Episode 9 – New Encounters
I got out of the exam hall and didn’t know where to go.
What Nina told me was about the exams at the exam hall.
None of the information she gave me had to do with what she would do if she passed the exam.
I didn’t panic and started looking around.
Behind me was the exam hall, and in front of me was a two-way corridor.
And, at what seemed to be the starting point of the two-pronged corridor, there was a marble platform.
“What is it?”
A sign was attached right above the marble platform in the hallway.
“It looks interesting. For what purpose did you make this?”
Attracted by the strange combination of a sign and a platform, I walked toward the place where they were placed.
[Those who have passed the test should put their hands on the platform.]
“Hmm?”
As I stood in front of the sign and the podium, a sentence appeared above the sign.
Those who passed the exam should put their hands on top of the podium?
I placed my hand on the marble podium as the writing on the sign said.
When I put my hand on the platform, the mana thread began to wrap around my hand.
About 10 seconds passed after the mana thread completely wrapped around my hand.
The thread of mana that came out of her platform returned to where it came from.
[Qualifications confirmed. The eldest son of the Maidern family. Alberto Salihar Meidern. You have passed the test.]
Sentences that I passed the test began to be written on the sign, along with information about my name and family.
This marble pedestal seemed to have some kind of magic on it that, when you put your hand on it, you could figure out something.
“It’s amazing. After all, is it the Royal Academy?”
While I was admiring a new culture that had never been seen in our territory, the old writing was erased and new writing began to be written on the sign.
[He who passed the test. Go down the right hallway. After passing through the corridor, you will come to a central hall, where you will hear the rest of the explanation. Congratulations on your admission.]
The signs were telling me where to go.
“To be congratulated on passing the exam by the sign board is really strange.”
I walked down the hallway to the right as the sign directed me to.
A small trudging sound resounded with every step I took on the marble on the floor.
“Didn’t I say that if you walk all the way down here, you will come to the central hall?”
I walked endlessly along the long corridor decorated with marble.
After walking some distance, I began to see a large red door in the distance.
Perhaps, after passing through that red door, you will come to the central hall.
I walked a little faster and approached the red door.
As I walked toward the red door, I thought about how to open that door.
“How do I open that red door?”
I am worried about how to open that huge door that seems difficult to open even when several strong adult men rush in.
But my worries were in vain.
“It opens on its own.”
It was because the red door opened on its own as I approached.
As if the gates of the barrier guarding the territory were opened, the red gates opened wide to the left and right.
The red door opened and what I saw was a group of passers-by who were chatting in groups of twos and threes.
“hahahaha, long time no see. Lady Celato. The young lady passed the academy, too.”
“Hmm? Prince Andrea also passed the academy. Congratulations.”
“It’s been a while. Alex.”
“You too. It doesn’t look like much has changed since the last banquet.”
The people I was talking to all seemed to know their faces and names, so I didn’t show the slightest bit of awkwardness.
As I looked at the people with smiles on their faces, I understood how little my family had shown in the social world.
Damn it, father. Why the hell did you not show up in the social world?
Not a single face I knew existed among the people here.
Once again, it was truly miraculous that our family did not perish.
When I later met my father, I felt I had to ask him why he hadn’t been so active in his debut as a socialite.
“That is a face I have never seen before. Where are you from?”
While I was looking around, resentful of my father, a man who seemed to be a son of a noble family approached me.
Judging from the dignified movements of the man with his red hair grown to his shoulders and neatly tied back, there was no doubt that he was an aristocrat.
“You mean me?”
“Is anyone else here besides you? I asked you to answer Where are you from?”
Hmm, since I use honorifics, it seems like they think of me as a commoner.
Otherwise, there was no reason to maintain such a high-handed attitude.
Well, I wonder if anyone will be surprised if I reveal my identity.
Still, it would be better to reveal that I am a nobleman to avoid trouble.
“My name is Alberto Salihar Maydern from the county of Meidern.”
“Meidern…… ?”
At Alberto’s answer, the red-haired man seemed to be lost in thought for a moment.
Then, as if something suddenly came to mind, he looked at Albert and opened his mouth.
“Ah! If it’s the Maidern family, is it famous for its swordsmanship?”
“Yes. The current Count Meidern is my father.”
“This is an honor. I never thought I would meet the sword master’s lineage here.”
He heard my family name and came over to shake my hand.
Fortunately, I accepted his handshake as it seemed to have worked out.
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“Come to think of it, it seems that my introduction has not yet been completed, but I am Ruel Ludmila Semiltern. I applied for martial arts and swordsmanship.”
“Semitern… Or, is your relationship with Instructor Semiterne?”
“She is my eldest sister.”
“You have a wonderful family.”
“With something like that.”
I shook hands with Ruel once again.
Is it because they have a family famous for swordsmanship and applied for martial arts and swordsmanship?
I was able to quickly become friends with Ruel.
“Come to think of it, the Meidern family rarely appears in the social world… ….”
