episode_0028

Professor Brianna, known as the Empire’s number one sword, always begins with training. Morning training, which Professor Brianna had never missed since she first picked up the sword, was like a ritual she had to do every morning.

Brianna came to the training center before the sun rose again today and started training in the morning. In order to refine the basic form of swordsmanship, the simple movements of stabbing and cutting were repeated countless times.

One thousand horizontal cuts

Cutting the bell one thousand times

One thousand diagonal cuts.

One thousand stabs.

My clothes were soaked with sweat, and my hands and legs were shaking slightly. The sword felt heavy because it was swung only with physical ability without any mana flow. But her training did not end there. I calmed my heated body, calmed my mind, and fell into deep meditation.

For a prosecutor like Professor Brianna, mental training was as important as physical training.

From the moment she was blocked by the wall, she put more effort into training her mind. By sharpening my mind as if I were sharpening a sword, I wanted to pioneer a new place beyond the wall.

How much time has passed?

Her eyes, which had been tightly closed, naturally opened.

The morning sunlight that had seeped into the training center was already shining on her. Brianna got up from her seat, gathering her thoughts.

Returning to the room she was staying in, she took off her sweaty clothes and washed away the remaining heat from training with cold water.

Although it was always training, she loved this moment very much. This is because I felt like all the worries and worries that had built up inside me were being washed away.

Gilbert the Lion Hatra.

After showering, Professor Brianna thought about the cadet who visited her a few days ago.

A cheeky kid who won a bet with the Great Sage, known as the most influential person on the continent, made a rather interesting request.

He cheekily said that he wanted to become the immediate disciple of the man who was said to be the sharpest sword of the empire.

Externally, Professor Brianna was Princess Serafina’s swordsmanship teacher. This was due to a request from Marquis Malchirav, who was loyal to the imperial family, but it was only possible because half of it was due to her greed after recognizing Seraphina’s talent.

Of course, no matter how much it was the royal family’s command, he had no intention of learning swordsmanship from someone without talent. If you hold on to someone without talent, all that remains is a wound to your pride.

Brianna, who excelled at swordsmanship since childhood and had almost no one to compare her to with a sword as an adult, has met too many such people. Even their soggy jealousy.

However, it was true that Gilbert was the cadet who stimulated Brianna’s interest.

Unlike Seraphina, who was perfect from the beginning, the girl who was unqualified until recently was now a completely different person.

To be precise, physical talent was innate. Gilbert was the only person who trained his body to that extent at that age. Even the talented Princess Serafina could not compare to Gilbert’s physical perfection.

However, unfortunately, I thought it was a bit unfortunate that his mana sensitivity and other magical power levels did not match his body, but Gilbert, who came to visit me a few days ago, had become a different person than before.

It was basic to practice mana from a young age, so considering Gilbert’s current state, such explosive growth was extremely rare.

Of course, even though it was a rare situation, it was impossible not to believe it because the result was right in front of us.

Professor Brianna had put aside Gilbert’s request first, saying that she would think about it, as it met the talent criteria she had considered. There were a few more conditions he had to overcome, and I was worried about whether it was right to teach him.

If I had to point out the reason, it was because of his reputation for being the worst. I was worried that he, despite his talent, might turn evil with the sword he learned from me.

Gilbert, whom she had observed while taking charge of the first-grade class, showed different behavior than the rumors, but she could not abandon the assumption that it might have been acting.

“Phew… .”

Brianna, who sighed for no reason because she had a headache, decided to first tell her about the gateway to becoming an exclusive disciple. After Gilbert passed the gate, he decided that it was not too late to think about it.

Brianna, shaking off her complicated thoughts, checked her clothes and headed to the academy’s main building for the morning lecture.

***

“Cadet Gilbert.”

“Yes, professor.”

Gilbert was having a one-on-one interview with Professor Brianna after the morning swordsmanship lecture. The reason was that Gilbert, who had achieved magic power of 50 a few days ago, requested to become an exclusive disciple.

Unlike in the game where orders were given immediately after meeting the minimum ability requirements, the response was that they would think about it a bit.

At first, I was taken aback by the different reaction than I expected, but I didn’t show it and returned to the dormitory to think about the reason. The answer was easy to obtain.

‘Is reputation holding you back here? .’

Even from a systematic perspective, his reputation has surpassed the level of hitting rock bottom.

Considering Professor Brianna’s reputation for emphasizing honor, it was clear that she would be reluctant to take on the poor Gilbert as her exclusive student.

