Chapter 544
Lee Han hesitated for a moment and responded immediately.
“That’s right. There are so many crazy people in the world.”
“Maybe Gonadaltes was broken?”
“Maybe.”
“Gonadaltes has been extraordinarily nervous lately.”
Professor Verdus put down the artifact that looked like a wrench and shook his hands.
“Like the way you locked me up last time. He kept getting angry.”
“That’s true. This is something I don’t understand.”
“Actually, I know why.”
“oh.”
Lee Han was surprised.
Professor Verdus knows why Headmaster Skeleton is angry?
‘You mean you were able to grasp that?’
In fact, if you look at the real reason, Professor Verdus’s good disciple accidentally touched the Headmaster Skeleton’s things, but there’s no way he would know that
… I did a lot.
But the professor himself had the ability to figure it out.
indeed?
“It’s because it’s the end of the year.”
“yes?”
“At the end of the year, the officials of the empire bother me. Why did you spend money here and why did you spend money there.”
“aha.”
Lee Han understood what he was talking about.
Einrogard did not receive a single penny of admission fees or tuition fees from students or their families.
It was a heavenly difference from the other magic schools in the empire that even aristocratic families received huge admission fees or tuition fees that would surprise them.
Of course, Ein Rogard’s operating funds did not fall from the sky. As the Skeleton Principal is the lord of Ein Rogard, he had to run and run to raise funds. As Lee Han had been with him several times, he knew at least part of the difficulties.
donations from various notables and noble families, personal patronage of the Emperor, skeletons, strangely questionable-looking bags of gold coins pulled from his safe by the Headmaster (usually accompanied by articles in the Imperial newspapers about the disappearance of some of the heinous criminals), and so on.
Among them, one of the biggest axis was the official support money from the empire.
The realm of fierce competition where bureaucrats are trying to cut down somehow and skeleton principals are trying to increase somehow!
Naturally, at the end of the year, the imperial treasurers somehow tried to cut the next year’s budget.
‘I’ll have to be even more careful.’
Lee Han vowed to be careful not to get caught if something happened to steal the headmaster’s things.
Because what could have been a day in the punishment room could have been a week.
“Take this.”
“What is this?”
“Today’s lecture. I’m going to make clothes for winter.”
When the box was opened, various reagents were lined up inside.
Give it fire properties, deflect cold or wind, and so on.
As the end of the year approached, the weather in Ein Rogard was getting colder and colder.
Students added rags to thicken their coats or carried hot alchemical liquids in glass bottles that did not cool easily, but it was not an easy task.
There was a magic such as < Endow Latent Heat >, but in a situation where I had to go back and forth on campus, this was close to a luxury… In
such a case, what was useful was a simple artifact that engraves magic into the object itself.
I could have kept it much longer without having to cast a spell.
‘…But can Professor Verdus think of that?’
“Did the professor think of this?”
“yes? I thought you would notice!”
Professor Verdus replied as if he had been waiting. His voice was full of regret.
“Did I pick something so boring? Of course not. Professor Garcia made it! If I don’t do it, I’ll destroy my workbench. How can a person be so cruel?”
“no way. Your professor misunderstood. Professor Garcia can’t kill a single fly.”
“no! I heard you right!”
Professor Verdus jumped up and down, but Lee Han pretended not to hear.
* * *
“…So today I’m making winter clothes for you guys.”
When Professor Verdus grumbled, the students were startled.
They looked at Lee Han at the same time and shouted.
“Are you threatening the professor, Wordanaz???”
“……”
While Lee Han was at a loss for words, Professor Verdus explained.
“no. Professor Garcia threatened me.”
“no way. Don’t lie, Professor. How is Professor Garcia threatening?”
At Anrago’s words, Giselle suddenly fell into thought.
‘I can… can’t I?’
Professor Garcia was a good enough person to be counted on, but in fact, he was a person who had the conditions to threaten anyone, except for preconceived notions.
“Because it’s real! really!”
When Professor Verdus jumped up, Lee Han calmed him down again.
“professor. calm down. If the students don’t complete it today, the professor’s workbench may be broken.”
“yes.”
The students studying magic for 25 hours a day didn’t blink an eye, but Professor Verdus, who valued his workbench, immediately came to his senses.
“ruler. Among the things you wear in winter, you can engrave magic…”
Professor Verdus explained various types of clothing that can be enchanted, such as hats, scarves, cloaks, cloaks, vests, sweaters and shirts.
“What about the gloves?”
“I can engrave it.”
“oh. Even the gloves…”
As the friend tried to take notes, Lee Han restrained him and asked again.
“Is it possible at our level?”
“uh. How many circle magic did you guys use? Can I use 4 circles?”
“Wardanaz is probably possible…”
“Shut up, idiot.”
The magnetic artifact finishes the calculation with mental arithmetic in 0.1 second, but Professor Verdus, who can calculate the level of the students’ level by counting his fingers, barely finished his thoughts.
“It won’t work.”
“Well, it must be difficult because the gloves are small.”
“It’s not difficult, you guys are stupid.”
“……”
Some of the White Tiger Tower students whispered a conversation like, ‘Professor, can’t we sneak into a snowdrift?’
In the meantime, Professor Verdus finished explaining possible clothing accessories and even explained the magic that could be put on them.
“< Grant latent heat > < Grant wind protection > < Grant cold resistance > < Grant snow skin > < Grant condensation resistance >… should this be enough?”
