chapter 4

After that, we talked more about Siendal and Zeron.

How I met Zeron and how I learned magic from him.

It was a blood-shed time, but Carl managed to finish the conversation well because he had a story in his head as he came here.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I'm…"

It was an undecided part because the next quest did not come to mind yet.

At that time, Siendal said with a big smile.

"Why don't you join Altius?"

"…"

"I'm not saying it because you're my friend's student. Four circles, you're a genius at your age. I'm sure you can learn many things here. Just like your teacher did a long time ago."

Carl shut his mouth for a moment and thought.

He used to act like he was worried, but the answer had already been given.

'…I can't stay here.'

The quest question was second.

In fact, if he stays here with his magical skills of nearly zero, his ability will be revealed in an instant.

Carl thought of a proper way to say no by rolling his head.

"Thank you, but I don't think I can."

Siendal, who naturally thought he would accept, looked a little taken aback.

"Well, why?"

"It's because of my teacher's will. For now, I'm going to explore the continent and take some chances."

Will.

If you put it together and put it vaguely, you wouldn't be able to keep suggesting it. What can I do if you're talking about your late teacher?

Siendal also nodded and smiled, as if he had understood it on his own.

"Huh, I see. You're like that friend."

"…"

"The magic, disposition, and the knowledge that you learn from your research, it's all important, but in fact, the essence of magic is consciousness. If you wander from place to place and gain a lot of experience, it will also be of great help to the advancement of magic. You can't get it if it's stuck in the gutter. I think it's not a bad choice because it'll be hard to wander from place to place when you're old."

I don't know what you're talking about.

Let's nod our heads together.

It was followed by Siendal when he was looking at Carl with a pleased face.

"Then what about this?"

"…?"

"You don't have to stay here, so at least you belong to Altius. Wherever you travel on the continent, you'll be sure of your status, so it'll help you, and it'll never hurt you."

Carl opened its eyes round.

What he's saying now was that he only received rights and benefits, and he didn't have to fulfill his responsibilities as a school faculty.

"Well, can I do that?"

"There's no problem. I'll guarantee you in my name."

Well.

Since the elder came forward himself, who would tackle the matter of not touching one of his mages?

'That's why I need to have such a good connection.'

Carl admired inwardly.

Anyway, it was a proposal with no reason to refuse.

As Carl nodded his head gently, Siendal smiled and stood up from his seat.

"Come on, get up. To register as a student researcher without any formal procedures, you need a simple examination, so let's do it tomorrow, and stay here for today. You won't get bored if you look around."

* * *

After I get a spacious and antique room to stay for a while and finish eating.

Carl headed straight to where he had planned.

A central library.

In general, a library is of course a place full of books.

But if the library is located inside the school of magic, and if the school is Altius.

It would no longer be a library, but a magical treasure.

Especially for Carl.

Unlike others, magic books was a kind of item that was set as a skill book for him.

The magic that would take a long time to understand the principles, memorize the techniques, combine the magic methods, and learn others' brains, could be learned immediately if he paid for the SP.

"Hey, this is really high, too."

Most of the buildings in the main building are built in the form of towers.

It was the same with the library.

Carl recalled the explanation he had heard from Seindal, and took a step toward the central library in front of him.

'I heard that the books are organized in order from the first floor to the circle.'

The 1st floor has 1 circle magic books.

The 2nd floor has 2 circle magic books.

It was arranged in this way, making it easy for mages to visit at their own level.

"Show me your ID."

A security guard asked for identification as he approached the entrance of the first floor.

Carl doesn't have an ID yet, but he had a separate permit from Siendal.

When I held it out and showed it, the security guard hurriedly stepped aside.

It's on the 4th floor.

There were guards on each floor, so he arrived at his destination only after three more similar incidents.

"Oh."

A bunch of magic books all around.

It's all magic book about four circles.

He certainly have gained a lot of SPs while solving the main quest.

Carl was going to take out as many magic books as he could while he was staying here.

Of course, there will be no such thing as vision magic in such public magic, but there will be plenty of things to use even considering it.

It's not a different place, it's a library at Altius's main building.

Carl grinned and walked away.

[Magnetic Pressure (6000SP)]

[Earth Spear (8000SP)]

[Poison Mist (7000SP)]

[Frozen Boom (7000SP)]

It was a time when I was looking around the magic books in such a happy agony.

"…?"

I can feel it all of a sudden.

Carl turned his head.

Someone was staring at this side from the other side.

A woman with long black hair and purple eyes.

She strode toward this side and asked.

"Who are you?"

A random question.

Carl was silent.

Who is it? It was a question that I didn't know what you meant.

"Who are you?"

Then she asked again with a little irritation.

When he interrupted his work and only said nonsense, Carl asked back equally bluntly.

"And who are you?"

"I asked first. You answer."

"…If you want to know who others are, you need to tell others who you are. What, first come first served game?"

