episode_0069

The two returned to the dorm late at night.

“It’s definitely suspicious.”

Amber nodded after hearing Sienna’s story.

“The instructor isn’t the type of person to do that…”

Ainel, who had become Adrian’s follower, refuted this, but it was no use.

“You should listen carefully to what Archmage Fiora says, right, Ainel?”

“But…”

The whole story is like this.

Ilios and Fiora find out that Adrian Floyd is their manners instructor.

Fiora, who was known as a great wizard especially among adventurers, gave the two a sharp warning to be careful of that man.

“They both said that their skills improved in a short period of time, right? I don’t know what kind of training they do, but you should still be careful. That guy is a psychopath who doesn’t know what to do.”

As if he knew Instructor Adrian Floyd well.

I warned Sienna and Ainel to be careful.

“In particular, the amount of magical power doesn’t suddenly increase like that. It increases little by little only after a long period of consistent training. The two of you are already adults, right? In the growth stage, there are often cases where it increases rapidly due to innate talent, but that’s not the case with adults. I think it’s a bit suspicious.”

According to her explanation, the amount of magical power does not increase much except during the growth period.

A special occasion.

For example, if you are protected by something sacred or a high-ranking spirit.

Or at least, unless you have the help of some special elixir or make a deal with the devil.

But such things don’t happen easily to ordinary people.

The reality is that even potions that increase the amount of magical power are considered to be on the same level as elixirs, so they are something that only the very wealthy can afford.

“You said you gave me a high-quality potion, right? Even though the Floyd family is known to be a wealthy family, they wouldn’t have given something like that away so easily. But they wouldn’t have given me something that’s hard to buy, like a magic potion. So be careful. Don’t just take anything that’s given to you for free. That man could make something that isn’t even safe yet and experiment on you. Got it? ”

The two were left speechless by Fiora’s advice.

All the way back to the dorm, my head was filled with complicated thoughts.

I told that story to my roommates, Amber and Hannah, and Amber chimed in.

It’s definitely suspicious.

“But, that potion definitely worked. If it was fake, wouldn’t it have had no effect?”

Ainel, who defends her to the end.

But the other three were not willing to agree readily.

“I don’t know. The side effects may not have appeared yet.”

“But… it’s true that the magic power has increased…”

“Ainel. I’m sorry, but you’re the only one whose magical power has increased, right? Ours has increased too… but not enough for you to be noticeable. If we all drank the same potion and only yours has increased, do you think that’s a normal leap? And if there was such a thing, why did you give it to us? You would’ve drank it all yourself.”

There was silence for a while after Amber’s remarks.

Sienna ended the silence by taking something out of her bosom and showing it to me.

“Take one of these.”

“What is this?”

“This is a magic strip that Sister Fiora gave me. If you put a drop of your blood on it and put it inside your underwear so that it touches your skin, you will be able to tell when something magical is wrong with your body.”

“Why this?”

“Let’s try it out. What kind of strange thing is the instructor doing to us? He said that we don’t react to potions or healing magic, so if we drink something that isn’t a potion, he’ll know right away. Even during training. Who knows? He might be putting some strange curse on us without us knowing.”

Since combat training using magic had not yet begun, this magical field would not be damaged by ordinary elemental magic.

So, if the instructor is using some suspicious magic without our knowledge, it will be obvious right away.

“Do you have to do it like this?”

“Of course? If you try it and it doesn’t work, then that’s great, but what if you don’t know about it and experience severe side effects or are cursed?”

“Ainel. This time, Siena is right. It’s true that the instructor’s training is effective, but… Anyway, the story about the violent teacher wasn’t a lie, right? You, who got beaten up the most, should know that best. ”

“That’s for training…”

“Just do it moderately, idiot! Seriously, if you think about it positively, then that hellish bare-handed training or running like crazy every morning counts as training. But there’s no reason to hit, right? Is that training? If that’s the case, then you got beaten up the most and your magic power increased the most, right? ”

“That’s not…but…”

In the end, just like the other three, Ainel also dropped a drop of her own blood onto the magic paper she received from Fiora.

The second holiday, which was so sweet, ended and the next day dawned in an instant.

* * *

“What?”

“The wound hasn’t fully healed yet. Could you… give me the potion in advance!”

Are these kids crazy?

