The Only Male Student in the Academy

011. Bad Relationship (2)

After that, the lunch with Professor Catherine continued.

It was uncomfortable, but surprisingly it wasn’t awkward.

She only had no time to feel awkward as Professor Catherine kept talking to her.

“Let’s change the subject. Let’s talk about the placement test.”

As soon as the interview about my personal life was over, I started talking about it.

“Student Beheritt, do you know about this Floating Island?”

“I know roughly. I heard that it was this floating island that lifted the remote island of the Empire into the air.”

“You’re familiar with it. But the shadow wolf is a monster that only appears in the inland regions.”

Having said that, Professor Katherine began to manipulate her with magic again.

I take out the fruit that has been sleeping in the refrigerator, grind it in that state, and pour it into a cup. …… It seemed that he was trying to make fruit juice with magic.

“Due to the nature of the ecosystem of this floating island, it is said that shadow wolves cannot exist. Artificial traces have also been found there.”

“What do you mean by artificial traces?”

“A magic circle was engraved inside the shadow wolf’s mouth.”

Professor Catherine held out a picture of her.

This is a picture taken inside the shadow wolf’s mouth.

“This is a disposable warp magic circle. Do you understand what I mean?”

“I don’t know.”

“This is a method mainly used for kidnapping. If the warp magic circle had been activated while the shadow wolf was biting Beheritt, the Beheritt student would have been taken to a place other than the Floating Island by now.”

“…….”

“Our academy faculty suspect that someone may have tried to kidnap the Beherit student.”

Well, it’s normal to think that way.

In fact, the case was concluded in that way in the original work as well.

A shadow wolf appeared during the placement test, so the target must be a freshman.

And among the freshmen, the one with the highest status is Ariel Beheritt.

A hypothesis was raised in the original work that a certain force might have kidnapped the second son of a duke to extract political gain.

“Do you have any guesses, student Beheritt?”

“Well, I’m not sure.”

For now, let me answer that.

The purpose of the shadow wolf was actually Tia, not me.

‘But if I reveal that fact, the story will only get twisted.’

Tia has the power to awaken others as warriors.

In other words, Lucius is just an ordinary person. A country boy who grew up ordinary in the mountains…… She’s not, she’s a country girl.

Lucius became a hero thanks to Tia.

Lucius faces an intense crisis due to the death of Ariel during the placement test.

The truth of the incident is that Tia unconsciously awakened Lucius as a hero to save Lucius.

In other words, the purpose of the shadow wolf is Tia’s ability.

Obtaining the power of the hero was the purpose of ‘them’.

“If there’s no place to guess, there’s nothing you can do.”

It seemed to some extent expected that no great information would come out of me. Maybe that’s why Professor Catherine didn’t ask any more questions than that.

The story that follows is about compensation.

It is said that the academy feels a strong sense of responsibility for the incident that occurred during the placement test. So he said he would give me various support.

Support for medical expenses, subsidies in the form of scholarships, free tickets to the student cafeteria, and other welfare benefits…. It was mainly supported in terms of cost.

‘The support is amazing. Maybe it’s because I’m the second son of a duchy.’

This is an amount Lucius would never have dreamed of. Lucius has been struggling financially throughout his freshman year.

But I’ve already received quite a bit of pocket money from the Duke of Beheritt.

Is that why? These huge benefits didn’t feel all that great. It’s a sense that I’ve saved a lot of living expenses.

When I think like that, I realize how well-to-do Ariel is.

‘This must be the reason I’m in Class B.’

The Duke of Beheritt is an influential and prestigious aristocrat worldwide. That’s probably why he’s trying to look good.

Because of that, originally, I should have been assigned to Class C, but I think they gave me Class B.

I thought so.

“This is the end of the story. Do you have something to say to the Beherit student?”

“No, no.”

The plate that had the pasta in it was now empty. The fruit juice Professor Catherine gave me is now an empty cup.

The meal was finished, and quite a bit of time had passed.

Now there is no story to continue, no story to hear.

I got up from my seat.

“Student Beheritt, I watched your performance in the placement test.”

As I was about to leave the room, Professor Katherine threw it from behind.

“A phenomenal vitality that is unimaginable for a first year student. Originally, it would have been a wound that would not be strange even if he died, but you overcame it.”

“…….”

“I value that highly. Of course, I think not only your vitality, but also your response on the field was good for a first year student.”

“I see.”

“So, I hope you continue to work hard.”

Words of praise.

And behind those words, there is a message hidden behind it: don’t do anything stupid and be a good student.

I don’t like the fact that you caused an injury, but you saved someone from the class assignment test, so you’ll be watching.

This is also a feeling of pressure.

“Let’s go.”

I opened the door and left the lab.

Right before closing the door, Professor Catherine’s eyes are visible through a small gap.

They were watching me.

“It was a stormy time…”

He muttered as he left the lab and walked down the hallway. I could feel the female students staring at me, but I decided not to care anymore.

Organize your thoughts.

How will I live from now on?

“What you need to worry about is… You want to have it.”

Flow of the original work, grades, life, and growth.

Among them, if we talk about the flow of the original work first, Lucius’ actions are important in the end.

