End of semester evaluation (1)
When Tanya arrived at Ofilis Hall, it was already dark.
Her school uniform, which she had been neatly dressed in in the morning, was disheveled here and there, and her rich, beautiful blonde hair was matted, with little hairs sticking out.
Tanya trudged into the hallway with bleary eyes, handed her coat and luggage to the maid, and then walked down the hallway.
“You look very tired.”
The maid spoke with concern.
Tanya looks like she’s going to start screaming and sounding like a zombie at any moment… She just shook her head, letting her limp body hang down.
“No, it’s okay.”
It’s been a while since I’ve seen Ofilis Pavilion in broad daylight.
This is because the daily routine of leaving the dormitory at the crack of dawn and returning late at night was repeated.
It’s rewarding in its own way, and the work isn’t terribly difficult.
The looks of respect and envy towards Tanya are also very satisfying. Tanya is basically the type with a desire for fame.
However, there are still a lot of things that make my head pound.
The biggest concern is the forces on the Elte Chamber side that have been trying to cross the line recently. Not only the student council but also the academic headquarters are showing great concern.
The latest move is to raise the market price by sweeping up books.
It seems like a simple intention to save a lot when it is cheap and sell it off when it is expensive to make a profit… Considering the financial power of Elte Corporation, we can think of further directions.
For example, if you stock up on books, school supplies, stationery, and educational magic equipment and do not unpack them… There will be a major disruption to the academic schedule after the start of school. This is because students are immediately forced into a state where they cannot proceed with class.
Elte Trading Company is already solely responsible for Aken Island’s logistics. If they start using such properties as hostages to exert influence on the academics, it will be a headache for the academics.
I wish all of this were just for naught, but things don’t always work out the way we want them to.
It would be best if Elte Trading Company maintains its own business ethics and becomes a good business partner for Sylvania Bachelor in the long term.
However, in a structure where the balance of power has begun to lean towards one side… Bachelors cannot help but feel anxious at all times.
Then, if a certain line is crossed, they will try to secure additional logistics distribution channels other than Elte Trading Company.
This is not a very pleasant situation for Elte Trading Company. This is because the monopoly position is shaken.
“Head hurts… . My head hurts… .”
Tanya pressed her temples as she stumbled through the luxurious hallways.
In the end, the university announced that it plans to establish a preliminary plan in advance to open a new logistics distribution channel.
They say they are planning to put up an announcement in the commercial city of Alldeck, but so far this is only circulating internally.
At the academic level, it is more stable and convenient to create a variety of distribution channels, but from the perspective of Elte Trading Company, it does not mean that there is nothing to say.
There is a reason why I have consistently been in charge of Aken Island’s logistics, even though I have little left, from my time as a humble bachelor until now. This is because there was a calculation that the amount invested would be returned in the future.
When Sylvania’s scale became enormous and it was trying to make some profit from its exclusive position, it suddenly said that it would look for another business partner. If this happens, Elte Trading Company has no choice but to raise its voice again.
We need someone in the middle to coordinate things.
A person who understands Tanya and Haksa’s situation well, but is also able to speak out in his own way to the Elte Company.
“for now… “Let’s go to the room, lie down, and get some rest.”
I was crazy busy today too. First of all, Tanya wanted to rest.
The car was walking down the hallway with the intention of quickly getting into the room.
“… … .”
Suddenly, I looked to the side and saw that Tanya was not the only person walking unsteadily.
Tanya trembled, not feeling any sign of popularity at all.
Well, it was worth it. He is already quite small in stature compared to an ordinary person, but his body is filled with all kinds of lightweight magic, making him as light as a feather.
The reason why her presence stands out is because she is wearing a witch hat that is as big as her upper body. The hat, which is too large for her body, is like a symbol of the girl.
“Lu, senior Lucy… ?”
Lucy also trembled. She was a girl who didn’t really care about her surroundings to begin with, but as soon as she saw Tanya, she started freaking out, jerked her body back, and ran down the hallway to her window.
Then, when I confirmed that the person I was talking to was Tanya, I relaxed my body as if I was relieved.
Lucy does not distinguish people based on appearance alone.
