I Became the Handyman That the Heroines Are Obsessed With

Episode 51 – The Repairman Receives an Invitation from the Emperor (1)

Due to a completely unexpected side effect of my abilities, the end-of-semester evaluation was temporarily suspended.

Glesius Academy did its best to resolve this situation.

“Well, the buff granted through Pathos Student’s ability lasts for about an hour.”

In the process, I was able to use my abilities to find out roughly how long the buffs on the repaired items lasted.

“An hour…Is that a long time?”

“If it’s long, it can be said to be long, and if it’s short, it can be said to be short. If it’s a tournament where the winner is won in a relatively short period of time, it’s a long time, but dungeon exploration usually takes at least a day or two.”

As Professor Calibro said, the duration of one hour was a long time if it was long, and a short time if it was short.

This led to a change in the evaluation method.

Rather than taking a test right after gathering, repairs are performed in front of a supervisor.

After an hour and 20 minutes, he takes only his weapon and moves to the evaluator.

The rest is done like a normal evaluation method.

It took a little longer than the existing evaluation, but at least we were able to prevent ridiculous power measurements from being measured due to the buff.

Actually, I thought about whether it would be possible to strengthen the target area.

“The target can be repaired or replaced using magic anyway, so why bother using abilities there?”

Of course, after hearing my suggestion, Professor Calibro reminded me that it was not necessary.

I think magic is really great in that you don’t have to worry about the little details.

Anyway, the end-of-semester evaluations are now over, and the time that all students dread the most has arrived.

It was time to announce the results.

At Glessius Academy, after the end-of-semester evaluation, report cards for each grade are hung on the bulletin board within the academy.

There is a student management window that is a means of delivering information to all students at once, but there is a reason why Glesius Academy insists on this inefficient method.

Putting paper on the bulletin board was the method Glesius Academy used to notify students of their grades in the days when there was no student management window.

Of course, this was the first method used when the academy was established, and even now, most regions still use the method of posting a large piece of paper on the bulletin board to notify people when there is news to be conveyed.

Therefore, since many students were accustomed to this method of delivery, Glesius Academy was willing to accept this inconvenient method in the name of preserving tradition.

It seems like an inconvenient and inefficient method to me, having lived in an age where smartphones, the Internet, and electronic administration have developed, but in this world there are no smartphones and no Internet.

Electronic administration was made similarly using magic circles and magic circuits, but it was only used at Glesius Academy.

“Ugh, will I really be able to get a scholarship?”

Now next to me were Mina, Elena, and Reina.

Strangely, it feels like there are only women, but what is it?

During my school days, I was in the boys’ middle school, boys’ high school, military, and engineering school, so I didn’t have time to talk to girls.

The only women I spoke to were the employees I met at restaurants or cafes.

Maybe that’s why, but I can say that being able to make a female friend in this place that makes me feel like school life again is the greatest happiness for me.

“Scholarship? Is it not enough to make money while working as an assistant?”

“Yes. They say the government pays for tuition, but if you live here, you’ll have to spend a lot of money on various things…”

“Pathos, you probably don’t know much because you are a special candidate. Do you mind if I explain for you?”

“If you do that, I’ll be grateful.”

Reina and Mina were looking around the bulletin board with their eyes glued to their grades, so I was able to listen to Elena’s explanation without any interruption.

“The magic department that Mina and I are affiliated with requires a good understanding of theory classes to improve your actual magic skills. Therefore, there are a lot of textbooks needed for theory classes, and there are also a lot of materials you need to prepare for practice. That’s right.”

So, can we think of wizards as a type of arts and physical education?

I listened to the kids around me who said they were good at arts and physical education, and I heard that a single instrument costs anywhere from a few million won to at least 10 million won or more.

Wow, it seems like wizards in this world also incur a lot of expenses for various reasons, just like people who do arts and physical education.

But, it is said that a wizard is skilled enough to enter Glesius Academy… Who doesn’t provide support?

“Is there no such thing as a family that provides support to people with outstanding wizard qualities and a guaranteed future?”

“There is, but Ms. Mina is in a bit of an awkward position to receive outside support.”

Hearing what Elena said, it seems like Mina also has a way to receive outside support.

However, I was curious about what it meant to be in an ambiguous position, so I asked Elena for an explanation.

“From my perspective, if you continue to invest in Mina, she has the potential to become a magician who can enter anywhere by the time she graduates from the academy. However, the cost of growing up to that point will be significant.”

“Approximately how much does it cost?”

“I think it will cost about ten gold coins per semester.”

Ten gold coins in one semester… How much money have I made fixing students’ equipment so far?

“Is that a lot?”

“I’m sorry. I calculated it based on our family. If our family provides support, it will cost about ten gold coins, but if we receive help from other families or forces, the cost will increase several times more. .”

“So how much is it?”

“It is calculated that fifty gold coins are spent per semester.”

Fifty gold coins per semester.

One gold coin is worth about 1 million won, so 50 gold coins are worth about 50 million won.

Considering that it costs about 50 million won per semester, in order for Mina to grow, it was practically like buying a large sedan every semester.

“However, this cost was also calculated from our family’s highly efficient wizard training course. If you use another family’s inefficient method, it will cost 3 to 4 times more.”

According to what Elena said, the money spent on raising Mina is about 200 million won per semester.

In other words, in the worst case, isn’t the money spent on raising Mina equivalent to a luxury apartment?

Being a wizard is a job that requires a lot of money.

“Then, shouldn’t your family provide support?”

“As Mina’s friend, I also want to let her learn magic to her heart’s content without worrying about money. But the problem is that Mina said this. ‘It’s too shameless to open your hands to a friend, “I’m sorry. For now, I just want to do it on my own.”

“Ha…”

She felt a little sad after hearing about Mina’s mindset from Elena.

I don’t know if this is someone else’s story, but wasn’t Mina my favorite heroine in Erasto Chronicle?

“Then Elena, what do you think about investing in your family’s way, but having someone else pay the cost?”

“The cost of training… Is someone else paying for it? Who would be like that… But given Mina’s personality, I don’t think she will accept it. Mina doesn’t want to do something with her own power. Because I like it.”

Elena shook her head at my words and directly denied what I said.

I also listened to Elena’s words and nodded to her, saying that it was not yet time to support Mina.

“I think you said that Pathos didn’t take a separate test because it was a special admissions process… Is that true?”

At that time, Reina, who came after checking her grades, spoke to me.

“Yes. Since I am a special admissions candidate, I do not need to take a separate test. That is why I was admitted under those conditions in the first place.”

“Wow…I’m really jealous of that. I have to get better grades next semester or maintain my position as valedictorian to receive support from my family.”

“What? I have to have good grades to receive support from my family?”

“Oh, of course you can receive basic support. But…Besides that, now you can’t use things like borrowing your family’s power if your grades are not good.”

“That’s right.”

I gave Raina half-hearted comfort and waited for Mina to return.

But that was only for a moment.

“Student Pathos. Can you come to the president’s office for a moment?”

Shannon, the president’s secretary, came over and spoke to me.

“An important guest has arrived in the president’s office and is waiting for Pathos student.”

It was said that an important guest had arrived in the president’s office.

“Who’s here?”

I was curious about who was there, so I asked Shannon, and she sighed but then told me who it was.

“It is said that an envoy sent by His Majesty the Emperor has arrived. So please follow me quickly.”

The moment I heard Shannon’s words come out of her mouth, time seemed to stop for a moment.

Who, who is looking for me? The Emperor’s messenger?

Why on earth is the envoy sent by the emperor looking for me?

With questions full of questions in my head, I followed Shannon to the president’s office.