93 – Anxiety
Delos Academy is basically a place where people with a passion for learning gather.
It can also be seen as an educational institution that lives up to its name as the best talent training center in the empire.
Of course, there are always exceptions, so there are also cases in this group that do not pay much attention to improving grades or abilities.
But that is only in the minority.
That’s why, when the exam is right around the corner, the academy transforms into a place where sparks of competition are fired.
Especially if it’s a test that could decide a year’s worth of academy life.
“Hey, did you hear the story? Speaking of writing the basic theory of magic this time, did you hear that the range has increased?”
“What, really? I wasn’t ready until then.”
So, during this period, a political arena that leads to various secret plans and despicable acts sometimes takes place.
Spreading lies about the scope of the exam is part of the cute axis, and in the worst case, it leads to the act of burning other cadets’ notebooks.
However, even in this cold competition, true bonds do bloom.
As if to prove this, quite a number of people gathered beside Belle who moved her pen holder after taking a seat in the library after school.
These were the ones who stepped out to help him, who was lost in theory.
“Is this a real bird head? How can you forget what you taught me three minutes ago?”
Of course, I only said that I would help, but I never said that the process would be gentle, so it was basic that the sale would come in about once every five minutes.
Speaking of selling, there was only one person out of the three people gathered here who could say bad things about Bell.
“Dude, what is a bird head to a person? And what to do when you see that the content is difficult.”
Bell responded with a brusque tone to the words that came out of Marie’s mouth as she continued to strike the pen nib with the force to puncture a hole in her notebook.
Who asked you to teach me in the first place?
People say that they will study alone at best, but they come after me and say things like that.
At this point, it is doubtful that he may have come up with a new sabotage out of concern about getting high grades.
“So you solved it easily and let me know! I mean keep it in your head!”
“Guys, first of all, it’s a library, so be quiet….”
As the two started bickering, Aden, who had been watching from the side, stopped them by noticing the surroundings.
It’s been a long time since I’ve come to study with Belle and spend time together, but since the two of them are busy fighting every 5 minutes, I can’t afford to study.
It is safe to say that the two original purposes have already been abandoned.
“Ehehehe, Bell is a little weak in theory. She’s too busy sleeping in her herbalism class.”
Tina, who was watching the three of them talking, testified with a strange laugh that seemed to be a mixture of a cat and a dog.
However, Bell had room to protest in her own way.
“That’s a problem with the teaching method. She assures me, I’ve never seen anyone as bad in class as that old hag.”
Seeing him start to gossip about Professor Fenneline, who had been complaining that he wasn’t there, everyone expressed disapproval, but couldn’t deny it.
Leaving aside the strict side, it was hard to deny that the old professor’s class was a tedious class method in which only theories were hammered into one’s head.
At least Tina has a lot of interest in herbalism, so she stays sane even during her class, and even Aden, who has a diligent attitude in her class, is busy fighting soma during her herbalism class.
To put it mildly, even Elisha, after going through herbalism classes a couple of times, said around the corner, ‘The class is difficult.’
Maybe that’s why when the schedule for the written exam was decided this time, the subject that the cadets were most worried about was herbalism.
There are many people who do not pay attention to the study itself, and since the theory is virtually everything, I have to wrap my head all the more.
Right now, considering that Tina’s notebook was borrowed from one person to another until this afternoon, it’s literally a situation where you have to borrow at least a cat’s hand.
“But don’t you guys study? It would be better to look at the textbook one more time when you have time to study for others.”
In the midst of the three of them teaching——actually, Mari was teaching alone——all of them flinched at the words Bell uttered while moving the pen holder.
At least Aden, who came to study for herself, was better off, and Tina, who found the library with her bare hands without even her books, avoided her gaze as if stabbed.
In the midst of this, as expected, Mari was the first to speak out.
“Poetry, noisy! What would you say to a person who splits the time to study at best to teach you?”
“No, who asked me to study? So if you don’t have enough time, it means go and study for yourselves.”
