Chapter 52

At Roan’s absurd question, Beanin opened his eyes wide and asked back.

“Aren’t those the benefits given by the club you joined?”

Naturally, it was a false rumor.

“There is no such thing.”

Roan drew a firm line.

In Akerandir, which provided fair education without even considering status, there was no way such privileges would be given just for joining a club.

‘It’s simply because my individual ability is outstanding.’

Because he studied well, received good grades rightfully, and received scholarships all along, it was somehow regarded as a natural privilege!

…Of course, although he simply sneaked into the professor-only reading room, that was also an individual ability in a way.

But Beanin was also surprised.

“What? Then the rumor that they give a Divine Beast’s egg is also false?”

“…That is true.”

Roan frowned, but he had to admit what needed to be admitted.

Since the rumor that he had obtained the Divine Beast’s egg had already spread widely.

“Mee! See!”

Beanin was quite sad.

The sorrow of a club that had no power and no fun!

‘Is this rumor also spread by Donli!’

Roan shuddered at the ridiculous situation.

They said the most perfect lie always contained truth, and that was exactly the case now.

It was unfair, but he had no particular excuse to make.

Meanwhile, hearing about the Divine Beast’s egg, Hector threw a fit and shouted.

“Roaaan!”

“…Why are you like this.”

Just by hearing the tone of Demona or Hector calling him, Roan could roughly guess how annoying it would be.

“They said there is a secret team in the Holy War Club, did you join that!”

“What on earth are you talking about.”

Roan asked back pathetically.

Seeing that gaze, Hector flinched.

“Surely there was a rumor that a team was recruiting secretly…”

“It’s a false rumor.”

That was a real false rumor.

‘Is there a bulletin board where they write down false rumors?’

Of course, there was no way such a secret bulletin board that Roan didn’t know existed.

In the first place, Professor Vulcan did not have the personality to play tricks like a secret team.

Rather, if he held secret matches where he ran as a spirit beast himself, it might be possible.

‘No, that’s even now…’

“Anyway, you guys also need to think very carefully before joining a club.”

Roan spoke as he looked back and forth between Hector and Demona.

“”So, I—””

The two tried to answer with conviction as if they had already decided on their paths.

“Avoid the Holy War Club and the Black Magic Club, and join anywhere else.”

“…”

When Roan said this, they shut their mouths as if they had never intended to speak.

***

After breakfast was finished, Roan entered his private room.

In his hand was the ‘Egg Keeping Belt’ automatically distributed to students who acquired a spirit beast or a Divine Beast’s egg.

Not only Roan but also Hector and Demona had received one.

Since it was difficult to carry the egg in a bag or hand every time, they gave a belt processed with a bit of sub-space holy magic.

If one brought the egg to a slot provided on the belt, it was converted to about the size of a fist and could be stored conveniently.

It also sped up the hatching process to some extent.

‘Well, it’s obvious where they copied it from…’

Should he say it was fortunate that the spirit beast wasn’t summoned directly from the egg?

Roan chuckled and took out the Divine Beast’s egg he had stored in the lucky pouch.

Unlike spirit beasts, a Divine Beast initially has a normal egg shape with only a golden shell, but the shell transforms into an element according to the master’s power.

Naturally, the Divine Beast born from it also varies wildly without a fixed species.

Since it had been nearly two days since he received it before the weekend, the transformation might have progressed quite a bit…

“Hmm?”

But upon checking the Divine Beast’s egg he took out, Roan tilted his head.

‘W-What is this?’

Although he thought some degree of elementalization would have progressed.

The egg held in Roan’s hand was so pitch black that it drew one in as if looking at a black hole in space.

A visual that made him wonder if a Death Knight or a Lich would actually be born!

Roan clicked his tongue.

‘What a useless authority indeed.’

If it had the function of translating black mana into holy power, it should have changed the power transmitted to the Divine Beast as well.

Hummmm—!

