How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 67

lucy mayrill (4)

The air at night in winter is strangely different from that in spring and summer, and it does not have the characteristic wet feeling of the forest. The cold air entering the lungs is rather refreshing.

The sound of walking among the sabaksabak leaves tickles your ears. He straightened the rope wrapped around one of his shoulders. At first, I thought about making a crude ladder, but it seemed like it would take a day or two to make because the depth was going to be more than I thought. So she has prepared only a rope to ride down.

“Why are you following all these places?”

I was thinking that I was in a strange state today.

Lucy, who still clasps my sleeves and follows me, doesn’t seem to see any change right away just by looking at her expression or appearance.

After coming to the outskirts of the forest, you can see the hole that Lucy has drilled.

It was more like a physical bullet charge that couldn’t be called magic, and wrapped around a bunch of mana.

Thanks to that, the hole at the entrance is not that big. Since Lucy’s body itself was so small, there was a limit to her size no matter how much she compressed her mana.

I tied one end of the rope to a nearby tree and tossed the whole rope into the hole leading underground.

The well-curled rope unfolds and opens up a new path.

I yanked the rope a few times to check that it was firmly tied.

“I wish we could go down together with my magic.”

“Okay. I talked about it before I came, but since it’s not going to be a one-time descent, I’ll have to see if I can climb up and down the rope myself.”

It’s not like you can accompany Lucy every time you come to the library.

After telling Lucy to follow suit with moderate magic, I grabbed the rope and pushed myself into the hole.

Slowly slipping once in a while, it descends into the hole as if climbing a wall.

If I missed the line or broke it, I concentrated on supporting the inner wall with both arms as soon as possible. However, the rope itself is so strong that I don’t think that will happen.

It would have been okay to go there first with space-type magic, but it was so strange that Lucy dared to follow along on the ropes.

After going down for a while, I finally came to the main hall of the library.

There are few light sources in the dark library hall. I had to wait a long time for my eyes to complete dark adaptation.

Eventually, the aftermath of Lucy’s magical power can be seen collapsing here and there.

Most of them were buried in the marble that supported the inner wall… but there seemed to be quite a bit of magic engineering supplies and recipes that still looked fine.

There is no need to pick them up one by one because you want to take them all right away. Since the entrance to the secret lab was closed anyway, there is no one who can visit this library right now. Time is leisurely.

As it was, I headed toward the table in the center of the library.

I cleared the table and found a strange crack in the floor. Opening the gap, the keyhole came into view.

Lucy, who clenched her sleeves tightly and followed her, tilted her head.

“Why did you install a secret safe in a place like this and manage the key separately?”

“Okay.”

He took the key out of his pocket and inserted it into the hole. The key turns clockwise with a clanking sound, and the marble floor begins to slide aside.

– Hwaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

Wind pours in from inside.

The magical energy concentrated in the closed space was released at once as the space opened.

After enduring the shock and clearing my sights again… In the middle of a small underground space, I saw a golden magic engineering item. It was the size of a thumb.

*

“Heogee, heogee…”

Of course, there was no way the difference in stamina when going down and when going up was the same.

As I yanked the rope and kicked my feet toward the ground, sweat began to pour out profusely.

Lucy offered to help, but I refused. On the topic of checking if you can climb up and down with a rope, what’s the point if you don’t actually go up?

Thinking it was physical training, I pulled the rope and pulled myself up.

Far, far above, Lucy is hanging from a rope with one hand. Maybe it’s because it’s wearing all sorts of lightening magic, it feels like it’s hanging rather than hanging.

“If this is the case… it’s worth going up…”

The depth of the basement where the library is located is not that deep. The physical training that I had been steadily doing for the past year was not in vain, but I did not feel that I was overdoing it even though it took a little effort.

If you feel that you are getting tired while going up, hold onto the rope, lay down on the protruding part of the outer wall, and take a rest.

Even so, going through the rope every time seems a bit unreasonable. I will have to use a rope for a while, but I also feel the need to make or buy a proper ladder.

I think it’s about time to receive the materials for the magical engineering supplies that Lortel asked for… Can’t I get a moderately long ladder as a service?

I think about that, but… I don’t think they’ll give it away for free. No matter what you do, you are a merchant.

“We’re almost there. We’re out soon.”

“Yes… I know… Whoa…”

I wiped away the sweat once and took out a phoenix-shaped ring from my chest.

