Evangeles did not laugh at the jackal’s words. After all, the opponent was the son of a family with a background that was stronger than anyone else here.
However, John picked out words that could be shaped. It was because he wanted to widen the relationship between Evangeles and the Jackal.
“Ahh. It deserves it.”
“Well?”
“Because even the emperor would bow before going to the academy. Is not it?”
“… I’m talking seriously, so don’t mess with it. Johann Esperts.”
The jackal pointed in the direction of the onlookers and said.
“From now on, I’m trying to embrace the new students here.”
“Are we going to have a wine party?”
“wine? Ahh… , Hermes family grapes are famous in our estate.”
After Evangeles’s light silence, the jackal continued.
“The people gathered here will graduate and eventually become the nobility of the empire. I think the business card of the grade president will be a good reason to permeate all of them.”
“What are you going to do by gathering people like that?”
John and Evangeles.
If you can embrace them, these two will definitely be of great help to you. But the guy named Yohan seems likely to be a competitor.
‘Will my speech work?’
Even more constant than defeating an opponent is to get that opponent on your side.
The jackal looked John right in the eyes and decided to go straight ahead.
He talked about a dream he had been thinking about for a long time.
“I want to be the focal point of the witch subjugation. Yohan, you also went through a lot of hardships this time, didn’t you?”
It was said to seek consensus. However, John only chose words to give Evangeles a bad impression of the jackal.
“Are you doing a background check on me?”
“I can’t even call it a background investigation. I’m really interested in people with a lot of talent.”
“Only those interested in biting and sucking you.”
The jackal was not angry.
“The Empire is not up to par with the Witch’s challenge right now. And that period was too long. In the meantime, I heard that the witch accepts wizards and even monsters rejected by the empire. And now it’s showing more and more blatant teeth. The empire’s golden age, the wealth built up over 300 years now weighs itself down. Now is not the time to decorate the living room with that gold, but the time to melt it down and make a blade.”
The jackal watched the two men’s reactions as he spoke. Evangeles was a little startled by his speech, and John still looked unfavorable.
“After graduation, I want to lift the ass of this empire. With those who follow me.”
“Suddenly verbose, Jackal. What does messing up Mubartrigger’s face have to do with your post-graduation plans?”
‘Mubar Trigger?’
It was a story Evangeles did not know. The jackal said to John.
“Have you ever led a group? Whether in your neighborhood, at home, or at school.”
“I hate crowding.”
“… but. It seemed so.”
The jackal quickly organized his words and said.
“When people form a group, there will always be some unclear parts. Don’t think of it as if I’m taking pleasure in harassing the bastard of my family.”
John spoke in a tone that made Evangeles listen.
“It’s okay, don’t waste your time. you don’t fit me essentially.”
“i get it.”
However, it was not only John who the Jackal wanted to recruit.
“Evangeles, what about you?”
“Okay. It seems like there’s a story I don’t know well, so it’s a bit hard to judge.”
The jackal had eyes for people his age. He speaks differently depending on the opponent. John’s embrace has already been abandoned.
He told Evangeles the truth.
“There are people who follow me. I already made a promise with them, giving and receiving what I have to give. But there, one guy tried to deviate on his own.”
Evangeles also regarded the promise of people to people as important.
“Well. It must have been difficult.”
“okay. Punishment was needed. I couldn’t make such an example ahead of the election for the school year president. I needed an example, so I took care of him at night. Of course, if someone asked me if it was me, I would deny it.”
At that time, Bastia’s voice broke out.
“The kids hanging out there! After enough rest, crawl out! It’s the semifinals now.”
The two were Evangeles and the Jackal.
Yohan had advanced to the semifinals with a bye.
The Jackal and Evangeles walked shoulder to shoulder to the wet sand. As they walked, Evangeles thought about the jackal’s proposal.
Bastia looked at the Jackal and Evangeles with a satisfied expression.
“It’s a battle between two hopefuls. Face each other and set your posture.”
The children watching also swallowed saliva. They weren’t as famous as Yohan, but the way the two of them won the match was impressive. The two of them stood on the sandy beach, as if they were standing in front of a mirror.
Evangeles was the first to speak.
“Should we do something different from Bastia?”
“how?”
“When you fought Bastia, you were aiming for the first attack.”
“okay. You tried to counterattack… .”
It was only after he said it himself that Evangeles seemed to understand his intentions.
“You mean you’re going to give me the first attack.”
“okay.”
“What. If you don’t regret it.”
A match that I like enough to want to check each other’s skills.
Evangeles looked at the jackal and pondered for a while before asking.
“I only ask you one thing.”
“Anything.”
“Did you grow up in a different place from that bastard?”
The jackal was tempted to lie for a moment, but then he changed his mind. In the case of Evangeles, it was because he wanted to continue a longer relationship, not just this election.
“What if no?”
“then… .”
Breathe- and Evangeles sucked in his breath.
“… I can’t accept it either.”
Evangeles continued. It was a voice only a jackal could hear.
