I Became an Academy Mechanic Genius

4 – Where is the person on the waiting list for number 27?

“What do we do”

The worst thing imaginable happened.

I couldn’t figure out what to do with the back.

Even so, the most basic premise has collapsed.

The most basic premise of working at the blacksmith’s academy as James’ assistant had collapsed.

‘The level of difficulty of crossing the river… will rise to an absurd level.’

It takes 20 minutes to infiltrate the 5th classroom from the blacksmith’s shop.

However, to infiltrate Class 5 outside the academy, it takes several times more time than that.

No, infiltrating from the inside to the inside and sneaking from the outside to the inside were completely different levels of difficulty.

As the Imperial Imperial Academy is the most outstanding educational facility in the empire where only the elite gather, it puts the protection of students as its top priority.

In other words, it is difficult to break through the iron security and infiltrate inside.

“Haa… I didn’t know it would turn out like this.”

How did things get so twisted?

Did I use the forge too carelessly?

However, it was a situation where there was no choice but to be vigilant.

Currently, the academy has only a minimum number of staff.

In other words, it was a situation where there were only blacksmiths who came to pick up the equipment bidding competition, faculty members who judged it, and a few operation teams.

This means that even if you use the forge, the probability of being discovered by someone is extremely low.

However, the cat I cared for was Elena’s, and Elena came here to the smithy to find her cat.

There was no setting like this in the game, so I didn’t even think that the cat belonged to Elena.

In short, he was out of luck.

“…Well, what’s the use? It has already been disqualified.”

But this line of thought was nothing more than meaningless whining.

Even if I blame my luck, the given reality does not change.

The important thing is to accept my failures, identify the cause, and then improve.

That’s the mindset you should have as an engineer and scientist.

“First, let’s be honest with James.”

So I accepted my failure.

It wasn’t that hard for me to accept my failures and admit my mistakes.

Because I regard ‘mechanical engineering’, which is my everything, as a process of removing hundreds or thousands of failure factors and deriving one success.

So, in order to achieve success, it is inevitable to go through failure.

This failure is just one step towards success.

“father.”

So I went straight to James and frankly told him what had happened.

James, who was rehearsing hard for his demonstration presentation, put on a frustrated expression as soon as he heard my words.

But it was only a moment.

“yes. Did you fix the cat’s prosthetic leg?”

“Yes. I changed it to make it fully functional.”

“That’s it. I was just getting annoyed with the wait, but that’s fine.”

“···sorry.”

“Keuk. It’s not going to happen. It’s not that your intentions are impure. It’s not that I made the cat’s prosthetic leg wrong. I was just a little unlucky.”

“…”

“If there is one thing you did wrong, you changed your prosthetic leg without asking permission from the owner. That should be enough.”

···To agree.

It is arrogant to judge the value of someone’s goods at will.

Although engineering-wise the prosthetic leg might be trash, it might be really precious to Elena.

“I am reflecting.”

So I calmly nodded and admitted it.

James smiled broadly and tousled my hair.

“yes! then let’s go home Since we’ve been in the big city for the first time in a while, shall we buy something delicious?”

“How about Big Bess Pork?”

“You have an excellent eye.”

“I will live.”

“Keuk. yes! Give my son a bite!”

This incident ruined the equipment bidding competition.

But, as always, I was confident that I would manage it well.

First, I’ll serve James’ favorite Big Bess pork, and then I’ll use my skills to make James’ forge bigger.

My skills have improved enough to make rare grade equipment in just 2 months, so I will be able to make more rare items in the future.

‘I’ll have to dig a new route to infiltrate the academy.’

The same goes for the route infiltrating the academy.

Although it is true that digging a new route is an extremely difficult mission, I will grow in the process, and if I grow enough, I will be able to break through the route.

Because I have two ‘Eternal’ grade items.

“Then, how about Big Bess Pork?”

“Yes. I eat until my stomach bursts.”

James and I left the academy side by side.

