Chapter 12 - I Became a Science Teacher Obsessed Over by Magic Tower Mages.
I Became a Science Teacher Obsessed Over by Magic Tower Mages.
Translator : Elizabeth
Chapter 12
“Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!”
“Force! Force! Force!”
The Grand Auditorium located on the first floor of the Lidasid Magic Tower. Since it’s a place opened only for the Tower’s official events, it should normally be quiet.
“I never thought of that at all!! To think all states can be explained by tying them together under a single form called energy!!”
“Doesn't that mean that even the loss from friction is ultimately conserved in another form!! Ahh!!! It’s truly astonishing!!!”
However, today, a weekday, every seat in the Grand Auditorium was filled with mages belonging to the Magic Tower.
“Haaaa… I feel like I can advance to the next Circle.”
“Me too… Hnggg, I feel my whole body heating up…!”
All of them were heated up like monkeys, or like a couple in love spending their first night together.
If there was a problem, it was that everyone, regardless of age or gender, was acting like this. That’s right. Even the elderly mages of the Tower’s Elder Council, in their 60s, were blushing at Archion’s lecture.
“Archion, my dear…! Let us connect our minds…!” “Thanks to the Young Master’s knowledge, my passion, which had cooled for so long! It’s throbbing~! Throbbing~~~! Like a pillar from my youth~~~! Gwahaha!”
“Tsk….”
While looking at Archion on the stage, that is. Archion wanted to run away right this instant.
“Young Master Archion, awaken! Stop monopolizing Magic Engineering knowledge!” “Instead of that, let’s invite Young Master Archion as an Elder of the Magic Tower!! Then he’ll be obligated to lecture every week!!” “That sounds good!”
“It’s not good for me.”
Why did I come up here again? Archion began to reflect on the events of a few hours ago.
Whoosh!
“Magic is a discipline that implements natural phenomena with one’s hands.”
Inside the Tower Master’s carriage, which looked simple but was actually a mass of luxury.
The orange flame blooming on her hand was a phenomenon completely incomprehensible by the science Archion knew.
“To do that, one must understand nature, and your science is a discipline that has turned that understanding into laws.”
Poof!
The fire crumbled as soon as she clenched her fist.
“Therefore, I wonder if Magic Engineering is perhaps a fusion discipline of your science and magic.”
“I told you, it’s just Engineering.”
“Tsk! Young Master, Magic Engineering!”
Archion felt like his mental state was going to crumble just like that fire.
It was because of these people who dismissed it as Magic Engineering no matter how many times he corrected them saying it was Engineering. How could he possibly know about super-ancient Magic Engineering when even the Tower Master in front of him didn't know it well!
“Let’s just stop talking.”
“Hehe, the Young Master is so modest.”
“Fufu, aren't you just being shy? Magic also started with accidental discoveries and has developed until now. You, who created artifacts, have every right to be proud.”
“Geez.”
Archion vowed to check those artifacts supposedly made with Magic Engineering someday. Only then could he prove that it was a completely different field from the engineering he knew.
Creak! “We have arrived!”
After being tormented by Goldie and the Tower Master—
“Come to think of it… Archion. I know you’ve visited the Magic Tower often. You used the alchemy shop, correct?”
“Yes.”
“Then, have you ever seen the true form of the Lidasid Magic Tower?”
“True form?”
He didn't understand why the Tower Master suddenly asked about the tower’s true form.
“Fufufu… Since the alchemy shop is in the outsider’s district of the Magic Tower, you must have never seen the main body of the tower.”
“Heehee, you’ll be super surprised!”
With even Goldie telling him to look forward to it… Archion was just puzzled. What on earth is the true form of the Magic Tower for them to act like this? Grumbling, Archion stepped out of the carriage—
“……Wow.”
And froze when a super-massive & super-high-rise tower piercing the sky appeared right in front of his eyes.
“Fufufu, how is it? It is a tower of knowledge I built up by mobilizing all magic when I constructed the Magic Tower here.”
“Heehee, it’s amazing! Right?”
Had Archion ever seen such a tall building? In his past life, he had actually seen the Lot*e Tower. And this tower was tall, thick, and massive enough to rival it.
There shouldn't be reinforced concrete or architectural engineering in this world. How did she build this over a thousand years ago?
“With my close friend, that is.”
And the main gate of the Magic Tower. Two giant statues stood there.
[The Teacher of All Mages, and the Demon-Breaking Archmage]
One was the Tower Master currently by Archion’s side. The other was his distant ancestor.
