#One
“… … As such, when a wizard crosses a certain hierarchy, he chooses the main class according to his aptitude. In judging their aptitude, most of them are greatly influenced by innate talents—intrinsic magical powers, specialized attributes, etc. If you ignore this and cultivate a type of magic that doesn’t fit your aptitude… … Specialized classes certainly exist, but unless it’s the case of Miss Rubia, who has excellent aptitudes for other classes, and Ezio Cranil-kun, who possesses unique white magic——”
Professor Zeppelin von Ernest came out and glanced at Rubia sitting next to her. Then, the eyes of the classmates in the classroom follow. Looking at it that way, I had nothing else to say… … .
“With the limited lifespan of us humans, it will be very difficult to achieve the desired achievements. This is because the hierarchy after the rank of Exy (6) is not at a level that can be climbed simply by hard work.”
Just, just-
The professor taps the blackboard with a long stick. The rectangular blackboard was full of geometric and complex formulas.
“Let’s say, for example, that there are wizards specialized in the “Fire” series and those who are not. The achievement of the former wizard of one year of training and the achievement of the latter of four years of training will be almost the same. If there is a larger gap in the degree of specialization, the difference will also double.”
He was talking about the gap between beomjae and genius.
──Talent.
Something I never had in the past.
I had to find what I could do before I wanted to, but in the end I couldn’t find any talent, so I clenched my teeth and lived in despair.
do they know
As Professor Zeppelin said, I, who had an aptitude for all attributes, in the not-so-distant past, was the pinnacle of incompetence that was comparable to the last in the entire school.
I’ve never said it, so I don’t know… … .
“Miss Rubia?”
“Yes, Professor.”
No, Rubia would know.
Because he was one of the people who watched me closely at that time.
“Miss Rubia has been growing at a record level since entering the school.”
“Ah, ah ha… … .”
“If my prediction is not wrong, I think I will take the Exi promotion exam soon. Do you have a specific career path in mind?”
Exi upgrade.
Have you been there already?
Should I even call it Rubia? … .
“Oh, well. I don’t really know. It’s true that I studied space-based magic a lot, but I’m just good at magic itself… … .”
“Hmm, you mean you don’t want to choose just one main series.”
“Hey, is that going to happen… yo. this?”
Rubia laughed awkwardly.
“Yes. It is true that Miss Rubia specializes in the Space series, but the achievements of other classes are not that low. Rather, it is much higher than the average of wizards of the same age. Truly, he deserves to be called the genius of the century. The magic level overall is very good. As a wizard, I also have high expectations for Miss Rubia.”
“Ah, ah, ah, ha, ha… … . Go, thank you.”
He smiled softly and painted Rubia’s face with gold.
At Professor Zeppelin’s unstoppable baptism of praise, Rubia fiddled with her red-tinted earlobe.
Hector next to him had a friendly gaze at first glance, but he didn’t bite his tongue like he always did. He just looked at Rubia with low, gloomy eyes. His gaze was very uncomfortable and he looked towards Hector, then suddenly.
─ tt.
Hector, who made eye contact with me, wrinkled his eyebrows and gave a rotten expression, then looked at the blackboard and the professor in front of him again. why are you all of a sudden I want to pull out my hair.
“So Miss Rubia expects it to be okay to choose three or more main series, which is unusual. Of course, when that happens, the amount of effort that Miss Rubia has to put in will be three times more than it is now.”
“Three, three times… … .”
“That’s right.”
The professor shook his head and continued.
“Above all, if Miss Rubia wants to choose more than three main classes, the first ability she needs to supplement is “Stamina”.”
“health… … .”
“Sometimes strong magical powers make a strong body, but there are limits to that too… If you don’t train yourself, your magic circuit will quickly become overloaded. In fact, it is said that more than half of the wizards who entered the Star of Akasha have the endurance of any knight.”
“Then the professor… … .”
“Yes, that’s right. I also do several physical exercises. Even if I don’t have enough time, I always repeat the routine more than a certain number of times every day.”
“That’s right… … .”
Somehow, he said that the tendon on the back of his hand was unusual.
“This is a theory that applies equally to other students. Most of the elementary and middle school academies do not organize physical training courses for nothing. Now do you know?”
The professor looks at us and says with serious eyes.
“Keep in mind. Physical strength is national strength.”
Facing those intense eyes, I could feel a strange spiritual identity with Professor Zeppelin… … .
