I Became the Handyman That the Heroines Are Obsessed With - Chapter 48



Episode 48 – His unpredictable abilities

End-of-semester evaluation.

All students attending Glessius Academy must prove how much their skills have improved through an end-of-semester evaluation.

However, this did not apply to me who entered the special selection process.

Then why am I here at the end-of-semester evaluation site? ….

‘Pathos, could you please serve as a temporary teaching assistant during the end-of-semester evaluation?’

This was because the president asked me to serve as a temporary assistant for the end-of-semester evaluation.

‘Students often push themselves to show everything they have in the end-of-semester evaluation. Then, you may miss the inspection time and damage your equipment during the test. So, I was wondering if it would be possible to inspect the students’ equipment in advance on site to prevent it from being damaged.’

‘Well, it’s not that difficult.’

I agreed to the president’s request. Checking the equipment was not particularly difficult as it was done by hitting the equipment three times with a hammer.

‘By the way, all the students taking the end-of-semester evaluation have stiff faces.’

I was sitting comfortably in my chair and looking around at the students who were going to be evaluated today.

I see a face I know in the distance.

They were Mina Endras and Elena Sandrios.

The two were waiting for their turn at the practical exam room.

“Ugh, I’m really nervous… ….”

“It’s okay, Mina. “I’m sure you can get good grades.”

They seem to be talking to each other, but judging by their posture, it appears that Elena is encouraging Mina, who is nervous.

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“Ah, Pathos. “You were there in advance?”

As I sit in the chair, I hear a voice calling me from behind.

“Hello, Professor Calibro.”

The person who called me was Professor Mia Calibro, the proctor of this exam.

She is a graduate of Glesius Academy, and in recognition of her abilities, she was said to have become an imperial mage of the Gelevrio Empire.

Then, it is said that this time, at the recommendation of the rector, she gave up her position as imperial magician and became a professor at the Glesius Academy.

‘How on earth did you persuade an imperial wizard to become a professor?’

‘Rock, paper, scissors.’

‘… ….’

According to what the president said, the decision was made through rock, paper, scissors. Does this make sense?

“Is there something on my face?”

“No, it’s nothing. “Let’s prepare for the evaluation.”

“Hmm, I understand. Now, everyone, please come here and prepare for the evaluation!”

When Professor Calibro announced that the evaluation was ready, all of her students started walking towards where I was.

Why do students walk up to me?

That was because a new order was created before the end-of-semester evaluation.

“Please stand in the order in which you are evaluated. “Otherwise, we won’t inspect it.”

This refers to the equipment inspection time before evaluation.

Although we usually carry out basic equipment inspections, the human mind is prone to anxiety even if we are prepared on a regular basis.

So, the academy decided to take the time to inspect the equipment one last time before the end-of-semester evaluation.

But this is something only I can do. What should I do when I graduate from the academy?

‘I have to think about things later. For now, let’s just focus on the present.’

I shook my head to shake off the distracting thoughts and began to focus on the task in front of me.

A student taking the test for the first time approached me and held out a wand, and I quickly tapped the wand held out by the student three times with a hammer.

Then a very faint light enveloped the wand and disappeared, and the student walked towards Professor Calibro.

Because the evaluation was conducted with ten students using magic at the same time, nine more students still had to go through it.

I quickly moved my hands and fixed the equipment held by students 2 to 10, and the ten students stood in front of Professor Calibro.

“I’ll start the evaluation. “Everyone can use their own magic and use the strongest magic they can use against the target in front of them.”

When Professor Calibro told them to use the strongest magic, students 1 through 10 began chanting magic all at once.

“The strongest force from nature, pierce the enemy before me! Lava Spear!”

“Storm, blow away the enemy, Earth, crush the enemy! Stone Bullet!”

“Lightning whip, tear the enemy before me to pieces. Lightning whip!”

The magic and chants chanted by the students undergoing evaluation were different.

If you listen to the students’ chanting of magic spells, it seems like they are trying to describe magic in their own way.

For example, let’s look at the magic called Lava Spear that the first student shouted.

This student thought that lava was the strongest force from nature, and seemed to want to use it to pierce his enemies.

So, the lava was shaped into a spear and sent to a target for power evaluation.

