034 – Charlotte and Irene
Charlotte hid in the bushes and inspected the training ground before entering the training ground for evening training after class.
The person was nowhere to be seen.
‘No…?’
Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief and entered the training ground.
“senior.”
Shake!
Charlotte shrugged at the familiar voice from behind.
Charlotte looked back.
Irene was holding a sword and looking at Charlotte with her characteristic dignified expression.
“Ah, hello. Irene.”
“yes. hello.”
Charlotte looked at Irene’s mouth with anxious eyes.
I hope I will say that again.
‘Please today, please….’
Irene’s small mouth moved.
“Please fight.”
Charlotte screamed inwardly at the suffocation of breathlessness.
“…you did it this morning too!”
“Because dinner is different.”
After losing to Charlotte, Irene came to Charlotte every day and applied for a match.
He also begged me to fight twice in the morning and in the evening, not once every day.
“No, I definitely said I would accept a challenge any time, but if you ask me to do it like this every day… damn it.”
Charlotte had a hard time rejecting Tigris firmly because she had heard of Irene’s plight.
Charlotte was the type of person who could not easily refuse a request because she had a weak heart.
‘Still, two days in a row are severe!’
Irene was a small subject, and her physical strength was at the level of an ogre, so it didn’t end for almost 2-3 hours.
Therefore, after the match, my body was completely exhausted, and it affected my condition the next day.
“no···. Do you think your skills will improve just by practicing like this?”
“It is important to improve my skills, but I want to beat Charlotte at least once.”
“I told you you can never do that to me?!”
“Where is that?”
“That’s yours… ah ah ah ah!”
I wanted to tell him it was because of his greatsword, but I couldn’t.
Charlotte ruffled her hair in frustration.
“Then why don’t you ask Instructor Tigris to fight you? You also lost to Instructor Tigris back then.”
“Instructor Tigris is next to Charlotte.”
Quick!
Veins appeared on Charlotte’s forehead.
“So, am I worse than Tigris?”
“…isn’t that right?”
“Oh, yes?”
Irene didn’t originally intend to do that, but she made Charlotte very on fire.
In the end, we had a match that evening, and Charlotte, exhausted, lay down in the middle of the training ground.
Irene was beaten by Charlotte and passed out next to him.
Again today, because of this guy, I blew up all my personal training time.
“… damn, you can’t be like this.”
Charlotte refuses to fight Irene → Irene calls up Tigris → He gets angry and accepts the fight → blows the day away.
It was good to see that this pattern would repeat itself.
‘How do I do this…’
At that moment, Charlotte had a brilliant idea flashing through her mind.
“okay! Just send Irene to Tigris!”
Charlotte decided to visit Tigris tomorrow.
* * *
next day.
After class, Charlotte and Irene headed to the penthouse where Tigris lived.
I didn’t know that, but Tigris didn’t go to work except on class days.
The reason was that Tigris did not have any special duties such as superintendent or facility management, and only worked as an instructor, so there was no need to go to work.
That meant that all but one day of the week could be fully focused on personal training.
“It’s not enough to bully me by sticking gum in it, was she enjoying a happy training life, right?”
Thanks to that, Charlotte’s anger gauge was on the verge of an explosion.
Irene looked at the map with it or not, and found the building where Tigris lived.
“It’s right here, right? Charlotte-senpai?”
“Do you think that’s right?”
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Just looking at the huge 19-story building made me feel a lot of pressure.‘You mean the owner of this building is Tigris?’
To be precise, it belongs to the Norberd family, but in the end, Tigris will take over the throne, so it was no different than Tigris’s.
Charlotte muttered a little.
“I’m going to tell my dad to invest in real estate…”
Currently, land prices in the zodiac are skyrocketing without knowing the sky.
Not to mention the Uptown where the nobles lived.
Of the yolk land, it was impossible to imagine how valuable this gigantic building would be.
“It’s unfortunate that you have a lot of money… I’m so annoyed I’m going to die.”
Everything seemed hated in Charlotte’s eyes.
As the two of them stood in front of the Norbert Tower, a man greeted them politely.
“It’s really nice to meet you. My name is Beyton, the butler serving the Norbert family.”
“Nice to meet you. Bayton. Where is Instructor Tigris now?”
“Prince Tigris is in the penthouse. We will guide you right away.”
Baiton escorted them to the elevator that connected directly to the penthouse.
“Five···.”
Like all first-timers on this elevator, Charlotte and Irene exclaimed in admiration.
It was very impressive to see the people reflected on the screen turning to the size of a millet as the elevator slowly ascended.
Ding-!
When the elevator door opened, a neat penthouse appeared.
‘It’s just the Tigris house.’
The overall achromatic and clean interior was similar to the usual cold image of Tigris.
Charlotte and Irene headed to the living room.
A spacious terrace could be seen from the living room.
In the middle of the terrace, Tigris and Linia were seen wielding swords together.
