Episode 037
“It was a success.”
Even if you criticize the professor on the inside, it doesn’t show on the outside.
It was a skilled graduate student.
Lee Han maintained his expression and lowered his head.
“thank you.”
“There is nothing to be thankful for. “You solved it with your own strength.”
“……”
Even though it was a compliment, Lee Han was slightly moved.
Just now, Professor Boladi really sent a bead with all his heart.
If it had been hit squarely, there would have been at least a crack in the bone.
It would have been a truly dangerous moment if I hadn’t quickly used <Level Control> to float the marble and block it.
‘Professors are really…’
“Try again.”
This time, Professor Boladi took out an ordinary iron ball instead of a spiritual stone and threw it. Before the fist-sized iron ball fell, Lee Han’s <Lesser Control> spell was cast.
“Move!”
The iron ball stopped in the air.
Lee Han expected that the metal ball would accidentally fly out and blow off Professor Boladi’s chin, but once he learned the trick, the <lower pilot> was not easily shaken.
Professor Boladi pointed upward with his hand.
“consolation.”
Lee Han moved the iron ball upward. Although it trembled slightly unsteadily, the iron ball moved quickly.
“Under.”
The iron ball went down again.
“to the left. to the right. One rotation clockwise. “Two turns counterclockwise.”
Professor Boladi, who had been giving instructions non-stop, nodded.
“It takes a lot of force, but I think it’ll be okay. From now on, I will train with these iron beads instead of spiritual stone beads.”
“I haven’t been able to draw a perfect circle with the spiritual stone beads yet. Is that okay?”
“Try again.”
Lee Han put down the iron bead and poured magical energy into the spiritual stone bead. And he drew a circle.
“!”
Surprisingly, the circle was much more complete than before the near-death crisis.
“Intense experiences make wizards grow. The Spiritual Stone Bead was an auxiliary tool for wizards with limited abilities, so it won’t be needed anymore.”
“understand.”
“Draw a circle with the iron ball again. “Once your skills improve to a certain level, I will prepare you for the same test again.”
“…yes?”
Professor Boladi thought there were two types of people in the world.
People who freeze when faced with a life crisis, and people who react more violently and quickly.
Of course, it was the latter that suited him as a battle wizard, and the boy from the Wardanaz family in front of him now also had those qualities.
Then it was natural to take advantage of that quality.
“……”
Of course, Lee Han, who heard the murder notice, could not help but feel complicated.
Ah, this school is really great!
* * *
I almost died just now, but school kept going.
At the end of class, Professor Boladi gave Lee Han a steel ball.
-Continue to draw a circle whenever you have time.
-yes.
-And don’t let your guard down at any moment.
-…What does it mean… No. All right.
Lee Han felt uncomfortable even as he came out.
It’s not like Professor Boladi is following Lee Han around and ambushing him, right?
Of course, I knew it seemed like a crazy idea, but this school made Lee Han increasingly paranoid.
“Did you wait long?”
“no.”
Lee Han waved his hand at the half-blooded demon girl wearing a priest’s uniform.
It was Tigiling, a priest of the Pricinga Church.
-Could you please take care of some tijeeling?
Basically, the students at the Tower of the Phoenix were frugal as they were priests, and Priest Mehrid was worried that Tigiling, who was still in his prime of growth, would fall.
Lee Han, who received three baskets of groceries in return, planned to keep his promise.
‘I will feed you heartily and bring you a basket next time we meet.’
With such solemn thoughts, Lee Han sat down with Tijeeling.
Perhaps because it was already evening, the sky was turning red, and the mountains surrounding the school seemed as if they were burning.
‘It would be great if this wasn’t a school… No. ‘Do you feel like I’m some kind of prisoner?’
Lee Han came to his senses.
Lee Han was not a prisoner. Of course, this place felt a bit like a prison, but it was definitely a school.
“I brought the priest’s uniform here.”
“oh. “Thank you.”
Lee Han accepted the priest’s robe offered by Tigiling. And in return, he gave me a round bread with a thin layer of marmalade jam on it.
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It was a soft, sweet bread that could not be compared to the bread served at this school.
“I am okay.”
But Tigiling declined.
“Is there a reason for refusal?”
“It’s a shame that Prisinga suffers for us, and I enjoy gourmet food alone.”
Lee Han was about to say, ‘What nonsense is that?’ but then stopped. It was because he remembered that he had joined the Prisinga Order.
‘Oops. ‘You almost added infamy to the Wardanaz family.’
Lee Han nodded calmly.
It was not easy to force feed someone with such strong religious beliefs.
I had to explore little by little.
“oh. This bread really tastes bad. I think the taste has gone because it’s been so long. “Don’t you think you won’t feel sorry if you eat this?”
Doridori.
“Is this canned beef really the worst tasting? “Maybe you won’t feel sorry if you eat this?”
Doridori.
“The person who baked this bread must have baked it with all his heart to serve it to you, and the person who made the jam must have worked hard to serve it to you. “I can’t believe you’re being thrown away like this because you didn’t eat…”
“……”
‘Did it work?’
Lee Han saw Tijeeling’s eyes shaking with guilt and wondered if it had worked.
“…for a moment. Those breads weren’t baked separately for me, were they? “I saw it on display the other day.”
‘Tsk.’
Lee Han clicked his tongue when Tijeeling noticed with keen insight.
I wish I had pushed a little harder…
As Ihan continued to try to feed him, Tijeeling looked apologetic.
“I’m really fine. “I will tell Priest Mehrid that I ate it, so it would be better for you to give it to someone other than me.”
“Uhm…”
Lee Han was intrigued.