“I know that there are things that men sometimes have to do with their fists. But that’s when it’s not a family affair.”
“You pay attention to even the smallest things. Mubar trigger guy is a bastard.”
Evangeles didn’t even know who that guy was. But his principles were the same.
“Does not matter.”
The jackal smiled bitterly. Each of them had different reasons, but in any case, they were rejected by both of the people they coveted.
The jackal’s continued words were directed at the swordsmanship teacher.
“Mr. Bastia.”
“Why?”
“If Evangeles here accepts—”
At the jackal’s words, the jackal’s gang also tilted their heads.
‘What are you trying to say?’
The jackal was looking at Evangeles with unwavering eyes. It was a look that seemed to understand the other person well.
“-I would like to remove the rule that one hit is enough to lose.”
Bastia clicked her tongue.
‘I want to do that too. Yonsuk-ah.’
Sword fighting is the best thing to do until you surrender. But the dean couldn’t do that.
Concerned about the safety of the students, the dean made a personal request, saying that the injured should never come out.
But before Bastia could say no, Evangeles said.
“I don’t care either.”
“Well, both of them have a good fighting spirit, but… .”
“Please accept it. Because of the teacher’s request, the Jackal and I are fighting with our arms and legs tied. Wouldn’t it be okay to accept the jackal’s suggestion?”
Bastia clicked her tongue again.
‘So I want to do that too?’
Evangeles and Jackal were the only students who knew about the ‘teacher’s request’ that Evangeles said.
Do not write black.
It was a request that Bastia had made only to those two students in the first place. And that was something I had no choice but to request because of the dean’s concern about the accident.
‘If I get into an accident while taking an exam, the dean will fuck with me.’
Bastia was dizzy just thinking about it. However, the strange atmosphere between the Jackal and Evangeles continued to irritate Bastia. In the midst of the conflict, the swordsmanship teacher wet his lips several times and walked between them.
“Both of you, come and see for a second.”
Following Bastia’s gesture, the two students confronting each other took their ears in bewilderment.
“If you do, then… . If one of them gets hurt, let’s assume he fell down the stairs. Also, if someone spreads murderous thoughts due to excessive speculation, that person will be defeated. Also, you can’t use swords.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
The two students looked at each other and nodded. Bastia stepped back, thinking that they were cool guys. He thought of this confrontation as the final in his heart.
“great. Come on!”
Coincidentally, the wind blew at the same time as those words.
Jackal and Evangeles didn’t move right away. He was just observing his opponent with his sword in his hand.
Eventually, when Evangeles’s fluttering blonde hair settled down again, the two of them slowly reduced the distance without saying who was first.
***
Ida thought her position was very good. It was a stand overlooking the sandy beach of the playground.
“Send only one person, Ida?”
“I thought it was a sunflower.”
“It is. How about I bought a hat?”
The children used to ask for advice from Ida, who was well-dressed.
While responding to them, Ida was repeating Evangeles’ words.
‘You know? I wonder if you have a design sense.’
And when he said that, John must have nodded slightly… Nope. obviously nodded
It was a nod of complete agreement.
Then she went on with a girlish syllogism.
Excellent design sense -＞ Excellent sense of pretty things -＞ Pretty?
If your thoughts lead in that way, you will laugh out loud and your body will twist.
“Ida, what color would suit me better?”
“Right side. And tie your hair with a red string.”
Evangeles’ guess may not have been completely wrong.
Ida was recognized by her friends for her sense of harmony. In the 21st century, it felt like a coordinator.
Ida turned her gaze back to the sandy beach.
Her brother and the jackal of the Frodo family clashed for the first time.
“Wow! Start!”
It was a bit more intense than the previous confrontation. Did the rules change? Even if the sword touched the opponent’s body, the match did not end.
The two of them wielded the sword while blocking the wooden sword with their forearm, or stood up after rolling over after being hit by the sword.
The confrontation between the two continued until the color of each other’s hair became earthy and unrecognizable. Ida, who knew the match, was not interested in the win or loss between the two. I just thought what it would be like if the two broke their legs at the same time.
Then oppa Yohan would be the winner.
A child dressed in clothes snooped next to Ida for a while and said.
“Does Ida like to watch sword fights?”
“just. You have power.”
The jackal tripped over Evangeles’ leg and rolled over. And the next moment, something strange happened to his wooden sword.
‘uh? what?’
Like hot iron after warming up, his sword was red hot.
Bastia screamed.
“Stop!!!”
Ida almost fell out. It was a voice that made the playground vibrate. However, Jackal, who was concentrating on the fight, did not hear what Bastia said.
Bastia hurriedly stormed into the sandy beach and he quickly snatched Evangeles’ sword.
Evangeles’ sword was also taken away because he was focusing on the jackal.
The jackal rushed at Evangeles without stopping the attacking inertia.
Bastia had to swing her sword with spirit.
“Ahhhh!”
Quick-!
The two wooden swords collided.
And only one good thing remained.