I Killed the Academy Player chapter 56

Suspicious enough… (One)

The conferment of my knight’s rank, first class, made a great impression.

Aside from the super-fast promotion of being promoted from a temporary 5th class knight to a 1st class knight in just one semester, there is no precedent.

Being a guardian is largely determined by innate talent.

Students who entered as a 5th grade knight are usually students with no talent, and only at the 3rd grade are considered promising prospects for the future.

Among those 3rd grade students, most of them cannot be promoted to 1st grade for the rest of their lives, but since I jumped up from 5th grade, which is considered to be invincible, to 1st grade, I have no choice but to say something.

– What the hell happened?

– Does this make sense?

– If Corinne Locke, isn’t that the article you had a fight with Lunia-sama in the midterm?

– No matter how you do it, how do you become first class all at once? Are there any cases like this?

In fact, these voices would have come out even if I had been promoted to semi-1st grade.

Anyway, I’m a knight who not only perfectly cleared the level 1 test, but also solved the King of Iron Mountain incident and defeated the traitor Fermak Daman one-on-one.

All the professors who might be aware of this confidentiality seemed to be convinced of my promotion, so the students, associate professors, and assistant professors seemed to be taken aback.

“Wow~ Mr. Corinne, that’s amazing.”

Arisha seemed surprised by the buzzing reaction as she came down the podium. In fact, Arisha didn’t expect that I would rise to the 1st level all at once.

“I thought it was a semi-1st grade, but is that because of that?”

Arisha, metaphorically referring to Permak.

“That’s a top secret. This first-class promotion is thanks to the Iron Mountain King incident.”

Master Erin and Lady Josephine seem to be trying to put the Permak’s betrayal to rest.

Partly to deliver the news of Permak Daman as late as possible, but also to prevent confusion.

And as a result, the upper echelons who know about Permak Daman’s betrayal are Erin Danua and Mrs. Josephine. Finally, Dina Grandeia, president of the Southern Association.

With the consent of the three above, I, who was originally scheduled to be promoted to the semi-1st grade, went up to the 1st grade immediately.

The important thing is the authority of the first-class guardian. This is the most important.

This authority, which I barely got in my third year in the game and in my second year in the previous round, will have a huge impact on what I do in the future.

My direct guardians, as well as my voice in the association, will be at a level that cannot be ignored.

‘It’s perfect if you come all the way to Marie.’

If Arisha, the successor candidate of the semi-special magician Mariena Arden, enters, no one will be able to ignore me, not even my Guardians Association.

Power and authority soon become power, and increasing power means that the things you can do also increase.

This is an unprecedented power for a single student.

Even in , never in the previous episode has the social status fluctuated so quickly.

‘Are those three guys going to be scouted right now?’

Tavern clerk Lenya.

Wolf siblings Ren and Ron.

Aside from the clerk Lenya, the wolf siblings are also related to the Black Star faction secretly attacking Merkava, so it needs to be dealt with before the festival.

“It’s vacation now. What are you guys planning to do?”

After the vacation ceremony, while some students were already packing up and leaving, first-year acquaintances naturally gathered together.

“To make money.”

Doron was the first to respond. It’s like you.

“I’m going to… go to the land of the other druids. I have compatriots in the west that I’ve interacted with a few times.”

Did you know that seagulls are just beach chickens?

Yuel, who lost his hometown to the monsters, seems to be looking for another land of druids.

“I’m going home.”

“I applied for an internship at the Magic Tower this summer vacation.”

Is Yeager at home and Lark an intern at Mage Tower? I heard it’s tough.

“I also heard that the west side… an old castle is being demolished. I like to build a new core…”

Is Cranel traveling in search of materials for a golem? He’s gloomy and doesn’t go out of the house, but he’s more sincere than you think.

“I think I should return to my family once.

Is Arisha returning to Arden? As long as Runia Arden declared that he would not touch Arisha, he wouldn’t be fooled.

“Well, have a good trip.”

“What are you going to do, Corinne? Are you going back to your hometown?”

“no.”

In the previous episode, I went to my hometown once around this time. Relying on Corinne Locke’s memory, no one returned home.

“They said they were going on a family trip. Except for me.”

“Oh······.”

In the previous episode, it was a case where the letter arrived 3 days after the vacation ceremony due to a shipping error, and it was a case of futility.

“······okay.”

When I said I wasn’t going to my hometown, Arisha wiggled her fingers and suggested it with her head bowed.

