95 – Proof (3)
Envy’s first stop after leaving was a village near the academy.
“It’s the same.”
Led by a large fountain in the middle of the village, there are a long line of inns, blacksmith shops, and various shops and stalls.
The scenery seen by Envy was just as she remembered it, having once been her cadet.
“At that time, what was I thinking?”
Envy tilted her head and muttered. Maybe it was because it was so long ago that I couldn’t remember.
“aaah, why are you being so embarrassed when there are so many people?”
“I love you, but can you just do this with something like this?”
Envy slowly turned her head when she suddenly heard the voices of a man and a woman.
A young man was passing by the Envy of a woman who appeared to be her lover, with his arm wrapped around her waist.
“Yes, it was like that.”
Seeing her like that, Envy was able to recall her forgotten feelings from those days.
“I was drenched in jealousy.”
I envied someone and felt jealous.
“That would be good.”
Envy moved out of her sight and began to slowly follow her young man and woman.
****
A deep night with the moon hanging in the sky.
At the academy’s secluded outdoor training ground, Fran was sweating beadily, swinging his sword non-stop.
“This is not enough…”
Even though he repeatedly swung the sword more than 10,000 times, Fran gritted his teeth and moved his body that looked like it was going to collapse at any moment and his hands that looked like they were going to be crushed.
The reason why Fran was so absorbed in the sword despite the fact that the midterm exam was tomorrow was simple.
Because she realized a while ago that her own skills were poor compared to others.
-Chang!
“Damn it…!”
Fran, recalling the moment when he was defeated and defeated by an evil person in a cave, dropped his sword to the floor.
I was embarrassed. He is a candidate for the next hero, but he realizes that he has been defeated by someone tainted by evil.
I was angry. The fact that the person tainted by that evil was defeated by someone other than the hero candidate himself.
I was jealous. To a friend with greater skills and talent than the warrior candidate himself.
“···.”
Fran, who had lost his temper for a moment, grabbed the sword that had fallen to the floor again and started swinging it.
Fran thought. This whole situation happened because he was weak. So, let’s put aside all the miscellaneous thoughts and focus only on the sword.
In fact, from that day on, Fran devoted himself to training like crazy, swinging the sword more than 10,000 times every day like today.
“Why are all the so-called warrior candidates like that?”
Envy, who was secretly watching this scene from afar, muttered quietly as he remembered the hero candidate who had attended the academy with him.
“Morte, that guy did that too.”
He was once a warrior, but now he is an idiot stuck somewhere in a temple.
Envy thought as he looked at the modern hero candidate sweating beadingly.
That friend looks a lot like my friend.
“But why is that friend so jealous?”
Envy, who was looking at Fran, clicked his tongue and muttered.
“I want to help.”
Then I thought about it.
If you do it well, you might end up with an interesting picture.
“hahahaha…”
Envy, who was thinking like that, suddenly bit his lip and started looking at Fran.
No, to be precise, he was staring intently at the light blonde man who was approaching Fran.
The man was giving Fran various advice and jokes.
“It’s still the same. “There are a lot of random things, and there are so many boring things.”
Envy mumbled and turned her body as she felt her emotions stirring.
And then I thought.
As expected, just looking at it is not enough.
“Now, let’s get to work.”
Envy began to take her steps.
Mandala, to go meet the person that the arrogant person asked to meet.
****
Today the midterm exams are over.
I was sitting alone on a bench, waiting for someone, and concentrating on practicing ‘Mana Burn’.
‘I think I just need to do a little more…’
Mana, which had been motionless, starts shaking as if she is about to boil.
But that’s just it. Unlike Malik’s, my mana does not boil or burn, and is still being paid straight to the balance.
‘Well, is there any progress?’
It was bittersweet, but I decided to think positively.
Although I am not able to master it now, if I repeat the training, I will be able to make this ‘mana burn’ mine in the not too distant future.
If that happens, your immediate power will be a little lower than when you fooled the balance, but you will be able to fight without worrying about durability or recoil.
Thanks to you, I was able to set short-term goals.
Seven Deadly Sins Envy and Gluttony.