I went to work after a long-awaited holiday.

Training hasn’t even started yet, what?

You want me to give you the potion?

“Where does it hurt?”

“Yes?”

“Trainee Amber asked where it hurt.”

“That’s it…”

A guy who looked perfectly fine on the outside suddenly started holding his stomach and pretending to be sick when asked what was wrong.

In fact, considering the intensity of the training so far, it should have been done a long time ago.

You should have whined and begged that you could miss one day of training, or that you wanted to leave early.

But the guys didn’t do that.

The reason for this, of course, is that the only time they could observe and monitor me from close range was during training.

As a professional spy, I could never give up this time.

‘I wonder if it’s to avoid suspicion, but surprisingly, he didn’t go near the mansion.’

If I had been wandering around the mansion without any reason, my identity would have been revealed right away.

These tight guys.

Anyway, it’s been like that until now, but suddenly you’re pretending to be sick?

And then you suddenly asked me for a potion?

I don’t know what he was trying to do, but I acted very decisively.

-Pot!

He took out a thin, long black stick that he carried inside his sleeve.

And then he swung it right at Ember’s head.

“…!?”

What just happened?

The moment the stick touched the guy’s head, the surroundings suddenly felt like they were brightly lit.

“What was it just now?”

“Oh, it was nothing!”

“Don’t be ridiculous. I just felt a strange light. What did you do?”

“I really don’t know!”

As I continued to stare at the guy’s face with cold eyes, Ember began to roll her eyes and break out in a cold sweat.

“You really don’t know? Then you have no choice but to check again.”

I swung the stick again.

I hit the guy on the head and face a few times.

But this time there was no reaction.

‘Was I… mistaken?’

I turned my gaze towards the other guys.

“You tell me. Didn’t you see anything just now? Didn’t Trainee Amber’s body suddenly glow?”

“……”

No one answers.

Sienna is looking away with a frown on her face as always, and Hanna is keeping a poker face as always.

But there’s still one guy left.

“Ainel.”

“…!”

“Come here.”

“I…Is that what you mean?”

“Huh? You haven’t done that recently, but you’re talking back to me again?”

“Oh, no!”

In the beginning, he acted like he was lacking in something, but in the past few days, he has been acting very nimble and very suspicious.

But now it is showing its early appearance again.

“Did you see that?”

“Oh, I didn’t see anything!”

“Hey, what’s wrong? Did you see that? Amber’s body suddenly glowing. ”

“Mom, I didn’t see it!”

“Where did you get this joke!”

-Wow!

A pitch-black stick hits the center of the guy’s forehead, making a loud noise.

And at that moment!

“You little punk. What did you just do?”

“That, that, that…”

“I saw it for sure this time. Why don’t you make an excuse?”

“……”

Ainel’s eyes flickered back and forth several times between Amber, who was looking at her, and Sienna and Hannah behind her.

I poked the guy’s cheek with the end of the stick to double-check, and when I saw that there was no reaction, I immediately moved in front of Sienna.

-Wow!

-Wow!

Sienna and Hannah.

As expected, each time I struck the foreheads of the two guys, light was emitted, and after that, no matter how many times I stabbed or hit them, they showed no reaction.

When we tested it on other guys who weren’t spies, again, no light was seen.

“Okay, I’ll save just one of you four who speaks honestly first. Who’s going to speak?”

“……”

“It comes out like this…? You guys, show me what hell really is?”

“……”

There is something, something.

Why did this suddenly happen?

And that too, only from the four spies.

‘I asked for a potion… When I hit it, it started emitting light, and it didn’t answer my questions…’

What on earth are these spies up to?

I gained confidence that I wouldn’t be harmed even if four people attacked me at the same time if I attacked them from the front.

But that doesn’t mean we can just leave these four years alone forever.

There are limits to how much you can roll.

What should I do with these years?

At that moment, while I was worrying like that inside.

Ainel, with pink hair, suddenly came forward and spoke with an appealing look in her eyes.

“Teacher, teacher!”

“Yeah. Private Ainel. Do you have any thoughts on what to say?”

“That, that…”

“Huh?”

“When, hit me!”

“Suddenly? Are you saying you’re going to rebel? You’re going to beat me with your body?”

“That’s not it… Could you hit me with that black, hard stick?”