CHAPTER 135
CHAPTER 135
Finally 50 Points!
The Azure Tower mages were startled and immediately began administering emergency treatment to their comrades.
At first, they tried to make them vomit out the water, but quickly realized that wouldn’t work.
Even after expelling an amount of water clearly more than twice the capacity of their lungs, water kept gushing out endlessly.
“W-what?!”
“T-there’s a gate formed inside the airway—it’s continuously summoning water!”
“Quick, form a tube and insert it!”
Only then did the Azure Tower mages create breathing tubes and insert them into their comrades’ throats—but some of them failed.
The moment they disturbed the body’s internal magic resistance, the tubes they had painstakingly formed shattered.
“No! It can’t—!”
Before everyone’s eyes, people were on the verge of drowning.
And yet, Lakiaas simply watched without even blinking.
“Is he really trying to kill them?”
“We’re just auditors!!!”
The Azure Tower mages tried threatening him, even pleading, but Lakiaas remained completely unmoved, his expression unreadable.
At that moment, Idnia stepped forward.
“Everyone! Help them!”
“Lady Idnia?!”
Idnia called on the students of Euros for assistance and personally stepped in to rescue the Azure Tower mages.
She directed the students while forming a tube herself, successfully saving one mage.
Once the airway tube was inserted, the water drained easily, and their breathing stabilized.
The problem was that the other Euros students couldn’t replicate what Idnia had done.
They had struggled even with mannequins—how could they manage this?
But Idnia shouted:
“One person use telekinesis to open the airway, and another insert the tube!”
Trying to manipulate a person’s airway directly with telekinesis would normally fail due to strong magic resistance.
But by having multiple mages act together, they could weaken that resistance.
This allowed those capable of forming tubes to at least assist in saving lives.
As expected, once the students began using telekinesis together, the natural magic resistance weakened significantly.
“Now!”
A mage from the Azure Tower seized the opportunity, successfully cast formation magic, and inserted the tube.
In the end, they managed to save everyone.
Lakiaas clapped his hands.
“Excellent. As expected, the tension of real-life application differs greatly from learning at a desk. Remarkably, students who previously failed have now succeeded.”
“…What?”
Startled, Idnia turned her head.
Marie had successfully cast formation magic and created a breathing tube.
Although an Azure Tower mage had inserted it, she had succeeded under pressure where she previously failed.
“It seems the risk was worth it.”
“But was it really necessary to take such a dangerous risk?!”
“But the danger was only to the auditors, not the students, wasn’t it? Using auditors’ risk to create appropriate tension for students—an excellent teaching method, I’d say.”
“…Excuse me?”
“With auditors present, the class becomes much more lively. I wish you had come sooner.”
“……”
The auditors were horrified.
To Lakiaas, their lives were nothing more than teaching materials.
He didn’t seem to hate them—if anything, he simply regarded them as valuable educational tools.
“Are you trying to kill auditors?!”
“We are under the protection of the board!”
“But no one died, did they? As you can see from the students’ efforts to save you, your lives are valuable as well. Ah, Idnia—excellent leadership. I will award you 2 bonus points. And since the auditors’ lives are valuable, I will award 2 additional points each to Marie and Idnia for saving them.”
That meant 4 points for Idnia and 2 for Marie.
“……”
Those who had once been students here knew all too well—the treatment of students and auditors was worlds apart.
“Now then, auditors—you should also actively participate in class. Half of you have experienced rescue procedures, so the remaining half—”
“Ah, I’d rather decli—”
“There is no need to decline. Learning has no end. I must reward your enthusiasm for auditing. Now then!”
The ones who had previously suffered were now fine.
Instead, the previously unharmed mages began experiencing water pouring into their throats.
“Ghk?!”
“……”
The Azure Tower mages were horrified—not only by Lakiaas’s overwhelming magical ability to bypass their resistance, but also by his complete lack of common sense.
“Wow… this really wakes you up.”
“Is this even allowed?”
The students were at a loss watching their seniors being essentially water-tortured.
This time, Christian, Pacifier, and surprisingly Athos and Sendia succeeded in formation magic, each earning 2 points.
With that, Idnia had 20 points, Marie 12, Sendia 3, Pacifier 6, Athos 3, Christian 3—and 9 unassigned shared points.
A total of 56 points.
Finally, Euros had surpassed 50 points!
At last, they could unlock a facility.
While Euros was earning points, the other dorms weren’t idle either.
As classes intensified, earning points became easier, and everyone began accumulating them rapidly.
Especially with Isolde no longer dominating the pace, more students could participate and earn points.
By lunchtime, students gathered around the display board to check rankings.
“What? Notos is first with 58 points?”
“No way—they were at the bottom!”
“Doesn’t it feel like Professor Magram favors Notos?”
“Well, regardless, their students seem very skilled overall.”
“Tch. Maybe they just have more spies.”
“Zephyros just tied at 58! Euros is at 56—third place, but impressive considering their small size.”
“Honestly, it’s not Euros—it’s Lady Idnia.”
“She has 20 personal points plus 9 distributable points—that’s 29! She’s carrying the dorm!”
“She’s incredible. If she became Empress, no one could object… why did she break off the engagement?”
“Shh. Watch your mouth.”
“Even Boreas reached 50.”
Now, every dorm had surpassed 50 points.
Idnia clicked her tongue as she looked at the board.
“Wow… while we worked so hard, the others caught up quickly. Are professors favoring certain dorms?”
Sendia looked at her in disbelief.
“You earned 8 points yourself today.”
Everyone acknowledged it—Idnia had led effectively, remained calm, and saved lives.
No one could deny her leadership.
Yet she still complained.
“Well, at least everyone crossed 50 on the same day. The alliance can hold.”
“Wait… that alliance is still valid?”
“With our small numbers, it’s better that it is.”
As Idnia entered the cafeteria, Professor Sadia shouted:
“Sit separately! Mix genders! Mix!”
Students were forcibly rearranged, though auditors sat separately.
Then—
“Lady Idnia.”
Prince Lorenzo sat at a table with Rudolf and Karl.
“Everyone’s here. Why?”
“Now that we’ve reached 50 points, we’re unlocking facilities. Remember our alliance?”
“Ah, yes.”
“All dorms reached 50 at the same time. Fortunate.”
Karl scratched his head awkwardly.
“So we’re deciding who unlocks what?”
“Exactly.”
Rudolf nodded.
At that moment, the cafeteria entrance grew noisy.
Baroness Vilem and the guard Gibls entered.
“Congratulations. Reaching 50 points this quickly is rare. Then, the leaders of the top-ranked dorms—His Highness the Crown Prince of Notos and Prince Lorenzo of Zephyros—will choose facilities first.”
Her intent was clear.
She wasn’t going to give them time to discuss or coordinate.