How to Survive at the Academy chapter 166

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Melancholy of the Wolf (2)

I’ve never heard of the name Patriciana.

However, the family name that came after him was quite familiar.

Act 5 of Sylvania’s Failed Sword Castle.

The final act, which deals with the story of Seong Chang-ryong Velbrok and the great sage Sylvania, is full of episodes that mainly deal with nerve warfare between families until all the truth is revealed.

As much as it deals with the story of the establishment and origin of this Sylvania Academy, many characters are involved, and among them, people from families that have been skimmed through as the story progressed were included.

If you were to pick a famous samurai from the Chloel Empire, you would pick the Callamore House, the Nortondale House, and the Elpelan House.

If I had to choose a famous magician, I would pick the Saniel family and the Whitefelts family.

The Bloom River family was at the forefront of the prestigious magical family, but after Emperor Chloel took the throne, there were a lot of accidents, and it was a place where they got the disgrace that descended from the prestigious family.

Past heads of state, who were more interested in the field of alchemy than the field of magic, were seriously injured in an accident while experimenting with nonsense, or blew up a hill… He did not stop his aggressive magic experiments, even though he had a lot of thoughts.

Of course, compared to the Roth Taylor family, who study the power of evil spirits, this place is like a fairy tale… The problem is frequency. If you forget, there have been explosions, food poisoning, water source pollution, environmental damage, etc… It was a place known as a trouble even in the Chloël imperial court as it caused accidents if a little careless.

Nevertheless, taboos are strictly observed, and Sinir Bloomriver, who has been newly appointed to the state of California, is more common-sense than I thought… These geeks somehow managed to maintain their positions as high-ranking aristocrats.

The Bloom River family, which is always called the ‘Witch’s House’ for its extraordinary magic quests… They also admitted two students to the Sylvania Academy.

Twin daughters of Sinir Bloomriver, Traceiana and Patriciana Bloomriver.

Contrary to expectations that they would be admitted to the Alchemy Department, both of them entered the Magic Department, and surprisingly, the older sister, Traceiana, even took the lead in the Ministry of Magic.

“Well, now the sophomore, Lucy Meirill, has risen to such an absurd level that the light has faded, but the traditional strength of the Bond Sylvania Academy was the fourth-grade seniors.”

Of course, the higher the grade, the higher the student’s level.

It is no wonder that among the senior students, the 4th grade seniors have the highest level. It’s just that the members of the main character’s generation have a ridiculous average.

Dijk Elpelan, Chief of the Combat Department, Traceiana Bloomriver, Chief of the Ministry of Magic, and Dorothy Whitepelz, Chief of the Alchemy Department.

The person who wrote me the letter is the twin sister of Tracyana Bloomriver, who is currently the 4th grade magician’s head.

Two of the three seniors in the 4th grade have already met.

Dyke Elpelan, the head of the Combat Team and the head of all 4th graders, broke into a match with Professor Kaleid during the last semester’s exam.

It was like looking at a bear when he was running around with gauntlets with his large body on.

And I saw Dorothy Whitefelt while pursuing Professor Glast.

He was overpowered by Yenica, so he couldn’t perform well, but anyway, he belongs to the famous Whitefelts family.

She is the older sister of Joseph Whitefelt, the head of the Magic Department in the first year, and a girl who is treated as a de facto ace in the Alchemy Department, and is also one of Professor Glast’s best students.

However, the twin wizards Traceiana and Patriciana are completely unknown. His name is long and difficult to tell, but he wasn’t even a very important character in ＜ Failed Swordsman of Sylvania >.

As a wizard from the troubled Bloom River family, I knew he would have a great role, but the only point in the scenario that started to escalate was when the twin wizards were graduating… He left without receiving any spotlight.

So, it was necessary for me to personally investigate the person who sent me such a absurd letter.

“Tracyana-senpai is famous among 4th graders who can handle two types of high-ranking magic. Not everyone eats the head of the Ministry of Magic, even the 4th year head. In fact, even taking that into account, it’s unbelievable.”

“Hmm, that’s right.”

The student shelter is located in front of the student center. With many wooden tables lined up, this place is usually full of students regardless of the time of day.

