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Tringer Academy.

In order to save humanity from the polluted zone, nobles enter the academy from the age of 8 and receive education until the age of 19.

Once they receive that education and become adults, they immediately enter the military and fight to protect world peace.

Commoners live without realizing it, but polluted areas have always threatened human survival.

And the nobles were doing their best to reduce the polluted area even a little.

“Ha..what’s the record?”

“Same.”

“Sii! It felt good. Should we try again?”

“You’re covered in sweat right now. Will there be a record of you doing it again?”

I checked my hands based on what my friend said.

My hands were shaking so much that I could see it.

“Okay. I guess I’ll have to stop for today.”

I thought I would be able to set a record today.

My condition was good, and I was confident that my skills were better than before.

“Ha…what’s wrong with me?”

Each student attending the academy has their own grade.

Grade is skill.

Starting with the highest grade, SS grade, it goes down to S grade, A grade, B grade, C grade, and D grade.

The level was measured by passing specially installed equipment in tests held every six months and measuring the time.

You can raise your grade by practicing consistently and shortening your record, but because the level of benefits provided by the academy varies significantly depending on the grade, everyone was risking their lives to achieve the record.

“They say that the hardest thing is to go from Class B to Class A. It takes a lot of patience.”

“I think I’m fully qualified to be promoted to Class A. But why aren’t my records coming out? It’s a bit strange.”

“B-class is not a demon grade for nothing. Don’t be impatient and try to stay calm.”

I couldn’t really listen to the words my friend said out of concern.

This was because all my attention was focused on moving up to A level.

“Are you going to practice this weekend too?”

“Of course. I can’t rest until I set an A-level record.”

“Do you think we can set a record if we practice all weekend like that?”

“…I don’t know.”

“You’re not confident either. Let’s just rest this weekend. Do you know how many weeks this has been going on?”

My friend gently encourages me to take a break for just one day.

It wasn’t good for her to keep practicing without being able to rest.

I’m holding on to it because I’m impatient because I’m facing an A grade.

“Just for one day?”

She eventually gave in to her friend’s words.

Doesn’t it make it impossible to become an A-level player just by taking one day off?

“Wow! I thought about it well. When you’re in a difficult situation, you need to get some rest.”

“…I guess so?”

She gazed wistfully at the never-shrinking record sheet, never imagining that a day off with a friend would change her life 180 degrees.

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I had fun with my friends all day.

Maybe it was because it had been so long since I played that I lost track of time.

“Ah…I don’t want to go back.”

For the first time in a while, I was finally able to relieve all my stress, but as I thought about returning to the academy dormitory, the stress was building up again.

There is probably no noble who does not feel pressured about their grades.

After graduating from the academy, you must immediately enlist and enter combat.

For nobles, improving their skills was an area in which they had to constantly strive, even if it meant risking their lives.

If your skills are not good enough, you may be lucky enough to get an office job, but if your skills are mediocre, you should make an effort to improve your skills even a little.

This is because even those with mediocre skills are dispatched to the front lines without much notice.

Of course, level B does not mean that you have mediocre skills.

‘The highest level that mediocre kids can reach is Grade B. From level A, it is the realm of talent. I am on the threshold of entering the realm of talent.’

I think that made me even more anxious.

He said he has the qualifications to become Class A.

He said he was a talented person.

I wanted to prove that.

However, I fell short of the A grade.

‘I was an ordinary person with no talent?’

She showed off her talent from a young age, and thanks to this, she raised expectations from the elders of her family.

He always showed superior skills compared to his peers, and even after entering the academy, he rose through the ranks and met everyone’s expectations.

I was arrogant back then.

Class A?

I thought I could climb up as easily as I had so far.

However, with Grade A in front of her, she began to stagnate.

‘That was already a year ago… If things continue like this, I’m going to fail this time too.’

There is a difference between precocity and genius.

Even in her family, there were rumors that she was not a genius but rather ‘precocious.’

The way other people looked at me was also gradually changing.

Pressure from family, and even the suspicious gaze of people around him.

She felt frustrated and pounded her chest with her fist.

I didn’t eat anything wrong, but I felt sick, as if something had been put on it.

“miss.”

“Mom, surprise!”

I couldn’t hide my distraught feelings, so I broke up with my friend and instead of going into the dormitory, I wandered around.

Then, she was startled by a loud voice suddenly speaking to her and jumped up like a cat.

“W-what is it?”

The person who called him was so suspicious that he couldn’t figure out how he got in here.

It was a man wearing maroon-colored robes with a deep hood.

He was beckoning her from a corner with a mat.

“There girl.”

“Um, me?”

“Yes, miss. Come here.”

“Why me? And uncle, why are you doing this here? If you keep doing this, the knights will come and arrest you?”

If he was a truly suspicious person, he wouldn’t have been able to come near the Academy.

And she, who was confident in her own abilities, talked to the suspicious man while he was there.

It was something I could just ignore, but I had a strange feeling that I shouldn’t have done that.

“I told you to come secretly so that no one else would notice.”

