Became a Medieval Fantasy Wizard

Chapter 247

TL/Editor: raei

Status: 5/week mon-fri

Illustrations: none

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Evening.

Ian took a short walk with Maria.

"Hmm. I already knew the Imperial Princess could be prickly since I've experienced it firsthand."

"Experienced it?"

Maria looked healthy, clearly well-fed and rested at the university. Her appearance made it hard to believe she was the same person who'd been locked in that village storehouse. Her black hair and dark eyes, identical to Ian's, sparkled with life like a flower bud about to bloom.

"Yes. Perhaps it's because she's the Emperor's child, even though she's a woman. The Imperial Princess wants to be the star of the magic department."

Wants to be the star.

Ian frowned slightly.

"What's that got to do with Kira?"

"You don't know? Kira is currently the most popular female student in the magic department."

"...?"

Maria explained the situation.

Kira, the mysterious wizard brought in by Eredith and Inglan.

With support from her two mentors, Kira had eagerly begun her university life and quickly became famous - every aspiring wizard knew her name.

"Kira knows how to use magic."

"True."

"In this magic university, less than half the students can actually use magic."

Ian nodded.

This wasn't particularly surprising. In his previous life, he'd seen countless examples of people unable to use their university majors.

Was there some rule that magic university students had to be good at magic?

Wasn't that just prejudice?

Though Ian made magic look easy by using it as naturally as breathing, magic was actually extremely difficult to learn and use.

Learning Maronius language didn't guarantee getting a mystery's attention, and having a mystery's attention didn't mean you could control it just by learning Maronius language.

Less than half of the Imperial University's magic department students had ever used magic.

But Kira was already quite a capable fire wizard.

"A woman who uses fire magic just like Eredith, and an attractive one at that, actively participating in classes."

"..."

"Good personality, good looks, good skills. Even her sponsors are impressive. Hehe. No reason she wouldn't be popular, right?"

That was true.

Kira was undoubtedly an SSS-tier beautiful university student worthy of the highest school caste rank...!

She was born with looks, could act out the right personality, and had even learned magic from Ian - naturally other students would admire her.

Everyone welcomed Kira's arrival.

Except for one person.

Elia.

"When I talked with Elia earlier, she seemed convinced Kira hates her."

"That's a completely baseless misunderstanding."

Ian let out a relieved sigh as soon as Maria spoke.

See, Kira didn't have a sinister side after all...!

Ian had genuinely worried that Kira and Elia were engaged in some kind of power struggle.

From what he knew of Kira so far, she wasn't the type to engage in those games.

"Kira is just... overly scared."

"Ah. I understand what you mean."

Ian and Maria nodded almost simultaneously.

Kira often pretended to be extroverted in front of others, and she was incredibly good at it.

The reason was simple - she did it to avoid being looked down on.

Coming from the streets, she'd had to put on airs to survive.

It had become such a habit that whenever Kira felt uncertain, she defaulted to acting strong and confident.

That Kira had started university life without Ian around.

Like a lizard threatening its surroundings, she'd instinctively gone into "showtime" mode...!

'Hi everyone! I'm Kira, daughter of Laventa! Please take care of me!'

'Wow... she's so pretty and friendly!'

'I heard she's good at magic too! I want to be her friend!'

Kira's survival strategy had worked too well.

Within a week, she'd become the magic department's idol!

"...By the way, why are you wearing nun's clothes?"

Ian looked at Maria with fresh eyes.

While Kira had risen to become the school goddess, Maria was working as a part-time(?) nun.

"When I said I wanted to study necromancy, they forced me to serve at the temple."

"...The priests?"

"No, the priests didn't say anything. The magic professors suggested it."

Necromancy was dangerous magic.

Though all magic was dangerous in its own way, necromancy dealt with human souls. One misstep could lead to accusations of blasphemy.

The magic professors had instructed Maria to build a pious image before delving into necromancy.

They wanted her to advertise herself as 'I study necromancy but I'm a devout Heaven's Faith believer~'

"???"

The student looked at Ian like he was crazy.

What? Who's doing what with who?

Date? Daaaate?

He ended up laughing in disbelief.

Like the "Goddess of the Magic Department" Kira Laventa would actually date someone like you!

The student's curiosity outweighed his annoyance.

As a fellow man, he was incredibly curious to see someone try confessing to the school goddess!

Though she'd obviously reject him, that's exactly what he wanted to see.

He wanted to know how Kira would turn down the confession...!

"Fine. Go ahead."

"Oh, thanks!"

"Good luck, idiot."

The student whispered something to his friends and pointed at Ian.

The men burst out laughing.

Watching some crazy bastard try confessing to an SSS-tier beauty was premium entertainment you couldn't buy with money.

Not just the male students, but others were watching Ian too.

Though gazes flew his way, Ian remained calm.

As a wizard, he was already used to being stared at.

How could mere gazes from university students in their early twenties faze him?

Ian casually whistled.

Oberon, who had been nestled in Kira's arms, flapped his wings and flew to Ian.

"Still seducing women, you alpha bird?"

"Caw! Caw!"

[Hey, that woman's your subordinate~ I was just asking for snacks~]

As Oberon moved, people's gazes naturally followed.

Kira spotted Ian too.

"Ian!"

"???"

When Kira called Ian's name, the male students watching were shocked.

What... they knew each other?!

"Are you busy, Kira? I wanted to get dinner together."

"Not at all! I'm not busy! There's a place nearby that makes great stew, let's go there!"

Ian licked his lips.

Oh, campus food spot? Can't resist that.

Kira naturally led Ian away.

Ian briefly made eye contact with the male students and gave a slight thumbs up.

Thanks~ friends~ Your support seems to have worked~

They couldn't understand what was happening.

She's really... going to dinner with him?! This wasn't just premium entertainment?!

Though they had mountains of things they wanted to say.

The male students could only stare at Ian in a daze...

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'This really feels like a university town.'

Ian visited the restaurant with Kira. Below Imperial University, shops catering to students lined the streets.

There were many establishments that doubled as restaurants and boarding houses, along with stores selling daily necessities and odds and ends.

Merchants flocked wherever people gathered. This was an unchanging truth.

"There's no cafeteria at the university. It was originally a monastery, so they only had people who ate plain bread and raw food without cooking."

"The temple seems quite austere too."

Though monks were the original inhabitants(?) of Imperial University, now there were more students from outside.

Naturally, many good restaurants had sprung up to cater to students who came to study from all over the Holy Empire.

"School life seems to suit you."

"Ah! About that! When I first came to school..."

Kira chattered away, telling her stories.

Her energy level was still high.

To Ian, unnaturally so.

"So I asked Professor Eredith..."

"Kira."

"Yes?"

When Ian cut her off, Kira tilted her head.

"Did you deliberately change how you talk?"

"...How I talk?"

Kira smiled brightly.

She spoke with slightly lowered energy.

"You're right. When I'm with you, I used to talk more calmly like this."

Ian smiled too.

Now this was the Kira he knew.

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