Chapter 302. Be an explorer (4) Did you say that?


    When everyone''s eyes were fixed on him, the boy was genuinely crying.


    “I… not me!”


    To be precise, it was a gray-haired young man crouching behind his back as if ying a joke.


    He grinned and hid behind Iret''s back, then got up and looked back and forth between the boy named Gailly and Celtisten.


    “It is the wrong way to im that it is not without evidence, kid. And the instructor of Celtisten? You can''t use it if you peck at students too much. You should be aware of how bad your face is, right? Even the crying child will cry more?”


    “What…r.


    ” Celtisten just stared at the gray-haired young man muttering at his own pace.


    It''s been more than 20 years since I''ve been working here, but who had pointed this out in front of him?


    But the gray-haired young man shrugged his shoulders and stepped forward, not paying attention to his reaction.


    “Did you say Gail, kid?”


    “…Is that so?”


    “First, let me point out one thing. His hypothesis is correct.”


    “So that doesn''t make sense…


    “There''s plenty of evidence. The shape of the continent and the characteristics of the creatures that are distributed in it...


    And it is not impossible for the continent to move definitively. Can you exin why?”


    “Then why do you say that… before that you weren’t even a student… why?!”


    Gailly, who was about to argue with the gray-haired young man, looked back puzzled as another student elbowed him in the side.


    The boy who dried him up at Gailly, who looked irritated as if he didn''t know why, whispered something in his ear.


    “this. Stupid bastard... He''s... that hair color... Don''t you know?! He''s been here before!”


    “huh? What is... Huh? uh uh uh huh?”


    Gailly''splexion suddenly turned pale.


    It was the kind of face that someone who witnessed something terrifying would make.


    “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!”


    “What are you saying? My name is not Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah?”


    The gray-haired young man shrugged his shoulders and gave a silly smile.


    But Gailly couldn''t finish talking.


    In the end, it was because I was foaming and passed out growling.


    The mind couldn''t ovee the fear.


    “hmm. Hey there you are.”


    “yes!


    “Your friend seems to have lost his mind, so take him out and take a good look.”


    “Yes yes!”


    “And one more. When that kid wakes up, tell him.”


    The gray-haired young manughed and said to the boy who was trying to escape with the fainting Gailly on his back.


    “I don’t care about today’s work, so tell me not to be too scared. You''re so pitiful if I''m scared to such an extent.”


    “…Ah, I see.”


    For some reason, the boy who heard his words bowed his head in an overly polite manner and carried the fainting Gailly on his back and left the ssroom.


    “???? what?”


    While everyone was silent, Celtisten couldn''t keep up with the situation and muttered indifferently.


    Also name.


    The boy, Iret, who is presumably aware of this situation, is avoiding his gaze pretending not to see anything.


    And the young man who was involved just scratched the back of his head and said, “Ah.... I was just going to look at it, but I got into an ident.” Isn''t that what he muttered and smiled bitterly?


    At this point, even the ignorant Celtisten couldn''t help but feel that something was strange.


    “What happened? No…


    before that, you…?”


    Listening to his conversation just before, he intuitively sensed that there was something strange about him that could be concluded simply because he was an outsider.


    Above all, why is the atmosphere of the students like this?


    It was difficult to understand with hismon sense.


    “Who are you? What family are you from?”


    Instead of answering, Arel smirked as if it were funny.


    “…Well, it’s just as rumored. You’re not interested in trivial gossip, but do you still have the will to be a researcher?”


    Instead of answering, the young man nced at him again and muttered something iprehensible.


    what?


    Normally, I would have yelled at her for being rude, but this time, somehow, I didn''t dare to do it.


    His attitude is very natural.


    There was nothing to say about the behavior he was ustomed to judging and standing on top of.


    “You?...


    “We''ll talk about thatter. More than that, I seem to have ruined the lecture, so I''m sorry for this. I apologize. I was just going to watch it.”


    It was something I couldn''t understand.


    “So what? See you again a littleter.”


    Having said that, the young man slipped out of the ssroom without looking back.


    After the lecture, Celtisten returned to his privateboratory and wondered as he remembered what had happened a little while ago.


    ‘Who the hell is that young man?''


    A young man who came in on his own and listened to his lecture.


    For some reason, his attitude kept bothering me.


    At first, he thought he was just a child from an aristocratic family, but the reason he overturned that thought was his words and actions that refuted the student who objected to him.


    Doesn''t he not only properly understand the hypothesis he is arguing for, but also refute it with his own reasonable theory?


    Most of all, the attitude of the students was unusual for some reason.


    Didn''t some students immediately turn blue as soon as they saw his face to see if they knew who he was?


    ‘Are you from a high-ranking family?''


    The students are all children of aristocratic families.


    Therefore, when they graduate, they inherit the estate as aristocrats or receive government posts and work.


    That''s why most of the students naturally have the faces of key figures from high-ranking aristocratic families for the future.


