Avoid Former Co-Workers chapter 11

11 – 11. Victory Banquet (6)

How will people react when a girl who is loved by everyone and wants to be approached shows a serious face instead of a smile for the first time? .

It is said that they are more frightening than those who get angry often.

And at times like this, there’s always at least one ignorant guy who scratches his temper.

“Lady Rhenias seems to have misunderstood something. We will explain properly…”

“Isn’t the senior trying to come up with a reason why these people can’t enter?”

“Oh, no. This is what the professors… Huh!”

As soon as a third-year student puts the word professor, she shuts it up.

I knew that spitting out the word professor was self-inflicted, so I stopped it, but it was already too late.

“Ah~ professors? Which professor would have said that?”

“That, that’s it! T…”

It’s the same with the guy next to me who says he’ll fix it.

“Professor Terrier is absent from the banquet today. Professor Tornian has taken sick leave. Or maybe there is a professor’s name that begins with that pronunciation at Les Brandt Academy?”

It was a mistake to say the word “Professor” In his mouth, and there is no excuse for putting even a single word in Renias’ ear, which proves that their actions were wrong, and the biggest reveal that they did wrong. It was a mistake.

Because she is the main character of this banquet, and she is in a position where she knows almost all of her internal circumstances, there is little that she does not know.

At most, the students I hadn’t met well had just stormed into the banquet hall and were ready to stage a protest.

And today, Rhenias, who witnessed the reality of Levant Academy, realized that something quite serious was happening behind his eyes.

“Didn’t you just say that? These people caused a commotion and should be punished according to the proper policy.”

Rhenias created six djinns in an instant and was ready to emit the beam.

“Then I’m going to cause a commotion to the three of you, just like them, so would you like to punish me?”

Rhenias was spitting out the words ‘Do the same to me as you did to these people.’

The three self-proclaimed security guards who understood the meaning became dumb, and the twenty-year-old student, who had been cut at the entrance even with the banquet hall in front of him, showed an exhilarating expression as if his stomach was hollowed out.

“Why? If even the main character of a banquet makes mistakes, wouldn’t it be right to follow the rules?”

“That, that…”

“So far, you’ve only been pushing forward and supporting positions like this. Stupid.”

The voice of Rhenias, who always showed only a bright side of her, who only picked out the weak and bullied and ridiculed her, remained silent.

The three people, who were stunned by Rhenias’s voluptuous turmoil, were just staring at it.

“Before I screw up, apologize straight away, to everyone.”

Indeed, he is the jewel of Levant Academy.

An object of envy that is precious and precious to the extent that anyone wants to approach it and desires to see it up close.

Renias had never received bitter or muttering from the faculty as well as the students.

A girl with a kind heart that everyone of all ages would like, a beautiful appearance, and a bright smile that never got dirty.

As the girl who was sparkling just by her presence was wiping out her smile for the first time… The air in this place was infinitely shady and heavy.

When Rhenias shows a bloody face as he gets really excited about the uncomfortable truth that is happening in the dark of the academy, the three students standing in the name of security lower their tails, bow their heads one by one, and run away.

As the three seniors left, there was a short silence, and then the silver-haired girl turned around and bowed her head.

“I’m sorry I found out so late…”

Why was there no one among the avant-gardes to receive the award? Why is it not even called by name?

Renias judged that there must be a plausible reason for the people chosen according to some screening criteria or representative.

However, she has never seen her partner, Ronelion, ever suspicious, and although she has acted with Princess Ophelia’s expedition, she has not noticed a single case. She should have questioned sooner.

The avant-garde. A position with such a name is the position of a noble victim who will suffer and suffer the most.

A position where you should probably be treated the most and feel the risk burden endlessly for the back position.

When she realized her truth, she bowed her head and apologized unmistakably.

It was Lenias’ deep consolation to the people who must have been suffering inside and outside.

‘Well, that seems to have solved everything.’

The situation seemed to have been sorted out.

It seems that the girl’s sincere apology was well communicated to everyone.

Junon went back to the dormitory, saying that since Lenias was with her, she wouldn’t have to think about the future.

“…It’s not your fault, so it’s okay. You said you didn’t know, so what…”

“Yeah, even if it’s unfair, I can’t be angry with a junior who has done nothing wrong.”

“Th… Hmmm, if you’ll excuse me, could you help us get into the banquet hall? I want to get some advice from the seniors.”

hahahahahoho, unlike the banquet hall where a bright festive atmosphere was created with laughter and chatter, the entrance of the banquet hall had a cool and shady air current that could be compared to it.

When the precious girl, like the jewel of the academy, apologized wholeheartedly, the cold stares soon scattered like dandelion seeds.

“I’ll guide you myself. There’s no law preventing the same thing from happening inside the banquet hall.”

Twenty students became customers and spectators at the banquet, their faces full of hatred relaxed.

