CH 157

: test (3)

"Oh, you want to learn it today?"

"Are you kidding me?"

Anne and Lennon couldn't believe it.

The mana breathing method is the basis of all magic, and it is everything.

Depending on how familiar you are with the breathing technique, your qualifications as a wizard are also determined.

As with the usual breathing technique, the whole body breathing technique was his original breathing technique that only Linmer had learned before Jamie.

I could see how difficult it was without having to turn the book.

"It's not a joke. If you don't do this, you cannot come as a disciple."

"Ha, but ."

"But nothing is the same. can you do it or can't you These are the only two."

Jamie didn't laugh anymore.

He looked at the two students alternately with a serious face.

"Being my disciple is not that easy. If you are not confident, go back now."

Anne bit her lower lip, and Lennon frowned.

Neither of them could answer quickly.

Jamie waited silently. I knew better than anyone that it wasn't easy.

But it wasn't impossible either.

'Ann. You can.'

A girl who understands in an instant after going through many thoughts once she sees it.

It was Anne Meyer with scholarly talent.

and Lennon.

'Lennon. You can do it too.'

Nothing compares to Anne, but it wasn't impossible either. Of course, it will be difficult to do like Anne, so you may feel very frustrated in this test.

But just by opening up the possibilities, Lennon will grow significantly.

You may fail, but in the first place, this is not a test to see results.

"Have you made a decision?"

It was Anne who answered first.

"I will. I will do it anyway."

Seeing her determined eyes, Jamie smiled faintly and looked at Lennon.

You?

" I do too. I will tell you."

Lennon also responded with determination.

It was a satisfactory answer.

Jamie nodded, returned the breathing book to Lennon, and raised his hand.

"It's a waste of time to explain more. Let's start right away."

As I lowered my hand, the space changed.

The two opened their eyes to the suddenly changed space and looked around.

Either they do it or not, Jamie continued.

"The time here is half the time outside. In other words, 24 hours here are 12 hours outside. So, just relax and practice."

"Hey, what the hell is this?"

"Ask a question after everything is done."

Jamie snapped his fingers and the two disappeared.

Each was moved to a different room.

Jamie made a chair and sat there.

This space is a space created by combining the other worlds of Gremia and Beyond Avalon.

It was the result of combining Gramia's free form-building ability and Beyond Avalon's otherworldly world.

"I mean, this is the real thing."

Beyond Avalon.

I don't know who made this wand, but he had the ability to manipulate space and time in the underworld.

Besides, it has good compatibility with Gremia, so it is very useful.

"Let's see."

Two screens came to mind when I took a picture of the floor with the staff.

They were illuminating Anne and Lennon respectively.

Jamie crossed her arms and looked at the two of them.

* * *

Ivan knew Ishtar, so naturally he approached me and shook my hand.

"Silver can't come today."

"I heard about it. I'm sorry. Silver would have been happy to see the progress of this new drug development."

"He didn't even go to work today."

Aha. Well, I can introduce myself to you later. Everyone follow me."

Ashtar smiled and took the lead.

A few steps away the children approached Ivan and asked.

"Have you been here a lot?"

"Did you go to school with Mr. Silver?"

"Come on, everyone calm down. Ask me later when it's all over. This brother will explain everything."

Ivan lifted my chest and pounded it with his fist.

Everyone was looking forward to seeing how reliable it looked to the children.

Only Finn was not part of the group. I couldn't help it. All of those kids were in the same beta class as Ivan, and Finn was alone in the alpha class.

He had been in Alpha Class for a long time, so he only knew his face except for Ivan.

Ivan turned around and beckoned to Finn.

"Fin, don't be there alone, come here. We will be together in the future."

"Oh, yes."

"We have to set the rules for those who have always been ignoring us. If only we had Apophis, we might even be in the top 10, no, in the top 10 in the whole school. Isn't that right, Mr. Ashtar?

Hahaha. With the newly developed Apophis EX, it is more than possible."

Oh oh!!

The children could not hide their excitement at the word 'Apophis EX'.

