episode_0072

The wide garden of the cradle was filled with sweet scents that made my head hurt. The colorful flowers blooming in spring showed off their beauty everywhere.

In one of the most pleasant places among the pergolas installed throughout the garden, several female students were sitting around and talking intently for a long time.

On the lapels of their jackets was a badge symbolizing first grade.

“So? So what happened?”

“Stop looking at me! Because I was going to say it now.”

A female student who had been urged got a little annoyed and cleared her throat again.

“So you’re saying that you were instantly surrounded by a group of Parnis? I really thought it was the end. The seniors are far away, and at that time, I got particle exhaustion and couldn’t even move my body… ”

Her face became increasingly red as she was absorbed in reminiscing.

“… But suddenly I hear a metallic sound and the death of a demonic beast! So when I opened my eyes, he wrapped his arms around me and asked, ‘Are you okay? No injuries… ‘”

“Kya! You must be crazy!”

“What should I do, really… ”

The girl’s brief recollection ended with loud screams coming from all directions.

“So? What next??”

“… We decided to meet together this weekend… Secretly go to the capital… ”

With the ending of lowering one’s head as if shy, the surrounding area became a complete mess with even more commotion than before.

The only people present were female students from families with a long history or great influence. They formed a separate group and were busy resolving issues that had been delayed for a while due to external requests.

However, the topic of conversation was nothing particularly noble or special. His interests were usually not that different from those of his peers.

Even if you pick out the pretense, 80% of it was related to the opposite sex. Even if someone brought up a different topic, it always ended in the same direction.

Students in their prime, who were thrown into a situation full of risks called external requests, often developed wrong feelings instead of the success of the request.

In such a situation, there was no way the school rules would come into view, so they all shared the idea that it would be okay if they didn’t get caught.

“I’m really jealous… Ha, why is our group only pigs or chaff… Should I just change groups after the preliminary period is over? ”

“Just accept it? just in case? Could it be your destined partner?”

“Are you crazy? I’d rather hang myself and die.”

A female student who countered a practical joke with a straight face spoke to someone who seemed dead the whole time.

“Haewon. What do you have?”

“Ugh, none. I’ve lived and died, but what is a man… ”

The female student shaking her head had a medal of the Order of Chungmu hanging on her chest.

She went on an external mission but was unluckily caught up in a terrorist attack in the South and suffered serious injuries. He still had a thick cast wrapped around one arm. However, those who heard the news all said that they were fortunate that their lives were saved.

“I guess so. Ugh, no luck, really… ”

“That’s it. It happened because I lived. Even thinking about it now… Ugh.”

A female student named Haewon grabbed her shoulder and shivered.

“If it weren’t for her, she would be in the monster’s stomach right now.”

“He?”

“There he is. mask… Traveling species… ”

“… Ah.”

The male student with a smooth mask on his face had already blended into the scenery of the cradle.

Soon, a female student named Haewon began to realistically describe her experiences in the South.

I didn’t even know how many times it had been repeated, but the feeling of realism could never be matched by a newspaper article.

The female student’s recollection again ends with a depiction of the back of the masked man holding the blade.

“Anyway, I watched it again. Skills aside, how can an ordinary person be left alone like that? I wonder if this is why rumors cannot be trusted.”

“You never know. It’s not that my face is ugly, it’s that I cover it up because I’m so handsome.”

“Look at this guy. I just lost the taste. But if you really look that good, it might be okay to be a training assistant… ”

“Crazy bitch… Can I at least hit your butt instead?”

“Kya! Where… ”

“… Tsk.”

In the midst of continued confusion. The atmosphere cools down in an instant at the sound of someone clicking their tongue. The girls who were engrossed in the joke cleared their throats a couple of times and quietly adjusted their posture.

There was a female student sitting at the end of the pergola, sticking out her mouth in disapproval.

“… Haha, I wonder if there was something wrong with our Yeseo this time… ?”

“Nothing.”

An immediate answer jumps out to someone’s question with an embarrassed smile.

Jin Ye-seo’s blonde hair, tied back, reflected the light brilliantly. Both eyes were bright green like the highest grade emerald. Her facial features were flawless, like a well-sculpted statue.

Its beauty naturally caught the eyes of passers-by, but strangely enough, she had no interest in that area at all.

