Chapter 355 – #77_The Tutor (5)

#353

One.
Immediately after winning or losing.
A chilly silence fell over the table.

“…….”

Diana didn’t run amok her way.
Not to mention she didn’t say anything.
He is just looking at the game board where the decision has already been made with his characteristic blank gaze.

Only then did Shiu want to ache.
Was it too provocative?
Did Diana just have to win by a moderate margin so as not to trample on her pride?

I didn’t have a choice anyway.
I don’t know how much Diana meant, but if she lost this game, she would be fired tomorrow morning.
It must have been even more likely because it was a match that Diana had barely won by scratching at her pride.

But there are many ways to win the game.
Siwoo’s action is no different from treating him until he dies after getting hit once, and then hitting a full combo at the end of the game and driving him to tourism.
Diana seemed to be very proud of this game, but she thought that she could have scratched her pride and smashed it.

“Excuse me.”
“Yes, Lady Diana.”
“You’re new to this game, aren’t you?”

Diana’s voice was small and low.
Her face, which had been engulfed in her astonishment just now, was now expressionless like a mask.
So it is not easy to peek into the emotions inside.

What should I say here?
Should I answer honestly, ‘This is what Diana-nim taught me for the first time’?
Or even if she lied a little, she would save her Diana’s face a little by replying ‘Actually I’m sorry I lied to you’.

“That is….”
“Whoa….”

Diana let out a deep sigh.
She then presses the reset button on the location board and she resets the game.

What is Diana’s verdict?
Promises were exchanged that she would resign voluntarily without any condition if she lost in the game, but it was not said that winning would retain her tutor status.
If Diana is capricious and irritable, the job as a tutor with good conditions will become a dream overnight.
While she was quietly waiting, Diana robbed her of her seat and got up.

“That’s Okay. What does it matter?”

She puts her hand on the doorknob of her bedroom, dragging the slipper she has changed before she knows it.

“I’m really going to sleep now, so I’ll take care of myself and leave.”

Diana slammed her door and locked herself in her room.

This sucks
The plan was a bit off.
She would have preferred to win a little more narrowly and stage a tough victory.

“Ha….”

She sighed and smacked her lips.
With a reaction like that, she doesn’t even have to listen to her backstory… When I thought

The bedroom door, which had been closed tightly, was thrown open.
The half of Diana’s face, her expression not very good, was sneakily visible.

“Tomorrow… I’ll take a nap first.”

I just said what I had to say and the door quickly closed
.
Siwoo, who was dazed for a moment, later realized that it was a request for a rematch full of embarrassment.
In other words, it overcame the crisis of being cut in one day.

2.
It was 2:00 PM when Diana entered her room.
Her private tutoring time promised with Countess Yesod was 10pm, so Siwoo was able to meet her after waiting for a long time.
If she wanted to, she could take a rest by moving coordinates, but she didn’t.

The Levana Baths were full of all sorts of entertainment and spectacles besides the baths, so just looking around them was enough to pass the time.

Like a greenhouse where all kinds of fancy magic crops are displayed.
It’s like a museum that exhibits the works of master craftsmen whose price is worth calling for one piece of art in this world.
The building is beautiful just by looking at it, but there are so many things to see, so I was able to see it without realizing that time was passing.

“I came at the appointed time.”
“Come on in.”

And so it was a moonlit night with a white full moon rising.
Siu headed to the personal library of Count Yesod, who had been guided to the location in advance.
When I opened the door after knocking, it smelled good.
It was sweet like ripe fruit, yet soft like cream.

At the front table sits Countess Lucy, her arms rolled up to keep the ink off her sleeves.
The dress is as elegant as a swan, a sheep about to go to a ball.
In a room lit by candlelight that feels somehow romantic, I put down the quill with a soft gesture.

“It’s a gift from me, but does it really look good on you?”
“Thank you.”

One of Count Lucy’s greatest characteristics was that her sitting posture, her speech, and her elegance flowed from every single action.
Should I say that I was born noble?
No matter how hard Siwoo tries, he probably won’t be able to copy that natural nobility.

“I was waiting for you.”
“Sorry, the neighborhood is too beautiful to look around.”
“Oh, that’s a nice word. You must have raised your eyes while staying at the Count’s mansion.”
“They seem to have different characteristics. I also really like this place.”
“Okay?”

The Count smiled sweetly and rose from his seat.
Countess Lucy left the table.
Seeing her outfit, Siwoo hid his surprise.

I thought it was a neat outfit, but it was because one side of the narrow dress was open.
It was a narrow slit that almost barely showed his panties, so his white thighs were visible.

It’s a man’s instinct, so he automatically looks away and quickly manages his gaze.
By the way, even if you wear a white outfit like that, your skin looks white.
I thought it was just amazing, and I prevented myself from thinking that it was strange for no reason.

“Sit comfortably.”
“Yep.”

The Count asked Siwoo, who was sitting on the sofa in front of the table, while placing several thick books on top of each other.

“How is our daughter?”
“I’ve felt it before, but he’s very intelligent and brilliant.”
“Yes? I’ve met many apprentice witches, but I’ve never seen one as smart and cute as our Diana.”
“I-I think so too.”
“So, how was the class today? Did Diana listen to her?”

Suddenly, seeing the count’s bright eyes and actively praising Diana, Siwoo nodded his head coolly and carefully floated his rhyme.

