Chapter 562

Chapter 562

Chapter 562

-I bought it for quite a high price...-

Despite deciding not to ask, the skull principal muttered to himself in a voice immersed in memories.

-Your seniors didn't like it very much.-

"..."

"..."

Yi-Han and Asan hurriedly started cleaning up the items.

They didn't want to hear any other stories by staying still for no reason.

-

"You're alive!"

The friends who discovered the two returning after roughly checking the state of the warehouse shouted in a happy voice.

Asan spoke as if dumbfounded.

"It hasn't even been an hour since we went and came back..."

"That's enough time to disappear from here to the punishment room."

"Well, that's true."

While his friend was convinced, Yi-Han explained the tasks the skull principal had ordered.

As soon as they heard it, the students reacted the same as Asan.

"Huh? We're struggling to survive, do we have to think about the freshmen?"

"We haven't received anything from the seniors, so the freshmen should figure it out on their own too!"

"That's right, that's right!"

'How heartwarming, really.'

Yi-Han thought Einroguard's future was very bright at his friends' heartwarming reaction.

"Ev-everyone. Please calm down. Still, we can't completely ignore the juniors who will come in next, can we?"

Tijiling, being a priestess, felt it was a bit wrong and tried to persuade her friends.

As the friends hesitated, Gainando stepped forward.

"No. We can not do it! Let's all focus and forget about the juniors!"

"Gainando, didn't you receive the most help from Wardanaz?"

Tijiling unconsciously swung the truth and struck Gainando. Gainando was startled and denied it, waving his hands.

"Ah, no? It's not to that extent!"

"It's true though."

"Honestly, you would have starved to death without Wardanaz."

"The guys from other towers don't even know!"

When the students from the Black Tortoise Tower and White Tiger Tower gave their input, Gainando jumped up and down.

How much bullying did he endure while studying in the lounge, and these guys who knew nothing!

"Hmm. In Gainando's case, it's true."

"!?"

However, even the friends from the Blue Dragon Tower didn't particularly take Gainando's side.

"Come to think of it, the freshmen won't have Wardanaz either, right?"

"It might be a bit tough for them..."

"Eh. Let's do it for them. We didn't receive anything from the seniors, but this much is nothing."

Except for Gainando, the students discussed among themselves and readily entered the warehouse.

Thanks to the large amount of supplies secured last weekend, the current 1st-year students were more generous than anyone else.

"Yi-Han. Isn't there anyone who received more help than me? There must be at least one person, right? There must be at least one person under me!"

Gainando grabbed the hem of Yi-Han's outer garment and whined. Yi-Han ignored him and entered the warehouse.

***

Broken potions or artifacts were put in separate wooden chests and taken out, and still usable notebooks, quills, and ink bottles were sorted separately...

"Should we leave this for the juniors to eat?"

"Hey... You're really kind. Okay. Then I'll leave this jar of candy too."

The 1st-year students hid items here and there for the juniors who would come in.

If they hid them between books or writing tools, the juniors could notice and receive them next year.

"..."

Adenart was deep in thought with a serious expression.

She was pondering whether the book among the books on the shelf would be a good book for the juniors.

'Should I take it out?'

"Princess. If you don't feel like it, you don't have to leave snacks. Gainando didn't leave any either."

Yi-Han was considerate of the princess who had been pondering for a long time.

In fact, Gainando had inserted a note saying 'True snacks are the food you find with your own strength' and was being hit by his friends one by one.

"..."

The princess immediately found her bag and took out a can. And she donated it for the juniors.

Today was the day to initially meet face-to-face with those who had accepted the Pocket Knife Fortress mission.

"Is your preparation going well? I'm worried you might be overworking yourself since you also have to prepare for the final exam."

"Thank you for your concern. I'm preparing with my best effort."

Yi-Han, who had answered hypocritically, hesitated.

Come to think of it, it was this professor who had forced that work on him.

No?

"Yes. In fact, I believe Wardanaz is fully capable of doing it. That's why I proposed it."

"...Ah. Yes."

They say you can't spit on a smiling face, but Yi-Han was confident he could spit on the smiling faces of professors.

Following behind the smiling Professor Alpen, Yi-Han entered the room. An artifact that looked like a mirror was already in operation.

-Professor Knighton. Hello.-

"Yes. Hello, everyone. If you're ready, you can send the design."

-Yes. We're waiting.-

Yi-Han waited for the other party's reaction with a nervous face.

He thought he had done a good job, but that was only by Yi-Han's standards, and he didn't know if the other party would think the same.

What kind of reaction would there be?

***

The Stonemason Guild and the Carpentry Guild were the ones who had received the order for the construction of this Pocket Knife Fortress from the empire.

The goal of the builders was always one.

To efficiently achieve the goals required by the client within the given budget.

The overall construction and modeling were the job of these experts, and what this 1st-year Einroguard student had to do this time was to calculate the amount of mana of the artifacts installed in the fortress, secure the available mana sources, and arrange the artifacts in appropriate locations so they wouldn't malfunction with each other.

"Oh. Better than I thought..."

"As expected of an Einroguard graduate?"

The guild members were impressed by the well-organized and easy-to-understand explanation.

Thanks to that, the Einroguard students' external administrative evaluation rose very high without them knowing.

Those who had been worried at first felt relieved seeing this. It was much more trustworthy than a suspicious mage who boasted about building a tower or a rampart.

"It's excellent. The location settings of the artifacts are very good."

"Thank you."

Yi-Han relaxed a bit.

How many times did he repeat the calculations to make the artifacts not malfunction with each other in the appropriate locations?

This much reward was necessary for the work.

"But..."

"!"

Suddenly, the guild members' faces turned serious.

Yi-Han tensed up again, not knowing what mistake he had made.

'Damn it. Was there really a mistake? The time... No. Excuses are meaningless. We're getting paid to do this job.'

There was no point in making excuses about taking various classes to someone who was neither a professor nor a student.

Yi-Han resolved to identify and fix it as quickly as possible.

"What..."

"Let me take a look too."

Professor Alpen frowned and checked the report.

The professor, who had been reading quickly, seemed to have found the problem soon as his expression became just as serious as the guild members'.

"This is a bit strange."

"You noticed it too, Professor. There seems to be a mistake here."

"Just in case, let's check. Wardanaz, didn't you notice anything strange here? The amount of mana consumed by the artifacts."

Yi-Han heard Professor Alpen's question and rotated his brain as fast as possible.

In order to pursue efficiency, the artifacts currently installed in the fortress had their mana consumption minimized.

By saving like that, the mana source that supplied mana could be installed relatively less and still work.

So Yi-Han had reduced it as much as he could using all the methods he knew, but...

'Should I have reduced it even more here?'

Thinking that the skills of real professional mages were amazing, Yi-Han honestly asked.

"I'm sorry. Is the consumption really too high?"

"No... I meant it's too low. The artifacts wouldn't consume this little."

"Pardon?"

Yi-Han checked in puzzlement. There didn't seem to be any particular mistakes.

"Simple artifacts can be reduced to this extent."

"???"

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