My Magic Tools Are Selling Too Well

19 – original creator (5)

“oh! Is Satchel going to the Colosseum then?”

Schnika’s excited voice rang in my ears.

At that, the hand that was preparing the soup stopped for a moment.

The word ‘Satcheldo’ meant one thing.

“Are you going out too?”

“huh! Besides me, Ruen is also leaving?”

“uh? really?”

I was startled and looked at Luen.

She was eating quietly, as if not interested in our conversation.

“Ruen is the second-year head of the Faculty of Magic. That’s why, like Satchel, she went out on the recommendation of a professor.”

“ah… ”

I forgot.

Ruen was also a highly anticipated prospect in the Faculty of Magic.

I had never seen her use magic in combat, but I knew she already had great knowledge in theory.

Besides, Luen was not a case that stood out from the beginning.

At the time of admission, he started with no concept of magic at all, but he jumped up and caught up with the preceding runners with an amazing growth rate.

It was the top of the grade that was achieved by adding great effort to talent.

Of course, even within the Faculty of Magic, there was no reason not to recommend her.

However, it was surprising that she, who is shy, did not turn down a contest that was crowded with so many people.

“They said they were leaving.”

“Hee hee, that’s right. And I’m going to go up step by step, starting with the preliminaries!”

Schnika said with a bright smile.

In a way, it was only natural that she did not receive a recommendation from a professor.

Schnika is very strong in practice, but weak in theory.

So even though I studied hard, I always got only middling grades, and of course it was difficult to get top of the class.

Moreover, unlike other faculties, the Faculty of Swordsmanship is full of geniuses who claim to be flying.

It has the largest number of students among all faculties, and it is a place where many monsters with good skills are gathered.

This was the reason that most of the talents came from the Swordsmanship Faculty when it came to picking promising prospects within the academy.

In the highly competitive department, it was more difficult than picking stars in the sky for her to break through the recommendation of 10 professors, not even the top of the year.

“Anyway, you guys seem to want to go out. I really don’t want to go out… .”

“why? Don’t you think it would be fun?”

“Time is wasted… What is the alchemist doing because he is good at fighting? You have to make good magic tools.”

Of course, this was my personal opinion.

As popular as the Academy Coliseum was, there were many people who wanted to participate.

It was a miscalculation that there would be no applicants for the Faculty of Alchemy, which had relatively low combat power.

The prizes were huge, and it was a competition where you could make yourself known just by participating, so the students of the Faculty of Alchemy were also eager to participate in this competition.

In particular, in the Faculty of Alchemy, there are special types that specialize in combat and learn alchemy.

Even when crafting, only combat magic tools were made, and alchemy magic was also used only with magic that was helpful in battle.

For such people, the most fun and fruitful competition was the Academy Coliseum.

Delia, who had been quietly listening to us, tilted her head.

“Then can’t you just abstain?”

“It’s a bit like going out on the recommendation of a professor. If I withdraw, it feels like one person will be taken away.”

In fact, it was as if they had already been stolen, but it still felt different when 10 people left as they were and when 9 people left.

This is because the application has already been processed by the management team, and if you abstain, the position will not be filled.

“Stay strong though, seniors! We will all cheer for you during the festival. I have no doubts that I will be able to see all of my seniors in the round of 32!”

“that’s right. We will cheer you on… !!”

If it was the round of 32, it was a stage where you had to win twice after passing through the round of 128, the starting tournament for the main round.

It is also the stage where people start to pay attention in earnest.

To expect all three of us, who are only in the second year, to make it to the round of 32.

I laughed out loud at the words of Morphine, who had a dream.

But unlike before, when I was just helpless, I felt that I wasn’t in a bad mood now.

As expected, the difference between being with someone and not being there seems to be quite large.

I thought it was a troublesome tournament, but my friends went out together and my juniors cheered me on.

It felt like the motivation on the floor was climbing up the stairs.

It was a tournament I had to participate in, but I thought it would be okay if I prepared hard.

* * *

A huge round table.

Seven professors were gathered around the round table, which seemed to be able to seat more than a dozen people.

The conference room was dark with no lights on, but anyone could tell that the faces of the professors who had taken their seats were frowning.

In the center of the table across from them, a crystal ball much bigger than the palm of your hand was placed.

A video streamed from the crystal ball.

It was a magical tool that could magically record a specific scene, the [Record Crystal Orb].

“What is this… .”

The old professor who was sitting on the other side of the round table groaned.

It was Nigelheim Wellington, the president of the Imperial Imperial Academy.

Having devoted his entire life to studying magic and demons, he wanted to doubt his own eyes if he could.

This is because scenes that could never exist were seen in the crystal ball.

Perhaps it was a crystal ball manipulated by magical processing.

I knew it was nonsense, but it was just as unbelievable.

“Who did you say was the undergraduate who first discovered this?”

Elroy Anisma, a middle-aged professor right next to the president, asked with a calm face.

He is a professor who serves as both the dean of the Faculty of Magic and the vice-president of the academy, and was leading this meeting where all the deans of each department gathered.

“Sacher Philip. I am an undergraduate student in the second year of the Faculty of Alchemy.”