Belle was just curious about Mari’s sudden fire.
At least he would be grateful if he sought her teaching and they took the time to visit, but she chased her on the way to the library alone and ended up in this situation.
Of course, he was grateful, but he couldn’t figure out why he wanted to split up his own time to teach.
In the first place, the act of taking on such a debt was not very comfortable for him.
“Now, calm down, both of you. Belle said this because she was worried about Miss Marie, and it happened because she wanted to help Belle, right? There is no need to fight over this.”
“Who, who wanted to help… !”
“Rather than worrying, it meant why I was having trouble buying it.”
When Arden, who was worse off, tried to mediate, contrasting reactions came out.
Unlike Marie, who turned her head away with her cheeks blushing, Belle’s side only clenched her chin with a sullen expression.
Actually, Aden’s words were not very wrong.
She was just worried. Her words tickled her a little, so she replied in a brusque tone.
Meanwhile, Aden, who was watching the attitude of the two, smiled bitterly at her.
She knew that Marie liked her Belle, but was shy and did the opposite, but she was also quite blunt, so I thought this close-knit relationship was very subtle.
A girl who has to make her friend, Marie, her partner. From her point of view, any gain is an advantage, but on the other hand, she also wants to help.
The more a woman knows love, the more she wants to support the same woman.
“Rather than that, where did Lorne go today? You can’t see it at all.”
Tina, who was watching while slowly waving her legs as she continued her studies in the calm air again, threw her hwadu.
When her eyes caught the pen between her nose and mouth, Arden retrieved it and smiled at her.
It’s like this tomboy. When did you pick up someone else’s pen again?
“You seem a bit busy. Aden, haven’t you heard anything else?”
“Yes, no. In the first place, we couldn’t meet today except during lunchtime.”
Bell’s eyebrows furrowed as Arden answered as she put her pen into the pencil case.
Who is Lone?
She was a girl who would come to him anytime, anywhere, without a message.
It was quite rare for him not to meet her all day long.
Perhaps it’s because I recently had an opportunity to infer her physical condition, so even though I hadn’t seen her for a day, I was a bit concerned.
If it was the same as before, she would have taken care of herself and passed it on.
“A childhood friend of yours might have gone to the lab.”
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“Lab?”
Unexpected information was delivered to him, who was unable to concentrate on his studies due to his anxious mind.
Marie, who had been staring at her notebook indifferently, was the first of the four to make a statement that could guess Lone’s location.
In particular, Bell’s eyes widened as the place felt quite out of the blue.
“A lab, whose lab?”
Aden asked on behalf of Bell, who opened her eyes in surprise.
When you say a laboratory, you probably mean a private space used by professors, but isn’t it meaningless if you don’t know whose laboratory it is?
“Professor Greerick. I was in class with him earlier, but I forgot to leave my pencil case, so I went back to the classroom and heard Professor Grerick calling me to the lab after school.”
“…… !”
At that moment, Bell’s eyes flashed.
It’s not her business where Lone goes after school, but when she finds out that the other person is Grerick’s laboratory, she realizes her complacency.
‘Why didn’t I think of that?’
Yes.
It looks peaceful on the outside, but within this academy there is a being called Greric Kirsland that has almost fallen into their hands.
I don’t know why that person suddenly contacted Lorne at this time, but I guess I need to be vigilant.
In particular, if his assumptions are correct, the problem may become even greater because Lorne is currently in a very unstable state psychologically.
“Wait a minute! Where are you going!?”
Marie raised her voice at Bell, who abruptly stood up from her seat.
People around the library focused their attention on the loud sound, but Bell didn’t care and packed her things.
“You guys go to the dormitory first. I’m going to look for Lorne’s guy.”
“You said you would go to the lab. I’m not a child who was put out on the waterside….”
I wouldn’t be so worried about the child I put out on the water’s edge.
Bell smiled bitterly as if she agreed with Marie’s muttering, and left the library.
As I ran down the hallway, the wind that blew felt especially cold today.