Academy’s Second Seat

Academy conference room.

taken from readwn.com

Most of the professors were seated with a large table in the middle.

In the center was the vice principal Oliver.

Oliver was wearing round glasses and stylishly dressed.

People didn’t react much to the presence of Oliver, not the headmaster, McDowell.

Usually these meetings were conducted by McDowell, but during vacation, McDowell was so busy that Oliver led the meeting.

“Did everyone have a good vacation?”

Oliver smiled and said to the professors in front of him.

The vacation wasn’t over yet, but it was a greeting.

This meeting is a meeting to set the academic calendar before the semester starts.

taken from readwn.com

Most of the academic calendars followed the original framework, but exams and other schedules were adjusted little by little in consideration of other environmental aspects.

This time, there were a lot of events during the first semester, so there were a lot of agenda items for the meeting.

So, the professors around them were making their impressions, predicting that the meeting would be long.

“Then let’s start the meeting.”

The meeting started with Oliver’s words.

“The first graders had an unfortunate incident at the forest school, so the agenda is to refrain from outside activities.”

At that, Professor Cromwell raised his hand.

“Yes, Professor Cromwell.”

“It didn’t happen because of the first-year students, and I wonder if there is a need to limit activities.”

When Cromwell said so, Professor Maguire raised his hand.

“I agree. The reason that happened was the mistake of our professors. It’s something we should be more concerned about, but it seems a little strange to limit those kids.”

When they both said that, no one protested.

Because I didn’t want to show hate to Professor Maguire and Professor Cromwell.

These two professors were professors with a strong voice in the academy.

The research results were good every year, and they were respectable professors in terms of personality and personality.

Also, Professor Cromwell came from a famous family, so he was chosen as the next vice-principal.

Of course, Cromwell didn’t want to take that position, as he preferred a position teaching students and researching magic rather than a position like vice-principal.

“Then, is there anyone who opposes the opinion that we should proceed normally with regards to the first year schedule?”

When Oliver asked again, the professors sitting in front did not respond.

“Then I will proceed as Professor Cromwell and Professor Maguire said. The 1st and 2nd year joint practice and subsequent schedules will proceed normally. Next on the agenda… … .”

So the meeting proceeded with Oliver’s words.

@

So after all the meetings, Oliver walked out of the academy.

He didn’t just go out, he was wearing a robe to cover his face.

Oliver looked around and walked into the dark alley.

And a very small shop in the middle of the alley.

went into that store.

Then there were no customers there, only the bartender wiping the cups.

“Are you here?”

The bartender opened his mouth as if waiting for Oliver.

“Okay, Count Fred is doing well.”

Oliver took off his hood as he sat down.

Count Fred.

It was a count who had a manor of a suitable size near the center.

A family with a knack for magic tools, they were aristocratic supporters of the second princess, Princess Yuni.

Originally, it was a family that was considered to be a rival family with the Hendray family where Garwell was, but this time, it was gaining strength due to the downfall of the Hendray family.

“Your Count, you are doing well as usual. but… … .”

“but?”

The bartender smiled bitterly.

“These days, Princess Li has been stabbing her all over the place, so it’s very painful.”

“Princess Lee… … . Haven’t you done anything that deserves a separate book these days?”

“Well, it’s like that these days, but it’s digging into the past.”

“Old days?”

The bartender put down the cup he was cleaning and brought his mouth to Oliver’s ear.

“It has to do with Professor Levin.”

Upon hearing this, Oliver frowned.

“Why is the princess suddenly looking for something related to Levin?”

“That’s it, we don’t know. We just hid all the evidence that could be found out, but since he’s Professor Levian, there may be some evidence we don’t know about. I’m saving myself for now.”

“That would be a pain in the ass.”

Oliver clicked his tongue as he heard the story.

“More than that, how was the meeting?”

The bartender turned over a piece of paper and asked him.

Oliver took the paper, pulled out a pen, and began to write.

Oliver opened his mouth as he wrote the letter.

“There was no need for me to go out. Prof. Cromwell and Prof. Maguire came first and suggested that we proceed with the schedule.”

“That is good news.”

The bartender smiled at Oliver’s words.

After Oliver finished writing the letter, he handed it to the bartender.

Then he got up and put on his robe.

“Are you going?”

“There’s nothing good about staying here long, so I’m going to go quickly.”

The bartender looked at Oliver as he was about to leave and opened his mouth.

“Ah, one more thing, Count Fred told his son to pay close attention to Princess Lee. It is said that he also handed over information related to Professor Levin.”

At that, Oliver frowned.