“Yes, of course. Would you like to go with me?”

“With you? At your house?”

“Ho, it’s scary to go alone…”

“Oh~”

I was scared. There were no major problems in the game, so it shouldn’t be a big deal, but it’s understandable that Arisha is scared.

“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can go because I have business in the south.”

“Uh… Southern?”

“Let’s go together next time. I want to go to the east to play once.”

Arisha’s family is in the East. It’s not on a continental level, but it’s a little far from the South.

“What are you doing in the South?”

“Someone I know wants to go there.”

Sevancia Duke, who attained Buddhahood in the Great Library at the beginning of the semester. He said to look at the remaining offices of his castle.

It wouldn’t be bad to go with both sides.

“Koriiin~!”

Marie runs out of nowhere. It looks like he said hello to his friends.

“Senior Marie. Congratulations on your promotion to semi-special rank.”

“Congratulations on your 1st class promotion, Korin! If it’s Korin, you’ll be promoted again soon!”

Marie smiled brightly and handed over potato chips, saying it meant congratulations. There are still potatoes left…

“By the way, Corinne, you said you were going to the South?”

“Did you hear me?”

“Ooh, by chance?”

It’s too far to be a coincidence, right? Is it because of the vampire’s physical abilities?

“Then come with me!”

“Are you together?”

“Because my house is also in the south!

Well, the directions overlap.

“Well, nothing bad.”

Hey. do you know that snakes are bald?

Naturally, this southern trip was decided to go with Marie.

“That’s right, Yuel. I have a favor to ask of you.”

“Corin, you?”

“Yes, if I meet other druids, I will look for a place called ‘Pindias’. I would be grateful if you also found a druid called ‘Usquias’.”

“I’ll check it out sometime.

Pindias.

It is an unexplored land where the sun, Claus Solas, is hidden, and is protected by the druid Uskias.

It’s one of the four treasures, and if I get it first, Tates Balthazar’s plans will be greatly disrupted.

‘Golden mandrake. If I use this, things might be easier than I thought.’

It was smashed in the fight with Permak, but it doesn’t matter. Because it can be used in a ‘different way’ called a golden mandrake.

* * * *

After the vacation ceremony, I greeted my friends lightly and set off with Marie.

The station where you arrive from Merkava Academy to catch the regular carriage to the southern city. Numerous carriages greet us.

In this world, a wagon is on a completely different level from the wagons of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Europe.

The large means of transportation powered by mana crystals is equipped with 12 special wheels 1m thick, and its height reaches 7m.

Is it roughly like this when two three-story buses are put together?

In the game, it was a means to create a fantasy atmosphere and move between cities like a warp.

“Corin! I’ve brought you a meal!”

Marie brought a packed lunch from the first floor, and although it was a little bumpy, the meal wasn’t bad.

4 hours like that. We arrived at the carriage platform, which is the intermediate base.

“I heard you’re taking a break for about an hour, right? I heard they sell udon on the platform, do you want to go eat that?”

“Is he him?”

After such a light snack, I climbed back into the carriage, and new passengers were getting on.

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“For new boarding passengers, please go to the back seat on the second floor.”

They are customers who change wagons like a transfer station.

“Excuse me~”

“Let’s move some luggage.”

Hey. do you know that snakes are bald?

New passengers load their luggage and take their empty seats. They are sharp-looking men.

“Hey go…”

I looked at the men and sighed. Marie tilted her head at my action.

“What’s going on?”

“It’s no big deal. Nine hours until the next platform? Senpai, why don’t you go to bed early?”

“Is that so?”

As much as it runs at night, the road to it is boring and yawning. One thing is going to happen on the way, but it’s good to sleep beforehand so you don’t get tired.

When I wake up after sleeping for about four hours, I feel something touching my shoulder.

-New liquid~

it’s marie

Even when Marie leaned her head on my shoulder, she was making faint breathing noises.

“Dukgu.”

At my call, a large blood dog appeared from Marie’s shadow.

Passengers would have been frightened if they saw it, but since it was running at night, most of them were asleep and the lights were off, so there was no fuss.

“Let’s clean up some flying flies before Mommy wakes up.”

“What?”

* * * *

-Dr.

The sound of carriage wheels running down the highway. Jackie opened her eyes to the sound she had become accustomed to as the background music for hours.

this!

Waiting while pretending to sleep really made me fall asleep. My colleague Rock was supposed to wake me up, but did I doze off as well?

