Chapter 129 – 38. Birthday Banquet Preparation (2)
Chloe’s pure white face turned pale.
I woke up with a louder voice than expected. It was also a shrill voice that was close to ecclesiastical.
‘Maybe he was having a dream.’
Seeing that he mentioned me again, it seems that I came out of that dream. Of course I didn’t make any hints. It was because of Chloe’s lewdness.
Chloe was terribly perplexed and looked around. It was only natural that I woke up with such a loud voice.
However, the cadets and professors did not pay attention to our upper seats. Besides Chloe, there were a lot of other cadets asleep, and the cadets sitting next to them only woke them up.
“What happened? Phew…”
Chloe’s expression improved. If that embarrassing drool talk had been heard by the cadets in this classroom. Because the image she had built as a cadet representative would have collapsed in one fell swoop.
‘In the alchemy cult, Chloe was also an object of worship.’
It’s a little different from the popular rosettes in the magic world. Although both of them are the same overwhelmingly talented people who represent the cadets.
Chloe has her status as the daughter of a marquis, and a status that overwhelms other nobles as the daughter of the top of Ai Tern.
And even the charisma unique to the villainous young lady who is cold-hearted and can’t be approached by others. With that trait, she reigned like a queen in the alchemy community.
I sneakily kissed Chloe.
“Just before. It would have been embarrassing for the other cadets to hear the talk you made in your sleep. Isn’t it?”
And the clever Chloe immediately understood the meaning of my words.
“Could it be… Did the Count help me?”
It was. Just a little while ago, my quick-witted sylph took care of it and stopped Chloe’s embarrassing sexuality from spreading.
Sound is transmitted through a medium. The sylph skillfully controlled the air around her and was able to control the sound as well.
Of course, sylphs are lower spirits. Not all sylphs can react so well. My sylph seemed a little special.
Instead of answering her, I moved her sylph in front of her. Although Chloe, who is not a Elementalist, cannot see Sylph. Because you can feel the flow of the wind.
Just as expected. Chloe covered her breastbone with her hand and thanked me.
“Go… Thank you. Count Julian. If it wasn’t for the Count, trouble would have happened.”
Chloe bowed her head obediently. However, in her eyes, she could also see that she was secretly expecting him to punish her.
The drool-talking earlier was an insolence unbecoming of a high-ranking aristocrat.
There were too many people asleep just at the right time, so Professor Elmeyer gave them a 5-minute break. It means that it is okay to continue talking with Chloe for a little while.
I did as I wished. He scolded Chloe in a stern voice.
“Tsk. You who become the marquise’s daughter. To see such an embarrassing figure during a lecture. I almost ruined the honor of a high-ranking aristocrat in front of the other cadets.”
“I’m sorry… Count. I also stayed up all night with an assignment last night. I couldn’t sleep at all…”
I bow my head pretending to be ignorant. Chloe couldn’t hide the movement of the corners of her mouth.
“And the drool talk from a moment ago. I’m sure you said something about the count… I’m sure the count isn’t me?”
“That… That’s not it!”
“Then it means that you are messing around with the other counts of the imperial capital. Well, the descendants of the nobles of the imperial capital are promiscuous. I mean, so are you…”
“Absolutely not! Count Julian knows well that I am not like that!”
Instantly, her face blushed.
“Because the Count took my… Virgin too…”
But I ignored it and spoke calmly.
“Then it really means I was the count who talked in his sleep. No matter how much it’s a dream Why would you have such an obscene dream about me? The rudeness in the last dungeon was quietly passed over. Haven’t you crossed the line against the heir of the Archduke?”
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”
Besides, you mentioned me in your drool. I emphasized to her that he was also rude to her. Chloe’s reaction got better.
“That… Then. Can’t I somehow ask the Count’s forgiveness for this rudeness?”
I’ve been waiting for this word to come out. Even if it wasn’t so, Chloe’s help was needed to prepare the emperor’s gift.
But if I ask first, I’ll be in debt to that Chloe. That was just a specification.
