Tarnished dealt with the crab monster and, while he was at it, the toilet too.
Liurnia had plenty of water and even more experiments left behind by its sorcerers, so giant crabs and lobsters crawled all over the lake. Last time, these "lords of the lake" had given Tarnished a thorough beating. This time, he planned to get revenge-build an aquaculture center and put every last one of them in it!
But before his grand plan could get off the ground, another summons from Sellen brought him to the Dean's Office.
His teacher, newly promoted to dean of the Academy, handed him a list. "I've identified all the academic frauds who've been coasting along in the Academy."
Tarnished glanced at it. "This many? Well, no surprise there. We're short of workers everywhere anyway. Let's reform their rotten souls with a healthy dose of diligent labor!"
Sellen raised an eyebrow. "You're not killing them?"
"What a waste that would be." Tarnished shook his head. "After spending so long in the Academy, they must have some education. Send them out to work, and they can still contribute something."
"Oh, so you've learned to respect knowledge now?" Sellen glanced at him. "Yet your intelligence is still only 12."
"I don't respect knowledge, because knowledge doesn't need respect." Tarnished deftly ignored the question of his intelligence. "Knowledge needs to be shared. What's the point of locking it inside the Academy to gather mold?"
Sellen looked thoughtful. "You mean?"
"I plan to have those sorcerers teach the common people when they're not working."
"Including Demi-Humans and artificial beings?"
"Of course. Stormveil treats all good people and races equally."
"That may prove difficult," Sellen said hesitantly. "Humans would be one thing, but you know how proud most sorcerers are. Teaching commoners is already beneath them. If