However, during the summer vacation season, the whole campus is quiet. The fact that it was in front of the Student Union was no different. Usually, it is a place where you have to compete to get a seat, but during the quiet vacation season, you could pay a charter at all.

“Well, there are a lot of bad rumors about the Bloom River family… It is also the place where many advances have been made in the field of alchemy experiments. I know it well.”

Sitting across from me is Elvira Aniston, the sophomore senior pensioner.

He is a student with a deep academic passion for alchemy and magic engineering, and was in charge of managing various reagents and tech supplies in the ‘protagonist generation’ led by Taylor.

The orange hair, which has been sprawled out and protruded here and there, shows her character, who is not particularly interested in things like appearance management.

Still, the sharp and playful face still has a cute feeling like a little devil.

“I know about Tracyiana sunbaenim well, but… I don’t know about Patriciana sunbaenim. Rumors abound.”

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My older sister is also the senior in the grade, and she is quite famous among students because she often shows her face in public places like this.

However, the brother who sent me the letter is more mysterious than I thought, and he does not show up well in class.

Elvira read through the letter I gave her, and… He scratched his chin a few times with his eyes half-opened.

“Did you fly to Ed’s old address?”

“okay.”

“Hmm… ”

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Meeting Elvira was on the way to the Glockt Hall.

There was someone doing something strange, so when I got closer and checked, it was Elvira and her party.

As Elvira is well versed in the field of alchemy, she thought she might know about the Bloom River family, a family closely related to alchemy, so she took some time.

“According to the rumors, I heard that Patriciana sunbae, unlike her older sister, is a human being who is locked up in a corner of the laboratory and does not come out. I rarely come to bachelor’s classes, but I’ve heard that they almost filled up the attendance score with practice scores and self-taught written scores.”

“Is that possible?”

“Well, my older sister, Tracyana, said that she came to class all the time… The difference must have been whether he was a senior or not.”

Twins don’t necessarily mean that both of them will do well in studies, but anyway, their natural brains for studying were similar.

“It’s a rumor I’ve heard across. He has no interest in rumors about his undergraduate studies or the current situation, and is just immersed in his own research… They say you are a typical room wasteman.”

“… ”

“So, you must have sent a letter through the old contact network without knowing that Ed-senpai was excommunicated and kicked out of the Ophelis Hall?”

“How long has it been since I was kicked out of the Ophelis, and you still don’t know that?”

“I’m a little creepy too. Do you not know that the student council president has changed?”

Even though we are still attending the same school, how can we not be so interested in outside news?

Basically, all academic events are announced as announcements, and there are many cases where the professors recite one more time in various classes.

Even so, it is unrealistic to say that you do not know any news about such a big bachelor’s degree… I thought.

“Actually, alchemists like us have a strange habit. There is such a thing as a romance of setting up a secret laboratory somewhere and doing a lot of experiments… ”

Elvira opened her eyes slightly, as if confessing a sin, and spoke.

Elvira also knows that she has secretly set up a secret laboratory in a corner of the eastern cliff.

“So, the Ministry of Pensions sometimes provides students’ private labs in an underground facility, but… Because that alone is not enough, they sometimes set up a secret laboratory in an outside space. If you secretly made such a thing and locked yourself in there… ”

“Still, you probably didn’t come to class. Can’t you just stay there for 24 hours?”

“It is, but… .”

Elvira said with a sly smile, as if something new had arisen.

“Hey, Tracyana-senpai and Patriciana-senpai are twins. To be honest, if you just change your hair color with magic, you can’t tell the difference.”

“… ”

Traceyana was all represented.

Why did I say that my grades were so good and I took some classes twice?

“Is that possible with human physique?”

“So, he must have taken a senior seat. Well, not really, it’s just my guess. Just guessing.”

After going through the whole letter Elby, he folded it in half and handed it to me again.

“Anyway, if you read only the contents of the letter, it seems that Patriciana-senpai is strangely just. So, you shouldn’t kidnap and imprison people recklessly.”

“Why do you take all of this for granted? ”

“No, we can kidnap and imprison at least one person if necessary. Wasn’t that what happened to you?”

