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“Anne!! Are you out of your mind!!”

“Sorry… !!”

Seeing Anne making many mistakes today, Professor Franklin approached her with a sigh and snatched the wooden sword.

“You almost blew off Gade’s head, didn’t you?

You can’t even hear the whistle blowing.

You’d better rest today.”

“Ah… No, Professor!!

You can do it right… … !!”

“I don’t know what’s wrong with you.

However, your mind is already preoccupied elsewhere.

So let’s end today’s training here.

It’s okay if you don’t come out until the problem is properly resolved.”

“Professor… … !!”

Anne, who was looking at the coldly turning back of the professor with a dejected look in her eyes, turned back helplessly and walked out the door of the training center.

Feeling as if the feel of the stolen sword handle still lingered in her palm, she clenched her fists for no reason.

‘Pathetic… … ‘

But that didn’t change anything.

Her complex emotions were literally overflowing.

The upper part of Baron Moneghen, who was almost on the verge of bankruptcy.

Her older sister, ‘Mari’, has already been predicted to be bullied.

And even things about the person you like that don’t go your way.

“Nothing works… … ”

When I entered the Academy of St. Plancina with overflowing ambitions, everything felt like my own world.

Her parents, who run a decent business, enrolled her and her older sister into the academy’s top-tier educational curriculum.

However, as the level of education was high, the tuition at the Plancina Academy was extremely expensive, and the upper part of the family, which was not originally large, was becoming increasingly strained even though the two daughters only attended the academy for a total of three semesters.

However, since she only received encouragement from her parents to work hard and not lose her pride as the daughter of Baron Monethen, she thought that the situation was not bad so far.

Meanwhile, ever since he had a conflict with Vivian, the daughter of the Marquis de Grenot, she began to harass him persistently.

Vivian’s bullying, which she initially thought would end with her putting up with the bullying, gradually went too far.

She may have been quite offended, but without even realizing it, she had carried out a background investigation into the Monehen family, and was using the family’s prestige to attack the top of the family.

Although the baron was also from a noble family, his prestige was not comparable to that of the marquis.

Not only was there a difference in the influence in the social community in the first place, but with Vivian’s cowardly actions of attacking the top of the family by erasing the evidence of the attacks under the surface, it was impossible to find what to do.

Suddenly, long-time business partners are cut off, and only the items sold by the Monethen merchant end their transactions among merchants that would buy items from them.

As her parents, who were holding on at the top, the situation was completely incomprehensible, and it felt like they were going crazy.

However, if she were to raise this issue with Vivian, it would be like insulting the other person without any evidence, so she might be charged with insult by the Noble Ethics Committee and cause more trouble for the family.

So all she could do was to endure calmly.

She did not fight back more than necessary and believed that the problem would be resolved someday if she held on until Vivian’s anger subsided.

And one day, when Marie came to her dorm room and told her that she had received a letter from her parents telling her not to worry too much, Anne was barely able to console herself.

She nodded while receiving comfort from her proud older sister, Mari, who was the top 2nd year student at the Department of Magical Design, the epitome of magic theory, but it was only later that she felt that there was something wrong with the current situation.

In order to save money on meals, I happened to go to a high-end restaurant at the recommendation of my classmates.

There, Anne found Marie doing chores.

“Sister… !”

In the end, Marie, whose secret that she started working in order to pay tuition and help the family budget was revealed, had to turn her head to hide her trembling eyes when she saw Anne looking at her with sad eyes.

“Sister Mari… Hmm… divination… It’s okay… You did it… … !”

Anne did not know that her position as the top student in her grade came from her efforts to not give up studying even for a single moment, even while suffering from nosebleeds.

Seeing her older sister practically straining her body to the limit, giving up even the bare minimum of sleep, Anne inadvertently ran to her older sister and hugged her.

The tears that naturally came out of my eyes were soaking my sister’s warm embrace.

“It’s okay, Anne… It’s really okay… iced coffee… … ”

– Wow!!

“Marie collapsed!!”

In the end, Marie collapsed from lack of sleep and overwork while holding her younger brother in her arms, and was even cut off from that chore.

The only thing left for them is the bill for the dishes they broke while fainting.

Anne, who could not expect any support from her family other than immediate living expenses, had to make a big decision because the money spent to take Marie, who had fainted and suffered injuries, to the hospital was considerable.

“This… Can you sell it… … ?”

It’s his favorite weapon that he always wears when he’s in the swordsmanship club.

Since a prosecutor must make it a habit to wear a sword and always know how to properly manage the weapon, I received it as a gift from my parents when I entered school.

