Chapter 275: Your Responsibility (1) (Teaser)
The magical expo was divided into three halls—the Basic Hall, the Intermediate Hall, and the Grand Hall. Placement was usually based on the supervising mage’s rank, but if an evaluation received high marks, it could be promoted even from the Basic Hall, and I was one of the judges responsible for those evaluations.
"Professor, weren’t you one of the judges?" Epherene asked, scratching her cheek as she followed me into the judges’ private waiting room.
“I was,” I replied with a nod.
Of course, I hadn’t planned on participating at first.
“However.”
I broke off speaking and turned my attention to the materials I had purchased from the Ashes, which were far too rare and valuable to be handled in a place as ordinary as this waiting room.
“… However?” Epherene repeated.
“Where is Quay?”
“Oh, he said he wanted to meet people, so he went off to have a look around by himself.”
I frowned slightly.
“He will be around—just said he wanted to watch people for a while,” Epherene added, trying to explain.
"How are you certain of that?" I inquired.
“Because he told me, and...”
If Quay had said it with his own mouth, I had no reason to doubt it, as he wasn’t the type to say what he didn’t mean.
“I think he might be into me.”
I tilted my head for a moment, completely at a loss for words.
“I’m not making this up. He really said he wanted to earn my trust, and—”
“Close your mouth. We are returning to the Mage Tower of the Empire for the time being,” I interrupted.
“Sorry? To the Mage Tower? Right now?”
“Indeed.”
“How…”
I placed my hand on the full-length mirror standing in the center of the waiting room, its surface shimmering as the reflection changed to show somewhere else entirely instead of the waiting room. It had taken a massive four thousand mana just to establish the Mirror Passage, but even so, I felt proud, as that was proof of my progress with mana.
“Hold on to my coat.”
“… Your coat, Professor?”
“Indeed.”
Epherene hesitated for a moment, then grabbed the hem of my coat, and I stepped...
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