I Became a Blind Swordsman at the Academy chapter 106

106. Trouble

“…Very…”

It was during the initiation ceremony.

As for the process, the members… I’ve heard sufficient explanations from the ‘senpai’, so now the initiation ceremony was over with Bernice’s last word.

“…”

But Bernice couldn’t speak anymore.

“”……””

A chilly silence hung over the empty hall.

Without moving, I waited for her Bernice’s voice, her her.

But it wasn’t her voice that immediately came to my ears, but the sound of her shoes walking down the hall.

Bernice was suddenly leaving the hall.

“Saint…!”

I can hear Inez’s urgent voice, and Bernice walks past me.

As she passed me, she muttered in a low voice that I couldn’t hear unless I listened closely to her.

“…I’m sorry.”

Bernice was apologizing to me.

With her head down, she couldn’t see her face, but at least she didn’t look bright.

Ines immediately chases after Bernice who left the hall.

‘…What happened?’

Because the situation was so sudden, she chose to stay still rather than act rashly.

While contemplating while maintaining her posture, Ecclin, who was on the other side of her, approaches me.

“Hmm…”

Ecklen was choosing her words.

It seems that what was embarrassing to her was the same to her.

Soon Ecklen, who was scratching her head, opens her mouth.

“The initiation ceremony… Let’s say this is the end…”

At her words, I, who was on her knees, stood up.

“Is that okay?”

At my question, Echlin raises her eyebrows.

“Am I still the vice-captain?”

“…Rather than that, can I not go after the vice-captain?”

“It’s going to be okay since the captain is gone. Actually, I’m not sure what the situation is. Whatever it is…”

Ecklen continues her speech and turns her head away, her green hair wafting.

Her eyes were on the direction Bernice had left.

“…It’s an unprecedented situation in which a member could not receive a blessing at the initiation ceremony.”

Ecclin, who spoke softly, muttered, ‘How did this happen…’ And she sighed.

“I’m fine… But I’m worried about the saintess. Did something happen…”

“…Maybe they didn’t let you join them. I’ll bet that.”

Ecklin taps me on the shoulder.

“Don’t worry too much. It won’t matter.”

Ecklen comforted me when I didn’t answer.

She looked back at what had just happened, smiling bitterly at her friendliness.

The limitations of Bernice’s authority.

She can’t lie.

The word Bernice couldn’t connect until the end…

…I’m glad.

I’m glad you joined the Knights and became your sword.

It was just a formality, but to Bernice, it must have been something she could say only when she was really happy about this moment.

Then she wasn’t happy just a moment ago… It was hard to judge exactly what it was.

Is it really that she couldn’t continue her speech due to her limitations, or was it difficult for her to continue her speech because of another reason?

For example, it was because of the energy I felt in my body.

Besides that, the number of cases was countless.

…But I don’t think it’s the worst thing about her suddenly losing her crush on me or turning her back on me.

‘Similar to Ecclin’s reaction…’

Above all, a word from Bernice passed me by.

That must have been the obvious truth without a single lie.

***

[ I couldn’t tell you this time either. ]

As I walked out of her darkness, Sierra, who was walking beside her with me, tapped her own lips and said,

She was on her way back to the dormitory after finishing her initiation ceremony.

Shady was a spirit no matter what, so it would be difficult for Bernice, who had nothing to do with spirits, to recognize, but Sierra was different.

As she said, she would do well to explain this to Bernice at some point, but the timing didn’t look so good this time.

“Well, something like that happened.”

I shrugged and said that.

With Bernice leaving like that, the reception was naturally delayed.

There are only Ecclin, Innes, and Bernice at the welcome party, but since they are all major figures in the Knights, I think it will be an important place to build up good impressions.

[ She is a person who cannot be easily caught, the saintess… ]

“Who can understand her saintly life?”

At my answer, Sierra covered her mouth with the hem of her sleeve and agreed with a light smile.

I moved on with her, chatting with her.

The darkness I was walking in was none other than Shady’s shadow.

Shady, the owner of this world, was currently inhaling her life force above my head.

“Rice. It’s delicious.”

Shady, who was eating ‘rice’, spit out those words.

From nob le mt l. co m

Delicious… Is there a difference between having a taste and not having a life force?

She wanted to ask something, but Shady is still only able to spit out simple words, so it’s hard to get the answer she’s looking for.

There were many comfortable things in the shadows.

The most important thing is that you can be free from people’s eyes very easily.

Thanks to that, I was able to talk with Sierra without hesitation like now.

Whether it was going in and out of the academy or walking around the city, it was useful in her real life.