The sense of judging a person’s characteristics, mood, and behavior is sharp. Although he always appears to be a lazy and slow person, his senses are keenly aware of the surrounding situation.
At first, as soon as I sensed that sign of popularity, I thought of someone else, not Tanya. This is Ed Rosstaylor.
Not only that fiery blonde hair, but the person himself is eerily similar to Ed. Since they are brother and sister born in the same house, there is nothing we can do about it.
“Oh, hello… .”
Tanya said hello awkwardly. She is a relationship that cannot help but be awkward to begin with.
At the beginning of the semester, Lucy was acting up and got so angry that she wanted to kill Tanya.
After that, all misunderstandings were resolved, and Ed even dragged Lucy to apologize to Tanya… Still, there remained a strange awkwardness that had not yet been resolved.
Although they maintain such a delicate relationship, Lucy is the one who occupies the room right next to Tanya.
Since we often run into each other like this, it’s just very inconvenient for both of us.
This is not a very pleasant situation for either Lucy or Tanya.
“Uh… .”
Lucy relaxes her body and takes a deep breath. While Tanya was wondering what to say… .
“I was sorry about last time.”
The person who took out the apple first was Lucy. It was a quite refreshing tone.
“I misunderstood.”
“Oh, no. You apologized last time. You don’t have to do it again… .”
Tanya was shaking her head and thinking about how to break this delicate and awkward atmosphere.
Then, I suddenly noticed that Lucy’s clothes were quite dirty.
“It looks like you took a nap somewhere again. It’s nice to spend time outdoors these days. The weather is nice, and there is almost no daily temperature difference… .”
It was truly a personal conversation aimed at continuing the topic. Although it was just a formal remark, Lucy nodded after hearing him say it.
“You still visit your brother’s camp often, right? “I heard we get along well.”
“I don’t go well these days.”
“Uh, uh… ? is it so… ? Why, why… ?”
Did you ever fight? Tanya had a hard time imagining things.
Ed, who is basically conscientious, and Lucy, who is basically lazy, seem like complete opposites.
Still, there is one thing that everyone has in common that is big enough for everyone to admit, and that is that neither of them are very interested in the people around them.
Unless you need to be involved, you never try to be friendly to someone else to get closer to them first.
Because of their temperaments, Ed and Lucy don’t have very high expectations of each other.
Wouldn’t it just be a relationship between a man who lives in a cabin and manages it, and a girl who occasionally visits and takes a nap?
Tanya thought exactly that, and was puzzled by Lucy’s slightly awkward reaction.
“After taking a nap somewhere else… a little… “It doesn’t look good.”
“… yes?”
“The hem of your skirt is dirty, there’s a lot of dust, and your hair is dull… .”
If you just listen to the conversation, there is nothing really strange.
However, if you think about the speaker… Words that were hard to believe came out.
Tanya was also a bit embarrassed, but the maid who was holding her luggage and coat next to her was so wide-eyed that she almost jumped out.
No one else, but Lucy Mayril, who cares about her appearance… .
If it weren’t for the maids, Lucy Mayril wouldn’t tie her hair and would only wear scantily clad clothes… She doesn’t want to show her ugly face to anyone.
The maid next to Tanya almost doubted for a moment whether the person in front of her was that Lucy Mayril.
Are you looking at what others think? That Lucy Mayril.
Only then did Tanya and the maid realize. Lucy Mayril is finally becoming a girl.
It’s still only the starting point, it’s just the level of caring about someone or not wanting to be seen as disliked.
Her self-centered and lazy temperament is still the same, she doesn’t have any girlish hobbies, and her daily routine consists of just hanging out somewhere and taking a nap.
Nothing has changed at all in the way he wanders around the campus like a ghost, wearing school uniforms that don’t fit his size. Human nature does not change that easily.
However, doesn’t even a huge flame start from a weak ember?
Originally, this kind of girlish character was not something that was passed on all at once, but was slowly absorbed.
Tanya closed her eyes and imagined.
This is Lucy Mayril, who takes off that strange witch hat, neatly organizes her pretty white hair, wears a neat and cute dress, and smiles sophisticatedly.
Suddenly, goosebumps ran down my spine. No matter how much I think about it, I think this goes a bit too far.
