Chapter 1078 – 1078. Magic School Shutra (7)
A classroom filled with third-year students from Shutra.
Currently, a lecture on magic rules was in full swing in that classroom.
“According to Article 13 of the Continental Magic Regulations that you learned today, you will know what prohibited magic research you must never do.”
An elderly female professor captured the students’ attention with a solemn voice.
“The study of magic prohibited by Article 13 of the Continental Magic Code is not limited to the student status. After graduation, and furthermore, even if you become a court wizard of the country, you must never…”
A boring class that has already lasted 3 hours.
For three hours, the professor had been giving non-stop explanations about magic rules that were far from the practicality of magic.
Unlike magic classes, it was a boring and frustrating class about magic discipline, but no one in the classroom showed boredom on their faces.
The reason third-year students attend class with extreme concentration is…
“Professor Magta, it’s past class time.”
“What? Already… ?”
This was because the professor who taught the class was currently the head professor at Shutra.
A professor known as the number one person in STRA except for the dean.
There was no student here who could think about random things while taking such a professor’s class.
Senior Professor Magta, who was in the middle of a class, came to his senses after hearing the words of another professor who entered the classroom and looked out the window.
A world colored yellow.
The professor, who had been solemnly continuing his class just a moment ago, nodded and showed his annoyance.
“I’m only halfway through, so I guess I’ll have to do it for another three hours.”
Professor Magta’s annoyed muttering made the third year students scream in their heads.
But fortunately, there was someone who shed light on the students’ screams.
The professor who entered the classroom smiled bitterly and spoke to Professor Magta.
“If you are a third-year student, you will already have all the continent’s magic rules in your head, so just skip over them.”
“Joy… Do you think those people looking at you with those bleary eyes know everything?”
Professor Magtar’s snort made most of the students in the classroom flinch.
However, the professor who entered the classroom without permission paid no attention and pointed to a student and asked a question.
“Ariel, recite Article 23 of the continent’s magic rules.”
“Oh, yes!”
Ariel, who flinched at the professor’s words, quickly got up from her seat and began to answer.
“Article 23 of the Continental Magic Regulations, in the event of a dispute between countries, the magician belonging to…”
Ariel recited all 23 Articles of the Rules naturally, as if she were reading a book of rules.
After answering the rules accurately, she concluded her explanation by adding historical examples.
However, rather than being satisfied, Professor Magta became angry after hearing Ariel’s answer.
“If you want to ask a question, you have to ask someone else! “Isn’t it even weirder that he doesn’t know!?”
Haha, anyway, isn’t it important that there are students who know? Now… Please finish class quickly.”
“… “Hmph.”
Professor Magtar waved his cape wildly and spoke to the students.
“I will take a separate test until the next magic discipline class, so make sure to memorize everything.”
“Yes!”
There was despair in the students’ eyes, but they squeezed out passion from their mouths.
It was a moment when I thought the dark class would end.
Professor Magta left a message before leaving the classroom.
“Ariel, I have something to tell you, so please come to my lab.”
“Oh, yes!”
All the students’ eyes were focused on Ariel.
However, Ariel seemed to be used to such gazes and quickly cleaned up her desk and headed to Professor Magtar’s laboratory.
Ariel sighed as she headed to Professor Magtar’s lab.
‘Ha… I’m going to get scolded… ?’
The reason Ariel thought this way was because of her own class attitude.
Ariel is confident that she has not messed up even once during her classes.
For other students, class was a boring time, but for Ariel, it was the only way to protect her family.
But today, I couldn’t concentrate in class because I was thinking about other things during class.
There was only one reason she couldn’t concentrate in her class.
‘Ha… I had that dream…’
It was because she dreamed of kissing Seong Su-ho.
Most people would have laughed it off, saying it was just her dream, but Ariel couldn’t be dismissed lightly due to her personality.
There are two reasons.
First, it was because it was her first time having a dream about someone of the opposite sex, and secondly…
‘Ha… I forced myself to do that…’
This was because she kissed her on her own initiative, not on Seong Su-ho’s initiative.
It was her first time having a dream about someone of the opposite sex, and she even had a dream where she felt like she was forcibly drunk, which made Ariel feel guilty.
But even though she feels guilty, Ariel spends all of her class…
‘Ugh… I just can’t forget it…’
She recalled Seongsu-ho’s lips, which she had tasted in her dreams.
Even while she was on her way after being called by Professor Magta, the kiss with Seong Su-ho kept playing in Ariel’s head.
