How to Survive at the Academy chapter 15

Joint Combat Practice (2)

I don’t know who first came up with the word “butterfly effect”, but the idea is truly amazing.

A small wind derived from the flap of a butterfly’s wings crosses the ocean and becomes a hurricane that devours buildings on a distant continent…

From what I heard, the chaos theory is something that is often quoted when talking about how difficult it is to control the future because there are so many variables in the world.

The effect of a very slight change in the initial variable value on the entropy exponentially is bla bla bla bla bla …

There is no need to complicate things too much, and when I thought about it, it is a story that, when the snowball rolls and rolls, it brings about great results that are not even thought of.

So, don’t try to control everything in the world as you like, that’s roughly the deep meaning of Seonghyeon.

I never dreamed that I would realize the weight of those words in this joint combat practice.

There seems to be nothing wrong with the old saying.

*

The Nail Hall, one of the three student union buildings, was traditionally used as a place for joint combat classes.

In the well-implemented Colosseum-type arena and spectator seats, all seats and floors were polished and polished. Like an aristocratic school, even the battlefield where they hit, hit, and fight was made with dignity.

I sat in one of the spectators’ seats and watched the simulated combat practice in the center.

This year’s freshman is literally a war of stars. Since there are one or two gemstones in each grade, the attention of second-year students is bound to be concentrated.

Among them, the three were recognized by the strict Professor Glast. Ziggs, the spear of vegetation, Lortel, the daughter of gold, and Lucy the lazy.

The public’s attention was completely focused on the three freshmen who belonged to the Ministry of Magic.

– Kwaang!

“thank you. It was a good experience. I was really impressed with the skill in mana management. I learned a few things.”

In the central duel, one of them, Ziggs, a descendant of the nomadic tribes of the north, was in the midst of throwing his senior off the stage with wind magic.

Her long, curly hair that had reached the nape of her neck was fluttering in the aftermath.

“I hope I can learn a few things next time.”

And then politely say hello. So, he’s not crazy either.

A sophomore in the Ministry of Magic who came up against Ziggs… what was his name… Michael?

The use of non-basic magic is not permitted in student combat practice between the 1st and 2nd grades. However, no matter how you look at it, it seemed that Ziggs’ magic skills would not end at the basic magic line.

It was certain that he would show a much stronger appearance if he mobilized even a higher level of magic.

Gossip passed among the sophomores.

– ‘Another freshman won.’

– ‘Isn’t this really going to destroy all the sophomores?’

– ‘This freshman is a little weird. How did these monsters get together in one place?’

Joint combat practice like an annual event. The results were truly disastrous. The second graders were mercilessly slaughtered by the first graders, disrespecting the word senior. From the middle, it felt like a sandbag for the second-year students to show off their first-year skills.

It’s really sad.

[Students who are called next, please come to the waiting room after preparing for practice. Lucy Meryl, Taylor McLaugh. ]

And when the duel duel, the biggest concern, came out, gossip once again circulated in the left. what is to come has come

I also adjusted my posture and focused on the stage.

The public’s attention will be focused on Lucy Merrill, a rare genius who will rewrite the history of the Sylvania Academy.

However, it is nothing more than a scenario technique to focus attention on the protagonist through a reversal of the atmosphere.

What we really need to focus on is Taylor McLaugh, the protagonist of this world who was born with the fate of a swordsman. Although he had never held a sword in his life, he used that sword for the first time to slash Lucy’s magic as fast as lightning.

The magic that he thought would be hit is blocked, and using the gap in his carelessness, Taylor urgently narrows the distance. Surprised by that, Lucy slams lightning, an intermediate level of lightning magic.

Taylor’s reflex throw is completely subdued, but Lucy, who has used intermediate magic anyway, is disqualified and has the honor of being the first victor against Lucy Meirl.

[ I warn you again. Lucy Merrill, please prepare for practice and come up to the arena. ]

Hmm… it was a famous scene.

All her life, Taylor has been told that she has no talent. Even after coming to Sylvania, it was a time when I was treated like a failure. Wasn’t it just a life of ordeal like being bullied by a guy like Ed Roth Taylor and always getting a failing point in combat class classes?

Despite this, Taylor’s years of training did not stop. It was the moment when all of that was rewarded. The directing was so dramatic that it was heartbreaking to see a close-up of my childhood friend Ayla crying while watching it.