“Is there anything we didn’t learn?”
“huh? You can take this opportunity to learn something new.”
“……”
A few of the White Tiger Tower students began to advance their plan, thinking, ‘If we do really well, we can drop them into a hole in the snow.’
‘for a moment.’
Lee Han, who helped Professor Verdus prepare for the lecture, was the first to notice something strange.
“professor. Even if you don’t make a semi-permanent artifact, you engrave your magic so that it lasts for a long time. Can it withstand the durability of normal clothes?”
“I can’t stand it. So you have to use a special cloth or leather.”
“ah. Have you prepared in advance?”
Lee Han was a little surprised.
I didn’t know that Professor Verdus had put something like that in the classroom beforehand.
“No?”
“yes?”
“doesn’t exist. You guys have to come rescue me.”
“……”
“……”
Just then, a strong cold wind blew outside. It was a dreary sound, like that of a ghost.
“Where do I get them now?”
Upon receiving the question, Professor Verdus scratched the back of his head.
“Your seniors all took care of it, but didn’t you guys do it? Anything left over from last year’s hoard?”
“It’s our first year.”
“I know. So, what’s left over from last year’s stockpile?”
‘I’m not usually a crazy person.’
Using the conversation between Professor Verdus and the students like the white noise of a gramophone, Lee Han checked the book.
As for the leather or cloth that can be used…
“Professor. How about a pair of cow hides?”
“Enough to cast the magic I mentioned earlier.”
“hmm. I have two boxes, but these won’t be enough, right? I don’t think it will work for Basala Po.”
“That works too. It’s only the stem bark of the basala harvested in winter.”
“ah. I heard it’s a winter mountain. What about the foster mother?”
“Not a fair amount.”
“Anything made from the hair of the Mountainbreaker?”
“what? Do you have such a wool? give it to me!”
Professor Verdus was surprised to find the wool of the Mountain Breaker.
Such high-quality cloth was a waste to use in the rags worn by students.
Lee Han lightly ignored it and compared the fabrics he had.
Anrago, who was listening by the side, did not understand, so he thought it over and spoke.
“Wardanaz. hey. Wodanaz.”
“?”
“Are you going to rob the principal’s warehouse from now on? Come with me.”
“…no. I collected them.”
At Lee Han’s words, not only the students of the White Tiger Tower, but also the students of the other towers burst into laughter.
“okay. okay. Wodanaz. would have collected Let’s do something like that outwardly.”
“So when are you going?”
“……”
Lee Han suddenly became concerned, wondering if his image among his friends had become similar to that of a robber.
“Got it, you idiots.”
“No… how do you collect them?”
“for a moment. Wodhanaz, did you ever… know. Are you in a hurry? Actually, 3rd grade…”
Exactly!
“I worked and collected it, you bastards.”
Lee Han, who hit the head of his friend who was talking nonsense with a cane, said in a stunned tone.
“Work… work?”
“okay.”
“Professor? Is it possible to collect as much as I do with it?”
Friends groaned.
It wasn’t because Lee Han was born strong, but because he physically couldn’t have that much cloth.
I entered the school together for a year, but if I hadn’t lived alone for several years, how could I save that amount?
“I got it from seniors too.”
“?”
“????”
The students were all in doubt.
are seniors
…Can I meet the seniors?
Often enough to become a trade?
‘hey. Isn’t Wardanaz really a 3rd year?’
‘But why skip the second year?’
‘It’s more like a third year than a second year.’
Professor Verdus urged Lee Han.
“If you have the materials, start quickly. I have to make it today so Professor Garcia won’t break my workbench.”
“All right. professor.”
“that’s right. What about the wool of the mountain destroyer sheep?”
“I’m coming to your tower, so come with me.”
Lee Han pretended not to hear again and left the classroom with the White Tiger Tower students.
* * *
Angrago, who was working hard to carry the chest, suddenly had a question.
“hey. Wodanaz. But it’s the Phoenix Tower, so why are we moving it?”
“Aren’t you using ingredients?”
“…Uh… even the four priests use it.”
“So you guys don’t use ingredients?”
“…you can just move it…”
Giselle was silent as she moved the chest from a distance.
When circumstances were unfavorable, it was strategically right to look at the opportunity calmly.
“hmm. Maybe the quantity is not enough. I’ll have to bring more Rowena. If you dig about 2 meters into the ground here, there are a few boxes. Take it out and bring it.”
“oh. yep.”
For a moment, a squirrel hiding an acorn in her head passed by, but she didn’t say anything.
“Why did you dig it up like that?”
“Lack of storage space. There are limits to the resting room or private room. hmm. Should I get a warehouse?”
Lee Han seemed to know why his seniors risked looting or theft to build warehouses in secluded places outside.
When I first entered the school, I thought that a private room or a lounge would be enough space, but it wasn’t.
Even if you only stocked up on food or supplies, space quickly ran out. In addition, those who had a lot of magic to study like Lee Han had more preparations.
‘The base I found last time is inaccessible… Should I keep it in the hut where I raised the basilisk?’
Nilia, who measured the amount, tilted her head and asked.
“for a moment. isn’t it enough? Why more… Ah. i get it.”
Nilia looked at Lee Han with a meaningful look and tapped him with her elbow.
“That’s right. To my friends…”
“You’re trying to share it!”
“…because I have to sell it.”
For a moment there was silence between each other.
Lee Han nodded and spoke again.
“You could see it as something to share.”
“no…”
