Episode 182
Just as the saying goes that the bird that sings the most beautiful song dies the fastest, it was quite common for a wizard with outstanding talent to live a short life.
An untalented wizard will not be greedier than necessary, but a talented wizard will be as greedy as his or her talent.
The science of magic was like the sun.
The sun will burn you if you get too close.
‘Is there anyone who can tell me?’
Delet bit his lip.
The evil professors at this magic school were only interested in their own fields.
When a new student with exceptional talent appears, they just say, ‘You need to learn this magic!’, and they don’t care if that new student is learning other magic.
Then, by the time the innocent freshman came to his senses, it was already too late.
You will be dragged into a magical hell from which you cannot escape.
‘I can withstand a weirdo like Professor Garcia or something like that…!’
Moreover, since the midterm exam period has just ended, I think I will learn more about other areas of magic during the remaining period.
Someone had to tell me.
just now!
“Junior!”
Direth strengthened his resolve and shouted.
“be careful! “You are now being deceived by professors…”
“???”
Lee Han suddenly turned his head in confusion at the shout coming from behind him.
Pot!
But when I turned around, there was no one there.
“……”
“Bang, what just happened?”
“I don’t know, but it looks ominous.”
Lee Han frowned at the familiarity of the faintly felt magical power in the empty hallway.
‘This seems to be the skeleton principal’s magic power…’
no way?
* * *
With a bubbling sound, the color of the potion in the pot slowly began to change to lead color.
Lee Han carefully turned off the light.
Now only the final step of <Vitality Bone Regeneration Potion> remains.
‘All I have to do is add freshly picked thistle flowers.’
“Why am I blue? “Why am I blue?”
“This… doesn’t this look like lead? Doesn’t it look like the color of lead?”
Leaving aside his friends who were denying reality everywhere, Lee Han exchanged glances with Yoner.
Let’s go pick thistle flowers!
“Now tomorrow, the exam will be over.”
Yoner nodded at Lee Han’s words.
Even though it was only a week, it felt like weeks had passed.
I have to do this one more time…
“It was really hard.”
“okay. me too.”
“……”
Yoner had to hold back the words, ‘Didn’t you dig your own grave?’
I would have done it if the opponent had been Gai Nando, but it was Lee Han.
This friend was already difficult enough.
“Did you do well on all the tests?”
“so so.”
“huh?”
Yoner was puzzled by Ihan’s words.
There were many first-year students who studied well, but Lee Han was the most outstanding among them.
Usually, if you are good at lecture A, you will be bad at lecture B, and if you are good at lecture B, you will be bad at lecture C, etc…
Lee Han was perfect, as if he had no such weaknesses.
But you managed to see it?
“Did you make a mistake in black magic? “How did you get your score?”
“no. “I got a perfect score.”
“Then what about summoning magic?”
“no.”
“…Illusion magic?”
“Illusion magic is also perfect… hmmm. Now that I think about it, I saw it well. sorry. Joner. “Habitually.”
For the first time, Yoner almost got angry at Ihan.
“What’s going on?”
Students were gathered together and whispering where the thistle field was originally supposed to be.
Lee Han looked puzzled and approached.
And then I was shocked.
“…!”
All the thistle flowers had disappeared.
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“Did you all get picked?”
Lee Han asked as politely as possible.
Of course, just because the person had a polite attitude did not mean that their voice was kind.
The students gathered at the death in his voice flinched and took a step back.
“no. Wardanaz. “When we arrived, someone had already been pulled out!”
“How can I believe that?”
“Think about it carefully. Wodanaz! You need freshly picked thistles! But why would we go first? “We can’t use it either!”
The White Tiger Tower student shouted, trembling as he held on to the wooden sword.
Because of what had happened so far, there was already a saying going around in the White Tiger Tower, such as ‘When dealing with Wardanaz, go with at least four people.’
I never thought I would face it alone like this…!
“That makes sense.”
Lee Han lowered his cane. The White Tiger Tower student stroked his chest.
‘for a moment.’
“Get out of the way.”
There were footprints scattered around the thistle field. These were footprints left by students who came first.
However, Lee Han paid attention to the footprints inside the flower garden. It was a footprint I had seen before somewhere.
‘This…’
Lee Han carefully checked and measured the shape of the footprint.
The Black Turtle Tower student who saw this asked in surprise.
“Are you trying to distinguish between footprints that entered the flower garden first? how?”
I didn’t understand how Wardanaz knew how to use such a skill, even though he wasn’t a hunter at all.
Then Lee Han asked as if he didn’t understand.
“Isn’t there a Nylia in your tower? “Why didn’t you learn it?”
“…Because you’re not a hunter?”
“??”
Lee Han gave a very incomprehensible look. The Black Turtle Tower student hadn’t done anything wrong, but he suddenly felt like he had done something wrong.
‘Where did you see those eyes…?’
The Black Turtle Tower student realized it too late.
That was the look the professor gave him when he looked pitifully at him.
‘why! Why should I learn hunter skills…’
“Joner.”
Ihan approached Yoner with a serious expression and whispered.
“I think I know who the culprit is.”
“who is this? White Tiger Tower student?”
“no. “Thunderwalking Professor.”
“……”
* * *
The thunderous professor walked forward carrying a barrel of well-made brandy.
