298 – Side Story 10
Winter vacation is over. A new year at the academy has begun.
Someone could be preparing to go through the final year well.
Someone else may have escaped freshmen and become seniors for the first time.
And someone, with high expectations and trembling tension.
He must be a fresh freshman who has just entered the academy.
“… Whoa.”
After taking a deep breath, Damian crossed the academy’s main gate.
Finally, she finally got her feet in the right place.
How much effort you’ve put in over the past few years to get here.
Even now, just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes.
Originally, the Imperial Academy had a great reputation.
In the meantime, as the empire has grown tremendously in recent years, recruiting talented people has also become important.
That said, it would be a big deal if someone was chosen and there was a disruption in administrative work.
If you want to advance into the central political world and at least have a relationship with the central political world.
There are even rumors that it is beneficial to go to the academy unconditionally.
Not simply to prove one’s worth, but to establish a kind of academic relationship.
School ties are not unconditionally bad. If it is a kite in an excellent place, it is rather good.
Because entering the academy and graduating without incident is proof that you are a decent person.
‘Everyone else fell, and only I stuck.’
The House of Viscount Rse, to which Damian belongs, is an ordinary aristocratic family located in the eastern part of the Empire.
It’s not too strong, but it’s not overly weak either.
It is a place that can be called a typical local noble family of an empire.
And that means that you can go up as much as you want, depending on how much effort you put in.
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Just like Damian right now, not just a nobleman, but a titled nobleman who will become the next Viscount.
If you enter an academy, get good grades, and even graduate.
With many good friends and seniors and juniors, you can go one step further to the center.
“Does our Viscount Ruse remain a mediocre viscount in the east? Or will it be a place where you have friends all over the empire, even though your power is in the east? It’s on your shoulders Damian.”
On the day he left for his academy, he remembered his father, who was talking while holding onto his shoulder.
He’s a good person both as a parent and as a head of household, but he couldn’t do more than that.
There is greed, but there is no power to achieve it, so it’s natural.
The viscount hoped that his son, the successor of the family, would find a way out.
Damian also hoped that he could do that.
It’s not bad to be a viscount, but I want to get involved with people who are great at being nobles.
But don’t make it too complicated. To the extent of properly saying hello.
“Welcome, new students. At the Imperial Academy, which boasts a long history….”
First of all, it started with the dean’s greeting to welcome the new students.
“First of all, the great benefactor of the academy, the legitimate ruler of the empire. Dear Emperor….”
Before that, I didn’t forget to thank the emperor first.
It’s been a long story, but there’s only one thing I want to say in the end.
Work hard. Then the appropriate price will return to you.
It doesn’t matter if your title is high or low here.
Right now, noble people from the imperial family also went through this academy.
Even those people have never received special favors like this.
So grit your teeth and try and try again.
So, as a civil servant in charge of the administration of the empire.
Some are aristocrats who return to their hometown and remain loyal to the empire.
If you live like that, the day will come when the light will shine.
“Ah. And the freshman welcome party….”
Welcome party for freshmen. This is another very important event.
For students who are new to the academy, seniors are just as important as professors.
It is a place to meet and talk with those seniors for the first time.
In the meantime, if you have similar areas or similar interests, you can get closer.
In an aristocratic society, networking is a weapon sharper than any sword.
If you are lucky enough to get in touch with the marquis family, it can be said to be the best.
I didn’t enter for that purpose, but isn’t good good?
After finishing his remarks, the dean left first, saying he expected the freshmen’s academic achievement.
Then the student council president who had been waiting for him took his place.
“Juniors. We warmly welcome you to the academy. Everyone must have suffered a lot. As a senior, I know everything. I hope you all work hard and achieve what you want so that you will not regret your life here.”
Clap clap!-
At the sound of applause, he waved his hands as if he had become the student council president.
And after explaining a bit more about the welcome party for freshmen.
Next, we started talking about activities within the academy.
“If you want to build friendships with seniors among freshmen, we recommend club activities. It’s not just networking, maybe you can get a lot of help and lessons.”
