23 – Aedrin ‘Yang’ is popular (2)
“Aidrin-yang of the Teln family?”
“Yes, sir.”
When Ceylon answered, Drin’s words were cut off again.
“…kyung?”
As if the title followed by ‘sheep’ was also annoying.
The fine wrinkles between Drin’s forehead became relatively clear.
Like that, Drin, who rarely showed emotion on his face, looked at Aidrin.
“…!”
There was no negative emotion in Drin’s gaze.
But Aidrin felt the same kind of pressure—no, pressure—that she felt when Kasha looked at her just before.
“By the way, the number I gave you is- Oh, you’re number one.”
At Ceylon’s words, Drin’s eyes turned to his chest.
“So you’re number 17.”
Ceylon, who checked Drin’s number, clenched his fists, saying, ‘Keugh!’
“It’s such a pity…! I wanted to be in the same group as you…!”
After confirming Ceylon’s number, Drin’s expression seemed to be momentarily regretful, followed by Ceylon’s reaction.
It was the moment when Din smiled bitterly at that reaction and tried to open his mouth with a face that seemed to be in a good mood.
“Right, Miss Aedrin?”
“Yes? Me?”
“Miss Aedrin…?”
Drin, who had returned with an expressionless face, followed Ceylon and stared at Aidrin.
“Yes, Miss Aedrin wanted to be in the same group as Lord Drin!”
“…Huh. That’s right. ‘We’ Aidrin and ‘Sheep’ wanted to be in the same group as me.”
“Yes.”
“How about you?”
“Neither did I!”
“…Is that so?”
“Yes! I really hoped that Miss Aedrin’s wish would come true- I’m really sorry about this. But Miss Aedrin, don’t be too sad. As I’ve said many times, the two of us should be able to get good grades in this test! “
I felt a sense of deja vu.
For some reason, Aidrin, who felt a sense of deja vu at the familiar flow, instinctively looked at Drin.
“…”
She was expressionless as usual.
However, that expressionless expression was somehow different.
If it’s because of his mood that his expressionless expression is usually cold, now it seems that it’s not simply because of his mood.
Aidrin felt a chill as if a blizzard raged between herself and Ceylon.
“You look very… close with Aedrin ‘Yang’?”
Drin smiled and said.
“Aha! You saw it clearly.”
“Did I see it clearly?”
“Yes! As you said, Miss Aedrin and I are very close. At least that’s what I think! Other than that, Miss Aidrin was the first to lend a helping hand to me who was alone at ‘Academy’. Because you’re the one who gave it to me!”
“Oh, that’s right. It was ‘Miss Aidrin’ who extended a ‘helping hand’ to you ‘for the first time’.”
“Yes! I think this is the first valuable bond I got after coming to the academy!”
“‘The first precious connection I got’. It’s very cool.”
It was strange.
It was a conversation without any problems in terms of content.
Rather, it is even heartwarming.
However, as the conversation continued, Aidrin felt the sharp winds blowing between her and Ceylon intensified.
Then, Drin met Aidrin’s eyes.
Then, he calmly bowed while creating a pure smile without a spot.
“Aidrin ‘Yang’. It was nice to meet you. I’m done.”
Aidrin wanted to return the greeting with a smile that contained all of her happiness and joy at finally being able to formally greet her.
However, the cold wind froze his whole body and he could not do anything other than stare at the figure of Drin slowly moving away.
The moment when the sacrifice disappeared and the wind stopped blowing, freed from inconvenient freedom.
Aidrin murmured dumbfounded.
“ruined.”
Still don’t know.
What just happened with Kasha and Drin?
how things went
What is clear, however, is that
It was that he had fallen out of favor with Kasha Hanahan and the Libringer.
“hahahahaha, it’s ruined Miss Aedrin. If anyone hears it, they’ll think we only have the two of us. Besides those two, there are many people who want to be our team members? And above all, we have each other, right? hahahaha~”
Most likely Ceylon, because of her actions with this man.
Aidrin thought.
It seems that the delusion of damage has been dispelled.
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Ceylon’s sloppy impression was not different from usual.
But now this man seemed to be very happy to see him.
There’s absolutely no reason for that.
“I am ruined… And you’re crazy… ”
“Come~ Come~, cheer up and be hopeful! Let’s go find the last perfect piece of our group, the masterpiece dress~? You never know? A hidden gemstone might become our colleague.”
Adrin, who was bewildered, was dragged into Ceylon’s hands.
***
“Miss Adrin, you look very upset. Do you still have the affair with those two in mind?”
Aidrin, with a distraught expression from earlier.
Ceylon cautiously inquired about her condition.
“No, not because of that.”
There is no doubt that Kasha Hanahan and Drin Libringer, the two of them, had a serious problem.
But the moment I decided to help this stupid man, I was determined. Therefore, there was another practical problem that was disturbing her now.
