Episode 449
The atmosphere of students studying in a professor’s workshop is bound to be different.
While some places were friendly and tight-knit, others had a dry atmosphere where everyone just did their own thing.
And Lee Han didn’t dislike the latter at all.
‘Honestly, it’s hard to believe that Professor Verdus’ students are seniors.’
Lee Han already had vivid memories of Professor Verdus coming to the mansion during vacation and smiling at him.
If among Professor Verdus’ students there are seniors who resemble their teacher, the number of people squinting during vacation will increase several times.
That could never happen.
“come here.”
An Pagon entered the twelfth classroom located on the west side of the first floor of the main building and stacked desks to create a staircase.
Then he knocked on the red carving on the ceiling three times.
Slurp-
A hidden path has appeared. Lee Han saw it and took notes diligently.
‘There was a place like this.’
“Where am I?”
“My workshop.”
Anpagon yawned and said. The human race was not particularly poor among races in terms of physical strength, but it was not particularly good either.
As such, Anpagon, a human race, could not help but feel tired from overwork.
Lee Han took out a thermos containing coffee from his backpack and held it out. Pagon An received it with a short thank you note.
And I felt strange.
‘…How does a first grader have coffee?’
“You’re working in a studio, not a private room.”
“uh.”
Even in the second and third grades, Einrogard students would search around the school to set up their own workshops.
because…
“When you are a freshman, you can practice in a private room in the dormitory. but.”
“After a while, it becomes too large to practice in a private room in the dormitory.”
“!”
An Pagon looked at Lee Han with slightly surprised eyes.
I didn’t think my first-year junior would know this.
“that’s right. “How did you know?”
“ah. that is…”
Lee Han recalled the magic he had practiced.
Numerous skeleton warriors.
Lightning elements, fire elements and other destructive elements that destroy the surroundings.
And even dangerous reagents and magic from other schools.
Apparently, there were a lot of things that were difficult to practice in the dormitory’s private room.
Even the slightest mistake could cause chaos in the break room.
“…I also felt uncomfortable while practicing magic, so I found a new place.”
Pagon An raised his junior’s evaluation a little more in his mind.
As expected, as expected from a junior named by Principal Skull, he seemed to be progressing quite quickly even though he was a first year student.
“Do you even know how to use 2nd circle magic?”
“yes? uh. yes.”
‘I know how to handle it, but it seems like I don’t have confidence.’
But it didn’t matter.
When I was in my first year, I was pretty good at knowing how to use circle 2 magic.
Anpagon would have to do most of the work anyway.
Anpagon was not stupid enough to leave most of the work to his first-year junior.
“ruler. It’s here.”
Anpagon stopped in front of the entrance to the attic-like workshop.
Then he took out a long coat that was hanging on the wall next to him. It was a cloak with a hood that completely covered the entire body.
“Wear this.”
“What is this?”
“Protective equipment. “It prevents accidents that may occur while working on artifacts.”
“ah. When you become a senior, will you wear something like this to class?”
When the grade is low, there is no need because the risk is low, but as the level of the artifact increases, the amount of magical power and the risk of magic going into it also increase.
There was nothing surprising about working with equipment like this.
“no. This is what we made. “Professors usually ask why something like this is necessary.”
“……”
In Lee Han’s head, he thought, ‘Why do we need this? Professor Verdus’ voice was played, innocently saying, ‘You just don’t make mistakes, right?’
“Take a seat.”
“yes.”
Anpagon took out the boxes containing reagents and tools, laid them out on the table, and turned on the light in the attic.
A simple lantern made with a magic circle carved into a magic stone flickered and withered.
Anpagon clicked his tongue.
“It’s reached the end of its lifespan. “I need to work on this first…”
“I will do it.”
“Are you going to be okay?”
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Considering the work he had to do in the future, he needed to conserve his magic power, but An Pagon was worried about whether his first-year junior would be able to carve a magic circle on the magic stone.
Although the <Grant Light> magic was quite low in difficulty, it was a different story for first-year students.
In addition, the simple lantern that Anpagon made was small, so the magic stone was also small.
Of course, it becomes more difficult to engrave a magic circle here.
“Light!”
“……”
However, instead of grabbing the magic stone and carving a magic circle, Lee Han simply summoned a light sphere inside the lantern.
Anpagon was dumbfounded.
‘no…’
Basically, Professor Verdus’ students, as well as Anpagon, were the least sociable people in Einrogard.
As such, I couldn’t think of what to say to my first-year junior when he made such a cute mistake.
If you summon the sphere of light directly, it will last a few minutes at most…
‘…It’s too bothersome to point it out, so if it just disappears, I’ll have to work on it again.’
Rather than wasting time now, Anpagon thought he would start working again once the sphere of light disappeared.
“The test won’t be that difficult.”
Creating a test sounded grand, but it wasn’t as difficult as I thought.
Because in the first place, it wasn’t a test to create something from nothing.
As An Pagon is a third-year student, he remembered the tests he took in his first and second years, so he just had to bring those tests for this test as well.
However, it just takes some preparation and is a hassle.
“Do you see the artifact here?”
Anpagon took out a small iron rod artifact.
With one swing, the tip of the iron rod became incandescent and spit out sparks. It was a flame-generating artifact.
“yes.”
