Surprising Even Breathing

45 – Woo

The list of wizards I handed over to the tower lord mainly pointed to people who traded dragonian blood or had ties to criminals.

Elderrick narrowed his eyes, looking to see if the name he knew was on the list.

“Oh, I guess some of them will. There are people who have been expelled from the Mage Tower for researching forbidden magic, and there are also criminals the Mage Tower is chasing.”

I slowly traced the name with my finger and recalled the memory.

“Fortunately, there are currently no suspicious people in the Mage Tower. There are wizards who traded dragonian blood, but they used the official trading route, and took a small sample of blood and used it only for research purposes. I can prove this.”

he said with a confident face.

“Okay, thank you for your cooperation.”

Uruka was summoned and asked to investigate the people Elderric spoke of.

Since he said he could prove it, after a little verification, he could be removed from the list of suspicious wizards.

“Aside from that, criminals. This is a part that even the magicians of the Mage Tower have a lot of trouble with, but if we can, we’d rather ask the prince to get rid of the criminal.”

He pointed to a wizard who stole items from the Mage Tower and ran away.

Jasmaken, creator of Chimera.

It was an S-class criminal that I saw on a bounty the other day.

“There is nothing difficult as long as you have enough information about the opponent. Eliminating criminals is easy for me.”

“hmm.”

Elderrick looked back and forth between Jasmaken’s name on the list and my face.

No matter how I think about it, I can’t draw a composition where Jasmaken beats me.

He immediately accepted my words and shook his head.

“I will keep you in mind. The removal of Jasmaken will soon be on the meeting’s agenda. The item this person stole is also a very important item in the Mage Tower, so you may ask the prince to retrieve it.”

He left open the possibility of requesting the Mage Tower to exterminate criminals and then left for an emergency meeting.

Walls, Infinite Rings, Jasmake, etc. Wizards have many things to worry about because of me.

While the wizards were having a meeting, I looked around the magic tower.

Since he was invited by the owner of the Magic Tower, the viewing was free.

“Wow, here’s something like this.”

Chase, who was following me with a distance from me.

My eyes twinkled when I found information on mysterious artifacts placed in the Mage Tower or magic books that were hard to see from the outside.

Whimping, seeing Chase dragging a ladder and trying to take out the magic book on the third floor of the display case, he took out the book with some telekinesis and handed it to her, asking,

“Don’t you have anything to do with upper management here? The other members of the Yuren Merchants are all dealing with the wizards.”

It was nice to have her follow me while I was looking around the magic tower, but I doubted that she was simply fooling around.

“I’m not in charge of upper management. Studying this kind of information is more helpful.”

With slightly sunken eyes, she placed the book in her hands and swept the outside of the cover.

The blue bobbed hair, the round glasses, and the magician’s robe he’s currently wearing seem to be holding a book.

Good to know a lot of information.

Even if you ask me about this and that, I will give you an answer.

There seemed to be circumstances, but I didn’t dig deeper.

Usually, the more interested I am, the more the opponent fears me.

As Chase and I were exploring the Mage Tower, solving our curiosity, the meeting of the wizards ended before we knew it.

Elderrick came back from the conference hall.

“So, what was the outcome of the meeting?”

I asked how an agreement was reached regarding my business.

“Keuheum, we have decided not to claim any damages for the wall.”

“That’s of course, because I got rid of useless stuff.”

Elderrick twitched his eyebrows and carved deep wrinkles on his brow, but he didn’t bother to argue with me about the wall problem.

No wizard can hold me accountable.

Even the owner of the Mage Tower, Elderric, didn’t have the power to convince me or subdue me, so the other wizards were horrified.

The wall incident didn’t even have a justification to incur the anger of the Mage Tower.

It seems that he decided not to have a dispute with me because of such a thing.

“I have something to ask about the Infinite Ring and magic control items.”

“ask?”

“Would you cooperate with the extermination of the S-class criminal Jasmaken and the recovery of the stolen items from the Mage Tower? If so, I promise to rent an infinite ring and repair and maintain magic control items.”

You mean you’re just renting out the Infinite Ring?

Well, since that item is a legendary item, it wasn’t worth it to put it in my hands just by catching an S-class criminal.

Among the items made by high-ranking wizards through lifelong research, legendary items were recognized as masterpieces to be engraved in history or top-class relics handed down from ancient times.

It is not something that can be easily obtained by catching an S-class criminal who is notorious on the continent.

Considering that fact, the Emperor’s gift of a legendary item was quite generous.

Well, in my heart I’m hoping for that kind of price.

Anyway, that’s how I coordinated the conditions for receiving the Infinite Ring with Elderrick.

If you catch Jasmaken and safely retrieve the items from the Mage Tower, a legendary item will be loaned to you for 50 years.

These are pretty good conditions.

*

“Are you saying you’re going to go to the Eastern Magic View right away?”

“Yes, since the Mage Tower is closer to the Eastern Magic Field than the Academy, and the wizards have said they will support the movement, it’s better to take care of it now.”

“What about the academy? Does that make you fall for the academy longer?”

“At the earliest, we can resolve the request within a week. Apparently, attendance at the academy will be delayed for another week.”

Jasmaken is said to have built a fort in the Eastern Magician and is hiding there.

Instead of going back to the academy, I decided to take care of the Mage Tower’s request first.

It was a huge benefit to be able to acquire the Infinite Ring by consuming about a week.

“What are you going to do? Are you going back to the academy?”

“Um, I, I…”

Chase is worried.

I told her to go to the Eastern Magic Tour with me.

If you take him along, it’s good to have a conversation, and it’s easy to ask questions you don’t know.

“… … .”

Chase looked at me and turned around to where the Yuren Merchant was.

