Episode 94. Entrance Preparation Materials (2)
“Where can I get that
“Are you looking for
“Damn! I missed
The students were noisy. It was not a noisy, chaotic noise, but a happy noise.
Rubin’s gondola also advanced amidst the commotion.
“wow…….”
“Tina, you just said it out loud.”
“Huh, squeak squeak squeak!”
Rubin snickered at the sight of Tina hurriedly making a mouse-like sound, and looked around the lake ahead.
In the middle of the lake, a splendid pillar of light like the aurora of the polar regions burst forth. Tina’s eyes widened as she fell in love with it.
But there was something even more surprising.
Phew! Phew!
In front of Rubin’s eyes, the golem moved its upper body while emitting steam. Soon, the golem was holding
“Thank you, Golem!”
The magic student who had ordered it carefully got up from the gondola. Then, with difficulty, he regained his balance and took the book.
This place was, so to speak, a market with stalls spread out on a wide open space. The only difference was that it was not an open space, but on a lake, and the people were golems instead of merchants.
-Aren’t golems originally weak to water? They all look healthy.
-The Capotini Golem is a bit special.
Among the golems that move with a mana stone that has been depleted of mana as its heart, the golems from Capotini are known to be of high level.
Rumor has it that it’s because there’s a giant mana stone buried under the lake that provides an endless supply of mana, but no one knows if that’s true.
-Wow, there are so many golems! Are they all shops?
The entire lake was a complete market place.
Dozens of golems mounted on magically enhanced platforms, and hundreds of gondolas busily moving between them.
Phew… Phew… … .
Perhaps because it was a lake radiating brilliant colors, the appearance of the golems reflected in the water felt even more mysterious.
-Let’s take a look around. Okay?
-of course.
Each golem was in charge of various supplies. When a student stopped the gondola, they would hand them out one by one.
Phew! Phew!
‘Will you give it to me too?’
Rubin stopped the gondola in front of the golem that was providing robes for freshmen.
At that moment, the golem’s red eyes that were looking at Rubin flashed. Did it know that Rubin was of noble birth? The golem did not take any action after that.
Soon, another student’s gondola stopped, and he was given a robe. He was probably a commoner.
Suddenly a question occurred to me.
‘Where is Per Lorenzini?’
According to Rubin’s memory, Per enters Capotini School of Magic around this time. Barring any variables, he will be among the students entering this year.
Rubin looked around. Maybe he could meet Per here. It was clear that he was a commoner.
But at that time.
An interesting story reached Rubin’s ears.
“Where the hell is it?”
“what?”
“You, didn’t you read the notice properly?”
“I… I’m not good at reading. What are you looking for?”
“At the lake market, it was written that only cadets from commoner backgrounds would be given ‘special items’.”
A special item? And one that can only be obtained here? I didn’t know that. No, I guess it’s true that I couldn’t know that.
Rubin reacted quickly. He immediately told Tina to get him a notice from a common student without being caught.
Tina, who was muttering as she got on the gondola, transformed into a large fish and swam under the students’ gondola with a splashing sound.
Soon after, Tina appeared with a soaking wet piece of paper in her mouth. Rubin took the notice and read it carefully.
– Welcome to Capotini Magic School, fellow commoners.
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4. Any new cadets from the commoner class can receive magic supplies from Golem. They will not be replaced if lost, so please keep them safe until you are assigned to a dormitory.
And the bottom part.
…if you find a ‘hidden merchant’, you can get some very useful magical tools through a proper deal.
‘Hidden merchants, and fair deals.’
It probably wasn’t something you could get at the lake. It was probably something you couldn’t even find at the Magic Tower Shop. It was definitely hidden away somewhere special.
-Are you trying to find it? How? In this market?
-There is a way.
Rubin looked around. He didn’t know what the ‘hidden merchant’ was, but he thought it was at least ‘a being that knew how to use magic’.
‘At least he’s someone who can internalize the style.’
‘Internalization of Whisik’ is a very difficult level. Of course, there will be no new students from the commoners, and Golems will also be impossible. This is a place where no one but new students can enter, so there are no variables.
So, the person who can internalize Whisik in the lake market right now is most likely a ‘hidden merchant.’
Sure, there may be some talented freshmen, but it’s easy to tell if they’re merchants or not.
‘It’ll be easier to find than you think.’
Rubin took out a bracelet from his bosom and put it on. It was a magical tool that allowed him to see internalized Whisper, the ‘Glayton’s Bracelet’.
