How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 113

The Day the Archmage Died (1)

Adele, the torch caretaker.

When Saint Clarice was living in Chengdu, she was a girl who came to her bedroom window every day and played the lute.

“Is it going to be a joint combat practice soon… I’m going to have a sparring with the seniors of the 2nd year…?”

Last night’s Ophelis Hall. Kylie, who was sitting on her bed and looking up at the window―― Saint Clarice recalled her memories of when she was in her prime.

The song Adele sang and her longing for freedom made her secretly dream of a new dream. If it wasn’t for Adele’s influence, Clarisse wouldn’t have come to Sylvania to ask for lessons.

That’s why, even after Adele left the Saint, Clarisse continued to wait for the day to meet her again.

However, there is no chance to meet Adele even though it has been a while since he entered the school.

“…”

The sacred place of the Church of Telos and the largest city-state on the continent, there is a magnificent cathedral towering in the center of the city of Carpea.

The Cathedral, which leads to the Holy Land among the Telosians spread across the entire continent, was called the ‘Holy Emperor’s Capital’ because it was the place where Holy Emperor Eldain resided and preached the will of God.

A cathedral so large and majestic that it occupies the entire hill. Two or three lord’s castles were large enough to be put together. The height, of course, is just as high.

Climbing up the towering clock tower in the center, you could see all the way to the Rameln Mountains to the north, and the Denkin Wetlands leading to the Chloel Empire to the south.

At the top of the clock tower, a torch is burning in honor of Telos.

A girl who was sitting there, managing the sacred fire, and always looking out at the open world.

A girl who must have looked down on the world from a higher place than Clarisse, who boasted of nobility right next to the prosperous Eldane.

Clarisse is that bard… I really wanted to meet Adele.

However, Clarisse is a freshman and Adele is a sophomore.

It wasn’t that there weren’t any opportunities to interact with sophomores, but it was rare for Adele to appear in such a place.

In the first place, Adele was a person who flashed in the east and in the west, so even among her classmates, there were few people who knew exactly where she was.

Since you can’t just break into a classroom or dormitory where classes are in session, Clarisse just says, ‘I’ll see you when the time is right.’ He had no choice but to focus on his bachelor life.

However, even though he is gradually getting used to the bachelor life, there is no sign of meeting her. By this point, Clarisse was starting to feel a bit savage.

Clarice herself thought that her relationship with Adele was quite special, but did Adele not think of visiting at least once even after hearing the news that the saintess had entered school?

I even thought so… Soon, she shook her head.

Now Clarisse’s position is special. She is living her bachelor life as Kylie, an aristocrat from the periphery, not the saintess Clarice. Adele will not know this very well, so she will be a little embarrassed. However, she might have noticed that the person who was posing as a saint now seemed like a fake.

A slightly different position. But Clarisse decided not to rush his mind.

Fate is like a drifting wind. If the fate is right, you can meet again somewhere in the world and exchange good greetings. That’s what Adele said.

Clarisse also thought that was right, and smiled as she looked up at the moon. We are in the same Sylvania, and we live in the same schoolhouse, so if we get along, we will definitely meet.

I was earnestly praying that the kite would come in contact quickly and resolve the regrets of the past.

* * *

Lucy Mayrill was perched on the roof of the cabin with her chubby eyes half-raised and her knees wrapped around her.

If you sit there, you can see the whole view of the camp at a glance, but the sight you see now is not very pleasing to Lucy’s eyes.

The sight of all kinds of spirits proudly carrying well-manicured timbers and building huts… From Lucy’s point of view, it feels like an uninvited guest has invaded the camp.

Actually, it’s not even Lucy’s camp. Therefore, Lucy is not an uninvited guest or anything.

Still, I don’t feel very good. It’s just that I’m making a chubby face and blowing my breath, or I’m twisting my hair with a grunt. It’s a pretty dramatic reaction for Lucy, who rarely expresses emotions.

The girl who is the cause… Yenica Fail Rover was sitting on the bonfire in the center of the camp, stretching her legs.

The hut, which was originally planned to be completed on the 5th by overworking the spirits, was all canceled when Yenika hit the honey chestnut with a staff between Tarkan’s forehead. The lower spirits, especially Mug, clapped with tears in their hearts.

The cabin construction plan, which was being carried out as originally planned, was progressing well one by one.

Seeing that the ground had already been established on the third day, Jenika was so proud that she sat in the camp all day and hummed.

Lucy, who was sitting on the roof of Ed’s cabin, was uncomfortable watching it. In fact, even if it wasn’t for Lucy, she seems to be tilting her head for nothing if she sees Yenica’s figure.

Sitting on a tree stump near the bonfire, I stretched my arms and legs out for no reason, glanced at the whole view of the camp, looked at the cabin site, and smiled brightly. Laughter is so innocent that it seems like a flower is blooming.

After that, I wanted to read a little book, but in the middle, I looked at the hut site again and smiled, and it seemed like I was going to get some firewood, and then I looked around the hut and smiled again and came back with a short walk. I thought I was going to do some spirit sensitivity training alone, but I looked at the hut again and fell into deep thought.

Looking at that scene made me wonder for nothing, and at some point Lucy forgot to take a nap and sat with her cheeks puffed out.

“…”

After waiting for about five minutes, Lucy got up and flew near the campfire to grab some dried jerky from the drying rack.

-widely!

Landing beautifully on a rock by the campfire, Lucy brushed off her clothes and stood upright.

If you look down as it is, you will see Yenika sitting on a tree stump, folding the corner of a book and unfolding her rosy imagination. It was a really innocent expression.

