You’ve become a fool. (3)

Outdoor training at the Frisian Royal Academy takes place over two days in the mountains close to the capital.

The professors operate under a system in which only a few professors from each department are in control, and in consideration of first-year students who are experiencing outdoor classes at the academy for the first time, second-year students accompany them and act as guardians.

“Nora, are you okay? Did you sleep well?”

“… Oh, it’s okay. I slept for an hour.”

“We don’t say we slept for an hour. That’s fainting.”

“Is this an experience?”

“… Yes, it’s an experience.”

After hearing the story of Ellis Fortward, who spoke to me as if he was worried about me, and Albert Dear Frisia, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Frisia, who said that he had woken up not from sleep but from fainting, I suppressed my pounding head and looked around. .

‘There were 40 kids who asked for a black magic catalyst. There were 10 children who participated as black magicians… ‘A little too much.’

In the end, most of the children who came to the lab decided to participate in training with a different major, and the only children who participated as true black magicians were those who had no talent for other magic or had no resources to learn other magic.

‘… are you okay. That’s what black magicians are like. Just raise them well and send them to the research department.’

Nora felt a little discouraged when she saw that the participation rate of black magicians was lower than expected, but considering that last year there were less than 10 people including herself and Rudis, she told herself that this year would be much better.

Just like that, I started taking on the role of leading the first year students from each major.

“… huh? Why does Albert come here? Didn’t you go to the swordsmanship specialty course?”

“You are the only second-year black magician. And from what I heard, it seems like the Black Magic Tower is going crazy right now, catalyst. Are you properly prepared?”

“Ugh… “

Because he was the crown prince, he was forced to become the student council president from the first year of school, and so as not to be heard by those around him, he said he knew about the situation and took on the role of leading the black magicians.

Seeing him like that, Nora feels like she’s becoming smaller…

-ok? Leading~? How do our seniors lead us? What do you know about black magic?

I remembered the black-haired bastard who had been fighting with my seniors last year.

“Albert.”

“Hmm?”

“Please take good care of me. I don’t want to miss them.”

“Of course, I know your skills. Looking at your history, other kids who are addicted to science will also try to enter the black magic lab. I will also support you with all my might.”

We can’t fail like last year.

And, as the first black magician to become a senior, he should be an example to them.

Nora, having made up her mind, let out a small snort, straightened her messy hair from lack of sleep, and checked the intermediate catalyst in her pocket.

‘good. If this is the case, you won’t lose even if General Orc appears.’

Even if your opponent is a monster close to fantasy level, you will not lose.

Anyway, not only Rudis but also himself is Lv. Because he was a black magician of number 3.

Although he is currently unable to go to the tower owner’s floor against the wishes of his teacher, the magic tower master, he still learned magic from his master until early this year.

So, thinking that she had the ability to properly perform this role and the talent to make it a complete success, she moved her lips as she saw the first-year students only looking at her.

“Everyone, everyone… ! The place we are going from now on is a small orc village. There was information that goblins might be involved, so don’t let down your guard and let’s go!”

“””Yes.”””

It was the beginning of two days and one night of outdoor training.

*

“””[Black Hand]!!”””

“Good… ! Next back row attack!”

“””[Sword of Darkness]!!”””

Under Nora’s instructions, half of the enemies are tied up, and the other half of the fully tied enemies are leveled. Defeat it with 1 magic.

The pace of progress in the dark magician class was not as fast as the other classes, but it was progressing very safely and solidly.

-Rustling.

“Ah, my catalyst… “

“It’s okay. Now, take this.”

“Ah, thank you, senior!”

And because there were many returned lower-level catalysts or catalysts that did not come to receive them, even when the first-year students failed to control their magic and the catalysts were broken, Nora was able to help them with their training by distributing catalysts to the children quite leisurely.

‘thank god. If all 40 people had come, the catalyst would have already been used up and some of them would have been injured by monsters while chanting slowly.’

This is exactly what a phone call is.

If all 40 people had come, there would have been a shortage of low-level catalysts, but she still had more than 10 low-level catalysts left in her arms that she had made over the past few days.

Thinking that this would be enough to last her until the end of training tomorrow, she checked the monsters that were dying and disappearing.

“[Spear of Darkness]!”

“Kyeeeeh?!”

“꺗… ?!”

We quickly stopped the goblin, a green monster that cleverly pretended to be dead and did not disappear, from targeting a first-year female student.

“You have to be careful. If the corpse does not disappear for a certain period of time, the monster may be pretending to be dead. I said it clearly.”

“Oh, sorry… “

“Yes, I will protect you for now. The next outdoor training will be with first year students. You could really get hurt then, so be careful, okay?”

“Yes! Senior!”

“Nice Nora. I didn’t notice it either, but is it because my senses became more sensitive because I didn’t sleep?”

“Your words are strange. Prince.”

“… Is it strange that you receive this strangely?”

“”Pfft!””

Crown Prince Albert bursts into laughter at the same time at Nora’s answer, which is a little embarrassing after receiving a look of trust from the first grader and a compliment from the Crown Prince.

