Transferred to Another World and Became a Teacher Chapter 80 - Knowledge of Magic Circles

"… Oh?" Balblair let out a sound of surprise and turned around. "You realized that it’s a magic circle engraved on my arm?"

She looked sowhat pleased, giving off a scent similar to Owen's.

"Well, there isn't much else it could be. By the way, Eliza-san is researching magic circles, so she probably also recognized it at a glance."

"Eh?! Ah, y-yes! I-I had a feeling!" Eliza, surprised by the sudden ntion, responded hastily.

Not only Balblair, but even Alabarta and Caron turned their gazes towards her.

"I see. Considering the diversity at Fiddiq Academy, the study of magic circles must be quite extensive. This is becoming a fascinating discussion. In that case, let's prepare a place where we can talk in more detail later. We will hold a formal negotiation there."

"Thank you." I expressed my gratitude to her.

Balblair turned her eyes to Alabarta. "Alabarta-dono, thank you for bringing such an interesting visitor. Please be present when we have our discussion later."

"U-understood."

Satisfied with Alabarta's response, she next turned to Caron. "Caron, you heard the discussion, right? We'll use the west rooftop as the venue. Please make the preparations."

"The west side?" He seed surprised by her words but quickly fell silent when her gaze sharpened.

"That's all. Please follow Caron's guidance from here."

After confirming Caron's acceptance, Balblair concluded the conversation, and we exited the principal's office.

As soon as we stepped into the corridor, Alabarta let out a relieved sigh.

"Aoi-dono, that was nerve-wracking…" he said with a resentful look on his face.

Wondering what he ant, I looked at Strass and the others to see Strass with half-closed eyes.

He turned to Eliza, who looked exhausted, and said. "… Balblair-dono and Aoi are quite similar, particularly in your directness and forwardness."

"Even though your way of speaking is completely different, you are strangely like sisters." Eliza agreed with a wry smile.

I tilted my head in confusion. "I'm not sure what you an. I don’t think we’re similar at all."

Aside from her appearance, Balblair seed like a very communicative woman, the complete opposite of , who was often quiet and didn’t like to stand out. I admired people who could speak up at large gatherings like parties. Balblair definitely fit that type of person.

This was what I thought, but it seed neither of them shared my opinion.

"No, it felt like a clash of strong-willed won." Caron, whom we had just t today, agreed with them.

I looked at Alabarta. He nodded in agreent as well.

I realized I was outnumbered.

Reluctantly, I decided to drop the futile discussion and change the topic. "By the way, Caron-san, you seed surprised earlier when you heard we were going to the west."

Caron hesitated for a mont but quickly exhaled and walked towards the window. From the window, a small courtyard and the wall of the academy building at the entrance could be seen.

Pointing to the white wall, Caron explained, "This academy has a treatnt ward at the entrance so that injured people can be brought in imdiately. Beyond that are the classrooms for interdiate and higher-level magic lectures. This central building is considered part of the east side. On the west side are the faculty dormitories, libraries, and research laboratories. The west rooftop is difficult to see from the outside, making it ideal for developing and testing confidential magic. In other words, the west side contains many confidential facilities on par with the magic research labs in the Holy City…"

"That's convenient." I inadvertently spoke my thoughts aloud. After all, it seed like the perfect place to gather all the materials I needed. It would be an efficient place to learn about healing magic.

But Caron and Alabarta exchanged uneasy glances.

"… Is that alright?"

"You must be worried, right? I understand your concern." Alabarta nodded deeply in agreent.

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Passing through the courtyard, we moved to the western buildings at the back. It seed Caron had given up on thinking and guided us while explaining the important facilities along the way.

"This is the library accessible to general teachers, and beyond that are the labs for general teachers. Next is the library for senior teachers, along with their labs. Currently, the only senior teachers are healing and water magicians. There used to be senior teachers researching fire and wind magic, so there are so vacant rooms now."

"Are there not enough teachers?"

"No, it's just that few teachers et the principal's standards, but the number of teachers remains the sa. However, there are currently no senior teachers available to teach advanced fire, wind, or earth magic."

After candidly discussing the current state of the Holy City Magic Academy, Caron glanced at .

I tilted my head at his gaze.

Eliza clung to . "We're not giving Aoi to anyone."

Caron responded with a dry laugh and pointed down the corridor. "I didn't an that. Now, the stairs to the rooftop are ahead. Please, follow ."