Chapter 194

I knew it would be like this (2)

– Bang!!

The scarecrow that had been prepared in the outdoor training classroom burned down in the explosion and fell.

In fact it is a target prepared for students to use in turns. The students gathered in the practice room widened their eyes when they saw it being shattered by a single shot of magic.

Just looking at the remains visible through the rising smoke the power exceeded the level of basic elemental magic.

‘One point explosion’

It is a type of magic with relatively low firepower for a mid-level magic. It is a practical combat magic that gives up firepower and emphasizes speed.

Nevertheless the aftereffects of the explosion were quite large causing smoke to spread around the practice site.

After a while the sight of the scene returned and the magic caster Ed Rosstaylor was revealed to be standing there shaking off his magic hands.

It must have consumed quite a lot of magical energy but it didn’t seem difficult or unreasonable at all. He unleashed a medium-level magic of this level of power with just a wave of his hand without breaking a sweat.

done. “Leave it at that.”

A practical class in elemental combat magic.

The third-year students who had entered their first proper intermediate magic practical class since the start of school were already very nervous.

Students gathered together to learn proper magic for the first time. Among them the presence of Ed Rosstaylor who had already mastered several mid-level magics perfectly was truly a source of discomfort.

Professor Kalide who had come out to the practical class and was looking at the practical training site with tired eyes slowly turned his eyes and looked at the regular students.

Their eyes widened at the sight of the scarecrows which looked sturdy at first glance falling down.

Even Ed Rosstaylor who used magic doesn’t even look like he’s struggling.

It was well known that he had already reached a high level of elemental magic but it seems that he did not expect that he could even use elemental magic so neatly.

The students seemed to have lost their will when they saw Ed shaking off his clothes in the smoke.

“Ed Rosstaylor. “You just go to class A starting tomorrow.”

“I haven’t even received a semi-mobile evaluation yet.”

“There is no need to wait until then. “I’ll report it to the Trix building so get ready to move to the school.”

I don’t think it will have a very positive effect on the students who attended the class with the expectation of finally practicing mid-level magic. Although Professor Kalide was annoyed he felt the need to take action quickly.

In the first place there was no reason for a student who had already ranked top of the class in his third year to take classes in such a low class because the class transfer evaluation had not yet taken place.

“It looks like you are already proficient at mid-level magic. Just go to class A and take the advanced magic course. “I also have a class to teach so let’s watch it again there or something.”

All right.

There was whispering among the students for a while.

Being told to take a senior wizarding course is one of the highest honors a student at the Ministry of Magic can receive.

If you can properly use even one high-level magic before graduation you will be evaluated as one of the most gifted students of your generation.

Right now even across all grades at the Sylvanian Ministry of Magic the number of students who can use high-level elemental magic is within the palm of one hand.

Even so the number has increased due to the development of the education system. There was a long time when it was impossible to even imagine that high-level magic users could emerge from among students.

“Go back for today. “There is nothing else you will learn in this class.”

Kalide yawned once as if he was annoyed and waved his hand at Ed. She meant that she had nothing more to teach so just go.

It is full of students who are just starting their first steps in intermediate magic. This is the type of student that would not be good to have among them.

Ed Rosstaylor looked at Professor Kalide as if he were dumbfounded then nodded his head a few times and headed towards the exit of the training room.

All the students were swallowing dry saliva as they watched Ed calmly leaving the practice site.

*Time flew by from the first day of practical classes.

Suddenly I received an order to leave the training center so I exited towards the student plaza.

After taking the elemental science practice class I went to the monster ecology class after eating stopped by the library borrowed a design book and asked the maids at the Ofilis Hall for some training items that could help me raise my repair level.

After that I went back to the camp and did some log trimming work checked the hunting traps cleaned the meat repaired the cabin and even thought about going to bed.

It’s not very pleasant to have gaps in your neatly planned daily routine.

It is the time when the hot summer is slowly coming to an end and the cool autumn breeze is gradually blowing.

Sitting in the student square idly basking in the midday sun... I can see the students moving around busily.

