lucy merill (2)
“Anyway, the cat family is unpredictable, so they never play as intended.”
Senior Professor of Magic Science Flavin’s classes are very popular. The content is so rich that there is a lot to learn, and the grades are generous, so the classrooms at Flavin are bound to be packed with students every semester.
“When I ask him to pet me because he thinks I’m a bit touched, he does everything to be noble and expensive, but only when I become busy and not interested do he cling to me and start flirting with me… “It’s ridiculous that he only seems to act like a master when he’s in a hurry.”
Even at first glance, he looks dandy with his long, moderately grown hair hanging down and his unshaven chin swept up. There is a reason why it is popular among female students.
If the class feels like the atmosphere is going down, he even has the skill to brighten the mood by spewing out all kinds of nonsense, so he can be said to be a truly skilled person.
“In the first place, all cats are of that kind, so if you want to treat them as you wish, it is best to eventually give up interest. Among the students, there will be people who aim to become proper contract servants and magical creature servants… If you see a feline creature, give it a try.
Rather than trying to force their favor and become friends, if you just draw attention and take the attitude that it’s okay… Surprisingly, that person will start flirting with you first. Anyway, this is more difficult than dating.
”
The sounds of laughter and applause spread among the students. It seems like the atmosphere has been revitalized in some way.
“Well, surprisingly, even in the monster ecology course, there are examples of feline creatures… If I were to pick an example… ”
While the students are focused, the story quickly moves on to the content of the lecture, naturally. As expected, no one can match Professor Flavin’s teaching skills in the monster ecology class.
Anyway, I’ve caught up with the bachelor’s curriculum itself, and these days, my pre-study progress is getting ahead of my bachelor’s progress.
My grades, which were at the bottom, have now improved significantly, and now, if you rank only the written courses, there are not many students who are above me.
Still, you must not let down your guard. If you do not have a sufficient foundation in your written grades, you will not be able to achieve good grades in practical exams. I focused my attention on Professor Flavin’s class.
“… I’ll end here today. In the next lecture, we will consider the ecological differences between gremlins and ogres. For related materials, see Volume 3 of Introduction to Monster Ecology… “You can borrow it from the student library or get it personally.”
The class, which I had been concentrating on without noticing the passing of time, came to an end, and Professor Flavin added before ending the lecture.
“right. And student Ed, would you please come to the lab after the lecture?”
I have never had the experience of being personally called by a professor and anything good happened. I had an ominous feeling, so I thought about quietly asking the reason, but Professor Flavin answered before I could.
“An official letter came from the university. “I want to ask you something about the bachelor’s scholarship.”
On the contrary, it was welcome news on my part.
*
“You know very well about the bachelor’s scholarship system, right? “Among the second-year students, there are fifteen more besides Anis and Leon.”
“It’s a system where you get a certain amount of tuition discounted in exchange for making a certain contribution to academic work, right?”
“is it so. “I know exactly.”
Despite his easy-going and gruff appearance, Professor Flavin treats his students with courtesy and treats them with respect no matter who they interact with.
Thanks to such a straightforward attitude, there is an image that work is always done neatly, but when I look at my personal laboratory, which is a mess due to little tidiness, I wonder if this is not the case again. Anyway, he is a human being with nothing consistent about his appearance or attitude.
I can’t tell if he is a static and calm person or an easy-going and free-spirited person. Just seeing what it looks like would make you want to hit it straight away…
“There were some financial issues at the university recently, but anyway, the urgent fire was extinguished right away… Right now, there is a shortage of manpower. There is a proposal to select more bachelor’s scholarship students, so I would like to recommend ed students. The student himself seems to have the will.”
“I’m okay with it if it reduces the burden of tuition.”
“is it so. I also recommend it. You may be very busy right now because there is not enough staff, but once all the urgent issues calm down, you will feel more comfortable. “I can’t reject the scholarship I received right away, so if I just take care of the chores, I can get a pretty good tuition benefit.”
It may be possible to pay for one semester’s tuition with the money from the transaction with Lortel, but that will not be a long-term solution.
