Chapter 321 – Children’s Thoughts. Adult Thoughts.
Instructor Dre’s demonstration ceremony began.
A stage in the middle and cylindrical seats.
The bleachers were full with no seats left.
What Dre is demonstrating is his own magic… It is an act commonly referred to as ‘young magic’ or ‘pioneering’ among wizards.
Magic has a great spectrum, but it is a rare field to pioneer as there are many learners and a long history.
That’s why Yeodere, a ‘swordsmanship’ instructor in the combat department… Had no choice but to draw attention.
In a bad way, of course.
“I want it because it’s the same.”
A man in a researcher outfit with a snort.
Not only him, but the faces of others were full of displeasure or ridicule.
They are assistant professors at Prunar Academy.
They were the ones who helped the professors, and were also quite talented wizards who were dispatched from the Mage Tower, academic societies, etc., Or got jobs after graduating.
Personality, skills, and career are as difficult as even getting a job at Prunar Academy is as difficult as picking up a star. All must be flawless.
At least, they were the ones who had built up the basics of magic steadily and even held the rank of warlock, which is the most basic level among wizards.
In their eyes, Instructor Dre was now a clown.
“I don’t know if you understand the basics of the elements.”
“Can you draw a spell?”
“What are you going to do if you overload your mana and go wild?”
In fact… At present, swearing at Dre is taboo at Pryunar Academy.
The first foreigner to belong to Prunar Academy.
Being the first to be granted the unconventional status of instructor and student.
And the result of saving the floating island from the hands of the scoundrels and subduing even the beasts in the cave of the sea god. And that demon was actually a god in disguise, and that god was Nanar, the god of fanaticism in Elyunar’s highest religion.
Unlike previous swords of light that were appointed by warriors without stopping there, he was even given the name of the sword of light flame directly by God.
Even the lineage students are fascinated by them, but to the talented students, they are truly idols.
No, beyond the academy, this capital, Sers. Enthiaer Kingdom… There are people all over the world who envy him.
At first, his ability as a lecturer was questioned, but now it is not at all.
His fighting prowess has been proven many times, and it is a story known to those in the know that his only two disciples, Rius, were active in the Cave of the Sea God.
Considering that he was more famous and respected than any other lecturer, and that there were quite a few students in the academy who believed in the doctrine of fanaticism, it was very dangerous to curse him.
But it didn’t matter to them.
Wizards before they were members of the Bachelor.
Most wizards hated Dre.
This time, Dre did something worthy of reviling, and this was the common opinion of all mages.
“What? Develop a soul personality?”
“That’s nonsense…”
Soul Personality Magic.
So-called magic of one’s own. Or called Young Magic, this is the essence of magic development that any wizard dreams of.
High-ranking wizards usually have their own field, and if you maximize this, you will have your own personality that no one can follow.
Even those with a lot of talent who are praised as geniuses are barely able to reach it after decades of hard work. It is a dream realm for wizards.
But three months after joining the academy, it was developed by a swordsman, not a wizard?
It’s a sound that doesn’t even come out of the snort.
In the first place, Dre had a bad image with his teachers in many ways.
Most of the geeky lecturers liked him, so it’s safe to say that professors and assistant professors all hated him.
First of all, being a stranger detracts from points.
Long time ago. Until the great war with Pryunar with the ten heroes, the record of the strangers’ depravity was to the point of shuddering.
If it was only in the past, it might be dismissed as the past, but even in modern times, most of the foreigners are free-spirited, to be honest, and carefree.
Armed with an unknown power called ‘privilege’, they came from an unknown place… To ordinary Elyunar humans, they were no different from demons.
The pinnacles of the strangers, who are called ‘transcendants of the other world’.
They are a people that cannot be trusted except for those who receive an honorable title by consulting with the powerful people of Elyunar.
Such a stranger became the first instructor at the academy…That’s good.
No matter what the academy is, it only needs something special.
Since he is a foreigner, a stricter examination is required, but looking at his recent achievements, it is not something that cannot be acknowledged.
