Academy’s Weapon Replicator chapter 217

Chapter 70

A few days later, an abandoned building in the center of the continent.

Around noon, wolves on two legs appeared.

They twitched their noses as they were unfamiliar with this strangely quiet place today. It was rare for them to arrive at the meeting point first.

There is nothing good about humans and monsters being together for a long time, so the order is usually to leave immediately after receiving a human corpse… … .

“Now!”

Tadang!

sudden cry. Some of the humans who were hiding shouted and at the same time the door of the abandoned building was closed.

“Keek!!”

The wolves instinctively turned back and ran away. When running at full speed, they were galloping on all fours and looked like wolves.

This building was built a long time ago, so it was that old, so there was a gap that didn’t have to be a door to get out.

however.

Scratch!

“Don’t miss a single one!!”

Even in the gaps, the blades of humans who had been waiting in advance flew like mobiles.

Even if they are external monsters, they specialize in concealment. In this completely revealed and locked-down situation, he had no talent to withstand the attacks of skilled veteran pros.

A one-sided massacre takes place, and after a while.

“Everything is cleared up.”

The wolves turned into corpses and rolled on the floor.

“It’s just as Edden said. You are truly amazing.”

The pros approached Edden, who took the lead here.

“Tracking the discovery areas of people who have been injected with mana to find a tangent point, I don’t even know the direction.”

“Haha, I was lucky. I’ve predicted several other places besides this one, but luckily I got caught the first time.”

Edden humbly lowered his ball, but somehow his expression stiffened.

“Eden, what are you doing? I have a bad complexion.”

“Oh, no. Could it be? I just feel relieved that things are going well. It looks like you are tired.”

“ha ha ha. I understand. I’ve been chasing these guys for a long time.”

As Edden said, this case can be seen as almost settled.

“At the end of the day, the boy was right. Are you really using Constell’s lab?”

“This operation was a great contribution from Frontier and Mr. Edden. Thanks to the two of you, we were able to finish the operation safely without any major damage.”

“But Frontier, after all, you don’t participate in the communication operation. He also prefers resourcefulness, as predicted by other pros. As a fighter, I don’t think it’s possible.”

“I think so. Isn’t it? Mr. Edden.”

“Yeah, that’s right. Of course, Frontier was very helpful.”

Edden’s face stiffened as soon as he heard Frontier’s name. Stuttering to the end was definitely not like that. The answer is also slightly different.

Edden put his hand on his head and shook his head.

“Um, I have to leave now. I am really tired today.”

“Yes. It sure looks like you’re tired. Get a good rest.”

Edden walked into his vehicle, being seen off by other colleagues.

As soon as he got into the car, his phone rang.

I looked at the screen and saw a text.

[thank you for your effort.]

That one short sentence.

It wasn’t a big deal, but Edden shook his hand.

‘I was watching… … .’

He cannot read Frontier with his senses. Was he around here, or was he using something else to observe him?

Edden sat still in the car for a moment, unable to feel Frontier, just in fear that he was watching him from anywhere.

* * *

After the joint operation was over, the Roach family had a family meal after a long time.

It was a commemoration of the successful completion of Frontier’s first professional experience.

On the surface, it was similar to the appearance of Frontier when he took first place in the final exam, but there were two differences.

First, it was eating out, but this time the meal was held at the mansion. This was Atji’s request.

And secondly.

“… … Oh, I, that… … .”

Selena, who was sitting next to Frontier, rolled her eyes eagerly.

It’s a family meal, but Selena couldn’t understand why she was here now.

Besides, what is this gloomy atmosphere? Since it is a family meal to commemorate the celebration, no one has said anything from a while ago. What, is everyone mad? because of me? Because it’s presumptuous for me, not my family, to go to a dinner party?

So I’m not coming!

“It’s okay, Selena.”

said Frontier.

“There is no need to forcefully create a topic of conversation. Originally, my family was reticent.”

“Is that so?”

“okay. It’s not because of you that the atmosphere is hard and heavy or anything like that.”

Is it the human psychology that makes you feel more like that if you say it specifically like that?

“Aww.”

Ampere called Atzier.

“Yes.”

“Frondie participated in the place where the pros used to be, how was it to you?”

Atjie answered him without hesitation.

“There was no shortage.”

“──Well. Right.”

And silence again.

Selena rolled her eyes hard to see if this was really true, but she was the only one who found this silence awkward.

Malia, who watched it silently, opened her mouth.

“Did you say Selena?”

“hot! Yep!”

“I heard that my son hired him as an escort.”

“Yes Yes! you’re right. I am Frontier-sama’s escort.”

Seeing Selena answering like a parrot, Malia asked with a smile.

“Isn’t Frontier being bullied? Even though he doesn’t look like that, he’s got a bit of a mischievous side.”

little?

Selena wholeheartedly endured such a question.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Frontier treats me well.”

“Um, but in my opinion.”

Malia was speechless and looked at Selena silently.

Then he turned his gaze to Frontier.

“No matter how you look at it, it seems like they were chosen based on their looks. Frontier?”

Malia was half joking, but half sincere. A suspicious look was mixed with a smile.

“When I called for a job, the only person who came was Selena. I was perplexed too.”

Frontier said.

Selena was rather nervous at the answer.

The fact that I was embarrassed, that is, even Frontier was-

“Are you saying you’re pretty too?”

Malia asked Selena’s true intentions.

said Frontier.

“Well, I have eyes too.”

