Book 1 Chapter 309
The preparation period for the mock battle between dormitories was one month.
And during that period, Rumeln entered the exam period.
“Yes! This is what an exam period should be like!”
Before the start of the Magic Department classes.
Kal grinned with a gleeful expression, shaking his bulging pockets.
“I love exam periods! My income doubles compared to usual!”
Chloe, watching Kal happily calculating his income, rested her chin on her hand and asked,
“You like it that much?”
“Of course! I wish every day was an exam period!”
“Will you still like it after seeing your report card?”
“That’s why I wish every day was an exam period!”
Kal smiled brightly.
“Then I won’t have to receive my report card.”
Seeing that, Chloe shook her head.
“Kal! Do you have any leftover fatigue recovery potions?”
“No, they’re all gone.”
Kal shook his head, looking at the male student asking urgently.
“Oh, no.”
The male student showed a disappointed expression.
For a year, the effectiveness of Kal’s fatigue recovery potions had been proven.
Thanks to that, they had become a product widely used by most students.
“Instead.”
Kal let out a snort and laughed.
“I have a new product.”
“New product?”
“Yes. It’s something I stayed up all night for several days to make.”
Kal had an arrogant expression.
Seeing Kal like that, the male student narrowed his eyes.
“Wouldn’t it have been better to study during that time?”
“Hmph. Do you think I can escape being last place even if I study?”
“Indeed.”
“No, if you admit it so readily, that’s sad in its own way.”
Kal, his shoulders slumped, opened his spatial pocket and took out a bottle.
*Clink!*
Kal placed a small bottle, about the size of a thumb, on the desk and smiled meaningfully.
Seeing that, Chloe also showed an interested expression.
“So, what does this potion do?”
“It’s a 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 for now I’ll give it to you for free……”
“I refuse.”
The male student said without hesitation.
“I’ll pass on being an experimental subject for a new elixir.”
Kal chuckled awkwardly at the male student’s words.
“No, it’s not harmful to your body! There are just a few side effects.”
“Hmph. As expected. So, what are the side effects?”
“You won’t be able to sleep for 24 hours, even if you want to. After sleeping, you’ll have to sleep for two full days. Of course, you’re awake, but you’ll be a bit groggy and out of it, shall we say?”
“So that’s why you were out of your mind last weekend?”
Chloe recalled last weekend and shook her head.
“I absolutely refuse.”
The male student said in a chilling voice.
Other students who had shown interest also turned away from Kal’s new product.
Seeing that, Chloe had a perplexed expression.
“Admitting your side effects so readily isn’t like you.”
“Hey! Trust is important in business! What do you take me for? Have you ever seen me scam anyone?”
“You haven’t scammed anyone. But won’t your business suffer later if you sell a prototype potion with unresolved side effects?”
“Of course, it will.”
Kal nodded with a confident expression.
“But you all will desperately want this soon.”
Kal shook the potion in his finger, waving it back and forth.
The golden liquid in the small bottle sloshed.
Chloe had a nonchalant expression.
“I don’t particularly want to drink it.”
“Right.”
“Who would want to drink something with such severe side effects?”
Jeers erupted from various places.
“This potion was made according to the recipe in Lord Dweyno’s alchemy book.”
“What?”
“Lord Dweyno?!”
The students glared at Kal.
Abad and Chelsea, who were with them from afar, also widened their eyes.
It was already well-known that Kal had obtained Dweyno’s Alchemy Book as a reward for completing the raid.
As soon as he returned to Rumeln after his exclusive contract with Smith ended, even the upperclassmen of the Magic Department flocked to him.
When requests to share the alchemy contents were made, eventually Queen Elena of Rumeln stepped in.
‘Anyone who causes a disturbance regarding Lord Dweyno’s raid reward will face a rather amusing consequence.’
‘Don’t make me laugh! Elena Zerion! That’s the student council overstepping its bounds! Do you think Hark would agree with you?’
The 5th-year students of the Magic Department, who usually disliked Elena, strongly protested.
‘Oh my? I am not a former member of the student council, but I am acting as the Deputy Chairman of Rumeln in issuing this directive. And.’
Elena’s eyes gleamed mischievously.
‘I don’t think Senior Hark would necessarily see this situation favorably either. If you have any complaints, you don’t need to go to Senior Hark. Come at me now.’
Although a 4th-year, after Torua’s graduation last year,
The title of the strongest student in the Rumeln Magic Department was inherited by none other than Elena.
She was not just the strongest in the Magic Department but was considered an equal to Hark, the strongest among all students.
Background, strength.
With Elena’s appearance, who lacked nothing, the commotion related to Kal was put to an end.
While everyone was curious, Kal advertised that he had made the potion directly from Dweyno’s manufacturing method.
Naturally, all the students in the lecture hall were focused on him.
“Now, as for the effect of this potion, it increases your concentration for 24 hours.”
Kal held up the potion high, his voice like a peddler.
“The side effect is that you won’t be able to collect yourself for 48 hours after the 24 hours are over! And! You’ll almost forget everything you memorized while drinking the potion!”
“Eh, what?”
“It was going so well.”
Some students showed a lukewarm reaction.
“Hey. While the potion’s effect lasts, your memory will also increase dramatically due to the enhanced concentration! Which means!”
Kal glared.
“Cramming is possible! I guarantee the effect! It was especially effective for memorization!”
“……!”
The students flinched.
“You can breeze through the last subject of the written exam!”
“Ooooh……”
“Certainly!”
The students looked tempted.
Seeing that, Chloe looked panicked.
“Wait. Isn’t that a form of doping? Isn’t that a violation of school rules?”
