chapter 21
Episode 21 – Mina Endras (3)
Bewilderment appeared on the blonde female student’s face after hearing Pathos’ self-introduction.
Because the reason she came here was because she thought Pathos was her impostor.
There was a reason why the blonde female student thought Pathos was a fraud.
The name of the female student who invaded Pathos’ store is Elena Sandrios.
She was a member of the Sandrios family, one of the leading magic families in the Gelevrio Empire.
In addition, her father is Marquis Ielon Sandrios, the current head of the Sandrios family.
He was a person who received the title of ‘Grand Wizard’ recognized by the Gelevrio Empire, and had the qualifications of ‘Imperial Authorized Wizard’, which everyone who practices magic in the empire admires.
Therefore, Elena was recognized as a great person even among the nobles.
But maybe it’s because Elena’s background was so great?
When she entered Glessius Academy, no one approached her and asked to become her friend.
“Why are you alone?”
“Huh?”
At that time, the person who approached her first was Mina Endras.
Mina approached Elena without hesitation and spoke to her, and through that, the two became friends.
After that, Elena had many friends, but among them, Mina was always her most special friend.
After their first meeting, when Elena asked Mina why she approached her, Mina responded:
“Just. “I was strangely concerned that no one was approaching.”
Of course, she joked later that if Elena had known in advance that she was from such a great family, she wouldn’t have been able to approach her.
But Elena came to think of Mina as a better person because she was honest with herself about even those aspects.
“Mina, is something bad happening?”
One day, Elena noticed that Mina’s face looked darker than usual, so she asked Mina what was wrong.
Since she often uses her honorifics, she was using her honorifics to Mina, who had a different social status.
Mina also tried to use her formal language with Elena, but she said that she didn’t feel like she was her friend, so Mina was using her informal language with Elena.
“Ah… “The crystal ball on the magic wand my parents bought me was cracked.”
“Yes? A crystal ball?”
“Yes… …. “My parents bought it for me, but it suddenly broke while I was training.”
So Elena knew that the crystal ball on her Mina’s magic wand was broken.
Mina was the first friend Elena made when she came to Glessius Academy.
So, she thought that Mina’s problem was Elena’s own problem, so she immediately informed the people of her family and began to look for a way to fix her crystal ball.
[Elena. Why are you looking for a way to fix the crystal ball?]
“She was the first friend I made after coming to the academy, and she said the crystal ball on her magic wand was broken. “Maybe because it was something my parents bought me, I found a way to fix the crystal ball instead of throwing it away or replacing it.”
[Hmm, I guess it’s the story of Mina’s friend you told me about last time. Once she knew. I will try to find out through people I know.]
Elena also contacted her own father, Marquis Ielon Sandrios, hoping to find a way to somehow help her Mina.
The title of Imperial Certified Wizard was a very widely recognized and prestigious qualification in the field of magic.
That’s why she wanted to help her Mina, even with the help of her own father.
This was because she was so grateful to Mina who approached her without hesitation.
[I’m sorry. It is said that the crystal ball attached to a magic wand can be repaired only if you are at least a top level magic tool repairer, but a friend of mine who is a top level magic tool repairer says he has so many magic tools to fix that it is difficult to give him time.]
“No, father. “You looked into it that much, but if it doesn’t work out, there’s nothing we can do.”
[When I asked my friend, he said that the repair method for a crystal ball is strictly confidential, so it is impossible to do so unless you are taught the repair method directly by a teacher. So if you want to give your friend a new wand instead of a repair, call me. I don’t know anything else, but I know several craftsmen who are good at making wands, so I’ll write them a letter of introduction.]
“Thank you for your consideration in many ways.”
Elena’s inability to help repair Mina’s magic wand continued to get on her nerves.
Then one weekend, Elena passed the main gate of her academy and found Mina heading to her dormitory.
“Mina. “Did something pleasant happen?”
Since Elena was not happy with Mina, who had violated the prosecution due to the damage to her crystal ball, she could not ignore the change in Mina’s mood.
“Ah, Elena!”
Her Mina came in with a bright smile that made those who saw her feel good, and greeted her friend Elena warmly.
Mina was on her way to her dormitory, but when she saw Elena, she rushed over and stood in front of her.
“Oh my? “What is that leather pouch in her hand?”
“Oh, this? The crystal ball I was talking about back then!”
“Edit… “Beads?”
Elena expressed doubts when she heard that the object in the leather bag was a crystal ball.