“Maybe I’ll go to camp tomorrow… .”
“Oh yeah… ?”
“huh. Because it doesn’t last too long… I wanted to go, but… .”
Like a lost cat, he is timidly putting on his hat. It seems that that sight was fatal to the maid.
He grabbed the area around his heart tightly, then jumped out and grabbed Lucy’s hand.
“Well, don’t worry. Miss Lucy. Tomorrow, I will definitely put all my experience as a senior maid on the line to dress her up in the most beautiful way. The original is so beautiful, so don’t worry too much… !”
“… … .”
The sight of the maid suddenly encouraging Lucy with all her heart seemed quite unexpected to me.
Lucy sweatdropped and nodded.
After sending Lucy away, Tanya came into her room. The private rooms of the still magnificent Ofilis Building look more like the interior of a palace than a student dormitory.
After taking off my neat school uniform and changing into comfortable clothes, I came and sat down at the table. When I looked there, there was a letter posted there.
“hmm… ?”
After the maids finish cleaning, they leave various letters addressed to students on the tables in their private rooms. It’s quite convenient because you don’t have to go out to collect your mail.
However, after becoming student council president, Tanya received most of her correspondence through the student council.
Most of them were related to official work, so I didn’t want to bother checking work-related documents until I got back to the dormitory.
However, what is this letter delivered through the dormitory? This is a letter delivered from my hometown.
“Father’s… Wax seal… .”
It’s been a while since I exchanged letters with Crepin Rosstaylor. She gave him a heads up.
After becoming student council president, I was so busy that I couldn’t share the news often. So please understand.
Crepin was very proud of Tanya, who became the student council president, and seemed not to care much, probably because he judged her to be adjusting well to academic life.
In the first place, Crepin Rosstaylor is always busy with just handling the affairs of the imperial family, and does not have the mental space to even pay attention to the affairs of Aken Island, which is located at the southern tip of the continent.
So, I thought it was inevitable that there would be fewer letters recently. This is because even Tanya has become really busy now.
“It’s been a long time since I received a letter… .”
Tanya opened the letter and quickly read through the various formal remarks that Crepin Rothtaylor had written.
What is it like to be the student council president? Are you adjusting well to academic life? Have you made many friends? What kind of people are you among the children of nobles and influential people? Has the plan to purchase the wise man’s seal been realized?
As the questions she always asked continued, Tanya relaxed and continued to read the letter, rolling her eyes.
However, what was written at the end of the letter made Tanya’s eyes widen.
Unable to believe it, Tanya quietly read it out loud again.
“After the first vacation… I want to see your face again after a long time. I heard that many students go home to their hometowns during vacation to rest. Tanya, you should also return to your hometown and rest for a while before returning to Sylvania. If possible… .”
Tanya put down the letter and leaned back.
“If possible… Ed too… .”
What was written after that was also spectacular.
I know that Ed Rosstaylor is alive.
However, if you have a good reputation within the academy, your magic skills have improved, and you have become more sincere… As the head of the family, I would like to welcome Ed as a member of the Ross Taylor family again.
I will no longer ask you about the crime of insulting the princess. No matter how heinous a crime he has committed, as a family member and as a father, I want to give him one last chance.
Tell this guy.
After losing Arwen, I never want to repeat history again.
If you wish, the door to the Rosstaylor family is still open.
I don’t want him to end his life as a fallen nobleman.
Please come back to your home this vacation, have a lot of conversations, and have a serious discussion about the direction of your life.
sender
Crepin Rosstaylor.
* * * [Thousand-year wooden staff struck by lightning]
―A staff made from a branch of a tree that has lived for more than a thousand years that was struck by lightning and treated with various magical powers to effectively help respond to spirits.
It amplifies the sensitivity of all elemental spirits and greatly increases the magic efficiency of spirit magic.
Regardless of spirit affinity, once a spirit is contracted, all spirit formulas can be used.
―Grade: Very Rare Production Difficulty: ●●●◐○ ※ This is a product made using special materials. (Merilda’s Guardian Tree) ― The magic efficiency used when dealing with ‘High-ranking Wind Spirit Merilda’ is improved.
