Overpowered Archmage Doesn’t Hide His Talent

Chapter 165:

Translator: MarcTempest

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Chapter 165 Your reaction is incomprehensible…

Sometimes, you can understand everything without exchanging a single word.

Nonverbal expressions like facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, and posture are enough to convey your intentions.​That was the case with the elf who blocked my way.​He had long, ash-colored hair that reached his shoulders, sharp ears, but his appearance was not important right now.

His furrowed brow and hostile gaze showed that he was full of resentment.​“Apologize.”​That was the first thing he said to me. I answered without blinking.

“Identify yourself first.”

“Identity? Oh.”​He clicked his tongue at my request. I felt that dealing with his attitude was a waste of time.​“Terry. That’s my name.”​He looked at me as if that was enough.

Yushia and Trixie, who were watching, each uttered a question. ​“Sir Flan?”

“I have something to say.”​Terry put one hand on his waist and said. The target of his anger was me.​“Sir Flan, what did you do to him?”

“What happened?”​Since the person in question was right in front of me, I could just ask him directly. I met Terry’s eyes and said.​“Terry, was it? If you have something to say, say it.”

“Apologize to Perien.”​

Apologize.

I recalled the orientation. But even after repeating it twice, I didn’t see anything I should apologize for.

“Do you know what ‘encouragement’ means to Perien?”

“I don’t.”

“Then don’t reinterpret it as you please and give it as an assignment. Go and apologize to Perien right now.”

Yushia, who was next to me, narrowed her eyes and tried to step forward, but I stopped her with a telekinesis. I didn’t need anyone else to interfere with my business.

I said it myself.

“There’s no need for that. Give it up.”

“Do you have the confidence to not regret what you just said?”

“Yes.”

For a while, our eyes were locked in a standoff. Terry soon sighed deeply, as if he was dissatisfied with the situation.

“…Do as you wish. Let’s see how the lecture goes.”

He turned his body and quickly left his seat. 

Just when I was about to move on to the next schedule without much thought, other students started to flock in.

“Excuse me!”

There were five girls. 

They looked quite desperate, judging by their panting breaths and messy clothes.

They shouted “excuse me”, but it was easy to tell who they were calling. All of their eyes were directed at me.

“We’re really sorry for interrupting, but we know who you are, Flan!”

A young girl exclaimed proudly. 

I didn’t care much, as I had experienced this many times in the previous world, but Trixie and Yushia seemed to find this reaction awkward.

Trixie muttered casually.

“Is that so?”

“That’s right! I read all the posts about you on Trivia!”

“Me too!”

“Please say hello to us!”

The girls chirped like chicks, without getting tired. 

One of them brought out a Trivia, and the other four quickly followed suit.

“Can we exchange Trivia codes?”

But the rejection came from Trixie, not me. 

The blue girl stretched out her arm and pushed back the Trivias that were handed out.

“Don’t make a fuss.”

She continued in a calm tone.

“We’re busy.”

“Huh…”

The five girls blinked quietly. 

They looked back and forth between Trixie and me, and then asked cautiously.

“Are you Flan’s girlfriend?”

“Girl, girlfriend? What are you talking about? No.”

Trixie’s expression, which had been emotionless until then, finally changed. And the students’ faces also turned red.

“If you’re not his girlfriend, then why…”

“Because we’re in the same position of preparing for the entrance exam.”

“I see… Okay.”

The young girls left with question marks on their faces. Yushia shook her head from side to side.

“Flan, it seems like it’s going to be quite hard for you to attend the academy now. In other words, you need a special measure.”

Yushia pounded her chest. 

Every time her fist hit, there was a loud sound and her curved chest swayed.

“As I told you before, you need a guard now. Leave it to me!”

I only gave them a short answer.

“Just train and get ready.”

The next morning.

Conette rarely left her office.

The reason was simple. 

First, Conette herself did not like to leave her office, and second, she always had too much work to do anyway.

“Are you okay for a moment?”

But today, Dean Conette came to see me first. I was about to enter the training ground.

The sudden visit was unexpected, but I nodded.

“What is it?”

“I have some information for you.”

