Academy’s Second Seat

Astrian mansion, office.

Ian Astria was sitting at her desk doing her work.

Then a knock rang in the office.

smart-

Ian put down the document he was looking at and opened his mouth.

“Come in.”

The butler bowed his head to Ian.

“Yeah, what’s going on?”

“A guest has arrived. He is the one who came to see the Lord.”

“house owner?”

Ian was not the head of the household now.

Although he is acting as an agent as a successor, the actual head of the household is still his father.

Ian frowned.

“Who is it that you suddenly want to meet your father?”

“I do not know. We just brought the Astrian family emblem, so we sent it in.”

“The family emblem?”

The family emblem is not passed on to anyone.

It was given only to those who had been favored by that family, or to important people.

“Do you have any ID or anything else?”

“Yes, I asked, but he didn’t answer.”

“Hmm… … .”

Having the family emblem means that he is an important figure to the Astrian family.

Even without an identity, the butler would not have dared to bite.

“Yes, let me in.”

As Ian spoke, a man came in from behind the butler.

The man had a robe wrapped around his body and a hood covering his face.

“Then I’ll bring you a car.”

After receiving the guests, the butler bowed his head and went out of the office.

“Sit here for now.”

Ian reached out to the reception area in front of the desk.

“My father was in the Astrian estate, so I received guests.”

Even after saying that, the customer did not open his mouth.

Ian stared at the customer and brought up the main point.

“Where did you get the emblem of our family?”

“… … Perian. This is the pattern he gave me.”

The customer’s voice sounded like iron.

Just hearing it made me uncomfortable.

In addition. Ian frowned at the sight of calling his father, the head of the Astrian dukehouse, so easily.

Ian glared at him and opened his mouth.

“Then for what purpose did you come?”

“Hmm… … .”

The man lifted the hood slightly and looked at Ian.

He lifted the hood, but his opponent’s face was not visible.

The opponent was covering most of his face with a hood.

The guy who stared at Ian like that opened his mouth.

“Information about Epomos has been taken away.”

“… … Are you epomos?”

Ian frowned.

Ian had never heard of epomos.

Epomos disappears when Ian is young.

As a result, I never really listened to the story.

“I don’t know what you mean.”

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“Hmm… … .”

The opponent sighed.

“Where is Perian?”

“Don’t even call my father by his name like that. What does epomos mean more than that?”

The customer stared at Ian and opened his mouth.

“My name is Damon, a commanding wizard belonging to the rebels.”

“… … What?”

Ian widened his eyes.

It had the same name as the rebel leader who had invaded the Liberia Academy.

“I came here because of the contract between your father and our spirit wizards. But, since you said you didn’t know about it, it seems meaningless to talk about it.”

“Father… … Are you saying you signed a contract with the rebels?”

“No, I became a rebel after I signed a contract with your father. Anyway, it looks like there’s nothing more to say.”

The opponent stood up.

“If you don’t want to see the Astrian family fall, you better tell your father quickly.”

“What?”

Ian had veins on his head.

After saying that, the other person walked towards the door.

“Space Control.”

As Damon reached for the door, a veil formed in front of him.

Ian had blocked his path with space magic.

“Are you saying that the rebels are trying to get out of the Astrian family?”

“… … under!”

Damon smiled absurdly.

Ian moved his mana again without paying any attention.

“If I kill them halfway and take them back, it will be a good achievement for the Astria family.”

“You can’t even identify a peer.”

“Cutting space.”

When Ian shouted a spell, the space was drawn horizontally.

It aimed precisely at the opponent’s leg.

thud. His leg was cut off, and he fell.

“Heh heh… … .”

But, he didn’t scream.

There was no blood from the legs.

Damon opened his mouth to sneer at him.

“Did you think I would come without preparing for this?”

Ian approached him and took off his mask.

Then, a half-rotten face appeared.

“Is it undead?”

“Then see you later. You don’t know, but your father will need us.”

The opponent spit those words out and collapsed.

It looked as if he had cut off mana.

Ian stared at the body.

“Ian, I brought a car.”

Then I heard the butler’s voice from outside.

“Come in.”

The butler came in with the car and looked down.

“What is this… … !”

The butler widened his eyes when he saw the corpse lying on the floor.

“Hey, how did this happen?”

“I don’t know. Put it away.”

“Oh, I see.”

“Oh, and.”

Ian sighed and opened his mouth.

“I am going to see my father. Prepare yourself.”

***

“Rudy, here you are.”

“Uh, thank you.”

“Hehehe, what?”

I was in the head lab with Luna.

It was a new feeling to come to this laboratory with Luna.

I used to use this lab often when I was in the beginning of my freshman year… … .

We were packing our bags in the lab.

It wasn’t a lot of luggage, so two was enough.

It’s been about a week since I came back from Railer’s estate.

I slowly started working on the staff.

Professor Maguire is not at the academy right now, so Luna has also decided to help me.

Astina and Rie seemed to be concentrating on studying magic these days.

Rie trained her magic to see if she was concerned about Robert’s words when she was dealing with the monster last time, and Astina went to Cromwell to learn telekinetic magic.

