Chapter 808 – 808. Magic School Strauss (6)
The dean led me to a table in the living room.
“Please wait here for a moment.”
After the dean left those words, he walked slowly into the room.
When the dean left, Claudia, who was next to her, started flying around making a fuss.
(No, this nobleman built a palace-like school like that and built his own house out of this mess?)
I quietly opened my mouth, as if I was talking to myself so that the dean behind the wall couldn’t hear me.
“Do you think I fit in? It seems to match the simple personality of the dean…”
(Sobaaaaa sobaaaaa!? That man is simple!?)
Claudia sat down at the table with a look of astonishment on her face, and suddenly she opened her mouth and began to recount her old stories from time to time.
(Yes, taking it out of someone else’s pocket whenever you need it because you don’t like your own pocket is heavy, if it’s simple, then it must be simple.)
“…”
(In the past, that nobleman would have lived on top of that magnificent school tower? And he would have been playing with magic at the guys he didn’t like.)
I could feel once again that 500 years is amazing.
If you look at how he made even a man who was full of madness calm down…
While waiting for the dean, I kept listening to Claudia’s old stories.
The more I listened to Claudia about the dean’s past, the more I realized that meeting him now was luck.
If I had met him in his prime, there was a high possibility that I would have seen him using magic first.
Since my identity is unclear, it seems that he must have inquired about this and that after maiming him.
After hearing the old story of the dean from Claudia, I began to worry more and more.
‘Should I tell the dean about Claudia?’
The reason why the dean’s personality changed now was the wear and tear of his mind caused by the passage of time.
And the great reason for such wear and tear was the complete disappearance of the will to live.
The will to live was gone, and there was no motivation to do anything.
At least, because of the sense of duty that Strara had to take care of the school, he was firmly guarding the last flame.
But if Claudia is alive and reincarnated… ?
There was a high possibility that he would withdraw his request to kill me once he would have the will to live.
The problem is after the withdrawal…
‘If Claudia had her soul, she saved her… If I go back to my old personality, that’s a problem.’
Right now, this world was in the process of maintaining peace around Strara.
However, if the dean’s personality suddenly changes and suddenly changes… There was a high possibility that the curtain of peace would come down.
‘And I don’t want to create a world with Luna and Karin that way…’
As I listened to Claudia’s story, I fell into trouble.
But the time to worry didn’t last long.
“Heh heh heh, you came right on time. I, who called, was wasting my time. I’m sorry.”
The dean left the room with a bitter smile.
And the dean with such a smile had one difference between entering and leaving the room.
“You don’t have to say anything like that because this is the position that I asked for and prepared for you. However… What do you have in your hand?”
The dean was holding a long piece of cloth in his hand.
It was a long, plain piece of cotton fabric.
However, it was Claudia, not the dean, who answered my question first.
(Huh? That’s it. It’s like a blindfold used to detect magic circles.)
A magic circle detection blindfold?
As I silently tilted my head at Claudia’s answer, the dean smiled and started explaining.
“This is an item prepared to inform you of the identity of the invisible magic circle you asked for last time.”
The reason I was invited to the dean’s mansion.
It was to find out how to dismantle the chastity magic circle hanging on Stella.
On the way back to Stra, I asked the dean about the invisible magic circle.
Excluding the description of the chastity magic circle’s ability, I only asked about the chastity magic circle’s ability to be invisible.
The dean immediately recognized the identity of the magic circle I had described, and said he would inform me after arriving at Stra.
And that’s how I was invited.
The dean carefully placed the long piece of cloth he had brought on the table.
And coincidentally, the position of the dean’s hand was toward Claudia’s buttocks.
And when the dean suddenly raised her hand on the table, Claudia jumped off the table in a fright and shouted:
(No, this gentleman is suddenly trying to touch her ass!?)
“…”
Maybe it’s because I’ve been alone for hundreds of years, but playing alone is like an artisan.
Every time the descendants come to visit, they must have played like that… ?
The dean proceeded slowly, completely unaware of Claudia’s situation.
“The invisible magic circle you mentioned before is probably the mana drain magic circle.”
“A mana drain?”
Speaking of mana drain, it was magic that I learned in special magic studies in the early days after entering Stra.
However, it only took 1-2 hours to learn mana drain magic.
The reason the class on mana drain was short was because of its effectiveness.
The professor who taught special magic taught me that mana drain is not effective, so I just wanted to focus on learning about such a thing.
In other words, no classes on mana drain were conducted after that.
But suddenly a mana drain…
When I put on a puzzled expression, the dean smiled and started explaining as if in class.
“You probably learned that mana drain is ineffective. But that’s not true. Not teaching mana drain is rather dangerous magic.”
