Greetings, Mister Principal

Chapter 116: Fina's Leave Letter

The entire Volume 4 Elegy of Blood (Chapter 150 - Chapter 190) is now available in the advanced chapter folder.Next volume Volume 5 The Poem of Imaginary Number

Just when Reiner was troubled by the inability to solve the problem of isotopes, the school's evaluation results were also issued.

Under Llorente's "secret operations", the review report was very good, and the number of academic points earned by Reiner alone was sufficient, in the end, Luna Nova Magical Academy was rated as level eight this year, which was based on the level of the campus' facility, the number and quality of students, and the results obtained from academic levels.

In fact, Reiner didn't expect to get more. After all, if he jumped too high all of a sudden, he would fall even worse if he didn't meet the conditions for relegation in the second year.

After that, unless Reiner submitted a written application to raise the school's level, he only needed to submit one report every year. The Magic Association would allow the school to maintain the current level after checking the basic conditions such as academic points. But if he wanted to upgrade, he would have to accept a similar investigation of the review committee again.

But Reiner didn't need to worry too much for the time being.

Because summer vacation has begun.

Except for the sixth-grade students who were facing the coming magic test, the students in other grades had left the campus and returned to their homes. The summer vacation would last until the first day of the Month of Fleeing Cloud (July). On that day, it was the arriving autumn and the beginning of the second half of the school year.

In the past few days, Luna Nova Magical Academy had become quite deserted. Students went home one after another, which made the originally noisy canteen very quiet. However, except for Professor Hawkins who had asked for leave, all the other professors were still living in the school. So there was not much change.

On the second day after almost all the students left the school, Fina Napishtim came to Reiner's office.

"Principal Ian Gray, I want to take some time off and go home."

Fina had originally applied to stay in school during the summer vacation to review until the magic test was over, but suddenly she handed Reiner an application for leave.

"What happened?"

Reiner took the application and saw that the reason above was "family reasons", so he asked.

"My father... he..."

Fina hesitated for a moment but finally spoke.

"My father's condition is deteriorating, I need to go back and take care of him."

She was a little sad when she said this.

There was only half a month away from the magic test. If Fina went home to take care of her father, it meant that it was very likely that she would not be able to catch up with the magic test.

Of course, Fina could've chosen to take the exam again in the second year, but she had already gone through the graduation formalities this year. If she wanted to prepare for the exam at home alone for a year, it would be very hard for her both physically and mentally.

A girl like Claire who could stay in school until she had passed the exam could only be said that she had been spoiled by the former principal.

Seeing Fina's troubled look, Reiner thought for a while and said.

"Don't worry about the exam, your father's health is the most important."

"Mhm......"

Fina nodded absentmindedly. Just when she was about to leave, she was stopped by Reiner.

"Wait a minute. I'll go see your father with you. It's... uh... a home visit."

Reiner added. He vaguely felt that the girl in front of him didn't feel well, which made him worry, so he suggested that.

"Ugh? But......"

A little panic appeared on her face. Fina wanted to refuse, but Reiner spoke again.

"You are the best student in our school this year. I have a responsibility to help you pass the exam smoothly. As long as you are a student of Luna Nova Magical Academy, I have to take responsibility for you."

Fina couldn't find any reason to refuse again, so she nodded silently and agreed to Reiner's home visit.

Early the next morning, after sending away the last student to go home, Reiner and Fina arrived in Prester in a carriage.

Originally Claire wanted to follow along, but Reiner thought that the school needed someone to look after, so he asked her to stay at Luna Nova Magical Academy.

Fina's hometown was located in Sur, a small town in the southern part of the kingdom. It was a remote town two hundred miles away from Prester, which was located at the foot of the Sur mountain range on the border of the kingdom. Its main economy was animal husbandry and planting. Looking around, vast grasslands and scattered fields constituted a beautiful idyllic scenery here.

When Reiner and Fina arrived in the town of Sur by steam train from Prester, it was already evening. In the burning clouds of the evening, the sun sank slowly into the peaks of the Sur Mountains, and as the last light was swallowed up by the night, stars gradually shone through the obsidian-like night sky.

Walking out of the station, a smell of green grass mixed with soil was blown over by the evening breeze. There were no tall buildings and no traffic. On the road paved with bricks and stones, cattle were walking slowly, as if the pace of life had slowed down a lot.

"It's really cozy here."

Reiner sighed, after staying in a busy big city for a long time, it would be nice to experience this kind of environment once in a while.

"Mhm."

Fina also agreed to him, but she didn't seem to be happy with Reiner's praise either.

She took Reiner forward. Occasionally they would see a few passers-by along the way, but for some reason, their eyes flickered when they saw Fina. They didn't dare to look directly at her as if avoiding something, even when looking at Reiner, their eyes were also a little weird.

Reiner seemed to be aware of something, but he didn't ask questions rashly, only quietly following Fina.

The roadside houses were no more than three stories high at most, and most were low-rise bungalows. There were almost no shops. Taverns and hostels were even harder to find. Compared with Prester, here was like a country that had been fallen behind for decades, which made Reiner feel uncomfortable.

After walking for about twenty minutes, they came to a small three-story building. According to the signs, this was the hospital in Sur Town.

There were two types of hospitals in this world. One was the regular hospitals where necromancers who specialized in this area were permanently stationed. They would rely on magical potions and operations to treat patients. And the other was the mage clinics that only had apprentices or low-level mages. This kind of clinic relied on purchased drugs to treat simple diseases.

This one in Sur Town obviously belonged to the latter.

Walking into the quiet hospital, a sharp smell of medicine slammed into his nose, causing Reiner to frown slightly. They said a few words with the nurse on duty, and then they went up to the second floor and saw Fina's father in the room at the end of the corridor.

It was an old man with white hair. Reiner really couldn't tell that this was a person under forty years old. He was terribly skinny and weak, lying quietly on a simple hospital bed. The quilt on his body was a little yellow due to repeated washing.

He seemed to have fallen asleep, breathing smoothly, but the drip on his arm told Reiner that this was a very sick person, and it might even be running out of time.

"It's like this every time..."

Beside Reiner, Fina murmured, not sad words or reassuring words, but rather a bit resentful.

"My life... has become a mess because of him."