Originally, Catherine struggled in solitude, but after frustration, she realized her aptitude.
However, I became the will and stopped experiencing loneliness and frustration.
‘No, I don’t think I’ve done anything particularly nice to Catherine.’
I made a troubled face.
A moment, a passing word.
-It would be a good idea for you to keep some distance from that child. Clumsy sympathy will only be poisonous.
Duke Alfonso may have been aware of Catherine’s situation and warned me.
‘What should I do?’
Just then, I saw Catherine passing by in the distance.
Their eyes met, and Catherine frowned and quickly turned her head.
It was a harsh reaction, but I didn’t feel any hostility at all. On the contrary, I felt embarrassed and avoided eye contact.
‘Originally, Catherine at this time was supposed to be full of anger and venom.’
It was a serious problem.
Moreover, the situation became urgent.
The magic family demanded that Catherine drop out.
This was the beginning of Catherine’s personal character scenario, “A Hero’s Despair.”
* * *
Dormitory at 2:30 a.m.
There was a room with a faint light coming in when all the students were asleep.
It was Catherine’s room.
“Princess Catherine? Umm, aren’t you sleeping yet?”
Catherine’s roommate frowned at the light on next to her.
For your information, Catherine did not receive support from her family, so she was staying in a commoner’s house, the cheapest room for 6 people.
Her roommates also knew that she was the illegitimate daughter of a bad family and were quietly ignoring her.
“What time on earth is it? “Get some sleep.”
Catherine had no choice but to close the book in frustration.
“… sorry. “The library is closed today due to construction.”
‘I still haven’t fully understood the scope of today’s class.’
Catherine sighed.
Actually, it wasn’t difficult.
It’s the beginning of the new semester.
Other magic students easily understood and moved on, but she was the only one doing this.
‘are you okay. If there’s something you don’t understand, you can watch it over and over again.’
She knew very well that she had no talent.
Because while I was at the magic family, I was called the worst dungeon.
However, I came to know this after coming to the academy.
He is not only the worst magic master, but also the worst in the academy.
‘Stop thinking about useless things. It would be better to read a book or read more during that time.’
It was when I was lying on my bed and reading a book by the moonlight.
Grumble.
‘ah.’
My nose was bleeding, probably because I couldn’t sleep recently.
‘It shouldn’t spread to the book.’
At that time, I heard the scolding again.
“Anyway, the real Yunan is. Anyone who sees me will think that I study alone at the academy.”
“Even if you look like that, you’re a princess from a famous magic family. Of course, looking at his skills, you can see why he is said to be the child of a famous magic family.”
“What did you do, Chief? “Isn’t that fraudulent admission?”
“I guess I just memorized the entrance exam range. “It’s like he’s shaking like that right now.”
It was a sarcasm that seemed to be heard outright, but Catherine showed no particular reaction.
Actually, I was used to it.
-Why was someone like you born?
-Why did the former head of the family pick up something like you?
-A bastard like you is not worth living.
I’ve always heard stories like that, so the current scolding from my roommates is just laughable.
‘So it’s okay.’
But, for a moment, my heart stopped.
Are you really okay?
‘… Actually, it might be better to just give up.’
The reason she struggled so hard was for one goal.
I definitely wanted to become a great wizard and put pressure on the magic masters who had ignored me.
I shook my head and strengthened my will.
‘Let’s not think weakly. you can do it. I will definitely do it’
But why?
Suddenly a voice came to mind.
-You have me.
It was half.
‘… ‘I don’t like the professor.’
Catherine sighed.
To be honest, Ban wasn’t a ‘teacher’ who was a good match for her.
The class’s lectures were so deep that it was difficult for Catherine to follow them.
‘It’s not even friendly. ‘He’s picky and always sticks to his sh*t.’
Nevertheless.
‘… Always give strength to everyone when needed. It’s annoying.’
That was why.
She began to rely on Ban without even realizing it.
I was embarrassed because it was my first time experiencing this.
‘Come to your senses, Catherine. ‘Relying on someone only makes you weak.’
Catherine made up her mind and turned her attention to the book.
My nose started bleeding again, but I covered it with a cloth and ignored it.
* * *
The test results are out.
‘Luckily I’m in first place.’
Catherine sighed.
It was rewarding to watch over and over again the content I didn’t understand.
‘I have to go back quickly and review again.’
Walking down the hallway, I figured it out! We bumped shoulders.
Someone deliberately started a fight.
“this! who is this? “Do you want to die?”
I got angry, but a sly reply came back.
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“long time no see. how have you been doing?”
“you are… ?”
Catherine’s complexion hardened.
The other person was wearing a second-year name tag and was a familiar face.
“I have to greet my cousin properly, right?”
David.
He was the son of a branch of a famous magic family.
“shut up. Because I don’t want to pretend to know you. “Why don’t you turn it off right now?”
Catherine gritted her teeth.
It was not her stepmother Duchess Bess or Joanna who tormented her the most during her time at the magical family.