“To Anton? Don’t you think it’ll help?”

Anton is a sophomore currently attending the academy.

The eldest son of the Fred family, he is a student at the Faculty of Magic.

Although his grades and magic skills were not bad, he was not a good student to be honest.

“Earl Fred said he wanted to give his son some experience… … .”

“It’s not like I’m going to do anything special, and I don’t think there will be any problems.”

Oliver thought for a moment, then shrugged as if it didn’t matter.

Even if he had handed over information about Levin anyway, there was no way he would have passed on that information to anyone else without Anton Fred’s madness.

If that information were known, the Fred family would be destroyed.

“I’m leaving.”

Oliver said so and walked out of the store.

@

“Astina-senpai! How could you do that!”

Lie looked at Astina and shouted as if she was sad.

“Then, tell me to pretend with the Imperial Knights… … ? I was just here to play for a while. I should have played well and went.”

Astina snorted as if it was natural, and responded to Rie’s words.

While the two of them were talking like that, Luna muttered in silence.

“I couldn’t even go… … Everyone had fun… … .”

“oh.”

Astina and Rie saw this and started to appease Luna.

As the vacation was over, they began to gather at the academy again.

Lie and Astina also returned to the academy and were making a lot of noise.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t expect Rie to come like that… If I had known Rie would come, I would have gone with you.”

When I said that, Luna waved her hand in surprise.

“No, no. I didn’t mean to say anything to Rudy! Rudy bought her a present too.”

We walked and chatted like that.

“I have to move, so I’ll go in first.”

“Yeah, see you tomorrow!”

I waved to the others and entered the dorm.

Now that I was in the second seat, not the chief, I had to move my luggage to the room used by the second seat.

As I moved, I remembered what happened during the vacation.

During the vacation, I delved deeply into black magic and mana management.

Now mana management has become very proficient.

There is no problem with strengthening the arms or strengthening parts of the body.

This was not the only benefit gained from the mana management method.

It became much more stable when using black magic.

The other kids seemed to have grown a lot just as I had grown up like this.

In the case of Lie and Astina, I don’t know how much they’ve grown, but it’s clear that they’ve grown as much as Luna.

Every time Luna showed her research results, the magic circle was getting difficult to keep up with.

The sound that I am getting harder to keep up with is that Luna’s growth rate is exponentially faster than mine.

Of course, I didn’t study much about magic circles, but that didn’t stop me from studying magic theory.

So, even if the ability to draw a magic circle fell, I was able to understand the magic circle well by looking at it.

However, the problem is that it has become difficult to understand Luna’s magic circle these days.

I was happy that Luna’s growth rate had accelerated, but I was worried that I might not be able to keep up with Luna’s growth.

Besides Luna like this, there was one more person who seemed to have grown up.

Evan.

I met Evan from time to time at the training center, and it looked different from the first time I met him.

The magic he used became stronger and his swordsmanship became very stable.

Seeing something wielding a sword and using magic these days, I felt that I was much more proficient than I was at the beginning.

“then… … School is starting soon.”

I was happy to see these growths, but I was worried about the events that were about to happen.

There were two events that took place immediately after school started.

One was individual ability evaluation and the other was joint practice for the first and second graders.

Personal ability assessment.

This was an evaluation to see how much the students had grown during the vacation.

Because each person has different abilities, it has undergone various evaluations.

The biggest event among them was the power evaluation.

Literally, an evaluation that uses a special move to check how powerful it is.

It was difficult to grasp a person’s ability with this power alone, but it was the most spectacular evaluation as he used a special move.

Therefore, it is an evaluation that both professors and students pay attention to with high expectations.

I didn’t prepare a special move for this evaluation, but I was still thinking about this evaluation.

This evaluation is also included in the grades, so if you get good results, it will not be bad.

In this evaluation, what I paid most attention to was who would be the first in the first year.

In the second year, Astina was expected to be the overwhelming first place, but there were no such strong candidates for the first year, and no one who took first place in the original work was currently in the academy.

The person who takes first place in this evaluation in the original work is Serena.

However, since there is no Serena among the members right now, it was not strange if Rie, Luna, and Evan took first place.

And what we should pay more attention to than this evaluation was the 1st and 2nd year joint practice.

I had several conversations with Professor Cromwell about this.

Then, Prof. Cromwell’s consent was obtained, and the event could proceed normally.

Originally, the vice-principal, Oliver, would have taken care of the process even if he stood still, but I thought that the event might not be progressed because of the twisted story.

“Still, it seems to have progressed normally.”

I moved my luggage with a smile.

So the vacation was over and the school year was about to begin.