A golden phoenix ring forged with Aspect magic.

It must have been a masterpiece of life that Professor Glast had spent years creating.

“So what is it?”

Lucy’s voice is heard from far above. Lucy, who had reached the edge of the entrance, was waiting for me.

——————————————– [ Glast’s Golden Phoenix ring ]

Rating: Legend Number of uses: Unlimited Manufacturing difficulty: ●●●●◐ Transponder: Ed Rothyler A magical tool that twists the timeline and allows you to draw the magic granted to you from the future into the present.

The legendary magic item ‘Golden Phoenix Ring’ contains the power of Aspect magic and high-level temporal magic.

Temporarily increases the wearer’s magic power. Only once, you can use magic that consumes more than the amount of magic in your body.

When magic that requires more than the maximum amount of magic power is used, the use of magic power is suppressed for a long time in proportion to the amount of magic power exceeded.

Once magical suppression begins, the power of the ring cannot be used until the suppression is dispelled.

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“I think I know why they secretly kept these magic engineering supplies in the library and carried the key separately.”

I looked up at Lucy. Was it a matter of curiosity? Or are you still not interested?

As always, I can’t see the blank face well. The moonlight and the starry sky behind her create shadows on her face.

If you can use magic from your future self, in theory, you can use high-level magic right now.

However, if that happens, you will be incapacitated for a long time equal to the size of the borrowed magic power. If you use it prematurely, the cost will be huge.

After all, if you want to use it in battle, it’s like a special move that you have to make a last move when you’re cornered.

However, if you do not use it in battle, the story is different.

If it’s a structure that uses mana that exceeds the limit once to strengthen my own specs and slowly pays back the magic used there… it could be rather beneficial.

For example, it is a spirit contract.

This is the part where you can understand how Professor Glast, who has relatively little ability to respond to spirits, managed to deal with so many spirits.

The core of spirit sensitivity/spirit comprehension is ultimately ‘magical efficiency’.

It is a measure of how efficiently the mana used in spirit world magic is utilized.

After all, if the absolute amount of innate horse power is small, high sensitivity does not have much meaning.

Because Jenika has a high amount of magical energy and high sensitivity, the two of them can create synergy and handle such an absurd number of spirits. It is a blessed constitution.

The main reason why novice spiritists cannot contract with high-ranking spirits is the lack of absolute magic power in their bodies. No matter how much you increase the spirit sensitivity and increase the magic efficiency, the absolute amount of mana is not enough.

In other words, if you use the power of the ring well, you can minimize the entry barrier.

If the power of this magic tool temporarily draws future magic power and ends the contract somehow… the rest of the magical power that has been paid for will be restored slowly.

It’s a simple and violent calculation, but if you give up using magic for a month or two, you can immediately sign a contract with a high-ranking spirit. Of course, having the title of a wizard and not being able to use a single basic magic for a month or two is a huge risk. I’m going to throw all my practical class grades on the floor right now.

But, luckily, it’s winter break soon. It is a period of relatively low risk.

To put it bluntly, this is a mana turn block. In other words, it is the act of using magic by borrowing money from your future self.

However, when everyone is blocked by the wall of maximum magical power and cannot sign a contract with a high-ranking spirit… Being able to break through that wall alone is an overwhelming comparative advantage.

When everyone else buys a house with cash, if I say it feels like buying a house with an interest-free loan by myself… is it too poor a metaphor?

After all, it is the power of Aspect Magic that twists and breaks the flow of time. It is self-evident that it is something that no one can do.

A treasure among treasures that can be used as a last resort in case of an emergency and as a means to enhance specs in normal times.

Even if you search all over the library, you won’t find anything more valuable than this.

“This ring is a magic tool that allows you to exert more power than your natural magical power. Of course, there is a risk, so you can’t use it recklessly.”

From the beginning, the clogged professor’s move had a clear purpose.

“I’ve been told that it’s a sin to promote obscure talents, that it’s my mission to excavate and polish the raw stones of innate talent… but I’ve been making these things with my back pocket.”

I wondered why there were so many magic engineering supplies production ceremonies in this library… and they were all research materials.

Perhaps the key in the dying Glast’s arms… was supposed to go to Murrie, not to me.

The last gift given to a daughter who eventually met her death by hitting the wall of talent. If you think so, the Eolchu puzzle is correct.

