Episode 95. Entrance Preparation Materials (3)
Rubin, who was perfectly hidden, watched Chloe and Benitez, eavesdropping on their conversation.
-Chloe! That Witherspoon girl!
‘I know, too.’
Although Tina’s voice was loud, Rubin was calm.
Chloe’s appearance. It was something I hadn’t expected, but it was something I had fully expected. That’s why I didn’t leave any gaps in my disguise.
“Okay, Professor! I’ll see you at school. I think my maid is probably looking for me right now.”
As Chloe left the park, Benitez stayed behind, waiting for other students to come find him.
– It’s not all bad to meet Chloe again. Through that girl, the Imperial Command might be able to easily obtain the information it wants.
– Really? Then is it actually good luck?
Of course, it’s not luck.
Chloe is a predictable person, but the Witherspoon family is not.
The most important moment, when Rubin is trying to get rid of Per, is how he will get involved with Witherspoon. That was a no-no.
‘It seems like there was some kind of connection between the Fernando Witherspoons even before the return.’
If something bad were to happen with Witherspoon, it would be a catastrophe that even the Roynen family would have difficulty handling.
Perhaps a greater upheaval than the conspiracy that swept through Philimonde might have occurred.
‘Anyway, the problem right now is that professor.’
Now Rubin’s attention was on the Professor of Magical Motion, who was sitting alone on the bench.
A message to be willing to cross the line and find it.
Even if it was Rubin, he would have solved the puzzle in the same way as Chloe. If you think about it, it’s not that difficult of a problem.
Among the commoners, there might have been someone who already guessed that there would be a hidden merchant in this park.
That wasn’t really the point. It wasn’t a question of whether or not you could interpret it, but whether or not you could cross the line.
Even if you kindly tell them that there are special items here, commoners won’t come here easily.
-What are you going to do?
-Well, I have to get the special item.
-But you don’t qualify because you’re of noble birth?
That was true. According to the information gathered in advance, only those of noble birth who were the ‘first’ discoverers could receive special items from the hidden merchant.
Should we just back off like this? We can’t just give up now that we’ve found the hidden merchant.
Thud thud.
Rubin’s footsteps rang out. At the same time, Benitez’s face lit up. When he turned his head, it seemed as if he could finally empty the subspace.
“… … .”
Regret creeps over his face again. Although Benitez doesn’t know who the boy in front of him is, he knows that he is not a commoner.
You can tell just by looking at his clothes and attitude, but most definitely it was because of the markings.
After the notice was sent, all students received a necklace as a temporary symbol from the magic school, which had their origins engraved on it.
“Hello, Professor Benitez. I have come to find the hidden merchant.”
“A hidden merchant? I don’t understand what the student is saying.”
Benitez is being sarcastic. As expected.
“And… I happened to overhear a conversation. A conversation with that blonde girl.”
Then Benitez smiled awkwardly.
“Ah, well, then saying no would be useless, haha.”
“Please give me a chance, Professor.”
“I see that the student is not from a commoner background. I guess he doesn’t know the rules very well… … .”
“I know.”
Rubin said firmly.
You know? Benitez looked at Rubin with interest. It was natural that he was surprised. He was from a noble family who demanded ‘special items’. This was not an ordinary thing.
Normally, it would have been common for nobles to refuse even if someone offered something like Chloe. For cadets of noble birth, a ‘special item’ was nothing special.
It was the same for anything. Even if it was something that even the nobles had difficulty obtaining, it was not considered precious by their standards.
From the beginning, special items were only allowed to commoners. Rather, for the nobles, they were closer to symbols of relief goods or goods for the poor.
Rubin continued.
“Our head of the household became very successful in the publishing business and rose to the rank of third-class noble.”
“You are quite a resourceful person.”
“Yes, I literally crossed the line and willingly achieved it.”
At those words, a gentle smile appeared on Benitez’s face.
Benitez, an authority on movement magic.
He was not a man who dreamed of overthrowing the class system, nor was he a person who hated the aristocracy. His idea was that if you can’t break the solid class order, at least try to shake it up.
Some people can become nobles by making money, while others can become nobles by succeeding with their talents as magicians.
The challenge and desire for change.
That was the value that Benitez considered important.
In that sense, I didn’t hate Rubin for showing his greed. While other nobles refused to take what they wanted, saying it was the exclusive property of the commoners, this child was willing to be greedy.
“Professor, is a ‘fair deal’ necessary?”
“Ah, that’s a fair deal.”
Of course, that’s what it said in the notice. But that ‘reasonable deal’ was different for each professor who acted as the ‘hidden merchant’ every year.
Some professors even took money. It is not uncommon for there to be wealthy students among the common people, but this was completely against the purpose. Nevertheless, the long-standing tradition respected even such professors’ dealings.
One professor, who thought it was a great feat to find it, just gave it to him. Someone else even gave him a simple test.
So what about Benitez himself?
In the years that Benitez has been in that role, no student has come forward to find him, so much so that even he himself has forgotten what his original plan was.
‘Should I just give it to you?’
It wasn’t that he didn’t have such feelings. Even though he was a noble, he really liked that attitude. Moreover, Chloe, who was the first noble to be discovered, also refused the special item.
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But if I did that, I would be prepared to get scolded by the harsh Principal Keegan.
‘He doesn’t seem like the type of student who would back down… Should I kick him out?’
There were plenty of ways to do it. It would be different if it was a monster like Chloe, but these ordinary students could be shaken off with simple magic.
“… But he’s the second student to come to me, and it hurts my heart to reject him just because he’s from a noble family.”
“thank you.”
“No, that doesn’t mean I’ll just give you the special item.”