I’ve never been absent-mindedly looking at the scenery of the university because I’ve always lived a hectic life but there was definitely a scene that could be said to be a mecca for academics and a place where youth blooms.

It is indeed quite a romantic place to see students wearing their school uniforms talking loudly and hanging out around the school grounds.

There are many things I am not aware of because I am living alone and struggling to survive. What you can see only after you have relaxed a little is that this Sylvania is a place where even the children of nobles are eager to enter.

Have you been struggling to live without too much waste?

There are definitely times when such thoughts arise. I can’t help it. Living like this has become ingrained in me.

hmm... ”

As I sat quietly on the bench and basked in the sun I suddenly thought of something to do during my free time.

Since I can’t leave the university before the next class starts anyway it would be better to go towards the Obelgwan next to the student square.

In the Obel Building which is the headquarters of the current student council... There must be Tanya who returned from school the day before yesterday.

I had a feeling that Tanya would be quite busy as she still had many formalities to complete after returning to school. Since you returned to school on a tight schedule you probably have a lot of work to do.

So I thought of visiting on a weekend when there were no student council or academic schedules. Because I am just as busy on weekdays.

However since I’m running out of time I think it wouldn’t be a bad idea to visit once.

“... ”

I remembered the last thing I saw of Tanya before leaving the Ross Taylor mansion.

Standing in front of the ruins of a collapsed mansion tightly clutching a flag with the family seal on it.

As the next head of the family in charge of the Ross Taylor Mansion he was determined and looked straight ahead completely putting away his childish attitude. That last image of her kept coming back to me.

Not only that this time as the representative of the remaining forces of Los Taylor he is negotiating with the imperial family and according to Tracyana he seems to be uniting his own forces...

Compared to when you first see him he will become much more mature and his leader-like appearance that leads the group will be quite noticeable.

First let’s exchange information about what happened so far and provide encouragement if there is something that needs to be encouraged.

Well it looks like you’ve grown a lot internally... I don’t think that would be necessary.

I’m sure you’re doing a good job. Because everyone grows in the face of trials.

*

“I want to hit them all... . Ugh... . Boo... .Ugh... ”

Despite all these expectations Tanya who was sitting in the student council president’s office had not changed at all.

“It was definitely my dream to become the student council president and spread the glory of the Ross Taylor family but the family collapsed. No matter where I went people whispered that I was the next head of the Ross Taylor family. I was questioned by the imperial family. When I returned to school after a long time I was busy with family matters. The area is full of people but the student council president position remains so there’s a lot of work to do. I don’t want to live like this. I want to forget everything and leave... ”

“... ”

house... Should I build a house? I got kicked out of school... Gathering up the remaining inheritance... I’d like to buy a windy meadow somewhere in the Cohelton region or the Rameln Mountains... Plus I built a pretty nice house to live in alone... A life spent wasting time in the room making embroidery or drawing pictures... Very... Maybe it’s not that bad... ”

Or to put it bluntly it has changed to the exact opposite.

Tanya Rosstaylor who wanted to gain worldly power and become more authoritative than anyone else became a more pessimistic and greedy person than anyone else in just one year.

Thinking about Tanya’s life I think the same thing would happen to me.

Tears are about to cover my face.

“Sometimes I read a book... Go to a tea shop in a nearby rural village and pretend to be a regular... .. It’s just like hearing news about the city from time to time and smiling. If you live by pretending to be a suspiciously wealthy woman who occasionally appears in town... This isn’t a bad life... ah... I want to return to farming... I want to farm... I want to forget about power and lineage and drink tea while feeling the elegance of the impermanence of time... .”

“Tanya... “You’re so broken..”

“It doesn’t look broken... ..? Ugh... Ugh... ”

Tanya cried as she buried her head in front of the luxurious student council president’s desk.

“I have to review 97 civil complaint processing report documents within today. And now that I’ve returned to school I have to go to the Trix Building have a chat with Principal Obel and write a thank you letter for the support money provided by the Felbron noble family... I have to go inspect the student center to see if the maintenance work has been completed successfully and at the same time I also want to go to class... ”

“... go for it.

