A day at Montegro Academy is hectic.
Within a day of the academy, where the curriculum is all structured, students practice swords and learn magic according to their schedules.
A knight full of dignity, an honorable knight.
It was the standard of knighthood that all students of the Knights Faculty wished for.
To become a knight, I had to go through the process step by step.
First of all, those who wish to become knights are called Pages from an early age and do all kinds of chores for the Knights Templar, learn manners, and practice in their spare time.
However, most of the Knights Faculty students who entered the Montegro Academy skip this course.
This was due to the fact that most of them were of nobility, and in the distant past, commoners and nobles alike performed the page step regardless of whether or not they were, but now only common commoners followed this step.
Then there is the apprentice knight (Squire).
Years 1 through 3 are at this stage, where you learn how to trim weapons and armor, horseback riding, how to handle weapons, and how to survive on the battlefield with your bare hands under the guidance of a professor.
First graders usually have time to learn basic sword usage and horseback riding in the outdoors.
After a difficult year, when I enter my second year, I start taking classes about swords in earnest.
Since there are so many different types of swords, choose the sword that best suits your hand and start learning about the sword.
Usually, in this process, those who have a talent for swords and those who do not are clearly distinguished.
So, the talented students who stand out in this process are definitely pushed by the professors.
The professors of the Knights Faculty were usually from the Empire’s famous knights, mercenaries, and names of famous guilds.
So, when they see talented students, they send love calls to them to take them to their respective affiliations.
In most cases, the future of students is decided during this season, and talented students are scouted by famous guilds and knights, but there are cases where students without talent do not receive love calls.
And the talent that all the professors of the Faculty of Knights covet.
A girl who has no hesitation or hesitation in wielding a sword, the standard of a knight who overwhelmingly won the battle with her seniors.
He was a knight who knew honor and dignity, and his family was also the daughter of the Earl of Edinburgh, who produced countless famous knights.
Edinburgh Rose.
She was the envy of the first-year students of the Knights Faculty.
“Hey, really, that senior is really crazy.”
” ..Honestly I agree. How can you swing a sword without taking a day off?”
“If you’re like me, you can’t get out of bed because of muscle pain.”
“That senior won’t have any muscle pain, right? If you exercise like that all day, the muscle pain you have will die from muscle pain.”
“Crazy. What kind of bullshit is that.”
First-year Knights Faculty students admire Edinburgh Rosé, who wields a sword hard in the gymnasium.
She was wielding a crude wooden sword and swinging it vigorously from top to bottom.
The momentum was strong, and the sound of the gusts of the air and the wind breaking through the air could be felt even from afar.
A few first-year students believed in their talents and applied for a match with Rosé, but all of them were slaughtered without even being able to compete by 10.
The sword, called the life of a knight, was also completely smashed and was defeated so horribly that it was useless to leave it to the forge.
“Whew.. Whoo..”
Bamboo-like rigidity, to the extent that, if she was probably born as a man, rumors circulated that the head of the Earl of Edinburgh would have been hers long ago.
Rose’s talent was overwhelming.
Her brother held a sword, but was not gifted, and her sister showed little interest in swords.
Rosé’s father and head of the Earl of Edinburgh was old and decrepit and did not have the same momentum as before, and his older brother, whom he admired the most, lost his life in a battle with a monster.
The only hope left for the family now is Edinburgh Rose, she alone.
Therefore, she carried the weight of the family on her shoulders and steadfastly swung her sword.
Sometimes I wanted to throw everything away and run away, but every time I thought of my mother and older brother, I held it back.
Whoo!
Sand and gravel swaying due to strong wind pressure.
She wiped the sweat drops dripping down her chin with her palms and started to catch her breath for a moment.
Despite wearing airy clothes, her body was sweaty due to the academy’s weather.
shrill.
The cries of grasshoppers from far away.
As spring began to descend, the crowing of grass insects became more frequent.
Grassworms that make hard cries of courtship to find a mate.
The empty gymnasium, the floor of the gymnasium where the heat begins to rise.
And the sound of grasshoppers faintly heard from afar.
Edinburgh Rosé looked up at the blue sky while swinging her sword alone in an empty gymnasium.
A random cloud, an animal-shaped cloud I saw on the road, and a cloud resembling a sunny forest passed over Rosé’s head.
Perhaps because there was no wind, the clouds were slowly and leisurely roaming the sky.
Thanks to that, there were a lot of shaded areas in the theater, but it was fortunate.
“You’re alone today.”
Losing the momentum, Rosé let out a sigh mixed with heat and grabbed the wooden sword once more.
The power to get into his grip was weaker than before, but it seemed like he could still wield it a dozen more times.