However, the battle was still to come.

The current level of ‘Shadow Hide and Seek’ didn’t consume much of Shady’s power.

I had a rough idea of the amount consumed for each skill.

Among them, the skill with the highest consumption was Shady’s ‘Purpose’.

It could be seen as a ‘summoned beast’ that was out of its spiritual state.

From a rough estimate, the destructive power also seemed to be formidable… It seems that the drawing of something vicious black object in my head is not something that can be manifested in the state of the shade I saw before.

I wondered if I could use it because I didn’t lack destructive power or force, but I was curious.

Curiosity as a gamer.

Why didn’t you try using the first skill you got in an empty field with no enemies?

‘If it’s not a very urgent situation, I think I can use it when I’m moving alone…’

Be careful when using Shady’s power.

It was a power that openly looked suspicious, so it seemed better to hide it from others if possible.

Suddenly, the next ‘episode’ was approaching.

In this episode, you will battle with like-minded colleagues. It was convenient to see it as a concept like a raid.

Anyway, I think I’ll be leaving, so wouldn’t it be better to experience Shady’s power before I leave?

I went through the plan step by step and organized my thoughts.

As I kept walking while chatting with Sierra, I arrived at the front of the dormitory before I knew it.

In shadow hide and seek, I was able to climb high floors without difficulty. It felt like it was only in the shadows, and the internal structure of the building was reproduced as it was.

Instantly, my body comes out of the shady shadow next to the bed.

I immediately threw myself on the bed.

Sierra sneaks up to me and strokes my cheek.

[ …You look exhausted. ]

Sierra’s soft voice echoed in her head.

“Because this guy sucks her blood.”

I rubbed Shady’s furry chin on my chest.

There was no pain from losing vitality, but it did make me tired.

I wanted to lay down on the bed and go to sleep, but after a while I had to head straight to the academy.

***

On the other hand, on the same night that Jeto was holding the initiation ceremony after dealing with the demons, Yuri Clementine was in the middle of ‘cooking’.

This was to make ‘delicious’ health food directly to Jeto.

“…I made it.”

Yuri swallowed, pushing the bowl against her table.

The kitchen was cluttered with traces of all kinds of cooking.

The food Yuri made left her hands now.

What remained was ‘objective evaluation’.

The blue-haired girl sitting at the table then picks up a fork with a very serious expression.

Her hand was shaking violently.

That’s also true, something hard to call food was wriggling in the bowl.

The food wriggles.

The girl wondered why such a thing was possible, but as she looked at Yuri’s face, she barely swallowed the question.

After a while, the food made by Yuri enters her mouth.

ㅡ well, well.

The girl who was chewing her food tilts her head.

ㅡ well, well.

Trying to chew on it a few more times…

“…”

…Silence flows.

Yuri pressed her lips together and waited silently for the girl’s, Lucia’s mouth to open.

Lucia, who has a pure and kind heart, tried to smile as brightly as possible, but her face had long since hardened at the taste of the food that was difficult to describe.

Soon Lucia’s mouth opened.

“Huh…”

Lucia’s body trembled.

Whether it was delicious or not, that was the key.

“How is it, how is it? Is it okay this time?!”

“This, humans shouldn’t eat… Any more… It’s impossible…”

Lucia drops her head on the table, leaving her breathless.

ㅡ Kung.

Still, she did not spit out the food and chewed it thoroughly to swallow it.

“…Failed again? What the hell is wrong with…?”

Yuri pondered while looking at her food.

‘I thought I followed the recipe exactly this time…’

Cooking wasn’t easy.

Yuri wanted to make her own health food for Jetto, but the taste was a problem.

It was absurd for her to think that she would put out tasteless food and hope that she could buy his crush.

But no matter how hard she tried, her poor cooking skills showed no signs of improving.

So, she brought Lucia, who was in a cooking exchange meeting, and was getting advice from her.

“mmm…”

Her glass took a bite of her own food, then frowned and let her drool flow.

The taste was unbearable even for the person who cooked it.

But she thought she had figured out what was missing.

“…Okay, then one more time…”

“Eh…?”

Lucia, who woke up at the murmur of Yuri and wiped her mouth with her bread, is startled.

“Yu, Yuri…! I’ve been thinking about this before, but you don’t hate me, do you?”

In the end, Lucia cries.

Yuri tilted her head as if asking what that meant and showed her bright smile.

Yes.

‘Clementine’ doesn’t break even this much.

“…Heeep.”

However, Lucia, who will be in charge of ‘objective tasting’, will soon be defeated.