Episode 686
-I asked who he wasâ¦
Kiki.
With the sound of a sliding door opening in the studio, a half-breed dryad appeared.
Elendil walked out, dropping leaves on the floor of the oak tree, and was very happy to see Yihan.
âThe Wardanaz family⦠Yihan!â
âyes.â
Pointing at his junior, Elendil recalled the memory and continued speaking in a slow tone.
âthatâs right! The last time I helped and took care of the Dark Spiritâ¦â
âIt seems a bit different from the truth.â
To be precise, it was close to forcibly signing a contract after attacking and subduing the runaway Dark Spirit.
Also, I think I was forced to sign the contract not because Lee Han wanted to do it, but because Elendil pressured himâ¦
âAh. yes. youâre right.â
âAnd the person next to you⦠ugh.â
Elendil saw Diretâs face and quickly backed away.
âHow are you⦠seniorâ¦â
âThatâs right. hi.â
Dereth waved his hand with an awkward expression.
Elendil also lowered his head, hiding behind the workshop bellows, with an awkward expression on his face.
When the atmosphere suddenly became as suffocating as Adenart and his followersâ tea party, Lee Han looked around.
Unfortunately, there were no juniors than Lee Han in this place.
âShould I go up to the second grade quickly?â
Lee Han sighed deeply. Without a junior, Lee Han had no choice but to resolve the situation.
âSenior Diet. What happened between you two?â
To the juniorâs whispering question, Diret looked at Elendil and answered in a whispering voice.
âIâve said it before. The black magic school kids were attacked by Elendil when they went into the forest to collect reagents.â
âah.â
Only then did Lee Han recall the past between the black magic school and Elendil.
Actually, it wasnât limited to the black magic school.
Among the schools of Einrogard, there was no school that did not need the reagents of the forest.
It was common for students who entered the forest to injure the forest while being greedy, and it was only natural that Elendil, who was trying to protect the forest, collided with them.
âOh, but senior. Then, if the other seniors are awkward, why is Delet senior awkward?â
âSince Iâm from the same school, I went to rescue himâ¦â
Diret brought up the story behind the incident that he hadnât told me before.
When the students of the school of black magic who were attacked by Elendil were captured, Diret naturally went to the rescue as a senior.
Upon arrival, the students of the Dark Magic School were captured by forest golemsâ¦
â¦Diret had no choice but to destroy all the forest golems and rescue the students.
âUh, doesnât it take quite a bit of effort to create a golem-type summoned beast? Did you destroy all of them?â
âI couldnât help it in that situation! The golem was pretty violent.â
âYour senior is also quite aggressive.â
Lee Han nodded, thinking of grabbing him by the neck, saying, âIs that what youâre talking aboutâ if Dereth heard it.
Elendil, who was hiding behind the workshop bellows and staring at the two, asked quietly.
âThe school of black magic⦠seems to be closeâ¦â
âI also listen to that school of black magic.â
âWhat⦠what?! whyâ¦!?â
âNo, I can hear you.â
Dereth was a little hot.
Whatâs so surprising about hearing black magic?
â¦Of course it was a surprise, butâ¦n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Illendil was frightened by the reaction and lowered his stance.
âHey.â
ââ¦Oh no. Iâm not angry Junior. look. Arenât you mad?â
âIsnât it normal for angry people to say that a lot?â
âWhose side are you on?â
ââ¦Seniors! Senior Diret is not angry! look! You can come out!â
Yllendil hesitantly rose to his feet.
However, his eyes were still full of wariness toward Diret.
âHow did you break the forest golemâ¦â
âHey. Junior. Itâs because you didnât see it then! Itâs because he didnât say anything, heâs also a crazy junior!â
Dereth groaned.
As a senior, I didnât want to swear at juniors from other schools, so I put up with it, but Illendil also belonged to the most crazy juniors.
Without a word of dialogue, he ordered the forest golems to destroy Diretâs undead army.
Diret also wanted to resolve it peacefully, but was ambushed and had no choice but to explode the undead army and blow up the entire neighborhood.
âWhat did you come forâ¦?â
âah. Thatâs it.â
Lee Han pointed out the studio window and pointed at the gloomy group of wizards.
Still unable to give up and looking for Lee Han, he reminded me of a group of cultists.
Illendil asked in fright if he thought so too.
âCultist?!â
âItâs not like that.â
Lee Han selected and explained only the less strange parts of todayâs events.
When I was active at the exchange meeting, all kinds of magicians came after meâ¦
âAh. I have been like that too.â
Elendil nodded slowly and agreed with Yihanâs words.
In the past, I went to the alchemist society and it was quite annoying with all sorts of scouting applications.
âIt must have been difficult⦠wait.â
Elendil frowned as if he had noticed someone outside the window.
It was Yukbeltyre.
Elendil asked, displaying a hostility that did not go well with his usual calm and slow demeanor.
âThat evil wizard came too?â
ââ¦â¦â
ââ¦â¦â
Lee Han and Diret exchanged glances.
âI guess Iâll have to hide the close ones, right?â
âYesâ¦â
Yllendil said firmly.
âWelcome. Get some rest.â
âthank you. Seniors.â
Elendil, who had finished talking with Lee Han, looked at Diret.
Contrary to the vigilance from earlier, respect was peeking in his eyes.
To protect my juniors against someone like Yukbeltire, I would have even entered the workshop of another school.
