I Was Just Having Fun With The Time Limit – Chapter 189

Chapter 189

Reina started tattling on Principal Lugelter the moment she saw him.

“Principal-nim. Look at what happened to me.”

“Explain yourself.”

“I was attacked with magic. Casting offensive magic between students is only permitted during combat training.”

Principal Lugelter looked at me with a slightly troubled expression.

“Is that true?”

I nodded obediently.

“Yes, it is true.”

“Then, according to the school rules, I have no choice but to punish you.”

“Is that all?”

“What?”

“Is the investigation into why this happened, how this incident occurred, completely excluded from the beginning?”

I let out a small sigh.

‘My experience of an ordinary and enjoyable school life is over.’

I knew it was over from the moment the kids started treating me like a ghost.

This part is really disappointing.

But it couldn’t be helped.

I think I should be satisfied with the fact that I found out that there are alienated children like Olsia in this place that I thought of as a romantic ideal.

“Do you know why I came to this school as a student?”

“W-Well……Ahem.”

As if embarrassed to speak, he cleared his throat and continued cautiously.

“Isn’t it because you don’t have much time left to live……”

“It’s okay. Please speak comfortably, Principal-nim.”

“So, isn’t it to fulfill your last wish?”

“Do you know what that last wish is?”

“Isn’t it to study at university?”

I glanced at Reina.

Reina had a very confident attitude.

She said that attacking a fellow student with magic is grounds for expulsion.

Reina opened her mouth.

“According to Article 33 of the school rules, Isabel must be expelled.”

“Why do you hate me so much?”

“What are you talking about? I just stated the school rules.”

“Then let’s say I did, why do you hate Olsia so much?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Do you know, Principal-nim?”

Principal Lugelter shook his head.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about either.”

I don’t think the principal doesn’t know about Olsia.

Not only the principal, but all the professors at this university know.

Nevertheless, they forced Olsia into silence.

“Principal-nim, being a bystander is cowardly.”

“Isabel. This isn’t the Imperial Palace. What is a student doing lecturing me, the principal? If you’ve come to university, you must abide by the university’s rules.”

Reina chimed in.

“She thinks she’s still a princess here. It’s because she has that kind of sense of privilege that she uses offensive magic on her classmates, right? There’s no need to hear any more. There are so many students who witnessed this, so please expel her immediately.”

“……”

Principal Lugelter seemed to be quite troubled.

So I decided to solve that problem for him.

“I asked if you knew why I came to this school.”

Earlier, I said ‘I’, and this time I used ‘me’.

The content itself is the same, but if he’s a principal, he should be able to sense the subtle difference in a single word.

“Do you think my skills are at the level of a magic student, Principal-nim?”

“That’s……”

I was quite bored here.

The content taught at the university was too simple and monotonous.

Most of it could be done with mental calculations, and the assignments given by the professors were yawn-inducing.

Moreover, there were cases where the professors had difficulty with the magic studies, which weren’t very difficult for me.

Only then did I realize that what Arun had said was not a lie.

I really had magic skills beyond that of ordinary（?） professors.

It’s just that everyone around me was such an amazing mage that I didn’t realize it.

Reina snorted.

“Not even at the level of a magic student. You couldn’t even take the formal entrance exam. Isn’t that right, everyone? She was also struggling with the question Professor Gallum asked last time, wasn’t she?”

Ah, I remember.

It was about explaining the advantages of three-phase alternating current in magic power generation.

For reference, this three-phase alternating current was a collaboration between Teyselon-gyeong and me.

I was bewildered that they were asking something so basic.

‘Would it be troublesome if I gave the answer too easily?’

It was out of consideration for the professor.

So I stalled a bit and pretended to struggle.

Everything was too easy for me.

I couldn’t tell what was difficult and what was easy.

So I pretended it was difficult.

“To enter a university, which is a sacred place and cradle of education, with such skills. It’s truly laughable.”

I looked at Lugelter.

“Do you think so too, Principal-nim?”

“Th-That’s……”

They say you see as much as you know.

It would probably look different to Principal Lugelter.

“I declare. None of the professors at this magic school can surpass my magic skills. Including you, Principal-nim.”

“……”

“If you wish, I can prove it through a magic duel.”

Of course, the ability to engage in a magic duel doesn’t necessarily represent magic skills.