Elvira, speaking skillfully, blinked her eyes.

Looking at the seat next to him, a boy was struggling with his arms tied behind his back and his mouth and eyes covered with a cloth.

“town! town! Oops!”

A slender physique and a gloomy feeling. It was Clevius, the swordmaster of the Nortondale family.

“I’ve been ignoring it with difficulty… Still, I want to ask.”

“yes?”

“Why is he here?”

Elvira took a deep breath and wiped her chin.

“I’m making it into a person.”

“… ”

“Listen, sir. He still has no brain. Whenever he has a chance, he spit out melancholy noises and argue with anyone he makes eye contact with. The last time you openly shouted and got angry at Ed sunbaenim, didn’t you?”

I don’t mind Clevius’s particularly aggressive remarks.

He was like this in the original. He’s negative and gloomy in everything he does, which makes him feel bad, but he’s the guy who does it anyway.

“Clevius needs to cultivate social skills a little more. Whenever he has a chance, he turns off all the lights and mumbles in a dark corner and talks strange things to himself.”

“… ”

“I can become a more proud and wonderful man like this, but it’s a waste. So I take it with me to parties and dress up nicely. Sometimes I try to run away by playing in that extroverted vibe, but there are a lot of calming agents out there, so I can easily subdue them.”

As Clevius broke his body here and there, the eye patch that was covering his eyes gently lowered.

In that state, he made eye contact with me, and he was sending a rescue request asking for help just once, with a desperate look.

“… How long are you going to be like this?”

“Until you say you want to go with me to the pension department dinner next week.”

“Are you sure you want to go there?”

“Because there is no good place to build a lot of networks and to train for social skills.”

I stared at him for a long time with my eyes wide open, but Elvira snorted without hesitation.

“I also have a desire to go with a decent male student. Because I am a woman too.”

Saying that and seeing Bessi’s smile, I swallowed dry saliva.

As he made eye contact with Clevius again, his desperate eyes filled with moisture.

Please save me just once. I’m not going to talk nonsense again. I will treat my seniors well without grabbing my neck or getting nervous for nothing… It seemed that some kind of message was being conveyed.

I hurriedly averted my eyes.

Living a little caught up… It’s not that bad… Cleviers…

*[Magic Abilities Details]

Rank: Proficient Magician

Specialty: Elements

Common magic:

Quick Casting Lv 13

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Mana Detection Lv 14

Fire Elemental Magic:

Ignition Lv 18

One Point Explosion Lv 3

Wind Elemental Magic:

Wind Blade Lv 16

….Aspect Magic:

Planetary Magical Expression Lv 4

Temper Change Lv 3

Death Immunity Lv 0

Time Prison Lv 1 (new!)

Short-distance space movement Lv 0

Forced Gathering Lv 2

Vision manifestation Lv 0

Dazzling Lv 1 (new!)

I have already read ＜Introduction to Constellation> more than 10 times. Now, I have memorized everything in the order of the items for each chapter.

There are quite a few cases where I can’t remember the details, but I felt like I had embodied all the big things anyway.

Nevertheless, it felt like the growth of the Aspect Magic was still stagnant. Even if you train for a long time, your magic expression level will not go up.

Since the other magic fields are from the original, there are guidelines on how to train them, but Aspect Magic is really something to experience for the first time.

Therefore, the effective training method had no choice but to learn it by direct contact with the body.

Fortunately, I continued to read books and used Aspect Magic in real life several times… A new magical realm was opened.

Time prison and delusion.

I’ve seen Time Prison used by Professor Glast or Lucy.

It is a magic that completely blocks the movement of the target for a few seconds to several minutes. However, since time itself of the subject is stopped as an action, it cannot affect its body.

It is far from the basics of suppression magic of attacking while suppressing. It is a magic that stands out more in the aspect of being removed from the battlefield for a while.

And another magic, ‘delusion’.

This magic, which temporarily controls the mind of the target and causes it to behave as desired… It consumes a much larger amount of mana compared to other holy spirit magic.

In addition, if the opponent’s magic sensitivity level is higher than mine, or if the skill proficiency of the deceptive skill is too low, the control range will be noticeably reduced.

