Book 9: Chapter 27: Former Holy Knight’s Job and A New Business

I slept on Seiras lap for about an hour.

Sorry, it felt really nice so I ended up oversleeping

Fufu, please dont mind me. I enjoyed your sleeping face all by myself, so Im really happy now.

So she stared at me for the entire time?

Thats so embarrassing.

Well, Seiras happy, so I guess its fine.

By the way, Halt-sama, Elmia is also working here at the academy.

Eh, really?

Yes. It seems that youre not aware of it too.

…Yeah.

Elmia was also working, huh.

What is she doing?

Elmias not the type to become a professor, right?

I couldnt imagine Elmia standing on a podium and giving a lecture.

No, shes not. Shes actually an instructor.

Oh, yeah, I guess thats more like her.

An instructor teaching swordsmanship to students seemed suited for Elmia. Well, shell probably be nicknamed the Terror Instructor, though.

This might be an academy of magic, but they also teach the students swordsmanship and cudgel fighting. It was to make sure that at the very minimum, they could still fight against monsters even if they were at a close range.

Thats why we also have lessons about swordsmanship, but not all professors were like Tina who could teach both magic and sword-related stuff.

Well, its a given that professors like Tina would be a rare find here, since its an academy that deals primarily with magic, after all.

And so, it was customary for them to invite knights from the outside to be instructors for such subjects, apparently.

Tina is with our class, so of course we also receive our lessons from her, so we had never met any of the knights that had been brought in from outside the academy.

So, whats Elmias job?

As I said, shes an instructor.

Elmia has been assigned as an instructor of swordsmanship.

…Seriously?

ErThis is the worlds best academy of magic, right?

Is it really that easy to become an instructor at such a place in such a short time?

Seira became one of the first-aid personnel, but the difficulty of getting that job was miles away that of becoming a teaching personnel.

There will be background checks, but most importantly, there were countless people all over the world who wanted to become teachers and researchers at this school.

Same goes for swordsmanship instructors, of course.

Halt-sama, you do not know Elmias combat specialty occupation, do you?

Combat specialty occupation?

Hmm, based on Elmias actual strength, then shes probably a knight?

She was the leader of the Order of Holy Knights guarding Seira, but then Holy Knight was the title given to the people protecting the Saintess.

I also spar with Elmia usually, but I could win against her even without donning the magic suit, so I gauged her occupation to be a second-tier knight.

Even her combat specialty occupation is Holy Knight.

Eh? Shes

She has a third-tier occupation in that state!?

Was what I wanted to say, but Seira immediately scowled, so I stopped right there.

I understand what Halt-sama wanted to say. Elmia is always lamenting the fact that she couldnt stand a chance against you, a Sage, even though youre not even using a tiny fraction of your mana.

Ah, no, thats

Theres no way I was going easy on her and giving her a handicap.

Im a Sage, so in the worst case scenario that I couldnt use magic, it would be a total disaster for me.

Thats why I decided to train myself in the skills that wouldnt require magic in case I got into a situation where I couldnt use it.

However, Tina is way too strong, so she would just go easy on me if I didnt wear my magic suit, and it wouldnt be training at all.

Elmias strength was perfect for this non-magic combat training that I wanted.

Elmia is Level 160, and though she still has a long way to go compared to Tina-sama, theres no doubt that shes still a third-tier Holy Knight.

I-I see now

Elmia, shes Level 160, huh

So thats why she was very fast while wielding her sword.

I did think that she was on the stronger side.

Well, I had been training with Tina all the time, so she became my basis for everything.

The only person I clashed swords with aside from Tina and Elmia would be.the Sea God?

The weapon he used was a trident, though.

Other than them, my opponents were all monsters, majins, and demons. Thats why I didnt fully grasp just how strong Elmia is.

Elmia is a genuine Holy Knight. Aside from that fact, she also received a letter of recommendation from Tina-sama, so she was accepted as an instructor of swordsmanship into this academy.

Then that means Tina was also aware that Elmia was working.

She couldve just told me about it

Uh, Halt-sama, if you have time to spare, would you like to see the training that Elmia is conducting now?

I was a bit down because of the feeling of being left out, so Seira said that.

So today is a training day, huh. Wont I be in her way, then?

I believe its fine. Shes opening it to the public.

This academy of magic has two types of lectures and training, an exclusive type and the public type.

The lectures given by the professor in charge of each class were basically exclusive to that class.

The fundamental policy of the academy was for the students to achieve growth through competitions between classes while cultivating themselves. Thats why the courses and methods of training and the direction of their growth depended on the respective professors.

However, it would be inevitable that the disparity between classes would increase depending on the ability of the professor-in-charge, so thats the reason why they also held training and lectures that were open to all students.

These public lectures and training were voluntary, so students who were motivated to improve themselves would attend them in between their own classes.

I often attend public lectures on pharmaceutics and dispelling, too.

If its a public lecture, then that means I can at least observeAlright, lets go!

Yes. Please allow me to guide you.

Seira, is it really okay to close this first-aid clinic? If you tell me the location, I can go there on my own.

This Fifth first-aid Clinic was just recently built, and Im the only personnel here. Thats why I can freely decide my break times and my off-days.

The building was kinda small for what it was, but I didnt imagine thered be only one personnel here.

But then, it actually made sense when I think about it.

There was only one bed inside the clinic. That bed was probably just for show, too, just to protect the image of a clinic.

Seira was the supreme master and authority on recovery and healing magic.

No matter how grave the injuries were, she could heal them on the spot.

Thats why there was no need to have beds for patients who werent fully healed.

She could easily activate Divine Bless, the ultimate range recovery magic, so even auxiliary white magicians were unnecessary.

Seira was more than enough even on her own.

Besides, see, if there is truly someone who is gravely injured, they will definitely contact me.

Seira showed me a bell with an etched magic circle on it.

If this rings, it’s enough for me to go straight to the first first-aid clinic.

Severe cases were gathered at the first clinic, it seemed.

By the way, my wives could also communicate using the bracelets I gave them, but tools like these havent spread yet.

Just having a magical tool that could instantly transmit information in cases of emergency would surely be a huge hit in this world.

I see, seems like itll be fine, then. Alright, please guide me, Seira.

Yes, leave it to me.

Seira took my hand and we started walking.

I mulled over Seiras bell while we were walking.

This world is way too behind when it comes to their long-distance communication gadgets.

Currently, I only give the communication magic stones to people belonging to and affiliated to the Elnor family exclusively. Then how about distributing them to the countries Im involved with?

I also gave one each to the Elf King and Leo the Beastkin King for emergency purposes.

But then, maybe itd be better if the generals and other chief soldiers had them so theyll be prepared just in case majins and demons suddenly attacked.

This isnt just for national defense, too.

There are a lot of advantages to being able to communicate over long distances.

I had a hunch thatthis would turn into quite a huge business opportunity in the future.

And so, I started to consider mass-producing the communication stones and distributing it through the H&T Company.

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T/N: Yes, its great that Halt is now actively innovating stuff for the H&T corp.

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