Your Teacher. (1)

-Thump, thump, thump.

“Sister, you’re alive! If you’re dead, at least answer me!!”

The top floor of the one and only black building in the Kingdom of Frisia.

At the entrance to the workshop of the black magic tower master Piana Stone, who was said to be rising in the ranks of the wizards, the sub-tower master Brocken was knocking on the door with a frown.

“Shitty. You said it would come out in two days, but it’s been over a week. What are you doing? You’re not really dead, are you…?”

-Brocken.

-Huh? What? What are you trying to get me to do now? You’re so serious. I’m already so busy right now…

-I will be closed for two days from now.

-…?

-After two days, you will become Magician Piana, not Magician Piana. Then, in the meantime, leave the Magic Tower to me.

-What, what…? Wait, wait…!

After saying that, Piana, the magician, cast all kinds of magic in her room and completely shut down.

But she still had no intention of coming out, even though it had been well past the two days she had mentioned.

There are stories of extreme magicians and aurors being able to survive for a month without drinking a single sip of water, but Brocken had never actually heard of anyone doing it, so he was worried about the magic tower.

“Shitty… What the hell is this closed down place? It’s not like it’s the Middle Ages.”

I’ve heard stories of the strong men of old going into seclusion to become stronger, but in modern times, it’s been a fact for quite some time that rather than doing that, it’s better to study magic more, catch monsters, gain practical experience, and use your magic steadily for even a day to rise in rank.

Of course, the magicians of the Black Tower, as well as herself and Piana, had been improving their skills based on the research results and theories, but it wasn’t easy to understand why she suddenly went into hiding, saying she wanted to become a perfect magician.

That’s right, it seemed like Brocken would turn his back today after worrying and feeling empty.

-Kuung…

“What.”

On his way back to the elevator, Brocken hears a noise from inside the door and knocks on the door again, calling Piana.

Among the spells on the door, there was definitely one that completely blocked out any sound from inside or outside, so I thought I could hear the sounds inside now that her spell was lifted.

“Sister! What are you doing! Answer me!!”

-Kuuung…

“… ?”

Hana Brocken realized he was mistaken the moment he heard the second noise.

Yeah, that wasn’t a sound.

-Kuuuung…

“Wait a minute… What the heck, isn’t this magic…?”

vibration.

It wasn’t a sound coming from inside, but the entire tower connected to the workshop she entered was shaking due to some kind of magical power.

Rather, the sound-blocking magic is still intact, as the sound of the building shaking is barely noticeable when you get close to the door.

Rather, it was the interior, surrounded by layers of magic that completely blocked it from the outside world, that was shaking the outside world without being able to completely block it out.

-Kuuung…!

“… This is fucking crazy. I’m going to collapse the building. “

This vibration clearly tells us that Piana is alive, but that is also a problem.

Of course, this isn’t just any building, it’s a black magic tower, and it’s a building so sturdily surrounded by magic that even if a single spell or bomb were to explode inside, not only would the outside of the building not be damaged much, but the other floors as well.

The fact that such a sturdy building was shaking as if it had been hit by a huge earthquake meant that if something went wrong, all the magic could be shattered and the building could collapse.

“Ma! Come out!! What the hell are you doing?! If you keep doing this, the house will collapse!!”

Now she really has to come out.

It wasn’t a question of her life or death, but rather that the Magic Tower, which was their dream, was about to collapse.

Brocken even started to cast spells, thinking that in the worst case scenario, he would just smash the magic on the door and drag her out by force.

“[Black Magic] [Lv. 6] [Black Island… “

-Kuuuung!!!

“?!!”

The building shook as if to cut off the magic, and he himself staggered in the aftermath, and even the window was cut off, so he began to wonder if the building would really collapse and he would die.

However, after the shock that made you think you were dead, the black magic tower began to regain its calm as if nothing could go wrong.

Brocken instinctively understood that this was the end and stared blankly at the entrance.

-Squeak…

“It’s noisy. Don’t make a fuss over a building shaking a little.”

“Oh my god! You said it would come out in two days, and now it’s out and you’re being so annoying… ? … !”

Brocken looked at the black-haired man with his mouth wide open, unable to say anything as he was about to say something harsh, and with the corners of his lips raised in a smile, with eyes as dim as a lantern.

*

“… Sigh.”

“Whew!”

“”?””

Peaceful Imperial Academy lunchtime.

It’s already been a week since I stopped seeing Harb, who is currently training for a ranking match, and Loretta, who has been supporting him.

And that means the upcoming Empire Ranked Tournament is less than a month away.

“What did you just do?”

“Papa and Mama said that. If you sigh, you will have bad luck. So the girl drank it!”

“Urrrr! Why are you drinking that?!”

“Eww?! What does it have to do with a watermelon chest if a girl drinks a commoner’s sigh or not…! Kkeuk! This crazy waterman is trying to bite again! Commoner! Help…!”

