Episode 4 – Entrance Ceremony Clown (2)
4. Entrance ceremony clown (2)
The morning of the entrance ceremony.
Bright!
As soon as dusk passed by her window, Leon’s eyes opened reflexively.
“Tsk tsk.”
Do not droop or close your eyes again.
Leon was never her type to sleep in late.
He got up quickly and warmed up his body by doing some light stretching and doing a round of mana exercises.
Hop, jump, jump!
After drinking a cup of cool water, I went straight to the shower room.
After taking a light shower, he began to put on his school uniform.
“He’s definitely handsome.”
Leon swept his hair back and smiled contentedly as he looked in the mirror.
Why do you cover your face like this with your bangs?
His appearance, which looked exactly like a typical European nobleman, was embarrassing to compare with the face of Kim Jeon-woo, his previous life.
Perhaps because he had been exercising for a long time, he was tall and had an overall solid body.
Seup, before leaving…
Leon suddenly felt his mouth tingling.
“······.”
He took out a piece of tobacco and a magic scroll.
Leon, who put a piece of tobacco in his mouth, activated a 10x10cm scroll and placed it on the table.
Of course.
Smoking is prohibited inside the academy, especially in the dormitory buildings.
Chiit!
Leon lit up with a spark created by concentrating mana with the tip of his index finger.
When he took a deep breath of smoke, his head became clearer and his mana circulation felt faster.
“Whoa…”
So the magic scroll I bought with a lot of money started working.
Shooooo!
All the smoke that came out of his mouth was sucked into the activated scroll.
A smoke detector with value for money that absorbs all smoke within a certain radius.
Thanks to this, there was no smell or smoke leaking out and being discovered by the housemaster.
After enjoying the beginning of the year, Leon, with his sword tied to his left waist, walked out of the dormitory.
Now, new students are slowly gathering at the academy.
And I saw 2nd and 3rd graders returning from their home during vacation.
Most of the cadets I saw yesterday stayed at the academy even during vacation without going anywhere.
There were few cadets who came several days early like Leon.
I memorized the map of the campus in advance last night.
Leon rubbed his hungry stomach and went to the cafeteria.
As expected, it is a nice and spacious restaurant, but the seats are still empty.
Among the cadets gathering in groups of two or three to eat, a red-haired man eating bread alone caught my eye.
‘Huh?’
He was a person I remembered.
Let’s see, that bastard’s name is…
‘Carotene.’
Carotene Bastio.
Like the Crucif family, he was the fourth son of the Duke of Bastio, one of the four great dukes of the empire.
Leon immediately shouted his name.
“Hey! Carotene!!”
A loud voice tearing up the peaceful morning restaurant.
The eyes of the few cadets immediately focused on Leon as he entered the entrance.
Leon paid no heed to those stares and went straight to Carotene.
“······?”
Carotene’s head jerked as she was stuffing buttered toast into her mouth.
His thick eyebrows furrowed slightly when he saw Leon striding towards him.
······Because I have no idea who that guy is.
“Carotene! It’s been a while? “The last time I saw you was at the banquet last year, right?”
Leon said, patting Carotene’s broad and thick shoulder.
‘Who is this guy?’
He was so comfortable with me, but it was hard not to remember him.
Carotene chewed the toast in her mouth and rolled her head eagerly.
But Carotene was someone he didn’t like to think about for more than three seconds.
Being in character, he decided to just ask honestly.
“I’m sorry. “I don’t know who it is?”
Leon looked genuinely sad.
“Uh huh. This is disappointing. “I’m Leon, Leon.”
“Leon…?”
“Leon Crusiv.”
“······!”
Carotene’s mouth opened wide, forgetting to chew.
* · * *
1 Hour later.
A sparsely populated building behind the academy.
“hahahahaha! So, at that time, I killed those barbarians with a single sword…”
“Oh… I’m playing a little bit?”
Like men, the two quickly became friends.
After breakfast, we were burning the candle together.
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Carotene’s saga was quite interesting, and Leon was listening with a heartfelt response.