If the skill proficiency rises above the limit, you can truly dominate the target, but at a low skill level, you can’t command the opponent to resist.

Even if they say that by increasing the skill proficiency of deceptive magic, you can break the opponent’s rejection and make unreasonable demands… In that case, the mana consumed would also be enormous.

With low skill proficiency, it is only possible to induce the movement of the opponent or to disperse the flow of consciousness naturally.

“Hmm… ”

Every time I look at the skills of the Holy Spirit Magic Army, I feel that they are magics with incredible power.

Compared to elemental magic that is mainly in charge of firepower, Aspect Magic is specialized in coordinating the battlefield and creating variables.

I wanted to train as much as possible because it felt like it really suited my fighting style.

It was a bit painful to know that I couldn’t use the magic I had learned because I couldn’t use my magic properly right now.

It was when I came to the front of the Glockt Hall, checking the newly learned magic here and there, checking the stats that had risen.

“You’re finally here, Ed Rothtailer.”

Stairs leading to the entrance to the Gloct Hall. A girl, sitting near the middle of the place, supporting her chin caught my eye.

“… Patriciana-senpai?”

“Really, you’re making a face that you don’t know anything! After reading all my letters!”

The first thing that catches your eye is the purple short hair. When the bangs are pulled up with a hairpin, the pure white forehead is beautifully revealed. Two self-assertive eyebrows narrowed cutely.

“You have a camp in the northern forest, don’t you?”

“… ”

He jumped up from his seat, saw me, rolled his feet, and started getting angry.

“You thought I didn’t know?!”

“Ah yes… Did you know?”

In fact, almost everyone knows about it.

Well, it seems that most of the students still don’t even think that I’m living such a miserable wild life in the forest, but it’s not like I’m keeping it a secret.

“Frankly tell me what the hell they are up to there!”

“… There is nothing to decorate. There is no place to live, so I live there.”

“Do not lie! The dormitory is in good shape, what nonsense are you talking about!”

“It has been less than two years since I was kicked out of the dormitory.”

“… uh?”

Patriciana tilted her head for a moment at my words, then chuckled again and continued.

“I see. I… It’s a little dark from the news outside.”

Having said that, Patricia hesitated as she wiggled her fingers. Then he suddenly regains consciousness and raises his voice.

I felt like the other party was getting angry because something was too much, so I listened quietly for the time being.

“Anyway, it’s not that important… ! You, a girl who is slightly taller than me and tied up with gray hair behind her… know… ?”

“… ”

After hearing that impression, only one person came to mind. No, it wasn’t a person, it was a spirit.

Other than that, he was a high-ranking wind spirit who ran away from the camp as if he was a runaway.

“I was walking in and out of camp every day, and not long ago I saw him finally jumping out of the North Woods barefoot!”

“… So?”

“Once I secured it, I protected it. I’ve seen you disappear from your camp every day, go away for a few days, and only come out for a walk every few days! I’ve never seen him eat properly, and he’s exhausted every day… You couldn’t even leave the forest as if you were bound by someone! I don’t know what the threat was… !”

It’s definitely misleading if you just listen to the explanation.

“Always barefoot, no proper clothes… You are not being treated like a human being! So this time, I got him and secured it! If you don’t tell the truth… I know how to report to the bachelor like this!”

“Before I explain… that… How do you know the situation around my camp so well?”

At those words, Patricia swallowed a gasp and her pupils trembled.

“that… A person who doesn’t know anything about academics knows so well how the girl who goes in and out of my camp is doing… ”

“… You know what to do with it!”

“Private secret research facilities that are prohibited at the academic level… Have you ever parked it near the northern forest?”

“… ”

I asked for a moment. If there was such a facility in the northern forest, it would most likely stand out.

Well, I am a human… Although the range of movement is limited, Merylda, who manages the entire forest, would not have known.

“You saw… !”

You saw and slept and now you confessed, you child.

Suddenly, magical energy erupted from around Patriciana. Now that the situation has come to pass, I am going to exercise my skills.

Well, I don’t know if I’ll hurt you… Do you want to take the initiative in the conversation by pressing even with force?

