chapter 34
Elena (1)
“…Fortunately, only one of the advanced manastones was broken.”
Dozens of Mana Stones were smashed, but the ones that accounted for the largest percentage were fortunately the lowest and the lowest.
And the most expensive and rarest high-grade manastone in this room has only been destroyed.
Of course, some intermediate manastones were also broken, though.
“Um, Professor Harun hasn’t even woken up yet…”
Professor Harun was also shocked by the shock caused by Aldebaran’s call, so he was still stunned.
Or, while talking to Aldebaran and signing a contract, not much time has passed in reality.
Anyway, this was an opportunity.
slurp-
Lie naturally on the floor and close your eyes.
As if I had passed out from the shock a while ago.
And just when I finished pretending to faint.
“Ahhh!!!”
I shut my eyes tightly, pretending not to know, at the sound of Professor Harun’s scream sharply piercing the eardrum.
‘If you open your eyes now…
I had no intention of paying the price for a higher-level manastone that I had never used.
*
“Heize-kun! it’s okay?”
“Ugh…Professor…”
Well, it was a perfect performance.
Professor Harun, frightened by the destruction of his surroundings, soon found me, who had fainted (?) just like himself, and shook my body in amazement.
As if waking up from fainting at the same time, I called Professor Harun in a trembling voice.
“I’m sorry, I’ve never been like this before…”
“If this happens every time you sign a contract with a spirit, it will be difficult to sign a contract with the spirit.”
“Absolutely not. Ha, what should I say to the Ministry of Finance.”
“…”
Dozens of smashed magic stones.
Among them, expensive intermediate and advanced manastones were also mixed in, so it was natural for Professor Harun to be nervous.
“Is it because Heize-kun is so talented?”
“…I hope.”
Aren’t you going to hold me accountable for blaming my talents?
Originally, she would have smiled and rejoiced at her praise for her talent, but if she rejoiced here, something happened because of her talent, so I waved her hand because I thought she might be held accountable.
“Hey, I think we made a contract.”
“…Yes, I am very happy.”
Professor Harun patted me on the shoulder, saying it was fortunate that I had signed the contract in the midst of a shock wave bursting out and the surroundings were thrown into chaos.
Like a high-ranking spirit warrior, she seemed to have smelled the scent of the spirit contract that was in me.
Actually, I did succeed in the Elemental Contract.
[Heize]
Age: 15
Strength: A- (SSS)
Stamina: B- (SSS)
Agility: B- (SSS)
Intellect: F- (C)
Mana: FFF (FFF)
Traits: Child Abandoned by Heaven (SSS), Weapon Skills (SS), Martial Arts (SS), Intellect Decrease [Constraint] (F), Mana Dissipation [Constraint] (FFF) Aldebaran’s Contract [Contract] (SSS) / Insight (?).
Skills: Heize-style boxing (B), Heize-style heavy swordsmanship (B+) , Heize-style heavy swordsmanship (B) , the lowest level spirit arts (D)
‘Um, it’s the first time I’ve ever seen an SSS class during a contract. Elemental skills are, of course, the lowest level.’
[Contract] is newly created in the attribute field.
Its grade, which was created through a contract with Aldebaran, boasted a relentless grade of SSS, as if to prove the existence of Aldebaran.
In addition, the lowest level spirit skill (D) created by the contract with him means that the high elf blood that I need to find is currently contracting with the lowest level spirit.
“I made a contract with the lowest level spirits.”
“Mmm! I figured it would too. Is it starch with four major properties?”
“yes.”
In response to Professor Harun’s question, I lightly summoned all four elemental spirits.
lowest level spirit.
It really required only a small amount of mana to summon those at the bottom of the spirit class.
Other people’s mana that roams inside my body.
It felt a little strange, but it went away after a while.
– Kyahahaha!
-hi! Hi!
– See you again!!
– Zurit!
Familiar spirits appeared in front of me along with the missing mana.
They were the ones who helped me in the honor duel.
Perhaps the Aldebaran side assigned them to people who were somehow related to me.
“I’ll call you later. Go back now.”
