Published at 11th of March 2026 5:57 pm

Chapter 703

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If it had been another student, they would have asked what kind of nonsense that was, but Diret understood quickly, befitting a 5th year student.

Did the Principal perhaps not give it to you because you have too much mana?

Yes.

An awkward silence lingered.

Diret deeply pondered how to comfort this already struggling junior, but nothing came to mind.

Im fine, Senior.

Hey. You cant be fine What do you mean youre fine with this?

Ill be able to avoid it. Probably. And Senior, youre also in 5th year. I can do it too.

Thats not the same thing

Diret was about to say How is my voluntarily chosen 5th year the same as the high difficulty forced upon you by the Skeleton Principals malice but gave up.

Pointing it out in detail would only make the junior feel worse.

Sigh. Right. Lets stop talking about this. Nothing will change anyway. The reason I came here is because Im worried about you.

Um, exactly which part are you worried about?

There were so many things to point out that even the junior couldnt guess which one it was, so Diret pressed his fingertips to his forehead.

Lets start with the lecture schedule first. I dont know if we can finish everything today though.

Ah. But Senior, I have something urgent to do today.

Starting today? What is it? Research? A commission? Did some cra insane professor call for you?

Even as Diret asked, he felt an ominous feeling.

With this junior, it wouldnt be strange if there was a professor calling for him from the first day.

No. Im going to move some smuggled goods I brought in.

Are you serious?

Diret looked at Lee Han as if he couldnt believe it.

To think he had brought in smuggled goods when there was that ridiculously difficult inspection this time.

It was simply unbelievable.

How did you bring them in?

I was lucky.

This inspection wasnt at a level you could pass with just luck Anyway, good job. Right. Im glad you succeeded. Ill help you move them.

Since it wasnt particularly difficult work, Diret readily agreed to help.

He planned to have the conversation he needed to have while helping.

Theres quite a lot though?

It doesnt matter. Ill have my summoned creatures do it anyway.

Then Ill gratefully accept. Oh right. Senior, you should take some too.

Its fine.

Diret waved his hand.

What would be the point of coveting a 2nd years amateur smuggled goods?

From 5th year onwards, students became about half-way close to being professors, so the need to desperately scramble for supplies was greatly reduced.

Besides, with the inspection difficulty being high this year, the amount brought in probably wasnt much anyway

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Are you a mage?

Senior, youre also a mage.

Diret was so shocked that he blurted out a question no mage would ask.

Diret felt bewildered by the amount of smuggled goods that seemed like it had been brought in using several carts.

How on earth did you

Ill explain it to you.

No. Later. Im curious, but if I listen to that today, all our time will be gone.

Diret shook his head and wings to focus.

Honestly, he was curious, but today he had come to help his worrisome junior, not to hear the legend of Einroguard smuggling.

Perhaps next time when he had time.

Would I have time?

For a moment, Diret felt the sorrow of a 5th year who couldnt be confident about having leisure time, and his shoulders drooped.

It was perfectly normal for 5th years to not be able to come outside after today.

Hide in the darkness and move the luggage.

Keep watch ahead.

Sense hostility.

Diret summoned various undead summons to prepare for the work.

It was a simple evening stroll, but one could never let their guard down at Einroguard.

From hostility detection to vision expansion, stealth and camouflage were basic.

Is there anything I can help you with?

Its fine. I have my dignity as a senior. Did you prepare the lecture schedule?

While the porter golems followed behind, Diret walked ahead down the corridor and asked a question.

Yes.

As expected. You used Calendarium, right? That giant clock artifact Yukveltire made.

You know about it too, Senior?

Of course I know. Its such a convenient artifact. There was even a classmate who tried to steal that artifact.

It was a sordid history of the upperclassmen that he didnt want to know about.

When Diret gestured for the lecture schedule, Lee Han took out the schedule he had written down.

I received it like this for now.

Hmm Its almost identical. I was worried, but as expected, the artifact Yukveltire made is accurate.

It did malfunction a few times though.

What? Why?

Because I was taking too many lectures

Diret pretended not to hear and returned the topic to its original course.

Still, whats important is that it was completed accurately!

Yes. Wait, Senior. What do you mean by almost identical?

Lee Han felt puzzled.

Saying it was identical meant there had to be something to compare it to.

But Lee Hans lecture schedule was made today while talking with Yukveltire, so what was it being compared to?

Ah. The one the professors made.

?

Lee Han tilted his head.

He couldnt understand what his senior was saying.

The professors made what?

Huh? Well, the professors consult with each other so your lecture schedules and content dont overlap, right?

What?!?!?!

For the first time in a long while, Lee Han felt the emotion of shock.

Where had such an evil conspiracy been secretly plotted?

You, you didnt know?

Of course I didnt know!! Where on earth was such an evil conspiracy being plotted?

Since his juniors momentum was so fierce, Diret answered in a slightly flustered voice.

In the faculty lounge?

Come to think of it, there was no way the professors would have their conversations in some evil demon archdukes castle.

Of course they would be having conversations in the faculty lounge.

