How to Survive at the Academy chapter 126

Joint Combat Practice 2 (12)

If you’re going to discuss Adele’s biography, you’ll have to start with the commercial city of Oldek.

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My first memory is the sky over the harbor where seagulls fly.

As she got off the boat holding her mother’s hand tightly, Adele’s eyes were filled with the bustling pier. It was only then that he realized that he had set foot in a far-off foreign country.

A war refugee who abandoned his homeland and fled to the western continent where the war of conquest was in full swing. Adele’s parents, who can’t even remember their faces anymore, were barely that level of status.

Although they settled in Oldek and lived in the slums for a few months, Adele’s parents are unable to adapt to Oldek’s calculative culture.

No matter what you do, you get hit in the back of the head, get taken advantage of, and get caught up in fraud, so it’s just an instant to fall into debt.

When I woke up, there was no room left for them in the Old Deck. Debt piled up, pressure from debtors, and poor pockets that make it difficult to even eat a slice of bread. Life was not so different from when I lived as a war refugee in the Western Continent.

Adele grew old too quickly. I thought that the day would come when this kind of life would eventually reach its limit. So, even that morning, the preparations of the heart were already finished.

A pier lined with imposing commercial buildings. Adele’s father took him on a bench on the other side of the place and sat down next to him.

He was carrying a lot of food that was difficult to see normally.

A sandwich filled with warm bacon, sheep’s milk with fruit syrup, and chocolate cookies that cost more than a month’s food… Watching Adele enjoy the food.

He looked at Adele quietly for a while, then slowly stood up from his seat and talked. Daddy has some business to see, so I’ll go somewhere. I’m waiting for you.

That’s how he ripped his pants off a few times… After staring at Adele for a while, he slowly started moving away.

Adele kept her head down and muttered a sandwich, speaking softly to her father’s back as he was leaving. it’s been hard

At these words, Adele’s father trembled, but soon moved again little by little and disappeared through the crowd.

Adele ate the food as it was, and got up from the bench and headed to Oldek’s church, where she often went to pray with her parents. I went there and prayed all day.

After praying like that for a long time, I did not get up when the last service of the day was over. Then, after delivering the last words, High Priest Verdio, who came down from the podium, passed by and spoke proudly.

“I became an orphan.”

After that, it was a breeze.

He lived and worked at the Deldros Orphanage, supported by the Telos Church. I read books at night while washing bed linen, mopping the hallway, and fetching drinking water.

This was the first time I played the lute. I picked up a lute with a broken string at the dock, and I just got the string and tuned it myself. I used to get the sheet music for hymns from the cathedral and play them, and I used to make my own songs by plucking the notes myself.

The years of maintaining a faithful life as a servant of God at the Deldros Orphanage. But, like most of life, things don’t always go smoothly.

One day, Adele saw the future.

It was a scene where Verdio, the high priest of Oldek Cathedral, came down from the podium and knocked down the candlestick. As it is, the candlestick’s fire was transferred to the decoration of the chapel and caused a riot.

At first I thought it was a dream, but Adele was standing next to the candlestick, just in case. Unsurprisingly, Verdio knocked over the candlestick, and before the fire caught on to the cabinet, Adele quickly put out the fire by pouring water from it.

From then on, Adele caught the eye of Verdio.

Once or twice a month, I used to see scenes of the future without notice… It was difficult for Adele’s life to change significantly with a foresight ability that she could not control herself.

And most of it is the future of others who have nothing to do with themselves. Strange, but that’s all.

However, Verdio was keeping an eye on Adele’s ability. Eventually, on the day that Verdio was recognized for his ability and was appointed Archbishop of the Holy Hwangdo, Adele was recognized as the next saint and headed to the Holy City with Verdio.

A majestic prosperous road building. A monk’s robe made of expensive fabric. More than ten servants. sumptuous meal. Respect of high-ranking priests.

All of these things fall into Adele’s hands overnight. Of course, not all things were good.

I had to pray every day, be taught manners, and study with less sleep. Still, it couldn’t be compared to when I was living as a war refugee or poor.