#2
“Today’s class ends here.”
Professor Zeppelin seems to be busy, too, so he glances at the clock on the wall and announces the end of class about 10 minutes earlier than usual.
“Please make sure to submit the proposed assignments within the deadline, and please refrain from outside activities as much as possible. It is our faculty’s wish that there will be no further disruption to your academic activities.”
The midterm exam was over just last week, and Professor Zeppelin was willing to give me homework with a smile on her face.
Even in report format.
In today’s lecture, we gave feedback on the magic that the students demonstrated during the midterm exam, and we only had to give an overview of simple directions for improvement and theories that needed additional application, and then we had to study and complete the rest… … .
“Professor, wait a minute.”
“Yes, tell me. Hati-kun.”
When the spectacled boy gently raised his hand, Professor Zeppelin retorted as he cleared the table.
“When will the midterm exam results be announced?”
“ah… … .”
It’s like a forgotten face.
“The grade itself has been entered. There was only the process of reviewing whether there were any problems in the evaluation… … .”
What happened next seemed to be quite predictable.
“We apologize for the delay in processing grades as our Epic Class faculty have been very busy with recent unfortunate events.”
“Oh, no. I’m not sorry… … .”
“We will make it public until the next class. So, it’s this Friday. At that time, after the midterm exam results are announced, we will receive separate appeals. Is this enough for you to answer?”
“Ah yes. That’s it. Thank you professor. You are always working hard… … .”
“What? You guys work harder.”
Prof. Zeppelin, with a faint smile, hurried out of the classroom door, turned around and greeted us one last time.
“Then I will see you in the next lecture. … … Oh. The state is the state, but please do not forget the task and do it by all means. More than.”
#3
“I want to see Yuri.”
These were the words Rubia uttered with a gloomy face as they sat down at the student cafeteria table after finishing their afternoon work.
“We talked about that yesterday.”
“yes… … . What are you doing at home now?”
Rubia’s fork was engraved with a shredded piece of steak. The sauce is dripping and dripping. It seemed to eat well normally, but today it seems not to go in much. Maybe it’s because I’m worried about Yuri?
“You may be doing surprisingly well.”
I said, slicing the steak on the plate with a knife.
Rubia clenched her chin and glanced at me.
“… … Really?”
“Yuri’s parents really care about Yuri. There is no way you would do anything that would harm your daughter that you cherish that much. There will be no problem.”
In fact, with this incident, the obsession or overprotection that Yuri was talking about could have gotten worse, but he did not dare to speak of such a future.
“That’s right, but… … .”
Rubia, who was sitting opposite me, muttered with a gloomy look on her face. It seemed that the empty space of Yuri, who had always eaten with them, seemed to be particularly large. Now, I am filling that position.
… … But, suddenly.
‘It’s a little noisy in the back.’
The student cafeteria in the evenings is not usually quiet, but the noise from the back seems to be exceptionally high.
Rubia opened her mouth with a worried look on whether she didn’t really care.
“Yuri, will you come back to the Frontier?”
“I hope so. If Yuri doesn’t come back like this, I will be very sad.”
It was Stella, who was slicing steak on my right side, like me, who asked Rubia, who was floating in the air.
“… … yeah, me too I think I will continue to be depressed.”
“Mr. Yuri has always been our energy source. The friend who shared such a lively energy suddenly disappeared, so it’s no wonder that the vacancy feels so great.”
“Yeah, I told you a lot of interesting stories… … .”
Rubia let out a wide sigh—and looked towards Stella.
“… … .”
The protruding mouth immediately closes, and the gaze is silently silent.
Shhh
A half-folded napkin is placed on the straight thighs. Sit with your back straight and quietly move the knife you hold elegantly.
The position of the knife does not go beyond chest height as a nobleman’s etiquette. It looks like a light grip, but with each movement, a thick piece of meat is easily cut.
Shhh
He doesn’t even take big steps in vain. As small as a calm ripple in the lake, as smooth as flowing water. It was so stable that there was almost no shaking of the hair.
Moongrass… … Moongrass… … .
The noise that usually occurs when the knife and the plate rub against each other can only be heard faintly and thinly like a thread on Stella’s plate.
tak-
Gently place the knife on the plate, then lightly cut the finely cut sirloin steak pieces with a fork. The flesh of the pubis is shiny and the juices are dripping with fat.
