EP.121 Be careful as the end approaches (3)
Aplia’s dean, Aaron.
Aaron has been an educator for a long time.
Although I am currently sitting in the heavy position of Aplia’s dean, I often wonder if I would be better suited to being an educator rather than this position.
Anyway, it is not an easy task.
When I was planning Aplia Academy, I never imagined that Aplia would become this big.
‘I was just trying to keep my promise.’
Aaron laughed bitterly.
Originally, Aplia was just an academy established by Aaron to keep the promise he made to his teacher when he was very young.
‘It certainly was.’
Where did it go wrong?
It was nice to get in touch with educators I knew… but when I even invited the famous Rosell, the situation became too big.
The best academy in the capital.
Flower of magic.
A cradle of talented wizards.
They are all just heavy names.
Still, if that’s the price you pay for recruiting good professors… it’s something you should be willing to endure.
‘Good professor, talented professor…’
Speaking of that, there is one person that comes to mind.
“······.”
Aaron opened his closed eyes.
When I open my eyes and look around the office, there is a guest who has already arrived. The customer standing blankly was the person Aaron had been picturing in his head just a moment ago.
A unique character.
A type of educator I have never seen before.
Looking at her, Aaron opened his mouth.
“so.”
In a voice that oozed fatigue, Aaron spoke words mixed with a sigh.
“What on earth is this? Professor Rania?”
Rania van Trias.
The young professor who came to my office and presented me with a plan blinked. Then he slowly tilts his head and answers.
“I wanted to create a memorable event before the end of the semester, so I tried planning it.”
It looks very naive.
Purity exudes from every gesture. It is the same as saying that it was an act done out of pure goodwill, without any hint of malice.
‘uh? Was I mistaken…?’
I have that thought inadvertently.
Aaron blinks and checks the plan in front of him again. The plan with dancing black letters is like a nightmare.
‘···No matter how I look at it, I don’t think I saw anything wrong.’
I was almost tempted, even for a moment.
Aaron shakes his head and comes to his senses.
“No, I mean this plan.”
Hidden inside that girl is a nightmare.
As Aaron, who is familiar with the rumors circulating within the university, he knows better than anyone else what kind of time the students who were lured by that seemingly harmless appearance spent.
-A task that has gone too far.
-It’s not the student’s level.
-There is a tendency to build a magic tower as a task.
-Please save me.
A letter written with a firm pen.
Thinking of the students’ tear marks left on the letterhead attached to the bulletin board, Aaron strengthens his resolve.
‘It stops here.’
Aplia’s nightmare.
‘I protect it.’
Students’ sleep time, the youth they deserve, and the minimum amount of leisure time…!
“Hmm.”
After taking a deep breath, Aaron slowly opened his mouth.
“Well, I guess this isn’t quite right…?”
Yes. I guess it’s a bit like that.
I don’t think this is right. Aaron usually listens to professors’ requests, but this is not the case.
“The end of the semester is approaching, but isn’t it just exam time? “It would be impossible to implement it before the exam period, but wouldn’t it be a psychological burden on students to do it after it ends?”
It’s my own intention to refuse.
After finishing speaking, Aaron glanced at Rania. She answered by tilting her head as if she didn’t understand what she was talking about.
“is that so? “I thought about it as a small event.”
···event? this?
Aaron looks at the things written on the paper.
“Having a ‘time to get used to the high concentration of mana’ with students near Harmain Forest. “Divide the stores according to the time period you last held…”
“Understanding the process of disassembling, analyzing, and reassembling circuits in extreme situations, providing stores in a quick order…”
「Understanding the strength of the basic spells in the body’s mana circulation and protection spells. If you survive one, you get 3 stores, if you survive two…”
Something like this…an event?
This is closer to ‘training’ than an event.
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‘That’s also training that only front-line knights would do.’
It means to use harsh language.
Until all the tears, snot, and maybe even blood are gone.
