How to Survive at the Academy chapter 180

Ed Subjugation (3)

I used to agree with the saying that trials make people strong.

However, a life full of trials only traps people in darkness. Anything in moderation is important.

That’s what I thought while watching the life of Taylor McLaugh.

It’s nice, but I don’t want to live like that.

It’s not just me, it seems like everyone thought the same.

The life of a hero who overcame many trials and finally proves the value of my life shines, but… .

At least I don’t want to live like that.

Who in the world would accept the ordeal itself with kindness?

Even if the final victory is decided, I just want a peaceful life.

It was natural to think that way.

That’s how terrifying Taylor’s life was.

*Only the occasional cry of an owl dispersed through the bushes.

I grabbed Lortel’s wrist and dragged it through the woods.

As for the light source, there was only one small light magic that Lortel had manifested. But the road has already been completely mastered in my head. That’s why you can go fast even in the dark.

Leaning on my unstoppable steps forward, Lortel lowered herself so as not to hit a stone or twig and followed.

“Go into my camp and Bell will be waiting for you.”

“Is this late?”

“I told you beforehand.”

“When the hell does that maid go to sleep?”

I’ve heard that basically, I sleep for three hours a day, and sleep for about an hour whenever I have free time during work.

Anyway, Bell is also a superhuman who sticks out his tongue. I wonder if that’s enough to be able to hold the position of a maid chief at that age.

“There were only a few people in the camp who had the keys to your villa, so I asked you to open the door in advance.”

“Then I guess I just have to wait at the villa for now. I’m not sure exactly how things are going… ”

“The building of the Elte Company must be in a state of chaos now. We have something to check when we get back to camp.”

Having said that, I jumped over the root of a large tree and swung Lortel’s wrist up.

He must have been physically exhausted, but Lortel moved by my hand without saying a word.

“Is Bel Maia a reliable person?”

Suddenly, Lortel asked that question.

This was another unexpected question, so I stood for a moment and looked towards Lortel.

“You mean Bellmaia?”

“I wonder if there’s any chance she’s stuck on the dune… ”

“You, Bell, are suspicious too.”

“Seniors. I am a person who doubts everyone except for you.”

The leaves rustled and swayed in the dark night wind. Standing side by side in the middle of the northern forest at midnight, it seems as if only the two of us are floating in outer space.

“It is unavoidable for me to be such a person.”

“… ”

“I don’t trust Bell Maia to the bone. I know she’s a good person, but that was when I was an employee.”

Lortel’s expression reflected under the hem of the robe… not very bright

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Maybe it’s because it’s a series of urgent situations, or as always, his sly and snarky appearance doesn’t come out well.

It was Lortel Keheln, who smiled leisurely no matter how desperate the situation was.

But, when you’re alone with me… Will even such a mask be worn down soon?

“People’s hearts are like reeds, so if you bring in a contract with better terms, you will easily get kicked out of a business partner you’ve been with for decades. I’ve seen too many people like that.”

“If that’s the case, I’m not the same.”

“Right. However… I am tired of doubting and doubting now.”

Hansi had to run quickly, but Lortel stood there with my sleeves tucked tight.

As I turned around, Lortel spoke quietly under a glimmer of magical light.

“I have been a merchant since I was young. I’ve seen a lot of colossus who hold great power and rule over people. Do you know what the characteristics of those who survived so long on the Tower of Gold Coins?”

“I do not know.”

“It’s that he takes his people terribly. Once I am convinced that this person is mine, I will embrace you and take you with me until the day I enter the grave.”

Lortel’s childhood begins in Oldek, a city of harsh commerce.

The time when I was playing in the slums, the time when I went to an orphanage, the time when I lived as a junior employee of the company, the time when I lived as the heir of a merchant, the time when I became a colossus and controlled a huge amount of gold coins.

From floor to ceiling.

Numerous human figures I saw while climbing the steep uphill with clenched teeth.

Since it was a merchant’s life, most of the humans he saw on the way must have fallen into madness.

