69. Swordsmanship Exchange Meeting
On the second day after the Clover Academy people came to the Empire, Amy was packing her anti-demon equipment before going out.
‘Why are you asking me to arm myself again today… ?’
-Don’t relax. In my experience, the bigger an event like this happens, the more likely it is to happen.
Because my companion suddenly gave me strong advice.
Unless something happened right away, I couldn’t walk around with these on, so I had no choice but to put them in my subspace pocket until something happened.
If you dispose of it, the people of the territory can live on a full stomach for more than five years. He laughed at himself at the sight of himself putting a mithril sword that was difficult to convert into an expensive subspace pocket.
-Due to the timing, the Clover Kingdom is still colluding with the Devil Church.
In the Clover Kingdom, at a time like this when the academy was recently attacked by the Devil Church, to infiltrate about 120 students into the empire with the Master… I want to look good, but it’s impossible.
‘Are you saying there might be other plans?’
-It’s best to have nothing happen, but there’s nothing wrong with being prepared. If nothing happens at the end of the day, just think of it as luck.
What my companion said was very plausible.
If you’ve ever made a mistake in speculation before, his obscure advice is still worth heeding.
‘And… What did that mean yesterday?’
-What are you talking about?
‘You mean that River is a descendant of werewolves. Yesterday, when Atlas talked about the essence of the werewolf, it was like that. Do you know how surprised I was?’
-It’s true. As far as I know, River Seymour… No, Seymour family heirs are not all werewolves, but they have werewolf traits that become strongest during full moons.
I’m not a werewolf, but it was the first time I’d heard of him having werewolf traits.
-A long time ago, Simoa was called the White Wolf, just like the family crest… From a certain moment, the color that represents them has become gold instead of white.
Not that great. With the wolf as the symbol of the family… There are a lot of families other than Seymour who have tried star to star to get their hands on the power of wolves. Seymour is a particularly successful example…
River has the characteristics of a werewolf… Is it because of his aggressive nature?
Let’s keep it a secret from Atlas.
I have said that one of the clues needed to grow taller is the essence of a werewolf.
Even if I knew, I’m not the kind of person who would harm River… If Atlas is also about height, it’s good to be careful because your eyes are spinning.
“Okay. Ready!”
It was a little late because I was taking care of it meticulously.
I hurried out of the room.
At this time, River will be waiting outside the dormitory.
“No… ? Weird..”
There was no one in the lobby of the dormitory, the place where people always join before leaving.
Did he leave first?
But River couldn’t do that without saying anything.
‘Am I in bad shape…?’
Maybe it didn’t happen.
But when I knocked on River’s door, there was no answer.
I sharpened my senses outside the door, but I couldn’t feel any presence inside.
I think I went out first.
“Ummm, that’s strange..?”
I could have left first because something really urgent happened… Let’s go to the clearing first.
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“Is Amy here?”
Fortunately, River was warming up in the clearing first.
I wondered what had happened, but I was relieved that there seemed to be no problem.
Nearby, Atlas was hanging upside down from a tree, and Lucia was warming up as she watched Atlas move delonge delongs.
It’s like that to stimulate the growth plates and whatnot, but it’s amazing to see them doing it consistently every day without skipping it.
“To be able to go first without saying anything… What happened?”
“Sorry, I woke up a little early today.”
“I woke up early too…”
“I’m sorry if I wake you up when I’m sleeping.”
Suddenly, the nape of River’s neck caught my eye.
There was a bright red mark on the nape of River’s neck, which was as white as white jade.
“Are you bitten by a river mosquito?”
“What??”
“… ?!”
When I pointed out the bright red swelling, River startled and put a hand on the nape of his neck.
I don’t know why, but even Atlas, which was hanging from a tree, fell from the tree, which is rare.
“Wow?!”
-Cudangtang
“Ah.. Atlas are you okay??”
“Uh.. It’s okay..”
Atlas, stuck on the dirt floor, got up with Lucia’s support and brushed the dirt off her clothes.
So far, I’ve seen Atlas hanging from a tree claiming it’s an exercise to grow taller, but he’s never seen him fall.
“Be careful”
“Ah..”
When our hands touched each other, we flinched and a strange atmosphere flowed.
Really what??
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Something suspicious.
Some subtle air flows between the two.
“You said you were going to an exchange meeting today, right? No… You’ll do well on your own, but what am I saying… hahahaha.”
“What were you trying to say?”
“Just.. What to do..”
“Thank you for your support.”
“Yeah..”
I am acting as usual as if nothing is wrong, but I feel a strange tickling and fluffy air current.
What happened between you two?
-Come to think of it, today is the full moon….
The companion made an incomprehensible noise.
“… Suspicious.”
And Lucia was glaring at the two of them with her very bloodshot eyes.
“Obviously… I didn’t feel that way until yesterday….”
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After exercising in the morning, everyone ate breakfast together, and then left alone and moved toward the Swordsmanship Research Department.
When Amy pointed out her kiss marks, she was out of breath.
She was mostly covered by her clothes, but I forgot to see what was left on the nape of her neck.
I hurriedly told Amy that she had been bitten by an insect, but Lucia’s gaze was frightening as if she sensed a strange atmosphere between me and River.