Unfortunately, I can’t use my magic right now. It was a moment when I was about to reach out with these and other magical equipment in my arms.

– Whoa, whoa!

For a moment, I felt the air splitting apart.

A wind blew, and someone else broke in between me and Patriciana.

The appearance of a girl who was caught in the wind from a long distance… She looked a lot like Patriciana Bloomriver.

However, her eyes are a bit more naive, and her hair is bluish. Everything else is completely similar to Patriciana, so it seems that the first person who saw it would not be able to tell the two apart except by the hair color.

The girl who appeared with the wind with a large wand in one hand immediately manifested a magic circle and exploded all the magical spheres that Patriciana had expressed.

―Quaggagagagak!

“Hey!”

― Huey hey hey!

In the raging wind, Patriciana grabbed the railing and barely moved her body.

The girl who landed with the wind as it was, 4th grade senior Tracyana Bloomriver… I tucked my school uniform coat tight and looked at me and Patriciana in turn.

“sister… ! Well done! This person… !”

The blue-haired Tracyana often walked towards Patriciana, then pulled her earlobe and brought her towards me.

“Ah, ah! aah!”

“I’m sorry, my little brother is a bit immature!”

“sister! hurt! Let this go! I want you to listen to me!”

Tracyana made an apology by pressing Patriciana’s head firmly.

“He has a temperament to make quick decisions on his own terms, but he is a good boy by nature, so close your eyes just once!”

“sister! Because that’s not it! sister! The camp where this human lives… there… That girl… !”

“You mean the kid you put in the L’Orail Pavilion? Anyway, I brought it! The kidnapper must be you, not this person, Patriciana!”

Having said that, when Tracyana developed her magical powers, another wind was created, and the girl landed in the sky above the Glockt Hall.

The girl with the pure white dress and fluttering hair is a familiar face.

“… Merylda.”

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Merylda opened her mouth to say something. It seems that he doesn’t want to be found out that he is a spirit.

When playing a bachelor, Merylda moves as a human being. He is wary of not being able to attend a bachelor’s degree as comfortably as before after revealing to the public that he is just a spirit.

Just by speaking, the spirit is transmitted as a sound that can feel magical power, and it is immediately recognized that it is a spirit.

That’s why Merylda in human form doesn’t speak in front of strangers.

However, he seems to have worked hard to explain that he is not the one who was kidnapped… It seems that because of Patriciana’s lack of responsiveness, she could not properly understand Merylda’s incompletely manifested explanation.

“You, you… !”

Only then did Patriciana look at Merylda in surprise, but Merylda often jumped out and hid behind me.

Patriciana looked at the scene and stared at my face and Merylda’s for a moment… .

He soon bowed his head.

“Sorry!!!!”

It would have been great if the judgment of the situation had been this sooner.

*Patriciana was crying in the corner of the bench with her arms raised and her bee standing.

“I got a letter from Lord Sinir. It’s rare for a mother to send such a sudden letter, so I was a little embarrassed.”

Unlike Patriciana, Traceiana Bloomriver looked oddly mature.

It’s amazing that they look so similar, but the atmosphere they give off can be so different.

“Looks like you’ve done a great job at Roth Taylor’s home. The news hasn’t reached Sylvania yet, but soon enough, rumors will flourish. Because it was such a huge event.”

Sinir Bloomriver was at the scene of the catastrophe at the Roth Taylor Mansion.

I, Ed Roth-Taylor, who was involved in the incident, returned to the academy, so I sent a letter to my daughter, who was at the academy at the same time, to inform them of the news. The letter Traceiana was holding seemed to have just arrived.

“You don’t seem to be particularly wary of me for hearing the news. Traceyana-senpai.”

“I’m on your side, Ed Rothtailer. Because your mother decided that you would not have taken part in the tragedy of the Roth Taylors.”

Tracyana showed me the letter Sinir had sent me. It also means that you trust me.

“If your mother judged you that way, I should believe you too. Even so, if the news is announced, rumors and public opinion about you will be formed even within this school. After all, you were wearing Roth Taylor’s name.”

“Will it adversely affect me in any way?”