Lortel would have always tried to make a prudent judgment with her twinkling eyes wide open.

“After coming up to the position of deputy director of Hoeju, I realized it too late. I… . There is no ‘my person’… ”

Whether he became the president of a large corporation, a famous politician, or the commander of a military unit.

Those who reached the top of the crowd set out in search of their own people, regardless of age.

The existence of my own person who stands by their side, free from misunderstandings, is more precious than gold to those who are always alone.

One day, while walking around the Sylvanian Bachelor in the middle of the night, the story Lortel told me feels even more poignant.

I told her that the bustling Gwakwon-dong street in broad daylight felt no different from the quiet scenery in the middle of the night.

I must have always felt the same way when I was sitting in the office of the Elte Chamber.

The reason I feel lonely even in a crowd is because there is no one I can relate to.

Look at Lortel’s expression.

Lortel Keheln, the vice president of Hoiju, who wore several layers of sly and sly fox masks. It is the bare face that the girl who became cold-blooded and led the company eventually revealed.

Is it because I thought it was just the two of us in a dark forest, where there was no one else?

From the lonely look with her eyes down, it was only then that she saw the figure of that age-old girl.

Lortel Keheln tugged at the sleeves of my robe, grabbed the collar around my neck and pushed me in the face.

Lortel’s dazzling eyes approached the front of his nose.

I was taken aback by the weak expression on her face, but Lortel spoke without considering it.

“Please be mine.”

As if finally reassured that there was no one around to peek.

“I will be that person too.”

like that… In the end, he only exposed the bottom of his heart.

“Because nothing is free in this world. This is an interdependent contract.”

“You’re making a ridiculous offer, Lortel.”

The tip of Lortel’s lips swung down, wondering if my back was on fire at my reaction. It was a sight that made my eyes doubtful. That’s what Lortel Keheln was making a crying expression on her face.

No one else, Lortel Keheln.

I didn’t get that kind of reaction just because it was me, so I talked about it right away.

“… I’ve been yours for a long time.”

The importance of finding and caring for one’s own person… There’s no way you don’t know it’s me

So do I.

Once I’m convinced that this person is mine, I take it all the way, even at some loss of interest.

Interests that cannot be replaced by monetary relations exist. Most people realize this empirically.

I am already someone who shook my head at Dune’s proposal.

“You who said that, weren’t you mine?”

So I question Lortel.

It talks about loneliness in the crowd, but Lortel and I have known each other for over two years.

Isn’t that enough that we already know everything we need to know about each other?

“… ”

In some cases, sudden changes occur one day, but in most cases, human values or their environment change slowly and gradually.

It is the law of human change that, when you open your eyes, without even noticing yourself, you have changed a lot. Just like a frog in a boiling pot slowly cooks alive.

Therefore, awareness of change is always one timing late.

From the poor ghetto to the top of the Elte Chamber.

A kid who used to walk in shabby clothes is walking down the corridor of a merchant wearing a merchant’s robe embroidered with gold thread.

Even if that moment seems like a natural moment, if you look back on your footsteps, you have come higher than you think.

The same is true of the worries about solitude and discussing my own person.

I searched for and longed for my own person so much, but when I came to my senses, my person was right in front of me.

It’s not even the 10,000 won bill I found in my pocket… What kind of rice cake is this? It seems so pointless to sing a hum.

Still, the change itself did not disappear, so Lortel Keheln just sniffed.

“… ”

“… Hey, what suddenly… Is this something to cry about… ?”

“It’s noisy. It’s the first time I’ve sneered in front of someone.”

The damp voice is embarrassing even to me.

In fact, there is no way to say that there is nothing great about the bare face under the mask.

He lived his life exposing the appearance of a sly merchant with a smirk, but in the end, Lortel Keheln is no different from everyone else.

Lortel came into my arms like that, and had to stand still for a while.

*The fight between Elvira and Taylor was heading towards a long battle.

Although it is Elvy who has the battlefield itself in my hands, there is no way to directly damage Taylor.

