62. Sword of the Kingdom
As time passed, it became the day of the exchange meeting.
She didn’t really want to attend, but hearing Shaara’s report the day before changed her mind.
I obtained information that among the participants of the exchange meeting, there was a person who shouldn’t be there.
I couldn’t believe it no matter how much I thought about it, so I wanted to see it with my own eyes.
Students flocked to the port waiting for the liner.
This time, it was not a gathering by skipping class, but a formal event attended by the academy’s own staff.
“Still, it’s comfortable because all classes are empty today.”
“I can’t really fucking see it.”
“That… no.”
River stopped to say something.
It must have been a shameful idea to lift it up.
That’s what I said, but I never thought of going forward, which is the simplest way.
Doing that also somehow felt like losing.
There were few people who sincerely welcomed Clover Academy, but no matter how polite they were, the welcome ceremony had to be grand.
As far as I was paying attention, the principal came out and watched.
But looking at that alone, the situation was strange.
Over there, at most, there are only students and teachers leading them, so why is it that someone like the principal is waiting for them to come out and wait?
“Hey, the student council president came out too..”
“Is this the first time we’ve seen each other?”
“How can he be harder to see than the principal?”
I saw a man standing quietly behind the principal.
Even the student council president, whom I had never seen before and only heard about through rumors, had appeared.
It wasn’t until she checked that that Shaara was convinced that everything she told me yesterday was true.
“Looks like the rumors are true..”
“A rumor..?”
Amy tilted her head, but she found out her answer as soon as a liner carrying students from Clover Academy arrived.
“Why doesn’t it come out..?”
Someone said so in the unbearable silence.
According to the original order, as soon as the regular ship docked, about 120 students holding the flag of the Clover Kingdom had to enter in three columns.
Students who said they were coming didn’t even come out, but there was someone who took the lead.
Even though only one foot was visible, it didn’t look like a student.
Because the clothes he was wearing didn’t look like a student at all.
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And then someone shouted at the top of their voices with the trumpets from inside the liner.
“Adolphe Rohan! The Grand Duke of Fjern Plains, the guardian of the Clover Kingdom, and one of the supreme Masters, ‘Sword Saint’, is entering!”
The sound created a ripple among the students.
A stout man walked out wearing a very vivid red cape and a dark navy blue uniform.
A man with a jeweled sword tucked at his waist, his white hair oiled and pulled back, and a handsome beard with sideburns and tucked into his chin.
There were quite deep wrinkles on his face, and although he looked very old for a ‘master’ whose body aging rapidly slows down as soon as he reached a certain level, it made him look rather dignified.
That man who walks out proudly is Adolph Rohan, the ‘Sword Saint’.
The Master of the Kingdom has arrived in the Empire.
It was the moment when Swordsman, one of only 8 Masters on the continent, set foot in the Imperial Academy.
“..!!”
Many students were surprised.
Looking at all the professors with the expression of chewing shit, most of them knew, and it seems that Hera, who is the core of the exchange meeting, also knew.
I wasn’t too surprised.
That’s what I heard from Shaara yesterday.
I was notified that the swordsman would accompany me as an advisor in the Clover Kingdom, and it was shocking to hear that the Empire accepted it.
Generally, it is very difficult for masters to enter other countries.
How many countries would allow a living nuclear bomb to enter the heart of a country?
Masters and shadows who don’t know the identity of me or Master are cursed a lot by people from other countries.
Mostly, my teacher gets criticized a lot.
I even sent a letter when I entered.
I would never have allowed it normally, but what was the wind?
Students walk out in three columns behind the swordsman who proudly entered the empire as planned.
It is an unbelievable sight to see with your own eyes.
The academy students greeted them with cheers.
Most of them were cheers directed towards the Sword Saint, who was smiling and waving in front of the students, not the students.
But not everyone welcomed the Sword Saint.
“River.. Are you okay..?”
“Huh? Uh.. Uh, it’s okay..”
River’s complexion deteriorated.
I was fine up until now, but when I saw the people of the Clover Kingdom enter, it got worse.
Could the fiancé mentioned before be in the procession?
Chara also didn’t know anything about River’s fiancé.
Nothing was known about the fact that the Seymour family had been betrothed to another family in advance.
I whispered in River’s ear, who looked very upset.
“… Do you want to go back to the dorm?”
“No.. I want more. If you move now, you’ll only get attention… I’ll be patient with you.”
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It seemed that he had no intention of moving right away.
She focused on the event, and I also focused on the Sword Saint.
After walking for a while, the Sword Saint arrived at the entrance of the academy and met the headmaster.
“The old swordsman who still likes to scare people.”
“Thank you for the warm welcome. Archmage.”
“To use a title from a few decades ago… At the academy, being the principal is enough.”
“hahahaha, to me, you are still the great wizard who swept the battlefield.”
After greeting each other like a sham, several procedures for exchange between each academy continued.
“Hmm… Let’s see….”
As the procedure progressed, Sword Saint Adolf glanced around her.
Perhaps he was looking for someone, his gaze simply blanked out and he persistently looked at the surroundings, not the end.
Reaver, who turned his eyes to the strong gaze of the sword star pouring down on the students, grabbed my hand tightly.
His clenched hands trembled slightly.
“….”
I could tell what it meant without speaking.
River is afraid of that man.
“… I want to go back…”
“.. Okay.”
I didn’t ask why River said he wanted to go back.
I didn’t want to say more than that.
This is not the time to argue.
River wants you, so let’s get out of here quickly.
It’s crowded, so even if you find it, it will take some time to get there.
I took River’s hand and moved a little bit backwards through the crowd.
