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Everyone looked at Tina with shocked faces.
Tina yawned and scratched her left calf with the tip of her right foot.
Tina, with her hands stuck in her gown pockets and an unmotivated expression on her face, was definitely different from an ordinary elf.
“You seem like a strange person?”
Carl whispered to Leo.
“He’s definitely a weirdo.”
Leo rested his chin and spoke calmly.
“For something like that, you don’t seem that surprised?”
Leo chuckled at Carl’s question.
“I’ve seen so many strange elves.”
“but. “Runia and Eiran are also far from the typical elf image.”
“What is your general image of an elf?”
“hmm… … Luna, the progenitor of the nebula? Do you feel like you are benevolent and seek harmony? What can I say? “It’s also neat.”
“… … .”
Leo made a strange expression.
Charity, harmony, and neatness.
‘These are the epithets that don’t suit Luna the most. When will his true nature be revealed to the world?’
“Anyway, why did someone from the Tingel family come to Rumern as a visiting professor?”
Chloe tilted her head and expressed doubt.
Tingel family.
The family of Seilun, the wizard of the comet.
They are not simply chosen as the best among elves, but also among other races, and are considered the strongest family among magic heroes across all races.
It was surprising that such a person from Tingel came to Rumern, rather than Seirun, as a visiting professor.
Even more recently, Seirun and Rumern.
To be exact, the human magic world and the elven magic world are not on very good terms thanks to the ‘Introduction to Star Magic’ thesis published by Ren.
It was certainly unexpected that Len, the author of the paper, invited Professor Tina.
At Chloe’s words, Karl also crossed his arms and was deep in thought.
“I guess there are a few students who are curious about my coming to Lumern as a visiting professor.”
A few students looked awkward at Tina’s words.
Tina said calmly, looking at the students.
“Don’t think it’s that strange. “I am a direct descendant of the Tingel family.”
The students’ gazes became even more strange at Tina’s words.
I couldn’t understand why he came to Rumern as a visiting professor, especially if he was a direct relative.
“That’s it.”
But Abad nodded as if he understood.
“What is it, brother?”
Next to me, Chelsea tilted her head as if she was curious.
“If you are a direct descendant of the Tingel family, you must be famous. “By the way, have you ever heard of the name Tina Tingel?”
Chelsea, who was worried, shook her head as she looked at Abad asking with his signature soft smile.
Her unique light blue hair was flowing.
“Isn’t there a reason why my name as a direct descendant is not known? “Moreover, if Professor Ren said that he is the most capable person in magical and artificial engineering, he must be a very capable person.”
“ah.”
Chelsea let out an exclamation as if she had realized this.
All of the Lumern students also began to realize the hidden meaning behind Tina’s words.
Tina nodded, looking at that.
“The Lumern kids are smart. “I talked about it roughly like a riddle, but when I saw that it reached a result.”
“Heh, I taught you to develop a broad mindset as a wizard. “Inference is the most important element in magic theory.”
“Professor Ren. “I don’t think now is the time to brag.”
Anna sighed deeply, but Tina nodded as if she didn’t care.
“It certainly seems like that. “Children these days are so accustomed to invocation formulas that they tend to be weak at reasoning.”
Tina looked straight at the Lumern students with bored golden eyes.
“It’s just as you expected. I am a member of the Tingel family, but external activities are not tolerated. “You can’t even be active in magic circles.”
The students began to notice each other.
Tina said, not caring about the students’ reactions.
“I am naturally incapable of using magical power. In other words, I am not a wizard as a user.”
“Tina definitely can’t use magic. But I have no doubt whatsoever that this man is a wizard.”
Ren grinned.
“As for Tina, she wrote a great magic thesis on all kinds of magic and artificial engineering! A representative example is the creation of the [Human Body Magic Activation Imprinting Technique]! “This magic technique was a great help in [Introduction to Star Magic]!”
Chloe’s eyes widened at Ren’s explanation.
“[The imprinting technique for activating human magic] is a thesis written by a wizard named Depo.”
“Defoy is my alias.”
Chloe didn’t know what to do.
“Why is he like this all of a sudden?”
“oh my god! It’s Depoi! Defoy! “What should I do?”
Karl made a puzzled expression as he looked at Chloe with a blush on her cheeks like a girl in love.
“He’s the author of many magic treatises that Chloe likes.”
“ah.”
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Carl nodded at Leo’s answer.
“One of your representative books was [An Examination of the Philosophical Reasons for Why Ice Wizards Should Learn Ice Magic], right?”
“that’s right.”
“What is the title of the book? Just hearing it makes me feel strange and troublesome.”
Carl made a shocked expression.
In fact, most of the magic books Chloe read were difficult for Carl.
It is a difficult book not only for swords but also for more than half of second-year magic students.
Chloe wasn’t the only one who got excited when she heard the word Depo.
Some students reacted excitedly.
“Professor Ren.”
“Something, student Carl.”
“How did you get to know the person who operates under a pseudonym?”
Ren laughed as he looked at Carl raising his hand and asking.
“For a long time, I was impressed by Tina’s magic treatise and always wanted to meet her. However, since I could never see his face in academia, I wrote a letter with sincerity.”
Ren’s passion for magic was already famous among students.
Chloe was impressed after hearing Ren’s words.
