Episode 122
‘no. ‘You can’t judge a person based on things like this.’
Having a slightly twisted sense of humor was only a minor drawback at this magic school.
Lee Han decided to focus on the positive strengths of the professor in front of him.
“It was really fun. “It felt as refreshing as a cool breeze to me who was tired from school life…”
Asan, who had finished solving the problem the second time, got up and approached, but stopped when he heard Lee Han’s words.
‘What was fun about it?’
No matter how much I thought about it, there was absolutely nothing interesting about this test.
“hello. professor. “I am said to be Asan of the Dalkad family.”
Professor Alpen, who discovered Asan, took out his pocket watch, checked the time, and said.
“hmm. “I still have something to say to the students with excellent grades… Please follow me.”
Asan made a shocked expression.
I had gained some time by finishing the exam, but I didn’t want to waste it talking to the professor again.
“I will.”
Of course, it wasn’t Lee Han. Lee Han answered without giving Asan a chance to make an excuse.
Asan quenched his appetite with regret and took a step forward.
“Now that I think about it, Asan. “How did you solve the last problem?”
“I couldn’t come up with an answer, so I wrote it down to substitute from 0, and luckily… What about you, Wardanaz?”
Asan looked at Lee Han with an expression that said, ‘Of course Wardanaz solved it like me, right?’
Lee Han nodded.
“Of course, I solved it that way too.”
Lee Han decided that if other friends asked him, he would answer like that.
He didn’t want to seem like he understood the skeleton principal too well.
* * *
Professor Alpen’s room was quite old-fashioned.
The books were shelved without a speck of dust and all the objects in the room were in their proper place.
“Sit down.”
When the two students sat down, Professor Alpen waved his cane and filled their teacups with tea.
“These two students are outstanding enough to take first and second place in this exam.”
“thank you.”
“Actually, one of my friends is planning to visit the school next week. “He is a friend I made when I was working as an imperial administrator…”
Lee Han, who had been listening quietly, opened his eyes.
If you made friends while working as an imperial administrator, there was a high possibility that they were also former high-ranking imperial officials.
“…When he visited, he wanted to see the skills of the students I was teaching. So, I would like to leave it to you to create a simple magic circle. “It won’t be that difficult, as I said in class.”
Lee Han was delighted and Asan was disgusted.
Why do I have to do additional homework because I am disappointed?
It’s not that my grades are lacking!
‘I guess I can do this.’
Lee Han nodded when he saw Asan’s disliked reaction.
Lee Han has good grades, and more than anything, Asan doesn’t want to do it.
It was a perfect opportunity.
“I think it would be good if Dalkad-kun takes charge of it.”
“…?!”
Lee Han was surprised.
why?!
“My… me? Wouldn’t it be better for Wardanaz to take charge?”
Asan trailed off as if he was unsure.
My skills were limited and I didn’t really want to take on such additional tasks.
Lee Han internally cheered for Asan.
‘cheer up. Asan!’
“Well, isn’t Wardanaz-kun in charge of too many things right now?”
“……”
“……”
Both Lee Han and Asan were speechless.
That’s right!
“From what I heard, he was so passionately focused on his studies that he was taking time to learn from other professors. “You can’t disturb a student like that, right?”
“…All right. I will do it…”
Asan spoke in a sullen voice.
Asan also had a conscience.
A student from the Blue Dragon Tower would not have been able to say to Lee Han, who was so busy and having such a hard time, ‘But you can take charge of it!’
“no. professor. “I will also help Asan.”
“Is that okay?”
“yes.”
“Wardanaz…!”
Asan was so moved that dew formed around his eyes.
I can’t believe I’ll help you with this boring, uninteresting, and tiresome task just for the sake of friendship.
Ssuk suk-
Asan wiped his tears with his sleeve. After she entered this school, she felt like she was crying a lot more.
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“thanks. Wodanaz.”
“It’s no big deal. Asan.”
Lee Han thought to himself as he patted Ah San on the shoulder.
‘I will definitely catch your eye.’
No matter who Professor Alpen’s friend is, he will definitely catch his eye!
After hearing a brief explanation, the two students said goodbye and left the room.
Professor Alpen, who was left alone in the room, muttered regretfully.
“It’s a shame. Originally, I wanted to recommend Wardanaz…”
In terms of talent and ability alone, the boy from the Wardanaz family was a talent that I would later recommend to imperial administrators.
Excellent brain and strong passion for academics.
He will definitely become a good official of the empire.
but…
‘It is right to let such outstanding talent focus on academics, not government positions.’
Professor Alpen also knew it well.
Moderately outstanding brains were suitable for imperial official positions, but truly outstanding brains had to be devoted to academics for the future of the empire.
The reason why Professor Alpen, who had worked in public office for a long time, came to this school was to nurture the future of the empire.
As a former bureaucrat, it was disappointing, but as an educator, it was a happy event.
‘I will help you as much as I can. Concentrate on your studies. Wardanaz County.’
* * *
thursday.
Lee Han, who was walking to take an alchemy class, noticed that the students’ faces were tired.
“What time did you all leave the classroom yesterday?”
“After midnight… the spell didn’t work.”
“……”
“What on earth was the correct answer to the last question?”
Yoner still looked like he didn’t understand.
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with a correct answer other than 720 coins.
“…0 coins.”
“huh?”
“0 coins.”
