Academy’s Second Seat

a few days later.

I recovered and was able to get out of the hospital room.

Originally, the doctor told me to rest for a few more days.

However, I was able to get out quickly when I asked to be discharged with excuses such as that the inpatient room was stuffy.

And magic practice classes.

“Hey, Rudy Astria. You’re in the hospital a little longer, so why did you come out already?”

Professor Cromwell looked at me with a worried look and said.

Li too looked at me with a face that agreed with him.

“I was stuck there for a few days, and I just came out because I was frustrated.”

That’s what I said, but honestly, it wasn’t frustrating.

I slept a lot and felt like I was enjoying a vacation after a long time.

Of course, I studied, but I couldn’t do it as usual because I didn’t do the other training I usually do, and I didn’t have the books I needed to study.

I tried to ask Lie and Luna to bring me the book, but I was grateful for coming to visit, but I couldn’t even ask for that.

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It seemed so rude.

As a result, I had no choice but to rest.

Anxiety rose from the side of her mind, but her body felt like cheering after a long break.

Professor Cromwell laughed.

“There’s a little bit of a resemblance to Robert.”

“Am I with Professor Robert?”

I frowned.

How am I like that person?

“It’s similar to that. I’ll start the class first.”

Cromwell said so and began to move forward.

It wasn’t that difficult to follow the class content.

I was able to follow along quickly because Rie showed me the notes of the classes I missed and explained them well.

Also, since there are only two students in the class, if there was something I didn’t know, Professor Cromwell explained further.

“Then let’s make it this far today.”

“thank you for your effort.”

Lie and I greeted Professor Cromwell and organized the books.

“Hey, Rudy.”

“yes?”

Lie roughly organized her books and spoke to me.

“Do you know what Luna is doing these days?”

“Luna?”

Of course, as I was about to say whether I was ready for the final exam, I remembered what Luna had said.

When I asked to go to the library with Luna since I was discharged from the hospital today, I heard something unexpected.

-sorry! I have other work… … .

There was a time when I refused, but when Luna suddenly refused, I felt a little embarrassed.

Even if I asked Rika and Ena just in case, I couldn’t get any other answers.

I just got the answer that it was because there was an assignment.

It took me a while to say something with a meaningful smile, but I thought it was okay if they were okay with it.

“What else do you have to do?”

After hearing those words, Lie pondered for a moment and then picked up the book.

“Once you know Then I will go.”

Rie walked out of the classroom with a meaningful face.

@

“Lee, I’m really sorry, can I ask you a favor?”

A few days ago, Luna came to Lie.

“Request? What request?”

“that… … Can you save me just one mana stone? My alchemy class friend said it was difficult to find mana stones… … .”

“A mana stone? Where are you going to use it?”

Lie tilted her head and asked.

“To make a magic tool… … Is it hard?”

Luna said hesitatingly.

‘It’s the final exam soon, and the magic tools… … ?’

Lee was in trouble for a moment.

It was not difficult to save the mana stones themselves.

However, I had doubts about Luna suddenly making magic tools.

The final exams won’t have anything to do with magic tools… … ?

I know that Luna doesn’t care much about grades, but even so, she wasn’t the type to play before exams.

He is a very sincere friend.

If that’s the case, it means that there is some circumstance, and I thought Rudy had asked for something.

But, thinking about it, this made no sense.

If it’s Rudy’s request, ask Rudy to bring you mana stones, and there’s no reason to ask yourself.

“Okay, I’ll give it to you tomorrow.”

“really? Thank you, Lee!!”

Luna smiled brightly.

Lie thought something was strange and asked Rudy to know something, but Rudy didn’t seem to know either.

Rie walked down the hallway and fell into trouble.

“Luna makes magic tools… … .”

I know that there aren’t that many people that Luna is close with.

Of course, most of her classmates like Luna, but there were only a limited number of people with whom Luna was directly close.

However, he was not friendly with the professors.

And, as far as Lie knew, there was no one around Luna who would ask for such a favor.

“Then it is said that it is made voluntarily… … .”

Why on earth do you arbitrarily make magic tools during the final exam period?

I thought there was a reason for this.

That day, Rie called Locke and asked him to do one thing.

“Please find out why Luna is making magic tools.”

“… … Are you Luna Railer?”

Locke looked at Rie and asked.

“Okay, is there any other Luna in the academy other than Luna Railer?”

Lee frowned and said.

The reason Rie did this was because she was worried about Luna.

