After having afternoon tea with Lorelaia, Shinji disguised himself as usual and left Her Majesty the Queen's office.
Shinji was a little interested in the mastermind behind the scenes, but since it had little to do with him, and Lorelaia had promised to send someone to investigate, he was just happy to have some free time. The Fifth Holy Grail War would soon begin, and the peaceful days would be fewer and fewer, so why bother? It wasn't like Waver, the overworked guy who would die of overwork sooner or later.
After the Fifth Holy Grail War is over, we will go look for a secret treasure that can improve our physique. Otherwise, this guy may not live past the age of forty.
Speak of the devil, and here he comes. Just as he was thinking about Waver, Shinji saw the man with waist-length hair smoking by the windowsill.
This is nothing to be surprised about. The Basic Course is the Novice Village of the Clock Tower. Every new magician must first receive basic training here, and then apply to the professional department for further study based on their grades and wishes.
Therefore, the eleven professional departments have also set up dean offices and reception desks here to facilitate freshmen to understand and submit applications. Students are the foundation, development, and future, which is common in both the secular world and the mysterious world.
As the department was founded the shortest and was the smallest, the Modern Magic Department was naturally assigned to the worst location—next to the Law Department. The differences in philosophy and the oppression brought by power have led to the Law Department's bad reputation in the magic world. Therefore, even though the room's area, structure, location and orientation are all very good, no department is willing to choose it.
Of course, Weber, who had had many contacts with Lorelaia, didn't care about it. With the deterrence of the Law and Politics Department, no one would dare to cause trouble here - except for the group of problem students in his own classroom.
In fact, Weber was smoking quietly in the corridor just to cause trouble for the students.
There were no classes scheduled in the classroom this afternoon, so he brought Grey to the headquarters. The master handled some administrative work while the apprentice helped with cleaning. The two have always gotten along like this.
By the way, Weber had no intention of letting Gray do cleaning work at first. His creed was to strictly abide by the duties of a teacher and never order students around unless it was absolutely necessary, even if they were his own children, and it was natural for him to order his inner disciples around.
Gray came to clean the house completely voluntarily and out of personal interest.
That's right, interest.
This introverted, weak and unconfident girl likes to get a sense of accomplishment from trivial things. For her, wiping dust from the narrow window frame, polishing the floor to a shiny shine, and arranging well-maintained leather shoes neatly are all pleasant things.
Every time she sees her achievements, she smiles cheerfully. When someone asks for help, she shows obvious resistance, like a kitten protecting its food. This is how Lanis comments. She occasionally teases Grey in this way. There is no malice, it's just because Grey is so cute.
Over time, Weber also acquiesced to Gray's help with housework and took out part of his salary as compensation and expenses in the process. Compared with those scum educators in the secular world who regard exploiting students as a teacher's privilege, they are simply saints.
It was almost tea time when a new student came to visit and submitted his application to join the Modern Magic Department.
When the new student walked into the office, Weber's eyelids began to twitch. Sometimes having too good eyesight is not necessarily a good thing, especially when these eyes are used to seeing problem students all day long.
At first glance, Weber could tell that this guy was no less troublesome than Sfin and Flatt.
Well, appearance too.
Her eyes were like amber gemstones. Her golden hair, decorated with pale blue ribbons, seemed to be made by God. Her lips were as delicate as flower petals. Without a doubt, she was a very beautiful girl. Beauty often comes with trouble, such as the Izeluma incident that just ended.
And when he saw the girl's request to book the dormitory on the next floor in the application, and the Mohawk-haired butler she brought with her took the initiative to make tea on the spot and brought her own snacks and invited him to have afternoon tea together, Weber further confirmed that the girl in front of him was a troublesome person.
However, more trouble is yet to come.
Halfway through afternoon tea, the office door was slammed open.
"Professor! Is it true that Luvy is here?!"
Weber's temple was throbbing, another trouble was coming.
This brash style, this natural voice, this way of calling names randomly, is Flatt's trademark.
The Luvia he was referring to was none other than the girl sitting opposite Waver, Luviazelita Edelfeldt, who experienced the Peeling Castle incident together with Shinji and Gray.