She swept her silver-white side hair behind her ears, only moving her body slightly forward, and shoved a bite-sized piece of steak into her mouth.
“Well… … .”
Savor the luxurious flavor while sulking gently.
He immediately brought the napkin to his lips and wiped the traces of ingestion by tapping. It was a very satisfying bite, so there was a faint smile.
… … He must have been eating the same food as me, but he seemed to be eating a higher level of food by himself.
“… … ?”
Stella, who was looking at me and Rubia alternately, blinked and blushed shyly, as if he had noticed our sharp gaze at that time.
“Why, why are you looking at me like that, everyone… … .”
Gulp— Stella’s neck was weakly drawn. It seemed that the chunk of meat he could not pass over finally went down his throat.
I said with a smirk as if tired.
“I had already forgotten all the manners of aristocratic meals, but because you are by my side, I feel reverent for nothing. If I even tried to eat it with my dirty hands, I feel like the guards are rude and drag me out of the chair.”
“Yes Yes? what is that… … .”
It is not easy to describe someone’s eating process in such detail. Because I was watching everything from start to finish.
Such an act was against common dining etiquette, and there was no reason to do so, and it was an act outside of common sense, but nonetheless, we were watching Stella idly as if possessed.
For reference, it was a very satisfying 20 seconds. If I was asked to write a review, I thought I could fill dozens of pages with just expressions of admiration and awe for her nobleness… … .
“No, I thought about it when we ate together yesterday, but I really wanted to be a noble among nobles. … I think we need to completely change our perception of the act of ‘eating’. Thanks to you, I have now realized how sacred and beautiful it is to eat.”
“… … Are you kidding me now?”
“No, I’m serious. Sitting next to you makes me feel like some kind of jungle savage. Wow.”
“You’re kidding me, right?”
“Aww!”
Stella stabbed me in the side, and I screamed like yesterday.
“… … .”
Rubia, who was located diagonally from Stella, suddenly stared at the fork in my hand and the steak that was stamped on it, and then suddenly felt a sense of shame and rolled her lips toward the chin.
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Dish never clean.
A few drops of steak sauce spilled on the table.
A spoon soaked in a soup plate… … .
Looking at Stella’s tableware arrangement, she puts the knife on the right side of the plate and the fork on the left side. Wipe any spills with a napkin. Take the spoon out too.
“… … .”
Still, it was a look on his face that was not at all satisfied. He pouts his lips without saying a word. A mournful voice emanated from the gap.
“… … Should I learn properly? It’s like a rite.”
“Well, you have to… … .”
I opened my mouth, rubbing my side with my hand.
To be precise, it was half-opened.
“The aristocratic society places great importance on the culture of manners and manners. It is a line drawn to separate the nobles from those who are not. Therefore, if he does not observe the culture, the noble will be ignored by other nobles. At the same time, it can also mean ignoring and insulting the other person. It soon leads to conflicts between nobles.”
These were the words of Iris, who had been slicing and eating food like a machine in the seat next to Rubia without saying a word until now.
“Then also… … .”
“That’s what aristocratic societies are like. This is not an aristocratic society. It is such a heterogeneous place where the son of a peasant and the princess of a country can promise friendship on an equal footing.”
Even Iris, who said that, seemed to be faithfully following the etiquette. However, it felt a little more rigid than Stella, which was as natural as flowing water, and it was a movement that emphasized the theft like a well-forged iron sword rather than elegance.
Iris, with her long, shiny purple hair hanging down, put her metal knife down on the plate and continued.
“There are no people here, no, no one in the Frontier who can openly ignore you just because you don’t follow the rules of the nobles. it shouldn’t even exist Such a person is just a rude transgressor who enforces the rules from the outside here as well. It’s an action I’ve never heard of. so… … .”
Iris abruptly stopped talking and looked at us. Because she is the daughter of a knight family, a heavy feeling of weight is felt in her eyes. Iris nodded her head slightly and opened her mouth with a calm tone.
“I mean, do what you feel comfortable with. That was too long. sorry.”
“Oh, no. sorry why I understand what you mean! From what you’ve said, I don’t think there’s any need to learn it… … .”
Ahaha— Rubia scratched her cheek and smiled.
But I could tell. That Rubia’s expression meant that she wasn’t so persuaded… … .
“Iris is right.”
Stella said with a soft smile.