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My heart sank when I heard that Rudy was injured this time.

When I heard that someone I was close to was injured, I realized how angry I could be.

It was the first feeling I felt.

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No one was hurt in the imperial family, and no one was this close.

However, when Luna suddenly behaved strangely, I started to worry.

I wondered if Luna would have problems like Rudy did.

So I thought it was necessary to know in order to prepare in advance for that situation.

next day.

“Luna is probably preparing a birthday present for Rudy Astria.”

“… … What?”

Rie’s eyes widened at Locke’s words.

“Rudy… … It’s your birthday soon?”

“Yes, the day of the final exam is Rudy Astria’s birthday. I think it’s true that I bought a gift box as well.”

Lee kicked off the chair he was sitting in and got up.

“lock.”

“Yes.”

“From now on, find out the best gift for a birthday present between friends in the Empire.”

Upon hearing that, Locke paused for a moment before opening his mouth.

“… … Are you friends?”

Rie heard those words and glared at Locke.

Then his face turned red and he stood still with his mouth shut.

He remained there for a moment, then spoke in a crawling voice that wasn’t Lee’s.

“that… … So, Chi, we’re friends… … .”

“All right.”

Locke nodded and left the room.

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“Professor, how are you?”

I went to see Professor Robert after a long time.

“Oh, you came back alive.”

Professor Robert squeaked a piece of bread in one hand and raised his other hand to greet him.

“How about getting a hole in your stomach? Still, it doesn’t feel like it hurts that much thanks to rolling a lot with black magic, isn’t it?”

“Isn’t it like recoiling black magic and having a real stomach pierce… … . Rather than that, why don’t you come visit me at least once?”

“What kind of hospital visit between us? It wasn’t because of me.”

“Still, isn’t he a lovely disciple?”

“The dear disciple is … … . I am not lovable, I am not a disciple, you child.”

I laughed out loud as I heard Professor Robert’s cursing.

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Most of the academy people don’t hesitate to say things like that to keep their dignity, so I felt cool when I heard Professor Robert’s cursing.

“Why did you come after that? Aren’t you studying?”

“I stopped by to say hello for a while. I have to say that it is difficult to train.”

“Yeah, don’t train for a while, and don’t use black magic. If you make a mistake, the wound will burst. And take this.”

Professor Robert threw a book at me.

It was Luna’s magic book.

“I brought almost everything inside, and I left it because I thought it would be a headache to find out about the book.”

I entrusted Luna’s magic book to Professor Robert for a while.

Now that I have to return the spell book to Luna soon, I thought it was necessary to move all these contents elsewhere.

Professor Robert took the book and went to another place, so I thought about handing it over, but the academy professor thought it would, so I handed over the book.

Robert thought for a moment before opening his mouth.

“Did you say that the owner of the book was Luna Railer?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Don’t ever tell anyone else about that book.”

“yes?”

I questioned it with a puzzled face.

“I won’t stop using it, but never hand it over to someone else. The book is not a tool made in the usual way.”

“Isn’t it natural that something like this isn’t the usual way?”

If scrolls that can be used indefinitely could be made in an ordinary way, wouldn’t other people have mass-produced them?

Professor Robert sighed.

“It doesn’t mean that. Levin, if that person made a book of that size and then went on a slumber, of course there must be some reason.”

Hearing that story, I remembered the story I had with Rie and Astina the other day.

Why Levian went into hiding.

Come to think of it, Li said he was looking for it, and there was still no news.

If Lie wanted to find out, he found it really fast, but the story of Levian has been gone for months and there is no news.

That said, someone was hiding information to the extent that it was difficult for Rie to find out.

Professor Robert saw my reaction and continued.

“And when I analyzed the spell book, there were several ingredients and formulas that I did not know at all.”

“I don’t know the ingredients… … .”

“If you can’t get involved, don’t get involved. You’re still a tangled mess of strange incidents, but if you get involved up to that point, you’ll get in trouble.”

I laughed at Professor Robert’s words.

It was clearly the words that made Tee worried about me.

“Why didn’t someone who cares so much come to visit?”

“ha… … Wouldn’t it be a headache if we went there and fought for each other to take care of each other?”

“… … What kind of stabbing is it all of a sudden?”

I tilted my head at Professor Robert’s sudden remark.

“There is such a thing.”

Is it fashionable to stop talking these days?

After talking to Lee too, he went away.

He wasn’t the type to ask questions when he said he didn’t want to say anything, so he just nodded his head and went to study.