77 – Becoming a 2nd grader – 2
‘Why is that girl there?’
Charles was puzzled. In the original story, Emilia von Kronor would remain in the Faculty of Tactics, and she would reign as the number one student of the Faculty of Tactics until she graduated. And then she suddenly says that she is a military management faculty? There was definitely something wrong.
But the moment Charles entered, Emilia also stared at him quietly.
‘I’m really scared without Glacia… ‘
Glacia Ehrenberg was currently attending a class at the Department of Tactics. She said that if Emilia pretends to be crazy and rushes in with her sword, there will be no one to protect Charles.
And the next moment, Emilia walked towards Charles with her feet.
She was Emilia, a person who attracted a lot of attention, both good and bad, so she attracted the attention of her cadets in the classroom of the Military Management Faculty.
“W-what’s going on… “
“Did you serve as an officer to Princess Leonia?”
“No. “I don’t belong yet.”
Then she quietly closed her eyes and soon returned to her seat.
‘In the end, what did you want to say?’
She found a seat that was reasonably far away from Emilia and sat down. And after a while, the professor started to come in.
The professor, who appeared to be in his early to mid-40s, was a middle-aged man with a nervous appearance. Charles knew the man’s name. This is because he was a strategist who was ranked at the top in the game.
‘Gernhard von Krusenstein.’
Even though he was a tactician, this person was a tactician with the exact opposite tendency to Charles. If Charles was a strategist who focused on military capabilities, this man was a strategist whose abilities were focused on internal affairs.
Gernhard von Krusenstein had a nickname…
‘Prophet’
As expected, he stood on the podium and spoke.
“It’s only the first day, but let me tell you something.”
All the cadets were puzzled by his unexpected words, but only Charles smiled with an expression that said, ‘It’s coming.’
“90% Of you will get a failing grade in my course.”
At those words, the cadets began to mutter. Meanwhile, Charles sighed.
‘Well, this kind of guy.’
It wasn’t just the impression that made me nervous. There are few people who can match him in internal affairs, but his weakness was that he was as strict with others as he was with himself.
“Quiet!”
Professor Krusenstein shouted. And as soon as the cadets became quiet, he called a servant and piled a mountain of document boxes on the floor.
“Please take one box per person.”
“This…” “
“This is an internal affairs document for a border territory within the empire whose name cannot be revealed. From now on, you must become the administrator of the territory and resolve all internal problems in the territory. “From where you sit.”
“… “
“… “
The students looked astonished. Among these, there are hardly any cadets who have properly learned internal affairs or politics, so are you asking them to solve the internal problems of the Dajjagojja territory? This is similar to forcing a kid who hasn’t even learned how to hold a sword to go into battle.
“Can’t you do it? In that case, giving up early is a good answer. “If you give up early, you will get 0 points, but if you do things poorly, you will get a negative point, worse than 0 points.”
The cadets began to murmur again. The cadets must have thought at that moment. It may have been a mistake to choose the military management department. As evidence, everyone was criticizing Professor Kruzenstein in dissatisfied voices.
But while everyone was complaining, someone quietly stood up. She was a mysterious girl with white hair and blue eyes. Charles also knew her name.
‘Luna von Luitbert.’
She was the number one strategist in resourcefulness in the era of gunpowder and magic. Her family is a vassal of the crown prince’s camp, but she is not yet old enough to go to war. Anyway, when Luna got up and quietly packed her box, another person got up and followed her.
‘Bertolf von Ruitwert.’
This is a guy I met a while ago when I took a temporary instructor position at Petrio Academy with Professor Mercatz. I thought she was attending Petrio Academy, but it seems she has already transferred to Arcadia Academy. He was a cousin to Luna von Ruit Wert.
‘Hmm… ‘
Charles also got up along with them. Considering the amount of documents, it was not something that could be completed in one or two hours. In that case, he seemed better off starting as early as possible.
As he returned to his seat carrying the box of documents, Charles was not very confident. As expected, the Age of Gunpowder and Magic was a game that focused on combat. The internal decision was completed with a few clicks, with a bit of exaggeration. Would games have been popular if they had to do everything by hand, such as cleaning, road construction, and farming? As a result, Charles was completely ignorant of this field.
And the moment he opened the document, Charles felt dizzy. The problems were very diverse. From architectural problems such as how to build a bridge in detail, to mathematical problems such as what proportion of compensation should be paid for land damage caused by a flood. It was full of professional problems that could only be found in major textbooks.
