NOVEL NEXT chapter 49
49. Damn. What is this again?
Chapter 49. Damn. What is this case again?
Titina, who always had a cute smile on her face, felt quite heavy in the air.
‘As expected, war heroes and villains aren’t for everyone….’
While Tail was thinking that, Titina continued.
“I told you not to use mana, but are you listening to me?”
“But… !”
Before Krom Hell could finish his words, Titina cut her off.
“Your team’s victory is the tail.”
Kromhell clenched his fists in defeat.
Like it or not, Titina looked around and returned to her normal self.
She shouted, clapping her hands together.
“Stop it now~ let’s do it here~ Thank you all for your hard work!”
The swordsmanship class that had so many troubles was over.
* * *
About a week has passed.
Even during that time, the gap between nobles and commoners did not narrow.
No, on the contrary, I became more wary and moved away.
In such a state, the largest meeting room of the current Pharaon Academy was full of people.
Most of them were first-year and freshman professors.
An old man with a white beard was sitting at the top of the table.
Although the old man looked quite old, his momentum was formidable.
At that time, the man sitting next to the seat of honor looked around and opened his mouth.
“Chairman. Everyone has come.”
Yes.
The old man was Logan Theodore, the director of Pharaon Academy.
Logan, who was in charge of education for the imperial family, established this academy at the request of the emperor and became the chairman of the board.
Of course, most of the agenda was carried out under the emperor’s direction.
Logan looked at his professors, his wrinkled eyebrows slightly frowning.
“Everyone should know why we are here today.”
In the silence, Logan’s words continued.
“Since the admission of commoners starting with this new student, it seems that there are problems with status in many places.”
His voice was hard and straight, like wood.
“Please explain the current situation one by one.”
The professors who entered the first year class one by one opened their mouths.
The contents were roughly like this.
“The situation is at its worst.”
“Noble students and commoner students never seemed to get along. It was mostly water and oil.”
“Suddenly, the resistance of the aristocratic students is growing.”
“It seems that commoner students will also act violently if cornered by angry noble students.”
After hearing the words one by one, Logan nodded.
“The situation is clearly not good.”
However, he resolutely continued.
“But even that was one of our expectations.”
The professors nodded at Logan’s words.
I expected this to happen.
Of course, I hoped it wouldn’t happen.
“We can’t say anything about the aristocratic students who just ignore the commoner students.”
Logan continued slowly.
“From the fact that they entered the school together with the commoners and even lost the seat of the first admission to the commoners, they will be ignored by their seniors and regarded as a shame at home.”
Logan laughed bitterly.
“There’s no way we can have commoner students like that.”
But despite expecting this, the academy pushed ahead.
The reason was simple.
“We have only been five years since the war just ended. We lost a lot of talent. I had no choice but to let go of many talented and gifted people.”
The aftermath of the war was great.
There was a limit to attracting talented people by limiting the nobility.
That’s why we took special measures.
Let’s look for talented people among the common people.
And I found a jewel.
A jewel called Tail.
However, the reaction of the nobles was harsher than expected.
I’ve gone to the worst case scenario.
At that time, a professor cautiously opened his mouth.
“… Then what will we do next?”
There was silence.
It was not an easy matter to come up with a solution.
At that time, a man sitting on the left of the seat of honor opened his mouth.
This was the man who stood by the window before and received a report about Tails from Jade Fennell.
“I have an opinion.”
Logan’s expression instantly brightened at his words.
“Tell me. Professor Vincent.”
His name is Vincent Oscar.
Oscara was the head of a family of educators and counts.
At the same time, he was a person with strong influence, and he was one of the people who strongly insisted on Tails as the chief entrant.
“One of the biggest reasons why noble children ignore commoner children is.”
Vincent continued quietly.
“In the minds of noble children, there is a strong perception that commoners are dull, stupid, and uneducated.”
Feeling that, the professors nodded in agreement.
Certainly, the words and actions of the aristocratic students were based on those thoughts.
“Then it’s simple. We have to prove it and get it recognized.”
Vincent looked at the professors slowly and expressionlessly.
“That will happen when you take the Introduction to Mana Studies class and check what kind of mana you have.”
No matter how commoner you are, the power given by the gods will not discriminate.
