Episode 407
“Then mercury… let’s deal with it.”
Professor Lezy held back and said what he didn’t want to do.
“Wow… thank you.”
My student Lee Han also said, holding back from what he didn’t want to do.
A cabin where no one is happy. Only Professor Boladi was satisfied.
* * *
Professor Boladi was not a talkative person to begin with.
But standards are relative.
When he was with Lee Han, Professor Rji, and the egg-situated basilisk in the remote cabin, Professor Boladi became the most talkative person.
“Transmutation magic is important to a battle mage.”
“yes.”
“Like I said last time…”
Professor Boladi explained how useful transformation magic is in battle.
Fast casting and low magic consumption.
Rather than strengthening defense and attack power one by one with enchantments, it was much easier to transform the bushes on the roadside into steel blades and stab the opponent. The key to magic combat was its efficiency.
That wasn’t all.
Some transformation wizards who reached a certain level would change objects around them into living things or themselves into monsters without even using summoning magic.
Professor Boladi poured out a tirade, asking people to imagine all of this.
Of course, he said it calmly, but it sounded like that to Lee Han’s sullen ears.
‘If I can transform into a basilisk, will it be an extenuating circumstance if I accidentally swallow the professor?’
“By the way, Professor. “Isn’t mercury toxic?”
“Of course.”
Even though he was a transformation wizard, he didn’t randomly create all the materials in the world.
Rather, a transformation wizard had to be even more careful and aware of the types of substances that could be poisonous.
If you accidentally change a substance without your knowledge and end up poisoning yourself…
“I need to learn how to handle it… but I definitely need to learn how to resist poison first.”
Professor Leji, who was answering Lee Han’s words, suddenly had a good idea.
Handling mercury is also a law, but it was safer to learn poison resistance before learning it.
And what is the best way to learn poison resistance?
“Poison resistance is more effective against black magic than transformation magic…”
“I also learned about poison resistance in the first semester. professor. Wardanaj is also taking classes in black magic.”
“……”
“……”
At Professor Boladi’s answer, Professor Leji and Lee Han became sullen once again.
The atmosphere in the cabin became awkward. Even the basilisk egg seemed awkward.
“Then… let’s just learn how to handle mercury.”
Professor Lezy said while suppressing a sigh.
“Then please take care of me.”
“?”
When Professor Boladi stood up and said those words, Lee Han looked away in surprise.
what?
“Are you going?”
“okay. “I have work to do.”
“this…”
Lee Han disguised his fake regret. Professor Boladi nodded his head in understanding.
“Don’t be impatient.”
“haha. All right.”
Lee Han even saw Professor Boladi out of the cabin. After that, I felt a little relieved.
‘for a moment. ‘Professor Boladi doesn’t have much to do… does he?’
Now that I think about it, Professor Boladi probably has only Lee Han as his student right now?
When an ominous future came to mind, Lee Han firmly pushed it away. Maybe it was because I learned foresight magic, but I felt like the strangely ominous future kept disturbing my mind.
“after.”
As Lee Han breathed a bitter sigh of relief, Professor Leji looked slightly puzzled.
I didn’t understand why I was sighing with such relief.
Isn’t Wardanaz an ambitious person who has been aiming for more than just the position of principal since he was in first grade?
Why are you breathing such a sigh of relief?
‘Did I see it wrong?’
Professor Lezy thought so and took out a reagent from his pocket.
Iron sulfide is a metal that is easier to obtain and handle than mercury, but has good compatibility with mercury, so it is easily converted.
It was quite convenient for a novice conversion wizard to handle.
“Well. “I left Hwanghapcheol behind.”
Lee Han’s face brightened.
“I’ll synthesize it now…”
Lee Han’s face darkened.
When something similar happened twice, Professor Lezy wondered if it could be possible.
…no way?
“Mercury transformation… I guess you don’t really want to learn?”
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“What do you mean, Professor? I want to learn. Is it possible that the professor is not in the mood to teach today? “If that’s the case, I’ll wait as long as I can.”
As if he had been waiting, an exemplary answer came out.
But Professor Lezy was not fooled. That answer was exactly the same as the one Professor Lezy gave to the skeleton principal’s annoying orders.
-Professor Lege. I heard that some suspicious transformation wizards are haunting the territories of some of the noble families in the north. Could you please come visit me for a while during the vacation? this. Your expression is not good. Don’t really want to go?
-What do you mean, principal? I want to go. Is it possible that the principal doesn’t want to send me away? If that’s the case, I can understand.
-Thank you. Have a nice trip.
-……
People of the same kind usually recognize each other.
Professor Lezy felt a strong intuition in his student that could not be explained logically.
…no way?
“Lee Han. Honest answer… No, it probably doesn’t mean much. Then just listen. “I think I’ll skip the mercury conversion today.”
Lee Han didn’t protest, saying, ‘What are you talking about when it’s not enough to focus on the magic path now?’
Instead, he was silent.
Professor Lezy, who was convinced, was truly surprised.
Who would have guessed that the other person has a personality similar to yours!
then…
The culprit was none other than the principal.
‘oh my god. ‘You’re doing too much.’
I knew he was a person who pushed his students harshly from the beginning, but he forced them to listen to all school magic.
It was clear that Wardanaz was enduring this harsh process against his will just because he was born with talent.
It was a surprising yet truly sad story.
“I misunderstood. “I thought Lee Han wanted to become the lord of Einrogard as the principal’s successor.”
“…yes???”
Although Lee Han had been trying not to answer, the answer came out inadvertently.
What on earth?
“I didn’t want to do it, but other professors put so much pressure on me, so I must have suffered a lot.”