I was looking at the Sword Saint for a moment to move back… Suddenly, the hand that was holding River was pulled up.
“hahahaha here you are! I can’t believe you’ve grown like this!”
“!!”
Among the crowd, the swordsman caught Reaver and picked him up.
I soared up into the sky, and the hands that were holding me loose.
“Please drop me down..!!!”
“What are you embarrassed about! I’m so glad I did! It’s the first time we’ve seen each other since that day, so this is the second time!”
River was taken aback when her feet came off the ground, but the swordsman hugged her and smiled as if she was genuinely happy.
“Hmm, Sword Saint… No matter how much it is, the event is still in progress, so why don’t we put the work on our students later?”
Surprised by the sudden action of the Sword Master, the principal also used flying magic to pursue him.
It was only then that the Sword Master looked around her and smiled shyly with a friendly smile.
“hahahaha sorry for this. It’s so nice to see her fiancée after a long time, so stop..”
Upon hearing the words of the Sword Master, the principal tilted his face.
Probably because he heard him, but never imagined it would be true.
“Fiancee? To you?”
“Yes, River Seymour.. She is my fiancée.”
It was the moment when the identity of the fiancée of the sword castle that no one knew was revealed.
The academy turned upside down.
If this fact is known outside, not only the academy but the empire will be overturned.
“I think we need to talk a little bit about each other, so I’m going to leave the room for a while. I’ll leave the rest of the event to our student representative.”
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The swordsman of the kingdom shook the entire academy during the event.
The fiancee of the Sword Saint, who had not been known to the public until now, was revealed.
Sword Saint Adolf had been reigning as a master for a long time, but he, who had been single until now, revealed the person he promised to marry.
It wasn’t just something to be talked about in the academy, it was a great event that could shake the entire continent.
It’s because Linda and Adolf and the Masters have a strangely high percentage of singles, so analysis continued to come out that if you reach that level, your sense of loving the opposite sex is dulled.
It’s odd that Shaara can’t find it.
Who would have imagined that the Sword Saint would be the opponent.
“River… Are you okay?”
“It will be fine.”
After the event, Amy and I sat on her bench, her feet rolling.
The event that ended with the explosive remark of the swordsman did not complete all the procedures,
After saying that, the swordsman was supposed to talk to River for a while, but it flew away somewhere and it was over.
“My fiancé is the Sword Master… What happened to the irani river..”
“There is hardly any record of the swordsman leaving the Clover Kingdom after he reached the level of master. It’s strange..”
Anyone who sees it will know that a funeral was held somewhere.
When I tried to chase him, River said he was fine, but he continued to bother me.
Her mouth seemed to dry up as she waited without a promise.
At that moment, River’s voice was heard from afar.
“Did you wait?”
River came running with such a lively appearance that he felt like an idiot for worrying about it.
I think the story went well.
“River..! Are you okay??”
“Sorry for worrying you. It didn’t matter.”
“Was your fiancé a swordsman?”
“I didn’t know.. I just knew him as a noble from the Clover Kingdom. I saw it for the first time 10 years ago, and I was surprised that it was the same as it is now.”
River smiled shyly.
It wouldn’t have made much difference 10 years ago.
Because Master ages slowly.
If you look at the official records, you must be over 70 years old, even if you are not a swordsman in the kingdom of clover.
“They said they would wait until graduation. Anyway, I’ll be back the day after tomorrow…”
River speaks casually, but considering his attitude until just yesterday, it was very unnatural.
An engagement that does not contain his own opinion at all, and the opponent is a grandfather who is more than 50 years older than himself.
It seems to be true that he didn’t know he was a swordsman.
River had the goal of becoming stronger by the time she graduated from the academy and not being swayed by a forced engagement.
“It’s okay now.”
“It’s okay, right?”
“Because it’s really okay. It’s inconvenient to be together, so I promised not to see you until I went back.”
Laughing is the same as usual.
Looked really good.
Anyway, it seemed like they had reached a gentle agreement by talking to each other.
If what she said is true, there won’t be a chance that the Sword Saint will run into River until she returns.
Even though I kept telling myself that I would be fine now, the anxiety in a corner of my heart did not go away.
Is it because of River’s reaction immediately after meeting him?
At that time, River was clearly afraid of the Sword Saint.
Fear, not dislike or loathing… I said I saw it once.
I wonder if the memory of that time still dominates the river.
I can’t easily shake the image of River, who had such a bold personality, shaking his hands, from his head.
“Are you really okay with a grandpa close to 80?”
“That… It’s my family’s problem! If you’re an aristocrat, you know very well that it’s not an issue for outsiders to intervene. Even more so if the opponent is the swordsman.”
At my point, River raised his voice.
“I hope this topic doesn’t come up anymore. After all, I haven’t met that person since… The engagement will work out somehow until graduation.
Even if it doesn’t go well, it’s not too bad. Master.. I was old at the time, so I thought I would have become a full-fledged kid and grandpa now, but it’s not like that..”
River refused to interfere any further.
Yes, that’s right.
In the end, it’s a family affair.
If you marry the swordsman, who is actually in a higher position than the king in the Clover Kingdom, the Simoa family will occupy a unique position within the empire.
It is very good compared to other lesser nobles who are sold without resistance.
From what I saw right away, he doesn’t have a very eccentric personality and seems to be able to communicate gently.
After all, am I, an outsider, in a position to speak out about her family problems?
The subject who ran away without being able to properly handle his own work?
“…”
“Now, let’s stop talking about this and thanks to Sword Saint-nim’s arrival, all classes will be closed for three days from today, so let’s play! Come on!”
Is this really okay?
My worries only deepen.
River smiled and took me and Amy’s arm in each of her arms and moved forward.