# 422
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422
Immediately after finishing the conversation with Michael, an envoy from the Empire arrived.
Helmut looked at the two items the envoy had left behind.
One was a gold identification plate proving the title of count, and the other was a thick piece of paper with numbers and the imperial seal.
“Count Dius… It’s a reward from the martial arts club.”
Unlike Asuka, Helmut really liked the way the crown prince handled things.
I thought it would be postponed due to the current situation of Rinosa, but the compensation was accurate.
The title of count promised as a reward for the winner of the martial arts competition is a good thing.
Even if he leaves the empire, he will never be called a count.
Helmut liked wealth more.
Rather than sending him money, they neatly sent him the Empire’s national bank account.
The amount is valid as long as the empire exists.
Xian suddenly appeared and looked at the items.
He made a mysterious expression as he looked at the status card, which looked like a work of art with vines and flower decorations embossed on the border.
“Are you the Count now? “Some people don’t have any titles, but some people are not only grand dukes, but even count.”
Sian grumbled. However, to complain, he did not make any effort to obtain the title.
In any case, if he is chosen by the Earth Spirit, his life will have to be thrown into Green Cana.
“Now that I think about it, Helmut, you didn’t even come close to winning.”
It was a plan to take care of everything, even if it was small. Of course, he was the poorest among his friends.
“I didn’t have time for that. “If you need to go to the empire, find the prize and then tell me.”
“It sounds like you don’t want to shoot that. “Then please raise my salary.”
Xian aimed for a gap. I guess that was the purpose.
Helmut cut off coldly.
“What a shameless thing to say. “You’re getting paid a lot for the work you do.”
Helmut had a good sense of salary because he had worked as a mercenary.
Xian is eating into Renosa’s budget every day just because he is his friend.
Just as Sian was about to refute, Helmut turned his gaze out the window.
“I’m very busy today.”
The faint sound of rolling carriage wheels could be heard mixed with the sound of horses’ hooves.
Judging by the small sound, it is a luxury carriage with little shaking, which means it is a high-ranking guest.
The wizard’s presence was read. He was someone who knew.
From the other side, Area approached Helmut.
“The dean has arrived.”
It was a visit from the Dean from Greta Academy.
Helmut and Area Sian.
Except for Charlotte, who was with Michael, all four students from Greta Academy greeted the dean in the drawing room.
“I guess you have a lot of things bothering you these days.”
Xian looked at him intently and asked.
The dean looked older than before. Wizards have an advantage in maintaining youth, so the reason he looks like that is probably due to his lack of ability to take care of his appearance.
“There was something to worry about. “I made a decision.”
Area, who heard about his decision, crossed her arms and asked.
“I heard you can’t cooperate with Greta Academy?”
It was Area who got into an argument with the dean using the report on the sacred barrier as bait.
The dean said he would help, but he hesitated, and Area asked him to take action. The dean nodded.
“For Greta Academy. The academy is not the military. Also, Greta is not just an academy for wizards. There are also students at the academy who are deeply religious. The entire academy is shaken by this incident. I don’t want to burden them. “Some people may end up giving up their studies for the sake of their faith.”
“It would be better for those who believe in lumens not to be in the academy.”
“Just because the temple is wrong doesn’t mean the lumen is wrong.”
Lumen is the will and power itself that protects humans from the devil. It was not something that should be rejected.
That was their foundation and justification that the temple had maintained for a long time.
It was the temple that gave the excuse to tear it down with its own hands.
The dean added with a worried expression.
“This is a fight too big for Greta Academy to get involved in. “The risk is also high.”
The conflict between the temple and Rinosa had already spread into a conflict between the temple and the human nation that opposed it.
In a situation where the temple was preparing for war without giving in, it was difficult for Greta Academy to side with Helmut and guarantee the sprout of darkness.
Area was also the reason. The temple is currently focused on the war, but if you put your mind to it, there’s nothing you can’t do to investigate and find out who Helmut’s fiancée Area is.
Even the fact that she was the granddaughter of Heike, the master of the temple, and that she attended Greta Academy disguised as a man.
In the latter case, it was a rumor that spread widely when Area appeared at the banquet as Helmut’s fiancee.
Since the dean hid Area, if her identity is revealed, Greta Academy will lose its fairness from then on.
You will be suspicious of the close relationship between the Dean and Heike, who were said to have had a close relationship during their days at Greta Academy.
Although Heike felt unfair about his crimes, it was difficult to overturn the perception that he was a credit to the temple.
If the two crimes of being a temple holder and possessing a sprout of darkness are intertwined, the public perception will also worsen.
