Drug-Eating Genius Mage – 424



About things that have changed (2)

‘It’s Clarice Richellen….’

Lennok didn’t know who Clarisse was but he was perfectly familiar with the surname Richelen.

Aris Richelen. One of the few names Lennoc can never forget.

Is it really a coincidence that this message arrived from the Sinclair Tower in the name of a wizard with the same last name as Aris?

There is almost no doubt that he is someone who has a deep connection to Aris.

Lennok whose thoughts reached that point asked the two wizards who stood up shakily.

“What the Magic Tower does is not only to intervene in the central front and take advantage.”

“…?”

“Can we say that this list is not just related to the military side but also related to the academic side?”

As I said before I have no intention of following Magic Tower into the central front at this point but the academic world is different.

Considering what Aris said it would be less frustrating to contact the Sinclair Tower from a research perspective rather than by force.

At Lennok’s words the two men turned to face each other.

“…I’m not sure. “Of course Thorburn Magic Tower also participates in the conference periodically but its proportion is not large.”

“….”

“We are not a place where we can lead research and academics. As for the academic side… it would be better to inquire at other magic towers.”

Thorburn is one of the large-scale magic towers spread across the continent that is most actively involved in war projects.

As much as he devoted himself to war projects it was natural that he neglected the academic world which had a relatively strong researcher tendency.

Unlike the wizards of the Magic Tower with strong pride they do not hesitate to acknowledge and accept weak areas.

This may be because their pride and confidence in the Torburn Magic Tower is so strong.

The confidence that the path to the Magic Tower is not wrong and the high level of qualifications to have that confidence.

Rather than fearing Lennok his attitude of viewing him as an equal negotiation partner was still not bad.

Is this what superhumans who have been on the central front for a long time feel like?

Lennok who thought that far nodded.

“I understand. “I’ll even include that conversation in the message.”

Clarisse Richelen.

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If he was a high-ranking official who held the 3rd seat on the Magic Tower’s Elders’ Council he would undoubtedly have appeared several times on official occasions.

Searching for information separately and checking the relationship is something Lennok can do on his own.

It would have been nice to just think of it as Aris’ whim and forget about it but considering the last words she left before leaving that wasn’t necessarily possible.

In the process of attacking the National Guard’s mobile fortress they encounter Kroken and run away.

She would never let a conversation that took place in that tense situation go to waste.

Perhaps Aris may have already figured out what secret Lennok was holding a long time ago.

Thinking about that I think I can understand why she returned to the Magic Tower.

But can we really say that it is truly meaningful to both of them?

Lennok had to meet Aris again just to confirm it.

While I was thinking this and resting my chin in contemplation I realized that the two wizards were looking down at Lennok.

“I just wanted to check one last thing.”

“what?”

“A man named Eden. “Do you know who it is?”

“….”

Lennok did not answer. Instead he just put down his drink and smiled faintly.

The man nodded.

“That answer is enough. “Thank you for your cooperation.”

* * *

“It seemed like he knew.”

“What do you mean?”

After leaving Jenny’s bar the two people naturally walked into an alley to avoid the busy streets where people were coming and going.

Patsutsutsu…!!

At the same time the faint electricity flowing from the two people’s bodies began to block noise from all directions and block vision.

A powerful electric current field created by applying lightning magic.

A field mixed with faint magnetic force blocked communication networks and other communication networks in the area creating a complete isolation zone.

As soon as the procedure was completed the relatively young man who had been silent so far asked.

“The things of Eden.”

“….”

“If we made a deal with the death of the previous disciple of the Magic Tower we might have been able to ask for closer cooperation. Darkan would have known better than me.”

However the man called Darkan shook his head without hesitation despite the young man’s words.

“I’m sure you know how meaningless it is to make a promise to a monster that size.”

“But now is the time to consider such circumstances…”

“Even without going there our attitude was breathtaking. “Do you know?”

A definite hierarchical relationship exists between two people who do not appear to have a large age difference on the outside.

However the two men who spent a considerable amount of time on the same battlefield had no major faults.

All of my colleagues whose thoughts were distorted by petty courtesy and position were already dead.

An elite battle wizard who survived on the central front for the longest time in the Torburn Tower.

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These are people who realized a long time ago that survival is not possible simply with one’s strength and abilities.

That’s why he was able to choose a gambler who was shameless and not weighed down by Lennok’s fame and power.

At the point where Darkhan responded to Lennok without even showing respect if Lennok liked him he would have made the save.

Otherwise risking a battle close to death here was not a sane idea.

“Eden was an outsider who ran away from the Magic Tower on her own. “There is no good reason to dig deeper than to erase one’s name from the Tower of Thunder and expel him.”

“….”

“The quicksand must also know that fact. “The only reason we are here today is because he saved us.”

At the end Lennok let out a mysterious laugh instead of an answer.

