Academy’s Undercover Professor

black magicians obtained through the Empire’s large-scale subjugation.
The Tower revealed only a part of it in the past, but if you look at the outline that was revealed, the black magicians tried to make a ‘circuit’ in the human body.”

“What ‘circuit’?”

“A mana circuit.”

A part of it was similar to magic engineering which has recently emerged and the most common example was the golem.

In the past, golems were made of soil and stone but now that science has developed the bodies of the golems are made from steel and brass and their components contain high-compression steam and mechanical springs.

Although the mana stone drives the golem not everything works because of the mana stone.
Sophisticated mechanical parts must be engaged, while pipes and cylinders must be moved.

The ‘circuit’ which moves the mana stone energy into the golem’s parts plays the most important role.
It was also the ‘circuit’ that black wizards were interested in.

“They forcefully engraved the circuits that exist only in machines in human bodies.”

The students made a fuss.

The human body is made up of skin and has a fixed form from birth.
No one knew how dangerous it was to add a new ‘circuit’ that was not originally present in such a body.

The body might reject the ‘circuit’ and even in the best case there was a high possibility that it couldn’t adapt to it.

The probability of success is extremely low, and even if it is successful, enormous pain will appear whenever mana is used but black wizards did such a thing without hesitation.

“Of course, that is strictly prohibited under national law.
What the black wizards are trying to do is forcefully undermine reason and harmony.
That kind of development is not worth it.”

“Is there any way to increase mana emission other than endless training?”

“Right now there isn’t.”

The students seemed to be disappointed by his words because they thought Rudger might know a way.

Rudger smiled inwardly at the obvious students.

Increasing mana emission will be the discovery of the century.
Something like the Source code was incomparable to it.

“It’s not that there’s no way.”

Rudger decided to give them some advice.

“You don’t have to feel sad.
Maybe one day there will be a better way.”

“Do you really think there will be a better way?”

“Yes.”

Rudger replied without a shadow of doubt.

“You may not know, but in the past magic was less sophisticated than it is now but the wizards of that time were more powerful.”

They could drop lightning from the sky, cause snowstorms and shake the ground.

Although such great magic is treated like a legend, wizards of the past could use it.

“Isn’t that just an exaggeration?”

Someone asked.

In fact, most students thought so.

Magic has evolved over time and it never occurred to them that the magic of the present era would be weaker than the magic of the past.

“Maybe it is.
Perhaps, even if such a thing was actually possible, it could have been caused by an out-of-standard being with an amount of magical power equivalent to that of an archmage.”

“What?”

If a being had an enormous amount of mana, then even when they released a little they could create a gigantic phenomenon.

“But there is definitely something to learn from the magic of the past.”

In fact, the research direction of the method of increasing mana emission in the Tower has recently been changed.
They now tried to get clues from the ancestors and Rudger knew that was the correct answer.

“Sometimes, rather than the possibility of the future, looking at the past calmly and paying attention to the wisdom of ancestors can also help development.”

Of course, students won’t understand even if he says this but it didn’t matter, there were definitely a few people who took it seriously.

Soon the bell that ended the class rang out.

“That’s all for today’s class, your task is to review today’s content.
Summarize and submit your review and exploration of the old literature related to mana emission in a report.
The time limit is next week.
That’s it.”

“Thank you for your hard work!”

The class was over and Rudger organized his files.

At that time, some students showed signs of hesitation and were wondering whether to approach Rudger or not.

“Tell me if you have something to say.
Don’t stand there.”

When permission was granted, the students approached.

He was wondering what it was, but they asked about the contents of the class.

‘Recently, students seem to be asking a lot of questions.’

Before, they were overwhelmed by Rudger’s atmosphere and no one wanted to approach him after class but the starting point of change was after Theon .

The fact that Rudger ran into the fire to save Selina, spread among the students.

After that the students thought of him like a teacher who’s usually cold and aloof, but does the right thing when it’s important.
His appearance was also handsome, so at that moment his good points that were not normally seen were suddenly highlighted.

Rudger, who didn’t know that, was not able to easily adapt to the attitude of the students who have changed recently.

“Teacher, do you have a girlfriend or someone you like?”

“If it’s not a question about school, refrain from it.”

When he answered in that way the girls laughed.

He hoped that the students would approach him, but he felt that the distance suddenly decreased.

“Sir, I have a question.”

“Rene?”

“I don’t understand this part of the formula, can you explain it to me again?”

Questions like this were always welcome, so Rudger glanced over the notes Rene had brought.

“The skeletal lines are tangled with each other.
On the surface, it may not seem like much, but this will inevitably reduce the flow of mana.”

“I see.”

“You can find out more about this by reading [Introduction to the Structure of Spells III].
It’s an old book, but it’s probably what you need the most right now.”

He pointed out what was wrong and even recommended books necessary to supplement her knowledge.
Unlike his blunt tone, his explanation was very helpful.

Rene peeped at Rudger’s figure.
His face was calm as he looked at her notes.

He was cold and rational, but she felt something familiar when she saw Rudger, like she often met him somewhere.

It was something she forgot, something very distant and nostalgic.

She didn’t know why, but Rene unknowingly said a name.

“Heathcliff?”

She was surprised that she said it and Rene opened her eyes wide as if she didn’t understand her behavior but what surprised her even more was Rudger’s reaction.

“……What did you just say?”

Because Rudger was staring at her with a stiff face.