I Became the Hero Who Banished the Protagonist chapter 117

117. Digging (4)

Midterm exam.

Like the spring rain that comes when the cherry blossoms are at their most beautiful, midterm exams come when freshmen are having the most fun. During the test period, the Mage Tower is always silent. Professors who are struggling with the problem… , No, it was a bonus that the sullen moaning of the teaching assistants and the suffering of the students who started studying intersect to create a scene that can only be seen in a strange pseudo-religion.

“… Does anyone know the scope of the ‘Introduction to Circle Magic’ test this time?”

In the student cafeteria, Eugene cautiously brought up a story. Whether it was a knight or a wizard, it was a basic subject for majors that had to be taken unconditionally. No matter how long it’s been since I entered school, I can’t even take the exam. Cora glared at Eugene with that expression of contempt.

“I don’t know. It will be as far as Jin goes out. Study on your own.”

“Can you please save the poor lost lamb just once?”

“Damn it. Shut up and study. You’re thinking of taking the data I organized.”

Is it like a knight, or is it because he became sensitive during the exam period? Cora’s words were unstoppable. A composition in which the wizard begs for knowledge of magic, and the knight looks at him and feels pathetic. In an unusual appearance, the freshmen nearby looked at the scene as if they were curious.

“Natalie… . Help me just once. Anyway, I knew most of the contents of the class, so I didn’t take the class properly. Some come out and some don’t come out… .”

Natalie kept her head down and didn’t even pretend to listen to Eugene’s begging. Eugene glanced back and forth between Natalie and Cora’s faces with a disgruntled expression. Of course, the two easily ignored Eugene’s gaze.

“How come you’ve been stuck since a few days ago?”

Eugene looked at Natalie and asked, but she didn’t respond. Natalie, who was otherwise talkative, did not speak at all, as if she had glue on her mouth. His eyebrows were always slightly furrowed, and it seemed that he was not looking forward even as he walked. I’m looking into the book now, but whether I’m studying or not, the page doesn’t turn at all.

“… okay. There may be unspeakable concerns.”

As Eugene knocked on the fellowship, interpreting it arbitrarily, a note suddenly flew in front of him. Eugene took the note casually and smiled at the contents.

‘From Chapter 1 to Chapter 4, page 102.’

Eugene looked at Cora, who handed the note to her, eyes twinkling. Cora shook her head and went about her business. With a smile, Eugene smiled and finally opened the book and started studying with a pen.

‘… That attack.’

Natalie, on the other hand, was only thinking of the hero’s movements in her head. The gaze perfectly captured her speed. More than that, a few moves were played from above. Natalie knew that she was too inexperienced to defeat a hero with movement. However, it was instinct that made her able to cope with the hero’s attack. Instinctively twisting his body, he blocked the attack and minimized the damage.

‘I’ll see you next time.’

And, for Natalie, those 10 minutes or so were the foundation for her growth and a valuable sum that filled up her lack of experience.

‘If Natalie can put that power to good use during her next extension session, consider sparring. There must be a better way than breaking through like today.’

The warrior said that and smiled. Natalie exhaled, looking at the target’s smile.

‘The task I’m preparing for next time. If you can do it with less than five lives, I’ll consider sparring.’

okay. There was still too little information about the warrior. I had to gain more combat experience and learn. Because it was a cover-up for that. Natalie turned to Eugene and Cora. Opportunities that are cut if even one person dies in it instead of five times each. How can I train these two people enough to survive?

“So Natalie, are you studying?”

Natalie reacted to Eugene’s words for the first time. Eugene couldn’t hide his bewildered expression at Natalie’s stare at him.

“what. suddenly looking at you like that. Is something going on?”

Natalie shook her head and returned her gaze to her book. Until the next special lecture, I had to somehow get those two people used to fighting. Is there any better way?

“… ‘Basic understanding and exploration of monster battles’. Didn’t you tell me how the test was conducted?”

“I don’t know. It’s a practice test, so I don’t think I’ll be taking it with paper and pen. The professor himself wouldn’t want to take the test like that.”

Taking a cue from Cora and Eugene’s conversation, Natalie raised her head. Both of them shrugged at Natalie’s sudden action, and Natalie put her hand on the book and said,

“I have to train.”

“suddenly?”

“Basic understanding and exploration of monster battles. Don’t you all want to get good grades?”

Eugene and Cora nodded hesitantly. This wasn’t just a matter of grades, an A+. A chance to appeal to the warriors. It was definitely an opportunity to grow further. It was a subject that I had doubts about, but now all those doubts have faded.

“of course… . Right now, it’s a much more important test than just one major.”

Perhaps he was tired of studying already, or he really felt that the test was important, Eugene agreed with Natalie’s words with his eyes shining for some reason. An introduction to circle magic. Even if you mess up, you can just repeat the course, but this was a one-time opportunity. Schoolboy Cora couldn’t quite deny it either.

“Then, how are you going to train? We can’t activate the barrier with our authority.”

“The training ground.”

Saying that, Natalie closed the book and stood up. Eugene and Cora stood up together, grabbing their backpacks. Among the three, Natalie was the one who was the most stubborn about My Way. Eugene and Cora were sometimes swayed by Natalie’s appearance.

“… You’re not saying you’re going to deal with us, are you?”

Eugene and Cora hurried after Natalie. Natalie left the library without hesitation and walked toward the training ground with familiar steps. An ominous feeling ran down both their spines. It might have been better for me to stay in the library and say I would study. A view of the campus where the flower wind blows. Receiving people’s curious stares, the three of them reached the main gate of the training ground.

“The two of you are weak when you look at each other.”