Although Taylor has excellent natural physical strength, she has also been trained through continuous training.

It is absurd to defeat him with strength, and Elvy is not good at combat magic to shock him with magical means.

In the end, it becomes a battle that continuously consumes his stamina by using his alchemy knowledge and magic equipment.

― Kaak! Wrath!

Taylor attacked Elvira while swinging a large sword in the lateral direction, but was pushed away by the tech equipment ‘Shock Strengthening Wave Ball’.

As it was, Elvira covered her sight with a smoke screen reagent and tried to distance herself from Taylor again, but she clenched her teeth and withstood the shock, Taylor went back into range.

“With these remnants… . can’t stop me… !”

“I think you are right!”

Eventually, Elvira’s judgment exceeded Taylor’s expectations. Rather, it had dug into Taylor’s arms.

If you close the distance with Taylor, you will be suppressed in an instant.

Taylor was momentarily flustered, but that doesn’t mean she’s kicking the opportunity that has rolled in.

At the moment of turning the sword’s trajectory in the direction of Elvira, Elvira took out a reagent bottle from her arms, not minding that her shoulder was rubbing against the sword.

‘Red Flame Flower Reagent’

As Elvira cast a small spell, a huge flame rose from within.

Taylor and Elvira are also in the sphere of influence.

“Wow!”

The moment Tailly clenched her teeth and endured the heat, the reagent was poured into Taylor’s left hand, who was holding the bayonet.

“Great!”

It’s not a big flame, but if you stand still, you’ll definitely get burned. When Taylor released the sword handle in surprise, Elvira just kicked the sword and pushed it away.

Taylor lost her sword momentarily. However, it was not enough to lose in close combat with Elvira. At first, Taylor was a boy who used to fight with bare hands before picking up a sword.

That was the moment when Taylor tightened her fist.

Elvira brushed the flame off the tip of her head, extinguished it, and then grabbed her left shoulder, which was bleeding.

The flowing blood stained Elvira’s left arm red. It wasn’t a deep wound, but there was some bleeding.

Seeing this, even Taylor had to swallow a moment’s breath.

He wounded Elvira with his own hands. This fact is instantly realized, and blood starts to circulate in his head again.

“Elvira.”

Instead of clenching a fist, Taylor opened her mouth.

“There is no reason to do this. just… Just get out of the way… ”

But Elvira spoke while taking out two bluish reagents.

“Noisy, come on, Taylor.”

“how… Ed Roth Taylor What did that man say… You’re doing it like this… !”

Taylor said with her head bowed.

“I don’t want to fight with you. just i… I just want to save Isla.”

“You have a long mouth, Taylor.”

Elvira dropped two reagent bottles on the floor and broke them. The magical energy that rose from the reagents pervades Elvira’s body in a bluish color.

As it was, Elvira pulled out the two rabbit-shaped hairpins that were tied to the back of her head.

The loose back of Elvira’s hair was fluttering in the night wind.

“Are you going to fight with your mouth? Take it seriously.”

“… ”

Taylor was sitting on the dirt floor, watching Elvira quietly.

no will to fight However, if Elvira rushes in, it has no choice but to deal with it.

Even if Elvira is a precious classmate, it cannot be more precious than Ayla.

so that… Taylor draws magical energy from her body.

– Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Elvira’s hairpin grew gigantic, and two gigantic bunnies appeared.

It looks like a rabbit, but the ugly and ragged molars and the creepy red eye glow are unusual.

Each ministry created by mixing the qualities of a wolf and a rabbit.

It was the moment when Elvira was trying to draw out her magical power and even manifest elemental magic.

– Get it!

― Kwa-G-G-G-G-Gak!

From then on, it happened quickly.

Taylor McLaugh is a boy who lives every moment hard. The same goes for training efforts.

His swordsmanship has also grown a lot, and he is now a well-known strongman in the school.

Even Elvira knew that fact, so he was waiting for him to come out seriously.