“Rock… Rook?”

invisible A colleague who was sitting in the seat next to him disappeared. Maybe he even went to the bathroom?

Chickens invented the chicken dance. They’re just too embarrassed to admit it.

Jackie got up and went upstairs to find the missing colleague, but couldn’t find the lock.

What, this baby? where did you go

check the pocket watch Damn, is it this time already? The rock guy was nowhere to be seen, so he had to send a signal by himself.

Chickens invented the chicken dance. They’re just too embarrassed to admit it.

Jackie immediately opened the window in the back seat in the corner and turned on the magic light.

Turn it off, turn it on, turn it off, turn it on.

I sent out several signals like that, but there was no reply back.

“What? Is this right?”

The wagon is already running on an empty field. A defenseless state with only fields around.

If you brush it off quickly and smash the wheel, it’ll take two days to get noticed by the police.

Did you know that seagulls are just beach chickens?

Yes. Jackie is a member of a gang of wagon robbers. It is the role of sending a signal to colleagues while on board disguised as a passenger inside.

“No, fuck… Why are you not responding?

The problem is that Rock, the same internal helper, is not visible. His colleagues, who were supposed to be following him cautiously, did not respond.

“These assholes, you’re not supposed to be asleep, are you?”

It was a credible statement because he himself was like that. however······.

“No. Everyone stayed awake while drinking coffee.”

“Huh…!”

When I was frightened by the sudden voice, I was already caught by the collar.

-Suuk!

Chickens invented the chicken dance. They’re just too embarrassed to admit it.

Jackie screams and is dragged out the window without a chance to scream. Jackie, who fell off the wagon in an instant, looked up at someone who had grabbed her by the collar.

“hi?”

field at night. The man’s voice reflected in the moonlight was like that of a wild wolf.

“What, what?”

“What is it, a knight who beats thieves?”

“Gee, knight! Ouch! Now, wait! Misunderstanding! You misunderstood!”

“What should I be mistaken for? I’ve seen all the faces in the previous episode.”

“That, what is that…”

It was then. A doll that drags something while growling.

Upon closer inspection, a red-hot demonic beast was dragging about 20 or so men tied up and dragging them.

Undoubtedly. are colleagues Among them, there is also a rock that disappeared from the wagon.

“Eh, a monster?!”

“It’s too much for a servant or a spirit. Don’t worry about it.”

The wild-looking man knocked Jackie out by kicking her in the jaw, tied him up with the wagon robbers, and spoke to the blazing red beast.

“Tie them up and throw them away with this sign. Even if you go, if the guards find you, they’ll take care of you.”

-Kong!

“Ah, I’m sleepy. What are you doing on a moonlit night?”

The boy yawned and caught up with the wagon that had moved away.

·········

······

…

As the morning sunlight broke through the curtains covering the window, Marie stood up with a frown on her body.

“Kyaheuuuuuuuuuuuuuu~~!”

After sitting in a chair for a long time, my body feels tired. My shoulder was especially sore.

“Ugh?”

I don’t think much about this because it’s usually like that, but strangely, the right shoulder is heavier. As if something heavy had been put on it.

“oh···!”

It was Corinne.

The boy was asleep, leaning his head on Marie’s shoulder, not knowing it was morning.

‘Should I wake up?!’

Hey. do you know that snakes are bald?

No, wait. Do I really need to wake up?

The boy’s day to day is as hard as the farmer who goes out to the field every day.

There are basically no days off, such as physical training, practicing spearmanship, and indulging in materials in the great library.

Hearing that he was going down south this time, he invited him to go south together because he wanted to treat him at his house.

A boy like that is looking for a good night’s sleep, but is it right to interrupt it?

‘No! hmm! no! It’s just that my shoulders are a bit stiff!’

Marie displayed a remarkable moral code and was willing to sacrifice her own shoulder.

Hey. do you know that snakes are bald?

Never, there is no such thing as selfishness. Yes. It is kind consideration that does not include even 1mm of selfishness.

-Thumping!

Leaving aside the beating of my heart.

Marie moved her trembling pupils to check Corinne’s hair that lightly touched my cheek. Maybe it’s morning, but it’s fuzzy… but it’s fuzzy?

‘Hut! I haven’t washed for a day?!’

It is an inevitable inconvenience of a wagon that runs for a long time. Unless you land on the middle platform, you won’t be allowed the luxury of washing your hair and taking a bath.