I will not deceive the scales and defeat those kites who will come looking for me sooner or later.
When the accident reached this point, I suddenly felt grateful to Malik.
If it wasn’t for him, I would have been suffering from my decreasing durability instead of learning ‘Mana Burn’.
Is that all? Malik even teaches Rose swordsmanship and magic.
Thanks to you, I was able to secure a little more time to focus on my training, and Rose was improving her skills by working hard.
It was a good thing. Because Rose was one of the few colleagues I could trust and have my back.
I am sure. Rose’s growth will be of great help to me now or someday.
I clearly felt that Rose’s growth was rapid while taking the practical exam today.
The practical test was made up of fantasy magic similar to the entrance test, but what was different from the entrance test was that the academic department directly determined the beings that appeared in front of the test takers.
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Rose instantly cut down the high-class monster that appeared in front of her.
I was truly impressed. To be honest, I thought that Rose’s upper-level monsters were still just bugs.
And, it wasn’t just Rose that was surprising.
‘Fran.’
Fran, the main character of the original work, also cut down a high-level monster in no time.
After the travel club schedule ended, did you feel a lot of shock?
I knew that Fran had stopped flirting with women and had focused only on her training.
But I never dreamed that Fran would grow as much as I did during this time.
‘Good.’
Even now, the world I live in is progressing completely differently from the original.
So, it was a pleasure. In a situation where it is certain that dangerous events will soon hit the academy, the other main characters except me are growing up.
‘I guess I should try harder too.’
It is true that we are ahead of others. However, I have no intention of settling for the present.
I will fully learn ‘Mana Burn’ and continue to swing the sword so that my hands do not become dull. I will not stop chanting so as not to dull my senses.
Only then will I be able to defeat those who want to defeat me and guarantee my complete life.
As I was sitting on the bench and making this promise to myself, Senior Randel, who I was supposed to meet, started talking to me.
“Have you waited long? “Did you do well on the test?”
“Well, isn’t it obvious?”
After saying that, I couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Of course I was first in the practical test, but the written test was not.
“Really? That’s strange. “Professor Dian said something strange when she looked at the written test submitted by her junior.”
“···What did you say?
“He said he was a friend who knew the beauty of blank space.”
“···.”
“Well, the proportion of handwriting isn’t that high, so it’ll be okay.”
“Anyway, what do you have to say?”
To hide my shame, I pursed my lips and asked Randel about his business in a blunt tone.
“Alfons, he said we’d meet tomorrow.”
“If you see him suddenly appear while his movements are unknown… It means that he wants to settle the matter with his senior tomorrow.”
“It also means that a considerable amount of power has joined.”
I nodded and remembered a man named Alphonse.
He was the leader of ‘Wings of Freedom’, a person with twisted ideas, and an apostle of evil who colluded with the Chaos Church.
His past was unfortunate. He lost his family, was abused, and even abandoned by the nobles.
But the past is just the past. After Alphonse founded the Wings of Liberty, he soon became corrupted and extorted countless lives and property from innocent people.
In addition, Alphonse even tried to sacrifice his subordinates, who were like his limbs, to the Chaos Cult.
It was only natural for me to define him as evil and to take his life without hesitation.
“I understand. When should we meet?”
So, I accepted Randel’s proposal without hesitation.
Good. My body was already itching.
“Thank you. However···.”
Did I feel grateful for that?
Randel said, widening his eyes.
“I don’t think this is something worth laughing at so evilly.”
Randel, who said that, subconsciously avoided my gaze.
****
Envy was frowning as he entered the luxurious room to meet the person Mandala told him to meet.
“···Wow, I didn’t expect this.”
Envy was dumbfounded. As expected, what Envy could see was an old man and a woman sleeping in bed, naked.
The woman appeared to have fainted, and there was no place on her naked body that was not bruised.
“It’s fun.”
Envy lifted the chin of the fallen woman and raised one corner of her mouth.
It was worth it. The face Envy was looking at was exactly the same as her previous self.
“It’s really fun.”
Envy nodded quietly with her icy smile.