novelraw Chapter 77 : A New Benefit (2)
Chapter 77 : A New Benefit (2)
Chapter 77: A New Benefit (2)
The black sphere I had struck with a wave was the most basic spell of the Dark Element.
However, by combining it with other magic, wasn’t it possible for even a worthless basic spell to be reborn as a spell with considerable power? That was the question I had thrown out.
“Just because you’re a Double Caster, you really don’t see anything, do you.”
But the intent behind my question was already no longer within Melatan’s sight.
Just the single fact that I had attacked him caused his emotions to visibly sway greatly.
‘Just like the Draco Family, narrow-minded.’
So narrow that not even a thin needle could fit through.
No, it was more accurate to say it was completely blocked off.
On top of that, he was selfish as well.
He was certainly a mage who had inherited Tyrant’s personality as the head of the family in its entirety.
“I’ve heard about you from Teacher Draco Walfis of the 1st Class as well. They said there was no student who could be compared to you because you’re a Double Caster?”
As expected of a mage from the same family, his information network was fast.
“Was that so? I thought I climbed up with quite a bit of hardship.”
It was true that it had been difficult due to all kinds of variables.
“Don’t pretend to be humble. After beating even the top student of the 3rd Class, did you start thinking you’re the only one in the world? How dare you attack a teacher?”
Melatan walked several steps forward, narrowing the distance.
Then, once again manifesting a wave, he fired it to push my body back.
“Oops!”
I deliberately did not confront him with magic.
Instead, since I had no intention of getting hit by magic either, I crouched low and stuck close to the ground like a beast’s hunting posture, dodging it.
Wave was a spell that spread forward in a fan shape.
Moreover, since its thickness was quite thin, it was a spell that could be easily avoided just by crouching like this.
“……What was that just now? You dodged it by lowering your body?”
“A mage using their body……?”
Not only the students, but even Melatan looked shocked.
One might wonder if Keled wasn’t also a mage who used his body.
But no.
Keled clearly moved by climbing onto a wall created by his own magic in order to avoid being attacked by magic.
Since he rode on an object moved by magic, it meant he wasn’t moving directly with his own feet.
It was no wonder the students were shocked.
When magic approached, counteracting it with stronger magic was common sense among mages.
Throughout their lives, a physical, body-based common sense that involved using one’s body was a method they had never heard of nor seen.
“That surprised me.”
I brushed myself off and stood back up.
Then I spoke very leisurely.
“…….”
Melatan glared at me, then soon examined the students’ reactions.
Since his own magic had been easily dodged just by lightly moving my body, he seemed to be pondering something as he watched the students’ astonished reactions.
“You certainly have talent.”
He suddenly turned his back sharply.
“However, you lack character education. Do not come to my class. A mage must, by nature, have character to support their abilities.”
To hear talk about character from the Draco Family of all people.
You really do live long enough to see everything in this world.
If I were at the level of needing character education, then your family head would probably need character creation.
“Get out.”
Leaving behind only cold words, Melatan resumed the class.
He completely turned his back on me.
However, it was clear that the things he said about character were nothing more than excuses to break out of this situation.
A student who attacked him without hesitation.
And not only that, a student who easily dodged a sincerely manifested spell.
Because of that, the students’ gazes, which at first were mixed with pity and unease like ‘What’s wrong with that guy?’, had now completely changed into gazes of interest like ‘What exactly is he?’
It seemed he had judged that if someone like me stayed, his authority as a teacher would fall.
“Yes.”
Coincidentally, I also had not the slightest desire to attend Dark Element class.
Since he told me to leave first like that, I was nothing but grateful.
I left the classroom just like that.
“There’s a little time left until the next class.”
After lunch, there was Fire Element class.
While heading toward the dormitory with the thought of resting a bit, a new notice arrived on my Mob.
[3클래스 수업 운영 변경]
Starting tomorrow, all subjects of the 3rd Class will begin simultaneously at 10 a.m.
Accordingly, from tomorrow onward, duel applications cannot be made in the morning. They will only be possible after classes end.
Author : Ed Cullem
Honestly, I didn’t understand what it meant.
However, since I knew where Cullem was, I headed straight to the duel arena.
“There aren’t even any duels, so why did you come?”
As expected, she didn’t know how to greet someone kindly.
She greeted me with a tone that sounded downright arrogant.
I showed her the notice that had just come in and asked.
“I didn’t know what it meant.”
“Is your head not working? It’s written right there. Starting tomorrow, all subjects begin at 10 a.m.”
“I’m a Double Caster. So unlike other students, I take two elemental classes. Then what happens to me?”
I had to be sure, since I didn’t know how she might latch onto this and bring up expulsion.
“Just take the class you want to take.”
But contrary to my worries, she gave an answer that was surprisingly simple.
“…….”
Honestly, the unexpected answer left me slightly dumbfounded.
“Why are you making that face?”
“If I only take one of the two, there won’t be any disadvantages to me, right?”
This was to make sure.
If she tried to latch onto this and bring up expulsion, I was even prepared to reveal the identity of Flewd that I had kept hidden and stand against the school.
It was the moment I thought I’d have no choice but to tear this school down with my own hands and personally drag down Etar who sat above.
“Are you perhaps worried about expulsion right now or something like that?”
“If that’s the case.”
At my answer, Cullem now activated her Mob and showed it to me.
It was the revised student ability evaluation plan that had been announced to all students at the start of the term.
“Look with your own eyes. The conditions for expulsion are only when you reach 0 points and the bottom 10 after grades are finalized. There’s no school rule like you think that says a Double Caster has to take both elemental classes to advance to the next class, is there?”
