episode_0106

“A long time ago..”

“There was a member of the {Royal Knights} who had similar thoughts as Dahein student.”

“She was a very promising person.”

All the students’ eyes began to focus on Teacher Zeright’s words.

＂The difference between humans and other races.＂

“The tragedy brought about by that curiosity.”

“Of course she didn’t stop to think about that question.”

Something feels familiar.

“It is said that she once performed a bizarre experiment in which she personally dissected human bodies to find humans’ unique magic stones and implanted them with monsters’ altered magic stones.”

It was a moment when I became convinced of the familiar feeling of what Teacher Jeright said.

I was able to immediately recognize that the main character of the story was Nyxion, the author of [The Book of Monsters] and a friend of my mother.

＂Gear succeeded in the experiment of implanting a magic stone into the human body..＂

“It is said that it ended in a cruel way.”

At that moment, Teacher Zeright’s expression darkened ever so slightly.

Those eyes staring at me quietly… gave me a somewhat creepy and alien feeling.

Of course… with a very subtle smile that other female students couldn’t sense.

“That is why we, the human race, are beings with infinite possibilities and unique magic stones that other races cannot match.”

“We are a race that is different from the original and can conceive of “magic” without fear of physical deformation due to altered magic stones.”

At Jelight’s speech, the expressions of Dahin and all the female students became quite serious.

“Haha. Everyone’s serious expressions are really impressive.”

“I hope my class shows that kind of look.”

Zeright, who was observing the students’ thoughts as if there was more to the story, smiled for a moment and then gave them some advice.

“Actually, there is a different reason why I brought this up. everyone.”

Jeright, who has returned to his gentle smile, begins to calmly open his mouth, raising his index finger as if to give advice.

“Recently, there are rumors that a being called “Mine” has appeared.”

＂They appear to be human, but… they say they are radiating the magical power of monsters made up of altered magic stones. ＂

I feel tense at every word of Teacher Zeright, as if he is speaking to me.

Of course, I knew that the “Mine” he was talking about was not me, but I couldn’t erase the slightly prickly feeling.

And so ended the story that Teacher Jeright actively used as a metaphor to attract the students’ attention.

＂If you are curious about the story behind it, please listen closely to class~＂

As soon as Jelight’s words, which seemed to break the mood, ended, the classroom, which had been filled with heavy tension, suddenly became noisy.

“now!! It is said that a festival to mark the end of winter will soon be held.”

“Everyone, don’t get too excited and get hurt, and don’t go alone like I just said!”

As soon as Zeright finished speaking, all the female students got up and started moving around to eat lunch.

just as expected. They approached Da-heein, greeted her with a smile, and headed outside one by one.

After repeatedly refusing their invitations to eat, the girls now just smiled and naturally headed to the cafeteria.

To be honest, this kind of treatment has led to a relationship where we are comfortable with each other.

＇The person named Nyxion… was a more dangerous person than I thought.＇

On the one hand, even though I knew it was dangerous, I was concerned about her every move.

Was it because [Monster’s Book] was of such great help to me?

I became even more curious about a person named Nyxion.

Grumble..

‘Shall we go eat lunch first?’

The moment I was about to stand up after sorting out the pile of books.

Drur…

As always, I looked at Ver, who was sleeping peacefully next to me…

A request from Sein came to mind the other day.

＇Please become friends with Ver..＇

＇Well, it’s not difficult.＇

I gently shake Ber’s shoulder, who is sleeping soundly face down on the desk.

Sigh..

＂Ber.＂

“You should get up soon.”

Ber, who had been blinking his heavy eyes at the low voice of Dahuin, suddenly stands up and yawns helplessly with his small mouth.

Dream blink… dream blink…

And then Ber looked at me with his innocent gaze.

Her emerald-like light green eyes were so impressive that I found myself staring at her for a long time without realizing it.

Jiii..

Sure enough… Ber blinked his sleepy eyes again and immediately jumped onto my lap! I lay down and started to fall asleep.

‘You’re sleeping like this again…’

To be honest, I’m not surprised… It’s the same routine every time.

Now, as if he was used to this kind of situation, he naturally lifted her up high and hugged her to Se-in, who was approaching as soon as class was over.

Without holding a sword, she looks innocent and calm, but is clearly different from other female students.

Now, I myself guessed that curiosity and this strange feeling about her had settled in to some extent.

“I’m sorry every time. Dahuinnim.”

“Enjoy lunch.”