But… Dre was too lazy.
At the very least, if he showed a hard-working attitude by working hard at the academy, the assistant professors would have followed without a word, even if the professors didn’t know.
But what about his behavior?
Hasn’t all he done so far been taking one class and taking a couple of classes as a student, even though he is a foreigner?
From the perspective of the teachers, it was an amazing situation.
Even so, it is subtly unpleasant that a stranger is sitting in a lecturer that is no different from their boss, but he does not know how desperate and precious the position is.
He has to go through all sorts of hardships to get into even an assistant professor at Pryunar Academy.
The pride that all teachers belong to Prunar Academy. And I had confidence in my own abilities.
Just entering this place is no different from being acknowledged by the world.
All kinds of hardships and luck until getting a job. Happiness and the like further solidified his pride.
But Dre pretends he can afford to give up the position of lecturer, one of the world’s most honorable positions and the dream of professors and assistant professors.
Besides, it’s a mess.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he had a fistfight with Mullin Kritz and threw away the dragon carcass, the supreme treasure, in the instructor qualification exam to get revenge on Blut, and now it is not an exaggeration to say that he is respected by all wizards, even to reporters. Be cheeky.
Really… He is a person who can only be disgusted in many ways from the point of view of an assistant professor or professor who was born as a wizard.
Even if he is not a wizard, his attitude can only be contemptuous. He developed the dream of wizards?
In addition to that, one rumor.
Rumors circulated that the reason why he hastily developed a soul personality this time was not to make up for his indolence or fulfill his duties as an instructor, but because of his seed.
It’s a rumor, but it’s already a fait accompli among the professors at Prunar Academy, which is closed by nature.
“I heard that Lena is very talented?”
“I heard that not only magical talents, but also spiritism skills are at a level that should be called a blessing from God.
“I think I see it as a good opportunity and I’m working hard. Why? That kid works until dawn every day without a break? I’m so proud of him.”
The praise of Lena soon led to Dre’s swearing.
“It’s like a parachute.”
“What did you believe in that you developed spirit magic?”
“There are rumors that she is favored by Headmaster Lenea… She might have learned something. An ancient magic book.”
“I’ll bet 5 silver that the author came to look over the magic in the ancient texts and imitate it.”
“No matter how much he brought the seed, if the future seemed bright, he would give in. Why do you not know the subject matter and go so far as to fight against the vice-principal to get the seed back?”
“The kid looks really pretty.”
“…You’re still young, aren’t you?”
“Why. After becoming a noble, I’ll see if my taste is that way.”
Dangerous statement.
Even some of the same wizards frowned.
However, the old feelings were not easily stopped.
“It’s strange to even get it back. Vice-principal Kijai Ah made a request for work in an official letter, so she’s only getting help for a while, but isn’t she just getting mad at herself for no reason?”
“Huh… As expected, like a savage who only wields a sword, he can only think one-dimensionally.”
“Uh huh. That’s an overblown statement. What if other people hear it?”
“There is no other person in this Prunar Academy with a one-dimensional mindset other than him.”
The auditorium where Dre’s demonstration will be held.
He chewed it dirty.
It was to the point that the faces of the students who had skipped lectures to see the face of the rumored sword of mad flames were hot with embarrassment, fearing that outsiders would hear.
The battle department, or the assistant professors in the production department, who were not wizards, all had hot faces.
Anyway, Dre is a parachute.
His skills have already been proven.
They may not be aware of it, but the built up resentment and contempt is what makes them say anything.
But it’s dangerous.
What will he do if Dre gets angry?
An assistant professor in the Department of Combat recalled Dre’s face.
He had only seen him a few times sitting blankly on a bench.
Indeed, he was not as violent or strong as rumors had it.
He could be said to be rather dazed.
There was also a time when Dre himself put up with most things because of his father’s will.
That is why most of them are mistaken.
Instructor Dre said he could be insulted.
An existence whose stature outside the academy seems to pierce the sky.