An upgraded version of X.

It was the name of a new drug currently under development.

Ashtar looked at the children and opened the door.

Come on in. It's a little cold because it's a place to store medicine."

As the saying goes, it was a cold storage room.

Various glass bottles were lined up in a transparent storage box.

Ashtar walked to the center and touched the floor, and a small pillar came up.

When he tapped the pillar with his finger, the pillar split into five parts and a transparent glass tube appeared inside.

It was about the length of an adult man's index finger, and Ashtar carefully pulled out the glass tube.

"This is EX, but it's not finished yet."

"Wow, that's brilliant."

As the transparent liquid was projected onto the light, a faint rainbow of colors flowed.

The students swallowed dry saliva.

"It has been confirmed that the mana absorption rate is 1.5 times higher than that of X, and the concentration is also doubled."

"Wow, that doesn't compare to X."

"However, it is not yet a finished product, and the side effects are quite severe, so we have not yet put it on the market."

"What are the side effects?"

"Fever, body aches, something like that. haha.

At the words of fever and body aches, Finn carefully raised his hand.

"Does X have such side effects?"

At that question, Ashtar looked at Finn.

He looked the pin up and down and opened his mouth.

"Your skin is pale, your face is slightly emaciated, and your shoulders are weak."

Yeah. Suddenly this morning... ."

"Are you suspecting that it was from drinking Apophis?"

"Rather than doubt, no matter how good drugs are, they have side effects ."

"Ah, I am not saying this to question you. I said this because I wanted to correct a misunderstanding."

mistaken?

Finn tilted her head to ask, and Ashtar nodded and continued.

"Simply put Your name?"

"This is Finn Batik."

"Fin. It's like muscle pain."

"Muscle pain?"

"How do you feel the next day after you exercise hard?"

"My muscles are so startled that it's hard to move. It hurts too."

"It's going to suck. Apophis increases mana absorption. In other words, you will be absorbing more mana than usual, so what will happen to the core of your heart?"

"It increases."

Yes. What if it gets bigger than it was supposed to be?"

" Is it torn?"

"The core does not tear. However, it draws energy from the body to maintain its size. That's why you naturally feel weak."

"That's where I am now."

Yes!

Ashtar snapped his fingers and replied cheerfully.

"Don't worry, the longer your core stays its size, the better you will feel."

"Whew. All in all, I'm glad. I was wondering what to do if there are side effects again."

"It will be different for each person, but it is getting better. Please continue to take it in the future."

Yeah.

Also Apophis X.

Ann said overdosing was not recommended, but the experts were different.

After that, they spent time exchanging short questions and answers, and gave the students a small Apophis EX as a gift before they left.

"It is a relaxed version of the New Testament. The effect is not very different from X, but it will taste better by adding orange flavor instead. There are no side effects."

When he talked about the side effects, he squinted his eyes at Finn.

Finn sighed in embarrassment.

"Then let's go. Next time I will come with Mr. Silver!"

See you next time.

Ashtar waved at the students, then lowered them and smiled when they had completely disappeared.

"Fuck dog. Why do I have to deal with these bastards?"

He ruffled his silver hair back and took a deep breath.

I took out a tobacco, put it in my mouth, and went into the lab, but someone cut off the tip of the tobacco.

Ashtar frowned and turned to the side.

"Are you crazy?"

"No smoking indoors."

It was a woman wearing a black robe.

"Ha- it's really annoying in the world."

"Trash in the trash can."

Ashtar threw the butt on the floor, and the woman magically lifted the butt into the air.

"Don't be annoyed. Before you kill me."

Sir Silver's body has been cleaned up.

silver.

A teacher at the Phoenix Academy who died last night after his head was crushed by Ashtar's feet.

And he was also the homeroom teacher of the little ones who had just left.

Thinking that far, Ashtar couldn't help but laugh.

"Little boys, kkkkkk! In front of the guy who killed his master, he made all sorts of jokes haha ho ho. Especially the old guy. He believed what I said straight away. Muscle pain is a breeze. Kiki Kiki Kick!"

