episode_0026

XXIII.

When was the last time you felt like time was passing really quickly?

When I look back on the past, it feels like it went by quickly, but I don’t remember it ever feeling that fast at the time. My life was like that.

Because I had to do my best to survive each day, not to starve, and not to shiver from the cold.

But recently, I 120% agreed with a song that mixed words about how time is relative, how fast it passes, and a sexy woman’s snarl about how 24 hours are not enough. I have such a busy life.

The morning starts a little early. Waking up to a clown’s deep and soft kiss is now a daily occurrence. No sweet sleep is sweeter than her kiss, so I wake up quickly. Of course, there are other places as well.

Anyway, after waking up and having breakfast delivered to my room, I head straight to the training center. It is also the dean’s personal training facility.

This training ground, which requires an artifact given by the dean to enter, can be entered from anywhere in the academy.

“Shall we go?”

close the door,

“Neptis Sicut Angelus.”

If you recite an ancient word meaning ‘A child like an angel’.

Jiing-.

Light flows from the new Evergreen bracelet on my wrist – a higher version of the existing one, worn only by Dean Hu, Vice Dean Fletcher, and myself – and flows into the door through the doorknob I am holding.

After a while, when the entire door emits a bright light, if you open the door,

“As expected, the air is different here.”

Outside the door, Dean Juan’s personal training room appears.

Any door inside Evergreen Academy will do. Even in Evergreen City, except for a few areas, this mysterious magic works.

The training hall may seem small, but wizards are not wizards for nothing.

Evergreen is so spacious that you wonder where else there is such a large space. This slightly oval-shaped circular training center seemed to have a radius of over 200m on its long side. Although I haven’t actually measured it.

In other words, this means that it is the perfect place to practice, where no matter what you do with a spear, it is a great place to practice.

In addition, there is even a Mana accumulation center installed on the floor here. It is also a concentration camp set up by the great mage of Circle 9.

In fact, the original purpose of this place was not Dean Hu’s personal training center. Strictly speaking, this was his laboratory.

What kind of training would an adept like Circle Nine do? It’s not unmanned, it’s a magic mountain. I don’t know if I’m doing research in a closet.

This was a place where all kinds of monster corpses, human corpses, corpses of other races, etc. were obtained, dissected, and experimented on. It was here that Dean Hu devoted his entire effort to developing the healing magic of Circle 9.

Inside this training center, there are magic spells engraved on the floor, walls, and ceiling that will not put any strain on your body even if you remain motionless for days on end.

In addition to the mana accumulation center mentioned above, condition magic to help recovery from fatigue, cleanliness magic, and all kinds of resistance magic are installed in a neat way.

In fact, it is true that this was all installed by Dean Hu, but there is a story behind it.

The early days when Dean Hu went crazy and dissected corpses of all kinds. When he didn’t come out of the lab for too long, a close friend from the Tower of Wise Forces forced him to visit his lab.

Then, after discovering the smell of a rotting corpse in the Dean’s laboratory and the Dean not being surprised if he died soon, they forcibly dragged him out and installed magic on him.

Anyway, after returning to the lab a day after being forced to take a break by his friend’s torch, the dean tried to ignore the magic circle installed in his lab at first.

But it kept getting on my nerves. this.

Is this some kind of wizard’s instinct?

It seems like it would be a more efficient magic circle if I just tweaked it in a few places, but when I looked at my hands, I felt ashamed that I had verbally abused my friend when I was dragged out, and it bothered me to leave it as is.

So, after glancing at the magic circle several times a day, the Dean came to his senses and found himself repairing the magic circle. Several magic circles filled with my friend’s worries.

“It’s a different species.”

“Who are you talking about?”

It’s a surprise! I was so surprised that I almost reflexively threw out the window.

Of course, Dean Hu won’t be killed or injured in that case – I heard from the clown that even if you become a sword master, you’ll live in a different ‘time’ – so I’m not worried about that either.

but,

‘I reflexively attacked in response to a surprise attack, but if I failed, I’d feel bad, right?’

That’s why.

“What’s going on?”

Naturally, my tone of voice has no choice but to be blunt. If other academy officials had seen it, there would have been an uproar. However, neither I nor Dean Hu paid any attention to the tone of voice.

“Did you have a ghost that died because you couldn’t train? The cafeteria or the dormitory, how can you stay here all day other than eating and sleeping?”

“Because it’s not enough.”

lack. A skill to handle the spear that is already engraved in your mind and body.

The level I am at now is when I just started walking. I see it that way too. A wide open path. A solid road that you can just run on.

When you see the way, who has the spirit to waste time playing stupid? Moreover, there are no common walls in sight, and there is a truly wide street.

Not only that, the man with turquoise and indigo hair gave me a lot of convenience while rewarding me. The skill of handling a spear that he first taught us. An advanced skill in the same context is the skill given as a reward this time.

