I Noticed That It Was an Academy After 10 Years

157.Tell Me Your Wish (12)

“Meow.”

Kiki.

An NPC that appears on the 3rd floor, not the 2nd floor.

Okay. It’s an NPC.

Originally, it was supposed to be a guide to the reward area on the 3rd floor.

“That’s a cute cat.”

“But it’s not scary…Yeah.”

“Karina, are cats really that strong?”

“Of course not. “What power can a cat have?”

“He destroyed the golem with one hit?”

“…That’s because he is the first principal’s servant.”

When I, who had never heard of it, revealed the identity of the cat, I received a lukewarm response. I guess it was a shocking appearance because it destroyed the book golem, but the only thing it did was lick its paws and make cute cries.

“Meow.”

“… “Maybe I should have brought Sif.”

Since it is a cat beast, I think it would have been understandable even if it were a cat. I stare blankly at the cat, thinking nonsense thoughts. Kiki seemed to be interested in us or not, as he licked his front paw and then lifted his back paw to scratch his side.

…I can’t tell if that’s a boss instead of a book golem, or if it’s just a cat doing a cat thing. Even when I was an NPC, he was the type of guy who would just sleep in the corner as soon as he finished his work.

“John, uh, what should I do?”

Aren’t you a dog? Shuri seemed to like cute things, looking up at me with a red face and waving his tail like a propeller.

“Rue. “Can you translate?”

[I can’t speak cat.]

Since conversation was impossible in the original work, does this mean that we have to roughly communicate face to face with Tails? I scratched my head and quietly approached Kiki. Kiki was still busy grooming even as I approached.

…I’m losing steam.

“Hey.”

“…”

“A servant of Andras.”

Kiki still didn’t respond. Why on earth did this cat jump out? I thought he was acting like a boss at best. It’s a bit frustrating to keep being so sluggish, but is there any way to communicate?

Are you really going out and bringing Sif?

“…Kiki. “Can’t people speak?”

“How did you know my name?”

“Why don’t you want me to know how to speak human language from the beginning?”

“But it’s fun every time I see Ningens making stupid faces.”

Look at that cat. I was debating whether or not to punch the cat familiar who was so eager to make fun of people, so I put my hand down for now. First of all, since he is the one who destroyed the book golem with one blow, it would be difficult if the relationship became hostile.

“I want to ask you something. Are you going to answer?”

“Isn’t it called give and take?”

“Hmm.”

I grabbed some beef jerky from my backpack. It was something I brought along as a snack. Kiki put her nose to the beef jerky I held out to her, then put it in her mouth and started mumbling.

“After all, what people eat is salty.”

For something like that, I eat well. I stared blankly at Kiki quickly devouring a hand-sized piece of beef jerky and asked the first question.

“Shouldn’t it be on the third floor?”

“I’m bored. And isn’t just the first floor enough for testing? We were supposed to calculate the strength of the students and present something appropriate, but I was surprised to see a two-headed ogre.”

Well then, thank you, but … I looked into my pocket and put down a whole pack of beef jerky at Kiki’s feet her, who had lost her appetite.

“Can I receive compensation equal to the number of people?”

“Seeing as you know this about me, don’t you know what the reward is? Of course it is. Deacon Andras’ legacy is intangible.”

Fortunately, there seemed to be no such thing as someone receiving something and someone not. How miserable would it be if everyone else was receiving compensation and not being the only one receiving it. If I was going to see something like that, I wouldn’t have brought it.

…Wait.

“Does Millia get it too?”

“Who is Millia?”

“That’s the red head in the corner over there.”

When I asked, pointing at Milia with her finger, Kiki put out her paw.

Okay. Eat it all.

I handed all the remaining beef jerky to Kiki.

“If you are qualified enough, you can definitely get it. If you don’t have the qualifications like the guy scratching the wall right now, it won’t work…”

Scratching the wall?

Could it be Bella?

Since you can’t make a fuss in the library, why don’t you just scratch the wall in front of the door? I thought all my nails would break if I did that, but my tenacity was worth contributing.

