episode_0026

26. Unjust warrior.

I quickly explained to the saint. It would be better to get rid of unnecessary misunderstandings quickly.

“No, really, because of the election…”

But it didn’t work for her.

“I understand everything. Because I’m fine. You can just leave now.”

For a moment, she forced a smile at me. It was a pretty sad smile.

It was like the expression on the face of the tragic heroine when she was forced to break up with her boyfriend.

‘It’s pretty, very pretty… Oh, no. That’s not it…!’

I immediately tried to refute it.

but…

Noisy.

“Okay? They will definitely pick me.”

“Yes… Ah, I understand… Prince…”

“Haha! Are there any dwarves who can go to Changgwan with me? I will shoot specially!”

Just then, I heard the students returning.

In addition, I began to feel the presence of a warrior.

I opened my mouth with an expression that said there was nothing I could do.

“That… Ha, yes. I understand.”

“Yes… Take care…”

The warrior had to get away from her before he made any misunderstandings.

I walked away from her with a look of regret on my face.

And on that day, she also looked on with a sad expression.

“Inhale…!”

There was no separate Romeet and Juliet.

Anyway, I sat down.

And just as I sat down, the hero arrived.

He sat next to the saint as usual and spoke to her.

“Serena, nothing special happened, right?”

“Yes… there was none…”

“But you seem strangely weak?”

“I misunderstand… That’s not true…”

“It’s strange…”

“It’s okay…! I don’t mind…! Black…!”

At that time, a teardrop fell from the saint’s eye.

Again.

In the end, I held back and ended up crying.

For a moment, the warrior was taken aback. If a girl you like suddenly sheds tears, anyone would.

But the problem is…

“In the end, the hero made the saint cry…!”

“I guess the rumors about the study gallery were true!”

“It was true that he was threatening the saint…!”

It happened that the students who had just returned from recess saw it.

In addition, all the students who were in the community raised their heads at the sudden commotion.

Naturally, everyone saw the saint shedding tears. And I also saw the hero next to me panicking.

The warrior immediately protested.

“Ah, no, it wasn’t me who made him cry…!!”

“Ugh… I’m sorry. I’ll be out for a moment.”

“Three, Serena!”

At that time, the saint completely left the place. I felt like it was because I was so emotional.

And because of this, the students’ eyes got even worse.

No matter who looked at it, it looked like the hero had made the saint cry.

I stared at it blankly from afar.

‘Should I like this…?’

It felt really strange.

Good yet difficult…?

I felt like I couldn’t judge accurately.

Of course, I could definitely tell how the warrior felt.

“Oh, no! I didn’t make you cry!”

Maybe it’s 100% unfair?

***

There are already three days left until the election.

And the election fever became more intense.

“Everyone support Duke Philip!! You will never regret it!”

“The prince is the true heir to the kingdom! Let’s all vote for the prince!”

The prince and duke even mobilized their own men(?). It mobilized the princes and nobles.

They shouted loudly and gathered supporters within the academy.

And the warrior also did not stay still.

He traveled around and met people in person. He then appealed for support.

“Please pick me. You will never regret it.”

“Well, that is…”

The good news was that the warrior’s reputation had dropped considerably. After the last saint incident, the image of the warrior got worse.

If it weren’t for that, people would have responded to his appeal right away. Apparently, the hero was making a direct appeal.

Anyway, why would such great people come forward and do it themselves?

The whole of Trier, including the Academy, was shaken.

Anyone who sees it will think that they are electing the mayor of Trier. People reacted so passionately.

“The warrior must be chosen.”

“No. I hope the prince is chosen.”

“Of course the duke should be chosen!”

People in Trier said this every time they met.

Of course, there was no one who did not know about the overrepresentative election. Everyone watched with interest.

And in this situation, I had a very troubled face.

“Who should I choose… I’m going crazy.”

Now I was choosing a candidate who would unite and drive votes.

Currently, I have collected quite a few votes. I guess it was because the magic paper bribe worked well.

You could tell just by looking at the community reaction.

I could see many people secretly speaking positively about the Mercenary King.

Of course, there was a bit of manipulation. They manipulated public opinion by creating several nicknames. Of course, the fonts were all different as well.

‘Hmm, this is natural.’

Of course, other than that, the response was quite good. So I became more worried.

“First of all, two-step action is absolutely not allowed. Then, Pierre remains… Sigh, should we make this Iljin bastard overrepresented?”

Perhaps, if I unify Dubalton and Pierre, the people who voted for me will change their minds.

To that extent, the current image of the two was not good.

