Chapter 21
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-If you see only crazy people around a person, you have to suspect that that person is also crazy.
There was a saying
Magic School was the same.
If all the professors look crazy, even a decent professor who hangs out with them should be suspicious!
‘Well. okay. Professor Garcia was friends with that crazy headmaster. Also, you can’t trust any professors.’
If Professor Garcia had heard it, it was his heart that would have struck his heart with injustice.
Of course, maintaining magic until the end of class could feel mentally harsh.
By analogy, it was like putting a spinning top on your nail and holding it in balance over and over again.
However, Professor Garcia had his own reasons for giving Lee Han this assignment.
The fact that he succeeded in creating water in the first three times meant that Lee Han was very talented, even considering that he was compatible with water.
Besides, the amount of magical power was so enormous that it overwhelms the talent.
For a gemstone of this size, it had to be polished to show its shine more.
Professor Garcia gave the order because he thought it was an exercise that Lee Han could accomplish.
Of course, such sincerity was not conveyed to Lee Han.
‘From now on, all the professors at this school should think that one screw is missing.’
While squeezing his concentration to keep the water ball, Lee Han thought so.
* * * *
The remainder of the <Understanding Basic Magic> class passed warmly.
A few of the Blue Dragon Tower students additionally succeeded in <Generate Light>, and the Princess also succeeded in <Generate Flame>.
Yoner was delighted to realize that the wind element and his aptitude were a good match, and Gainando almost burned a staff.
And for the rest of the time, Lee Han had to keep his mouth shut and concentrate on maintaining the water mass.
“Isn’t that really too much?”
“???”
Professor Thunderbolt tilted his head at Lee Han’s words.
I didn’t really understand if there was too much in what Lee Han just explained.
“It’s just… didn’t Professor Garcia Kim like you? So I guess you did that?”
“Like I am managing the garden now?”
‘ah. He grumbles a lot.’
Professor Thunders at Lee Han’s Bone Wordsgroaned inwardly.
Friday afternoon everyone looks forward to the weekend.
Lee Han was managing the vegetable garden in Professor Thunder’s hut.
Other students must have been gossiping, saying, ‘That professor is so terrifying.
But Professor Thunderwalker also had an excuse.
…because this was what Lee Han said he would do.
-professor. I’m here to help manage the hut.
-Oh oh. Thank you.
-Can I have a little bit of what’s in the hut instead of working?
-…do whatever you want. To that extent…
-Then can I take a little while I eat a little?
-no. this guy
“I was wrong when I asked. okay.”
A thunderous gait shook his head and raised both of his hands.
A simple question like ‘how was your first week’ would be answered like that.
However, except for the habit of grumbling, Lee Han was the most anticipated student among the current freshmen.
Professor Garcia Kim is also giving special treatment to Lee Han.
And even in the eyes of Professor Thunderbolt, Lee Han’s ability was outstanding.
It wasn’t magical.
‘How do you do chores with such perseverance? The more I look at him, the more he’s born.’
…it was the ability to do chores.
If Lee Han had heard of it, I thought he would have fallen in love all at once, but his thunderous steps were serious.
The most necessary ability for alchemy that Thunderstep thought was the ability to do such chores without getting tired.
An innate sense of magic that can distinguish any reagent?
Elemental affinity that allows you to quickly become friends with any elemental?
Fine horsepower control that can handle any delicate process?
I didn’t need it all.
What an excellent alchemist needed was the steely endurance that would not run away while silently wiping a mountain of flasks.
And Lee Han had that ability from the first time I saw him.
If he had been another nobleman, no matter how much food he provided, he would never have done the chores of managing the garden and managing the hut.
It was because he had the talent of an alchemist.
‘Why are you strangely creeped out?’
While digging potatoes, Lee Han was puzzled.
The weather was cool, but it was strangely creepy.
“Isn’t it hard?”
“it’s okay.”
To the question of Thunderstep, Lee Han answered without much thought.
It wasn’t really that hard.
Physical strength is also physical, but he was used to doing these kinds of chores under a professor.
To be honest, it was easy enough to pick fresh vegetables from the garden and pull out a pot installed by the river to take out the fish.
“Fufu.”
“??”
When Professor Thunderbolt laughed with satisfaction, Lee Han became even more puzzled.
what?
‘Do you feel good because others work hard? After all, professors are…”
“You are talented. Wodanaz.”
“ah. Yes.”
“Did you pour it into your ear right now?”
“no. professor.”
Thundersteps tickled his tongue.
Even if I tell you now anyway, I wouldn’t listen to that grumbling personality.
How the heck did he come from a granite statuette of the Wodanaj family?
Thunderstep buried her body deep in an armchair, filled a long pipe typical of the dwarven race with cigarettes, and ignited it.
Then he exhaled the smoke pleasantly and opened his mouth again.
“Did nothing else happen?”
‘How boring is this person?’
As he brushed away the dirt on the carrots, Lee Han was absurd.
Hell, I didn’t even know it was natural to do that, as I’m a professor at Thunderbolt.
To be a true professor, you have to let students work and be bored with them.
“Friction with other dormitory studentsWasn’t there?”
