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After lunch, the afternoon evaluation began.

During the afternoon evaluation, the field of our combat department was Geneva’s basic armed combat.

We spar with our combat instructor with only a wooden sword and evaluate its quality.

Since it was none of my business for other theoretical evaluations, I put my back and quietly headed to the outdoor training center.

Ismera can be seen over there among a group of theory assistants carrying test questions.

This pure-blooded elf is so tall that he looks like a peacock mixed in with chickens.

Ismera, who was leading the teaching assistants, looked at me and smiled a beautiful and elegant smile that melted the hearts of those who saw it.

“Thank you for your hard work, Professor Ismera.”

Ismera’s expression slightly lowered her head towards me, but her expression suddenly turned cold.

But it was a moment that no one but me could have captured, and we passed each other as if nothing had happened.

Anyway, that elf lives a really tiring life.

Just as I arrived at the outdoor training center, a pink-haired girl named Sophie was facing the combat instructor with a wooden sword slung over her shoulder.

“Are you here?”

Geneve, who was looking at it with her arms crossed, greeted.

“I came to take a look. That girl.”

“Let’s begin.”

The sparring began with the sound of a whistle.

The one who moved first was the combat instructor. He quickly approached the girl with narrow, fast strides and launched an attack.

As the team was composed entirely of people who had worked hard on the outside, the attacks of our combat instructors were absolutely impossible for ordinary people to block.

However, the girl slowly turned her body as if she was dancing and let all the attacks go.

Since there was a prior warning to work hard at all costs, the instructor pushed the girl even more fiercely, and the girl retreated to the end of the sparring area.

No matter how you look at it, it seems like you’re doing it roughly.

“You are not a real applicant.”

Geneve, perhaps noticing this, similarly assessed the situation.

The girl who had been being pushed around suddenly tilted her upper body to the left in a threatening motion, and the teaching assistant flinched and took a step in that direction.

“Oh my.”

I was tricked.

The wooden sword that was draped over the girl’s shoulder fell at an absurd angle and hit the instructor.

“Gagging!”

Before he could defend himself, the wooden sword fell on the assistant’s shoulder and he fell to his knees.

The teaching assistant stepped away with support from other teaching assistants, and Geneve scribbled down the evaluation sheet without saying a word.

Meanwhile, the girl who was left alone looked at me with her characteristic smile.

After looking at me for a moment, the girl threw her wooden sword on the floor and turned around to leave the sparring room.

I don’t know if he knows me or if he just looks good.

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Evening after afternoon evaluation.

In the conference room, under the leadership of Kirrin, all members of the faculty gathered to discuss the progress of the selection process.

The final 30 applicants survived today.

Kirin made a list by lining them up in order of detailed grades, and checked one by one what the evaluations were to be conducted tomorrow and whether preparations had been completed.

The name at the top of the list is ‘Sophie’. Is this the pink-haired girl?

“Probably so.”

Felimia, a psychology professor sitting next to me, answered my questions.

“Because I was so unique, I took a look at the application form.”

“Is there anything special?”

“They say he belongs to the Leblanc mercenary unit.”

The LeBlanc Mercenary Corps is a large mercenary group that is notorious in the empire.

However, it was not like that from the beginning; it was a type of organized crime that originally started with about ten gangsters who were active in the Les Blancs area.

They were vicious and cruel by nature and would do anything for money, so they mainly took on the dirty work of nobles and gradually expanded their scale.

As the rumor spread, the scum of the earth began to gather here and there, and as it grew bigger and bigger, the name was eventually changed to a mercenary unit.

Afterwards, during the Four Years’ War, they took on all the burdensome requests for the legion and established a specialty, growing rapidly and becoming the large mercenary force that it is today.

A twenty-year-old girl from a mercenary unit… .It’s definitely something special.

“Does Les Blancs also accept female mercenaries? As far as I remember, I don’t think there was anything like that.”

“Not until now. This kid must have recently joined the mercenary army.”

“Do you know anything?”

“There is some intelligence that I came across through various channels.”

Pelemia adjusted her glasses and told me what she knew.

That kid joined the mercenary army a few years after the end of the war.

He suddenly stormed into the mercenary headquarters and made a persistent demand to use him.

At first, the mercenaries thought she was crazy and told her to go away, but instead of backing down, she made an outrageous statement, saying, ‘If you don’t accept me, I’ll rip off the head of the mercenary leader.’

One of the mercenaries got angry and tried to hit the girl in the face, but he broke his neck and went into a vegetable state… . What kind of development is this?

Anyway, the girl who proved her skills went straight into the mercenary army and achieved significant results here and there.

Even women can use a knife and kill someone. But even so, the process of joining the mercenary army is completely absurd.

If you are 20 years old this year, you would have been younger a few years ago, but you broke the neck of a Leblanc mercenary who had gone through many hardships?

“Are you sure about that?”

