novelraw Chapter 98 : Rezi’s Trembling Adventure (2)
Chapter 98 : Rezi’s Trembling Adventure (2)
Chapter 98: Rezi’s Trembling Adventure (2)
“Phew…….”
As the Emmet Family’s Main Residence drew near, Rezi let out a long, deep breath to calm his trembling heart.
There had been no major obstacles on the way here.
Even though the Mage’s District and the Swordsman’s District were separated, the only ones who could freely go back and forth between the two were commoners.
Rezi’s current appearance was that of nothing more than a young commoner, so he could infiltrate without raising any suspicion.
Only after repeating the deep breathing about five times did his pounding heart finally begin to settle down.
And after finishing his mental preparation, Rezi approached the main gate of the Nohill Family’s Main Residence.
“May I ask what brings you here?”
The gatekeeper asked as he looked at him.
Rezi examined the gatekeeper’s appearance.
‘Not a mage. Therefore excluded from attack targets.’
What Vise had strictly emphasized was to fight only mages.
Within the family, there were many commoners who worked simply to make a living without any crime, and he had been told never to harm them.
“Excuse me.”
That said, there was no way to shake off the gatekeeper.
Rezi shoved his body aside and walked straight toward the main gate.
“Who are you, I said! You! You’re not here to see the lord, are you? Where did a pig-like bastard like you roll in from! Do you even know where this is?”
For a moment, the words pig-like bastard made his blood surge, but he barely held it in.
Rezi ignored the gatekeeper to the very end and finally arrived in front of the main gate.
He placed his palm against the iron gate that firmly blocked his path, and immediately manifested magic.
Iron normally did not catch fire, but the powerful magic Rezi manifested clung to the entire iron gate, melting it all down in a short time.
“Eek!”
The moment he realized his opponent was a mage, the gatekeeper recoiled in terror and hurriedly backed away from Rezi.
The gatekeeper then hurried past Rezi and fled somewhere inside.
‘Now the enemies will come.’
Anticipating that once that gatekeeper went inside, the enemy of this place, the Nohill Family’s lord Jick, would come out, Rezi ran toward the garden.
“Huff…… huff……!”
‘This is driving me crazy! My body is too heavy!’
However, there was a problem.
Rezi had lost his originally nimble body and, due to the drug Vise had given him, had turned into an obese, ugly man.
He had never run like this with such a heavy body before, so he was quickly out of breath, and the jiggling belly fat made his stomach ache.
Even so, he did not give up and ran to the end, and just as he barely arrived at the garden—
“Who are you?”
A voice came from behind him.
When Rezi turned around, the head of the Nohill Family, Jick, was standing there.
“How dare you trespass into my precious herb garden……. You wouldn’t happen to be a Sculptor, would you? I’ve heard of it. There’s a faction slandering the Full Moon, and they’re called Sculptors. You’re one of them, aren’t you?”
Strangely, he felt tense, but…….
‘I’m not scared.’
Perhaps it was because of the influence of the lessons he had received under Vise, the head of the Emmet Family.
Back when he was a Class 0 teacher, he had thought that just the title of family head would radiate an endlessly lofty presence, something he could never face directly, but now that he was actually standing before him, he felt no such pressure at all.
Moreover, Jick already knew of the existence of the Sculptors.
It was a shallow family clinging to the Draco Family in hopes of wealth and glory, so Rezi had expected them to already know who the enemies of the Draco Family were.
“Oh, really?”
Rezi faced him boldly.
“Where did some unheard-of rat dare……!”
Fwoooosh—!
Jick, enraged to the limit, unleashed a murderous blaze.
‘Compared to the lord’s fire, this is just warm.’
Seeing his magic, Rezi felt even more confident.
Accordingly, Rezi did not back down and responded with magic of his own.
Splash!
“……?”
What Rezi manifested was magma, something above fire.
Around Rezi, magma splashed like tangled threads.
“I’m taking over this herb garden.”
“Hmm, contrary to my worries, it looks like he’s doing pretty well?”
Meanwhile, Former observed the situation from far away from the Nohill Family.
It was not close enough to see with his eyes, but it was close enough to judge the situation by the mana emanating from the Nohill Family.
Two powerful manas collided.
One was the mana of Lord Jick.
The other was Rezi’s mana.
‘Ohho, as expected of Elder Vise. Even if the Flewd is different, the difference is on a whole other level.’
It had not been that long since Rezi had been under him.
And yet, it was obvious.
Rezi’s mana was overall in the superior position.
Precision, scale, power…….
None of it overwhelmingly surpassed Lord Jick’s, but it was subtly ahead in every aspect.
‘Yeah, Rezi. If you wrap this up nicely, let’s have a drink together and talk. I’ll even forgive you for hitting me.’
Former leisurely continued to watch the situation.
It seemed unlikely that a situation would arise where he himself would need to step in.
And before even ten minutes had passed since the two manas began to clash, one side’s mana disappeared.
Rezi’s victory.
Clap clap clap clap.
Former quietly clapped his hands by himself.
At the same time, a meteor formed in the distant sky above the Nohill Family’s estate.
It was not very large.
But it was large enough to blow away an entire garden.
‘Wow, to think he can go that far. He really looks like a different person now. Impressive.’
The meteor fell mercilessly toward the Nohill Family’s garden.
Kwang—!
At the same time, a thunderous explosion rang out from the Nohill Family.
It was also a victory report announcing that Rezi had successfully completed his first mission.
Before I knew it, one week had passed in my 5th Class life.
“This should be enough.”
