I Possessed an Academy Without a Protagonist

Episode 23. Hurt Locker (2)

little girl…

A strong man entered the dark cafe.

He went straight to the bar, sat down, and licked his lips.

“A glass of milk.”

“No one. You don’t have to say the passphrase.”

“Is this okay, Chief? What would I do if I were an Imperial Police Officer in disguise?”

“Hey. Maybe.”

“Security awareness is a bitch….”

Hurtlocker closed his eyes tightly.

It seemed a miracle that this stronghold had not yet been discovered by the Empire.

“Yonseok-ah. I have a huge plan in front of my nose, so I’m afraid I’m being sloppy.”

“Yes.”

“Yamma. I think it’s you just by looking at my steps. I’m not fooled that easily.”

“············”.

He was dissatisfied that the password was not accepted, but he did not doubt what Eric said.

Even though it seems like they usually live roughly, they know that their loyalty to the kingdom is sincere.

Besides, if it was Eric’s memory, it wouldn’t be surprising if he could memorize each person’s steps.

“Are the preparations going well?”

“Are you talking about drinking?”

“Yes.”

“I mean. Wasn’t he called a genius magician in his old days?”

“It’s the beginning of a golden hour.”

“You’re so young, Yo-seok. Everyone my age knows it. Anyway, the design of the recipe was finished long ago.”

Eric took the scroll out of the drawer and unfolded it.

There were countless circles and lines drawn in it.

“This is too…”

Too complicated. Only then, the magic efficiency is not very good, and it is obvious that the caster will be killed by spewing out magical energy.

The Hurt Locker’s eyes widened as he was about to say.

It was only then that he understood the drink properly.

“It’s not just one drink.”

“Yes. I thought you would recognize it at once.”

At first glance, it looks like a huge piece of magic, but it is not.

The explosive technique and the detonation technique were designed separately, so it was like capturing both rabbits with magic efficiency and stability.

But it wasn’t without problems.

“The burden on the caster becomes too high in this way. Since you have to operate two spells at once… Wouldn’t it be better to use one more caster?”

“That’s not possible. You have to operate both spells at the same time, exactly at the same time. It’s meant to be done by one person. And you don’t believe me?”

“············”.

Hurt Locker contemplated Eric’s image for a moment.

A thorough and relentless spy.

But when she brags about her children, her intelligence plummets.

“I don’t believe it.”

“Eing ttt. You’re probably the only person in the spy agency who hates me.”

“Isn’t that the same for the head of the department? He treated me like a child.”

“Are you kid?”

“Not a kid.”

“That’s right, Yo-seok.”

“············”.

Eric smiled and patted Hurtlocker’s head roughly, then put the scroll back in.

Hurt Locker straightened his messy hair and looked at Eric.

Perhaps Eric is the only one who underestimates the strongest power of the Kingdom Army.

“The Hurt Locker. But did you see that?”

“What do you mean?”

“Schlus Heinkel. The command found out about the commoners chief’s past.”

“Is there anything special about it?”

“He lived in Iceburg during the war.”

“Are you talking about during the Winter Offensive?”

“okay.”

Iceburg.

It was an imperial fortress city where the kingdom army advanced across the border during the Great Winter Offensive.

At that time, the Kingdom Army unit wanted to subdue the few guards and take control of the castle…

The unit was later determined to be annihilated. The reason is unknown.

It was one of the mysteries of the war that has not been revealed until now.

Schlus, a resident of Iceburg at the time, probably knew something.

The moment I was thinking-

little girl…

“welcome.”

Someone entered the cafe.

There are not many people who come to this nook and no signage cafe.

Among them, the one who comes most often is…

“············”.

“············”.

Schlus Heinkel.

Hurtlocker turned around and made eye contact with him.

Schlus also stood still, and there was silence for a moment.

It was Schlus who turned his attention first and moved on.

He sat a long way away from the Hurt Locker.

“Master. A glass of milk.”

Hurt Locker seemed to be choking.

How on earth does this man know the secret code of the Kingdom Intelligence Agency?

“You mean milk?”

“Yeah. My mouth is dry, so I’m drawn to soft milk rather than tea or coffee.”

“All right.”

it must have been a coincidence

Hurtlocker thought so and tried not to look towards Schlust.

It would be a huge disappointment if you were caught looking at me and even suspected.

“It’s the magic day soon. Master.”

“Yeah. He said the event was going to be grand this year too.”

“Does the Master also attend the event?”

“On that day, the store should be closed. It is a day once a year.”

“Is that gentleman going too?”

“Yes? Me?”

The Hurt Locker turned around in surprise.

Schlusus was waiting for his answer with a relaxed smile on his face.

“Yes. I’m going too.”

“hahahaha. We may all meet again on the Day of Magic.”

“I have milk.”

“I look forward to it. I look forward to it.”

Schluss slowly drank the milk.

For some reason, Schlust’s words sounded meaningful, and Hurtlocker’s expression darkened.

