Chapter 114: Lure

Chapter 114: Lure

Roanna looked for Ethan.

Ethan was not in the school building where his office was located. Of course, new teachers were not provided with offices.

She started from the faculty office and kept looking inside the academy, but Ethan was nowhere to be seen.

“This won’t do...”

Roanna unconsciously nibbled on her nails with an anxious face.

She closed her eyes in that spot.

“Wind’s tracking.”

Even with limited mana, if she used mana efficiently, she could still use intermediate magic.

Of course, it wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t too difficult for Roanna either.

The wind blew once, and Roanna, opening her eyes, ran quickly.

The magic began to reveal Ethan’s location.

She tracked Ethan’s footsteps here and there with the tracking spell.

How much time had passed?

“Found him.”

She succeeded in definitively tracking Ethan’s location.

But the problem was that the place was somewhere she never could have imagined.

“Why is he there?”

Strangely, Ethan was near the Knight Department’s office.

Ethan was a new teacher, so he shouldn’t have an office yet.

Thinking that, Roanna arrived in front of Room 5002 as the magic led her.

The tightly closed door.

She knocked.

Normally, the teachers’ nameplates would be attached to the office, but here, nothing was attached.

‘It seems like an empty office.’

But Ethan’s voice came from inside.

“Come in.”

When Roanna opened the door and went inside, Ethan was sitting there.

She didn’t say her name when knocking, but his expression was as if he knew she would come.

“Roanna du Prochet, what brings you here?”

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Ethan’s current office aesthetic score was 5 points.

Thanks to that, he could also achieve an achievement.

-Achievement accomplished!

-[The Beginning of Housing] Achievement acquired Likes.

-Acquired ‘1’ Likes!

It was a small amount, but since it was likes that could be earned by placing a few items in the office, the cost-effectiveness could be considered very good.

Ethan sat in a chair and waited for Roanna.

With her skills, she would definitely be able to track and find his location.

After waiting about 10 minutes, a knock immediately sounded.

Since there was no nameplate, she probably thought it was an empty room. She didn’t introduce herself separately.

“Come in.”

When Ethan spoke, the door opened right away.

Soon, Roanna came in hesitantly.

‘Come to think of it, there are no extra chairs.’

He would probably need to equip sofas and chairs. Ethan first brought the Hawk Head Crown and placed it in front of the desk.

“Sit, Roanna.”

Roanna was surprised and looked at the Hawk Head Crown. Sit here? No matter how you looked at it, it was a huge crown, not a chair.

At least the decorated hawk shape was flat enough to sit on.

“I-Is this Teacher’s office?”

“Starting today, it became my office. It’s a bit empty for that reason.”

Roanna looked at the white frosted safe in the corner.

Ethan went in front of the safe and opened the door.

Shaaa-

Surprisingly, cold air spewed out from inside the safe.

Ethan took out two flasks with tea inside from the safe and handed one to Roanna before sitting in a chair.

“So, what brings you here? You’re the first guest to come to my office coincidentally.”

“That safe... What is it, just now?”

Roanna looked at the safe in confusion.

At a glance, it was clearly a safe. But cold air flowed out from inside the safe, and Ethan casually took out flasks from it.

The tea, which had been cool enough to make her teeth hurt just before, was now bubbling and boiling.

Normally, the flask should have exploded outward.

“You intentionally left the equation incomplete. By leaving it incomplete, you changed the effect in a different direction!”

Roanna was staring at Ethan’s brüle with sparkling eyes.

It was tremendous concentration.

As if addicted, she examined the magical inscription, then raised her own hand and mimicked the brüle Ethan had created.

‘As expected.’

The real thing was different. Just showing her for a bit, and this was the level...

“Roanna.”

Ethan spoke looking at Roanna.

The light in Roanna’s eyes, who had been concentrated, returned.

“I’m sorry, I arbitrarily mimicked Teacher’s brüle...”

Ethan shook his head.

“Would you like to learn it?”

Now was the timing to lure her.

“The brüle just now. I explained it quite thoroughly during lecture time. The students couldn’t comprehend it at once. That’s natural. But you made it your own right away.”

Roanna smiled sheepishly.

“For you...”

Ethan had no intention of saying obvious things.

“You seem to have some talent.”

When was the last time she heard the word ‘some’ talent?

As soon as she heard those words, Roanna’s emotions shot up.

“Please teach me a little more.”

But Ethan spoke in a tone as if he was amused and continued imparting brüle to her.

“Oh ho, then what about this?”

He threw utilization methods at her one by one to check her current level.

‘She’s at a level where she can completely absorb brüle right now?’

There was a reason it was called the golden age.

Her magical talent was nothing short of shocking.

‘Just showing her is enough for her to analyze it herself and absorb it. There’s nothing left for the teacher to teach.’

And he realized for certain.

‘If she gains even a little experience, she absorbs it as is and grows immediately.’

If Roanna participated in the department representative decisive battle, the possibility of the Swordsmanship Department taking 1st place would be markedly lowered.

‘If there was a little more time, I could make Mason, Yuna, and Ron grow to be superior to Roanna.’

But that wasn’t the case right now.

‘Then the only choice is to lure her over.’

“Hmm!”

Ethan looked at Roanna with a satisfied expression.

Roanna realized once again that Ethan was an incredible mage. The teachers she had learned from so far were not lacking in skills either, but Ethan was on a different level.

Moreover, wasn’t this person a Swordsmanship Department teacher in the Knight Department?

Roanna said in an exasperated voice.

“To think your magic skills are this outstanding. But Teacher is a Knight Department teacher...”

Ethan answered as if it were no big deal.

“Magic is a hobby.”

“A hobby, and you’re at this level?”

“Why can’t I be good at a hobby? I have no intention of doing hobbies carelessly.”

Ethan smiled slightly.

“Rather, you have quite the skills, Roanna. Aside from me, you’re the first person I’ve seen who immediately understood and followed the brüle.”

The words ‘quite the skills’ pierced Roanna’s heart.

She had certainly received this kind of compliment countless times.

But for some reason, the feeling was strange.

Surely it was the same compliment, but just the person being different could make her feel this happy?

Her face felt hot as if blood was rushing to it.

It felt like that time when she first received a compliment about magic.

“Haha... Hehe, thank you for the compliment.”

So she ended up reacting like a fool, flustered.

“So there’s one proposal I’d like to make.”

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