Episode 1151
Anyway, after receiving it, I just had to go down to the basement.
“Why are you giving me this?”
Jarun, who had come to his senses, looked at his junior again with eyes full of caution.
Lee Han answered calmly.
“Aren’t you a 4th year student, senior?”
“!”
Jaroon was very surprised.
I never thought my junior would give me this artifact as a gift just for that reason.
It was for a completely unexpected reason.
“The other Transmutation Magic School seniors were worried about you. They kept saying things like you wouldn’t be able to graduate if you kept going like this, or you’d become a wanderer in Ainrogarde and haunt the underground.”
“Wait a minute. I’m thinking about graduating…”
“Of course I didn’t agree. No matter what, there’s no way Senior Jarun wouldn’t graduate. He’s not even a slacker.”
Lee Han said with confidence.
Of course, this dwarf senior was a very eccentric and difficult person.
But apart from that, no one could deny his magical abilities.
Magic that continuously transforms connected dimensions to scrape gold is not a magic that can be easily challenged.
Does it make sense that a senior like that would fail to graduate?
‘Seniors are really noisy.’
Lee Han thought that the other transformation magic school seniors were making a fuss.
No matter how outstanding Lee Han was as a junior, his imagination was limited.
One could not imagine the abyss of fourth grade until one reached it.
There’s really no way someone would give up on graduating and choose to become a ghost who wanders around school…
“…Oh, no. Isn’t graduation not necessarily required?”
Jaroon refuted without realizing it.
If it had been another junior, I would have gone underground without caring what was said in front of me, but strangely, the junior in front of me started to cry for no reason and ended up refuting me.
What’s the big deal about Ain Rogard’s graduation?
The important thing was to continue on the magical path that he was pursuing.
“Graduation isn’t a requirement, but being a wanderer in Ainrogard and wandering around the underground is a bit…”
“……”
As expected of a top student, the junior had a clear logic.
If I drop out of Einlogard in the middle, I’ll be a ghost wandering the territory because I don’t have the confidence to graduate. What’s the point of that?
It wasn’t a magic path, it was a magic mud swamp.
“I have to avoid the eyes of the Death Knights, the eyes of the professors, the eyes of my juniors, and I won’t be able to receive support or requests. What a waste that is.”
Jarun, a western dwarf who usually kept his distance from conversation, could not refute it.
All you do is kick the rocks in front of you and send them flying.
Lee Han, who was making his argument, suddenly felt a sense of discomfort and asked.
“Senior. Are you really thinking of giving up on graduation and running away?”
“What… What are you talking about! You punk! What do you think I am!”
“I knew it.”
Lee Han nodded as if he had expected that.
‘I guess I won’t trust Senior Hormasi’s words from now on.’
I felt like this senior kept grumbling because many rare animals, including the griffon, liked Lee Han-man.
“Anyway, I hope this helps. By the way. If Professor Verdus finds out, this isn’t something I gave you.”
After finishing his last words, the junior quickly left.
Jarun, who was standing there blankly, scratched his head and thought.
‘…I should prepare now and submit something…’
It definitely wasn’t because of that unlucky junior.
* * *
Giselle, from the Moradi family, checked the blade of her beloved sword, Ice Flower, and carefully checked her magic.
She felt the cold of the North pulsing pleasantly from the blade to her hand. Giselle smiled faintly. Few things pleased her as much as the sword.
Because he was quiet and loyal and never made any useless mistakes.
“Moradi. Did your friends have any trouble today?”
A senior from the same tower, Palga of the Ukim family, asked as he passed by.
As a member of the dueling club, this senior knew very well how much Giselle struggled among her second-year peers.
“yes.”
“That went well.”
As Palga passed, another senior, Ivanna, appeared.
“Moradi. Today, your friends didn’t summon monsters from another dimension like last time, did they?”
“…Yes. Please forget it.”
“Haha. I forgot. But I think my friends should remember. It’s the third time I’ve made the same mistake.”
“……”
Giselle swallowed her humiliation.
At times like this, I find myself comparing the White Tiger Tower to other top students.
Of course, each tower would have its own set of difficulties.
Since most of the incidents that occur inside the White Tiger Tower do not leak out, it is certain that other towers are experiencing similar incidents…
‘Huh. I don’t think the Blue Dragon Tower will be like this.’
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t help but think that the students at the Blue Dragon Tower would be honest and upright.
Giselle frowned.
For some reason, I had a feeling that the current situation was very different from what I had expected before entering school.
I wanted to capture not only the White Tiger Tower students, but also other tower students and use them as a stepping stone in the future…
…The situation was a little different now. Not only for the other top students, but even for the White Tiger Tower students.
Isn’t this more of a caregiver role than a ruthless ruler?
I wasn’t particularly dissatisfied or dissatisfied with the current situation, but I kept feeling like I had been deceived.
‘I think I got caught up in the atmosphere because that guy Wardanaz was taking care of the tower without any consideration.’
If he had done so with this in mind, he was truly a fearsome strategist.
‘…No. That’s nonsense.’
Giselle came to her senses.
It was said that people had limits.
It was absurd to take such great care of the prince just to weaken Giselle’s dominance.
That was just his personality.