“..Princess.”
Rosé recalled for a moment what had just happened.
A few hours ago, Rosé received a call from the princess, Hergé, to come to the cafe.
Although he was swinging his sword, it was the call of his master, so Rosé hurriedly got dressed and ran to the cafe.
Cafe, Ledu.
Famous for a cafe frequented by nobles, she knew the location because she had often visited with the princess in the past.
So, when I arrived at the cafe, the scene that Rosé witnessed.
” what..? “
” net.. “
“Princess..?”
Her master, Princess Herje, whom he served, and an unknown nobleman who told him what honor was a few days ago were flesh-to-heart.
Rosé witnessed a scene that looked like something out of a love story with her own eyes.
“Ew…why are you here…?”
“Ro..Rosé? This…this is a misunderstanding. It’s a very complicated matter.”
“That..that..excuse me!”
I quickly closed the door and left.
His face was hot and his body was hot.
It was a different concept from when he swung his sword.
“Heo Eok…! Heo Eok…! Rosé Wait a minute… My… Heo Eok…! Please listen to me.”
“Princess?”
Fortunately, the princess ran late and resolved the embarrassing misunderstanding, but Rosé could not easily shake off the buds of anxiety that were starting to grow deep in her heart.
‘Why did the princess and the noble lady have such an atmosphere…’
couldn’t figure it out
Since when did the princess and the noblewoman know each other?
Why didn’t the princess tell her the story about you?
Last time, the imperial princess gave a dry compliment to one of the students, but Rosé never imagined that the person the princess was referring to was a noble person she had met.
Any knight serving the master should not have any doubts about the master.
Rosé constantly reprimanded herself for not being able to easily shake off the anxiety and doubts in her heart.
He was swinging his sword in an empty gymnasium to shake off his complicated emotions.
As I sweated, overworked my muscles, and wielded my sword until it tattered, that feeling had long since disappeared beyond the distant horizon.
“Calm down, Rosé.”
He patted both cheeks with his leather gloved hand, dispelling his thoughts.
After using it for a long time, the gloves got a lot of grime on them, so there was something like black paint on both cheeks.
Rosé didn’t care at all.
“Let’s wield it.”
Today’s goal is to swing the sword a thousand times.
Since he had only swung 858 times, Rosé took a stance to swing the wooden sword again.
“Rosé-senpai.”
From the edge of the dance floor, someone started walking towards Rosé.
Rosé turned her head and looked at someone walking towards her.
“Curz?”
A man with dark blue hair was walking towards Rosé, waving his hand.
Leonardo Kurz, when he was young, he and Rosé faced swords.
Of course, the result of the match ended with Rosé’s overwhelming victory, but Rosé did not forget Kurz’s characteristic smile.
“It’s been a while, senior.”
“Senior, just call me Rosé sister.”
“I’ll do that then, sister.”
Kurz handed Rosé a piece of luxurious cloth to wipe off his sweat.
It was possible because he knew Rosé’s schedule.
Rosé casually wiped away the sticky sweat with the piece of cloth that Kurz had handed over.
“So what’s going on?”
Rosé, who had roughly wiped the sweat from his face, looked at Kurz and asked what he was doing.
I heard that Kurz had entered the academy, but Rosé had not been able to meet Kurz until now.
Was it because Kurz intentionally avoided it, or was it that they weren’t able to meet each other because they were busy?
I’m not sure, but Kurz and Rosé reunited at the academy after a long time.
“Your sister has a business, so I came to see you.”
“A dragon?”
“Yeah, I’m aiming for a counter-resistance, personal award this time.”
“Personal image?”
Rosé looked at Curz with a surprised expression at Curz’s words to win the individual award.
And that expression was possible because he knew Kurz’s swordsmanship skills.
“Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve met guys I like.”
” is it. “
Rosé, who has seen Kurz since childhood, knew what kind of personality Kurz was.
Although his swordsmanship skills were poor, he was a really good guy with one eye for seeing people.
Therefore, Kurz was quite important in the Leonardo family.
He was an outstanding guy with only one ability to break the plate.
“I’m curious about the names of the guys you mentioned.”
He’s a guy that Kurz praised, so it wouldn’t be bad to hear his name and remember it.
Rosé thought that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to introduce herself to the princess if it happened by chance.
“Griff Rommel and Espara Louise.”
Kurz said with a happy smile, as if he had unearthed a treasure.
That moment.
dangling.
Edinburgh Rosé is the envy of first-year students in the Knights Faculty and is also called a model for knights.
I dropped my sword for the first time during training on this day.
“Rommel…?”
Rosé’s expression quickly began to turn into astonishment.