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The main purpose of the exchange meeting was to promote harmony between academies.

Since the academy had a strong military inclination, it was naturally operated in a closed manner, which served as an opportunity to heighten tensions among each country.

The reason was simple. This was because the academy, which was operated in a closed manner with a military orientation, was viewed externally as if it were preparing for war at any moment.

As each country gathered talented people and provided military training, each country had no choice but to be wary of each other. There is speculation as to whether they will suddenly declare war and deploy academy cadets.

So the academy exchange meeting was created with the intention of alleviating war tensions on the continent. In name, it was to learn the culture of other academies, but the true meaning was to reduce war tension on the continent and promote peace on the continent.

The intention worked quite well.

Just as there is an Olympic truce in modern society, the leaders of each country have agreed to ensure that no war or conflict will occur at the moment when this academy exchange meeting is held.

This was to prevent the continent from being devastated by frequent wars.

Of course, there were instances where it was violated, but it was true that the exchange meeting had a great deterrent effect. Regardless of the reason, if a dispute arose when an exchange meeting was held, strong sanctions at the national level would be imposed jointly.

Perhaps that’s why, in Tactical Combat, this exchange part was the only peaceful part that did not result in a game over among the main scenarios that proceeded after the tutorial.

Gilbert also knew this well, so he felt relaxed when he saw the notification window that the main story was about to start, but his peaceful daily life was being broken by one person.

“Heir of the Winter Sword! Let’s compete with me!”

“Who is that guy?”

“I heard you are the next successor to Summer Window?”

“A little kid like that?”

“I heard you’re an adult even if you look like that?”

“Then it is possible.”

“You’re such a sexually obsessed bastard.”

Gilbert covered his forehead as if he was troubled by the words the cadets were hearing here and there.

I thought the atmosphere wasn’t bad until I gave her the honey jelly, but I guess something had upset her, so she chased me everywhere she went and screamed at me to compete.

At first, I thought I was just excited to receive the honey jelly. Since he is a guy who really likes food, there is a possibility that he misunderstood giving me honey jelly as a sign to cheer me up.

But after seeing him whining about settling the issue all day, I realized something was wrong.

Especially after seeing the eyes burning with anger, I realized that it was not Ethel who had misunderstood, but Gilbert himself.

what? There wasn’t really anything that could have touched him.

Gilbert thought seriously.

Ethel was a little rat-sized person with a fiery personality, perhaps because she had lived on the streets when she was young. He was famous for not letting go of anyone who offended him.

So I tried not to offend Ethel as much as possible, but this time I felt a little unfair.

In the first place, I met Ethel for a very short time, less than ten minutes at most, and even then the conversation did not last long.

All I had was some honey jelly and a pat on the head…

No, that’s it?

Gilbert’s expression crumpled.

Although he said there was no point to point out, Gilbert, who had covered all of Ethel’s dating routes, was able to guess why Pint left.

Ethel had a very fiery temper and a childlike personality, so when she got caught up in a certain behavior, her biggest weakness was that she would overinterpret it.

What Gilbert did to Ethel here was give her honey jelly and pat her head.

If Ethel thought of herself as a mature woman, it was clear that she would think she was a strange bastard who suddenly patted a lady on the head.

And you will think about the reason, and you will come to one conclusion.

Give them something to eat.

Stroke your head.

That’s childish!

This is a simple, syllogism with many expanded interpretations.

Gilbert sighed, having finally found out why Ethel was going on such a rampage.

I never thought I would feel the same emotions I felt when I was conquering Ethel’s love route before.

Gilbert, who once again felt the dark emotions he thought he would never experience again after obtaining the achievement, lamented his situation.

They said things would calm down for a while, but it seemed like everyone was saving up for this moment.

Still, now that I knew the reason, there was room to look at it a little more positively.

At least it was a situation I already knew how to deal with.

“Ethel Levis”

“Ha! Are you finally responding now? Isn’t the next successor to the Winter Sword going to do that to Lady?”

“The next successor of Summer Window. This is not our stage.”

“Inhale…”

Ethel’s eyes widened, perhaps because he spoke in a very polite tone, unlike his previous indifference.

