The Duke’s Madness

Arthur was taken aback by the completely unexpected situation.

‘What should I do with this?’

It’s not that I don’t choose the presenter, it’s that I decide.

Of course, Yenika was familiar with the situation to some extent, but in the end, it was limited to the part she was in charge of.

It was not enough to explain and lead the entire process of the experiment.

Then Jenika gets up from her seat.

“Yes Professor.”

With a calm answer, she stepped up onto the podium.

And I calmly released the materials and preparations that I had worked hard for three weeks.

The students admired the calm attitude that did not seem to be agitated.

‘Even though I was suddenly pointed out… Aren’t you nervous at all?’

‘but… If you’re the eldest daughter of that Hazel entrepreneur, there’s no reason to be afraid.’

‘I heard that the president of Hazel Entrepreneur is a genius among geniuses? Then, as a daughter, she will be the same.’

In the meantime, Jenika, who had finished all the preparations, looked away.

Professor Chizui nodded.

“start… do.”

With permission, Yenika opens her mouth.

“hello everyone. This is Jenika Hazel, who is in charge of presenting the Group A experiment.”

Applause broke out at the introduction.

Yenika waited for a while for the sound to stop, then calmly continued her explanation.

“What our group has prepared is a change in the ‘magic stone’ that forms the core of magic engineering.”

“… … .”

“Magic stones are stones containing magic power, and are special minerals that are only created in very specific regions. Modern times have achieved a lot through this mineral. Simple examples are cars and trains. Magic stones are used in many other resources.”

After a brief explanation, Jenika picks up a magic stone.

At the same time, the shimmering mana seeped into the magic stone.

Weing-!

At that moment, wild static electricity exploded from the magic crystal.

Yenica placed the magic crystal that was engulfed in static electricity on top of the podium, and then continued the explanation that had been paused for a while.

“As you can see, magic crystals generate this kind of current when magic is put into them.”

“… … .”

“With this current, you can read books even at night, and it is also used for various power sources. Cars instead of horses, trains instead of teleports are typical.”

Yenika took a deep breath and picked up the parchment.

“We investigated what kind of magical energy this magic stone causes a specific reaction. Then first… … .”

The students who watched it were amazed again.

This is because Yenika Hazel’s announcement was, to be honest, perfect.

If it’s pronunciation, it’s atmosphere.

And even the calm expression that scans the crowd.

Aside from the experimentation process, if you look at the attitude of the presentation alone, it would not be strange to give it an A.

But Arthur, who was watching, was different.

‘Wow, that’s a big deal… I don’t know, but I’m pretending to know.’

It started off well, but then there were problems.

The most important part of the experiment, Yenika was not properly explaining.

In the first place, the experiment process was not her part, so it was not strange, but in the end, this presentation had to draw out and explain the experiment process and its results.

In such a place, such a superficial packaging could not get a good score in the end.

“hmm… … ?”

“Is something strange?”

As evidence of that, some students were tilting their heads at Yenika’s story.

Professor Chizui’s expression was also lowered.

If you keep going like this, you might end up not being able to show everything you prepared, let alone A.

Because of that, Arthur quickly began to roll his head.

‘Can’t you do something? How can I convey my thoughts to Yenika?’

It was when Arthur gently frowned between his worries.

I could see Leon admiring quietly from the side.

“Oh oh… Miss Jenika is doing better than I thought?”

“… … .”

“Don’t you think there is no need to worry in this state? Arthur Bayern?’

At his words, Arthur narrowed his eyes and murmured.

“There was… way.”

“… … ? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Arthur raised an eyebrow.

“I’m in a hurry, so I’ll tell you briefly now, Prince.”

“… … ?”

“Can you connect me and Yenika’s head now with the ability you used last time?”

Leon tilted his head.

“I can, but… why? Are you doing well?”

“Does it look good to me? I just don’t know anything, so I’m talking round and round?”

“… really?”

“Really. Look at Professor Chizui’s expression!”

At these words, Leon averts his gaze.

After that, he hardened his expression and muttered.

“Really… Professor Chigi. Whenever I don’t like something, the corners of my eyes droop. But now I am very depressed.”

“It means that you don’t like Yenika’s current announcement. So no time. Connect me quickly.”

After Leon nodded, he secretly showed the power of his pupils.

Dig-!

If it had been magic, this trick wouldn’t have worked.

If magical powers were generated in the classroom, it would have been detected unless you were a great wizard.