She frowned at the words.

However, she soon nodded as if she were convinced.

"Sharon Rachel. A student of Elder Huss."

"…"

"Now tell me who you are."

A pupil of the Elder?

Carl replied, hiding his slight surprise.

"I'm Carl."

"…"

"…I'm acquainted with Siendal. But I'm not a student like you."

She caught her eye.

"I've never seen you before."

"…?"

"Four circles my age, I've never seen anyone other than myself. So I was just curious."

At the end of the remark, she jerked off to another place.

Carl looked at the back with an absurd face.

"There's nothing like that."

He soon turned off his nerves and went through the magic books again.

* * *

The council building of Altius's main building.

"So… what's the point of calling a meeting? Siendal?"

One of the elders sitting around a huge round table asked as if he was curious.

Siendal went straight to the point.

"I personally have a talent I'd like to recommend as a school clerk."

Another old man tilted his head.

"That's the matter concerning this meet. I want to use my authority as an elder to appoint someone as an official student…"

The elder paused and stopped talking.

Then they opened their eyes round and asked.

"…Do you mean you're going to recommend someone as an official student?"

When Siendal nodded, some of the elders burst into short exclamations.

A full-time student.

It had a completely different meaning from apprenticeship.

Even after joining the school, you have to prove your skills and qualifications for several years.

Therefore, even with the authority of the elder council, it was impossible to raise someone as an official student.

"From what you're saying, I think you're going to have an outsider join as an official student, right?"

"That's right."

The elders were once again surprised.

This was the first time that Siendal has personally recommended someone using authority.

In addition, it was natural for everyone to be surprised because it was an official recommendation from the school staff.

And most of all…

"Siendal, everyone knows you're not the kind of person to talk about it, but…"

The senior elder cast a glaring glance.

As soon as he heard the story, he said that he didn't like it. To the elder, Huss, who is crossing his arms.

"Don't you know that there's only one seat left?"

"Yes."

"And I'm sure you know that the job was to return to Huss, her granddaughter."

"Of course you know."

The elder council has 10 seats per year to register full-time school members.

Nine seats were already occupied, and the remaining one was implicitly decided to return to Sharon, Huss' granddaughter and disciple.

However, as the public is suddenly stepping up to present a new candidate, everyone was surprised and confused.

"But who the hell do you want to recommend, enough to cause this conflict? I have no idea. Siendal, you don't have a disciple."

Three people who are silent for a while.

All the elders' eyes were on him.

Soon he spoke calmly.

"Zeron's gone."

"…!!"

"And this afternoon, his student came to me. What I want to recommend is him."

The jumbled elders.

They are all those who have lived in the same era in Altius.

At least no one didn't knew who Zeron was.

A genius among geniuses.

And one of the oddballs.

A human who refused to be an elder and left the school for personal research.

"…Is he dead, I suppose."

"Oh, well, I stopped contacting him, went into hiding, and I ended up saying…"

After a long time, some elders who had a little acquaintance with him lamented.

"He really raised a disciple?"

"Yes."

"There's no way you haven't confirmed it, and is that possible for his personality? Well, it could have changed with age."

"Anyway, You're going to take Zeron's student as a full-time student. Is he qualified?"

3 circles.

It was ridiculously high compared to other schools, which was the minimum qualification of an Altius full-time student.

Said Siendal with a smile.

"It's a step up."

"Four circles? Well, you're not as young as I thought, are you?"

"Don't be surprised. He's only twenty."

"…!!"

The elders' eyes grew with astonishment.

"Twenty…? Huh! You're only twenty and you're four circles?"

"Sharon, you're the same genius as him. Do you all admit that there's nothing wrong with my recommendation?"

Disciples of Zeron, a friend of Siendal's.

And 4 circles at the age of 20.

Except for the fact that he was an outsider, he was not behind compared to Sharon.

Altius, then, was an organization that ruled out annual leave and blood ties, but only focused on skills and performance to determine the position of the school's students.

"But isn't that kind of the case? Sharon's been a school correspondent at the institute so far…"

"…As a school clerk? Honestly, he's just a school clerk, but he's never done what other apprentices do."

"No, he's an outsider."

"He's a disciple of Zeron, so I can't say he's a complete outsider. Zeron's name hasn't been expelled from the school yet."

For a moment, there was a mild debate among the elders.

The atmosphere overheated as those close to Seindal and the elders who had seen Sharon's movements in a bad way sided with Seindal.

The senior elder said with a deep sigh.

"Hu, Siendal. You're not gonna change your mind, are you?"

"I'm sorry to Huss, but yes. This is the only thing I can do for a friend who left without telling me."

"Now we have to follow the principle."

The senior elder spoke in a solemn voice as if to end the situation.

"Both Zeron's disciples and Sharon meet their qualifications as full-time faculty members, and the level is similar. Therefore, in principle, under the observation of the elders, the two will compete against each other in appropriate duel…"