Pierre was still selling out his father and threatening him, and Dubalton was simply unpopular. I was still looking for a dwarf to go with Changgwan, but it was even weirder if he was popular.

Naturally, unifying these two could be seen as a shortcut to ruin.

‘Would I rather just support Lucien or Constantine?’

Currently, the elf princess and archmage were the quietest.

Of course, both of them also campaigned.

However, compared to others, it was a very quiet move.

Should I just say that they are only taking care of their supporters?

Still, I knew that quite a lot of votes were collected. Because they were very famous people.

‘no! Then the chief is in danger.’

However, both of them were too dangerous. In fact, he was like a good-natured (?) warrior.

Anyway, I was really embarrassed.

‘If this happens, there’s only one duke…’

I didn’t know what that sneaky guy would do if he became department head. So I was worried.

But it was also true that there were no characters.

It was a time when I was so worried.

smart.

Someone knocked on our door.

‘huh? Who is it?’

I was so worried that I couldn’t even hear the footsteps.

I opened the door with a puzzled expression.

Squeak.

Then, the appearance of a being appears.

“Car, I found it…!”

Robin looked like he was 10 years older.

Now that I think about it, there was something I entrusted to Robin. I had forgotten about it because I was concentrating on my work as a department representative, but this was also quite important.

“You found it?”

“D, I finally found the magic paper thief!”

“Hoo…!”

And I smiled at the news Robin brought me.

It’s been a long time since something pleasant happened.

“Who is the culprit?”

“That…”

I was able to hear details about the culprit from Robin.

And the more I listened, the more I laughed.

‘I guess it would be better to act as the mercenary king here, right?’

It was because something that could help the election came. Plus, it was something that could raise your reputation as a bonus.

***

That evening.

It’s been a while since I visited the Academy Restaurant. It was my first time going since the conflict with the hero.

Actually, a kitchen already existed in our house. There was no need to go to a restaurant.

But today I had business to do at the restaurant. That’s why I visited.

Squeak.

As I opened the door and entered the restaurant, I felt many people’s eyes looking at me.

“The mercenary king…”

“I heard that the mercenary king also applied for department representative?”

“Can mercenaries really be overrepresented?”

“I heard you’re doing pretty well?”

“Really?”

I could hear the voices of students whispering while looking at me.

I was famous from the beginning.

But I almost got into a knife fight with the hero here. In addition, he had recently applied to become department head.

Most of the students couldn’t help but look at me.

Of course, I pretended not to care. I just put food in it naturally.

After roughly putting some food on the table, I found a place to sit.

To be precise, I was looking for a person, not a position.

‘There’s a guy with blue hair and weird accessories… Ah, there he is.’

Soon I was able to spot a group of students.

It was a group of about 10 people, and everyone had flashy hairstyles, clothes, tattoos, etc.

To put it simply, it can be seen as an Iljinhoe(?) that exists within the academy.

“Hey, aren’t you eating?”

“I don’t want to eat broccoli with my saliva mixed in, is this?”

“Well, that… Anyway, the spit-up broccoli is a bit…”

“Ha! Look at what this fucking bastard is saying?”

They were currently surrounding and harassing one student.

No matter how royal the academy was, the place where people lived was the same. There were the same kind of delinquent people here too.

However, they were not visible at all when the saint or the warrior entered or left the restaurant.

However, since the two of them have not been visiting the restaurant lately, they have been appearing again like ghosts.

‘Weak to the strong, strong to the weak.’

It was a typical Iljin appearance.

And I was interested in them.

It wasn’t because I was overflowing with chivalry(?). I wasn’t really interested in that.

Rather than that, I was interested in the Congo that would fall after destroying those guys.

Soon I started approaching them with food.

The closer I got, the more I could hear their loud voices.

“개새끼가 뒤질려고!”

Give “10 seconds. If you don’t eat well, you will fall behind!”

The students frowned at their loud voices.

But no one actually said anything. Even though they were seniors, it was because they were afraid.

But I was different from the students.

I continued to approach them.

“Oh…!”

“The mercenary king…!”

Only then did the students notice. That I am deliberately heading towards Iljinhoe.

Gradually, the students’ voices diminished. And then he looked at this place with an interested face.

Soon I was able to reach their table.

“10 seconds have already passed! Be ready to die now! ”

“Hey! Get ready to step!”

Perhaps because they were so excited, they didn’t even know I had approached them.

I just passed through them.

“Fuck! Who pushed?!”

“No, what kind of bastard…!”

And then they sat down at the table around them.

dump.

Oh, of course I also posted the food I brought.

“Can I eat here?”

“What kind of crazy bastard is… Yo, the mercenary king?!”