Natalie said as she opened the training ground door. Eugene’s eyebrows furrowed at Natalie’s words, and Cora nodded very slowly, in agreement. Even so, the reason they didn’t feel like rebelling was because the two had seen Natalie’s skills beforehand.

“Anyway, even though we’re in the same first year, we evaluate well. Well, from your point of view, it’s not wrong.”

Eugene grumbled, but accepted Natalie’s words. If it was at the academy level, I was confident that I wouldn’t fall behind even in all grades, but Natalie is already a monster beyond the academy level.

“okay. I don’t think a nerd with no last name, in the same freshman year, would say something to the Graysons’ son and the Poysons’ daughter. No matter how good he is, how good he is.”

and the groaning noise you hear. Cora frowned and turned her head away, and Eugene averted her eyes. Students who appeared to be in the second year were making mocking faces behind the three of them.

“It means to act. He is acting as if he is from a prestigious family and is a promising youngster with a lot of guts and skills. I hear there’s a lot of talk among the first graders?”

One of the students approached and bowed his back.

“Be careful and go. self-respecting This is the sincere advice I can give you as a senior. If you don’t want school life to be difficult later. How long do you think the kids next to you can pretend to be your friends?”

The senior then turned to Eugene and Cora.

“How long will you guys be friends with this guy who has nothing? Since all of you accept it, you’re acting like you’re really an aristocrat. I don’t know how good this guy is, but how long do you think he’ll keep the number one spot? Stop it and show your face at prestigious events. Grayson and Poison will have plenty of seats.”

The senior said that and turned his back. Yujin, who looked at her as if she didn’t like her appearance, opened her mouth slightly.

“The things you do as nobles are just like backstreet junkies.”

Certainly, that was what I was telling them to see and hear. At the sound of Yujin’s voice, the upperclassmen who were walking stopped and turned around. Eugene walked towards them with a twisted smile as if he was pathetic.

“Seeing that I don’t know your face, aren’t you guys just a bunch of seniors from that prestigious society anyway? At least, the seniors ordered them to come and warn them. The people who manage it thoroughly would not have personally sent it to make discriminatory remarks against the common people.”

The upperclassmen’s faces were horribly distorted.

“Be careful with your words, junior. If you stop there, we’ll just pretend we didn’t hear and move on.”

“You don’t have to pretend you didn’t hear.”

This time it was Cora.

“It’s so cheesy and cheesy. Just saying that, if you knew that Poison and Grayson would follow you, you’d be very wrong. The people of the prestigious society are making a big mistake… .”

Cora stood beside Eugene, blocking Natalie. Natalie blinked and looked at the two freshmen standing in front of her.

“You’re going to test how much you follow like a dog. isn’t it? If you have a head, how about thinking about it?”

The upperclassmen approached with distorted faces, but the two of them held on with expressions as if they were not going to be eaten.

“If you want to suppress us with power, you should reveal the name of that family. I’ll pretend to be a little scared. Well, if you do a little research, you’ll be able to figure out who they are from and where they come from. They must be scarecrows with only high titles.”

“You’ll regret it if you keep talking like that.”

Eugene couldn’t help but burst out laughing at the senior’s words.

“why? Go back and tell the seniors of the prestigious society? Grayson’s madman is harassing me~ You mean like this? I will give you a puck.”

Yujin, giggling and wiping away tears, added.

“They said, ‘Oh yeah? Well, then let them play as they please’. Even if I can’t make them friends, I won’t try to turn them into enemies. Unless you’re extremely stupid.”

The upperclassmen’s expressions couldn’t be better stained with humiliation. With faces flushed red, the upperclassmen turned their targets to Natalie.

“You can think that all of this arrogance was caused by hanging out with that lowly class. Tsk. This is why the lowly people who do not know order.”

The upperclassmen who barely manage their behavior. And, Eugene’s twisted smile changed to a bright one before he knew it. The upperclassmen did not understand the change in expression and showed a look of bewilderment.

“Let’s see if we can say that in front of the professor.”

“professor? under. what professor are you talking about? Most of the professors will nod in agreement that I am right.”

Cora sighed as she looked at the upperclassmen who were oblivious to the reality at hand.

“Don’t hesitate in front of the training ground. So as not to disturb the users.”

Then, at the voice they heard, the upperclassmen froze as they turned their heads to catch one. The hero, Illroy, was holding a file folder in one hand and watching the confrontation between freshmen and seniors.

“Aren’t you studying during exam period?”

“I am confronting the seniors who interfere with studying for the test. As a bonus, even discriminatory remarks against commoners.”

The hero glanced at the seniors and sighed.

“They aren’t some 15-year-old kids, what the hell are you talking about? It’s disrespectful for seniors to bully juniors, so go back and study. There won’t be any time for you guys to relax like freshmen.”

The hero waved his hand, and the white-faced upperclassmen withdrew their tails. Watching him, Eugene laughed even more cheerfully, and Cora also put on an expression that seemed to be relieved.

“So, what are you doing in front of the training ground?”

“Oh, I was thinking of doing some training in preparation for the professor’s exam.”

“I’m sure I never told you how the exam would be presented.”

The hero then turned his head to Natalie, and Natalie avoided the hero’s gaze. The warrior looked at him and smiled a little.

“Well, go in. Your attitude, I think, is very good.”

Cora’s eyes widened at the hero’s praise, and Eugene tried hard not to show his joy. Then, as if their motivation rose, the two quickly ran into the training ground.

“You have good friends, Natalie. I hope we can continue to get along well.”

Natalie blankly looked at the place where her classmates had disappeared.

“I didn’t have to go out.”

“Isn’t that what a good friend is like?”

At the hero’s words, Natalie turned her head and stared at the hero. He was somehow smiling at himself.