episode_0029

The gloves flowing down from the face and the silence that quickly descended were all around me.

Curtro von Sola looks at me without changing his expression, as if he is not interested in this atmosphere.

-Phew…

I looked at the gloves that had fallen on the floor and thought about it.

‘Should we just get beaten up and fight?’

I want to express these feelings that are rising right now, like being caught by God or something.

When your mind is increasingly focused on one place.

“If you want to fight, I will give you my seat.”

“.. Principal..?”

The class door opened and the principal came in.

But I couldn’t understand what she said.

If you know what’s going on, why are you saying that?

Or perhaps…

‘Is there a way?’

“Berador von Amorae If you don’t want to fight, you can run away..”

“Do it.”

I accepted the battle after hearing words that pushed me to the limit of my patience.

The principal must have a way.

“Then, just the two of you, please follow me.”

“Okay.”

“I’ll go and come back.”

After saying hello, I looked to the side, and my anger disappeared completely from the murderous spirit radiating from Bea and Agnes, who were staring at me as if they were going to kill me.

‘… You won’t kill me, right..?’

If I had just looked at you, I would have killed you hundreds of times already…

‘Well.. I guess it’ll be okay..’

They’re not that thoughtless kids.

I stopped thinking and started following the principal, thinking about how to spar.

Even as I was going like that, my back was still tingling from the eyes on my back.

***

The place the principal took us was none other than the place where the entrance exam was taken.

Exactly where I took the exam.

The scarecrows that existed at that time disappeared and a round sparring hall was seen.

“Now! Two cadets, please go inside.”

The principal stopped in front of the sparring hall and pushed Solar and me in.

-Ji-ing!

Immediately after we entered, light began to rise from a circle drawn on the floor.

Light that surrounds us in a dome shape.

As I was confused by the sudden phenomenon, I heard the principal’s voice from outside.

“Now! Both sides must enter the small circle drawn on the sparring table.”

“Small circle?”

When I looked at the floor, I saw a small circle that wasn’t there before, and as I entered it, the sparring room started to become wider than it was before.

“Uh.. huh?”

Solar may have been surprised by the strange phenomenon, but her expression, which had always been expressionless, changed a lot.

The sparring hall, which was once the size of a small room, became as large as a playground, and the distance between me and Solar also widened.

At that point, the widening sparring hall stopped and the principal’s voice was heard once again.

“Now you can fight using your ‘power’. In order to get out of the sparring room, you have to either accept the opponent’s surrender or completely break their will to fight.”

The principal clearly forced the word ‘power’.

How much did my father tell me?

I don’t know, but I smiled and tried to put my hand to my ear where the earring was hanging.

“Hmm? Power…”

The principal expressed doubt as he looked at the retrieving hand, but it didn’t really matter.

I’ll have to get used to this body with reduced mana.

The principal must have noticed right away and started counting.

“10! 9! 8!····”

If you use magic with less mana than the original, you can learn to use it more delicately.

Besides, I’m not confident with this much mana.

“2! One! Let’s start!”

-Just right!

Jill herself.

Ice flowers bloom as soon as you snap your fingers.

Solar, who was running, stopped.

Yes, it must be embarrassing.

Lowest in practical evaluation and lowest in written evaluation.

A man who entered the academy through his own family could use intermediate magic.

furthermore.

-Just right!

To a silent window.

-Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-gak!

The surrounding area began to freeze, focusing on the ice flower.

“Kkkk!”

Solar started to run away, but it took only 10 seconds for the entire sparring area the size of the playground to freeze.

Cornered, she grabbed the sheath of her sword and lowered her posture.

Just like the first type of swordsmanship used by my mother.

I haven’t studied swordsmanship for a long time, but I understand what you are trying to do.

I put my fingers just before snapping them and started measuring the timing.

“Curtro Ryu.. 1 meal.”

‘Just a little more… just a little more…’

“Ildoyang.”

‘now!’

When the blade protrudes slightly and light is reflected.

-Just right!

He snapped his fingers again.

The frozen floor and ice flowers are gone.

-Kugugu goong!

The ground began to shake.

“Da.. not…!”

As a result, her sword attack split the air.

“Ugh!”

He snapped his fingers again as he looked to put the sword back into its scabbard.

-Just right!

-Quagagaga!

The wind began to swirl around her.

As a result, he was unable to find the sword sheath and went astray.

“Oh!”

The last magic was used on the completely created gap.

-Just right!

-Quaaang!

Lightning struck in front of Solar.

I looked at her as her body froze from the sudden shock, electricity sparking in her hands.

“Are you going to add it?”

Mana is almost finished.

