, I gradually eased the magical burden caused by the mug.

Jenika’s expression, which had been out of breath, gradually calmed down, and her breathing became steady.

[Yes, yes?! ]

“I felt it a while ago, but the amount of mana it takes to deal with you is unusual. Originally, it consumed quite a lot of mana for a low-ranking spirit, but these days, it’s eating almost as much mana as a middle-ranking spirit.”

[Muh, what do you mean… Then… ]

“Among the spirits I deal with, you have the most magic efficiency. So, every time I use you in battle, it seems that your affinity has increased a lot… Also, it seems that your magic response has increased considerably. From Jenika’s point of view I wouldn’t have known.”

After each battle, he manifested the Spirit Ceremony using Mug, and repeatedly entrusted small physical attacks to Mug… Geary, Mug raised his ability to the point of being a lieutenant spirit.

In the first place, Mug was quite capable for a low-ranking spirit, so it wasn’t unusual for him to transform into a middle-ranking spirit only now.

[That, it can’t be…]

“…mug?”

[The long years of suffering as a lower level spirit… I can finally… finally get the reward… I… I’m going to become a middle level spirit… ]

“…”

[ Among the lower spirits, I was hired here and there for the reason that the ability was good, and when I had a chance, I was entrusted with commanding duties, and I was just the same low spirit, but I was just a representative of the lower spirits, and I was reprimanded for taking responsibility as a representative… Even in those days… finally. Do you mean the end…]

Mug’s resentment is a new thing to talk about now.

In fact, the main source of that stress would be Tarkan, a high-ranking fire spirit.

[Boss Ed…. Thank you so much… If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t have been able to gain so much combat experience in such a short period of time… I am very grateful for the grace of Lady Jenika, but those many lower spirits Among them, there is a limit to building direct combat experience…]

“I don’t think now is the time to be happy.”

I shook my head and turned my gaze to Yenika, and Mug started making a fuss and flapping his wings.

[That’s right…! Just being manifested will put a lot of pressure on Lady Yenica… First of all, let’s go into this candle mug…! ]

“The next time you train to respond to the spirits, let’s review your phase shift as well.”

[ yes…! Ha ha… ha ha ha…! Kkakkak…! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! ]

With a sound that I couldn’t tell if it was a cheer or a scream, Mug started a flame and disappeared.

If anyone sees it, it will look like it will burn to death.

“…”

I put my hand on Jenika’s forehead. It’s still hot.

As expected, Mug was consuming almost the same amount of mana as a lieutenant spirit. Normally, Yenica would be able to appear casually, even if it was a middle-ranking spirit, but in the current state, it seems that the lower spirits were still the limit.

By the way, once Mug transforms into a middle-ranking spirit, the position of the lower-ranking spirit becomes vacant.

Acquiring one more powerful spirit is certainly a positive thing, but it’s difficult not to have a lower spirit at all.

High, medium, and low spirits. At first glance, the higher you go, the better it looks, but in fact, the roles of the three spirits are quite different.

In Sylvania’s failing sword castle, all the people who deal with spirits used spirits in the same pattern.

The lower spirits are the basic skills, the middle spirits are the main skills, and the higher spirits are the ultimate skills. Each of them has different magical efficiency and different roles, so it is necessary to know how to handle the spirits one by one for each phase.

In other words, there was a need to bring in a new lower spirit. If I had to argue, the ground spirits, light, and dark spirits were empty, so I think the spirits of that type would be comfortable.

Well, it was something to think about slowly, and it was a situation where I had to take care of Yenika first.

I put Yenika’s head on my lap and let the water run for a while.

*

“A letter has come from the Ross Taylor family. The sender is Kreffin Ross Taylor, the governor.”

Lortel swallowed dryly.

The letter from Lortel’s personal secretary had a pretty seal on high-quality paper. On the back of the letter, which had the Ross Taylor family symbol embroidered on it, there was also Krepin Ross Taylor’s handwritten signature.

Lortel, sitting at her desk and receiving the letter, ordered the secretary to go out and opened it by herself.