No one in the banquet hall is tackled by Rhenias, who is just a classmate who goes to the same academy, showing the image of her junior.

No, you were right in saying that you can’t fight or quibble.

There are no exceptions for those who are tired of a pitiful sense of superiority, and for the professors who plotted slander against each other.

A lot of people were taken aback by the fact that she, who is no different from an academy’s idol, didn’t hide her expression and gave a warning by expressing it directly, and there were also quite a few people who were puzzled after noticing that the students from the lower classes were entering.

Thus, on the day when a naive girl who was ignorant of the underworld realizes the truth, the regressor’s fears will not happen.

***

Boo Woo-

A large ship arrives from the peninsula’s port at the far eastern end of Mir Park in the southeastern region.

“Haa, I’m a professor. What do you mean?”

On the ship, a man who was awarded a medal from the royal family of Artena and who devoted himself to new research after developing the Talbrut Arc that shook all mankind 15 years ago is lamenting.

It was because he had to go to the southern continent after receiving the direct order of the emperor not too long ago, leaving behind the research he was engrossed in. That’s why I’m going to take a professor position.

After the principality was officially approved by the Empire, it was the first time in several years that the Eastern Continent had sent someone from the Imperial Family, not materials or manpower.

“Anyway, I thought the Grand Duke would make an urgent request.”

This is because Archduke Ardelion was not happy with the situation in the duchy, so he asked the Empire to ask for the situation and asked the emperor’s chancellor, Meuniher.

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As soon as the ship docked, Princess Ophelia stepped out herself to serve the distinguished guest who had taken a step forward from the empire.

“I’m sorry to have to serve you for unavoidable reasons. Lord Gelbarten.”

“I’m fine. Princess Ophelia. I’ll ask you again, but are you really okay?”

Even though they are courteous to each other, Professor Meuniher asks again about the Archduke’s decision, which may be a little drastic since he knows what the situation is like in the principality exchanged through letters.

Then, Princess Ophelia nodded her head, conveying the Grand Duke’s strong will once again.

“I’ll tell you the rest of the story from the carriage. Go away, Lord Gelbarten.”

The distinguished guest from the empire grinned and tried to get rid of Ophelia’s negative mind.

“I don’t think that’s my name.”

“…Yes? What do you mean…”

“Now that I am here as a professor, please call me Professor Meuniher. Isn’t that right?”

Starting a conversation with a smirk is somewhat reminiscent of Goden.

It’s just a trivial pun, but is that a teacher or a disciple? Thanks to her, Ophelia’s heart is at ease.

“Okay. Professor Meuniher. Instead, you should treat me as a student, not as a princess.”

“hahahaha. You ate this one. Good. Student Ophelia.”

He, the best magic researcher of the Artena Empire and the best tactician of the imperial family, has arrived in Levant.

***

-Squeak!

I missed again this time.

“Ha…”

Contrary to what I thought, using a weapon was filthy difficult.

I planned to spend the rest of the time until the end of the semester on physical training and weapon training. I might not even have time to train like I do now next year.

It was too passive to entrust Rhenias with what would happen at the victory banquet.

In order to proactively think and judge in any way, to know in advance and deal with it, I had no choice but to draw out the strength that was still lacking.

So I thought I’d pick up a weapon and train before the year ends…

“Oh, really!”

-Squeak! Squeak Squeak!

“…You’re not laughing at me, are you?”

-Squeak squeak! Snap!

– Take it! Squeak!

I feel bad for no reason because it seems to be saying that I’ve slowed down for some reason.

Seeing them unluckyly hit their hips and run away makes me feel very hot up to my neck.

“aaa!!!”

That rat is an illusion summoned by a magic engineering device.

If you attack the summoned phantom and inflict a fatal wound, the phantom will return to a lump of magic.

To sum it up, I was training to beat the summoned ones.

This is a ‘mock battle’ where you can face off against monsters in advance, and it can be seen as a training that all students, without exception, must go through as it is a basic step in approaching actual combat, not just theory.

Anyway, if your goal is to grow, you don’t have to give up.

Haven’t I been training my body in the past few days? So, I wanted to try it at least once.

But you’re a little pissed off with this shape?

-Squeak!! Take!!

“Ha…”

I stopped the mock battle by turning off the device to cool off the heat accumulated in my head.

I can easily deal with them if I block their movement path with my own magic right now.

“But that would make no sense…”

You should always remember why you chose to train your body instead of using native magic.

What’s the point of growing by relying on magic you might lose later?

I thought that even if it was a bit difficult right now, it would be better if I could grow my body and use at least one weapon.

However, the results of the measurement did not give me a high possibility of a weapon skill.

[ Washing: 0.1% ]

[ Epee : 0.1% ]

[ Bow : 0.1% ]

[ Long spear : 0.1% ]

[ Great Edge : 0.1% ]

[ Gladius : 0.1% ]

…

…

Once, when I saw Senia and Goden holding up their weapons and slicing down monsters, wouldn’t it be okay for me to do it too? I thought.