After a long exchange of opinions about suitability as a saint among the bishops, a public opinion was created that agreed to some extent with the decision of the Holy Father and the Archbishop… Eventually, Adele officially entered the process of taking over the position of a saint.

She was baptized three times by the Holy Emperor, the Archbishop, and the Supreme Apostle, inherited the will of the Holy Father and engraved the protection of the Holy Law on his body, and almost all official letters announcing the appointment of the new saint to the heads of countries were written.

The more baptisms and blessings she received, the stronger Adele’s divine power grew. Although he had no talent in the magic of sacred law itself, his role as a vessel for divine power was outstanding, and the greater the divine power, the clearer the visible future.

Eventually, after all other procedures were completed except for the stigmata baptism, Adele finally got a glimpse into her own future…

As I said, I give up on becoming a saint.

Archbishop Verdio swoops open the Saint’s room and enters.

The spire where the saint resides is a place that even the Holy Emperor is reluctant to set foot in. However, strictly speaking, Adele was not yet a saint.

Verdio asks Adele. He raises his voice and talks with Adele about what it means to give up being a saint.

For various reasons, such as anxiety, loneliness, and lack of ability, she tells her that she wants to serve Telos, whom he has given to him in a way other than as a saint.

After more than an hour of arguing, Verdio shakes his head and leaves the Saint’s room. Adele could see it.

Verdio is… Adele saw the future and had somehow noticed that she had given up on becoming a saint.

Once that has happened, you can never convince Adele. It was the wrong choice to try to make her a saint.

So, Adele is not a saint of the Telos Church… You will be established in Seonghwangdo as the custodian of the torch.

Over the years managing the torch, Adele struggled with the future she had seen.

A burning chapel. A giant spear dragon seen through the broken stained glass. Archbishop Verdio stands on the podium and speaks. The plan went wrong. In order to calm the god-eating Seongchangryong of the Creation, you must sacrifice a saint born with enormous divine power.

The scene came to mind again, and Adele would jump up from her sleep.

So time goes by again.

Adele maintained the torch and played the lute while looking at the sky, but at night she gathered rumors of the Holy Emperor or overheard the conversations of high-ranking priests.

As the days go by, Seonghwangdo’s financial condition deteriorates. The subjugation of the northern sub-race was also stopped, and there was no war. If peaceful times continue under the reign of His Majesty the wise Chloel… People gradually stop seeking God.

The power of the Holy Emperor, who even bowed down to the emperor, gradually diminished, and it has been a long time since he changed to Emperor Chloel, who opened up this peaceful sanctuary for people to pay tribute to.

Archbishop Verdio is a priest and businessman.

If God does not perform miracles, people do not believe in God. If the number of believers does not increase, this prosperity cannot be maintained.

In order to receive more respect and to increase the prestige of Sung Hwang-do, eventually, God’s miracles must be performed.

However, for that to happen, there were a lot of things that had to be prepared.

A few years after that, the next saint who was born with enormous power compared to Adele… Clarisse climbs the spire of the Holy Emperor.

Playing the lute from the top of the spire, Adele always watched Clarisse.

Clarisse could not interfere with the passage of time by touching the power of the Holy Spirit like Adele, but the amount of divine power itself could not be compared with any priest.

She has a graceful demeanor, has good absorbency, and is born with a personality, so she seems to be a girl born to become a saint.

I think she is the perfect child for this spire of the Holy Emperor, but… A deep sense of guilt remains in Adele’s chest.

Originally, the saint who was killed by Sung Chang-ryong was Adele herself. As long as he ran away from the future, someone had to take his place.

Eventually, its replacement will be Clarisse. This was a well-known fact.

Sitting by the window in Clarisse’s room, playing the lute, talking to her, and spending time together, they became very close friends. More than expected, Clarisse possessed a heart as beautiful as her appearance.

The more he did it, the more the guilt that was deeply ingrained in Adele’s heart was washed away little by little.

Adele was unable to speak. I ran away because I didn’t want to die. Your death is the result of my struggle to live. Lady. Words like that… It couldn’t come out of my mouth at all.