To hear the story, it appears that the sale of the wise man’s seal went as planned. If so, the question remains as to what to do with the seal that has fallen into the hands of Elte Company.
I need to think about what to do right now… . Since I won’t sell it to Crepin within a day or two, I have some time to spare. There seems to be a need to visit Lortel one more time.
“Anyway, it’s an opportunity for ed students.”
The supply and demand of manpower is not always flexible according to the workload.
Even if a large number of personnel were recruited during the busiest period, there is no way that they can be easily laid off just because the academic operation has become stable.
That’s why Professor Flavin recommends taking advantage of this time and maximizing tuition benefits.
It doesn’t look like that… He was a professor who knew how to take care of his students by considering them one by one.
“Is there such a shortage of undergraduate personnel these days?”
“It’s not necessarily an area that students need to worry about, but… “Anyway, there’s a pretty big vacancy.”
I was about to reply to that. If there were to be a fairly large vacancy, it would be Professor Glast.
It may have felt like he was only focused on studying theology, but he did not neglect his work as a senior professor either… He did most of the research, teaching, and administrative work on his own.
“Now, Assistant Professor Claire, who was my best student, has taken over the work on my behalf, but… In the first place, a new professor with short experience cannot completely replace the position… “At the academic level, we are being considerate by assigning other senior professors to share the work and providing many teaching assistants.”
When Professor Flavin quickly stretched out his hand toward the corner of the classroom, the steel cage door on that side swung open.
A grey-brown snake crawled out of it, its tongue lashing out, and climbed up Professor Flavin’s arm. I frowned, but didn’t express any displeasure. Even though I’m a professor of monster ecology, I don’t think I can control a snake like that.
“Assistant Professor Claire must be going through a lot right now. Still, I think it will be of some consolation to know that the teaching assistants in charge are quite competent.”
“Then, am I going to become Assistant Professor Claire’s assistant?”
“A bachelor’s scholarship student is strangely different from a teaching assistant. It doesn’t belong to a specific professor’s lab… In any case, it is convenient to think of them as close to outsourced personnel who help with academic affairs.”
“What kind of work do you do specifically?”
“I do almost all work related to academic affairs. Of course, we do not ask for work so intense that it affects the student’s personal studies… In my case, I sometimes ask for help with paperwork or field trips.”
Professor Flavin lifted the jaw of the snake, which was flicking its tongue, and checked to see if there were any health problems.
“Assistant Professor Claire inherited Professor Glast’s work… Well, once the end-of-semester evaluation work is completed, I will be in charge of the conference agenda during vacation… Also, by the time the vacation is over, I will be in charge of class placement tests for new students. “The senior professors may be able to help.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. So, Ed students may be able to help in that direction for a while. You will mainly be doing practical work as long as it does not affect your studies. If you see new students, don’t be so disciplined. Because things like that are sensitive these days. “There are many people who are somewhat precious.”
I shook my head and said that wouldn’t happen. I have no intention of having more contact with other students than necessary.
Well, while attending Sylvania, I do have a desire to make all kinds of high-quality connections… I wonder if I have the mental strength to focus on human relationships right now.
Tailley is already on track. It may be uneasy at first, but at this point, as long as there are no other problems, Tailley’s growth will show an increase almost comparable to that of an exponential function graph.
The problem was that it was difficult to gain momentum, but once momentum was gained, it was ultimately the protagonist’s upward trend that could not be stopped even if one tried. In fact, it was the same during the Glast subjugation war. Despite numerous surprises, everything was eventually accomplished as planned.
The opening of the Sword Saint Ceremony is almost completed, and he will now begin to stand out as a proper Sword Saint.
Then maybe I could pay attention to something else… ? Even if you feel like you want to do something, anxiety soon comes back. There is nothing wrong with handling everything thoroughly.
“There are a lot of sensitive issues, especially regarding freshmen. More than anything… “There is a story that a saint from the Telos Church is entering the school.”
Professor Flavin sighed.
There is bound to be one student in each grade who is of the greatest interest. It is independent of the person’s strength.