The lava spear that hit the target pierced the target and then melted and stuck.

Soon, the target that was on fire turned into ashes and disappeared, and at the same time, a new target was created again with a bright halo of light.

I turned my head towards the target that was in the focus of students 2 to 10.

Some targets disappeared after being hit by magic like Student 1 and were replaced with new targets, and some targets were tattered or had only a slight dent in the target area.

‘Hmm, does it mean you have to pass when the target disappears?’

Because I don’t know much about the evaluation criteria, I thought that a student who eliminates the target paper could receive a passing grade.

“Hmm?”

“Hey, how did this happen? “Why are there so many broken targets?”

But looking at Professor Calibro’s reaction, I thought something was going wrong.

She looked very embarrassed when she saw the target being broken.

I approached her and asked what happened.

“Professor Calibro. “Is there some problem?”

“Ah, Pathos. That’s it…….”

Professor Calibro explained in detail what happened as I approached.

“So, you’re saying that with the skills of first-year students, it’s normal for the target to not be broken?”

“Yes. That’s right. So, you keep feeling strange, right? “When I was at the academy, there was at most one person per grade who could destroy a target.”

Wait a minute, only one person per grade could destroy the target?

No, then how hard is that target?

“First of all, if a first-year student can leave a mark on a target, he or she will get a perfect score on the practical evaluation, which is a big deal. If this continues, I think I’ll get perfect scores on everything…….”

Professor Calibro seemed anxious because he thought all students would get perfect scores.

“Isn’t it good if there are many students who can get perfect scores?”

“No. In the student management window I’m looking at, there are no students who can meet the perfect score standard. At least Elena Sandrios shows potential, but other than that, the limit is around 80 points at best.”

After listening to Professor Calibro, I thought something was strange, but it was also very strange.

However, there is no reason for students to go crazy and take drugs that increase the power of magic at the practical exam site.

“Is there any possibility that you may have used prohibited drugs?”

“Mr. Pathos. Our academy does not allow possession or use of illegal drugs under any circumstances. “Because the magic circle that covers the entire academy makes it impossible for illegal drugs to work.”

Is it something like that?

“It’s not like there aren’t drugs that can be used to avoid magic circles, but buying something like that would cost the equivalent of buying a typical mansion. But none of the students here have enough money to buy it.”

At that time, something someone said in passing came to mind.

‘Strangely enough, it seems like my training goes better when I use the equipment I entrusted to you. No matter how expensive the medicine I take, I can’t feel my skills improving, but the equipment you made makes me feel like my training is going well. In that sense, five silver coins are not an expensive price. Rather, I feel like even five silver coins are not enough.’

A noble student who said that he felt like his training was going well because he was using the equipment I had inspected.

Could it be that my abilities somehow influenced the students’ ability to improve? I think so.

“Just a moment, Professor Calibro.”

“Yes? “What’s going on?”

I told Professor Calibro an anecdote about my abilities, and her eyes became keen as if she had the answer.

“Wait a minute. “Then I’ll have to take a test.”

She took out one of her magic wands from somewhere.

“Student over there, please come here.”

And the person she called was student number 1.

The student who burned the target using the Lava Spear rushed here upon being called by Professor Calibro.

“With this magic wand, use Lava Spear at the target.”

“Yes, Professor!”

Student number 1 responded bravely and she stood in number 1’s direction and used the Lava Spear towards her target.

And the result is… It was truly surprising.

“The target…… ?”

“You’re fine…… ?”

The Lava Spear used during the evaluation burned the target, but when I used magic with the staff given by Professor Calibro, its power actually decreased.

Even though it was a magic wand with greater power amplification than a wand, its magic power was lower than that of the wand the student was holding.

The target hit by the Lava Spear was in good condition, with only a slightly scorched surface.

In response, Professor Calibro retrieved his wand and held it out to me.

I saw that she took her outstretched staff and swung her hammer, and a very faint light lingered on her staff and then disappeared.

Professor Calibro again told student number 1 to use Lava Spear, and the student again cast Lava Spear towards her target.

―Too boom!

“I now know what the secret of its incredible power is…….”

As she said that, she grabbed my hand.

“It was precisely because of the ability Pathos-kun used.”