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Volume 9 Chapter 229

Luke Ver Ifrus

Hey, I’m Luke.
Luke Ver Ifrus, to be exact.
I’m a Sage Apprentice attending Ifrus Magic Academy, where my grandfather, Sage Luano Ver Ifrus, serves as the headmaster.
Since Ifrus Magic Academy has been on a ten-day break since yesterday, I decided to come to the Elven Kingdom of Alheim by myself.
It takes about ten days one way to travel between the Glendale Kingdom where the magic academy is located and Alheim, even using high-speed magic ships.
But since I can use flight magic, I was able to get here in just a few hours.
Right now, I’m waiting for a certain girl at the terrace of a trendy café on the main street of Alheim’s royal city.
I’m so excited to see her again after a long time that I arrived two hours before our meeting time.
So, I’m a bit bored.
Well, since I’m bored, why don’t I talk about my best friend from Ifrus Magic Academy?
He’s quite something.
Just listing what he’s accomplished in the past two years could kill some time.
So, let me start from the beginning, from when he and I first met.

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I, under my grandfather’s authority, was exempt from the entrance exam to the magic academy.
At the time of enrollment, I was already a Sage Apprentice, so I wondered what I could learn from anyone other than my grandfather.
But I thought it might be fun to study with cute girls my age, so I decided to enroll as my grandfather suggested.
So, it was on the day of the entrance ceremony.
A cute girl with a ponytail was being bothered by a nobleman.
This was my chance to make friends with a girl!
—Or so I thought, but since he was a nobleman, I had to think carefully about my approach.
My grandfather runs the academy thanks in part to significant donations from nobles.
So, I had lightning magic ready in case the nobleman tried anything with the girl, just in case I needed to stun him.
At that moment, a guy approached.
Slightly shorter than me, with black hair and beautiful blue eyes, he fearlessly approached the nobleman.
It was him.
That guy—Haruto, the son of a count.
The year I enrolled, there were no members from ducal or marquis families.
So, among our year, Haruto was from the most powerful family.
Thanks to Haruto, the girl Luna, who was being bothered by the noble, was safely freed.
After that, I was threatened by Haruto and became friends with him.
—-Sorry, I lied about being threatened.
I had called him an idiot, but I knew from his expression and tone of voice that he wasn’t really trying to threaten me.
After that, I became friends with Haruto after he introduced me to Luna without my consent even calling me his best friend.
At that moment, I truly felt like I could become best friends with Haruto.
Without any real reason.
Just a casual feeling that we clicked, could joke around, and—-had a similar vibe.
So far, we’ve been good friends.
However, lately, Haruto has been busy with his multiple wives, so he hasn’t been able to hang out much.
We don’t go out to eat together anymore.
It was fun trying exotic dishes with just Haruto and me.
It’s a bit lonely now.
But thanks to one of Haruto’s wives, Rifa, I got a girlfriend too.
She’s an elf.
Super cute.
Thanks to her, even if Haruto doesn’t pay much attention to me, I’m happy.
Of course, she’s the one I’m waiting for here.
……Oops, got carried away.
Off topic.
Let’s talk about my best friend, Haruto.
Haruto, Luna, and I became friends after the entrance ceremony, but since the class assignments were already done, my grandfather couldn’t change them even when I asked.
It seems my grandfather, the sage Luano, had pre-arranged the class assignments to nurture me as a future leader of the world.
Neither Haruto nor Luna’s names were on my class list.
It was devastasted.
Just when I had made a friend, we were put into different classes.
The next day, even though I knew about the class assignments, I pretended not to and went to confirm them with Haruto and Luna.
For some reason, we were all in the same class.
It didn’t make sense.
And there was no teacher assigned.
We were told that a famous advanced mage, a former A-level adventurer, would be our homeroom teacher in order to nurture us……
When our class teacher entered the room, I couldn’t believe it.
It was Haruto’s personal maid.
And that maid.
The hero, Tina Haribel.
A magic swordsman, third-tier job like my grandfather’s sage job.
And at level 250, probably the highest level among the residents of this world.
I later learned from my grandfather that the class assignments had been altered by Haruto’s request.
My grandfather, who hadn’t even listened to my request, agreed to Haruto’s wish.
I know it wasn’t just for Haruto, but also to have Tina as my teacher.
My grandfather who had spent years arranging personnel, suddenly decided to adjust the class assignments.
Having Tina as our teacher was that a big deal.
Hmm. But isn’t this more about Tina being amazing than how much trouble Haruto is?
Okay, next, let’s talk about Haruto’s magic.