episode_0009

March 187. Jeokma Dormitory Square.

As the fight entered its second turn, the heat increased even more.

Graven bent down and moved the models.

“I chose the Dwarf 3rd grade unit!

The first action is to walk 10cm southwest! And cast a fireball at the maid unit!”

Fireball – fire 1, 30cm, one enemy unit, diagonal, flammable reaction

Creates 5 attacks – Accuracy 5, Penetration 0, Damage 1.

“Hit roll! 1, 2, 6, 6, 10. 2 hits!”

“Defense roll! The Red Demon Hall maid’s resistance is 4! The result is 5, 5.

Therefore, I will deal 2 damage to one maid model.”

Red Demon Hall Maid 3rd Year – Academy, Red Demon, Employee, Maid, Human, 3rd Year

5 model units – 20 points

Movement 14 / Defense 6 / Resistance 4 / Magic 0 / Learning 0 / Stamina 2

The Red Demon Hall maid’s health was 2, meaning one model collapsed.

“It’s not over yet!

Blacksmith club dwarves have proficiency 1 (casting fire and earth spells) if there are three models in the unit!”

keyword

Proficient X (Y) – This unit can perform Y action up to

“In other words, the fireball just cast does not consume action!

The second action still remaining is to shoot the catapult!”

catapult

Range 24 / Attack 1 / Accuracy 7 / Penetration 2 / Damage 1

“There are three 3rd grade student models, so the total number of shots is 3!”

However, one attack missed, and both attacks were blocked by the maids.

In the end, the dwarves were unable to inflict any damage other than removing one model with a spell.

“Turn ends!”

“My turn! Select the maid unit that was just attacked!

I’ll attack right away!”

“Who? Tell me your goal!”

target…

Now the Vice President is behind him, and the Dwarf and Graven are in front.

Mina quickly looked at the dwarves’ defense stats.

Dwarf 3rd Year – Academy, Black Swan, Dwarf, 3rd Year, Fire or Earth

Short 3 model unit – 21 points

Movement 8 / Defense 6 / Resistance 7 / Magic Power 3 / Learning 2 / Stamina 5

The total stamina is 15. Moreover, the defense and resistance are high, and as expected, the one who is easy here is Graven!

Graven has a defense of 5 and health of 12. You can catch it!

“The target is Graven! All-out shooting by throwing a dagger!”

Dagger Throw

Range 24 / Attack 2 / Accuracy 5 / Penetration 1 / Damage 1

“There are 4 models remaining, so a total of 8 dice are rolled!”

The attack roll results are 1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 7, 10, 10.

“Because you are within 12cm range of Remy, the critical hit effect activates!

5 hits, and the hit jackpot must have 10 penetration to guarantee avoidance.”

“Senior! It’s dangerous!”

“Ukkisqueak!”

Screams came from the mouths of the Black Swan juniors who were watching.

The monkey sitting on his left arm also made a fuss and waved his hand.

“Spend mana to turn on protection!”

“That’s right. The effect of the protection spell nullifies damage!

Penetration 10 will make it impossible to block, but damage negation can block it.”

“Protection lasts throughout the turn. If you turn it on now, you can absorb the second attack too!”

However, Graven declared without a moment of hesitation.

“I will not cast protection spells. Defense roll. Reduced defense is 4!”

Four dice rolling. 3, 7, 7, 7.

“Including 3 hits that pass through defense and hits to critical points that cannot be defended, stamina decreases by 4.”

“Same attack the second time!”

However, in the second attack, only three shots hit, and there was no major success.

Even one defense roll was successful.

“Stamina reduced by 2.”

“End of turn.”

“My turn. Move the westernmost first-year Black Swan students by 12 cm.

Move 12cm with the second action.”

“Ugh. You’re underestimating me for not giving Graven a turn yet!

Okay, then I’ll blow it up before you get a turn!”

“Miss, you are excited. Just be a little more cautious-”

“Choose a butler!”

Red Demon Hall Butler 3rd Year – Academy, Red Demon, Butler, Human, 3rd Year

5 model units – 18 points

Movement 12 / Defense 6 / Resistance 5 / Magic 0 / Learning 0 / Stamina 3

The butler models in the exact center, which no one had paid attention to until then, moved.

“Deacons rush…”

“Charging must be a straight movement.

It is impossible to charge because you are blocked by maids.”

“In that case, it’s enough to go around once. I’ll move the deacons like this.”

Mina, who chose to walk, gently diverted the butler models from the maids.

“12cm charge! Surround him and beat him with the baton!”

The butler models are gently pushed and come into contact with Graven.

Although she was carefully moving the butler models, Mina got a completely different impression from her actions.

It really feels like giants in black suits are running and shaking the ground.

After completing the contact movement, there were as many as four models surrounding the blood mage.

