Episode 786
What Lee Han likes is a senior who has a lot of gold and knows how to spread that gold to his juniors, not a senior who tries to pamper him for free.
How could he become Einrogardâs senior and commit such a shameless and atrocious act?
âOh no. Junior. Senior Zaroon is a person who is crazy about gold. âIt was originally like that.â
When the junior glared at Zaroon coldly, Carnella was embarrassed and came to his defense.
The reason why Zaroon was said to have the greatest talent for saving money was not simply because he continued to mine in his spare time.
If you think about it that way, there were a few more students doing magic research that could earn them a high income.
What made Zaroon special was his spirit of frugality that others could not match.
Not a single penny is wasted!
-Zarun. Todayâs Kitchen Club menu is good. You too go and eat.
-I donât need it.
-why? Itâs noodles with a generous amount of serpent meat for one gold coin. Did you know when this day would come? Do you want to buy stone bread with salted meat for a gold coin?
-joy. If you donât buy it at all, it wonât cost you a single gold coin.
Zaroonâs legendary story did not end there.
-Zarun. I told you to stop being stubborn and buy the reagents! If you donât pay for it, you wonât be able to finish it within this semester!
-I would rather go to the punishment room and not pay for this!
Refusing to buy reagents, refusing to use the wand for fear of it wearing out, hanging golden accessories in the air instead of wearing them and looking at themâ¦
These were extraordinary incidents that any student of the school of transformation magic would know about.
As Carnella spoke, her voice grew louder as if she was filled with resentment.
âDo you know what it was like the last time I came to pick you up? The chair is gone. The chair! When I asked, that damn senior took the chair away! âThey say itâs a waste because it gets worn out when I sit on it!â
âjoy. âDo you know that the chairs are free?â
Zaroon grumbled.
Even now that I think about it, I feel like it was a waste of the worn-out chair that Carnella was sitting on.
âThatâs why there were no chairs.â
Lee Han was able to understand later why there were no chairs in this workshop.
âSenior Hormasi. âI know very well that Senior Zaroon is a frugal person.â
âhey. âThis isnât savings, this is crazy.â
Lee Han pretended not to hear and said what he wanted to say.
âBut that is that and this is this. I have always been paid for what I do. Even from Professor Verdus.â
ââ¦!â
Carnella was astonished.
I knew that this junior had a genius talent for magic, but I never thought he would get paid for it from Professor Verdus.
âNol⦠Amazing! how!â
It was an interesting story that made me want to see what Carnella, a school unrelated to Professor Verdus, did.
âThatâs amazing⦠but like I said, even if you stab Zaroon, not a single drop of blood comes out. âHeâs the type of person who puts everything into transformation magic because he doesnât think itâs a waste of money.â
Carnella left the simple metaphor and stabbed Zaroon with a real needle.
He had attacked Zarun with students from the School of Transformation Magic.
Even in the midst of the chaos, Zarun felt like he didnât want to waste even a single drop of his blood, so he filled it with transformation magic and splashed out.
A person like that would definitelyâ¦
âI would just reject your offer.â
âOk.â
â?!â
Karnella was startled by Zaroonâs moans coming from behind.
âKeuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupup at Thereup at there out there⦠out thereâ¦â there up thereâ¦â
Zaroon was groaning with a pained expression on his face, as if he was seriously ill.
âWhatâs wrong, Senior Zaroon? So I told you not to skimp on what you eat! âKitchen Club food is serving well these days!â
âIâm not hungry. You idiot! âIt hurts!â
âIt must hurt because I didnât eat it!â
âItâs heartbreaking!â
Zaroon growled angrily.
It was because of the suggestion of a junior who dared to make a cruel and indecent offer to pay in gold coins.
The offer itself was painful, but the reality of not being able to refuse was even more painful.
I needed a competent assistant to carry out the research I was currently working on.
âProgress is too slow. I started it for the first time today, but it is impossible to complete at this speed. âI need an assistant, butâ¦â
And the junior in front of me right now is a talent that is hard to find anywhere.
Not only did he perfectly learn all the necessary magic, but he even assisted in the production of Dobrukâs illusion potion at the alchemy workshop.
It was difficult to find such talent anywhere. In particular, arenât all the upper-year students at Einrogard busy with their own research?
âWhat if you think of it as an investment to conduct research? Pfft. This is ridiculous. How could I deceive myself with such contradictions? But you need an assistant. Pfft. Ugh. âUgh.â
âJunior. I think it would be better to just leave. âI think Senior Zaroon has broken down.â
âAll right. Next timeâ¦â
ââ¦Wait!â
Zaroon called out to Lee Han in a desperate voice that sounded like metal clashing against iron.
âI will give you compensationâ¦!â
âAre you sure youâre going to cause me that much pain?â
The dark elf student shook his head as if he found it hard to believe.
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Negotiations that started at three and a half gold coins per hour had to stop for a moment because of Zarunâs desperate screams every time the gold coin went up.
Despite this, Lee Han did not change his expression and pushed ahead with the negotiations.
No concessions!
âI think Iâve grown too.â
For the first time since Lee Han entered second grade, he felt like he had become a little more mature.
He had been deceived by his professors every time, but this was the first time he was able to make his point come true.
ââ¦look at this.â
Zaroon spoke hoarsely from screaming.
It was heartbreaking, but I had to move on quickly. Since I paid with gold coins, every minute and every second was a waste.
