episode_0079

“Have you finished eating already?”

“No. I didn’t eat… No, I didn’t eat.”

“It’s so urgent that you even skipped eating… Okay. What do you want to say to me?”

It’s just past noon.

For the cadets of the training camp, it is the only time they can take a break from their arduous training and fill their hungry stomachs.

With her striking pink hair swaying wherever she went, Ainel Shukriad gave up her only break to find her instructor, Adrian Floyd.

He was lying on a bench under the shade of a tree in the inner corner of the training ground. He barely got up with a look of extreme annoyance on his face and asked again.

“So, what is it?”

“Um, that’s…”

“Speak quickly and don’t hesitate.”

Adrian’s voice was filled with irritation.

It can’t be helped, because today in particular, his sleep time was extremely lacking.

It’s all because I had all my energy sucked out by that Fiora bitch until late last night.

I was trying to skip lunch and take a nap, but I couldn’t control my anger at the appearance of this annoying intruder.

“Instructor. Could you please… could you hit me?”

“…What?”

“The instructor is acting a little strange today. Normally, he would have beaten me several times…”

At training this morning, Ainel seemed like a completely different person than usual.

She, who had been the best performer in Adrian’s class at least up until now, showed herself falling far behind her peers in all training sessions today.

Even the fact that he would frequently look away and not react at all to attacks that he would normally have responded to was a situation that would have resulted in him being scolded and punished dozens of times if it had been the usual Adrian.

But Adrian was very quiet today.

The vicious, bone-chilling venomous remarks were nowhere to be found, and the daily hand-wringing was almost non-existent.

“Please… hit me…”

Ainel was very dissatisfied with that.

So, I skipped eating and just came here.

I was very worried that maybe something had changed in the instructor’s mind because of what happened last night.

“You… Where does it hurt? Is something wrong with your head?”

“Oh, no!”

“I’m not a violent teacher, so why would I hit you? Why would I hit you?”

“Yes…?”

Ainel looked dumbfounded for a moment, but soon shook her head and spoke.

“Ah… haha. Of course. Our instructor is violent and stuff…”

“Be loud. If you’re done talking, then get out. Don’t bother me. ”

Adrian said this and lay down on the bench again.

He even covered his face with a strangely shaped hat that he couldn’t figure out where it came from.

Ainel was very embarrassed when she saw Adrian like that.

‘What should I do…’

As he suspected, the black stick favored by Instructor Adrian is clearly imbued with a mysterious magic.

She wanted to experience it herself and prove its effectiveness to her peers.

However, as we can see now, her operation was a complete failure.

Ainel began to think seriously as she slowly scanned the body of the man lying there ignoring her.

‘How on earth do I…’

Instructors are never stupid.

There’s no way you wouldn’t know that your favorite stick has such special effects.

‘Is it… a secret?’

That’s highly likely.

Didn’t Hannah do that too?

If such a thing existed in the world, you and I would both be desperate to have it.

So, the instructor must know this too, but he must want to keep it a secret from everyone.

How absurd must it have felt for him to suddenly ask her to hit him in that situation?

-Ttakong!

“Ouch…”

Ainel quickly grabbed her head and reflected on the thoughtless actions she had been taking.

‘But… what should I do from now on?’

I want to become stronger.

Much more than now.

So I want to become a knight and a noble so that no one can ignore me anymore.

And to do that, you have to be taught by the instructor in front of you, and above all, you have to be beaten a lot with that black stick.

I need to get hit more than Amber, more than Sienna, and more than Hannah.

‘Those kids didn’t believe it anyway…’

If asking them to just hit you doesn’t work, there’s only one way left.

“Eight!”

Ainel picked up the hat covering Adrian’s face, who was lying down, without warning.

The hot midday sun pouring through the lush leaves directly illuminated Adrian’s face, and he could not bear the glare and had no choice but to jump up from his seat.

“Hey! Are you crazy?”

“If hitting doesn’t work, then at least spar!”

“What?”

“You want me to fight you!”

Adrian’s face, looking at her, was filled with layers of annoyance and bewilderment.

But Ainel Shukriad did not stop.

“I will work harder in the future, so please do some weapon fighting training!”

“……”

* * *

To be honest, sparring with these guys is, if I had to put it into words, extremely enjoyable.

“Haaah!”

That’s understandable, because unlike my previous life, this healthy body instantly executes the movements I imagine in my head without any errors.

I never realized when I was still a human being that moving my body could be this enjoyable.

WHEEK-!

“Your wrist is empty! Don’t think that your sloppy attack will work right away! ”

“Yes!”

I need to move on to the next step soon, but what is going on with this guy Ainel that makes him so persistent?