“I don’t really know what you’re talking about. But I’m just grateful that the professor cares.”
The two had a meaningful conversation. As Lee Han was happy, the basilisk egg also wriggled with excitement.
* * *
When they heard that this <Boltzmann’s Call> festival would be held in Einrogard, the cool wizards were delighted.
Isn’t it Einroguard, the enemy of imperial magic?
Originally, it was a place I might never have entered in my life.
However, wizards with wide feet or with a lot of experience were very averse to it.
-Why in Einrogard?
-I can’t even breathe properly.
As a normal person who knew nothing would know, the owner of Einrogard was not kind to other wizards.
It was easy if you think about the magician’s workshop.
Originally, the wizard’s workshop was like a wizard’s territory, so there were many precautions to take when visiting.
Since it is full of all kinds of secrets and mysteries that wizards have studied, it is important to avoid doing anything suspicious as much as possible.
The more picky the personality of the workshop owner is, the stricter the rules become.
And the owner of Einrogard was a very picky archmage.
-Do not visit unauthorized places on your own. Also, even if it is an unowned item, it should never be…
“I understand. I understand. okay.”
Warlock Kutang listened to the Death Knight’s warnings until he got sick of them, and then took a step forward in disgust.
‘Did you come first for no reason?’
Nearby wizards interested in summoning magic were coming to Einrogard to participate in the festival, but among them, Kutang arrived one step earlier.
It was largely because he was a warlock.
It was because it was annoying to move around with other wizards and even talk on the street.
-My name is Tadingo and I am researching summoning magic. It’s been about seven years since I learned magic, and I learned it from a teacher from the Untara Guild.
-Nice to meet you! I’m Tadingo, and I’m researching summoning magic! I happened to find a grimoire and studied it on my own for about five years. What is your name, Wizard?
-…My name is Kutang and I am researching black magic.
-…uh. hmm. oh.
-Black, black magic! I have always been interested in black magic. Well… isn’t it great magic anyway?
Even having awkward conversations with wizards who aren’t usually interested in dark magic only ends up being painful.
It was not for nothing that warlocks avoided interacting with other wizards.
‘I’ll have to avoid contact until the festival starts.’
Kutang thought so and looked around to find a place with few people.
The school was so large that it seemed like it would be enough to wait in a suitable forest or mountain until it started.
Cooung-
“!”
Kutang was surprised.
Surprisingly, students who looked young were controlling a golem in a clearing in a corner of the forest.
‘It is indeed Einroguard! He looks less than half my age and already has a golem…!’
It was even more surprising to see the heavy golem being moved and doing chores.
Among wizards, no one usually attempted to do odd jobs with golems. Why would you do chores with a summon that is difficult to make and control, like a golem?
There was only one reason.
‘It’s a water lily.’
Not only did he create a golem, but he also trained to move it.
“surprising!”
“Oh, I’m an outsider!!”
A White Tiger Tower student screamed in surprise at the sound of muttering behind him.
Kutang was even more surprised by that sight.
“Jin, calm down. I came in with permission! Here is the permit given by Prince Gonadaltes…”
As the White Tiger Tower students swarmed and surrounded him, Kutang felt a great deal of pressure.
‘Why? Do you not trust me? Have you been discovered to be a warlock?’
Kutang was nervous that he might be attacked by Einrogard students.
“if…”
“???”
“Do you have anything to eat?”
“……”
* * *
Kutang and the White Tiger Tower students quickly became friends. Kutang was slightly touched by the thoughtfulness of the students, who did not forget her sense of humor to soothe her outsider nerves.
“You can eat it slowly. “I understand your sincerity.”
The White Tiger Tower students ate the sweet food ravenously, no matter what Kutang said or not. It was to the point where I had to fight to even get the cream off my friend’s fingers.
‘…are you starving at school?’
Coutan asked a question without even thinking that he had gotten to the point.
“You guys were controlling the golem earlier…”
“Kuhup.”
“Ugh. “Croak cologne.”
The White Tiger Tower students began coughing like crazy.
“Or… did you give me this because you were good at controlling the golem?”
“yes? no.”
“phew…”
“thank god.”
“??”
As the White Tiger Tower students swept their chests, Kutang became embarrassed.
what?
“I’d like to ask you a few questions about piloting, do you mind?”
“Well, um.”
“We ate it too, so I’d like to answer, um.”
The White Tiger Tower students hesitated.
Surely you won’t tell me to spit it out?
“It was another friend who controlled this.”
“…yes? “Are you saying you manipulated it when you weren’t there?”
“So… I left the order behind…”
The White Tiger Tower students did their best to explain.
Originally, when controlling a golem, it was standard for a wizard to control it one by one directly by the side, but once Wodanaz got the hang of it, for simple tasks, he would order the golem to ‘leave it here’ and then go to another location.
Upon hearing that explanation, Kutang was truly surprised.
‘It wasn’t enough to create a golem, so they even ordered it to be maintained??’
Koutang was not inherently sociable, but there were exceptions.
The exception was when I saw something magically interesting.
“thank you. “It was really fun.”
“We had a really good time too!”
Kutang, who heard Lee Han’s name, moved forward, thinking that he should tell this interesting story to the warlocks he knew.
And after a while, Lee Han came back.
“Nothing happened, right?”
“A wizard who came from outside for a festival took a quick look around and left.”
“There was nothing else.”
“Right.”
For a moment, Lee Han was puzzled by the creeping ominous feeling.
‘what?’
There is nothing strange about this situation.
‘Could it be that the principal is plotting something strange?’