“Third test.”
“hmm?”
“I don’t know anything else, but I have to do better than those kitties. No matter what the test is about…!”
Adela.
Melchen.
I was insulted by them in front of people and I couldn’t do anything.
The humiliation that came from that rushed in one slow beat and made a mess of my head.
In order to be free from that humiliation, and even to return that humiliation to them as it is – I had to overcome the current situation with lower grades than them.
By leading in the final exam, the 3rd exam.
“however-“
That’s how problems arise.
“The problem is, there’s a high chance that miscellaneous things that don’t have even the slightest bit of that dignity will be superior to us, at least in terms of skills.”
“Why do you think so?”
“Why do you think so… Because those two had a much better record in the 2nd test than we did.”
Aidrin was concerned that Adela had broken the three-minute barrier, so she investigated.
investigated.
Adela was one of the very few contestants to actually break the three-minute barrier.
2 minutes 48 seconds.
It was clearly one step ahead of him, who recorded 3 minutes and 20 seconds.
The same goes for Melchen.
He finished fourth in the second test with a time of 3 minutes and 23 seconds.
It was clearly one step ahead of Ceylon, who finished 6th with a time of 3 minutes and 40 seconds.
“I don’t think test scores are an absolute indicator of skill, right?”
“Yeah, no. But, it’s true that it’s an objective indicator. Unless there’s something special going on. There’s a high probability that they’ll score higher than the two of us in the 3rd exam as well.”
“In other words, it can’t be done with just the two of us. Let’s put our hopes on the last member of the group.”
“Keugh, I’m angry, but I can’t help it. At least that would be better than losing to them.”
for that reason.
Aidrin set out to find proven talents whose names were known among the participants.
Please, hoping that the last member will be one of those talented people.
“Not even Reynard…!”
“Is it all a joke if this happens?”
Aedrin’s expectations were completely denied.
Among those talented people, the last member did not come out.
Even more desperate.
Among those talented people, the one with the highest reputation was Adela and Menhel-the fact that they were in the same group.
-After a while, the 3rd test will begin.
– The contents of the 3rd test are dungeon raids.
-Participants, please prepare for the summons with your team members.
Then, a voice made of mana resounded in the waiting room.
“Ah. Mang-“
“It’s too soon to conclude that I did. Adrin-san, let’s face the test with confidence. You never know, right? I’ll awaken my hidden power and make a huge impact.”
Ceylon smiled meaningfully.
At that smile, Aidrin’s expression twisted.
“Our last hope is that stupid ‘romance’ of yours?
Knock knock.
Someone touching Aidrin, who was almost screaming now, from behind.
When Aidrin turned around, there stood Aidrin, a woman a head shorter than Ceylon, and a woman a head shorter than her.
She was looking up at Aidrin with dry eyes like a doll’s.
A black mask covering the lower part.
Instead of talking through it, he pointed at his chest with a long, thin finger.
17.
It was the last member they were looking for.
Aidrin pounded the abacus while looking at the face of the last member.
Is it a familiar face?
no.
Do you look strong?
no.
Still, you never know.
Aidrin opened her mouth with a glimmer of hope.
“Aidrin. I’m Aidrin from the Teln family. Please take good care of me.”
“Miz. The Miz of the Bower family.”
Miz, she muttered as she put on her mask.
“Bowler?”
It was the first name I had ever heard of.
“ah.”
Soon she realized why the name Bower was both unfamiliar and familiar.
Bower family.
As an assassin family that inherited the past assassination technique, it was treated as a public enemy of the continent.
It was a family that had made a great contribution in the process of sealing the great demon mirror that had occurred in the past, and was forgiven of all sins and converted to a swordsman family on the condition that they completely give up arcane assassination.
Therefore, it was a family that all swordsmanship families despised.
It’s the Bower family.
To think that the last member of his family was a member of the Bower family, who used pseudo-swordsmanship without the basis of assassination techniques.
“ha ha ha… ”
A sound leaked from Adrin’s mouth as if his soul was being drained.
“Mo, I don’t know, me too… ”
Aidrin gave up.
And Ceylon –
“Oh oh…!”
With a face that seemed to have come up with an idea, she looked at Ms. Baurer.
“?”
Ms. Baurer looked up at him and tilted her head.
What you looking at.
Her emotionless face seemed to say so.
Soon, Ceylon grabbed her hand.
Ms. Baurer looked at him and tilted her head.
what is he
Her emotionless face seemed to say so.
Ceylon, he said to her.
“Master-“
“?”
“May I call you?”
“?”
“I am interested in your swordsmanship of the Bower family.”
“?”
Ms. Bower blinked and said:
“okay.”
“Is that true!?”
“No. Of course it’s a lie. I don’t like it.”
Ouch, that was harsher than a ‘she’s my first friend here’ that I was imagining.