Naturally, the False Divinity felt thoroughly wronged.

The wavelength transmitted to the Divine Beast’s egg was also the power of the soul, which it could not touch.

‘Who are you complaining to when you were born like that!’

As always, the two were building deep trust and friendship today as well.

In any case, after placing the Divine Beast’s egg in the belt, Roan began the work in earnest.

‘I must unlock the Administrator of the Forbidden Library now.’

Now that the ingredients were all gathered, he could no longer delay.

After laying out Harden’s tears, the Divine Tree 3-piece set, and various ingredients gathered from the Watchmen’s dimension.

Standing in the center of the room, Roan began to prepare to cast a barrier.

‘Although there was an interruption last time, it’s simple now that I’ve learned the Abyss.’

He had absolutely no intention of being interrupted by Hector or Demona like last time.

Moreover, because the Abyss was strictly black magic, it had stood out easily.

Regardless of its content, the Administrator of the Forbidden Library was strictly an authority, so a barrier to block its energy could easily be deployed using the Abyss.

He drew a somewhat complex magic circle with Roan’s mana.

‘Abyss’s Toughening Cobweb.’

…Originally, this barrier was a spell deployed by black mages to trap troublesome priests.

But this time, Roan was going to utilize it for the purpose of hiding his energy.

Since the effectiveness of the Abyss’s Toughening Cobweb improved in proportion to the trapped target’s power, it was a barrier magic favored by black mages.

‘It’s fortunate that I used it so often.’

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have even remembered the magic circle.

Swish—

With Roan as the center, a radial mana in the shape of a cobweb covered the private room meticulously.

“Now, let’s start… ah.”

As if realizing he had forgotten something, Roan turned around.

Click—

‘I almost forgot the most important thing.’

He then locked the door of the private room.

Always lock the door thoroughly as a basic!

The Abyss’s Toughening Cobweb strictly prevented internal energy from leaking out, but it could not block physical force from the outside.

Just then, the conversation between Hector and Demona could be faintly heard outside the door.

— Hey, Demona.

— Hmph, what brings you to call me by name?

— That… I hate to say this to you.

— Yeah, I have no intention of letting you touch Twinkle.

— Not that! I’m asking if you have any intention of pairing up with me!

“…”

Roan was lost for words.

It seemed Hector couldn’t bring himself to speak because of his pride when the four of them were gathered, but now that they were left alone, he had brought it up with difficulty.

‘Well.’

Considering Demona’s Fanatic Rabbit King and the Diamond Beetle, he had already secured the top-class force among the freshmen.

He was an attractive partner.

— Eh? Can you even participate in the holy war?

— …….

Except for the fact that it was Demona, of course.

A brief silence flowed.

Hector spoke stutteringly.

— O-Of course we can’t go now… but I’m asking if you have any intention of doing so someday.

— No.

But Demona cut him off flatly, as if it weren’t even worth thinking about.

— Why!

Hector was startled.

— Do you ask because you really don’t know?

‘Do you ask because you really don’t know?’

For once, Roan and Demona’s thoughts aligned.

— Shouldn’t you obtain a spirit beast to participate in the holy war first before asking?

— Grit… but…

Along with Demona’s annoying tone, the sound of Hector grinding his teeth reached Roan.

The only egg Hector had was the Thousand-Eye Pit Viper.

And the Thousand-Eye Pit Viper was a spirit beast banned from the holy war due to its cheat-like ability.

Even though he heard such insulting words, Hector didn’t seem to be able to let go of his lingering attachment.

— And I’m going to do it with Roan, who has the Divine Beast’s egg. A pair has to match in level~

— You heretic bastard who deserves to be beaten to death!

— Yikes! A fanatic is trying to kill a person with an axe!

But unable to hold back any longer, he began to go wild.

Because of Hector and Demona, the living room was a mess.

And Roan, who was listening to that sound.

Fist clenching—

He barely held back the urge to burst out of the door immediately.

