Episode 497
“It’s like a poetic metaphor.”
Ratford, like an Einrogard student, was not embarrassed.
Just as the ceiling had become the floor just now, it was not surprising to walk on the ceiling instead of the floor in Einrogard.
“We will somehow make the ceiling a floor again…”
“huh?”
“……”
Ratford was speechless when he saw Lee Han already standing upside down on his head.
Lee Han, who floated a water ball high in the air, caught it with both hands and then turned his body upside down and did a headstand.
Ratford was impressed when he saw that.
‘If your body is good, you don’t need to use your brain!’
I was wondering why someone like Lee Han would play with the beastly cubs of the White Tiger Tower, but after seeing this, I understood.
widely-
When Lee Han forced his feet to the ceiling and took a few steps, his vision suddenly shook and the direction of gravity reversed.
Ratford is standing on the floor, but Lee Han is shown walking on the ceiling.
“let’s go. Ratford.”
“Mr. Wardanaz.”
“why?”
“Did other students here also walk this way?”
“I guess so?”
‘I don’t think so…’
Ratford thought to himself as he held on to his shaking arm.
Basically, being a wizard was not a job where one had a good mind or a good body.
* * *
Fortunately, there were no major difficulties after that. Lee Han easily arrived at his destination.
Also called <Kettle’s Secret Base>.
But there were no doors or windows in front of it. Ratford looked at the wall and was confused.
“There is nothing.”
“I have an order. for a moment.”
Lee Han looked down the map and cleared his throat.
“As an honorable Einrogard student, I swear that I will never trust, bribe, or inform the professor.”
“……”
Ratford looked speechless at the entrance method created by his seniors.
There seemed to be a stronger sense of joining than any other thieves guild.
“Especially the principal will be even more suspicious.”
‘Wasn’t it the end?’
“This will continue until I graduate, and I will be the hidden puddle that wets the professor’s ankles and the bird droppings that fall on his head…”
“……”
After that, after about a minute of cursing at the professor, a small door up to waist level appeared in the wall along with a rumbling sound.
“done. Ratford. “Let’s go in.”
“Einrogard seems like a really scary place.”
“Newly?”
As I crawled through the low passage, a large warehouse finally appeared.
Lee Han pushed aside the sign that said <No teaching!!!> and looked around the warehouse.
“This…”
Ratford opened his mouth with a trembling voice.
As a skilled thief, he had an intuition of success.
Of course, there were no special treasures visible from the outside.
On the large table in the middle of the warehouse, all kinds of unmarked grimoires were lying around in a disorderly manner, and on the bookshelf on the wall there were more strange reagents and broken artifacts than books.
It was even more spectacular when you went inside.
Starting with broken golems, boxes of leftover canned food, empty wine bottles, fighting sticks, rusty bronze mirrors, etc., the warehouse was filled with so much miscellaneous that it was hard to know where to start cleaning.
But this is how treasures come from places like this.
Just thinking about searching for this made my heart pound.
“It wasn’t just Senior Kettle who used it.”
Lee Han muttered.
No matter how you look at it, it wasn’t a place that had been used for a year or two. It was common to see graffiti written decades ago.
It is probably a place that has been used for generations among graduates.
“It looks like no one has come in in recent years. “The dust…”
“I think I’ve been forgotten.”
Considering the structure of Einrogard, it was common for rooms and classrooms to be forgotten for several years.
“I don’t know how to use this place.”
“Wardanaz, you must be thinking.”
“Ratford and you?”
“I’m going to go on a treasure hunt.”
Ratford immediately rolled up his sleeves and began checking the nearest odds and ends one by one.
‘It’s definitely not something I should do alone.’
Lee Han summoned Sharkan and summoned a skeleton warrior.
“Sharkan. Find something useful. Gonadaltes. Please take away only the large luggage first. “We need to expand the space available.”
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As a benevolent master, Lee Han used bone fragments to help the skeleton warrior and strengthened Gonadaltes several times.
Still, the back of the skeleton warrior looked somewhat unstable.
‘I guess it’s my mood, right?’
Lee Han looked away.
Even though the summons were helping, I had no idea how long it would take.
‘I guess I’ll just have to do what I can for now.’
Lee Han organized the books scattered on the table, dusted them off, and put them on the bookshelf.
If it looks like a grimoire, put it in the grimoire box. If it looks like a note, put it in the note box.
And the reagents and broken artifact fragments from the bookshelf were removed separately and placed in a wooden chest.
‘I’ll have to ask Professor Verdus to slightly correct it later.’
I didn’t know that if Professor Verdus placed a broken artifact next to him when he was concentrating, he might fix it without realizing it.
‘What is this?’
Lee Han paused when he saw the white notebook with nothing written on it.
The other notes all had scribbles like ‘Die Professor’, ‘Die Skeleton Principal’, and ‘I’ll see you when I graduate’, but it was oddly nerve-wracking because they were empty.
I tried to lift it off the table, but to my surprise it didn’t budge, as if it were firmly fixed.
At that moment, drops of blood formed on the tips of Lee Han’s fingers as he held the white notebook.
And the note sucked up the drop of blood.
‘Magic!’
As he had already heard Principal Skeleton say ‘Beware of evil magic criminals’ not long ago, Lee Han reacted immediately.
“Ratford, be careful! There is evil magic!”
“omg!”
Ratford screamed and recoiled.
Lee Han also released his hand and aimed his wand at the note.
“……”
“……”
But nothing happened.
Lee Han, who was slightly embarrassed, explained as if making an excuse.
“The note sucked my blood.”
