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Gilbert became Professor Brianna’s exclusive student and began receiving her teachings every morning. It was the beginning of an arduous daily life that began even before the sun rose, but he began to grow day by day as he received the maximum effect of the award badge.

Although Gilbert had been Professor Brianna’s exclusive student numerous times in multiple playthroughs, this was the first time he was seriously taught the Winter Sword. In the game, I trained just enough to obtain the Winter Sword because it was adjusted appropriately.

However, now that it has become a reality, even if there is a game system, there is no correction effect like a game. When I obtained Lionheart, the method of mana practice was different from what I had in mind.

However, Tactical Combat’s skills did not go anywhere. Even if he learned it properly, as it was a virtual reality, Gilbert’s fighting style was almost similar to Professor Brianna’s.

In addition, Gilbert, who had practiced MMA in real life, was good at fighting using his whole body, so the speed of his progress was surprising even to Professor Brianna.

“Attack sharper. Gilbert!”

“Inhale!”

After catching his breath, Gilbert slid into Professor Brianna and swung his mana-covered elbow like a sword. Professor Brianna, who smiled faintly at the surprise attack from the explosive acceleration, also canceled out the attack with her mana-covered elbow.

thud!

The sound of a heavy object colliding rang through the training hall. After that attack, Gilbert sat down. This was because my mana was low due to the training that started early in the morning.

Professor Brianna signaled the end of her morning training by watching the sun rise.

“You had a hard time. So that I can go back after practicing Mana.”

“Okay.”

Brianna sat down and quietly watched Gilbert as he began practicing mana. I frowned at that defenseless appearance, but then sighed and shook my head.

The new exclusive student who came in this time was a little unpredictable. Aside from the fact that his swordsmanship style was similar to hers, even though he became her exclusive teacher, he tended to trust himself too easily. Even on the first day of training, I commented on how he was practicing mana carelessly like now, but the response I got back was shocking.

Did you say that the safest place is where you, the exclusive teacher, are watching over you?

After hearing that, I tried to say more, but I had nothing to say because the disciple said he believed in his teacher. As a person receiving teachings, saying not to trust the teacher was nothing but a contradiction.

When the sun, which had been rising little by little, fully appeared, Gilbert’s eyes, which had been trying to catch his breath, slowly opened.

“Gilbert. I’m sure they told you not to do mana exercises defenselessly, right?”

Professor Brianna, who stayed there until her student opened his eyes, glared at Gilbert and scolded him. But Gilbert still answered with an unchanged expression and stood up.

“It was because the teacher was there.”

“What are you going to do if I go somewhere in the meantime?”

“I thought Master would have stayed.”

Brianna clicked her tongue, speechless at that firm belief. It was because I felt like I was the only one getting involved if I said it for no reason.

However, Gilbert acted because he knew enough about Professor Brianna. She was a person with a strong sense of responsibility and was quick to respond in times of emergency, so Gilbert simply made the most reasonable choice.

However, Professor Brianna, who was unaware of this situation, only thought that Gilbert was placing too much trust in her.

“I guess we should stop having meaningless arguments. I’m starting to regret why I accepted you as my exclusive disciple for no reason.”

“Then, thank you for teaching me today.”

“I just did what I had to do.”

Gilbert laughed inwardly at Professor Brianna’s blunt words and grabbed the doorknob of the training room to return to the dormitory.

“Gilbert. Something suddenly occurred to me.”

“Are you talking about something that came to mind?”

Gilbert, who was about to go out, turned back when Brianna grabbed his ankle.

“Okay. Although the announcement is to be made today, there will be a first comprehensive evaluation.”

Demeia Academy was conducting a periodic comprehensive evaluation to measure performance.

The comprehensive evaluation is conducted a total of 7 times during the school year, and each cadet was evaluated by creating an environment so that the cadets could use the content of the lectures they normally take in the right place.

Among them, the first comprehensive evaluation began about a month after the start of the new year, and now was exactly that time.

Gilbert quickly counted the days after hearing Professor Brianna’s words. Roughly a month had passed since the entrance mock competition, so it was time for the first comprehensive evaluation to begin.

‘This is the beginning of the next main story.’

The main story that followed Teacher Yan was the first comprehensive evaluation. It was a part called the first chapter of the main story among gamers because there were many events in it.

“Because this first comprehensive evaluation will last for a week, morning training will be temporarily suspended until the evaluation is over. I don’t want to listen to the excuse that your grades are not good because of my teaching.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

“There is no need to be thankful. Since you are my student, I will not tolerate receiving bad grades.”

“Okay. Well then, I’ll just leave.”

Gilbert left the training room, leaving behind Professor Brianna’s cold eyes.