While Fenia, the princess of the Cloel Empire, is in the spotlight for the current first year students, next year’s new students will have Clarice from the Telos Church.
Occupying the last position of the four major heroines… Clarice, Heart of Telos.
“Actually, all the attention is focused on the saint’s admission, but other than that, this new student body is full of all kinds of big names. Ed students are also somewhat on the academic side… “It wouldn’t be a bad idea to check it out at least once, right?”
After saying that, Professor Flavin quickly took out a document and looked through it. It seems that information about major new students has already been shared among the undergraduate faculty.
In fact, even from a bachelor’s perspective, it will send a shiver down your spine. From last year to this new student… In this generation, there are too many students born with natural talent or pedigree. The more this happens, the heavier the professors’ shoulders become.
“But when will an Ed student ever again act as a senior in front of such brilliant talents? The only son of the commander of the Northern Border Corps, the descendant of an alchemist of disaster, or the most powerful person on the continent… ”
After talking up to that point, Professor Flavin was speechless for a moment.
Was I being too comfortable talking in front of the students? He made an uncharacteristic mistake when speaking.
I guess they thought it might be a sensitive topic for me as I was excommunicated from my family.
I slowly raised my head and looked at the report that Professor Flavin had received. Sure enough, it was just as expected.
There is no need for the professor to pay attention to the students’ opinions… Still, some words can be hurtful to students.
Considering that he was considerate of my situation as I was excommunicated from my family and was moving around the streets, I can say that he has a very kind heart.
“it’s okay. professor.”
The magically engraved photo is the shape of a girl. Rich blonde hair surrounds the upper body like folded wings.
The sharp facial features along with sharp eyes clearly resemble someone else’s. I can feel the elegance that is comparable to that of the duke’s daughter… I don’t think I can say that it’s a good impression even with empty words.
Act 3, scene 2. The boss of the student council president election. They say, the daughter of the lesser evil.
There was nothing to be surprised about.
This is because Tanya Rosstaylor’s admission was known from the beginning.
*
“Hey. “We’re running out of firewood.”
For a moment, I couldn’t believe my ears.
Lucy freely ate the beef jerky left on the drying rack, lay down somewhere in the camp to take a nap, or sometimes, when she was awake, she would absentmindedly get some fresh air on the roof of the cabin.
This is because Lucy suddenly said something productive.
“… what?”
“If we continue like this, won’t there be a shortage of firewood?”
As I sat in front of the campfire and sharpened my arrow, I asked myself another question. What now?
Lazy Lucy, who was lying blankly as if everything in the world was annoying and did nothing but let time pass by… Are you worried about a firewood shortage?
“They say there will be a shortage of firewood when winter comes.”
It was Lucy, who was sitting on a nearby rock, munching on some beef jerky.
No, if you just look at the slack posture, it doesn’t mean that you’re sitting… . It’s almost like it’s overlapping.
The sleepy, absent-minded whispering voice is still there, but I can’t believe that it’s Lucy.
“Well, that’s true, but… ”
These days, little firewood has been procured. Originally, I was planning to store a lot of firewood in preparation for the winter, but… Since I thought I was going to Dex Hall around winter vacation, I didn’t need to stock up that much.
“Why aren’t you hunting these days?”
“Why all of a sudden?”
“… ”
“Have you always been that interested in my survival activities? ?”
Camp management was ultimately about long-term living in the forest. As I began to feel somewhat inclined toward joining Dex Hall, I had no choice but to neglect camp maintenance and the establishment of a long-term living foundation more than I expected.
I haven’t completely made up my mind yet, but I figured there wouldn’t be anything too bad about going into the DEX building… Anyway, I think it would be better to be close to the faculty building if you are going to work as a scholarship student.
I thought about explaining the situation in detail, but I didn’t think she would listen to me if I tried to explain it to Lucy, who was completely indifferent toward me.
Since the other side continues to remain indifferent, there is no answer other than for me to remain indifferent as well.
In the first place, Lucy is the main character in the scenario. It’s just that it’s an uncontrollable variable comparable to a natural disaster, so we just left it alone.