– I’m sorry.
– See you again!
There was no need to maintain the summons now, so I lightly counter-summoned them and looked at Professor Harun.
“thank you. Thanks to you, I was able to make a contract with the spirit.”
“Well, rather than I did well, Heize-kun is better. Hee, but what about all of this?”
“…can I help you clean up?”
“….Help.”
“Yep.”
It goes without saying that it was a hard labor that took over an hour just to separate and organize the crushed manastone pieces and powder according to the highest possible grade with Professor Harun, who was crying.
*
“Thanks for your work. Drink this.”
“Oh, thank you.”
After I finished cleaning, I gulped down the cool water that Professor Harun had given me, and I asked Professor Harun what to do next.
“I…what is the damaged thing?”
“You have to file a claim with the Ministry of Finance. Whoa, it was a sudden accident, what should I do? I can’t afford all of that with my own money.”
“Yes?”
“Yes, so, Heize-kun, there is nothing to worry about. This is an adult problem, and furthermore, it is an issue that needs to be adjusted so that something like this does not happen again.”
Well, it’s nice to see you speak boldly, but no matter how you look at it, you don’t look like an adult.
Once again, Professor Harun looks small and young enough to look like the same age when parked next to an elementary school senior passing by.
Walpurgis…
‘Wouldn’t it be comparable to putting it together with the lower grades of elementary school?’
If I had known what I was thinking, I remembered the image of Walpurgis, who would run away from the roots of a tree, and shook my head to disperse my thoughts and drank the remaining water at once.
“professor.”
“yes.”
“Didn’t you say you have someone to introduce you to?”
“Oh, it was. It happened all of a sudden and I forgot about it. Do you have time?”
“I don’t think it will last long, but I think it will be fine.”
“Then let’s go!”
Introduction of new characters.
Perhaps, given the current situation, it was highly likely that the person that Professor Harun was going to introduce was related to Aldebaran’s contract.
‘In the beginning, the number of the Spirit Department was small, so if you search only the students of the Spirit Department, you will find something.’
Even if it wasn’t, it didn’t matter.
The Department of Spirits boasts the smallest number of students among the Department of Combat.
If you are determined and search through insight, your eyes will be sore, but you will still be able to find the person you want.
*
Spirit Department.
Ardian Academy is always ranked first when it comes to departments with the fewest numbers.
The reason was simple.
This is because the talents of spirits and wizards are really different, and there are many cases where those who did not develop their talents as a spiritist are transferred and their talents as a wizard are in full bloom.
In other words, the Department of Spirits was always losing its students to the Department of Magic from start to finish.
However, despite this, the reason why the Department of Spirits was able to maintain its existence was also simple.
[One great spirit outsmarts many wizards.]
[One superior elemental surpasses several priests.]
[One superior elemental outnumbers many knights.]
The point was that a well-bred elemental was just as powerful as many other professions.
The wind elemental could shoot a sharp blade of wind as fast as a knight or faster than a knight.
The fire elemental was able to create more powerful explosions and flames than the magician’s explosion magic.
The earth elemental possesses the strength of a knight.
The water elemental was able to heal wounds like a priest.
The merits were so firm that they offset all the disadvantages that it was difficult to find and cultivate the talents listed above.
Of course, due to the disadvantages listed above, the number is so small that it is a bit of an absurd way to teach all at once, regardless of class.
“Wow! Estelle! Great! I’m a freshman now, and I’m already a low-level spirit!”
But even in such a barren environment, flowers can bloom.
Estelle Bantam was such a flower.
A first-year student, a genius spirit samurai who has already signed a contract with all of the lower-level spirits of the four elements at the beginning of the second semester.
“I inherited the blood of an elf, so this is only natural.”
Behind the scenes, there were elves among the noble families of the Empire and long ago among the ancestors of the families, and the fact that the blood of elves flows in the blood of Estelle Bantam played a major role.
It was a well-known fact, and Estelle Bantam’s family is also actively promoting that there were elves in their family, so it was a fact that few people knew about.
In addition, Estelle Bantam was a person who deeply expressed the blood of an elf who appeared in such a Bantam family for a long time.