âMy research now⦠âCome Out Now, Quicklyââ¦â
ââ¦Itâs called dimensional transformation golden observation and collection research, right?â
âwhy?â
âsenior. Listen to your junior here. I think thatâs better too. âRight now, no matter where I submit my name, it will be ignored.â
Zaroon grumbled a bit and then changed the name of the study. Meanwhile, Lee Han and Carnella observed the research closely as students of the School of Transformation Magic.
Then, unlike the fresh shock I felt when I first saw it, the loopholes in the research came into view.
âIsnât the speed at which this connected dimension is being transformed increasingly slow?â
âthatâs right. You saw it right. And the device that supports it⦠seems too weak. âIf I spin it for another hour or two, itâll break.â
âTo secure gold meaningfully, I think we need to increase the scale of capture by significantly increasing the number of connected dimensions and greatly increasing the conversion speed.â
âBut then, can you cover the cost?â
âWell said both.â
Zaroon sighed.
âThis âDimension Conversion Golden Observation Captureâ research is too slow and consumes a lot of equipment. It started for the first time today, but it will stop soon. Now that weâve checked the speed⦠we need to increase the stability and speed.â
âHow are you going to upload it, sir? âIs there a way?â
Carnella, who was asking, clapped her hands as if she remembered something.
âah. Letâs change the support device here to âThe Gold of Faldar Rjiâ. Then it will be able to withstand the impact of dimensional transformation much better.â
âMi⦠donât be crazy!â
Zaroon looked like he was having a heart attack at his juniorâs words.
The gold of Faldar Rji.
I had no idea how much gold coins I would have to spend to get it.
âwhy. âItâs gold, too.â
âItâs a metaphor, you crazy idiot! âHow is that gold?â
âhmm. âYou shouldnât joke about gold in front of your seniors.â
Lee Han thought to himself as he watched the conversation between the two.
Zaroon, who had been angry for a while, finally calmed down and opened his mouth.
âI have been thinking about whether this method is necessary. Until now, I went around Einrogardâs workshop, picked up scrap materials, and recycled them.â
ââ¦â¦â
âah. Itâs really embarrassing.â
Carnella glanced at Lee Han while listening.
Even among all the schools of Einrogard, there seemed to be no place so shameful.
âBut it seems like there are limits to recycling waste. So Iâm going to create some new materials.â
âIsnât your belly button bigger than your stomach?â
Creating new substances by changing the properties of substances was the specialty of transformation wizards.
Armor made of flowing river water.
A book made of the air of hell.
Of course, this was never easy.
It is quite difficult to change characteristics in an instant, but it is much more difficult to find characteristics in an area that are stable enough to be maintained permanently.
If we can find these properties and create a new material that maintains stable transformationâ¦
ââ¦I think itâs right to focus on that as a graduation project.â
âItâs not easy. But there are some directions that have been set.â
Zarunâs inelastic rubber
Zarunâs surface Lava
Zarunâsâ¦
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Lee Han was intrigued by the list of new materials for research that Zaroon was looking for.
They were researching materials that were more useful than expected.
In the case of ãZaroonâs Inelastic Rubberã, it was made of a material that maximized several other properties after removing the elasticity of rubber, and once it came into contact, it spread like a swamp and enveloped foreign substances.
âWhat if I use this for a trap?â
It was a trick that even fairly experienced wizards would be quite embarrassed when they first encountered it.
âWhat you need to do is to continue experimenting in this direction, casting magic, and writing down the results.â
âsenior. Iâm sorry to wake you up, but itâs not you guys. âThis junior is alone.â
ââ¦what you have to do. Are you done?â
âhuh. âThank you.â
Lee Han took note of Zarunâs words exactly and nodded.
âunderstand. Seniors. âWe will proceed like this.â
âokay. Pleaseâ¦â
Knock knock-
â?â
Zaroon stopped at the sound coming from outside.
âWho are you, senior? âAre there any other guests?â
âI donât have any. More than that⦠I activated the magic again after you guys came in. âWhat kind of guy is this?â
âIt looks like someone came to steal your gold. Why donât you show them what theyâre doing?â
âdare!â
A spark of greed flashed in Zarunâs eyes. Zarun grabbed the hammer-shaped staff and ran to the door in anger.
Rattling!
âCome at me! âYou thief!â
ââ¦â¦â
The person standing in front of the door was Professor Yonramo of the Rji family, who was in charge of transformation magic.
The professor looked at Zaroon and asked.
âWhat are you doing when youâre not lecturing?â
ââ¦uh, thatâs it. professor.â
Zaroon rolled his eyes and quickly tried to close the door.
At that moment, Professor Yonramoâs cape turned into dozens of tentacles and grabbed Zarun and swallowed him.
gulp!
The professor sighed.
âI did something instead of lecturing. I donât know why all students do this. Isnât that right, you two?â
ââ¦yes!â
âI agree. professor!â
Lee Han and Carnella answered quickly, fearing that the professorâs anger would spill over to them.
I was worried that they would ask me what I was doing here if I didnât bring them.
âBut what were you two doing here?â
âI was helping with magic.â
âHormasi? âItâs unexpected, isnât it?â
âno. âI am.â
ââ¦â¦â
Professor Yonramo stared at Lee Han.
I definitely thought that this boy from the Wardanaz family was under pressure from the principal and some other professors because of his natural talent against his willâ¦
âMaybe he just really likes magic?â
I was a little suspicious that this was actually the case, although he just didnât admit it to himself.
Professor Yonramo shrugged his shoulders and said.
âThen finish your studies and come out. Todayâs lecture will be canceled anyway.â
âUhâ¦â
Lee Han wanted to say, âSenior, Iâm missing gold coins, so can I get up?â But the professorâs cape, which had just turned into a tentacle, caught his eye, so he couldnât get the words out.