Return of The 8th Class Mage Chapter 39:
Fashionable Society (1)
“We reduced its size to half, will it be okay?”
One day in a peaceful capital .
In front of the mansion of Ian Page .
A boy was confronting Ian .
A boy who looked 3 to 4 years older than Ian .
It was a ‘Vans,’ the novice of Thram’s workshop .
“It won’t be easy to make it smaller, right?”
“I’m sorry but yes . Smaller than that would be out of our technology… . . ”
Ian couldn’t think of any portable design of the communication orb for his mother .
So, he placed his order to the workshop again .
And this was the result .
“It will be enough, though . You must have gone through many efforts . ”
“Our best workers spent days to do it . A, and me as well . ”
“Is it that hard of a task?”
“Yes sir . Firstly, it is an expensive product, so we had to be careful . We dismantled every part of it, and we started from the fundamental mana circuit… . . ”
Vans started to recite the complicated hextech vocabulary .
Ian couldn’t understand a single word of it .
Ian decided to change the topic .
“Here is my payment . ”
“N, no thank you . Chief told me not to receive any extra payment… . ”
“But you did your job . ”
“Ah, he is strict man, thank you for your kindness, though . ”
Ian wanted to hand over money bag, but Vans refused it .
He couldn’t refuse his master’s order . Ian may give it forcefully since he had enough power to overwritten his order, but it would only make Vans get into the trouble .
“Then . ”
Ian pick portion of money from a bag, and handed to Vans .
“Take it as reward for your delivery . ”
“B, but I can’t… . . ”
Ian remained silence .
It was a silent gesture .
Vans understood it, and he received the money, embarrassed .
“T, thank you so much! Thank you for caring me . ”
It was a kindness from an Archmage, which was honor to him .
Suddenly, as he recalled something, Vans started to be looked nervous .
“S, sir Ian?”
“Yes, please speak . ”
“Before a few weeks ago, when you visited our workshop for the first time, I was in a hurry and… . . I was being rude to you… . . ”
Suddenly, Vans started his confession .
“I, I can’t remember it clearly, but whether I really did it or not, I kept it in mind and have felt sorry for you since then……”
It seemed he was worrying about it from since . It was a natural reaction though .
Ian wasn’t just normal noble, but an Archmage . And Vans was being rude to such a high person . If Ian wanted, he could order it to kick him out from the workshop .
“Ah, now I remember . ”
“Y, yes?”
“You told me to get off, didn’t you?”
“Yikes!”
Vans was regretting his decision now .
He shouldn’t have said it .
“Please be careful next time . ”
“Y, yes sir! I won’t! I appreciate your forgiveness!”
He just wanted to advise Vans to be aware about other nobles and mages, but it seemed Vans understood it in different way .
‘Well, I won’t need to correct it though . ’
In anyway, Vans would act more carefully now .
After Vans left, Ian returned to the mansion .
“Boss!”
Douglas, who was listening their conversation sneakily, asked to Ian .
“Is he your new direct subordinate?”
“What?”
“The boy you just met . If he is a new recruit, he is under my rank . ”
“Ha, you go too far . ”
Today was Douglas’ first day of school .
To ‘The Royal Alchemy Academy . ’
He wore nice and neat clothes .
Like Ledio .
“I will be back after bringing him to the academy, sir . ”
“See you later, Boss!”
After Ledio and his son left, the mansion was full of silence .
Ian’s mother didn’t leave her kitchen often these days .
She was inventing a ‘new red bean pie . ’
She was shocked after the received feedback of her pie from the Crown Prince as ‘mud . ’
Thanks to him, Ian ate a bunch of pies recently .
Now, he started to feel sick of it .
‘It’s good to have peaceful moments, but . ”
Ian had not that much to do nowadays .
He just needed to do simple studies at the Ivory Tower .
He was also receiving the academy curriculum individually .
‘It’s too peaceful . ”
Since he rewound time, he didn’t have a single moment to rest .
From the mana test to the duel with Helene .
Physical hardness could be restored by mana breath .
However, mental hardness couldn’t be restored easily .
He wanted to take a rest, and he was finally granted it .
But, now he forgot how to enjoy this resting moment .
‘Am I allowed to rest like this while doing nothing?’
Such pressure didn’t release Ian easily .
He was afraid .
He had to regain his power, and had to protect his mother .
In addition, he had to make a new trending power at the ivory tower .
For last, his revenge on Ragnar .
He still had a long way to go .
“Phew . ”
Ian laid down on the big chair .
Ian had no one, who might gladly chat with him and chill .
A true ‘friend’, who could be friendly and trusted without afraid of Ian’s Archmage title .
‘I have none . ’
Mother was just mother .
Ledio was too thoughtful .
Douglas was too young .
The other honorable mention would be… .
‘The Crown Prince?’
Ian suddenly remembered the Crown Prince, Hayden .
Soon, he shook his head .
‘What the heck am I thinking… . . ”
Out of all people but why the Crown Prince?
Ian blamed himself .
“Sir Ian . ”
At that moment, a maid came to Ian .
It was a maid called, ‘Hara . ’
“An invitation from the royal palace has been sent to you . ”
“An invitation?”
Invitation? For what?
There were no parties to be invited as far as Ian knew .
Ian quickly started to read the letter .