Immortals From My Past Life Are Still Obsessed With the Reincarnated Me

31 – Double Reunion (4)

I lay on the bed and fidgeted with the blue stone.

On the outside, it looks like an expensive jewel, but in reality it was much more valuable than jewels used only for noble ladies.

‘Magic Core.’

A magic core is a kind of container that stores mana.

Even if a wizard has used up all the mana in his body and is empty, he can use magic as long as he has this mana core.

Of course, if even the magic core loses its luster, it means that even all of it has been used up.

‘The world has become much better.’

However, this was something that did not exist 500 years ago.

Magicians could only utilize the mana that existed within their bodies.

It was natural for mana to run out when casting large-scale magic or using magic continuously, and mana had to be fully recharged while resting or meditating.

But now, it was an era in which mana could be produced by extracting the mana of other creatures or gathering a small amount of mana that existed in nature.

‘With that mana core, I can dream of endless development.’

For a straightforward example, even my father’s magical airship was floating in the sky with countless magical cores attached to it.

Right now, the tentatively named ‘magical engineering brainwashing leash’ that controlled the serpent’s demon beast was also operating with this magical core.

Justina told me that magic cores are not needed for device analysis, and handed them to me, but I’m not sure where to use them.

‘Professor Darnay told me about self protection.’

Suddenly, I thought that if I polished my skills further, I could use this magic core to keep casting protection-type magic on myself.

If you think about the last time Justina kept using her stamina protection, it would definitely help.

Because protection magic can overcome chronic physical problems.

However, the fact that this magic core was contained in a leash made to control something else, including the Witchbeast, made me feel a bit uncomfortable.

I also wondered what was going on in the brain of the guy who made this.

If I could control not only demon beasts but also humans at will, it seemed like it would turn into something pretty serious.

‘I’ll have to be careful.’

Then what about the elfin that suddenly appeared again?

Coming to the academy at this point, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of uneasiness, like right before a huge storm struck.

I wondered that the imperial family had sent an elfin, and I wondered what they had been doing for the past 500 years.

“Ugh.”

However, she thought that her head would break if she thought about Elfin, so she decided to go to sleep.

…… Tomorrow is the first day of the special class, but I still have no idea what will happen.

***

Six students have been decided to participate in the special class.

The battle squad is Cornet, Josef, and me, as chosen by Professor Perkin.

In the magic class, Professor Darnay selected Justina, Charlotte, and Gwyneth, a cat-beast type summoning magic student.

Somehow, the combat class was all male and the magic class was all female, similar to the meeting, but no one but me seemed to be aware of it.

“It’s fortunate, I didn’t expect to be selected… ….”

“You underestimate yourself too much.”

“But, as you know, Yuzu-nim is just on a different level of magic than the other students, and Guinness-nim is also very talented. Compared to that, I… It’s a chin-up….”

“No, tsk. By the way, I see quite a few people called Guinness.”

As she thought from a young age, Charlotte was a talented wizard. She

She never studied properly, but she was unmatched by the other students, at least in one area of defensive magic.

I don’t know much about Guinness. Even so, Justina was completely out of the question in the first place, and when she saw Charlotte comparing herself and Justina, she felt sorry for her.

“You can do well from now on. Come on, let’s get out.”

When I headed to the mountain behind the academy where the special classes were held with Charlotte, more than half of the six students had already arrived.

Cornet and Joseph were warming up eagerly, and a student named Guinness, a cat-beast, was prying at the boys intently, hiding behind a large staff with pricked ears.

On the other hand, it seemed that Justina and Elfin hadn’t arrived yet.

‘Elfin… ….’

As she prepared in the morning, she thought about how to treat the elfin.

At least like Justina, she had no intention of pretending not to know Elfin.

She originally wanted to meet Justina and Elfin, and she only avoided Justina out of fear for a moment.

So she didn’t bother to hide her desire to meet Elfin this time.

