Chapter 675 – Chapter 675 Magic School Shutra (5)
The original destination was my room.
If I had taken Claudia into the room, Jurgen and Nora would have made a fuss.
But the place I stopped by now was a quiet room far from that atmosphere.
As soon as I entered the room, the owner of the room opened his mouth happily.
“I never thought I would be abandoned like this.”
For a line that seemed sad, the voice was cheerful.
I was like a merriment with golly fun.
And, naturally, I adjusted to it as well.
Haha… Sorry. I’ve been busy lately, so….”
Hearing my words, the dean responded with a hearty smile.
“Heh heh heh, just kidding. It’s true that I was sad that he didn’t come like this.”
Haha….”
The atmosphere wasn’t bad.
It was a fact that everyone around me knew that the dean had a laid-back personality.
However, the people from the past who were by his side did not seem to know at all.
(Crazy… What is it… Why….)
Except for Claudia, who is next to me looking at the dean with stunned eyes….
From the first time she saw the dean, she repeated those words and only looked at him with a shocked expression.
Claudia also hurriedly asked me at first, but after she immediately grasped my position of not being able to answer, she followed me calmly, repeating those words.
And from my point of view, I couldn’t show myself talking to the spirit even in front of the dean.
It’s because the evaluation may change from a unique and talented guy to a real crazy guy.
In addition, it was impossible to tell about the ability related to the spirit.
Because the dean needs as many cards he doesn’t know to get him to the death he wants.
I asked as I entered the room with the dean, wearing as natural an expression as possible.
“Is there a reason you were looking for me?”
“Let’s sit down and talk.”
“Yes.”
Judging from the dean’s invitation to sit down, it seemed that this was not going to end with a short conversation.
I sat down and faced him with the determination to sit for a long time.
The dean aligned himself with me, sat across from me, and began to smile softly.
There was an artistic calm between me and the dean, to the extent that it could be expressed as a masterpiece if expressed through painting.
That’s right, the main character of that famous painting is that nobleman, and I’m just at the level of a bridesmaid across the street….
The problem was that there was a woman who was startled by the silence.
(Hey! What’s wrong!? Why is that man so calm!? Did he get a head injury?)
“….”
Because of Claudia’s fuss, my mind was disturbed, but who am I?
I am Seong Soo-ho. One of the acting skills is a guy who has been recognized.
(Hee-hee! Gross!!! There’s no way that person could laugh like that!!)
“….”
I asked the dean, ignoring the tornado-like fuss that echoed around me.
“May I ask what you called me for?”
“Heh heh heh, I see.”
The dean continued his speech with a smile on his face.
“Isn’t it time to go back to Stra?”
“Ah….”
I went through so many incidents that I didn’t know because I was out of my mind.
After roughly calculating the timing, it was time to return to Stra.
Once you have found the heirloom ring, Luna will have to leave for Strata immediately after she is officially granted the estate and title.
“It already happened.”
“It was more fun than I thought. Maybe that’s why time seems to pass faster….”
The dean’s smile, which had been bright until earlier, began to mix with a drop or two of sadness.
He was obviously happy, but his expression was full of regret.
The dean looked down at the table for a while, then opened his mouth again with a bright smile.
“I’d like to tell you about the magic circle you requested last time.”
The magic circle I requested from the dean.
It was a magic circle related to magic that existed near the consulate.
I didn’t forget it, but because of the sudden sound of the soul, I had delayed learning it just in case.
He wanted to tell me everything before going to Stra.
I immediately nodded at the dean’s words and opened my mouth.
“I’m really sorry for putting it off until now.”
I was embarrassed when the dean suddenly said he would inform me, but from my point of view, it was rather a welcome.
The dean smiled brightly at my answer and opened his mouth.
“Actually, I wanted to keep it hidden and let you know slowly, but I think it would be better to inform you in advance because you will be busy when the second semester begins.”
The dean didn’t want to get rid of it quickly, he just wanted to be considerate of me.
“If you neglect me just because you told me everything, I think I’ll be sad too.”
Haha… How could I neglect the dean?”
“Heh heh heh.”
The dean’s bright smile….
(Aaaaang!
Claudia suddenly started crying.
Ha… I think I’m going crazy
While listening to Claudia’s asteroid crash-level scream, I managed to learn the magic trap magic circle from the dean.
Claudia, who had been terrorizing my ears with her screams, suddenly quietly came out and started looking at the dean.
The dean kindly drew me a magic circle and explained to me what functions it had.
However, it was a flaw if it was too simplified compared to the explanations given by the professors, perhaps because he was so talented.
Fortunately, it wasn’t difficult because the purpose of teaching the magic circle was stronger than the purpose of learning.
And Claudia, who saw it….
(You’re not good at teaching the same way as before. You…)
I started talking to myself and looking at the dean happily.
..
..
After telling me all about the magic circle, the dean asked me for a favor.
“If you have time, can we climb the mountain behind this castle together?”
There is a mountain behind Atler Castle.
And I had already visited the mountain behind Atler with Luna.
