Chapter 275 - Magic Guild vs the Beast Girl (1/2)

The whole hall fell silent, and the general nodded deeply.

「It can’t be a fluke if she defeated them twice.」

「Right! I thought so too!」

Cruz said with a laugh. She was really proud of Steff.

I was glad I didn’t put Millet or Collette in there. These guys were WEAK. It wouldn’t even be training for them.

「You’re so sthtrong, Sthteff!」

Collette said, but seemed a bit disappointed.

「But even so…」

Millet said to herself.

It wasn’t that Steff was strong, it was that the guild was weak.

That’s what she wanted to say.

And that was really bad. These magicians might become disillusioned by what it means to be a magician.

Also, how great magic is and how important it is to teach it…they might have forgotten that.

Cruz laughed again and said to the grand master.

「Seems my magicians are very strong.」

「…」

He was speechless. He probably regretted the whole charade.

On the other hand, Cruz was all bubbles and smiles.

Then she suddenly looked at the man seriously and said,

「So from now on, can you all stop mocking those beast-humans?」

「I will be sure to.」

The grand master had a face like he had eaten gravel.

「Sure to means that you will tell your students to stop picking on beast-humans?」

「We weren’t exactly picking on them.」

「But you were not recommending them to the academy and were being inhospitable, correct?」

「Well, that was more or less at random…」

「Even at random…make sure it never happens again.」

「…yes.」

The master said, albeit reluctantly.

Even if he were to say so, ways are hard to change.

But this WAS the first step.

It was hard to change established prejudices. This was a good place to start, however.

So Cruz then said to the general,

「It is as you see. The beast magician is stronger than even the elite of the magician’s guild.」

「Correct. It is just as you say, marquis.」

「And you will promise not to discriminate against beast blood?」

「It’s a promise. We have to do it for our kingdom.」

「Thank you, general!」

The fact this general said it was quite a feat.

He must have really taken notice from what happened in this battle.

The general then said to the grand master with a serious face,

「You said that you were going to recommend him for the capital magicians…」

He pointed at the fallen magician.

「Well, uh…he must have been sick. He really was one of our elites…」

「Is that so?」

The general said with a devilish grin, but his eyes weren’t laughing.

「Do you think that the guild could recommend HER to the capital magicians?」

「Well…」

「She seems to have more than enough ability. The nation needs magicians like that girl Steff like it needs bars of gold.」

「But…」

The grand master was now sweating, and holding his answer.

The general now looked at him coldly.

「Is there a problem? You said you’d have no problem recommending a beast-human as a magician any longer.」