episode_0044

The chairman said that it would take a few days to hold a meeting with teachers, and even if it is confirmed, advance notice must be given to students.

Until then, just carry on as usual.

So, let’s return to the general store.

“…The sun has already set.”

The sun, which was up until I went to see the chairman, is now going down.

An orange sunset fills the sky.

When I opened the door to the general store, I saw Mr. Suiben, whose hair resembled the sunset outside, organizing the shelves.

The sight of her throwing away her heavy armor and wearing a green apron.

The appearance of an outstanding lineman was nowhere to be seen, and she was entirely an employee at a general store.

“Oh, Mr. Edin. Did you have a good talk with the chairman?”

“Ah, yes. I think we had a good conversation.”

“What are you talking about?”

In response to her question, I told her the stories I had shared with the chairman earlier.

We create internal requests within the academy to supply materials to students.

As a reward, you will receive gift certificates or points that can be used at stores within the academy.

And the gift certificate received as a reward sells limited-edition products or higher-grade items that cannot normally be purchased.

“It’s so good. I think it will definitely be good and motivate students.”

“Yes. But I’m worried. At most, the request will only include ingredients for making potions. Is there any merit for students to abandon external requests and choose this…”

I was so excited earlier that I didn’t think much about it, but I’m also worried about this part.

Of course, you can make potions and consumables that can only be purchased with the academy’s internal goods, but I don’t know if you can feel the definite merit just by doing that.

Wouldn’t it feel like a small request that only some students do?

“Well. I think they’ll turn on their eyes and rush at me.”

“Is that so?”

Looking at the expression on his face that looks like he’s seriously thinking about it, I don’t think he’s just saying this to make me feel good.

“If I were a student, I would definitely do it. A high-level potion that can only be purchased with a gift certificate? Honestly, students who have used Mr. Edin’s potion even once would roll their eyes?”

“Oh…”

Is it that much?

Certainly, every time students came, they gave us a lot of good reviews saying that the performance was really solid.

“There are a lot of rumors these days. As the quality of goods in the general store has improved, the success rate of students’ external training has increased significantly.”

It is said that because of this, many teachers are voicing concerns.

If you only use potions with high performance, and later become an active adventurer and use commercially available potions, won’t your success rate on requests actually drop?

Now I know that, unlike most alchemists, I am definitely talented.

I don’t know if I’ve even had the chance to write about it like I did with Claude, but it’s strange that I don’t know about it when people around me are commenting on it like this.

But honestly, it’s true that I wonder if it’s worth worrying about that much.

It’s not a self-deprecation, but I’d say it’s a bit dazed… Anyway, it’s a pleasant yet strange feeling.

Anyway, if that’s true, I’m a little worried.

What if I become accustomed to high-performance potions and make mistakes when I become an active adventurer after graduation?

If that puts you in danger.

Because, indirectly, it’s because of me.

Should we also consider external distribution? But mass production like that is a bit unreasonable…

It’s not like I have 10 bodies.

Right now, there are thousands of adventurers in Preta alone, so how can I handle them all?

However, you can’t make a potion roughly… I need to think about this part a bit.

“The arrangement is now complete. Shall we close the door and go home from work?”

“Oh, has it already happened like that?”

While I was sorting out my thoughts, it seemed like the store was also being sorted out.

Since it is a business targeting academy students, there are almost no customers coming around the time the academy classes end.

So the Academy General Store usually closes down around 6 to 7 p.m.

Anyway, from then on, most students either go to the dormitory after dinner, or in the case of students carrying out requests from outside, they either camp out or sleep at an inn.

Since there are no customers at night, of course it has to be closed.

To begin with, there are only two people working there, including me, so we can’t operate until late at night.

“Then let’s go.”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”

After sending Suiben away, we head to the warehouse.

Hehehe, I have something to do this evening.

“Hello, friends?”

When I open the warehouse door, the bitter smell of grass hits my nose.

In the meantime, you can feel the pungent scent of disinfectant.

These are numerous materials from the Goblin Fortress purchased from the Cumel student party.