The Dean spoke in a gentle tone. Her eyes flashed strangely, and the corners of her mouth were faintly curved as usual.

I said something before that.

“You’re not alone.”

“Indeed, you’re amazing. Flan.”

Conette smiled as if she was satisfied.

At the same time, the wind began to walk.

With a normal first step, a second step to adjust her posture, and a final third step, the wind shaped into a human form. 

Soon, an elf appeared.

She was sitting in the air.

Her green wavy hair covered one eye and the smell of bear fat hit my nose belatedly. It was Perien, a face that was quite familiar to me now.

“I would have liked to talk to you in the Dean’s office, but since you’re not there today, I had to visit you in person.”

I nodded quietly.

“What information do I get?”

“First of all, the exact schedule of the Dawn Butterfly Collection has been decided. A document came from the magic department.”

I didn’t expect to hear this from Conette, not Maiev. 

It was a new feeling.

“How much time is left?”

“Three days. It starts exactly three days later.”

After saying that, Conette looked at my face.

“I’m relieved to see your calm reaction. Since the standard that only targeted students disappeared, the magic department has had a lot of thoughts lately.”

“I don’t need it. My worries.”

“Of course. I didn’t come to talk about your worries.”

Conette opened her palm and clenched it, and before I knew it, there was a wand in her hand. 

It was a stick painted black and white, resembling Conette’s eyes.

“Since this is the place, and as I promised, I thought you would need a wand soon.”

“A wand?”

“Yes. Yours, the representatives’. Is that enough quantity?”

Her strange eyes stared at me.

It was not bad for me. 

I had to check the schedule of the Dawn Butterfly Collection, and I was going to ask about the wand. But both were solved at once.

“Originally, the wand production was impossible. Because the deadline was too tight. But…”

Conette smiled and looked at Perien.

“This part was helped by Perien. Flan, your wind element impressed her.”

Perien nodded.

“That’s true.”

It was the first time I heard her voice.

Her enchanting voice tickled my ears. 

I had a momentary illusion that the world had rhythm. 

Anyone who heard this tone would have felt the same.

Perien was half-closing her eyes as if she was sleepy, but her pupils were clear, and her voice was clear.

“Your rising reputation was a convincing manifestation. Since you don’t have a weapon yet, I’ll lend you my power.”

The successful completion of the orientation, the fast production of the wand, and the cornerstones for the Dawn Butterfly Collection were all made better than ever.

But, I asked something else first.

“Are you the representative of the elf tribe?”

Then Conette opened her mouth first.

“That is…”

But she didn’t finish her sentence and smiled. She looked at Perien with an interested look.

“…No, it would be better for you to answer directly.”

“Let’s do that. I’m sorry for the late introduction.”

Perien blinked slowly.

“I’m Perien, the 14th branch of the World Tree. If you want to interact with the elves, you have to go through me.”

“The 14th branch?”

“It’s the regional division system of the Great Forest. The 14th branch is… it would be the tower here.”

Perien’s words seemed to be true. 

After all, Conette, the dean of the magic department, did not object.

However.

Even so.

“Stop the interaction.”

I said that.

“…”

As soon as I said that, Conette’s eyes flashed and Perien tilted her head as if she couldn’t understand. 

It didn’t take long for the question to come back to me.

“Your reaction is incomprehensible… No, never mind.”

Perien looked at me with curiosity.

“I just want to hear the reason. Why?”

This elf was impressed by my manifestation.

In other words, she said she would make me a wand out of kindness, but in fact, she wanted to open up an exchange with me, not her.

So, it wasn’t hard to give her an answer.

“Terry.”

I muttered that first.

“Terry?”

“That was his name. He opposed this exchange.”

“…”

Perien slightly narrowed her eyes.

“I told you. As for the exchange with the elves, it’s enough that you moved my heart.”

“From my point of view, you and Terry are just elves.”

“…Fine.”

Perien nodded.

“I’ll look into it.”

Would I see Terry in the next lecture?

I was just curious about that.

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The Round Table.

A building that only the knights of the Order could enter.

This was where the proud knights gathered. A place that was sacred to those who wielded swords.

“Hoo.”

Scarlet, for the first time in a long time, set foot on the ground of this place.