"Ah… I can't stand."
"Me too…"
Mazkhar and Altrez collapsed after used high-level magic. I was happy that they had a limit but after Nine told that word, I wanted to collapse too.
[Your balance is 20,030 coins.]
Teacher Freya… You never told me being a teacher had to spend much money.
"Teacher, I'm hungry! Can you buy me a lunch?"
"My teacher, please."
They asked me in front of the practice room's staff. I couldn't help but brought them to the cafeteria and bought kid lunch sets.
"What is the meaning you'll die?"
I investigated them while they ate.
"Power is everything," Mazkhar answered.
"We're strong so we live. If we want to live, we must be stronger." Altrez answered.
"Tell me more."
"One more dish, please!"
"Me too.~"
It didn't help. Maybe it was a thing I would reject certainly. I just sealed the massacre magic then two massacre walking appeared, what was happen about my fate?
"Finish your lunch then go home."
"But I want to learn magic from you!"
"We can learn Fire Magic again. Other elements were alright too. It's up to you. Please teach us."
"I don't accept the disciple. Go home."
"I can wait!" Mazkhar sat on the floor, "Will you accept the disciple at one hour later?"
Altrez sat near him, "Tomorrow, will you accept the disciple?"
""The day after tomorrow, will you accept the disciple?!""
My… If they stuck to me at this level, they might cause trouble and pretended to be my disciple. I would be bad, so I had to perfectly take control of them.
The trust, I should do it this way from the beginning.
"My lecture was 3,000 coins per hour. Two persons were 6,000 coins per hour. If you pay for the course, I'll teach you."
We came back to my office. When they knew the condition, my future disciples were stunned.
"Al… You have coins left right? If we mix them…"
"Maz, I have but it isn't enough."
"No way!!"
As I thought… From their formal cloth, they might come from standard families. Even that Mazkhar didn't give up.
"Can't you lower the price? Expensive like that it has no one pay."
"It has."
"You lie! …so greedy"
"I heard you" I sighed,
"If you want to be my disciple, you have to follow my rule. You should come again when you get enough money. Understand? If you understand then get out. I have work to do. Or you want the violence… I call the guard to pick you off."
"N No, wait a sec. We… Can't we stay with you?"
Altrez that has a small body tried to be smaller, grabbed hands together, and made a small voice.
"Please… Please, High Sage. We won't disturb you."
"Me too! I'll stay with Al. Let's us be with you."
""Please!!!""
I turned to another way, but their begging's eyes still sent pressure to me. I sighed again.
"Following my rule. If you take the trouble, I'll send you off. Got it?"
"Yeah! Got it!"
They harmonize handed up.
At that time, I didn't know… it was a mistake decision.
"Altrez! Mazkhar! Get down of the bookshelf!!"
"Put these books on the shelves correctly!!"
They ran around my room like small animals. Mazkhar tried to find my secret drawers and he could locate them all. I couldn't focus on a book I had to follow them all the time.
They were the opposite of Riche like Hell and Heaven.
[Altrez is hugging the pillow and the one that plays with the fake flower is Mazkhar.]
The more they were under my eyes plus Nine's guide, I started to realize the difference between them.
Riche's appearance was 15 years old. They were 12 years old. Their height was under my eyes level, I didn't need to look at their face. I could look at their hair. Even they had the same black color hair, but the style was different. Mazkhar had a fluffy hairstyle, but Altrez had a polite hairstyle. It was too specific. When they walked through me, I tried to set their hair like that.
"…"
They were paralyzed.
"…I can't touch you?"
I felt doing the bad thing, but Altrez shook his head.
"You can. We like it. That's right, Maz?"
"Y… Yes…"
Except for hairstyle, their personal was different too. Mazkhar had enthusiastic speech and Altrez had a steady and calm voice. Sometimes, I felt like Altrez got respect from Mazkhar.
"It's dark. You should go home."
"I already asked home!"
"Yes~ We asked to stay the night with you."
Luckily, they slept fast I got a lot of rest. In the morning of the next day, another kid came to this room.
"…Who are they?"
Riche in safely Sage's cloth was stunned like stone.
"We're the disciple of High Sage!"
"That's right~"
Mazkhar and Altrez harmony responded like always. Riche speedily looked at me.
"You! Did you accept more disciple?!"
"Not yet,"
I answered with a dissatisfied mood. I didn't know why when Riche saw that she made a relieving feeling.
"My name is Riche Celestia, High Sage Elliot's disciple. Nice to meet you."
They introduced themselves shortly. Riche showed the adult side by politeness. Even if they weren't official disciples, she was ready to help her junior study things.
So peaceful… Maybe I used all my luck with a disciple at her.
In that time, Mazkhar came close to her and sniffed her smell,
"You... you're cheating your age. Auntie."
A spark illusion appeared.
"High Sage… I think this junior should study manners first." She jerked her smile.
Mazkhar heard it and had a big laugh,
"Haha! Can you do it, Auntie?! I won't listen to the weaker. Bleh!"