‘There is also a terrace….’
The terrace was very wide, so there was no shortage of swordsmanship training.
‘Besides, training in the sky….’
It was quite romantic and seemed to taste like training.
Charlotte watched Tigris and Linia train in silence.
Tigris was teaching Linia’s swordsmanship, and he seemed very friendly.
Usually, noble families were anxious to kill each other because of a struggle for succession, but the two had no sign of that at all.
Then, through the wall, Jane appeared.
“Are you Charlotte?”
“Ahh! ghost!”
Charlotte was so startled that she stepped backwards, and Irene’s face turned to contemplation as if she was surprised as well.
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Jane said with a smile.“It’s pretty fun to be surprised.”
Charlotte hastily made the cross with both hands.
“Go away, ghost! Get away!”
When Charlotte suddenly made a cross with her own hands, Irene also followed it without realizing it.
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Jane smirked at how ridiculous it was.“What is it. You wouldn’t call it exorcism, would you?”
“uh···? You said this would make ghosts disappear?”
“what the. That way, you won’t be able to kick out Tomina Paris who’s on your shoulder.”
“On my shoulder…? Aww!”
As Charlotte began to shrug her shoulders, Jane smiled as she grabbed her stomach.
“Unlike Tigris, you guys are quite funny. Tigris pulls out his sword to cut him off when he jokes like that.”
“He… so who are you?”
“I am Jane. Well, speaking of it, I think it would be better to think of him as a guardian spirit protecting this building. To be precise, it is Lenny’s guardian spirit who serves Tigris, but that’s it.”
At that moment, the terrace door opened and Tigris and Linia entered.
Lenny and Karen gave Linia and Tigris bottled water.
Tigris refused the bottled water and wiped the sweat with a towel.
“You came earlier than expected.”
“Class ends early today.”
It was the first time he had seen Tigris drenched in sweat.
It was completely different from the usual neat image, but this slightly disorganized appearance wasn’t bad either.
Linia greeted Charlotte very warmly.
“Sister, it’s been a long time! Thanks to you, I enjoyed the play!”
“Nice to meet you, Linia. So will you see me again? I’ll give you some pocket money.”
‘Tigris, take some time!’
“no. no. This time I have to show you. If you have time, let’s go see a play together.”
“uh···. that is···.”
“How about next week? Is that time okay next weekend?”
Charlotte finally made an appointment with the burdensome twinkling eyes.
“uh···. I think it will be fine.”
“Oh yea!”
A shadow fell on Charlotte’s eyes.
I already had no time to train, but I had another appointment, so my head hurt.
Again, Charlotte was weak against opponents who pushed this hard.
Charlotte glanced at Tigris.
“Instead, Instructor Tigris, let’s go together. It’s good for the two of us to go, but isn’t it better for Instructor Tigris to go together?”
As long as this is the case, it is a water ghost operation.
If Charlotte can’t train, he shouldn’t train for T-Christ.
“I think I’ll be in trouble because of the special investigator’s mission. Please take Irene with you instead of me.”
Charlotte gritted her teeth.
It was famous that Tigris was given a special investigative post by His Majesty the Emperor.
‘Trying to train again as an excuse for a mission…!’
Rumors of Tigris conducting an investigation in Gray Town were rife, but as it turned out, he had no income, so he only went to and from the Imperial University.
Charlotte was convinced that the reason for receiving the special investigative job was an excuse to increase her personal training time.
“Then wait a minute. I’ll wash up. Lenny, Karen. Give the two of you a car.”
“Yes. All right.”
Lenny was excited to share with others the butter cookies she had recently learned at the academy.
Lenny hummed and took out the baked butter cookie and placed it on the table.
“You can eat it as is, or you can dip it in black tea and drink it.”
“I will eat well.”
Irene and Charlotte tried butter cookies.
“··········!”
Lenny’s cookies were really good.
I thought it was a savory taste that was neither sweet nor salty, but the rich umami flavor unique to butter exploded in my mouth.
Besides, it went really well with the black tea that Karen had brewed, so I kept getting my hands on it.
Thanks to this, Charlotte’s anger gauge, which had risen to the top of her head, fell to the floor, and her expression became hazy.
Twenty minutes later, Tigris came out of the living room.
Tigris was wearing a comfy cardigan and cotton pants, which is hard to find normally, but the proportions were good, so she looked like a magazine model.
Tigris said as he sat on the table.
“Looks like you like cookies.”
“uh···.”
Charlotte’s face turned red.
All the cookies in the basket ran out.
Most of these cookies were eaten by Charlotte.
“greatness! It tastes pretty good. Do you think your workmanship is good?”
Lenny’s mouth hung in her ear, wondering if she was happy with Charlotte’s praise.
“Lenny. If you have any leftovers, pack one bag each time the two of you go.”
“Yes. All right.”