Lee Han regained some composure and asked.

Please tell me in detail. Senior. About the conspiracy those most wicked demons of hell are plotting.

Uh its more like a conversation the professors had

Among the privileges Diret gained upon advancing to 5th year was the right to visit the faculty lounge.

In fact, it was closer to an obligation than a privilege. Since he had to visit professors to report on everything from research to lecture-related matters, it was even more so.

And this time when Diret visited the faculty lounge, he discovered one peculiar room.

Actually, it wasnt so much that the room itself was peculiar but rather what was inside it.

There was nothing but a single bulletin board made of carved wood, sitting alone in the room.

Monday

9:00~11:00

11:00~1:00

1:00~3:00

Everyone, it seems like nothing has changed from last year?

Really? My lecture order changed though?

I was talking about break time. Professor Verdus.

We didnt have any last year either and it was fine, wasnt it?

I dont usually want to take Bibbles side, but this year I really have no choice. Even putting in only the absolutely necessary lectures, its like this. Didnt Professor Garcia also remove a few easy lectures?

I removed those because student Lee Han told me to let him rest!

That would be the case. But you could have removed difficult lectures instead, yet you removed easy ones, didnt you Professor Garcia. Admit it. Youre essentially similar to the other professors at heart.

Below that was a huge smashed mark where someone had punched it with their fist.

And below that

Everyone please refrain from provoking Professor Garcia.

So there was this kind of bulletin board.

Strange? Why does this seem familiar?

Lee Han felt an odd sense of familiarity, but now wasnt the time to figure out what it was.

So? What happened?

I asked the professor about it. Since the professors kept fighting each other to steal time slots, they changed to this method of reaching agreements from the beginning.

It was quite a rational approach.

Instead of professors despicably extending their lecture times arbitrarily and interfering with the next professors time, they could prepare appropriate lectures within pre-agreed time slots.

If only Lee Hans free will wasnt completely absent!

But why are they making agreements among themselves?!

That thats true.

Diret was left speechless by his juniors all-too-valid point.

Come to think of it, he should have felt something was strange back then in the faculty lounge, but since his junior was such an unusual existence, he had just thought Well, I guess they have to do it like that to match his school schedule and left.

But junior, isnt your lecture schedule almost predetermined anyway? Excluding easy lectures and focusing mainly on difficult ones

I could remove difficult lectures too.

What nonsense are you talking about? You should take lectures that help you as much as possible.

Diret dismissed it as if telling him not to say such ridiculous things.

Lee Han was newly reminded that the senior in front of him was also a 5th year student.

So the schedule I received from the artifact matches the schedule the professors made.

Yeah

Lee Han became dejected, which was rare for him.

Of course, given his pursuit of efficiency, Lee Han wouldnt have arbitrarily changed his lecture schedule anyway, but he hadnt expected his fate to already be predetermined.

Diret panicked and flapped his wings when his usually spirited and confident junior became dejected.

But, but. Here theres an empty corner here ah, theres no empty corner. But these lectures here werent chosen by the professors, so you should be able to swap them with other lectures you want!

Thank you. Senior.

Lee Han smiled bitterly and pulled himself together.

Though his chest ached with a sense of defeat, he couldnt keep going like this.

Right. I cant be discouraged.

It might have been slightly better if he hadnt known, but ultimately almost nothing would change.

He would just attend all the lectures he needed to and achieve the best grades possible.

Are you feeling a bit better?

Yes. Senior. This way.

Lee Han summoned a water orb in the air, grabbed it with his hand, and walked a few steps on the ceiling with his body inverted.

While Diret watched speechlessly, Lee Han continued walking. Then he recited an incantation.

As an honorable Einroguard student, I swear that I will never trust professors, never be bribed, and never inform on others. Especially I will be even more suspicious of the Principal

At his juniors resentful incantation, Diret blinked and then came to his senses, looking around.

Was there a hidden room here?

It wasnt surprising that Diret didnt know about it. The hidden rooms in Einroguard were probably more numerous than the Skeleton Principals age.

How did you find out about this room?

I met a graduated senior in the punishment room before, and he told me about it because he felt sorry for me.

Uh

At the unexpectedly tragic reason, Diret averted his gaze.

Well, if Diret had met his junior in the punishment room, he probably would have given him something too.

It was a level of pitifulness that most prisoners stories couldnt even compete with.

Rumble!

This is pretty nice?

Diret admired the neatly organized interior of the secret base.

Since it had been used by former graduates, it was quite a decent place. Complex traces of magic remained here and there.

Could you put the smuggled goods you brought in this storage over here?

Sure.

Diret had his summoned creatures organize the luggage. The smuggled goods were stacked neatly in the storage corner of the base.

This seems more abundant than some cooking club storage.

Whats this?

While examining the traces of magic, Diret discovered an empty notebook fixed on the table.

It was a type of notebook he had seen many times before.

What is this? I feel like Ive seen it somewhere.

Ah. Thats the communication artifact that senior told me to use to find out if Im taking black magic.

Diret inwardly regretted bringing it up for no reason.

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