#67
Helmut
Episode 67
“Hey, you chatters over there.”
“What are you?”
“Who is meddling?”
“Are you on your way?”
When the sharp response came back, the other person looked embarrassed. Helmut narrowed his eyes and looked at him.
‘I’ve seen this face before.’
The boy with golden brown eyes was smiling good-naturedly. Although he does not have a striking appearance like Alea, he has a neat and gentle face. I could vaguely feel a gentle energy coming from his body.
‘horsepower? No, please be different.’
While Helmut observed, the boy continued speaking.
“Area is coming here. How do you think he will react if he sees me like this?”
Perhaps that was the correct answer, but they looked troubled. But a suspicious girl asked pointedly:
“How can I believe what you say!”
“If you don’t want to believe it, go ahead. Area doesn’t remember anyone very well, but she will remember you guys. “A group of extreme girls who caused a commotion at the academy’s main gate.”
Even though he said it with a smile, it was bitter. Gritting their teeth, the girls looked at each other and then turned their backs.
“We’ll see!”
Leaving behind the same villain’s remarks. I guess I don’t want to be looked down upon by Alea. If I didn’t have that mindset, it would have been difficult to eradicate them.
‘How should I deal with someone who is weak and shouldn’t be hit carelessly?’
Helmut, who was watching them with displeasure as they walked away, suddenly asked.
“Area is coming here?”
“It is a lie.”
The golden-brown-eyed boy answered calmly and stared at Helmut.
“I was lucky. “They still pay attention to Area.”
‘What if you’re the type that doesn’t pay attention?’
I remembered what the guard said before, that a girl disguised herself as a man and infiltrated the dormitory. At that level, he would have been able to attack Area with a six-shot assault. I was a bit curious about the results. Did Area leave her unharmed?
As I thought about it, I finally remembered who this boy was.
“You called Alea from the dormitory back then?”
“You remember me!”
Helmut said indifferently to his smiling face.
“Because I have a good memory.”
“Then am I good too? “Because I remember you.”
Haha, he smiled brightly and held out his hand.
“I am Xian, Alea’s friend. Oh, of course, we are not friends who would use words like friendship, but we are undergraduate students at the same academy. “Before you showed up, I was probably the person who spoke to Alea the most.”
So what. Helmut looked at him with a face that seemed to say just that. Thanks to that, he was able to easily shake off strange women, but the other person’s attitude was suspicious enough to just say thank you. He asked, shyly putting away his hand.
“What is your name?”
“Helmut.”
“Actually, I knew. I heard some rumors about you too. A second-year transfer student and commoner at Greta Academy’s swordsmanship department. “We are in the same grade.”
Helmut thought about why this guy was talking so casually. Do you mean to become friends? I was told to be suspicious of kindness without reason. But the other party was friendly anyway. Now that it has become clear that the students of the swordsmanship department, including Sabbat Rugal, will be hostile to Helmut, a commoner, there is no need to make more enemies. Helmut decided to take his word for it.
“that’s right. “Are you a wizard?”
“He’s a wizard, but he’s a bit different from an ordinary wizard.”
“how?”
“Look at this.”
When Xian opened his hand, a magic circle glowed from the inside of his palm. Helmut, seeing the magic power gathering, brought his hand to his sword like lightning. If that magic was directed towards me, I would have taken it without hesitation. Xian smiled with a kind face. His face is such that you can never suspect that he is a villain.
“You are very alert. “I don’t think so.”
Something small with a round head appeared in his palm. About the size of a water bottle. Large, misshapen eyes that took up half of his face stared at Helmut. It was a translucent creature with a brightly shining round body. His hairless head was angled like the wind. It’s a look that would normally be considered cute, but it didn’t match Helmut’s aesthetic sense. He looked at the strange creature that suddenly appeared as if he were looking at something strange.
“What is this?”
“It’s the spirit of light. “I’m a spirit wizard.”
Helmut was about to ask, ‘What is that?’, but he closed his mouth. Is it natural to know? Xian quickly explained.
“It’s natural that you don’t know. I’m the only elemental wizard in Baden. “It’s a rare thing.”
When Xian opened his palm toward the air, a spirit of light flew through the air. And then it flew toward Helmut in a parabola.
‘Is it an attack?’
But something seemed easy. Instead of drawing his sword, Helmut struck it with his fist. But his fist passed through the air without any help.
“what?”
The spirit of light tilted its head and fluttered in front of Helmut’s eyes, pretending to be cute. Hahaha! Sian held his stomach and laughed.
“oh my god! “You’re the first person other than a cat or a baby to try to hit that!”
“Why didn’t I get caught?”
Helmut glared with murderous eyes at the spirit of light spinning in front of him as if mocking him. For some reason, I felt bad.
“Because spirits have no substance. It’s playful, but it’s not harmful. The light is just a bit dazzling. Come on!”
As he stretched out his hand, the spirit of light snorted and flew away, landing on Xian’s shoulder. I really don’t like the way people look at me.
“A spirit wizard means a wizard who manipulates spirits?”
“okay. “It’s about summoning a spirit with magical properties.”
‘If it is a being summoned by magic, can it be cut with Vis even if it has no form?’
Helmut now looked at the Spirit of Light, who was squinting his eyes in this direction as if he were giving him medicine. It was a long time for him to see it for the first time, but his battle-hardened mind figured out how to deal with it.
‘Let me try it.’