That being said, today, I had a peaceful lunch with my older sister and the princess and just sat on a bench and rested.

Now that I’ve gotten used to this scenery, the sight of my older sister and the princess arguing has become nothing more than a delightful feast for the eyes, but it’s frustrating to think that it’s been quite a while since I came to the empire.

“Sigh… “

“Rudis. Are you worried about something?”

“Plain! Why are you looking so grumpy! Ouch! Did you forget your date with the girl…? Eww! Don’t push me! Right! “

“Urrrr… !!”

I was about to reply that it was nothing special to the two beauties who were worried about me, but seeing them pushing and biting each other made me smile bitterly.

“Finally smiling! Growl! Bang!!”

“Eww!! This watermelon boob!! The girl is going to bite it first!”

“Why do you always try to bite my chest…! Huh?!”

“Omul omul! Muup… ! This elasticity… ?!”

Finally, after several weeks of challenges, the princess actually bit her sister’s maternal pouch and her crimson eyes grew as big as saucers in surprise, and her sister, who didn’t know she would really bite, also seemed surprised and pushed her face away, hiding the maternal pouch with both arms.

Um… Your Honor, I didn’t see anything.

I’ve never really seen a maternal pouch change from seemingly bursting to returning to normal.

“Crazy! You really asked! It hurts?!”

“… This is ridiculous. What kind of elasticity is this? For a moment, the cotton candy I ate at the amusement park and the rubber ball I played with and bit as a child came to mind, and without realizing it, I enjoyed it with my lips! “

“Whose breasts are silicone!!”

“I didn’t say anything like that, did I? Huh?! This is so unfair… !!”

In the end, my older sister, who had punished the princess with a hard slap on the forehead, grumbled and sat down between the princess and me. The princess frowned and laid down on top of my older sister’s legs, seemingly dissatisfied with being moved away from me.

I can’t tell if these two are on good terms or bad terms.

“So, what are you worried about? Haven’t you been sighing for the past two days?”

“Ouch! The dreamlike date with the girl is over…! Oh, I got it! I’ll shut up, so stop it!”

“Haha, I’m just worried about how I should do in this ranking match.”

“Huh? You weren’t really interested, were you?”

“Oh, you said you didn’t want to go out because you were forced to.”

Now, the silver princess is flapping her arms on Yuria’s thighs, and Yuria is stroking her crown and calming her down, saying she’s being rude.

At first glance, they seem like close sisters, but knowing Yuri’s age, she just seems like a mother calming down her stubborn daughter.

“Well, that’s what it was. That’s what it was, but I just thought I should live my life trying a little harder from now on. There were things I wanted to accomplish in the empire, too.”

“”!””

When I collected the hooks, seeing Sister Yuria perk up her ears as if surprised by my words and the Princess blinking her jewel-like crimson eyes wildly, the two of them simultaneously cleared their throats and, as if changing the subject, simultaneously said that if they were going to work hard, they could just do it.

Well, I guess it seems like we’re on good terms.

“That’s right. That’s true, but… When I think about trying to get first place in a ranked match, the level of the Imperial ranked match is too difficult for me at the moment.”

“Huh… ?”

“… Net? 1st place?”

At my words, this time two people started collecting hooks. And it wasn’t hard to understand why.

Imperial Rankings.

It is a festival held by the empire, the country with the most wealth, the strongest military force, and the most developed culture on this continent.

Only those between the ages of twenty and twenty-five can participate in the ranking battle.

However, if you are a student enrolled in an academy in each country, you can participate with an academy recommendation even if you are a little older, such as Yuria.

However, because there is a possibility that ridiculously skilled people can emerge through such expedient means, each country’s academy selects and selects them again, sending only those students who are truly destined to graduate from the academy.

If an experienced person participates only to muddy the waters of the ranking match and make a name for himself, and then drops out after participating in the ranking match, that academy will lose the right to participate in all ranking matches held in the empire in the future.

If that happens, no matter how excellent the professors at the academy are, the number of students admitted in the future will inevitably decrease.

That’s why every academy puts a lot of effort into selecting students. (Except for the Warlock) But this ranking match.

‘The demons are participating, you say?’

The students of the academy are from a country called Aimone or Anemone, which is neither the Kingdom of Frisia, which is the main setting of the novel, nor the current Empire.

The problem is that this guy looks exactly like a human, uses red magic instead of black magic, and is quite skilled at handling auras.

So, it’s not hard to guess that the blank space [… … …] that appears in the quest is probably that guy. However.

‘In the story, Raul was originally fighting the guy in the quarter finals, and while he was using the main character’s buff to push him back, the guy didn’t want to lose, so he used the power of the demon tribe, and the ranking match ended right there.’

So, if I want to cleanly beat him and finish the ranking match in first place, I have to be strong enough that neither Raul nor the Demons can match me.

And now that the easiest way to do that, [Paying], has been blocked, it’s impossible for me, a character with only high attribute levels and no magic.

