“Okay, follow me. ‘Senior Conrad.’”

“Con, con, con… .”

“Conrad. cone. la. de.”

“Ko-Kohau senior.”

“Don’t deliberately muffle your pronunciation, Kon!”

“nose… Cone… .”

What am I doing?

I’m teaching my name to these elves who will fight and refuse to call me by my name.

Because I’m a wise man and I’ve been trying to force myself to use strange titles with absurd logic.

If the next semester started like this, there was a possibility that not only would I be called the wise man by the elves, but even more, rumors would spread throughout the academy about my actions in the World Tree Forest last summer.

I had to stop that somehow, but now I was desperately teaching my name to three elves who would be entering as freshmen.

“Follow me, Con!”

“Ko, Con!”

“Con… .”

“Next, la!”

“Ra-raa… .”

“… la.”

I feel like a private tutor teaching a foreign language.

Although what is actually being taught is not a foreign language, but rather a cultural difference.

“And, de!”

“… … .”

“… flaw.”

You are very determined and try not to call me by my name.

It felt like the more I dealt with these elves, the more my respect for Xian grew.

“In the first place, senior Xian doesn’t call me by my first name. As an elf, why do you all hate to call me by my first name?”

“It’s not that I don’t like to call it Boo, but I can’t call the name of the wise man, who is my mother’s benefactor in the world… .”

“Of course, since Xian-nim is a prophet who recognized the wise man before then… .”

“A prophet… ?”

Another absurdly funny title came out and I turned to Xian-senpai, and she too let out a low sigh at me.

“I suffered a lot in my hometown too, Junior Conrad.”

“… I guess he did.”

Even if it were me, I’d go crazy if I kept hearing people in my hometown talking about prophets and all.

“Sage, please let me just call you Sage.”

“I beg you, wise man.”

At this rate, it didn’t seem like there would be a solution forever, so in the end, I took out the last resort to persuade the elves.

“If you guys in the academy are going to call me Sage… .”

“… … .”

“I will never visit the World Tree Forest again.”

“Yeah?”

“… Sage?”

“That can’t be done!”

“Then don’t call me wiser any more, even within the academy. I won’t say anything until it’s called from the forest of the world tree.”

“““… … .”””

At my determined attitude, the three elves turned into honeydew mutes and put on a bewildered expression.

I also tried not to use it because it was too close to intimidation.

It was an unavoidable choice because the atmosphere was not likely to be heard in the right words.

Anyway, you’re not a wise man.

“Call me Conrad senior. Did you know?”

“Yes Yes.”

“yes… .”

“… … .”

“Tell me straight. I beg your pardon?”

“… Senior Conrad.”

“Ko, Conrad, senior… .”

“Senior Conrad… .”

It’s really hard to change a name once.

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It wasn’t until the titles the three elves called me were completely settled on that I was able to proceed with the next story with them.

The number of freshman elves from Xian-senpai’s hometown is three.

Except for the female elf with her hair tied in two pigtails, it was hard to be sure whether the other two were male or female.

Since they are a very neutral race, it tends to be difficult to tell them apart based on their appearance alone.

The elf with her hair tied in two pigtails had at least a slight curve in her chest, so it wasn’t too difficult to guess that it was a woman.

Because the other two didn’t even have an element that could identify their gender.

It was only assumed that he was a man to the extent that he had no breasts and his hairstyle was not long.

It was difficult to estimate the actual age because they were a species with a completely different concept of aging than humans.

Even if he was the same age as senior Xian, there was no one who would not believe him, because his appearance age was almost the same.

Of course, apart from that, it was their first time in a society other than the elven forest, and they had a green atmosphere in their own way.

Gender and age weren’t really necessary information for me, so I didn’t bother asking.

“I know you to some extent, but could you briefly introduce yourself? Your name and which department you enrolled in are enough.”

Still, it was a suggestion that I came up with because it was better to get acquainted with the face at a gathering.

Among the three elves, the tall male elf spoke first, and the three of them each started introducing themselves.

“I am a new member of the Spear Club this year… .”

When the self-introductions of the three people ended, I was able to grasp the approximate personal information of the three freshman elves.

A tall elf wielding a spear made of old wood and adamantium, Wif Reeader.

Like Xian-senpai, the woman who handles the bow made of old wood is Eldrica Luna.

And Louis Agonis, a short elf who uses an old wooden staff studded with green jewels, is a wizard.

I could even hear that they were planning to enter the spearmanship, archery, and magic departments as new students.

“How come, all three of them are from different departments.”

“Please lower your words, Hyun… Senior Conrad.”

“It’s burdensome just to call senior Conrad by his name, but if you use honorific words, it’s hard to endure.”

In fact, if you count only the years they lived innocently, these elves would have lived longer than me, so even my juniors were hesitant to talk.

It was unavoidable because they were so uncomfortable.

“… okay. Then, since I am also a senior, I will speak comfortably.”