But Ariel’s random thoughts…
‘No! It’s nothing else, it’s Professor Magta’s call. Come to your senses!’
In front of Professor Magta’s laboratory, it began to clear as it was cleared.
‘Professor Magta must have noticed, right?’
However, the problem was that her clear mind was covered with a black fog of anxiety…
Ariel knocked on Professor Magta’s lab, braving her criticism.
Knock, knock, knock.
(Come in.)
As soon as Ariel heard Professor Magtar’s voice, she carefully opened the door and went inside.
Professor Magta’s lab boasted a huge size, befitting a senior professor.
Professor Magtar’s voice was heard from the end of the lab, which was as big as a classroom.
“Come and sit here.”
“Yes!”
Ariel sat on the sofa pointed to by Magta with a stern voice and posture like a soldier.
Professor Magtar sat at the head table and sighed as he looked at Ariel sitting next to him.
“I tell you this every time, relax your neck. “Every time you speak with your neck strained, my breath takes my breath away.”
“I’m sorry.”
“No way… Done. Anyway, why did I call you… “You know that, right?”
Professor Magtar already knew.
The fact that Ariel couldn’t concentrate in her class…
Ariel stood up as if she had committed high treason, lowered her voice and demeanor as much as possible, and lowered her head.
“I sincerely apologize for causing discomfort through my insincere attitude despite the professor’s noble teachings.”
The voice heard in Ariel’s ears as she apologized…
“Ha… “It seems like your personality is difficult to change.”
A complaint full of frustration was heard, not anger boiling over.
“My neck hurts, sit down.”
“Ah… Yes!”
“Turn down the sound.”
“Yes…”
Ariel quickly closed her mouth and sat down on the sofa in response to Professor Magtar’s pointed comments.
For Shutra students, Professor Magta was one of the objects of fear.
The sharp voice and strict attitude itself were parts that could be overlooked, thinking it was part of his original personality.
The reason she truly became an object of fear among students was because of her power.
The only being who can exercise the authority of the dean on his behalf.
There was even a rumor going around that even if Professor Magta collapsed her country due to her personal feelings, her dean would be on her side.
He was a being who could either be a god who cared for people or an evil god who would turn the world upside down.
A being that seems to contain both a god and an evil god…
“Oh my… “I can’t even play pranks on you.”
Like her own grandmother, she let out a sigh.
The appearance of polar opposites.
However, Ariel did not feel very strange seeing Professor Magtar like that.
‘He used to be a really scary person…’
Because she was already used to it.
But she wasn’t like this from the beginning.
Until Ariel took over as her student council president, Professor Magta’s attitude was not much different from her attitude towards her other students.
With her cold attitude, she made Ariel’s shoulders tremble.
But at some point she started to treat Ariel in a gentle manner.
That point is…
‘It was after the exam was over… ?’
This was after Ariel had won first place in her spring semester exams.
And it wasn’t just Professor Magtar who changed.
‘What can I say… The mood of other professors suddenly changed as well.’
Professor Magtar’s extreme change was not noticeable, but the other professors’ attitude toward Ariel also became lighter.
It felt like the way she treated her family.
While Ariel was wondering inside, Professor Magta’s voice suddenly woke her up.
“Well, let’s leave it to change your personality later… What happened?”
It seemed like he was urging, but his voice actually contained concern.
“You don’t seem to be feeling well today. What hurts? Or is it something to worry about?”
“Well, that…” .”
Ariel couldn’t help but be embarrassed by Professor Magtar’s concern for her.
She could get used to being friendly to some extent.
‘Could it be that he is really angry? ?’
But because she was so overly worried, she couldn’t help but feel more anxious from Ariel’s point of view.
Ariel answered calmly, embracing her anxiety.
“S-sorry. During the sacred class, I put my mind to it…”
“Hey!”
“!?”
Ariel was startled and crouched down at the sight of Professor Magtar suddenly raising her arms.
Professor Magta lowered his raised arm and began pounding his chest.
“Oh my, my stomach is bursting, my stomach is bursting.”
Professor Magta patted his chest for a while, sighed deeply, and then grumbled as if complaining.
“That’s your problem. It means twisting everything a person says and accepting it.”
“That… “I’m sorry.”
Ariel’s apology was sincere.
Ariel had already realized the problem Magta had raised.
‘It’s hard to give up this habit…’ .’
Born into the Carsten family, which was on the verge of collapse, Ariel naturally had the habit of being suspicious of the words of those in authority.