He stuck his tongue out at her. Altrez came close and cling to his arm.
"Be calm Maz, you shouldn't speak like that. I'm sorry Riche but what Maz said was right. We don't listen to the weaker. You don't have… to try what you can't do."
A spark illusion was increasing same as Magic Power that increased at the visitor zone was increased. I bumped my hands to the desk and shouted.
"This is the book room!! If you want to fight, get out! The one who doesn't know the value of the book isn't suited to be my disciple. Go away!"
"…"
The power aura was disappeared, and they sat like a stone. While I back to read the book, they spread uncomfortable feelings before walked out of my room together.
"…Nine, Did I speak too harshly?"
[Not at all. You can be harsher. I like you in that mode, hahaha.]
He might be happy to have a friend of the same fate.
Around one hour later, they came back. Riche looked sad. Her's cloth had burn damage a little but not wound. Altrez and Mazkhar looked good with no damage. Moreover, Mazkhar was happy. He touched the shoulder of the girl that was taller than him.
"If you want to be strong you can ask your senior. My~ ju~ nior.~"
I knew what happened.
"Being No.3 wasn't bad, Riche. You did well."
Altrez touched her shoulder too. Riche endured with a shaking body.
[Your kid is varying.]
They arranged my disciple rank without my confirmation. Mazkhar was First, Altrez was second and Riche was Third. My heaven-sent disciple stared at me strongly. So sad, I hadn't a word to encourage her.
"High Sage, I come to study magic."
That was the thing she won.
Riche brought books so much. Some books I never read, I read with her. When we talked about the magic principles, we were out of the world. Mazkhar and Altrez who sat on the sofa came to us at the desk.
"What do you want?"
"…Nothing."
Mazkhar dragged the chair near me and sat down. He dragged for Altrez too.
"Could we listen to your conversation?"
Altrez sat with a fine pose and tilted his body near the book. did too. I didn't chary knowledge, they could hear us even they didn't come close.
But the thing I discovered make me surprised.
"You can't read a book?"
"Yes sir!"
Mazkhar pulled up. I realized I saw they opened books, but I never saw they read them. It was so strange that families in the capital didn't give education to their children.
I hadn't a book for kids, and I hadn't motivation to teach them, so I left them be. The active kid like Mazkhar couldn't stay still. When he got the opportunity, he made fun with Riche.
"Even you read so much, you still can't win against me. The book isn't helpful... Oop!"
Altrez closed his mouth speedy. That was good… I was going to order Nine to close his mouth.
Altrez and Mazkhar... They were geniuses.
They could use high-level magic without learning. Even I was a genius, but a genius had many types. I was surprised to meet another style of genius.
Mazkhar was sleep so fast while Altrez focused on listening. I didn't know he understands the topic or not, but his body language showed he was interested. It was a chance for me to look at this kid more.
His eyes were so close. I saw Mazkhar's red eyes, but I never saw Altrez's eye at once. I could separate him from Mazkhar by this point. But in the whole picture, it was still hard to remember his face.
Riche gave me 7,500 coins for the lesson around 2 hours as we told. When two boys saw an example, they knew how it was too easy. They clung on the edge of the desk.
"High Sage, can't we trade with materials?"
Altrez asked. In that time, Nine speedy spoke.
[It's the time of NUMBERS Direct.]
The sound effect came again.
Another one of NUMBERS' services. The Trading Service. He would buy things from me with a service charge of 7%.
"Let's me see first,"
I told them, then they called their things out from their dimension store.
It had monster's piece, mucilage, bones, weird water, broken tools, even Adventurer's stuff too.
"…What is your family's job?"
"Normal. We just have a little money." Altrez answered.
[I'm sorry. It isn't meet at 6,000 coins]
"It's not enough. Take it back."
"Just a little, please. Half hour or fifteen minutes we accept." Mazkhar still didn't give up.
"The lowest time is one hour."
"So stingy!!!"
"Take it back, it's stink."
The monsters' pieces had a smell and were dirty. Riche helped me to clean the floor when we finished it was already sunset. It was the time Riche should go back.
"Will you come again tomorrow?" I asked.
"Yes, I have… some books I want to read…"
She glanced at two boys. The flower smell perfume that she used on the floor made Mazkhar sneezed.
"Do you have some business?"
"I want to research something. Altrez, Mazkhar, you have to get out too."
"Can't we stay with you? High Sage stingy again."
"I want to stay with you too. What about your research? Is it stronger than the dragon killing magic?"
"The dragon killing magic, what are you talking about? High Sage, you… Did you fight a dragon?!"
Her eyes were shined. I avoided them and told,
"I have to go out that's why you can't stay in here."
"Where are you going?! The travel?!"
"Can we go with you?"
"You'll disturb him, stay here." Riche scolded them. As expected of the high-quality disciple.
"Have a safe trip. Could… I ask about your destination?"
I thought I could tell her a little. I said with a clear voice.
"I'll go to the edge of the world."