Of course I knew it was there.
“Ah… Are you talking about the cemetery?”
“Oh, you already know.”
“Yes. I went there with Luna. I can come back again.”
When I nodded like that, the dean opened his mouth with a smile.
“Then again, I guess I’ll have to ask Luna to accompany me. It was difficult to go alone, but if two outsiders visit, the people enshrined there will be more uncomfortable.”
The dean was subtly asking me to do a favor for Luna.
In fact, what do you even call it a request?
From the dean’s point of view, you might think that all he did for me was reassemble the magic circle, but what I received from him was countless.
It was safe to say that the dean’s influence accounted for more than 80% in solving all of Luna and Karin’s cases this time.
“All right. I’ll tell Luna. So right now….”
As I stood up and tried to go to Luna, the dean shook her head without letting go of her smile.
“I wish I could go right now, but I’d better postpone my visit until before I leave for Stra.”
“… ?”
When I tilted my head and made a questioning expression, he explained the reason.
“Looks like you haven’t heard yet. The news that the King of Levin is coming this way.”
“… Are you the king?”
He is the king, no one else.
I couldn’t understand why such a nobleman suddenly wanted to go to Atler.
But there was a big reason why he moved.
“I heard it at first glance, but didn’t you say that you had a major incident this time?”
“Ah… Yes.”
“They say he’s coming in person to finish the job.”
I could understand now.
It was a visit to this place to formally hold the territorial and title conferment ceremony, which had been held in an abbreviated manner.
Originally, such an important national issue would have been held directly at Levin’s palace.
No matter how much the Levin family has committed a great sin against Luna, they have eyes to see….
But right now, the king’s direct presence was no problem because there was a being here that they didn’t have to worry about looking at.
A nobleman sitting leisurely in front of me.
With this nobleman, there was no need for the royal family to keep their dignity while looking out for others.
Thanks to that, I was able to solve everything here without going back to Levin.
Thanks again to the dean….
So I got up from my seat after talking with the dean for a while.
“Then I’ll see you later tonight.”
“I look forward to it. I haven’t been able to eat lately because I have a lot to think about, so I want to enjoy a dinner after a long time.”
Haha….”
I left the dean’s room with a bitter smile on my face.
As soon as I did that, I looked at Claudia’s reaction.
Claudia, who had expressed disapproval at the dean’s appearance and twisted her body like a twist….
(Huh… It has changed a lot. I thought that person would not change even though the world would be overthrown.)
Floating, smiling happily, I was led by the ring I had.
Gradually became curious.
What exactly was Claudia’s relationship with the dean?
I eventually got impatient with her curiosity and asked her before meeting her Jurgen and Nora.
“What was your relationship with the dean?”
Looking at what the dean had said before and Claudia’s reaction now, I could roughly guess.
However, human relationships were not something that could be accurately pinpointed.
He could be an enemy and a lover, or a fierce enemy and a colleague.
At my question, Claudia smiled and opened her mouth.
“My father….”
“… Yes?”
It was the moment when I wondered if my ear canal had finally tasted.
“… I’m a teacher, I’m a lover….”
She closed her eyes and laughed heartily as she recalled her past, and at the end, in one word, she explained their relationship perfectly.
“My first and last love and everything.”
“….”
It was a simple explanation, but it was also a perfect explanation.
It seemed that the dean had taken care of Claudia since childhood.
I don’t know the exact circumstances….
As I stared at Claudia like that, I started to have a question.
“Can I ask you something?”
(Uh. What is it?)
Claudia’s face and gestures were already in a dry state of vigilance.
Claudia, she rustled in front of me like a little kid at an amusement park for a day.
I asked her
“As far as I know, I heard that the Stadtfeld family inherited silver hair from generation to generation.”
(Silver hair…? Ah, the child I gave birth to had silver hair. Even after that, all the kids who came to the underground had silver hair too.)
“But the person himself has auburn hair….”
The tail of her horse faded.
At first, she was just asking out of curiosity.
But when she finally said it out of her mouth, I thought my question could be an rude question.
I was talking about my relationship with the dean a while ago, but it was like bringing up another man.
She liked the dean, but it was also very likely that she had an arranged marriage.
At the time of the Continental War, the situation would have been much more conservative than it is now.
There must have been frequent cases where women’s values were used for the security of the family or the nation, not for personal happiness….
So I looked at Claudia, blurting her tongue.
Claudia….
(Ah… That’s right. I kept the secret until the end so no one knows.)
She shrugged her shoulders with a completely unconcerned expression, then smiled at me.
(The nobleman I just saw. It looks like white hair now, but when I was younger, I had really fancy silver hair.)
“… ?”
What does it have to do with the dean’s silver hair… For a moment….
“Uh… That, then….”
I looked at Claudia with a bewildered face, and she grinned and put one of her little fingers up and flicked.
(Eh. The child I gave birth to is a collaboration between me and that nobleman.)
“….”
It was the moment when the secret of the century that would shake the continent turned into a scandal in the neighborhood.
