Overpowered Archmage Doesn’t Hide His Talent
Chapter 76: Flan, the Magic Department’s Flan, the Magic Department’s…

Chapter 76 – Flan, the Magic Department’s Flan, the Magic Department’s…

“Nothing but appearances…”

In the waiting room on the 13th floor of the magic tower, one of the knight trainees was annoyed.

It was a delicate height that allowed him to look down at the ground from afar, but not enough to touch the clouds.

From the soft chairs to the interior of the magic tower’s waiting room, it was full of antique decorations.

“Robes, hats, staffs… They only care about these external things, and that’s why they say the magicians have no substance.”

It was a remark that Flan would have praised if he had heard it.

This time, another knight trainee opened his mouth.

“If we’re going to face them, we should at least get something out of it, but the others will just hear that we won easily.”

“Since we can hear that anyway, I wish they would just forfeit. Why bother when the outcome is so obvious…”

The criticism of the magic department continued.

“No, wait a minute, they can’t forfeit. They have to be beaten to death in the arena. Did you see what that bastard said?”

As they were talking, the story narrowed down to one person.

The target was, of course, Flan of the magic department.

The atmosphere heated up like a fire scene.

“I doubted my eyes after seeing him. He said it was obvious that he would pass the subjugation preliminaries, and that he would even win the whole thing.”

“That’s not all. It was ridiculous that he mentioned the Knight of the Flame. Who can talk like that?”

“He’s a magician, that’s why. He’s never seen it in person… He has no idea how amazing he is.”

As the conversation about Flan continued, one of the knight trainees suddenly asked Ella.

“Ella. What do you think?”

“About what?”

“About the guy we’re talking about. Flan.”

Flan.

He didn’t need to think about it.

“…A crazy bastard.”

Ella clenched his sword.

“A whip is the cure for a mad dog, and a sword is the cure for a mad magician.”

After that, the insults against Flan and the magicians continued, but suddenly a female knight spoke up.

“You’re all too careless.”

“…?”

The heated waiting room cooled down.

In the frozen atmosphere, everyone’s eyes turned to one person.

Golden hair and eyes.

Flash Knight, Ivan Rose.

In the silence, she said.

“They’re not fools. They might lose if they’re not careful.”

Ha, Ella snorted. He couldn’t believe it.

Ella grabbed his sword and pushed Ivan’s chin with the hilt of his sword. As if he was going to break his neck.

“Lose… Like you?”

“…”

The other knights also sneered, but Ivan kept his composure.

“Ivan. My unique ability is different from yours… The magicians can never imitate it. Right?”

“Never mind imitating, just do your best.”

“I’ll do it my way.”

“Don’t be complacent…”

Ivan sighed and stopped talking. He knew he couldn’t explain it to them now.

They wouldn’t believe it until they saw it for themselves, and they wouldn’t listen to Ivan’s words in the first place, since he was a second-year student.

In the end, Ivan sighed deeply.

“Just do whatever you want. But I warned you.”

“…There was one more here, a crazy bastard.”

The moment Ella put his hand on the sword hilt.

“Stop.”

The knights’ heads turned to the entrance of the waiting room.

And as soon as they confirmed the owner of the voice, they quickly straightened their posture.

Ella also loosened his grip with a displeased expression.

“Your enemy today is the magician. Not each other.”

“…Yes.”

A person who was equivalent to a professor in the magic department.

Regular Knight Alex looked around at everyone and opened his mouth.

“The knight department lost badly in the first event.”

At that, Ivan bowed his head. But the other knights stiffened their necks.

“Yes. That’s right.”

Alex said in an angry voice.

“When the magic department won in the first event… How much did the noble knights feel sad, can you even guess?”

The other knights finally bowed their heads.

But their eyes glanced at Ivan with resentment.

It was because of him that they had to hear such words – that’s what their expressions said.

“The excitement of the magic department ends today. If a similar situation happens again… no one will forgive you.”

Alex’s voice was sincere, and some of the trainee knights swallowed their saliva.

“A normal victory won’t do. We have to crush them completely, so they can never utter such nonsense in the press again. Do you understand?”

“Yes!”

“Let’s go. To the press conference.”

Alex led the way, and the trainees followed him.

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Press conference room.

Alex stared at the dean of the magic department, Conette, who was sitting across from him.

‘The dean of the magic department…’

She had white hair on the outside, but black hair on the inside.

And her strange inverted eyes.

She was a magician with many peculiarities.

