Episode 8. Judging and Magic Tower
Sunlight seeped through the window and illuminated a woman lying on the bed.
The elegant face, as if it had been sculpted, was so beautiful that it was dazzling to say the least.
“Hmm.”
I turned over once, and my black hair, like a waterfall, fell over the edge of the bed.
Then Dienne frowned and raised her upper body with her eyes closed.
She was sitting with a pouty face and soon got out of bed, rubbing her eyes.
Perhaps because she overslept for the first time in a long time, she washed her face roughly to wake her dazed mind.
“Puh-ha.”
smart.
When she finished washing and was coming out of the bathroom, there was a knock on the door and the voice of one of her friends, Yurich, was heard.
“Diene! “Are you inside?”
“Yes, just a moment.”
Diene lightly made the bed and opened the door.
“You slept?”
“huh. “I stayed up late last night because I read a book.”
“Did you see the magazine with the articles again? “Even if you don’t have class today, if you keep doing that, your skin will get damaged?”
“Yeah yeah. all right. mom.”
“I have never had a daughter like you.”
The two smiled and joked, and soon went out to the terrace attached to their dormitory room to prepare refreshments.
They sat down and drank tea leisurely in the afternoon sunlight.
The two occasionally chatted about various gossips and about knights, Diene’s main interest, but when the topic of the knight department came up, Yurih looked bored.
“But what’s going on? “Did you come right after class?”
“Are you asking that now? I was so busy talking that I forgot. You know Lucia Everlast, right?”
“know.”
“This time, they succeeded in making a new potion, and the recipe is being reviewed at the Rodelen Magic Tower.”
Oh oh. Diene let out a soft exclamation.
Lucia Everlast was a giraffe she had heard of.
Among the freshmen, Lucia, who was called a sleeping dragon for her unrivaled talent, was said to have a lazy personality despite her talent.
But when I heard that such a child had accomplished something, I felt proud.
“I heard you’re lazy, but how genius are you… … .”
“Hey, what are you saying? Of course, since you put in the effort, it might be a little unfair.”
“No, absolutely not. If a first year student figured out a new potion recipe, that would be great. “When I was a freshman, I was just talked about by people around me and didn’t do anything.”
“You taste a little like rice.”
“Why?”
The two women giggled, half jokingly and half seriously, and began talking again.
“But it’s definitely surprising. I never thought a first year student could achieve such an achievement. Besides, the potion wasn’t an ordinary potion.”
“What did you make?”
“Isn’t there a stamina increase potion made from Morhaime? They said that by supplementing that, the advantages were increased and the side effects were completely eliminated.”
In fact, I asked half-expectedly, but when Dienne heard the content, she couldn’t help but be surprised.
“really? “Is that possible?”
“I don’t know. We will know once the screening is over. “Maybe if the ingredients used are legendary herbs or something like that, it’s meaningless.”
“Oh, there’s no way you could put something like that in there.”
“Still, the famous Everlast is at the top of the ship, so isn’t there reason to be suspicious?”
There was a reasonable suspicion that this could definitely be the case, but Diene quickly shook her head.
“The Lucia I heard about wasn’t that kind of child. “A genius like that couldn’t have thought of that?”
“Well, that’s right. Oh, and Lucia Everlast wasn’t the only one who made this potion.”
“Co-production?”
“huh. “Don’t be surprised when you hear it.”
Who the hell is it that tells me not to be surprised when I hear this?
When Diene tilted her head, Yurihy’s heart melted with a cuteness that did not match her elegance.
“Ah. “Why don’t you tell me, just?”
“What! tell me!”
“Haha, haha. Sister Diene. i love you!”
“Stop playing around and tell me quickly. “I’m really curious.”
Yurich, who thoroughly enjoyed Diene’s plea, smiled and said the name he had heard but could not believe.
“Adrias Cromwell.”
“… … what?”
“The sullen, perverted, devilish Adrias!”
“ha… … .”
Diene sighed and shook her head.
“Don’t joke, tell me quickly. Or was Lucia alone in the first place?”
