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Never touch Eldmia Egar-Episode 277

It's been three days since I requested Siegfried's sword from Mr. Balkun..

If it had been the way it was, I should have returned to my normal life and enjoyed normal days, but I couldn't because of the damn devil worshipers. After returning to the academy, Cheryl began recruiting trustworthy students to form her team before starting her career in earnest. The majority of them were students with top practical scores, but for some reason Grewils was not included. I couldn't control my curiosity and asked a question, but the answer almost caught me by surprise..

"I can't trust this guy."

"why...?"

"Always looks like he's up to something."

I suppressed what I thought was a surprisingly reasonable instinct and gave Ma Pak a night's sleep. After giving Cheryl a long speech about how people shouldn't be judged solely by their appearances, I was able to get her to promise to take Griwills on board as well. I hope this serves as an opportunity to realize that such a short-sighted idea is of no help to one's life, such as leaving out such a talented person due to personal feelings when one does not know what kind of people there will be..

I couldn't help Cheryl like that. This is because I had to spend a busy time tinkering with the magic engine on my own. The experience of splitting Siegfried's sword in half was enough to dramatically change my mindset, which had been neither skeptical nor positive about magic power. Just by clearing part of the road, efficiency changes and the ability to sustain battles is dramatically improved..

Seneran was the one who stopped me from going home and finding room and board in the professor's office to save on commuting time and sleeping time..

"It's Eldemia. This is advice since you are on the path to becoming a wizard even if you do not use mana, but as a wizard, unless you have taken special measures, you must make sure to get enough sleep.."

"Eh? why?"

"If you cast a spell due to lack of sleep and your head flies off, it will be too late.."

The advice was to be as careful as possible because concentration is something you never know when and where it will go. When I heard that the number one cause of death among the trainee magicians I was researching was not overwork but explosion, I put my books away without any hesitation and prepared to leave work..

"No, you should tell me something important like that early.."

"In fact, it's unlikely to happen unless you don't sleep for a week, but we're doing joint research right now, right? I said that because taking care of your body is part of research.."

Even Seneran, who was yawning profusely while making extremely valid claims, was not relaxed. She has numerous demon books spread out and is working on a document to summarize the main points. She was busy creating tutorials just for me, adding annotations and explanations to supplement my lack of magical knowledge. She, like me, was living in her professor's office. Because of her classes and work, she only had less money than Seneran, but so did her teacher..

"Anyway, rest well and see you tomorrow. Because enlightenment that was invisible when you keep looking always comes with a clear mind.."

"Is that also like a wizard’s proverb??"

"no. That's my advice."

Any advice from a golden wizard is worth heeding. I said goodbye lightly, packed my bags, woke up Laika, who had been sleeping soundly, and left the professor's office..

There were quite a few people who were harmed by the series of incidents that occurred a few days ago, but perhaps Princess Esselua's guess was correct, and the academy was taking action to cover things up. Meanwhile, the dean, who made his official appearance, showed a very calm and logical response for a person who wanted to invite people because he was an ardent believer of the Holy Light Cross, and in fact, all of this was done to deal with devil worshipers and traitors. It raised reasonable doubts that it might have been a series of plans to.

As I was about to leave the academy's main gate after three days with such trivial thoughts, I heard a voice grabbing me from behind..

"Brother! Where!"

When I turned my head, I saw Siegfried approaching, eagerly picking up a small piece of bread inside a paper bag and eating it..

At first, I wondered how on earth they could stay for such a long period of time, but perhaps because they were invited in accordance with noble etiquette from the beginning, the welcome party to honor their achievements is planned to last a week. This was also one of the grounds for the conspiracy theory I had, but thanks to the assurance that there would be three sumptuous meals a day throughout the week, it no longer mattered. I later found out that those gorgeous foods were made with the support of not only the Academy, but also the royal family and the Holy Light Cross Society..

"I am going home."

"Oh yeah? But why is there so much baggage??"

"I'm going to pack some leftover dishes.."

"...Little brother, I don't think so... Maybe you're short on money??"

Money is tight, but he has a suspicious amount of money. Of course, it wasn't at a level that I could brag about in front of him, but it wasn't a level that a 15-year-old could gather. But regardless of that fact, Siegfried's reaction seemed strangely worried, and I couldn't help but laugh..

