Chapter 1079 – 1079. Magic School Shutra (7)
‘Haha… ‘It’s already been decided?’
I laughed helplessly while listening to Armonia’s report.
[That’s right. Ariel has already been confirmed as the top valedictorian for this third year as soon as spring semester grades are released.]
It seemed like it was confirmed, but it wasn’t.
Confirmed.
It wasn’t like I was recognized by professors for my excellent grades and personality.
Ariel’s current overall score was so high that it would be impossible to reverse the situation even if the second-place student received a perfect score on the fall semester exam.
The story was that even though Ariel didn’t have to take her fall semester exams, she would still get the title of valedictorian.
Of course, if Ariel ignores her test, her professors won’t stand by and watch.
‘I thought Louise would do something stupid, so I added her, but she got caught in a bigger case than I thought.’
I got an unexpected harvest.
In fact, there was one more thing that worried me as much as Lewis’s flirtatious behavior.
‘You don’t have to worry about grades.’
Ariel’s grades.
I was worried that because of me, her grades would suffer, and she would not be able to graduate at the top of her class.
But now, after hearing her report, I was able to erase all those worries.
‘It was good to send a blessing.’
Even when she sent her posthumous message, I thought she would be disliked for chasing after women.
However, contrary to what I thought, the summoned Shiho actually liked it, saying that it was her first time in the outside world.
[Because Shiho has an excellent sense of collecting and monitoring information, he will bring back important information on his own.]
Strong Na praised her Siho’s abilities as if she were boasting.
And I nodded, agreeing with my strong words.
‘I gained a lot of thanks to Siho.’
[Heh…]
Strong I made her snort as if she was being praised.
After getting more information about Ariel, I went to Karin’s dormitory.
As always, Karin welcomed me with a dignified smile and gesture.
“You stopped by today too. Please come in.”
As soon as I was welcomed by Karin and sat down at her table, I got straight to the point.
Continuing from yesterday, there are two reasons why I met Karin today.
“Where is the Royal Crystal now?”
The first was the location of the Royal Crystal.
The only information I heard from Karin was that she had acquired the Royal Crystal.
When she woke up in the morning, she tried to ask her exact location, but she was too caught up in the morning mood to ask.
After hearing what I said, Karin nodded her head and answered simply and clearly.
“It’s still in Lewis’ personal safe.”
It was unexpected.
If it were Karin, it seemed like she would have stolen it a long time ago and brought it here.
Karin, who read my thoughts, was quick to explain.
“I was worried that if I used my hands, I would just bother you more.”
“… ?”
She seems to be an explanation, but she is not an explanation.
I was able to understand Karin’s explanation only after getting a bigger hint.
“After giving you the information about the prostitute, I checked the status of the children I had placed under surveillance. However… Everyone completely forgot my orders.”
On the same day that I received information from Karin about her prostitute, she went to the village where the prostitute lived and hypnotized the prostitute and her two guards.
In the prostitute’s mind, what Karin and I did has disappeared, and in the two guards’ minds, Karin’s orders themselves have disappeared.
“To be honest… I was so surprised. It didn’t feel like threats or cajoling. Not at all… It felt like everything had been erased. And that too in that short period of time…”
It seemed like the situation itself was too shocking for Karin.
However, apart from that shock, Karin calmly assessed the level of my ability based on the situation.
“And this is the conclusion I came to. “When handling work outside the standards, we will unconditionally listen to your opinion and implement it.”
Karin decided that it would be better for her to report the entire situation to me rather than move the Royal Crystal herself.
[Incredible. Setting your own standards like that is not as easy as you think…]
Karin’s talent wasn’t just limited to her brilliant mind.
Karin’s true talent was to objectively examine herself, determine her shortcomings, and perfectly find the line between her ‘impossibility and possibility’.
And as she applied that ability to all her fields, she came to possess a genius mind.