The knight of the flame, Scarlet, had warned him to be careful of that woman…

‘But the knight of the flame is too humble.’

Alex didn’t think Conette was that impressive.

Even if she was a great magician, it was a different matter to judge her as a dean.

Alex looked around the magic department side.

The dean Conette was in the center, with a secretary on her side, and three professors on her right.

There were no empty seats except for the four representative students.

He felt curious as he looked at them.

‘What’s this?’

Did they gain some confidence?

Usually, when there was a joint meeting of the two departments, the magicians couldn’t raise their heads.

It had always been like that.

But.

The attitude of the people in front of him was somewhat different.

They were tense, but they seemed to resist stubbornly.

‘It’s a good thing that Scarlet didn’t come today.’

If he had seen those faces himself… he might have burned the tower down.

Alex didn’t like their looks either.

“Oh, our representative students are a bit late.”

Conette was the first to break the silence. Alex turned his head and looked at Eliza.

Eliza shook her head slightly.

It meant that this conversation was not recorded.

Alex opened his mouth then.

“I understand that they are late. They are at the age when they are afraid of defeat.”

Conette smiled back at him.

“Oh, I didn’t know that the knight of the flame also… had a similar reason for not coming.”

“…”

Alex’s expression hardened.

Scarlet didn’t even attend the press conference today.

“Dean of the magic department?”

“Yes. I’m listening.”

“The knight of the flame is not a leisurely person. But I will convey his opinion to you.”

At that, Conette’s secretary shuddered.

It was a very rude remark. In other words, Conette was sitting here because she was leisurely.

“What…”

Violet, who was next to him, also muttered.

Even if there was a big difference between knights and magicians, it was a blatant breach of etiquette for a regular knight to say that to a dean.

But Conette calmly parted her lips.

“Let’s hear it. The opinion of the knight of the flame who is not leisurely.”

“If you lose today’s match, the magic department should not even participate in the crusade from now on.”

“Hmm, what does that mean?”

In the air, Alex’s eyes and Conette’s inverted eyes collided.

“Isn’t it a forfeit win for the team that faces the magic department?”

Alex continued calmly.

“Students who want to face the magic department will naturally appear, and this will have a bad effect on us. I don’t like knights who rely on luck.”

Conette closed and opened her eyes slowly.

“Is it a forfeit win or not… we’ll have to see.”

“I’ve seen it for over ten years. Didn’t you deliberately ignore it all this time, Dean?”

A cold silence fell.

A quiet confrontation lasted for a while, and after a long time, the reporter Eliza broke the silence.

“It’s time. Before we start the press conference, I would like to thank you all for coming today.”

At Eliza’s remark, Violet felt her heart sink.

…The representatives of the magic department, including Flan, had not yet arrived at the press conference room.

“Once the conference begins, all conversations will be recorded and transmitted in real time. Please be aware of this point.”

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This was connected to the ‘record sheets’ that were posted all over the Merhen Academy, so that the students of both departments could check the conversations that were going on at the press conference.

“Also, the conference can be terminated early.”

Eliza pointed to the red bell that was attached to the ceiling. It was huge and ornate.

“As we have notified you in advance, the conference will end immediately and the match will begin as soon as one side rings the bell.”

It was a device for the ‘superior’ side.

If they rang the bell quickly to avoid the conference, that would also be recorded and transmitted, so it was not an easy choice for those who were in the ‘inferior’ position.

“Then, I will start calling the representatives of both sides. And I will start recording.”

The secretary of the magic department’s dean pushed up his glasses. He was sweating from the tension, and they kept sliding down.

“Ella of the knight department.”

“Yes.”

Ella’s attitude was very relaxed.

The leader of the ‘four siblings’ of the second year of the knight department.

She had a unique and excEllant talent.

“Perion of the knight department.”

“Yes.”

Eliza called the representatives of the knight department one by one, and none of them failed to answer.

And finally.

“Flan of the magic department.”

The moment his name was called.

The answer was cut off for the first time, and silence fell.

“Flan of the magic department?”

Eliza called his name again.

The magic department side remained silent. The tension that rose from the floor gradually began to strangle them.

On the other hand, the corners of the knight department’s mouths rose.

Flan’s absence, who had guaranteed the victory.

It was a story that made them salivate just by imagining it.

The magic department, who was excited by winning one event, Flan’s arrogant remarks in the exclusive interview…

Every time they saw those things, they wished for Flan’s downfall.

“If he is not in the conference room even after calling him three times, he will be considered absent from the conference.”