Of course, that applies to all the passengers in this wagon. The same goes for Corinne Locke.

However, for a girl who is in the middle of love, it is a matter of great importance. It was an issue that could not be compromised.

“More, more…”

At the urgent call of the girl, a large blood dog appeared from the shadows.

-Kong!

“Shh, shh! Joe, be quiet! What if I wake up…!”

-··············.

“Hey, that’s from my mom’s bag… whitening cream, can you bring me some perfume? The perfume is… a little thicker than usual!”

Marie stretched out her finger at the space where the luggage was loaded, then quickly returned to its original position as Corinne tried to get up.

– More quickly!

Instead, he is looking at Deokgu with desperate eyes.

-Kong!

Deokgu shook his head at the sight of his mother.

-Dukgu you! Where did you learn such mean words?!

The girl’s voice became much more cautious, and her protests were drowned out.

* * * *

Upon reaching the second waypoint platform, I saw people getting up.

“Oh, is Corin awake?”

“Uh… I slept with my head on your shoulder. Excuse me.”

“Oh, no! It’s okay! It could be! There’s nothing to say no to!”

“Then…well, thank you.”

Because he has a good personality, he can’t say no. Be careful next time.

“Sniff… Huh? Senpai, did you spray perfume?”

“Ummm? Mu-Muson?”

“I think the smell has changed a bit…”

“You don’t know! Gee, this smells like potatoes! If you eat a lot of potatoes, your body will smell like this too!”

Hey. do you know that snakes are bald?

No matter how hard it is, this is far-fetched. It’s not like he was raised by feeding only peaches.

“Well, let’s say something like that.”

“Do you think that’s the case? Corinne? Do you think my words are lies?”

“Yeah yea~”

“Ugh…!”

-Pissik

“Huh~ I finally want to get some fresh air.”

If the first platform you get off at is a rest area you often see on the highway, this platform feels like a small town formed around the platform.

Selling food and supplies to passengers, and gathering mechanics to inspect wagons naturally formed a small village.

“I’m hungry. Shall we eat first?”

“Let me recommend a restaurant!”

“You know me?”

“I used this place often as a transfer point!”

“A transfer point?”

This is the entrance to the southern plains. After transferring and sleeping, all the wagons that got off here headed for Lepe City, a large city in the south. I have to run for the next 8 hours just riding the wagon.

“Damn~ There’s a transfer station that I use often!”

Marie pointed to an empty lot. An empty lot managed by dozens of employees who come and go busily. If there is a singularity… is it that the wyverns are tied?

“Wyvern Landing Place?”

“Yeah! We’re going to ride that one at once.”

“Oh~”

It is a means of transportation that has been used several times in previous episodes.

Hey. do you know that snakes are bald?

Not only is it much faster than a wagon that runs on the ground, but there is no better way to go to remote areas where traffic is not developed.

However, the cost of hiring a wyvern rider was formidable, so I couldn’t use it often. I had to hire 2-3 wyvern riders to go in a party unit.

In the past, to solve a case that was too urgent, I took all the party members and hired an entire squadron of 12 wyverns, and uh… even the Bakga of the world hated it.

“How much is it here? If it was a short-term flight, was it thirty pieces of silver?”

“Huh? No! I decided to send a wyvern from home! I always transfer here!”

“wow······.”

A house with a wyvern? Come to think of it, Marie comes from a farming family.

I have heard that rich farmers who farm in vast lands use wyverns to water.

It’s like American farming.

“Marie-senpai, you said you were farming at home, right?”

“Yeah. But what?”

“It looks like the land is huge to have a wyvern in the house.”

“Umm… it’s a bit big.”

Marie scratched her cheek in embarrassment. Maybe it’s because I usually don’t show richness, or I feel embarrassed because I think I’m bragging.

“Excuse me, but how big is the land? I’ve heard of watering with a wyvern, but it sounds like a story from a distant land.”

“Uh… I’m not sure, but 2 million?”

2 million? Wow~ that’s crazy. I lived in a house less than 20 pyeong on Earth.

“2 million pyeong? ······ It’s amazing.”

It’s 2 million pyeong… It’s a unit that doesn’t feel real, so I can’t imagine it. Marie was very rich.

“2 million pyeong? Um… the units are quite different.”

“yes?”

“It’s not flat… hectares.”

“······yes?”

“Two million hectares.”

About 6.05 billion pyeong.

While I was confused by the dizzying numbers, a squadron of wyverns was approaching the landing site from afar.