– ‘Dear Elte Firm’s representative, Miss Lortel Kecheln.’

The Duke, who is in charge of the continent’s most powerful person, pays his respects. It is the highest honor for a merchant.

I read through the letter, wondering if there was a story about Ed Roth Taylor in it, but surprisingly, there was no story about Ed at all.

Rather, it was exactly what I expected.

– ‘I think it’s time to come to a conclusion about the purchase of the seal of the sage.’

‘The Seal of the Wise’.

It was now owned by the Elte Company and was managed by Lortel, but it was under an agreement to be sold to the Roth Taylor family someday.

Regarding the negotiations on the purchase of the sealed seal, Krepin Ross-Taylor had completely entrusted the negotiating authority to Tanya Ross-Taylor, but Tanya was caught up in various matters starting with the election for the student body president, and could not be bothered to pay attention to the sealed seal.

Ed Roth Taylor doesn’t seem to want to hand over the wise man’s seal to the Roth Taylor family.

Anyway, the direct sale negotiations will be with Tanya, and since Tanya is very friendly to Ed Rosteyler… there is a high possibility that he will move as he intended.

However, what about his relationship with Tanya?

Tanya and Lortel cannot even be said to be on good terms.

From the first impression to the present, Tanya and Lortel have maintained an adversarial relationship.

I don’t know what Tanya will think, but Lortel herself has a feeling that she created this composition herself.

If you want to swallow Sylvania in one bite, you still need to remain an underwater dragon. Everyone already knows that Lortel is a real loser in life, but despite this, he wanted to keep the angle of confrontation with Tanya.

Overwhelming power is always the law to be checked.

Only when the situation is in sharp conflict with each other is maintained, it will be difficult for Principal Ober Forciers to take either side.

“It would be better if we chatted a little more… At least, until the negotiations to buy the Seal of the Sage this time…”

Smiling, Lortel lowered her head.

And I read the last paragraph of the letter in an instant.

– ‘By the way, the architectural proposal submitted to the imperial family the other day was rejected.’

“…?”

– ‘The Northern Forest of Aken Island can be used for the expansion of the Sylvania Academy in the future, so the Imperial family wants to leave it alone. Her Majesty Chloel did not give a very positive answer either. Initially, the living area in the southern part of Aken Island serves as a commercial area, but I don’t know the intention of expanding the building to the northern forest.’

– ‘In the first place, it feels unnatural to build a corps base so far away from the Maxes Bridge in the south. Permission is difficult unless the intent is clearly stated.’

Lortel was thinking of building a tier base near the northern forest to manage the inventory of items coming into Aken Island.

I was thinking of making the Elte Company’s sphere centered around Ed’s camp. Anyway, lately I’ve been feeling the need to expand the Sylvania branch of Elte Co.

Apart from living quarters, if you build a large mercenary base, Sylvania and Elte Firm will gradually blend together as one body. If it crosses the line to a certain extent, it will reach a point where the undergraduate side will not be able to separate it even if they try to separate it from Elte Corporation.

Until graduation, eat up the whole academy.

I thought it would be a practical first step in that plan.

– Kung

Lortel buried her head on the desk.

– Kiki

When I opened the door and an employee of Elte entered, I was horrified to see Lortel with a pale complexion.

“Agent Hoeju… What’s going on…?”

“No. It’s just… I’m having some trouble with my business expansion plans… I guess I’ll have to take a different approach at this point.”

“I have a report…”

“Put it down there, uh… could you contact Ophelis Hall? At least, to the maid.”

When the store employee looked at her with a puzzled face, Lortel talked about the main topic.

“I’m leaving the Ophelis building. When I ask why I’m leaving… um… what should I say… tell me that I want to live in a more free-spirited environment.”

“…”

“Oh, that’s right. Also, please include a proposal.”

*

“I want to live in a more free-spirited environment.”

In short, isn’t it about going to camp?

Bell Maia, the chief maid of Ophelis House, felt her head pounding again.

I’ve been busy living the past few days, so I’ve been busy.

While taking care of the maid’s duties, she visited the camp whenever she had free time to help take care of Yenika’s illness.