‘Would you like to talk to Justina?’

Besides, if Justina told Elfin the news of my reincarnation, she would know everything Elfin knew too.

Even if Justina didn’t tell me, she would recognize me right away.

Even if she doesn’t explicitly show ancient characters or shadowy footsteps, if she’s an elfin, she’ll immediately notice when she sees me swinging her sword.

He was the strongest talent I’ve ever seen, but I couldn’t imagine how much experience he must have accumulated 500 years later.

‘I must have gotten stronger, maybe… Enough to rival a dragon.’

At that time, she could tell because she felt the elfin hidden in the bush with her senses.

The current Elfin has a presence that is not at all inferior to the dragon Justina.

Her presence wasn’t directly related to her strength, but it was clear that at least the current Elfin could deal with Justina.

In the worst case, even if Justina tried to imprison me in her academy forever, I wouldn’t know what would happen if Elfin helped.

‘Since I’ve already met Justina and Elfin, Lee Wind will soon…… ?’

I have already met two of the three girls I wanted to meet.

But just because you met two, you cannot give up on the other.

If you want to find Liwin, you may have to leave the academy someday.

But if Justina was to stop then, if she couldn’t even communicate at all, she needed a hand to help me.

If that hand was an elfin’s hand, it would be more satisfying than anything else.

“Is everyone gathered?”

Just then, Elfin appeared.

Besides, she was following Justina behind her.

Male students widened their eyes when they saw him wearing the same clothes he saw yesterday, with nothing on his top and only bandages.

It’s a relief that I’m wearing a coat over it, really…….

‘Why did he have such a fashion sense?’

She is an elfin, even 500 years ago, she always wore only the clothes I gave her.

How the hell did your sense get lost while I was gone?

I lowered my head feeling a pity inside.

“As most of you must have known, I, who is standing in front of you now, is Elfin, an external guest professor who will be in charge of the special class from today.”

“Hey, what about outside invitations….”

“Yuz… Poohup, you go in and stand with the students.”

Justina came inside, bumping into some of the students’ shoulders, and stood next to me.

Then she suddenly looked at me and gave me a gloomy expression.

Well, it would be embarrassing if a person called the chairman pretended to be a student and was caught by someone he knew.

‘But shouldn’t I just stop pretending to be a student?’

Because I was disguised to find out if I was a Dane in the first place.

Now that I know it, I wonder if I can just go back to being the chairman of the board, Justina…….

‘Did he really get a taste for student play?’

Of course, this is Justina’s freedom.

They weren’t the kids I had to tell them about 500 years ago, they had their own thoughts, so I decided to do that.

“Yuz, Charlotte, Guinness, Cornet, Joseph, Deneb… um, good You’re all here.”

Meanwhile, Elfin briefly called attendance and started introducing her class.

“I heard that you have already been guided, but the special classes are generally focused on actual combat. It would be nice to think of it as a self-learning process since I don’t have much experience educating others since I was in charge of the class. I’m just standing by.”

“If it’s a real battle, are you leaving the academy to fight?”

As always, the cornet raised her hand and asked a question.

Elfin was surprisingly willing to answer that question.

“That might happen. But for now, it’s from the mountain behind the academy. Even though it’s close, this mountain is outside the academy barrier. However, in case of emergency, safety devices, including Professor Bonn, are prepared, so don’t worry.”

At the point of the safety device, Justina pouted.

I see, Justina, you were the safety device.

Well, as long as it wasn’t a strong enemy, it wouldn’t be a problem to protect five students, Justina and Elfin.

“So, today I plan to start by dealing with the demons of the back mountain. I heard that there are monsters all over the mountain behind this school.”

“They are all under the management of the chairman. It can be aggressive, but it won’t take the lives of students, so don’t worry.”

“You said it well, Yuzu. Maybe she’s the daughter of the chairman, so she’s smart… Pooh!”

“Uhhhhh… ….”

