Episode 687
âWhat was that just?!â
Diretâs cry startled Yihan and Illendil.
âCrazy teacher⦠No, Yukbeltyre-senpai, did you find this place?â
âShit⦠No, did Yukbeltyre-senpai find this place?â
ââ¦Yukveltyre left earlier. Rather, didnât you say you just made the potion?â
Lee Han answered the question puzzled.
âNot yet.â
âIsnât it?â
At the juniorâs answer, Diret tried to sit down again, wondering if he had misunderstood something.
âBecause only the undiluted solution has to be completed and diluted.â
ââ¦â¦â
Diret was at a loss for words at the juniorâs absurd reply.
If you complete the undiluted solution right before dilution, in fact, it is almost finished.
âHow did you make it? must be a pretty difficult potion, right?â
âThanks to my love for the spiritsâ¦â
Elendil tried to speak warmly, but Lee Han answered first.
âIt was possible because the process was similar to that of that I helped make, and there were many processes that could be replaced with magic. Senior Elendil also did some complicated ground work in advance.â
Elendil waved his hand slowly as if it was nothing.
âRather than that, ⦠where did you get it?â
Dobruekâs Haunting Potion was also a very difficult and difficult potion to make, so there was no need for a first-year student to make it.
âI made it while helping Joanen from the Meikin family.â
Clink!
Elendil dropped the enamel bowl he was holding.
Then he looked at Lee Han with a look of astonishment.
âDid you work under Meikin-samaâ¦?â
âDo you have any grudge against Joanen-sama?â
Lee Han was slightly taken aback by the seniorâs reaction.
I didnât know that there would be such a strong reaction.
âyes. I worked last time.â
âHow did you hold onâ¦?â
ââ¦â¦â
Ihan couldnât answer right away at Illendilâs muttering.
It was true that Joanenâs workshop made the work harsh.
âIt wasnât as difficult as I thought.â
âThat placeâs nickname is the place where alchemists are changed instead of reagentsâ¦â
âComing to think of it, Joanen-nim was a bit terrifying. I was scared too.â
Lee Han quickly abandoned Joanen.
It seemed that he would become a strange person as well if he took sides.
Elendil comforted Lee Han as if he was sorry.
âI think you must have suffered a lot. To make a potion like that in a studioâ¦â
âActually, that level wonât be a big problem for that junior. You donât have to worry so much.â
Dereth added from the side.
Judging from what Lee Han had done up until now, making potions in the studio would have been easy.
Of course, Elendil, who did not know the inside story, hated it inwardly.
âAs expected, heâs a scary personâ¦!â
Leading the black magic school with iron blood, without blood or tears, was also not something anyone could do.
* * *
Wizards who had been wandering around like cultists gave up before they knew it and disappeared, and dawn began to dawn in the distance.
Lee Han, who was diligently making potions with Elendil (donât leave out the finished ones, put them in his backpack one by one), looked outside and said.
âI think we can leave now.â
âokay. Thanks again. I visited the studio like this, and they welcomed me.â
At Diretâs words, Elendil felt embarrassed as if it were nothing.
âIâm also a junior from the same schoolâ¦â
âUmm.â
Diret looked at Lee Han with complicated eyes.
It was normal to take care of people from the same school, but strictly speaking, Lee Han was a junior from the same school to almost all of his seniors.
âLetâs not talk about it.â
Diret held back his words for Elendilâs sake.
No matter how eccentric a person was, at least one competent junior was a law that was necessary.
ââ¦Because Iâm taking care of the Dark Spirit.â
â!â
Lee Han hesitated.
âOops.â
Come to think of it, the promise I made the other day when we parted ways with Elendil was to take good care of the Dark Spirit (forcibly contracted).
âI havenât summoned him since thenâ¦â
Usually, there are situations where it is necessary to summon a spirit.
The problem was that the Dark Spirit was never really needed.
As the dark element is one of the most difficult and difficult elements, there were many cases in which the help of spirits was needed to handle it, but Lee Han succeeded by using it himself.
In the case of fire spirits and cold spirits, itâs good to have them do small things, but dark spirits were difficult, so
from Lee Hanâs point of view, it was inevitable that they didnât summon them.
âCan we meet again?â
Elendil asked with twinkling eyes.
Seeing this, Lee Han felt very burdened.
âI donât think he hated me. If I summon it, wouldnât it attack like this?â
Preparing to fight back if attacked, Lee Han carefully summoned a lower-class Dark Spirit.
The dark elemental spirits gathered into a round ball appeared.
âHow have you beenâ¦?â
At Elendilâs call, the elemental dark elemental spun around.
Last time, even though he was in a runaway state, he had a fairly favorable attitude, as if he remembered the owner who made him to some extent.
In addition, since Illendil was of mixed dryad blood, there was a side to him who started liking the spirits by default.
âHave you had any inconveniences⦠or any problems in the spirit realm? Elemental power?â
Seeing the two of them talking, Lee Han was a little nervous.
He did not know when the Dark Spirit would accuse Lee Han.
âIs the contract okay?â
Upon receiving the question, the Dark Spirit turned around and pretended to prostrate himself at Lee Han.