“It’s not a joke?”
“what?”
“It’s no joke. Adrias was actually listed as a co-producer.”
Diene’s face froze at Yurich’s serious words.
That Adrias? The Adrias that had less recycling value than rolling garbage?
She couldn’t believe it.
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No, I couldn’t admit it.
“Nonsense.”
“I thought so too. So did most people. But what if it’s true? An official document has already been published. “Check the tablet.”
If an official document has been released, it is true unless it is a double sky or a huge mistake.
And Diene knew that the chances of making such a mistake were very slim.
Still, I checked the Magic Tablet first.
‘Lucia Everlast, Adrias Cromwell.’
The two names were actually listed together.
“Hey. Who would have thought that our bug prince Adrias, who always acted like he was going to lick the soles of our feet whenever he saw Diene, would explode like this! Diene, how are you feeling now?”
“… … .”
Diene, who was looking at the tablet without saying a word, suddenly stood up.
“Diene? Di, diene?”
“I have to go out and see.”
“Where?”
“Lucia Everlast.”
Diene’s cold eyes became as deep as an abyss.
“We’ll meet up and check.”
* * *
“Gasp, gasp!”
I tried to keep my breathing as steady as possible.
You can run longer by controlling your inhalation and exhalation.
However, the problem was that my body kept going astray against my will.
“Turn it off.”
Fortunately, I was able to complete the target distance before I lost my breathing.
I felt a terrible pain as if it was piercing my lungs, but I stretched without any worries.
I wanted to sit down and take a deep breath, but I held back and accepted the discomfort.
The current time is 5 am.
It was a time of dusk.
These days, it’s also been a time for me to exercise every day.
As soon as I finished stretching, I headed to the fitness room.
Should I call it funny or ironic?
The magic department’s physical training room had equipment and tools that were no different from those in the knight department.
It seems that they had no choice but to prepare at the same level due to complaints from students in the Faculty of Magic, but the physical training room that was created that way became a psychic spot that no one used.
Well, honestly, what kind of exercise do guys who stay in their closets and study magic do?
Thanks to this, this place has become like my personal gym.
Now, was it your turn to tone your lower body today?
“senior.”
“Sigh!”
At that moment, I barely held back the scream that was about to escape, and I checked on Shinyoung, who was standing up in a corner of the training room.
“Lucia?”
“Haam. Good morning.”
When I saw her yawning and making a dazed expression, I couldn’t help but laugh.
Why are you here?
“What are you doing here now?”
“I was waiting for you. “I fell asleep while waiting.”
“What do you mean?”
“Senior, you don’t have a magic tablet. “I had no way to contact him, so I waited since yesterday after hearing that he was working out early in the morning.”
I couldn’t understand it at all.
So why wait like this?
I don’t even understand why you slept here in the first place?
“Senior, today is today.”
“what?”
“An interview with the results of the screening. That’s why you have to go to the Magic Tower with me.”
“Have you been waiting since yesterday to tell me that? “You could have just come and talked to me yesterday.”
“I didn’t have time to visit yesterday because I was caught by some seniors.”
Having said that, she was already getting ready to sleep again with her eyes half closed.
“wake up.”
“Just 5 more minutes… … .”
She even brought a sleeping bag and pillow and fell asleep again.
After observing her for a few days, I found out that she was a lazy person with no interests other than herbalism and manufacturing.
It is said that he is so lazy that he does not even attend lectures except for the two subjects just mentioned.
What’s surprising is that even though the attendance rate was terrible, all of the last midterm exams got 100 points, which was a clear example of how unfair the world is.
It was difficult to deal with it because it was My Way and 4D, but now I was getting used to it.
It was already 7 o’clock when I left her asleep and finished today’s exercise.
“Lucia, wake up.”
“Ugh… … little bit more.”
“They said I have to go to the Magic Tower. “How long will it last?”
“Ugh.”
Lucia suddenly opened her eyes at the mention of the magic tower, looked up at me, and said.
“Seven o’clock… … half.”
“what?”
I asked again, wondering if I had heard wrong.