“why?”
“That… I mean…”
Even though Lee Han did not pose a problem, he explained carefully while observing Yoner’s feelings.
A flame similar to that used to smelt metal bloomed in Yoner’s eyes.
“porridge…! …okay. That was it. okay.”
Yoner barely calmed down.
I couldn’t bear it if this school got angry over every single thing like this.
Spread-
“?”
Lee Han turned his head.
A princess passing by was tearing up a piece of paper with various formulas and numbers written on it with an expressionless face.
Since I couldn’t solve it yesterday, it seemed like I kept solving it until today.
“…I feel sorry for no reason.”
“why. It’s not your fault. “Don’t do that for no reason.”
Yoner comforted Ihan. The girl from the Makin family opened her mouth to change the subject.
“I heard you made a moon card and a magic circle?”
“huh.”
“…Isn’t it better to just leave Moon Card alone?”
“Hey… Makin…”
Asan, who was passing by, looked at Yoner with disappointment.
Of course, what Yoner said was not wrong.
Even other top students seemed to agree and helped Joner.
“Isn’t it better to do it alone?”
“Moon card. “You have to be considerate of Wardanaz.”
“……”
Asan looked at Lee Han as if asking for help. Lee Han nodded his head and answered.
“I decided because I wanted to help, so you don’t have to worry.”
“Then I can’t help it, but…”
“Can’t I ask the prince for help? “You seem to have plenty of time.”
Bang bang bang-
A thunderous professor entered the classroom and made the sound of banging on a pot.
“Nice to meet you all. Everyone knows what we’re going to do today without me having to explain it, right?”
The students’ faces became pouty.
Even if we were taking the same paper test, Professor Thunderstruck had a knack for making it a little more obnoxious.
The thunderous professor must have sensed the students’ gaze and laughed.
“ruler. “Please stand in line and come in one by one.”
“?”
Students were excited about the test being different from what they expected.
I thought it would be a test where everyone would make potions using a pot in the classroom like they usually do…?
“Why are you doing that? “I told everyone to line up and come in.”
“……”
The students lined up, looking at the thunderous professor with very suspicious eyes.
I had no idea what was inside the classroom door.
“What on earth is there?”
“Isn’t there a monster?”
“It’s an alchemy class?”
“Then what class was it that the crazy monster attacked on the first day?”
“…That was also an alchemy class. shit. “There might be monsters.”
The students quickly gathered their resolve and held on to their canes.
Now that things were like this, it felt like there was a really high possibility that a monster would appear.
‘Surely monsters won’t appear… right?’
Lee Han did not give up any hope and handed out snacks to his friends.
“what’s this?”
“Beer candy. “If you don’t have enough horsepower, eat it.”
The friends nodded with solemn expressions and took beer candy.
It was a necessary item as we did not know how much magic power would be needed when dealing with monsters.
“Wardanaz. “Come in.”
Lee Han opened the door and went inside.
Fortunately, the monster did not attack, but Lee Han did not let down his guard.
“…You can take your hands off the waistband.”
Thunderstruck looked at Lee Han as if he was dumbfounded.
Of course, doubting was a good habit, but what is the point of taking an alchemy test and being ready to draw your sword at any time?
Are you here for the swordsmanship test?
“professor. “I trust you, professor.”
“I think I said this last time, but people who really believe don’t say things like that. ruler. Look at the pot and look at the ingredients next to it.”
Lee Han checked the pot.
And I checked the ingredients placed next to me. These were all ingredients I had never seen before.
“I saw it.”
“Then, try making this potion using only the ingredients in the room.”
“?”
Lee Han paused when he saw the fluttering potion contained in the glass bottle shaken by the thunderous professor.
It was a potion I had never seen before.
“Is this the potion you taught me in class?”
“no.”
“Can you tell me what kind of potion it is?”
“no.”
“……”
Thunderstruck smiled brightly as if he was really enjoying the current situation.
Excellent alchemists were good at improvising.
Even with ingredients you have never seen before, you can make a potion similar to a potion whose identity you do not know.
This was possible because I was able to quickly understand the properties of the materials and keep in mind the effects that those properties cause.
Of course, Professor Thunderstruck also did not expect the freshmen to create the perfect potion.
How many of the potion’s characteristics can you notice and create as close to it as possible?
That was the core of this test.
“ruler. Better move quickly, right? “Time is not infinite.”
“Hmm.”
Lee Han seemed to be thinking deeply about something.
When Lee Han, who was one of the best students taking the alchemy lecture, did not move and continued to worry, the thunderous professor became puzzled.
‘What are you worrying about?’
Even if I quickly grasped the properties of the ingredients and the properties of the potion, it wasn’t enough, so I couldn’t believe I was just worrying like that.
I didn’t understand.
“professor.”
“Why are you doing that?”
“Can I use whatever materials are in the room?”
“Are you going to use whatever ingredients you have?”
The thunderous professor snorted.
I don’t know what kind of material they had to say such things, but there was a high possibility that it wouldn’t be of much use.
If you were really lucky and had useful materials, Professor Thunder Gait was going to acknowledge you.
If you’re that lucky, you can do anything!
“Do whatever you want.”
“All right.”
Lee Han rushed forward like lightning and snatched the potion from his hand.
Thunder was so embarrassed by the sudden attack that he stayed still and came to his senses late.
“…hey!!!”