Tigris took a sip of the tea and opened his mouth.
“So, why did you come to me?”
“Oh right.”
Charlotte vomited out everything that had happened in the past.
The more he spoke, the quieter his anger slowly boiled up like a teapot.
It was a narrative of Charlotte’s anger and grumbling that lasted 10 minutes, but to sum it up in a nutshell, this is it.
“So! It’s about asking Irene to train her in swordsmanship so that she can defeat me.”
No matter how much he thought about it, the idea of asking him to grow so that he could beat Charlotte was genius.
While teaching Irene, Tigris will not be able to do personal training, which means that Tigris will have less personal training time.
Meanwhile, it was calculated that if Charlotte trains hard, she will be able to catch up with Tigris within 10 years.
‘I can’t not accept this offer. Tigris If you are an instructor.’
Tigris was a noble before being an instructor.
A nobleman whose virtue was to teach and help others had no reason to reject this offer.
“I am still lacking. There’s nothing I can do for Irene other than Dalian. But if you are a competent instructor Tigris, can you please guide me on the right path so that Irene can defeat me sooner? Isn’t it?”
I used a strong word to provoke Tigris, but it didn’t hurt Tigris at all.
‘This has been rolling with a vine.’
He was looking for an excuse to teach Tchrist Irene separately.
I don’t know if it’s Charlotte, but Irene needs Tigris direct guidance to grow properly.
After Charlotte had not spoken for a long time, her heart was for some reason and she memorized a spell in her mind.
‘Please accept… Please accept… Please accept….’
Tigris opened his mouth.
“good night.”
“nice!”
Charlotte clasped her hands and jumped up.
“But Irene, you haven’t said a single word until now. Are you sure you want to take a class from me?”
‘Oops!’
Come to think of it, I had never even brought up this issue to Irene.
If Irene refused, it would be a no-brainer.
“I···.”
Irene thought for a moment and then opened her mouth.
“If Charlotte-senpai gets it too, I’ll take it.”
For a moment, Charlotte’s head went blank.
“···What? Are you taking classes with me? why? Why do I have to take it too?”
“Because it’s unfair.”
“What is unfair?”
“If I defeat Charlotte-senpai with the help of Instructor Tigris, it is not a fair victory.”
“Why is that not fair?”
“Because I took the instructor’s class and the senior didn’t. That is unfair.”
“You don’t want to defeat me, do you? Then you are not in a position to cover the fire!”
But Irene’s eyes were firm.
“Even if I win, I don’t want to win like this. If Charlotte doesn’t take classes from Instructor Tigris, neither will I.”
“Aww!”
Charlotte scratched her head.
As Charlotte’s well-groomed hair began to change like a lion’s mane, Charlotte’s hand suddenly stopped.
“uh?”
Thinking about it, it wasn’t bad.
If Tigris teaches Charlotte, Charlotte grows.
However, Tigris stands still during that time.
In terms of time calculation, this was a definite advantage.
Although it was humiliating to learn under Tigris, he was in a position to listen to Tigris’ lectures anyway.
‘If I learn from Tigris, wouldn’t it be possible to quickly find out Tigris’ weaknesses?’
Not only does it reduce time, but it also finds out the opponent’s weaknesses.
It was a perfect decision tactically and strategically.
‘Yes, it’s already an abandoned body…! It’s humiliating, but if you learn from Tigris, you’ll be able to defeat Tigris faster!’
Charlotte nodded and said.
“great! I’ll take Instructor Tigris’s lessons too. So what happened?”
Irene nodded her head.
“yes.”
Charlotte, who had gained more than she had planned, smiled day and night like an uncle.
“Then let me tell you my terms.”
“···what. Instructor Tigris, do you have any conditions?”
“It is an unavoidable condition according to the school policy, not my personal condition. In essence, it is impossible for an instructor to conduct a separate class for a specific student. Because it could be an issue for educational equality.”
“ah···.”
Imperial University attaches great importance to the ‘right to equal education’ to receive education under equal conditions, whether commoners or nobles.
Therefore, it is absolutely illegal for Tigris to teach Charlotte and Irene separately even though it is not a regular lecture time.
“But there are two ways I can teach you.”
“Five! What is it?”
“One is to establish a swordsmanship club. If I become the instructor in charge of the club, I will be able to educate you separately, so it is not illegal.”
“ah···. Then that would be impossible.”
A swordsmanship club already exists within the Imperial University.
Since it is impossible to open a club for overlapping purposes, the only way is to join the already established swordsmanship club.
However, in the swordsmanship club, Instructor Bedrian is already in charge.
Changing the instructors to teach Charlotte and Irene was nonsense, of course, so it was impossible.
“Then what about the second way?”
“You will become my direct disciples and instructors’ assistants.”
Charlotte’s expression broke.
“···student?”
Disciple of Tigris?
Directly too?!
Charlotte’s head turned into chaos.