So I'm a Snake, Who Cares?

He even felt genuinely loyal to Snake, so his mental state must have been unstable.

'Ah, I need to focus.'

He had briefly fallen into contemplation while teaching Amain.

Now a large piece of paper lay before Amain.

A blank sheet with nothing drawn on it.

But it wasn't ordinary paper. It was expensive material with high magical conductivity, made by finely grinding magic stones and adding the powder.

"You must adjust the depth of meditation appropriately. Don't sink too deep into yourself, but don't be so shallow that your focus is disturbed by external stimuli."

Amain remained still as if he couldn't hear.

But knowing he was listening, Obern continued his explanation.

"What you must do is draw the tree of magic. All magicians nurture a tree in their soul. From the roots rises the trunk, which branches into forms like the four elements, darkness, light, gravity, telekinesis, and so on. Extract the tree drawn in your mind."

This is an excellent method for measuring a magician's potential.

Of course, Obern didn't create it; it was a measurement method developed by Archmage Caspian.

Obern had drawn a moderately sized tree.

While not lacking, it didn't show genius, so he had never tried it again in front of others.

And then, magic spread from Amain's hand like ink bleeding.

Tsutsusu-

It slowly rose up to form the shape of a tree trunk.

The color was so deep it appeared black.

'Extraordinarily pure magic...'

The paper was reacting to Amain's magic.

Amain's magical quantity was ordinary, fitting for a commoner who hadn't received gifted education.

But its purity was indeed remarkable.

The tree trunk filled almost the entire paper.

But even so, the growth didn't stop.

'No... how...'

Even though it should start branching out soon.

It grew to the edge of the paper.

And then something shocking happened.

Tsutsutsutsu...

Beyond the magic-responsive paper, the tree's form began carving itself into the floor.

Rich branches, one, two, five, ten, seventeen.

Seventeen branches.

Like a world tree, massive and majestic.

Obern visually witnessed Amain's potential.

"Unbelievable..."

Obern's usual mask cracked for a moment.

The moment of discovering genius in another person that he himself didn't possess.

Obern's heart had always burned with jealousy, but...

'...It's okay.'

Somehow, he didn't feel bad now.

No, it was more than that.

Something in his chest felt tingly.

He felt rising emotions.

How should he express this?

Pride, anticipation, admiration.

"Ah, Professor, the floor...!"

Coming to his senses, Amain was shocked seeing what he had created.

"I'm sorry! Why won't this, why won't it clean off!"

"Hahaha."

Seeing Amain frantically trying to clean the floor, laughter burst out without him realizing.

Amain and the children blankly stared at Obern.

Obern quickly managed his expression.

"...Ahem, go get a scrubber from over there and clean it."

"Ah, yes!"

Watching Amain's retreating back as he went to find a scrubber, he realized.

'Have I gotten caught up in playing teacher?'

He's teaching children on Snake's orders.

He's also taken a job as a professor.

So perhaps he had become too immersed in the teacher-student relationship.

While thinking this, Snake was saying something.

'Wow, Amain is amazing as expected. Incredible, right Obern.'n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

'Ah... yes.'

'I want to try that too, you said Caspian made it?'

Snake kept chattering.

Good grief, what a talkative monster.

But why doesn't it feel annoying anymore when it acts like this?

Amain's magical achievements improved by leaps and bounds every day.

Rania was doing more than her share excellently.

The problem was just Phili...

Obern looked at Phili.

He was in a horse stance.

His magical talent was ordinary.

His physical condition was the worst.

Above all else, his weak stamina was the problem.

Could someone like that handle monsters? He needed to do better than Prince Leon in this situation.

"Sigh..."

A sigh escaped without him realizing.

That's when.

'Wow!'

Snake's exclamation was because.

'I absorbed it all!'

'Absorbed? The staff?'

'Yes, I made the staff's hell magic my own!'

Snake had been constantly attached to this amazing staff.

That's why it kept clinging to the staff, and it seems it finally achieved that remarkable feat.

'Should I try it here?'

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'Please calm down everything will burn.'

Using hell fire magic in the professor's lab would cause a major fire.

Snake danced with joy.

'Here, this staff is completely yours now.'

'Thank you...'

The vine grass that had been wrapped around the staff also climbed onto Snake's body.

The vine grass, having absorbed plenty of hell-transmuted magic, had grown quite plump.

'Now then, shall we try opening the cube?'

Snake said this and descended from the staff.

After casually waving its tail wearing the ring, a cube dropped from thin air.

Placing the cube on its tail and concentrating for a while.

Click.

The cube disassembled itself and revealed its contents.

"Saak!"

Snake jumped in surprise seeing it.

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What could be inside the cube?

The staff that had been with it was quite an amazing item.

So I was very tense, but.

'W-what is this!'

Unlike the staff, there was nothing to absorb from the cube.

It just had a structure requiring solving a very nasty riddle to open it, but thanks to my Crown of Connection skill, I could skip that troublesome process.

And the revealed contents were a small ampule containing liquid.

'Is it some kind of potion?'

Honestly, it was a bit disappointing.

Isn't there a difference between receiving equipment items versus consumable items as quest rewards?

"Hurry and see what it is."

'Alright.'

Still, since you never know, I looked carefully with focused eyes.

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[Small Giant's Elixir]

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That's what it said.

If it's a giant then it's a giant, what's this 'small' giant business?

Fortunately, there was a small note that seemed to be instructions attached to the ampule.

I read it.

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Drinking the elixir dramatically increases physical abilities such as 'strength', 'agility', 'endurance' for one week.

After a week, it gradually returns to normal.

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Oh.

This is a bit tricky too.

I'm already a plenty powerful snake.

Hmm, it might be better if I drink it when gigantified.

But there was another phrase written below the note.

It was written in fairy language.

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Imperial Bank Safe Deposit Box, 41048.

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Another vault!

'What is this, are we doing an escape room?'

"W-what do you mean?"

It feels just like an escape room game with clues keep popping up.

Anyway, what's important now is this elixir.

'Why would they put this kind of medicine in a vault?'

"I told you I don't remember!"

Pelerian seemed somehow embarrassed.

Seeing that, it was suspicious that he actually did remember, but.

'This is perfect timing.'

Actually, looking at the description, there was someone who needed this elixir more than me.

Right now, over there trembling while doing a horse stance, Phili.

"Saak!" (Phili!)

When I called, Phili in his horse stance turned his head.

"M-me?"

Yes, you.

But you understood that surprisingly well.

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