What on earth are you talking about? (2)

“… So, level 2 magic also undergoes a transformation of magic color that is not much different from level 1 magic… “

-Tick tock.

“… Representative magic such as Thorn Needle and Black Swamp are the most effective attack magic at level 2 of black magic… “

-Tick tock.

-widely.

“… Student Rudis.”

“… ? Yes.”

“What on earth are you writing?”

“Here’s what’s on the menu for dinner tonight.”

“… … “

At my confident answer, a blue vein appears on the forehead of the professor of black magic.

No, why are you angry? This is very important to me.

The meal at the restaurant I went to a few days ago was so delicious that I can’t help but think of that taste no matter what I eat recently. I can’t get over that taste, but I can’t help but push it to the back of my memory.

That’s why, based on my memories from my past life, I wrote down the names of the dishes I knew how to make and wrote down the ingredients needed for each dish.

“… Are you sure you’re really a level 3 black magician?”

“That’s right.”

“But is it true that I can only use level 1 magic?”

“But.”

“Then, how about trying to study a little?”

“I don’t like it.”

“… … “

The professor frowned as if his head hurt at my confident answer, but what can I do?

First of all, let me say this: there is a good reason why I am giving the professor credit for my third-rate villainous behavior, Rudis.

“Professor. If it’s level 2 magic, there are still people who can use it in the black magic department, so why should I, who don’t even know how to use level 2 magic, go to the ‘ranking match’ while learning here?”

They said they would choose the person to advance to the ranking match through ladder climbing, but for some reason, it turned out to be me.

I definitely took the combat aptitude test and did it properly.

And those solid choices clearly showed that I was a human unsuited to combat.

That’s what happened, I went inside the ladder and got picked as a result.

“Haa, Rudis student. Not all students in the Black Magic Department want to go out like you. That’s why I decided to climb the ladder properly… “

“Professor. What you are saying is that the right ladder climbing chose us, and I also think it is very coincidental that we were chosen like this.”

“… … “

And next to me, a boy grimaced as if he was equally dissatisfied.

He had brown hair and square glasses that gave him a plain-looking look. He adjusted his glasses with his fingers, glanced at me, then looked at the professor, who frowned as if he was offended by the interruption, and continued talking.

“The black magic level of this Rudis student is 3. And ‘my’ black magic level is also 3. Even if you arbitrarily narrow down the target, the probability of both of the two level 3 students in the department being selected through ladder climbing is less than 0.94%. Shouldn’t the professor who selected both of them through two ladder climbs with a probability of less than 1% go buy a lottery ticket instead of teaching us here?”

“… Haa, so you suspect that I just picked them because they were both high level? “

“”Yes.””

No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t make sense.

If only one of us, me or one of these, had been chosen, I might have shrugged my shoulders and said, “Aha~ that could happen~ that could happen~” and thought, “What a coincidence.”

However, this is not the Royal Academy of Frisia, but the Imperial Royal Academy, where there is little discrimination against black magicians.

If you add up the first and second year students of the Black Magic Department who are the targets of the ranking battle, there are at least 150 people. Among them, only this person and I have level 3 specializations. But when they burned the ladder there, both of us were selected?

Does this make sense?

Based on a very reasonable and rational reasoning, I looked at the professor in a crooked and ordinary way as if he was offended, and he started to wipe his face and take his cell phone out of his pocket.

“… I was shocked too. Yeah, to be honest, Watt. You were put on the ladder and picked out, but Rudis. You weren’t. “

“Am I really chosen?”

“Okay, this is the evidence video. I didn’t roll it, the professor of the Red Magic Department rolled it instead.”

“… … “

The student sitting next to me, named Watt, watched the video he gave me and took a deep breath as he looked at the result of countless ladders with a marble next to his name.

“… No, I was originally in the research department, so why am I on the ladder… “

Until just now, he had refused to believe me, just like I did, but now that I had the video evidence, I had no choice but to grumble. As I turned my back on him and looked at him as if to say, “Then what about me?”, the professor let out a deep sigh as if he was having a harder time than me and spoke briefly.

“An order has come down from above to send you out.”

“Who is it? Are you the former head professor?”

When I asked him, thinking, “Did you do that on purpose to make me an idiot for picking a fight during the incident where the princess got all wet?”, the professor shook his head and spoke gravely.

“More above.”

“… I’ve never even met the vice principal or the principal?”

“… higher.”

Shit~ And then I found out.

The chairman of this academy, the lord of the Imperial Magic Tower, and the greatest wizard in the world.

Clark Theodore.

If you want to be higher, there’s no one else like him.

I never thought that he would single me out and send me out, but the professor said that he didn’t even put me on the ladder in the first place since I couldn’t even use level 2 black magic.

Haha~ Congratulations to the guy who was originally chosen. Thanks to the chairman’s parachute(?), he didn’t have to leave!

“So just stop talking nonsense and learn at least level 2 magic. I don’t care if you both fail the preliminaries. I’m just saying that you shouldn’t hear the rumors that the top level guys in the department went and failed because they only used level 1 magic.”