“…I don’t like it. Why am I going to him? It looks suspicious to anyone. Should I report it?”

Would you go crazy and come close?

I don’t think I’ll lose to that guy, but since he has so many different abilities, I need to be careful.

“Well, are you going to regret it?”

“I regret it?”

“Uh, I have an amazing product that will greatly improve your skills.”

“…Products? Are you an illegal merchant?”

I’ve only heard of it before.

I heard that there is a merchant who secretly distributes illegal goods, and if you get caught wrongly, your life will be ruined.

She was disgusted and thought it was a good idea to stay away.

“I don’t do drugs or anything like that. I’m going to report it right away, so you’d better leave now.”

“Drugs? I don’t sell those things either.”

“I heard you were just selling something. Then you are an illegal dealer.”

Although he was speaking calmly, he was on high alert for the suspicious man.

I believed in my own skills, but I needed to be careful because I had no idea what skills that man was hiding.

“What I wanted to show you was not a medicine, but a weapon. I think it would be perfect for you to use.”

“When he saw me, he recommended a weapon. I have to say something that makes sense.”

“Would you change your mind if you saw it in person?”

“Anyway, I don’t like it. Sell it to someone else. I won’t regret it, and I won’t buy it.”

Is there a weapon that suits you best?

Equipment and other items can be obtained through the family.

So there was no need to listen to the suspicious man.

“Yes, you might feel uncomfortable seeing a weapon shown by a suspicious person. But when you see this, your thoughts will completely change. This will feel like fate to you.”

A suspicious man opened a large bag and rummaged through it.

Since I had no idea what they were trying to get out of there, I took a step back and raised my guard.

however….

What came out of the sack was a large bow.

The weapon she was wielding happened to be a bow!

gulp-

The moment I saw the bow, I had a strong intuition.

Like the suspicious man said, if you don’t buy that item, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life.

As soon as I saw it, I felt it was fate.

‘That has to be mine.’

All my caution towards the suspicious man disappeared, and I quickly ran over to him, staring intently at the weapon in his hand.

No matter how many times I look at it, the strong feeling that I have to buy it doesn’t go away.

“Is this what you’re selling me? I’ll buy it.”

“Hot! Look. I heard you regret it when you see this. You want to buy it, right?”

“Yes! How much is it? Please let me buy it right now!”

My eyes rolled over.

It was strange to feel such a strong possessiveness and obsession with a weapon, but it did not change the feelings I was already obsessed with.

Even if you end up ruining this weapon in a mess, you won’t regret buying it.

Because I felt that way, I told the suspicious man that I would buy it.

However, the man mercilessly put the weapon he showed me back into the bag.

“Oh?! Uncle! I heard you’re selling it.”

I felt like my weapon had been robbed.

That item clearly wasn’t his.

“No, my weapon!”

“It’s not yours yet, so I don’t know why you’re acting like it was robbed.”

“You said you were selling it to me! Then it’s mine. How much is it? How much is it?”

“well.”

“yes?”

Well?

“Next week, come here again at this time. Then, bring an item worth enough to buy this weapon. If I like it, I will sell it. If I don’t like it, I won’t sell it.”

“Wait a minute! Do I have to wait until next week? You came here to sell it to me. You can’t talk so vaguely!”

“So you’re not going to buy it?”

“…..”

You’re not going to buy it?

I saw it with my own eyes. How could I not live it?

The child was mine.

You can be confident that existence itself was created for you.

I don’t know how that child ended up in the hands of a suspicious man, but I had to save him.

“You don’t like it? I don’t have to sell it to you.”

it’s annoying!!

The man’s shameless attitude made me anxious.

“Buy it! I’ll buy it. You mean this time next week? You must come out. I’ll prepare it to a level you can’t refuse!”

“Okay. Just for your information, I like things more than cash. If anything, it’s like… monster byproducts.”

“Okay, I’ll keep that in mind.”

The suspicious man stood up without any hesitation, as if that was all he had to say.

Swoosh- Swoosh- Swoosh-

A suspicious man disappears somewhere while dragging a large sack.

‘What on earth is this person doing? ‘He didn’t look that old.’

She tilted her head as she looked at the man’s back.

If my identity was unclear, it would have been impossible to enter here.

It was impossible to be prejudiced against someone whose behavior was suspicious.

‘I should have at least asked your name. They said we can meet again next week, so I’ll have to ask then.’

I already missed the weapon I saw earlier.

In my head, I keep thinking that I had to take it away by force.

It’s not that I don’t have enough money, but if I just wait a little longer, I can have that weapon.

Because my mind was focused on the weapon the man had shown me, I couldn’t concentrate on anything.

In the end, I became impatient and hurried back to the dormitory.

It would be nice if he could solve it with what he had, but didn’t he clearly say that?

If you don’t like it, you won’t sell it.

‘You must buy it!’

She imagined the child’s appearance still glimmering before her eyes.

I needed a lot of money, no, very valuable items.

And I had no doubt that her family would be able to obtain any number of valuable items.