However, now Chloe bowed her head to me first and came in. Again my victory I said it out loud.
“I don’t want much from you. Think for a moment. A chance to reflect on your rudeness.”
“Hey?! Thank you. Count Julian! Just tell me anything!”
It seems that I made a teaching that shouldn’t be given in an instant. Pretended not to know It was about time that the 5-minute time Professor Elmeyer had given me was coming to an end.
“More than that, Chloe. How about wiping the drool you spilled while sleeping? It’s embarrassing to see him as a noble. It will leave a mark.”
“Huh?!”
Surprised, Chloe hurriedly covered her face with her fan. Of course it was my joke.
Chloe, who noticed soon enough, bit her lips as if resentful. It didn’t matter to me.
***
Professor Elmeyer’s lecture was also very boring.
However, with the concentrated minchoti elixir Chloe gave herself, she was able to listen to the lecture sober. A refreshing feeling like the smell of toothpaste awakened my spirit.
Minchoti’s buff continued even after the lecture. Most of the cadets left the classroom immediately, as if they had survived.
Right after the lecture, with my sane mind, I went to Professor Elmayer’s office.
“A three-element property change for a special mineral? Good question. Just in time, it is also an extension of the topic of today’s lecture.”
Professor Elmeyer’s lecture a while ago was the last lecture of the week. Today is Friday, so the weekend after this.
‘But it’s still not enough. To further raise the mastery of the alchemist’s attributes.’
An offering from Essenmund to celebrate the emperor’s birthday. I was thinking of tinkering with the offering myself. To do so, he had to further raise the grade of a B-grade general alchemist. I couldn’t just blow the weekend away.
‘The tribute was something Marquis Wilhelm put a lot of effort into. If I go as an envoy and offer it, I should be able to reap the rewards…’
I, who was a bitch, volunteered to be an envoy from Essenmund and presented the tribute myself. With that alone, the reward came in from Demon King’s Slaughter.
Based on that reward, Lucia’s lagging skills can be filled to some extent. It’s because I was able to get a good item.
But that alone wasn’t enough. Although he is a puppet emperor, he is the one who stands at the pinnacle of the empire. If only I could roast and boil the emperor.
It was clear that it would be of great help to me, who had to consider the second part of Demon Lord’s Slaughter in advance. And before that, it was important to win Professor Elmeyer’s favor.
“Hoo. Is that ice crystal too? You bring an interesting subject.”
I ordered Eirin to prepare materials for a mineral in Pantheon’s Central Library in advance.
At least that much, it wasn’t rude to Professor Elmaire, a collateral imperial family and a great scholar. Again, he was interested.
“Cryolite… This is a rare mineral. It is a mere mineral, but it is also a rare mineral that contains the essence of ice and cold within its crystal. And isn’t cryolite a specialty of Essenmund?”
“That’s right.”
Professor Elmeyer was right.
An infinitely barren land, the northern frontier, Essenmund. Besides, there is a reason why the economy of the place bordering the worst Keitic Gate permafrost works.
It was because there were precious and special resources that could not be easily obtained except in Essenmund.
County Marshal Wilhelm, who was devastated not only by his military force but also by internal affairs. In other words, my maternal grandfather has been diligent in developing and distributing such mineral resources.
‘It was possible because of the cooperation of the demons… That is, the Dwarf prisoners.’
And a tribute from Margrave Wilhelm to commemorate the Emperor’s birthday this time. The tribute was cryolite, a specialty of Essenmund.
Professor Elmeyer listened to the material I presented for a long time. As a scholarly professor who devoted his life to research. Soon, he was immersed in the material in front of his eyes.
“Ice Crystal. It is a mineral with the properties of ice, so if you look at the elemental properties it contains, it is the 3 elemental properties of water, wind, and earth. However, the balance of the three elements is extremely oversaturated due to the characteristics that contain the cold essence. In other words, alchemical transmutation is very tricky. However, if the raw stone is physically processed, it is a mineral that quickly loses its aesthetic value as a gem…”
So the professor continued talking to himself. It was just a scholarly professor talking to himself, so after listening carefully, the mastery of the characteristic continued to rise.