***

oh oh oh…

Elena’s eyes tinged with blue haze.

Her eyes were staring at the dragon.

It was to figure out the mana flowing through the dragon’s body.

And she was admiring in a pure sense.

It was because he had never seen such a stable flow of mana.

“That is amazing····”

There was nothing but admiration.

Only one prosthetic leg was changed.

Whyyong’s ‘ki’, which was always unstable, regained stability.

This is because the new prosthetic leg is perfectly replacing the leg of the dragon.

“In that short time… to do this…”

However, no matter how you think about it, it was an extraordinary talent as strange as it was strange.

That’s also the case, Whyyong’s prosthetic leg was ‘custom-made’.

In order for the flow of mana to be stable to this extent, it is possible to design the volume, weight, shape and structure that fit the leg of the dragon, and then perfect it.

However, a commoner named ‘Edgar Fix’ did all of this in such a short time.

Even the famous blacksmith of the empire had to spend months researching, but in just a few hours, he made it.

“Why!”

It was the first time in my life to see such an active dragon.

It runs and jumps freely and swings its forepaws to satisfy its hunting instinct.

The primal instinct that he had to give up after limping every day was finally achieved.

It was the first time I had seen it since I harvested the dragons about two years ago.

‘But I…’

One day, I accidentally found a cat with an amputated leg.

The cat she had decided to pet because she saw her crying on the side of the road, as if she were seeing an old friend with a crippled leg.

The cat was finally able to regain happiness.

However, he himself said something he shouldn’t have said to the benefactor who helped him regain this happiness.

Just because he was a commoner, he ignored him and gave a sermon that was not the same as saying that he had only had one life experience.

“ah! Ahhh!”

It was a moment I wanted to erase.

To put it in an analogy, it was like teaching a child who had the talent to become a great wizard to know your subjects.

To that extent, Edgar Fix’s engineering thinking, who made this prosthetic leg, was an untouchable realm of genius.

“Why did you do such a stupid thing!”

And that wasn’t all.

He ruthlessly trampled on his goodwill.

It’s not that it’s not, the reason he changed his prosthetic leg in the first place wasn’t because he was hoping for compensation.

I just wanted the prosthetic leg of Whyyong to be more comfortable.

With such a kind heart, he donated his talent.

‘Don’t be too discouraged. Just think of it as a once in a lifetime experience. It’s not something that belongs to the nobility.’

However, he himself spat out such absurd remarks.

Even at the risk of giving him a perfect prosthetic leg, not only did he boastfully preach, but he was also disqualified.

No matter how you think about it, this wasn’t it.

“Mistress… you’re going crazy.”

Elena hurriedly moved.

His face, which had been lowering his head with an expression of losing the world, kept flickering.

Every time I think of that face, it feels like my heart throbs.

“Head Professor Elena. Are you here?”

Upon entering the examination room, the faculty members and assistants who had been seated stood up.

However, Elena could not afford to deal with them.

The thing that fills her mind right now is Edgar Fix.

It was to cancel the ‘disqualification’ that was hastily given to him, and then announce the news.

“Where are the judges waiting?”

“Yes?”

“These are the candidates for the bidding competition. Where are you waiting?”

Subjects for bidding competition review.

They were waiting far away from the examination room here.

Because it is an academy established by order of the imperial family, it needs to be thoroughly inspected.

Above all, since the faculty is made up of nobles, he did not want to be in the same space as commoners or blacksmiths who were engaged in the common people.

“Ah… if it’s those people, I’ve isolated them in Buildings A and C and put them on standby…”

“Where is the person on the waiting list for number 27?”

“No. 27… if it’s No. 27, it’s Building C.”

“I will go to Building C for a while. I will put the review on hold until I come.”

After saying that, Elena turned around.

But at that moment, a desperate news came from the mouth of a professor.

“If you’re going to find someone on the waiting list for number 27, you’re walking in vain. 27 on the waiting list. I already gave up and left.”