I gently grabbed Justina’s sleeve and shook her as she glared at the elfin with fierce eyes.

It’s because I was worried about the recent witch-beast incident.

“Are you okay? What would you do if you had a monster being manipulated like back then?”

“That’s a good point. So, I just checked all the monsters on the mountain and came. There was no magic beast with a leash like back then. We haven’t found the culprit yet.”

“The culprit? Is the culprit in this mountain?”

“I was going to explain the details later… I can’t help it.”

Even though I said it in a whisper, the eyes of the people around me focused on Justina.

To get away from her attention, Justina cast her simple magic.

[Can you hear me?]

Justina’s voice came through her head, not through her ears.

She was not surprised because she had experienced this a few times when she lived with Justina before, but she was glad that it had been a long time.

However, there was a downside to this telepathic magic, and that was that I couldn’t answer.

[Now you should be able to answer. In the past, your magic aptitude was the worst, so I couldn’t even answer you, but now it’s possible.]

[Really? Oh, is it really?]

[Didn’t I say yes? Anyway, this is a class, and in fact it is nothing more than the performance of an elfin’s mission.]

[…] … What does that mean?]

Through Justina’s magic, I threw the question into her head, and Justina pursed her lips, and she soon sent her voice back to me.

[I heard that two demons crawled into this mountain. Elfin was chosen as the professor sent by the imperial family to deal with those demons without rumors.]

[It was true that Elfin was an Imperial Knight.]

[It’s not similar. Well, hear the details directly from Elfin later. I didn’t tell you, but if you’re an elfin, you’ll recognize you soon.]

[Ha ha ha…….]

Somehow, it ended up hiding her identity only from Justina, but I smiled shyly and listened to Justina’s message again.

[If you guys are looking around to hunt monsters and run into demons by chance, the elfin will run right away and finish it off with a sniff.]

[Um… Are you using the kids as bait?]

[As long as the original girl and Elfin are here, it should be safe, but that’s right. The original woman tried to refuse in her own way, but she couldn’t help it.]

While saying that, Justina glared at Joseph and Elfin alternately.

Of course, it’s not Joseph’s fault, but it must mean that the imperial family’s pressure on Denbergen Academy is strong.

[It must be the demons who put the leash on the beast.]

[That’s right. I don’t know what their purpose is. However, Elfin is trying to find and kill them as quickly as possible. It is impossible to use a lot of manpower for a search, so we use you guys as a kind of search crew.]

[But what about the kids who ran into demons, saying it was over without rumors?]

Can you kill me to silence me?

…… I thought it was, but I think it went a little too far.

[They’ll shut up or give them amnestics. Since Elfin belongs to the imperial family, she should know how to perform such tricks.]

[Imperial family’s secret wife… Looks like Elfin lived a rough life too.]

[That’s right. 500 Years have passed. Elfin is not the child she used to be.]

For some reason, there was a bitter taste in my mouth.

Well, it’s strange that it’s still the same after 500 years.

Be it a human, an elf, or a dragon, they do not change simply with the passing of time, but with the situation or environment they are in.

Before reincarnation, I lived in a country hut for 10 years, and after reincarnation, I lived in an aristocratic mansion for nearly 17 years… Even though my mental age is closer to 50, it’s not actually that much.

Justina also said that she had been there for 500 years, but most of it was stuck in her academy director’s office.

‘On the other hand, Elfin must have wandered here and there.’

If it was the imperial family, there would have been times when she got caught up in political battles, and she would have lived a social life with a fake identity, wandering here and there as an undercover woman.

However, it was hard to believe that the lively elfin I remembered had become an imperial nemesis who carried out her mission by using her students as bait.

She felt like she realized that the child she thought would be forever young had become an adult.

“Elfin… ….”

Looking at Elfin, who said that she would test her skills by dealing with her students one by one before she started off on the monster hunt, I whispered her name in a low voice.