In my opinion, they are acting the same as before, but they both have good feelings, so maybe they noticed something different.
When I entered the room of the Swordsmanship Research Department, a lot of wary eyes greeted me.
The pride of the Swordsmanship Research Department is at stake in exchange meetings with other academies.
Among the members, only five carefully selected members, including the manager, can participate in the exchange meeting, but it seems that he didn’t like that someone who wasn’t even in the swordsmanship research department took away the most honorable position, the vanguard, with just a few words.
I’m used to this gaze.
But that’s all they can do.
In the past, I would have punched you right away asking what you were looking at, but this is Hera’s swordsmanship research department.
I was told to refrain from actions that could harm Hera.
When someone informed the manager’s office that I had entered, the door burst open.
“Is your brother here?”
Hera ran up to the front in an instant and welcomed me by stroking my head.
A person who can close the distance very quickly.
Whether it’s a physical distance or a psychological distance.
Hera, who was frantically welcoming me, said in a completely different tone than just before, when she glanced at the surroundings.
“What is the atmosphere like? Do you guys have any complaints?”
As soon as she fired her fastball without speaking back, someone jumped out in front of Hera and knelt down on her knees as if she had waited.
“Manager… !! I know it’s rude to disagree with the decision, but I’ll just say one word..!!!”
Looking at the brooch on the chest of the kneeling man, he was a year older than me.
She put her head on her head and shouted, enduring Hera’s stare coldly looking down at her.
“No matter how much it is, please reconsider having a freshman spearhead!!!”
“Why do you think you, the reserve number 1, will be able to enter if my younger brother does not enter?”
“Not such an insignificant reason! This is the swordsmanship research club, but I don’t even belong to the club… Also a freshman!! I’m going to the vanguard!!
The vanguard is a very important position that sets the momentum for the exchange meeting..!! We cannot entrust it to an unverified outsider!!”
Since this exchange meeting is a rule where one person comes out one by one and the winner continues to face the next turn, it was the most important thing for the vanguard to seize the initiative at first.
But because of that, that senior didn’t know that I was the first.
“… Not verified? So, who do you think is suitable for spearheading?”
“Of course, I think it is right for senior Heinz, who is a member of the senior team and has the most offensive skills, to stand in the vanguard!!”
A cloak of a different color near the director’s office… One of the senior members’ shoulders twitched.
“Hey, Heinz, our confident juniors say so. What do you think?”
“… ….”
Heinz, pointed out by her, lowered her head and bit her mouth tightly.
He’s a pretty good prosecutor for his age.
Looking at the strong body that can be seen even from the top of the clothes and the aura felt from the body, it must have reached the advanced level of expert.
Senior member is a level just below the manager and captain who leads the department, and is like an instructor who is qualified to teach new members.
Since he was in the rank of number 3 right below the manager and captain, his skills must be guaranteed.
“I… You don’t deserve it.”
If you think about it, except for the fact that Heinz was the one who came out of the newspaper department and collapsed without even competing properly.
Among the 5 people already selected, there were people who were crushed by me.
One of the 5 strongest people in the club is the one who came back after being smashed by me, so it’s funny how they talk about their skills.
“The exchange meeting is not always the exchange meeting of the ‘swordsmanship research club’.
It’s just a swordsmanship exchange event between academies, but we took over because we are the most skilled in swordsmanship among the students. There is no law saying you can’t participate if it’s not the Swordsmanship Research Club.
Okay? No matter what anyone says, Atlas Nemea is the perfect spearhead for this exchange meeting!”
When Hera declared, everyone just stared at me without saying a word.
The gaze contained various emotions.
The one who looks at you as if to kill, the one who is jealous, the one who longs for, the one who has no idea,
Others, the exchange meeting to be held today was followed by the order of the vanguard, sub-bong, mid-level captain, captain, and disbanded.
“Hey brother!”
“What are you doing!”
After the announcement, Hera stopped me.
“If you say that you are going to be the vanguard in a cool way, and you fall out soon, you will enter the Swordsmanship Research Department!”
“Ge… It’s the first time I’ve heard of it, sister.”
“Of course, it’s the first time I’m saying this.”
Somehow, he said he gave up his seat too meekly.
“How do you suddenly get energy that you didn’t have?”
“You are relaxing in the back.”
“Cheeky… Then, shall we take a look at the swordsmanship skills of this year’s senior freshman?”
“Senior. It’s overrated. It’s just barely maintaining the middle ranks.”
“You don’t become a senior just because you score well. Show me your skills.”
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As soon as the swordsmanship exchange meeting started, the audience was in an uproar.
“This… Are you ignoring me bastard? !!!”
My first opponent, the vanguard of the Clover Academy side, swears at me.
Is the average personality of the people of the Clover Kingdom like that, suddenly swearing at the other person?
At her feet, the sword she had been wearing around her waist just before fell in its sheath.
I didn’t miss it, I just loosened the thing I was wearing around my waist and put it down.
“Pick up the sword again right now..!!!”
“Umm, I’m using the same language, but I can’t seem to understand it… I will tell you again.”
As if they thought it was an insult to throw their swords on the ground while they were demonstrating each other’s swordsmanship, they raised their index fingers at the snarling student of Clover.
“One finger is enough to deal with you guys.”
The stadium turned upside down.