Chapter 133 – Scion has a new nickname
A month has passed since I entered Noble Academy.
Is it because the nerves of the freshmen, including me, eased over time?
Everyone seems to have reached a certain level of comprehension of the other person.
Is that why?
Just as I made friends at the Royal Academy, I made friends at the Noble Academy.
That friend is this guy.
“Adalbert, where are you going?”
This guy who greets me by name is Solar Lexion Debert.
He had impressive short red hair and a bright personality, so he was friendly with many people.
With his unique affinity, he approached me first and started talking to me, and thanks to being the same age and having a lot of interest in cooking, I was able to get along easily.
Sola asked me where she was going.
“It’s obvious. As always, she is on her way to Professor Nina’s lab.”
“You too… Whew, no.”
I explained to Solar the destination I was heading to. After hearing my explanation, Solar sighed and looked at me with a pitiful expression.
I knew all too well why Solar was looking at me with that expression on her face.
The average age of people entering Noble Academy is about 15.5 Years old.
This means that the majority of incoming students are 15 years old.
Aside from that, there were quite a few other people like me and Solar who entered the school after they were 15 years old, but the vast majority were around 15 years old.
This was also related to the Noble Academy entrance exam, because the difficulty of the entrance exam, which determines success or failure, was related to age.
If you become 15 years old and take the entrance exam, you will be evaluated according to the most general criteria.
Here, when you get a little bit younger, the difficulty of the test is gradually raised. This was to prevent anyone from coming to take the test and taking the time of someone who really needs to learn.
If you really have the will to learn and have that level of ability to enter school at a young age, you have to prove that level of ability.
To be honest, I don’t know why either.
I just thought it was because they explained it like that and moved on.
Ah, of course, as you get older, the difficulty of the exam naturally increases.
If you have lived a little longer than 15-year-olds, the difficulty of the exam naturally goes up as you get older.
If you draw a picture of this increase in difficulty, it looks like a mountain has been turned upside down.
At the age of 15, the left side is gradual, and the right side is relatively rapidly rising.
Simply put, it looks like a valley.
I was a bit hesitant because I couldn’t remember the word valley all of a sudden.
In other words, the number of older students like Solar and me is small.
So, the place where you can become friends just by being old is Noble Academy.
Unlike us, who have enjoyed the world to some extent, the 15-year-old students who entered Noble Academy were green sprouts that had just entered society.
You are still young with a lot of things you want to enjoy. How boring would it be to just study all day?
So, the vast majority of freshmen tended to join clubs and work hard.
It was because club activities were the means by which Noble Academy students, who could not go out freely due to regulations, could go outside.
Of course, according to Professor Prelda, the existence of these regulations was intentional by the Noble Academy.
“Yeah, who would work hard on club activities if they could go out in the open? If only I could go outside through the club like this… Of course, you will work hard on club activities, right?”
For reference, the club activity time was unfortunately from 3:00 pm when regular class time ends to 10:00 pm.
So, students who wanted to go out and play had to join a club or create a club to enjoy going out.
In that sense, I was a truly unique person.
I don’t do club activities, I only go to the dormitory, lecture room, and research room.
At the same time, when he went outside, he was always accompanied by his advisor, so he was treated like an eccentric who gave up pleasure and only studied.
“Every day, I only go around the dormitory, lecture room, and research room, and even if I go outside, I have to stick with Professor Nina… Aren’t you tired?”
So, in a way, it was natural for Solar to ask me if I was bored.
Professors are basically older than the students, and they don’t treat students comfortably because they have to evaluate them.
Is it that the professor’s authority over the students decreases when he is comfortable with the students?
In addition, it is difficult for students to deal with professors who are older than themselves.
If you make a small mistake, you will be out of the professor’s eyes and your score will drop drastically.
“Not really. It is fun to learn and learn something new every day.”
Of course, as anyone can see, what I just said is a blatant lie.
It is said that becoming a sword master made studying a little easier as my brain improved and memorization improved, but learning new things and mastering them well was a very tedious act because it was close to repetitive work.
I also want to spend the day not studying and chatting with Nina, but if that happens, both me and Nina will be in serious trouble, so I put up with it and put my effort into studying.
“Ugh, do you know what they are saying to you? It’s a monk. Monk. I thought he was a priest, but he said he was more like a monk.”
Hmm, not a priest, but a monk.
Those monks confined to a monastery, leading an ascetic life and living by themselves.
I-I am a monk.
What is this?
I look like a monk!
Rather, rather, if you say that you look like a priest who was excommunicated for committing infidelity, what’s the point?
Well, no, that’s a problem as it is.
It’s just that a monk would be better.
“Instead, I often go out with the professor.”
“Would you feel comfortable hanging out with someone older than you?”
Well, just because I’m old doesn’t mean I like older people.
My professor is Nina, so going out with her is good, and going into the lab is just a good thing.
In other words, if a professor other than Nina had offered to be my advisor, I would have flatly refused.
“Hmm. On the contrary, he said that studying hard is an honor, and he took care of this and that like a younger brother.”
“If you diligently come and go to the lab every day like you, no professor will take care of you like that.”
“I heard there were professors who weren’t like that.”
“If you did that these days, you would be banished to the unexplored land right away?”
“Whoops. I will.”
Afterwards, Solar said that she had something to see and that she would leave first, then waved her hand and disappeared into the distance.
I shook her hand until she was out of sight, then headed back to her original destination, Nina’s lab.
Room 402 on the 4th floor of the main building, as always, was waiting for my arrival, kept clean and dust-free.
Before opening the door and entering, I send a signal that only Nina and I know to mean that I have arrived.
– Talk, talk, talk, talk talk, talk, talk, talk.
Three knocks, two consecutive knocks, and three more knocks were the passwords that Nina and I had set.
“Let me in.”
Nina’s voice came from beyond the door of Room 402, as if she had heard my signal.
I opened the door at her request to come in and went into the lab.
When I opened the door and entered the lab, Nina was scribbling down something with a map and a book open on her desk.
Looking at the mark drawn on the map with a red pen, it was right above the vast area beyond the borders of the Elfario Empire.
Yes.
The area she marked was the holy land of adventurers, the unexplored area.
Perhaps they were looking into the places we were going to go to for practice in a few days.
“Oh, sorry. I told them to come in and I just left them there.”
“I don’t think this kind of play is bad.”
“Please sit down without making any embarrassing noises. Today, I have a lot to prepare for the practice in a few days.”
It’s a secret that she made fun of Nina for being engrossed in her work and then she couldn’t even get her money and was scolded.
“As you know, the young master, the unexplored land is a very dangerous place.”
“I know that. But, wouldn’t that make it a more interesting area?”
“Yes. That’s why I want you to lead the group during this training session.”
“Yes?”
Nina suddenly asked me to lead her.
“Chief. Will you?”
The figure of Nina smiling and asking for help.
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