Unexpectedly, they were the elders, collaterals, and vassals around him.
-I cannot allow such filth to tarnish the lineage of a great magic family.
David shrugged his shoulders.
“It’s been a while since I last saw you, but you’re still as cocky as ever. Still, it would be nice if it looked good to me. “If you want to attend the academy even for one more day.”
“… What are you talking about?”
“Didn’t you hear? “The council of elders decided to send you to ‘Mahak Monastery.’”
“!!”
It was an institution for ‘magic monks’ who studied only magic, disconnected from the outside world.
It was also used to exile children who committed crimes or were abandoned by noble families.
“What would be the benefit of a dunjae like you going to the academy? “If you go to a monastery and study magic without ever seeing the light of day, you will at least be of some help to our magic family.”
“under!! Whose will it be? Do you think I’ll go?!”
“What if you say you’re not going? “It was decided at a meeting of elders, but you think you can’t go?”
Catherine was speechless.
There was no one to protect her.
Her father, Duke Alfonso, wants her to disappear immediately.
“I don’t know. If you show notable achievements during the ‘exchange meeting’ this weekend, the elders may reverse their decision. Of course, you probably won’t, hahahaha.”
Catherine suddenly saw David disappearing.
‘There is no way I can show an outstanding performance during the exchange meeting.’
Compared to before entering the academy, her skills had not improved at all.
It was a time when I clenched my fists in helplessness.
-Trust me.
Ban’s voice came to mind.
‘… no. ‘You can’t rely on it.’
She clearly knew why she was stuck.
Because my heart has become weak.
I’m definitely not blaming the class.
He just regretted that he had become weak.
‘You have to be as strong as before.’
There were a few days until the weekend when the exchange meeting was to be held.
In the meantime, I was thinking of doing something.
however,
“What’s the problem?”
“!!”
It was half.
It was always an unlucky look that looked down at the other person, but why?
My heart becomes weak again.
“What is the problem all of a sudden? Did you eat breakfast wrong? “I’m fine.”
“Catherine.”
Ban looked straight at her.
As if piercing through my insides.
“I will ask again. Is it really no problem?”
“!!”
Catherine realized that Van already knew everything about her situation.
Well, since he was the homeroom professor, the news must have been delivered first.
‘Shall I ask for help?’
Catherine knew.
That seemingly unlucky professor actually has a warmer heart than anyone else.
If you just hold out your hand, you will go out of your way to solve her problem.
but.
‘no.’
It wasn’t useless stubbornness.
she was scared
I am afraid that I will become weak and fall apart.
So I’m afraid I won’t be able to stand up anymore.
“You mean there isn’t one? “I’m busy, so don’t bother me and just go on your way.”
“… “Okay, I understand.”
Fortunately, I didn’t ask any more questions.
Instead, a different story was told.
“Catherine, what did I say first?”
“… … .”
“I said you are my student and I am your professor. So no matter what happens, just don’t forget. “That you are my student.”
For a moment, Catherine cried without realizing it.
Maybe the sadness that had been building up until now had burst out.
“… “What the professor said was pointless nonsense.”
Feeling like she wouldn’t be able to control her emotions any longer, Catherine bit her lip and ran away before her class could say anything.
‘It’s the worst.’
I don’t know how three days have passed since then.
The day of the exchange meeting arrived, and as always, Catherine felt like a monkey trapped in a cage.
Everyone laughed at her and despised her.
Hwaryongjeomjeong was a magic duel between the sons of the family.
“Princess Catherine defeated!”
“Princess Catherine defeated!”
“Princess Catherine defeated!”
I competed in many events and against many opponents, but I never won.
‘… ‘I don’t know what to do.’
I absent-mindedly listened to the conversations going on around me.
A family shame like that should be sent to the Witchcraft Monastery immediately.
That was just before her decision to go to the monastery was confirmed.
“Isn’t this a too hasty decision? “It’s not like the head of the family approved it.”
Unexpectedly, it was Duchess Bess!
“There will be a second exchange meeting in the first half of the year a week later on the weekend, so we will make a decision then.”
“If you say so, madam, I will follow.”
Catherine looked at Duchess Bess with startled eyes.
“Don’t be mistaken. That’s not what I meant. “I was only asked to do so.”
“… Who to your mother?”
“Who would ask a favor like this? I don’t want to talk more, so listen to the person directly. “It feels like I’m outside.”
That’s half!
Catherine turned around and ran out of the conference hall.
When I went outside, I saw a figure standing behind a pillar of the mansion.
Elegantly like a luxury painting.
I always thought it was sh*t, but now I don’t feel that way at all.
My heart just ached.
To suppress his feelings, he spoke even more harshly.
“Well, I said it was useless help. I don’t need help from the professor… .”
“You can just cry.”
“!!”
Only then did Catherine realize that she was crying.
“Students tend to complain to professors. So, cry in peace.”
Those words broke down the wall in her heart that had been cracked until now.
Tears poured out uncontrollably.