To Clarisse, who always sat by the window and listened to the lute with her twinkling eyes, Adele didn’t want to be hated, nor did she want to reveal her darkness.

So, I sang about the romance of freedom.

Instead of being satisfied with Seonghwangdo’s achromatic life, he encouraged them to pursue freedom by playing in the wide world.

Clarisse felt skeptical of her current life and urged her to find a new life.

He himself sang about the subject of living with hard bread in his mouth in the slums of Oldek, as if he knew well about the romance of the wide world. He whispered the contents of the books he had read in the corner of the shabby orphanage’s worm-infested room, as if he had experienced it before his eyes.

I have never seen the beautiful strange rocks of the Lamelen Mountains, the vast grasslands of Pulan, or the desolate horizon of the great desert of Dresstea. All she knew was the gloomy brick floor and the back alley of Old Deck, where only a few rats were seen playing.

However, Clarisse continued to dream even after listening to Adele’s song.

A dream of playing around the world, capturing the beautiful scenery, and meeting a relationship that will one day stand by my side at the end of the journey… Clarisse rests on one side of her chest.

Even if the person who nurtured the dream is a fake minstrel who has been soaked in the current of secularism, the romance in the dream itself is not tainted. I felt fortunate to have just that fact.

However, Adele could no longer remain on the Holy Charter. Her own heart didn’t allow it any more. Adele’s continued presence with Clarisse is nothing more than a deception for her.

In the end, his life goes in another direction.

From the Western War Zone to the commercial city of Oldek, from the commercial city of Oldek to the Saints Carpea, and from the Saints Carpea, the last place… It was the southernmost point of the empire, Aken Island.

Early morning before sunrise. Packing all his belongings, he comes out of the spire with a lute on.

There is no specific destination that comes to mind. There is no one in the world that can be called a kite, and the parents cannot even confirm whether they are alive or dead.

It’s just going where you want to go. Whether you stop by Crete, the land of alchemy to see some alchemy, or explore the imperial streets of the Emperor Chloéron, you can walk through the Lamelen Mountains and marvel at the expansive mountain ranges, and visit places like the Sylvania Academy for magic. It might be good to learn a bit too.

Anyway, the money I have saved over the past years has accumulated quite a bit, and I am quite confident in my playing and singing skills, so I think I can take responsibility for my own body.

Seonghwangdo, who sneaked out at dawn and looked up at, was still eloquent and exalted. A wide outer wall that expresses the majesty of the gods surrounds the spire like a prison.

Breath leaks out in the cold early morning air in late autumn. Looking back, the road leading to the street stretches endlessly.

In this way, the girl finally becomes a bard.

* * *

“Woo… .”

I moved to an inconspicuous place as much as possible, but when I got closer to the Haksa Cathedral, I had to go out on the street.

People around him stared at Adele as she walked, dripping with blood, and some asked if she was okay. But Adele did not answer at all, and continued to walk towards the cathedral with a staggering pace.

Arrived quite early. At first, I didn’t know the timing of Sung Chang-ryong’s resurrection, but now, even with my eyes closed, all the timings were predictable to some extent. It is enough to guess what is going on in the church right now.

What happened after that is now terribly familiar. It was not difficult to imagine for Adele.

I will lead the deaf body and open the door of the church and enter. Then, Taldarek, the third seat of the ‘Apostle of Telos’ guarding the entrance, said: It is now forbidden for outsiders to enter. And the moment he tries to prevent Adele from coming in, he rolls up his arms to show that the ‘Protection of the Holy Law’ is engraved.

If the Taldarek momentarily took advantage of his bewilderment and slipped into the interior, it would eventually become a large chapel.

On the podium of the large chapel, the relic left by Luden, the ‘Sword of the Beginning’, and Velbrok’s molar necklace will be placed in a luxurious box. It is a relic that will play a role in resonating with the Sungchang Dragon Velbrok and awakening his spirit.

The ‘Apostles of Telos’, brought directly from the Holy Hwangdo, will be waiting in battle stances in various places in the chapel.