If you join the Dex Building, you will have less contact with Lucy, a member of the Ofilis Building, to some extent, so the scenario itself may become more stable in some way. Well, it’s all just speculation.
I felt suspicious of Lucy’s sudden question, but… Still, I wonder if I should give an answer.
So I was choosing an answer… Meanwhile, the grass on the other side shook, and a girl suddenly jumped out.
“Hi, Ed!”
I am familiar with the sight of her smiling brightly while shaking away leaves stuck to her skirt. I put on a shawl heavily embroidered with cosmos patterns and adjusted my neatly dressed school uniform.
When I saw Yenika, who had come to the camp wearing a persimmon flower hairpin for some reason, I was so happy that I waved her hand.
“I guess class is over for today?”
“Yep. Professor Mari’s class, which was scheduled for late in the afternoon, was cancelled. So, I came here to rest for now!”
With a grin, he walked quickly to the campfire, sat down, and quickly gathered up his oak stick.
“Now when winter break comes, you won’t be able to go to camp. “We should come as many as possible, yes!”
After saying that, Yenika looked at the camp view with a very complicated smile.
“It was really fun and nice to spend time here, but I thought this was the end of my life… It seems a bit lonely. “I loved this camp.”
“It hasn’t been completely concluded yet, and we don’t even know if there will be a spot in the DEX building.”
“I’m wearing a Dex tube right now. “There are a lot of vacancies, so Ed will definitely be able to come in.”
Yenika pulled up the hem of her shawl, rolled it up and laughed, “Hehehe.”
When I also take a look at the camp view, I see a new scenery at a glance.
How long did it take to create a camp like this after being kicked out of Ofilis Hall? How much work had been done, and there was still a lot of repair work left to do.
Maybe the reason why you hesitate to enter the DEX building is… There were environmental reasons, but the effort and time I put into this camp also seemed to play a part.
Anyway, my body has somewhat adapted to camp life. Now that it’s not to the point where it’s too hard, I can’t help but feel regretful about the effort I put in.
“Ed has a lot of other things to focus on.”
After saying that, Yenika nodded with a mumbling sound.
“Of course.”
My arms are heavy. The iron key in the inner pocket was given to me by Professor Glast.
The bachelor’s investigation is slowly coming to an end, so I guess I’ll have to open the secret safe in the library. If you go into the dormitory, your movements will be restricted, so I think it would be better to go check it out tomorrow evening.
Also, I need to check the status of the library and restore as much of the parts that can be restored as possible to improve my specifications.
After finishing up today’s work, let’s go into the hole Lucy dug sometime tomorrow evening. To do that, it seems necessary to build a ladder, even if it is crude.
“It’s a shame that I won’t be able to come to this camp, but Ed’s environment is also important. If you decide to move to Dex Hall, be sure to call us! “If there’s anything I can help you with, I’ll help you!”
“No, there isn’t that much luggage to move anyway. “Everything will be there.”
“That’s right. The facilities would be better than a cabin. And most of my classmates are also in the DEX building… . As we go back and forth, I’m sure we’ll see each other much more often than we do now.
Yep. If we meet at the student cafeteria, let’s eat together. I tend to eat early, but there are days when Clara and I don’t eat at the right time… First of all, on the first day, I will tell you the locations of all the facilities. I’ll definitely see you in the morning. Also, there are cases where 2 or more people can use the study room, so if you are in trouble because there aren’t enough people, call me. Ugh. Miahan, ugh.
”
What was so exciting about Yenika was so loud that she started to chew her tongue and became intimidated.
Then, perhaps realizing that he was talking too much out of excitement, he lowered his head and apologized without any context. It’s like being drunk and saying a lot of useless things and then feeling embarrassed the next morning.
“Well, I had a lot of good things happen today! You talk a lot, huh! Ahaha. Let me kill some tension. Umm. “Sad thoughts, sad thoughts.”
“… ”
“I have to take the end-of-semester evaluation soon… There is also a student council president election during vacation.. I also have to train more for the high-ranking spirit contract ceremony.. That’s right.. I’m busy, busy… Really busy… ”
It’s so cute that he’s talking to himself like that while wiping the corners of his mouth. She doesn’t have anything to say, so she waits quietly, and Yenika straightens her back with a sound like “Ah, that’s right.”
