Chapter 537: The Other Side of the Back Entrance

Chapter 537: The Other Side of the Back Entrance

Five minutes later.

「Hello, sorry to keep you waiting. So, you’re the adventurer who brought Alistair’s letter of introduction?」

「Nn」

「Can I see it?」

「Okay」

「Hohou―...」

The man who showed up was a cheerful-looking young man. He was a half-elf, so he’s probably older than he looks, but no matter how I look at him, he looks like a teenage character. He then read Alistair’s letter of introduction, but because of his frivolous look, it looked like he was just skimming through it.

「Hmm... Well, whatever. Please come this way for the time being」

The man led us through the back entrance. On the other side was a passage with a low ceiling. The outer wall itself seemed to be quite thick, and the passage through it was like a little tunnel.

「My name is Coltandhyre. Feel free to call me Colt, okay?」

「Fran, an Adventurer, and this is Urushi」

「Woof!」

「I like the wolf-type beasts. They’re obedient, good for fighting, good for spotting, and good as a blanket at night too」

「Urushi is the best」

「Woof woof!」

「Hahaha, you seem to be getting along, huh?」

I observe Colt from behind as he guides Fran. He has high magic power, but his footwork was completely amateur. I guess he was a typical researcher type.

Colt laughed as he led us through the passage. The tunnel was getting much wider than we had imagined, and we were greeted by an interesting sight.

There were not only lawns, but also forests, ponds, and rocky mounds on the site. It seems they were used for training and experiments. Looking further in, we saw a snow mound about 10 meters high.

I could feel its magic power trace, so it must have been created by magic or maintained by magic... Just as expected of the Academy of Magic.

It seems they have already confirmed that the letter used for that letter introduction was a special one made for Alistair at this institute.

「Since your letter of introduction is genuine and your adventurer rank was high too, so no problem, right? All I need to do now is to interview you...」

Th-there’s such a thing too, huh? Well, she’s hired as an instructor after all, albeit a temporary one, at one of the most prestigious schools in the world, so it’s rather natural.

But I wonder if she would be fine...? Fran seems to be bad at an interview after all. No, I’m sure she could handle this if she uses her court etiquette skill to the fullest and just follows my instructions, right?

Well, it was so long ago that I’ve forgotten more than half of what I learned about an interview back then. But I’m sure it’s better than just letting Fran do it by herself. Come, bring it on!

I was all fired up like that, but they said that the interview would not take place today.

「I’m sorry~. The interview must be done by the director of the academy, but she’s out of the academy for some business. But I’m sure she’ll be back by tomorrow or the day after」

Well. That’s because we didn’t tell them about our arrival in advance after all.

「Okay, then what should I do next?」

「Where do you stay? If you don’t have a place to stay, we can get one for you」

「I already have a place to stay」

「Heee, where is it?」

「The Green Ancient Tree Pavilion」

When Fran said that, Colt looked a little surprised.

「What’s wrong?」

「No, well. The landlady there is famous for being difficult and not letting people stay if she doesn’t like them. How did you manage to get a room?」

「She was just an ordinary old woman though」

「Woof」

She was kind to Fran and Urushi. She was an old elf, wasn’t she? Did he mistake her for someone else?

「I-is that so...? Well, that’s okay. I’ll send a messenger for you when the Director returns」

「Okay」

Now, all we had to do was pass the interview and she’ll be an instructor at the academy. It’s not that she really wants to be an instructor, but I feel like we’re being tested, so Fran and I were both starting to get a little worked up.