Book 1 Chapter 309
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The preparation period for the dorm battle simulation is one month.
And during that period, Rumerun entered exam season.
“Yes! This is what exam season should feel like!”
Before the Magic Department class began.
Kal happily jingled his bulging pocket and wore a gleeful expression.
“I really love exam season! My profits more than double compared to normal times!”
Chloe propped her chin on her hand and asked, watching Kal happily calculating his income.
“You like it that much?”
“Of course! I wish every day was exam season!”
“Would you still like it after seeing your report card?”
“That’s why I wish every day was exam season!”
Kal beamed a bright smile.
“Then I wouldn’t have to receive my report card.”
Seeing this, Chloe shook her head.
“Kal! Do you have any leftover fatigue recovery potions?”
“No, I’m all out.”
Kal shook his head, seeing the male student urgently ask.
“Oh.”
The male student looked disappointed.
For a year now, the effectiveness of Kal’s fatigue recovery potion had been proven.
Thanks to that, it had become an item almost all students favored.
“Instead.”
Kal let out a "Hmph!" and chuckled.
“I have a new product.”
“A new product?”
“Yes. It’s something I stayed up all night for several days to make.”
Kal put on an arrogant expression.
Seeing Kal like that, the male student narrowed his eyes.
“Why didn’t you study during that time?”
“Hmph. Do you think I could escape last place by studying?”
“Well, you have a point.”
“No, it’s kind of sad in its own way if you just admit it so readily.”
Kal, shoulders slumped, opened his subspace pouch and pulled out a bottle.
*Thud!*
Kal placed a small, thumb-sized bottle on the desk and smiled meaningfully.
Seeing it, Chloe also looked interested.
“So, what’s the effect of this potion?”
“Concentration-boosting potion. If you drink this, your concentration will skyrocket for 24 hours! That’s what I’m saying!”
Kal grinned.
“How about it? It’s a prototype, so if you take it now, I’ll give it to you for free…”
“I refuse.”
The male student said mercilessly.
“I decline being a test subject for a new elixir.”
Kal gave an awkward laugh at the male student’s words.
“No, it’s not harmful to your body or anything? It just has a few side effects.”
“Hmph. I knew it. Alright, what are the side effects?”
“You can’t sleep for 24 hours, even if you want to. And after you do sleep, you have to sleep for two full days. Of course, you’re awake, but you could say you’re a bit sleep-drunk and out of it.”
“So that’s why you weren’t in your right mind last weekend?”
Chloe recalled last weekend and shook her head.
“Absolute refusal.”
The male student said in a cold voice.
Other students who had shown interest also quickly ignored Kal’s new product.
Seeing this, Chloe looked puzzled.
“Confessing all the side effects so readily, that’s not like you.”
“Oh, come on! Trust is important in business! What do you take me for? Have you ever seen me scam anyone?”
“You’ve never scammed anyone. But if you sell a potion as a prototype when the side effects haven’t been resolved, won’t your business not do well later?”
“Of course it will.”
Kal nodded, a confident expression on his face.
“But you guys, you’re going to want this terribly soon.”
Kal held the potion with his fingers and wiggled it.
The golden liquid in the small bottle swished around.
Chloe looked unenthusiastic.
“I don’t particularly want to drink it.”
“Right.”
“Who would want to drink something with such severe side effects?”
Boos poured out from everywhere.
“This potion was made according to the recipe written in Dweno-nim’s alchemy book.”
“What?”
“Dweno-nim?!”
The students stared at Kal with wide eyes.
Abad and Chelsea, who were further away, also widened their eyes.
It was already famous that Kal had obtained Dweno’s Book of Alchemy as a capture reward.
As soon as he returned to Rumerun after the exclusive contract period with Smith ended, even older students from the Magic Department flocked to him.
The request to share the alchemy content eventually led Rumerun’s queen, Elena, to step forward.
‘If anyone causes a commotion regarding Dweno-nim’s capture reward, I will make sure they have an interesting experience.’
‘Don’t be ridiculous! Elena Zerion! That’s an overreach of student council authority! Do you think Harke will agree with you?’
Fifth-year students from the Magic Department, who usually disliked Elena, fiercely protested.
‘Oh? I issued that order not as a student council member, but as the acting chairman of Rumerun? And.’
Elena’s eyes glowed eerily.
‘I don’t think Senior Harke would see this situation favorably either? If you have a complaint, there’s no need to go to Senior Harke. Come at me now.’
Though a fourth-year, after Torua’s graduation last year.
It was none other than Elena who inherited the title of Rumerun’s strongest Magic Department student.
She was a formidable individual, not just the strongest in the Magic Department, but considered a match for Harke, who was evaluated as the strongest student overall.
Background, skill.
With Elena, who lacked nothing, appearing, the commotion related to Kal was put to rest for the time being.
While everyone was curious, Kal himself advertised that the potion was made with a recipe left by Dweno.
Naturally, all the students in the classroom couldn’t help but focus their attention.
“Alright, as for the effects of this potion. Your concentration increases for 24 hours.”
Kal held the potion high, speaking in a quack doctor's voice.
“The side effect is that after 24 hours, you won’t be able to think straight for 48 hours! And! You’ll almost forget everything you memorized while drinking the potion!”
“Ugh, what is it?”
“It started out good but then it stopped.”
Some students reacted unenthusiastically.
“Oh, come on. While the potion's effect lasts, your memory also dramatically improves thanks to the increased concentration? That means!”
Kal's eyes widened.
“Cramming is possible! I guarantee the effect! It was outstanding for memorization!”
“…!”
The students looked startled.
“For the last subject of a written exam, you can just cruise through it!”
“Ooooh…”
“Definitely!”
The students looked tempted.
Seeing that, Chloe looked flustered.