[ I warn you again. Lucy Merrill Student. Lucy Merrill Student. Please prepare for practice and come up to the arena. ]

……?

[Student Lucy Meirill, Student Lucy Meirill. Please come up to the arena. Lucy Merrill Student. ]

What?

where did he go???

*

It’s hard to describe in words the strange sense of euphoria I felt the moment I saw Taylor McLaugher’s position.

It was a world beyond the screen, but anyway, I have lived as him for several years, and I am a person who has completed the journey over and over, from the tragic and empty bad ending to the true ending that left a long lasting impression.

At the same time, it is inevitable that the ordeal that lies ahead of Taylor McLaure also comes to mind.

Although he was born with the fate of a swordsman, his life could never be said to be prosperous. Of the many routes he could walk, not one of them was arduous and not difficult.

So, I decided to cheer up.

It’s me, I’ve decided to live my life taking care of myself, and I’m the guy who’s going to get in the way of all the trials that will happen in Sylvania, so I have to cheer for him.

“I will do my best, work hard!”

Applause of encouragement flew towards Taylor, who gave a strong greeting on stage.

Yes, it’s an applause of ‘encouragement’. It’s because the fate of the boy, which will be crushed by Lucy Meryl from now on, is clearly drawn to the observers.

you don’t know what you don’t know Among all the students gathered here, he is born with the most overwhelming talent.

As everyone knows, the public opinion that will be reversed in the future was rather hopeful.

But that’s it, and what I’m doing right now is…

“Wow, ouch.”

He was pinching Lucy Meryl’s cheeks.

The place was a reserve podium set up behind the center stage of the Nail Hall. Even if I pretend to be, I got sleepy while taking a joint practice class, and I was looking for a place to take a nap.

He wouldn’t have been too smart to go out of the nail salon, so it must have been a good place to take a nap inside.

It was only recently that I found Lucy crouching down under the spare podium.

“Aww, uh-huh.”

“Hey, wake up. wake up It’s your turn.”

After waking up for a while, Lucy Meryl raised her torso from under the podium.

A blank expression like when I woke up in my tree shelter. One of the hair that had been tied down on both sides was loose. There was no room for hair on his cheeks, and the words he uttered after he had left his mouth blank for a while were the same.

“…I’m hungry.”

Then he shaved his head once more, stretched out once more, and said hello if he recognized me.

“hi.”

And it’s a very natural question.

“Do you have any jerky?”

It’s a honey night, really.

“I have.”

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“Give me a little.”

“Let’s start with a duel.”

[Student Lucy Merrill. Please come up quickly. ]

A bizarre sight of a duel opponent protruding from under the reserve podium. Even the students in the audience and the assistant professor who was conducting the class were staring at them with puzzled faces.

Still, I didn’t go to the outside of the nail salon, so I’m sure a duel will be established somehow. I wondered if the duel itself was canceled and could be an opportunity to change the evaluation of Taylor.

“Ugh!”

A headband fell off the side of Lucy, who raised her sullen body. One side of her hair, which was neatly tied down, was untied.

“…”

Lucy twisted her hair that had been loose on one side, picked up a braid, and handed it to me. And it was absurd to say that it was done in a drowsy voice.

“Tie my hair up…”

“No, just loosen up and get out.”

“No.. If you go around like that, the Ophelis maids will scold you. They are so scared…”

The maids of the Ophelis Hall were the only ones that Lucy feared in this Sylvania, trying to compete with the principal Obel.

The reason that Lucy, who fell asleep on the street on Heo Guheon Day and was scattered on the roof of various buildings, was able to maintain a neat outfit and a neat appearance was largely thanks to the maids of the Ophelis Hall.

It was full of elite talents as it was a group that supported all kinds of noble status, but it seems that even such women had no choice but to get angry and scolded when they controlled this unruly stray cat.

I’m glad I’m still in control…

Taking a deep breath, I grabbed Lucy’s hand, dragged her, and sat her roughly in any spectator’s seat. Then, she lifted a hair tie and swept down one side of her hair and tied it down neatly so that it was symmetrical with the other side.

Anyway, I’m in a position to have to duel with Princess Penia, but it was ridiculous that I had to fight like this in a male duel.

Also, this situation in which everyone in the nail salon was watching the scene together was also a spectator.

– ‘Who’s that guy, isn’t that Ed Roth Taylor?’