However, in the end, the ring did not reach its owner. To some extent, he expected that Glast himself would be like that more than anyone else.

“If I had the time to make something like that, I’d rather…”

“Let’s not talk about meaningless things, Lucy.”

I cut off Lucy.

“It’s all past.”

*

“You know me. A long time ago, a button on the sleeve of a dress fell off.”

It’s damn hard.

I had no idea that climbing a wall while holding a rope would be this hard.

In fact, when I imagined it alone in my head, I thought it would be worth it, but I think I need to find a ladder really quickly.

“This button right here at the end of the sleeve. I didn’t know it when it existed. Because it didn’t exist, the sleeves became too wide and uncomfortable. So I suffered for a long time.”

Still, this uphill is almost at an end.

To be honest, I thought about whether I should just tell Lucy to upload it from the middle, but after I almost arrived, there was an error, so I ended up coming to the end.

.

It’s very strange for Lucy who talks about it from the top. Was he really that talkative?

“I see.”

“I got better because the maid at Ophelis House repaired it. Since then, I’ve been careful not to rub my sleeves even when using floating magic.”

Lucy sits blankly on top and looks up at the sky for no reason. A star that flashes through the clouds and lights his face flies into Lucy’s eyes.

“I often experience that after it’s gone, I realize how important it was.. What I thought was no big deal was actually very, very great.”

“It’s a surprisingly common story. Doesn’t it often come up as a lesson in a fairy tale book?”

“huh.”

It’s not a big deal, in fact, it’s a big deal.

We eat a few meals together, sit next to each other blankly, exchange a few words of fruitless conversation from time to time, exchange hellos once, run into each other a few times while passing by, and go out to play when bored.

A daily life shared with someone is a collection of such insignificant things.

A relationship that develops through a wonderful opportunity is something that can only be established in a drama.

There are crises and adversity, overcome with determination, save someone from the abyss, or be saved.

The establishment of a beautiful and splendid relationship can certainly be said to be romantic, but it cannot be said to be realistic.

It’s not a matter of right or wrong. However, I do think that it might be more suitable for Taylor than me.

heroic deed. protagonist’s life. trials of the world. Friendship, hard work and victory. The human relationships that bloom in it.

However, for those who live an ordinary life, the act of building a relationship with someone is not such a flashy and dazzling thing.

It’s more colorless than I thought. However, I can’t put priority on it.

Roses that bloom splendidly and lilies that bear modestly are both beautiful. We do not necessarily place superiority or inferiority on its value.

Realizing that fact, Lucy must have felt when she lost her Glockt… I didn’t carelessly guess.

“Actually, I came along because I wanted to ask you something.”

Now, if you spur the wall a few more times and climb it, you are on the ground. I could already feel the fresh air outside.

“Are you going to Dex?”

A question that comes through.

I raised my head and looked up to see Lucy sitting at the entrance.

Do you enter the Dex building or continue your camp life?

The scales remain neutral.

If you enter the Dex building, life will become easier. You may abandon all the principles of wild life to which you have already adapted. They move strictly according to the academic schedule and live while concentrating on their studies within limited freedom.

If you maintain the camp life, the radius of activity is relatively widened, and there are no time restrictions. It is a good environment to train physical strength and crafting skills, and there are almost no time constraints. However, although they have adapted to some extent now… The living environment in the wild is still poor.

It may be possible to improve the camp environment by investing a long time, but they are all products of hard work. I’m sure I’ll be busier, but I wonder if that’s possible.

No matter which one you choose, there are always advantages and disadvantages, and if the scales do not tip to one side in the end… In the end, it is the last very small weight that determines the choice.

No matter how insignificant and small it is, if the weight is focused in that direction… a person chooses that direction.

“Can’t I go?”

These are the words that came out of Lucy’s mouth.

I can’t help but doubt my ears.

However, it’s not that I don’t understand it again… I fully understood Lucy’s expression when she looked up.

“Entering the Dex building… It’s probably more comfortable to live in. It’s crazy to live a wild life in this cold winter.”

After talking that far, I was so out of breath that I felt like I had to go upstairs.

I squeezed my strength into the hand pulling the rope.

Lucy, who had been listening to the story, looked up at the sky.

Although the occasional starry sky is visible, the vast majority of the sky is occupied by tracked dark clouds.

