Episode 789:
Nilia ran at full speed like a hunter in the northern mountains. He was so desperate that he even took the potion out of his arms and drank it.
I will never let magic criminals spread false rumors!
âWardanaz! hurry!!â
âUghâ¦â
âIf I just stay still, no one will care, right?â
Lee Han extended his magical power to his entire body, temporarily improving his physical abilities, and then chased after his friend.
I could have used a few more strengthening spells here, but I didnât think it was to that extent.
Honestly, if I just stay quiet, I think the Einrogard students will ask, âWho is the young hunter?ââ¦
âI canât believe Antagondals was attacked by just a young hunterâ¦!â
âHey, stand there!â
Nilia gritted her teeth and chased the bat.
As I turned around the alley, I saw third-year seniors playing magic at the end of the hallway.
âShould I throw it here or thereâ¦â
âCanât you do it faster?â
âUh huh. Be quiet. âIt is my right to decide when to throw something that not even the headmaster of the skull can touchâ¦â
âI canât believe Antagondals was attacked by a mere young hunterâ¦!â
âsorry!â
âIâll pass!â
â???â
The seniors who were trying to hit him by throwing a stone with a magic circle on it looked at him in confusion.
âWhat just happened?â
âfor a moment. Didnât you just say Antagondals? âThat magic criminal?â
The seniors were amazed as they watched the two juniors running away.
Juniors these days are not normal!
Meanwhile, the bat circled the alley once again.
This time, I saw seniors playing wizard hopscotch. Nilia shouted in a voice full of resentment.
âWhy are there so many seniors in the hallway today?!â
âA toxic swamp has burst on the 6th floor, so the seniors there are probablyâ¦â
âI canât believe Antagondals was attacked by a mere young hunterâ¦!â
â?!â
The senior, who had stepped on step number 4 and stumbled due to a spinning curse, was startled.
âDid you say Antagondals? âWhatâs going on?â
âLooking at that ugly thing that turned into a bat, I think it must have been destroyed after an clone was sent.â
âNo matter how much they are clones, the juniors are really amazing!â
ââ¦â¦â
ââ¦â¦â
The two fell silent after hearing the exclamations of their seniors.
Lee Han thought to himself.
âShould I fall now?â
When I thought about it, Antagondals was only talking about Nilia.
If only Lee Han stopped quietlyâ¦
âWardanazâ¦!â
âI didnât think anything.â
âWhat are you talking about? âIt stopped!â
â!â
When Nilia pointed forward, the weakened bat fell down and collapsed.
Nylia, who was panting heavily, spoke in a relieved voice.
âStill, I donât think any strange rumors would spread. yes?â
âuh? Uh⦠um. what. yes.â
Lee Han didnât want to hurt his friendâs bright expectations, so he told a white lie.
* * *
ââ¦So this is the situation.â
âIsnât it too dangerous?!â
âWell, thatâs right. âYou have to be careful.â
ââ¦â¦â
Nilia was shocked to see her friend talking in a tone like, âIt might rain tomorrow, so take an umbrella.â
âHas my sense of danger been paralyzedâ¦!?â
I didnât know that my sense of danger was paralyzed because I had experienced so many particularly difficult times in Einrogard.
âNo, even though other friends went through difficult times, it wasnât to that extent. Maybe thatâs what Wardanaz used to be likeâ¦â
Nilia proceeded to make a very rude guess.
âAnyway, Nilia. Are you taking the âWizardâs Life with Plantsâ lecture?â
âhuh. Iâm listening. why?â
Lee Han cried out in joy.
âItâs a second-year lecture!â
When I looked at the name of the course, it was a botany course, but I was worried because I couldnât tell whether it was a second-year course or a third-year course.
I was extremely happy to be teaching a second-year class.
âIâm so glad. âA second-year lecture.â
ââ¦â¦â
Nilia stared at her friend with eyes mixed with sympathy, regret, astonishment, and fear.
âWhat was the content of the last lecture?â
âI didnât do much. Since this is your first lecture, please explain what the lecture is about and show us some rare and interesting plants. really. âThe professor is a willow spirit.â
âRight.â
âthatâs right. Wardanaz, are you listening to Professor Verdusâ lecture? âHow was the lecture?â
Nilia asked curiously.
Although they were from the same Buyeo magic school, Lee Han was curious about the differences as he was taking a third-year class.
âUh⦠right. ãWand Materials and Magic Amplificationã. Nilia, were you in âIntroduction to Bestowing Magicâ?â
âthatâs right. âSenior Yukveltire teaches.â
âhow is it? Are you as eccentric as Professor Verdus?â
âno? âYou teach well?â
ââ¦?ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Lee Han couldnât believe his ears.
You teach well.
Has the term âtaught wellâ at Einrogard changed to have a different meaning?
âYou teach well?â
âuh. âYou teach well.â
Nilia briefly explained Yukveltireâs lecture.
Although he was basically a person who had little interest in his juniors, Yukbeltire was not someone who just did his job and abandoned his work like Professor Verdus.
As the contents to be taught in each lecture were accurately and systematically organized in detail and distributed to juniors, the second year Buyeo Magic School students had few complaints.
And in the first place, compared to Professor Verdusâ lecture last year, it felt unconditionally better!
ââ¦â¦â
After hearing the explanation, Lee Han felt aggrieved.
Of course, I didnât want Senior Yukveltyre to bully my second year friends, but this is a bitâ¦
âWhy do crazy people become normal when I donât see them?â
âWardanaz you?â
âWe⦠are studying by stealing the professorâs work.â
âhey. âDonât joke.â
ââ¦â¦â
ââ¦Isnât this a joke?â
Nilia suddenly felt very sorry.