“… … ?”
“Let’s make a simple bet.”
“A bet?”
Of course, there’s no chance that the student will win this bet, but at least we should give him a chance.
Benitez checked his mana status. Perhaps because he was close to the giant mana stone at the bottom of the lake, his mana circle had quickly recovered to some extent.
However, it was not to the point where transformation magic was possible. Transformation magic was a high-dimensional magic that greatly affected the nature and form of the body. Therefore, not only the general mana, but also the body itself had to be restored first.
Well then, this should be enough.
“It’s a game of tag. If you can catch me while I’m moving with movement magic, I’ll gladly give you a special item.”
“So all I have to do is catch it?”
“Yes, it will be a chance for the students to learn movement magic in advance. By the way, I still don’t know the students’ names.”
“My name is Luden Poinen.”
“Student Luden Poinen. I tend to be forgetful… Let’s try not to forget until we meet at school.”
“If I catch you, Professor, you will remember it on your own.”
“Haha, if that’s the case, then of course.”
Benitez delighted in the thought of making the student in front of him despair. It was an instinctive competitive spirit.
Among the freshmen who hadn’t even had an entrance ceremony, there were many students who were confident, regardless of whether they were nobles or commoners. The illusion that they would be able to rule the world just by having mana.
Benitez grinned, intending to smash it to pieces.
“Okay, then.”
Benitez got up from the bench and took a step back from Rubin.
That was the beginning. Benitez cast his magic.
‘Wave space’.
It is an air-type magic and one of the movement magic spells.
At that moment, a wave of air appeared in front of Benitez. The wave’s role was to push Benitez away from Rubin.
Pfft!
‘also.’
Rubin looked at Benitez, who was quickly moving away from him. Thanks to Glayton’s bracelet, he had already figured out the professor’s magic.
However, the professor lowered the level of ‘break’ by several levels, saying that he was considerate of the freshmen. He was able to move away from Rubin quite a bit, but only slightly faster than normal physical movement.
Rubin immediately began to use the assassin’s secret art.
‘Shadow Rhyme’.
“uh?”
It was only a matter of time before the surprised Benitez raised the level of his attack. As Rubin, who had started to run, approached him, Benitez increased the size of his attack and moved away from Rubin.
Pfft!
Rubin followed again, not letting go of the body that bounced off through the air waves.
‘What the… You knew how to use the wave attack? And you also know how to internalize the whim?’
Benitez’s delusion was natural, as it was too unrealistic a force to be a purely physical movement.
Benitez, who eventually concluded that the student’s attack level was quite high, casted the ‘Yeonpa Attack’ this time.
If ‘Pakong’ was a single-shot movement magic for straight-line movement, ‘Yeonpagong’ was literally a chain movement.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Waves of movement came from all directions near Benitez, moving forward, then upward, then downward again, in an irregular motion.
‘No, this too?’
Still, Luden was following this movement that was difficult to follow even with his eyes. Of course, it was far enough away to reach, but it was surprising that he didn’t miss the movement.
‘I feel like I keep reading something?’
Of course, that was just how it felt. Benitez had no idea that Rubin was actually reading his movements through his bracelet, predicting his movements and following him.
When he was a little distant from Rubin, he spoke leisurely.
“I have to admit that I underestimated student Luden too much.”
“… … .”
Rubin didn’t bother to correct him. It was something that would come to light later anyway, so it wasn’t something to worry about right away.
“Haa… haa… … .”
His breathing came out ragged. Just as Professor Benitez had underestimated Rubin, so had Rubin. The magic of the professor’s movements was a refreshing shock to Rubin as well.
‘They said he was an authority on movement magic, and it really was.’
Unable to use magic, Rubin simply followed the professor with pure physical movements. He amplified the senses of his ankles and eyesight in the dark and unfolded his ‘shadow rhythm’.
Plus, thanks to the bracelet, I was able to predict all of the professor’s movements. Naturally, I thought I would be able to catch him right away.
‘I never thought there would be a wizard who couldn’t even keep up with the movements of an assassin.’
That meant Benitez’s magic was both clever and precise.
‘The break and the break… … .’
That moment when you think that if there are any magic spells that you absolutely must learn, it’s these two.
Professor Benitez performed his next magic trick.
“It’s not over yet. So what are you going to do, Luden Poinen?”
“Professor, you can fly.”
“That’s how it looks to students.”
Benitez was floating on the lake, about two meters above the water.
There was a technique in movement magic that allowed the body to levitate, but that is not what Benitez is using now.
I was casting the wave attack I had been using until now continuously and regularly towards the bottom.
Breaking and breaking. This is a magic that cannot be performed unless the interval and intensity between them are perfectly consistent.
‘This is truly amazing.’
Rubin, who knew the fact through the bracelet, continued to pretend not to know. Professor Benitez also thought it was too much and came back up to the surface.
“I guess I’ll have to end my bet with the student here. Luden Poinen. I’ll remember your name, so from now on at school… … .”
At that very moment, a new development unfolded, covering the professor’s mouth.
“uh?”
All I could do was let out a short exclamation.
The professor knew that Rubin would never be able to levitate like he did.
The question was not whether the wave technique could be used continuously, but whether it could be used with the correct density and at regular intervals.
However, the distance difference was not so great that I could reach it by running and jumping.
But Rubin showed magic that defied expectations.
Everything happened in an instant. The lake between the two froze over in an instant, and Rubin, not missing that moment, leaped forward and raced across the ice.
‘… You can also use ice magic?’
After a moment of surprise, Benitez felt Rubin’s hand grab his ankle.
“Got it. Please give me the special item you promised, Professor.”