Obviously, the upper side would have no choice but to save him.
He doesn’t show any reaction right now, but if one day he gets angry at the mage-turned-professors and assistants’ slander and anger… And if he shows as much violence as rumors…
The assistant professor of the combat department trembled involuntarily.
And there was something they overlooked in the first place.
Outsiders also come to see this demonstration.
In other words, it is related to the prestige of the academy.
Would Principal Lenea, who loves Pryunar Academy more than anyone else, allow the demonstration for nothing?
Because it’s magic that’s meant to be shown, it’s ‘allowed’.
Then, the culprits of the rumor, reporters Ire and Lena. Professor Paichen, who had recently become his assistant professor, came in, and the instructor appeared soon, and the wizards also refrained from talking.
Indeed, the status of the reporter was so great that outsiders first bowed and greeted him.
As they are having high-level conversations about magic, wizards gather around them.
And then. The auditorium went dark.
After a long wait, Dre’s own magic is finally shown.
Most of the people gathered in this auditorium are wizards.
Although there was a rush of applications for viewing, it is the result of receiving a large portion of wizards for accurate evaluation.
There were also many people from outside.
They came from the Mage’s Tower, or the place called the Society, and looked at the most talked-about person in Elyunar.
That person, Dre, looked around the crowd as well.
Some expected him to show a rough side from the start.
It’s quite common to be nervous and make mistakes in front of a larger number of people than you think.
But Dre didn’t.
He said proudly.
“Before we begin, I have a request.”
I stare straight at the reporter.
As rumor has it, they seem to be at odds with each other.
The wizards were full of energy, but some of the outsiders looked embarrassed.
They… Know very well that Dre’s stature is no less than that of being a journalist.
No, if you look at magic apart, it is drain that has the reputation to press the reporter’s ear.
This situation had no choice but to be inconvenient .
Fortunately, Dre opened his mouth.
“To effectively demonstrate my magic, I request the help of the Vice Principal.”
Fortunately, the reporter came down to the stage without any special emotions.
“Yes. How can I help you?”
“Something like a machine with magical powers… Anyway, please take out the finished product.”
“Hmm?”
It’s a machine with magic.
Such things are classified as magic tools, golems, or familiars.
There were already people who gave up their expectations for him who did not even know simple terms.
And after a while, Dre spoke.
“My magic is… Decomposition.”
Decomposition.
Wizards soon came up with poison magic.
Destructive magic that dissolves and disintegrates anything.
It’s definitely a difficult magic to deal with.
But if you say it’s new, it’s not at all.
If the power of the decomposition magic was strong, the story would be a little different… But still, it would lag behind in terms of freshness.
Dre looked at the reporter as he watched the crowd go quiet.
“Hurry up and take it out. The more confident the vice-principal is in durability, the better.”
“Hmm…”
“If you don’t like it, would you like the vice principal to take it for you?”
“Hmm?”
A chorus of screams erupted from the wizards at the rude language.
Dre blinked at the unexpected reaction, but soon lost his mind.
“You have a lot of guts.”
“That’s hard to imitate.”
Evaluation by outsiders.
And the reporter was staring at Dre expressionlessly.
“Don’t worry. It’s completely harmless to humans.”
No harm to humans
Dre’s words, which emphasized that part, caused a slight stir.
Then… Are you saying it’s not magic like poison or burning?
Reporter Ear stared at Dre in silence, and Dre shrugged him.
“I think the vice-principal takes time to think. You can’t lie about your age.”
Again, rude language.
This time most of them let out screams of astonishment, but Dre didn’t care.
Then he pointed his finger at one person.
“You. Would you like to come out?”
“Uh, um… I… Do you mean?”
It was an outsider that Dre beckoned.
Dressed in typical wizard attire, he was pointing his finger at himself in embarrassment.
“Yes. You seem to be a famous person, so I would appreciate it if you could help me.”
“Um…”
Teaching assistants and professors snorted at Dre’s eyes when they saw that there was nothing on the mage’s badge.