‘The person in question hasn’t even thought about it!’

Because he was furious at Demona, who casually talked about pairing up with him as if it were a promise.

“Phew… This is not the time.”

Right now, completing the summoning of the Administrator of the Forbidden Library as quickly as possible was the priority.

If he got swept up in the antics of such idiots one by one, he wouldn’t be able to survive in this harsh Akerandir.

***

Grind— Grind—

Roan placed the ingredients brought from the Watchmen’s dimension into the mortar for grinding reagents and began to grind them in a set ratio.

Fortunately, equipment for simple experiments was provided in the private room.

And since he had bought the missing tools in the commercial district in advance, there was no problem.

“This much should do for now…”

After grinding the ingredients, he added Harden’s tears stored in the glass bottle.

Flash—

A bright light seemed to burst out, and then the ingredients, which had the sap of plants on them, turned into fine powder.

Furthermore, a somewhat holy light flowed out gently.

‘To think a single drop of tears does this much…’

Roan clicked his tongue at that sight.

Thinking that although he was narrow-minded and cranky, he indeed was a Holy Spirit.

What remained was utilizing the Divine Tree 3-piece set.

Roan lit the lamp and first distilled the Divine Tree’s sap.

Since the sap itself naturally contained impurities, he had to refine it as much as possible.

After gathering the distilled liquid, which had a slight greenish tint, in a beaker, he poured the contents of the mortar together, heated it, and stirred it well.

‘Done.’

Then, a golden liquid was completed.

This was the sort of ink to be used in summoning the authority, ‘Administrator of the Forbidden Library’.

Since ink naturally associated with pen and paper, what remained were a pen and paper.

Naturally, the Divine Tree’s branch was the pen, and the leaf was the paper.

Roan spread a large leaf on the desk and dipped the branch into the ink.

Soon, the golden ink was gradually absorbed, and the branch also began to glow golden.

Roan watched the scene with fresh eyes.

‘Just with this, most undead could be unsummoned.’

Considering the ingredients, it was a highly possible story.

It was both the ingredient to summon the authority and a great weapon!

If it weren’t for the False Divinity eating up the holy power, even holding it would have been quite a burden to Roan.

In any case, after confirming that the branch had absorbed enough ink, Roan began to draw the Hilonian letters and patterns to summon the authority on the leaf.

Although Roan had no particular talent for holy magic.

‘Who would have thought that the symbol of the Grand Library copied the authority summoning pattern.’

As a place of learning, Akerandir taught such things well.

Although there was a slight difference, Roan could complete it by tracing his memory.

Since it was mostly for achievement hunts, it was possible because he had obtained it often with characters of Akerandir.

‘The problem is the Hilonian letters…’

Swish—

Roan pulled out the Hilonian dictionary from the bookshelf.

— Do not discriminate in freedom, and do not set standards in equality. Do not hesitate to learn knowledge, and do not hesitate to seek wisdom. Do not separate light and darkness, and do not distinguish between above and below… —

He knew the translation of the spell needed for the summoning, but he couldn’t possibly know it in Hilonian.

He had no choice but to search the dictionary and engrave it.

Hummmm—

Just then, the False Divinity vibrated triumphantly.

‘What is the point of keeping an authority like me!’

‘Huh?’

When Roan tilted his head, the False Divinity soon began to display the Hilonian letters inside Roan.

‘This is the translation of that?’

Hum— Hum—

Nod, nod!

“Hmm…”

Roan pondered for a moment, then began to write it down as the False Divinity instructed.

Either way, he had plenty of ingredients.

If it succeeded, he would save time, and if it failed, he would scold it reasonably and do it again.

Hummmm—

Believe me when I speak!

In any case, around the time he finished writing down all the Hilonian letters.

Flash─────!!!

A brilliant light, so bright that it seemed it would blind him, began to burst from the leaf.

Just like Harden at the admission ceremony!

“Ugh!”

Roan also covered his eyes in surprise.