“uh? How do you know that?”
“You’re not the first freshman to come here, and you probably won’t be the last. Of course you can guess.”
Thunderstep spoke in a voice that had become very pleasant from smoking.
“Try it. The opponent must be the students of the White Tiger Tower.”
“Yes. you’re right.”
In the words of Thunderstep, Lee Han noticed that the blue dragon pagoda was traditionally on a bad relationship with the white tiger pagoda.
“It has to be bad. One is the imperial noble family, and the other is the knight family. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a fight at a young age?”
“Isn’t that a absurd reason? Why do you have to fight uselessly? I’m also busy learning magic.”
At Lee Han’s words, the thunderous nodded his head.
Ian was definitely right. It was absurdly stupid.
But when you’re young, isn’t it all foolishness?
“Still, Wodanaj, you have little eyes. okay. There’s no need to argue with each other for such absurd reasons. Wouldn’t it be better to practice magic while fighting uselessly?”
“you’re right.”
“This year, there might be less fights with a guy like you. Even if the white tiger tower bastards come up with an argument, ignore it.”
“uh. We have already fought.”
“……”
Thundering put down the pipe she was holding in her mouth and looked at Lee Han in a bewildered way.
You say you don’t want to have to fight in vain for absurd reasons?
“no. First of all, what do you do?”
Lee Han protested as if it was unfair.
Thunderstep nodded his head for a moment.
After all, there were times when it was unavoidable if we had to fight in the first place.
“It seems that all these White Tiger Tower guys are rough guys. I don’t usually get into fights enough to make a fight in the first week. How did you end up fighting?”
“He argued with me for taking a swordsmanship class.”
“……”
tuk-
Thunder dropped the pipe that bit again. It was that crazy.
“Aren’t they really bad guys?”
“Your guy is weird…!”
The thunderous gait was absurd.
Why do you listen to swordsmanship during so many lectures?
He seemed to understand why the White Tiger Tower guys had an argument.
“Yeah, you ran away. The White Tiger Tower guys usually learn magic late, but they are good at fighting.”
“Yes. It was difficult because three people jumped on it and knocked it down.”
“……”
Thunderstep gently pushed the pipe aside.
It seemed like I couldn’t smoke any more today.
“Did you knock it down?”
“It was difficult. I was lucky.”
“…I can only work up to here today. Don’t prepare me something to eat.”
“Uh. Is that okay?”
“then. Sure.”
Thunderstep decided to do better for Lee Han.
After all, he might become the best swordsman in the empire and come to assassinate.
* * * *
The vegetables growing in the hut of thunderwalk were thick and fresh, probably because they had received plenty of nature’s energy.
The professor washed the potatoes, onions, and carrots with water, peeled them, and then cut them into large pieces.
Then, toss butter in a saucepan and stir-fry onions and garlic.
“Bring me some hanging meat.”
“no. This meat is mine and Yonaire’s.”
“…do I eat alone?”
“All right.”
Lee Han later decided to apologize to Yonaire and brought the smoked pork hanging there.
The thunderbolt was roasted with meat and then poured with plenty of wine. The strong smell of wine pierced his nostrils.
Soon after, potatoes, carrots, onions, etc. entered one after the other. Thundergeal said, adding salt and seasoning it properly.
“It’s a stew that comes down from the family. do thisAfter that, you don’t need any side dishes. One hot, freshly baked white bread is enough.”
There was a reason Professor Thunderwalk said so confidently.
The stew was really good.
For Lee Han, who could not drink warm soup for several days, the dwarf stew warmed his stomach.
There was only the sound of spoons scraping wooden bowls and the sound of stewing each other.
‘ah. That’s great.’
“Is it delicious?”
“Great.”
Like an experienced graduate student, Lee Han answered immediately.
The thunderous steps were not expressed in words, but the expression on their faces seemed to make them proud. It felt very good.
“By the way, did the professor manage all of this before I came?”
“okay.”
“What about the others?”
“Hmm. They all ran away because they were lazy and had no clue.”
“……”
Lee Han regretted for a moment, ‘Did I get hit?’, but the water had already been spilled.
“It must have been quite… cumbersome.”
“It’s cumbersome! To become an alchemist, this is the basics!”
In fact, it was not the basics to clean the dust accumulated in the hut, remove the fire pit, check the materials, manage the garden, and check the small traps installed on the roadside and the traps put out by the river.
‘It is strange to list them. Why did I think it was not so difficult?’
Lee Han lamented his own awareness of the reality of labor.
His senses were paralyzed because he had worked under the professor for too long.
“I have a lot of vegetable garden left, can I try growing some?”
“Five…”
Thunderstep was admirable.
Lee Han didn’t know, but the thunderous steps inside were admiring, “After all, this natural alchemist.”
That figure who doesn’t give in to many chores, but rather gets things done.
It wasn’t usually a talent.
“Of course it will. What are you trying to grow?”
“Aren’t we going to plant some cabbage and green onions?”
“Both will be fine.”
The thunderous footsteps that had nodded their heads stopped.
“…Isn’t that what you want to do business with?”
“oh. How did you know? Have other students done this before?”
“……”
You are the first one!