Chapter 1050 – (Side Story)28. A Witch’s First Love (25)
Seeing the next Red Elder appear in the classroom, Illyana was confident.
‘Due to the commotion among the students, that person appears in person?’
Nonsense.
The fact that the next Jeok Elder personally appeared in this situation also means that he had anticipated and waited for this situation.
It was just as Eunhyeon said.
If she continues to stimulate and push herself and becomes unable to bear it, and it eventually escalates into a violent fight, she will definitely use that as an excuse to put herself at a disadvantage.
It is not an overly delusional thought that it would cause damage to her own teacher, Aden.
‘In this case, expulsion wouldn’t be strange.’
While she was calmly sorting out the situation, she spoke to Iliana.
“Why did you do this?”
It was the angry voice of the next elder.
“Ha.”
“… Are you smiling?”
Does she think what she said sounded funny?
The expression of the next Jeok Elder distorted.
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
Illyana apologized obediently.
She admitted to herself that it was entirely her own mistake not to be able to hold back her laughter.
But how could this situation not be funny?
“Answer me! “What are you doing in the classroom?”
“Hmm, I guess you were very curious about my grades. So I just let you know.”
The way she explained her actions was not the reaction the next elder Jeok expected or wanted.
Other students who were not the direct target were also trembling with fear and unable to open their mouths, but Illyana, far from being intimidated, was very confident as if she had done nothing wrong.
“To threaten her classmates with her magic! Something that may or may not have happened… !”
“I didn’t do anything wrong. “They insulted me first, and I just responded appropriately to their actions.”
“… “What?”
Illyana calmly pointed to the noble male student who was the next Red Elder’s student and who had been putting pressure on her with her other students.
“You insulted me. She doesn’t have a single thing, and a woman with only her good looks would sell her body to beg adventurers for their subjugation results. How could she remain silent after hearing such insults?”
“That’s a lie!”
The noble male student who came to his senses belatedly made a hasty rebuttal, but Illyana snorted.
“Okay? “Then I guess I’m just a crazy bitch who attacked you all without any reason?”
Now, what the noble male student said was not important at all.
Not only is there no way she will admit her mistakes, but it is natural that she will tell stories that could be harmful to her.
I knew very well that in this classroom, there was no one for her.
She could not and did not want to receive help from her teacher, Aden.
Illyana sighed as if she were tired.
“Why don’t you raise your students well? Like our teacher.”
“…”
“Ha, this is really troublesome. This is a grade that a person has barely achieved through diligent study and hard work. Really… “Is it possible for a wizard like this to do this?”
The next Jeok Elder gritted his teeth.
Whether it was using her magic or physical violence, it was true that she couldn’t hold back and tried to get her to act too aggressively, but I never expected her to cause such a big accident.
I didn’t expect that either.
“What do you want to say?”
“I claim self-defense. As a wizard, I suffered great humiliation and showed my magic to idiots who doubted my skills. The difference in skill is so overwhelming that there can be no doubt. “Isn’t this the right response as a wizard?”
“It’s sophistry. “The fact that you used magic in the classroom to threaten other classmates is something that can never be forgiven.”
Even a simple exchange of fists is a serious disciplinary action, and if it is this level of extreme behavior, there is nothing Illyana can do even if she insists on being expelled.
However, she was very concerned about her next enemy.
‘What? What about that calm attitude?’
I was very concerned about Illyana maintaining her relaxed attitude.
For a moment, she thought that she was doing this because she trusted her teacher, Aden, but the unlucky Aden had a stubborn nature that emphasized her principles and duties, so there was no way she would tolerate Illyana’s atrocities.
The reason why the next Red Elder ordered her disciple to create this situation in the first place was because she hoped that Aden would be disappointed by Illyana’s brutality and that the relationship between the two would crack.
In other words, this act, which was so extreme and excessive, was probably Illiana’s personal deviation.
Even after doing something like this, she thinks she can handle the situation on her own.
By what means?
It really bothered me, but at the same time it was very annoying.
Finally, Illyana opened her mouth.
“I see.”
From the sight of her calmly nodding her head, she felt threatened once again.
Public opinion is still unfavorable.
It was something he did knowingly, but with the public opinion on his back, he was sure to drive himself out of her magic tower and blame Aden for raising her student wrongly.
“Why are you so upset that you can’t catch our teacher?”
“… “What?”
It was a completely unexpected question.
In this situation, instead of defending herself, she casually put her question into question, which she had truly heard.
“It’s been like that since a very long time. “You hated our teacher so much.”
This is what she felt ever since she followed Aden and entered this magic tower when she was young.
This human in front of me absolutely hated his teacher, Aden.
I didn’t even know that much.
It’s just that they are classmates of a similar age and graduated at the same time, and they have similar feelings of inferiority to Arden and are impatient because they can’t catch him.
That’s why Illyana didn’t even want to ask Arden for help.
“I request a magic war.”
For a moment, there was silence in the classroom.
The magic battle requested by Illyana refers to a battle in which two wizards compete against each other’s capabilities, and is similar to a duel in which knights of the kingdom clash their swords for their own honor.
