Aegis (4)
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After the self-introduction was over, the drinking party was ripe.
Ray was sipping alcohol alone in the corner, and was called by the second-class cadets and stood up.
Rei, who heard the banter for a long time, was led by Roan, one of the second-class cadets, and wandered around the tavern. I want to apologize for failing at the entrance exam.
‘f*ck…’
Rey was in a really bad mood, but she thought that she had a social life and followed Roan with a droopy face.
After handing out apologies here and there, Ray finally faced Aaron, number 45.
Ray nodded her head.
“I’m sorry about the entrance exam.”
“…?”
Aaron looked at Rey with a very astringent expression and then turned to the side.
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Next to Rey was Roan, a second-class cadet, standing quietly.Here, if Aaron provoked Rey by saying ‘Get out of the way, you bastard’, it would be like giving Roan a f*ck too, so Aaron had no choice but to hold hands with Rey.
After the reconciliation was achieved by anti-force, Ray returned to his seat, and a second-class cadet asked abruptly.
“Hey, but what does that 30-meter sword mean?”
“Ah… I drew the sword a little longer in the first test, but it seems to have spread because it was twisted.”
“What else is the broken straight sword?”
“During the tournament, the blade cracked. The judge recommended a weapon change, but I insisted on continuing the tournament as it is. It seems to have been distorted.”
“Oh yeah?”
The second-grade cadets muttered ‘That’s right’ and giggled amongst themselves.
The 3rd grade cadets were busy keeping an eye on each other.
To say here that Rey was literally holding a sword that had been cut in half… was a bit awkward.
There were some who doubted that Rei was like a secret instructor trying to understand the lives of the cadets.
Until Rey’s identity was accurately identified, it was expected that a fight over the nun between the 3rd grade cadets would continue.
Anyway, the drinking party went to the end in an atmosphere of excitement in its own way.
Lay continued to look around while diligently filling the seniors’ glasses.
The 3rd grade cadets or the 2nd grade cadets… They were getting along well with each other more harmoniously than Rey had expected.
If you look closely, there were some places where strange air currents flowed, but when people gathered, it was impossible not to have them at all.
Rey filled Roan’s glass with alcohol and opened her mouth.
“Senior, may I dare ask you a question?”
“Huh? Uh, yeah, give it a try.”
Rey was moved by Roan’s completely hospitable attitude, and after shivering, asked again and again.
“I knew that there would be many seniors who felt uncomfortable because of their status. But I was surprised that everyone treated them well. Is the atmosphere of Aegis like this?”
“…”
Roan frowned at the rather sensitive question.
Even so, the spirit of alcohol must have increased, and it wasn’t unpleasant enough to have to leave the seat, so Roan raised an impression and asked Rey.
“Did you say you were a commoner?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“People, commoners… Haha, commoners must be so toxic.”
Roan said so and shook his head.
Common people are poisonous
Roan expressed it that way, but that one sentence contained many meanings.
The fact that he succeeded in entering Aegis as a commoner in the first place meant that he was close to the top level in Aegis in terms of talent.
At first, even if their grades were a bit low, after receiving proper support, they were talented people who could quickly climb up the ladder.
Roan said back that he was toxic, but what he said was that the commoners who eventually succeeded in entering Aegis were exceptionally talented.
After living together for about 3 years, we had no choice but to develop a kind of camaraderie.
And, the most important reason for the difficulty of blatant discrimination within Aegis was related to the imperial family.
The imperial family liked talented people who lacked a foundation or what could be called a base.
It is difficult to gain loyalty to those who are already full.
Even if he had obtained loyalty on the surface, it was really difficult to subjugate his opponent to the depths of his heart and to unite with the imperial family.
Therefore, the imperial family had a strong tendency to welcome talents lacking in identity and background, as long as their identity was clear, and they did not spare an investment to win their hearts.
Since the imperial family here wanted something, when blatant discrimination of status was carried out within Aegis, the upper level intervened quite harshly.
