Chapter 179. Major Application Rejects (3)
As they headed to Professor Thomas's office, Radel asked.
“Doesn't the end seem near, Edward?”
“……Yes, Prince.”
Edward nodded obediently.
The end did seem near.
The end of his Academy life.
If he continued to be rejected from major applications one after another like this, it was the result he would naturally face.
It was the Academy he had entered with difficulty, so he couldn't collapse here.
However, all he had left now was Transmutation Magic.
‘Professor Marianne said I have a talent for Transmutation Magic but…….’
Was that really so?
Edward had never received praise while taking the Transmutation Magic class.
Professor Thomas always looked at Edward's magic with indifferent eyes.
Eyes that seed to ask if he had even listened to the lecture properly.
At such tis, the image of him turning Edward into a toad during the freshman orientation period overlapped.
‘What am I supposed to say to that professor.’
Even if he went to Professor Thomas, it was clear he would glare at him asking why he ca.
He couldn't possibly say, ‘Because Professor Marianne said I have a talent for Transmutation Magic.’
He didn't have any expectation that he would be accepted either.
He almost wanted to ta a Rock Eagle and major in Cryptozoology even starting now.
However, thinking of Radel's trouble going around with him all afternoon, he couldn't bring himself to say it.
Edward said gloomily.
“Prince, if this doesn't work out either, what should I do?”
At his unconfident words, Radel looked back at Edward.
Perhaps due to the experience of being rejected while visiting professor offices, Edward's face had beco gaunt in just half a day.
“I can't even be helpful to the Prince…… It seems you are just suffering for nothing because of .”
He seed sorry for making Radel go on a fool's errand all day.
Radel knew what kind of personality he had.
As a high-ranking noble, Edward had strong pride but also strong loyalty.
Just looking at his dedication to the Prince who saved his life showed that.
Was it easy to trust and beco a follower of a royal who didn't even have a decent faction yet?
Compared to the loyalty Edward showed, the trouble of visiting professors together was nothing.
“I don't think so. Is there any reason it won't work? Professor Marianne also said you have talent here.”
“She might have just said that.”
“Professor Marianne isn't soone who would just say things. And why do you say you aren't helpful to ?”
Radel was genuinely curious.
Edward was doing so well that even Inette envied him for having a good follower.
Didn't he suffer going around noble parties during the vacation to gather followers for Radel?
But Edward didn't seem to think so.
“There is a reason for that. When I was trying to gather followers during the vacation, there were people who ca to secretly.”
There were still more nobles who didn't know Edward was a follower of the 8th Prince.
But sohow, there were people who knew and approached Edward first.
“They approached as if they knew the Prince was gathering followers. Even though I had never spread such rumors.”
Radel's expression beca montarily subtle.
He had a guess.
When Edward said he would gather followers, Radel had the employees of the Dice Shop spread information.
Information that the 8th Prince was secretly gathering followers.
‘But I did that to help Edward.’
Grateful for his efforts, he did it wondering if there was any way to help.
However, it seed Edward's confidence had dropped because of that.
“Now I don't know if I am even helpful to the Prince.”
“Since you are famous in social circles, people must have co to you on their own. Don't think like that too much.”
Radel feigned ignorance and took Edward to the Transmutation Magic professor's office.
It was best to just pretend not to know here.
* * *
Finally, they arrived at the last destination.
Radel and Edward knocked on Professor Thomas's office door.
KNOCK KNOCK.
“Professor Thomas, may we co in?”
“Yes, co in.”
A dry answer was heard, and the office door opened.
Seeing the two, Professor Thomas's expression didn't change, but Radel was slightly surprised and whispered to Edward.
“He seems to be in a pretty good mood. Just in ti.”
Where on earth does he look like he's in a good mood?
Even when Edward washed his eyes and looked, he couldn't find any sign of being okay in Professor Thomas's dry expression.
But Radel greeted Professor Thomas as if relieved.
“Thank you for making ti, Professor. But did sothing good happen?”
“Did you notice? I obtained the first edition of a book I wanted to own since last year. I like it.”
A faint smile appeared on Professor Thomas's lips.
Seeing that, Edward's eyes widened.
The Prince's words were true!
Indeed, it seed the Integrated Major wasn't sothing anyone could do.
‘The Prince is truly amazing.’
Edward felt he was far lacking to beco a follower of such an amazing Prince.
Furthermore, facing Professor Thomas face-to-face made him even more nervous.
“H-Hello. Professor.”
Edward was so nervous that his voice trembled.
He should have shown a dignified and confident attitude, but he made a mistake from the beginning.
Edward's mind went blank.
‘That student is…….’
Seeing the flustered Edward, Professor Thomas looked him up and down.
He definitely looked familiar.
‘It’s the student I turned into a toad at the beginning of the sester.’
