Episode 11. Lucia, the plan, and when I arrived at Nickel’s swordsmanship
classroom, Lucia rubbed her vacant eyes and spoke to me.
“senior. Why are you wrapped up so tightly? Aren’t you hot?”
Lucia’s gaze at me was as if she were looking at a pervert.
Not only her, but all the students in the classroom turned to me once.
“I’m not feeling well.”
“Then why did you come out to rest?”
“You have to attend.”
“Are you surprised? To think that a senior takes care of attendance like that.”
Of course you have to
I have a scholarship at stake.
“Anyway, he’s an eccentric senior.”
“I don’t want to hear from you.”
Are you doing this because you like me?
Because of what happened the day before, I had no choice but to wear a scarf.
I felt suspicious when I wore a scarf, so I took out my winter clothes and put them on, but I felt like I was steaming to death.
‘Whenever.’
The reason I do this is none other than the scars.
I couldn’t erase the sharp fang marks on my neck.
But if I show this off and Caron sees or finds out, I’m sure he’ll catch me.
‘I’m glad I didn’t die, but I’m doing nasty pranks like this.’
Whew. What can I do?
I have to endure the weak.
The day before, Angela said that she would keep one promise, bit my neck, and disappeared with the words that I would see her again.
The promise she kept was that she would save me.
The promise not kept was to kill Charon.
Even if it wasn’t because of the promise, it was doubtful that she would just go, but the question is just a question.
I was just grateful that I survived.
“Hum hum.”
The Herbology professor entered the auditorium.
As soon as he arrived, he took one look at me and frowned.
“Are there students?”
“yes.”
“Why are you doing that? Where are you sick?”
“Yeah, I have a little cold.”
“If you feel sick, just go in. I’ll check your completion of the lecture.”
Oh yeah.
I immediately got up and bowed my head in gratitude.
“thank you. professor.”
“okay. What is your name?”
“This is Adrias Cromwell.”
“Adrias?”
The professor suddenly stopped moving and looked at me, taking his eyes off the roll.
However, his eyes were glistening with hostility.
“iced coffee. you are that student You made a new potion?”
“yes. you’re right.”
“Were you the one who said hornfish in class last time?”
“…yes.”
what? Is the atmosphere strange?
Why is the atmosphere of the interrogation room all of a sudden?
“I don’t know why they left me, a professor of herbal medicine. Have I ever been a burden to you? I could have given you some advice.”
It was because of this.
In a word, it’s his specialty, so why didn’t he share the rice cakes? You mean this?
funny kid
When I asked, he was being sarcastic.
“I know I must have asked for advice at that time.”
“what?”
“As the professor said, I know I asked a question during the last class. They were just ingredients for a potion I invented.”
“Isn’t that what I mean? Do you take classes alone? Of course, at that time, the lecture was conducted so as not to disturb other students.”
“So you’re saying that I should have gone to see you separately after class?”
“…Your words are a bit aggressive.”
ah i don’t know
Just run into it!
I’m an 8-ton truck with a broken steering wheel!
Kim Jin-hwan, who has been combined with Adrias, has an intolerable personality!
“I don’t know why I had to ask the professor for advice. What does it mean to have a good social life? It’s embarrassing for me to say such a thing casually after you only sarcasticized a student who asked a question in class in the first place.”
shouted
screamed cool
Professor Bubban’s face, which had turned red at my words, trembled.
What are you going to do?
…Are you going to drop your grade? That’s a bit difficult… ….
“this person…!”
“professor.”
Just when Burban was about to explode, Lucia intervened at the right timing.
Professor Bubban tried to look at her with a curious expression this time, but soon realized that it was Lucia and calmed his excitement.
“I’ll tell you. Can I tell you? In the last class, I had a question about the ingredients that my classmate said, so I went to see them separately and asked them myself. Thanks to that, I was able to put my name on the co-producer of this potion production.”
At Lucia’s rapid fire, which suddenly started, Burban nodded with an expression as if he had suppressed his anger at me.
“If I had asked the professor for advice, I would have made it faster, but that’s a pity. However, I think it is very meaningful to ask questions and do research on your own without anyone’s help. Isn’t that what we mages do?”
“That’s right.”
Professor Burban speaks up? Besides, unlike me, I can’t even make a sound.
It seems like there is something between the two.
What was it?
When I thought of Lucia in the game, nothing came to mind.
All I could infer was that Lucia’s family, Everlast, might have been involved?
Still, it feels like the situation has turned around thanks to Lucia stepping up and giving.
“From now on, I will seek advice from the professor and try new manufacturing methods. Of course, I believe that the professor will develop new medicines with passion like us in the future.”
“Ugh! yes. of course.”
With an awkward cough, Burban tried to look away.
Lucia turned her head to me and smiled at the appearance that clearly wanted to stop talking.
yes thank you men and horses.
“Then, Adrias’ classmate, let’s go back like this.”
“Hum! You look sick, so you can stop going. Take good care of yourself in the next class.”
The expression on her face clearly showed that she wanted to curse right now, but it was pitiful to look at Lucia’s smile next to me.
‘thanks.’
Lucia smiled mischievously as I left, expressing my gratitude with only the shape of my mouth without making a sound.
* * *
Lucia watched the back of Adrias as he walked out the door.
‘It has changed.’
I don’t know since when.
Because she wasn’t interested in Adrias either.
Her first impression of Adrias was a gloomy seaweed.
A stupid expression that doesn’t know what to think with a stooped look.
The long hair that covered his face made his appearance even darker.
Contrary to his gloomy and introverted impression, he actively clung to himself at first.
It was quite annoying to have a meal together, so I called him to an expensive restaurant once.
