How to Survive at the Academy chapter 3

7 days before school starts (1)

After all, three days passed.

The three days were not wasted. It was too tedious to explain one by one, but it was also summed up in one word.

The first shelter I made was a little bigger.

On the second night, it collapsed unexpectedly, so I collected more trees from the forest and reinforced the supports.

It would have been nice if there was a rope to tie it up, but I didn’t have one, so I dug up the soil and put a support in it.

If it rains, it may leak, so I sacrificed three or four coats to cover the leaves that act as a roof, and then again covered the leaves with large leaves.

After that, the supports could not withstand the weight and were about to collapse, so I installed an auxiliary support to support horizontally between the supports.

I was thinking about what to tie the auxiliary support with, and in the end I twisted the old clothes like a mop and tied them up like a rope.

It was a waste to waste clothes like this right now. It was because I thought that if I scrape it all off and take it to the pawnshop, I might get a few pieces of silver.

But then he shook his head. Even if it’s a gem, unless it’s a luxury item with a lot of jewelry, there’s no way you can buy it from a pawnshop.

You’ll be fine, as you still have valuables that you really want to buy. However, the problem is that there is only a pawnshop in the neighboring city to buy it.

I wanted to avoid the unfortunate incident where I left Aken Island with difficulty and walked to the pawnshop of the neighboring city, and had no money to return because I ran out of money sooner than I thought.

It’s quick if you take a horse-drawn carriage, but if you want to walk, it’s a distance that takes 1 night and 2 days round trip. It was not a street that could be easily left like going out to the yard. As I don’t have the money to ride a wagon, I had to be careful.

“Hmm…”

I was sitting by the creek, sharpening the tip of a tree trunk with a dagger.

I decided not to leave this school prematurely, so I had to prepare a living base first.

ceremonial week.

I have enough clothes to wear for a few days right now, and I have a house, even if it’s poorly equipped, but eating right away was the problem.

On the second day, we went out into the woods to find something to eat. My hometown is a rural village. I was more accustomed to environments like forests and mountains.

But finding food is another thing. Grass was everywhere, but it was another matter to determine which grass was edible. Although I am not a survival expert, there was a limit to my ability to distinguish edible grass with my eyes.

So I tore off the bark of the pine trees in the forest. There was something like white flesh inside the shell.

When I was young, my grandfather once told me. It is a story about when you were a child, you boiled and ate the bark of a tree in the mountains behind you when you came to a barley hill.

I tore off the flesh with the ceremonial dagger that came with my luggage. Then, after starting a fire with ignition magic, water from the creek was boiled and the flesh was boiled. There was nothing to use as a pot, so I used an iron cup used for decoration.

As it is, I put the pine bark in my mouth and chewed it. It didn’t taste really bad, but I could eat it just fine.

And that night I had diarrhea like a storm. Also, it seems that the bark is not edible by humans.

And the third day. He starved for two full days, and even suffered from diarrhea, so he was in a state of disbelief.

I made a simple harpoon by cutting the tip of the tree with a ceremonial dagger and tying the dagger to it with a handkerchief. It was tied tightly, but it was a little loose with just a handkerchief. So, I tied a few more layers of thin vines I found while exploring the forest.

[ New finished product ]

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simple harpoon

A ceremonial dagger was tied on a well-cut tree trunk. It seems that it can be used for fishing or hunting. Due to the lack of sharpness of the dagger, it is impossible to expect great lethality.

Crafting Difficulty: ◐○○○○

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[ The production has been completed. Crafting skill has increased. ]

When I was young, it was time to show off my skills of catching freshwater fish in the river. However, he felt like he was going to die of hunger, so there was a different wretchedness from that time.

Unlike the fishing harpoons that came out as industrial products, it lacked sharpness, but you can overcome it with experience.

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The firewood was pounding and burning. Still, how fortunate I was that I didn’t have to struggle to make a fire because I had the ignition magic.

Once again, I thanked Ed from the past, who chose the major element with fire.

…

Is there anything to be thankful for?

Anyway, it was impossible to gather, so the decision to turn to hunting was right. As a young boy, the ability to wrinkle streams did not go anywhere, and he was able to catch some freshwater fish.

As I saw in the cartoon, I tried to bake it by putting it on a wooden skewer, but as the fish was grilled, the flesh became tender, and the whole flesh fell off the branch, throwing away a lot of the precious flesh.

I wish I could make something like a fire plate… I couldn’t because I didn’t have the right materials right now. Reluctantly, he scorched his tongue and shoved the hot fish meat into his mouth.

“Great…”

It felt like the nutrients were being absorbed by the body in a short time. To put it bluntly, it didn’t taste good. Still, I was grateful that I was able to fill my stomach.

He made a yogi by rubbing the flesh of four fish, burying his face in the stream and gulps and drank the water.