Frontier and Malia were talking to each other, but Selena’s face was getting redder.

“But to protect my son, it’s usually not enough to have the skills.”

“… … I am definitely feeling it.”

Selena nodded her head. Because Frontier is a person who doesn’t know how to waste my life.

However, after absorbing Helheim’s mana, Frontier had almost no weakness in close combat.

Of course, if you meet someone as strong as Elin, you tend to be at a disadvantage, but most people don’t even have access to Frontier in the first place.

… … hey me It seems that Frontier is no longer needed… … .

“Okay.”

Surprisingly, it was Ampere who supported Selena at that time.

“I checked it out a while ago. He has some skills.”

Ampere remembers the first time she saw Selena.

At first he too thought that Frontier was just an escort as an excuse to wear a woman, but Selena immediately reacted to the life he shot and went into battle stance.

The instantaneous distance, the speed at which you switch to a combat stance, and that posture. It was the conclusion I reached after evaluating everything.

“Oh. you’re running out of compliments Do you think you are really talented?”

“I am qualified as an escort. I just said that.”

Ampere said it as if he were correct, but how much recognition did he get for that word alone? Selena, who knew this, bowed her head deeply.

“Go, thank you.”

“… … Well.”

Ampere was grateful without saying anything.

Then I heard a small hoarse cough.

“… … father.”

Atji made a voice.

Frontier, Ampere, and Malia were startled by the voice and focused their attention on him.

Because Atjie’s voice gave him a hint of hesitation.

Atji is hesitating! It’s a sight you don’t see a few times a year.

“What’s going on?”

“I want to tell you why I created this place.”

As Atjie said, he himself was the first to mention this position. He was the one who suggested eating in the mansion.

Of course, the reason was to congratulate Frontier for his first professional experience, but personally, Atji, that was only a superficial reason.

“reason?”

“Our operation was a coalition of Imperial Palace, Pro, and Constell. Constell had several teachers, including Frontier, and there were knights in the Imperial Palace.”

“Know.”

“And the Empress Dowager also participated. At your own active request.”

“I know that too.”

What Atjie was talking about now was information he already knew.

Therefore, all of them could not understand why Atji was bringing up these words. It was the same with Frontier.

“It is said that Her Majesty the Empress strongly appealed to Frontier’s contribution to the successful completion of this joint operation.”

“… … Is it a strong appeal? to whom?”

Malia asked. Atjie didn’t show anything, but a sigh naturally mixed with his voice.

“Your Majesty the Emperor.”

“… … ?!”

“That’s why I’m sending you a letter to congratulate the important personnel of this operation. He hasn’t come yet, but maybe even Frontier.”

In other words, Frontier goes to the Imperial Palace to see the Emperor. Of course there can be no refusal.

At the words of Atjie, silence fell over the dinner table.

The quiet meal before a while ago was just that everyone was silent, but this time really no words came out. Even that Ampere’s expression hardened.

“This is my personal opinion, but I think the Empress participated in this operation to create an excuse to meet Frontier and His Majesty.”

“The Empress Dowager Frontier?”

“Yes. I don’t know why, but the Empress was friendly with Frontier and was showing it off.”

Of course, Atzier didn’t say anything about Frontier calling the Empress ‘Mr. Philly’ or something like that.

Because I don’t want to kill my brother.

‘… … But is it something that should be this serious?’

Frontier narrowed his eyes as he looked at the atmosphere around him. It is said that meeting the emperor is burdensome, but from the point of view of the family, it would be a supreme honor. Moreover, it is even more so because there was an active appeal of the Empress.

“Frondie. Do you remember what I said last time?”

Then Malia asked Frontier.

Frontier was nervous inside. This is undoubtedly a question to the frontier before possessing. Information that Frontier does not know at all now.

“The day you were born, when I embraced you and met Your Majesty in the name of your family.”

If it was a noble family like Roach, there were frequent exchanges with the emperor. Ampere also doesn’t like him at heart, but he is in a position where he cannot deny all the calls of the Imperial Palace.

“Then His Majesty looked at you and pointed at you, saying, ‘The devil’s child’.”

“… … Yes?”

“Do you remember when I told you this? So your dad was very angry at the time. Are you swearing at my wife and children? Since then, your father, who has always hated the Imperial Palace, frowns when he hears sounds like ‘Zodiac’.”

“It is natural. The person who speaks like that is the emperor. Nothing will change my mind unless Barthello comes before me and kneels down.”

Ampere said, referring to the emperor’s name.

Selena opened her mouth and was surprised at the remark, but it was not a big deal for Ampere, who had become close with Bartello during the war with monsters before he took the throne.

More importantly, Frontier had a problem.

‘The Devil’s Child… … ?’

Is it normal for the emperor to say something like that when he sees a baby for the first time? Not to mention a baby of a prestigious family. Even though Frontier was evaluated as incompetent and lazy before he possessed it, isn’t that something from when he was a baby?

“Frondie. If I go to the Imperial Palace.”

Atji said.

“Stay as far away from the emperor as possible. Don’t make eye contact with him, just act like he doesn’t exist. I don’t know why, but Your Majesty hates you very much.”

“… … older brother. The Empress recommended me, can I just pass by like that?”

Atjie’s long-suffering sigh finally flowed out at Frontier’s question.

“That’s the problem.”

Frontier felt like he wanted to sigh side by side.

Before I took possession, I believed that I had shaken off all the Frontiers of the past.

There was still a ‘price of laziness’ left for Frontier.

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