***

In the cafe, I made too many unnecessary noises.

Looking at the Hurt Locker’s face, he may have secretly provoked him with fever.

By the way, he’s also pretty damn handsome.

The face is plausible. Now I think I understand why the proud heroines passed away.

After leaving the cafe, I stopped by the Magic Day event in advance.

It was to see where the spies would perform their ceremonies.

In conclusion, there was no significant harvest.

One of the hotel rooms near the venue was the most promising, but there were so many rooms that it was meaningless as a candidate.

Therefore, he decided to give up the plan of suppressing the caster and preventing the operation.

All that’s left is to cancel the ritual remotely…

‘Is that possible?’

It is a craft on the scale that blows up the entire venue.

There must be more than three people involved in the ceremony.

It is such a technique that will work proudly even under the strict security of the venue.

Is it really possible to detect and release such a thing on my own?

My mana sensitivity stat is 75, based on the beginning of the novel, I am the strongest person in the world, so it may be possible to detect it.

But the problem is unlocking. Even if you increase your computing power with ‘selection and concentration’, the time limit of 5 seconds may not be enough.

‘This······.’

It is not only the computational power that is involved in canceling the spell.

The higher the level of understanding of magic, the faster it will be dispelled.

At least, if the type of operation can be immediately identified, there is no need to calculate it.

‘I’ll need an investigation.’

It would be good to know the approximate types of sake.

I’ll have to look for some related books.

If that’s the case, there’s a definite place to go.

Imperial University Library.

It is a place where all the books of the continent are collected.

It’s not an exaggeration, it really is.

It must have been because I described it that way.

I decided to go back to Imperial University right away.

*

As soon as I entered the library of Imperial University, I immediately scoured the corner about recipes.

However, most of them were only books or papers that delved into one technique.

It was a plate that had to go through dozens of bookshelves to figure out the type.

Of course, after that, even a month is not enough time.

I looked around the library a little more, wondering if there might be a grave eye.

‘Wow······. It’s a real bitch.’

With my lack of vocabulary, only these feelings came to mind.

Since the library is in the form of a completely straight line, the bookshelves stretched out like an endless hallway. How many kilometers is this?

I really never imagined that what I had just described as a ‘library of all the books of the continent’ would appear in this form.

‘What is this.’

As I walked slowly and looked around, I found books piled up in one corner.

Are these books that have been recently introduced and have not yet been categorized?

As if possessed, I approached the pile of books, lifted them one by one, and opened them.

“The latest medical techniques. Korean studies. A study on internal circuits….”

These were some interesting books.

But when I opened it, I felt like I was stuck without reading it.

Come to think of it, the ability ‘translation’ was always active.

Apparently, the books here are in a language other than the official language of the Empire, so the translation may not be smooth.

“Taxonomics … . . .”

I found a book with an unusual title.

I put the other books down and immediately sat down on a chair and began to flip through the books.

‘Classification according to element. Flame-based magic. A cold-based drink…”

He seemed to have found the book he was looking for.

It was a book that roughly explained the criteria for classifying the procedures, and there was also an explanation of the common characteristics or core parts of the procedures.

Although it is a rather thick book of 500 pages, it would be great if you could roughly grasp the types of magic with just this one.

Bearing that the corners of my lips kept going up, I headed to the counter to borrow a heavy book with my side.

‘not. I’d rather just read it here.’

It’s quiet and comfortable, so isn’t it the perfect place to read a book?

Of course, it is comfortable to be alone in the training room, but it is also true that I do other things when I am tired.

As a study in the library, I took some notes from the counter and sat down at my desk.

Then I saw a familiar face on the other side.

“Ugh…”

Erica.

The silver-haired girl looked at me and frowned.

No matter how, what is ‘Ugh’ when you see someone?

A guy with no hair.

I ignored Erica, opened the book and started studying.

I took down as much information as possible and absorbed it in my head so that I could find out the type even by looking at only a part of the procedure.

The content was not too deep, so I quickly skipped 500 pages.

how many hours has passed

When it was completely dark outside the window, only me and Erica were left in the reading room of the library.

I don’t think I was going to read the book until this time…

Considering Erika’s personality, I think she’s holding on because she wants to leave later than me.

Because there is a setting to have a competitive spirit in useless things.

So now I have to go home soon.

I closed the book and stood up.

“It’s a loan.”

“all right.”

Once I got back to the mansion, I even borrowed it with the intention of reading more.

And now I’m going to leave the library…

“What is he doing?”

Erica was looking around like a meerkat in front of the bookshelves.

Seeing him walking around with a book in his arms, it looks like he’s trying to put the book he’s been reading back in…

I must have forgotten where I got the book from.

Then you could just hand it over to the librarian.

I slowly approached Erica while sighing.

At first impression, he was completely disliked, but in the end, he is a guy who should eventually become a colleague.

There’s nothing wrong with building up your affinity.

“But I couldn’t find the place for the book.”

