NOVEL NEXT Chapter 28 - Chapter 28: The Beginning of The 3rd Loop
3rd Lap
Chapter 28: The Beginning of The 3rd Loop
It has begun, the third loop. I, stunned for a moment, gathered myself and got up. The second loop nearly killed me from overwork. I survived. The Magical Tools Department is a tricky place, more challenging than just being a black company.
But magical tools are fascinating. Fortunately, being in the northern frontier, I brought the latest technology from the royal capital three years ahead. Let’s try making magical tools.
But today is the entrance ceremony. The new students of the middle school nervously pass through the gate, and we, who have advanced a grade, guide them to the auditorium in our assigned positions. My duty is to attach ribbons to their chests after they complete the registration.
“Congratulations on entering. Class B is in the middle…”
I know. He’s the male student who’s supposed to trip.
“You seem nervous. Here, take a deep breath. Be careful of the people around you.”
This time, I decided to delay the timing a bit by keeping him at the reception for a while. He almost bumped into someone for a moment, but bowing apologetically, he safely reached his seat.
Well done, me. Let’s go with this strategy for the next time too.
Now, the entrance ceremony ended in the morning, and the afternoon is free time. I quickly prepared my notebook and started planning for the future.
First, I stopped writing down what happened in the previous loop. There are three reasons. First, I already remember most of it. Second, even if I remember, it often doesn’t help much. Third, there is too much information gathered in the royal capital, and it’s impossible to write it all down.
However, I’m not going in without a plan. The minimum things to remember are as follows:
– Strengthen Camille senpai by November to prevent his injuries.
– Stop studying non-chanting magic.
– Do not directly touch emergency crops.
For now, I need to take Camille senpai to the dungeon for power leveling. That’s the urgent task for this month.
The problem is Professor Kabaneru. Both non-chanting magic and emergency crops are related to him. I got involved with him. I don’t really care about the magicians of the “Tower” anymore. I don’t want to be manipulated by the headmaster, Professor Laquell, or the nobles. So I’ll pass on non-chanting magic.
And emergency crops too. We are a retail business dealing with a wide range of products. Even though we are a merchant family, we don’t have ties with farmers like Nadia-san in the East. So, just like her, we can’t generate enormous profits. Besides, this story was just about using the fluctuations in grain prices to make a profit if things go well. Even if the Southern region has a poor harvest again next year, it won’t lead to famine. It’s not a story where people will die if we don’t spread emergency crops.
However, I can’t ignore the fact that Professor Kabaneru, a kind-hearted person, is struggling. Although there is no contact with him at this point, I feel like I want to help him. Yes, in the first place, the research on emergency crops may have originated from the famine in the Charlois territory, the maternal side of the Kabaneru viscount. Then, if I had closely collaborated with the Charlois territory from the beginning, without being defeated by Nadia-san, things might have settled smoothly.
Then, lessons from the previous loop. First, the massive amount of dragonfly wings I had received from Camille senpai and Professor Kabaneru. After that, I ultimately missed the opportunity to distribute them, and they remained stored in my inventory. All three of us got busy with non-chanting magic research and leveling up in the dungeon, and our schedules didn’t match. Also, at that point, I didn’t want to stand out by submitting a large number of dragonfly wings, and I felt guilty. Others don’t remember the events of the previous loop except me, so there’s no use worrying about it, but I still feel a sense of obligation. I want to cooperate with them this time as well and reduce my guilt.
And the second point. Despite being in the royal capital, I didn’t investigate the noble academy. In most isekai loop stories, it always happens at a noble’s academy. Maybe the stage is not necessarily the noble academy of this country, but even so, there might have been some hint. There were several magicians who graduated from the noble academy the same age as me around, right? I got too absorbed in collecting information from newspapers and books and neglected interaction with them.
What should I do? I don’t want to get close to the “Tower” anymore. But in the royal capital, there is a lot of information gathered, and there is also the possibility of the noble academy, which is likely the root cause of the loop. Avoiding it seems impossible. However, graduating from this academy and going to the royal capital leaves only one year. One year is short. Can I gather information successfully in the royal capital within a year? Or should I explore the path to enter the royal capital before graduating from the academy? Moreover, even if I successfully go to the royal capital this loop, as a commoner, how can I establish contact with the noble academy? And if, by some chance, I meet the “player” of the noble academy, what should I do?
The questions are endless. Anxieties keep surfacing. However, I won’t know until I try what I can do. Loop 3 has started in this way.