Chapter 234

[ Episode 224. Unexpected encounter]

I knocked on the principal’s office door and immediately heard Deos’s voice.

“Come on in.”

As soon as I opened the door, the nasty smell of mana began to vibrate.

“Are you the first author of this paper?”

“Oh, Carmen. Shouldn’t we start by saying hello and saying hello to each other?”

“okay! I was in too much of a hurry!”

As soon as I entered, it was dizzy to exchange words with them.

I greeted Diene, who had arrived earlier, and greeted Deos.

“Forgive me for being late. I haven’t been able to hear from you because I’m busy preparing my thesis.”

“Oh oh! After all, you are the first author!”

A shaggy wizard named Carmen made a fuss.

He looked like a maniac in case someone wasn’t a warlock.

“haha. Seekers are very interested in our students. For now, students Adrias and Lucia should sit comfortably.”

Deos was skilled at recommending a table to Lucia, who had suddenly visited.

I sat next to Diene and looked at the wizards across from me.

There were about 15 people in total, but only three of them who sat across from us were de-bowers.

All the rest of the other seats in the principal’s office are their assistants.

“First of all, let me explain, Student Adrias. These seekers from Portrion came to see the thesis being co-authored by students Adrias and Diene. He said he has something to say about his dissertation, so I hope we can have a good conversation.”

Investigator was a title that referred to Debauer in a good way.

However, in reality, they were called devourers rather than seekers, and they did not dwell on what they called themselves.

Anyway, it was not a bad opportunity for me either.

Most of the devourers had little desire for fame or money.

Therefore, it was highly likely that he came for a literal intellectual quest rather than to take away my thesis.

“We are grateful to the wizards of Portrion for their interest in our thesis.”

“Are you the first author? yes?”

“That’s right.”

I nodded my head to Carmen, who was obsessed with the first author from earlier.

“I have heard of Bahat’s daughter, but you are the first. What’s your name?”

“This is Adrias Cromwell.”

“Hear it for the first time!”

Carmen, who spoke with a shaking beard, was certainly not a normal person.

Then, around the time I was worried that my eyes would suddenly turn around and use magic, another devourer spoke to me.

“I heard from a conversation with Miss Diene first, but you are the real owner of this thesis, right?”

“If it wasn’t for Diene, it would have been just a delusion. Her credit is greater to be called the owner.”

“Hmm. You are humble.”

The one-eyed woman who stopped Carmen for the first time nodded.

Thanks to that iconic feature, I recognized who the opponent was at once.

‘Biente to dry to death.’

A combat warlock who had a great reputation before entering Fortion.

Although he was polite and polite, he was an opponent who couldn’t let his guard down.

“Anyway, it looks like all parties have gathered, so let’s start talking in earnest. Are you also related?”

The last debauer pointed at Lucia and asked.

Then Diane answered instead.

“Yes, he is a friend who is helping us.”

“Good.”

Unlike Carmen, the clean-looking old man had an appearance that anyone would associate with being a wizard.

He said, putting a copy of the thesis we distributed around on the table.

“First of all, I apologize for reading your thesis without permission. I keep in touch with the head of the Department of Magic here from time to time, but I hear that a paper on an interesting topic has come out.”

When I asked how he got it, it must have been Beril’s work.

well done berial.

“How far is the thesis going?”

“More than 90%.”

“There are still some left.”

It was said that it was more than 90%, but the reaction of the developers was skeptical.

The grades of universal papers are numbered from 5 to 1, but there was an extra special grade.

However, it was the first time even I had heard that it was not a special grade, but a grade.

“What exactly does being out of class mean?”

Deos, who had been listening without interrupting our conversation until then, asked.

The leader nodded at his question, which represented our question.

“Probably an unfamiliar grade. In fact, even if it never came out, it’s okay.”

He winked at Biente.

Then Biente continued to explain.

“Out-of-grade is literally the story of being out of grade. The limited express is such a category, but the difference from the limited express is whether or not it can become universal knowledge.”

“Universal knowledge?”

“yes. This treatise you have made will become universal knowledge. In a word, it means that the academic value is high enough to become common sense in the world.”

I was a little bewildered, but when I heard Biante’s explanation, it seemed that he had given it an absurdly high price.

Diene must have felt that way too, so she said in a slightly trembling voice.

“When you say universal knowledge, do you mean basic common sense, such as the five elements?”

“That’s right. When this thesis is completed and once again properly reviewed and passed, there will be a change in all magical academia. Of course, even if it is passed, sufficient research will have to be conducted.”

After Biante’s explanation, Deos looked back and forth between us and the Devourers with a shocked look on his face.

However, Diene and Lucia were also surprised.

“You are not surprised.”

The old leader, the leader, smiled and told me.

Of course, I also tilted my head at the unfamiliar word “out of grade,” but it was true that I wasn’t surprised.

But you don’t have to tell me that fact.

“I’m just managing my expression, but I’m not surprised.”

“Funny. He even lies leisurely...”

I thought he had a good reason, but I noticed right away.

Is it also a debowler?

Still, I was confident because I hadn’t done anything wrong.

“Actually, I knew your name well because I had heard it for a long time. But I didn’t know it would be like this. Also great.”

did you know me

Devourers are those who are cut off from the world.

It was strange that he knew me like that.

“It is overrated. I am just an academy student.”

“okay. Now that we’ve talked about grades, let’s talk more about this thesis.”

“Before that, may I ask a question first?”

“Tell me.”

“What is your name?”

“Come to think of it, I didn’t get a full name.”

The leader nodded.

Then Carmen spoke first.

“I am Carmen. I mainly make artifacts.”

“This is Biante. I used to wander around when I was young, but now I’m just a mage who studies ancient magic in a corner of Fortion.”

The two already knew.

However, Diene and Lucia let out a surprised exclamation as if they had inferred their identities after hearing their names.

In particular, their gaze toward Biante was full of longing.

By my standards, it’s just a merciless battle mage with no blood or tears.

“I’m sorry I lied about you until now.”

The last remaining leader opened his mouth.

Unlike saying he was sorry, he had a smile on his face, but he asked for our understanding.

“I can’t show you what I saw. But I can tell you the name.”

When I thought I was going to spend more time than I thought, something vaguely passed through my mind when I said that I wasn’t the one I saw.

‘No way......’

He opened his mouth before I could finish my thoughts.

“My name is Maxwell Pendragon. My personality often changes, so please excuse me.”

The owner of Portion.

he was in front of me

[Episode 234. An Unexpected Encounter] End