Thinking of something, he turned to face me.

“I want to go with you…”

She had a lot to gain if she went to the Eastern Demon Territory with me.

I was able to gain experience of accompanying the wizards of the Tower of Magic, and I was able to see the Eastern Magician safely beside me and catch criminals with my own eyes.

It is a good choice as an experience or information activity.

When I finally saw Chase not running away from me, I smiled heartily.

I feel like we’ve definitely become friends now.

“By the way, is it okay if I miss the academy for another week? Aren’t we missing something important?”

I asked while tilting my head.

If you miss classes for two weeks, will there be any big problems in between?

“I heard that a class match is scheduled. I heard that this also plays a good role in getting to know each other in the first place?”

“Right.”

It was a fun event, but it was a pity to miss it.

Scratching the back of the hood, he shook off his regretful feelings.

Well, I couldn’t even get an infinite ring anyway, but I wouldn’t have become very close with the students just because I stayed at the academy longer.

“Still, the anti-class match is scheduled for a total of two weeks. If I go back early, I might be able to participate in the second half of the schedule.”

“is it? Then I’ll have to resolve the request as soon as possible and go back.”

I decided to speed up and go to the Eastern Magic View.

*

The academy special class classroom, which has already been in its fourth week.

Broa was sitting in a chair with a carefree mind.

I am afraid that Demesis will return this week, but on the other hand, I feel excited.

Last week, when Demesis wasn’t there, I read and studied this book.

[Dragonian of the Drakna Kingdom]

It was a book borrowed from the library, and it was written about the history of Drake and the Kingdom and the characteristics of the Dragonians.

– It is said that the progenitor dragon has been living since the age of mythology. The great dragon is believed to have created the dragonians in ancient times, and did not directly rule the drakes or kingdoms.

-Dragonians like to eat meat. Since they have many characteristics similar to lizards, they basically have a well-developed sense of smell, and their sight and hearing are relatively weak. It prefers to live in damp or cool places such as caves, and has a strong individual tendency.

I don’t know how helpful it will be to understand Demesis by studying it, but Broa still meticulously studied the contents of the collection in a notebook.

As a secret angel of Demesis, it was believed that this knowledge would be of great help if one wanted to care for or help him.

Having made all preparations, she waited for Demesis with firm eyes.

“Demesis-nim has missed class this week as the Mage Tower schedule has been delayed.”

Trunen also announced that he was not coming.

“Wow.”

As if she had been hit in the back of the head for some reason, she puffed out her cheeks.

“what. Who just said something?”

Broa avoided Trunen’s gaze as he looked around.

“Wow, the anti-class battle starts this week. What sport does Broa-nim participate in?”

After class, Miel came over to her desk and chattered.

While chatting with her, Miel suddenly came up with something.

“Oh, did you apply for the club? That is until this week.”

“Apply for a club?”

“Yes, students with similar hobbies gather together and do autonomous activities.”

The Imperial Academy also had club activities.

Broa, who suddenly remembered the explanation she had heard when entering the school, nodded at Miel’s words.

“If you haven’t applied for a club yet, would you like to join me? I want to be in a club like Broa-nim.”

“huh? What is the club name?”

“It’s a volunteer activity club. It is to help people in trouble and to practice the will of the Goddess.”

Miel was smiling brightly with both hands together.

Broa thought as he looked at her smile.

The goal of becoming a hero is not just to become strong and defeat monsters. Rather than that, helping the people around you could be said to be a more ultimate goal.

Sympathizing with the purpose of the volunteer activity club, he and Miel took up a pen and filled out the application form.

*

Eastern Magic.

I sat leaning against the citadel where Jasmaken was hiding.

Inside the walls, there are numerous bodies of chimeras that have already been disposed of.

As soon as I appeared, the chimeras living in the castle were startled and ran away. Since these were artificial creatures created by Jasmaken, I killed them all and put them on the ground.

If those creatures get out of the way, only the number of monsters increases.

He captured Jasmaken and retrieved the Mage Tower items he had stolen, and even found out the people of Revolution who were related to him.

Jasmaken, who was afraid of me, told me almost everything he knew, but the members of Revolution covered their faces when dealing with him, so he didn’t know much.

A pattern that looks like a scythe stuck in a crescent moon.

I got this one as a clue.

I recalled the pattern that Jasmaken had drawn and showed me, but soon turned my gaze elsewhere.

The Eastern Demonic View where demons are wriggling.

Human villages are never seen here.

Still, thinking of the academy to the west, I pictured the way back in my head.

“Wow, Sue, it was resolved in an instant.”

Chase, who was hanging around at a distance of about 3m from me, said with his mouth wide open.

When I entered the castle, it became the tomb of the chimeras.

She couldn’t even see a battle worthy of a battle, and she only exclaimed in admiration.

“The killing of Jasmaken and the collection of items from the Mage Tower are over, so now all we have to do is go back. If you rush your schedule, you will be able to participate in the class match.”

If you use the gate and the wizard’s portal as you came here, you can return quickly.

Unmoved by the dead chimeras, I looked at Chase.

“Come to think of it, the club application was until this week. Do you know that?”

“oh? that’s right? Also, was there a club application?”

She covered her lips with both hands as if she had forgotten.

There were so many things that happened, so I guess I didn’t remember that it was the club application period all along.

“Anyway, I should ask the bachelor to join the club. If you say you couldn’t apply for some reason, they’ll take that into account.”

“Yes, Demesis-nim will acknowledge your words.”

Chase knew that the academy’s academic support department listened to me most of the time.

“Where are you going to join the club?”

she asks softly. I wonder what kind of club I will join.

“Volunteer club.”

I had already thought about it, so I answered without hesitation.