Chapter 80

"Master all types of magic skills to an advanced level...?"

"That's right. At least, that's how my father apparently became the *Arcane Deity*."

I was telling the deans, who had asked me, about the conditions that might allow one to become a *Transcendent Class*.

Of course, it's just a "possibility," so there's no guarantee that it will actually happen.

"So, no matter how much you pursue a single type of magic, you can't become the *Arcane Deity*...?"

"Then, with the current system of dividing the academies by type of magic, it's fundamentally difficult to achieve..."

"Who would even think of mastering multiple types of magic to an advanced level..."

They were dumbfounded.

In the midst of this, the dean of the Red Academy said,

"H-hey, could your father be... Leon?"

"Do you know my father?"

"Know him? He was my contemporary!"

It seems they were in the Red Academy around the same time.

Indeed, this old man is about the same age as my father.

"Because of him, I was always second best from the moment I entered! The one everyone hailed as a future dean was him, not me! And then that bastard dropped out of the academy in the middle of his Second Grade..."

At that moment, the dean of the Blue Academy interjected.

"Leon? Could it be the short one...?"

"Do you know him?"

"H-he was a junior who entered when I was in my Second Grade!"

I had heard that my father was in the magic city, but I didn't know the details.

After the Red Academy, he moved to the Blue Academy.

"Despite being highly regarded for his future, he dropped out in his Second Grade..."

"Could it be that he then entered the Green Academy?"

This time, it was the dean of the Green Academy.

"It was when I was a top-grade graduate student. I remember very well that there was a rumor about an extraordinary student. But he moved up to Second Grade and then left the academy after a while..."

"So, he came to the Yellow Academy next..."

The dean of the Yellow Academy took over.

"I was already the dean, but when I saw his Yellow Magic, I thought this must be my successor. However, before I knew it, he had dropped out."

"Then he entered the White Academy next... No wonder he seemed so old for a new student. He was older than me..."

The dean of the White Academy reminisced.

And my father also dropped out of the White Academy in the middle of his Second Grade.

He probably entered the last one, the Black Academy.

"Hmm. So my father attended all the academies?"

That's how he must have mastered all types of magic.

"\"Our father too?\""

The deans' voices were in unison.

"I'm attending all the academies just like my father."

"\"No wonder it seemed strange!!!\""

"\"You didn't know?\""

"\"There's no way we would know!!!\""

It seems that since the academies are independent, even if they shared the same student, they wouldn't know.

"\"It's impossible to imagine a student attending multiple academies simultaneously, right?\""

"\"Besides, 'in sequence' and 'simultaneously' have completely different meanings...\""

"\"Where's the 'just like my father' in this...\""

"\"And yet, skipping to Second Grade in the first year... That's beyond the norm...\""

"\"Even Leon would be overshadowed...\""

Well, in my case, I learned magic directly from my father.

I think that helped a lot.

"Still, it took me three years to master all the advanced magic."

"\"\"\"\"\"It usually takes a hundred years!!!\"\"\"\"\""

"\"No, using the personality separation method can significantly shorten the time.\""

"\"\"\"\"\"What's the personality separation method!?\"\"\"\"\""

I explained it simply.

"\"\"\"\"\"Are you really human!?\"\"\"\"\""

That's rude.

Maty also said it, but I am a genuine human.

"\"So, if you become the *Arcane Deity*, you can learn the personality separation method? No, that doesn't make sense...\""

"\"The personality separation method isn't a skill. And as I said, I'm not the *Arcane Deity*. I'm *Unemployed*.\""

"\"\"\"\"\"No way!!!\"\"\"\"\""

Why don't they believe me?

After that, the mayor rushed over, and the conversation was temporarily put on hold.

The first day of the tournament was postponed, and the deans dispersed to manage the chaos or to investigate the cause of the slime's appearance.

"Still, where did it come from?"

"Maybe some idiot summoned it without knowing what they were doing?"

The only types of magic that can summon something are White Magic and Black Magic.

But if it summoned a slime from the demon world, it must be Black Magic.

Of course, a mediocre magician couldn't summon such a powerful monster.

"By the way, the dean of the Black Academy wasn't here? ...Hmm?"

At that moment, I saw a small blob crossing from one piece of rubble to another.

I quickly followed it,

Puru puru!?

There was the fist-sized slime.

"Hmm. It seems I failed to completely eliminate it."

It tried to escape, but I swiftly extended my arm and caught it.

"Since it's this weakened, the subjugation spell might work."

"\"What? You're going to make this a familiar too!?\""