Episode 044
For a while, there was only silence coming from the next room.
Lee Han asked cautiously, wondering if he had said something wrong.
“Did I do something wrong?”
“Oh, no. I’m just a little surprised. “The new student… is very capable.”
“You got caught?”
‘You crazy guy, if you don’t get caught there, you’ll have to become the principal…’
The other person thought so.
It was not normal for imperial anti-magicists to come.
Excellent professors at school must have gone out to fight.
In such a situation, you want to fight together and not be caught. That was too much without a conscience.
“Senior, what are you doing here?”
“You are a senior. Stop making unfamiliar noises. It doesn’t matter if you call me comfortably. “After we graduate, we’ll all be the same wizards anyway.”
“okay. So what did you do when you came in?”
“……”
The person on the other side of the wall instantly became very curious about Lee Han’s face.
What is this kid really doing?
“I came here after an experiment failed.”
“no. If you fail during an experiment, you will be sent to the punishment room??”
Lee Han was astonished.
Isn’t this really too much?
However, the opponent on the other side of the wall was calm.
“Nothing to be surprised. “You will find out later.”
The fourth grader confessed what had happened.
There are materials needed for the magic experiment I am currently researching, but I failed to obtain them within the time limit.
So the fourth graders went into one of the principal’s secret warehouses, stole the reagent, and took it out.
However, he failed to completely break through the principal’s trap, and was eventually caught and taken to the punishment room.
“…?”
Lee Han, who was listening, paused.
‘You didn’t come here because you tried an experiment and it failed, right?’
That’s just something you got caught stealing, right?
But Lee Han didn’t point that out. Normally, if you stay in graduate school for a long time, your common sense will start to break down.
Even if the magic school senior’s common sense was broken, it wasn’t his fault. It was the magic school’s fault.
“It seems to me that if you have abilities like yours, many professors will covet you, so it would be better to be careful in advance. “Be careful not to fail when conducting experiments.”
“Keep that in mind. But I don’t really plan on staying in school for a long time.”
“How humble.”
“No, I really don’t plan on staying for long…”
“okay. I guess so. You seem like a pretty good student. Are you from Blue Tower? No, that can’t be possible.”
“……”
Lee Han gave up because he didn’t think the other person would listen no matter what he said.
But for some reason, I couldn’t help but feel ominous.
“senior. “Can I ask you something more?”
“say it.”
“It looks like it will be difficult to break through the underground passage again. Is there any other way to get out?”
At Lee Han’s question, a snorting sound was heard next to him.
“Of course there is. But junior. Aren’t you asking for too much? “Why should I teach you that?”
Instead of answering, Lee Han lifted his head from the wall and shouted at the door.
“Jailer!”
“!?”
The student next to me was shocked and adjusted his posture.
What is this bastard doing!?
Are we really going to die together?!
-What’s going on?
“Can you please pass this on to the room next door?”
-i get it.
I did it just in case, but the undead summoner surprisingly accepted my request.
He asked me to send in the gift the professor gave me, so I pointed it out and it worked.
A basket filled with cookies, hot tea, and sugar was taken to the next room.
Kwadangtang!
“???”
“Oh, no. “I’m surprised… How did you get this in?”
“I received a gift.”
“……”
At this point, the student on the other side of the wall wanted to know who Lee Han really was.
He was able to secure a passage outside within a week of entering the school, and was actually successful (if there were no natural disasters), and when he was locked in the punishment room, he persuaded other classmates in the tower to send him gifts like this, and above all, he was able to secure this private knowledge. Resourceful…
‘Isn’t this guy from a crime guild??’
Students who committed crimes sometimes came into the Black Turtle Tower, and I was suspicious that Lee Han was one of those cases.
That’s a big deal too!
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Otherwise, it was an unexplained ability.
“Anyway, senior. “Can’t this work?”
“…no. it’s okay. “If you received it like this, you can tell me.”
The student on the other side of the wall cleared his throat.
Not only did I receive an unexpected gift, but if the other person was really from a criminal guild, there was no benefit in holding a grudge.
If they find out later and face retaliation…
“But before we say anything, let’s get this straight. Even our 4th graders don’t know what ways to get out of school are available. “There are a lot of people who have never succeeded.”
As going out was allowed little by little after the first year, there were many older students who never succeeded in escaping.
In fact, most of them were like that. That’s how difficult it was to sneak out of school.
‘…But I never thought a first year student would succeed.’
“The method I know is the method I heard above, and I’ve never tried it before. “I don’t know if I can succeed or not.”
According to what the student on the other side of the wall said, there was a special stable in one of the spires at the top of the main building.
A stable for flying beasts!
It was a resting place for the beasts ridden by professors and the eagles of officials delivering edicts.
The animals there received special protection and were able to fly beyond the school walls.
“The problem is that they wouldn’t have been able to ride those animals without permission.”
“……”
It certainly was.
Just as there is a storekeeper in a warehouse, there must be something in a stable.
‘But it’s not bad.’
Just knowing that there was a way was quite hopeful.
Besides, isn’t that a method that someone succeeded with once?
Then, Lee Han also had a high chance of success.
“thank you. senior.”
‘…Hey, you bastard… You thought of a way just by hearing this?! how?!’