Next to the podium, Archbishop Verdio and Holy Emperor Eldane will be standing, and finally, they will be making plans for how to deal with Sung Chang-ryong when he is resurrected. Before going to pick up St. Clarisse, who was waiting at the Trix Pavilion, he was checking the site one last time.

It doesn’t matter what you say when you come to the scene. Adele has already done it all.

The ‘Apostles of Telos’ is an unbelievable power that can withstand thousands or even tens of thousands of troops when the number is more than five, but in front of Sung Chang-ryong, they are all scapegoats.

Why do you jump to the conclusion that the dragon of disaster that exists only in history books can be dealt with with human power?

But the high priests, trapped between arrogance and desperation, do not listen. There is no point in arguing for a long time.

The ‘variable’ they didn’t expect makes Sung Chang-ryong descend much faster than the priests expected. It is the fact that the seal of the Great Sage Sylvania has been more unstable than expected for a long time.

The greatness of Sung Chang-ryong, bigger than I thought and bigger than I thought… It will make them all immobile. Because I couldn’t have imagined that Sung Chang-ryong, whom I had only seen in books, would be such a disaster.

What he finds late is a saint who will save his arrogant self. In order to put the great disaster to rest, it was necessary to sacrifice the saint, who had enough divine power to eventually feed Seong Chang-ryong.

Saint Clarisse, who would sacrifice for me in case such a situation, could not even be brought from the Trix Pavilion.

Adele sees the ‘Code of Sacrifice’ painted in the middle of the chapel. It must have been Clarisse who had to kneel there and pray. Only a saint who has received the blessing of Telos can put Velbrok to sleep by dedicating her own power and life.

The time has come to reflect on my past life story again, and to shake off the guilt that has accumulated with Clarisse.

Death is terrifying, but the scariest thing is that life is so painful that it is better to die than that.

He wandered around the world and pursued romance, but in the end he could not shake off the guilt that remained in his heart.

That is why Adele did not go to see her for a long time after hearing that Clarisse had entered the school.

Because he didn’t think he deserved to meet Clarisse.

Now, it’s time to end it all.

Pushing through the apostles, he goes out and sits in the chapel and prays. Dark red magical energy erupts from Velbrok’s molar necklace. What is felt is a clear intention of flesh.

I feel that eerie, thick magical power eroding my life.

However, what no one expected… Adele’s divine power is so vast that it touches the power of the Holy Spirit. Her divine power to see the future seems to twist even the passage of time.

It is an area that no other saint has ever reached, so there is no precedent.

The protection of the Holy Law that surrounds Adele’s body is mobilized regardless of any means to protect her life.

In order to save Adele’s life while Velbroque’s magical power surrounds her body… Using the divine power imprinted on her body… In the end, the world rewinds time.

A realm of character that no saint has ever reached. It can happen because Adele has reached it… reversal of time. As for magic, it is an area that falls under the forbidden field.

However, going backwards in time does not mean that the situation is resolved. It just delays the situation.

“Cool… Cool… .”

Adele walked in slowly, coughing bloody.

In the end, the reason why this story cannot be concluded is because Adele’s divine power remains too vast.

It is enough to consume all of the inherent divine power and make it no longer convertible into magical power. No matter how much Adele is born with amazing abilities than any other saint in history, after repeating it dozens or hundreds of times, there is no more divine power left to invoke protection.

His vision blurred and he began to bleed heavily. No matter how much protection of the Holy Law, Adele’s body could no longer mobilize its divine power to its full potential.

There really isn’t much left now.

Thinking that the seemingly endless repetition was now coming to an end, Adele even thought that it was easy on the other hand.

It was a fleeting biography, but it is not without leaving behind. It was just a lie, but anyway, Clarisse listened to her song and steadily lit up her eyes. In fact, I think that life alone is quite worthwhile… Adele smiled faintly as she staggered away.

“now… once or twice… or… Two or three times… through… .”

In the previous episode, Clarisse stormed into the cathedral. It was faster than I thought.

But the finish is not far away. Now, there is almost no divine power left in the body.