Even the Aegis cadets, who were in a hurry to draw a line by dividing their identities at first, had no choice but to merge with anti-forced pressure as they continued to be pressured.
On the contrary, the sons of high-ranking aristocrats were often outcasts, because they were the ‘people to go out’ after all.
Roan, who turned around and talked about such a content, revealed his doubts in the reverse direction.
“What is it… We’ve been together for 3 years, so even if we get closer… When we’re freshmen, we’re all pretty sharp about our identity issues, right?”
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Nobles, gentry, and commoners.Even if it was allowed to be gentry, there were cases where commoners would not be treated as people.
At least, that was the mood of the freshmen when Roan entered the school.
“…”
Roan looked around.
The 3rd grade cadets were all giggling and sharing drinks without any major checks or nervous battles.
It was completely different from the appearance of his classmates when Roan was a freshman.
From what the instructors said, it wasn’t that Roan’s rider was unusual, but that the riders of these freshmen were unusual.
“…Your rider is a bit unusual. You have a special personality.”
Roan said that the personalities of these freshmen were unusual, but it was never because of the good personalities of these freshmen.
This was a peace that could have been achieved because Rey ran on his own and gathered all malice and aggro alone.
In the original human beings, an ‘enemy’ had to exist in order to hold hands.
Ray muttered.
“Because the villain is used to…”
“What did you do now?”
“Yeah? Oh, I was a bit dazed because I was drunk, so I guess I was talking to myself.”
“What are you doing already. I have a lot of glasses to get.”
Ray crouched again, giving and receiving glasses with the seniors.
The 2nd grade cadets were wary of Rey even when the exchange started because Rey had taken off her pants first at the reception, but as Rey steadily showed up in a low-key position, they were satisfied and poured alcohol.
Ray asked, taking another drink.
“Hey, when do you draw the holy sword?”
“Uh-huh, this bastard… ‘pull it out’? How c*cky…”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I made a mistake. Could you give me a chance to correct the mistake?”
“Be careful going forward. Say it again.”
“When can I catch the holy sword?”
“Almost right after the entrance ceremony? There will be several opportunities to touch it in the future.”
Once at the entrance ceremony. Once before or right after the transition from red to purangi.
After that, I had a few more chances to catch up.
Historically, there have been quite a few cases in history that the Holy Sword will respond only when you repent of the sins you have been honing and accumulating, even if you cannot pull it out at first.
Among the second-class cadets here, there were some who were determined to draw a holy sword someday.
Rey, who understood the story, nodded.
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two days later.
The entrance ceremony for Aegis freshmen is approaching.
Ray, Johana, and Darren had finished greeting Ernst the day before and were waiting for a place near the Imperial Palace in advance.
As the sun rose, Rey put on her Aegis cadet’s uniform and set out on the road.
The weather was nice. On the day of such an event, even if the weather was not good, it would have created a barrier that encloses the ecliptic to block the rain.
The entrance ceremony was held in front of the Imperial Palace.
The number of cadets gathered one by one in front of the Imperial Palace finally reached thirty.
Instructor Aegis once again explained to the cadets about the entrance ceremony procedure.
Two hours later, the entrance ceremony began in earnest.
Say hello to the school principal, sing a song for the welfare of the imperial family and the empire, and listen to speeches from high-ranking people.
The speech was especially long.
Some people listed the history of the empire on the podium, while others shouted out the spirit related to national devotion on the podium, but it was a boring time for Rey.
And finally, it was time to register for admission.
The application for admission was originally made by the head of the entrance examination.
The chief of the rider this time was none other than Johana.
“The 29 freshman cadets are led by cadet Johana.”
“…!”
As Yohana stepped forward to the stage with a very nervous look, Ray bit her teeth as if she was about to laugh.
In fact, from the standpoint of Yohana, it could not be too burdensome to speak a few words as a representative in front of so many people, and even more so, in a position where many of the powers of the empire were watching.