‘If I can apply that ability to magic, it wouldn’t be a problem to become a senior.’
While I was admiring Karin in my mind, Karin looked at me and smiled.
“What should I do?”
“Just tell me the exact location and how to get it out. “I will bring it myself.”
“Yes, I will let you know right away.”
Karin took out a letter from her drawer and handed it to me.
She was a letter sealed with a red candle seal.
“If you deliver this letter to my immediate servant, he will retrieve it immediately.”
Karin’s immediate servant is currently in the Brandt Ruf family, and she also knows where she can share her secret promise.
Her first errand was done.
I spoke about my second business.
“Do you know about the Karsten family?”
“The Karsten family… If you say that, I already know.”
Judging by the way Karin blurted out her words, it seemed like she didn’t know that much.
And as I expected, the information Karin knew was very limited.
Most of Karin’s information was at the level I knew.
Fortunately, there was one piece of information I didn’t know.
“There is a Löwe upper branch in that country, but… “It is only used as a trade route.”
“Why?”
“It’s because it’s a small country on the periphery.”
It was in a remote place, the country was small, and the country itself was poor, let alone special products that made money, so there was nothing to sell.
“Rather, it is a place where only losses are incurred while maintaining the branch.”
“Why are you keeping it in a place like that?”
Karin smiled and answered my question.
“It costs a penny to settle down before the gold mine is revealed, but it costs a thousand gold to settle down after the gold mine is revealed.”
Karin did not think highly of Ariel’s country.
This meant that even if it was a border country, it was important to establish oneself.
Above all, the loss that Karin was talking about was actually a small amount of money from her perspective, so she did not feel burdened.
“Because we don’t have any sales, we barely pay taxes, and the royal family knows the subject, so they are grateful when we give them gifts from time to time.”
She always felt like Karin should have been born into royalty.
If Karin had been born into the Levin royal family, she would have defeated the two princes and Princess Iris a long time ago and taken power.
While I was admiring her, Karin quickly noticed her and asked me.
“To gather accurate information about the Karsten family… No matter how I do it, it takes about 3 weeks.”
For reference, the three weeks refers to the time it takes to travel to that country and back.
Even if you raced directly on horseback instead of a carriage, three weeks would be the minimum.
“Hmm…”
I couldn’t help but worry about Karin’s words.
There was no particular problem with being late.
However, it was disappointing that it took 3 weeks just to find out the information.
More than anything…
‘If possible, I’d like to go in person…’ .’
The disadvantage of using Karin’s information network was that I could not visit the Karsten family directly.
‘But you can’t suddenly go there… Ah!’
The moment I thought about it like that, a brilliant idea occurred to me.
And along with the ingenious thoughts, feelings of despondency also flowed out.
‘Why do I always try to do things alone…? . Armonia, tell Viola and Beatrice in advance.’
[I understand.]
All you have to do is send the two people to the Carsten family.
[I understand.]
While Armonia was preparing the two, I spoke to Karin.
“Please take your time looking into matters related to the Karsten family. Because it’s not urgent.”
“All right. “I’ll tell you after I figure it out slowly.”
Karin answered clearly, but I already know.
The fact is that Karin will not proceed slowly after hearing my request.
She will probably mobilize all her abilities and manpower.
Satisfied with Karin’s answer, I stood up.
“Are you going?”
Karin stares at me with earnest golden eyes.
Normally, she would have fallen in love with those eyes and run away…
“No matter how fun a festival is, if you do it every day, the excitement will wear off.”
I tried my best to ignore Karin’s earnestness and opened her door.
The moment I was about to leave, Karin smiled bitterly and nodded.
“… “I will do my best to prepare for a fun festival.”
I answered Karin’s words with a smile and returned to my room.
.
.
After returning to the dormitory, I immediately warped to Levin with Lena.
And at the same time, I heard some news from Armonia.
[You two have just left.]
It was news that Viola and Beatrice had just been summoned and headed to the Carsten family.
