NOVEL NEXT chapter 1
1 – A genius undergraduate who sells magic tools (1)
My eyes opened spontaneously from the great shock, as if I had been hit in the head with a hammer.
In front of my eyes, a girl like a foxtail was looking at me restlessly.
“who are you?”
“ah! That, Sa, is Sacher-senpai, right?”
It’s really like a foxtail that makes me tremble at one question.
Her hair color is also light green.
Even the ribbon on top of the school uniform was green, which suited the overall atmosphere of being a girl.
The green ribbon is for first graders… was it
By the time that thought arrives.
The back of his head still complained of tingling pain.
The reason seemed easy to see.
“I’m sorry, senior. You didn’t get up too much, so you shaved your head… ”
I don’t even need to do a confirmation kill.
I stretched and scratched my head.
“Huh. are you okay. I’m used to it. so what happened? It looks like a junior I’m seeing for the first time.”
“Ah, that, Dean of Opert is looking for a senior. My name is Delia Bluecliffe, a freshman in alchemy! Joe, I respect you, senior!!”
He quickly said what he had to say, and then the girl lowered her head and shouted.
The sudden confession of respect drew the attention of several in the classroom.
As if it was something she hadn’t expected to hear, the girl gasped and covered her mouth with her hand.
Ashamed, his face turns red.
Red Puppy Grass… was there
“… okay. Thanks for passing it on.”
In times like these, getting out of the way quickly helps each other.
After roughly packing my bag, I left the lecture room after patting the shoulder of my junior who had become a mess.
I was less awake and yawned constantly while walking.
As I walked, I remembered the junior from before.
He seems to be shy, but he is a junior who speaks up.
Say something funny saying that you respect me.
Plus its name.
Delia Bluecliffe.
I thought I had heard the name somewhere, but I can’t remember it well.
Have you ever taken the same class?
And now that I think about it, the title was wrong in the first place.
Last year’s overall grade was almost in last place, so you respect me like this?
Common sense makes no sense.
There is no one I know in undergraduate school other than one close junior.
Two of my friends are also from different departments.
Maybe he’s confusing my name with another senior’s name.
With such silly thoughts, I walked to the dean’s office.
* * *
I tend to sleep a lot.
Not a little bit, but a lot.
Being late for class because of oversleeping is now a familiar daily routine.
As soon as I sit at the head of my desk, I fall asleep, eat rice, drink tea…
Even the moment I smoke on the roof, there are times when I feel sleepy.
Thanks to sleeping all the lectures I took at the academy, I can’t even remember what subjects I took.
I’ve never felt so uncomfortable with this kind of temperament in my life.
People can sleep a little too much, what is it?
I don’t want to be a warrior who will leave a name in the era like anyone else, and I don’t want to be a researcher or professor.
If running a small alchemy shop with my name on it was my dream, it was a dream.
I had lost a lot of sleep in the meantime, but it was not tidy to affect such a simple dream and a peaceful life.
But for now.
This body, which slept too much, was approaching quite a crisis.
“Hey, you could be expelled for doing this.”
The head of the department, whose top was slightly bald, said with eyes looking at the trouble.
I asked in surprise.
“Are you expelling me for sleeping?”
“Isn’t it a little bit, a little bit!”
The head of the department, who had been talking with his chin resting, suddenly hit the table with his fist.
No, or not. Why are you rushing so fast?
“Are you really sane? How can you sleep every day, every subject, for one school year? Because of that attitude of a person who only sleeps in class, eight F’s, eight! Even if you bring any kid who lives on the outskirts of the ecliptic and sit them down, this grade won’t come out!”
The department head’s words, which seemed to be full of anger, were actually wrong.
To be precise, I received three F’s because of ‘class attitude’.
For the other five, I failed to take the exam because I was sleeping, so I got an F because my ‘test score was 0’.
But if you say this, your anger will multiply.
I just listened in silence with my head bowed as a sign of reflection.
“after… I’m sorry for yelling at you.”
“no.”
“That’s why the department has high expectations of you. After all, isn’t it the best in the entrance exam for practical skills?”
I understood the dean’s heart as he stared at me with bitter eyes.
Of course, that day was lucky.
I couldn’t take the written test at all because I overslept, but I was able to wake up and take the practical test.
To think that I, who took the first place in the entrance exam for practical skills, was actually an idiot who only slept on a fictional day.
It would have been an unexpected development.
lazy genius.
My nickname, which was the top prospect in my undergraduate school, has changed like this now after a year.
but i’m sorry
Sleeping a lot and being lazy are two completely different things.