But sooner than that.

“… I.. I lost..”

The battle is over.

“Phew..”

When I stored up my body’s mana, there was only about 10% left.

Using over 30 mana, I barely defeated one cadet.

Perhaps because it was our first sparring, we overused our mana.

“Tsk..”

Perhaps because she was so disappointed, she accidentally clicked her tongue, and Solar trembled when she heard that sound.

Almost on the verge of tears, she bit her lip to hold back her tears before running out.

As I looked at it, I too scratched my head and left.

‘Why is he like that again..’

***

The first time I heard the rumor was from Mercato von Giulia, with whom I had been living since childhood.

“Did you hear that rumor?”

“.. What is it..”

Even though they had known each other for a long time, he still used honorifics, and since it had been so long, Julia didn’t say anything about it.

“There is a man who entered this academy.”

“Yes.”

“They said they only got in by paying money to professors.”

“.. Yes?”

I couldn’t understand for a moment.

I never imagined that something like that was happening at the Agrippina Academy.

“I heard it’s the Amorae family.”

“.. The Amorae family?”

“Yes. I guess he’s the youngest son in the Amorae family.”

“Haa..”

Solar couldn’t bear it any longer.

The son of the swordsman Sorut, the swordsman he respected the most, committed such an illegal act.

So, for the sake of Sorut, I have to take care of that son.

The academy says family doesn’t matter, but since there is no one with enough money to mess with the dukedom, I will step forward myself.

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“Well.. then.. let’s finish the class.. ha.. I will do it..”

After class, I waited for the other cadets to leave.

“Everyone, let’s go to the principal’s office!”

“Yes! You’re protesting because you gave a ridiculous assignment!”

“Let’s go!!!”

Fortunately, almost all the cadets left at once, and there were only four people left, including me.

The youngest son of the Amorae family and two women were sitting on either side of him, as if he had already bewitched the women.

I couldn’t take it anymore, so I took off my gloves and threw them in his face.

The emotions begin to disappear from his slightly bright face.

He looks at my face with complete expressionlessness.

Maybe it was because I was thinking about him, but just looking at him made me feel like bugs were crawling all over my body.

I looked to the side and saw two women looking at me as if they were going to kill me.

‘.. I’m saving you..’

It was unfair, but I endured it because I would understand later.

Then, the principal suddenly appeared and said he would personally prepare a sparring match, so we walked together.

I got goosebumps every time I heard the sound of him following behind me.

‘.. Even if we spar a little too strongly, Lord Sorut will forgive us…’

I held back when I thought about the sparring that would take place in a moment.

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The sparring venue prepared by the principal was better than I imagined.

A place where fighting can continue unless the opponent surrenders or loses the will to fight.

The man who came in by giving money to the Academy has a lot of pride, so he has no intention of giving up.

It got to the point where I thought maybe the principal had prepared a sparring venue like this to cheer him on.

And those thoughts.

-Kwagagagagagak!

After seeing the frozen ground, it completely disappeared.

“Kkkk!”

Even if you run away, they will chase you until the end… No.

The entire sparring hall is freezing.

‘If it continues like this…’

I stayed as far away from magic as possible.

With this level of magic, he would have drawn out all of his mana.

The frozen ground approaches me.

Lower your posture as much as possible.

The ice approaches the ground faster.

Gently pull out the blade with the thumb of the hand holding the sheath.

“Curtro Ryu.. 1 meal.”

I grabbed the handle of the knife and tried to pull it out.

“Ildoyang.”

– Kwachang.

At that time, the ice in front of my eyes disappeared all at once.

“Da.. not..!”

Suddenly shaken vision.

To be exact, the floor shook.

I barely managed to keep my balance and didn’t fall, but my technique went completely wrong.

I quickly retrieved the sword to put it in its sheath.

-Quaaaa!

I couldn’t put it in the sheath properly due to the huge wind magic.

-Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-gak!

My whole body became paralyzed due to the lightning that struck in front of me.

“…”

“Are you going to add it?”

Amorae von Berador approaches little by little, sparking electricity in his hands.

I don’t know anything else, but one thing is certain.

I didn’t come to the academy with money.

He just hid his power.

“… I.. I lost..”

The decision was made without looking into the facts.

Even if it comes from someone I’ve known for a long time, I should have gotten tested.

‘I made a mistake…’

I tried to apologize for that.

But for some reason, tears welled up in my eyes.

I knew it was ugly and cowardly, but tears flowed down my face and I just ran away.

‘Why.. why are there tears..’

She didn’t feel it due to the sudden tears.

-My heart is pounding…

My heart is beating a little faster than usual.