“Who knows? Just like the notice earlier, I don’t know when something might be added or changed.”
Now Cullem folded her Mob away and shook her head side to side.
“That, I can promise you clearly. There won’t be such a thing. Expulsion applies only to 0-point students and students in the bottom 10. Even if such a school rule were added, by a professor’s authority, as long as you stay within the rankings, I’d send you up.”
“……?”
What kind of situation was this supposed to be?
From the start, Cullem had shown plenty of signs of finding me bothersome and wanting nothing to do with me, yet here she was making such a groundbreaking offer.
It didn’t look like she was just brushing things off to reassure me.
She meant it sincerely.
“Did you get a satisfactory answer now?”
“……Yes, well.”
The completely unexpected answer made it feel like my brain had temporarily stopped functioning.
Former visited the Headmaster’s Office.
He had just disseminated a notice to the 3rd Class, and Professor Cullem had now finished spreading it to the students as well.
Ed Etar also nodded with a satisfied expression as he looked over the notice Former had proposed.
“All subjects will conduct classes simultaneously at 10 a.m.”
“Yes. Now that Artel’s expulsion has been withdrawn, isn’t protecting him the top priority? Accordingly, we judged it necessary to separate him from the Draco Family, so we took these measures.”
Contrary to Artel’s expectations, this notice alone was purely for Artel’s sake.
Since he was a Double Caster of Fire and Dark, the Ed Family and the Draco Family were both in charge of him.
They deliberately made all classes start at the same time and guided Artel toward Fire Element.
That was because all Fire Element teachers at the school, excluding Class 0, were directly under the Ed Family.
“What if a situation arises where Artel ends up entering Dark Element class?”
Etar asked worriedly.
This too was a one-in-a-million possibility.
“After reviewing his life in the 1st Class, it seems that for some reason, Artel had a bit of friction with Walfis. Moreover, since he entered together with Hei as a Joint Admission Student, I’m certain he’ll head toward Fire Element. They were already sticking together whenever they had time in the 1st Class.”
Etar nodded once more.
He himself knew well that this was a conviction backed by solid grounds.
“For now, let’s observe the situation a bit. Ah, right—didn’t you already prepare a plan to raise Artel to the 6th Class in a short period? Why didn’t you announce that?”
“It’s not time yet. When students actively engage in duels and achieve a certain level of performance, that’s when I plan to announce it.”
“We should hope they bite eagerly.”
“They probably will. I’ve already laid the groundwork.”
Toward Former, who kept answering with unwavering confidence, Etar merely sent a look of trust.
It was the moment lunchtime arrived, and I entered the cafeteria together with Kiena and Hei.
“Those are them, right? The ones who took down the top three.”
“Huh, not only did they come straight here from the 1st Class, they even beat the top students…….”
The murmuring voices of students whispering as they looked at us.
Judging by their appearances, the elements they possessed were all different.
Wind, Water, Light, and so on.
The common point was that there wasn’t a single Earth Element student.
Perhaps the rumors had fully spread by now, because the students were staring at us entering the cafeteria as if the appearance of some great figures had arrived.
“Top students? Those guys were the top students?”
Hei said.
I already knew that Keled was the top student of the 3rd Class.
But seeing other students refer to them collectively as a trio, it seemed those three were the officially recognized upper-rank students of the 3rd Class.
Just like Banshi had been in the 1st Class.
I had thought it was strange that their duel methods were perfectly identical, and now the question was finally resolved.
The three were comrades who shared joys and sorrows like us, and since they all had the same element, they shared the know-how each had learned while studying individually.
This was something easily seen even at the Magic Academy in my previous life, so it could be considered an extremely ordinary phenomenon.
“So we beat the top students? The top students weren’t that special! Then, are we the top students now?”
As Kiena’s class went up, her calm and quiet personality was gradually changing.
At times, she even showed an almost absurdly lively side.
In Class 0, she was like a mother or older sister, occupying a position that wrapped the two of us up.
But before I knew it, as if I had become the father, the situation had completely reversed, and I now occupied the position of embracing the two of them.
What was truly strange was that these two waited while gauging my reaction, as if whatever I said became law.
Even now, Kiena had blurted out those words and was watching my response.
“Well, I guess that’s how it works?”
I brushed it off appropriately.
But perhaps satisfied, Kiena nodded her head excessively and strode proudly toward the food.
After each of us took what we wanted to eat, the three of us sat side by side, and proper mealtime began.
Out of habit, I activated my Mob.
‘There isn’t a single approved duel.’
Was it because of the rumors?
I had expected that by the afternoon, a duel schedule as busy as in the 1st Class would greet us, but reality was the complete opposite.
Rather, the Mob was quiet to the point of being disappointing, not even paying us any attention.
They were probably thinking something like this.
With their current magic, they couldn’t face the three of us who had beaten the official top students of the 3rd Class.
Therefore, they should reinforce their magic a bit more in class and challenge us when they gained confidence.
If my prediction was correct, then as befitting intermediate mages of the 3rd Class, they were devising a fairly wise plan.
Just then, from the cafeteria entrance, a loud voice rang out along with a “Bang!”
“Puahaha! Family mages aren’t anything special either! I was curious what it’d be like since there isn’t even a single family mage in the 3rd Class, but it’s this easy?”
A voice deliberately shouting so everyone could hear.
It was Keled.
But then…….
‘No family mages at all, so they’re nothing special…….’
Who was he talking about?
Could it be?