He was the student who argued with him during the freshman orientation period about how a noble could use the sa dormitory as commoners.
To Professor Thomas, who disliked rigid thinking, Edward's attitude was inevitably unpleasant.
He deliberately turned Edward into a toad and put him in a birdcage.
But he was also a student who continued to take Transmutation Magic in the first sester even after suffering such humiliation.
“Ahem, you might not rember , but I ca to apply for the Transmutation Magic major. You might not like , but if you accept , I will do my best.”
The flustered Edward cleared his throat and barely spat out the prepared words.
Seeing his nervous appearance, Professor Thomas felt a little interest arise.
At first, he saw no possibility because he was trapped in the mold of a noble, but hasn't he changed quite a bit now?
But still, he couldn't just accept him readily.
He needed to verify if he was a student worthy of majoring in Transmutation Magic.
“You are the student I changed into a toad at the beginning of the sester.”
When he spoke stiffly on purpose, he saw Edward's body stiffen.
Unless a student had nerves of steel, the mory of turning into a toad couldn't be pleasant.
Furthermore, he was put in a birdcage and hung where other students could see.
Students would often be startled to see a classmate turned into a toad as they passed by.
So mischievous students would often tease the friend trapped in the birdcage.
Edward also had friends who teased him for turning into a toad.
Quite a few of them.
It was never a good mory…….
“Yes, that is correct…….”
When Edward barely answered, Professor Thomas emphasized the toad and asked.
“Do you rember that ti? How was it when you turned into a toad?”
Edward Squeezed his eyes shut.
Recalling the situation at that ti was painful.
Because a mory more painful than friends pitying or teasing him awaited him.
He endured the pain and opened his mouth.
“Th-that is…… actually, I thought I really beca a toad. My mories as a human were gradually disappearing……. Later, flying insects looked delicious, so I just, kuhuk…….”
The truth Edward barely vomited out with a trembling voice was too cruel.
Truly a painful mory.
Even Radel listening from the side closed his eyes.
“What did you say? You an you really beca a toad?”
“Yes, that is correct.”
Professor Thomas touched his forehead as if absurd.
However, in Radel's eyes, it was clearly visible.
A strange light was dwelling in Professor Thomas's eyes.
Discovering that, Radel grinned.
It seed Professor Marianne was right after all.
“Usually, even if one turns into a toad, one cannot discard the human ego. But you are different.”
What does this an?
An unexpected answer was heard in the ears of Edward who had his eyes closed.
“It ans you have a talent for Transmutation Magic. You brought the major application form, right?”
Edward looked at Radel with a bewildered face.
Radel, who was smiling, nodded.
A smile blossod on Edward's lips too.
It was the acceptance he had been waiting for.
* * *
Although it took ti, all first-years found their majors.
Other rejected students could also safely find their majors with the help of Radel and Professor Marianne.
The Black Falcon Dormitory was vibrant again.
What they had to do now was to make a new titable for the second sester.
Inette, who was making a titable sitting in the lounge, tore her hair out.
“I have to take one Physical Training class unconditionally again?”
“It’s an Academy mandatory liberal arts. You aren't saying you won't build physical strength while being a Combat Magic major, right?”
“I was taking Basic Swordsmanship too, you know?”
Inette imdiately refuted Gusto's point.
Radel, who was making a titable next to her, asked Inette.
“How about taking Basic Physical Fitness with us this sester? Professor Pirenzo teaches well.”
“Ugh, no. If it’s Professor Pirenzo, I won't take it.”
Inette shuddered because she saw how Pirenzo trained the territory residents in Raviedel.
It was obvious he wouldn't go easy, saying every single unused muscle had to be trained.
Inette, who was agonizing, asked Radel.
“But do you have ti to take liberal arts? You're an Integrated Major.”
“Yeah. I dropped a few anyway. It’s fortunate that all majors are on different days.”
Radel corrected the titable with regret.
Fortunately, although it was tight, there was ti to fit in Mana Training.
Radel went to find his big-built friends to ask if they would apply for Mana Training this sester.
“Of course, Prince. We already wrote it down.”
“We applied for Mana Training first!”
Looking at the atmosphere, it seed the danger of cancellation like last ti wouldn't co.
Still, just in case, it was safe to ask Tunia too.
“Tunia, are you going to take Mana Training in the second sester?”
Tunia was glaring at the titable with a serious expression.
Looking at the atmosphere, sothing seed to be up.
“What’s wrong? Is there a problem with the titable?”
“There is another problem besides that.”
When Radel approached, Tunia lowered her voice.
“I think I have to go out of the Academy.”
“What do you an. You an you will get permission to go out from the professor?”
Tunia shook her head firmly.
“There’s no ti for that. I have to sneak out of the Academy.”
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