“Isn’t that a wickedly cursed artifact?!”
Ratford was scared and came running.
“Let’s burn it right away!”
“Seeing as it’s not moving, I don’t think it’s going to be a big fire. And let’s not start a fire here.”
Lee Han still had a lot of fear about fire magic.
If you manage to secure a warehouse and burn it all down, it would be very absurd for the graduating senior.
“First, let’s check what kind of artifact it is…”
Are you the new owner?
“!”
Letters that rise above the note page.
Lee Han was surprised, but Ratford’s expression did not change.
“Ratford. “Can’t you see these letters?”
“yes? “What letters do you mean?”
‘I’m the only one who can see it.’
Lee Han guessed that the drop of blood that had been shed earlier was the cause.
Perhaps this was the condition that activated this note.
‘Can I write a reply?’
Lee Han was worried.
I didn’t feel any suspicious magical power patterns, but isn’t it dangerous to touch something you don’t know well?
This was especially true of the blood-sucking note.
What if there is an evil devil sealed inside?
-Who are you?
Is this your first time using this? It’s rude to ask who someone is.
“……”
Lee Han’s face hardened.
I don’t know who was sealed inside this note, but it was clearly a very evil, mean, and shameless being.
Considering that he doesn’t feel any magical power, he must be powerful beyond Lee Han’s level…
-I already knew your identity.
Lee Han used the quill without hesitation. The note absorbed the ink quickly.
…say it.
I couldn’t see his face, but I could feel that the other person was nervous.
-It’s sealed in an evil artifact, and judging from how shamelessly it changes words, isn’t it a powerful demon?
…You idiot friend who doesn’t know our faces, the artifact you are using right now is not a sealing artifact, but a communication artifact.
The faceless person admonished Lee Han as if he was dumbfounded.
Lee Han was slightly embarrassed.
-Aren’t you trying to deceive me? According to old stories, these notes were filled with evil beings…
Is there such a story? You can’t study anymore, right? If you’re going to trap an evil being, you have to use a special artifact. Why trap it in a notebook? What if someone takes it to an old bookstore and sells it?
‘hmm. That’s true.’
Lee Han felt slightly embarrassed by the other person’s admonition.
When I thought about it, if it was an artifact that didn’t have any magical power, it was much more likely that it was just an artifact that didn’t pose any danger.
In the first place, there was no way there was an artifact (which was unusually in the form of a note) that trapped the Great Devil in this student warehouse.
‘I read too many novels.’
-Then this note…
It’s a tool created by our students.
The unknown person kindly explained.
When I moved up to second year, I was able to meet my seniors, but that didn’t mean I could have a completely open conversation.
There was an atmosphere of groups uniting among themselves and each other, and sometimes the professor’s spies were among the students.
Perhaps that is why, at some point, these artifacts were placed in hidden places in Einroguard.
The objects that formed the framework of the artifact were diverse.
Notebooks that were easy to write on were the most popular, and anything that was good for inking on, such as parchment or mirrors, was possible.
With this, we can now communicate with each other.
Rather, since we didn’t know who each other was, we were able to talk honestly.
It may vary depending on who you’re talking to, but it’s basically rude to ask for your identity, so it’s good to keep that in mind. You could be mistaken for a professor.
-Thank you for the advice.
Lee Han first expressed his gratitude.
If it weren’t for the other person’s explanation, I would still be lost.
‘It’s a way for Einrogard students to communicate anonymously.’
Of course, even Lee Han openly cursed at the skeleton principal, but most students were careful about swearing at the skeleton principal out loud.
For such students, this anonymous means of communication will become a kind of bamboo forest-like channel.
-It looks like the note was left abandoned for a while before I got it. Was there anyone who had written it before me?
There wasn’t. So, I thought this note was useless, so I just left it there.
‘This person has several artifacts.’
Lee Han inferred some information from the other person’s words.
Seeing that he was familiar with the communication artifacts on Einrogard’s campus, it was clear that he had several other artifacts besides this one note.
‘Then you probably know a lot more about the situation in Einrogard than I do.’
-Can I ask if I have any questions?
It’s your freedom. The answer is also mine. It’s usually an equivalent exchange. You know what I mean, right?
Since the participants were anonymous, there were no one-sided questions or answers.
If someone wanted to ask a question, they had to be able to pay for it.
-All right. What I’m curious about are the hidden places on the 3rd floor of the main building.
3rd Floor? Are you a 2nd year student?
-well.
good. If you can answer this, let’s exchange.
Lee Han was nervous.
Will Lee Han himself be able to meet the other party’s demands?
Should I cheat?
‘But if you get caught cheating, all contact will be cut off after that.’
There must be a first-year student in your school named Wardanaz.
‘how?!’
Lee Han was surprised.
I was surprised that Lee Han’s name came up, but I couldn’t believe how they guessed the other person’s school.
Is there a way to measure the school of thought the other person has beyond the notes?
‘ah. ‘No.’
When I thought about it, Lee Han just belonged to everyone.
-yes.
Find out what school of magic you will take in your second year.
-I understand that contact with a first year student is a serious punishment.
So I shouldn’t get caught.
‘Who is this person really?’
Lee Han frowned.
First of all, the mention of Lee Han’s name was a bit strange.
Did you hear it through rumors?
Some seniors knew Lee Han’s name because they helped the professor with his work…
‘Has it spread that way?’
and…
The other person hesitated.
It was as if he was hesitating whether he could say this or not.
‘what?’
Make sure to ask if you want to hear black magic.
-…Are you a senior at Delet?
Nott suddenly became unresponsive.