The professors from Einrogard, who came first, were sitting spread out and taking a break with relaxed expressions.
As the midterm exams come to an end, professors’ minds tend to relax.
“Thank you for your hard work. Professor Garcia.”
Professor Thunder found Professor Garcia and poured him a glass of brandy.
Among them, the half-troll professor, who was one of the youngest, accepted the glass with an embarrassed expression.
“It wasn’t a big deal.”
“no. “Is there anyone who suffers as much as Professor Garcia?”
The thunderous professor truly respected the troll-mixed race professor in front of him.
While other professors are concentrating on their field of magic, and someone like Osu Gonadaltes is performing all kinds of evil whims, he is a wizard who quietly does his job and cares about his students.
Without Professor Garcia, Einrogard would have become an even more hellish place.
“Professor Thunderwalker, you’re almost done, right?”
“yes. “The students will submit it tomorrow.”
“You must be going through a lot of hardships as the period is long.”
If the headmaster had been a skeleton, he would have sarcastically said, ‘Alchemy is a study for lazy people, since all you have to do is give them problems, drink, and wait.’ (Actually, the thunder-walking professor also agreed to a certain point).
But good Professor Garcia always looked for the positive side.
“You will have to keep taking care of students collecting materials and making things.”
“you’re right.”
Actually, he didn’t pay as much attention as Professor Garcia said, but the thunderous professor nodded.
There was no need to make others feel embarrassed by rejecting their compliments!
And there was another part that was right.
“I already had to go to the flower garden yesterday and dig up thistle flowers.”
“yes? “Why?”
“It’s for the students.”
The thunderous professor was a little excited and began to explain.
A freshly picked thistle flower needed at the end of making <Vital Bone Regeneration Potion>.
The students knew the location of this flower field.
But what if all of these flowers suddenly disappear?
As it was a tight deadline, there was no time to find or obtain new items.
In the end, the students will have to somehow complete the potion without the thistle flower.
“Even without thistle flowers, the potion can somehow be completed. The quality may be lower, though. “We overcome that with the wisdom of our students.”
“……”
Professor Garcia’s face blurred.
Should I praise this or not…
‘Wouldn’t it be okay to just make it without the thistle from the beginning?’
Is it really necessary to shock and confuse students?
“And… Indeed. “That sounds like a really good method.”
“Thank you. Professor Garcia. “It’s affection for students.”
The thunderous professor sipped his brandy with satisfaction.
However, the thunderous professor had forgotten one thing.
It is said that a student who robs a professor once can rob a professor twice.
* * *
“I’m going to Gaksu-gwan.”
Although he was tired after taking exams all day, Lee Han didn’t worry for a second.
Time was tight as it was to be submitted tomorrow morning.
There was definitely a thistle flower on the second floor of Professor Thunderstruck’s tower, Gaksu-gwan.
“If you invite other friends…”
“I don’t have time for that. Joner. Besides, it’s dangerous if there are a lot of them.”
Lee Han also knew very well that this was his second time. The risk had risen that much.
Quietly and quickly.
“…But let’s call Nilia.”
“Good idea.”
Yoner nodded.
Even if you later say, ‘I didn’t call you because it was dangerous,’ it won’t mean much.
“hmm. “Let’s call Ratford too.”
“okay.”
“Asando…”
“…Isn’t it better to just call everyone?”
“okay. “It would be better that way.”
Lee Han gave up and decided to call his friends.
30 minutes later.
Lee Han and his friends gathered in one place wearing dark coats. Yoner suddenly had a question.
‘Does everyone have any objection to stealing at this time?’
Everyone is so natural…
“let’s go.”
There was no need for any further explanation. Everyone had already worked together a few times.
Lee Han took the lead.
It’s not as difficult as it was last time…
“!”
What caught Lee Han’s eyes was the sight of White Tiger Tower students wearing masks and making clumsy movements as they attempted to open the main gate of Gaksu Hall.
‘what?’
At first, Lee Han thought that other alchemy students came first.
However, upon closer inspection, I realized that they were not students taking alchemy.
Could it be that in order to prevent Lee Han from obtaining the thistle flower, they attacked the professor’s workshop in the middle of the night…
‘…I don’t think that’s possible.’
Even so, it was a step too far.
“I think I came for another lecture.”
Yoner whispered from behind.
“Another lecture?”
“They are students taking <Basic Dance and Social Studies>. In that lecture, it was said that there was a potion in Professor Thunderstruck’s tower that would make one dance better…”
“…!”
Lee Han was surprised.
First of all, I was surprised that there were more students taking classes like <Basic Dance and Social Studies> than I expected, and I was surprised that they were trying to use potions just to dance well.
“Should I solve it with my own strength? Should I resort to theft?”
“I don’t think this is something we should talk about.”
Before Yoner could finish speaking, another group of students appeared from the bushes ahead with a rustling sound.
They were Black Turtle Tower students.
“Are those friends also taking <Basic Dance and Social Studies>?”
“no. “I saw them in <Basic Music>…”
“……”
Lee Han shook his head.
I never thought three different groups would meet in front of the workshop in the middle of the night with different goals.
“Even if it’s theft, is it okay to take the potion and take the test?”
“I was curious too, so I asked the professor, and he said it was okay.”
“……”
