258 - - Art. 258. Application for Apprenticeship of School Students

You need something from me?

"I beg your pardon?"

After the duel, Liliela was translating for me, and Moltena came out from behind me and said something like that.

For some reason, Moltena's voice had become so low that I couldn't hear her without Liliela, who was standing against the wall.

"Hyah!

But when she hears me talking to her, she lets out a small scream and hides behind Liliela.

Well, she's been like this ever since the duel earlier.

It's hard for me to listen to what she has to say.

"Hey, I'm asking you to do something for Lex, so don't act like that!　You need to tell them in your own words."

"Oh, lady. ......"

"I'm not your sister."

Liliela rebuked her, and I could feel her cringing behind me.

"Can you hold my hand for me, ......?"

"...... huh, all right."

Liliela gently turned around and held out her hand, and Moltena appeared with a frightened look on her face holding her hand.

Hmmm, she looks like a different person from the confident Moltena-san who held her hand earlier.

What's this ...... about?

She's really a timid person, but she's probably trying her hardest to be tough as she's a noblewoman challenging to a duel.

"Moltena-sama, she has completely regressed into an infant due to fear. ......"

"Ugh, I've been ......"

The student by Ms. Moltena's side is staring at her and muttering something, but what is she saying?

"Can you please ...... teach me ...... your magic?"

Magic?

"What?

Mortena stiffened at my words, but this time she didn't hide behind Liliela's back.

"I am a member of the magical tribe that protects the land with magic. So I have to be a good magician even if I have to deal with the dust of the whole family. ......

Shivering, Moltena tells me why she wants to learn magic.

Well, it's not hard to understand if you're an aristocrat who has achieved success with magic.

But wasn't that only if you beat me in a duel?

"Oh, you're right, sir. ......"

Mr. Moltena's shoulders slumped in shock when I pointed this out.

"I have given you a magic sword, which is an important part of the game. However, I would like to learn the magic of the Lex Shama again."

She asked me to teach her magic again because she would pay the price for her defeat.

"I am a future Election magician, and I need to be able to use it against the king," she said. Even though you have made a number of attempts with your own magic, you have fallen into the hands of the Lex Shaman's magic. There should be no such thing as a lawless law without the consent of the students!

I see. It is true that if a person who will eventually be responsible for national defense, even as a student, loses lightly, the competence of all wizards in this country will surely be questioned.

That is why he wants to ask for instruction from those who have defeated him.

I understand your logic, but it still doesn't make sense for you to ask me.

I think it would be better to learn from teachers.

After all, they are experts in teaching people things.

"...... Hey, can I join you in this conversation?"

That's when it happened. To my surprise, even Mr. Suden wanted to teach me magic.

Mr. Suden?

"I was really surprised when I saw you dueling earlier. I didn't think there was anyone outside the school who could do such amazing magic. ...... I thought the school was at the forefront of magical research.

The students around him nodded in agreement.

"When I saw you fight, I was shaken to my core. I wondered how you could control magic so well when you're not much older than us.

No, I'm not that great of a person. ......

Even the skill of magic was a life-threatening practice learned in actual combat, so there was no choice but to become stronger. ......

Yeah, they're really terrible mentors, as I recall. ......

"So please. I want you to teach me your magic. Of course, I'll pay you a fair price for it."

I was so surprised that Mr. Suden looked at me straight in the eyes and asked me to do something for him.

"Hey, hey, can you teach me too?　I'll pay you!"

And the story did not end with Mr. Suden.

Students who heard his words came to me and asked me to teach them.

"Wow, teach me too!　I've never seen such great magic!　My estate doesn't have much money, so I'll give you some of my specialties instead!

"Oh, please teach me too!　I want to be able to use magic like that!"

"Hey, that's why I'm ......"

I think it's problematic to teach magic to students who are learning from experts, let alone fellow adventurers like Gyro and his friends. ......

"Me too!"

"And me!"

"Me too!"

Teach me magic!"""Teach me magic!"""

Their glazed eyes stare straight at me.

I can't help but be overwhelmed by their tremendous enthusiasm.

I appreciate their enthusiasm, but I don't understand why the students of the Academy of Magic, the most advanced school of offensive magic, are going out of their way to learn magic from me, a mid-career transfer.

The Meteosunfall that I invoked had a certain amount of power, but it is not that rare magic in the battlefield.

It's the kind of magic you learn from your teachers at school, your parents' parents, and your tutors. ......

"...... no way."

Then I suddenly realized a possibility.　

Wasn't I terribly mistaken?

Until now, I had thought that this school was an elite school of offensive magic that specialized in teaching offensive magic.

But in fact, I thought it was the other way around.

Yes, in other words, this school was designed to teach offensive magic to those who are not good at offensive magic!

No wonder Mr. Kwantrow was teaching the basics of magic.

There are children who would be better suited for recovery magic or support magic, or who are not suited for offensive magic due to their personalities.

However, as children of noble families, there are times when they have to learn offensive magic even if they are not suited to it, depending on their family's circumstances and the times.

Especially for the children of military families or those from territories near the borders of enemy countries or the territory of powerful demons, the ability to use offensive magic is directly related to the protection of their lives.

I see... As a nobleman, you can't just run away because you're not good at it.

That's why they are learning the magic they are not good at desperately at the school.

That's why they're bowing down to me, a commoner, to learn offensive magic.

I see... I see what you mean.

Yeah, they're facing their noblesse oblige head on.

There were so many nobles in the previous lives and the two previous lives who ran away from such responsibilities of nobility, except for a few people who were in a really bad situation.

Sadly, I have been shown too many times those who pervert the responsibilities of nobility for money and power.

But not these men here.

They know their own immaturity and weakness, and yet they do not turn away from their difficulties.

That's the spirit of nobility!

A true noblesse oblige!　The mission of the noble!

There is no way we can underestimate their determination.

The problem is to discourage their motivation to learn.

Then, I should first teach them as much as I can, and then leave it to the experts.

I understand!　If it's okay with me, I'd be happy to help!"

""""Oh!!!"""

"Oh, thank you, Mr. Rexch!"

When I responded that I would accept the offer, Moltena and the others thanked me with a look of sincere happiness on their faces.

"Awww! ......"

"Oh, my God. ......"

"Disappear, the nobility will disappear from this country. ......"

"It's over. It's over in more ways than one."

"God rest their souls. ......"

But for some reason, I could hear Liliela and the others panicking behind me.

Why is everyone reacting like it's the end of the world?