“Yeah!”

“Please!”

As soon as I let go of my words, the six anxious eyes changed into a more comfortable look at once.

By the way, it might be a bit unsettling that the three freshman elves are all from different departments.

Most of the images of the elf race in my head were formed by Xian-senpai, so when it comes to the profession of an elf, I naturally think of an archer.

Of course, elves were not a race that could handle only one bow.

If that were the case, I wouldn’t have been able to live in the forest of the world tree for hundreds of years while trying to cut myself off from the outside world.

The problem arose there.

Although as many as three new elves entered the academy a year, elves are still the rarest race within the academy.

A rare race, especially a beautiful race called Elf, was bound to attract the attention of others even when they were still.

Of course, if that happens, there will be people who approach with a bad mind.

Although there was a precedent that he was a senior in the archery department who threw out all annoying people who approached him with his archery skills.

It must have been possible because she was familiar with the culture of another race to some extent even before she entered the academy.

These juniors are spotless souls who have never experienced a society other than the elven forest.

It would probably be impossible to figure out the intentions of the opponent who faced him as skillfully as senior Xian.

You could blindly tell everyone to be on your guard and cut them off, but you couldn’t tell anyone to be on your guard and build a relationship with everyone.

Until the younger elves got used to the society of the academy, they needed a guardian to guide them by their side.

Eldrica Luna of the archery club said that from the beginning, she had intended to have senior Xian lead her.

As for Luis Agonis of the Ministry of Magic, I, the same Lady of Magic, can teach her as much as possible.

Then, the only one left was Wif Rieder, a freshman in the spear club.

It was fortunate that he did not belong to the Pensions Department or the Production Department. Because I don’t have any acquaintances on that side.

And coincidentally, my closest acquaintance is also in the spear club.

It is also an acquaintance who is an expert more than anyone when it comes to one thing.

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“Brother? Are you, by any chance, that freshman?”

As soon as I took Wip to the student council room to introduce him to Delphina, my sister blankly asked, looking as if the information had not yet been processed.

“Yes, this is Wif Lieder, who entered the spear department as a freshman this year. As you can see, I am an elf.”

“Yeah, I knew about it because of the preparations for the entrance ceremony. There are new elven students coming to the three departments, including the spearmanship department… .”

“Greetings, Wip. This is my sister, Delphina Perdalos. Now I am the student council president of Alexandros Academy.”

“Yeah.”

Wipe held out one arm to Delphina, who was introduced to me, and offered to shake her hand.

“Nice to meet you, the wise man’s sister.”

“… Are you the wise man?”

“… Wipe.”

“Oh, no. That, Conrad-senpai’s sister was a misnomer.”

Wipe hurriedly picked up her mistakes, but there was no way that her quick-witted sister would forget the title she had heard in her ears for an instant.

“I heard you went to the World Tree Forest last summer. What the hell are you doing there, brother?”

“Long, so to speak. It’s not something to talk about here.”

“You must explain later.”

“… yes.”

For the time being, if I have a chance to talk alone with Delphina, I’ll avoid it if possible.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Weep Rieder. I’m Delphina Perdalos from the spearmanship.”

“Eh, you can speak comfortably, Hyun… No, senior Conrad’s sister.”

“Thank you for the words, but it’s my habit. Please forgive me, Mr. Weep.”

“Ah, I see, Hyun… Ah, no, Conrad senior’s sister.”

“You can call me Delphina-senpai.”

“D-Senior Delphina… .”

Unlike Wip, who had a visibly nervous expression, probably because she was my sister, Delfina skillfully managed her expression even when meeting an elf for the first time.

The hands of the two who shook hands fell on both sides.

“Unlike Xian-senpai, Wip is an elf who is not very familiar with the outside society, so I wanted Delphi and you, who are in the same department, to teach me as much about the academy society as possible.”

“Is that why your older brother went to the student council room to meet me?”

“If I’m asking you something unreasonable when you’re busy with student council work, tell me. It may be cumbersome, but I will look for other acquaintances.”

“To be honest, even now, because of the problems with the student council and the Perdalos estate, even three bodies are not enough… .”

Delfina only pretended to be worried about my proposal for a while, then immediately returned a calm reply as if there was no problem.

“For a while, we can live as if we have four bodies.”

“… yes.”

“In addition to senior Xian, I have a relationship with the forest elf of the World Tree… No, you can’t just leave the junior that your older brother introduced you to.”

I don’t know if it’s a good choice to entrust Wip to the younger sister, who suddenly reveals the manager’s true intentions.

… Instead, if the sister is attached, it can be said that at least there is no possibility of getting involved with other troublesome and rebellious humans.

“Then take care of me, Delphina. Wif, don’t get involved with strange people, and listen to Delphina for a while.”

“Leave it to me, brother.”

“Okay, Hyun… Senior Conrad.”

I was just quietly wishing that today’s choice wasn’t wrong.