But Leon’s ability was not magic.

‘The lineage of the cursed emperor. That lineage ability is undetectable.’

Arthur looks at Yenika with thoughts.

Jenika continued to explain casually, but her words were gradually slowing down as if she was getting more and more exhausted.

After looking at her for a while, Arthur closed his eyes and murmured.

‘Can you hear Jenika?’

At these words, Jenika shuts up.

“… … ?”

The moment the students and Professor Chizui, who were watching the incident, tilted their heads, Yenika’s eyes turned around.

‘Gongja… … ?’

At this, Arthur laughs.

‘I really do all sorts of things because of you. Still, good job. Let’s start over.’

* * *

When she was first nominated by Professor Chizui, Yenika was taken aback.

‘Why am I being singled out?’

It wasn’t that I neglected this group task, but it wasn’t that I didn’t participate diligently.

Of course, if it were at an ordinary level, even this much could have been presented without difficulty.

However, this group assignment was not an ordinary level.

The level was so high that it would not be inferior even if it was immediately exported to the academic world as a thesis.

There was no way to properly explain the data close to such a thesis, unless it was Arthur Bayern, the subject of the experiment.

But Yenika didn’t show that embarrassment.

At the point where you can’t make a proper presentation, if you can’t even manage your facial expressions, you’re just wasting three weeks.

‘so… At least on the outside, it should look fine.’

Fortunately, I was confident in pretending nothing was wrong and managing my expression.

He also had a knack for speaking plausibly.

Thanks to that, I managed to finish the introduction somehow, and the atmosphere was not bad, but eventually I reached the limit.

‘… … .’

As soon as we got into the full explanation, shallow knowledge was quickly revealed.

Fortunately, most of the students didn’t seem to notice, but Professor Chizui was different.

He gave a cool glance through his thick eyelids.

In that gaze, Yenika was able to intuit.

‘… It’s ruined.’

There was no way that seasoned old professor would not have noticed this hole-in-the-wall explanation.

Because of that, Jenika secretly let out a sigh, but she did not give up on the presentation itself.

If I stop here now, I won’t even get the points I deserve.

It was time to continue with the best explanation possible in the current situation.

A familiar voice comes into my head.

‘I really do all sorts of things because of you.’

‘… … ?’

‘Still, you did a good job. Let’s start over.’

I heard Arthur Bayern’s voice in my head.

While Jenika, surprised, opens her mouth, Arthur quickly orders.

‘First, I’ll show you the process of changing magic stones. Get ready, Yenika.’

After coming to her senses at these words, Jenika quickly shuts her gaping mouth.

“… … ?”

The students who watched the scene tilted their heads.

The reason why Jenika Hazel, who had not been blocked until now, stopped talking was because she was beyond embarrassed.

But soon after managing her expression, she evokes the atmosphere with a cool voice.

“… sorry. I will start announcing again.”

With these words, Jenika picked up the magic stone.

Then, he put the magic crystal into the box he had put on the platform beforehand.

As the students sent interested glances at the movement that deviated from the explanation, Yenika opened her mouth again.

“What I’m going to show you now is the experimental process that will support our theory.”

“… … .”

“Does the magic stone show its power only when it responds to magic? Or do you react otherwise? It is an experiment to find out.”

Professor Chizui, who was still silent at these words, raised his hand.

“question… can i do one? Jenika student… … ?”

“Yes Professor.”

“The purpose of that box is… What is?”

“This box is a special box that prevents the reaction from the magic stone from being expressed.”

At Yenika’s words, Professor Chizui stroked her chin.

“It’s a special box… is there any need for such a thing? A magic crystal… is a stone that contains magical power. It means that phenomena such as explosions do not occur.”

“… … .”

“So it is ambiguous. The reason I put it in that box… It doesn’t look like it?”

At this point, Yenika secretly turned her gaze to look at Arthur.

‘Oh, that’s a sharp question.’

‘… … .’

‘Is that Professor Chizui? hmm… How do I convince them of this?’

Seeing her tilting her head with her eyes closed, Yenica gently clenched her fists.

‘… I wish I could say something quickly.’

As the answer was blocked, the atmosphere became strange again.

Because of that, the moment Jenika feels impatient, Arthur opens his mouth again.

And the explanation flowed through Jenika’s mouth again.

“Because it causes an explosion.”

“… yes?”

“This is because the magic crystal reacts to a specific energy and causes an explosion. What our group has been experimenting with is how this explosion works, which is also the goal of this experiment described earlier.”

