The academy is an institution that trains soldiers of the Empire. However, as an institution of the Empire, it recognizes its original rank.
And wealth is another class.
The academy, which consists of anti-conscription, does not have a system called donations for nothing. The dormitory where students live depends on the amount of extra money they pay.
Dormitory A, which Adrine was assigned to, is where students accompanied by so-called attendants live.
Adrinne had entered the school while hiding her royal family status. And for her, friendships were also politics.
Her theory of human relationships.
‘People are attracted to those who need them.’
The extravagance was calculated. The high-quality silk, jewelry, and expensive weapons carried into the room will surely appeal to students.
It took almost an hour to move Adrine’s luggage.
Hoan, the guardian knight, finished arranging Adrine’s furniture and returned to his room.
Contrary to the image that words give off, guardian knights have a hard time keeping themselves clean. To protect someone also means to take over the things that someone has to take over.
The smell of sweat slowly rose from the body that had been wearing the armor for a long time.
It is 250 miles from the royal road to Frantimo here.
It was a horse-drawn carriageway that took a week. And that week was also the period in which he had to wear armor.
“Now, you can take it off.”
Joan quickly took off his armor.
The breastplate and plackat correspond to the cuirass.
A back plate that protects the back and a lance rest protruding from the side of the chest.
A tasset secured with rivets and a fould that protects the pelvis.
It was a prefabricated lightweight armor that could be put on and taken off by one person. After taking off the underwear that was inside the armor, he was naked for the first time in a long time.
“Looks like I’ll live.”
The shoulder meat that was pressed by the armor is dented. After stroking his body for a while, he looked at the letter on the desk.
It can’t be a school guide.
He didn’t come as an academy student.
A contact from a source who probably started off in a different direction first.
Hoan took the letter and soaked in the bath.
“Whoa… .”
The warmth of the bathtub passed through my body. Hoan rubbed his flickering vision again and again.
I had to focus. If the intense fatigue was washed away, he might fall asleep without knowing.
“Okay, let’s see… .”
The letters were densely packed with strange letters that had no connection in meaning. It was a passphrase.
Hoan brushed off the useless letters with a familiar skill. After that, I ended up with one sentence left.
‘The seventh princess was also killed.’
I wasn’t even surprised anymore.
The bloody news of the imperial family whose successor has not been decided.
Around this time two years ago, instead of asking each other how they were doing, they started gifting daggers or poison. Of course, such gifts only come and go behind the scenes. There is only speculation as to whether it started with the second prince or the fourth princess.
“You do great.”
The more I hear this sad news, the more I feel the surprise is in the opposite direction.
12th princess.
Pseudonym Adrine, 18 years old.
Born as the emperor’s youngest daughter, a woman who has to compete with her siblings at the youngest age.
As the older sisters in the imperial palace died one after another, she had a hunch that one day her turn would come too. Then he chose to run faster than the death that pursued him.
It was a wise decision.
Her siblings, who are at most 10 years apart, had established a foundation of power early on. If it became a power struggle as it was, it would have been an inevitable defeat.
So she decided to wear the protection of the Imperial Army on her back. The result of that thought was admission to this academy.
“Ironic.”
I can’t say otherwise. In a way, it was like going to a battlefield to avoid death. Some might whisper that the choice of the imperial family was too undignified.
However, Hoan withheld such evaluation.
After all, she is defending her life with her own judgment.
It is right at first glance to say that beauty is a woman’s weapon. But this is always a double-edged sword.
Her mother and sisters who died of infatuation would be good evidence.
Just as a famous sword must be held by a warrior to be a weapon, beauty is also a weapon to be held by a wise person.
She already has a weapon.
So, I just need to become that shield.
Adrine.
She behaves like an ignoramus, but this is a mask.
she is a wise woman
***
Tears stopped early.
However, it took longer than expected to get his emotions under control.
When I lifted my salty face and looked up at the sky, three full moons of different sizes stood out.
You have to accept it.
This is a world without miri.
There is a moment when you realize that the things you have overlooked are truly precious. Usually, that moment comes only after everything becomes irreversible.
just like now
It was a cramped and poorly ventilated rooftop room, but I was happy because I had a dream.
The days when I was making ambitious plans and staying up all night silently making games.
And at the end of it, I shared a pleasant glass of beer with her… .
Even knowing those moments won’t come back-
I want to see her piercingly.
After finishing the development of the true ending route, she was more delighted than me… .
… … ?
Then some strong memories followed. The long game development, the last moment to finish it.
“… uh?”
It was about the ending of this game.
The true ending of ‘The savior from another world.’
In the scenario route that she and I made the most painstakingly-
The main character, Johann Esperts, returns to the original world after saving the empire.
And now I was Johann Esperts, the main character of the game.
“uh? uh?”
Of course, I gulp at the syllogism that could lead to it, and my saliva went over.
maybe me too?
At that moment, like a lie, the smell that had clung to me disappeared. The [smell of death] was gone.
‘If you step on the true ending route, you can return to the original world?’
I was excited as if my breath stopped for a moment, but the decision to follow was quick.
I looked at the clock tower in the distance. The clock indicated 11:40.
The stationary accident began to return at full speed. To recall the scenario from the beginning of the game.
To make the best choices available on this timeline.