In fact, it was convenient for him. I just felt a little uncomfortable about having to lie.
Priest Mehrid was worried about Tijeeling, so he asked Ihan to do it (even giving him an extra basket), but he felt sorry for skipping that request.
If I had made a promise to the skeleton headmaster, I would have broken it without thinking for a second, but Priest Mehrid was a good person.
While Lee Han was worrying, Tigiling took out a rough wooden cup, put green tea leaves in it, and poured warm water. Steam rose.
“for a moment.”
“?”
“Can I make you some tea?”
Tigiling thought for a moment and nodded.
While I felt sorry for refusing the food, I couldn’t refuse that too.
“yes. thank you.”
“Are you sure you want to drink it?”
“of course. why…?”
“Nothing.”
Even in the Pricinga church, coffee and green tea were enjoyed.
Of course, it had no sweetness at all and was a drink made only of coffee powder and tea leaves.
It wasn’t just the Pricinga church that was strange, but other churches were as well. They also mostly drank the drink without adding any additives.
The awakening effect of coffee or tea leaves was able to make priests meditate for a long time.
Naturally, Tigiling thought that the tea that Lee Han was trying to make was a drink that was bitter and had a deep taste like green tea and was helpful for mental training.
But that was a mistake.
‘I’ll give you plenty of nutrition.’
Lee Han borrowed Tijeeling’s kettle, filled it with water, then added black tea leaves and boiled it.
To make the scent stronger, I added slightly ground spices such as ginger and cinnamon that I got from Thunderwalk’s Cabin.
That wasn’t the end. After the black tea was boiling, Lee Han generously added sugar. He saw the sugar being added and Tijeeling opened his mouth in surprise.
“What are you doing!?”
“Ji… Are you doing this because you don’t like the tea I’m making? “It’s our family’s secret recipe?”
Lee Han said with a truly hurt expression.
Tigiling was taken aback by that expression.
“Oh, no. It’s not that I don’t like it, it’s just too much…”
“My family’s secret recipe is too extravagant!?”
“…it’s nothing…”
Tigiling kept his mouth shut for fear of hurting others if he said any more. Lee Han nodded his head with a happy expression.
Tigiling looked slightly suspicious at that sight.
Could it be that acting…?
‘What blasphemous thoughts did I have?’
There was no way Lee Han, a brother who believed in the same faith and was from the Wardanaz family, would lie and even mention his family’s name.
Unlike the Tijeelings, who are half-blooded demons, the Wardanaz family is one of the empire’s leading magicians.
Meanwhile, Lee Han, who had finished adding sugar, added milk and completed the spice milk tea.
“ruler. “Try it.”
Tigiling was shocked and carefully brought the teacup to his mouth. I felt a sweet and rich taste that I had never experienced spread in my mouth.
‘I guess I like it.’
Lee Han realized that he liked it when he saw Tijeeling’s expression soften.
Well, I was only eating bitter and tasteless things, but now that something sweet is added, how delicious is it?
I finished the tijiling faster than expected. Lee Han immediately poured the next cup from the kettle.
Tijiling sipped without refusing, but was shocked when he realized it too late.
“I hope I leave behind tea made with my family’s secret recipe…”
“I understand, so please stop.”
When the milk tea worked better than expected, Lee Han prepared the next drink.
Add sugar, cinnamon, cocoa powder, and milk to boiling water, mix well, and then add cornmeal.
It was thick and closer to a soup than a drink.
‘It is truly an evil plan.’
Lee Han was impressed by his own strategy.
You start with a drink and then gradually serve something closer to soup to undermine the other person’s values.
When the cocoa soup was finished, Lee Han even added some biscuits.
When Tijeeling realized, the bowl had already been cleaned.
“I ate it today, so I can’t say I won’t eat it again in the future. “Please come here at the appointed time from now on.”
“…There is no need to speak so solemnly, but…?”
Tijeeling was grateful to the boy from the Wardanaz family for being considerate of him, but was taken aback by the atmosphere of him talking needlessly like a villain.
Wouldn’t anyone think that Lee Han was threatening her?
* * *
night.
A time when new students go to their rooms with sad expressions and clutching their hungry stomachs, or play chess or cards in the lounge with a piece of bread on the line.
At that time, Lee Han was leaving the gate of the tower.
‘I am a priest of the Pricinga Church. I am a priest of the Pricinga Church.’
Lee Han, who had changed into his priest’s uniform, looked like a student from Tower of the Phoenix who had come out to pray.
Lee Han’s purpose was simple.
Finding passageways for outsiders entering and leaving the school!
If only he could find that passage, he could disguise himself as an outsider and escape the school.
‘I use invisibility magic sparingly as much as possible. ‘There might be some kind of trap.’
The reason he disguised himself in a priest’s uniform even though he had an invisibility spell was because there were all kinds of traps lurking in this school.
If you enter a place and the invisibility magic is broken, your life is in danger.
There was no one way to survive in this school.
‘…I’m suddenly a little confused as to whether it’s true that I entered school.’
Lee Han felt sad once again.
How did this happen…
The first floor of the main building, which was usually filled with passing freshmen, was empty.
Large central staircases leading down to the second floor or basement and corridors leading to classroom areas on either side.
When the sun shines, it is noble and elegant, but when it is immersed in darkness, it gives off an ominous atmosphere.
‘If it is a place where workers from outside come and go, it is likely to be on the first floor.’
Lee Han cast his gaze to the area behind the central stairs.
It was an area with a banquet hall or large hall. Since it was not a classroom area, freshmen had not set foot there since the entrance ceremony.
“…?!”
Lee Han was surprised at that moment.
In the darkness ahead, another student was creeping behind the central stairs.
