Chapter 328

‘Wait. How old is this project?’

Lee Han looked at the date written here and there and asked, wondering.

“How many years have you been working on this?”

“Uh… 20…”

“!!”

20 years.

Lee Han was shocked.

I knew Professor Verdus was crazy, but he’d been stuck on a project for 20 years.

“…30… 40…? I don’t think it was 40 years… I don’t remember.”

“……”

An even higher number.

Lee Han was at a loss for words.

“Aren’t you holding on too long?”

“It is.”

“Is it possible that it will take a long time to make progress? If it’s something like that…”

If it’s too complicated or elaborate, but it’s possible to complete it, it’s understandable to spend time on it.

“no. There are a lot of blocked parts, so it’s impossible in the current state.”

“Is that so.”

It was embarrassing, but also a little respectful.

To continue to challenge without giving up on a project with no progress and many obstacles.

A madman was a madman, but an academic madman was a little respectful.

“Even if it didn’t go all the way to actual production, this would have cost quite a bit. It looks like you spent a lot of money.”

“uh? uh… did you? I do not know. I think my money must have gone into it too.”

“???”

Lee Han was taken aback by Professor Verdus’ words.

Of course, judging from Professor Verdus’ personality, it was obvious that he had no interest in gold coins.

However, it didn’t make sense to not be able to manage the budget while working on a project like this.

If you don’t get money from somewhere, you won’t be able to proceed?

“If you don’t know, where did the money come from?”

“Being invested by Gonadaltes, that… that. I forgot the name, but I got an investment from a duke ten years ago and uh… but I got an investment from someone else anyway. I forgot.”

“……”

Lee Han began to worry seriously about Professor Verdus’ life.

‘It wouldn’t be strange if the assassin came.’

To think that he has been investing like that and running around for over ten years. If Lee Han had been an investor, he would have seriously visited him and challenged him to a duel.

“Stop asking about boring things! I called you to participate in this fun project.”

“Wow…”

“Are you excited?”

“ah. yes.”

Professor Verdus couldn’t tell the difference between ‘Wow!’ and ‘Wow…’.

“By the way, Professor. There’s only one thing I can follow here… um… this, this, this, this.”

Lee Han fore sail and mast. He pointed to the player and the tower.

It was inscribed with so many complex magics that I couldn’t follow it, but when I looked at the structure roughly, I could guess that it was the principle of attracting and amplifying the wind.

In fact, it would have been great if the first graders could grasp this much at a glance. It was something that even the skeleton headmaster would have admitted.

But Professor Verdus was calm.

“That’s because you’re stupid.”

“ah. yes.”

“It comes after studying later, and the important thing now is the hull here. The bottom of the hull is the core. see?”

Numerous magic circles were engraved on the large keel supporting the center of the hull floor.

It was so complicated and so many that Lee Han felt dizzy the moment he saw it.

Even if I pointed out a single magic circle, nothing worked. Seeing all the magic circles connected to each other like gears and working organically made goose bumps run down my spine.

persistence.

In front of his eyes was the maddening result of his many years of genius.

Lee Han felt a sense of awe similar to when he saw the Skeleton Principal’s unique world.

‘Is that… a magic circle made possible by human wisdom?’

“I see.”

“Now this should lighten the weight of the sailboat, reverse gravity, collect wind, create lift, and strengthen the durability of the hull.”

“……”

There was still a lot Lee Han didn’t know about endowment magic, but he could tell that Professor Verdus was greedy and dirty.

‘I think I’ll have to give up some of those features.’

“That… wouldn’t it be better to just hire a wizard and put it on the ship?”

“Then why are you doing this? you idiot?”

Professor Verdus grumbled at Lee Han’s common sense point.

“ah. yes. So?”

“The outside magic circles are now in charge of collecting, maintaining, and amplifying the mana needed for the magic circle, but somehow it’s not enough.”

“I bet you would.”

In order to maintain all of those functions, it seemed that magicians, not magicians, would have to live and endure all the time.

Even so, isn’t there a degree of that?

“So that’s what I was thinking, are there magic stones placed in the outer magic circle here?”

“yes.”

It would be nice if the magic circle could gather all the mana from nature, but in reality it was often difficult to cover all the mana with it.

At such times, he used magic stone-type jewelery with condensed mana as an auxiliary battery.

Of course, this wasn’t just used or deployed.

All of them had to be processed in accordance with the magic circle and enchanted to be used like batteries.

In the outer magic circle pointed out by Professor Verdus, magic stones were placed so densely that they could not be counted.

I don’t know who made it, but I felt like I would shed tears if I made that.

“I’m placing all the magic stones here after making them supersaturated.”

“Does that cover the required horsepower?”

“I don’t know. You need to experiment to see how much effect you get when you make it supersaturated. It’s too complicated to do with calculations.”

“I see…”

Lee Han, who heard it, suddenly thought of it and asked.

“By the way, Professor. Who’s going to make it supersaturated?”

“Should you?”

“…except for me?”

“uh? no?”

Professor Verdus replied with an innocent face.

There is no other magician who can overcharge every time he casts enchantment magic with near-infinite magical power like Lee Han.

“aha.”

Lee Han nodded and looked around.