The sight of Se-in carrying Ber as he always went somewhere in such a hurry looked as if he were her parent.

Now that I know their situation, I don’t think it’s a big deal and head to the restaurant to appease my hunger.

***

In the afternoon, it was time for driver training led by Teacher Shaferi.

The chilly cold of midwinter began to harshly surround the skin of countless students in the indoor training center.

It was only for a moment that I realized that winter had arrived quite late.

＂From now on, we begin actual sparring excluding magical power.＂

The practical sparring class conducted under the guidance of the pressure-filled teacher Shaferi made all the female students nervous, as always.

In fact, it was a training in which it would not be strange if one broke or got seriously injured.

“There is nothing as incompetent as a human who is not familiar with weapons that do not contain magical power.”

“Become a strong human being who can believe in yourself at the final moment between life and death.”

Each of them raised their weapons, that is, swords and shields that could practically kill others, and began to give a passionate look as if they were trying to do their best.

That’s right, the final exam for the {knight training} subject that Teacher Shaperi was in charge of was approaching in a few days, so everyone couldn’t help but be nervous.

“Start!!”

The pressure of life, mixed with combative air pressure and the hot sobs of female students coming from all directions, began to spread throughout the indoor training center.

As the trembling training continues…

Was I too excited?

The vibrations of magical power that resonated inside the training hall gradually spread through the air, and soon an ear-piercing explosion occurred, immediately stealing everyone’s attention.

Kwaang!!!!!!!

Obviously, this phenomenon cannot occur without the use of magical power…

Then, after a while, people appear through the thick dust.

One of her legs was visibly injured and she was limping, and it seemed like she had shed a lot of blood and was about to fall down helplessly.

dump..

At the moment of the explosion, Shaferi, who was able to sense the flow of magical power, rushed over at once and barely caught Sein, who was about to fall, and then asked what the situation was.

“Seo, I’m not a teacher.. It’s my mistake..”

Sein speaks while struggling to breathe…

Shaferi, looking at her eyes, senses that Saein wants to end the situation on a positive note, and makes the female students who gathered in the crowd back away with loud noises.

＂Unlucky year..＂

just as expected. The person who made Se-in like that was none other than another female student in the class next to her, and she appropriately agrees with Se-in’s words when she tries to back out by pretending that this incident was not intentional but a mistake.

“Ah.. ah.. I can’t control my strength so stop..”

“I was sorry. {Charcoal} Sein..?”

A sarcastic tone and behavior that seems to be sarcastic at the other person…

Even though it has come to this point, Sein lowers his head and tries to avoid this situation.

Then, the gaze of a female student in the next class turned to Dahyun, who was watching this entire situation from the side.

Disgusting eyes that are arrogant and arrogant, made up of a wall of status…

It’s ridiculous to try to just ignore the situation.

After receiving unpleasant looks as if telling me to be quiet, I wanted to rush over and grab him by the collar and argue about the situation, but when I saw Sein’s shaking eyes as if he didn’t want to escalate the situation, of course I couldn’t move.

＇Sainnim, why..＇

At {Royal Academy}, which keeps an eye on equality, this disparity in status was occurring knowingly or unknowingly.

Of course I didn’t know that.

Naturally, Shaferi was clearly aware of this situation, but even if he took action hastily, the responsibility that would be incurred later was entirely up to Sein, a student, so he decided to follow her lead for now.

If Sein hadn’t wanted to escalate this incident, Shaferi might have followed the procedure and resulted in a penalty point, but since Sein didn’t want to do that, it was inevitable that he would step down.

Turf.. plod.. plod..

Dahyin’s unstable blue eyes filled with deep anger…

“It was definitely a sparring match that didn’t use magical power, right?”

Even though my question was mixed with sharp thorns, he looked at me with a sarcastic smile as if nothing had happened.

As if the situation where the man was confronting me was funny, he started snickering and gently caressed my face with that disgusting smile.

Sigh..

The rough hands and the arrogant look looking at me… all of these were enough elements to create the worst mood for me.

Of course, the emotions of the people watching this from afar also contributed to her reaching a peak of extreme anger, but the gap in status that made it impossible for her to step forward made her miserable once again.

That moment..

＂Please don’t touch it..＂

I’m a mate!!! I slapped her hand away hard enough to make a sound and looked at her sharply with an expression that made me think she would kill me if she touched my body again.

That’s because I couldn’t let this anger control my emotions.