“I guess so.”

As if he had given up on something soon, or as if any lines he harbored within him had been severed.

As always, his expression was motionless, but it was surprising that he seemed intimidated.

It is a sky full of dark clouds that I have seen many times.

Lucy fixed her hat and whispered.

“It’s going to rain.”

I was dumbfounded by that and replied.

“no.”

“…?”

“It’s not the right time.”

Soon after, I came up to the ground and lay down on the dirt floor.

Breathing out, I looked up at the sky, and a single snow fell and formed on the bridge of my nose. If you think about the time, it was the first snow.

By this time, the rainy season had passed. That’s why it’s so cold.

Lucy tends to notice when it’s going to rain like a ghost by measuring the dark clouds in the sky and the moisture she feels on the bridge of her nose… but there is no law that it will always match.

We cannot be sure that what falls from the sky is only tracked rainwater.

However, after spending a long rainy season, you inadvertently think that it will rain. Even though the rainy season has passed, they are so mistaken because of the learned senses.

The number of slowly falling snowflakes increases little by little.

The tracked rain water is unpleasant and feels eerie, but the snow that falls at the right time gives a warm feeling.

You can talk non-romantic about the heat of coagulation that occurs when moisture in the air hardens, but… Actually, it’s a problem before that.

The rainwater hitting the body in pursuit and the snowflakes calmly falling as if enveloping the world are clearly different to anyone’s eyes.

“by the way.”

I spoke quietly to Lucy, who was looking up blankly.

“I have so much work to do these days that I haven’t been able to secure enough firewood for the winter.”

At those words, Lucy suddenly turned her head and stared at me.

“I don’t think I can handle it alone, but if you have time, help me.

“really?”

– Woe!

– Knock!

He climbed on top of my stomach, which was lying sprawled on the dirt floor, and sticks out his face while fixing his hat.

“Really? Really? Really?”

“Since you’ve already fully adapted to camp life… If you improve the environment a little more, there are many advantages to living in a camp.”

“…”

At that, Lucy lifted her upper body again and looked at the snowy sky.

I couldn’t believe my eyes

I couldn’t see it in any scene or route… Lucy’s lips were raised as if showing off… I had no choice but to be dumbfounded.

The post-processing of the second act is over, and now it is the third act where the scale of the ordeal is getting bigger.

When I close my eyes, the things that come to mind are one truck.

Fenia, the Princess of Charity who is disillusioned with the corrupt academic supervision department and tries to reclaim her academic power as the student president, and Lortel, who is trying to earn money by encroaching on the academic interests in earnest, are all formidable.

From the distrustful Saint Clarisse who wants the destruction of the Church of Telos to Claude, the disastrous alchemist who drinks the blood of evil spirits and becomes corrupted… Each one is a formidable opponent, but in the end it is that girl who stands at the end of this stage, not anyone else. .

The final boss of Act 3, ‘The Awakened One’ is Lucy Mayrill.

Let’s say hello again after all the stories are over.

Surely, both of us will be alive and well.

*

– percussion

The papers laid on the table are thick. There are not one or two items on the agenda that need to be dealt with within this week.

“Ehh…”

Assistant Professor Claire sipped coffee in her private lab.

Master’s empty seat is bigger than expected. It’s just a mystery how he managed to do research on seals while dealing with such heavy workload.

However, most of the work has been completed. If the conference agenda is handled well, the only thing left is the placement test for freshmen during vacation.

All notices have already been written. All freshman addresses have been issued, so they will flock to Aken Island to take the exam during the winter break.

I was worried about the content of the test. Like last year, I thought I would just ask them to find a marble, but if the test content is too similar, sophomores may leak the content. I think this part needs a bit more thought.

“Ummm~, no matter how much… as expected, there are not enough workers.”

Assistant Professor Claire scratched her head and sighed.

“As expected… I need to ask for more staff among the undergraduate scholarship students. I think the undergraduate side will take care of this much, right? Somehow these days… I have an image of being the youngest professor with a lot of work… I feel like everyone listens to my request. Because…”

I know that’s not a very nice phenomenon, but it was mustard eating while crying.

Anyway, assistant Anis, who takes care of the work right away, is also neat, so… The rest is just a student who can take care of simple supervision.

Praying for a smart student to come, Assistant Professor Claire went back into the swamp of overwork.