Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 103

Studying Together… Part-2.
A hidden basement at the university.

“Cough! Cough! No matter how many times I come here, this place always smells so horrible! Can’t you spray some room freshener here!?”

Yoseh glared at Gazid with a look of irritation in her eyes.

Gazid sighed at her words, replying in a sad tone.

“What are you talking about? This is the smell of invention! The smell of new possibilities-”

Before Gazid could say anything further, Yoseh interjected.

“Stop, stop! I don’t want to hear about your weird and horrific experiments… Just tell me what you need me to do here…”

Yoseh brought out a cute mask with bunnies printed on it and put it on her face; she really didn’t want to stay in this place for one extra second.

If not for Gazid, who asked her to help out in an experiment, she wouldn’t have come here at all.

Seeing that Yoseh was getting irritated, Gazid scratched the back of his head and led the way.

They both arrived near a small water tank made up of mana-enhanced glass.

A small blob of flesh and veins was floating in the water with an eerie, dark aura around it.

Gazid placed his glasses over his eyes and spoke.

“I got some of the blood samples and broken tissues from Abella the nightmare when she fought with Principal Nathan…”

“I am trying to experiment on these tissues and figure out what the major differences are between the bodies of a grade-2 and a grade-1 mage…”

“Principal Nathan didn’t suffer any injuries, so I don’t have any samples related to him… but this one sample is also good enough…”

Upon hearing Gazid’s words, Yoseh glanced at the blob of flesh and inquired,

“So… You are going to write a book with the results you may find from this? That might actually benefit a lot of mages…”

Reaching grade 1 is the dream of all mages; everyone wants the big lifespan and the amazing power they hold in their body.

However, talent is required to achieve that level of power.

Gazid and Yoseh both know that they likely can’t reach the next realm in their whole lives as they have reached a bottleneck due to their talent.

But if Gazid’s research yields some ground-breaking findings, it might make it easier for less skilled mages like them to advance to the next realm.

“So, what do you want me to do exactly?”

Hearing Yoseh’s question, Gazid replied,

“You are good at water magic; I want you to study the water and other fluid compositions of these tissues… also, and you would need to regulate them with highly concentrated water to keep them from dying…”

Yoseh frowned at those words and inquired.

“Can’t you do that with some simple lab equipment? What’s the big deal in it?”

Gazid smiled at Yoseh’s words and glanced at the blob of flesh before saying,

“This thing is no ordinary blob of flesh… It’s a part of a grade 1 mage’s body; ordinary equipment can’t pass through it as it’s corrupted heavily with miasma…”

“I need a skilled mage to help me out in studying it… I will even list your name as a co-author when I publish my results… So what do you say?”

Yoseh contemplated the pros and cons in her mind for a moment and then agreed to Gazid’s words.

“I am in… Just don’t make me overwork; I will take a lot of naps as payment…”

Gazid nodded his head at those words, then agreed.

“Of course, my lady, do as you wish!”

…

Principal’s office.

“This barrier is really very complicated, but it’s quite interesting too… Where did you even find this?”

Thomas stared at the large magic circle floating in mid-air and sipped coffee as he spoke.

Hearing Thomas’s question, Jareth shook his head and said,

“I went to some ruin in the past. I wanted to solve this thing, but I didn’t have the time for it… So it’s been collecting dust all along…”

Originally, Jareth was going to analyze the whole mana barrier that Nathan had placed on the principle office, but when he reached a particular part of the seal, he felt like he was out of ideas.

It’s been three months since they came back from the port city of Urona, and Jareth has been training and analyzing this mana barrier for a long time now.

Not only has he learned a lot of new things, but he has already analyzed the entire mana barrier.

However, only this small part of the whole barrier is still giving him trouble.

Jareth figured out that if he kept trying to forcefully analyze this small portion, it might take him another three months.

But Jareth doesn’t want to waste so much time on this magic barrier.

Thus, he decided to show this small portion of the magic barrier to Thomas. He didn’t’ show the whole barrier, so there was no need to worry that Thomas would find something amiss.

“You are the only person I know who has amazing knowledge of barrier magic, so I thought of asking you about it…”

When it comes to barrier-type magic spells, Thomas is second only to Nathan.

He was the first to figure out the nature of the magic circle on the altar in Artavia, which shows that he is beneficial with magic circles and barriers.

“So, what do you say? Does it seem breakable or not?”

Upon hearing Jareth’s question, Thomas sipped the coffee and spoke.

“Well, this is the first time I am seeing it in person, but this one surely is part of a very strong magic barrier… I have only seen it in books before, and even I am not sure if I can create this myself or not…”

Thomas narrowed his eyes and said,

“Well, if it were the whole thing, then I would not have been able to do anything, but this is just a small part of the whole magic barrier, so I think I can find some quick solution for it…”

Thomas’s interest was piqued; he has liked barrier magic a lot, and this one is like a gem in front of his eyes.

Even the usually calm and collected Thomas couldn’t help but get excited at the thought of analyzing this magic circle.

Jareth also nodded his head at Thomas’s words and said,

“Well, if you think so, then we can study together on this… Solving it may also benefit you in improving your mana control…”

Thomas nodded his head at Jareth’s words and said with a smile,

“Yeah, it’s rare to see such an amazing artwork; I need to work on it with great care…”