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Lee Han glanced at his senior for a moment.
‘Isn’t it too much to pass it on to this guy?’
However, it seemed unreasonable to believe that Yukveltyre had beaten up Count Buyon.
“I did it, but I’m not sure exactly what the fan did…”
“You are my hero!”
“… … ”
Wow!
The stonemason guild members fought each other to hug Yihan. They were so strong that Yihan was pushed away.
“You beat up Count Buyong!”
“It was not a beating, but a seizure following due process…”
“Where and how did you hit it? Huh?”
A petty client was bound to incur the resentment of guild members.
And if there is a client who is more resentful, it is the one who does not pay the fair price and uses tricks.
Count Buyong was exactly this kind of client.
The members of the Capital Stonemason’s Guild had suffered many such robberies from the Count of Buyong, and this grudge could only be appeased by the mere sight of the adjutant.
“…I punched him in the face as soon as I saw him!”
Lee Han shouted, half giving up.
What’s the point of explaining to the guild members here that this is something they had to do?
I thought it would be better to just give them the answer they wanted to hear.
“Oh! So that bold action was possible because you had the evidence!”
“… That’s right. How could you do something like that without any evidence?”
“That’s right. Even when a wizard is angry, he or she is bound to remain calm.”
“… … ”
“Can’t we talk about the story of Count Buyong being beaten during class?”
“No matter what, that would be impossible. What does that have to do with the lecture?”
“How important is it to beat up a guy who steals money?”
The stonemason guild members were gossiping amongst themselves. Fortunately, the atmosphere wasn’t bad.
After successfully concluding their first meeting, Lee Han cautiously asked them a favor.
“I would like to consult about the lecture content in advance…”
“Ah. Okay, I understand. But I have a question.”
“What are you curious about? What damage did Count Buyong suffer in his organs?”
“Oh. I’m curious about that too. But that’s not what I just said. Why is there no Professor Burdus and only two students?”
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“… … ”
“… … ”
Lee Han and Yukveltire fell silent at the same time.
Even though he was the head of the second year and a senior in the fifth year, it wasn’t easy to talk about the professor who went to the punishment room.
‘Senior. Please try to do something.’
‘Oh, how should I say…’
Yukveltire couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.
How can you put it nicely that the professor is in the punishment cell?
“… Since the senior here is so talented, he took over the professor’s lecture. You could say it’s a tradition of Ain Rogard.”
It wasn’t a lie.
The tragic reality of Ain Rogard was that the more outstanding the student was, the more he ended up sharing the professor’s work.
“That sounds good.”
Yukveltire nodded with a satisfied expression on his junior’s improvisation. Lee Han gave him a slightly contemptuous look.
Are you satisfied now?
“I see. I understand. But can I ask you one more thing?”
“What are you curious about?”
“Even if that’s the case for the princess, why is Wodanaz, a second-year student…?”
“… … ”
The other stonemason guild members nodded absentmindedly at the question.
Why on earth is a second year student discussing the lecture with them?
This time, it was Yukveltire who opened her mouth. Her junior had shown his wit, so it was time for her to show something.
“They want to help me because they respect me. As a junior in the same school… Evil.”
Yukveltyre let out a small scream as his junior stepped on the tip of his shoe.
“Oops. Sorry. I twisted my ankle.”
“… … ”
Ignoring the senior who was looking at him with suspicious eyes, Lee Han took control of the conversation again.
“I heard from Professor Knighton that in the last lecture, the students made models of the buildings you had built and talked about magic and materials.”
“That’s right. But…”
The members of the Capital Stonemason Guild suddenly looked suspicious.
Lee Han was taken aback by the change in attitude.
Why?
“… I know that Professor Burdus doesn’t just hand out materials needed for his lectures. Can you prepare the materials to make a model?”
“Of course it’s impossible… evil.”
Yukveltyre screamed again as his junior poked him in the side.
This time, it was absolutely not a mistake. Yukveltire glared at his junior with tearful eyes.
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“Of course I can. Just tell me the list and I’ll bring it over.”
“??”
Yukveltire wondered, forgetting even his pain.
How on earth did you get the ingredients?
* * *
-How did you get it?
The knights were also puzzled.
Surely you didn’t turn over your private property?
The successor may have been a bit of a pushover, but even so…
“Hmm. That’s it.”
Lee Han looked at Professor Burdus next to him.
Yukveltire, who of course did not pay attention to the professor’s expression, spoke confidently.
“I brought it from Professor Burdus’ warehouse.”
“Eeeeek!!!!!”
Professor Burdus shouted, “Thief!” but no one paid any attention. The knights were amazed.
– Come to think of it, that would work! Why didn’t we think of that?
-It’s because it’s too honorable.
“… Yes. I asked His Majesty the Inspector and was granted access to the underground storage of the Seonggakwan.”
-Aside from the lecture materials, did you bring enough reagents for your successor to use?
“Ugh! Ugh!!”
“That wasn’t the case.”
-Oh my, why on earth!
* * *
“I need to go back now and get some more…”
“Ah. Please be quiet.”
Lee Han answered in an irritated voice to the senior who was talking loudly behind him.
Of course, Lee Han-do didn’t mind pillaging Professor Burdus, but there was still a line.
If you take away more than the lecture materials, even Professor Verdus might go crazy with rage.