“Whoa…”

Although I am not full, the hunger that has been bothering me for two days has been overcome to some extent.

I fell on the gravel bottom of the stream and looked up at the sky. I didn’t do much, but the sun was setting slowly.

One week left before school starts.

Food, clothing and shelter are urgently needed right now. Is it possible to receive a scholarship while following the academy curriculum?

You must do it before discussing the possible or impossible. In a world where nothing is known, holding a Sylvania diploma in your arms can be a great weapon.

Usually, Sylvanian graduates become key talents in each country. No matter how poor a student’s grades are, just because he is from Sylvania, he sits at the ace of the subjugation squad or eats at a local non-mainstream magic society.

This creates an environment that is many times better than heading on the ground.

“Who is there?”

As I was lying down by the river and looking up at the sky, I heard a human voice.

The northern part of Aken Island is a place not often visited by students as well as faculty and staff. It is a space that is not used except for a specific practice or test, but I was surprised to hear such a young voice.

And the identity of that voice was also quantified.

“Are you… Ed Rothtailer?”

The third princess of the Chloël Empire, Fenia Elias Chloel. aka Princess Penia.

He was one of the four main heroines of ‘Sylvania’s Failed Swordsman’, and he was a powerful force that greatly influenced the overall situation of the school throughout the scenario. Well, that’s in the future, and I’m a freshman at the Sylvania Academy.

He meets the main character, Taylor, at the entrance exam.

Princess Fenia, who came to take the entrance exam with her identity hidden, is Ed Roth Taylor… Yes, she is the one who condemned me.

He was the one who exposed the manipulating the contents of the test because I was jealous of the main character, Taylor, and he was the one who provided the decisive moment for me to be excommunicated from the family.

“…I heard you were excommunicated, what are you doing here…?”

what are you doing here

That’s what I was asking.

Basically, it is not a place for the third princess, who is accompanied by six or seven escorts, to go.

I raised my head and looked at Princess Penia.

The elegantly set platinum hair and frill dress did not match the wild at all.

But, as usual, she wasn’t wearing a flashy outfit at all.

Only then did I realize Ah, the ‘Class Placement Test Episode’ is in progress.

Certainly… it was an episode that took place in the forest north of Aken Island.

A test to determine the level of students who will become members of the Academy of Magic. It was held a week before school started.

A freshman class placement test by Professor Glast of the Ministry of Magic, famous for being the worst of the bad guys.

It was a test to randomly scatter enchanted marbles in the forest north of Aken Island, and to make them come to you.

It was a test to see if I could sense the magic that was leaking from the marble. Because the basis of all magic begins with the detection of magic.

“It is an honor to meet you again. Princess Phenia.”

The eyes of Princess Penia who despised me were quite bitter. It just didn’t make sense from my point of view. But there’s no way you’ll believe everything I’m saying if you’re talking blindly.

She quickly raised her upper body, looked at Princess Fenia and greeted her politely.

“I thought I would have been kicked out of school.”

“I was kicked out of the dormitory.”

“I asked what you were doing here.”

Princess Fenia looked at the shelters, bonfires, and fish thorns I had made, and made an expression of disbelief.

“Are you still out of this school?”

“Unfortunately, I am still a student.”

“You mean you didn’t go through your expulsion process in Sylvania?”

“I guess I didn’t think it was necessary. I was humiliated and I was in a position where I couldn’t even get support from my family, and there’s no way I can keep going.”

Princess Fenia’s lips twisted. To be sure, it was hard to imagine that a nobleman who had been humiliated and even excommunicated would be able to continue his studies in Sylvania.

“If I find this out in college, I will be expelled immediately.”

“…”

“I’ll have to talk to the bachelor’s department right away tomorrow. Do you think you will be allowed to stay here?”

Plans for a diploma from the Sylvania Academy were already about to be disrupted.

I couldn’t leave it like that. I took a deep breath, and quickly began to roll my head.

“If the princess judges like that, there is nothing I can do about it. In fact, the majority of students, including Princess Penia, despise me. The same goes for undergraduates.”

“If you know that, why don’t you go out on my feet? Wouldn’t it be better for you to leave with honor one last time than to go through a shameful expulsion process?”

“I want to keep going to Sylvania.”

“I wouldn’t recommend it.”

Princess Fenia crossed her arms and looked at me with contemptuous eyes.

“Go away. Everyone despises you, and you despise everyone.”

“There seems to be a misunderstanding. I do not despise anyone.”

“You don’t seem to remember how arrogant and contemptible you are. After all, it’s not easy to look at yourself objectively.”

“no.”

No matter what happens, if you want to cover up the situation, you have no choice but to tease the tongue of the grayfish.

“I am rather grateful to the princess.”

Princess Fenia looked at me in disbelief.