In fact, it was almost exactly the opposite.

At the beginning of the semester, there was a group of people who were flirting with her, avoiding the professors’ eyes. However, Jin Ye-seo’s response was to report them to the Sagri Student Council and publicly humiliate them.

The thing she hated most in the world were men who showed off without anything.

Because women’s bodies are more sensitive to sensitivity, I was secretly displeased with the fact that they were highly evaluated because of their high flowering rate.

The number of outstanding wizards born in each generation has always been overwhelmingly women. Just looking at the principal of the cradle, aren’t the people competing for first and second place in the second grade also all female seniors?

It’s been a long time since there was talk about choosing a fiancé in the family, but it’s also been a long time since they said they weren’t interested.

I just plan to bring in a good stallion when the time comes and fulfill my duties as a successor.

What made her even more bitter was the fact that the subject of the conversation her classmates had just made was him.

Whether based on talent or pedigree, first place among the current first-year students should have been his. But then something that looked like a wild horse that I had never heard of rolled in and hit the egg.

Originally, it was a trick to make up for past mistakes in external requests, but the work in the south ended up widening the gap between the two.

As it is, I am in a situation where I cannot stand up for my senior, whom I respect very much. There is no need to say more about your pride.

-Far away…

Jin Ye-seo, who was thinking over and over again, bit down on her molars.

So, she had no intention of missing this opportunity once again.

***

Catch up on the backlogged academic schedule, appear at the Security Bureau to testify about what happened in the South, and visit and say hello to those whose names were left on the sick visit register.

The two days passed by in an instant, and before I knew it, the day of the ranking match had arrived.

The cheers and chants of the audience echo loudly in sparring venues everywhere. There is also a sound of magic exploding in the middle.

Today, many people can be seen wandering around Cradle’s campus. Headhunters, military power reinforcement officers, and professors in charge of specialties.

Come to think of it, I think they said that on days when there are regular ranking matches, the cradle will be opened and outsiders will be allowed in.

However, someone looking around at a distance suddenly catches my eye. This is Team Leader Myo Sang-ah of S&C, whom I met to discuss equipment supply before dispatching to the southern part of the country.

For some reason, I felt like they were looking for me, so I hurriedly hid myself. I called because my name was still on the hospital visit record, but they made such a fuss.

Fortunately, she didn’t say that she had used up all the medicine she gave her. If the news reaches my sisters’ ears, my body might be tied up in chains.

As I moved to the place where my sparring was being held and was spending time in the waiting room, there was a knock on the door and the guide opened the door and stuck his head out.

“Student Jinhyeon Yoo? Now it’s time to come up to the sparring hall. Are you ready?”

“Yes. It’s okay.”

I nodded, got up and followed her.

As you enter the entrance of the passage, pounding vibrations and noise from afar begin to gradually encroach on the space.

The slight excitement and elation that I usually feel before going into a fight also surrounds me.

Eventually, as you step out of the glowing exit at the end of the passage, the sparring hall, which has a flat and solid ground, and the students filling the surrounding stands begin to come into view.

Didn’t they say that regular ranking matches usually have fewer spectators than duels? In my experience, it felt like there were several times more people than during the duel with Yeon Myeong-ha.

I glanced at the matchmaking table installed on the side of the sparring hall. Maybe it was because it was the last round of today’s ranking match and all the people with nothing to do had gathered there.

Also, the names of familiar people also appear in the middle of the bracket.

…

Seungheon Ryu vs Woojin Choi (W)

…

(W) Ha Ye-na vs. Shin Moo-young

“… ”

For some reason, the look on Muyoung’s face from afar earlier made me think he was about to die.

I turned my head towards the audience to see if they were both there. Before long, we were able to find both of them far away on opposite sides.

-This is the last ranking match of the day. Quantum, forward.

The preliminary bell to start the sparring rings, and then the instructor’s voice is heard through the amplifier.

Opposite me, a female student with golden hair tied up was slowly approaching.

Even from a distance, you can see the green eyes shining brightly.

Jin Ye-seo, a female student with the blood of a westerner, finally arrives right in front of me.

Then he looked straight at me and said.

“I really wanted to fight with you at least once. Great. I never thought an opportunity like this would come.”