Professor Chizui’s drooping eyebrows went up slightly.

In the meantime, the atmosphere in the classroom started to get messy again over Yenika’s remarks.

“what?”

“The magic crystal causes an explosion?”

“… How do you get it to happen?”

It was because according to common sense, magic crystals were a safe energy resource that did not explode.

Because of that, when everyone tilts their heads, Yenika confidently answers.

“Then let’s go straight to the experiment. There may be a momentary flash, but please be aware of it.”

With these words, Jenika takes out something.

The corners of Professor Chizui’s eyes went up again as he watched them.

‘mind… Jeongseok?’

What Yenica took out was none other than another magic crystal.

However, it had a different light from the magic crystals already in the box.

It was not difficult for Professor Chizui to know the identity of the light.

‘Attribute magic… That’s also the dark system.’

With his thoughts, Professor Chizui grasped the intention of this experiment and burst into laughter.

“… … ?”

The students blinked their eyes in puzzlement at that laugh, and Professor Chizui waved his hand.

“ah… sorry. The experiment itself was so unique that I didn’t know… … .”

The praise that came out of his mouth made the students’ eyes widen.

Only Arthur raised the corner of his mouth.

‘As expected, Professor Chizui. I figured out the identity of the experiment at once.’

The reason why magic stones are often called a safe energy source is that when the magical energy contained in the stone runs out, it is discharged.

‘But what if I inject magic power into the discharged magic stone again?’

And if that magical power is attribute magic, or dark magic, commonly called natural magic, a wild explosion occurs with a very high probability.

‘It’s because of the unique ignition of dark magic.’

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Nevertheless, the reason why magic stones are called safe energy resources is that this fact is not widely known.

‘Even I didn’t know about this. If it hadn’t been for an explosion at that magic power plant.’

Using his experience at that time, Arthur investigated this fact, and soon found out that magic stones react to dark magic.

So, it was Arthur who hurriedly added a course of the experiment.

‘Is the magic stone really safe? To prove this logic, it’s the quickest way to show a scene where a magic crystal actually explodes.’

And it was Yenika who was in charge of the experiment.

It was because her magic was of the ‘dark’ type.

So Arthur was somewhat relieved when it came to experiments, and Yenica was no different.

“Then let’s start the experiment.”

With a confident declaration, Jenika put magic into the magic stone.

Cuckoo Cuckoo-!!

Her mana is dyed in deep darkness, and that mana begins to be contained in the magic stone.

The moment the students who were watching the scene blinked, the magic crystal in the box caused an explosion of light.

bang-!!!

Students opened their mouths at the unexpected explosion.

At the same time, a faint flame burned inside the box, and the existing magic crystal became a pure white star.

One of the students watching the scene involuntarily exclaimed.

“her… … ?”

“really… Did it explode?’

In that reaction, she looks at Arthur, retrieving the magic that Jenika had been injecting.

‘Now I’ll explain, Jenika.’

Yenika gave a small nod and slowly opened her mouth to explain the rest of the experiment.

‘The subject of this explosion is… … .’

“The subject of this explosion… … .”

Arthur gives an explanation, and Yenika processes the explanation.

Jenika lightly bowed as she told Arthur’s explanation about how she prepared for this experiment and how she prepared it all.

“… This is the presentation prepared by our group. Thank you for listening.”

With these words, the classroom is enveloped in silence.

“… … .”

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None of the students in the classroom opened their mouths, staring blankly at Yenika.

Professor Chizui’s applause cuts off the awkward atmosphere exquisitely.

mate…

In accordance with the resounding sound, the students wake up one by one and clap their hands.

mate…

clap clap clap-!

Soon, all the students applauded as if bewitched, and Jenika, who watched the atmosphere, let out a sigh of relief.

‘… It’s over.’

I only had one presentation, but I felt exhausted.

Because of that, she felt that her legs were numb after a long time and looked at Arthur.

‘Nice job, Jenika.’

The smile on his face seemed to say something like this.

That’s why it was Yenika who burst into laughter.

‘While he was done, what… … .’

With these words, it was time for Jenika to return to her place.

One of the students whispers.

“Wow, is that also Jenika Hazel?”

Along with that whisper, Yenika’s footsteps stopped abruptly.

The gossip he heard in the meantime soon became his own name.

“Preparation for Group A… Yenica Hazel must have done it all, right?”

Jenika Hazel’s expression subtly distorted.