Episode 70 Begins.
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“I think I will have to go back to my hometown soon. I can’t stay away from home for too long. See you at the academy.”
The first person to leave my side was Aina.
“My parents were angry. Where are you wandering around like that? See you next.”
The second was Priscilla.
“I have a job that needs to be vacated. I believe that I will do well even if I am not there. Next time we meet, I hope we can see the finished Nakrin Cham.”
The last was Nihilis.
So, there was no one left around me.
It’s not a permanent farewell, so I thought it would be okay.
I had been living alone for a very long time, so I thought this would be nothing, but that was my mistake.
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Maybe it was because I had gotten used to people’s touch, and at some point, I found myself living in loneliness.Even though it was only about a fortnight.
However, that lonely time was coming to an end as of today.
Because the time for the opening of the class is near.
I want to go back to the academy where my scent still remains.
S class guys, how are you all doing?
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Trinity Airport was busy with the opening season.
As I barely made my way out of the huge crowd, the warm sunlight of the South Pacific greeted me.
It is in stark contrast to the gloomy and cool weather of Glenlunark.
I wanted to immerse myself in this comfortable atmosphere, so I put aside other thoughts for a moment, and while I was basking in the sun, a familiar purple-eyed girl appeared in front of me.
“I miss you.”
Although she never loses her dignity under any circumstances, it wasn’t this time.
You came to me with a gait that felt impatience.
No, perhaps, to other people, he may still look full of leisure.
But, I knew.
That she had been looking forward to this moment, at least slightly.
“I missed you too.”
“thank god.”
“what?”
“It’s not like my heart is different.”
Aina answered that way and hugged me.
So loud that I can’t breathe.
“how have you been doing?”
“As you can see.”
“Good.”
“How are you? Are you sick or not?”
Of course, as I was about to reply that I had a good time, one memory came to my mind.
I remember that my teacher, Nihilis, had been tortured under the guise of training for four days, and eventually collapsed to death.
That’s not to say it’s a big event.
Rather, it was quite a fresh and fun experience.
I knew that even with such a good and fresh body, I could collapse with body aches.
Other than that, nothing happened, so I replied that I was fine.
Because I didn’t want to make her worry.
“… That’s a lie.”
“No, I was really good.”
“I want you to be honest. I don’t think I have the right to say something like this, who deceived you.”
“Really.”
I guess he thinks I’m saying this because I don’t trust her.
It’s really good.
I did it because I didn’t want to make a fuss over trivial things, and I don’t have any negative feelings for her.
I tried to move on as if nothing had happened, but in the end I had to confess the truth.
It must have been because she saw a cloud of sadness in her clear blue-violet eyes.
“I just got sick once. I did it because I didn’t want to make him worry about trivial things.”
“Then just say it. I want to know your news.”
“okay.”
Aina answered with a calm tone.
I thought I shouldn’t lie to her.
Not only did he recognize my lies so easily, he didn’t even know I was going to be so heartbroken.
I’d rather not know if I wasn’t good at lying, but I’m pretty good at telling lies.
Even so, if it was easy enough to notice, it was safe to say that she could not lie to her.
… I didn’t even want to spoil Aina’s stomach.
“By the way, did you hear the news?”
“What news?”
“A famous person came in as a new professor. I don’t know?”
Did anything like that happen at this time?
I don’t think there was.
It is somewhat unreasonable to think that it is simply because the main characters of the original story, Cheon Hyeon-woo and Beatrix, are not interested in such things.
If it is news that becomes a topic of discussion within the academy enough to reach my ears, as I have been building a wall with the people around me, it is news that everyone in the drama knows.
There’s no way these two, who are stronger than me, don’t know.
If so, it’s an event that doesn’t appear in the original story.
“Who is that?”
“Selena Stewart. He was neither a hero nor a villain, but was considered the strongest among the Awoken, but he was imprisoned for attacking the Griffon Prison.”
“I don’t know.”
“It’s too dark for the news around you. I have to tell you more often.”
I don’t even know how to explain it.