Eliza’s words were clear.

Ella did not hide her smile.

Well, that’s right, the arrogant magicians always do things like this.

A weak race that cries out for a miracle that can never be realized.

That’s a magician.

“…Next, the magic department will forfeit.”

Violet looked at the entrance of the conference room.

The door still showed no sign of opening.

“Flan of the magic department.”

The call finally began.

If Flan did not appear in this place until the next two calls.

The magic department’s victory in the first event, their passion for the conquest that was ignited by him, their effort to hold a press conference at the tower…

It would all be in vain.

They might not be able to stand up again if they were broken this time.

“Flan of the magic department.”

Violet’s eyes moved quickly.

She could not read Coneet’s thoughts, and the expressions of the secretary and the professors were no different from hers.

The most worrying thing was the expression of the knight department.

They either held back their laughter, or laughed out loud, or even looked down on them like bugs.

There was no respect for each other.

It was probably because the magic department had not proven anything.

It was a bit bitter.

“Flan of the magic department…”

The moment Eliza’s last call was about to end.

Boom!

A loud noise echoed in the conference room.

The door was somehow open, and orange light poured out from the gap.

“…”

Eliza narrowed her eyebrows slightly.

The eyes of everyone in the conference room turned to the entrance.

And they soon realized who had appeared.

He, who had arrived after several calls, was as usual.

He wore a neat appearance and a calm expression, and he stood under the spotlight that descended like a halo.

“…Flan?”

Eliza tied up the third call belatedly.

The representative of the magic department.

Flan looked around slowly.

The smile that had spread on the knight department’s face had already hardened.

“Yes.”

Flan answered casually and smirked.

Then, three representatives of the magic department came in one by one behind him. T

hey all found their seats and sat quietly.

Finally, Flan took a step.

“…I’m Flan.”

He parted his lips and called himself.

He also started walking.

Not to his seat, but to the center of the conference room.

“I came here as a magician.”

It was vague to say that he answered the call, and he didn’t sit down to say that he came for the conference.

A pride that would not bend to anyone, an attitude that would look insanely arrogant to someone.

But that’s why he added one more word.

That one word that he came here as a magician.

Ha, Ella snorted.

“You’re shamelessly late. What do you mean you came as a magician… What does that mean?”

“I had something to deal with.”

The moment Flan smirked again.

“…?”

Ella doubted her senses.

They were not harmonious, but they had strong personalities that only made sense when they were together. It was clearly the rest of the ‘four siblings’.

And her senses were right.

“Hi everyone~”

“Hi is informal, you idiot.”

Behind Flan, Ella’s student appeared.

They all sat down with handcuffs on.

Everyone’s eyes turned to Flan.

It was an incomprehensible situation without explanation.

“Uhuhu…”

In the meantime, Connet couldn’t help but laugh.

It was interesting.

Reporters, knights, presidents, professors… All kinds of positions were gathered here, and Flan was just a student.

But even so, the weight of this conference room was already tilted towards him.

It was too interesting.

Flan opened his mouth again.

“Before I visited the conference room, I requested a special pardon for the four siblings of the knight department.”

“…!”

Special pardon.

Everyone’s faces were shocked.

It was an unexpected word.

Everyone stopped their actions as if time had stopped.

Only the record paper recorded Flan’s words.

The silence was broken by Eliza.

“Special pardon… Why, Flan student?”

The crimes of the four siblings except Ella were especially bad.

They fought not only fights, but also chased and beat students who were magicians.

Why did he ask for a special pardon for them?

“I thought it would calm down the anger of the magic department a little if I scolded them in front of everyone. I did it on purpose.”

The eyes of the knight department widened at Flan’s remark.

But his words were not over yet.

“Also, I lost because three of them were hastily replaced… I don’t want to hear such an excuse later.”

Ella’s head tilted slightly.

It was ridiculous.

It was nonsense and absurd attitude.

Flan dared to assume victory against the four siblings.

As Flan finished speaking, the conference room was silent.

This time, even the reporter Eliza was shocked and couldn’t break the silence.

Finally, the first one to open his mouth was Ella.

“You arrogant bastard-”

But then.

Ding-!

Flan hit the bell with magic.

The huge red bell roared fiercely.

Ding- ding- ding- ding-

The preliminary round of the conquest began.

It was less than three minutes since he showed up.

“Whether it’s a conference, a question, or a remark…”

After burying Ella’s remark with the bell sound, Flan spoke very slowly.

“Do it with magic at the stadium.”

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