Of course, it is bound to be much easier to learn advanced spear techniques and footwork once you have become familiar with the basic spear techniques given first. It’s like walking down a path you’ve already walked before.

That’s the situation these days. Easy way.

What does it mean to swing a spear a few times?

I understand what kind of movement it is,

And you get used to it right away.

A little while ago, when the Dean appeared next to me, I almost swung my spear reflexively because I was used to it. In just over a month.

Moreover, this unique spiritual breathing method was taught to me along with spearmanship.

The spiritual power breathing method, which had an incomprehensible name, absorbed all spiritual power without distinction.

Force. Mana. Spirit. And even Holy Power.

Four divine power cores coiled around the Danjeon, like a bracelet made of four walnuts. These people seem to have thrown away the rule that different divine powers repel each other, and they get along well, exchanging divine powers with each other.

After recognizing the magical power core within me, the dean asked with a shocked expression, ‘What are you?’ What I muttered, “Even now, it is a scene I don’t want to forget that gives me a sense of refreshment every time I have a hard time.”

“It’s not enough. Damn! You there, that kid! Even with just that child, I will already do the work of 10 candidates!”

“Why are you saying such nonsense!”

“Okay. Ten people are over, three or four… … .”

“’Our clown’ is better than the 31 candidates. Aren’t the units themselves wrong?”

“… That’s right.”

“Please don’t make mistakes in the future.”

Even the Dean of the Academy and the Master of Circle 9 sometimes make mistakes.

like now. In cases like this, you must pick it up and point it out. If you just pass over something because it is a high-ranking position or a superman, it will become a bad habit(?).

“Anyway, you have to train. Let’s go out.”

“You should go out and have fun! You bastard!”

There’s something strange about this inspiration today. Why are they suddenly barging in and telling us to get out?

As I continued to look at him with a sullen look on his face – as I later heard from Dean Hu, it was a glare from his point of view – he blushed and cleared his throat repeatedly with a ‘hmm’ hum.

“What is it?”

“What, what!”

“Don’t stutter or stutter in a way that doesn’t suit you. What’s the problem, why are they coming to me and pushing me to leave? It’s still a long way from dinner time!”

“(You are needlessly quick-witted. You are a disgusting and shameful bastard. If you just go, you will go. You little bastard. I am older than you. I won’t lose once. You are a bad bastard. So, you will be single for the rest of your life. Sooner or later, you will shoot Hellfire. I guess!)”

“What?”

Muttering? Of course I heard everything.

In particular, the part that annoyed me the most was the section from Motaesol to Hellfire.

“Oh, no! Ah! Please go to the dormitory.”

“Dormitory? Why the dormitory?”

“You know that I don’t care about the candidates, right?”

“That’s right. Oh, what did you say? Did you say, ‘He’s an idiot who boasts like he’s rich enough to buy the world with a small amount of gold in his hands’?”

“That’s right. It did. I thought so.”

“was it? So you mean not now?”

“Okay. First of all, you are the starting point that changed my thoughts.”

After hearing what the dean said, I nodded. I said, ‘As expected, I’m lucky!’ I didn’t nod my head because I was suffering from the same prince’s disease.

I met Benjamin, and I also met Alfred, a slightly higher level, several times. It was on my first day at Evergreen Academy that I realized that the person who could treat those two like children was a clown.

As a combat simulation application.

A being that, if pushed too hard, can inflict a single blow on even a Circle 9 superhuman.

Moreover, as I, the master, become stronger, the range of power I can use increases.

That kind of woman is a clown, and she is my arcana.

“Suddenly… … . Is this the ‘prince’s disease’ that the princes of Alfonso’s Empire often suffer from? Anyway, it started with you. And there was one child who was not as amazing as you, but was quite amazing.”

Do you do “? Are you two out of 32?”

“Of course. This alone would surprise the world. What more do you want?!”

“Who is Hwang Ja-byeong… No, because I am old, should I call it emperor disease?”

“What?!”

“Ah, let’s skip the trivial details. So?”

“It’s trivial… Aside from you, I wish you would pay more attention to the child you like the most… … .”

“Yes. I don’t.”

The answer to me is obvious. I don’t do it.

In the meantime, I had the opportunity to talk several times with candidates, including Benjamin. And as a result, it ended badly.

They were so overbearing that it was hard to tell whether they were candidates for dealing with demons or nobles with shit on their heads, and some of them were already addicted to pleasure.

What did they say? Do you feel like you’re getting stronger just by breathing?

Those guys eventually offended me, and I didn’t tolerate the altercation that started.

Although he didn’t die, he was dragged out to the main street near the Academy restaurant and beaten to dust on a rainy day. To the clown.

If they weren’t candidates, I might have been so enraged that I would have ordered them all to be killed by the hands of a clown.

So, if you are a candidate, you are very sick of it.