I had already developed a test-use spell in the dormitory.
Not creating an entirely new spell, but adding something new to an existing one.
Thinking about it that way, the test spell came together quickly.
There was plenty of time until the exam anyway.
I headed straight for the library.
It was to check whether, even in the 5th Class, there was a secret room connected to the library.
“Hmm…… before that.”
I opened the wardrobe and took out a thin blanket.
Since there were no classes in the 5th Class anyway, all the remaining time ahead was free time.
I was thinking of going on a slightly bizarre adventure.
“It’s the first time since I used it on Ruin.”
I first manifested Flewd magic onto the thin blanket.
As soon as I did, the shape of the thin blanket disappeared, turning transparent.
When I draped that blanket over my body, even my body turned transparent.
Maintaining that transparent state, I left the dormitory.
Even as I exited the dormitory, I carefully checked my surroundings.
I thought that a student might see me, or that if a door suddenly opened when no one was around, it would raise suspicion.
Fortunately, perhaps because the 5th Class consisted of only ten students in total, the hallway was so quiet it almost felt like it was mocking me.
After confirming it was safe, I headed straight to the library.
There were a few students in the library, but none of them noticed me in my transparent state, all of them fully absorbed in their books.
The 5th Class library was, as expected, much wider than the 3rd Class’s, so it took longer to search.
But deep in a secluded corner, the fireplace stood there openly, as if it had been waiting for me.
Before opening the hidden entrance inside the fireplace, I checked the surroundings once more.
No students were in sight.
Relieved, I opened the entrance and went inside.
As soon as I arrived in the secret room, I took off the blanket.
“Everything else is fine, but this makes it way too hard to breathe.”
Not just breathing.
Walking around with a blanket wrapped around my body was uncomfortable as well.
“Still, I made a big discovery. This secret room is connected to every class.”
Yet it was still a place where human footsteps had long ceased, giving off a lonely atmosphere.
All the books were toppled over, and here and there were empty shelves, like the gaps in the teeth of someone long past their prime.
It was exactly the same sight I had seen through the 1st Class and the 3rd Class.
I then looked for the entrance leading to the 2nd Class.
One by one, I went up through each door, and whenever I emerged into a library, I checked which class it was via a Mob.
Since a Mob only showed the facilities of the corresponding class, confirmation was easy.
The first door led out to the 1st Class, and when I came out through the second door, the 2nd Class appeared.
‘Is our Banshi doing well.’
This was the bizarre adventure I had mentioned.
I wanted to sneak a look at what kind of life Banshi was living.
And also because there was something I needed to ask her to do separately.
When we were together in the 1st Class, I hadn’t told her about the existence of this secret room.
But if Banshi was alone today, I planned to surprise her and let her know about this secret room.
Before fully stepping out into the hallway, I checked the time.
It was now 3 p.m.
In the 5th Class, it would be a time when they were thoroughly enjoying their free time, but in the beginner-level 2nd Class, classes would still be in full swing even in the afternoon.
Since it was class time, it might not be easy to find Banshi, but at least there wouldn’t be students wandering around, so in another sense, it could make searching a bit easier.
It was while I was nervously roaming around the hallway, looking for Banshi.
“Did you come?”
A woman’s voice came from nearby.
It wasn’t a voice I recognized.
“Yes.”
But the voice that answered right after was extremely familiar to me.
‘Banshi?’
Trying to make as little noise as possible, I hurried over in small, quick steps toward where the sound came from.
Standing in front of Banshi was a female mage with long red hair.
I didn’t know who she was.
But judging by her eye color and hair color, I could tell by instinct that she was a professor of this class.
“Come in.”
The two were standing at the entrance of the auditorium.
The professor went in first, and as Banshi followed her inside, a lava-blocking magic suddenly formed at the auditorium entrance.
‘……Huh? This is just like when I took the professor interview in the 3rd Class?’
No way, was Banshi also taking an interview in the 2nd Class?
But if that were the case, there was nothing like a rankings board next to the auditorium.
‘……I want to go in.’
If I were to dispel this blocking magic now, the professor who cast it would notice.
I quietly waited for the right moment.
If the reason Banshi entered the auditorium really was a professor interview.
Soon, mana would be felt from inside.
The moment I sensed that mana, I would subtly insert my own mana into the blocking magic the professor had set up, open a small gap in the door, quickly slip inside, and then withdraw my mana.
That was my plan.
‘How did I end up doing something this petty…….’
I felt a bit hollow, but it didn’t matter.
And just as expected, not long after, strong mana was felt from inside.
At the very least, it wasn’t Banshi’s mana.
‘Now!’
I succeeded in infiltrating the auditorium according to plan.
However, I soon froze in shock at the scene that unfolded before my eyes.
‘What…… is going on?’
Banshi and the professor were facing each other, their eyes filled with killing intent, manifesting magic that was far beyond the level of the 2nd Class.
Former was infiltrating the route from the Nohill Family toward the tavern.
It had already been thirty minutes since he began waiting for Rezi.
‘Pfft, Rezi looks just like me. Honestly, Elder Vise really has unique tastes.’
He had never actually seen Rezi’s changed appearance, but he could feel it.
Because a man who looked just like him, having changed into a fat man, was walking with his belly fat jiggling.
But he couldn’t acknowledge him here.
Keeping his distance as if tailing him, Former followed behind Rezi.
It was just as Rezi arrived at the tavern and was about to open the door.
“Long time no see, Rezi.”
When Former spoke from behind, Rezi flinched in surprise, his shoulders trembling.