Of course I know what it is.
I didn’t even look back and ran towards the academy’s grand parade.
The academy’s grand parade that is nearly 1km in length and width.
At the end of the center is a platform overlooking the playground, and there is a plaster statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin posing.
It is a two-headed plaster statue.
Plaster statue of General Mulcan, who is said to have stopped the demon of the sea with one stroke.
I picked up a fist-sized stone from the flower bed and approached the stone statue. Then, with all his might, he slashed the wrist.
clang clang clang.
After taking it three times, the wrist fell to the floor with a broken wrist.
Before long, dazzling light emanated from the sword of Gypsum. And when the light faded, it was no longer gypsum.
The event name, [Sword of Mulcan].
Mulcan is a general who is also the hero of this worldview.
Originally, it was only later in the game that you could get information about the original owner of this sword, Mulcan.
Before he died, he ordered this plaster statue to be made along with a will to build an academy. And it was his actual bones that served as the skeleton for the plaster statue.
I picked up Mulcan’s sword in its sheath.
and drew a knife
Serureung-
The straight, thin blade glistened in the moonlight.
An item that gets out of balance when you get it early in the game.
However, Miri and I left the item up front for the mid-late game scenario test.
It is used to easily skip the so-called Nogada at the beginning of the game.
“done. If this… .”
It’s not impossible. To clear the true ending route.
Because I know all the conditions and options to clear the true ending route.
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Now, if you go back without anyone knowing, you can easily clear the beginning of the game… .
“What are you?”
… It was meant to be
He seemed to have lost his presence because of the sound of taking the plaster statue.
I looked in the direction the voice came from.
Two people were standing.
One is a soldier in leather armor.
And the other is a little woman wearing a translucent dress.
Above the woman’s right breast was a brand in the shape of a ‘6’, which symbolizes a leash. Scarlet is a symbol of being a slave to the Empire.
There were traces of the leash on her neck, and a soft gasp leaked from the gag in her mouth.
Her frizzy black hair was held in the hand of a soldier.
The soldier pulled his hair and said.
“Wipe your mouth. I’m not sick with Choraeng.”
“… What?”
“That free outfit, you’re a newcomer, you bastard. Aren’t you here today?”
I feel a sense of déjà vu in his tone. It reminded me of one of the events I made up.
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Not even a great event. [The Academy’s Troubles], an event where you encounter a soldier trying to do something bad to an escaped slave.
“But, what is it? that black… ?”
The opponent’s eyes flashed as he looked at my sword.
The [Sword of Mulcan] held in my hand is an Ego Sword. The rank engraved on the opponent’s armor is Corporal.
This means that he spent 3 years at the academy here, and again, this means that he has experienced more than 10 battlefield deployments.
It’s nothing strange if the eyes for the sword are protruding.
“A bastard who hasn’t even had the ceremony yet… Bringing in cheap weapons starts from half a year. Let me confiscate that.”
It’s an obvious lie.
Used by soldiers here.
The Academy does not prevent the importation of weapons handled by individuals.
“It’s difficult.”
“It’s difficult, damn it. Why did you break Mr. Mulcan’s arm branch? is that what you did? That’s the death penalty, you idiot. I’ll pretend you didn’t see me, so pass the knife and get out of here.”
“no.”
“Bounce. Can people make a living doing what they love? It looks damn expensive.”
Does it just look expensive?
This sword cannot be sold even if someone wants to hand it over to the city.
“Still, it’s cheaper than your life, right?”
“go away.”
“Ha, see this fresh bastard? Will you come to your senses when you see me approaching with a knife?”
can’t it be avoided
I decided to help him.
I turned and looked at Mulcan’s wrist, which I had broken. Then I heard the sound of a longsword being pulled out, and at the same time, a familiar smell stung my nose.
It was the smell of death.
[The Academy’s Troubled Child] is an event that is also involved in a murder case in the barracks. And in that event, the problem child and the murderer are the same person.
At that moment, I knew the soldier’s thoughts better than he did.
‘You asshole, did you turn your head? I get it with one famous sword.’
It was an exterior to induce such thoughts from the beginning. Sure enough, the sound of leaping came from behind.
taat-
The soldier’s expression, which must have been blinded by greed, is clearly drawn even without looking. You will be full of confidence. It must be an opportunity to steal a famous sword from a newcomer who has just entered the academy.
However, at this moment, contrary to his delusion, it is he, not me, who is not paying attention.
Originally, the main character can’t defeat this soldier. As for the original event.
He is a soldier who tried to rape an escaped slave. The main character who encounters him during the event proceeds to attack him with his bare hands. Then, rather, the soldier gets beaten up, and the woman runs away in the gap.
In other words, this soldier was an enemy that the original Johann Esperts could not defeat.
But now I have a sword that destroys the game balance.
It sounds like a tingling warning sound is ringing from the tip of your nose.
I turned my back on the soldier, but it didn’t matter. Unlike sight, smell is an unbiased sense. And I, Johann Esperts, can sensitively feel the flow of such fragrances.
There was nothing to measure.
Cheek-!
I twisted my torso and extended my sword along the trail of the scent.
Chiing-
His sword, which struck first, was cut in half,
Pushe- ek-
His body as he rushed in was cut in two through his armor.