The outdoor training was progressing more leisurely and stably than expected, and it looked like it would end without any accidents like last year.

“It will soon be an orc village.”

“Hmm. Looking at the number of monsters that have appeared so far, it is a little less than expected, but there is a possibility that they were drawn to that direction because there were more people on the other side. I think it is the margin of error.”

“Right? Well then, I’ll proceed like this.”

“Yes.”

Without much trouble, they headed to the planned monster village, confirmed the number of Orcs and a small amount of Goblins that matched the information they had initially heard, and then proceeded with training step by step.

“””[Dark Magic][Lv. 1][Sword of Darkness]!”””

-Pupupupupupup!!!

“Good! Everyone step back! After making sure the bodies are gone, we’ll burn the village and make a camp!”

“””Yes!!”””

By the time the village’s subjugation was completed, the sky was slowly starting to turn red.

Under Nora’s control, the first-year students moved in order, and the camp where they would stay for the night was gradually completed.

“Wait a minute, Nora. Are you okay?”

“Huh? Why?”

After directing the first graders to set up the tent and set their own watch times, he followed Albert, who had called him, and after seeing that there was no one around, he quietly asked:

“I think the catalyst you just handed out was the last one, is that correct?”

“… huh. I used it up faster than I thought.”

The catalyst that I thought would be spare since there were more than 10 left disappeared much faster than I thought.

The monsters in the village matched the information, and the number of goblins was lower than expected.

Since the children had no experience fighting monsters, they hurriedly chanted with poor magic control, and the catalyst could not withstand the load and was consumed too quickly.

“… If this goes on, the first years will fight without a catalyst in the battle on the return route tomorrow morning, and I think even if they go 5:5 to the orcs at the speed they chant, there will be injuries if they encounter a higher-ranking species or troll. What do you think?”

“Yes. Probably at least half of them will get hurt. There’s already one person who got upset when the catalyst broke and got his arm injured by a goblin.”

The girl told me to stop being on watch and focus on recovery, but of course there was no way the wound would heal that quickly.

There is no recovery magic in black magic, but, funny enough, Lv. A magic that can only be learned at level 6.

This means that black magic is magic that cannot even be recovered unless you are a magician of the level of a black magic tower lord.

After summarizing the situation with Albert, Nora contemplated giving up on the return route tomorrow and returning to the route she had been hunting on today.

“… Ha, I shouldn’t have given this to you. It’s admirable to see you working hard, so as a classmate, I can’t help but help you.”

Albert took out another magic pouch from the magic pouch on his waist and handed it to Nora.

“This?”

“… First, don’t get excited and just listen. That’s Rudy’s magic bag… Don’t throw it.”

Albert stopped her with words as if he was expecting her to throw away the magic bag as soon as her name was mentioned, and then continued talking, frowning as if he didn’t like it either.

” Among the items confiscated after putting him in prison, these are items that will be returned to the Black Magic Tower within the next week in accordance with the original procedures. However, no one knows the contents inside except the Kingdom Knights who investigated it and me who received the report. So, just use what you need and return it to me.”

“… I don’t want to use that bastard’s stuff.”

“Is that the extent to which you have to give up your dream of reviving the academy’s dark magic research department, eliminating discrimination among black magicians, and raising their status?”

“… … “

Nora pursed her lips at Albert’s words.

Of course, she hates Rudis and cannot forgive him, but she is sure that it is not something that would cause her to give up her dream.

And in the end, thanks to Albert’s persuasion, she came to the realization that she should hate Rudis but not the things he had, so she took control of the magic bag with black magic and took out the items inside it.

-Rurrr!

“… Is this all a catalyst?”

“… It’s all a catalyst.”

And when they saw the considerable amount of middle-level and low-level catalysts that poured out from there, the two people looked at each other and burst into laughter.

I don’t know why that miser had this much catalyst, but it wouldn’t break easily even if the kids rolled it around.

“Tomorrow morning, I will distribute one intermediate level and one low level to each child.”

“Yes, and you take all the remaining catalyst. There’s no progress in making the catalyst, so you can’t sleep, right?”

Your clean skin will all be ruined.

As Albert patted her on the shoulder and walked away while saying that, she looked at his back, thinking that she had really made a good friend.

-Ugh, gold. What on earth are you going to do if you destroy all the advanced catalysts? How much does this cost!! No, what kind of kid is Lv. 2 to Lv. 3 I’m going to use magic! No, you couldn’t even make a single low-level catalyst correctly in the first place… !!

‘It’s the difference between the dogs and the heavens.’

Nora left Albert behind and put the spilled catalyst into her magic bag. and.

“… Research paper?”

She grabbed Rudis’ research book, which had been hidden from view because it had fallen before the catalyst pile, and thought about opening it, but then shook her head.

“A piece of trash who didn’t even take proper classes at the academy would have written anything at all. It’s going to suck anyway.”

True to his feelings that he didn’t want to see anything that reminded him of him, he put it back into Rudy’s pocket without hesitation.