“Seven o’clock? “Seven o’clock in the evening?”
“Seven thirty in the morning.”
what?
Without even having time to think about anything, I reflexively lifted up Lucia, who was lying down.
“Ugh?”
I felt Lucia startled and struggling, but I grabbed her with an unknown source of strength and started running.
“late! run!”
Fortunately, the Magic Tower was located within the academy grounds and near the Faculty of Magic, so we were able to arrive in time.
Of course, it was possible because Lucia got off on the way and ran on her own.
“Lucia Everlast, Adrias Cromwell, correct?”
“yes.”
“Please follow me.”
As I followed the instructor belonging to the Magic Tower, I got to look around the complex interior of the tower.
From the outside, it looked like a simple cylindrical building, but the inside was as complex as a maze.
If you walk a little, a completely unexpected space appears, and when you think you are going up the stairs, at some point you find yourself going down to the basement.
‘My head is spinning, spinning.’
If it weren’t for the assistant, I would have been lost, so I followed along without slowing down.
“senior. “Look at that.”
While I was frantically following along, Lucia gestured somewhere.
When I looked where she pointed, I saw a huge blue bird of prey sitting on a flagpole and scratching its beak.
“Stormbringer!”
“I’ve only heard of it, but it’s amazing to see it in person.”
It is a type of monster classified as a spirit creature.
As the name suggests, it is a monster that uses lightning and wind.
Since it is a spirit creature, it is very intelligent and if you get to know it, you can become a companion.
I, too, managed to tame it through countless saves and load feats in the game.
“uh?”
As we watched Stormbringer like that, we were immediately taken aback.
“Where did it go?”
The teaching assistant disappeared.
Lucia and I looked at each other confused as the teaching assistant disappeared in less than 5 seconds as if he had been teleported.
“When you become lost, it’s best to stand still.”
“senior. “This is inside the magic tower, so even if you stand still, the space keeps twisting.”
“… … okay?”
This is a setting that has never been seen in the game.
At that time, when a character entered the magic tower, they were moved immediately according to the purpose of the visit.
The process of walking like this was not expressed.
“Ah, it suddenly occurred to me.”
“What? “Is there a way?”
“No, I’m not talking about that, I’m talking about yesterday. “You said you were caught by your seniors.”
Do we really need to talk about that now?
I wanted to take a look inside my head to see what on earth I was thinking.
“senior? Are you listening?”
“uh. so.”
“That was true, but one of those seniors was Dienne Alven.”
“okay?”
Diene came to visit Lucia… … .
There may be enough.
In the first place, all of the playable characters residing in the academy are bound to be encountered somehow.
I recognize people who are talented as much as they are talented.
But what did you want to talk about? Since it was before the game started, I don’t know what happened.
“But the reason you came to see me was because of your senior.”
“me?”
“Yes, senior.”
me? why?
No, why did Dienne bother to visit Lucia…? … .
“Is it because of the potion?”
“that’s right. They asked me why I listed my senior as a co-producer. “I was very suspicious.”
Well, I never expected that we would end up intertwined like this.
I didn’t want to get involved with Diene as much as possible.
‘If you think about it that way, I was too involved with Lucia.’
I treated him complacently.
From the beginning, I felt like he was going to die.
“so?”
“I just told the truth. “The senior did everything.”
“hey!”
“yes?”
“No, good job.”
no!
Any further interest in playables is the specifications.
If you do this, you won’t die faster than in the game, right?
I wanted to criticize Lucia for her actions, but I couldn’t take my anger out on a guy who didn’t know anything.
I’m sure he thinks he was considerate of me.
“Senior, I guess you knew Senior Diene?”
“Uh, uh. yes. “It’s not a very good relationship.”
“then. “It’s not a good relationship.”
Lucia and I turned our heads at the sudden voice.
A middle-aged man with both eyes covered with a black cloth sat leaning against a flagpole with one leg dangling.
Stormbringer was on top of his arm, acting cute.
And seeing him like that, I screamed without even realizing it.
“Bahat Alven… … !”
fantasy,