“Teacher, I am not a magician in the combat department. Even the Dark Sword and Dark Spear take a long time to cast.”

“The popular lower-grade catalyst will be given here.”

“Can I contact the chairman?”

“… Do whatever you want. Let’s just end today’s supplement here.”

The two of us who were chosen as department representatives for the ranking battle, and the professor, were not satisfied with the current situation.

*

After the supplement, it’s time for a slightly late lunch.

Today, too, while eating lunch between my older sister and the princess, I grumbled, and their reactions were quite different.

“Yum yum yum, hooray! Teacher… This is the chairman’s recommendation! That’s awesome! “

“Not great at all. And this guy forced me out and I can’t even contact him.”

“Then, can’t I just not go? The swordsmanship department is currently holding a preliminary competition to decide who will go, but there hasn’t been any talk of those who don’t participate being disadvantaged?”

“Right! You don’t have to go out, right?”

Knowing the princess’s story, I know that her teacher is the Imperial Tower Lord Clark Theodore, and I also know that she is hiding it.

So, I guess she thinks I look like a pretty cool guy for entering the competition at the recommendation of one of the people she respects and admires.

And Yuria knew that I really hated going out, so she immediately showed consideration by taking care of me first.

Since I haven’t even played in the preliminary round, let alone the ranking round, I’m sharing the information I’ve found out.

As expected, you’re the only one who understands my heart!

“Wow…!! Cow, I think even a girl can go if she doesn’t want to! I just thought it was amazing that she was recommended by the chairman!”

“Huh? Oh, yes.”

As I was smiling and telling my older sister how thankful I was, the princess brandished the spoon she had been eating and said in a hurry that she didn’t have to go out if I had a hard time. I tilted my head at this, but she shook her jewel-like crimson eyes as if she was flustered and started telling me not to worry because she was on my side no matter what.

“If the professor forces you to leave, tell the girl! I’ll tell Papa and have the professor executed!”

“… No, I don’t expect that much.”

“That’s how much the girl cares about you!”

“Ugh.”

“Hey, don’t laugh!”

“No, thank you.”

“I see! If only I knew that girls are considerate!”

When I thanked the princess for her consideration, she nodded vigorously as if relieved, and began to slowly eat the small bowl again.

And so, Koti, who is eating Soboro, thinks.

‘A fearsomely natural consideration! The girl is pushed by that.’

Rudis had mentioned that he was uncomfortable with going to the ranking battle, but he only praised him for being great and failed to consider his discomfort.

However, the watermelon chest is small. Yuria naturally notices such aspects and brings up a topic of consideration for the other person.

Perhaps because she was a mother, she thought that it was natural for her to be considerate of others, and Coty remembered that this was the difference between her and herself. After recalling the date they had in a few days, she swallowed the last of her soboro, drank strawberry milk, and called him.

“Commoner!”

“Huh?”

“Remember I’m going on a date with a girl this week!”

“… Was it a date? Weren’t you going to check your trait level? “

“You’re checking the level and doing it together! Did you really plan on going out with the girl and just going to the management office and then breaking up?!”

“I was thinking of having lunch and then leaving.”

“Mr. Wooi! Isn’t it a bit much to disperse in the afternoon!”

When he asked her to come up with a natural plan for her to take care of him, and she said that she was planning to have lunch and go home as if it was a given, Coty furrowed her eyebrows, and Yuria and Rudis burst out laughing at her cute appearance.

“Oh no! You’re laughing at the princess talking?! This is blasphemous! This is blasphemous!!”

“Phew. Oh, I see. Is there a place you want to go? A place you want to go to when you meet up with friends.”

“Wow! Where does the girl want to go?”

“How about a place like an amusement park? I heard there’s a nice one outside the capital. I haven’t been there in a long time.”

“Ho-hong! That’s great! Girl, I’ve never been to a place like that before! But why are you talking like you’re going to go with the watermelon?”

“Huh? Of course I’ll go with you? I’m Rudis’s guardian~ And I’ve been given the nickname of Princess Coti’s guardian recently, so of course I have to go with you, right? Like an escort.”

“Kooong… !”

“”?””

When Rudis and Yuria tilted their heads at the princess who was making a sound of shock with her mouth, she looked at him with a bewildered look like a lumberjack who got his instep cut by his trusted axe, and he asked, “Oh, can’t the three of you go on a date?” as if it was natural, but also as if he had a question.

“… Watermelon fox.”

“Why?”

“Doesn’t that giant watermelon have any consideration for the girl?”

“… What does that mean?”

-puck!

“Oh my god?! Why are you suddenly doing this to me…?!”

“Commoner!”

“Huh?!”

“If you don’t keep your promise, I’ll really kill you! I’m going with the girl! It’s definitely for the both of us! “

“That’s absolutely not possible, I won’t admit it!”

“I hate it!! This is the emperor’s order!! If you don’t listen, I’ll tell Papa!! I’ll spread a rumor that a commoner had a daughter with a fox named Suin 20 years ago!!”

“Huh?!! How did you do that…?!”

“What?”

She, who had been thinking of consideration for Rudis until just a moment ago, died immediately.