episode_0039

A house near St. Plancina.

In this house, which was serving as a dormitory, the door was opened and a woman was seen coming inside.

As soon as she came in, she gave a cute little yawn as if she was tired, and it seemed like she resembled someone else.

“Hmm… I’m here.”

Anne, a girl with straight purple hair, seemed to have heard her voice as she rushed out and said a word to her before even greeting her.

“Sister… !! saw… … ?”

“Maybe that’s what you’re talking about?

I don’t know what happened, but we were a group?”

“Other people don’t know yet…

I’m glad to see your name here… … ”

“Me too, Anne.

And I think we’re lucky too.”

“You’re so lucky… … ?”

Anne’s expression seemed to be colored with doubt as Marie smiled and began to take off her coat and hang it on a hanger.

Then, Marie, who saw this and opened her eyes wide, as if she had missed it, clapped her hands and made a clapping sound.

“Now that I think about it, Anne still doesn’t know about the other group members, right?

I thought I should tell you, but I was a little busy so I forgot?”

“Ah… Yes… … Senior students… … ?”

Anne was probably not good at interpersonal relationships, so she wasn’t close to the freshmen in her same grade, let alone her seniors.

Looking at Anne, who was reacting in a shocked way at the thought of being slightly pricked, Marie soon smiled brightly and began to open her mouth to her.

“Woohuhu… ”

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So, the next day.

It was Anne and Marie who received an invitation from Lucia Borgia, a fourth-year student and the oldest member of the special evaluation team.

“So you are my teammate?”

“That… But… … ?”

“You look awkward. It looks inefficient.”

“Huh… !!”

Anne seemed to burst into laughter inadvertently due to the unimaginable point that suddenly came out of the mouth of a dark-haired girl.

Not long ago, two men and a woman were waiting for those who arrived at the academy’s empty classroom after receiving an invitation from Lucia.

One is a Western male, and the other is an Asian female.

Anne, who remembered Marie’s words while looking at the man among the two, knew who he was even at first glance.

‘Antonio von Sterben, 4th year student of alchemy… … ‘

He was the only successful candidate in this special evaluation group, and was considered a fairly famous figure in the alchemy department.

Despite being a student, he is a genius who has achieved the development of a new alloy that even experienced experts cannot easily accomplish.

He was also a prominent figure in mechanical engineering.

What is telling us this is a mechanical eagle made of steel that is sitting on his shoulder and arranging its wings, or rather, pretending to do so.

Anne let out a small sigh at the sight of it bobbing its head here and there, looking around, pretending to adjust its wings like a real eagle, and now observing herself and Marie who had entered the classroom.

Of course, due to the limitations of the academy, that eagle was not suitable for actual combat in terms of power or alloy material.

However, if you look at the mechanical eagle’s sharp behavior, you can see that it has at least an unmanned combat protocol for practical use installed.

Even if it doesn’t kill someone, it is capable of hurting someone enough, and possibly even killing someone who is very weak.

Anne turned her eyes to the man with the eagle on his shoulder, and what caught her eye was his well-groomed, round, neatly parted brown hair that looked like it had been waxed.

And his clear, light brown eyes were focused on the table.

Anne looked at Antonio for a moment, who was sipping tea as he lifted his teacup with the gentle movements of a gentleman, and then she turned her gaze to the woman sitting across from him.

And at the very moment she and Anne made eye contact, her simply surprising questions and evaluations that I mentioned earlier came back.

Anne started shooting at the opponent in a nervous mood.

“I guess that was created very efficiently?”

“Of course. Because my body itself is a collection of the essence of Tangmun.

So, it is not wrong to say that I am a member of the party.

If I, the crystal, am not efficient, that would be strange.”

I don’t know if her attitude was confidence or groundless arrogance, but after looking at her sister who was blinking a few times next to her for a moment, Anne let out a small sigh.

‘Dang Hye-ryeong… … A direct blood relative of the Tang Wen family, a powerful family in the Caoxing Empire… … ‘

At first glance, she only saw an arrogant girl who ignored manners, but the title of daughter of Chao Xing’s influential family had a greater meaning than expected.

Chaoxing’s Sega. Their prestige is by no means inferior to that of nobles from other countries.

