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“… … ”
“… … ”
For a moment, Lee Han thought Professor Garcia had used a time-stopping spell. Suddenly, everyone in the classroom stopped for a moment.
But it wasn’t. The people who had stopped were staring at the entrance to the lecture room.
Even though he sensed an ominous future, Lee Han turned his gaze. And he was shocked.
“Professor Berdus!”
“I see. I guess I can go now.”
Yukveltire reacted immediately. Lee Han glared at the fifth-year senior with the intention of hitting him.
“Where are you going?”
“Now that the professor is free, I guess I’ll be free too?”
“If you were going to talk about freedom, you shouldn’t have entered the Magic School. No, you shouldn’t have entered Einrogard in the first place. There is no such thing as freedom once you enter, so just stay still.”
“What kind of nonsense is that…”
Yukveltire tried to refute, but his junior would not listen.
The stonemason guild people from outside were pointing at Professor Verdus in amazement.
“Why is Professor Burdus here now…?”
“There is a reason for that.”
“And why are you crawling on all fours?”
“… There is a reason for that. In fact, it is Professor Burdus’s way of showing his apology.”
“Are you talking about Professor Burdus?!”
The Stonemasons’ Guild members were more surprised that Professor Verdus was trying to apologize than that he was crawling on all fours.
Yukveltire expressed slight regret at that sight.
I wasn’t the type of person who would brag to people who weren’t on my level, but defeating Professor Verdus was exceptional. I wanted to tell everyone I met about it.
‘I got on my knees.’
“How much harm have you caused to us, Professor? How rude have you been to us?”
“Just thinking about it makes me want to throw a hammer in my face. Honestly, I debate every night whether or not I should put a bounty on that author.”
When the stonemason guild members who had been laughing until just now became serious and started talking, Lee Han flinched slightly.
Perhaps because they were all so large and trained, their momentum was extraordinary.
“… I don’t know if that apology can repay even a ten-thousandth, but I would appreciate it if you understood it as a gesture of sincerity.”
“Honestly, I’m surprised and can’t believe it… but I still feel good. Professor Burdus could change…”
Lee Han and the Stonemason Guild people talked to Professor Verdus, who was lying on all fours in the doorway.
Lee Han quickly whispered to his senior.
“Senior Yukveltire. Please stop the professor from talking nonsense.”
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“okay.”
Yukveltire nodded surprisingly coolly.
The only order this fifth-year senior readily gave was to attack Professor Verdus.
“… are trying to attack me!”
Professor Verdus noticed his student’s audacity as he approached him like a great wizard.
The artifact he was holding in his hand was the <Torture Device of the Silent Practitioner>, a powerful artifact that sealed the tongue and vocal cords when worn once.
Few things were more annoying to a wizard than such an artifact.
While most of the artifacts were confiscated in the punishment room, Professor Verdus tried to summon the artifacts out of thin air in a hurry.
closely!
Just then, the Death Knights grabbed Professor Verdus’s arms and stopped him from moving.
-Please fill it out.
“Eww! Eww!”
Yukveltyre easily filled the artifact with the help of the knights. When the gag was removed, Professor Verdus flailed around in anger.
-Calm down, Professor. I’ll let you go since you have to teach anyway. Please stay still while the successor explains the situation.
“Eeeeeep!”
-You were supposed to fill this out while you were in the punishment cell.
Thanks to the help of the knights, Lee Han was able to buy some time and let out a sigh of relief.
At least it seemed like the incident of Professor Burdus suddenly appearing had been dealt with somehow.
“Professor. I think they understand, so please solve the artifact and proceed with the lecture.”
Taking advantage of the gap between the stonemason guild members’ retreat, Lee Han quickly spoke.
Professor Burdus nodded in resignation.
“Ugh.”
-Wait a minute. Don’t try to solve it.
-But why? Of course, I want to keep filling it up too…
-Do you think I would have stopped you for that reason? Of course, there is a reason for that, but I have to tell you what we just learned in the lecture.
The knights didn’t trust Professor Burdus one bit.
Although he said that he would give the lecture himself, no one could know whether it would actually take the form of a lecture.
If you let them go, you can make the atmosphere cold by saying something like, “You guys figure out how to build a structure and bring it to me.”
At the very least, they should have told us what kind of lectures Yukveltire and Lee Han were giving.
-I see. How were you teaching it?
“It wasn’t me, it was my senior who was teaching.”
-Okay, okay. Let’s skip the minor details.
The knights made a gesture of letting it slide as if they knew everything.
This isn’t the first or second time I’ve seen this successor speak like that!
‘I feel like hitting him for some reason.’
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Maybe it was because I still felt resentful because of Senior Yukveltire earlier, but I strangely found the Death Knights annoying.
Lee Han opened his mouth, hiding his nervous emotions.
“So, how did this <Magical Architecture and Its Materials> lecture start…?”
* * *
Yukveltire, who was taking over Professor Burdus’ lecture, vehemently opposed the newly added lecture.
“I absolutely cannot agree. I will complain to the principal.”
“Currently, the real power lies with His Majesty the Inspector.”
“Then I will complain to the inspector. You, the junior of the Wardanaz family, should help me too.”
