Episode 5.
“Milia, why did you give me this jewel?”
Milia kept her mouth shut and didn’t say anything.
“If I wore this necklace and went out to subdue monsters, a situation where my life could be in danger could happen.”
“… … .”
“Did you try to kill me, Millia?”
“no! I just hoped that the subjugation would fail!”
A sigh escaped my lips at Milia’s pitiful reply.
“Sister Millia, have you ever been to subjugation?”
“doesn’t exist… .”
“If ferocious monsters appear in large numbers, it will be difficult no matter how many troops there are. Monsters that have become ferocious lose their feelings of fear.”
“Still, Dave oppa also leads the knights.”
Really, Milia-sama was pathetic. I spoke while holding back my anger from deep inside.
“It’s hard to fight while protecting a chivalric brother in front of a ferocious monster. Because no matter what kind of wounds you get, you just rush at it.”
Suddenly, Sister Millia started crying.
Then Dave gave Milia a hug and comforted her. Leaving them alone, I headed to my room.
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Not long after I arrived, I heard a knock from outside the room. It was Dave’s brother. It seemed that Dave had come to see me about Milia.
“Let’s keep this a secret from your father.”
“Everyone who was there must have heard it.”
“I sent everyone out there.”
“brother… Still, Sister Milia almost killed her brother. You should tell your father about this.”
Dave tapped me on the shoulder and said.
“People make mistakes once in a while. Besides, you said you had no intention of killing him.”
“Hyung is a good person. Okay, I’ll keep it a secret from my father.”
Only if you are self-respecting and still.
You should talk to Dale just in case. If Milia shows signs of being strange, ask her father to deliver the letter I gave you.
Dave hyung smiled brightly and hugged me.
“Thank you, Suhar!”
Even though I hated the thick skinship, I felt my heart warm.
Seeing Dave show excessive affection for me, I felt fortunate that Dave did not die.
* * *
I was in the room and went to the office at my father’s call.
“Father, did you call?”
“I went on a trip, but wasn’t it normal to have to visit my parents first?”
Dad looked pissed. I prepared a present to appease such a father.
“sorry. There wasn’t much of a rush. Still, I have prepared a present for you, so please be generous with it.”
I handed one flower to my father. The flowers in the bottle were blue. It was a flower that looked mysterious because the flower itself gave off light.
I found this flower near the lake and brought it in a bottle.
“It’s called luminescence. It is a mysterious flower that emits light by itself.”
“Hmm, it’s a bit strange to receive flowers as a gift from a man.”
“If I buy a gift for my father with the travel expenses he gave me, how can I be a present for him?”
“That’s right.”
A smile appeared on my father’s lips as if he was satisfied with my answer. My father put the flowers on the desk in the office.
“So you know why I called you?”
“yes.”
Before the trip, I made sure to tell my father when I would go to the academy after this trip.
“I will go as quickly as possible.”
“Then, we’ll be leaving right away the day after tomorrow, so be ready by then.”
If it’s the day after tomorrow, there’s no sense of leaving in a hurry, but it was okay.
My work in the Caldert family was over, so now I needed to prepare for my future.
* * *
Milia Caldert didn’t even light a candle in the dark room. Millia was sitting on the bed, biting her nails. At first glance, the haggard face with scattered hair looked like a madman on the street.
“Suhar… Suhar… .”
Millia continued to repeat Suhar’s name in a low voice.
“I’ll get my revenge someday… Suhar… .”
Milia lay down on the bed and fell asleep, swearing revenge on Suhar. Even in the middle of sleeping, Millia’s expression changed every moment.
Before leaving the academy, my father gave me a decent sword. He also taught me how to breathe mana, which comes down from the family.
However, he will not learn the mana breathing method his father taught him. Because the limits are clear, it could definitely be poison to me. Besides, there are ways to find other good mana breathing methods.
On the day I headed to the academy, my father, my brother Dave, and all my family members came out to see me off. Sister Millia was also there, but I could see at a glance that she didn’t want to see me off.
Among the people seeing me off was Tessiar’s mother. My biological mother, a concubine, died when she gave birth to me, so Tessiar’s mother raised me.
“Suhar… .”
My mother treated me with care. Since you know the goal of my emotions, there is no choice but to do so.
“Go carefully.”
“Yes, mother.”
Everyone in the family was surprised when I said I was a mother. Even my mother tried to shed tears.
“Suhar, you… .”
The mother’s reaction was natural. Until I was ten years old, I thought of my mother as my birth mother.
However, after learning through the attendants that I was the son of a concubine, I distanced myself from my mother.
