At the Crossroad of Trust #1
After school, Theodore finished his dinner, like Professor Vince had said to do, and walked with a sunken expression.
He didn’t have a chance to enjoy his victory over Garcia because he knew why Vince called him. In the academy, there was no other person who knew Theo better. He realized that Theo’s abilities had increased abnormally.
‘Plus, he knows that I don’t have the money to buy magic reagents or hire a tutor.’
Vince had cared for him more than anyone else in the past three years.
Theo had talked about his miserable money situation, which was almost like a poor peasant’s, and his horrible mana sensitivity.
Vince was different from the other professors who didn’t pay much attention to Theo. This situation was more dangerous because it was Professor Vince, who always regretted seeing Theo’s talent go to waste and tried to open up another path for him. Professor Vince would be able to grasp the authenticity of Theo’s words.
Above all, there was the problem of coming up with a way of hiding Gluttony’s existence.
‘Damn, there is no answer no matter how I think about it. I can’t make up excuses to Professor Vince. It will cause a misunderstanding, and I might not be able to salvage this.’
Gluttony had said that there were over 100 ways to increase magic power, but it had only told him one.
In this day and age, only three or four methods were known. Other methods included black magic or fraudulent techniques, but it wasn’t rare for the magic power to decrease instead. In a situation like this, there was no hole to escape to.
How long did he worry about it? Theo had already arrived in front of Professor Vince’s laboratory.
“…I’ve arrived.”
It was his first visit here since coming for the permit. Theo looked at the brown door before him. At that time, he had come out of this room with a gloomy face, and he now returned with entirely different worries.
The position he was in had changed a lot. The one-time 2nd Circle dunce now had the best marks in the grade. This was the result of facing his difficulties without turning back.
‘It is the same this time as well.’
He wouldn’t run away. Theo decided he would face it as he raised his hand.
Knock, knock.
“Professor, it is Theodore.”
An answer came from behind the door, as if he had been waiting.
–Come in.
Theo turned the doorknob, and he could smell the usual scent of coffee. The parchments and books spread out on the desk showed Professor Vince’s diligence. He put down the parchment he was reading and looked at Theo with a face that was difficult to read.
“You came right on time. The faculty meeting took longer than I expected, so I just got back.”
It was as he said. The handling of Garcia Carter was a difficult problem for the academy. Viscount Carter was famous, so they didn’t want to punish his son and cause a problem. The professors were so concerned that Vince was eventually forced to give up on expulsion or repeating a year.
After the meeting ran for two or three hours, it finally came to an end with Viscount Carter’s showing up personally in a crystal ball.
–I’m really sorry that my foolish son was such a nuisance.