Fluttering light silver hair.
Silver hair, also known as the symbol of elves, was an important measure to the extent that it was said that the darker the hair, the deeper the blood was.
Although silver hair is not very common among humans and elves, Estelle Bantam has such silver hair, which is evident even though it is light.
“Elena-senpai also signed a contract with all the four spirits…”
“Heh, won’t you compare me to someone who is less distant than that? It’s unpleasant.”
“I’m sorry, Estelle.”
Such Estelle Bantam hated comparing herself to Elena, who was a senior in her class.
The reason was simple.
“Just like me, in the first semester of the first year, what do I do if I sign a contract with the lowest-ranking spirit of the 4th grade? Even though I’m in my second year now, I just signed a contract with the lowest level spirits.”
Estelle Bantam and Elena.
This is because the beginnings of the two were very similar.
Both of them signed a contract with the lowest level spirits in the first semester of their freshman year and attracted the attention of the spirit department faculty.
However, their endings were very different.
This is because Estelle Bantam signed a contract with all of the lesser spirits before she even entered her sophomore year, while Elena is still under contract with the lesser spirits.
“It looks like you’re trying to do something personal again.”
“You know it’s a shame~ I’m a sophomore, but I’m pushed by the first year~”
The first-year students laughed at seeing Estelle Bantam, who was always compared, and Elena, who often walked away with her feet away.
Gray hair and gray eyes.
Compared to Estelle Bantam, who boasts splendid silver hair and silver eyes, he looked so shabby, the ridicule was doubled.
That was then.
“Professor Harun?”
“It’s the first time I see a male student next to me…”
Professor Harun is one of the two professors in the Department of Spirits.
Even though he was a commoner, he boasted of the strength that was counted among the faculty of the academy, which was top-notch by contracting with a higher spirit.
The students of the Department of Spirits drew attention to the first-timer male student with black hair and black eyes next to her.
“ah! It’s Heize!”
“Heize of the honor duel?”
“Oh my gosh, great!”
And the moment someone recognized the boy, the surprise spread even faster.
Haze in an honor duel.
A man who showed overwhelming talent and force by using the Aura Fist (Kwon Kang) in an honor duel to the first-year student.
Thanks to this, everyone looked at Estelle Bantam when a student, whose interest was rapidly spreading both inside and outside the Empire, visited the Spirit Department.
“Miss Estelle. Maybe he came to see Miss Estelle?”
“That’s right~ The meeting of two geniuses is so romantic.”
“…hehehe, do you think I’d get along with a commoner like that?”
“Ah, Miss Estelle. If you’re like Heize, will you get the title of nobility easily after graduating from the academy? Then I would become a person similar to Miss Estelle…. It suits her well~!”
“That…is it?”
At the words of a girl who is blowing wind from the side, her silver hair and white jade-like skin suitable for silver eyes are tinged with red.
In the Empire, he had dark hair and eyes, but his face was pretty good. In other countries, dark hair and eyes are common, so Estelle Bantam was looking around next to Professor Harun and met his own eyes. Seeing Heize’s appearance, he quickly turned his head.
“Oh… it’s coming.”
“Oh… are you coming? why?”
“I must be coming to see Miss Estelle!”
At that moment, as Heize strode towards Estelle Bantam, who turned her head, the girls around her croaked and showed their joy.
One step, two steps-
Estelle Bantam, who had been watching Heize striding with her long legs, greeted him when Heize approached her nose.
“Hello, Heize-kun. I am Estelle Bantam…?”
“I’m sorry, I didn’t come to see you today, so excuse me.”
“….yes?”
However, the only thing that returned was Heize’s expressionless face, who quickly passed by him and offered an apology.
And when Heize passed him, Estelle Bantam saw where his footsteps stopped, and anger grew on Estelle Bantam’s face.
“Elena-senpai? Do you have a moment?”
“to? eh? me? Are you talking about me?”
Elena with gray hair and gray eyes, who was alone in a secluded place, unable to mix with any other group in the Spirit Department.
Because Heize stopped in front of her.
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