Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 32 Seven out of ten thousand
  "Meeting gift? Why pike? Well, it's kept fresh, good spell-casting skills."

Rorschach placed a bag of pike on the table, and Kano naturally opened the paper bag and looked at it. Rorschach explained what happened on the way to the Star Torch Tower.

Kano nodded: "In the future, we have to be more covert when we take action. There are always religious fanatics and magicians who will cause trouble for us. These monkeys can't do anything to us, but they can always waste our precious time."

After saying that, he pushed the plate of meat sauce and refried beans to Rorschach: "You haven't eaten, have you? Try it."

"Thank you, but I ate."

"What a pity. I was still thinking about you eating them for me. Now I will be rude if I eat too many beans."

"Is it not to your liking? I'll do it right now," the waiter asked nervously. Kano waved his hand: "Don't be like this, I don't want to embarrass the chef, he has worked hard enough. Please tell our chef: It's delicious, but Please don't prepare beans for me unless they are used in soup. And you all go down and rest, rest, and rest."

The waiter nodded, and the other waiters dispersed to keep their distance from Rorschach's table.

"How is Caroline doing in the Imperial Capital? Are you doing well?"

Rorschach nodded: "Teacher Caroline is a very good educator and teaches us the 'Space Time and Astrology' course."

Kano finished the muffin and started eating other food - the opposite of most people eating dessert after the meal: "Alas, this kid doesn't want to stay in the Holy Kingdom."

Rorschach once again recalled the conversation before leaving and remembered one detail: "Teacher Caroline said that she preferred the Royal Academy to the Thirteen Magic Towers."

"Oh why?"

"Teacher Caroline said that this is why students like me can learn magic in the academy."

"Oh, you were born in a rural area," Kano judged before he finished listening. He started to eat fish. He cut off the most plump and tender belly of a whole grilled fish first.

Rorschach nodded.

"She's always been like this. Little Rorschach, what do you think of this restaurant?"

"Better than Moonlight Lake. The restaurant next to our college."

"What are you talking about! In terms of food, of course it's better than the one in the Empire! What I want to say is, why is such a good restaurant closed during brunch time?"

Master Kano shook his silver fork and stabbed a piece of fish belly: "Because I want to eat here, because I don't like to eat with too many people.

Therefore, as long as the visitors are not His Majesty the King or the Cardinal, the waiter will only say to those barristers and nobles in front of these people and their female companions: Sorry, sir, we are closed. "

Rorschach watched Mr. Kano's performance quietly. After he finished speaking, he put the fish meat into his mouth, and a little juice flowed out from the corner of his mouth.

Kano wiped the corner of his mouth with a napkin and continued: "Then the question is, Master Rorschach, you should know that this kind of status is like the tip of the top of the tower. How many people can stand on this 'tip'?"

"Seven out of ten thousand, including the priests and bishops in the monastery, including us people, because we can play with the ether, you call it magic, you can enjoy such treatment, such food and wine, and a lot of resources consumed by researching magic."

Knowing that Rorschach didn't know, Kano ate alone and said: "Second question, little Rorschach, how many people in the human race are there who can play with the ether like us?
  Three thousandths! This is the result of secret sampling research conducted by the Magic Guild across the continent. Oh, this result is also a secret, a secret that can be revealed to bastards like you and me.

Maybe those with better luck will become other professionals and use endogenous ether to strengthen themselves to become more powerful warriors, more agile rangers, and paladins who can accept divine grace. Most people don't know what magic is all their lives! " What you mean is that the Empire's magic academy hopes that the Empire will have more mages in proportion to the population. "

"The more, the better! If guys with inner ether can cast spells, will we meet here eating delicious food? Will His Majesty the King be polite to rows and rows of countless mages?

The empire wants spellcasters to be cheap and abundant, and this wish is why you, the farmer's son, can learn magic! "

Kano found that his statement was very rude, and added: "I'm sorry, Master Rorschach, I am not criticizing your origin, but I want to explain that if the wizard is trained like poets and philosophers in the Thirteen Magic Tower, oh, he is also With magical and wonderful power, you can enter and exit gorgeous palaces, and possess countless wealth and glory.

If mages were produced in batches like officers and craftsmen, then if the powerful wanted them to go to battlefields and workshops, he would not be able to refuse! "

Rorschach smiled: "Then, workshops and armies with magical powers will defeat countries with only poets."

"Yes, yes, you are a smart person. How can a mage be stupid? So, please tell me, do you like this ending?"

"What I hope is that anyone, even if he is not born into a noble family or a wealthy businessman, as long as he has talent and ideas, can choose the ending of becoming a poet, philosopher and magician. Uh... no, not the ending, that should be called a new beginning. .”

"I almost doubt that you are not a rigid Imperial person anymore, Master Rorschach, you are so romantic!"

“Our world has gods and magic, so there’s nothing wrong with being romantic.”

"You're right, God, you're the funniest imperial guy I've ever seen!" Kano finally started to eat the beans with meat sauce that he didn't want to touch: "Why are we talking about this? Let's talk about the actual thing, about Your arrangements at the Tower of Stars.”

Archmage Kano picked up a bottle of sparkling wine and handed it to Rorschach: "How do you freeze fish? Show me."

Rorschach took it, held the bottle, and cooled it down to the appropriate range according to the feeling of iced Coke in his previous life.

Kano poured Rorschach and himself a glass each. The crystal goblet was covered with fine water droplets, proving that the [Ice Touch] was applied just right.

"Ah~ great, it's perfect!" Kano exclaimed after tasting the ice sparkling wine.

"Carolyn was vague about your spellcasting ability, and kept praising your theory, which made me worried. This perfectly chilled glass of sparkling wine at least proves that you have mastered the ether to an exquisite level."

"I have made a lot of progress during the journey, and I would like to thank Teacher Caroline for her supervision."

"Okay, okay, she can't hear you, why are you flattering me from afar?

It is said that you are financially strapped. In this case, in addition to studying and attending classes to meet the needs of research, can you also take classes for me? I will give you the authority and salary of a teaching assistant, um, five coins a month, Your Majesty. This will make it harder for you. "

The use of "Your Majesty the King" to refer to the gold coins in his mouth is a joke towards the ruler of the Holy Kingdom, especially when talking about how many coins there are.

"Reasonable arrangement, thank you for taking care of me." Is the next step to clink glasses? Rorschach prepared to hold the neck of the goblet.

"Thank you very much. I'll share some beans. Hurry up."

(End of this chapter)