"Well, you!"
Seeing Flat, Luvia stood up immediately. Standing next to her, the housekeeper who also participated in the Stripping City incident calmly held the plate that was almost knocked over by her, and let Flat approach his young lady. From this attitude, it is not difficult to see that this pair of young men and women with bright golden hair are old acquaintances.
"I heard you were visiting the Clock Tower, so I had to say hello! Levy is also preparing to enter the El-Melloi classroom! Then I'll be your senior, and saying hello is a basic part of life!"
"When did I allow you to call me Lu Wei!"
Luvia protested against Flatt's familiarity, but as everyone knows, tsundere is naturally antagonistic, and in the end Luvia could only retreat in front of Flatt's smiling face.
"Flat! Why can't you just greet your juniors properly?"
Then, Sifen, who was inseparable from Flatt and always quarreled with him when they met, also showed up.
Weber's face darkened: "You guys."
"No, no, I really care about my juniors—Ah, Gray Kiss! Ah, Gray Kiss, the peach scent! It seems to have a slightly melancholy square blues flavor today!"
Gray was so scared that she hid behind Weber, and now Weber's originally good mood was completely ruined.
"I told you not to get close to Gray."
"...Okay, okay..."
After hearing what Weber said, Sven immediately became listless, and even the curly hair on her head fell down, looking like drooping dog ears.
On the other hand, Luvia, knowing that it was useless to say anything, chose to resort to force.
"Call."
"Interference begins (Playball)."
Flatt was not to be outdone, and the room suddenly became chaotic. If the room at the headquarters had not been specially treated and was strong enough, and Flatt rarely took the initiative in fighting, this office might have been destroyed.
In the midst of this fierce magic battle, an even worse guest arrived.
"... It's really noisy."
Lanis appeared at the door, her lips raised in pleasure.
Weber was on the verge of collapse: "Since you think so, could you please say something?"
"Oh my, my brother's prestige will be damaged if I do this. As a virtuous sister, I have to consider my brother's dignity in the workplace."
"You just want to see me suffer."
"Oh, it's really unromantic to find out the truth so quickly."
Lainie made no effort to hide her malice, and her smile became more and more joyful.
So Weber decided to escape before he developed a stomach ulcer and let the minors do whatever they wanted.
However, even if I stood in the corridor, I could still hear the noisy sounds - well, the soundproofing technique had been ruined in the previous battle.
"I told you not to call me Lou Xian (dog)!"
"Can't you two act like seniors?"
"Ahaha, don't say that. Is there anyone who is more like a senior than me and Lu Xian? You can ask anything about the Clock Tower. Ah, speaking of which, I forgot to tell Atram-san about the improvements to the weather magic."
"Enough is enough!!!"
Finally, the most honest, obedient and well-behaved girl couldn't stand it anymore and took action to suppress the whole situation.
"Wow, Gray, put the broom down first, don't hit your head."
"Grey honey, I didn't do anything, don't hit me."
"How come even I..."
"Brother, come and help me, your apprentice has gone mad."
Weber pretended not to hear and continued smoking in the corridor.
At this time, Shinji walked up to him and teased, "It seems to be very lively in there, why don't you go and take care of it?"
"Do you think I can control it?" Weber looked at him with contempt.
"Yeah, do you want me to help?"
"No need, Gray has already started."
"Good, good, you know how to share your teacher's worries. It seems that my teaching her during this period of time was not in vain."
"Come with me for a moment. I have something to ask you."
Hearing that there was something wrong with Waver's voice, Shinji said no more and nodded silently.
PS: Those who say they don't know Gilgamesh probably didn't pay attention in history class, or it's a problem with the local textbooks - at least Shanshan has taken several versions of Chinese history textbooks. He is indeed the first king in history to be praised in epic poems, and archaeological work is still being excavated, and epic poems and stories about him and Enkidu are constantly being updated. Again, don't assume that you haven't heard of him, so you assume that he is not well-known. In fact, there are no such unpopular guys in FGO at present. If you have to count, characters in ghost stories such as Kiyohime and Gyobuhime are relatively low, but there are still many people who know about them in Japan.