As I released mana in the third ring, Glayton’s bracelet instantly absorbed it. Soon, something began to appear before my eyes.
‘A ball of light? Who is it?’
In the distance, someone casting a spell came into view. His internalized whirlwind flickered with bright light.
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But something was strange.
Completely unexpected… … .
‘Won-Hwi?’
Where is this place? It was inside the Capotini Tower District, where only the wizards of the Three Kingdoms could enter. Moreover, today was the day when the Lake Market for prospective students was opened.
There can be no magician like Won-Hwi. But, right before my eyes, Won-Hwi was unfolding once, twice, three times… consecutively.
‘Are you a hidden merchant?’
The unidentified magician seemed to be moving somewhere and continuing to cast spells.
It wasn’t because it was night, because it was a magical lake of enchanting colors, because hundreds of gondolas were tangled together, but it wasn’t because he was mistaken. Rubin’s sense, which even spread out into the darkness, was accurate.
“no way?”
Wonhwi, and Capotini.
With these facts combined, only one person comes to mind. I thought it would be just a brief encounter from two years ago, but it wasn’t. It was the moment when the thoughts I had been anxious about inside became reality.
‘Chloe Witherspoon enrolled at Capotini this year.’
Rubin was momentarily lost in thought about what to do next.
* * *
The eastern shore of Lake Capotin.
A short walk from the shore brings you to a park with striking landscaping. It is a beautiful place where trees imported from all over the empire blend in with the splendid light of the lake.
Today, the park looked different than usual. If it were normal, you would see the magicians of the eastern tower taking a break from their overtime work all over the park. But today, not a single magician was seen walking around.
“Where are you! Yes? Where are you?”
A bright voice breaking the silence.
A blonde girl. A girl who exuded an innocent beauty at first glance, her golden eyes sparkling as she looked around.
“You know how much I want to see you… … .”
Finally, the girl closed her mouth as if she had made up her mind about something. As she cast her spell, light shot up around her body.
Papa Pot.
Wings of Light. The girl spread her tiny wings around her and spurred her search.
The wings of light swept over the trees, benches, and sculptures in the park. The girl’s expression remained serious, as if she was not satisfied with the results.
“You’re really going to hide so well, aren’t you?”
then.
The girl moved on to the next step.
The magic the girl was now using was psychokinesis. A determination appeared on the face of the girl who was still crying. In an instant, the girl’s blond hair defied gravity and rose into the air.
Dooooooow.
The first thing she floated with her salt water was the large rocks in the park. It seemed impossible to float all the rocks at once, so she floated four or five rocks at a time, taking turns.
Boom! Boom!
After the rock came a bench. The girl lifted the benches one by one and then put them down.
“Not here either… Then maybe it’s a tree?”
The girl took a breather. This time, it wasn’t easy. Since it was a task of uprooting a tree, it was inevitable that a lot of mana would be consumed.
The first tree that was marked began to sway. The girl’s golden eyes seemed to deepen as she concentrated on her psychokinesis magic.
That moment when you feel as if you can hear the ground where the trees were planted.
“Stop, stop! Understood, student. I will walk out on my own two feet. Please stop casting your spell.”
The blonde girl quickly stopped the magic.
A middle-aged man with a dignified appearance walked across from the girl. It was the place where the commemorative statue had been erected. Now there was nothing there.
“Found it! There you are, Professor Benitez!”
“I didn’t find it, I came out. I was surprised at how rough the method was. Did you really intend to turn the whole park upside down?”
“No! I thought the professor would come out if I pulled out two trees.”
“yes?”
The blonde girl smiled innocently, looking at Benitez who was looking dumbfounded.
“It’s an honor to meet you, Professor Benitez! I’m looking forward to seeing what happens in our Movement Magic class this semester! Oh, I forgot to introduce myself! My name is Chloe Witherspoon, and I’m a new magic student and exchange student!”
“Haha, what about glory… and do you think I didn’t recognize Chloe?”
As he said that, Benitez’s face was filled with satisfaction.
Benitez and Chloe sitting side by side on a park bench.
As Chloe said, Benitez was a tenured professor at the Capotini School of Magic. His specialty was the study of magic. He was also one of the few Capotini natives whose reputation as a professor extended to the center of the wizarding community.
“I thought Chloe would be the first student to find the ‘hidden merchant’.”
The ‘hidden merchant’ system was a long-standing Capotini tradition for the commoners.
However, in recent years, no student has found the hidden merchant among the freshmen. This has been a continuous record since Benitez, who is also skilled in transformation magic, took over the role.