I didn’t know how serious Taylor was. Anyway, at least he’s not someone who specializes in combat and he’s not an opponent to win. I knew it well enough.

Elvira’s role is… It’s just what makes Taylor really serious.

So, to some extent, I became sincere. You have to do that, because the other person will come out sincerely.

However, Taylor’s sword attack was serious… With Elvira’s eyes, she couldn’t even follow.

A fleeting moment felt like a thousand eons.

Is it enough time to close and open your eyes once?

The two rabbits are… All were in two halves.

That’s weird. There was no sword in Taylor’s hand.

Taylor’s greatsword, which was lying on the floor, was clearly in sight. However, the Rabbit Workhorse is neatly cut into two pieces as if it had been cut by a sword.

Then the third sword strike.

Only then did Elvira realize.

A mythical swordsmanship that was devised by the first sword lord Luden and passed down to those born with the blood of McLaure. swordsmanship.

Among those ancient techniques that contained numerous swordsmanships. Using swordsmanship without a sword… ‘Heo Sword Art’.

It was part of a magical swordsmanship that forges the raised magic and cuts down the opponent.

There is no point in noticing that fact too late.

Taylor’s third sword attack, waking up in the dark… It was already flying towards the body of Elvira.

There is a sign of determination in Taylor’s expression, which is clenching her teeth.

If anyone threatens Ayla’s life, even Elvira will be cut off. There was even a sublime in that decision.

– Kaang!

However, the sword strike did not reach Elvira.

The sword strike that did not reach the end… disappeared leaving only a small scar on Elvira.

It was because the sword of another man who broke in in the middle deflected it.

– Whoa, whoa!

It smells like fishy blood.

darkness at night. Inside, a monster with a red-eyed light resides.

Elvira, who had closed her eyes tightly, turned her gaze forward again.

Elvira, who was lying on the floor, could only see her back.

If you look up at the gummyeon where the blood flows, dripping, dripping… A scandal with a dismal impression comes into view.

“Now this is… What are you doing? Taylor.”

The man, bleeding from the back of his shoulder, was staring at Taylor, spitting out the night air.

At that moment, Elvira quickly swallowed her breath and raised her voice.

“Clevius, this is… !”

“Noisy. Be quiet, Elvira.”

He was a man who was always dragged by Elvira’s hand and suffered, but with a single word he cut off Elvira’s voice and suppressed it.

The demonic spirit flowing through his body proves that he is completely different from the usual Clevius.

Taylor slowly picked up the sword and… I met Clevius. With her upper body hanging down like a zombie… It is absorbing magical power from the blood flowing along the sword held in one hand.

It’s a rumor that Taylor McLaugher has heard once or twice. It was quite famous on this floor.

The Nortondale family lives in a sword demon.

There were not many people who confirmed the reality of the terrible rumor with their own eyes.

*“The villa door is open.”

When we got back to camp, Bell had a bonfire and had all of the villas cleaned up.

Lortel and I were just warming up by the bonfire when we arrived.

It’s like camping or something… It looked like he was alone, blankly putting his palms to the heat of the bonfire.

“… There is something about this camp that has the power to make people sag.”

After finishing all the work, he looks at the fire and is dazed.

Perhaps she was embarrassed to have been found unraveling, which is quite rare for a Bell, so she said that with a sly face.

“If you are inside the villa, we will report you whenever someone comes from outside or something happens.”

“Thank you, Bell.”

Having said that, I led Lortel’s hand into the villa.

With the bell parked outside, once inside the villa, he waits for a change in the situation. In the meantime, while exchanging information with Lortel, he must deduce what kind of trick Dune was working on.

The dune must be in a state of daunting just to sort out Taylor’s uproar in the store. There is quite a bit of free time.

It’s safe to say that Taylor never got to this point anyway. The opponents he has prepared are too harsh for Taylor to face alone.

It is said that the life of the protagonist who overcomes any ordeal and advances, but there is also a degree to that.

I think so… I led the lortel into the villa.

Somehow, I get my Elte company back.

That was my number one goal.