If it is someone I don’t know who read the original story quite carefully, it is highly likely that he was a character who had little or no importance in the work.
Besides, no matter how strong he was, if he was a character who was neither a hero nor a villain, his appearance would be even lower.
“Then, is that professor having a ceremony right now?”
“I will.”
“Shall we go see?”
“Would you like to try?”
At Trinity Academy, there is an tacit convention.
On the first day of the new professor’s tenure, it is customary that any cadets must accept a duel unconditionally.
Of course, not everyone sits in a professorship, so there are only a handful of cases where professors have lost.
Therefore, it can be seen that this is merely a kind of performance to lift the professor.
Rarely, a maniac who really wants to beat the professor also appears from time to time.
“Uh, let’s try it.”
“Do I have to go out and do something like that?”
“It sounds like fun.”
Do you think it would be so much fun?
After all, the professor will treat you appropriately.
To be honest, my heart is different.
I was itching to try out this new skill, Nakrin Charm.
“okay. Maybe it will be a good opportunity. You can check how much you have grown. The professor will be at Trinity Stadium. Let’s go.”
Aina willingly followed my opinion more than expected.
… Come to think of it, there’s never been a time when she didn’t really agree with me.
Prejudice is so scary.
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A crowd almost reminiscent of midterm exams is gathering in Trinity Stadium.
Fortunately, there were no outsiders, so the number was much lower than before.
“Is this 27 straight wins?”
“Isn’t that 28 winning streak? I don’t know.”
“All of the professors used to be monsters in their prime, but this new professor is really on a different level, isn’t it? So far, no one has done any harm. I don’t know if it was a challenge only for the f*ckers. There was also Layla Diav, second in U-Class.”
“I would have believed it if I had told him that I would rather avoid and be harmless. I thought it was the main action that I was harmless even though I had intentionally hit him. I.”
There were stories like that.
Although Layla’s ideological composition is not particularly biased toward attacks, it cannot be said to be weak by cadet standards.
It seems that Serena Stewart is an Awakener who has an idea specialized for durability.
In such a case, there is a slight error.
If it’s a fallout, it might be able to do some damage.
“It’s empty now. Go up.”
Aina pushed my back.
“Yeah, I’ll be fine.”
Can I really do any damage?
With anticipation, we headed to the ring in the middle of the stadium.
“A new challenger has appeared! This challenger is right there! The person who became a hot topic in the last midterm exam public tournament! You are a cadet Seongjin Park of the S class!”
As I climbed into the ring, a tall woman in a coat over a fancy suit was looking down at me.
Her majestic and charismatic appearance was impressive enough, but what was even more impressive was her appearance.
Big horns reminiscent of a devil, and long pupils torn vertically.
“hello. professor. Take good care of me.”
“I wanted to meet you once. Park Seong-jin’s cadet.”
It was as if he knew me.
what?
“Do you know me?”
“I saw it on TV after I was released. That was impressive.”
The day will come when I will become so famous.
It’s amazing.
“It’s an honor.”
“I am looking forward to it. It would be nice if we could have a good match.”
“Then, shall we begin?”
“great.”
[User recognized. You are synchronizing your thinking. please wait for a moment.]
[Synchronization of user, Seongjin Park, and Serena Stewart has been completed.]
[The training settings have been completed.]
“It looks like both of you are ready! This time, I think you can look forward to seeing if it can actually harm Professor Serena!”
[Countdown, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, training has started.]
Spirit (?), the 4th wheel (), Nakrin Cham (??).
It is a technique that is completely opposite to the fluid sword technique that I have used in the past, Ryujin’s technique.
That said, there is nothing special about this technique.
There’s no such thing as awe-inspiring beauty.
You don’t even need very sophisticated craftsmanship.
It is not a history of something, nor a technique that has been inherited with a will.
All he had is one crude will of ‘Benda’.
He put all of them on the sword that burned in magenta and swung it.
… The slash has been deflected.
A long slash was drawn on Serena’s whole body through which it had passed.
On the spot, drops of blood began to fall.
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