Overpowered Archmage Doesn’t Hide His Talent
Chapter 73: Flan, Flan has revealed himself!

Chapter 73 – Flan, Flan has revealed himself!

Bang!

“You’re still… too slow.”

Ice wall, flame, beam of light.

Everything was shattered at once.

The three students were soaked in sweat.

“Is this hard? This is nothing.”

I clicked my tongue.

It was the same no matter how many times they tried.

They still didn’t know how to give power to ‘simplicity’.

They kept leaning toward ‘output’ in their circuits.

Habits are so scary.

And if they don’t fix this, they have no chance of passing the preliminary round of the hunting competition.

“Stop.”

I interfered with their circuits and forced them to stop manifesting.

I guess I have to allocate some time for theory as well.

“I overestimated you. Learn from the theory first.”

A desk and a chair appeared in front of the students. They all sat down awkwardly.

“This is a problem that arises because you’ve been working hard in your own way. The habits that you’ve acquired are not easy to change.”

They must have considered the things they discovered by themselves as great secrets.

It wouldn’t be easy to let go of them.

“…”

But it’s my role to lead them to let go.

I found the problem and immediately changed the way I taught.

I didn’t even have time to be disappointed with the students.

“I’ll start from the beginning again.”

Water, fire, earth, wind… The elements are very diverse, but if you dig down to the essence, there’s no difference in the end.

I want to teach the three of them this origin.

“This is a very basic element.”

A sphere of no-attribute magic. I slowly lifted it into the air without any attribute.

This time, I don’t trust these guys.

I used the white space of the world as a blackboard and wrote down the formulas, principles, processes, etc. as detailed as possible in black.

It was like teaching a newborn baby.

“Compare the elemental formulas you drew with these, and memorize the parts that are different.”

Understanding is not too late after memorizing.

No, at their level, it’s better to memorize first.

That way, there might be moments of sudden understanding.

“Don’t think about adding attributes until the no-attribute sphere becomes transparent. It’s nothing but a murky lump of waste.”

But even as I explained this, I wrote down all the theories and formulas for adding attributes on top of the no-attribute sphere.

…It would take forever to write one by one.

Swoosh-

I started writing three letters at a time. Ice for Becky, flame for Trixie, light for Louis… I even kindly divided the space for notes.

There’s not much time. I have to teach them no matter what.

“You can increase the simplicity one more time in the process of adding attributes. You may not be able to learn this yet, but you must be aware that there is such a phenomenon.”

The notes went from 1:58 to 1:58.

“That’s it.”

It was like that in the time of the world of paintings, but by the time I finished the notes, the students were already sitting corpses.

“That’s it.”

I looked at the things that were densely written in the air.

There was nothing wrong with them, and they couldn’t be more concise. They should be honored to be able to listen to such a lecture.

“If you memorize everything, it will be 1:59.”

“…?”

“Start.”

I left the world of paintings after leaving the assignment. At this point, there was someone I had to bring.

◈

─Tick tock

After Flan left, the training ground of the world of paintings was filled with the sound of memorizing formulas.

[ Simplicity Theory ]

[ Non-Attribute Element Manifestation Theory ]

[ Attribute Substitution Theory ] . . .

“…This is ridiculous.”

Trixie muttered.

She picked out only what she needed from the notes written in the air. But it was still a huge amount.

And the content wasn’t easy either.

It was full of unfamiliar and difficult things.

Three books.

Three books.

“It’s amazing.”

But she was interested.

That was amazing.

Trixie resisted and felt uncomfortable with the idea of rebuilding from the basics.

Not just her, but anyone would.

Starting from the beginning means, in other words, denying all the achievements and time they had accumulated.

But Flan’s explanation was simple in itself.

It was concise and had only the core.

As soon as she saw it, she felt that there was no better way than this, and she decided to let go of the past.

“Of course…”

He did it on purpose. The girl was sure.

Even with just theory, he was this good.

There was no way Flan had lost to Trixie purely by skill in their duel.

My curiosity grew even more. What was Flan’s goal?

But I soon shook my head.

“…First, I have to memorize everything.”

Right now, the most urgent thing is to improve my skills quickly.

I had to fulfill my role as the representative of the hunting competition, and I had to meet Mr. Garth with a confident face.

Trixie turned his head slightly.

“…”

Louis was being Louis.

He didn’t move at all, except for blinking his eyes.

His pupils were filled with intense curiosity as he looked at the notebook.

This time, I turned my head to the other side.

“I have to tie this up here… No, logic? What logic should I apply…? Aah… Back to the beginning…”

Becky was rather noisy.

She put her hand on her forehead, then lowered it, then sighed deeply, then furrowed her brows as if she didn’t understand. And yet, she somehow managed to turn the pages.

I was genuinely curious about Becky.

She must be feeling a lot of pressure now that she was chosen as the representative.

She must also know the public opinion.

And it didn’t seem like anything was going well for her right now…

But she was still doing what Flan told her to do.

“Becky.”

“Huh, huh?”

Becky quickly turned to me.

And then she added quickly.

“Uh, sorry. Was I too loud?”

“You’re working really hard.”

“Oh… Yeah… Did I look bad?”

Becky scratched her head with a slightly dejected face.

It was obvious that she had low self-esteem, unlike me.

“…Never mind. What’s your reason for working hard?”

I wanted to solve the mystery of my mother.

I also wanted to be a genius, and do my duty as a Gaju well.

My goals and reasons were all clear, so I became curious about other people’s reasons.

Becky rubbed her cheek with an awkward expression.

“Well… I don’t have any great reason. I just do it because Flan tells me to…”

She said she just did it because he told her to, so I wondered what the reason for her blind faith was.