"Is that possible? But, just because you have money doesn't mean you can eat these dishes anytime, right? Since I can't bring Asilier, all I can do is ask the kitchen to get it.."

It wasn't that difficult to ask for the understanding of the kitchen, which was in a situation where the leftover food had to be consumed in some form because they made too much anyway. In the first place, many students had already tried the same thing as me in order to save money on food, and this was even more so because they too had left with their hands full with satisfactory results. The difference between me and the students is that I have magic tools for maintaining the freshness of food in the professor's office, so I can take them with me, while they have to go back to the dormitory and have a late-night snack without them..

It was something to be grateful to from the bottom of my heart for Seneran, who was so serious about magic tools that I wondered if he was suffering from equipment disease..

"Where are you going, warrior? Did you run away from an official event again??"

"No, what on earth does the younger brother think of his older brother and say things like that??"

"I see him as a warrior running away from an official event.."

Sniff. Siegfried wrinkled his nose, but it seemed like he couldn't really refute because so many seeds had been sown..

"Not this time. I heard that the sword has been completed, so I'm on my way to receive it. shall we go together?"

"Can't you see that there's a lot of baggage??"

"Hey, that's the big deal. Give it to me."

Siegfried took the bag from my hand, responding that it was really no big deal, and used space magic to put the food bag in it. For a moment, I wondered if it was okay to just put it in like that, but I reacted as calmly as I could, believing that he probably had his own thoughts and wouldn't have done something obvious that would spill out..

"The more I look at it, the more convenient it seems, to the point where I find it embarrassing.."

"In reality, it's extremely comfortable. It’s a perfect storage space where you don’t have to worry about it tipping over, rotting, or getting mixed up. There's nothing else to do after I find the sword anyway, so I'll go for a walk with you.."

He was not a warrior, but a Coupangman of justice. He was curious about what the finished sword would look like, so he decided to meekly accept Siegfried's favor..

"It's such a clean and peaceful place that it's hard to believe it's a country that's been at war for years. My younger brother lives in a place like this and maintains his goals well.."

Siegfried, who was continuously taking bread out of the bag and munching on it, lightly declined the offer he made to me and thought about an answer to the random topic of conversation. Well, other than my actions, I don't think there's anything special about it..

"I think anyone would feel the same way if their once prosperous village was devastated overnight.."

"i think so too. But those people usually have a taste for something. Becoming a vengeful demon, becoming a bad person, or experiencing problems in daily life.."

"I'm not sure because I've never met someone like that.."

"Oh, I see. Mostly yes. At least that's what I've seen inland, people devastated by wars with monsters and neighboring countries.."

I thought he was going to talk about knowledge he had acquired through movies in his past life, but an unexpected experience came out..

"Even grown adults get discouraged easily. Even against just human armies and ordinary monsters. After the entire family is killed in an attack by goblins, there are even people who start a fight just by looking at the children who are still healthy. In comparison, my younger brother is living a very normal life, which is amazing.."

"I don't think it would be normal to cut off a count's head in a mansion in the middle of the capital just because of an assassination attempt.."

"Giggling. You're talking about Envelde? Of course, there is a part of him that is crazy like that. But what I'm saying is, it's very normal, including that.."

Siegfried, who was gesturing a few times to see if he had finished eating the bread, folded the empty bag neatly and stored it in the space magic. Then he tapped my temple with his index finger and continued..

"If you get addicted to it, you won't be able to distinguish between those who will do such things and those who won't. It makes the people around you impoverished as well. I think people who overcome things like that become heroes.."

It was a new and unfamiliar story. As I was wondering if there was a reason for bringing up this story out of the blue, I belatedly opened my eyes and glared at Siegfried. hero?

"I'm not scouting."

It was only a half-passed answer, but Siegfried clicked his tongue, looking at me as if I was dumbfounded..

"Oh my gosh. You're really really quick. How did know?"

There is no way. Are you trying to set the mood and inject some bullshit??

"Even though I achieved my dream, life is still hard. Tell your elf friend who is doing something like N.T. Rain to try hard to learn.."

Elfrani, who is a warrior party in name but only specializes in cutting, has a degree of breaking clichés..

However, Siegfried probably thought that persuading me was a more likely way than having the elf learn tracking techniques, so he did not stop persuading me with coaxing until the moment he arrived in the dwarf district..