Carotene Bastio is a character who did not appear prominently in the original work.
However, it was clear that she had the cool and loyal personality of a northern man.
It would have been nice if I could get to know him in advance.
Moreover, Leon had a strong feeling that carotene and carotene go well together.
I felt like I could become very close with this person.
Sigh!
The scroll attached to the wall completely absorbs the smoke they emit.
“Anyway, this scroll is really great! “If you do this, you can smoke with peace of mind at the academy!”
“How were you going to smoke without me?”
“Huh? “If you just smoke, you’ll get caught if you’re unlucky, right?”
“······.”
Leon was very impressed by his confidence.
He said there was a bastard here who was bigger than him.
Carotene, who was talking excitedly, suddenly tilted his head.
“But was this your personality to begin with? I don’t think I even saw your face properly last time.”
When he asked the question, his eyes brightened sharply for an instant.
I was talking about something I saw last year at the banquet commemorating the birthday of the Emperor of the Latia Empire.
At that time, it was before Leon’s body changed hands.
“I felt a little sick at the time.”
Leon smiled and skipped it over.
“Hmm. Really?”
Carotene, who had a simple personality, quickly agreed, despite the sharp eyes he showed.
Carotene checked the time and quickly turned off the light.
“The entrance ceremony was at 10 o’clock, right? “Let’s go quickly!”
There is no reason to throw away cigarette butts anywhere and create trouble.
Passyuk!
As Carotene released her mana into her fingertips, her tobacco turned into powder and disappeared, leaving behind no ash.
Leon went through the same process, took the scroll on the wall, and set out.
This is an art that requires a sword expert to be able to release mana.
Among them, like Leon and Carotene, her mana management skills had to be excellent.
As the children of great families, both of them possessed extraordinary skills that were clearly befitting their age.
······Those guys are just using their talents to erase traces of smoking.
The future of the empire was very bright.
* · * *
9:50 A.M., Main auditorium.
The inside of the auditorium was crowded with freshmen dressed up in their school uniforms.
20 People lined up horizontally and 25 vertically, for a total of 500 people.
The students were not clearly divided into classes yet, and the instructors guided them to stand in neat lines.
A few domestic and foreign reporters could be seen behind the freshmen.
This is because there were many freshmen with formidable status in this season.
On the podium were the dean and vice dean, and behind them were the faculty.
Leon intentionally stood in the back row with Carotene.
This is because this is the location where you can see the entire auditorium as wide as possible.
I wanted to check people’s reactions to the event that was about to happen.
At 10 o’clock sharp, Dean Alcyon Serzhev stepped forward.
Contrary to the image that the dean was his old grandfather, he was a middle-aged man with black hair and a sharp look.
There was a noise as the female students were whispering quietly.
[Nice to meet you, new students.]
Alcion’s deep voice, having casted a volume amplification spell, was heard throughout the entire audience.
[Welcome to Elprime Academy, the best educational institution in the Empire.]
It was arrogant, but deserved.
Even the famous academies in the Eastern Kingdoms are evaluated as inferior to El Prime.
[This academy is for the endless development of the Latia Empire…]
Principal’s speech: Why is boring the same as my previous life?
Leon couldn’t help but yawn at the feast of boring words that followed.
After about 5 minutes, the dean finished speaking and moved on to the next order.
[Next, there will be an oath for new students. To the new student representative.]
The head of the entrance examination naturally takes on the role of representative for new students.
However, despite the dean’s call, the freshman representative remained silent.
[······New student representative?]
Alcion’s voice rose slightly in embarrassment.
Even after the second call, all that comes back is awkward silence.
The audience began to murmur little by little.
[News student representative Billy Kanetel. Is there no Billy Kanetel?]
Finally, the dean’s head turned back after seeing the representative, and the instructor rushed over to check the list.
The dean, the vice dean, and several instructors stepped back and began whispering quickly.
Looking at that scene, Leon smiled slightly.
Our main character, Billy Kanetel, was not here.
