246 – Pretend you don’t know (4)
After entering Theo’s room, Amy closed her eyes for a moment and pursed her mouth.
“······I’ll tell you, young master.”
She soon began to talk in a calm voice.
She entered the Balderk family a few years ago by lying about her origins and purpose and getting a job under false pretense under the orders of her group to ‘watch the Balderk main family.’
Until recently, she had continued to hand over Theo’s information to Dan.
The reason I asked if you had any plans this Friday was because Dan’s executives wanted to see Theo.
She told Theo everything except for the story related to Selena, who was being held hostage in Dan. The reason she didn’t mention Selena is because she didn’t want to seem like she was being emotional.
“······This is it, young master.”
After finishing her words, Amy bowed her head thoughtfully.
Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Theo’s lap sitting on her chair. There was no movement in his knees. It was just in the same place as the beginning.
Amy’s anxiety grew even more due to her strange attitude.
Her lips were dry.
After a while, Theo suddenly said.
“I see.”
“······.”
“I will meet Equilibrium executives on Friday.”
“······?”
Amy raised her head and looked at her Theo with a questioning expression.
He was just nodding her head lowly. It was not at all the angry or dismissive attitude she had imagined.
There was silence in the room.
Amy pursed her dry lips.
“······How can you do that?”
Amy spoke to Theo, who just stared at her calmly.
“I have been deceiving you until now. From the beginning, our relationship also started with a lie. But…how can you do that?”
After saying that, Amy lowered her head again.
The reason she lowered her head this time was not because she was anxious. How long has it been since she poured out her emotions so passionately? It felt like she was going to cry.
Theo said.
“······I think the past fades in front of the present.”
He placed his hands on Amy’s shoulders.
Shocked and surprised, Amy raised her head.
Theo met Amy’s eyes and continued speaking.
“I told you, right? Amy, you are my secretary.”
“······.”
“Stay by my side. “In the future too.”
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Friday, morning.
In the Warrior Department, team classes are held today as well.
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Students gathered in the dome stadium chatted in groups of twos and threes.
“Hey, hey, what class are you having today?”
“I don’t know. However······”
“······But?”
“When I arrived, I saw the instructors’ expressions were warm. “It’s probably an easy class.”
“Oh… I believe in you.”
“Come on, gather around! When I say ‘our team’, you are shouting ‘fighting’? “Even if we’re not as good as Team Theo, let’s try to get into the top 20!”
“Good!”
“Okay, let’s go! “Our team!”
“”””Fighting!””””
“Hey! I bring you good news! “Today’s class is group physical training!”
“Oooh! It’s sh*t, really. What about physical training, running in the stadium as a group, something like that?”
“I don’t know that far. But, compared to the classes I’ve been taking so far, it’s like eating raw food!”
“Yin Duong~!”
The students’ harmony did not last long.
“What are you doing, everyone! That’s all I can do! And still, are you the next hero team? 30 Seconds have already passed and no one has passed! “In my day, I could climb all rock walls of that height in less than 30 seconds!”
“You idiots! How could you run away from an armed intruder like that? Move so your legs are not visible! Imagine a robber holding a knife to your throat!”
“If you don’t cross the starting line within 3 minutes, you get one more lap! There is no such thing as a weak wizard! “If your co-worker is having a hard time, come in within 3 minutes, even if it means carrying him on his back!”
Instructors wearing angled red hats screamed loudly into microphones.
It was a destructive form of physical training that gave only 10 minutes of rest time for every 50 minutes of training.
Since it was a group training session with a large group of 1,000 people, it was easy for them to make a fuss, but the students could not do that.
“Hey, Jacob! A kid from the Department of Exploration is going in front of you! Run faster! “Are you still in class A in the knight department?”
“Good, good! Julia, you are also a treasure of the Knights Club! “Get rid of all those bastards from the Heroes’ Department!”
This is because numerous instructors and professors from various departments, including the Department of Knights and the Department of Exploration, immediately caught the students from their departments.
The students who were being pushed around bit their lips so hard that they felt like they were about to explode.
“Hey you bastard! “They say it’s an easy class, they say it’s an easy class!”
“I didn’t even know I could do this! Huh, huh! First of all, stop talking to me, you bastard! “It’s so hard I’m dying!”
