"It seems... Hill, you've gotten stronger recently."

Not only in level, but also in titles, what are these titles all about, huh? This guy seems to be an existence beyond the norm.

But I don't seem to realize it myself...

"Oh, really? Well, I'm okay, but I still can't compare to Fir, that battle just now was so cool! Teach me, please!"

"Well... but I don't know wind magic."

"Ah, I see."

The other person apologized with a smile.

"It's okay, how about this, Hill, join my club, maybe you can ask others for help with things other than magic."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Thank you very much~"

Ah, this guy has always been strange, if I leave him alone, it'll definitely cause trouble. Princess Cher seems to know something about this guy, maybe I should ask her for help.

"Um... are you a boy or a girl?"

Suddenly, Blanche walking beside us spoke up.

"Um... I'm a boy... probably."

Hey, hey, hey, what kind of statement is this? Why add the word "probably"?

"But you really look like a girl, especially with long hair~"

After saying that, Blanche grabbed Hill's shoulder and looked closely.

"Just as I thought, your face is so delicately crafted, as if it's artificially made~"

Artificial...

Wait, didn't it say on his race that he's an artificial human?

Not a clone, but an artificial human?

Oh my god, why is nobody here normal? Although I don't mind, but...

"So... where are we going?"

"Oh, of course, to recruit... or something."

Well, it's not a big deal anyway, so let's just go with it.

"Huh?"

Noticing my pause, Hill and Blanche both looked ahead.

In a corner of the Alchemy Academy, Lanya's dedicated hut was being guarded by six knights. Although this was expected, the situation didn't seem very good.

All of the opponents were level 30 knights, dual swordsmen and greatsword wielders. One person would be fine, but there are six of them...

And something seems off, none of these six people have the Duoge Academy emblem on them. These six people... are probably the guards of those nobles, sent to find Lanya.

Moreover, there were banners hanging outside Lanya's door that said "No Entry" and "Knights, Retreat." It seems like there are quite a few people trying to get her... wait, how about this morning...

While thinking like that, I looked closely at the laboratory, but I couldn't see Lanya's name or title anywhere.

So she's not in there, huh?

"Well, it seems like we need to go find someone else first, here..."

Snap.

Suddenly, a grenade fell next to us.

Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh! A grenade!!!

But the attack warning... just when I was hesitating, the grenade automatically split open and a piece of paper fell out.

...

Something like this... I quietly picked up the piece of paper, and sure enough, it was thrown by Lanya.

I looked around, but couldn't see her name anywhere...

I unfolded the paper, and there was only a simple sentence written on it.

Return to your club base.

This person...

Has she already found out everything? Where did she gather this information?

"Well, looks like the enemy has already fled, let's move on to the next destination."

"There's something on the back."

"Huh?"

I turned it around, and sure enough, on the back it said...

We're all waiting for you there, so don't wander off.

...

These guys are really scary, how do they know everything? Have they mastered the art of prophecy?

"Great! Today's mission is complete! Let's retreat!"

"Huh?"

Both of them made a strange sound at the same time, which is understandable.

After all, we've only been out for less than an hour.

"Are we going back so soon? Don't you want to show me around the campus..."

Blanche on the side seemed quite dissatisfied."Now it's not good to roam around the campus, everywhere are knights looking for trouble."

"Hey~ It doesn't matter, didn't we successfully take care of it just now?"

"The previous attack was indeed smooth, but it would be troublesome if they come again. And if it's in a public place, I can't disguise myself as someone else to attack, right?"

Speaking of which, I've been wearing knight armor since earlier. Although it's just cheap stuff from the store, it's genuine knight armor.

But because I don't think any knight would use dual swords, I switched to a combined weapon made up of a longsword and a dagger called "Break".

But the helmet was quite bothersome, so I just took it off and put it in my ring. Otherwise, I felt like I was wearing a demonic head helmet and it was very obstructive.

Not just obstructive, having glasses on their own is already very annoying, and coupled with this helmet, it's making it hard for me to live a good life.

"Anyway... it's better to hurry back and have a match with those three, otherwise they would have waited for a long time and that's no joke."

"Um... how can this be..."

"But..."

I looked at the time and smiled.

"By the way, if we take a stroll and buy dinner on the way back, it should be fine, right?"

"..."

Blanche stared at me for a while, then showed a very happy smile.

"Great~ Oh oh~"

"Don't get too excited, okay? Seriously... we agreed to be back before dinner."

"Okay, okay~"

"Hill, why don't you come along?"

"No... um... tell me the location of your club, I'll go and say hello first!"

"Well, sure, that's the decision then."

I wrote the address on the previous piece of paper and handed it to Hill.

I don't trust verbal instructions, writing it down on paper is more reassuring.

"Then let's go for a walk first. I'm sure there are a lot of new things after the merger of the two colleges."

New things naturally refer to various armors, swords, or other equipment.

The previous store only had mage robes and magic wands, a monotonous collection that can be counted on one hand, not even close to the variety of potions Lanya made.

That is to say, the potions in the store, together with the magic robe and wand, can be counted on one hand. This is not a lack of variety, but complete monotony.

Of course, the items in the alchemy store are varied, but they are basically meaningless to me. Things like magic quick absorption devices or multi-layer storage rings. They are probably items made by the academy itself.

The truly high-end goods can only be bought by those nobles at auctions, and as for me... no, wait, now that I have the identity of a National Mage, it shouldn't be a problem for me to mingle in, right?

After all, I've got quite a bit of money from the treasury.

Well, let's leave that for later.

For now, let's buy some more knight equipment and weapons, and also buy a few skill books. Since I'm pretending to be a knight, I should at least look the part.

"What are you thinking, Fir? We're almost there."

Blanche's words snapped me out of my thoughts, and as I scanned the commercial street, I immediately spotted the place I wanted to go.

"Alright, let's go."