A blunt but pleasing voice echoed through the space.

It was the young new professor of the Faculty of Alchemy, Lapuri Meline.

She took part in the meeting in the name of a professor who was first informed of the incident.

After the first report, she was also the one who completed the exploration through the [Record Crystal Orb].

As it was the dean’s meeting, Dave Oppert was sitting next to him.

“Why did you visit that magic stone factory?”

Vice President Anisma asked in a sharp voice.

“It was reported that he went on a personal field trip to make magic tools. I found out that the factory was an abandoned factory called the factory of death, and as a result of investigation, I found a gate.”

“What kind of magic tools do undergraduate students go to the factory to make?”

For a moment, the faces of Professor Melin and Dean of Opert were stained with bewilderment.

It was certainly unusual, but not to the point of being reprimanded.

Everyone knew that Vice President Anisma’s question was a question that had nothing to do with the hwadu.

A relatively young middle-aged professor who was seated on one side of the round table opened his mouth.

“It seems that the vice-president doesn’t read the newspaper well these days. Student Phillip Sacher is a genius in alchemy science that is currently attracting attention on the continent. Recently, it became a hot topic while creating an original magic tool. His understanding of magic is also very good, and he is a talented person of the empire.”

It was Welter Bluecliff, a professor at the Faculty of Magic.

He was participating in this event as an advisory professor related to gates.

This was because Professor Bluecliffe was an authority in the field of teaching history and gate studies to academy undergraduates, regardless of his affiliation with the Faculty of Magic.

Vice President Anisma clicked his tongue.

“Tsk. who doesn’t know that It was just strange that he went out alone to the outskirts of the imperial capital.”

“stop. Stop talking about things that are not related to the topic.”

The President of Wellington, who was quietly watching the situation in a chaotic atmosphere, lightly hit the round table.

Then he pointed to the [record crystal ball] that was still shining brightly and said.

“The important thing is that gate. It’s a dark red gate, never seen before. This is a place where we have gathered to discuss it.”

At those words, all the professors’ eyes turned to the crystal ball again.

Inside the deep well, a dark red gate with an open mouth, more terrifying than any other gate.

This was a gate of a shape that could not be found on the continent and had never been seen before.

Faculty Dean’s Meeting, attended by the president and vice-president of the Imperial Imperial Academy, as well as the heads of all faculties.

This meeting was a place to come to a conclusion about what that unknown gate was and how to deal with it.

“The invasion gate is certain. Since ancient times, there have been no black gates other than invasion gates.”

The head of the Department of Special Studies opened his mouth.

The special department was a department that dealt with unique and minor talents of warriors such as blacksmiths, rangers, and fighters.

The head of the Faculty of Swordsman who was sitting across from him snorted.

“Isn’t the invasion gate a gate that only comes out once every 10 years? And what would you describe the color red as?”

“That’s all we need to study from now on. As long as it’s been confirmed that it’s an invasion gate that demons can directly come over, carefully gather scholars… ”

“gibberish. As long as it’s in red, the special gate is certain. That’s just one of those undiscovered dungeons. If you give me one day, I’ll gather the swordsmanship department professors and sweep that place and come back.”

“What a dangerous… !”

Deans of departments debated whether the gate was an invasion gate or a special gate.

And that wasn’t all.

Opinions were also divided, such as ‘You should report the contents of this gate to the imperial family first’ and ‘No, you should definitely report it after completing all the research’.

It was because most of the scholars and professors with outstanding research achievements on the gate were gathered at the academy, not the imperial family.

There was an opinion in the imperial family that it was obvious that only the Knights would be dispatched, as if dealing with ordinary monsters.

Since it was the first gate everyone in the room had ever seen, opinions about it were divided.

The disagreement lasted for over an hour, and the meeting place for discussion was becoming a forum for discussion.

A total mess indeed.

Wellington’s Chancellor felt that arbitration was impossible on this difficult issue.

It was only natural that even he, who had seen demons and gates for a longer time than anyone else, could not come to a conclusion.

The dean tapped the table lightly and focused everyone.

“Professor Bluecliffe.”

“Yes, dean.”

“I don’t think anyone in our academy can match you in knowledge about gates.”

“It’s an overstatement.”

“After the Academy Festival is over, finish all your research on this gate within a week. And based on the results of your report, we will hold a meeting to make a decision again. Are you okay?”

“Please leave it to me.”

“Also, if you need help from other departments, feel free to send an official letter requesting cooperation. And all faculties within the academy should actively cooperate with Professor Bluecliffe’s request. Do you have any objections?”

Everyone was silent at the words of the president.

There was no objection.

All the deans of departments are meeting, but in the end, the final decision is with the Dean of Wellington.

Besides, there was no one who could defy the authority of Duke Nigelheim Wellington, who was called the ‘sage of the empire’, at least not here.

The only thing that didn’t look good was the expression of the head of the Faculty of Swordsmanship, who was convinced that the gate was a special gate containing the dungeon.

“Then let’s end today’s meeting here.”

After the last words of the president, the light of the crystal ball went out.

Eventually, all the professors left the meeting room, and only the labyrinth-like darkness settled in the remaining seats.