If I leave Xian alone and just cut down the light spirit, I don’t think there will be any problem. The harsh mannerism brought about murderous intent. But before he could act, Cyan made the light spirit disappear. The spirit disappeared, leaving only a remnant of light in the air.
“More than that, what is your relationship with Alea? I’m not trying to argue, I’m just curious. As you know, Area is not the type to be friendly with anyone.”
Helmut was tired because he was suffering for having entrusted him with tutoring, and he wondered how Area would survive because she was tired. He knows everyone is curious about him and recognizes him wherever he goes. He gave the same answer he gave the girls.
“I don’t know you.”
“That doesn’t happen to me either. “I am not a follower of Area.”
“Then let’s just say we don’t know each other from now on. “Because Alea told me not to pretend to know.”
“Well, okay. “That’s like Area.”
Xian shrugged and asked.
“What’s going on at the academy? “There are no classes.”
Helmut wondered whether he should answer. Can I tell this guy about the request? Even if I sabotaged it for no reason.
‘Now that I think about it, I said that the thing that appears is shapeless.’
Could it be similar to that strange spirit? And the guy in front of me is an elemental wizard. I didn’t know if this guy would be useful in solving the request. It is said that the strange being does not appear in front of wizards. That means the wizard is a threat to him. After thinking about it, Helmut immediately put it into action.
“Would you like to go somewhere with me?”
“Huh? “Okay, there’s nothing to do right now.”
Although he had no intention of splitting the request fee, Helmut hired a helper and headed inside the academy. At the entrance, when they showed their certificate saying they were from the mercenary guild, the guard let them through. Looking at Helmut with a strange look.
‘Having five female students, I am already such a small child. That guy was damn handsome.’
Xian followed and asked.
“Were you a mercenary?”
“Temporarily only until the semester starts.”
“Then is this a request?”
“yes.”
“What will I gain if I help you?”
Helmut looked back at him. The pitch-black eyes that do not reveal their true feelings give an intimidating yet arrogant feeling.
“I think we can get along well from now on.”
‘What a guy like this.’
Xian laughed. Is this guy a commoner? How can a commoner who grew up being thrown around look like that? There are rumors that he is a commoner, so he is isolated. Nevertheless, the person was showing an attitude of not regretting it. Sian also approached him out of interest, but her interest became more intense.
‘If he’s really a commoner, he won’t be an ordinary guy.’
“So to be your friend, I have to help you first? good. I like the difficult side. “Because there is more joy in achieving it.”
Helmut looked at him strangely and handed him a document.
“Look at this.”
Xian looked interested after reading about Helmut’s request.
“A strange phenomenon at Greta Academy?”
“Have you never heard the rumor?”
“I thought I heard it at first glance, but I thought I was seeing something. Something like a dog or a cat. “It’s probably not a very interesting rumor in the magic department.”
Strange sounds and vague shapes. It’s like a ghost. Even though he doesn’t show up, there are witnesses. However, there would be no one who was leisurely enough to hang around. The Faculty of Magic was very competitive. During vacations, most of the students would often concentrate on research in the dormitory or back at their homes. Area was truly extraordinary as it maintained first place for an entire year without wavering, with an overwhelming gap from second place.
“The appearance time is from night to dawn. It usually appears when it’s dark. “Looking at this, I don’t really know the pattern.”
Sian made a joke.
“When it’s dark, even perverts appear. “He might be a wizard who uses invisibility magic and has a hobby of surprising others.”
“They say all the witnesses were men.”
“She’s a female wizard! “I wanted to take a shy peek at my crush.”
Helmut suddenly asked.
“Is there a female wizard at Greta Academy?”
“of course. Because magic is a talent that does not discriminate between men and women. Half of the magic faculty are women. Receive equal education in an equal environment. Of course, women are rare in the swordsmanship department where they are physically disadvantaged.”
“But why… … .”
Helmut, who was about to say something, swallowed his words.
“But you shouldn’t think of female wizards as women. No matter how many beautiful women there are in the magic department! They aren’t as normal as Area’s followers. Each of them has a unique and eccentric personality. No matter how strong the egos of wizards are, ugh. To a guy who said he liked sleeping, I said, ‘I’ll date you if you let me use you in my magic experiments.’ Sounds like a joke, right? “It happened just the day before yesterday.”
“I know what you mean.”
Helmut muttered unconsciously. He interrupted Xian’s chatter and pointed to a building with his hand.
“There you are. The place where the ghost appeared. “The sun hasn’t set yet, so it won’t show up, but I’ll take a look.”
Sian, who had meddled in Helmut’s affairs, was suddenly receiving free service. Helmut slowly observed the place described by the eyewitness. A classroom building at the academy where students pass by. It wasn’t a special place. Because of this, rather than feeling a specific energy, it seemed like vis, magic, and other things were intertwined. There is an academy dormitory nearby, a magic lab, and a training area for swordsmen. It is difficult for the atmosphere not to be chaotic in the academy, where waves of various forces exist.
“Even though it’s inside the academy, the atmosphere is so chaotic. “Is it possible to read the memories of the earth?”
After muttering, Sian tried to say something. But his eyes soon opened wide. He glanced at Helmut’s thoughts and placed his hand on the floor. Helmut looked around and asked softly.
“Is there something?”
“well?”
Xian stood up after a while. A gentle smile was on his lips.
“Well, I’m not sure. Should I go somewhere else? “Okay, since I’m leaving, let’s all go to the haunted places.”
Helmut readily responded to him speaking positively.
“good.”