– ‘Are you still in school? Wow, it’s really poisonous.’

– ‘What is it that he’s having a close relationship with a first-year chief like that?’

– ‘You look friendly?’

– ‘Are you close? Isn’t that just a guardian?’

It was very funny to see the most disgraceful one among sophomores and the most honorable senior among first-year students arguing and trimming their hair. I was too embarrassed to finish it, so I quickly cleaned my hair.

And after waking up the dreamy Lucy again, she straightened her overcoat and put it on. The hem of the shirt that protruded from the skirt was also put back inside and tightened well, and the disheveled collar was set up again.

After that, I put one knee socks back on, and tightened the tie again, so I was pretty neat. The cuffs are left over, and he doesn’t really care about the size of the school uniform, so he wears it roughly.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes.”

“Get out now.”

So I pushed Lucy’s back and sent it to the arena. Lucy, yawning wildly and pretending to be annoyed by the world, stood on the other side of Taylor.

[Then the duel begins…]

– Kwaang!!!!

In a single blow, he slammed a low-level lightning magic into the middle of Tailly’s mite.

It seemed to take about 0.3 seconds.

*

Taylor’s life has always been a series of trials and tribulations.

A failed student from the countryside, an inferior student who has never achieved good grades since entering school, and a failure who is not recognized by anyone.

Except for Isla, a childhood friend who has been with him since childhood, no one has positively diagnosed Taylor’s future.

Little by little, even the family began to turn their eyes to Taylor’s bowl of below-average ability to do anything. Now comes the moment when I want to put everything down.

For Taylor like that, entering Sylvania was a good way to prove herself. It was as if God was smiling at Taylor.

After staying up all night, I narrowly passed the written test with pull-ups, and the practical test that I was able to pass thanks to the mercy of the princess although I almost failed because of a mean sophomore senior.

Not only that, I was able to somehow get through the ordeal that had come incessantly even after the semester started.

During the placement test, he almost lost his life to a monster-type kobold summoned by accident, and at the opening ceremony, he was not even able to enter the ceremony because of his classmates who turned away from him, who was a failed student.

Despite this, I managed to survive somehow thanks to my childhood friend Ayla, who always supported me, and Aiden, a colleague in the same crisis as failing.

And now was the moment of proof.

A rare genius, Lucy Meirl, who not only first-year students, but also seniors and professors in the upper grades, put their tongues out.

An atrocious situation in which everyone predicts victory and defeat and sympathizes with them. Even in this situation filled with only despair, Taylor never lost hope.

It’s not something you can beat just by trying for a few more days. Among the classmates who mocked Taylor like that, Taylor stayed up all night to train her body, waving her fists, and constantly training in martial arts.

From that moment when everyone sympathized with defeat, Taylor didn’t stop trying to win.

And right now.

It was a situation in which he was hung on the wall of the arena with a single blow before he could react.

“Uhhh…”

Nevertheless, Taylor stood up. All kinds of weapons, such as swords, bows, and whips, were scattered around Taylor.

In the corner of the arena, simulated weapons prepared for the students of the combat team. Most of them had no blades and were bluntly modified.

Taylor looked at the knuckle in her hand. It was a weapon that had been with us for years. However, Taylor quietly took the knuckles off.

A sensation of lightning flashed through Taylor’s mind.

Among the scattered arms, a shabby wooden sword appeared. My body went out first with a feeling of being possessed. Picking up the wooden sword that had been spread on the floor, Taylor slowly took a position with a body that was shattered.

Picking up a sword is the first time in life.

The opponent is a rare genius wizard that everyone reveres.

Nevertheless, Taylor stood up again, holding her legs together. There were people who believed in themselves. Taylor had to repay that belief.

With that single thought, Taylor clenched her teeth.

“I picked up my sword…!”

I took a breath as I saw the momentarily hung up on Taylor, but then I saw the sword raised and clenched my fists again.

Yeah dude… you can do it…!

“Lucy Meryl!”

Taylor shouts out Lucy’s name with a voice that burns like a flame.

Even me, who was watching from the audience, felt something pulling me. Yep, that was the scene.

This is the scene where Taylor, who never gave up amid the trials and tribulations of the world and the fate of abandoning herself, sends the signal of resurrection.

The cry of the swordsman, who never gave up on his life, is engraved in the hearts of all students… It is the very moment.

“Whoa!”