“Wait. That’s a form of doping, isn’t it? Isn’t it against school rules?”
“Certainly, a potion that temporarily and dramatically increases abilities in a practical exam is doping. Those kinds of potions also have severe side effects.”
Kal laughed as if it were nothing.
“But this potion is not! It’s just like a tonic that helps you study for written exams. A tonic.”
“No, still, I don’t think that’s quite right.”
Chloe was flustered.
Abad and Chelsea, who had approached by now, also agreed with Chloe.
“As Chloe says, I recommend not causing unnecessary trouble.”
“My brother is right.”
“Boo!”
“Full scorers on written exams, get out of here!”
“Do you know our pain?”
As jeers came from among the students, Chelsea folded her arms and said.
“Instead of being interested in that, look at your textbook one more time. Leo oppa thinks so too… Huh? Leo oppa?”
Chelsea realized Leo was gone and looked around.
Meanwhile, Kal, like a quack doctor, was busy continuously promoting the potion.
And a little while later.
*Bang!*
“Student Council!”
“We received a report that someone here is manufacturing and selling illegal drugs!”
The door burst open roughly, and burly-looking student council members stormed into the classroom.
Kal’s mouth hung open at the sudden appearance of the student council.
One of the stern-faced student council seniors looked up at the gathered second-year students.
“These brats…!”
“Who is the ringleader?”
“W-we didn’t do anything wrong!”
“That’s right!”
“It’s him! He’s the culprit!”
The second-year students pointed at Kal.
“Uh… so… this is…”
Kal broke out in a cold sweat and couldn’t give a proper answer.
“Grab him!”
“We’re arresting you for illegal drug manufacturing and selling! And distribution violation!”
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I thought it was okay to sell! I’m sorry!”
Kal, apprehended by the student council, cried out for forgiveness as he was handcuffed.
Seeing this, Chloe sighed, as if she had expected it.
“By the way, how did the student council know and show up so quickly?”
“I reported it.”
Leo, who had returned to the classroom at some point, said as he sat down.
“You?”
Chloe asked, looking dumbfounded.
“Yeah. I thought it would be problematic if people drank it during an exam.”
Leo had also seen that potion made by Dweno.
Other than the side effects Kal mentioned, there were no major ones.
But it seemed like something that could definitely be called cheating in an exam, so he had called the student council.
“But it’s strange that the student council came? Kal is good at pointless scheming, so he would have investigated in advance to make sure it didn’t violate school rules before trying to sell it, right?”
Chelsea tilted her head.
“Yeah. Until just now, it wasn’t against school rules. It wasn’t a forbidden drug either.”
“But can the student council arrest someone like that?”
No matter how powerful the student council was, arresting a student based on something not in the school rules would be an overreach of authority.
“It’s fine. I just made the relevant school rule.”
“….”
Chloe stared at Leo with a stunned expression.
Chelsea held her stomach and burst out laughing.
Chloe thought to herself about the ingenious reporting method of making a new school rule and then reporting it.
‘That’s right, he’s the student council president.’
“Power is indeed good.”
***
After a brief commotion.
Fortunately, Kal was released with just a warning, thanks to Leo’s help.
“Sniff, sniff! I thought I was going to be dragged away by the student council and have a terrible time! Leo! Thank you!”
Kal thanked Leo.
‘I wonder what expression he’d make if he knew Leo was the cause of him being dragged away.’
It was when Chloe shook her head internally.
*Creak!*
The classroom door opened, and Professor Ren and Associate Professor Anna appeared.
“Welcome! My students!”
“Hello! Professor Ren!”
The students greeted in unison with bright voices.
Seeing them, Ren smiled contentedly.
“Before class! I will announce this midterm’s Magic Department written exam and assignment!”
At Ren’s words, all the Magic Department students widened their eyes.
Seeing them, Ren smiled meaningfully.
“The scope of this midterm’s Magic Department written exam is the complete spell formulas from [Magical Android Engineering]!”
Magical Android Engineering.
It is a field that uses magical engineering to create something.
“And the assignment is to create a familiar using Magical Android Engineering!”
Students began to murmur at Ren’s announcement.
“Professor! When you say creating a familiar using Magical Android Engineering, do you mean golems or chimeras?”
“That’s right!”
Ren nodded.
“And! For you today, I have invited a distinguished wizard from [Magical Android Engineering]!”
Ren, smiling confidently, looked at Anna.
“Associate Professor Anna! That person!”
“….”
Anna hesitated, an uneasy expression on her face.
Seeing Anna like that, the students began to grow tense.
Even Anna, of all people, was hesitating!
It was clear that an extremely dangerous person had been brought in.
While everyone looked tense, Anna approached the classroom door and poked her head out.
“Please come in.”
At her words, the door opened, and a pale-skinned woman appeared.
Her eyes were hollowed out with dark circles.
The woman, looking tired in some way, had disheveled gray hair.
She was also wearing a faded white research gown.
Overall, she had the typical appearance of a reclusive mage with no interest in external activities.
Crucially, what stood out most were the pointed ears peeking through her hair.
“An elf?”
“An elf, how peculiar.”
It was when everyone was murmuring.
“Her name here is Tina Tingel.”
At those words, the students’ eyes widened.
“She is the pinnacle of the Magical Android Engineering field and the famous! Founder of Seyroon! A descendant of Seyroon Tingel!”
At Ren’s introduction, Tina Tingel stepped forward.
“Nice to meet you, Rumerun’s hero candidates.”
Tina said in a tired voice.
“Just in case, I want to ask.”
Tina raised one hand and said.
“Anyone interested in dissection?”
At Tina’s question, the students looked at her with strange gazes.
“No? That’s a shame. I was looking for volunteers.”
Everyone screamed internally as they watched Tina smack her lips.
‘What is this elf!’