― The effect radius of ‘Blessing of the Storm’ is wider.
― The effect radius and power of the elemental ‘Rising Current’ are greatly improved.
[What is it like… ? ]
“There is no pressure. “It definitely seems to be working.”
A girl wearing a pure white dress swept back her hair, which was tied back.
As I swing my magic around, wind swirls nearby. Still, it didn’t have much effect on my magical power.
“It would be better to use this cane when dealing with you from now on. It is a disadvantage that it is not easy to store because it is bulky, but it is a disadvantage that can be tolerated if it can handle you in human form without any burden. “It will probably be much easier even in wolf form.”
I was sitting on a rock by the river near the camp, testing out the magic engineering supplies I had completed yesterday.
Yenika, whose physical condition had now improved considerably, followed and sat down.
“Wow… It was my first time seeing a wand made using magic engineering… It’s definitely powerful. “I have received many canes as gifts from friends and family, but this is the first time I have received a cane that is this effective.”
The oak staff that Yenika always carries around is not that bad.
However, it cannot be compared to items whose mana efficiency has been systematically amplified using magic engineering.
“Do you want to try it too?”
I handed the large staff I was holding in my hand to Yenika.
“Yes… I’m not feeling very well right now… Because it has improved a lot… .”
Although I said something so uncertain, when I closed my eyes and concentrated, dozens of spirits appeared in an instant.
It’s just amazing to see that even with an imperfect body, this is what it looks like.
“Wow, wow… The magic efficiency is beyond a good level, and you can hardly feel it at all. “It just feels like magic power is naturally flowing through my body.”
“Yenika, you are much more sensitive than me, so it may feel that way.”
“huh… ! Ed, if you use this wand, you can increase the power of elemental magic more quickly. It’s really amazing. “This is why you do magic engineering and magic engineering.”
Saying that, Yenika held out her wand to me again, but I shook my head and did not take it.
“huh?”
“That’s yours.”
After saying that, I washed my hands in the flowing river water.
“huh? “It’s mine?”
“I made it for you. “I owe you a lot.”
“Oh, no… Thank you… “Just this time, you took care of me while I was sick.”
“The reason you got sick in the first place was because you overexerted yourself to help me. “There is no need to refuse like that.”
I patted my hands to get rid of the moisture, sat down on the rock again, and talked.
“Thank you always.”
Yenika looked up at her staff and her eyes trembled.
“I’m sorry for always just talking.”
“… Still, it’s not more efficient for Ed to use this than for me, who has some degree of sensitivity to spirits… ?”
“I’m going to make another one of the same thing anyway. So don’t worry too much.”
“Go, same cane…” ! It’s like a set… ! I see… lol… .”
Jenica smiled brightly and hugged her staff tightly, as if she was imagining something happy.
When someone likes something this much, the giver feels more than proud but also regretful.
“Thank you, Ed… I will really use it carefully… .”
Merilda was smiling happily, wondering what was so good about it, and Yenica was smiling brightly while holding her staff tightly for a while.
It feels worthwhile to receive this level of reaction. That’s what I thought.
“Now it’s the end-of-semester exam. “Ed always got close to perfect scores on his written exams, so he just needs to do well on his practical skills.”
“Yes, that’s right. And then it’s vacation.”
“Ed, do you have any plans for your vacation?”
“well… First, I plan to make the camp conditions better. I’m planning to make the warehouse a little bigger and remodel the cabin a bit. I thought it would be nice to be able to live more spaciously. I also want to grow herbs, vegetables, or small annual plants, and build a fence around the camp… Anyway, there are a lot of things I want to do. “It just needs some organizing.”
“I see… If you ever have a hard time, I will help you. “I live here now, so it’s no one else’s business.”
“Okay, thank you. “But first, taking care of your body’s health comes first.”
I had dinner with Jenica and had such a conversation.
My cabin is located to the north, centered around the bonfire, and Yenica’s cabin is located roughly in the southeast. Although we are literally neighbors, we share most of our living environments, so in a way, we can say that we really live together.
And to the southwest of the bonfire… Logs that looked quite good quality were being piled up in layers.
Living alone in a luxurious house creates a sense of discomfort, so it seems that they are considerate of us and build it in a similar and simple size as possible. However, the quality of the internal facilities and building materials is definitely good.