Fortunately, when Charles was in the original world, his grades in college were not that bad, so he was able to solve the problem to some extent. But he didn’t have that many problems to solve. This was because there were many technical terms and words he did not know.
An hour passed, then two hours passed. Charles thought he was doing his own good. It wasn’t in vain that he studied moderately on a regular basis. And he, when Charles was half-released.
-Seuugh
Someone stood up. When I looked closely, I saw that it was Luna.
Luna handed her box of documents to Professor Krusenstein.
“I’m done.”
“What? Already?”
The cadets were buzzing. In fact, even Charles, who was able to solve the problem halfway, was quite fast, and most of the cadets were less than a third of the time. Luna’s declaration that she had solved everything in such a situation must have been shocking.
“Hmm.”
Professor Krusenstein nodded his head, took the papers out of the box, and began grading them one by one.
-Swish, swish, swish.
Professor Krusenstein’s grading was at an incredible level. Professor Krusenstein graded the problems that the students had spent an enormous amount of time solving at a speed that made you wonder if they were even reading, and Luna’s grading was completed in less than a few minutes.
“Luna von Luitbert.”
Professor Krusenstein said.
“Perfect score.”
The cadets begin to mutter again at those words.
In fact, Luna is considered the strongest tactician in the world of the game called the Age of Gunpowder and Magic. Later on, she defeated Princess Leonia twice in her prime.
‘Her ability was already complete at this point…? ‘
In fact, there was another reason why Charles entered the Department of Military Management rather than the Department of Tactics.
This was because there were a lot of talented people in the Department of Military Management. He was what is commonly called a ‘golden rider.’
Charles had the feeling that he came to the Department of Military Management to build connections with those golden riders.
“Students who have completed grading can return as today’s class is over.”
Luna got up and headed out of the classroom. And not long after Luna von Ruit Wert got a perfect score, a tall woman with her black hair tied back and fair skin, wearing the black uniform of the Arcadia Academy, stood up carrying a box.
‘Salome de Hiron.’
This woman’s history is also fascinating. But since this woman’s history wasn’t important right now, Charles decided to focus on his own exam first.
Next, Bertolph stood up holding a box of documents, and Salome de Jiron and Bertolf scored 96 and 89 points, respectively.
The next person to wake up was none other than Charles Jean Rochepol. Charles received the grade with a pounding heart. Although there were many unknown problems, there were still some problems that Charles could solve. Wouldn’t that be a high score in its own way? He thought so and looked at Professor Krusenstein with expectant eyes, but…
“Charles Jean Rochepol.”
Professor Krusenstein only said this in a cold voice.
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“69 Points. “You can go back.”
Instead of scoring high, he ended up falling behind even Bertolf, whom he secretly looked down on.
‘This is all because the era of gunpowder and magic was a war game.’
If it had been a domestic game, I would have come in first place. Charles thought so, but he couldn’t say something like that out loud, so he came out.
As soon as I came out, what I saw was Bertolf’s face. Bertolph, whom I met for the first time in a while, raised his hand.
“Hey~ Charles. Is it over now? Of course it’s a perfect score, right?”
“… “
“Perfect score… “I guess this is it?”
“… “No comment.”
Charles naturally passed on Bertolph’s questions and headed to the cafe to quench his thirst.
It seems that Charles was still just a fledgling in fields other than war.
When Charles arrived at the cafe and was sitting alone sipping his tea, someone across from him raised a hand.
Charles looked up to follow the owner of his hand, and there stood Luna von Ruit Wert, who had won first place in the exam earlier.
As she was looking at her Luna to see what was going on, she heard Luna say this.
“Can I sit down for a moment?”
Hmm… What’s going on? Do you have any business? I asked him to sit down, but he insisted.
“Now that His Majesty the Crown Prince’s northern expedition has failed, it is believed that the war between the Kronor family and His Majesty the Crown Prince will begin again. What do you think will happen next?”
Huh? Are you suggesting we sit together because we are curious about this? Suddenly?
“That’s it… “Wouldn’t the one who is blessed with good luck (time and luck) win?”
Then Luna von Ruit Wert hit her table with a bang.
“I didn’t come here to talk about that. “I predict His Majesty the Crown Prince’s defeat.”
What? You are the crown prince’s subordinate. Is it okay to say that?
But as soon as those words were about to come out, she went inside. This is because Luna’s eyes were so serious when she said that.