That meant that he knew the reason why Eden’s death was being investigated at the Torburn Tower.

Darkhan was almost ashamed of himself for not being able to let go of his regrets at the last moment and relying on dirty clues.

“Even if we suspect that he acquired unique magic through Eden we have no evidence or justification.”

Darkan sighed softly and shook his head.

“I didn’t come after hearing about the tower owner. “It was a conversation that could have ended well but I made a mistake at the end…”

“Ugh….”

Despite talking for a considerable amount of time the two ultimately failed to find out anything about Lennok.

Lennok used magical power for a moment to approach the two people.

It was difficult just to come to my senses from Lennok’s words that followed immediately after the high-dimensional leap that seemed to transcend space.

Despite their blatant intention to clearly see their intentions and use them as messengers the other party seemed much smarter and calmer than expected.

Contrary to the vicious rumors floating around this town he seemed to be a much more conversant person so I relaxed a little.

“Go back. At least it’s enough to know that Goryeong is not a lunatic who cannot communicate at all.”

“…will that be enough?”

“Dyungrei asked us to deliver a message to another magic tower on his behalf.”

Darkan answered as he walked through the narrow alley.

“That would mean that it would be okay to reveal that we had a good relationship with Gorgeo in the process of delivering the message.”

As the electric field of the two men who looked back at Area 49 with lingering eyes disappeared only a faint murmur remained and echoed on the street.

“Let’s be satisfied with that for today. But next time…”

* * *

“Um… Assistant Professor?”

“yes?”

A view of the laboratory bathed in sunlight.

It is always Lennok’s job to organize the bookshelf filled with all kinds of books on magic theory.

As always when there are no people around I clean it up with a magician without lifting a finger.

When there was someone watching from the side like this I had to force my aching limbs to move.

As he was wiping the sweat from his forehead and wondering when he would be able to leave he heard a voice calling him cautiously from behind.

When he looked back a female student with impressive scarlet hair was looking up at him hesitantly.

One of the undergraduate students that attended with Priscilla. Maybe the name was… Fayne.

“I’m sorry but… I was wondering if the assistant professor could take over the supplementary lecture for me…”

“Please tell me comfortably. “You mean supplementary lectures?”

After making a bet with Vaila to use the Carlisle Institute’s facilities people’s views on Lennok have changed and the same applies here at Labatenon University.

As it was revealed that Lennoch had made a significant contribution to the paper on the substitution of power and horsepower attention began to be paid to his theoretical research abilities.

Lennok answered organizing the books still on the shelf and putting them away.

“As far as I know Assistant Professor Cassia is scheduled to take charge of the supplementary lectures.”

“I’m really sorry to Assistant Professor Cassia but…”

Fayne said with her eyes tightly closed as if she had made a big decision.

“His supplementary lectures are too difficult to understand…!”

“….”

“It is already difficult to understand the in-depth theory of elemental transformation and we have no idea what part we do not understand….”

“So you’re saying you’d rather leave the lecture to me?”

“Of course I’m not saying that Assistant Professor Cassia is a bad person. “He really tries to take good care of us and even makes strange jokes during lectures… Oops.”

“….”

You tend to make a lot of mistakes with your words.

Thinking like that Lennok put all the remaining books away and lightly dusted his hands.

Fayne whose face was slightly red waved her hands and said.

“Assistant Professor Evan has a great understanding of theory having written an incredible thesis and he is also the assistant professor in charge of us… I was wondering if I could ask you a favor…”

There are certainly results in steadily building rapport using Dabi.

I would never have thought that an undergraduate student with whom I had never had a proper conversation would ask Lennok such a favor.

Or does this mean that Cassia’s lectures are difficult for ordinary undergraduate students to understand?

Not being the director of Bayla Research Institute I had no idea that Cassia would have such a problem. It is difficult to judge a person’s aptitude just by looking at the outside.

Of course this is something Lennok cannot decide on his own. After appropriately sending Fayne back to the dormitory I turned my head.

“How do you feel about listening to lecture evaluations in real time?”

“…I’m embarrassed.”

Cassia who walked from behind the shelf answered.

From the beginning it was not Fayne who had been watching Lennok organize the shelves but Cassia who was also an assistant professor.

Lennok laughed looking at her drooping shoulders with a sullen expression.

“It seems to me that you are disappointed.”

“I had no idea that undergraduate students thought of my lectures that way.”

Cassia muttered with a shocked expression.

“The unlucky genius was something I hated hearing the most when I was a student but even after I got a job…!!”

“….”

Now that I think about it I haven’t heard any news from Evelyn who was suspended.

It was obvious that he was depressed because he had unintentionally become unemployed. Shouldn’t I call him in sometime and give him some vegetable juice?

For now the priority was to comfort Cassia who seemed to be panicking.

“Well… speaking from my experience it’s easier to start with doubt.”

“Doubt…?”

