47. Nostalgic place
In the principal’s office at the academy, the principal is always working alone.
When there are more than two people, sometimes it happens when people who come to report work come in, but even then they don’t talk for a long time.
Morgan, who has great skills but hates breaking his own rhythm while working, didn’t even have that common secretary.
It was hard to think of an old man who likes to have people around him and paint his face with gold, but it was a habit he had always had since his days as a professor.
“You look old every time I see you.”
“I didn’t hear that it was coming… But…”
“What do you mean, Professor? If the student wants to come, he can come.”
But today, curiously, two people were sitting side by side in the principal’s office.
Unlike Morgan, who sits in front of him, an old man with deep wrinkles, she looks like a woman in her early thirties at best.
She is Linda West Harbor.
He was the leader of the imperial knights who defended the empire and the master of the first sword of the empire.
The two were treating each other without hesitation as if they were dating each other.
“I’m the principal now. Master doesn’t age, so I envy you. I envy you. My back has been getting worse lately, so I haven’t bought you a present.”
“I sent it separately because it came in a hurry. It should arrive tomorrow.”
“I thought I was getting older and matured, but I’m still the same.
“I didn’t want it to be known here, just in case.”
Morgan’s eyebrows twitched at Linda’s words.
It bothered me that a person who would become the head of the Imperial Knights had to hide his whereabouts.
“…As expected, there seems to be a person of interest among the freshmen this year.”
“Professor, did you notice?”
A student appeared in Morgan’s mind.
He is very small, but that is why he stands out even more.
She obviously thought of killing Professor Buckingham in the teachers’ office.
“Yeah, I fought with the Five Pillars in less than a week, how can I not know?”
“You fought with the Five Pillars..?”
“Did you not know? She even dueled Lemnos.”
“Hmm…. I mean.”
“There are so many idiots in the world who still don’t notice.. It’s really making my head hurt… So… Has it been solved?”
“It’s okay now that I’ve confirmed that you’re well. Please act like you’re an ordinary student and pretend you don’t know. There’s nothing better to find out.”
Pretending not to know, I took it to mean not to think about investigating later.
Let’s accept the advice that the Master says there’s nothing good to look into.
It is not acceptable to touch a beehive and then avoid it.
“If you knew you were here… The Five Pillars would not stand still.”
But this time another problem came to mind.
Everyone knows that the relationship between the Five Pillars and the Imperial Knights is not good.
They were extremely wary of the Imperial Knights and would get nervous if they ran into each other even at public events, so it reached a situation where they organized events so that they wouldn’t run into each other.
The fact that the leader of such an Imperial Knights came to the academy is very suggestive.
When Linda heard that, she grinned.
“They tell me to come for a class reunion. It must be fun to be noisy. It’s peaceful these days, so I was bored…”
“Ahh… I’m friendly with my classmates, but we still fight like kids… It’s ugly.”
It’s not enough to fight so much in school days…
Morgan thought that everyone was just a child, even though they were all big.
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“Wow..!! That’s the Imperial First Sword?!”
“I’m a fan of the captain!!!”
“Please take a look here!”
The news of the leader of the Imperial Knights arriving at the academy with Andy, who became a hero and improved, quickly spread throughout the academy.
To hear that the Imperial First Sword, whose face is hard to see even if you live in the capital city, came to the academy, everyone skipped classes and rushed out to see his face at least once.
In the first place, there were some professors among the students, so I said everything.
As if used to such a crowd, Linda looked around her classrooms with a kind smile on her lips and a gentle wave of her hand.
Come to think of it, the captain also came from the academy…
A few decades ago, Linda and Wendy, two villagers from the western port, confidently entered the academy through an examination and rose to the level of masters while attending school, becoming legends of the academy.
There are still quite a few students who have taken the test and consider Linda their role model.
Everyone from freshman to senior year formed a huge crowd to see Linda, and as many people left the academy, there were many empty and quiet spaces in the academy.
It will fill up again soon, but a short break was enough for me.
“aaa!!!!”
“You gave me a medal, so you repay her kindness with an enemy?!”
In the meantime, I need to kill Andy quickly.
Andy, running in her uniform, didn’t show the sluggish movements she showed the first day, and was really running away from me with all her might.
Although he has retired from active duty, he is still an advanced expert.
Andy, who used her mana to strengthen her body and ran, was very fast.
Anyway, it’s not in the Buddha’s palm.
“I said I won’t leave you alone if you get caught!!”
“Save people!!!”
To catch it, you just have to take a big step right now, but that doesn’t relieve your stress.
I should run at least a bit to loosen up… No, running makes me even more angry.