    But Celtisten himself, on the other hand, was not very interested in that and could not make out.


    Well, if it''s a famous person, I''ve heard rumors, but I didn''t listen with much interest, and I wasn''t interested enough to go see him in person.


    ‘Grey hair... where the hell...


    hmm?''


    Celtisten, who had been muttering to himself involuntarily, tilted his head reflexively the moment he took a break and put tea in his mouth.


    Come to think of it, wasn''t there some kind ofmotion a few years ago?


    I didn''t know because I wasn''t interested at the time.


    Later, a fellow lecturer made a lot of noise, so I knew roughly what had happened.


    A certain gray-haired royal visited the academy and caused somemotion...


    “...Grey? no way?”


    He was frozen.


    Why did I just notice now, stupid?!


    No, I don''t think it could be helped.


    That was a few years ago, and at that time, he nced at it from a distance and left because he wasn''t interested.


    Of course you can''t recognize the face.


    “Why is he?!”


    The moment I thought that far, someone opened the door.


    Even if it''s not, my head is confused right now, anyone?


    I''m sorry if it''s a student, but I have to kick it out for a while.....


    that moment.


    “hi? Are you here again?”


    Celtisten spewed the tea into the air.


    “?...”


    Puchup!”


    When I opened the door to Celtisten''s privateboratory, I could see the strange sight of him blowing the tea he was drinking into the air.


    Dirty.....


    “Is it fashionable for instructors to spit tea while taking a break these days? Or is it a fashionable greeting?”


    “Kuhh?! Could it be you?!”


    This time, as if he had recognized my face, he hurriedly got up from his seat.


    You''re making a confused face just like I was aiming for.


    A visit to Jagoro should be a surprise to taste.


    Doesn''t even knock


    “I told you earlier, see youter. Judging by the reaction, it seems that I finally realized who I am.”


    “Ah... Arell-nim, how


    could youe directly to such a shabbyboratory? Oh no! Why are you giving my lecture!”


    The academy instructor, Celtisten, was fidgety for his age and began to look at me to see if I was getting stabbed.


    Well, there''s nothing I can''t understand


    I can''t help it when I think of what happened just a moment ago.


    Celtisten Eireham.


    The second son of Viscount Eireham and an academy instructor.


    and former explorer.


    For reference, his lectures are not popr.


    I know from seeing that there are not many students and even they don''t understand it.


    He probably understands that kind of reputation to some extent, so he may find it all the more surprising that I personally came to him.


    Well, I''m not too interested in that either.


    The reason I sneaked into his lecture room earlier was because I wanted to examine his personality.


    “Arel-nim, I''ve never done anything suspicious before.”


    “I heard that there is no one who is not suspicious of people who say that?”


    ....well, it looks like he''s at a loss for other reasons.


    “Hmm, is that suspicious? Kang oftenined that Ernesia Kingdom doesn''t support expeditions? Did I mention that nobles these days don’t have a sense of adventure?”


    “Hey?!”


    When I said it with a refreshing smile, he trembled as if he was going to run out of breath at any moment and fell t on the floor.


    It was a very well done song.


    “I never meant to nder the royal family. It''s just... that''s it.


    I''m just a little disappointed with the support... Why don''t researchers always do that?”


    “ah? yes i understand Everyone has no choice but toin if there is little support.”


    “That’s right. Hahahahahaha?


    “Ah, isn''t it a bit rude toin openly in front of the students?”


    “sorry!!”


    Celtisten fell back on the floor.


    It seems you are misunderstanding this.


    I didn''te to question him.


    Rather, it came to appease him.


    “Wake up. I came to you for another reason. Well... It''s just a coincidence that I know about your ss. And I don''t care about such little things.”


    “Oh is that so?”


    Only then does theplexion change and wake up.


    ....There''s a bit of a shameless side.


    I have roughly remembered my impression of him.


    “By the way... Sir Arell? My lecture... I''m sorry to say this, but my lecture is not something that Arel-nim would be interested in... Why were you there''?”


    “What are you thinking? I''ve read enough of your theories. He made an interesting im.”


    Only then did Celtisten''splexion turn serious.


    “Continents are moving… isn’t that an interesting enough im?”


    I smirked at some of the continental maps drawn on the ckboard in hisb.


    And the hypothesis he was arguing in the lecture a while ago.


    continental drift.


    Of course, they don''t understand this and make fun of it halfway.


    “Originally, the continent was one, but over time it was divided and scattered. You''ve been exploring the past, researched, and you''re convinced, right?”


    “...Yes, I''m sure.”


    He admitted it without hiding it.


    In his eyes, now admitting his words, I could see the aspect of a researcher who pursues conviction rather than the simple-mindedness of just before.


    “Are you sure?”


    “Yes, all continents were connected in the distant past.”


    He said this with conviction.


    “I’m sorry, but… Arell-sama…?”


    “I also support your hypothesis.”


    “also!”


    When I said that, Celtisten''s eyes widened.