âIâm sorry. âI didnât know it was real.â
âStealing a professorâs work and studying is kind of fun. âItâs also beneficial.â
âreally?â
âno. âI just lied.â
ââ¦â¦â
ââ¦â¦â
An awkward silence lingered between the two.
Nilia suggested to change the mood.
âThen, letâs go to the âWizardâs Life with Plantsâ classroom first! âIâll show you around before todayâs lecture starts!â
The classroom where this botany lecture was held was a greenhouse filled with all kinds of plants.
It was quite fun just to take care of it and look at it, so much so that you could see many students coming to the classroom to study even when it was not lecture time.
Of course, I knew that Lee Han was taking lectures so much that he had very little free time, but it was almost meal timeâ¦
âI was supposed to go to the kitchen club and help out.â
âThen letâs go together after that. âI will help you too.â
âAfter Iâm done with that, I have to go to the Gyeokgu club and take care of the animals for a while.â
ââ¦Then letâs do that too.â
âAfter that, Iâll go to the masonry clubâ¦â
âHey, work on it!â
Nilia couldnât bear it anymore and ended up getting angry at her friend.
* * *
After hearing his friendâs sincere anger, Lee Han reflected and canceled his club plans.
And only one left.
âIt would be a good idea to cancel this kitchen club event. âI heard that the seniors were on the verge of rioting.â
ââ¦the food isnât delicious.â
Nilia had no choice but to admit it.
The kitchen clubâs meals, which are responsible for feeding the hungry stomachs of countless Einrogard students, were always breathtaking.
Since the quantity has to be made somehow with limited ingredients, the taste is bound to be relatively inferior.
However, such circumstances did not persuade the Einrogard students, who paid a gold coin each for their meals.
-Hey, you crazy people! Stop giving me bread made with ground soybeans! Make sure to mix in at least half of the flour!
-I canât clean up the corn porridge!
-If youâre going to keep giving me this salted meat, give me rocks instead. A rock would be easy to break!
âIâm curious, where on earth do you get that salted meat?â
Nilia was puzzled.
Wizards over 2nd year of age could use various magics, so preserving meat was not difficult.
But why is it that salt-cured meat harder than a rock is consistently served at Kitchen Club?
âI was curious too, so I asked, and he said the principal usually buys them in bulk from outside.â
ââ¦â¦â
Nilia was shocked by Lee Hanâs explanation.
What�
âNow, when I look around schools, there are kitchens that are relatively easy to get into, but I hear there are a lot of fake kitchens in those kitchens. âThe principal deliberately buys and stocks tasteless groceries.â
âYouâre so absorbed in something so useless!â
Nilia was once again thrilled by the skeleton principalâs tenacity.
Why do things like this just to see students suffer when they could have just left out the groceriesâ¦
âBut itâs better than nothing. âIf you cook it well, you can eat it.â
No matter how hard the meat is, if you pound it, tear it, cut it into small pieces, throw it in water, and boil it like bread, it becomes a savory meal.
Of course, I didnât know whether the students who ate it would be satisfied, butâ¦
âSeniors. âIâm here.â
âWardanaz! âI was waiting!â
The kitchen club members cheered and welcomed Lee Han.
Actually, to be precise, I welcomed the groceries that Lee Han would bring. For the members who always suffered from limited food ingredients, this junior was a miracle worker.
âWhat about flour?â
âI wrote it all yesterday. I was trying to secure wheat, but the 6th floor was poisonedâ¦â
âWhat about rice?â
âThere was a little bit left.â
âAs for the meatâ¦â
Lee Han took out the ingredients he had brought with him and discussed carefully with his seniors.
Seeing that, Nilia felt ashamed that she had complained about receiving a meal from the Kitchen Club.
-This is a gold coin? If Wardanaz sees this, he will faint in shock!
âYou criticize others without even considering their circumstances.â
âFirst, letâs make porridge with oats.â
âThe response to oat porridge is not very good. âThe dishes may fly away.â
âLetâs fool the eye by adding other ingredients. Onions, carrots⦠eh. âWe also use cheese.â
âEven cheese!? âIsnât it too luxurious?â
âCut it thinly. âHow about cutting up the salted meat and putting it inside the porridge, and cutting the ham I brought outside and removing it?â
âIt seems plausible. âYou can fool your eyes!â
ââ¦â¦â
Nilia forgot how embarrassed she had just been and glared at her seniors.
As expected, half of the Kitchen Club members were con artists.
To lead her honest friend down a path of deceit like thatâ¦
* * *
âNilia. thank you for helping.â
âThis wasnât the help I thought it would be.â
Nilia muttered and took a step forward.
They thought about skinning the animal and trimming the meat, not pounding it to make it look like there was a lot of meat.
âThree, two, one⦠Here it is. Yggdrasil Greenhouse. thatâs right?â
âthatâs right. Just open the door and go in.â
Nilia hurriedly opened the door to give her friend a tour of the classroom before the lecture began.
Helping with the kitchen club (students who gathered for a meal debated whether to throw their plates or not and eventually put them down) took more time than expected.
Whoosh â
the humid and hot air typical of greenhouses rushed out. Professor Willow, who was inside, looked at the two in confusion.
âIsnât it time for the lecture to start yet?â
âHello professor. âI came first because I wanted to introduce you to the classroom.â
âIndeed⦠they are great wizards. Feel free to look around.â
Professor Willow, who was pruning branches, smiled kindly.
Then he stopped when he saw Lee Han.
âlong time no see. professor.â
âWardanaz. ⦠Itâs been so long since we met last year! âIâve heard a lot of rumors, but⦠More than that, why didnât you use a cane? You look full of dissatisfaction.â
ââ¦â¦â
Lee Han glared at his staff in frustration.