It was a display of loyalty.
âYou look fine!â
âItâs rare for spirits to show loyalty like that, but they must have been together for a long time?â
Not only Illendil, but even Diret were intrigued.
And Lee Han was also curious.
â???â
I never summoned him, but I couldnât understand why the Dark Spirit was doing that.
Even the one who showed full hostility the last time we met!
âI. senior.â
â?â
Diret looked away when Lee Han whispered and called.
âThat Dark Spirit.â
âYeah. great? It would be difficult to receive that kind of loyalty from a spirit, but a dark spirit. How did you meet?â
Lee Han replied, shifting the topic slightly, as if telling what Elendil had done would make the relationship between the two more awkward.
âI havenât been summoned since the first contract I signed last time, so why are you doing that?â
ââ¦what?â
Diret doubted his ears.
Usually, time was essential to become friendly with the spirits.
The time accumulated by wizards and spirits.
That time is what solidifies the two beings from different dimensions and completes their friendship.
But you never summoned me.
âWhy didnât you summon me?â
âI donât have anything to summonâ¦?â
âDidnât you ever need the dark element? Didnât you summon a skeleton by combining dark elements?â
âThat was just me casting it.â
ââ¦â¦â
Diret realized that having too much talent was also a problem.
To do all the work that should have been helped by the spirits in the first place.
Maybe it wasnât just because of magic that this junior was not friendly with the spirit.
âItâs normal to show that kind of obedience even though we havenât accumulated time and become closeâ¦â
âNormal?â
âItâs because Iâm scared.â
ââ¦I didnât do anything.â
âEven if you donât do anything directly to the spirit, the spirit is sensitively aware of the magicianâs life. Letâs see, junior, youâ¦â
Diret looked back on what Lee Han had done recently.
From the heartbreak mountain range to the things we did at the exchange venue.
â¦too many things to pinpoint.
âI guess thatâs why youâre scared.â
âOh no. Didnât you say loyalty earlier?â
âLoyalty out of fear or loyalty out of love is similar.â
In case someone wasnât a student of the dark magic school, Diret had no hesitation in overpowering his summoned beasts with fear.
Basically, as many of the summoned creatures in the undead dimension were violent, the warlocks had to wield fear like a whip to subdue it.
Of course, Lee Han had no choice but to be hesitant as he pursued a slightly different direction from those of his seniors.
âPerhaps you werenât summoned, so you were happy with that kindnessâ¦â
âI donât think the spirits think like humans. Junior. just accept it Some people become friends with the spirits, but others have no choice but to subdue them.â
Lee Han glared slightly at the black magic school senior, who only chose to say unhelpful things.
I really hated someone who might not be Yukbeltyreâs friend.
Unaware of their conversation, Elendil even said goodbye after talking to the Dark Spirit.
âHuh. Iâm happy to see him so healthyâ¦â
Seeing Illendilâs tears welling up in joy, Yihan and Diret put on complicated expressions.
Diret quickly spoke up to change the subject.
âJunior. When are you going to Grand City? It must be time to go soon.â
âyes? You still have quite a bit of time left.â
When the vacation ended and a new semester approached, students would usually gather in the city of Granden, the nearest big city to Ein Rogarde.
Of course, Lee Han and his friends had plans to go to Granden City, but not now, at least for nearly two weeks.
Why did he stay so close to Einrogard?
âah. but. I donât know because this is your first time.â
Diret belatedly realized Lee Hanâs reaction and began to explain.
âItâs usually not a good idea to stay in the city of Grande during winter break. As it is close to Einrogard, there is a high chance of meeting the professor.â
âI came all the way to the city of Flaher and met him.â
âThatâs what you were destined to attract the professor to. Junior.â
Dietrich responded calmly. Lee Han looked at his senior with a hurt expression.
How can you say that?
âItâs not a bad idea to wait as long as possible and arrive at Granden City, but everyone starts arriving early even after the second year.â
âWhy?â
âTo prepare things to bring to school.â
â!â
Lee Han was surprised by Diretâs words.
âUh, will that be possible from the second year?â
Ein Lorgard was not a school that required special preparations.
All the necessary books and equipment were not provided by the school, and students could get them themselves.
But starting from the second year, I bought the necessary items and went in.
Is it because the required level of magic has increased that much?
âItâs amazing. To think the principal allowed that from the second year onwards. I thought you would ban it.â
ââ¦â¦â
ââ¦â¦â
Diret and Elendil stared at Lee Han.
With that gaze, Lee Han realized that he had misjudged something.
âWait, no wayâ¦â
âOf course you wonât allow it. What you just said was about smuggling.â
What Diret was talking about was smuggling, not being officially brought in.
Of course, the skeleton principal forbade the students to bring outside items. It didnât change whether it was 1st grade or 6th grade.
However, any student who has spent more than a year at Einrogard felt the need for an external item.
Where there is need, there is magic.
At the beginning of the new semester, the students of Einrogard tried to put as many items as possible into the school.
âCanât we get out in the middle of the semester and bring supplies with us?â
ââ¦Junior. You know that students who come and go like you are not common, right?â
Diret looked pathetically at the junior who calmly uttered more difficult words.