Even a commoner student can have excellent mana sensitivity and special mana traits.
On the contrary, even if you are an aristocratic student, you should be able to have substandard mana sensitivity and normal mana traits.
“To make them feel that they are capable and cannot be ignored.”
The professors were agitated.
At that time, a professor opened his mouth with difficulty.
“Will the uneducated commoner students catch the attention of the well-learned aristocratic students?”
That was right.
Because tolerable children of nobles are given personal tutors from a very young age on how to practice and all kinds of magic.
But Vincent answered without any agitation.
“These are the children we handpicked.”
He continued in a determined voice.
“I confirmed that they all have great potential.”
“But….”
The professor who asked the question continued in a worried voice.
But Vincent spoke first.
“If you can’t trust those kids.”
Vincent’s blue eyes shook fiercely.
“Let’s trust our eyes when we see its potential.”
* * *
Introduction to Mana Studies class is back.
“As I said today, I will take the time to check what kind of mana trait I have.”
After giving a brief explanation, Jaden tapped his finger and something fell out of the air.
It was a living thing.
You can see it everywhere.
“Meow.”
A fat cheese kitty.
The students’ expressions became strange.
No, what kind of cat is it to figure out mana traits?
This was his expression.
“This is Pina, a fairy with the highest level of mana sensitivity on the continent.”
Lick lick lick
The cat on the podium, no, the fairy Pina licked her feet with her tongue.
The students blinked in bewilderment.
Yes? Are you a fairy? Who sees it, is it a cat?
Jaden smiled as if he had read that thought.
“The Elves are few and far between and are not well known for hiding, but they can change their appearance.”
“Hey. Yes.”
Tail’s expression became subtle.
Listening to it like that makes the crying sound a bit awkward.
Jade sighed and spoke to Pina.
“Pina-sama. You should hurry up and fulfill what you promised, right?”
“Yahahhh.”
Pina looked at Jade with an innocent expression as if she didn’t know, and Jade replied with a smile.
“Confiscated 2 churros”
“Hey. I want to look What bullsh*t.”
At that moment, a human voice leaked from the cat’s mouth.
The students’ mouths opened slightly.
The cat glared at Jade.
“So, who doesn’t work?”
“Ah~ Okay! Got it. Do it do it It only tells each mana type, right?”
“Sure.”
Jade grinned.
For a moment, Pina in the form of a cat sighed and raised her paw in the air with her step.
Then, to her surprise, she walked through the air and approached the commoner girl in front.
“Hmm.”
The female student was taken aback and froze.
The scarlet eyes stared at the student.
“He has the water attribute mana.”
The girl’s eyes widened.
“The mana sensitivity is also high, so if you learn it well, it will be useful?”
“Jeong, really?”
Her expression brightened.
“Haam~ Yes. Next.”
Pina yawned in annoyance and told each person about each mana trait.
She even explained the mana sensitivity it had.
Of course, some of the nobles who came out badly had a lot of backlash.
For example, Matthew.
“You are a non-attribute.”
Pina fell silent.
“It also has the lowest mana sensitivity. Worst in class here.”
“What, what?”
Matthew’s face turned red.
“Haam, it’s annoying. Next.”
No matter how noble Matthew was, he couldn’t say anything when the professor, Jayden, was watching from the front.
In the end, he had no choice but to cool his anger by clenching his teeth.
After going around for a while, Tail, Aedan, and Alice were left.
Pina, who even saw Alice as a shaman, blinked her eyes slowly when she saw Ethan.
“Whoa. It’s an ice attribute.”
Ice.
At those words, the surroundings were buzzing.
That was a very rare element among attribute mana.
“In addition, it has excellent mana sensitivity.”
Pina sneaked around Edan.
“Maybe the best in this class?”
“Thank you.”
Ethan replied with a light smile, and Pina stretched her body in annoyance.
And then, I looked at the last thing left, Tail.
As I stared at her tail, Pina’s vertically drawn eyes widened greatly.
“What, what?”
For the first time, Pina made a surprised expression.
Tale was rather taken aback by the rather flustered look on his face.
What is it?
What’s wrong?
At that time, Pina’s mouth opened with difficulty.
“Ai. What is this again?”