With that in mind, Adele continued walking towards the cathedral. After thinking like this… . Until the very end, life wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.

However, life doesn’t always go according to my predictions and plans.

At first, Adele was not at ease. It must have been because of his becoming hazy in the midst of repeated death.

Variables that he couldn’t catch, and what action Clarisse, who will be traveling through time together, will take… You should have figured it out at this point.

“What… .”

Halfway up the stairs, Adele saw Adele’s large, neat carriage parked next to the cathedral.

-widely.

The moment I checked it, I felt as if someone was grabbing my back.

“radish… laugh… uh… .”

Adele, who was dragged away as it was, was unable to overcome the power and was seated on a nearby wooden bench.

The person who pulled the nape of the neck and forcibly sat him on the bench was completely unexpected.

“Do you like oranges, or just cold water?”

“… yes… to… ?”

“I like just drinking cold water, so you drink oranges.”

Drinks sold in mugs at student canteens. It was a delicacy that could be enjoyed coolly by floating ice.

The man in front of him―― Ed Rothtailer sat down Adele in a natural-looking manner and pushed the drink to his lap.

Adele struggled to fix the mug with her blood-stained hands… He looked at Ed with a puzzled expression on his face.

Ed sat down Adele like that, and then sat down next to him and looked up at the cathedral.

Then he gulped down the cold water, exhaled heavily, leaned back against the backrest, and looked up at the tall cross.

Adele is… I was embarrassed and didn’t say anything.

So Ed looked up at the cathedral for a long time without saying a word.

“this… This… .”

“hey.”

Adele, who had been sitting in a stupor for a long time, finally spoke, but was cut off by Ed.

Ed spoke first.

“You will die soon.”

To those words that are somehow familiar… Adele quietly grabs the mug and replies.

“… I know.”

“… okay.”

And there was no conversation for a while.

Even though Sung Chang-ryong will arrive soon and it will be a chaos, the scenery of the bachelor is still peaceful. The cross of the cathedral, looking up at it, seems to be praising this peaceful sanctuary.

“Is that the end?”

“… yes?”

“Is that the end? Do you have anything more to say?”

Then, when Ed asked one more question, Adele began to get confused as to what to answer.

It was completely unexpected for Ed to appear in this place in the first place and grab Adele. Edra didn’t care about the variable itself.

However, Ed’s existence… It’s the only variable Adele wasn’t aware of.

A man who moves in a different way every time in a world that repeats and seeks answers.

The fact that such Ed was beside Clarisse was completely unknown to Adele.

And the intent of the question is also unknown.

That’s what they mean by ignoring the repeating rule of time and appearing in front of your eyes.

He knew very well that he was going to die. His future, which appears intermittently, is also a fact that he has constantly confirmed in repeated time.

How Ed knows that… I couldn’t tell from Adele’s point of view.

Adele’s answer was decided. Of course there is nothing more to say.

Rather, there are a lot of things I want to ask here. I tried to check things out slowly, but…

Soon, the bench you are sitting on feels huge.

If you look around, it is the back alley of the commercial city of Oldek.

Warm steam rises from the bacon sandwich in his hand. The man who goes away is Adele’s father. I was going to say something, but in the end, the only thing that came out after thinking about it was that I had a hard time.

If you look at it that way, it is the same at the window of the spire of Seonghwangdo.

Even in front of Clarisse, whose eyes were shining towards him, it seemed that he was about to say something.

But in the end all that came out of the mouth were songs that glorified freedom.

“scary.”

Adele looked at the hand holding the mug and trembled. There was a thud and suffocating sound. A trembling voice barely passes through his throat.

“I don’t want to die.”

So Adele lowered her head… . I just sobbed for a long time.

Ed sat quietly next to him, looking up only at the cross of the high cathedral.

“okay.”

With his arms resting on the backrest, he looked up at the sky as high as ever.

“It is very difficult to say things that are natural.”

Adele and Clarisse had a tumultuous time, and there is no way for Ed to know now.

Perhaps it was a story that was terrifying for both of them.

Now, the time has come to come to an end.

“Tell me everything you know. Let’s finish it now.”