The nearly 20 candidates I’ve met so far were similar. They may look like idiots like nobles, or they may be lazy, or they may approach with a smile on their faces with a scheming face.

One bitch was even so arrogant that I really wanted to twist her neck.

“First of all, this kid. He is a commoner.”

In case you forget, this old man is a young man who competes for the top level among crazy people, so I remind you like this. He’s such a diligent crazy guy. As for my answer, he tries hard to say what he wants to say.

Huh!

“Ike. By the way. The day this guy awakens, his parents are right in front of him… … .”

He swings the spear, but he playfully dodges it and doesn’t stop talking. Furthermore, whether it was magic or a method using divine power, the sound that came out every time I swung the spear was heard very clearly in my ears.

“He died? To a nobleman’s private soldier.”

“That too… … . That’s right.”

Stand tall!

My body stopped immediately, against my will. Dean Hu continued his story with a grin, as if he knew that would happen.

“That day was the child’s twentieth birthday. The noble bastard was a pervert who liked children, so the parents who stopped it ended up like that. Fortunately, the child lived with the grace of God.”

“What about that noble bastard?”

“Huh? Oh, the Baron? I became a goblin dick. The child named Lina asked the Caligo Church to capture the bastard. Lina personally killed the man who was stripped of his noble title and was a commoner.”

If his goal was to interest me… .

‘shit!’

succeded. There seems to be some sort of rule at this level. A lifetime of misfortune hits you all at once before you become a candidate.

“Do you look like a woman? What if the baron covets it?”

“Yes.”

“What do you want me to do? accurately? Should I hold it next to me and bite and suck it?”

“… Do you have loli likes? Crash clink?”

“Where did you find such a place… Rumors!!”

After that, Dean Hu continued to talk about the candidate who did not receive ‘sponsorship’. In short, the story is that he is being pushed around here and there because he is a ‘pure-blooded commoner(?)’.

Moreover, it was even said that while Dean Hu was unable to pay attention, there were some people like Yirgacheffe inside the academy.

“You can do it yourself, right?”

“Then the more serious people will become the enemies. Currently, the nobles of Alfonso’s Empire regard the child as a thorn in their eyes, but if I step forward and take care of that child… … .”

“Candidates must be terrible.”

“Yes. But it’s not a problem that the candidates are crowded together. It’s okay for the noble bastards behind him to be fucking trembling. But if that happens, it becomes annoying. Keeping an eye on me, and you and Lina too?”

“I’ll be keeping an eye on you.”

Of course, I am meeting with Dean Hu in secret now, but until recently, when I met with the Phoenician envoys, most of the candidates had shown hostility towards me.

But what if the rumor spreads as if the absurd fact that he was Dean Hu’s favorite was real?

Wow, just imagining it makes me irritated. I felt like sweat was pouring out of my head.

“But why did you take care of a child named Lina so secretly, and then do that to me?”

“Me? What am I?”

“The day I first saw you! Just stand on the stage in the auditorium! Even when I meet kids from kingdoms like Parthia or Parfait, I make them sit next to me!”

“That’s right… . Are you crazy?”

“… Do you want to take off your mana circle and have a fight?”

“Yes. no. Go back.”

“… Let’s meet first. If he’s an asshole like the other candidates or just has shit on his head, then what… … . Do you know?”

I nodded and shook my head from side to side again, leaving the dean behind and returning to my room.

And as soon as I entered the room, I had to cover my ears from the loud noise. When I heard the name ‘Lina’ in a voice that made me nervous just hearing it. I quickly opened the door.

The academy’s dormitory consists of two buildings. The eastern side is the men’s dormitory, and the west side is the women’s dormitory. The two dormitories face each other, and on the top floor of the dormitory there is a wide hallway connecting the two buildings.

And my room, according to Alfred, was created for those who needed a large room for special reasons, and was located in that wide hallway.

In other words, my room is in the middle between the top floor of the men’s and women’s dormitories. And the loud, irritated voice coming from the top floor of the women’s dormitory reached my room.

Maybe I would have left the room even if it wasn’t for Dean Hu’s request. After passing through the wide hallway viaduct, I entered the women’s dormitory.

Then, a voice that reminded me of the sound of fingernails scratching a blackboard tormented my ears, to the point where it could truly be called a sonic attack.

So it was.

“Ah! Fuck. It’s so fucking loud.”

A swear word came out of my mouth.

“Uh, me, man!”

“Close your mouth. Even if I cut a pig’s throat, it’s still better than your voice!”

But I didn’t want to stop me. No, I felt like kicking the bitch who was sitting on the floor, clutching her right hand and squealing.

“Alfred. Come on out. Female dormitory 11th floor.”

[Gray… ? All right.]

And Alfred ran as fast as a private who had just joined his unit. Judging from the sensation I felt when I got closer, it felt like I had used the Force to run all the way to the 11th floor.

“Explain.”

I said that, and Alfred’s face had ‘Why are you saying what I want to say!’