“In addition we need to check on the Ross Taylor family’s affairs. The vassals are going through a lot of trouble because Princess Selaha puts in strange checks whenever she gets the chance.

There are over a hundred letters sent to me every day and just reading them all makes my eyes feel tired and my vision becomes blurry. People don’t applaud me for working so hard but they even look at me because I belong to the Ross Taylor family... Please save me brother.

”

“... .go for it!!!!!!!!!

In fact it was Tanya who declared herself to be the next head of the family and it was her own choice to run for student council president and be elected.

The judgment itself is all a matter for Tanya and I have no authority whatsoever.

“I think you were much more dignified the last time I saw you in the Rosstaylor family.”

A person who obeys God’s will and prays. Once that business card is used the darkness of birth and the tomboy-like temperament that one is embarrassed to show are somehow covered up.

“A place where there are many truly faithful believers and even children with family backgrounds. Anyway it’s a neighborhood that only enjoys life among themselves. I have a closed temperament and on top of that... There is almost no immunity to outsiders... ”

“What does that mean?”

Tanya spoke shivering as if something was trampling on her memory.

that... I told you that some of the manpower used to maintain the monastery were men. “Most of them are construction workers so they are swarthy or bearded men.”

“... ”

“There were many cases where those people also got upset because they made eye contact with the nuns. There is no immunity to men so much so that one wonders if this makes sense. There are so many people so immersed in dreams that you wonder if there are all these people. With a strange fantasy... that... It’s hard to say... ”

I think I was about to say something... I was almost afraid to ask any more questions about what it was.

“Anyway while I was living at the Cleric Monastery for a few days there were some nuns I started talking to and became quite friendly with. By the way. Just by making eye contact with a real man he imagines a series of trends that will flow until the twilight of his life as a partner... ?”

“... ”

“Even against those rugged men! What would it be like if someone like you fell into a place like that? ! The age range is perfect and the appearance is even-toned... !”

What kind of memories do Tanya remember from the time she spent at Cleric’s Monastery?

I couldn’t think of anything to say in response to the serious look of disgust.

just... It’s a natural disaster... Natural Disasters! For no reason things become more complicated and the likelihood of an accident is much higher. therefore... . Never go... I absolutely do not recommend it. When I think about the human relationships around my brother it’s absolutely the opposite. never!

After giving such a long speech Tanya sank back onto the sofa and took a deep breath.

Then Tanya took a moment to calm down... She seemed to soon realize that she was overheated.

that... I was so excited that I only talked about myself. “I’m sorry brother.”

no... that... “I understand your opinion.”

It is the Cleric Monastery that even the faithful Saint Clarice did not want to go to.

What a terrible time Tanya had as a child there.

I don’t know what to say to Tanya’s reaction... There was only an awkward atmosphere in the chairman’s office for a moment.

*Today Yenika’s schedule is completed with only morning classes. She was already back at camp and preparing dinner.

Usually I would choose a meal menu with Ed or look at the remaining ingredients and discuss how to cook them but today I would prepare them entirely on my own.

Yenika who had prepared a meal in advance and was waiting for Ed to come home felt proud and rolled up her sleeves and couldn’t help but hum.

I was checking the number of meats vegetables spices etc. provided in the camp and thinking about what to eat.

“Oh no... !”

A guest has arrived at the camp.

Ed’s Cabin Camp is located in a fairly remote location in the Northern Forest so visitors rarely come by chance unless they come here on purpose.

So most of the people who came to the camp were Ed’s acquaintances.

“... ?”

Yenika who had been checking the ingredients for a while looked towards the source of the sound with puzzled eyes. When I asked who she was she turned out to be Petriciana Bloom River a 4th year member of the Ministry of Magic.

We’re not close friends but I know they exist. This is Yenika’s position.

From Patricia’s point of view she knows Yenica Palover a celebrity from The Bachelor so well that she feels a strange sense of intimacy with her.