“Well. you have to watch that Anyway, I wanted to do some face-painting with you, and that’s good. From the looks of it, public opinion in the 4th grade seems to be going in your favor.”

Tracyana was sitting in a corner of the bench, sharpening her wand.

“I don’t know why, but Dyke, the head of the combat department, likes you very much. It’s a rare species to see these days. Dorothy, the head of the Pensions Department, seems to have a bit of animosity, but it’s more of a fear rather than a dislike.”

“… ”

“I’m just asking, what did Yenika do to her?”

“Can I move on to no comments?”

“… Yeah, I won’t ask. Petrin, raise your hand.”

Whoops, Patriciana raised her hand upright. For a twin sister, she seems to have some authority.

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Maybe Patriciana has a lot of things that she is inferior to Traceyana in many ways. The name Petrin seems to be a nickname…

“Anyway, since you are in the same boat, I will tell you. Sinir Bloomriver, my mother and the head of the Bloom River family… I’m stuck with Tanya Rothtailer.”

He was startled by that and trembled. Then he slowly moved his gaze towards Tracyana.

It is a family that would not be strange even if it was immediately destroyed. I can’t believe I joined such a family. Even though I am a member of that family.

“Once the news of the Roth Taylor mansion starts to come in earnest, opinions will begin to divide even among students from various families within the bachelor’s. When that time comes, you will have to distinguish between those who are on your side and those who are not.”

“I’m used to looking at you with a sarcastic gaze.”

“It’s completely different from just being sarcastic about a person and seeing that person as a traitor.”

He nodded at that. That was correct.

“You can trust Dyke, the 4th grade chief. But I don’t know about Atalante, the head of the 3rd year pension department. The same goes for Wade, the first-year combat team leader. Their family is loyal to the imperial family. I don’t know what the sudden action will be. Just like Petrin did today.”

“All right. Thanks for the advice.”

“What advice do you have? It’s just a matter of course. then… ”

Tracyana got up from her clothes and grabbed Patriciana’s cheek. So he stood up and greeted me.

“Anyway, it’s a pity that my first impression turned out to be bad. see you again maybe… Maybe we’ll see each other again at our next combat practice or our joint class.”

As I nodded, Tracyana dragged Patriciana and disappeared into the distance. First of all, he said that he would stick with him as an ally, so he looked like a pretty reliable senior. His physique was a bit dwarf, though.

“by the way… Let’s hear a little bit about how this happened… ”

I let the two wizards go, and looked back.

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Merylda was there, averting her gaze.

*”next.”

A guest room in the splendid and dazzling imperial palace.

Among them, on the sofa in the brightest and most spacious room, Lucy Meryl sat quietly.

The chef swept all the jerky from the Imperial Kitchen and put it on the table… He was sweating profusely.

Lucy Meryl, a genius magician who sent the evil god Mevula back alone, was lying on the sofa, chewing each bite of jerky and throwing it away.

Selah, who was sitting opposite her, had smiling eyes, but her mouth was not smiling at all.

“… .It doesn’t taste like this… !”

Lucy Meryl, who has been holding a jerky gourmet for about three hours like that… never been satisfied

She is the person who threatened Selah as a first-class guest. The man who has been the chef of the imperial family for 13 years was sweating profusely and was in a state of contemplation on how to satisfy this man.

Selah kept her smiling eyes, but had to endure the throbbing headache.

This wizard, who came to the imperial court as a replacement for Ed Roth Taylor… Lying on the bed with dirty clothes or stepping on the carpet without taking off your shoes… The truth was usually not the truth.

Besides, the taste is so fussy, and the imperial banquet only shows a sullen attitude.

To put it bluntly… Very thick and mean… !

But Selah didn’t say a word and kept smiling. She just sits opposite her, trembling at the tip of her lips.

There is no such thing as dignity in what you do… . I kept thinking about sending it back, but I couldn’t.

However, Lucy herself seems to be very dissatisfied with the treatment, so it seems like she will go back at any moment.

Naturally, if Lucy decides to return, the imperial family cannot stop it with force. However, he does not actively open his mouth or negotiate anything.

It was crazy and crazy.