It’s because the means are wrong. If I had changed my mind, I would have tried to use my third place status, but it wasn’t a good idea to have someone who was consumed by jealousy and inferiority as a colleague. There are both the head and second head of the magic department here… But what rank is Martina?

From what I’ve seen, I think Martina is probably at the top.

“Then could you please guide me to the third floor?”

“Just figure it out. Don’t you know roughly how it works anyway?”

…That’s right.

I sighed and got up.

“Everyone goes down to the third floor.”

“Cat…What about your familiar?”

“They say you should go down on your own.”

The female students seemed disappointed that Kiki was staying here. The kid is just a kid. I walked toward the entrance leading down to the third floor, avoiding the mountain of books.

What kind of reward will I receive?

With my heart pounding, I headed towards the entrance leading down to the third floor.

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“This is…The third floor?”

“It’s just like an ordinary library…”

“It’s not an ordinary library. It’s so fucking big.”

“Miss Viola, you’d better refrain from using profanity.”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“John! There are so many books! Are those all real books?”

At Millia’s somewhat excited words, I approached a nearby bookshelf and pulled out a book.

[Introduction to Elemental Magic of Charanthus]

…The contents seemed to be in good condition, but since I am unfamiliar with magic, I had no way of knowing if these were the real contents.

“Elisa. Would you like to read this? “I want to know if the content is correct.”

“Yes, yes… ” “

Elisha took the book from me and started flipping through the pages. How many pages did she turn? She closed the book and handed it back to me.

“Oh, I think that’s right… It’s the same thing I read before.”

“Really? So these are all real books? “Aren’t there some rare books that are hard to find here?”

“That could be possible.”

Are the stats compensated in this way? In a way that allows you to find and read the book you want from these numerous bookshelfs?

It’s not bad.

Although it is actually a somewhat subtle reward to me.

If you think about it, I am the worst among the worst, so it was difficult for me to try to improve my skills through books. There is definitely room for future growth in the Wizard’s Team just by obtaining rare books, so it’s not bad, but it’s a bit disappointing.

“For a wizard, there is nothing more valuable than this library… I’m glad I was able to join this expedition.”

“I really do.”

[Contractor, I can feel magical energy from over there?]

Lue, who was hanging on my waist, pulled out her tentacle and pointed inside the library.

Is that object in the center as in the original?

Leaving the happy wizard Joe behind, I walked alone into the back of the library. As far as I know, there was that grimoire in the middle of this library.

A magic book with a legend that says it can make wishes come true.

It wasn’t entirely wrong to say that things make wishes come true. It’s an object that makes that wish come true in a perverse way. I didn’t go to see it specifically to make a wish. I couldn’t put such a dangerous item in the hands of children, so I planned to take care of it and hand it over to Principal Merlin.

It would be difficult for our children to use it properly, but since it had some relic value, it was beneficial to hand it over to Principal Merlin and have it sealed under strong security.

…I received some honorarium as a reward for bringing it.

With this amount, I could buy one meal for the kids, and the rest would be enough to buy various supplies needed for research. As I moved forward with such anticipation, an old grimoire wrapped in a glass case caught my eye.

“Is this the grimoire?”

The outside of the grimoire was wrapped in old leather, just like the original. The barely visible piece of paper was yellow, as if showing that a long time had passed. Is this the grimoire?

I quietly reached into the glass case. I was planning to quietly put it in my bag so that other kids wouldn’t see it.

[Contractor, magic power is gathering in front… !]

Is there at least an alarm device?

I quickly withdrew my hand and glared at the lump of magical power that had begun to gather in front of me.

Eventually, the mass of magical power took shape and took on the appearance of an old man with the impression of ‘I am a wizard.’ The old man looked at me intently, and then he looked at me with surprised eyes.

[Hey, what is your name?]

“…This is Johan Quartz.”

[Amazing. That castle remained for so many years.]

…What?

What kind of piece of cake is this?

I couldn’t help but look up blankly at the old man who was looking at me curiously.