The woman did not respond at all to Ashtar's words.

The steamed Ashtar coughed with a bewildered look on his face.

"More than that, Doctor?"

"After checking the side effects, you went back to the lab."

"He's a very busy man. Isn't it too boring by the way? You can't smoke here, you can't drink, you can't sing women. I'm very annoyed.

"What's boring about making money while playing most of the time?"

"Hey, Mary. I didn't come here to make money."

" ."

"I came here to see the blood."

A madness flashed in Ashtar's eyes as he spoke.

Then he grinned and tapped the shoulder of a robin called Mary.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you."

"If you kill me in the first place, Ashtar-sama will also die."

"Well. The doctor won't let you go. Isn't that bad too?

As Ashtar wiggled his fingers as he spoke, Mary took a deep breath.

"I will not ask you to move for our purposes. Instead, act according to the contract. This is business."

"Oh, oh, oh. The employee must work hard to serve the employer."

Mary did not respond to Ashtar's sarcastic remarks.

Losing interest, he threw off his uncomfortable suit and opened the window wide.

"I don't have any reservations today, so this manager comes outside to play."

"Don't just make an accident."

Ashtar smiled and jumped outside.

Mary, who was left alone, called someone.

Teacher. Ashtar is gone."

-Do not worry. They're under surveillance anyway, so if there's an accident, you'll be able to fix it quickly.

"Then I'm happy."

- Please suffer a little more, Mary.

Yes, teacher.

Mary inserted the communication port and walked to the window where Ashtar had left.

A cold wind blew. As the robe was removed, her blue hair slowly flowed down.

* * *

Anne sat at her desk and quickly read the spellbook.

It was really difficult stuff.

It was a different level of difficulty than what I had learned at the academy so far.

'Can I?'

Anxiety was creeping up, but he shook his head to shake off his thoughts.

It can't be done, it must be done.

I definitely want to become a magician who is great enough to build a family. This dream has never changed until now.

But the disappointment was unavoidable.

There were a lot of great kids around.

Since I was young, I often heard that I was smart, so I came to Alpha Class somehow, but no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn't go any further.

So I just studied like crazy. If magic wasn't enough, I thought I'd do something with my studies.

But even that was difficult.

Some are as capable as adults at the age of 9. Some have grown rapidly as if their potential has exploded.

He was in place for a year. If I hadn't learned magic, would I have had fun like girls my age?

no. I'm going to be a wizard somehow!

You can play freely with your peers and live in the arms of your parents and be loved.

But that's not the life Anne wants.

I can do it. You have to be able to do it."

At the age of only 10, the girl had no choice but to become an adult.

It was the same with the boy.

"I can't lose."

Lennon knew from an early age that he was gifted with a talent that was incomparable to that of his uglier older brother.

It was like learning anything. It was not difficult to study, and magic was not difficult.

Even manipulating people from behind and flirting with them were all simple.

All he needed was his father's approval. I thought that if it was just a little bigger, it could be enough.

Then I met Jamie Welton.

It was miserable. The frustration he felt with a boy a year younger than him was not easily recovered.

Then his father, Count Simon, reached out, and Lennon began to change himself.

Everything worked out well. Although not recognized by his father, he received the positive attention he had hoped for in the past. He quickly absorbed the magic he had learned from his father.

Even when he came to the magic world, he had no doubts that he would succeed.

Anne Meyer. If only I hadn't met that woman.

"Such an experience, once is enough!"

The memory of being trampled by Jamie Welton is enough.

It is unacceptable to have someone else stand above your head with a greater talent.

Somehow, you will prove yourself to be superior.

I will learn the whole-body breathing technique by replacing all feelings of envy, jealousy, and inferiority with strength.

Know.

Ann has an advantage in this type of testing.

So what do you say?

"I am Lennon Simon. Proud son of Richter Simon!"

A boy and a girl turned on the lights in their eyes to increase their concentration.

Jamie muttered, looking at the two students immersed in the magic book on the screen with joy.

pass.

They deserved to be disciples.

- Continued on next episode -