But that was… A really bad idea.

“How can there be no weapon that suits my aptitude??????”

The weapon doesn’t fit to the point where I feel like I’m forced to wear clothes that don’t fit.

I’ve heard of everything from one-handed swords such as daggers and short swords to two-handed swords such as Zweihender and Great Edge, as well as spears of any length, but I just can’t get used to it. Even the proficiency shown by the training device seemed to tell me not to just use it.

I don’t think the effect will appear right away just because I suddenly use a weapon, which has only been blocking since I was born.

Still, if you hold it for hours, you’ll have to get into a sloppy posture! I need to see some progress! Why can’t i

It’s not just being a genius. It is said that when an ordinary person completes the weapon curriculum, the level of proficiency goes up to 5%.

I also went through the same procedure and invested more time and checked it several times.

…But I can’t really go up from 0.1% With any weapon?

It’s not even the ones place, it’s the first place after the decimal point! At this point, I heard that even professors openly say not to write.

“Please… Why is this the only shame…”

[ Shields: 31.4% ]

Even 10% is suitable for my aptitude, so it is recommended to practice, but 30% is exceeded. It literally means to use a shield.

It was the same during the comprehensive examination. The fact that the suitable position is said to be the avant-garde was actually good at not only magical powers, but also shield techniques.

It seems that his body openly wants a shield.

The problem is how to catch them if you only have a shield for the rest of your life. That’s why I was thinking of using a weapon…

“It’s a headache, really.”

I was scratching my head in annoyance for no reason, and I fell into thought while looking at the magical engineering device dedicated to mock battles.

“Talbrut Arc…”

Numerous scholars and researchers agonize over and publish papers based on the science of sorcery engineering, then go through clinical trials to produce and use sorcery engineering devices. Call it an object.

Most of the objects fall out of the screening or become obsolete and become clutter, but this is not the case with the one in front of you.

Talbrut Arc. Interpreted as an empire, it is a small cube that can be grasped with one hand, which means ‘a hexahedron that reproduces all things’.

This small cube is the result of applying hallucination magic and illusion magic and injecting the information of demons that exist on the continent of Kempreton.

Since Talbrut Arc was invented, mock battles have been created, and the damage that occurred on the battlefield has been reduced by 90%, so do we need to say more?

In other words, this is a rare masterpiece, and the inventor is the most rare inventor in the continent of Kempreton.

“It’s time for you to arrive.”

Muniher Gelwarten Emerald.

A forty-four-year-old middle-aged man who is Emperor Artena’s henchman and who will pull out all the rotten roots that have settled in the duchy and let everyone know, he is the rare inventor who created the Talbrt Arc.

To me, it would be more correct to say that he was a special yet strict teacher.

-‘Even if you can’t use magic, your body is moving. Keep in mind Because your mental strength is better than any other guys here.’

There is no one who can follow in the field of magical engineering, and even in magic research, he is a scholar at a level that can be said to go away.

I still don’t know why he looked at me and tried to raise me.

Also, like Professor Jake, I wonder why he once wanted to leave everything to me.

-‘I won’t leave it up to you. Please, Junon.’

That was the last word he left me while wasting time in a hopeless situation. It’s also the reason why my lips are chewing well.

“…Why did you entrust me with commanding power among many, many people at that time. Professor Meuniher?”

In the end, I failed and died.

I sit down with my sprawled body up and ask questions about his ironic choice while looking at the cube on his knees.

I know very well that no answer will come back even if I ask a question, but I just can’t understand it.

Why did it have to be me?

Among the members of the Thambris party, there were people who stayed here together, and among the A class students, there were people who had outstanding skills and experience.

Why did I have to take it?

I don’t know why they broke the seal of a substitute commander when they had to wait for the support of the Artena Empire after being separated from the main force.

Why did you single out me like Professor Jake?

As I lost my strength and found it difficult to properly perform the role of a mere avant-garde, there were only a few things I could do.

I wonder if I was the only one who thought so, at the time everyone was against it. Some even objected to the fact that they had to obey my orders right away, let alone take me to the end.

Then Professor Meuniher gave a final shout.

I can save everyone. I mean believe and follow.

“Really…Why me.”

As the best chancellor and strategist in the Artena Empire, he couldn’t accept his choice even to this day.

“Haa, I have to stop here for today.”

After confirming that the lecture time was approaching, I went straight to the shower room.

And as soon as I heard the sound of the shower door closing and locking,

T-Dik-

[ ── : 55.2% ]

[ This is the best fit rate! ]

Before falling in love with the past, the result window for the last weapon the boy had measured appeared.

However, the result window, which had been exposed for one minute, disappeared before the sound of water in the shower stopped.