… Besides, if you think about it, Professor Burdus was locked up because of Lee Han’s words, so I felt a little guilty.
“I think this is enough for the blacksmith. As for the salt…”
“The quality is a little bad, but it can be overcome with magic. One minute is enough.”
Lee Han was slightly impressed by his senior’s words that it only took one minute to process all the materials in the box.
‘He’s a perfectly respectable person when it comes to magic.’
“This is the tower that controls lightning. Even if we make a small model, will it be able to control lightning in the same way?”
“If you just apply the principle as is, the effect will be the same. The power will be reduced, though. And in any case, from the perspective of a learner, it is more important to understand the principle than to follow it exactly. To put it in an extreme way, if you can only reproduce magic by imitating the materials exactly, then that is not learning.”
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“…!”
After talking about magic twice in a row, this senior suddenly started to look like a trustworthy professor.
Lee Han said in a voice full of trust.
“Senior. I think it would be better if you gave the lecture.”
“What are you talking about? I’m supposed to be teaching.”
“Haha. Right. I guess I forgot.”
Now that the materials and the lecture were ready, there was nothing to worry about.
Until the Capital Stonemason’s Guild members shouted:
“The one who helped the Kudrin Stonemason Guild build the Pocketknife Fortress was a student of Wodanaz!? And that too in his first year last year?!”
“…Can’t we talk about that after class?”
* * *
-I see. The key was to create a model of a tower that controls lightning.
The articles summarized briefly.
Looking around, I saw that the students had each taken their own materials and were building a model of a lightning-controlling tower in their own way.
The Capital Stonemason Guild members looked at it and gave advice on the practical problems it would pose if actually built, while Yukveltyre gave advice on the magical problems.
‘It’s so perfect that I feel bad about releasing Professor Verdus.’
But now that he had come this far, Professor Burdus had to be released. The knights warned the professor.
-If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll send you back to the punishment room.
“Ugh.”
-Nothing is allowed, such as wasting the warehouse reagents, being rude to the Capital Stonemason Guild members, or anything… No. Only talk about magic.
“Euuuup. Euuuup.”
Professor Burdus nodded as if he understood.
The knights, thinking that they really didn’t want to let him go, took off the gag. Professor Verdus, who was freed, bit the model right in front of him.
Of course, not actually biting, but metaphorically.
“What kind of crazy idea was this to put a lightning induction spell in the middle? If there’s a strong thunderstorm, it’ll just flow back and hit the tower!”
“… Ha, but when there is less lightning, it is efficient…”
“Why do you need a tower like this in a place where there is little lightning? Are you an idiot?”
The third-year student looked at the knights pitifully. His face seemed to be asking if they could just shut up again.
The knights shook their heads in apology. They could not interfere with the magic lecture.
Professor Burdus looked at Yukveltire and asked.
“Why did you make it like that?”
Yukveltire, who was proud of his magical skills, was naturally furious.
It was his own fault that his third-year junior had made him look like a fool, and it was absolutely not Yukveltire’s fault.
“The reason the junior is a fool is because of the junior’s… Aah.”
“Please think before you speak!”
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Lee Han whispered as he poked her in the side again.
The atmosphere in the classroom that had been happy and joyful until just now was already starting to split.
Students vs. Professor Verdus.
At least Yukveltire should have been in the former, not the latter.
Yukveltyre muttered, thinking that he should add an artifact to protect his side.
“I didn’t say anything wrong at all…”
“Professor, as I just said, this lecture is not about creating a finished work, but rather testing out the principles to understand the magic of architecture. Naturally, there will be a lot of free-spirited attempts.”
“Huh. Stupid is stupid.”
Having been locked up for so long, Professor Burdus’ opinions were even sharper than usual.
I will point out the students’ magic as I see it!
Professor Burdus’ eyes sparkled as he thought about that. If there was any stupid magic, he would bite it right away.
The students, overwhelmed by the momentum, held their breath and avoided eye contact.
I had forgotten, but the scariest moment for Professor Burdus was when he pointed out magic. The more purely he pointed out something, the more the magician who was hurt felt the pain.
‘Shouldn’t we hit them right now for the sake of the students?’
While the Capital Stonemason Guild members were troubled by the messy classroom atmosphere, Professor Verdus found his next target.
“Why isn’t there a top part to this?”
“Ah. I tried applying it with <Bibble’s Flight Grant>. So, it’s the magic that the professor taught me last time regarding airships, but I thought it would be much more efficient to control it by floating a part of it in the air rather than above the ground.”
Lee Han brought the upper part of the tower model floating in the air by manipulating it.
Professor Verdus shut his mouth with a look of dismay at the sight of his magic being perfectly implemented.
There was absolutely no fault to be found in the way he taught so persistently.
“… If you raise the tower in the air and then lower it, its durability will suffer! What are you going to do about that?!”
‘When did you ever care about such matters…!’
The members of the Capital Stonemason’s Guild clenched their fists.
The wizard who often said that he would build walls and pillars out of glass if only the magic could be implemented made me feel murderous.
“I knew you would do that, so I prepared the <Zaroon’s Inelastic Rubber> magic.”
“…It’s perfect! Why is it perfect!”
Professor Burdus was angry at his uselessly brilliant student.