“Is it dangerous?”
That ineffective magic was actually dangerous magic?
“Mana drain is not a single magical discipline. It is a magic that activates a magic circle permanently through fusion with other magic.”
The maximum number of magic circles that can be activated by one person is one.
However, if this mana drain was harmonized with other magic circles, it was possible to continuously create a magic circle in a certain place.
As a representative example, it was said that he made a trap magic circle during the war.
And…
“Theoretically, it could be given to people as well. And…”
“… ?”
“Because it was important for mana drain not to be seen, invisibility is basically put on.”
“Aha…”
I immediately thought of the dependent magic circle.
The subordinate magic circle was created by combining Beatrice’s subordinate magic and the mana drain magic circle with alchemy.
And the subordinate magic circle was also covered with transparency that only I could see.
In other words, it could be assumed that the chastity magic circle hanging on Stella was transparent because it was probably combined with mana drain.
‘That’s awful… What kind of guy put that on the elves? I want to see your face.’
[Why? Do you want to say something on behalf of the elves?]
‘No. I want to thank you and buy you a present.’
[…]
Shouldn’t you be grateful?
Because of that epoch-making ability, I was able to obtain Stella.
I scratched my cheek at my strong silence and listened to the dean’s lecture again.
First of all, I could see that the reason why the chastity magic circle was transparent was because of the mana drain.
But the problem was this.
How do I turn off the invisibility… ?
“If I saw the magic circle myself, I would just dismantle it right away, but the student wants to dismantle it himself, right?”
“Yes. You’re right.”
The dean opened his mouth, slowly pushing the blindfold that was already on the table towards me.
“That’s why I prepared this blindfold. This blindfold blocks your vision, but instead allows you to perceive the flow of mana flowing from the magic circle.”
Originally, the magic circle was a being that did not leak the flow of mana to the outside by shaping mana into runes.
However, with this blindfold, it was said that even such a magic circle would be able to recognize the flow of mana.
“Oh oh… Then, if I just use that blindfold, will I be able to find the hidden magic circle?”
At my words, the dean and Claudia suddenly started laughing at the same time.
The dean smiled wryly,
“Heh heh heh…”
Claudia…
(Puhahaha! If that’s all right, so you can see dogs and cows? And live with a blindfold for the rest of your life?)
Started laughing.
‘I want to hit you. Sincerely…’
I asked the dean again, keeping a smile on my face while concentrating as much as possible on keeping wrinkles from appearing between my eyebrows.
“Doesn’t it look like it will work out right away?”
“Heh heh heh, that’s right. This blindfold is just an item that helps you find the mana bound by the magic circle. Like the magic circle bracelet used by first-year students.”
Among the students who entered Stra, there were students who had good writing skills but were weak in mana management.
So, the silver bracelet was born.
In the first year, it is compulsory to wear silver bracelets to keep students focused on learning.
And in the second year, if you can’t use the magic circle without a bracelet, you will be expelled.
It is a natural rule that a wizard must know how to use a magic circle even if he does not have a bracelet.
And that blindfold, like a bracelet, helped me get started, but it didn’t solve everything.
“Then the blindfold… Can you lend it to me?”
The dean, who looked at my eyes filled with anticipation, opened his mouth with a bright smile.
“That is difficult.”
“…”
As I stared blankly at the dean, Claudia, who was next to me, started giggling.
(Puhahahahaha! It was kicked. It was kicked! It was kicked by a man~)
“…”
Even now, after hitting Claudia in the back, he wanted to grab her by the hair and show it to the dean.
As I grabbed my hair in embarrassment, the dean apologized to me with a bitter smile.
“Heh heh heh, I’m sorry. I’d like to give it to you, but it’s difficult because these items are strictly controlled even within the school.”
It was said that if I was caught using a blindfold by the professor, it could be a problem.
“This blindfold is an item used by Stra’s professors to counter mana drain. If a student is caught using it, it will be difficult.”
The dean had no reason to be in trouble for handing me a blindfold.
After all, Stra was his own.
But I was different.
“I’m fine, but I’m afraid the student will get into trouble.”
I was just worried that I would get in trouble if the story went around that I was at my convenience.
First of all, I roughly understood the story that it was difficult to take it outside.
The problem is…
“Then what should I do?”
It was about how to wear this blindfold.
“Is there a place where these things are gathered separately, or is there a place where I can secretly use them?”
“There is.”
“Oh, where are you?”
The dean smiled brightly and told me.
“Aren’t you here?”
“… Yes?”
“If you want to use this blindfold, please do not hesitate to come here. We are always welcome.”
“…”
It was the most burdensome welcome ceremony of my life.
