Chapter 42
Chapter 42
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 42
Chapter Title: Magic Tower - 3
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"...Phew... I barely managed to refuse..."
The Black Tower Master kept pushing that slave contract disguised as a graduate student position. With so many people around, it wasn't like I could just brush it off in a minute or two—it took a good hour or so.
As the Sage said, the graduate student in front of us was no different from the undead bound to a necromancer.
At least undead didn't feel pain, so it was a little less pitiful.
"...Still... it's a relief... You're still young... You can think about graduate school slowly..."
At this point, she might as well have been a saint.
If it were me or the Sage, we'd have dragged her down with us like a water ghost, basically saying "let's die together."
"...But why did you become a graduate student, Amery?"
I casually slipped in the question I'd been wondering about.
As fellow sentient beings, I couldn't help but be curious why she went to such lengths for graduate school.
"Because magic is fun. Hehe... It's still fun... And I thought it'd be nice to get a degree someday..."
It was a perfectly admirable reason, so why did it make her seem even more pitiful?
It was a riddle everyone knew but couldn't solve.
"I heard graduate school takes a long time to finish..."
"It's okay...! Half-elves live long lives too...!"
The reason made sense, but it was so heartbreaking.
It was better for everyone to think positively. She said she was fine, so worrying about it would just be a nuisance.
"Well, I'll be going then...! I have assignments to prepare..."
"...Yeah, go ahead."
Both the Sage and I offered silent condolences to that degree slave from our perspectives.
May she someday find a peaceful place.