“How can I protest to His Majesty the Inspector? His Majesty the Inspector is a terrible tyrant and an evil dragon. If I say even one wrong word in front of him, I will be devoured.”
Yukveltire expressed his doubts at Lee Han’s words.
It was quite different from the information I had heard.
“He didn’t seem like that kind of person. He had a good reputation among the royal family, and when I saw him at the banquet hall…”
“It’s all a cunning trick.”
“I heard that you, the junior of the Wardanaz family, have great influence on the inspector. What happened to that?”
“That’s also a mistake. I’m just being dragged around and threatened. I’m just doing what I’m told.”
Lee Han lied without changing his expression.
It didn’t seem like Yukveltire would meet the inspector separately anyway.
“But, if you are my senior, you might be able to persuade that evil and powerful tyrant and demon dragon, unlike me. Would you like to assist me in my stead?”
Yukveltire immediately expressed his refusal.
“I refuse. I absolutely cannot accept that. The Inspectorate has already increased my workload…”
A good example is the evil spirits that have recently been appearing in the Nightmare Echo Forest.
Originally, this was not something a fifth grader should be dealing with.
I was worried about strange friends like Diret and useless juniors, but it had nothing to do with Yukveltyre, and then suddenly I got a letter from the inspector.
It was a letter of instructions to specifically name Yukveltire.
“Cough, cough.”
Suddenly, Derete, who was next to me, started coughing as if he had caught something.
“Are you okay, sir? Here, have some cocoa.”
Lee Han snatched the cup of cocoa from Yukveltire and handed it to Diret.
“Oh, thank you. That…”
“?”
“… It’s nothing.”
Diret tried to say something, but then gave up.
How can one say that the junior is using the inspector’s power arbitrarily?
If Yukveltire and his junior were trying to use each other, Diret had no choice but to take the latter’s side.
Even more so if you are in a position to receive help as a senior.
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“It seems that Senior Yukveltire’s magic research lab environment is not good, so he is coughing. Wouldn’t it be better for Senior Diret to go back and do his own research?”
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about? This is the first time I’ve heard that the environment is bad. Tell me exactly where the problem is, with coordinates. If you’re even a little bit off, it’s invalid.”
“I’ll stop here and go, so you two stop fighting…”
Diret stopped the two. Yihan looked at his senior with a look of displeasure.
I had Professor Mortum and Senior Yukveltire divide up the work, and now they’re coming to help me!
But some personalities are unavoidable. Lee Han gave up and opened his mouth.
“Anyway, senior, you should go prepare for the lecture. I’ll help you.”
Originally, he wouldn’t have cared, but since he had recently abused his power as an inspector and pushed a lot of work and lectures onto this senior, Lee Han also felt a bit of responsibility.
The other seniors of the Buyeo Magic School will never help me even if the sky falls…
“Yeah. Good idea.”
Yukveltire nodded as if it was obvious.
Lee Han cursed inwardly at that ugly appearance that gave nothing.
‘I said I would help you for nothing. I should have just given you a lecture.’
“Wait a minute. Where did the cocoa go?”
“What kind of cocoa are you talking about?”
“The cocoa you gave me, a junior from the Wardanaz family. I haven’t had a sip yet because I’m planning to drink it after I finish my work.”
“Maybe you’re mistaken?”
“There’s no way I could mistake that…”
“That’s not important right now. Let’s get out quickly. If you’re not properly prepared for the lecture, His Majesty the Inspector will burn and devour you.”
* * *
-Cocoa sounds delicious.
“Do knights also drink cocoa?”
-You can barely taste the sweetness, but you can feel the magic. As you know, when the successor boils it…
-Ah. Let’s stop talking nonsense. So you helped Yukveltire prepare the lecture? You’re really kind.
Since Lee Han cut out the detailed inside story, the reporters could only admire it.
“town?”
-What are you saying?
“You’re probably asking why I helped you when it wasn’t even your job.”
“Ugh, ugh!”
Professor Burdus nodded brightly in agreement. The knights looked at him with contempt and disgust.
“Leave it alone. Anyway, I went to see Professor Knighton…”
* * *
“If Professor Burdus had come looking for me, I would have kicked him out, but I can’t treat you guys like that. Here are the lecture materials we’ve given so far.”
“Thank you, Professor.”
“As usual, people from the Capital Stonemason Guild will come. They like practical things in many ways, so it would be good to have them discuss things with the students in a free atmosphere. But…”
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“yes?”
“…Why is Wardanaz helping prepare the lecture?”
“Haha. Aren’t you my junior?”
“…?”
The old professor tilted his head.
If you look at it that way, there were dozens of juniors to Yukveltire, but I’ve never heard of any of them helping prepare for a lecture.
“Anyway, please take good care of them. They were the ones who caused the building to collapse in the past because of Professor Burdus, so be especially careful when dealing with them.”
“… … ”
“I know.”
Lee Han looked at his senior with a bewildered expression.
It might even have been a famous incident!
‘I already don’t want to see you.’
However, the reaction of the stonemason guild members from the capital was completely different from what Lee Han had expected.
The first thing they said in their rough voices when they first met was:
“Who is the wizard who beat up Count Buyong?”