‘If he’s there, he’ll ruin the party.’
He was not the one to receive the spotlight.
‘Of course, there is nothing that cannot be done with money.’
Unfortunately, Billy will not be able to participate in this entrance ceremony.
Leon made it that way.
As soon as the countermeasures meeting was over, the dean came forward again.
[Please bring up Esabel de Latnia as the new student representative.]
In the end, the person who passed the entrance exam as the runner-up was appointed as the representative and took the oath.
This time, the audience was in an uproar.
Because she was the princess of the Latia Empire.
Jump, bump, bump.
Under the eager gaze of the cadets, a woman with sophisticated silver hair tied in a ponytail stood on the podium.
Her straight and controlled gait proved that she was a skilled dancer.
In particular, the students of the martial arts club felt from her momentum that her skills were formidable.
At this point, a question began to arise in people’s minds.
‘No, then what is Billy Kanetel doing to beat up such a princess?’
In an unprecedented event where numerous prestigious families and high-ranking nobles came in droves.
It was a natural result of the accident that the son of a family I had never heard of or seen called Caintel ate the stone.
That guy didn’t even participate in the entrance ceremony.
It was a moment when Billy’s name was naturally engraved in the minds of her cadets.
Anyway, the entrance ceremony continued.
[Sun! West! All of our 500 freshmen will live according to their duties as cadets from now on…]
Essa Bell stood up and read her oath in her straight voice.
Once the oath was over, Dean Alcyon slowly began to conclude the entrance ceremony.
[Now, with this…]
This is the beginning!
At Alcion’s closing remarks, Leon’s mood, which had been boring until now, changed in an instant.
His concentration increased in an instant, and his eyes glowed red.
“·······?!”
Carotene, who was half-asleep next to him, looked back at him in surprise.
[Entrance ceremony…]
Reporters organizing their notebooks, instructors preparing to applaud, and cadets’ faces brightening at the end of the boring entrance ceremony.
All of this seemed to Leon like a slow video.
[I will finish…]
“For the people!!!!!”
A man ran out exactly to the center of where the cadets were gathered.
Paaat!
A male student with his school uniform jacket spread wide open with both arms jumped high into the air.
Blue-black spheres hanging on the inside of the top.
Bomb!
One word jumped out of everyone’s mind like it was shot from a gun.
The cadets around the male student pulled back like crazy, creating a large circle in the center.
“Holy sh*t!”
“aaaH!”
“Get out of the way!!”
Yelling erupted from the cadets who thought there was going to be an explosion.
Wow!
Barriers were spread out here and there.
The eyes of the male student floating in the air were tightly closed, and a deep smile was drawn on his lips.
The spheres begin to shine brightly.
It explodes!
Everyone in the hall screamed and crouched.
“Nooooo!!!”
“aaah!”
“Stop it! Stop it!!”
······.
Thump, thump, thump!
“aaah!! aaa…?”
“Huh…?”
“??”
An explosion that does not occur even after several seconds.
The screams gradually subsided, and the arms that covered his face went down one by one.
“······.”
“······.”
“······.”
“······?”
Knock, knock, clap!!
“???”
“What is it?”
“Huh? This song······.”
Thump, thump, thump!
An exciting beat resonates in the quiet hall.
People got up and looked around.
― Oh~! My Ariel~! Your golden smile~!
Thump thump thump! Clap clap!
Cheerful voice and fast drum sound.
A popular song that has recently gained explosive popularity in the imperial capital filled the auditorium noisily.
The music was starting in the center of the auditorium.
“······.”
“······.”
“······.”
“······.”
All eyes are focused on that place.
A loud light and sound was coming out of a boy.
“This, this, this, what is this!!! “What are you doing!!!”
There, a male student with his face as red as blush was shaking off his jacket.
The spheres flashed blue light like mirror ball lights.
“Big, big…! Puheup…!”
Leon lowered his head to suppress his laughter.
“Ahh, ahhh!!”
Thump, thump, thump!
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The boy’s desperate screams became an ensemble and rang out like an echo.