Anne, who had to sell the sword she had always cared for and handled with care to a pawn shop, could not help but feel heavy in her heart.

‘A swordsman without a sword.’

If I graduated from the academy one day, I could at least reduce labor costs by working in place of a guard mercenary at the top.

However, from the moment the sword disappeared, Anne had no choice but to become heavier on the path to get there.

However, just by helping her precious sister, the sword had fulfilled its role. All she had left after masturbating herself was the little money left after paying the expensive hospital bills and the needlessly expensive dishes.

In the end, after hearing her kind older sister say sorry, she couldn’t help but burst into tears.

If only he had bowed his head to Vivian from the beginning.

Even if you fart at her, as long as you don’t offend her.

If that were the case, wouldn’t I have been able to feel the same misery as I do now?

The story I heard after wandering in and out of the academy for a few days was that Vivian had disappeared as if she had evaporated.

But even though everyone else believed it, Anne did not believe it.

The attack on the top was still continuing as it was when Vivian was there, and even if Vivian disappeared, it meant that the attack would continue in the future.

There was only one thing she could do now.

Her next goal, which Vivian had predicted someday, would be to protect her sister.

The older sister, who was willing to carry so much burden for her younger brother, was willing to risk everything to protect her.

However, life does not always go as expected.

Anne herself didn’t know that completely unexpected ambushers would approach her.

“Hey!! Speak quickly!!”

It happened that very evening.

This is when Vivian’s followers appeared.

Perhaps out of a desire to remain loyal, they visited Anne, the most powerful person among those who likely held a grudge against Vivian, and began to threaten her to confess the truth.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“You probably know about Vivian’s disappearance!!

Tell the truth right now!! Isn’t it your doing?”

“I don’t know either. And even if I knew, why would I tell you?

“This bitch!! Cut it out!!”

However, she, who did not even have a sword to carry, could not overcome the followers who immediately pulled a sword from their waist.

One of them even had a sparkling look in his eyes as if he had gone mad, and Anne was starting to think that she couldn’t guarantee her own safety like this.

Since there were security guards stationed at the entrance to the academy, Anne decided that it would be better to ask them for help, but immediately gritted her teeth at her helplessness and turned back.

Anne, taking comfort in the fact that she was light and unarmed, began to run forward quickly.

Because running away like this was the most likely way.

“Catch that bitch!!”

“I’ll kill you!!”

However, perhaps because they were in a higher grade than her, they were not easily ostracized, and a certain distance was maintained, creating a situation of chase and chase.

‘wait for a sec… There are two missing… … ‘

While running for a while, Anne inadvertently looked back and realized that two of the original five or six people in the group were no longer in sight, and she began to feel a sense of discomfort.

Of course, it may be that he fell behind or gave up due to his physical strength, but if he had the physical strength to retire after running this much, he couldn’t even enter this academy as a member of the swordsmanship club.

‘What happened…? no way… … !’

“Gotcha, you bitch!!”

Before she knew it, she took a shortcut and took a fast course. Seeing the gang coming out from both sides, Anne struggled to avoid the swords they were swinging by throwing her body.

However, the moment he stopped jumping and throwing his body on the floor to avoid the sword, the distance that had grown was quickly narrowed, and before he knew it, the gang began to surround him in a hemisphere.

Eventually, Anne, biting her lip, realized that her back was to the flower bed, and with a light movement, she crossed the fence of the flower bed and went inside.

At least I didn’t know if there would be room for a counterattack if they fought between the flower bed fence.

‘but… Something like this… I can’t win… … ‘

In fact, dealing with those holding swords with bare hands was close to impossible.

What he learned was swordsmanship, not box fighting, and the reality was that even fighting with swords was difficult for those who had undergone high training to the point where box fighting was almost an art.

The best thing she could do right now was to just take a step back and keep the gang who seemed ready to attack at any moment in check.

‘how… how should… … ‘

And at that moment, she was startled when her back collided with the long stem of the flower standing behind her, and was about to put her hand behind her back without thinking.

Anne’s pupils suddenly began to tremble as she held onto something and held it forward.

‘This… ‘

When she once again grasped the pure white stick in her hand, it unfolded quickly and mechanically and began to grow longer. Anne, her purple hair blowing in the wind, held it tightly with both hands.

‘It’s light. And, it’s sharp… … ‘

An item of such high value that it is difficult for the general public to use it.

It boasts the same quality as new for several decades even without special care.

A mechanized longsword made with the technology of the Western Kingdom of Warmhausen, boasting the pinnacle of engineering technology including smelting, alloy technology, and mechanical engineering, was scattering sharp light from her hand.