Did you just buy a crystal ball again? Or, did someone give you a new crystal ball?
When she heard that there was a crystal ball in her leather pouch, a thousand thoughts came to her mind.
“You asked me because I seemed in a bad mood at that time, right? It’s the crystal ball. “It was attached to the magic wand my parents bought me.”
“Yes?”
Elena could not contain her astonishment at Mina’s answer.
No, it seems like only yesterday that I was depressed because the crystal ball attached to the magic wand my parents bought me was broken. Why did the mood suddenly change?
Elena suddenly wondered if Mina had lost her mind due to the damage to her crystal ball.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“Huh? What?”
“Isn’t it painful somewhere?”
“Ahahahaha, I’m fine. Really. Oh, if I show you this, will you believe it?”
When Elena worried about her, Mina opened her leather pouch and took out the items inside, showing them to Elena, as if telling her not to worry.
Elena absentmindedly took the item Mina took out of her leather pouch, and she was soon able to recognize its identity.
“Really… “It’s a crystal ball.”
“Yes.”
“How did this happen? It must have been cracked and split?”
Elena suddenly became curious about what happened to Mina’s crystal ball.
In order to fix the crystal ball attached to the magic wand, she had to be at least a top magic tool repairer.
The crystal ball in her hand had a smooth surface and a very high level of transparency, like a crystal ball that was just made in a famous workshop.
If it weren’t for the natural purple color, it would have seemed like she had nothing in her hands.
Therefore, Elena’s suspicions grew even more.
Has an unknown special magic tool repairman appeared in Arcanium?
When she asked her father, she was told that she could not repair a crystal ball unless she was a special magic tool repairer.
So, the repair of Mina’s crystal ball could not be explained without an unknown special magic tool repairer appearing in Arcanium.
However, there were only a few people who were skilled in magic engineering to the extent that she was recognized as a special magic tool repairer.
And the fate of such talented people was never known to the general public.
She had to be recognized as an archmage like the imperial family or Elena’s father, so that her whereabouts could be known to some extent.
Although Mina is Elena’s friend, her information or connections were not great enough to meet a special magic tool repairman, so her suspicions only amplified.
“There was a rumor going around the Academy recently, right? “She has a repair shop that fixes anything.”
“Ah, I heard it too. They said it was in Arcanium. “Are you sure you’ve been there?”
“Yes! She was an incredibly kind person. “I heard you fixed her crystal ball right away?”
And Elena heard Mina’s words and found out that she had been to the repair shop she had been hearing about.
“Where is it?”
“So where is it… ….”
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The moment Elena saw Mina’s crystal ball, an idea came to mind.
‘Clearly, there is a high possibility that she replaced Mina’s crystal ball at that repair shop.’
In Elena’s opinion, Mina’s magical talent was quite outstanding compared to her other students.
So she knew that the low-quality crystal ball that could not handle her magical talent was destroyed.
However, after learning her magic from her archmage, she could not tell Mina her facts because her accomplishments could only be fully hers if Mina herself realized her accomplishments.
But the crystal ball that Mina showed Elena that day was of too good quality to be said to be the crystal ball that Mina had.
Mina’s was of such purity that it could even be compared to her crystal bead on her own magic wand, made by her craftsman.
So when she saw that the quality of the crystal ball was so good, she thought that the person at the repair shop had not really fixed it, but had replaced it with a crystal ball that only looked like hers.
Because the broken crystal ball could be finely ground and used as an alchemy ingredient, it was sold for a high price of about 20 silver coins.
However, a decorative crystal ball that only looked good on the outside was so cheap that you could buy it for about a silver coin.
In addition, Mina was so happy that her crystal ball was repaired that she returned without even checking to see if it had really been repaired.
Therefore, there was no way there was a special magic tool repairer in Arcanium, and broken crystal balls were sold at a fairly high price, so Elena could not help but think that Mina had been scammed.
So, in order to get Mina’s crystal ball back and give Mina a better magic wand as a gift, she visited the repair shop where Mina had repaired her crystal ball…….
“Let me introduce you again. “He is called pathos, an ‘ability user’ with the ‘ability’ to fix everything.”
And there, Elena met an ability user who had strange abilities that couldn’t even be explained by magic.
“I can’t believe it… ….”
Pathos, an ability user with incredible abilities.
The moment she saw him, words came out of Elena’s head as a spinal reflex, without going through the filter in her brain.
“This is a scam… ….”