‘How long will it take?’
[I’m moving to Mr. Viola’s ether… Even if we can’t, it will arrive within three days.]
‘As expected, it’s faster than horses.’
The ether travels a distance that would take a month by carriage in three days.
‘Tell them not to rush and stop by the village along the way. Since I’m here, I should enjoy seeing the world.’
[I understand.]
After hearing Armonia’s answer, I moved to another location with Lena.
The place where I arrived at the warp was an outbuilding in the Brandrup family.
After leaving the annex, I headed to the secret meeting place that Karin had told me about.
But when Lena and I arrived at the secret meeting place, we couldn’t see anything.
I made unique hand movements as if I was doing sign language in such an empty place.
‘If you act like this…’
There are no traps at the secret meeting place Karin said, but no one will show up unless you make a special gesture.
But when I made a hand gesture, I smiled without even realizing it.
‘Well, you can see it even if it doesn’t show up…’
Karin’s servant hid her presence well with her excellent stealth skills, but Lena and I were able to detect it without difficulty.
However, because I am Karin’s character, I was polite and did my best to make hand gestures.
When all the hand movements were completed…
Sasak…
A figure wearing a black cloak slowly approached us through the grass.
The person who arrived in front of me raised his voice cautiously.
“Proof…”
Her voice was so loud that you couldn’t believe she was a maid.
It seemed like it had been altered to hide his identity.
“Now.”
I immediately handed Karin her letter.
The person who read her letter nodded and turned her body.
“Please come here.”
Just like that, Lena and I carefully followed the black cloak, presumed to be an attendant, into the back door of the Brandlup mansion.
The attendant guided us, moving and stopping repeatedly.
From the looks of it, he seemed to have perfect knowledge of the security route here.
The servant who led us to Louis’ room without encountering a single guard immediately opened the closet and began to look around inside.
Click, click, click.
At first glance, it seemed like she was just touching the inside of the closet here and there, but when she finished her actions…
Crash.
Suddenly, a wooden board inside the closet opened forward, revealing a hidden safe.
‘And… How on earth do you find out about this?’
[And how do you hire a woman like that…]
Not only Kang Han-na, but Lena next to me was also impressed.
After taking out her safe, the maid took out her key from her pocket and opened the safe.
The servant who opened the safe showed me the key and asked.
“It’s a duplicate key. I will give it to you if you will use it often. However, it must never be lost. If it is lost and there is a problem, the lady’s personal safety…”
“No. “I’m not going to use it anymore, so you keep it.”
“… Okay, I’ll take charge of it for now.”
The servant seemed to understand the meaning of what I said.
What I meant was to have a safe that can be used with the key, not a key.
I was planning to talk to Karin and tell her to give the items in this safe to the attendant.
‘I’m not interested in anything other than Royal Crystal anyway…’
And if all goes according to my plan, it will be difficult for Lewis to get his hands on this safe again.
So I opened the safe…
‘Oh, oh… ‘You’re crazy.’
I obtained a royal crystal so beautiful that it captivated my eyes.
The interesting thing is that when I took out the Royal Crystal, I heard a loud swallowing sound next to me.
Gulp…
It was a sound coming from the servant’s throat.
‘But… Since you know its value, you will want it more.’
But on the other hand, she was also impressed by the servant who reported the value to Karin.
After taking the Royal Crystal, I suddenly became curious and asked the servant.
“How is Lady Anna these days?”
Anna Brandrup.
The biological mother of Karin and Louise, and the current wife of the Duke of Brandrup.
Since the Duke of Brandrup was transferred to the north, the current head of the Brandrup family was actually Anna.
I was worried about Anna, who was leading the family alone, so I asked the attendant how she was doing.
But the attendant’s answer changed the worry in me into confusion.
“Princess Iris is coming to Shutra soon, and she has a busy schedule as she is planning to accompany her on that trip.”