The pattern represents the wizard’s rank.
The fact that there is no pattern on the badge means that there is no rank.
However, the wizards around them stood out.
He didn’t have a rank, but he deliberately didn’t take the test, and he’s a man who is treated as a great senior in the Mage’s Tower.
If he put his mind to it, he might be able to pick up the medium-sized wizard Pleon, right below Egula.
An atmosphere flowed between the outsiders from the Mage Tower, as if at least they had eyes to see.
The wizard thought for a moment.
Then curiosity aroused and he went out onto the stage.
“What can I do with this body?”
“Please attack.”
“Yes? What?”
Dre smiled at the wizard’s wide-eyed eyes.
“It looks like you’re using bombardment magic, but I’d like something grandiose.”
“Huh…”
There was a stir again this time.
However, unlike before, admiration is quite mixed.
As Dre said, he was good at using bombardment magic.
Recognizing that at a glance means that, unexpectedly, his magic skills are quite good.
“But the auditorium may be damaged.”
“Don’t worry about that. We’ll take it apart before it’s finished.”
“…”
A hint of anger crept into the wizard’s face.
I felt ignored from before.
“Ah. I’m sorry. I’m not ignoring you. It’s just that I don’t think anyone will look at you unless you’re the strongest person here…”
Seeing Dre put his hands together to apologize, the relieved wizard nodded his head.
“Okay. When can I do it?”
“I’ll ask you as soon as you’re ready. There’s no need for me to tell you the timing…”
Kuang!
Suddenly, a roar like an explosion erupts.
Looking back… Standing next to the reporter was a human-shaped iron armor that would be 3m tall.
Magic machine.
The crystallization of crafting that combines technology and magic.
“…Oh oh…!”
“My God. To think that a single magic weapon had that kind of power…!”
A machine made of magic that is so powerful that wizards will admire it.
“It’s one of the top objects I own.”
“Can I break it?”
“If you can break it with magic.”
Talk about not using black.
Originally, it bounces off most swordsman swords, but Dre’s sword is… So special.
Even those who hated him acknowledged that.
Outsiders seemed to want to see the rumored sword attack, but Dre ignored everything and reached out his hand, and within a moment he blew a red spell.
Jjoong.
“?”
The red magic stopped in the air without reaching the magic machine.
“Of course, the advanced defense formula is engraved.”
“I guess so.”
Dre replied indifferently.
Again, about half of them gave sneering glances… But Dre just stared at the bombardment mage in front of his eyes.
“I’ll go.”
At the end of his words, dozens of circles formed around the bombardment wizard, and those who watched were shocked.
Multiple Gloryholes.
I knew how difficult it was, and I knew that the term Dre had spoken of about being a powerful wizard was real.
And Dre threw the red magic like before.
The magic spread like a net and flew like bullets.
The wizard, who unwittingly performed a defense ceremony, opened his eyes wide.
“Huh?”
A circle formed around him. And all the barriers I was just about to appear had disappeared.
“There is no harm to people. You can rest assured.”
“…I’ll do it right.”
This time, dozens of circles were formed.
After a while, a laser-like barrage will be fired from the circle.
And this time, it disappeared because of Dre’s magic.
No, if it’s different from before…
“Does it disappear like it’s burning?”
“Yes.”
“…Huh. I’m sure it was stronger than the first time…”
“Because the stronger the magic, the more intense the process of disassembling it.”
After understanding the wizard’s words, a stir soon arose.
In other words, the decomposition magic that Dre refers to is the dissolution of magic.
“Something like a dispel?”
“It might be close to nullification magic…”
Certainly special magic.
The academy teachers’ expressions were distorted.
“I’ll try to shoot something strong.”
“Yes.”
It was never a lie.
In the hands of the bombardment mage, a swirling stream of mana raged.
I don’t know, but if that explodes, the entire auditorium will be blown away.
