Chapter 537: The Other Side of the Back Entrance

Five minutes later.

h.e.l.lo, sorry to keep you waiting. So, youre the adventurer who brought Alistairs letter of introduction?

Nn

Can I see it?

Okay

Hohou

The man who showed up was a cheerful-looking young man. He was a half-elf, so hes probably older than he looks, but no matter how I look at him, he looks like a teenage character. He then read Alistairs letter of introduction, but because of his frivolous look, it looked like he was just skimming through it.

Hmm Well, whatever. Please come this way for the time being

The man led us through the back entrance. On the other side was a pa.s.sage with a low ceiling. The outer wall itself seemed to be quite thick, and the pa.s.sage through it was like a little tunnel.

My name is Coltandhyre. Feel free to call me Colt, okay?

Fran, an Adventurer, and this is Urus.h.i.+

Woof!

I like the wolf-type beasts. Theyre obedient, good for fighting, good for spotting, and good as a blanket at night too

Urus.h.i.+ is the best

Woof woof!

Hahaha, you seem to be getting along, huh?

I observe Colt from behind as he guides Fran. He has high magic power, but his footwork was completely amateur. I guess he was a typical researcher type.

Colt laughed as he led us through the pa.s.sage. The tunnel was getting much wider than we had imagined, and we were greeted by an interesting sight.

There were not only lawns, but also forests, ponds, and rocky mounds on the site. It seems they were used for training and experiments. Looking further in, we saw a snow mound about 10 meters high.

I could feel its magic power trace, so it must have been created by magic or maintained by magic Just as expected of the Academy of Magic.

Furthermore, a huge structure sits in the middle of these unnatural natural objects.

The many towers that we saw from the outside were all connected by pa.s.sageways and buildings and were actually just a part of one super huge building.

Whoa

Its pretty amazing, isnt it? Theyre still renovating it, so the buildings are expanding every year, you know? It all started with that little short tower over there

Colt pointed to a very old and shabby tower in the middle of the many towers. It was the only tower that was not connected to the huge facility and stood quietly and independently. So, hes saying that the Academy of Magic was so small at first? Its hard to believe.

Heee, when was it built?

Ive heard that its over 2000 years old and it was originally the Directors laboratory

A High Elf laboratory, huh? If thats the case, we couldnt judge it by its humble appearance. I wonder what kind of tremendous research was going on inside.

Well, that place is basically off-limits. Only the Director or authorized personnel can enter. More importantly, were over here

Nn

Colt then led us to a small building right next to the exit of the tunnel. No, it looked small after seeing the academy, but it was actually a rather large building with three floors.

Its the guards office though, but it has some magic tools to check things out. In the meantime, Ill check to see if your adventurers card is real, okay?

Nn, I dont mind

Im sorry. Im not much of a fighter, but Im good at sensing magic. So, I can tell that youre not just an ordinary person, but on the other hand, I cant just let someone like that walk by without inspection

I see. If youre a small fry, it would be easy for them to handle you, but if youre a powerful person, you need to go through an inspection.

He held up Frans adventurers card to a crystal that Colt had been seeing several times before. And that seemed to be all the confirmation he needed.

Yes, thank you. Now we have confirmed your ident.i.ty?

Nn? Its over

Yup, thats right

You wont check if the letter is real?

Yeah. I was wondering about that, too. I mean, if the letter was a forgery, it doesnt matter if Fran was an adventurer or not, right? There were a lot of things he could do to find out, like handwriting a.n.a.lysis and whether or not the sign on the letter was genuine.

But Colt laughed cheerfully as he handed the letter of introduction to Fran.

Ahaha, Im sorry. Ive already confirmed it. Its a special paper after all. If we drop a little chemical on it, we can easily determine its authenticity

It seems they have already confirmed that the letter used for that letter introduction was a special one made for Alistair at this inst.i.tute.

Since your letter of introduction is genuine and your adventurer rank was high too, so no problem, right? All I need to do now is to interview you

Th-theres such a thing too, huh? Well, shes hired as an instructor after all, albeit a temporary one, at one of the most prestigious schools in the world, so its rather natural.

But I wonder if she would be fine? Fran seems to be bad at an interview after all. No, Im sure she could handle this if she uses her court etiquette skill to the fullest and just follows my instructions, right?

Well, it was so long ago that Ive forgotten more than half of what I learned about an interview back then. But Im sure its better than just letting Fran do it by herself. Come, bring it on!

I was all fired up like that, but they said that the interview would not take place today.

Im sorry~. The interview must be done by the director of the academy, but shes out of the academy for some business. But Im sure shell be back by tomorrow or the day after

Well. Thats because we didnt tell them about our arrival in advance after all.

Okay, then what should I do next?

Where do you stay? If you dont have a place to stay, we can get one for you

I already have a place to stay

Heee, where is it?

The Green Ancient Tree Pavilion

When Fran said that, Colt looked a little surprised.

Whats wrong?

No, well. The landlady there is famous for being difficult and not letting people stay if she doesnt like them. How did you manage to get a room?

She was just an ordinary old woman though

Woof

She was kind to Fran and Urus.h.i.+. She was an old elf, wasnt she? Did he mistake her for someone else?

I-is that so? Well, thats okay. Ill send a messenger for you when the Director returns

Okay

Now, all we had to do was pa.s.s the interview and shell be an instructor at the academy. Its not that she really wants to be an instructor, but I feel like were being tested, so Fran and I were both starting to get a little worked up.