Royalty and nobles who seduce Ariel with their luminous bodies like lantern anglers in order to find the weaknesses and faults of her family and her parents…
Ariel, who survived among such beings, uses her instincts… No, she was habitually inclined to pay attention to the words of those in power.
And this is where the problem of habit arose.
“Sorry…”
“Phew… Done. Anyway, back to the story earlier… “What’s the problem?”
“That is…”
Ariel was able to realize that Professor Magtar truly cared about her.
But…
‘I can’t tell that story…’ .’
There was no way I could say that this happened because I dreamed of going on a date with a man the day before, and even dreaming of kissing him.
Ariel, who had been silent as if in pain, made an appropriate excuse, hiding most of the facts.
“It was because I had various concerns while managing the student council.”
“Eyu, what else can I say…” .”
Professor Magta smiled and brightened the mood, as if he regretted worrying.
“Well, that must be much more difficult for you than classes or exams.”
It was as if she knew everything about Ariel.
And what Professor Magta said was also true.
Ariel had already memorized all of her textbooks for her third grade class, and had reached a point where she fully understood them.
She was confident that she would get first place in the exam even if she did not attend class.
In comparison, the recent student council… No, more precisely, she did not have any confidence in matters related to Seong Su-ho.
Professor Magtar, who accepted Ariel’s silence, suddenly changed the subject and continued her story.
“Come to think of it… “I don’t have much left as a student now.”
“Yes. I will do my best to win the top position so that the lessons I learned from the professor will not be in vain.”
Ariel gave Professor Magtar her sincere promise.
But Professor Magta…
“Hey… Have you ever seen such a foolish guy? .”
She started to huff and puff, looking like she was about to burst into anger like before.
Seeing Magta like that, Ariel was confused and asked back.
“Yes… ?”
“No! I said everything I wanted to say. “Go and see.”
“Ah yes! Thank you for your kind words today!”
“Okay, go quickly!”
“Oh, yes!”
Ariel ran to the door as if she was running away.
But the moment Ariel grabbed her door and was about to open it…
“Wait.”
“Yes?”
Professor Magta’s voice grabbed Ariel’s feet.
When Ariel turned around, Professor Magta spoke to Ariel with both her helplessness and friendliness.
.
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“…”
As Ariel walked down the hallway slowly becoming covered in red light, she remembered the advice that Professor Magtar had given her.
(Don’t look too far ahead. Earnestness is the driving force of life, but on the other hand, that earnestness can lead to life’s regrets. So, take some time off from your studies and pay close attention to make sure you don’t miss out on the memories that can only be gained while being a student. Try to do it.)
Ariel, who was walking down the hallway reflecting on her advice, looked out her window.
Outside, students who had finished class were huddled together and having fun enjoying their leisure time.
And among those students…
“Ah…”
There were more male and female students presumed to be lovers than expected.
Students who didn’t even know they were a couple because they weren’t interested until now…
“It’s more than I thought.”
Ariel slowly smiled as she looked at the huge number of couples.
And finally, she nodded her head with a bright smile.
“Thank you for your advice, professor. As you said… I won’t miss out on the memories I can make as a student.”
After Ariel said her thanks to Professor Magtar, she quickly headed to her student council room.
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Ariel smiled and bowed after hearing Professor Magtar’s advice.
“Thank you for the advice, I will keep it in mind.”
Ariel left her lab after saying those words.
Professor Magtar was left alone in the lab…
“Oh my… I feel like talking to that guy is so frustrating that it shortens my lifespan by a few hours. When I go into the place, my clothes will be too big… “
He grumbled as if he was fed up.
But there was actually a smile on her face.
“Hehe… I miss you… “I had a time like that too.”
As Professor Magta looked at Ariel, she began to reminisce about her own past.
“You don’t have to have friends, but you don’t have to have memories of not having friends.”
The real meaning of Professor Magta’s advice to Ariel was to take some time off from her studies and make her memories with her student council members.
Even though Ariel misinterpreted her meaning, she eventually put her mind at ease, and Professor Magtar’s greatest goal was achieved.
Professor Magta, who was immersed in her memories, recalled the conversation he had with Ariel earlier.
(Come to think of it… I don’t have much left as a student anymore.)
(Yes. I will do my best to win the top position so that the lessons I learned from the professor will not be in vain.)
Professor Magtar recalled Ariel’s determination, and she began to giggle.
“How can you be like that even if you don’t notice?” “What does she win by winning the top position? She has already achieved that position.”