“Professor Rania? “Did you say this was an event?”
“yes? yes. It’s pretty good, isn’t it? There will also be a sense of competition. “It also helps with learning.”
The girl nods.
He spoke as if there was nothing strange about it. That voice is no different from usual. Things that are not obvious are being said as if they are very obvious.
‘···It feels new, but.’
It’s really new, but the way of thinking is truly different.
“Whoa…”
Aaron taps his forehead.
The sigh I let out was deep. As Aaron was sighing, Rania carefully opened her mouth.
“···Is that a bit like that?”
It’s a bit like that.
No, that’s a bit much.
Rather than reflexively replying like that, Aaron kept his mouth shut. This is because the girl’s face came into view.
Droopy eye corners.
Eyes turned downward.
It’s a face that looks somewhat glum.
He looks disappointed, but doesn’t show it. If she says she can’t, she will likely withdraw, resignedly thinking that she can’t help it.
“······.”
Looking at the girl’s sagging shoulders, I feel some kind of guilt. A corner of her heart tightens. There is a very subtle air current that is difficult to pinpoint.
“Um, um…”
Aaron groaned and lowered his gaze.
After seeing the girl’s reaction like that, even the seemingly bizarre plan seemed a little different.
‘···It’s a neat plan.’
Although the way of thinking is unique… the plan itself is very well written. The format is well maintained, and the rules are set out in detail.
‘It’s quite a well-thought-out plan.’
The direction is just a bit wrong, but it’s not bad. It seems like he thought about it deeply. At least, it didn’t seem like a plan created in a day or two.
A well-thought-out plan.
This event was planned with the best of our ability.
‘Is it right to reject it outright?’
Aaron let out a sigh.
“…Still, this looks good.”
No matter what, Aaron is a very stubborn person.
In the end, unable to reject them all, he pointed out the one moderate plan.
“I think I can allow this.”
“really?”
The girl smiles in response.
It’s a smile like a flower blooming. Looking at the girl smiling brightly, Aaron says, “Stop, heh, heh,” and smiles like an old man looking at his grandchild.
“Please do your best.”
“thank you.”
She bows her head in greeting and leaves the office. Aaron looked at the back of the girl until the moment the door was opened… and only after the door closed did she let out the breath she had been holding.
“······.”
There is silence in the lonely office.
···It must have been the right choice, right?
Aaron breaks into a cold sweat.
Only after the girl leaves does it occur to him that something is wrong. The determination I had made was already shattered. Aaron muttered while touching his forehead.
“You can’t ignore sincerity…”
It is a plan that has been put together with great care.
How can you cut it off with a single sword?
‘I’m not done yet either.’
This soft personality was the main reason why Aaron felt burdened by the position of dean.
Anyway, it wasn’t easy.
2.
After leaving the dean’s office, take a moment.
As I walked down the hallway, I mumbled without thinking.
“Of course, you shouldn’t make a plan in one day.”
Well, it’s strange that it happens.
It was a plan in which I wrote down everything that came to mind right away and organized it into a format. I can’t say I did my best with empty words. It was a rough plan created in one day.
‘You must have noticed that.’
After all, being a dean is not something everyone can do.
Inwardly admiring Dean Aaron’s insight, I flipped through the plan. It was only one of several items that received an approval signature.
‘Of all the events planned, this was the most bland.’
That’s a bit disappointing.
But has anything passed at all? Compared to the effort put into it, this was quite satisfactory.
‘If I fix it somehow, it might be okay.’
Just before the end of the semester.
It will be a pretty cool event to end the semester. I smiled contentedly.
‘I’m looking forward to it.’
I wanted to show it to my students as soon as possible.
It was a moment when I was walking with that thought in mind. Suddenly, someone’s figure caught my eye.
“Uhm…”
A male student sitting alone on a bench in the park, looking at his workbook with a frown on his face. A hatchet, which could be considered a symbol, is tied to his waist.