Seeing this, I was worried that I might be interfering with Luna’s studies.

Luna said it didn’t matter because she was studying hard on her own.

Still, I felt sorry for Luna, so I didn’t plan on borrowing Luna’s power in the second half of the project.

Luna’s affairs should be roughly asked by Professor Gracie.

As I was thinking like that, I slowly finished organizing the lab.

After tidying up

Luna and I sat down.

“What are you going to do now?”

Luna tilted her head and asked me.

“I have an idea… … .”

I walked towards the bag and pulled out a piece of paper.

And spread the paper on the desk.

“… … to?”

Luna looked at the paper and made a bewildered expression.

“Isn’t this a staff member?”

“The appearance is not the staff. However, the purpose is the same.”

“Hmm… … . Can I make it like this?”

“Professor Robert said it doesn’t matter.”

Luna looked at the paper with a fat face.

“Yeah… … This… … .”

And he flashed the paper.

“It’s a glove.”

“right?”

The staff I’m trying to make… … .

It looked like a glove.

To be precise, it was closer to a magic tool than a staff member.

The conclusion I came to after watching Robert’s fight was that there was no need to take the form of a staff.

I use a total of 3 abilities when fighting.

Black magic, Priscilla and martial arts.

I pondered here.

Which ability is best to assist with a magic tool?

However, there was no option to worry about.

Priscilla does not become stronger by using magic tools.

It was simply because he was a spirit that became stronger when he used a lot of mana and mental power.

Black magic can be supported by ordinary staff, so I thought about how to support martial arts.

So I chose gloves.

I thought it was the best form to assist with martial arts.

“Uh… … .”

Luna stared at the glove and pouted her lips.

“I think it would be very difficult to install mana stones… … .”

“Oh, you don’t have to worry about that.”

“Well?”

I smiled.

“Professor Gracie decided to take over that part.”

Wasn’t it Gracie who was playing and eating anyway?

I admit that I worked hard during the semester, but that’s not an excuse.

No, it was not good for Gracie to play like that.

Research can lead to self-development, a salary increase, and even the pleasure of increasing knowledge.

This was all for Gracie.

If you go later, Gracie will understand what I mean and thank you.

Luna looked at me with a satisfied look and put on a sad expression on her face.

“professor… … I’m sorry… … .”

“… … .”

So we started research.

While Gracie was making the main mana stones, we had to create mana stones to hold the secondary abilities.

rumble. While researching mana stones, the door to the lab opened.

“Oh, the seniors are all working hard.”

it was uni

Yuni was holding a drink in her hand.

“Are you almost done with your work?”

“Yeah, there was nothing to do.”

Yuni handed out drinks to us.

Luna took the drink and smiled brightly.

“thank you! UNI! After all, Yuni is the best!”

Luna said so and stroked Yuni’s head.

Then Yuni blushed.

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“Oh, no.”

“No, what is it? Aww, what a pretty thing.”

Luna hugged Yuni as if she was cute and rubbed her cheeks.

“eww… … .”

Yuni didn’t know what to do, as if she couldn’t adapt to such a situation.

It’s something I see occasionally these days.

After the last rebel invasion, the relationship between Yuni and Lie has improved significantly.

Yuni followed Lie and showed a bright face.

A while ago when I was like that.

Lie found that Yuni had brought various furniture from the imperial family.

Lie saw that and ordered Yuni to do one thing.

What Lee did.

It was meant to be friendly with the people around you.

It wasn’t that Yuni got along well with the people around her, but there was a part where she didn’t get along at times.

Because she grew up as a princess, she was at odds with the people around her.

Lie told Yuni to reduce such things and buy favor from the people around him.

From then on, Uni tried to act like a normal student.

I acted in an attempt to get the people around me to like me as much as possible.

There were times when I bought drinks like now, and I was careful about what I did.

Luna has not spared praise for Yuni after hearing such a story.

In this case, praise is the most important thing.

“Hey, it’s okay now! I have to go to work!”

Yuni frolicked in Luna’s arms.

“Yes, yes.”

Luna smiled warmly and let Yuni go.

“eww… … . I will report you now.”

“okay.”

Yuni handed me the documents she brought.

What I told Yuni was to sign a contract for mana stones.

There was not enough mana stones in the lab, so it was necessary to sign a separate contract.

So, the one used was the name of the princess that Yuni had.

It was originally a job I had asked Lie, but according to Lie, Uni also needed this kind of experience, so I handed it over to Uni.

“I got a medium mana stone for 4 gold and a large mana stone for 10 gold. I asked for less than 10 large mana stones.”

“How much money?”

“I decided to pay everything in cash. They say they will give you what you ask for.”

“Well… … .”

I smiled contentedly.

“Good work.”

“This is the basics… … .”

Yuni stopped talking as usual.

And he opened his mouth again.

“Go, thank you… … .”

“eww… … .”

Luna saw that and smiled happily.

“Oh, it’s pretty!!”

I hugged Yuni tightly.

“OMG!!”

It was only after Yuni was stroked so hard that she was able to get out of Luna’s arms.