It’s not that only ‘combat’ is the determining factor in magical ability.

However, it was common practice to compete through duels when measuring each other’s skills.

For reference, this university has Professor Gallum, a former Magic Knight Commander and a high-ranking mage of the Mirotel Magic Federation.

Professor Gallum was a crocodile beastman with tough skin that could deflect magic, and it was said that he had never been defeated in a magic duel.

“Professor Gallum is coming at the right time.”

Someone was walking towards us.

Professor Gallum, who had approached, said.

“I have no confidence that I can win a duel against Isabel.”

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Reina couldn’t believe it.

‘That’s preposterous!’

Gallum said.

“Student Isabel’s knowledge is already deeper than mine. She showed me a special barrier the other day, and I have no confidence that I can break through it. I’m certain that even the Creation Mages’ magic wouldn’t be able to penetrate Student Isabel’s barrier.”

Reina flared up.

“You must be lying!”

Judging from the situation, it seemed that both Lugelter and Gallum were strangely favorable towards Isabel.

So they must be lying now.

Reina couldn’t accept that.

“How can a transfer student who hasn’t even properly gone through the regular curriculum have skills superior to the professors? Then why did someone with such skills enroll as a student instead of a professor? I think your words are very dangerous statements that shake the very purpose of our studies. What should we be studying for? If a great person like you says that you’re inferior to such a transfer student.”

Isabel, who had been listening silently, answered instead.

“That’s right. It’s strange, isn’t it? That I enrolled as a student, not a professor. Even creating a transfer system that didn’t exist before.”

Isabel smiled bitterly.

‘This wasn’t part of the plan.’

“I didn’t come here as a student. I came here as a school inspector.”

“Wh-What?”

Not only Reina’s but also Lugelter’s eyes widened.

Lugelter also heard the word ‘school inspector’ for the first time.

He had to hear it for the first time.

Because the word school inspector was first coined by Isabel here.

“Principal-nim, let me introduce myself again. I’m Isabel, dispatched here as a school inspector. Shall we go to your office and talk for a moment?”

Reina raised her hand.

“I’ll go with you! I need to see with my own eyes if a fair conversation is taking place.”

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Principal’s office.

Isabel gave a brief explanation about the school inspector.

“……Thus, it’s a position that carries out the task of guiding and advising the educational field across all conditions and areas related to education, including educational goals, educational content, and teaching methods.”

Principal Lugelter was now speaking formally to Isabel.

“There was no such official document……”

“School inspectors operate in secrecy as a principle.”

Reina frowned.

Not only was the absurd concept of a school inspector strange, but Lugelter speaking formally was also bothering her.

“Such a system couldn’t have been created without any rumors.”

“If you wish, you can check with the foundation.”

“Please wait a moment.”

The principal contacted someone through the communication crystal ball and received a reply from the foundation.

“The Chairman-nim says they will come in person.”

“Do you know anything about the Chairman-nim?”

“W-Well……Not really……”

He couldn’t know.

With the collapse of the Magic Federation and the establishment of the Magic Kingdom, all universities within the Magic Kingdom became affiliated with a single foundation called the ‘Cradle of Seeds’.

The ‘Cradle of Seeds’ poured bold investments and sponsorships into all universities at the foundation level.

The identity of the foundation’s chairman wasn’t even properly known.

That’s why the foundation’s chairman was called the ‘Faceless Saint’.

Lugelter gulped.

‘The Faceless Saint is visiting the university?’

This was an unparalleled honor.

The university’s finances were much better than when it was part of the Magic Federation.

Professors’ salaries increased, and research funds increased significantly.

Everything was better than before.

The Faceless Saint, who made all of this possible, was visiting.

After a while, a magic circle formed on the floor, and someone appeared.

But Lugelter was startled.

“I am Yuri, in charge of the position of Chairman of the Cradle of Seeds.”

A very young girl appeared.

Reina’s eyes widened.

“Y-Y-You!”

It was Yuri, the one who was extremely poor a long time ago.

It was undoubtedly that Yuri, who could barely maintain a subservient life thanks to the family’s sponsorship.

Yuri smiled brightly and said.

“It’s been a while, Student Reina.”

And she continued immediately.

“I’ve already received the report from School Inspector Isabel. It’s nice to meet you, Principal-nim. I am Yuri, the Chairman of the Cradle of Seeds Foundation.”