‘Shouldn’t I kill him now?’

* * *

Fortunately, Professor Verdus had no intention of making all the outer magic circles needed for the sailboat right now.

…It was creepy that he might one day make it, but first of all, Professor Verdus’ goal was confirmation.

How much magic can you secure by doing it that way?

“carpet. I simply engraved a magic circle on this carpet. All you need to do is prepare the magic stones to enter here.”

“professor?”

“huh?”

“It’s noisy, so please be quiet.”

“huh.”

There was a bit of poison in Lee Han’s voice, who couldn’t even eat dinner and worked late at night.

If you cast poison elemental magic now, it seemed that a pretty strong poison would come out.

The magic that Lee Han just learned from Professor Verdus is .

When cast on a magic stone, it has the property of slowly dissipating the magic contained within.

And this magic was a 3-circle magic.

‘Should I have endured it just because it didn’t go well?’

Lee Han waved his cane a few times without thinking and said, ‘Is this how you do it?’ ‘Like this?’ I regretted my past self for ending it with ‘Oh, so it’s like this’.

After inserting dozens of magic stones into the magic circle one by one and connecting them by drawing lines with magic ink, it felt like my mental power was worn out even though my magic power was intact.

Either way, Professor Verdus hummed beside him and manipulated the magic circle on the carpet.

“Do you know why there are so many wizards riding on carpets in fairy tales?”

“no.”

“Usually, there are many cases in which wizards riding something like this make a contract with a summoned being rather than using magic themselves. Otherwise, it will be very wasted.”

“yes.”

“But in the past, there were so many people who didn’t know about magic, so it seemed like there was going to be a carpet ride like this.”

“yes.”

“Isn’t it fun?”

“Whoops.”

While Lee Han was mechanically giving out three answers, someone knocked on the door.

Dereth stuck her head out in concern.

“Isn’t your junior sleeping?”

“are you okay. are you okay.”

‘What do you mean it’s okay?’

For a moment, Dereth didn’t understand what Professor Verdus was okay with.

I asked my junior, why did you…

‘Oops. What am I talking about to a madman?’

Dereth came to his senses.

I spent several years at Ein Lorgard, but to choose the straight attack method against the professor.

“Junior!”

“??”

“are you okay?! Didn’t the injury get worse?!”

“…!”

Diret conveyed his meaning with his eyes.

Lee Han was surprised to see that.

and admired

‘That’s the senior’s dignity…!’

“Cheer cuckoo. It’s as if the mana is suddenly twisted…”

“That’s why I told you not to overdo it! I was beaten like that by an undead chimera!”

“Sorry. Enchantment magic is so much fun.”

“Anyway, it is. I was poisoned by a thorn stabbed by an undead chimera earlier.”

“Cool. Cool.”

“Can’t you bear with it a little longer?”

Professor Verdus regretfully asked, but the two students pretended not to hear.

“I need to rest. Junior. Go ahead and lie down.”

“Thank you. professor. sorry.”

“What time can I wake you up tomorrow?”

The two students pretended not to hear again and left the room.

* * *

Early morning.

As soon as Lee Han woke up, he checked his surroundings.

Fortunately, Professor Verdus didn’t come to the bedroom and wait.

“young master.”

“Shh. Is there any Professor Verdus nearby?”

“yes? He’s not here…”

“Okay. thanks.”

“But a guest has arrived.”

“……”

Lee Han, who was about to climb out the window and leave the mansion, hesitated.

“Are you a professor?”

“No… He’s a friend. A priest of the Freesinga Church…”

“Aha.”

Lee Han was relieved.

Fortunately, it seems that the worst of another mad professor has been averted.

‘Is this the denomination event I mentioned last time?’

As much as he had promised to participate in the events of the Freesinga Church, Lee Han intended to go.

It was also an excuse to run away from Professor Verdus…

‘Wait.’

Lee Han was lost in thought.

Come to think of it, as an artifact expert, there were few people like Professor Verdus.

What if you take Professor Verdus to the Pricinga Church?

‘Not only can I avoid the mad work, but I might be able to obtain useful artifacts and purify them!’

“professor! professor!”

“uh!? why!?”

Professor Verdus, who was sleeping, jumped up in surprise.

* * *

“Can we cancel the appointment?”

“yes. It was a promise of my personal honor, my family’s honor, and my pride as a mage.”

“Ah…”

Professor Verdus grumbled, but when he said that, he couldn’t say anything more.

I bet on my personal, family, and wizard, but how can I stop it?

“Professor, with your help, it might be over quickly. And if it’s done quickly…”

“I’ll be able to work on the magic stone!”

“…yes.”

Lee Han answered by biting his lip. Professor Verdus nodded.

“okay. I will help you.”

“…????”

Priest Tigilling was perplexed when he heard the conversation between Lee Han and Professor Verdus. Was

it such a…

heavy promise?

“That… was that a promise? I don’t think so…?”

“Priest Tigiling. Originally, memories tend to change a bit. I think I made a promise at that time with such determination.”

“……”

Priest Tizzling stared at Lee Han.

As I’ve been feeling these days, this boy from the Wodanaz family might not be as cold and hard-headed as he seems.

‘He seems to be a little more flirtatious than I thought…?’