“Moradi. How do you think this coat will look in the North?”
“The material is fine, but you’d better get rid of the metal decorations. They’ll be a pain if they touch your skin.”
“Indeed. Thank you.”
A classmate of the same age, Bartrek of the Bark family, passed by, nodding in greeting. Giselle, who nodded back, felt a sense of discomfort.
‘Why did you ask the North?’
Of course, Ainrogard also had regions with cold and harsh environments similar to the northern part of the Empire.
Although there were no hungry bandits, it was somewhat similar as hungry students appeared instead.
But when going to such places, they simply said they were going to a glacier zone or a snowy zone, and did not specifically ask about the northern part of the empire.
what?
“Moradi. Do you think the knights of the house would like this <Knight’s Pleasure> drink?”
“…Everyone likes strong alcohol…”
“Good!”
This time, Anragó of the Alpha family walked by, rattling a bottle of wine in a chest. The chest had the words ‘Thunderouse’ engraved on the side.
Giselle felt even more uncomfortable.
Knights who train their magical powers using their flesh as a staff are able to sense danger even without precognition magic.
Now Giselle was definitely feeling the danger.
“Moradi. Regarding this northern mission, the master said that it was okay to bring anyone, but is it really okay for everyone to go like this?”
The last one was Deurgyu of the Choi family.
Giselle was shocked by the question from one of the few normal people among the second year students of the White Tiger Tower.
“What northern request? And what about the lord?”
“Huh? The head of the Moradi family has invited you for a favor. You and Ihan received it…”
“…You never said you were taking anyone with you? What are you talking about?”
If it weren’t for the orders of the Lord, Giselle wouldn’t have participated.
Considering what the Wardanaz did at the family estate last year, there was absolutely nothing good about going there this year.
Wasn’t it Wordanaz who advised the master, ‘In order to improve the skills of the apprentice knights, they should be treated like the students of Ainrogard’?
When I think about how much the knights in the territory suffered because of that advice, honestly, even I, Wodanaz, wanted to tell them not to go.
If you get caught giving advice, assassins who use knightly swordsmanship will keep visiting you at night…
‘But what are these kids talking about?!’
Why are all these White Tiger Tower guys in a group when even one person is a headache!?
“…Oh, wasn’t it free to participate?”
Dergy said with a very embarrassed look on his face.
Clearly, someone had a conversation like, ‘Moradi is going out on a family mission,’ ‘Really?’ ‘I heard participation is voluntary,’ ‘Oh, I should go too.’
“What kind of street wrestling match is this?! Anyone can participate?! Of course not! This is a request from that bastard Wodanas! I’m just a guide!”
“omg.”
It was really rare to see Durgyu get so flustered that he would make a sound like that.
The other friends who heard this were also shocked and started muttering.
“You clearly said it was free to participate? What kind of kid is that…?”
“Isn’t that right?”
“No, you idiot! Bartrek is suspicious!”
“Rowen is still, so isn’t she the culprit?”
“I didn’t even participate in the first place! I had no intention of going!”
The White Tiger Tower students put their heads together to try to find the source of the rumor.
However, the culprit was not found. In the end, the White Tiger Tower students concluded that it was ‘a hallucination created by the collective unconsciousness of everyone who wanted to go outside.’
“Indeed. It’s mysterious. It’s like magic.”
“Shh. Shut up. Moradi is about to draw his sword.”
“……”
The White Tiger Tower students quickly shut their mouths. Giselle asked in a cold voice.
“If you prepared like this, it means you’ve already reported it to the professor.”
“…huh…”
“If you want to persuade him, tell Wodanaz yourself.”
“Mo, Moradi! Jeb…”
“Please what?”
“…Can you come with me and look after me from behind?”
The White Tiger Tower students who noticed the situation quickly changed their words.
Durgyu covered his face with both hands because he was embarrassed by his friends.
* * *
“What?! You’re all going together!?”
Lee Han was surprised.
Angrago said with a very tired look on his face.
“Actually, I prepared a lot of gifts to give to the knights when I visit Yeongji this time. How could it not work out?”
“no…”
Lee Han looked very embarrassed and looked at Giselle who was standing behind him blankly.
Giselle said with her eyes.
‘Tell him to get out.’
“…Moradi. Just a moment.”
Since it seemed like a conversation through eye contact wouldn’t solve the problem, Lee Han called his friend aside.
“I’m telling you in advance that I never called you. It’s hard enough to get one person to the territory, let alone several.”
“No. Going is not a problem… um… that is… ah. I can’t help it. Moradi. Since it has come to this, I will be honest with you. Actually, I had something else I wanted to do while going out for this request. That’s why I prepared.”
“?”
Giselle was puzzled.
I wondered if there was anything that Wodanas could say that would be worth it.
Any other student might have wanted to go to a dance or a social gathering, but as everyone knows, Wodanaz was the furthest thing from such things.
‘Smuggling? That’s too easy for Wardanaz. Are you trying to buy some evil forbidden magic book?’
“What were you trying to do?”
“I was trying to subdue some of the evil spirits. That’s why I invited Senior Caton as well.”
“……”
It was an answer I would never have guessed, no matter how much time I was given.