“The Archmage of the Hero’s party….”
“Mm.”
Elena Enersis. The first Hero. His companion and the party’s advisor, the Archmage.
They say 10 ‘named’ demons perished at her hands alone.
“For a human subject, she was a fellow who reached the 16th Circle. A genius comparable to myself.”
Melancholy dwelt in the Tower Master’s eyes as she looked at Elena’s statue. It was obvious enough that even Archion noticed and waited quietly.
“She was also a foolish fellow. Unable to take care of her own body, she died young at the age of forty.”
The Tower Master also turned her face away at Archion and Goldie’s consideration.
Sniff.
The two decided to pretend they didn't hear that sniffing sound.
“I’ve taken too much time.”
Still, the Tower Master quickly returned to her original self.
“As promised, today I will introduce you to my workshop. Follow me!”
To shake off the sad atmosphere from earlier, she decided to take the lead in introducing the Magic Tower to Archion.
“First, this is my alchemy workshop.”
Thump! Pop!Sizzle….
“Ooh-wa…!”
Her alchemy workshop, which they visited, resembled Archion’s workshop a little. Numerous mages belonging to the workshop were researching with experimental equipment familiar to Archion.
Of course, all of them were wearing things like safety goggles and waterproof gloves.
“It’s more systematic than I thought.”
“There are many dangerous things among alchemy materials. Above all, do not magic accidents happen anytime, anywhere?”
Archion had also experienced this and that in the lab. He naturally nodded at the Tower Master’s opinion.
It was during an experiment. An undergraduate student conducting an experiment messed up the temperature control, and chemicals caught fire in an instant, causing a big mess. It’s a past life now, but Archion still broke into a cold sweat thinking about it. If the fire had spread to the chemical storage cabinet by mistake….
“If it explodes, it would be an explosion accident big enough to really tilt the Magic Tower.”
“Mm. As expected of the genius who devised the MSDS.”
That’s why as soon as he set up his workshop, he wrote the MSDS and pasted it right on the wall for everyone to see. They have to research happily for a long, long time, so they shouldn't die.
“Applying it to my workshop reduced experimental accidents to less than ten percent. At the upcoming Millennium Festival, I intend to suggest to the Emperor to make workshop safety management education mandatory.”
“Right, right. Researchers shouldn't die.”
“Mm-hmm. Correct. Additionally, everyone working here is also a candidate for Magic Tower Elder.”
“Oh, is it like a kind of Academy degree? That’s nice. There aren't any jobs these days, but this would provide expertise—”
Around the time Archion and the Tower Master, hitting it off after a long while, were chatting,
Sob, sob…. “….”
Goldie noticed that the research specialist mages listening nearby were crying quietly.
“Goldie didn't see anything.”
And she pretended not to know. Because she wasn't a slave with a degree on the line. Anyway.
Besides this, the forge inside the Magic Tower. Numerous magic laboratories.
“As expected… it’s impressive.”
Archion admired the technological prowess here, which was more advanced than he thought.
“Yet it’s dissatisfying. Why don't they apply this to daily life….”
“Because the world is still chaotic due to the remnants left by the demons. Manpower was limited, and for survival, selection and concentration were necessary.”
But the remnants left even after wiping out the demons. Goblins, Orcs, Kobolds, Harpies, Wyrms, etc… monsters, or creatures called monsters. Even if killed and killed again, the remaining specks multiply again, disturbing the Empire and this Illiad Continent every time. Plus, don't humans fight amongst themselves?
It’s like preparing for war for the sake of peace. The Tower Master also regretted this point, but….
“However, thanks to your Magic Engineering, I see a way out.”
“Not Magic Engineering, Engineering.”
Archion insists it’s just Engineering every time, but anyway, the Magic Engineering he restored. And even the science that serves as its foundation, the discipline of understanding nature.
Thanks to those two, perhaps they might end the war with monsters early and lead a peaceful daily life.
“E-excuse me. Tower Master.”
“That person next to you, by any chance….”
And such thoughts weren't exclusive to the Tower Master.
Incandescent bulbs, and motors. The Magic Tower mages, who held these two items in their hands and understood their structure and operating principles, were engulfed in a huge shock as if hit on the head with a hammer.
“Ah, he is my disciple.”
“As expected! It was Young Master Archion!” “I told you I’m not.”
Because they wanted to meet Archion right away and have a deep discussion about the principles of this!
“I apologize for interrupting your tour like this, but if it isn't too much trouble, may I ask once more if you could spare some time to explain the operating principle of this incandescent bulb?!”