“The suspicion that what I know may not be obvious to others.”

Lennok said in a stern voice.

“The suspicion that others may have forgotten what I remember.”

“Hey Evan?”

“I suspect that my teaching ability may be insufficient compared to my understanding and acquisition!”

Lennok grinned looking at Cassia who looked slightly bored.

“Something like that. “Actually I’m not a great teacher either.”

“….”

“So what was the business you wanted to talk about after you finished organizing the shelves?”

It was not for no reason that Cassia entered Aris’s laboratory which was normally off limits to others.

She said she had something else to talk about and Lennok naturally made the excuse of organizing the shelves and brought her to a quiet place.

In the meantime things went awry for a moment when Fayne unexpectedly came to visit Lennok.

“that is….”

Lennok turned away from Cassia who could not easily continue speaking and sighed inwardly.

He has not yet sorted out all the injuries and harvest from the battle with Madrich Onion.

The purpose of visiting the school at this point is to gather information about Clarisse Richelen and find out her purpose and intentions.

If we can find traces of the Sinclair Magic Tower in Aris’ laboratory we will be able to compare it with the information about her that was revealed publicly.

Of course this was possible because Aris was aware that contrary to her perfect image she had some unexpected flaws.

The moment when Lennok recalled that fact in his head once again and was about to turn his back to listen to her business.

“Please assume that you will listen and forget everything I say from now on.”

Cassia took a breath and opened her mouth.

“This is a story about the paper Evan wrote in this lab.”

“…yes?”

“There are people who steal the content of the paper and try to misuse it.”

After saying that Cassia looked around slightly and lowered her voice once more.

“I know the Dean of Labatenon University. It’s an extremely personal relationship. “I heard about the thesis separately through him.”

“….”

Dean of Labatenon University.

Although I have never met Lennok in person I have heard some of the rumors while working at the school as an assistant professor.

He is very old cunning and resourceful and goes beyond just the title of Dean but everyone recognizes his abilities.

I heard that you have a very flexible mind and a strong experimental personality which is not befitting the fact that you have lived for a long time.

Otherwise they wouldn’t have even considered building such a large-scale educational institution inside the city through direct consultation with the city government.

Aris also mentioned the existence of the Dean a few times in passing.

Looking back at my hazy memories I think it probably wasn’t a negative connotation…

While Lennok was lost in thought Cassia spoke again.

“It is the school’s job to protect papers submitted in the name of the university so it appears that the undergraduate affairs office took separate measures.”

“…I thought you were just giving stereotypical answers but you seem to be doing things in your own way. so?”

“All seven management staff who were dispatched to the scene to investigate the details were killed.”

A cold answer. Lennok fell silent.

“Currently only the department officials in charge and the Dean himself are aware of this fact. Normally I would have contacted the city government directly and passed this agenda on to a higher level but…”

Cassia hesitated to speak but Lennok could understand why she was acting this way.

“So the dean sent a message to hear my wishes.”

“…Have you already heard about this?”

Cassia asked with a slightly surprised expression.

“I was just going to tell you that that was the main point.”

“I had a similar experience.”

Considering the idiosyncrasies of the city government and special agencies that Lennok had experienced so far once the work was handed over to them the situation would likely get out of control.

“If this agenda goes up my job as the author of the paper will probably become a hassle. “You can’t refuse just because of your status as an assistant professor.”

“I guess so.”

“From the school’s perspective the scale needs to be increased in order to solve the problem. In the meantime I think the Dean wants to intervene and listen to Evan’s opinion.”

From the perspective of the Office of Undergraduate Studies if a case of thesis misuse has escalated into a crime it is natural to report the matter to superiors and resign.

However from Lennok’s perspective the fact that this matter has grown so big that he has to be called around is nothing short of a loss.

Did the dean realize this and decide to intervene and listen to Lennok’s opinion?

There was one fact that could be inferred through the process.

‘You know that I have been deliberately hiding behind Aris’ name all this time.’

Did they assume that Lennok had a tendency to dislike being revealed to the public and decided to ask his doctor in advance about raising this issue?

“Cassia is trusted by the dean enough to tell you the situation directly.”

“….”

Cassia closed her mouth with a slightly troubled expression.

Although he informed Lennok that he was located in a vague enough place to directly deliver the dean’s message he expressed his intention that he could not reveal the circumstances.

Considering that her real name was Akasha which I heard from other people in the Dominion Cassia must have her own circumstances.

However it was difficult to pay attention to that in this situation.

Lennok sighed softly.

“great. “Let’s not ask about that.”

“thank you.”

“But I think it’s impossible to judge something just by hearing that.”

“Then how…?”

“I would like to meet the Dean in person.”

Lennok said.

“I understand you are probably at school today. Can we make an appointment?”

The head of Labatenon University and a leading wizard.

It was a great opportunity to meet in person with the dean and discuss life at this university.

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