‘It would be a good idea to use the money right now to find the guy and take him down, but if I do that and the quest is judged as failed, then there’s no answer.’

Even after my reincarnation, I received several quests when I was young, but if I didn’t like them or if there were tricks, I would do them and end up failing more than once.

So, if you fail this time too, you could be in a lot of trouble.

Even if the princess’s favorability rating or my trait level up is secondary, if the heavy storyline tied to her takes a strange turn, it can’t end with me being the only one suffering from that point on.

“You’ve set a pretty high goal for Rudis, huh?”

“Haha, I think that’s a bit too much for the topic.”

“That’s probably not what he meant. He must be saying that it’s strange that a commoner who usually says ‘good things are good lies~’ and moves around without any problems suddenly says he’s number 1 in the ranking battle.”

“That’s correct.”

“Ahahaha… “

Maybe it seemed strange that I suddenly set a high goal because of my usual behavior. Well, I always tried to stop at third-rate and lived with the goal of being in the lower middle ranks, so it would be embarrassing for me to suddenly talk about first place.

“Then, Harb-kun also becomes Rudis’ rival?”

“Wow…! That low-class noble bastard! There’s been a lot of talk in the swordsmanship department these days! They say he’s finally gotten to the point where he can beat the professor!”

“You don’t come to class much these days, so how do you know about those rumors?”

“Wow…! Since she’s a friend of the commoners, it wouldn’t be bad for the girl to know, right?”

Oh my gosh, Harb got a professorship? As far as I know, the professors at the Imperial Academy are sword expert level swordsmen.

But if you say you’ve caught him, it means that the path to Aura 3 or Taejutsu 4 is starting to appear.

If my memory from my past life is correct, Raul should be at level 4 in fencing, level 2 in martial arts, and level 3 in martial arts. I’m starting to think that Harve might really beat Raul if things continue like this.

Furthermore, if I were to fight Harb without a catalyst, I think my odds of winning would be around 50%.

“It’s difficult… “

“But.”

“Huh?”

“If you’re that worried, shouldn’t you start studying first? I see the girl every day, but she doesn’t study in class. A commoner.”

“Ah… “

“… Ru. Dee. S?”

Yuria’s golden eyes became slightly clouded at the princess’s bombshell remark.

Oh. My older sister didn’t really care if I was studying hard or not, but of course she’d get angry if she heard that I wasn’t studying at all.

-Swish!

“Right wing?!”

“… What on earth are you talking about, why? The princess goes to the black magic department every day?”

“Ah.”

“Ukkiik!! What, my head is cracking!! The girl’s head is going to burst! It’s going to burst like an egg! Ouch! It hurts! Kyaaah!! Shh, help me commoner…?!”

Are you mad that the princess always sneaks into the black magic department, rather than that I don’t study?

The older sister, who was holding the crown of the princess’ head with one hand while she was lying on her thigh, started hitting the princess’s forehead with her other hand. At first, the princess shouted that it was disrespectful, but then started to apologize and beg for her life while using polite language.

Well, this is totally my sister as my mom.

-Tick! Tick! Tick!

“But, Rudis.”

“Woogiik?! Sa, I saved you! My forehead is bursting… !”

“Yes.”

“If you’re really going to compete in the rankings, shouldn’t you study a little bit? Of course, I don’t mind if Rudis doesn’t learn anything… “

-Tick! Tick! Tick!

“Ugh! Kill her! Kill the girl instead! So stop hitting her! Kill her instead! “

When I tilted my head in confusion at my older sister’s mumbling in a small voice, “Rather, I can’t do anything…”, my older sister quickly shook her head and asked again why I wasn’t studying.

“… That’s it.”

Of course, I want to study too.

Of course, I want to increase my magic power, and since I have the cheat ability, I want to make the most of it. But.

[Level: 36]

[Name: Rudis.]

[Role: Free Man.]

[Status: Black Tower’s disciple. Self-hypnosis. Imperial Royal Academy student.]

[Characteristics: (Black Magic Lv. 4) (Swordsmanship Lv. 2) (Bodybuilding Lv. 2) (Growth Booster Lv. MAX)]

[Special Magic: Self-hypnosis, Black Hand, Spear of Darkness, Sword of Darkness. Pay.]

[View the effects of Growth Booster Lv. MAX]

[People are not beings who grow alone. However, if you have a good teacher, you can grow by leaps and bounds.]

[So, choose a teacher for each characteristic and give wings to your growth!]

[You can only select one mentor per trait and they cannot be changed. You cannot set duplicate mentors. The mentor is automatically set to the person who helped you grow your trait.]

[The growth rate is added in proportion to the attribute level and proficiency of the person first designated as the master.]

[The booster’s ability will not be applied when the opponent’s characteristic is -1 from the MAX level.]

My attribute level is 4, but the black magic professor says it’s 5.

If that guy has a booster set, I’m just going to blow away one cheat.