Just as each family in Groden has a history, tradition, and power that they have built up, they too have built up the same things, just in a slightly different direction.

In particular, those who dealt with life had an abundance of skills that Groden and Warmhausen did not have.

There is even a joke that the secret of eternal life is also hidden in Chaoxing.

And the Tang family is one of the powerful families that exerts considerable influence among the families of Chaoxing.

In a way, what I heard from my sister, “I feel lucky”, was not at all wrong.

It may be a little scary, but if you just look at the people in front of you, aren’t there the mechanized Viscounts of Warmhausen, the direct elite of the Tang family, the academics of the Department of Magic, and even your own excellent-looking older sister?

And while she was thinking a lot, Anne suddenly turned around when she heard the sound of a dress softly passing behind her.

It was the appearance of a woman who made eye contact with Anne in passing, and entered the center of the four people gathered in one place.

As her mouth began to open, her light brown, almost orange hair fluttering, Anne realized that it was the last member of her group.

‘Lucia Borgia… … ‘

As for this person, Anne didn’t need to listen to anyone else’s explanation.

Lucia Borgia, a fourth-year student in the Department of Swordsmanship, is someone that everyone in the Department of Swordsmanship has probably heard of.

Coming from the Kingdom of Groden, she was the daughter of the Duke of Borgia, one of the three major families in the kingdom, and was considered particularly strong among the 4th graders who had trained the longest.

Although she has an authoritarian personality, she is such an excellent talent that her personality is understandable.

Of course, since they were in different grades, there was no direct connection, but Lucia was also an object of admiration for Anne, who had seen Lucia a few times from afar as they took turns using the training center.

Of course, a student’s strength usually ends at the student level, but among recent academy players, there have been a few cases where they have surpassed the student level.

One of them was Lucia Borgia.

“This is Lucia Borgia, a fourth-year student in the swordsmanship club. Please take care of me.”

“My name is Antonio Sterben, a 4th year student in the Department of Pension.

I hope we become a good team.”

“Dang Hye-ryeong, first-year student in the Department of Pharmacy.”

Lucia finished her short and concise self-introduction and passed the baton to Antonio and Dang Hye-ryeong, who received it in turn.

Of course, compared to those two, Dang Hye-ryeong’s self-introduction made me feel like I was giving up my habits, but the others didn’t seem to even care in the first place.

“I’m Marie Monethen, a third year student at the Department of Magical Engineering.

And this is my younger sister, Anne Monehen, a first-year student in the Department of Swordsmanship.

We will do our best too.”

“Please take care of me.”

At Marie’s action of introducing herself on behalf of Anne, the eyes of the others seemed to be slightly excited, as if they had not thought that the sisters would come in together, but interest in that direction quickly waned.

Instead, it was Lucia who quickly took over the proceedings once the self-introduction was over.

“As you probably already know, the reason we are gathered here is to prepare for a special evaluation.

It is said that although the details will be different from last year’s special evaluation, it will be conducted in a similar vein, so I will take charge of leading the evaluation.

Do you agree?”

Seeing everyone else nodding their heads concisely, Lucia nodded.

“Then, let’s first look at last year’s special evaluation.”

Basically, in any group task, the team leader was the person who received extra points or held the most power within the team, but there was another reason why the others unanimously nodded toward Lucia becoming the team leader.

“Different tasks were performed for each department and grade according to the adaptive evaluation system.

However, if students from all departments were mixed together like this, there must be a good reason.

Especially since the swordsmanship club is joining, I don’t think I will stop using my body.”

“I also think the same way as Antonio.

In our case last year, it was a joint solution to the multi-person magic circle composition and overlapping magic spell problems…

As expected, there will be elements related to battle this time.”

When Antonio, who had been comforting the mechanical eagle flapping its wings on his shoulder with his fingertips, opened his mouth, Marie next to Anne nodded in agreement.

Not only Lucia and Antonio, but also Marie, a third-year student, had experienced special evaluations in her second year, so the only people among them who did not know the special features of special evaluations were Anne and Dang Hye-ryeong.

The three bright students first exchanged information among themselves and organized their thoughts. Eventually, when their thoughts were organized, they began to include the two youngest juniors in the story.

“So, I’m just saying this just in case, but are you juniors looking for something?”