Gilbert returned to the dormitory, took a hot shower, and began to check the plan he had made in advance for the first comprehensive evaluation. Considering that Tactical Combat’s difficulties began from the first comprehensive evaluation, there should not have been any gaps.

From taking a shower to arriving at the classroom, Gilbert’s checking of his plan was like endless revisions to his plan.

***

Ian knew very well that he was a genius. No matter what he started at a young age, the time it took him to reach a certain level was shorter than that of others, and it was not difficult for him to catch up with those who started before him.

At the time, I wondered why I couldn’t do this easy task, but as I got older and realized that everyone has different talents, I realized that I was different from criminals.

People around him were busy praising the Linebarrel family for having revealed an unrivaled genius, and as the youngest member of the Linebarrel family, he was loved and naturally came to realize that he was a special person.

And there was an incident that put the emphasis on that thought. That was the day Ian got to ride the giant soldier.

Ian first rode a giant gun when he turned 15. The moment the contract with the artificial spirit was completed and the Giant God Soldier was activated, Ian could feel a sense of unity as if the Giant God Soldier had become a part of his body. That sense of unity immediately led to the manifestation of characteristic skills, and everyone turned upside down when they realized this fact after observing Ian’s ride on the Giant God Soldier.

With God’s blessing, each person on the continent was able to acquire characteristic skills, but many people died without being able to acquire characteristic skills throughout their lives because they did not know the conditions for their manifestation. Even if he had acquired characteristic skills, there were many useless characteristic skills, but Ian had awakened a characteristic skill related to the Giant God Soldier.

He, who was called an unrivaled genius, is now called a genius of a century that will never be seen again. Naturally, the Linebarrel family gave him the best teachers and lavished support on him. Whatever Ian needed was within his reach.

When Ian saw this situation, an idea occurred to him.

If there is a main character in the world, it is none other than yourself.

It was around that time that his attitude changed. In line with the character’s character, he paid special attention to his actions and did not have any prejudice when dealing with people. Anyway, if you think that it exists for the main character, whether you are a noble or a commoner, it is the same.

In this way, he gained the full support of his family and even the residents of the territory, and developed his dignity as a protagonist.

As time passed, the day came to prove the blue blood. Although it was Demeia Academy where the most talented people of the empire came, he believed in his own genius and heroism.

There were certainly more talented people in Demeia Academy than anyone he had seen in the estate. Wherever I went, there were people who had been called geniuses at least once, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that they were inferior to the main character, myself.

Ian’s thoughts did not change until the entrance mock competition began. This time too, the protagonist had no doubt that he would receive everyone’s attention and earn the famous Commander’s Award badge.

That’s how the entrance mock battle began, and Ian met him.

Gilbert the Lionheart.

He was a famous asshole in the social world and was the first person to apply for the position of commander in the entrance mock competition. Until then, Ian had thought of himself as a supporting villain who would make him shine, but he realized this when he came face to face with the Giant God Soldier.

He wasn’t a supporting actor or anything. As a genius and the main character, his ability to control a giant god soldier that pushed him hard made it difficult to dismiss him as a supporting actor. It was clear that his reaction speed was slower than that of himself, who was controlling the giant soldier with his characteristic skills, but he must have had some kind of coordination, so he followed along tenaciously and stopped him.

Ian, who lost his composure in the fierce battle, lunged at Gilbert. At that moment, Gilbert demonstrated a ridiculous evasive maneuver, roasted Ian, and proudly led the entrance mock battle to victory. Needless to say, he took the commander’s award badge that should have been given to Ian originally.

Rumors even spread widely that he had become the exclusive student of Professor Brianna, whom he had set his sights on. Ian thought that the rumor was just a malicious rumor and that Professor Brianna would come forward and put it to rest herself, but she remained silent without any reaction.

That meant only one thing. In fact, Gilbert became Professor Brianna’s exclusive student.

From then on, Ian designated Gilbert as his rival and the ultimate villain who must be surpassed.

Perhaps the same goes for Gilbert, but every time we bump into each other in the training room, he doesn’t hesitate to make sabotage attempts to prevent him from neglecting his physical training. Although it is basic common sense that a knight handling a giant god soldier must train his mana, he continued to give strange advice to train his physical strength.

Ian passed that advice off with a smile and looked for an opportunity. Ian was a genius, but he had the self-control to smile when dealing with his nemesis, no matter how ugly his face was.

Then the opportunity finally came. This was an opportunity to use the card I had prepared just in case. There was no flaw in what the protagonist and genius planned.

Everything will go as planned by the ‘main character of the world’, and when it is all over… .

Applause will pour out to the protagonist who overcomes adversity.

He really had no doubt about it.