“I couldn’t help it!! You already knew everything!! I didn’t answer anything!!!
What kind of excuse should I just go with the academy, what should I do then!!!”
So, in the end, the captain knew everything from the beginning, and he couldn’t do anything about it himself…
What did I tell you to stop the captain from coming?
“You should have contacted me in advance!!!”
“I didn’t even have time to do that..!! It means I was arrested right away after receiving a medal..!!”
“It’s a contract I told you to try in that situation!! If you take everything you have to eat and shut your mouth when it’s important, what are you doing!!”
The chase is over.
I was running slowly, but eventually I caught up.
Once I caught up, there was nothing left for me to look at.
“Aagh!!”
-Kudangtang!!
With a tackle on her waist from behind her, Andy fell in front of her and hit her head on the hard stone floor.
It was very loud, but I wasn’t too worried.
If you become an expert and die like this, you won’t even write where you belong to on the tombstone.
“Yayaya!! Seeing that you and your arms and legs are fine, I think it ended well with the captain. Can’t you just look at it!!”
“Yeah~yes~ That’s that and this is this, and I almost died, so let’s just go right before we die.”
While doing this, I remembered my apprenticeship days.
At that time, I was a bit more angry, violent, and I didn’t flirt with my partner, but the experience of running through the hallways with a fever in my head was the most memorable for me.
It seems to be a memory that Andy wants to forget.
“aaa!!!”
Her fist was lifted.
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Andy’s screams and exhilarating drumbeats reverberated through the empty garden.
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“Ah~~ I feel relieved.”
I beat him to the point of feeling refreshed.
Even if it’s rotten, Andy, an advanced expert, is very strong, unlike her academy students, so she can beat her to her heart’s content.
She’s so tight that she doesn’t have to go to the hospital, so if you stick her in the dorm, she’ll get well soon.
“You’ve learned well. You’re quite good at hitting just enough to not be crippled.”
The leader suddenly fell from the sky.
Stepping on the crossguard of the sword and falling down like Mary Poppins.
I don’t know what kind of analogy you compared it to, but I’m sure you’ll beat me up for being disgusting, so let’s just think about it.
“You learned well from the teacher. Did you enjoy the tour of the academy?”
“Yeah, it’s not much different… Only this place seems to have stopped time.”
You can still hear the buzz of students in the distance.
The crowd gathered like that, but did they escape at once? If you start looking for them scattered around, you’ll soon be discovered, so it’s better to move quickly.
Still, I thought I should kick him into the dorm, so I knocked Andy over and stood up to see the leader quietly looking over the classrooms.
Somewhere, he seemed to be lost in memories.
“Atlas, it seems you’ve been having a lot of fun at the academy.”
“Have fun… There are so many things to figure out, but what are you doing?”
“I heard you had a duel with the young master of Lemnos? I’m sorry you kept such an interesting thing a secret.”
The captain grinned and stroked my hair.
I’ve become a master, but he still thinks of me like a puppy.
It’s been a habit since I was young.
Did they say they wouldn’t do it if they were taller than themselves… It makes me angry that there is a 0.1 Difference between then and now.
How did you find out about the duel?
I thought I would get scolded for being a master and messing around with kids, but seeing that he looks happy, it’s even scarier.
“I decided to do one more duel.”
“Then you should go after seeing that. When do you do it?”
“I think we’ll decide between today or tomorrow… Wouldn’t it make a fuss if the captain said he saw it intuition?”
When the leader of the Imperial Knights sees a duel, the attention of other students also increases.
It’s not a good situation from my point of view as I was going to stay quietly, but judging from the look on the leader’s face, it seemed like he wanted that.
“I prefer that. I have a bad relationship with Edward, the current head of Lemnos. Did I tell you?”
“I haven’t heard of it.”
“My younger brother and I… The current five pillar families were academy classmates… We fought a lot. In the end, only we became masters.”
The leader looked at the classroom and fell into memories.
Although the information has never been released properly, the heads of the five pillars of the present generation, the leader, and the teacher were the same academy students.
In the end, the two of them became masters and became self-made, but only they know what happened while they were in school.
Looking at his expression, it seems like he was very happy…
“Do you know what Edward looked like when I became a Master?
Whoop… Edward’s son and you are dueling…”
The expression on the leader’s face became frightening as he talked about the old days with a deep smile.
It seems that even bad memories came to mind.
“I’ve been wanting to see that expression for a long time… Don’t think of losing it just in case.”
“…I can’t afford to lose.”
Looking at his momentum, it seems that he intends to beat him to death or kill him if he loses partly.
This guy is terribly sincere about the kids duel.