Level 1 Strongest Sage ~

Book 9: Chapter 27: Former Holy Knight’s Job and A New Business

I slept on Seira’s lap for about an hour.

“Sorry, it felt really nice so I ended up oversleeping…”

“Fufu, please don’t mind me. I enjoyed your sleeping face all by myself, so I’m really happy now.”

So she stared at me for the entire time?

That’s so embarrassing.

…Well, Seira’s happy, so I guess it’s fine.

“By the way, Halt-sama, Elmia is also working here at the academy.”

“Eh, really?”

“Yes. It seems that you’re not aware of it too.”

“...Yeah.”

Elmia was also working, huh.

What is she doing?

“Elmia’s not the type to become a professor, right?”

I couldn’t imagine Elmia standing on a podium and giving a lecture.

“No, she’s not. She’s actually an instructor.”

“Oh, yeah, I guess that’s more like her.”

An instructor teaching swordsmanship to students seemed suited for Elmia. Well, she’ll probably be nicknamed the Terror Instructor, though.

This might be an academy of magic, but they also teach the students swordsmanship and cudgel fighting. It was to make sure that at the very minimum, they could still fight against monsters even if they were at a close range.

That’s why we also have lessons about swordsmanship, but not all professors were like Tina who could teach both magic and sword-related stuff.

Well, it’s a given that professors like Tina would be a rare find here, since it’s an academy that deals primarily with magic, after all.

And so, it was customary for them to invite knights from the outside to be instructors for such subjects, apparently.

Tina is with our class, so of course we also receive our lessons from her, so we had never met any of the knights that had been brought in from outside the academy.

“So, what’s Elmia’s job?”

“As I said, she’s an instructor.”

“Elmia has been assigned as an instructor of swordsmanship.”

“...Seriously?”

Er…This is the world’s best academy of magic, right?

Is it really that easy to become an instructor at such a place in such a short time?

Seira became one of the first-aid personnel, but the difficulty of getting that job was miles away that of becoming a teaching personnel.

There will be background checks, but most importantly, there were countless people all over the world who wanted to become teachers and researchers at this school.

Same goes for swordsmanship instructors, of course.

“Halt-sama, you do not know Elmia’s combat specialty occupation, do you?”

“Combat specialty occupation?”

Hmm, based on Elmia’s actual strength, then she’s probably a knight?

She was the leader of the Order of Holy Knights guarding Seira, but then “Holy Knight” was the title given to the people protecting the Saintess.

I also spar with Elmia usually, but I could win against her even without donning the magic suit, so I gauged her occupation to be a second-tier knight.

“Even her combat specialty occupation is Holy Knight.”josei

“Eh? She’s—”

She has a third-tier occupation in that state!?

— Was what I wanted to say, but Seira immediately scowled, so I stopped right there.

“I understand what Halt-sama wanted to say. Elmia is always lamenting the fact that she couldn’t stand a chance against you, a Sage, even though you’re not even using a tiny fraction of your mana.”

“Ah, no, that’s —”

There’s no way I was going easy on her and giving her a handicap.

I’m a Sage, so in the worst case scenario that I couldn’t use magic, it would be a total disaster for me.

That’s why I decided to train myself in the skills that wouldn’t require magic in case I got into a situation where I couldn’t use it.

However, Tina is way too strong, so she would just go easy on me if I didn’t wear my magic suit, and it wouldn’t be training at all.

Elmia’s strength was perfect for this non-magic combat training that I wanted.

“Elmia is Level 160, and though she still has a long way to go compared to Tina-sama, there’s no doubt that she’s still a third-tier Holy Knight.”

“I-I see now…”

Elmia, she’s Level 160, huh…

So that’s why she was very fast while wielding her sword.

I did think that she was on the stronger side.

Well, I had been training with Tina all the time, so she became my basis for everything.

The only person I clashed swords with aside from Tina and Elmia would be….the Sea God?

The weapon he used was a trident, though.

Other than them, my opponents were all monsters, majins, and demons. That’s why I didn’t fully grasp just how strong Elmia is.

“Elmia is a genuine Holy Knight. Aside from that fact, she also received a letter of recommendation from Tina-sama, so she was accepted as an instructor of swordsmanship into this academy.”

Then that means Tina was also aware that Elmia was working.

She could’ve just told me about it…

“Uh, Halt-sama, if you have time to spare, would you like to see the training that Elmia is conducting now?”

I was a bit down because of the feeling of being left out, so Seira said that.

“So today is a training day, huh. Won’t I be in her way, then?”

“I believe it’s fine. She’s opening it to the public.”

This academy of magic has two types of lectures and training, an exclusive type and the public type.

The lectures given by the professor in charge of each class were basically exclusive to that class.

The fundamental policy of the academy was for the students to achieve growth through competitions between classes while cultivating themselves. That’s why the courses and methods of training and the direction of their growth depended on the respective professors.

However, it would be inevitable that the disparity between classes would increase depending on the ability of the professor-in-charge, so that’s the reason why they also held training and lectures that were open to all students.

These public lectures and training were voluntary, so students who were motivated to improve themselves would attend them in between their own classes.

I often attend public lectures on pharmaceutics and dispelling, too.

“If it’s a public lecture, then that means I can at least observe…Alright, let’s go!”

“Yes. Please allow me to guide you.”

“Seira, is it really okay to close this first-aid clinic? If you tell me the location, I can go there on my own.”

“This Fifth first-aid Clinic was just recently built, and I’m the only personnel here. That’s why I can freely decide my break times and my off-days.”

The building was kinda small for what it was, but I didn’t imagine there’d be only one personnel here.

But then, it actually made sense when I think about it.

There was only one bed inside the clinic. That bed was probably just for show, too, just to protect the image of a clinic.

Seira was the supreme master and authority on recovery and healing magic.

No matter how grave the injuries were, she could heal them on the spot.

That’s why there was no need to have beds for patients who weren’t fully healed.

She could easily activate Divine Bless, the ultimate range recovery magic, so even auxiliary white magicians were unnecessary.

Seira was more than enough even on her own.

“Besides, see, if there is truly someone who is gravely injured, they will definitely contact me.”

Seira showed me a bell with an etched magic circle on it.

“If this rings, it's enough for me to go straight to the first first-aid clinic.”

Severe cases were gathered at the first clinic, it seemed.

By the way, my wives could also communicate using the bracelets I gave them, but tools like these haven’t spread yet.

Just having a magical tool that could instantly transmit information in cases of emergency would surely be a huge hit in this world.

“I see, seems like it’ll be fine, then. Alright, please guide me, Seira.”

“Yes, leave it to me.”

Seira took my hand and we started walking.

I mulled over Seira’s bell while we were walking.

This world is way too behind when it comes to their long-distance communication gadgets.

Currently, I only give the communication magic stones to people belonging to and affiliated to the Elnor family exclusively. Then how about distributing them to the countries I’m involved with?

I also gave one each to the Elf King and Leo the Beastkin King for emergency purposes.

But then, maybe it’d be better if the generals and other chief soldiers had them so they’ll be prepared just in case majins and demons suddenly attacked.

This isn’t just for national defense, too.

There are a lot of advantages to being able to communicate over long distances.

I had a hunch that…this would turn into quite a huge business opportunity in the future.

And so, I started to consider mass-producing the communication stones and distributing it through the H&T Company.

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T/N: Yes, it’s great that Halt is now actively innovating stuff for the H&T corp.