1. First Letter (8)
Every day at the academy was the same.
Except for weekends, it was because there were parts of the schedule that were forced according to the timetable. At the academy, where failure means expulsion, there was no student who didn’t care about lecture grades.
Even though I was injured in a sparring with Seria last week, I attended all lectures except for one day that day. No matter how sick I was, if I skipped a lecture, it would have an adverse effect on my grades.
So, most of the academy students’ schedules for the day were focused on lectures.
For example, if there is a student who is taking a certain lecture together, go to eat together after the lecture. Or, if time was free until the next lecture, they would conduct their own training at a nearby training center.
I was no exception either. It’s already been a week since I’ve been sparring with Seria, and my daily life is slowly regaining its tranquility.
My daily life was simple. He listens to lectures, hangs out with Celine or Leto, and starts training to end the day around evening.
It was an obvious schedule, but I liked the smoothness of it. To be honest, the incidents I experienced last week made such a big crack in my daily life.
While I lost my memory for a week, the crazy things I did were still talked about. From what I’ve heard, it turns out that ‘Yurdina’s half-baked voice incident’ was buried because it became so famous, but it seems that there were other strange behaviors.
Didn’t she suddenly go to the saintess and stare at her without saying anything, and asked Celine if she had any plans to use a weapon other than a sword?
It seemed that he would have to separately apologize to the saintess later. It was to the extent that the gentle saintess was perplexed and asked several times what was going on.
And I didn’t even answer the question and turned around and walked away, which was an act I couldn’t understand no matter how much I thought about it.
Why was I so rude and unkind when I lost my memory?
It was only at this rate that the advice given to Seria last week, ‘Take care of the cheap things’, was embarrassing. Whenever I heard such rumors, a sigh did not leave my mouth.
It was the same today. I was walking down the street, thinking about when I should visit the saintess. But soon, I felt someone poke and poke my side.
It was Celine. She smiled briskly, filled with joy in those yellow eyes.
“Hi, Brother Ian!”
“… … Okay, bye.”
At my voice mixed with a sigh, Celine covered her mouth and giggled. As soon as I saw it, I seemed to know what I was worried about.
It was already a friendship of over 10 years. Since we had known each other since we were eight years old, she would be able to see my insides clearly just by looking at my face.
“You think when you lose your memory?”
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Just in case, it was the same. It wasn’t the first time she had revealed her intentions, so I nodded without looking surprised.
It was a pretty unfortunate history for me, but it didn’t seem so for Celine. Instead, she straightened her shoulders and put her hand on her chest.
The tactile sensation of softness along with the sound of tapping was implemented auditorily. I groaned and cleared my throat, averting my gaze.
“Why am I cool? Have we been neglected for a while? High-ranking aristocrats, don’t those bastards call them ‘trembling’… … .”
“Not everyone is like that, and discrimination based on status is prohibited within the academy.”
“That’s just the typeface in the old school rules.”
At my original answer, Celine cut me off with a firm tone. I looked around. It was because there was no good thing to hear these words in other people’s ears.
Fortunately, the people around her didn’t seem particularly concerned about Celine. Although there were still whispers about me as I passed by from time to time.
It was rather because my popularity grew stronger after I had a draw with Seria last week.
The first time is accidental, but the second time is inevitable. In addition, the second rumor was more credible than the first one.
No matter how senior he was by one year, it was impossible for a lower-middle ranking prosecutor to overwhelm the senior in his grade. The disparity in talent was not so soft and amiable.
Compared to that, how exemplary and beautiful rumor is the story that he stabbed the senior in the grade by looking for a gap.
Even the weak can defeat the strong if they have the will. It is a story mixed with lessons that gives hope to the lower ranks and alertness to the upper ranks.
In addition, in the process, it seemed that there was a change in the perception of some students who had been ignoring me as a lower nobleman. What Celine is trying to say is probably something like that.
“Do you know how many kids have boasted that their parents were well taken care of? What they say while flirting with me is ‘Hmm, you’ll be fine as a concubine’, ugh… … .”
“Give me the name of that child. Go get one.”
As Celine shuddered in disgust, harsh words came out of my mouth.
He was a guy who had a knack for making people feel uncomfortable from the way he spoke to the content. I couldn’t help it that the desire to beat me up took precedence.
Of course, I wasn’t stupid enough to go and beat a high-ranking noble.
No, now that Yurdina has been beaten, is it possible now?
Celine burst into laughter as I fell into serious trouble. She looked at me with slightly more smug eyes.
“Huh, but are you angry that someone flirted with me?”
It was something that I didn’t like. Those eyes that said ‘Yes, you’re a man too’.
I laughed out loud as if I was dumbfounded. I wasn’t the one who would give her the answer she wanted.
