Volume 17 - CH 12

When the headmaster landed safely on the ground, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

「Not yet. He's still alive.」

The headmaster said.

Thinking it was some kind of joke, I looked at the burned-out forest, but...

「Tsk! I give up, I give up! The treasure I've worked so hard to acquire is gone!」

The thing that had been turning into black coal began to move, and as the outside crumbled, an unharmed Varius emerged from the inside.

A spell so powerful that the head of the academy, with her monstrous MP, is exhausted after just one use.

How could he take it and still be alive?

Moreover, he looked unharmed.

His clothes are also intact.

「What was that move you just made, old man?」

I couldn't help but ask.

「Hmph, I don't have the right to tell you if you don't know how to be polite. Can't you at least bring me some of Serina-chan panties?」

This guy. He've already done his research on her.

There's no room for caution.

But a pair of panties is a small price to pay.

If I can analyze his current technique, I can withstand even the Headmaster's forbidden spell unscathed.

I'm sure it's invincible, to say the least.

「All right. One pair of panties in exchange for an explanation of the technique.」

「That's fine, but what's in it for you?」

Varius asks, picking his nose.

「It's obvious. I want to use it too.」

「Karkarkarkark! Did you hear that, Luna? He's a middle schooler, isn't he? He's going to use my magic sword. Hee, stop! Pff! A level 45 wimp finally want his hands on my ultimate sword after my years of hard trainings. Hahaha!」

「Well, Varius, maybe you shouldn't laught like that. He was in the middle school yesterday, but tomorrow he'll be skipping to the mage course.」

「What? Is that official?」

「Of course it is. And you're officially fired as a professor.」

「W-what did you say!? N-Nonono, wait-wait-wait a minute, don't be too hasty, you know? I'm the only one in the whole world who knows how to use magic swordsmanship.」

「Hmm. But you don't have to be a swordsman to use magic.」

「You don't understand! You don't understand, Luna. What is the greatest disadvantage of a mage?　It's the enemy's surprise attack! I can't believe you don't understand the value of this secret technique that overcomes mage weaknesses as a quick response and vanguard, and greatly shortens the chanting of spells.」

「That's right. Old man, I would know the value of that, you know?」

「You're a greenhorn. I don't need you to understand it for me.」

「Is that so? Then why don't you spread the word to other people? The magic sword would be much more famous if you taught it to a wider audience.」

「Hmph, even if I wanted to teach it, it would be useless without a strong body and advanced knowledge of magic.」

This is the reason why magic swordsmen are so rare in this world.

Even if a proper swordsman learns magic properly, they cannot sublimate it to a single skill at the same time, because they will either fight with their sword or with magic anyway.

Varius's "Magic Sword" seems to be meaningful in that it combines magic and swordmanship.

Certainly, it is not something ordinary swordsman or magician can repel such a large amount of magic with a sword, or nullify a direct hit of a major magic of the forbidden spell class.

「If you can do both of those things, then you are qualified to be a student, right?」

「Indeed, but you're level 45 and you have ...... mumurghh? What an absurd amount of HP you have. 100,000!? Now that's skill!」

It seems that Varius used [Appraisal] to see my ability.

「Ah. Also I've got 【Infinite Strength】.」

「Nuh-uh. ...... Behemoth class, huh. But a simple muscular idiot can't master magic. Do you know the attribute of the spell I just used?」

「【MakkuroMaguro NikutaiBode】 is it? It's probably dark attribute. You can temporarily put your body in a state of suspended animation and sacrifice .......」

「Wait a minute, please! Alec-kun. That can't prevent the curse from being cast by the headmaster. Even corpses can burn.」

Cherry-sensei is going to argue with my guess, but yeah, just being dead won't completely prevent that fire. The only thing that can prevent it is the effect of Death.

「Then he must have messed with the dimensions, too. A Spatial magic.」

Whether he can use it in that short time or not, it's a possibility.

「Nuh-uh.」

Varius didn't laugh at my answer. I guess it's not too far off.

「Hoho, the young man easily saw through your longtime trickery, Varius.」

The headmaster laughs.

「No, no, no, it's just a random guess. It was just a lucky guess.」

「No, no, no, a good guess is still a good guess. How about this? Alec seems to want to learn from you. In exchange for revoking your professorship, you could take Alec on as an apprentice.」

「What? This guy? I'd rather have a spunky gal like Serina-chan anyway.」

It's been a while since I've heard the word "Spunky gal".

「Then why don't you add Serina to it?」

I put a hold on the Headmaster's arbitrary proposal.

「Oi, she's our members. Please don't make any deals without permission.」

「Oh, I'm sorry about that.」

The headmaster shrugged her shoulders and apologized with her tongue sticking out with tehepero. Damn, she's cute. (TLN: tehepero)

I forgive you.

「"Our members"? Hmm, I've heard that Serina-chan was a member of the "Black Cat of the Wind". Okay! If you have a set of girls, I'll consider it. However, this "Magic Sword" is not something that can be easily learned by anyone just because they were taught.」

The pervert old man offered a condition.

「Hmm. ...... Let me think about it for a minute. I'll wait to hear what they had to say.」

I decided to postpone my decision for now.

In all honesty, it's doubtful that even Serina's Starlight Attack will work against this old man.

There is also the question of whether or not she can hit him.

That's because I don't have the NTR attributes that would make me happy if my woman did something erotic to another guy.

I have to be cautious about that.

「Now, I'll wait for Alec and the others respond. I'll give you three days. If you take Alec and the others as your apprentices, I'll let you off with a pay cut and a suspension this time.」

So says Loli Headmaster.

「If I don't take them as my apprentice, I'll get fired, huh. Boo-hoo, hey Alec, you're going to persuading your members, right?」

「I'll talk to them, but I think the world would be better off if you were fired.」

「Hmph. I've had a bad day. I'm going home.」

「Hey, Varius, give back the stolen underwear.」

「What do you mean, they're all burned up from your spell, you  know? Here, these are the ashes of the underwear that I stole.」

Varius turned over the pocket of her robe and dropped the white ashes on the spot.

「Hmm, good grief, then I'll deduct the reimbursement from your salary.」

「Do what you want. Oh, should I buy them a black thong as a gift?」

「No, you don't need. Schoolgirls have their own preferences. And I'm sure you know that, but the next time you break in, you'll get more than just fired.」

「I-I know. You're a noisy one.」

I'm not sure if he really regretted it, but the headmaster seemed to be okay with it and let him go.