The moment the spectators were about to unleash their defense magic, Dre’s disintegration magic flew in and the sphere that had formed on the man’s hand quickly returned.
“Oh…! It was a top-notch magic blaster, but it disassembles without any problems?”
A bombardment mage whose eyes sparkle without any displeasure now.
Not just him, but other wizards as well.
For them, new knowledge is always fun and thrilling.
That’s what magicians are like.
“Are you having fun?”
“Is the principle similar to Dispel…?”
In the midst of a small discussion, the academic staff at the academy raised a gruff voice.
“Hmph. If that’s the case, I’d rather use a dispel. I don’t know if that’s something special.”
“That’s right.”
When the teachers at the academy grumbled, this time the person next to them, a female student from the academy, intervened.
“What do you mean? Dispell can only be done with a complete understanding of the technique and timing, and even so, the success rate is low, right?”
It was a perfect fit.
So, Dispel was rarely seen except for fights between peers or when the best use sewage.
Depending on the level of magic Dispel is capable of, you can know the skill of the wizard.
However, Dre’s disintegration magic ignores knowledge and only draws the conclusion that it disintegrates magic.
This… It was definitely fun magic.
In fact, even the academy teachers knew about it, but they didn’t want to admit it.
The girl in front of her was a pretty famous girl in the Magic Faculty.
It had such a stature that an impatient teacher who was about to get angry hurriedly shut up.
Coming to kill time, she took her eyes off her teachers and stared at Dre’s magic.
“But, Nelf-nim. Even so, it’s only a higher level of compatibility with Dispel. If a skilled wizard is your opponent, it won’t be of much use.”
“I don’t think so. Even if it is, it is true that it suggested a new path. Autocommand Dispel…”
The wizards around them nodded as if they agreed, and the academy teachers couldn’t refute anything.
However, she did say a word out of defiance.
“But it must be vulnerable to proxy magic.”
“It looks like it’s only aiming for the magic it’s generating, but that’s…”
At that time.
Chunk.
There was a rustling sound.
Everyone looked there in unison… And reporter Yeo opened her eyes wide and looked at her in amazement.
And in front of his eyes, there was a magic machine with limbs falling off.
“Ah.”
Dre smirked as he answered the bombardment mage’s question.
“Looks like you’re listening now.”
Chunk. Iron lump.
Even while doing this, the magic units began to disintegrate one by one.
Not just the connected bodies, but the inscribed spells. Awareness connected with the sorcerer. And even the part that was treated magically falls off.
Eventually, the magic machine disintegrated one by one down to the smallest parts and could no longer move…
All the wizards in the room jumped up.
Said a schoolgirl named Nel Fra, trembling in her astonishment.
“Dissolving even completed magic…?! Even proxy magic?!”
***
Good. Very good.
I was a little worried, but looking at people’s reactions, it turned out to be quite successful.
Purple. Wizards who are still discussing with heated voices.
Purple. The essence of Gajire’s substitute magic or something that has become a piece of scrap metal.
Certainly that was strong.
It was a magic machine that made me think I would have struggled a lot if I had picked up a sword.
It took a while, but neutralized it with one magic shot.
How cool is this
Reporter Yire’s pale face felt as if it had become even paler.
The eyes of the wizards who look at me with eager eyes also feel good.
I don’t know why, but the academy teachers who chewed me up excitedly became dumb.
As it was said that likes and dislikes are divided, there will be controversy afterward… But the demonstration ceremony was successful.
“Can you disassemble this too?!”
“Wait! Let me try!”
A few more demonstrations like this will spread my magic.
Then Lena would be interested too.
Looking at the reactions, it seems that there is nothing to worry about the uncomfortable eyes of the wizards that Principal Sam or Kitz were worried about.
I smiled broadly and looked at the audience seat where Lena was.
I wanted to see her curious, star-like eyes.
“…”
But.
Lena’s complexion was pale.
She stood with her eyes wide open and a stunned face.
“…Why.”
Those words spilled out of my mouth.
The reporter next to me seemed to be smiling silently…