I repeatedly faced Ainel, who kept re-challenging me without even knowing English.

The other guys all fall down after getting hit a few times, but this guy is the only one who keeps coming back.

I really don’t know why.

‘But… it’s not bad.’

I thought about this several times throughout the afternoon as I moved around.

I hope this guy isn’t a real spy.

I wish those straight eyes looking at me right now were sincere, I wish that guy was truly my disciple.

“Don’t waste your precious magic power on useless attacks!”

Ainel’s sweat-soaked pink hair flashes before my eyes.

“Ahh…”

The boy lost his balance and rolled forward, tripping on my extended foot.

Soon he sat down on the floor and kept breathing heavily.

“Are you tired now?”

“Haa… Haa… No.”

“Hmm…”

“I… Instructor.”

“What is it?”

“Please promise me one thing.”

“What all of a sudden?”

“To the instructor… haa… haa… If I hit even once… haa… Please do me one favor.”

“……?”

What kind of absurd statement is this all of a sudden?

I looked at Ainel, still sitting on the floor, looking straight up at me, and thought.

‘What on earth are you planning…?’

What is going on with this girl who was whining for a beating just a moment ago?

Did you have a change of heart because I suddenly dragged you out of the dorm and brought you to the mansion?

Or did you change the plan?

‘Tch.’

I can’t tell even if I look at your eyes.

I wonder if that bitch is lying right now.

“Whatever, I’ll listen to anything you want.”

“Thank you!”

Ainel jumped up, greeted politely, and then got into an attack stance again.

“Then let’s go again!”

The guy pounced again as if he didn’t get tired, and the rest of the guys were just staring at us with their mouths open.

I yelled at those guys.

“Are you just going to watch? When you’re done resting, you guys come join in too!”

Seriously, I have no idea who’s training here.

* * *

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The spies who were invited into the house have now adapted and are wandering around as if it were their own home.

“No. If you squeeze out all your magic like that, you’ll lose out.”

“Oh, really?”

“How many times do I have to say this? Just because it looks flashy and big doesn’t mean it’s powerful. Would you use that blue fireball when hunting goblins?”

“Ahem…”

I take magic lessons from Fiora every single day.

“I’ve felt this before, but you’re talented in this area. You can control all the elements. And above all, the quantity and quality of mana is incredible. But I didn’t know you were this ignorant. How on earth do you use enchantment?”

“Okay, then continue with the class. What do we do next?”

“The following is the same. Since the properties of the mana that has already been extracted have been determined, if you just think of the form in your head, it becomes a magic in itself. Usually, you recite a spell to refine the form and properties, but in your case….”

Even the same magic can be used in different ways.

People like me who have a lot of magical power and a great imagination don’t need to memorize things like spells?

I controlled the magical power by using the magical power drawn from my palm to change its shape from a normal sphere to a triangle, a square, and even into a sword, arrow, or spear.

“You are… a real monster.”

“Is that… a compliment?”

“Yes.”

“Huh. With something so trivial.”

In an instant, from a thin and wide quilt to a shape of long and thin thread.

After I was able to freely change the form of my magical power, I learned how to control the density to change the strength of my magical power using the least amount of mana.

In just three days, I had mastered the basics of this world’s magic.

“Hmm… If you write it like this, the consumption is reduced significantly.”

I just realized it now.

How primitive the magic I’ve been using so far has been.

“Only about a third of it goes in. Does that mean the power is still the same?”

“Yes…”

Fiora had a look of exasperation on her face, but I was very satisfied.

Because the magical power consumed for using the same magic has been noticeably reduced.

“Then, shall we go to a new dungeon tomorrow? Any recommendations?”

“Is it a dungeon?”

“Yeah. If you have learned something, you should try it out before you forget it. That goes for me and the kids. It’s time for us to get some real-world experience.”

This time, I plan to take all of my disciples along with the family of the mansion.

It’s already painful to hear rumors that there are many cadets who envy that damn Instructor Karlstein’s classes.

‘What, is there a law that says only they have to go on field trips?’

That was when.

I discovered something suspicious beyond the mansion’s fence.

“Did you just see that?”

“Huh?”

“Over there, didn’t it seem like someone was watching us?”

“Was it?”

Fiora may not have seen it, but I definitely saw it.

A masked figure hiding in the shadows of the setting sun.

This will never be an illusion.

‘Are you coming soon?’

Looks like it’s finally coming.

I don’t know if it was the group that murdered Adrian, or Queen Emilia’s faction, or another faction that was vying for the throne.

“I think I should rest tonight, Fiora. I’ve been rolling around for three days, so it’s okay to rest for a day or so, right?”

“Huh?”

“Pretending not to know. When you know everything.”

“……”