“I just got used to it and it became a habit, but who would want to insist on such a rigid posture? All people are the same Sometimes I also want to eat comfortably without being conscious of etiquette.”
… … Well, as in the distant past, “This is just grass that you can eat.” When I imagine Stella chewing on the tough grass, I wonder what it would be like… … .
Anything in moderation would be good, after all.
“More than anything else, it may be rude if you act too comfortably in front of unfamiliar people, but being comfortable in front of a friend you know well is probably a sign of trust. It will be said that you feel most comfortable when you are with that person.”
Then I jumped in and said,
“It means that we don’t get along well yet.”
“… … Yes Yes?”
“You are not comfortable with us. Don’t say anything.”
“Ahh. that… … . Uhm, anyway.”
Embarrassed, Stella covered her mouth and coughed in vain, and immediately sent a piercing gaze towards me.
Second of all, it was already finished yesterday.
When I’m with you, I’m comfortable with just sleeping, and it seemed to mean why you’re going to tackle me.
But that is clearly the wrong response. This is because the subject of what I said was not referring to me personally, but to many people including Rubia… … .
“Anyway, I also don’t think Rubia-san needs to forcefully follow the nobleman’s etiquette. Of course, manners and etiquette are behaviors that signify respect for the other person, but between close friends it is too rigid. Isn’t it?”
“… … .”
“… … Rubia?”
“Ahh. yes. That’s right. It’s not good to talk too much with close friends. yes. That’s right… … .”
For some reason, Rubia responded with a more gloomy face than before. He didn’t even make a lively voice on purpose, as he usually does. It is a complexion of quite complex emotions.
Stella squeezed her chest slightly at him and gave a look of not knowing what to do.
“uh… … My, I may be wrong… … would you? Oh no. My friends told me it would be too hard to follow the etiquette, but I wasn’t comfortable with it, so it may have been uncomfortable… … Yes. So, from now on, let’s talk to all of you first… … ? No, let it go, huh? … ?”
“Yes, Stella. this is your fault That meant he didn’t think of us as close friends.”
“Ezio-san is really a little bit.”
This time, he was stabbed with his eyes, not his fingers. It was quite an angry fight. I quietly shut my mouth. Don’t scratch now. The reaction was funny, so I stopped without knowing it… … .
“No, not really… … .”
The moment Rubia opened her mouth.
──Tang!
“Damn!”
“!”
Rubia’s body shook once. I was a little surprised too. On the other hand, Iris was peaceful.
And Stella, who was next to me, opened her eyes for a moment and looked back immediately.
That’s because a suspicious voice came from behind.
I also followed Stella and quickly looked behind me.
“… … .”
The noise from the first floor of the student cafeteria stopped all at once. The chatter among the students and the rattling of dishes, all turned to ice and did not melt.
thump, thump.
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Dragging the chair, he got up from his seat and slammed the plate on the tray—! Someone fell down and walked alone on the floor in that chilly, quiet silence.
moon crack-
widely.
After putting out the finished tableware, without paying any attention to the focused gaze on him, he opened the door to the outside of the restaurant.
profit… …
thump-
Opened doors don’t close She just brushes her long hair and walks out. The door closed automatically. Then the momentary silence that seemed like eternity was broken.
“… … What, what, all of a sudden.”
“I was surprised… … .”
“Are you in first grade? Isn’t it him?”
“I guess the rumors are true. I have a bit of a psycho temperament… … .”
buzzing-
The main topic of the noise, which began to murmur again, was mostly about the girl who had just opened the door and left.
We also came back to our sanity.
There was no conversation yet.
because… … .
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … Hib.”
At some point, Mew, who was sitting right behind our table eating rice, suddenly left, and all that was left was Sasha Elne, who was frozen like ice with a spoon on the other side.
We turned around and met her eyes. Sasha was hiccuping intermittently, as if in shock.
‘… … I asked why the back was noisy.’
Was that guy constantly talking?
“Sasha, are you okay? Would you like to eat here? I’m going to have to bring a new chair.”
“… … Hib.”
I can’t talk.
“Well, what was it, I was surprised… … .”
Stella put her hands on her chest and caught her breath.
“… … .”
“… … .”
At first glance, Rubia and I looked at each other with complex and subtle faces. At that moment, it seemed that so many meanings crossed over.
“… … ha.”
I sighed somehow.
This too was a sigh with many meanings… … .