At that, Damian nodded her head, saying he had definitely heard of it.
Like the ‘magic debate’ that boasts a long history with the establishment of the academy.
There are quite a few places that simply go beyond the framework of a club, such as the ‘Swordsmanship Circle’.
It’s hard to get in, and it’s not easy to be active even after you get inside.
But once you enter, I heard that there are some pretty talented seniors.
Damian’s goal is to stare at those two clubs….
“Student president! I have a question for you!”
“It doesn’t have to be difficult. I wish I could just call you senior.”
“Oh, yes! Seniors! I have a question! How do I join the shaman club?”
A few nobles look puzzled at the word witchcraft.
Isn’t it because you’re being pushed by magic that you don’t get friendly attention?
Why did you come to the academy to find something like that!
‘Those who are behind the times.’
Damian clicked his tongue inside her as he saw those nobles.
All of them appear to be from the same local nobility as himself.
No matter how hard it is to get news from the central government, you should know what you know.
I’ve been getting a lot of interest in witchcraft lately.
One female student, who is now in her second year, even received her title of nobility for her occult studies.
That too directly to the emperor. As a commoner, this was something I could never have imagined.
‘When did that happen? Do you still have that kind of reaction to stories of witchcraft?’
Because of those things, they are amicably ignored as rural aristocrats.
In reality, I am more sensitive to information than anyone else, and I try to live a sophisticated life.
Those who show off like that will make such efforts go to waste.
“If it’s a witchcraft club… Ah. It seems to be referring to a sorcery research society.”
“That’s right!”
“Mmm, I don’t want to scare you already, but it won’t be easy.”
At the words of the student council president, the freshmen’s faces harden slightly.
Why? Did something happen to the sorcery club?
“The magic club is quite popular. In addition, I know that club applicants are selected after taking an exam. I also look at the grades for each test there.”
Oh my God. Isn’t it just a simple interview?
It’s burdensome enough to take the exam, but they even check the grades.
That means, even if you pass the exam and enter, if your grades are bad, you can be kicked out.
‘I heard there’s no such thing in magic debates and swordsmanship circles?!’
Damian was also considering joining a shaman club.
But when I heard the conditions, that thought disappeared.
‘It would be better to join the magic club or the swordsmanship club….’
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Just as I was thinking, a sturdy male student next to me raised his hand.
“Sir! I have a question for you too!”
“Due to time constraints, I will take this as the last question. What is it?”
“How do you get into the newly established training club?”
… What? What club? Training club? What else is that
It seems that Damian is not alone. It is clear that the other freshmen are also wondering, “What is it?”
“As for the training club, Kyle John Nassen, a current sophomore, is in charge. However, there is also a witchcraft club. No, it will be more difficult than that.”
“Are you taking a test?”
The student council president shakes his head at the freshman’s question.
“There is no exam. Instead, every day, every day will be a test. Be aware. Kyle John Nassen knows whether you’ve been exercising all day or not.”
What the heck, who in the club is going to do that?
I have heard about John Nassen many times already.
If you were asked to pick the hottest place in the empire right now, you would pick that place.
But that’s it, and wanting to be close to the academy is another thing.
It is now a known fact that John Nassen undergoes very severe training.
What kind of academy student would go through such hardships at the academy!
“And it can be a bit burdensome. First of all, there is the 5th Princess as the advisor of the club, and the Elga student of the Grand Duchess of Littorio and the saintess are also in the club.”
“Heo Eok?!”
“In addition, there is Ian, a second-year student recognized by the top 10 of the Empire, and the Imperial Knights a while ago….”
Hearing those words, Damian felt like his head went blank for a moment.
The staff composition is a bit small. No, it’s a bit ridiculous, isn’t it?
“By the way, new students wishing to join the swordsmanship club must first undergo verification in the training club. Apparently, the swordsmanship club expressed their wish to do it first.”
After hearing that, Damian was able to harden her heart right away.
Did you say it was a training club? I feel like I have to go in.