“I have something to say about that.”
“Yes, what is it?”
“Actually, I only served as a tutor for about two hours today. All I had to do was place a location board….”

The Count, who had been listening intently to Siwoo’s words by leaning his body forward, waved his hand and smiled.

“It’s okay, Diana is so stubborn. If she was a position board on day one, she’s a formidable achievement.”
“Is that so?”
“It’s a shame, but I’ve been raising and teaching Diana for over 20 years, but sometimes Diana is difficult.”
“Thank you for your understanding.”
“Whoa, what is this? Anyway….”

Finally, the long-awaited private tutoring time with the count.
Diana After her playthings were over, she agreed to be taught her force field magic for about two hours each day.
She was excited because learning about new magic was pretty fun in itself.

“Before starting the class in earnest, I will explain to you carefully what I will teach you in the future.”
“Yep.”

The Count put a piece of paper on the table.
The ink is not dry, as if it had been written a while ago.

“Siwoo’s goal is to control the ‘Red Branch’, right?”
“That’s right.”
“If you want to start practicing force field magic from scratch and reach that level, even 10 years will not be enough. So, we will set the direction of our research in the form of adding force field magic to the existing magnetic magic.”
“Oh, I see.”

It is a story that he will control the distortion field in the same way, just as he made stronger and stronger armor by applying various elemental magic to the law of shadow.
Of course, if that happened, it would be less flexible and less applicable than creating a new magnetism magic, but just being able to drastically reduce the time was a joy.

“Of course, no matter how much you remodel the existing magnetism magic, the basic skills are important. So, in this 2 hour private tutoring session, we will teach you the basics of force field magic. Shall we read this book first?”

The Count put the book on the desk a while ago.
She showed Siu a book that was as thick and large as a phone book.
On the cover, the words “Introduction to Station Field Magic” Are written.

“This is an introductory book that has been handed down in the Yesod family to teach apprentice witches the basics. Diana also learned from this. Take it.”
“Is it okay if I give you something precious like this?”
“Yes, when I was little, Diana was hiding books so much that I kept about 10 of them. The content itself is actually nothing special.”
“Thank you very much.”

Siwoo opened the book the Count handed him and looked through it.
It is quite thick.
It’s thick enough to be used as a weapon if you use the edges, but the letters are really subtle.
I would believe it even if it implied the contents of two or three major books.

“What is a lot? It’s a book that usually takes three years for an apprentice witch to learn everything. But do you know what? Our Diana finished it in 6 months. Isn’t that great?”
“You are amazing.”

Her bragging about her daughter, as tiny as the letters in her introductory book, came in every now and then, and Siwoo eagerly agreed.
She had felt it before, but it seems that she is a great daughter-in-law.

“By the way, Mr. Shin Si-woo.”
“Yes, Count.”
“Seeing that you succeeded in shielding the distortion field, you must have studied force field magic in your own way, right?”
“That’s right. Speaking of studying, it’s just going through a few books in the library at Trinity Academy.”
“Let’s check your skills before entering the full-scale class, shall we? I think that way can save time.”
“Please.”
“Please wait.”

The Count grabbed a pen and in a flash he wrote down the problem.
A total of 10 problems, from basic problems to check whether you understand the concepts of the basics and basics properly, to simple application problems.
It was a well-balanced difficulty level.

“Would you like to release it?”

First, I looked at the problem with my eyes.
No matter how difficult and abstract the concept of force field magic is, its roots are in the magic formula.
In the end, it means that it is a calculation problem.

Siwoo grabbed a pen and calmly solved the problem.
A conceptual statement problem for the abstraction and ideation of magic formulas.
Given the magic formula in the imaginary and symbolic worlds, the calculation problem of the effective potential and the potential that is naturally lost when realizing the real world.
The magic formula problem needed to implement a given formula into the real world.

Siwoo, who solved the last problem smoothly, licked his lips.
The first three problems were not difficult at all.
However, since the presenter is the presenter, it felt like being stabbed at a weak spot.

“It seems that all problems that can be solved have been solved.”
“…….”

When he glanced at him, he saw the count’s eyes widening as he checked the exam papers.
Yesod, whose eyes do not fall off the answer sheet even after waiting for a long time.

“Count?”
“If it’s not rude, would it be okay if I ask how long you studied?”
“It started in earnest…. It must have been a month or two.”
“A month or two… ?”

She put on a worried expression and took back the book she had given her.
Countess Lucy replies as she stares at her dumbfounded.

“I don’t think we need this.”
“Yes… ?”
“You don’t have to look. Because you seem to know everything.”

In fact, the 10 problems the count gave were not problems that a beginner who studied for a month or two could solve.

I didn’t want the ‘correct’ answer when I came up with the problem, I just wanted to see the process of solving it.
In the first place, there is no correct answer in magic, and especially in force field magic, which highlights its abstract aspect, there is no correct answer.

However, he wrote down his own correct answers to all 10 questions as if to show off.
There were parts that were lacking, and there were parts where logical leaps occurred.

But an approach that even Lucy Yesod hadn’t tried.
An attempt to quantify and measure the force field, which is inherently unmeasurable.
In Lucy Yesod’s view, the answer he submitted had already gone far beyond what he was going to study as an introductory text.

“It’s much better than I thought. Mr. Siu.”
“Is that so?”

The first male witch in history scratching the back of the head with a shy smile.

My name is Siwoo Shin.
A little more curious than before.