“I guess Tina was impressed by your sincerity!”
“no. “Because you keep ignoring the letters, Professor Ren even tried to use a tracking spell on them.”
Tina looked at Ren with an expressionless face.
“I thought that if I stayed still, they would really find my location and attack me, so I met them obediently. “When I met him and talked to him in person, he seemed like an interesting person, so I accepted the invitation.”
Everyone looked at Ren with strange eyes.
Anna held her head and shook her head.
Tina said while all the students made strange expressions.
“At the invitation of Professor Ren, I will be staying in Lumern for a while. And I’m going to teach you about ‘magical android technology’. “Your exam task is to create a familiar.”
Tina walked to the center of the classroom.
“Who wants to make a presentation about familiars?”
At those words, several students raised their hands.
Tina looked around at the students with an expressionless face and pointed at Emio, who was sitting in the very back seat.
“there. you.”
“My name is Emio Luchan.”
Emio, who was ranked 5th in the 2nd year magic department, stood up.
“okay. “Let me explain about familiars.”
“A familiar is a traditional wizard’s assistant. “It is a being that receives the magic power of a wizard and helps in battle.”
“that’s right.”
“But now it is a field that has almost reached the commercial stage.”
Emio continued without finishing his sentence.
Most of the magic students nodded in agreement with those words.
“The origin of familiars lies in the summoning skills of summoners. To put it bluntly, familiars are also included in the concept of summoned beasts in a broad sense. However, wizards cannot make contracts with spirits and phantom beasts. Therefore, familiars are basically summoned beasts that are far below the level of spirits and phantom beasts.”
Many students looked slightly embarrassed at Emio’s words.
Because I expected his next words.
“So I can’t hide my doubts about the fact that this midterm exam assignment is a familiar. “I would like to hear Professor Ren explain why it is a familiar.”
Ren grinned at Emio’s dissatisfied words.
“I completely understand what student Emio said. “The familiar is definitely going out of business.”
Ren nodded.
“Before, we used familiars to buy us a little time to activate magic. However, as time passed and magic techniques advanced, the magic activation time also gradually decreased. In recent decades, there have been research results showing that using attack magic is advantageous in battle due to the magical power required to use a familiar. The scope of use of familiars was limited to guardianship or communication. “That was the trend in the magic world, and I thought so too.”
Ren smiled meaningfully.
“But after seeing Tina’s lab, the story changed a little. “I have a feeling that it won’t be long before familiars become the mainstream of magical academia again.”
Familiar have been pushed out of mainstream magic hundreds of years ago.
The students’ eyes widened when they heard that such a familiar might become mainstream again.
“Invited professor Tina will explain that to you!”
At Ren’s words, Tina scratched her butt and said.
“Emio… … Did you say that? “You come from a military family, right?”
“Don’t you know when you hear the name Luchan family?”
“huh. I don’t know. In that sense, I am Tingel, even if it is only in name. There is no need to remember the names of other families, especially those of other races.”
Emio’s face distorted slightly as he saw Tina speaking clearly.
“Military wizards like things that are unnecessarily practical. There is also a strong tendency to say that the latest magic trend is the best. There is also a strong tendency to prioritize combat over research. Well, I understand because I’m a soldier.”
Tina said calmly.
“good. Then, you will realize how useful your familiar is in actual combat.”
Tina pointed outward.
“Shall we go out?”
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A magic laboratory in the magic classroom.
Tina was standing in the middle of it all.
Emio asked while looking at Tina.
“Shall I fight?”
Tina made a sad expression at those provocative words.
“No, it would be nice to have a student who can use a variety of attacks.”
Tina smiled for the first time.
“For example, all class.”
At those words, everyone’s eyes turned to Leo.
Leo stood in the middle of the magic laboratory.
“If it’s okay with me.”
“huh.”
Tina looked at Leo with interested eyes.
My eyes, which had been dull until now, became alive.
Leo looked at those eyes and thought of Luna.
‘That’s the look in your eyes when you first saw me.’
His eyes were full of curiosity as he said it was his first time seeing All Class.
Remembering those eyes, Leo waited for Tina to summon her familiar.
After a while.
Tina stretched out her hand.
Smulsmul- Smul-puk-!
Blue liquid flowed from Tina’s upper body and fell to the floor.
And then it started to come together.
The students who saw that looked bewildered.
“what? “It’s slime, right?”
“Are you trying to fight Leo with slime?”
“I thought it was some kind of unusual familiar.”
Slime.
It was an artificial life form created through alchemy and was one of the most common familiars of wizards.
A voice filled with disappointment here and there.
But when Leo saw the slime, he narrowed his eyes.
‘What is this modified slime?’
Leo quickly counted the number of magic formulas contained in the slime’s core.
‘What is the source of magical power that can activate such a magic spell at once?’
There are at most five magic techniques used on slime.
However, there were about a hundred different magic techniques used in this slime.
It was time for Leo to look at his familiar with interest.
Smulsmul-
The slime began to come together and soon took on one form.
Leo saw that and narrowed his eyes.
‘Elf?’
The person who took the form was an elf wizard around Leo’s age.
At that time, Chloe looked surprised.
“Comet Wizard?”
At those words, Leo narrowed his eyes and looked at the slime.
‘They look the same.’
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