“no? Then one of His Majesty’s loyal subjects would be ruined… Aagh!”
Celine’s retribution for my sarcasm was immediate. Her foot trampled my instep, and I immediately had to scream and jump on one foot.
Celine glanced at me with cold eyes, then crossed her arms and let out a snort. Maybe Moore doesn’t like it that much?
No matter how much they had known each other for more than 10 years, the girl’s mind was lost.
As I was looking at Celine with regretful eyes, she summarized the story as if she felt it was time to return to the main topic.
“Anyway, what I want to say is… Thanks to Ian’s performance, high-ranking nobles can no longer treat me carelessly. Then Ian oppa might go crazy and turn it into a super corpse.”
“No matter what, I won’t do something crazy like that twice… … .”
Feeling a tingling pain, I gave an answer mixed with a sigh.
But it doesn’t take my will to spread rumors. It was a fact that I had felt so painfully over the past week that my voice contained a kind of resignation-like emotion.
Anyway, if I have to say this, the world will remember me as an idiot who beat up the son of a powerful family in the northern part of the empire.
As if she couldn’t be proud of that, Celine smiled and clung to my arm.
I felt a tingling sensation. Celine is also an adult, and that was the moment that suddenly crossed my mind.
“Are you going to spread rumors that you are Ian’s girl? Then, I don’t think anyone can really touch it.”
“Then you want to stop your wedding?”
“Then shouldn’t Ian oppa be responsible?”
I moved my gaze to Celine for a moment at Celine’s kind words. Her tawny eyes sparkled with mischief, and a strange smile hung on her lips.
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Jokes, too.
I tsk, clicked my tongue and fed the chestnuts to her forehead. Celine fell away from me, covering my forehead with a cute scream.
“Ah!”
“If you were born pretty, enjoy life, huh? With that appearance, even among prominent noble families, there would be plenty of places that would want to marry you.”
Celine’s expression froze at my words. Soon she screamed out.
“My, I know that I am a person who gets married only after meeting certain conditions!”
“Everyone says that when you’re young, but marriage is real.”
When I clicked my tongue and said it, Celine’s eyes were filled with mixed emotions. But a lot of what I said was true.
A nobleman assumes the fate of his family from the moment he is born. Even if I didn’t have to inherit the family, I had to sacrifice my life for the prestige and prosperity of the family.
It was the same with marriage. Celine, like the main character in a romance novel, would want to marry the person she loves, but when she reaches the age of deciding on a marriage partner, she will have to think about the future of her family.
So I couldn’t stop the marriage of a woman with a bright future. Sue formed in my mouth at that bitter reality.
Celine was still grumbling as if she couldn’t admit it.
“Hmph, you just need to be from an aristocratic family, right? As long as it’s from a noble family… … .”
I don’t know what to think, but I decided not to force Celine into an unpleasant reality. Needless to say, it was also a stupid thing to say.
Instead, as I was thinking about what to say to calm Celine properly, I realized that someone was walking from the other side.
Brown curly hair that didn’t stay up all night last night and green eyes that couldn’t hide his tiredness, he was a very familiar figure, and he was one of the pillars of the ‘three lower nobles of the empire’ together with Celine and me.
Leto Ainstern, he was walking fast.
“Leto!”
I waved my hand gladly, but when Celine saw Leto’s face, she became even more displeased and even pretended to vomit.
They are cousins, so they get along well, but since they grew up like siblings, Celine was especially cold towards Leto.
Of course, Leto was also difficult. He welcomed my greeting, but as soon as he saw Celine, he wrinkled his face.
“Hey, who is this? Isn’t this the mid-level hero who is heating up the academy these days! and… One ugly bitch.”
“Who said someone looked ugly? It looks like a boiled potato.”
“No, this stupid girl is really… … .”
Leto, who was already tired from Celine’s counterattack, seemed to be in tears, but Celine just stuck out her tongue and hid behind my back.
Leto took a step, as if he wanted to grab Celine’s hair, but soon, as if he didn’t even have the energy to do so, he fell limp.
It was a characteristic of students of the Faculty of Magic. If the assignment or research was prolonged, the energy would rapidly decline like this. Even Leto, who enjoys drinking and dancing.
I watched him with a little pity, and then I asked him something that got in the way of his words.
“What do you mean by that ‘low-middle class hero’?”
“What is it? that’s calling you They were treated very poorly, but thanks to you, the perception of ‘this guy too?’ I guess.”
A chuckle of laughter escaped from my mouth. What nonsense.
“I don’t know what happened to me either… … .”
“But after losing your memory, your senses became sharper, right? The amount of magic power increases, and the blood vessels are pierced… write… I mean, I want to study it.”
Leto still seemed to be interested in my condition, but since I showed signs of disgust, he immediately licked his lips and withdrew his interest.