“Charge action generates a free hit.”

Butler – Attack 1 / Accuracy 5 / Penetration 0 / Damage 2

“Damage 2! Just three items are enough and you’re done!”

“Hit roll!”

Four attack dice were rolled. There are two hits that result in a score of 5 or less.

“Defense roll. Defense is 5.”

One dice bounced. Damage taken is 2.

Remaining health is 4.

“I never thought it would be this hard…”

“Of course. The game doesn’t end until you’re knocked down by one attack.

If you had just done a little probability calculation, you would have known this…”

“Be quiet!”

Mina screamed at Graven’s advice, but there was nothing she could do.

She closed her eyes tightly and declared.

“End of turn.”

———————————————————————————

November 186. Student council room.

On a weekend in mid-November, I was sketching concept art for Hwayoung.

To be precise, I was trying to draw it.

My sketch, which couldn’t even draw a straight line, was ruinous, and I could only hope that Hwayoung would understand these crappy instructions.

“We are here.”

The Chairman comes in smiling as always, and Cleo follows behind him silently.

In the chairman’s hand was a steaming bag.

“I bought the bread, so eat it before it gets cold.”

I feel this every time I see it, it’s not even the 17th century, so is it okay to have street vendors?

Well, you shouldn’t expect much from a mass market in the 2000s.

I said thank you and took a bite of the bread, and the chewy texture of the warm bread was felt.

I asked a question that suddenly occurred to me.

“The chairman is very simple.”

“Simple? Being able to buy and eat freshly baked bread at any time is not simple.”

“No. Still, ordinary royal family members don’t buy bread from street vendors.”

“…I don’t like saying that. Just because you’re a member of the royal family, do you have to live in the depths of the palace, receiving only servants?”

There was a slight thorn in the princess’s words, but of course I didn’t notice it.

While chewing the bread, I added another word.

“Still, you treated us so informally that I wonder if this is okay.

Even if it is okay with the Chairman, is it okay with His Majesty as well?-”

A gut feeling that something is wrong.

I stopped talking and looked up.

Chairman Lilac was still smiling, but the corners of her mouth were trembling.

“…”

“Sorry.”

“What? It’s okay.”

The chairman waved his hand awkwardly.

“I shouldn’t have commented on the president’s private life.”

“Even if it’s okay. Why do you talk like that?

Then I still… I still love Your Majesty…”

Her voice trembled and her words trailed off.

The chairman took a deep breath for a moment before finally opening his mouth again.

“That’s right. It’s still like that.”

“Chairman.”

“Even though so much time has passed…”

The Crown Princess bit her lips in a daze.

The student council room became deathly quiet.

This time too, the chairman tried to raise the tension by clapping his hands.

“Let’s sleep. That’s enough, let’s talk about work, okay?

Let’s hurry and make a game. How far did it go?”

“Ah, that’s…”

I explained the sketches I had scribbled and the settings and stats of the troops I had designed.

But something like that had just happened and I couldn’t help but feel discouraged.

When we ran out of things to talk about, we returned to awkward silence.

The Crown Princess seems to have been a very hurt person.

But I don’t know exactly what kind of wound she has.

To know that, you would have to know something about the Empire’s civil war, but it’s completely unknown.

All I know is that a war of succession took place, the vassal states took advantage of the chaos to become independent, and the two sides, tired of fighting, reconciled.

It’s already been 6 years since I took possession of the body of 10-year-old Colman Cantor.

The fact that my knowledge of this world is still poor is probably the fault of my current parents, Baron Cantor and his wife.

They freaked out when I tried to gather knowledge about this place, especially when I tried to get interested in politics or magic.

To the point where he completely removed all history books from his home and strictly prohibited his servants from talking about current affairs.

I understand. Our family was a bystander to the civil war, but since we were bystanders to the civil war, we must have been even more fearful.

The fear that if a young child makes a mistake, the family may fall apart.

It may have been a loving decision on the part of my parents, but thanks to that, I didn’t know anything about the Crown Princess.

“Her Highness the Crown Princess. Your Majesty… What’s going on?”

“Coleman.”

“Yes.”

“I see. You don’t know…”

The chairman nodded blankly.

Actually, it was a very stupid question for the baron’s son to ask.

I said after thinking for a moment.

“Yes. I lack common sense in this regard.”

“I hope it will continue to be like that in the future.”

“Yes?”

“Coleman said he hoped he would not know in the future.”

The answer is that I don’t want to teach.

Well, why would the Crown Princess reveal her past history to me?

I’m just a designer who outsourced the game.

I sighed in remorse. It just ruined the atmosphere.

“Then it looks like you don’t have anything else to talk about, so I’ll just head back.

What happened today… I’m sorry.

From now on, I will keep the line.”

“That…yeah.”

So I left the student council room.