Adopting the Male Protagonist Changed the Genre - Chapter 27

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Chapter 27

Chapter 6

“That concludes the explanation on basic magic circles.”

Vivian, who pushed up her large glasses as she spoke, showed a confidence I had never seen before.

Right after leaving the Magic Tower, she had spent a full day staring blankly into space.

But I wasn’t particularly worried. I knew well that she wouldn’t crumble like this.

Her passion for alchemy was so intense that she couldn’t leave this world due to her lingering desire to hold an alchemical pen one last time, rather than any resentment toward her mentor.

And the next day, as expected, she pulled herself together and said while gripping the alchemical pen tightly in her hand.

“I’ll prove that Lady Belinda’s judgment was correct. I’m ready to make anything you desire.”

Her eyes behind the glasses shone with a firmer light than on the day we first met.

With a pleased heart, I made my request without hesitation.

“Then try making a high-performance recovery potion that can instantly heal any injury.”

“That’s…”

For some reason, she hesitated slightly in her response, but soon Vivian answered with more confidence than ever.

“Yes, I’ll definitely make something that will satisfy you, Lady Belinda!”

Satisfied with that answer, I gave her the room at the end of the Annex 1st Floor as her workshop and bestowed upon her the position of temporary Maid Supervisor.

After confirming the expensive alchemical tools and materials that filled the room, Vivian sniffled with the expression of someone who could die without regrets and devoted herself to developing recovery potions.

However, when I soon noticed that what she was pouring into her stomach during research was coffee and coffee, occasionally stomach medicine, and then coffee again, I was horrified and dragged her to the dining hall.

Then I casually asked her to give basic magic lessons for Leo and me, and Vivian readily accepted.

On the first day of lessons that began this way.

My expectations, as I listened to the lesson with an excited heart wondering if I might have some talent for magic, were completely shattered.

I stared at the blackboard with a dazed expression, where complex theories and magic circles were tangled together in confusion.

Was this a magic lesson, or a lesson designed to lower my self-esteem?

When I glanced at Leo’s face, he looked not just dazed but had tears welling up in his eyes.

He had definitely been a child who was excited about learning magic and kept stamping his feet until the lesson started.

Then the system window kindly displayed today’s lesson results.

The Hero’s Star’s Intelligence has increased by +1.

The Hero’s Star’s Stress has increased by +10.

My goodness, could there be a lesson with such terrible cost-effectiveness!

I quietly parted my lips.

“Vivian.”

“Ah, basic magic circle theory is too easy after all, isn’t it? Should we move on to intermediate magic circle applications right away?”

“…No, rather than that, why do you add a sealing magic circle to the technique you explained at the end?”

Actually, I didn’t understand from the first paragraph, but I asked with the feeling that the end part was a bit of a hurdle.

“…Huh? If you ask why…”

Ah, that face asking why I’m questioning something so obvious.

I feel like a poor student who asked the stupidest question in the world.

I’ve never been called a failing student anywhere.

“Because it feels like I should?”

“…?”

But Vivian’s answer was somehow strange.

I asked another question with a sinking feeling.

“Then the mana formula you explained earlier, what’s the reason for modifying it when adding it to the magic circle?”

“Because it feels like I should modify it based on intuition.”

Wait a minute. Could it be that magic isn’t difficult, but rather…

‘Vivian just has a desperately hopeless talent for teaching?’

“Do you draw blueprints in advance when making magical tools?”

“I don’t draw blueprints because my hands aren’t very skillful. But if I make things following my intuition, they somehow get completed.”

This is why geniuses are such creatures!

Only then did I realize. The problem wasn’t the student, but the teacher.

I patted Leo’s dejected shoulder comfortingly. Then I said to Vivian.

“Vivian, you’re going to have a lot of clothes fitted today.”

“Huh? What do you mean…? Lady Belinda?”

So why are you crushing our child’s spirit? Does being a genius give you the right!

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I had the desire to get Leo the kingdom’s best mage as a teacher.

And when speaking of the kingdom’s best mage, that naturally refers to the owner of the Magic Tower.

‘But that person is incredibly suspicious.’

【Hirome】 Ending Number 11, Conqueror of the Gray Tower.