“Voila-”
And he took out a stiff document from his pocket.
“Application for employment at Dex Hall?”
“Yes, it is the job application season, so if you apply late, there are many cases where you are missed out. So, it’s better to fill out the application form in advance and think about it.”
“Oh, you even take care of things like this. Thank you so much, Yenika.”
“I wrote this when I left the Ofilis building. There are a lot of difficult parts to write about this, and the standards are inconsistent, so it was difficult to do it alone. I’ve already done it once, so let’s write it together while I’m available. “Ed will keep it and submit it later when he has thought about it.”
It may definitely be a pain to write later when the time comes. It was the moment when she was about to take the documents handed to her, expressing her sincere gratitude for Jenica’s consideration.
– Swish.
At a completely unexpected moment, a girl came between me and Yenika.
All I could see right now was a large witch’s hat, but just by looking at it, I could clearly tell who the girl blocking me was.
“roo… Lucy?”
Yenika also stuttered, probably because she was very embarrassed.
Lucy suddenly blocked the road with both arms outstretched… Without knowing why, my eyes were wide open and I was sweating profusely. It was my first time seeing an expression like this, so I was momentarily taken aback.
From the beginning, Lucy had no interest in Yenika.
For the first few days, I watched Lucy’s attention from Yenika’s side… Lucy had been treated like a folding screen for a long time, having been absent-mindedly doing her own thing and taking a nap for several days without any response.
In the first place, the fact that Yenica is talking to Lucy is a very precious thing.
“… ”
Lucy looked at me, Jenica, and the camp, drying rack, bonfire, etc. with twirling pupils… I turned my gaze back to the document that Yenika was about to hand over.
No matter how much I stretch out my hand to block it, my magical power does not manifest.
Due to her contract with Glokt during her lifetime, Lucy does not exercise her power carelessly, at least not to the members of the Sylvania Academy.
Unless it is unavoidable due to class content or in an unexpected situation, do not kill or injure anyone. Therefore, it was difficult to think that magic would come out of Lucy’s hands.
However, this did not resolve his hostility toward Yenika.
But I don’t want to use my magic carelessly… Lucy is shaking and breaking into a cold sweat as if the job application that is quickly approaching her is a talisman to ward off evil spirits.
He took a step back and hit the back of his head against my chest… Yenika raised her arms and raised her voice.
“… . “Stop!”
“… ”
After saying that, he glances up at my face.
As if his feelings were getting more complicated, he looked at Yenika and me again… I took a look at the camp scene… Her face seemed to be confused, with a lot of load on her face, and she had no intention of hiding it at all.
“… “Bah, don’t take that!”
He ended up saying those words.
Yenika could not help but freeze in place for a moment due to this behavior that she could not understand.
*
“Winter vacation special class… ? In the first place, there is no Professor Glast, so who is teaching the class? ”
Lortel, sitting at the executive table of the Chamber of Commerce and receiving the academic transcript, tilted his head.
Anyway, Class A classes had to continue, so whoever the professor was in charge of would come, but I didn’t expect things to be resolved so quickly.
“Well, I’ll have some free time around vacation time… I guess it doesn’t really matter.”
Lortel sighed, brushing his auburn hair that was tied back. I’m so busy that I can’t even blink. It won’t be until the end of the semester that she will have any real free time.
Anyway, when the end of the semester comes, Yenika will be busy, and Ed will also be hectic.
Lucy, what… It is highly likely that there will be no noticeable changes right away.
“… ?”
Suddenly, a strange sensation passes through my back.
Lortel adjusted the fur coat he wore for everyday wear and put it on, then stood up for a moment and opened the window of his office. The cold air comes in and permeates the brain, relieving fatigue.
However, the strange feeling does not go away.
“… what? Why is it so ominous… .??”
Lortel tilted his head and took in the panoramic view of Sylvania in late autumn once again.
It was soon winter.