“If you distrust the Chief, it will become a lie, and if you trust it, it will become the truth.”

Pelemia smiled vaguely at my question. He says he can’t give a definite answer.

“But anyway, for a girl to be Les Blanc at this age, her history is quite strange.”

“Right?”

“Then why did you apply here?”

“I applied together with three other Leblanc mercenaries. They are all 20 years old too.”

“Hmm, okay… . It would be difficult to see four people trying to leave the mercenary group at the same time. As expected from Waver, I guess he came along to protect someone.”

“Here, this.”

Felemia took out one of the application forms and showed it.

“What is this? Zenobi Trade Center? Aha.”

The daughter of a wealthy merchant from the continent applied to become a special student at our academy.

In that case, the Leblanc mercenaries became volunteers and followed him into the academy to guard this precious person. With ordinary bodyguards, they would have been stopped at the main gate.

Now everything makes sense.

Then let’s see. On the list of successful applicants today is Zenobi’s daughter… There is none.

Then, the Leblanc mercenaries who came along to protect me will all give up and go back. It’s a bit of a waste.

Kirin, who checked preparations for tomorrow’s evaluation, this time talked about the problem of those who failed today going home.

Normally, I would have sent them home, but it is too late, so if I send them out now, most of them will stay overnight nearby.

Kirrin’s position was that the academy should take responsibility for going that far to take the test.

It was true, and it seemed like doing so would help improve the image of the Academy, so I agreed, and all the Combat Department professors followed me and expressed their approval.

Professor Ismera, across from me, just smiled and twitched the corners of his eyes.

Kirin and I may want to completely oppose it, but it seems like we can’t bring ourselves to do it out loud because it’s an objectively good plan.

“What do you think, Professor Ismera? You should give your opinion.”

“Hoho… . The principal pays close attention to details that we may not have thought about due to being caught up in our schedules.”

Regardless of what was going on, Ismera had no choice but to agree, and as a result, it was agreed that all of today’s eliminated candidates should receive lodging and food at the Academy and depart tomorrow morning.

“Thank you all for your hard work today and cheer up again tomorrow. Above.”

Kirin left and the meeting ended.

When I looked out the window, it was a completely dark evening. I’m slowly getting hungry.

What does Olivia have in store for you today?

The academy is a school, so of course there is a cafeteria.

It is large enough for both faculty and students to eat, but the taste is just acceptable.

It’s not that it’s not delicious, but it’s also not worth the expense of eating home-cooked meals, so I always go home and have dinner with Olivia.

As the shopping district was raised, branches of famous restaurants opened there, but it was always so dirty that it was difficult to eat there.

I guess I’ll have to expand the shopping district later by emptying another building next door.

“See you all tomorrow.”

“Please go in.”

“Rest well, Senior Professor.”

I parted ways with the professors at the intersection of the faculty area and headed home alone.

As I felt the rather warm night breeze, I thought about a girl named Sophie.

I’d like to have that kid as a student at our academy.

This was true during the physical fitness test as well as in basic armed combat. He is a talent that you cannot afford to miss.

If at least one such student with special talents enters the academy, it will be promoted externally, and more applicants will flock next year, allowing the academy to select high-quality resources.

Also, due to the improvement in the quality of graduates, the second princess will think that it was a good decision to have Dian as a professor and not to touch Kirrin.

But now it’s not 10 years ago and I’m a professor at the academy. It would be difficult to force my will to be carried out.

Still, I can’t help but feel regretful.

No, wait a minute.

Since I’m not leaving today and I’m at the academy, should I go to their dorm and try to persuade them?

If you’re going to risk your life anyway, it might be a good idea to convince the special agent that he or she has more merit… .

But what is that kid?

My knowledge of the original work was discarded 10 years ago when the Demon King died. I don’t know what happens next.

At that time, Sophie would have been a ten-year-old child, and even if she had distinguished herself, I would have known right away.

He is a child who stimulates curiosity in many ways, including the fact that he joined a vicious mercenary group before he was even 20 years old.

As I was walking, thinking about various things, I suddenly stopped.

As I looked across the dark street, I quietly opened my mouth.

“Come out.”

Someone slowly walked out from behind the wall over there.

Pink hair that is clearly visible even in the evening twilight.

It was Sophie, a Leblanc mercenary who entered the Academy as the bodyguard for Zenobi’s daughter.

“It’s been a while, Dean.”

Sophie, who was blocking the path with her hands on her hips and her crossed legs, grinned.

Just turned twenty.

A girl who was only about ten years old when I was active knows my name.

It’s like we’ve known each other since long ago.

What is this situation?

After weighing various possibilities, I was able to come up with a reasonable guess.

Was it really that… .

“Hello, Hindra Star.”

There is no explanation for the current situation other than this.

Unless it’s a dragon that polymorphs into a human woman.

Hindrasta’s smile grew wider as I noticed his presence.