As the name suggests, it’s an ending where the protagonist becomes a disciple of the Gray Magic Tower’s owner and later succeeds him as the Archmage.

It’s not a particularly difficult ending to collect, because once you meet the event conditions for encountering the Archmage, he charges at you like a bulldozer asking if you won’t become his disciple.

If you accept the Archmage’s proposal, all sorts of investments pour in immediately.

Not only does he pour his own mana into the protagonist daily to replenish their mana, but he also provides full-course magic education through the Tower’s elites without taking any money.

Hearing only up to this point, it seems like a fine Cinderella ending with nothing bad about it…

‘But it seems like he has some ulterior motive.’

The more I progressed through the Conqueror of the Gray Tower ending, the more I couldn’t shake the feeling that the Archmage was hiding something.

Should I say the person seems somewhat suspicious.

He always wore his hood pulled deep down, so I never got a proper look at his face.

All I knew was the single name ‘Kiss’, but since the position of Archmage itself serves as a name, he was simply called ‘Ru’ meaning Grand Mage, and no one dared speak the Archmage’s name aloud.

Moreover, while he treated the protagonist well, he wasn’t exactly someone with great character either.

He was eccentric, his moods changed like boiling porridge, he was selfish, and had a strangely childish side that sometimes made him genuinely sulk at the protagonist.

‘Now that I think about it, he really is a bad guy.’

Come to think of it, among the sponsors, this guy was the one who killed Belinda the most.

As long as I was by Leo’s side, I couldn’t entrust Leo’s education to such a person.

That’s why I had set my sights on Vivian as a magic teacher.

While there’s no doubt that Vivian is an excellent mage, I learned through this opportunity that geniuses don’t always make great teachers.

‘I have no choice but to find Leo a magic teacher from the Magic Tower.’

Or else, I was recalling my memories to see if there was a suitable character among those who appeared in the game.

“Lady Belinda, Lady Belinda! I’m ready!”

The door to Leo’s room connected to mine burst open, and the most adorable creature in this world came running out.

A top with a large sailor collar, shorts, and a beret worn at an angle.

Leo’s cuteness in his carefully saved outdoor clothes was already not of this world.

Ah, I feel like my eyes are clearing and all the evil in my heart is being purified.

Good, I should give a bonus to the butler responsible for Leo’s coordination!

“Oh my. That child is the one who…”

One of the maids helping with my grooming covered her mouth with her hand in surprise upon seeing Leo.

Since her face was unfamiliar, she seemed to be a newly recruited maid. I fully understood her admiration.

Leo had changed beyond recognition compared to when he first came here.

The care I had given him all this time seemed to have paid off—his once gaunt cheeks had filled out nicely, and his shoulders, which had always been hunched from constantly reading the room, were now straight and confident.

Though I hadn’t been able to offer him a single warm word, Leo grew greener day by day like a tree growing in the sunshine, soaking up the sun’s rays.

It was truly something to be grateful for, yet also sorry about.

‘Still, it would be good to fatten him up a bit more.’

His cheeks should be soft and squishy like flour dough, plump enough to stretch out when pulled.

Just imagining such a satisfying sight brought an unconscious pleased smile to my lips.

Just then, Terry, who was coming out of Leo’s room, asked me.

“Oh? Master. Are you not satisfied with Jui-bam-tol’s outfit?”

As if. I was so pleased with it that I was thinking of giving you a bonus.

“Why.”

“Because your expression while looking at Jui-bam-tol was like ‘A pumpkin is still a pumpkin no matter how you dress it up.'”

Leo, who had been approaching me, stopped dead in his tracks at those words.

“Pumpkin…”

At his dejected murmur, I decided not only to cancel Terry’s bonus but also to cut his salary.

After that, Leo sat quietly in a chair waiting for my outfit preparations to finish.

However, unable to contain his anticipation, his feet that didn’t reach the ground kept swinging back and forth.

We were currently preparing to go see the festival being held in the Royal Capital.

It was a clever plan I had devised to lower Leo’s soaring stress levels.

Just then, I caught sight in the mirror of Leo whispering something to a maid who was standing off to the side, waiting for my hair styling to finish.

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