“Ssssshhhhh Whoosh, whoosh… Okay, let’s go until we get there. Hey, don’t give up on Gao, everyone!”
“Ugh, uhhh… I can’t feel my legs… Why did I apply for something like AID… I want to go back to the peaceful Faculty of Magic….”
The students’ voices rang out.
Locke was looking down at the scene from under the observation deck located high up in the dome stadium.
“Hmm. Looks like everyone is still living. If it was really hard, there wouldn’t be a sound like that. “How about increasing the intensity?”
Locke spoke to the exploration professor next to him.
The professor in the Department of Exploration nodded his head quickly several times.
“I agree, Head Professor! Isn’t there a saying that physical strength is the strength of a nation? There is nothing wrong with having good physical strength! “Whether you’re fighting or exploring, you need to have stamina!”
“I see. Then, please instruct the instructors to increase the intensity of training, Professor Armstrong.”
“Yes, yes! That’s a fair point, Head Professor! You can train even harder on Fridays! Just looking at those guys, it’s clear they’ll be having meetings on Saturday and Sunday!”
······In that way, the intensity of training increased without stopping.
Each of the 1,000 students has different physical fitness levels.
The speed that someone with good physical strength finds appropriate for running can be a torture that tests their limits every second for someone with poor physical strength.
“Oh, sh*t! I really can’t do this! “I’m doing 30 laps without stopping!”
─What kind of bastard cursed? Do you think it’s still worth buying? 3 Additional wheels added!
“Kwaaa! Hey, you crazy bastard! “Shut up!”
─What, what? Is it really worth living in? 3 More laps added!
Students with poor physical strength were dying because of the abusive language spat out by students with good physical strength.
Of course, the instructors at Ellinia Academy were not easy people.
“hehehe, hehehehe… I think I’m really going to die if I keep doing this.”
─There, at the very end is the Department of Magic! There is no such thing as a magic department! If you can’t do one lap in one minute, everyone gets to do three more laps!
“Hwaaah, huaaa…!”
······After the hellish morning training, it was lunch time.
The lunch menu was a packed lunch. Everything was unified as one.
“””······.”””
No student opened their mouth. It was so hard that I was close to dying.
Most students usually ate their lunch boxes in 5 minutes, but they were so exhausted that they ate them for over 20 minutes.
Instead of eating, some students were just staring into space as if they were lost.
Seria said that.
“······uuu.”
“Miss Seria, why don’t you eat some lunch instead of just air? “You need to eat it quickly now so that you don’t hurt your side when you run again later.”
Irene said while eating her lunch box.
Ceria looked at Irene, who seemed to have regained vitality in her body, with her tired eyes.
‘A woman like a monster.’
Not only did Irene maintain her lead from the start, but she continued to run without any change in speed even after picking herself up after she fell from exhaustion.
Her overwhelming physical strength was no different from magic…
Ceria held her fork in her trembling hands.
“······Yes. “I have to eat, I have to eat…”
At that time, another monster appeared.
The monster also ran without any change in speed even after picking up a teammate who had fallen from exhaustion. Even though she is smaller than Irene.
The monster spoke to Theo, who was eating in silence.
“Hey, when do you want to come visit my family? “My father said to ask.”
The identity of the monster was Piel.
Theo slowly chewed the meatball he put in his mouth and spoke.
“How about this weekend?”
“Oh, really? Okay. “I’ll call you and ask if it’s okay.”
P.L. Left for his team again. She had a tell-tale smile on her lips.
“······?”
Irene and Seria narrowed their eyes and looked at Theo.
It was Irene who opened her mouth first.
“Theo. What does that mean? “You’re going to visit Miss Piel’s family?”
“This is my relationship with Sir Maximin, whom I met at an academic seminar. “Would you like to go together?”
Irene and Seria’s eyes widened.
“Sure, sure!”
“······Heung, it’s not all hard work today. “I also always wanted to visit the Gare du Chalons, which is famous all over the continent.”
Alice and Alps, who were eating quietly with their ears open, also nodded.
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Today’s training is all over.
The physical training time was extended because of the laggards, so it did not end until after 6 p.M.
‘It won’t be too late.’
Theo took a shower and left the dome stadium.
······It is time to meet Equilibrium’s executives.