Jenica puffed out her cheeks for no reason as she watched Lortel’s house going up.
― ‘Suddenly living here can be a burden, so I brought my own conditions. While I’m here, Ms. Bell, the most skilled maid in Ofilis Hall, will visit me periodically to manage the camp’s facilities. It must have been very difficult for senior Ed to manage it alone, so it’s not bad to think that she has one more person with excellent work skills, right?
surely… It’s an offer that’s hard to refuse.
There is no particular inconvenience to me about Lortel coming to live here. Since she mostly pays for herself with her own money, she doesn’t have anything to do with me.
Rather, if Belle Maia, whom she hired, helps with camp maintenance, I can focus more on external activities and training activities.
I don’t feel very happy because it feels like she’s making me look after her for no reason, but it still seems like she’s willing to serve with a happy heart.
In particular, while taking care of Yenika this time, I realized how hard I was working on housework… She also seemed happy about something. Well, I had a contract with Lortel, and they said I would get all the money, so it wasn’t something I had to worry about.
I deboned the grilled fish, put a piece in my mouth, and handed it to Yenika.
Yenica, who was cutting fruit, took a bite of grilled fish and smiled with satisfaction.
Feeling somehow at peace, I looked up at the sky as was my habit.
The night sky of Aken Island is always beautiful. Now that I say it, it’s a surprising fact.
* * *
“Professor Kalide, the final exam is in three days… ! I need to create evaluation items for the practical test and submit them… ! No, actually, the submission deadline has already passed… ! It’s an additional deadline that was forcibly extended… !”
Assistant Professor Claire appealed with tears in her eyes in Professor Kallade’s private laboratory.
Professor Glast’s long-time friend, Kaleide Roxter, a veteran wizard skilled in various elemental magic.
He was originally a wizard who gave up his professorship and lived a wandering life in the lawless area of Cohelton, but this time, he was a middle-aged man who was finally persuaded by the academics to bring him in to fill the vacancy that had arisen.
His hair is messy, his beard is bushy, and his eyes are wide. He looks more like a beggar than a professor.
Although his magic skills were good enough to be considered a worthy rival of Professor Glast, his natural temperament was the complete opposite of Professor Glast.
When you enter the lab, the smell of rolled tobacco fills the air. Unless you open the window to ventilate, thick smoke fills the room.
There was a bottle of alcohol rolling around in the corner of the desk, and he was sleeping with his head down and snoring.
He is the complete opposite of Professor Glast, who was strict but sincere in everything and was good at getting things done.
No one knows how Professor Glast maintained a friendly relationship with such a person.
When Assistant Professor Claire wakes him up for a while, asking him to please do some work, he lifts his head, swallows, and spits out a story that is quite telling.
“What about that… You just have to make it roughly and submit it… .”
“It’s an end-of-semester evaluation, an end-of-semester evaluation… ! End-of-semester evaluation in which all students in charge participate… ! “You know!”
“That’s what… Create it appropriately in your lab and submit it… . Well, it would be more convenient than having an advisor meddling here and there… .”
After saying that, I put my head down on the desk again.
Assistant Professor Claire washed her face dry, then slowly backed away and came out of the lab. – Boom!
Then he closed the door gently and leaned against it, resting his forehead against it.
It was very different from Professor Kalide’s evaluation that I was familiar with.
Professor Kalide once worked at Sylvania Academy a long time ago. According to his evaluation at the time, he was so strict and often angry that he was considered one of the two mad dogs along with Professor Glast.
Still, Assistant Professor Clare is someone who can be thought of as someone like Professor Glast, as he has the personality to get things done. But for some reason, Professor Kalide, who had been reinstated, was just rolling around on the lab floor like a pitiful old man, without even doing any work.
It has nothing in common with the explanations I have heard.
Naturally, the entire workload remained the same.
“help me… .”
One tool for human happiness.
It was like a once-in-a-lifetime crisis in the life of Assistant Professor Claire, who had been surviving just like that.
“Please save me…” !”
In the end, all she had left were her academic assistants, who were said to be the most competent in all of Sylvania’s labs.
