Chapter 244: The New Dean

Chapter 244: The New Dean

Chapter 244: The New Dean

August 10th.

The Magic Department won the match, and Flan officially became a hero.

Unlike the heroes who were former knights and had nicknames like ‘Sword Saint’, there wasn’t a specific nickname for heroes who were former magicians. Flan decided to designate his as ‘Märchen’.

November 15th.

Louis, Maiev, Becky, Trixie... the early promotion and early graduation of the Magic Department members were being considered.

They had become monumental figures unprecedented in the Magic Department, and Dean Conette expressed her support for their new paths.

Two years later, January 7th.

Maiev and Trixie decided to graduate.

Maiev didn’t specifically mention what she was preparing for, and Trixie was now officially the head of the Fritz family, so she was busy with family matters.

Louis, perhaps because of his handsome appearance, was still very popular. He seemed to be the most popular after Flan.

Two years later, March 9th.

“Ahem.”

Becky closed the trivia book.

After Flan became a hero, she recorded their daily lives without missing a single day. Now, looking back on it, she felt both touched and embarrassed.

“March 9th... March 9th...”

Becky muttered the same words a couple of times.

Today was March 9th, 6 a.m., and Becky was meticulously examining the trivia book in a guest room of the Mage Tower.

Today was a very important day, so she couldn’t afford to oversleep. In fact, she couldn’t sleep at all and had to stay up all night.

“Phew... I hope I didn’t miss anything.”

Becky floated several sheets of paper in the air and carefully reviewed them. This was actually Flan’s habit, but it had somehow become her own.

[Graduate Student Support Pledge]

“I’m not sure if my choice is right.”

It’s amazing. When she first enrolled, she attended the academy out of a sense of duty, eager to graduate as soon as possible.

...Now, here she was reviewing documents like these. The saying that adults were never wrong, that one should just live long enough to see things for oneself, really held true.

As she was going through various things, the alarm rang, indicating that it was the appointed time. Becky widened her eyes and jumped out of her chair.

“It’s already 9 o’clock?!”

It was time to go.

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10 a.m.

Having hurriedly prepared within an hour, Becky started walking around the academy. In the past, no matter what she wore, she looked like an underclassman, but now she seemed quite seasoned, even in her academy uniform.

There were still many magicians who recognized her today.

“Wow! It’s Becky!”

“Please show us some ice magic later! No, teach us!”

Becky just smiled and nodded a few times. This was a sight she couldn’t have imagined two years ago.

The academy was bustling.

It was surprising how much the population of magicians had grown compared to before, but what amazed Becky more was the change in buildings.

Conette, who had steadfastly held the position of dean of the Magic Department, had now retired, and she herself was stepping down from the secretary position. Today, among these applicants, a new secretary would be selected.

“I don’t know who among you will become the next secretary, but... I was a rather inadequate secretary. No, I hope to be the worst secretary. I hope you all become much better secretaries.”

Everyone followed the secretary.

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“Next applicant.”

“Next applicant.”

“Next applicant.”

As she waited for the line to dwindle down, Becky sipped her coffee. She thought she wouldn’t be nervous since she had prepared diligently, but as her turn approached, she felt a bit jittery.

Damn it.

Stop being nervous. Stop being nervous. Stop being nervous... She kept sucking on the straw even though her coffee was already gone.

“Next applicant.”

With the person in front of her now gone for their interview, Becky found herself alone in the hallway.

Well, almost alone—there was also the secretary standing by the dean’s office door to assist. In the quiet hallway, the secretary stared at Becky intently.

“...Why are you looking at me like that?”

“I just find it quite remarkable.”

The secretary looked at Becky with a very pleased expression before continuing.

“Do you still keep in touch with the other representatives?”

“Well... sort of.”

They mainly communicated in the ‘group chat’ function of Trivia now. The most talkative one in text was still Trixie.

“I’m very proud that you’ve set your sights on becoming the secretary. Was there a particular reason?”

“If I had to name one...”

Becky hesitated for a moment before answering.

“...I think you already know.”

“Hehe, yes. It’s that person, isn’t it?”

That person. That person. That person.

The secretary’s light remark kept echoing in Becky’s head. Why did it seem so profound?

The secretary burst into laughter before speaking again.

“Well... your turn is coming up soon. It’s top secret and hasn’t been revealed yet, but who do you think the new dean is?”

Meeting the secretary’s gaze, Becky smiled.

The secretary was right. Conette had stepped down without revealing who she had appointed as the new dean.

Very few people likely knew who the new dean was, and since the information hadn’t spread, many were curious about the identity of Märchen Academy’s new dean.

But Becky knew who it was.

“It’s that person.”

The person who always gave her a reason.

Flan.

Today, he would become the dean of Märchen Academy.

And Becky intended to become his secretary.