âI didnât know you were such a warm person.â
âMmm.â
Dereth was embarrassed.
Actually, I was friendly with the evil wizards out there, but if I said that, it seemed that I would never be able to get close with the juniors of this school of alchemy.
âI⦠I just did what I had to do.â
âThat is great.â
Feeling that he could no longer bear the remorse of being praised, Diret changed the subject.
âIâll be watching to see if the evil wizard comes from over there or not.â
ââ¦â¦â
Lee Han was dumbfounded as he watched Dereth slip away.
No matter what, excuses like that?
âWhat were you doing?â
âManufacturing potion⦠We need to secure research support funds this year.â
Apart from his alchemy skills, Elendil prioritized the forest, and the requests he could receive were limited.
As such, he had no choice but to focus more on this type of potion manufacturing request.
âBecause I want to conduct research on the species that trolls prefer to eatâ¦â â
â¦â¦â
Lee Han was more shocked than when he met Gyomangong today.
Was it Elendil-senpai who proposed that crazy research!?
âThat⦠why?â
Illendilâs face brightened when a brilliant junior showed interest in his research.
âAre you interested?â
âI was just curious about what kind of research it was.â
Yihan, stricken with fear, quickly turned back, but Yllendil had already interpreted it as he liked.
âThe forest troll is a powerful monster⦠but at the same time, it is also a monster that maintains the ecosystem of the forest. It also plays a role in dealing with enemies coming in from the outsideâ¦â â
â¦So, in order to raise forest trolls like that, are you going to study the species you prefer as food?â
At Lee Hanâs words, Elendil hesitated. It was a pretty interesting idea.
âIâve never thought about itâ¦but maybe I can think of it that way.â
âOh no. I think I got it wrong.â
âokay? That sounds like a good ideaâ¦â
Elendil lazily unfolded the research he had written.
As much as the forest troll was a threatening monster, there was a lot of damage caused by it.
In the meantime, Elendil noticed that some races suffered particularly great damage.
Could it be that forest trolls have a preferred race for food?
If you figured out that, adventurers or forest keepers who enter the place where the forest trolls appear will be able to approach them a little more safely.
Forest trolls wonât react if the party doesnât have a preferred race to feed on.
âIt was a better study than I thought, right?â
It was a sound study to analyze the forest trolls more deeply in order to reduce the damage caused by the forest trolls.
Maybe because the title is a bit oddâ¦
âIt sounds like an interesting study.â
âokay?!â
Yllendil was overjoyed.
Although the movement was slow, it did not show much.
âThen would you like to participate in the study? It will definitely be fun.â
Diret, who was standing by the window in the distance, waved his hand in fright.
It was a signal to refuse unconditionally.
In the first place, there was nothing good for Einrogardâs second year students to participate in the research of their seniors.
Of course, nothing was gained.
It was because he was able to grow himself by helping the magic of his superiors.
However, in Diretâs eyes, Lee Han now had too many opportunities to grow by helping magicians who were superior to him.
Starting with the professor right awayâ¦
âI canât stand it if I help my seniors!â
âI will think about it.â
âI knew you would be interestedâ¦!â
âI didnât agree, but I said I would think about it.â
Lee Han suddenly noticed Yukbeltyre walking down the street in the distance.
Then he looked at Elendil in front of him.
ââ¦for a moment. I donât think thereâs much of a difference between the two.â
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It seemed that he would only dig his own grave if he continued to talk about research, so Han Lee changed the subject.
âCome to think of it, what kind of potion was requested?â
âah. This⦠is a potion I invented. Call it .â
âThatâs an unusual name. What effect does it have?â
âIt has the effect of temporarily paralyzing the magic cast by the principal.â
ââ¦â¦â
Lee Han was taken aback by the unexpected effect of the potion.
Come to think of it, Elendil had a history of appearing in front of his juniors in the forest the other day.
It wouldnât have been possible if it wasnât for the potion he made.
âWait, who buys this?â
âOther Einrogard students will buy it.â
Direth crossed his arms and answered instead.
Illendilâs potion was already famous among some students.
âIs this so useful? Iâve never seen seniors using thisâ¦â
âI donât use it to meet my juniors, I use it to avoid the principalâs minions. Among the principalâs minions, there are those who smell the magic the principal has placed and come after him.â
âItâs really formidable!â
After finishing his first year, Lee Han reflected on his thought, âNow I think I know a little about Ein Rogardâ.
It seemed that Ein Rogard would never be known. even after graduation.
âBut Iâm glad I got to know you on this occasion.â
âCan you teach me too?â
In this case, you have to learn it in advance so that you have a chance to escape from the skull headmasterâs clutches later.
Lee Han asked politely. Fortunately, Elendil readily agreed.
âhuh⦠Because it is not difficult.â
âIt must be very difficultâ¦?â
Diret thought to herself at Elendilâs words.
If it wasnât really difficult, the students of Einrogard wouldnât have to pay expensive money to Elendil.
Alchemyâs potion is something that looks simple on the outside, but becomes infinitely more difficult when it becomes difficult.
âAre you doing it like this?â
âNot badâ¦â
âHere like this?â
âThatâs good⦠Go on.â
âIs this finished?â
âwait for a sec. Let me check⦠thatâs right. Itâs done.â
â!?â
Dereth listened to the conversation between the two and jumped to her feet.
Who has completed what now?!