Hehe, I’m going to make a lot of different things with this today.

It seems like a lot of food, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to try a new recipe using Accorhole that I saw at the National Library of Preta before.

“…?”

While imagining a fun manufacturing time, I suddenly realize that today has been strangely quiet, so I look back.

Normally, around this time, an elf would come out and say something.

It’s kind of quiet today.

Did you happen to be away for a moment?

Well, that doesn’t mean Saella is the type of person who will just say she’s going somewhere for a while and then leave.

…Well, it looks like he went to the bathroom at least.

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Sophia somehow escaped from the training room without the high priest’s knowledge and quickly headed to the academy.

The sun was already starting to set, but there was still some time left before the academy closed completely.

All you have to do is visit Edin somehow.

‘I don’t know if it was Claude or Mary, but at least I protected them and treated them kindly until the end. Edin will definitely help me.’

Things I did while pretending to be good.

Edin already knew that, but he didn’t bother to say it.

Because he knew that talking about it anyway would be useless given his position.

And since he was finally free from the party, what did it matter to him whether Sofia was lying and pretending to be nice?

Anyway, without knowing that fact, Sofia was thinking of somehow swindling Edin, who had gotten a job at the Academy and was doing well.

That’s how she arrived at the entrance of the academy.

The guards stopped her.

“Priest. What business do you have?”

“Ah, yes that is…”

He is Edin’s acquaintance, and he came to meet Edin.

As she was about to say that, she remembered Claude complaining that he had visited Edin but was kicked out.

‘Ah… what if they kick me out too?’

She came to the conclusion that she could kick him out because she thought he was in the same gang as Claude.

I was trying to come up with an excuse in my head.

But then.

“Um.”

Suddenly, a handsome elf walks out to the entrance of the academy.

“Ah, Saela…”

The security guard naturally tried to call Saela teacher, but stopped after realizing that he had recently quit being a teacher at the academy.

Recently, it was said that he was staying at the academy as a bodyguard for Edin, the owner of a general store.

But why did he suddenly come here?

“……”

Sophia also noticed Saela and her eyes widened.

‘Teacher Saela… Wow, you look really handsome again.’

She also took classes at the academy to become an adventurer, and Saella was working as a teacher at the academy at the time.

And then, just like now, it was extremely popular with female students.

Of course, Sofia was one of the female students who admired Saella, and even now, she is remembered for his good looks and noble origins as an elf.

The wealth and fame accumulated as an S-rank adventurer, etc.

He was one of the men who matched Sophia’s ideal type.

But why is he here?

Did you happen to run into him on your way out?

‘…Should I change to Teacher Saella instead of Edin?’

It might not have been possible when he was a student, but now he has built up quite a career as an A-rank adventurer.

Sophia was thinking that she had become a woman worthy of Saella.

‘Yeah, I look pretty good too. And he’s really nice, right? What a pretty and kind woman. ‘What man wouldn’t like it?’

That would be the same even if she were an elf, she thought.

And did that feeling even resonate?

Saella looked at Sofia intently, then suddenly spoke to the guards.

“This is an acquaintance of mine. Don’t block it too much. Because you came to look for me.”

“Oh, is that so.”

“???”

The guards agreed and nodded.

Sophia was embarrassed because she did not understand what the situation was.

I’m sure the only contact she had with him was that we met her a few times at the academy when she was a student.

Are you suddenly an acquaintance?

And he even told me not to stop him because he came to look for me?

‘What is this… is it completely over?’

I don’t know what it is.

This was a God-given opportunity, she thought.

Not only did I throw away the wretched Claude, but also Edin, who I was trying to lean on just in case.

Change to the best man, Saela!

“Let’s talk outside for a moment.”

“Ah… Yes.”

Without even thinking about why Saella was doing that, she asked straight away.

A handsome, talented, elf-born man with a lot of money and a high reputation.

From Sophia’s perspective, there was no reason to refuse.

Of course, following Saella would be the biggest mistake of my life.

She had no idea.