Ch.102Chapter 102 – The Academy Repair Shop, Now Reopened

A month had passed since the start of the new semester at Glesius Academy.

Even the freshmen had grown accustomed to studying at the academy, so the library and the adjacent reading room were always filled with students diligently focusing on their studies.

“Have you finished the Comprehensive Magic Introduction assignment yet?”

“No. Only about halfway through?”

Among these students, there was one assignment that gave most of them headaches—the assignment for the class called Comprehensive Magic Introduction.

Comprehensive Magic Introduction was known as a mandatory class for anyone studying magic at the academy.

Occasionally, some freshmen would boldly sign up for Comprehensive Magic Introduction.

They registered for it thinking it was an easy subject because of the word “Introduction” in the course title.

“I thought it was an introduction course. Why is it so difficult?”

“It’s an introduction to ‘comprehensive’ magic. Not a ‘comprehensive introduction’ to magic. That’s why the seniors told us at the welcome party to take it only after completing all the basic magic courses.”

That’s right. The Comprehensive Magic Introduction class was an introduction to the process of synthesizing all the magic learned so far, not a class that comprehensively taught magic.

“If I had known that, I wouldn’t have signed up. Did you know this and not tell me?”

“Huh? The seniors explained all the precautions at the welcome party. What were you doing instead of listening?”

“I was sleeping. Just sleeping.”

“You idiot! Why would you sleep during such an important time!”

“Hey! Please keep it down in the reading room!”

Do they not realize that raising their voices in the reading room is inconsiderate?

They finally got scolded by people who couldn’t stand it anymore.

‘They should really be quieter.’

As you can see, I’m currently at the reading room, observing what the students are doing.

If I had to give a reason for specifically coming to the reading room, I suppose I wanted to experience the atmosphere of attending school.

In truth… I had nothing to do, so I was wandering around the academy and came in when I saw the reading room.

‘But academy life isn’t all that special.’

As a student attending school, one would attend classes, make friends, eat meals, take exams, submit assignments, receive grades, and so on.

‘I don’t have to take exams or submit assignments.’

Moreover, I already obtained the noble status I was supposed to receive upon graduation when I became a count.

At this point, I’m wondering…

‘Should I continue attending the academy?’

I’m debating whether to continue attending the academy or quit and create allies to stand against the Demon Cult to ensure peace in the world and guarantee my comfortable retirement.

“Are you troubled by something?”

As I sat on a bench after leaving the reading room, Eterna approached and spoke to me.

She wasn’t wearing her comfortable clothes from before but was dressed in her priestess robes that she usually wore.

“What happened to the clothes you wore before? Why are you back in your priestess robes?”

I liked the outfit she wore then, but I wonder if she won’t wear it again.

“Ah… those clothes? I only wear them when I temporarily set aside my duties as a clergy member.”

Hmm, that’s right. Eterna was a saint. Right. I forgot about that.

Looking at her appearance… pure thoughts, pure thoughts!

“Why are you acting like that?”

For a moment, my gaze lingered on Eterna’s large and beautiful… ahem.

Anyway, to avoid misunderstanding, I briefly looked up at the sky.

“It’s nothing.”

“Hmm… is that so?”

Eterna leaned in with a puzzled expression.

As she came closer, I could smell a sweet fragrance.

It wasn’t an artificially synthesized sweet smell made from chemicals.

“Oh? Lord Patos? What’s wrong?”

“Did you perhaps put on perfume?”

“Perfume…? According to the order’s regulations, priests aren’t allowed to wear perfume.”

Eterna was sniffing various parts of her body.

She seemed curious if there was a perfume scent on her body because of what I said.

“I’d appreciate it if you’d stop that, as it’s embarrassing to watch…”

“Hmm, since you put it that way… I’ll stop.”

Eterna blushed and stopped sniffing her body.

“Anyway! I did not put on perfume! To suggest I wore perfume! As a devout inquisitor of the Sun Order, it’s absolutely unacceptable behavior!”

“I understand, so please stop shouting!”

I had to try my best to stop Eterna from loudly proclaiming her innocence.

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While Eterna left the academy for some business, I headed to my shop within the academy.

In front of the shop, equipment left by students hoping for inspection was piled up like a mountain.

“Quite a lot has accumulated today as well.”

All the equipment piled up now was used by students learning magic.

‘Seeing that most of it is magic equipment, it must be the time when magic students submit their written assignments.’

Glesius Academy educates students in various fields such as magic, martial arts, alchemy, and engineering.

The equipment they use is not only numerous but also incredibly diverse.

This makes it difficult for the academy to manage everything at once.

As a result, they introduced the sequential examination system.

The sequential examination system means that students from different departments—magic, martial arts, alchemy, engineering, etc.—don’t all take exams at the same time. When one department has written exams, another has practical exams.

For reference, I was assigned to handle two departments: the Magic Department and the Martial Arts Department.

This is because with alchemy and engineering equipment, improper handling could damage the equipment or lead to incorrect results in future experiments.

So the Principal, knowing my abilities well, kindly arranged it so that I wouldn’t cause problems by fixing alchemy and engineering equipment.

Even during the final evaluation of the first semester, my abilities caused excessively powerful attacks that postponed the entire evaluation.

“Well, thanks to that, I can easily coast through like this.”

Even for me, it’s better to handle equipment I’m familiar with rather than touching alchemy or engineering equipment that I know nothing about.

“Well then, let’s get to repairing equipment today as well.”

I rolled up my sleeves and moved the equipment piled outside the shop into the workshop inside.

Inside the shop, there were neatly arranged stands and display cases for various weapons and armor.

I placed all the equipment that needed maintenance on each display stand.

All equipment entrusted to me is kept in pouches with special magic circles to prevent loss.

These pouches have strong sealing magic that prevents anyone except the owner of the equipment from opening them.

Moreover, equipment taken out of a pouch for maintenance can never be placed in a different pouch.

Additionally, they’re linked to the student management system, so when inspection is complete, the owner of the pouch is automatically notified that their equipment has been checked.

It’s truly a precious item that money can’t buy. Who made these, you ask?

The Principal just waved her hand once, and they poured down from the sky in heaps.

Indeed, an archmage is a being far different from an ordinary magician.

Anyway, thanks to the Principal, I was able to easily obtain the tools I needed.

According to news from students, even the people employed by the academy to inspect equipment are pleased with the situation.

This is because before these pouches were introduced, equipment would occasionally get lost or stolen during inspection.

But thanks to these magic pouches, the risk of loss has disappeared, making it much more convenient for both those who leave their equipment and those who inspect it.

That’s great, really great. How nice is it when everyone’s comfortable?

“I’ll finish this and then go for lunch.”

It would take others at least a week to inspect all this, but…

“That doesn’t apply to me!”

I transformed my bracelet, the Shadow of Infinity, which I use effectively, into a hammer shape.

And then?

I just fairly tap each piece of equipment three times, and it’s done!

Even more amazingly, it seems my ability leveled up while fixing the Heart of Extreme Flame, because now when I tap the pouch containing equipment, even the items inside are perfectly repaired!

How did I discover this? Well, there was a rather dirty pouch, and when I used my ability to clean it, all the equipment inside was also perfectly repaired.

Since it didn’t directly touch my hammer, my ability didn’t strengthen even after an hour had passed.

However, since the students seemed a bit disappointed, I added a little service to cheer them up.

And they all loved it!

“Who would have thought that excess magic stones would instantly transform into high-purity magic stones.”

The service I provided was high-purity magic stones.

To explain this, we need to go back to a week ago.