“Oh? Huh? Heh. Heh. Isn’t it?”

“············”.

to pretend not to.

“just······.”

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Just leave it to the librarian.

It was the moment I was about to say.

What caught my eye was the title on the cover of the book.

‘Introductory Guide to One-Handed Sword’

It was a book that gave an estimate just by looking at it wherever it was.

“This ‘One-Handed Sword Introductory Guide’ is a swordsmanship bookcase for martial arts. ‘Internal Circuit Genetics’ is a magical science bookcase for biology-“

Did you come to the library and didn’t even look at the taxonomy?

Even when I first came here, I knew what books were in which bookshelf.

In any case, Erika’s expression went blank when he pointed out the places where the book should be.

“And Eden’s gigantic… big hem. big. I didn’t know you read such a book.”

“···········?”

Can’t this be designated as an inconsistent book…?

I stopped muttering with an empty cough.

Except for that one, he gave me the original location of all the books.

“Let’s say thank you later.”

“············”.

There was nothing to say, so I just left.

When will this sh*t get fixed?

In the original story, he seemed to have a crush on the main character from the beginning, but why is he like that here?

Oh right. Hurt Locker was damn handsome.

Now I understand.

I smiled and left the library.

***

‘uh?’

Erika’s expression wrinkled as she sat in the library and read with stacks of books.

The most reluctant person, Schlus Heinkel, sat across from him.

But as soon as he saw the cover of the book he was carrying, he almost burst into laughter.

‘Fop. What is he doing?’

It was an old-fashioned book.

A language spoken thousands of years ago, when the entire continent was a unified kingdom.

It was a forgotten language that had not yet been fully deciphered.

However, Schlusus casually opened the book and kept scribbling something on the paper.

It was so funny that she pretended to read it without knowing what she was saying, so she had to put up with the sneer that kept coming out.

‘What is he really doing…’

But you should be able to read as much as you can.

Schlusus had been taking notes carefully, turning page by page for several hours.

All of a sudden, there were more than 10 memos, even though they were full of handwritten notes.

I just couldn’t understand why he was doing that.

‘Aren’t you leaving soon?’

Anyway, I didn’t want to go earlier than this fake studying guy.

So, with the dictionary open next to me, I eagerly waited for the book to be translated in the Elven language—

‘Finally going.’

Only then did Schlusus close the book and stand up.

Erica sighed inwardly and took the whole book. Most of them were books I hadn’t even started reading yet.

It was already dark at night.

When I return now, my mother will make a fuss about how worried she is again.

‘uh? Where did you get all this?’

Erica stood tall.

I usually remember the location even when I pull out a book…

It seemed like a lot of time had passed, so somehow I forgot everything.

Now it’s closing time. As much as possible, I don’t want to give the librarian more work, so I’m desperately trying to retrieve the memories-

“But I couldn’t find the place for the book.”

Schlust spoke from behind.

I got stabbed in the corner.

“This ‘One-Handed Sword Introductory Guide’ is a swordsmanship bookcase for martial arts. ‘Internal Circuit Genetics’ is a magical science bookcase for biology-“

As Schlusus started reciting the location one by one, Erica’s expression hardened.

I was wondering what kind of nonsense this was again.

All these books were in different languages.

one is elf. one is a mermaid. One is Gaul.

There’s no way Schlust knows all those languages.

It was the moment I was trying to rebuke him for not talking nonsense.

“And Eden’s gigantic… big hem. big. I didn’t know you read such a book.”

“···········?”

Schluss coughed and the tips of his ears reddened slightly.

It was the first time I’d ever seen him show a nursery rhyme in this way.

Even if Einz used fire magic in front of his eyes, he didn’t blink.

“Let’s say thank you later.”

“············”.

As Schlus left, Erica went straight back to her desk and opened her dictionaries.

It seemed that his intuition would be relieved only if he immediately confirmed that Schlust’s words were nonsense.

“One-Handed Sword Primer. Magic Circuit Genetics…. Huh?”

Erica’s mouth opened when the same titles came out of Schlusz’s mouth earlier.

He really knew how to read elven, mermaid, and Gaul.

Even she, who has been trained in languages since childhood, barely reads Gaul and Elven from a dictionary.

I wondered how he, a commoner, had learned so many languages.

If so, is it possible that you have actually read the ancient texts?

I thought about it, but Erica immediately shook her head and denied it.

Anyway, that couldn’t be the case.

Come to think of it, I read the title at the end, but that book… What was the title of it, and how did you get such a reaction?

Erica looked through the dictionaries and translated the title of the book.

“It’s a mermaid fish. The title is… Eden’s… Huge…

Erica’s eyes widened.

I looked over the words in the dictionary and the words on the cover several times, but they were exactly the same.

Only then did Erica realize the identity of the book, and her cheeks turned red.

That book-

– I didn’t know you read a book like this.

“Ahhh······!”

It was nonsense.

Erica’s scream echoed through the empty library.