I didn’t know what would happen if I gave the treasured sword to a talented idiot for no reason.

Moreover, since Princess Seraphina was already her exclusive student, she had no choice but to be cautious about even proposing it to Gilbert, who was a fool.

“First of all, I called Cadet Gilbert to give me an answer to his suggestion.”

“I thought so.”

“Then the story will be quick. First of all, the proposal is on hold. There are still a few gates left for Cadet Gilbert to pass through.”

A notification window appeared saying that a sub-quest had been created, with the words “on hold” rather than “refusal.” Gilbert let out a sigh of relief.

“I didn’t think it would be easy. So what is the gateway I have to pass through?”

“First, get permission from Princess Serafina.”

“Are you talking about the princess?”

“Okay. As Cadet Gilbert knows, my current exclusive student is the princess. They say it is free to bring in exclusive disciples, but this case is different. I think Cadet Gilbert, a nobleman, knows the reason well.”

Gilbert nodded his head in agreement. It was a condition for clearing the quest, but if you think about it for a moment, it was obvious.

The power gains that could be gained simply by being an alumnus of this great empire were beyond imagination.

Considering the ecology of those in power who used everything they could, having a swordsmanship teacher like the princess was more than extraordinary.

The story becomes even bigger if the teacher is Brianna, the first sword of the Empire.

“If Cadet Gilbert receives permission from the Princess, I will check whether he has the qualifications to become my exclusive disciple.”

“Do you mean that you are testing my talent by checking my qualifications?”

“That’s right. I do not teach those without talent.”

“Okay.”

It was something I was familiar with, so I nodded and accepted it. Considering her background story, there was ample reason to only teach talented people.

“You have a confident expression. Did my exam look easy?”

“That’s not true. I just thought you might refuse.”

“… . When judging people, I tend to trust what I see with my own eyes. You can go back.”

Gilbert’s eyes widened slightly at Professor Brianna’s words, but he did not show it much. He simply bowed his head slightly and left the place.

Isn’t the evaluation bad?

Gilbert recalled Professor Brianna’s words before leaving.

Professor Brianna, who had naturally developed an eye for people while fighting in harsh battlefields since childhood, was definitely inclined to trust her own eyes rather than reputation.

This was because she knew very well that if a reputation is created with malicious intent, it can be ruined.

However, since Gilbert’s reputation was consistently poor, it was difficult to believe that he had planned it with malicious intent, but he did not seem to be evaluating it particularly harshly.

Thinking that that was enough, he turned to the place where the academy’s third-year cadets mainly received lectures to seek Princess Serafina’s permission.

Demeia Academy was divided into three grades, and each grade had separate lectures. Among them, Princess Seraphina was in the third year, the last year, so she went a little deeper.

“Isn’t that that bastard Gilbert?”

“I think so, but why did that guy come here?”

The sound of Gilbert chewing could be heard from all over the place. He, who had developed senses as well as his physical abilities, heard all those sounds, but ignored them. This was because I had already heard it harshly from the first-year cadets, and now I had become insensitive to it.

Rather, Gilbert, who needed to find a place for Seraphina, caught a passing academy employee and found out where she was, and found out that she was in the personal training room as there were no lectures at the moment.

Gilbert, who ended up in the opposite direction for no reason, grumbled and headed to the training room.

However, I was able to find a man blocking the front of the training room. It was a man named Yannick, whom I had also encountered before.

“Stop. You cannot enter here.”

“I came to see the princess.”

“The princess is currently undergoing training. Go away.”

“He said he came to see the princess. Please put your message inside.”

Gilbert had a snowball fight with Yannick. It seemed that the princess’s loyal guard knight did not want to disturb the princess who was currently in training and at the same time wanted to block the approaches of a man with a bad reputation.

But Gilbert, who had no intention of going through the trouble of going back and forth, did not back down.

“He told me to go away.”

“He asked me to include a message.”

Fire sparked in Yannick’s eyes.

It was because I was upset by the rude and arrogant appearance of the bastard. The moment I opened my mouth to say something, I heard the princess’s voice from inside the training room.

” was done. Yannick. Let him in.”

“Okay. Seraphina.”

Because the princess’s command was absolute, Yannick sighed deeply and opened the door to the training room that had been blocked and went inside.

Gilbert didn’t like Yannick’s glare until the moment he entered, but since it was important to meet Seraphina first, he followed him into the training room.