“…I have been ordered to enroll. I will report this.”
Yohana did her job while sweating profusely because of the pressure.
The entrance ceremony ended without any problems.
When the entrance ceremony was over, everyone sighed deeply with relaxed faces.
After the entrance ceremony, a new cadet number was given, with Johanna, the chief, number 1, and Aaron, the second seat, number 30.
One of the instructors explained that the best person should lead in front, and the second best person should follow behind.
Since ‘grade’ was attached to the first digit of the cadet number, to be precise, Johanna was number 301 and Aaron was number 330.
And Ray was number 329.
Afterwards, the admitted students were guided to the dormitory.
As it is a dormitory for the best talents in the empire, the facilities were good, but overall it was bleak.
There was plenty of space, but a double room was standard.
Ray entered the allotted dormitory, put down his luggage, and wiped his face.
When I got to a place where military facilities were absurd… I really didn’t want to be there.
Rey screamed in pain as she felt the PTSD of a previous life was convulsing.
‘Am I crazy for a second…?’
Even for a short period of time, to choose military service in a different world.
Rey grunted as she bit her hair and the door swung open.
It was jusepin.
“…”
“…Hey!”
Giuseppin, who had blinked his eyes at Ray, was startled and fell backwards.
Ray’s head hurt even more.
It was not until the Empire went crazy, or the place where Rei was reincarnated was not the Atadakai and the wild and gloomy La Novel world, there was no way that a man and a woman could be pushed into a single room at the military academy.
Rei waved her hand with an annoyed look on her face.
“You came to the wrong room.”
At first, the floors of the dormitory used by men and women were different.
Ray thought that Giuseppin was following the person in front of him and then went up the stairs one more floor.
Giusephine was belatedly dragging her butt back, checking the room number, and slamming the door. There was no apology.
“…”
after a brief silence.
A visit was held again. It was Aaron, who was one of the victims of number 45, the broken straight sword.
Ray greeted the comrade who had to use the same room as a courtesy.
“Take good care of me.”
“…”
It was nicely ignored.
Ray shrugged his shoulders in the hope of doing what you were meant to do, and organized the rest of the luggage.
The more I organized my luggage, the more I thought of the army of my past life, and as Rey was twisting herself alone, a loud voice echoed in the hallway.
“We will gather at the Central Gymnasium in 10 minutes. I will tell you again. In 10 minutes.”
The owner of the voice was Nelson, the instructor in charge of the 3rd grade cadets.
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Nelson, who could be called an old man, was as sharp as a sword in his momentum.The cadets did not tidy up the room or take a break, but hurriedly put on their coats again.
It was quite a distance to the Central Gymnasium, so I had to move right away.
Ten minutes later, as the cadets quietly lined up in front of the Central Gymnasium, Nelson gave a brief order.
“Follow me.”
Everyone followed Nelson’s footsteps and couldn’t hide his reminders.
Everyone here once had the delusion of being promoted as a hero by drawing a holy sword or a divine sword when they were young.
Of course, drawing a holy sword did not mean that you could be treated as a hero right away. The world wasn’t that easy.
however, nevertheless.
The holy sword was a creature that shared memories of childhood and a new spirit that stimulated something more fundamental than desire.
It was strange that just being able to hold it in one hand didn’t excite me.
Finally, freshmen and 3rd grade cadets who entered Aegis arrived at the square where the holy sword was placed under the guidance of the instructor.
After Nelson went through the identification process with the knights guarding the square, he looked back at the cadets.
“In numerical order, come forward.”
Johanna, number 301, was the first to step forward.
The other cadets, the instructor, and the onlookers around looked at the Holy Sword and Yohana alternately with interesting eyes.
The twinkling, beautiful and divinely shining holy sword, Yohana also held in her hand with her eyes twinkling.
Even if you hold it in your hand and pull it, of course it will not be pulled out…
Tickle!
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