The misunderstanding on the other side of the wall deepened even further.
* * *
-I am released. Ihan of the Wardanaz family.
After a day, an undead summoner opened the door.
Lee Han placed a few more chocolates in the next room before walking down the hallway.
Thanks to an unknown senior, I was able to hear various stories.
Strangely, as the other person went on, he spoke less and became more hesitant, but Lee Han thought it was probably because he was annoying.
Wouldn’t anyone be bothered if someone they don’t know well keeps talking to them?
Nonetheless, I was just grateful for the answer.
‘I’ll have to say thank you when we meet later.’
Lee Han spun around and came out, going through the same complicated process as when he came in.
Outside the main building, the darkness was dissipating and the sun was slowly rising.
‘Uhm. ‘It’s like a kitchen.’
Lee Han entered the Blue Dragon Tower and headed to his personal room, where he was surprised to see the room.
It looked like a well-organized kitchen or grocery store.
This was especially true as I was neatly organizing all the groceries I received from various places.
Various seasonings and seasonings such as salt, sugar, and tea leaves piled up on the shelves, as well as canned fruits such as apricots, peaches, and pineapples.
There were also cans of beans, cans of salmon, and cans of corned beef to satisfy hunger.
I felt like I could easily eat for several weeks if I ate alone.
‘I could do business seriously.’
Deciding to think about what to do about business later, Lee Han opened the door and walked out.
Since I woke up early in the morning, I was planning to go to the stables and try the assignment given by Professor Lightning Walk.
“Lee Han?”
As I was getting ready to leave the break room, I was startled when a girl with red hair came down yawning.
“Where have you been all day!?”
“Punishment room. “Didn’t the professors tell you?”
“huh. “Professor Garcia said you were resting after getting injured while making a big contribution.”
“……”
Lee Han seemed to know why Professor Garcia lied.
For boys and girls from great families, honor was more important than expected.
Since Lee Han is also from the Wardanaz family, wouldn’t it be shameful if it were known that he committed a mistake and went to the punishment cell?
Besides, I didn’t do anything wrong, it was because I was helping Professor Garcia.
“no. “I got caught skipping school and went to the punishment room.”
Of course, Lee Han didn’t care about that one bit. Fortunately, Yoner didn’t care about that either.
“Why did you go alone?”
“It was unclear information, so I wanted to check it first.”
“Next time, let’s go together. “Two are better than one.”
“Then shall we take Nilia with us?”
“huh. good idea. “Let’s take Nilia with us.”
Nilia, who was absent, was forced to attend, but the two did not care about that.
Yoner asked, tilting his head.
“So what exactly happened?”
As they walked to the stables, Lee Han slowly began to explain what had happened.
Speculation about the underground passage, how to pass through it, and even the warehouse and the warehouseman who guarded it.
Yoner listened quietly, his eyes wide in surprise.
“So I came outside and there were people waiting.”
“principal?”
“no. “Imperial anti-magicists.”
“!??”
Yoner was surprised.
What Professor Garcia said was not a joke, it was the truth.
There were anti-magicists hiding around the school.
“Then it’s true that you made a contribution, right?!”
“And then I went to the punishment room.”
“…why??”
Yoner didn’t understand.
Why?
* * *
There were several students who came first to the stable. They were all Black Turtle Tower students.
When the students at Black Turtle Tower saw Ihan and Yoner, they flinched and slowly retreated.
Yoner didn’t seem to care much, but Ihan was slightly hurt.
‘This custom of evaluating people based on their appearance and family origins must end!’
Of course, the students at Black Turtle Tower were afraid after hearing rumors about Lee Han, who also had a family, but Lee Han did not know that much.
“excuse me…”
“!”
Lee Han was delighted when one of the Black Turtle Tower students spoke to him.
Is it Nilia?
But it wasn’t Neilia. The person who spoke was Ratford, a rat and beastman.
“good morning. Wardanaz.”
Lee Han was taken aback by his attitude as if he was treating his superiors with courtesy.
If anyone saw it, wouldn’t they think you were forcing them to do it by threatening you?
“hey. “Take it easy.”
“I am comfortable with this.”
For Ratford, who lived a rough life in the thieves’ guild, speaking informally to his superiors was rather difficult.
Strict superior-subordinate relationship and obedience.
That was true comfort.
“……”
Lee Han shook his head as he saw the eyes of the Black Turtle Tower students growing more and more fearful.
‘That’s bad.’
“okay. i get it.”
Lee Han gave up halfway and looked at Ratford. In fact, Lee Han was also curious about what happened after the last fight.
Lee Han stretched out as soon as it was over…
“What happened after that?”
“yes. I stayed hidden as you said while the fight was going on. When it was over, the principal arrived with other professors.”
“Good job. “It’s better than stepping forward and getting hurt.”
“The workers were also preoccupied, and seeing this as an opportunity, they searched through the boxes in the wagon, picked the locks, and took what seemed useful. “I had to hide it with my body, so I had to pick only small items and take them with me, but I brought them here to offer them.”
Ratford held out a small box. Inside, medicine bottles were clinking.
“……”
Lee Han was speechless and amazed.
‘A true professional thief is different no matter what!’