Instead, he smiled softly, as if he was just fine. It was a wonderful smile every time I saw it. Although it was unfortunate that it usually came out when asking for something or asking for something.
Leto asked me in a voice full of interest. It seemed that the power of curiosity had regained some vigor.
“Come to think of it, is that true?”
“… … what?”
In response to my innocent question, Leto came up to me as if pretending not to know something and gave me a slap on the shoulder. And he spoke.
“I heard that Yurdina’s bastard is chasing after you.”
“… … What?”
The answer flowed from behind my back. The small head of Celine, who had been hiding behind me as a shield, popped out.
Her complexion hardened. The tawny eyes held a cool light.
“That bitch? why?”
And the eyes of the two siblings turned to me. It was a look that demanded an answer. I finally sighed and glanced behind me.
Roadside trees were planted throughout the campus for aesthetic purposes. And among the roadside trees, there was one particularly large tree, and behind it, gray hair could be glimpsed.
Seria Yurdina, it was one of my worries these days.
Leto laughed lightly as if he was interested, and Celine’s eyes lit up with blue sparks.
“What is Ji doing following Ian oppa? Don’t you remember the last time you were beaten to death? There’s nothing cheap… … .”
“Wouldn’t there be a reason? Like having a crush on Ian.”
Celine was even showing signs of going after Seria, as if she was moved by Leto’s subtle encouragement. That’s why my hand held her arm.
“Stop it. It’s not doing me any harm, so what does it matter?”
“Because it’s annoying! I still grind my teeth thinking about what happened last week… … !”
Celine’s animosity toward Seria seemed to stem from last week’s sparring. Of course, before that I had assaulted Seria mercilessly, but the human brain likes convenient interpretations.
There was a strong possibility that the fact that I had beaten Seria to the point of half-death had already been erased from her mind. Only the moments of violence I suffered from Seria will remain.
Conflict between Celine and Seria seemed inevitable. And no matter how young she was, Seria was a high-ranking aristocrat who received the surname of Yurdina, and it seemed very clear whose defeat would end the conflict.
They said she pretended not to know that she had touched Yurdina last time. I was also grateful for that.
I glanced at the snarling Celine, then returned my gaze to the gray hair peeking out from behind the avenue trees.
Come to think of it, it was a problem that had been neglected for too long. It’s been a week already, so maybe we should talk.
With that thought in mind, I released my hand from Celine’s arm and immediately placed it on Celine’s shoulder.
“Wait, I’ll talk to you.”
“… … Brother Ian?”
Celine had a dissatisfied expression on her face, but as if she had nothing to say when I, the person in charge, went out, she softened the tense atmosphere.
Leto’s eyes were excited, as if he had seen an even more interesting sight. he advised
“just in case? Maybe he falls for you and follows you around. If it’s a confession, accept it. Pretty, good family, good ability. Where is a marriage like this… Aagh! Celine, you really are!”
Of course, that advice had to be punished before it even came to an end.
I calmed my pounding heart, took a deep breath, and moved on.
To be honest, I couldn’t even guess why Seria Yurdina was following me.
fell in love? After being beaten with a wooden sword, she was the woman I was afraid of and even trembled with last week. It couldn’t be.
If so, imagination stretches in many directions. Among them were some ominous speculations.
For example, revenge.
It was a tense situation for me. Seria, too, must have sensed my approach, flinched, and her hair swayed, but she did not avoid her seat.
Rather, he stuck out his head and even checked me as I approached. As I stood in front of the trees, Seria hesitated and walked out from behind them.
“Seria, do you have something to say to me?”
Seria lowered her head instead of answering. A blush appeared on her soft milky skin.
am i still scared Just as I was chewing on the bitter memories, Seria raised her head as if she mustered up the courage.
Then, with eyes full of determination, he stuttered and began to open his mouth.
“That, that, that… … .”
As she continued to speak with difficulty, she closed her eyes tightly and bent her back. It was a polite request.
“Ji, the map would be convenient… ugh… Maps, Whiplash! May I ask you?!”
He chewed his tongue once more, but that was enough.
He didn’t show off as a high-ranking aristocrat, and compared to last time, his upright side was cut down a bit, and as a junior, he had a great attitude of asking his senior to learn.
Looking at her attitude, which had been upgraded from ‘Yurdina’s slut’ to ‘junior’ in just one week, I nodded my head, feeling a sense of satisfaction inside.
and said
“no.”
“Well then, please… yes?”
Perhaps my answer was unexpected, Seria’s expression went blank for a moment as she was reciting words of gratitude that she had prepared in advance.
Her bewildered gaze turned to me, and I smiled at her and drove the nail in again.
“I don’t like it.”
Seria hardened like a statue.