episode_0044

“….Foolish disciple. Still, it feels good because a gift is a gift. I heard you should stop eating sugar… Ugh…”

The happiness circuit in Ilemina’s head turned on.

The voice of an idiot student who gave sincere advice for health was set as background music in the teacher’s head after extensive intracerebral correction.

“I think that’s okay since he’s the best wizard in the kingdom, but…”

“If it tastes sweet in your fingers…do you need to reduce it…”

To be exact, it was advice for a teacher who had swiped the card he had been given for a research grant, which was meant to be used only to purchase daily necessities, at a candy store, but there was no one here to point it out.

“It’s okay for a disciple to offer a gift to his teacher, but not until he brings a gift to give to his teacher…”

In the mind of an elf whose happiness circuit was overheated, searching through someone else’s desk drawers had long since become a sacred act that no one could interfere with in checking the student’s growth.

“Let’s see…the locker…is here!”

From Ilemina’s perspective, Kim Hyun-woo was a unique person.

What gave him the highest score was his kindness in helping himself first in a world where most people tried to eat each other, but his strange constitution was also interesting.

Even without learning technology, you could do it with common sense.

He was a truly unique person for an elf who could use clean magic, but when he picked up a broom, trash was created that wasn’t there.

“Especially because it just shows how much the idiot student has grown?”

In the past, they had cut it with a knife, but now they were scraping off the magic stone with a radish knife.

Such action was realistically impossible. Although it was possible, the magic power required to cut the magic stone that way without damaging it was greater.

I stopped taking the bolt magic class I had initially agreed to.

Since I couldn’t even use simple magic, I switched to a class to learn Magic Mastery, which increases maximum magical power.

I heard that there are many cases where it is learned naturally while processing magic stones. It seemed like Sky City’s academy was doing the same.

What Ilemina took out of Kim Hyeon-woo’s personal locker and placed on the desk was an ordinary magic stone.

“Then let’s see how much you’ve grown! Magic detection!”

Jiyiing. A sound effect similar to a scan of metal being swept from top to bottom swept over the magic stone touched by Kim Hyun-woo.

“Ho?”

I thought everyone had already given up, but the idiot disciple was trying just as hard.

It is natural to go and look at and purchase research materials in person, but this time, following the advice of an idiot student, I ordered them from a site that sells them cheaply by weight instead of size or number.

It was fun when we came up with a strategy to grab a random magic stone and use up the support money, saying it wouldn’t work anyway.

Isn’t it “!”

For a moment, I thought it was natural since he was the disciple of the genius archmage and sage.

A disappointing sound effect was created.

“……. It’s not just candy.”

It was clear that if I picked it up and ate it, I would be scolded by my stupid student.

When I thought about why I was scolded by my teacher, it seemed like it was from the moment Kim Hyun-woo started writing reports on the computer instead of using the annoying communication terminal where I had to press the touchpad one by one.

Of course I didn’t feel bad.

A part of my heart ached at the thought that one day I would have to be able to do it on my own, but I didn’t know why. Or maybe I pretended not to know.

Instead of wasting the remaining time on strange thoughts, I safely grab the candy I found in my locker. I decided to use it to put it in my mouth without my student nagging me.

“Well…and it might really be a work created by an idiot student…ho…one more time just in case!”

“Magic detection!”

…It was candy. Stupid disciple.

I felt an ambiguous atmosphere, even if it was the magic power of a foolish disciple, so I thought it was a magic core or magic stone, but it was because of the paper packaging it was wrapped in.

It was clear that it was candy secretly hidden to tell people to stop eating it.

This was the paper packaging I made when I submitted the ultra-concentrated vitality recovery potion, which was not easily available, as a way to use up the subsidy.

Since I had cast the detection spell twice, it was time to get my reward.

He came in arbitrarily and searched the locker, but it was okay because his intention was to check his student’s growth.

“Mmm! Since I put Master through so much trouble, of course I’ll take this candy as tuition!”