What was Adrias’ expression at that time?
Could that have been the trigger?
Adrias started avoiding her when he saw her.
In the first place, she wasn’t interested either, so naturally there was nothing to see her face to face.
Then one day it happened.
“Aren’t there things like horn fish extract or matarata root bark?”
suddenly?
The thought and a feeling that if you think about it, it could be something touched her.
She has researched all sorts of medicines as well as by-products of monsters to solve her congenital chronic illness since childhood.
The materials Adrias mentioned were promising and worth trying.
Having had that conversation, Adrias was oddly different from before.
I couldn’t pinpoint it, but something was different.
Of course that was it.
Her attention was not drawn to Adrias.
It must have been.
I ran into him again by chance when I came out of the study based on the hint I got.
I was a little surprised because I never thought that Adrias would do the research himself.
I thought that even a seaweed like this was doing something of its own.
Then, wondering what he really knew and was researching, I threw a little bait, and he snatched it right away.
To be honest, it was something I didn’t even expect.
Because it’s a material that he hasn’t been sure of yet.
However, his expression and conversation after that made me wonder if this was the real Adrias I knew.
That’s why, without even knowing it, the word came out and he eventually agreed.
Unlike before, there was no chatter, and it was fresh to see that he didn’t care about himself.
‘Why wouldn’t it be okay? Am I just putting up with it?’
In fact, she knew that her personality was peculiar.
4th dimension? Sociopath? self-centered thinking? sloth?
It seemed like a perfect fit. It’s just that it’s less.
There is no need to give a reason for this, but the influence of an incurable disease was significant.
She looks fine on the outside, but her body is already on the verge of death.
As a result, the despair that she had no choice but to die no matter what she did made her what she is now.
“Now then, we have to treat Zahas so that the roots are not damaged as much as possible….”
Even the professor who was lecturing in front of me could not cure the disease.
Even with that much money.
So she studied and researched on her own.
Of course, as I continued studying and researching, only despair and frustration increased.
Thanks to this environment, she had no friends by her side.
At first, he was teeming with people trying to get close to him because of his background and appearance, but eventually they all fell apart.
Is that why?
Even though it was only a week, Adrias accepted all of his unusual words and actions, and it was amazing.
Recently, he has been exercising unlike a wizard, so I thought that this person must be unusual.
‘A wizard is an exercise. It’s that gloomy seaweed Adrias.’
I thought I could get off my sore throat by now.
‘Then is it Seaweed Adrias? Seaweed….’
foot.
The students who were listening to the lecture turned to her as they burst into laughter.
However, after checking the face of the person who smiled, I moved on.
‘A senior would have said something.’
Why?
It was Lucia who missed Adrias’ nagging even though they had just broken up.
* * *
Time left after a long time.
My lecture schedule was unexpectedly tight, so I had no days off except for weekends.
‘I was busy with potion research that weekend too.’
Even if it wasn’t for potion research, it was mostly Karon’s errands on weekends.
‘Now, what should I do at this time to spread rumors that I did well?’
First, there were three options.
Potion-making exercise magic training.
Of course, I have to do all three consistently, but what I have to decide now is a detailed plan.
Honestly, in the case of potion making, I wouldn’t have cared much if it wasn’t for the bet with Bahat.
Even if you think about betting, there are still close to four months left this year, so the burden wasn’t too great.
In addition, Bahat even gave me a separate card and told me to do research to my heart’s content during this year without worrying about material costs.
‘Because I also have a talent for making potions.’
Of course, it’s just a crime, and it doesn’t help.
but….
[Adrias Cromwell: 41% chance of evolution of potion manufacturing buffs]
The evolution chance has risen by 9%.
It’s something I learned in a few days, but in the case of the possibility of evolution, it was like proficiency.
It was a way that the more experience you gained, the higher your chances were.
‘If I fail to evolve, can I try again?’
This was still a question, but I was planning to raise the possibility to a safe number and evolve it just in case.
And unlike this, the window that other talents can evolve has not opened yet.
It seems like I need to build up my proficiency just like when I made potions… ….
‘The problem is that I can’t use black magic at will.’
This is the biggest problem for me right now.
Black magic training was impossible unless there was a hidden private laboratory like Charon.
‘Does the skill level increase just by summoning it for a moment?’
It was sudden, but I had a crazy idea that it would be okay if I just dressed Nickel roughly and covered her appearance well.
I wondered if there would be any reason to summon it in the room anyway, and there would be no reason for it to be discovered, and I just wondered if it would be okay if someone witnessed it and didn’t immediately notice that it was a skeleton.
Therefore, I immediately summoned Nickel.
[Summon a Skeleton Soldier]
Immediately, nickel came out of the dark subspace.
What do you want in there?
“It’s been a while Nickel. Put on your clothes first.”
I put on Nickel the thick winter coat I had been wearing.
At first glance, he seemed like an ordinary person.
“Is your skill level going up now?”
When you raised a summoner character, your proficiency as well as your skill level rose just by summoning it.
I had to check if the necromancer was the same.
―Black Magic: Basic Necromancer (20/100) > > Skeleton Summon LV3
Hmm, I’ll have to wait and see.
When I glanced at the nickel with the mastery window open, he was holding a strange pose and swinging his arms up and down.
“What are you doing?”
At my question, he looked at me as if he had been interrupted, and then wrote in the air.
“training?”
and this guy
It’s my skeleton, but the concept is clear.
It was clear that he had his own unique characteristics, as if he was not the one who died while swinging the sword.
So, even after becoming an Aura Master, he must have died swinging his sword.
…for a moment?
A sudden thought hit my head.
“Nickel. Could you teach me some swordsmanship?”