The movement is unbelievable for someone trying to hold a sword for the first time.

The sense of mana engraved on the crude wooden sword that Taylor was holding. I know. It was the spirit of the sword, that is, the aura that was granted only to those who were born with the fate of the sword. In front of him, even the thick wall of mana that was stacked in several layers was easily ripped out like paper.

The spectators on the left begin to be overwhelmed by the momentum.

At the clearly changed appearance of Taylor, all the students began to swallow their breath. I can even feel some kind of anticipation that something extraordinary will happen.

And an unknown wind blew.

In a sudden, unexplained gust of wind, Taylor’s body floated in the air.

– Kwaang!!!

At the ensuing lightning magic, once again, Taylor was struck with authenticity and thrust into the wall.

This time it still took about 0.5 seconds.

“…what?”

*

This time it’s a perfect knockdown. A thick smoke billowed out, and Taylor’s appearance behind him was completely shattered.

“Ahhh…”

Lucy Meryl opened her eyes as she turned on a languid stretch.

“Good work…”

Lucy came down from the stage with a dignified face as if she had done a trivial task. Up to this point, the crowd had been perfectly quiet.

Everyone’s attention was focused, but Lucy walked back to me with her characteristic bouncing gait, as if wondering what it was. And with a blank face, he grabbed my collar and flirted again.

“Can’t you give me jerky now?”

In the meantime, I realized.

The wind magic that Lucy used in the middle of the duel looked like an application of basic wind magic, but it wasn’t Lucy’s own use. I know the magic that instantly restricts the movement of the opponent and creates a gap by breaking the balance.

It was ‘Wind’s Protection’, a constantly activated skill that can be acquired by signing a contract with the high wind spirit, Merylda.

It wasn’t even that long. at most a few days.

He always took a nap with a languid expression on his face, and even signed a contract with a high-ranking wind spirit.

Originally, Merylda and Lucy were completely separate entities in the scenario. It just seems like there is nothing to do with it. It was because in the first place, there was hardly any chance for Lucy to reside in the Northern Forest.

However, recently, resided in my camp, so I had contact with Merylda. Because of that, he was able to use even Merylda’s protection, and he became unnecessarily stronger.

Even so… No one can imagine that a high wind spirit would sign a contract in just a few days.

“…”

I slowly lifted my head and looked towards Taylor. Putting down his sword, he sat down with his head bowed. His eyes did not see the vitality that was burning as usual.

The overwhelming talent gap is like violence. Once you realize that huge wall, your heart will collapse in an instant.

Hey this… I think it’s a real big deal..

I quickly got up from my seat. You should never leave it alone. Pushing away the clinging Lucy for once, she walked towards Taylor, who came down from the stage with a look of complete despair.

[The next target for combat training, Ed Rothtailer and the respected Princess Fenia Elias Chloel… ]

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Meanwhile, a voice calling me. After arranging her clothes neatly in the audience, the figure of Princess Penia was seen.

Eventually, on the way to the duel, he met Princess Fenia. As soon as he saw me, his eyes that changed aggressively were still there. It’s not new to me now that you’re being hostile to me.

From the princess’s point of view, it seems that she has made up her mind on something, but at this point, Princess Fenia was not my concern.

“Ed Roth Taylor… you last time…”

The moment the princess was about to say something, I just passed by the princess. If you stay still, Taylor will leave you completely.

Disrespecting the princess of a country would be abhorrent, but at least it would not be as severe as in this faculty building, where the virtue of learning outweighs the nobles of status. First of all, there was something more important than that.

With the eyes of the princess astonished at the fact that she had been completely ignored, I shouted clearly at Taylor, who was disappearing through the crowd.

“Hey! Taylor!”

I don’t know if this is meaningful or not, but it was better than standing still.

“Your hard work will surely be rewarded! Don’t die! Hey! Straighten your back! There’s nothing to be embarrassed about!”

If Taylor’s heart breaks and gets completely frustrated, there’s a good chance I’ll have a hard time as a result. You shouldn’t leave it like that.

“Walk boldly! You did well enough! Your opponent just wasn’t good enough! Don’t get frustrated over this!”

Yeah please don’t get frustrated already!

Instead of me, you should go to school! How many trials and tribulations await this academy in the future!

He sent a message of support to Taylor, who slowly left and disappeared into the crowd. It was a sincere sincerity.