“Now this…”
bang!
Anpagon swung the iron rod and smashed it into the wall. Then the center of the iron rod bent slightly.
“…This is how it breaks down. Do you understand why it breaks down?”
“Is it for repairs?”
Anpagon grinned, showing his teeth.
It felt like I had laughed for the first time in a long time, as there were fewer things to laugh about while living as a student of the Buyeo School of Magic in Einrogard.
“that’s right. “Repair is the test.”
An excellent enchantment wizard had to be able to not only create artifacts but also repair artifacts made by others.
You may think that manufacturing is more difficult than repairing, but repairing has a level of difficulty that direct manufacturing does not.
Since it was an artifact created by someone else, I had to first figure out how this artifact worked.
Understanding this was more difficult than I thought.
Even if an artifact has the same effect, each wizard creates it in a different way.
Some wizards prioritized stability and cared about the durability of the magic circle’s magic circuit, while others prioritized firepower and cared about the limits of the magic circle’s magic output.
Also, some wizards simply ignored efficiency and injected a large amount of magical energy as if to demonstrate that they had a lot of magical energy…
Since it was necessary to identify these points and fix exactly where the damage was, repairs had a level of difficulty that was not present in production.
“To cause a breakdown, you first need an artifact.”
“I will make it.”
“no. “I make it.”
Anpagon once again thought this junior was a little strange.
Who would ask a first grader to do this?
“You just confirm.”
“Is this really okay!?”
Lee Han was surprised.
Anpagon responded in bewilderment.
“Of course that will work.”
“All right.”
“The pre-made one is in the chest over there, so check that first.”
“yes.”
Lee Han opened the chest and took out the artifacts inside one by one.
Meanwhile, Anpagon picked up his work tools and began creating additional artifacts.
Since the number of students is so large, if I wanted to finish it within today, I might have to stay up all night even if I started now.
Chi-chi-chik, chi-chi-chik!
Land, land, land-
It was quiet in the attic for a while.
There were no words, only the sounds of work echoing.
“I. Seniors.”
“why.”
An Pagon turned his head in a slightly annoyed voice.
I thought he was an excellent junior, but are you calling me in because he couldn’t even check the artifact?
‘I guess he wasn’t bribed by the skeleton principal.’
“I did everything.”
“……”
Anpagon blinked.
At first, I thought the junior was lying, but looking at the magic reverberations left in the artifact, it was clear that he was no joke and had used it all at least once.
“already?”
“yes. “Can I help you with production?”
“…okay.”
An Pagon held out a tool to Lee Han.
When this happened, I decided to test my skills somewhere.
“Do you see the magic circle pattern here? Complete the magic flow and activate it.”
“yes.”
From what I could see, the amplification and maintenance parts of the circuit were missing.
Since it was a test artifact and not a permanent artifact anyway, Lee Han boldly removed the maintenance part.
Then, an excessive amount of magical power was invested to activate the magic circle pattern.
“That’s it.”
“???”
An Pagon turned his head in embarrassment after hearing Lee Han say that he had activated it less than 10 seconds after he spoke.
“already?”
“yes.”
Surprisingly, the artifact was indeed working.
Pagon An was surprised to see the pattern that Lee Han had worked on.
Instead of constructing a complex circuit, unnecessary parts were removed and replaced with horsepower.
This was a task that could only be done by a professor who was confident in both the quantity and quality of his magic power and was confident in his control.
What was even more surprising was that there were no significant smears or cracks around the pattern.
Inexperienced magicians often fail to consider the impact on the surroundings while performing such work, and thus end up damaging the artifact itself even after completing the magic circle, but this junior had none of those problems.
As if this production had been repeated hundreds or thousands of times.
Anpagon checked over and over again, lowering his head as if he was about to hit the artifact.
And then I looked around.
“What are you looking for?”
“no. nothing.”
For a moment, Pagon An wondered if the skeleton principal was hiding next to him and making fun of him.
Since last time, when the budget for an experiment was greatly reduced, the skeleton principal had scolded Anpagon every time he saw him.
-Hey. Isn’t this Anpagon, the gold extortionist of Einrogard? You took my gold like that last time and there are still no results?
-……
-why? Why don’t you take more? Didn’t you secretly submit a research proposal to His Majesty the Emperor last time? Let me use the gold in my secret warehouse!
-…sorry…
But the skeleton principal was nowhere to be seen.
An Pagon had no choice but to admit that this junior really made this.
‘It’s really amazing.’
Students learning grant magic were not very interested in each other.
Pagon An didn’t know much about what his new second-year junior was interested in or what he was making.
What was important was what you wanted to create, not your junior or senior.
However, this junior was able to force interest that was not there before.
“How is it?”
“Very good. however…”
“?”
“I can’t use this.”
“uh. “Did I do something wrong?”
Anpagon nodded.
“If you make it this way, it won’t break down.”
“……”
The more complex and elaborate the magic circle’s patterns and circuits were, the more likely they were to break down.
If it was finished as simply and solidly as possible, like Lee Han, it would be difficult to break it.
The broken artifact had to be made less rigid as needed.
“Well, I see. I missed it. “As expected, you are a senior.”
“…Is this something I should be praised for?”
An Pagon asked back because he truly did not understand.
I think I should receive praise for what my junior just made…