I peeled off the paper wrapping. I just threw the pitiful looking candy into my mouth.

Ododog. The sound of crunching food echoed throughout the room.

It was a perfect crime.

“Tuition fee?”

“Hot?!”

Stupid student. Hyunwoo Kim was sitting in the living room.

There was a limited edition candy set on the table, limited to 20 people per day.

“Uh…when did you come in? You worked hard!

Since he said he had just returned, it was clear that he didn’t notice me burying my face in the pillow.

Also, the happiness circuit that was turned on was praising himself for committing the perfect crime.

“Candy? There was candy?”

It was natural for Ilemina’s expression to fall as she confidently answered that she ate candy when her student asked her what she did.

**

“Sa… Are you saying that what was in the locker wasn’t candy?”

“Why did I eat it?… Well… I ate it because it looked delicious!”

What Ilemina ate wasn’t candy. It was a magic stone that was crushed in the mouth while making a crunching sound.

It was Kim Hyeon-woo’s magic stone, which he worked hard to process even though he quit midway because he had to accept his unique constitution.

Just like the moment she was caught entering a candy store using a card to pay for daily necessities, Illemina’s expression changed to ‘notice…’.

It was natural to be angry. It’s true that I gave up halfway, but that was just the atmosphere.

Rather, it was clearly kept with great importance as it was wrapped in magic-coated wrapping paper in the locker.

Startle. Startle.

Notice…..

Cold sweat flowed down.

It felt more comfortable to sit and listen to the nagging of my idiot student.

In the meantime, the happiness circuit that had been turned off again was recalling the vague terms of the contract.

Illemina, thinking of the worst situation, said, ‘I hate it!’ Kim Hyun-woo answered first before any sound came out.

“Are you feeling okay? What about teeth? What kind of magic stone did you chew on…”

“Mi…Myanhyaya! Uh…how…I ate the magic power that Hyunwoo worked so hard to create!”

“No, that’s okay…”

Instead of speaking, I looked away. He pointed with his finger at the magic stone strand that had been cut by the radish knife. To be precise, he pointed to the magic stones that still remained in a heap next to it.

The magic stone I just took out of the locker was quantity instead of quality. The point was that it was as irrelevant as the magic stones sold by weight.

“Are you really okay? Open your mouth. Mouth.”

“Beh…..”

It was clear that he was more worried about the condition of his teacher, who had chewed up a sharp magic stone, than about the disappearance of his work.

My face turned bright red thanks to the idiot student who came close to me, but the other person was actually pulling my cheek to check for any injuries.

On the contrary, I breathed a sigh of relief when I confirmed that there was nothing wrong.

“….I’m sorry for taking it out on my own. Foolish disciple.”

I apologized sincerely. I apologized again when I was told not to worry. What came back was something I had heard before. It was a nagging feeling telling me not to just pick up anything.

**

“Well… Still… I tried the swordsman magic twice, but I couldn’t feel any magical power… How can that be called a core… ”

“Uh….um….right?”

Kim Hyeon-woo, who had sent away countless adventurers who had asked him to look after them, saying he did not want to be taken to the Soche Exchange, collapsed.

It lay sideways on the floor like shriveled pork belly in a frying pan.

“Woo…don’t cry! You can do it if you try!”

“Even if the magic core you worked hard to create for a month is gone, don’t lie down on the floor!”

“If you just pretend that this never happened from the beginning, I will wake up.”

“Eh…ahem! Got it!”

I had no choice but to raise my hands up at the strange behavior of my idiot student, who had deliberately laid down on the floor out of fear that he would continue to worry about something that was not a big deal.

“If you say so, let’s get this matter over with!”

“Thank you…thank you. Myabo disciple!”

“Then would you like me to ask you a favor? Well…it’s good!”

“It was a magical core that did not feel magical power even after using the swordsman’s magic twice, but I didn’t destroy it anyway…Are you telling me to stop talking? If that’s the case…”

The foolish disciple recovered moderately, but asked a favor from his master, who was still only half-recovered.