“Certainly, a potion that temporarily and drastically enhances abilities in practical exams is doping. Potions of that kind also have severe side effects.”
Kal laughed as if it were no big deal.
“But this potion is different! It’s just like a tonic that helps you study for written exams. A tonic.”
“No, that still doesn’t seem right.”
Chloe was flustered.
Abad and Chelsea, who had approached, also agreed with Chloe’s words.
“Like Chloe said, I recommend not causing unnecessary trouble.”
“Brother is right.”
“Woooo!”
“Those with perfect scores on written exams, step aside!”
“Do you know our pain?”
As jeers came from the students, Chelsea crossed her arms and said,
“Instead of focusing on that, take another look at your textbooks. Leo, you think so too… Huh? Leo?”
Chelsea realized Leo was gone and looked around.
Meanwhile, Kal was busy promoting the potion like a peddler.
And a moment later.
*Bang!*
“Student Council!”
“We received a report that there is someone illegally manufacturing and selling drugs here!”
The door was roughly opened, and burly-looking student council members burst into the lecture hall.
Kal stammered at the sudden appearance of the student council.
One of the intimidating senior student council members glared at the assembled 2nd-year students.
“You guys…!”
“Who’s the ringleader?”
“We… we didn’t do anything wrong!”
“That’s right!”
“It’s him! He’s the culprit!”
The 2nd-year students pointed at Kal.
“Um… well… this is…”
Kal sweated and couldn’t give a proper answer.
“Arrest him!”
“You are arrested for illegal drug manufacturing, selling, and distribution violations!”
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I thought it was okay to sell! I’m sorry!”
Kal, caught by the student council, apologized with tears in his eyes as he was handcuffed.
Seeing that, Chloe sighed as if she knew it would happen.
“By the way, how did the student council know and rush over so quickly?”
“I reported it.”
Leo, who had returned to the lecture hall, said as he sat down.
“You?”
Chloe asked with a dumbfounded expression.
“Yeah. I thought it would be a problem if they drank it during the exam.”
Leo had also seen the potion made by Dweyno before.
Other than the side effects Kal mentioned, there were no major side effects.
However, it seemed like something that could undoubtedly be called cheating on an exam, so he called the student council.
“But it’s strange that the student council came? Kal is so cunning, he would have already investigated whether it violated school rules before trying to sell it, right?”
Chelsea tilted her head.
“Yeah. Until just now, it wasn’t a violation of school rules. It wasn’t a prohibited drug either.”
“Then can the student council arrest him like that?”
No matter how much power the student council had, arresting a student for something not in the school rules would be an overreach of authority.
“It’s okay. I just made the relevant school rule.”
“…….”
Chloe stared at Leo with a dumbfounded face.
Chelsea clutched her stomach and burst out laughing.
Chloe thought to herself about this bizarre method of reporting, creating new school rules and then reporting.
‘Right, he was a former student council president.’
“Power is indeed great.”
***
After the commotion.
Fortunately, Kal was released with just a warning with Leo’s help.
“Sniffle! I thought I was going to be taken away by the student council and suffer greatly! Leo! Thank you!”
Kal expressed his gratitude to Leo.
‘I wonder what expression he’ll make when he finds out Leo was the one who caused him to be taken away.’
Chloe was thinking to herself when.
*Creak!*
The lecture hall door opened, and Professor Ren and Associate Professor Anna appeared.
“Welcome, everyone!”
“Hello, Professor Ren!”
The students greeted them in unison with bright voices.
Seeing them, Ren smiled with satisfaction.
“Before we begin class! I will announce the mid-term exam for the Magic Department written exam and assignment!”
At Ren’s words, all the Magic Department students’ eyes widened.
Ren smiled meaningfully at them.
“The scope of the Magic Department written exam for this mid-term is the solution of incantations in [Magical Artificial Engineering]!”
Magical Artificial Engineering.
It is a field that creates something using magical engineering.
“And the assignment is to create a familiar using Magical Artificial Engineering!”
At Ren’s announcement, the students began to murmur.
“Professor! When you say creating a familiar using Magical Artificial Engineering, does that mean golems or chimeras?”
“That’s right!”
Ren nodded.
“And! Today, for you all, I have invited a renowned magician in [Magical Artificial Engineering]!”
Ren smiled confidently and looked at Anna.
“Associate Professor Anna! Please bring him!”
“…….”
Anna hesitated with an anxious expression.
Seeing Anna like that, the students began to tense up.
Even the formidable Anna is hesitating!
They must have brought someone incredibly dangerous.
While everyone was tense, Anna approached the lecture hall door and peeked her face in.
“Please come in.”
At her words, the door opened, and a woman with pale skin appeared.
Hollow eyes with dark circles.
She looked somehow weary and had disheveled gray hair.
She was wearing a faded white research gown.
Overall, she appeared to be a typical reclusive magician with no interest in external activities.
Crucially, the most striking feature was the pointed ear revealed through her hair.
“An elf?”
“An elf? How interesting.”
It was when everyone was murmuring.
“This person’s name is Tina Tingel.”
At that, the students’ eyes widened.
“She is the pinnacle of Magical Artificial Engineering and the descendant of the famous founder of Seirune! Seirune Tingel!”
Upon Ren’s introduction, Tina Tingel stepped forward.
“Nice to meet you, candidates for the heroes of Rumeln.”
Tina said in a weary 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 peculiar gazes.
“No one? That’s a shame. I was hoping to find a volunteer.”
Seeing Tina lick her lips, everyone screamed inwardly.
‘What is this elf!’