An Old Country Bumpkin Gets Sulked At

“No, no, no... Huh...?”

I couldn’t help letting out a startled voice at Lucy’s proposal.

“I intend to pay you a fair wage. I don’t think it’s a bad offer.”

“Wait, no... That’s not the issue!”

Don’t just go making plans without me.

Sure, whether it’s swordsmanship or magic, teaching something means passing on a skill, so it’s only reasonable that money would be involved.

Reasonable or not, the whole conversation was a little strange to begin with. Why would an ordinary swordsman like me end up teaching at the Mage Academy?

“I don’t think I can... I can’t use magic, after all.”

The students wouldn’t be satisfied if they came to learn magic and their instructor turned out to be unable to use it.

The Mage Academy was a place for people with magical aptitude to further develop their talents...