The act of distancing myself from my family began when I called my mother Mrs. Tercia. Starting with that, I distanced myself from everyone in my family.
“Then, I will go.”
Leaving behind my crying mother, I left the Caldert family. I couldn’t help but comfort my crying mother. Because it was a bit embarrassing.
Before leaving, I saw the scene where the father quietly approached the tearful mother and gave her a hug.
‘I want to love like that too.’
That’s how I left the Caldert family.
* * *
Arriving at the city of Rotoran, the capital of the Kingdom of Roto and where the royal family is located, I let out a faint exclamation. I came several times before returning, but every time I came, I was surprised by the vitality of the people on the street.
“After all, the capital is the capital.”
There were numerous crowds, and the market was noisy. Dale said next to me.
“I mean.”
Dale volunteered to be an escort to the academy. Well, I also liked Dale as an escort.
“I’m trying to hide my tears because I think I can’t see you anymore.”
I took Dale’s words as a joke. I looked at Dale and tried to smile.
But Dale’s words weren’t a joke, and for real, tears welled up in his eyes.
“What is it, Dale? Are you really crying?”
“no. How can I shed tears over a man’s farewell!”
Dale said that, but the wide open eyes made him feel like he was about to cry.
I sighed.
“Dale… .”
“young master… .”
I met Dale’s wet eyes.
“At least, if you’re going to cry, cry when we part. We still have a long way to go before we part.”
There are still two days left before entering the academy. I planned to enjoy the capital city with Dale for the remaining two days.
At my words like this, Dale also stopped crying.
“That makes sense. Then, I’ll start by looking for accommodation.”
“Dale, come with me.”
Dale ran out alone, as if he had suddenly become motivated. I ran as much as I could without missing such a dale.
* * *
The two days passed quickly, and admission to the academy was right around the corner. As I was about to enter the main gate of the academy, Dale opened his eyes and wept so hard to see.
As a grown adult weeping like that, people around us looked at us.
I was ashamed of that, so I rushed into the academy.
“Dale wasn’t like that when I first met him.”
I left the weeping Dale behind and went over to the front gate of the academy. The guards blocked it, but I was able to pass easily by showing the admission documents.
The inside of the academy was better than I thought. The land is wide and the buildings are high.
“But where should I go…”
I had never been to an academy before, so I didn’t know where to go. So I walked as soon as possible.
While walking, I found a garden.
“oh… .”
Whoever managed it was very sophisticated. As I entered the garden and inspected it, I noticed a middle-aged male gardener tending the garden.
I approached the gardener who was pruning.
“Hey, can you tell me where the entrance ceremony is held?”
The gardener turned around and pointed to a building.
I thanked the gardener and walked in the direction he pointed.
Fortunately, when we arrived at the auditorium, the entrance ceremony had not yet started.
While I was sitting in the back seat and thinking about what I should do next, I heard a voice. Looking in the direction the sound came from, it was the podium in the auditorium. A man with a horizontal cut on his nose was talking.
“I hope everyone stays quiet. We will start the entrance ceremony soon.”
The academy’s entrance ceremony was ordinary. We talked about the origins of the academy and gave the basic location. As we got closer to the end, we introduced the faculty.
Professors from Magic, Knights, Swordsmanship, Academics, Tactics, and Politics were introduced one after another. I have a question.
‘Didn’t I say that the swordsman was at the academy?’
The swordsman was not introduced as a professor of knights or swordsmanship.
“And let me introduce you to the symbol of our Toro Academy.”
Since he is a swordsman, it seemed like he was introduced at the end. Looking in the direction pointed by the man with the wound, a man was coming up.
‘uh… ?’
The same outfit as the gardener who taught me the way.
“This is our Toro Academy’s special teacher, Duke of Sword Saint Keron Sarkid!”
Everyone in the auditorium cheered. That’s why the swordsman was a famous figure.
The swordsman has black hair mixed with sparse white hair. His tightly closed mouth seemed to represent his cautious personality. I felt like I was looking at a large stone.
Sword Master, who was handed a microphone enchanted with amplification magic, said.
“Ah, students, first of all, congratulations on your admission. And I just heard that there is a son of my best friend among the newly enrolled students.”
Hearing that his father was friends with the sword castle made him envious.
“Ah, I have no intention of giving benefits to him as the son of a close friend. On the contrary, I am going to suffer even harder.”
My mind has changed. I felt sorry for the guy whose father was friends with the sword castle.
“I can’t remember his name, so I’ll see the Caldert family guy in the garden outside after the entrance ceremony.”
The words that came out of the Sword Saint’s mouth made me stunned for a moment. It seemed to me that the poor fellow was me.