The first possibility that came to my mind was one.

“Becky.”

“Yeah?”

“Do you like Flan?”

“…!”

Becky’s body stiffened.

She looked like she had been hit by a shock.

Her face turned bright red as if it would explode any moment.

She fiddled with the pen in her hand a few times.

“Wh, wh, why are you asking me that all of a sudden…?”

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“I, I’m not working hard just for that reason!”

“Then.”

Becky fidgeted and licked her lips.

“I gave up on trying to understand what Flan is trying to do a long time ago. I can’t do that at my level. But…”

“But.”

“I know now that he always has a reason. And when I look back, it always turns out to be something that helps me… I just feel like, Flan is always amazing.”

Becky’s eyes deepened. She seemed to be reminiscing about the past.

“He was different from the first time I met him, when he touched the Agora board…”

Agora board.

As soon as I heard those five words, my eyes widened. Becky also quickly made an oops face.

“Agora board?”

“Uh… Uh? Oh, no. I must have been confused!”

“You just said, Agora board…”

But that was when it happened.

“What’s with all the noise?”

Three unfamiliar people appeared in front of us.

Silver hair that reminded me of the moonlight, red eyes.

She looked like the president of the Saphora society, but… Her ears were not pointed.

I asked.

“Who are you?”

The woman’s head slowly tilted as she heard my question.

She was none other than Maiev.

She had just returned to the world of paintings after finishing her meeting in the void.

Her tone was rather arrogant, but I couldn’t help it.

Maiev calmly opened her mouth.

“The owner of this illusion world, shall I say. Or rather, I was…”

“So, who are you?”

“…”

Maiev bit her lower lip quietly as she faced Trixie, who was asking her sharply.

If it weren’t for the slave mark, if she had met her outside, she would have torn this human to pieces and hung her in the air…

But that was a meaningless assumption now.

She answered obediently as Flan had ordered her.

“I’m just… someone who only exists in this world. That’s me.”

“Oh, a summon.”

Trixie accepted it right away.

“…”

Maiev felt miserable.

She had to be treated as a summon by these young humans… She didn’t know how it had come to this.

But the next moment.

“…?”

Becky grabbed Maiev’s cheek and stretched it.

“Wow… this looks like it’s alive. Flan can summon something like this too…”

“This, this, this thing…?”

“Her cheek is really soft. Hey, guys! You should touch it too!”

Trixie scanned Maiev from top to bottom.

Without hesitation, she poked the opposite cheek with her index finger.

“…It’s pretty elaborate.”

“Haha… Since it’s a female summon, I’ll just look.”

Louis smiled brightly with his eyes, and Maiev couldn’t overcome the shock and shivered.

Trixie suddenly thrust a notebook at Maiev.

It was a page with Flan’s notes copied.

“You. Do you know this?”

“…?”

Maiev was speechless. But she couldn’t get angry because of the mark engraved on the back of her hand.

“Sigh…”

She let out a deep sigh and reluctantly looked at the paper.

It was neat.

She could tell that it was a different type of magic from the dark magic she used.

“It’s not hard to understand.”

“Really?!”

Becky’s eyes sparkled.

She immediately opened her own notebook and handed it to her.

“Then, please explain it to me! I don’t get this part at all…!”

“Hmm~ Can I ask you too?”

“I’m here.”

Louis and Trixie joined in.

“Ah.”

Maiev closed her eyes quietly. Her head was spinning.

◈

The night before the elimination round of the hunting competition.

Sephia, the head of the magic department of the Merhen Daily, was still in her office.

The outside was already chaotic because of the preliminaries the next day.

Music was playing, fireworks were exploding in the sky, there were pre-festivals, parties… It was natural.

The scale of the hunting competition was huge.

From the students of Merhen Academy to the royal family’s officials, everyone was interested.

It was such an important event, and therefore, there were people whose lives changed in an instant during this period. It was not a strange thing at all.

At such a critical point… Sephia rubbed her temples with her hand.

“I’m going crazy.”

[ No plan for the magic department… ‘Flan missing’ ]

[ Shouting loudly and then disappearing from the dormitory… What are they doing? ]

[ Why are there only three representatives of the magic department? ] *High probability that they failed to recruit one.

[ ‘Empty carts make the most noise’ ] *Will this year’s magic department remain as empty carts?

The newspapers printed by the knight department were pouring down like a downpour.

She couldn’t refute them, because Flan had disappeared and the interview itself was impossible.

And it wasn’t just him who was gone.

All the representatives of the magic department didn’t come out of the dormitory.

“What do I do with this? What do I do? What are they thinking…”

She clasped her head and got up from her seat.

She threw all the newspapers into the trash can. She couldn’t sit in the office forever.

But then.

“Chief! Chief!”

The youngest reporter burst into the office and opened the door.

He had his eyes wide open.

“Yes, yes. What is it?”

“Flan, Flan showed up!”

“…Really?”

Sephia tilted her head.

“…!”

And the next moment, she dashed towards the entrance.

“Finally, you’re here? How was it, how was it? Did you get a good scoop? Or did you find anything else?”

“Uh…. well….”

The junior reporter stuttered and shuffled his feet. Sephia felt like she was going to explode.

“Come on, come on! Don’t beat around the bush!”

“Journalism student Ivan…. Ivan.”

“Ivan? What do you mean, Ivan?”

Sephia looked clueless, unable to understand what he was talking about. But the junior reporter looked even more so.

“Ivan, I took Ivan….”

“Yeah, yeah.”

“To the dormitory….”

Sephia’s head leaned to the side.

No, it was almost broken.

A moment later, she narrowed her eyes and asked.

“…What?”

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