It was Lark from the combat magic department.
‘A strong student with a strong will.’
I absentmindedly lifted the plan.
I look at the planned event and Lark alternately.
‘···Clinical trials.’
It was a good opportunity.
I took a step and walked towards Lark.
3.
difficult. I don’t know the answer at all.
Lark was struggling with the workbook with a frown on his face. I have a vague idea of his solution, but his answers keep getting wrong. There seems to be an error in the calculation process… but I can’t find it easily.
“Whoa…”
Lark let out a short breath and tilted his head back.
The back of my neck caught on the backrest of the bench.
‘I feel dizzy.’
I am studying multiple subjects at the same time.
As a result, the calculations get mixed up in my head. It’s a mess. There is no way I can study properly because my mind is in chaos.
At least once, it was time to ventilate.
‘Should I at least climb the mountain behind it?’
As I was seriously thinking about this, I suddenly heard footsteps. Lark lifted his head again.
Step by step.
The approaching steps are light.
Lark looked to where the footsteps were coming from. There was a familiar person there.
‘···Professor Rania?’
Wavy gray hair.
The blue eyes revealed through the hair are looking at him. For some reason, Lark felt an eerie feeling in those eyes.
I flinch.
Lark was just about to raise his body to instinctively run away.
“lakh.”
A wild beast speaks the name of its prey. Lark’s body, designated as prey, becomes rigid.
chin.
Eventually, the beast comes right in front of you.
Lark looked at Professor Rania standing in front of him with trembling eyes. Her blue eyes were looking down at me.
“W-what’s going on? Professor Rania.”
“Let me do you a favor.”
“yes? “Please?”
She snapped her fingers.
“Do you want to wake up?”
“Yes, yes…”
Lark hesitated and stood up. Rania said, lightly tapping Lark on the shoulder.
“You know the mana shield spell?”
“···yes?”
Lark made a dumbfounded noise.
Of course, I know about the mana shield spell. However, the reason it sounded so stupid was because it was a very unexpected request.
“Do you want to harden that as hard as possible?”
“Uh, uhh…”
Although Lark was embarrassed, he did as he was told.
Eventually, a hardened protective shield appeared in front of Lark. Rania tapped it with the back of her hand and nodded.
“That’s enough.”
Then he spread out his three fingers.
“Okay, let’s go.”
“yes? “What, what are you talking about?”
“Now, follow me.”
He then folds his fingers one by one and speaks.
“One, two, three. iced coffee.”
“One, two, three···?”
This is the moment when Lark pronounces the number three.
She clenches her fists. Rolling her shoulders back she lightly stretched out in front of her.
Huh.
The tip of the fist touches the shield.
I heard the sound of something breaking. Lark’s eyes widen. Lark’s mana could not hold Rania’s fist for even a second.
‘ah.’
The fist is coming.
As time slows down, Lark has an intuition.
‘This is dangerous…’
I can clearly see a future where I get punched and my head falls back, or my nose bleeds profusely. This is the moment when Lark gets scared and tries to turn his head.
Pop.
The fist stopped right in front of my nose.
Lark’s bangs were shaken by the wind that hit him belatedly.
“Heo-eup…”
Lark swallows his breath too late and pulls his body back. Rania lowered her arms and tilted her head.
“hmm.”
She clenched and closed her fist repeatedly and then let it out.
“After all, this doesn’t work? “I’ll have to think of something else.”
···So, what on earth?
“Thanks for your help, Lark.”
She tapped Lark on the shoulder.
And then he turns around and heads somewhere. Looking at the back, Lark just blinked her eyes.
“···Uh, um.”
My mind became clearer.
I succeeded in ventilating in a way I had never thought of. Lark looked at the workbook with blank eyes.
“Ah, solved.”
The answer came quickly.
Lark tilted his head as he wrote down his answer. It felt like a storm had swept over me.
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