To Gilbert, it was a creepy, growly tone, but funny enough, Ethel thought it was the way an adult spoke.

What on earth did Diara teach her?

Gilbert internally chewed on her teacher, Diarra.

“Our match should take place on a suitable stage.”

“The intentions of the next successor to the Winter Sword have been identified. Ethel Weiss, the next successor to Summer Spear, will be looking forward to that moment.”

When Gilbert spoke to her in an aristocratic tone, Ethel, who had been chirping like a child, suddenly became a young lady and gently grabbed the hem of her skirt.

In short, if Ethel’s focus was like that of a child, if you did the opposite, she would quickly relax.

I had a hard time learning this, but I never dreamed I would be able to use it again like this.

“Then, the girl will look forward to the match with you, the next successor to the Winter Sword.”

-Frown

Was it Edel’s fatal pose number one?

Ethel blinked her right eye and winked, left those words, and left the place with a brisk walk.

It wasn’t until he was out of sight in the distance that Gilbert was able to let out a long sigh.

“Hahaha. There was someone that even the world’s Gilbert couldn’t defeat?”

“Is it Brynhild?”

When I raised my tired eyes, I saw Brynhild laughing loudly.

Gilbert thought this might be the moment she laughed the loudest since she came to the Academy.

“After. I don’t know how long it’s been since I laughed like this.”

“It’s just a headache.”

“Still, it’s pretty cute. The next successor to the famous summer window is such a kid and he tries to act like an adult despite his appearance.”

Brynhilde, who had her arms crossed, uncrossed them and naturally stood next to Gilbert.

Gilbert became a little nervous when he remembered her shouting about predatory marriage not long ago.

“No need to be scared. Because I decided to stop calling it a predatory marriage.”

“Are you mature?”

“I just quit because it didn’t make sense to prey on someone stronger than me. To begin with, that kind of thing doesn’t suit me.”

For something like that, you were quite sincere, right?

Gilbert swallowed the words that rose up in his throat. The purpose was to avoid creating troublesome work.

“So what’s going on?”

“It’s a couplet. These days, there are no guys who ask me to spar.”

At some point, the influx of applications for sparring stopped when Brynhild moved in. That’s because Brynhild accepted every request for a spar and threw them away, so people who thoughtlessly applied to spar with her disappeared.

It was impossible to deal with her, the great warrior of Sigurd’s clan, with only mediocre skills, and the start of the sparring application was to drive her out.

The high-ranking cadets who could spar with her had little interest in such matters, so the challenge that was naturally thrown at Brynhild had no choice but to gradually disappear.

In the end, in order to spar, she had to apply directly, and since she wanted to face off against the strongest cadet she knew, she naturally had no choice but to find Gilbert.

“I see. i get it. Let’s go to the sparring hall.”

“I wonder why they agreed all at once. Are you interested in my husband’s position?”

Brynhild glanced at Gilbert with a captivating look that could not be compared to Edel’s fatal pose No. 1.

The male cadets who were passing by inadvertently looked into her eyes and bowed.

Gilbert, who received that look, headed to the sparring hall with a somber expression.

Brynhild, who saw that, laughed and followed after him.

***

The day of the exchange meeting dawned as the wind blowing past my nose began to cool.

Cadets from other academies who came from far away countries were amazed when they crossed the gates of Demeia Academy, which was renowned on the continent.

This place is said to be the best academy on the continent.

They were very proud of the academy they belonged to, but even so, there seemed to be an indescribable energy flowing through this Demeia Academy.

Maybe it was because the war heroes who criticized the continent were professors.

Or maybe it was because there was someone called the Sword Saint with the body of a woman.

– Is this Demeia Academy?

– It starts from here, my future… .

-The Sword Saint is here?

Some people were purely surprised by Demeia Academy itself.

Someone else pictured their own rosy future.

Someone else recalled his idol.

Each of them, for their own reasons, felt something like an indescribable thrill.

And among many others.

“This is the place where the next successors to the Four Seasons of Military Art gather, right?”

“Are you looking forward to it?”

There were also those who inherited the military techniques of the four seasons.