Hadn’t Area already decided to deny her relationship with Heike?
In fact, Heike decided not to get involved in this battle.
“You came to a very reasonable conclusion.”
Alea’s eyes were still cold. Greta Academy is a fairly trustworthy educational institution.
In fact, it didn’t matter to her what position Greta was in. I just needed their support.
However, the dean kept his conscience as a dean rather than his greed as a wizard.
For a wizard who abandons morality and reason in the face of rare research, his will is quite strong.
‘That’s why you can’t be an archmage.’
If you cross a line, you become a warlock, but you have to cross a line to become an archmage. The limitations of those who walk the right path are clear.
Area asked crookedly.
“If you want to remain neutral, why are you here?”
The dean’s eyes became intense. It was a greed that could not be abandoned.
He was not a person who would side with Helmut because he was a student at Greta Academy and the academy failed to protect him when he was a student.
Area’s sacred barrier report is not something that can be given up. The dean was strong-willed, but he did not give up.
“I came here not as the dean of Greta Academy, but as an individual wizard. “If you’re a wizard the size of me, wouldn’t that be a pretty good amount of power?”
So the dean decided to go it alone, excluding Greta Academy.
If the dean was to take the blame on himself, Greta would have a way out.
The Dean is also a wizard of the Wizards Association.
The Wizards Association is clearly on the side of the Empire and Rinosa and is in conflict with the Temple.
“Do they understand that?”
“I submitted my resignation. “It’s pending and won’t be repaired before this issue is resolved, but it proves that my decision to help Rinosa had nothing to do with Greta Academy.”
Greta Academy was in fact an educational institution owned by one family for generations.
In the current dean’s family, there was no one else worthy of becoming dean.
If there is no one in the family capable of becoming the dean, the dean is temporarily appointed from among the nobles of Baden.
“If I die, who is the right person to be dean? That would be Ethan Kudrow. So he can’t come. “Because he has people to protect.”
Helmut nodded slowly.
I had already had a conversation with Ethan Kudrow through magic after this situation broke out.
I asked Ethan Kudrow for Susan and Sarah. He had to protect them.
Area had doubts about the dean’s skills.
He is the highest level among wizards who have not reached the level of an archmage, but he is…
“It’s been a long time since you had any real combat experience, right?”
Hasn’t it been a long time since I sat in the dean’s office and bitten my desk? The dean frowned and answered.
“You won’t be a nuisance by shaking, so don’t worry. No need for maintenance. “Area, if only you would hand over the sacred barrier report to me as promised.”
“Of course.”
For Helmut, it was a profitable business since he got a skilled wizard for free. And the dean looked at Helmut and said:
“And if the temple army comes, I think I’ll try interceding with the high priest.”
The dean had interacted with several high priests.
In the past, during festivals, the temple visited Greta Academy for inspection purposes.
There was a little incident between Helmut and Area back then… but it’s a long time ago now.
Helmut questioned.
“What if it’s arbitration?”
“The Wizards Association will also join us. “I should offer to notarize the sprout of darkness and show the notarization process in front of the temple.”
Sian pointed out.
“Temple are not the ones who communicate with wizards in the first place. “They have been refusing any contact between the Wizards’ Association and the Dean, right?”
It’s like royalty who can’t talk to low-income people.
“That’s why I’m going to step forward. If it works, wouldn’t war be avoided?”
‘War… I have no intention of avoiding it here either.’
A place where the power of the temple cannot be accurately estimated.
Whether it was the Empire or Basor, he sought their help to minimize sacrifice in case of emergency, but Helmut did not think of his own death, whether he lost or won.
The certainty of victory contrasts perfectly with the premonition of defeat.
That supreme and powerful thing was dominating Helmut.
I didn’t think I would lose. Just as Darian was undefeated in a head-to-head match, who could defeat the Sword Saint?
But Helmut calmly opened his mouth.
“If we avoid war, that’s a good thing.”
As if he hoped for it. An answer that pretends to be harmless and good.
It was advantageous for the dean, who could not be considered a complete ally, to be seen as such.
The temple will neither stop nor compromise. Before it collided and shattered into pieces.
Helmut was sure of that.
But it didn’t matter if it was a useless attempt. The temple will think that this side is trying to avoid war because they are weak, and if it catches them off guard, it will not be a bad result.
Before the war against the temple, allies and enemies were clearly determined.
Now all that remains is war. Since we can’t attack from this side, we have no choice but to wait for them to come from the temple side.
With their limbs.
A fierce light flashed through Helmut’s eyes.