Still since they were by no means close friends Petriciana hesitantly spoke to Jenica.

“Yes it’s Yenika... ? They say they live in this camp... ?”

“... Um so... “Senior Patricia?”

“Oh yeah! You remembered my name. okay... That’s right I’m Patricia.”

Jenica tilted her head as she looked at Patrician who was approaching her in a suspicious way.

Yenica doesn’t know that Petriciana’s secret laboratory is in the northern forest. Merilda knew that fact but she did not bother to tell Yenika.

If you tried to report every move in the forest to Yenika you would end up talking about the forest all day.

In the end the information that the spirits give to Yenika cannot help but focus on things that they think Yenika should know.

“I got to know Ed a little bit because of that incident... It wasn’t a very pleasant thing but... No anyway do you have time?”

Patrician hesitated and looked at her surroundings.

Then he took out a reagent from his pocket and smiled awkwardly.

“I have an interesting item... Would you like to hear my story... ?”

Yenika who was tilting her head with an innocent expression said “Yes?” with an innocent expression on her face. I just asked back.

For a while I had to spend some time giving a long speech about the effectiveness of the reagent I had in my hand.

Yenika was listening to the story with interest at first... Soon little by little his expression began to harden.

Anyway isn’t it too much to use medicine against a person’s will in the hopes of making him open up about his feelings?

I tried to firmly say that I had no intention of getting involved in such an insidious act but...

Unfortunately Yenika was already in a position where the spirits were reporting Ed’s every move.

To put it bluntly rather than receiving reports the spirits are just talking to Yenika as they please...

In any case I am not in a position to bare my heart and speak confidently... !

For some reason that fact began to bloom in Jenica’s mind.

“How about... ? Are you fine? If I told you about these effects wouldn’t a lot of people be interested... ?”

“Ugh.. Ugh... ”

Jenica looked at the reagent in Patriciana’s hand as if she had imagined something happy and shook her head.

“No matter what it doesn’t mean it’s not true Senior Patricia!”

“Yeah... ?”

“It’s not polite to the other person... This will only worsen the relationship in the long run... ”

Ed is also aware of what the spirits are talking about to some extent. Ed himself just doesn’t care much.

But isn’t touching this reagent completely against Ed’s will and testing him?

Unfortunately there is no way Yenica who is said to be second to none in terms of goodness would open her hands to such a reagent.

However from Patrician’s perspective it was just a shock... He was looking at Yenika with wide eyes.

“That can’t be possible... ”

“First of all I don’t have the heart to do that... Senior Patricia Anna. These reagents... Please just take it back... ”

Patriciana is quietly watching Jenica who calmly expresses her refusal.

As I looked at that strong figure I began to feel a strange sense of resistance again.

“Thank you for your hard work as always Mr. Bell.”

The hallway of Ofilis Hall.

Tracyana who came out of her room spoke to Belle the maid who was instructing her to clean up the hallway.

“Petrin stopped by earlier. Did you see where he went?”

“You mean Lady Patricia? Do you have any business? Then I will send someone to deliver it to you.”

“Oh no... I think I’ll have to find it myself... Something... I suddenly became anxious... ”

“... yes?

Tracyana who was looking at Belle was twisting her body while holding her staff in her arms as if she was anxious.

just... if... I wonder if I’m going to have an accident again... There are times when I feel that way... ”

okay. If Miss Tracyana says that there must be a reason... ”

Belle rested her chin and thought for a moment before speaking.

“Wouldn’t it be too hard on yourself to be anxious about something that hasn’t happened yet?”

“Is that so... ?”

“If anything happens we will take action so that it can be reported to Lady Tracy or Ms. Tracy. “Don’t worry about it too much. Since it’s time for a long-awaited break why don’t you take some more rest in your room?”

“If you say so... all right... ”

Tracyana said that with a puzzled look on her face and went back to her room.

“... ”

Belle who sent Traceiana away tilted her head for a moment and then turned around to give instructions for cleaning up again.

After school started my workload suddenly increased. Bell was also in a state of unconsciousness.