It seems that Yenika’s condition is gradually improving, so I can afford it, but this time, Lortel is the trouble.

“Lady Lortel… Her lifestyle isn’t that fast, so she should always have someone by her side to wait on her… I don’t know if she really needs to go out of the Ophelis building and suffer.”

“I think so…”

The senior maid replied coolly.

Bell Maia was checking the cleaning status of the maids at Ophelis Hall before going to her afternoon routine.

One of the most important tasks of Ophelis Hall maids is to clean the interior facilities and private rooms perfectly and neatly while the resident students go to the faculty building and receive classes.

In the afternoon, the students whose classes would finish early would return, so I had to finish cleaning quickly.

For Belle Maia, who worked for quite a long time as a senior maid, it was quite an ordeal.

Most of the rooms are well-cleaned if you inspect them yourself, but if you go often, you’ll see quite a few rooms that have done really ridiculous things.

There are rooms where stains remain on the sheets, dust comes out when you shake the curtains, and even one leg of a chair is broken, but it is left unattended without knowing it.

The maids of Ophelis Hall always have to do their work perfectly. That’s why most maids don’t make this kind of mistake, but from time to time new maids do make this kind of mistake.

It could be the mistake of one or two people. However, when managing such a large dormitory every time and checking the cleaning status, similar mistakes are discovered every time.

I wonder if athletes who run directly out of frustration feel this way?

It’s not anything difficult. When washing the sheets, check them properly, check every nook and cranny of the dust, and check the condition of the furniture. Honestly, it takes less than 5 minutes.

They are busy maids. Bell Maia is also a person who has been working for a long time, so I understand the situation. Even so, I feel like these basic things should be checked properly.

However, if you wash the mop, wash the sheets, and shake the dust yourself, all the maids around you will turn upside down.

It’s not a very pleasant feeling to be embarrassed by the people around you, so I’ve been working only as a manager for a long time… but now my body is itching.

In particular, it feels like something has become clearer while taking care of Yenika this time.

After packing a clean cloth and simple food, I went to the hut, did some simple cleaning, and listened to the care for the bottle.

I don’t think about complicated things, and the thing I do best is so close, and I’m sick of my body doing such headache-inducing maintenance work all day long.

“Ah, that’s right… Chief Maid.”

“yes?”

“I-I have another message from Miss Lortel. I… I’m afraid to tell you…”

“Be careful… what else can I say…”

The senior maid who was inspecting the house together took out a neatly folded letter from her pocket and handed it to Bell Maia.

“I’ll find you an agent, so don’t you want to change jobs…”

“…yes?”

“I doubted my ears, too… but they say three gold flen coins as a first rate.”

For 20 gold flen coins, you could buy a whole fairly large wagon.

3 gold flan coins per day… It was an amount that could only be earned by a high-ranking member of the imperial family’s knights. It was treated almost like a knight commander.

Of course, Bell Maia is first-class as a maid, and she has accumulated a lot of experience, so her weight class has grown considerably. She is not only excellent as a maid, but also a person who deserves high praise whether as a personal assistant or as a person herself.

However, even taking that into consideration, this kind of treatment is unconventional and it is absurd.

“He wants you to become the personal maid of Lady Lortel… He wants you to manage the new villa.”

“…….”

“You say you don’t need to answer right away… Um… are you… quitting…?”

Bell Maia’s hand, which received the document, began to tremble.

All sorts of thoughts start to race through my head. Then, as if he had finally found some time to spare, Bell sighed and smiled.

“…but that’s right, I’ve been working at this Ophelis building for several years. I’ve always been a maid here since I was almost grown up…”

Even so, there was a time when I worked at the Ophelis Hall.

The experience and recognition that has been built there cannot be converted into monetary value.

However… A short phrase written in a corner of the document continues to tickle her eyes.

“…”

First class, 3 flen gold coins.

It’s not a salary, it’s not a weekly wage…

First class…. Plane gold coins… 3 coins…!!

With a relaxed face, she gently closed her eyes, but her pupils were already trembling endlessly.