Ruel seemed curious about why our family didn’t show up in the social world.
But I can’t answer this either.
My father didn’t tell me why, so how could I know?
However, there was one expected part about this part.
Society eggs, another battlefield for nobles.
It is not a war only when swords, arrows and magic come and go.
If they go out there, there is no doubt that they will flirt here and there in order to attract the amazing ability of being a sword master to their side.
Perhaps, his father does not want to put his family in danger, so he does not go out in society.
However, this is just my guess, and I don’t know the real reason.
“I don’t know much about that.”
“Hmm. Well, it doesn’t matter. Rather, why are you using honorifics? You and I are nobles like me, and we’re the same age.”
This time they are asking me why I use honorifics.
This friend secretly has the temperament of a two-much talker.
“As you can see, because of these eyes.”
“Hmm? Why are those eyes, ah…….”
“When I spoke in a rude language, people treated me like an outcast. So even if others find it uncomfortable, you have no choice but to speak with respect.”
For aristocrats, being like a fool is the worst shame.
If there was a noble who regarded honor as life, he would immediately apply for a duel to restore his honor.
I, too, was forced to use honorifics because I was unintentionally branded as an idiot for using short words rather than honorifics.
“Don’t commoners look down on nobles when they say honorifics?”
“Wouldn’t it be better than being an idiot?”
It is better to speak honorifics than to become an idiot and discredit the family.
But, since I use honorifics, I don’t look easy, people are afraid…….
“Puheh. Hearing that, you’re right again. It’s better to look easygoing than to be an idiot. Regardless of whether you become an idiot or use honorifics to look easygoing, commoners will chew on the nobles.”
Ruel smiled and nodded his head as if he agreed with me.
“Shouldn’t there be at least that much joy in a tiring life?”
“That’s right. Well, just because they chew doesn’t mean our honor will fall to the ground.”
Me and Ruel had a few more conversations, and at his suggestion I followed him to talk with the sons of noble families he was friendly with.
“Hey guys. Do you know who this man is?”
Ruel brought me to his friends and introduced me to everyone.
“Huh? What is it, ruel? Where did the nobleman over there come from?”
“I am a friend from the Maidern family, where the Sword Master is from far away. I brought them to say hello.”
“Meidern? Sword Master?”
When Ruel told me the name of my family, everyone looked at me with their eyes wide open.
“Nice to meet you. This is Alberto Salihar Meidern.”
“Oh, I thought I would meet the sword master’s lineage. Nice to meet you. I am Jerome. My name is Jerome Deville Pangaloa.”
“Nice to meet you. My name is Carl Verus Giledon.”
“Geran Benio Antalos of the Antalos family.”
“Nice to meet you all.”
I shook hands with people who came to shake hands with me.
Ruel invited me to sit down, so I sat down and chatted with them.
Most of our conversation topics were about swordsmanship or strong people.
As it turned out, it seemed that all of Ruel’s close friends had applied for the martial arts and swordsmanship clubs.
“Oh, there are a lot of outstanding people in this jockey. The daughter of an archmage, the younger sister of a renowned female swordsman, and the son of a sword master.”
During the discussion about how to fight against strong opponents, Jerome brought up the story of entering the Royal Academy this time.
“In addition, I heard that the third princess is entering the school this time?”
“Really? I wonder what kind of family man will fall for the princess this time.”
At the same time, my existence was also mentioned, but I decided to just skip it.
By the way, the third princess?
I wonder who will break up with the princess?
“What does it have to do with the third princess entering the school and someone having a crush on her?”
“Ah, come to think of it, Alberto, you don’t know. The nickname of the third princess is a f*cking educator.”
“f*cking… Are you an educator?”
The third princess of the Bregern Empire and an idiot educator.
How are these two sentences related?
“I really don’t know. It happened when the third princess attended the banquet. There was a guy with yellow buds from a young age, and he fell for the princess’s beauty and once said that he could seduce the princess.”
“Then they said that her head was broken by the high heels of the princess and taken to her temple. Well, it was his fault, so the family apologized to the imperial family for saying it was their fault, and His Majesty the Emperor generously passed it on because the distribution was large. Well, rumor has it that His Majesty the Emperor laughed at his belly button.”
Uh, um. For a moment, I wondered if I had heard something wrong.
“Well, after that he changed his mind and never did anything like an idiot again, so the third princess is a teacher who educates idiots. That’s why he’s called the f*cking educator.”
“You are an amazing person. I must be careful not to make any mistakes in my speech in front of him.”
I learned something new today thanks to these people.
Let the third princess act and speak neatly in front of the princess.
My father’s reputation was greater than I thought.
‘By the way, when will we give you information about the entrance ceremony?’
I waited a long time for someone to explain the rest of the process as the sign said, but no one showed up.
I found out later, but they said they would not give notice of the next schedule until all entrance exams were over.
After all, I had to chat with the new people I met here until all the entrance exams were over.
Damn….
RIP to that guy got some balls