As I said before, the Unknown Saga is the story of Lucius becoming a hero and defeating the Demon King. If the demon king is not defeated, mankind is in danger of extinction, so Lucius must advance the story well.

But you won’t have to worry too much about this.

‘Because the story of the first semester of the first year has fewer bad ending flags.’

Since it is still in the early stages of the story, there are very few bad endings.

As long as Lucius doesn’t do anything too strange, he should be able to clear Chapter 1 lightly.

In that case, I wouldn’t worry about the flow of the original work right now.

Grades and life…… You’ll have to pay attention, but it shouldn’t be too difficult.

In the end, if you live a model student life where you attend classes every day and go back to the dormitory to review, you’ll get good grades.

As long as you don’t get entangled with other women, there won’t be any strange gossip.

In the first place, I broke up with Lucius.

There are no more girls in this academy who can entangle with me.

Except for Claire.

“Is it Claire…”

When I put the name in, the image of Claire comes to mind. Her blonde twin tails fluttering, that face of a fox smile.

He is a person of interest.

It’s also a problem that he had a history of putting me in trouble during the class placement test, but he’s been pretending to be friendly with me lately. I still don’t know what you’re thinking.

‘Claire was a man in the original story….’

Maybe that’s why his words, actions and personality are quite different from what I know. Should I say I’m a lot more feminine than I remembered….

But you probably don’t have to worry too much ‘right now’.

Even if the gender was changed, Claire’s ‘root’ would not have changed.

So, it would be good to wait and see about Claire for a while.

“If there are no problems with the flow, grades, and life of the original work right now…”

In the end, what I need to focus on right now is my growth.

Simply put, you need to develop your combat skills. That’s because there are many advantages.

Unknown Saga is by no means a bright story.

Not only do various events happen at the academy, but the academy falls into a crisis later in the story.

There are quite a few deaths.

There are also characters who face an end that would be better off than dying.

I could be one of them.

‘I’m afraid I’ll die.’

It’s a life saved.

I defied the fate of death and survived.

It is enough to experience death once. I will definitely survive

In order to do that, you have to become stronger than you are now.

“Then let’s move on to action soon.”

With that in mind, I immediately moved to the living area.

Living area is the so-called neutral zone in Philea Academy. There are quite a few people who are not related to the academy.

Employees and their families who work at the academy account for half of the population in the living quarters, and the other half are the people who run the shops on the floating island.

A clothing store that sells clothes, a stationery store that sells stationery, a general store that sells daily necessities, and so on….

It is lined with shops mainly serving students.

Among them, I entered a magic tool store.

“Welcome. Eh…? Are you a student?”

As soon as I entered, a middle-aged man who appeared to be the president came out. He blinks his eyes as soon as he sees my outfit.

It must be because it has become a female academy. That’s why they are surprised to see me as a male student.

“I am a student. My name is Ariel of the Duke of Beheritt.”

“Be, Duke of Beheritt… Poetry, excuse me…!”

As soon as he hears my name, the boss comes out with a low profile. …… It seems that Ariel is definitely high in class.

“Okay. I’m here to buy an item.”

I handed out a piece of memo prepared in advance to the president.

“Let’s see… Reten’s fruit, wild wasp poison, moonlight herb, and slime’s bodily fluid… You seem to be buying a lot of different things.”

“Is something wrong?”

“Oh, no. There must be a problem. Are you trying to train an item crafting skill?”

“Yes.”

It was a decision I made after careful consideration.

Ariel…… Mess up

She is a character with lesser specs and skills.

It is a magic combat course, but the magic stat is not high, and the strength stat and skill stat are halfway high.

Once a stat has risen, it cannot be lowered, and the bigger problem is that once a stat has started to rise, it will continue to rise.

Even though the maximum stat per level is set.

That said, no matter how high I leveled up, my magic stat would be lower than that of wizards of the same level.

In other words, it was also said that no matter how much you grow, magic skill damage won’t come out.

In other words, it is better to give up training as a mage early.

With the same logic…… You cannot train them as warriors.

He really is a savage guy.

A halfway character that is ambiguous to be a wizard and ambiguous to be a warrior.

In the end, my final choice was an alchemist.

‘Because an alchemist’s stats aren’t very important.’

A job that produces magic items through the skill called And fights with the items created.

It is a job that is very good at creating variables because of its many crowd control skills, and it is also good at assisting allies because it has various utility abilities. It’s not that the damage is lagging behind.

However, there are clearly limitations.

Fighting with items is both an advantage and a disadvantage at the same time.

It was said that no matter how high the level of an alchemist is, if the quality of the item is poor, the damage will not come out.

‘Conversely, as long as the quality of the item is good, it’s also a job that can cause damage even with this kind of nerd.’

That’s why I decided to become an alchemist.

“I see… By the way, the number of items is not written on this piece of paper. How many can I give you?”

“All as is.”

“Yes?”

“Didn’t you hear? Give me everything in this store.”

Bang. I put the money bag on the counter.

As soon as I let go of my hand, gold coins flowed out of the money bag.

Ariel’s only strength. That’s a lot of money.

That means that you can make up for the lack of specs with money.