Benitez muttered.
“… Oh, but is this possible according to the regulations? It’s a bit ambiguous.”
The ‘Hidden Merchant’ system only allows new students from commoner backgrounds to apply.
There is one exception, however, in that even if you are a noble freshman, you can still be targeted if you are the ‘first’ to discover a hidden merchant. Accordingly, Chloe is a legitimate target.
However, Chloe is not a Samhwi wizard. Capotini does not recognize any other Whi-sik wizards, not just Samhwi. Accordingly, Chloe could not be the target.
In other words, Chloe Witherspoon was a troublesome figure who fell into a regulatory blind spot.
“It’s okay. I’m not interested in special items.”
“Is it real?”
“I was just wondering if my guess was correct.”
Professor Benitez, who almost had a headache, sighed in relief and checked again.
“So… you’re saying that you deduced that I was the hidden merchant and that I would be here, and you just wanted to confirm it?”
“Yes! My guess was right!”
“How on earth did you figure it out? There shouldn’t have been any clues written in the notice of noble birth.”
Chloe then smiled bashfully. Obtaining a notice from a commoner was as easy as breathing for the Imperial nobility.
The first thing Chloe did was to compare the notices from nobles and commoners.
At the end of each notice, there was a letter from the Capotini School of Magic professors to the students, and therein lay the clue.
This is a clue that was only in the notice for admission to commoners.
-Cross the line, be willing to find it.
“Oh, you saw the notice for admission to commoners? But, what does it mean…?”
“Was that easy? Of course, the commoner friends are intimidated by class. That’s why they only go to the Hosu Market, which is for commoner students, and don’t go to the eastern side of Matap. That’s where the Matap stores of nobles are located. That’s why the professor gave us the clue to ‘cross the line.’ Right?”
Benitez nodded.
Cross the line. Professor Benitez wanted a cadet of commoner origin who could defy the fear of the nobles and come to this side.
“How ironic. That such a mystery is solved by none other than Witherspoon’s daughter.”
“Hehehe… Anyway! The professor’s transformation magic was really amazing! I never dreamed I’d be turned into a statue!”
Then Benitez, who was weak to compliments, smiled happily. He felt like forcibly giving the special item to Chloe, who refused to accept it.
“Haha. Even if you say it’s transformation magic, it’s just child’s play compared to the abilities of the Hwanhyeol tribe.”
As Benitez said, the ‘transformation magic’, unlike that of the Phantom Tribe, could only transform into non-living things. It also had the limitation of consuming a huge amount of mana, so it could only be used once a day.
“Oh, the Hwan-hyeol-jok! I’ve seen it in a book! What was it… … .”
“Shh. This isn’t a good topic to talk about. I made a mistake, Chloe.”
“are you okay!”
The story of those who were annihilated by Emperor Telmach was out of place here. Of course, it would not have been out of place anywhere on the continent.
“But, excluding the Hwanhyeol clan, there aren’t many wizards who can use transformation magic as well as you, Professor.”
Chloe was right. Even among those who were called great wizards, there were few who could match Benitez when it came to transformation magic. There were probably only a few on the entire continent.
“Anyway, it’s truly an honor! Professor Benitez!”
Chloe bowed with the graceful attitude of an imperial noble.
‘Is it humility or innocence?’
In fact, the one who was more honored by today’s meeting was Benitez.
Chloe, the youngest daughter of the Witherspoon family.
I knew that I would be coming in as an exchange student this semester. Even before I entered the school, my name was mentioned at least once a day among the professors.
Benitez was also looking forward to that aspect.
But the moment I encountered her telekinesis magic, I knew that this girl was Chloe without even checking her name.
‘Only thirteen years old… And yet, he’s able to achieve this level.’
If it hadn’t been for the warning, all the trees in the park might have really been uprooted.
At this point, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the successor to the psychokinesis master who had earned the title of great wizard with just psychokinesis magic. Even if he was a traitor, his magical talents were not denied.
“Okay, Professor! I’ll see you at school. I think my maid is probably looking for me right now.”
“Haha, okay. Thanks to that, I can’t transform anymore today, but it was fun. I’ll see you at school soon.”
Chloe left the park humming, satisfied with her performance today.
Benitez, left alone in the park, scratched his chin.
“What should I do… I can’t transform again because my mana is running low… But I wish I could find two more people. Am I being too greedy?”
This year too, are there no students who boldly ‘cross the line’?
Benitez sighed and looked around the subspace with a bitter expression. There were ‘special items’ there that had not found their owners for years.