“Now…I see you are asking me a strange favor. Stupid student. Where did this come from…”

“Keuhmmm…..! Ah…okay, just wait a bit!”

“Stand on one foot…make cat ears with your fingers…ugh…”

That wasn’t the end of Kim Hyun-woo’s request. There was more work to be done as he stood on one foot and made cat ears with his fingers.

It was a request that started with the thought that it would be nice to have a younger sister like this the moment I first saw her. There was also an intention to cover up the guilt with shame.

“Thank you for forgiving me! Oppa♡”

“From next time, I won’t just eat anything!”

That was the end of genius wizard Illemina’s cute charm.

“Is it okay to do this?”

**

“Hyaaa?”

“Now, I’m going to try to run this thing properly.”

The genius archmage’s strategy of ‘hiding under the blankets of a foolish disciple’ collapsed before it could even begin.

The operation had been successful every day, but today it failed for the first time.

I just told the idiot student, who was obviously taken by the security forces for further interrogation, to go in and rest, but he responded that he should probably go soon.

“What do you mean, going back? W…isn’t this home?”

It was really nice when the idiot student went from being a porter to getting a job as a therapist.

Not only did it show my growth as a student, but it was also good because I always brought seasoned chicken with me on days when I came home late.

“Where are you going?”

Before Hyunwoo Kim could say that he would stop by whenever he had time, Ilemina became one with the floor.

Sigh! It clung to the idiot disciple’s leg. The determination to never let go was firmly pressed into my fingers.

“Mi…Minya will do it…! Good luck! Sha…I’ll eat shatang in moderation! Please don’t throw it away!”

“That…that’s it! Oh, you hate me because I arbitrarily ate Hyunwoo’s work! Ugh…Ugh…..”

Kim Hyun-woo managed to coax the teacher, who had become one with the floor and would not let go, to fall.

It was only after I promised to come visit sometimes when I had time that I let go.

It took some time to calm him down, but I made sure he understood that he no longer cared about the magic stone he had chewed up.

“….heeing.”

Still wondering, ‘Can I not go….?’ Even though I have been looking at him the same way, he has returned to being the teacher who supported me when I went from being a porter to getting a job as a therapist.

…

……

I smiled and said goodbye and escorted my foolish student to the entrance, but even when I lay down in bed, I couldn’t sleep.

That was also natural. I understood, but the idiot disciple always bought seasoned chicken around this time.

I forced myself to lie down on the bed, but all I could see were the luminous stars attached to the ceiling.

There was no choice but to take special measures.

I went into the bed of the idiot disciple whose address had changed to the Megacorp Hero Association. The effect was clear. As soon as I got under the blanket, I fell asleep.

…

And click.

The sound effect of a button being pressed and the machine turning on could be heard from somewhere.

The sound came from the elf under the blanket.

“……”

Illemina, who was sleeping softly in a bed permeated with the scent of her idiot student, opened her eyes.

They weren’t the usual blue eyes. Although they were bright yellow, they did not appear to be natural golden eyes.

“……Checking model name…..”

“Error. Error.”

“There are no matching models. Please contact the manufacturer.”

“Repeat. Please contact the manufacturer. Please contact the manufacturer.”

“Activated for 3 hours, 120 years, 254 days, from the date of manufacture.”

Ilemina got up from the bed. It would be more accurate to say that it went away rather than that it happened.

An android with the emotion module removed. It was very similar to Humanoid, with business programming running rather than a personal personality mode.

It was not a pronunciation that would come out clearly from the mouth of an elf whose words naturally trail off.

“……..Without additional input, it returns to the beginning.”

A new morning had already arrived in Sky City when Illemina uttered the sentence that made her eyes turn blue again.

“…..?”

It was three seconds before the elf, who was wearing a slightly oversized dress shirt instead of pajamas, became aware of the strange sensation felt in her belly button.

one. two. And three.

I felt something smooth and soft on my fingers.