“Anyway, most of the professors have the same opinion about you. The attitude is bad, but the theory is that you have no choice but to admit your talent. In particular, the report for the assignment you submitted to the ‘Understanding the Magical Circuit’ class is such an excellent thesis that it is being discussed for submission to the Imperial academic journal ‘Reika’.”
ah.
I was lucky with that class too.
Among liberal arts subjects that first-year students take, it was a lecture that rarely took an exam and replaced it with a lecture, but Ruen and Schunika took this subject together, probably because it was liberal arts.
My friends seemed to have difficulty writing the report, so after tinkering with it a few times, I got interested and submitted it myself.
However, the professor made a fuss throughout the semester because of how impressed he read the report.
Originally, I was a professor who only taught quietly, but after seeing my report, people became strange.
Every time we meet, I ask if I have any thoughts on my transfer to the Faculty of Magic, and I submit my report to the faculty meeting. He would even make the worst offer to join a research institute after graduation.
Holding me with a report, he talks like a revolutionary who made a great discovery…
In my view, the professor was not normal either.
Thanks to that, I got a ridiculous grade of A+ even though I slept all semester.
It was the only A grade in my grade history.
“Well, then… ”
Anyway, I was excited by the words of the department head who suddenly poured out my praise.
Maybe he called me out just to admonish him?
However, the dean shook his head heavily.
“However, it is our position that we cannot stand idly by with your delinquent attitude.”
no, sh*t.
whatever.
Cursing rose to the tip of his chin at the sight of the dean speaking in circles, but he desperately endured it.
Anyway, I don’t like being expelled either.
If you are expelled, you will have no face to see your father, and if you do not graduate, you will not be certified as a hero.
Well, he should be able to get into another academy somehow, but it would be a waste to leave the imperial academy, which is said to be the best on the continent.
Above all, this academy is so delicious.
sh*t. It’s an academy where learning is delicious!
what the hell
If you can sleep to your heart’s content, the facilities are so good that it’s safe to call this place heaven.
After being silently in thought, the head of the department finally brought up the main topic.
“I want you to work as a student assistant and help with the undergraduate work.”
“A student assistant?”
“okay. In particular, you have to actively participate in events held by the faculty and work for a certain amount of time at the alchemy shop in the academy operated by the faculty. This is the condition our Faculty of Alchemy professors made in exchange for your convenience. If you work diligently in your undergraduate work, at least you won’t get an F in your major.”
It’s not bad, it’s a very good condition.
It was evident that the faculty cared for me.
Convenience in grades by helping a nerd who sleeps all day a few times…
It was unfair in a way, but originally, the academy was a place where professors were severely discriminated against based on their talents.
Besides, it’s not like they give you a special high grade.
Graduation only allowed me to avoid F, so it was a win-win condition without discrimination.
It was foolish not to do this.
I nodded and asked.
“By the way, can’t you become a student assistant from the third year?”
“With the consent of the dean, sophomores are also possible. You are also a sophomore this year, so if I approve, there will be no problem.”
“Ah yes. thank you.”
“And don’t forget. It’s just that the grades for the major courses are for convenience. We cannot reach out to other faculties or liberal arts subjects.”
If you get three F’s, you will receive an academic probation, and if you accumulate academic probation, you will be automatically expelled.
I can’t remember if it was the third or fourth time, but I was in crisis anyway.
Because I’ve already received academic probation twice.
The dean of the department was telling me not to take more than two courses in a semester when taking other undergraduate courses.
Subjects in other faculties that do not receive convenience will have a very high probability of getting an F.
The head of the department stroked his beard and continued.
“Lafury Meline, who has been appointed as a new professor this time, will be your professor. Professor Melaine is also in charge of running the Alchemy Shop, so you can ask her for most of the work you need to do.”
Lafury Melline.
It was a completely new name.
In the first place, I, who did not know all the professors in the undergraduate department, had no way to know the name of the new professor.
Still, I wish I could be a good professor.
I probably can’t hear it because I’m sleeping… .
However, as I listened, I heard about the work of the alchemy store, which I did not pay much attention to.
“Alchemy shop, how long do you have to work for that?”
“I just need to work 5 days a week, and I only need to work 7 hours a day.”
“… … .”
Undo what you said earlier.
Is this a complete slavery contract?
The department head cleared his throat and added hastily.
“Hmm. I’ll take care of your salary too. 50 silver per hour. If you want, you can sell the magic tools you made yourself with the approval of the professor in charge.”
How much do you have to sell it to sell… … .
I knew that the dean’s comments were just thrown out of embarrassment.
Still, it was not a bad condition.
Anyway, since it wasn’t unpaid, I felt comfortable thinking that it was something like a working scholarship student.
Moreover, since the core of this job was the price of convenience for grades, I accepted the recommendation of the department head without much thought.