It seems that even talking to myself was not enough.
The professor then placed a blank piece of paper on his desk and scribbled down something of his own. Seeing a complicated spell follow. He must have been thinking of alchemical theories.
Then, belatedly noticing me standing there, he said.
“This. I left you standing and lost myself in my thoughts. Then, to answer the question the Count asked me. First of all, let’s check the basic earth element properties of minerals here.”
“All right. Professor.”
I listened to the explanation silently from the side.
I’ve already stayed up all night because of my assignment. The medicine of breast milk also disappeared during Professor Elmeyer’s lecture, which was terribly boring.
So, I was forced to hold back my sleep because of my proficiency. It was slowly approaching its limit.
‘If it wasn’t for Chloe’s Minchoti Concentrated Elixir. Even now, the proficiency level and everything must have been blown away.’
It was fortunate that the effect of the elixir remained even after the lecture. I really benefited from Chloe.
This was enough to forgive the rudeness of trying to avoid me by using other elixirs. Of course, I would never tell Chloe about this.
I endured and endured falling asleep while standing like that. Finally, Professor Elmeyer’s explanation was all over.
“Excellent. Count Julian. In fact, not only is it not easy, but it is also boring. It’s amazing that you can focus like that.”
“No. Thanks to the professor’s excellent explanation.”
“Haha. You know how to say pretty good things. Anyway, it’s strange that Youngshik, a master of swordsmanship, is so interested in alchemy. To be honest, I never imagined that you would come to lecture so diligently. I heard about what happened at the Istia building last year.”
Get a good night’s sleep in the alchemy school’s classroom, and build a snack bar behind the classroom. The professor who pointed that out was ordered to be fired from the Pantheon… What a bummer. Professor Elmeyer pointed out that.
“No wonder. It was so absurd that I couldn’t believe it at all. No matter how high-ranking aristocrats, there’s no way a human could do such a thing. It seems that the professor in charge and the cadets of the same lecture had some kind of qualifications toward you, a high-ranking aristocrat. Anyway, you, the prosecutor. If you learn alchemy, you will be able to use it usefully. If you want to learn hard, I will help.”
Professor Elmeyer is a collateral royal family. That’s why he seemed to feel close to me, the fiancé of Princess Lilia.
“Nowadays, no one has the same passion for learning as you or Chloe. But I can’t just ask you two, high-ranking aristocrats, to enter graduate school. It’s a headache… Then, even if the children of the lower nobility who will follow the instructions obediently even if their grades are not enough… No. Better that way!”
That’s how Professor Elmeyer fell into his own thoughts again. I quickly said hello to him and left the professor’s office.
***
That day. On the evening of my return from the Pantheon, my alchemy studies continued.
In fact, coming to the ecliptic has always been like that. Unless it’s related to quests or heroines. Because I couldn’t take a break for a while to grow. She wielded a sword and studied other sects related to heroines at the same time.
The demon king’s son survives in the Holy Empire. Just like the title of the game, I was desperate to survive.
After returning from the Pantheon and having an early dinner. After awakening his mind once more with the mana technique, he continued to study the cryolite metamorphosis formula that Professor Elmeyer had arranged.
“Wait… Did you doze off a bit?”
But I guess I’ve reached my limit too. No matter how much Agnes’ Rosario has the mental stabilizing effect. The physiological phenomenon of lack of sleep was unbearable.
Unlike Chloe, she even drool and slept very soundly. I wiped my mouth with the handkerchief I had left on the desk table. Then I felt something uncomfortable.
‘It’s because I slept on my stomach. My lower body feels strange…’
The moment I pulled the chair back for a while. I was freaked out.
“Do… Bitch!!”
“Eirin? What’s there…!”
Unexpectedly, Eirin was hidden under my desk.