“I said I’m not a disciple….”
Archion was stressed again by being engulfed in various false accusations, but
“More importantly, you say you don't understand the operating principle of the incandescent bulb well?”
“Yes, yes!”
Seeing a female mage who looked about middle school age burning with curiosity… somehow made him feel proud.
“Then let’s talk in a quiet place, not here.” “Wow, whoa!”
“Oohhh!! The developer himself is teaching us!!”
How could he not teach them when they liked it this much? Archion willingly decided to bestow his knowledge.
“Archion. Originally, such knowledge is treated as family secrets or the like.”
“I know very well.”
Of course, as the Tower Master said, it’s more advantageous for him to monopolize such knowledge.
“But in the first place, didn't you ask me to become a disciple and bestow this knowledge for the sake of magic?”
“Hmph, your tongue is getting shorter these days.” (Note: Speaking informally/rudely)
But Archion wanted as many people as possible to know. Only then would the technology here advance further, and perhaps technology that would enrich his daily life would emerge from a field he hadn't thought of.
Perhaps noticing Archion’s inner thoughts, the Tower Master grinned even while rebuking him for his half-formal speech.
“Then a place with a blackboard would be good.”
“Oh, really?!”
While deciding to provide the best lecture environment for him.
And returning to the present,
“Is Archion an Archmage?!”
“Aaaah! It’s too painful!!! More! I want to learn more! I want to know more!!”
After the knowledge-starved mages listened to Archion’s basic science lecture,
“Wait, wait… right now, something in my head is, hmmmmm…!”
Flash!
“G-gasp! Did you just break through your Circle?!!”
“My goodness!! You were stagnant for 7 years! Congratulations!!”
Some were breaking through their Circles on their own.
“Since Young Master Archion bestowed knowledge upon us, what use is there in staying at a low Circle anymore!!”
“I-I saw a clue too. I have to go back and research quickly…!”
“M-more! I want to hear more! Aaaah!! Please, Young Master, bestow just a little more knowledge!!!”
People convulsing like starved ghosts devouring a delicious omakase for days on end.
Archion missed his mother. Although his mother in this world had returned to the embrace of the Heavens, anyway.
At that moment,
BANG!!!
“Nonsense!!!!”
An old man appeared to sort out this situation. It was none other than….
“There’s no way something like energy exists! Only Mana! There is no logic to replace that which is called the source of all forms!!!”
It was a very stubborn-looking Magic Tower Elder.
“Hoh.”
At that moment, Archion asked him back with sparkling eyes.
“The opinion the Elder gave is truly interesting. Are you saying Mana is the source of all forms?”
“That is correct!”
Archion, who has a ton of mana in his body but can't really feel or use it properly.
Such a person thought about mana while going through various researches….
“What will you do if that Mana is also a form of energy?”
Mana has parts that replace electricity. The properties are similar too. Then, wouldn't Mana also be a form of energy?
He had made such a conjecture, and Archion was fine whether this was right or wrong. Originally, science is a discipline that starts with doubt!
“Hmph! Nonsense! How can Mana be another form of that thing called energy! Just a mere concept, such, making, sense….”
The Elder tried to refute Archion’s opinion but suddenly fell silent.
“Elder Ben? Why are you suddenly silent?”
“……Oh Heavens.”
Suddenly calling upon the Heavens, he shed tears.
“I, this old man was thinking wrong. If I consider Mana not as the source of everything, but as one form among all shapes…!!”
Flash!!!!
“Gasp!!! Elder Ben has broken through the 10th Circle!!!”
“No, fuck.”
And then he flashed brightly and even broke through the Circle. Archion failed to control his emotions and spat out a curse word.
“Congratulations, Elder Ben!!!”
“Today cannot be anything but a truly blessed day!! Young Master Archion who bestowed such precious knowledge, and this day where everyone here has advanced enough to covet the next Circle!!!”
“Tower Master!!! Please, take Young Master Archion as an Elder of our Magic Tower!!”
“It seems so, Archion. Hurry and go through the tower entry procedure to become my disciple.”
Archion was certain he would go crazy if he stayed here any longer. He spun his extraordinary brain to squeeze out a reason for escape.
“But since I’ve been standing for a long time, my legs hurt, so I have to go back to the mansion—”
“Young Master Archion says his legs hurt!! Telekinesis mage, come out!!!” “Here I am!!”
The tower entry necklace being forced into his hand. Archion really wanted to cry.