And the embarrassing silence that came from not understanding who requested it from whom.
Eventually, she belatedly realizes that Illyana has asked her next enemy elder to transfer her magic and is shocked.
Not only the students, but also the faculty and officials of the Magic Tower who followed the next Red Elder.
“What nonsense…”
The next elder frowned.
Illyana boldly interrupted him.
“I ask for one thing. “Recognition of self-defense for my actions.”
Furthermore, it would be a killing if he could get those idiots who insulted him expelled from school, but it didn’t matter if it didn’t reach this point.
It won’t matter if you take this opportunity to cower and avoid yourself, but if you don’t, and it attacks you again, just crush it then.
Illyana was confident.
“And many people have doubts about my grades, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to show them clearly at this time.”
“…”
The next Red Elder glared at Illyana.
Because she realized that her eyes were sincere.
Really, she’s confident she can win against her.
“Under…”
It was absurd.
It was a moment when I felt an unbearable humiliation just by being challenged by a beginner wizard who was only a student and had not even graduated.
The option of not accepting magic warfare is completely unthinkable.
Even the choice of just one student challenging oneself is inherently impossible.
Not accepting this challenge in front of many students and Magic Tower officials was a problem in itself.
Out-of-the-box?
A one-sided coercion that we have no choice but to accept.
“You’re even more arrogant than your teacher.”
“What can I do about how good I am?”
“Good night. Instead, if you lose, you must leave this magic tower.”
“Yes. “I will accept it when that time comes.”
Illyana calmly accepted his words.
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After the situation was over, Illyana left the chaotic classroom and went straight to Aden.
“Hmm. She ended up doing it.”
Aden smiled bitterly after hearing about the commotion in the classroom.
Although she had heard of Illyana’s plan in advance, the situation turned out to be bigger than she expected.
“… “I’m sorry.”
“Hoo?”
Arden looked at Illyana, who was apologizing with an interesting expression.
“Why?”
“I’m surprised you so readily apologized. “I thought she would just pout and turn her head.”
“… “I’m not a student who is so ignorant of concepts.”
Not only did she not express it in words, but she also was reluctant to let Arden suffer and was restraining herself as much as possible.
It was not that Aden did not know this, but it felt very different for her student, who only knew about herself and had strong pride, to obediently admit her mistake and express her apology.
Aden laughed.
“Okay. Do you really have no regrets?”
“… “It is too late to undo what has already been done.”
The situation has already started a huge fire.
Even if you rush to spray water and extinguish the fire, all that will remain will be a pile of burnt ashes.
It is impossible to restore it to its original state.
“Master. “I hate this magic tower right now.”
“…”
It’s been 10 years since I followed my teacher and entrusted myself here.
She has been working hard to become an excellent wizard by exploring magic and making it her own.
But still, she didn’t like this magic tower where she had spent 10 years.
“No one wants to seriously explore magic.”
Of course, among the wizards in the Magic Tower, there are quite a few who burn with passion day and night to truly explore and develop magic.
But there are also those who are not like that.
The biggest problem is that the power and leadership within the Magic Tower is being transferred not to magicians with the passion and ability, but to those who do not.
The brilliant light I saw as a child was gradually disappearing from those in power outside the Magic Tower and from the wizards inside the Magic Tower who were beginning to be swayed by the power of capital.
The reason why Illyana took on the arguments and antics of the next enemy elder head-on was because she was so dissatisfied with the current situation in the Magic Tower.
That’s why I did it.
“He said so. ‘If you hate the Magic Tower so much, the wizard should leave.’ But I really didn’t want to do that. So if I really leave, it feels like I’m running away. “I didn’t do anything wrong.”
Illyana thought.
I just aspired to magic harder than anyone else.
I have to run away because of such trivial feelings of jealousy and envy.
It felt no different from tasting defeat.
“I did, but do you know what he said?”
“What did you say?”
“Then I want to change the magic tower. He said, ‘If no one stepped forward and couldn’t, you should step up.'”
Haha!”
Aden couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Although she had never seen his face, he was a young man who was somehow likable in Illyana’s mind.
“What an arrogant story.”
I wonder if this place, Aden, would have stayed quiet because they liked this situation.
He lacked strength, and he was just a man with better experience and wizard abilities than others.
He didn’t think that the society of wizards would change no matter what he did.
Arden may have been compromising and accepting this unreasonable reality without knowing it.
Just enduring and holding on would be easier and easier than struggling and getting hurt.
The words of the man named Eunhyeon were very arrogant and arrogant.
But despite this, he holds the light of someone who dreams of the world.
At least Illyana firmly believes his empty words and acts with courage.
The spark has already been thrown.
“Are you sure you don’t have to help me?”
The answer was already there, but I still had no choice but to ask.
“Are you okay. This is a fight I wagered on that man. Master, you just need to stay still. I will make you a great wizard with an incredible genius as your student. And…”
“And?”
Illyana shook her head and stood up.
“I am now stronger than my teacher.”
She calmly explained her capabilities.