“oh….”

Jenika and Lucy met eyes as they did.

The naive Jenika almost instantly greeted them. However, she intuitively realized that she was not a worthy opponent.

It was an opponent he had already fought a war of nerves with in Ophelis Hall. However, he is not very welcome from the point of view of Yenica, who hates quarreling with someone.

I didn’t want to be mean or say anything bad, but I couldn’t lose.

In the end, Yenika glanced around the cabin once while sitting down, then put her hands on her hips and showed off her chest proudly. He said he would look arrogant, and he had a smile on his face.

Lucy opened her half-moon eyes at the bright smile that emanated from her and quietly brushed off her clothes. It was amazing that such a flawless and bright smile could go so far.

* * *

With a couple of jerky in my mouth, I left the student library with books full of elemental science books.

I borrowed books every time, and thanks to returning them without overdue, I was able to borrow quite a lot of books at once. I’m acquainted with the librarian, Elka Islan, so he turned a blind eye to some of them.

“Whoa…”

I went down the hill of the student library carrying a bunch of books and went all the way to the eastern plaza in Gyodong-dong.

The reason he only borrowed books on elemental science to such an extreme extent was to finish the training for the second lieutenant magic at this point.

It wasn’t long before he successfully learned the middle rank magic, ‘One Point Explosion’, but it was a bit like the fact that there was only one middle level magic that he knew how to handle properly.

One-point explosion firepower itself is not much different from lower magic. It’s just that it’s easy to activate, or good for a quick attack, and that it’s difficult for the opponent to deal with.

This kind of strategic advantage is a big help for my fighting style, but I think it’s necessary to learn magic that has excellent firepower itself. The battle situation is something you don’t know when or how it will turn out, so in a way it’s only natural.

I have a strong sensitivity to the elements of fire and wind. So, I was thinking of learning the lieutenant’s wind magic, but… I soon made up my mind.

Most of the wind elemental magics were also dimensional magics that coordinated the battlefield or assisted in combat, but there were relatively few magics with purely fire power.

From my point of view, who knows how to handle magic engineering items and spiritism, the means to create such a variable could have been arranged somehow in a different way. In order to become dramatically stronger right now, it is most efficient to train absolute firepower.

That’s why I borrowed a bunch of elemental science books to search for magic that I could set as my next target.

The amount was so great that I had to carry it in my arms and walk. Thinking this was also a physical exercise, I walked across the eastern plaza.

Starting from the central plaza where the Student Union Building and Obel Building are located, walk along the road that stretches eastward to the East Plaza.

Compared to the central square, its size is relatively small. Still, it had everything a plaza would have, with a decent-sized clock tower in the middle, benches here and there, and a pretty fountain.

“♪ ♬ ♪”

When I saw the girl sitting on one side of the fountain playing the lute, I recognized the familiar face.

In a way, it was an impression that fit the expression ‘freedom’ the best than anyone else.

It’s time for classes to be held, and the class you applied for has all been completed, so you are wearing comfortable clothes.

In addition to the puffy pleated skirt that comes over the thighs, the blouse with relaxed cuffs is the same as I know it. Bouquet-shaped accessories tied to her waist were coming down her side.

Her hair, neatly braided to one side, is embroidered with all kinds of beautiful flowers, from lilies, daffodils, gypsophila, chrysanthemum, and freesia.

“You’re busy today too, senior Ed.”

As I was about to pass by, Adele spoke to me with a quick sigh. This was unexpected, so I tilted my head.

Adele, who was playing the lute, made eye contact with me and smiled. We were close enough to pretend we knew each other, but not really.

Adele Seris is a colleague of Taylor McLore, the main character of <Sylvania’s Failed Swordsman>.

As a bard who freely uses all kinds of strengthening magic, she has been constantly appearing since the first act and showing her face… She comes to the fore until the finale of Act 3, and she doesn’t play an active part.

Most of the things that constantly showed their faces in the first place appeared like licorice in drugstores. He appears to participate in the battle properly only in the final battle of Act 2, but he does not show any particular intention to do anything after that.

Until then, Adele mostly appears playing an instrument in outlandish places, and I wondered if this was part of the production to emphasize her free-spirited and detached side.

A girl who plays a musical instrument without losing her composure no matter how urgent the situation.

The reason she can be so calm is because of her ‘prophetic temperament’.

“…”

Sometimes Adele sees the future by receiving the holy power of Telos. He is not a power that can be manipulated freely, and after receiving a sudden revelation, he recites the future as if possessed.

This is possible because the sensitivity to the holy power of Telos is exceptionally high from birth. That’s why she was treated as a saint in her own way, and she was even named as a saintess candidate in her childhood.

“You mean me…?”

“I’ve often heard the stories of Taylor and Ayla. It seems that the two of you have a somewhat complicated view of seniors, but…”

“Yeah… it’s none of my business, but…”

Taily, who is the main character of the scenario, seems to be on a winning streak.

His talent for swordsmanship is so great that by the time he reaches Act 4, he will boast an almost overwhelming level of strength. The scenario is already passing the middle of the third act, so it may be showing a little bit of prominence at this point.

Well, I’m in a different school year, and I’ve been subtly separated from the case, so I don’t have a point of contact… I know very well that Taylor’s growth will not be easily broken.

If you really keep growing at peak efficiency without wasting a single inch, you can beat Wade and even Ziggs at the next joint combat practice event. That is, of course, when he was a fully skilled player.

Normally, just catching Wade is quite difficult, so you probably won’t pay attention to that.

“Would you like to hear a song? I’m a bard who has traveled all over the continent in my own way, although I’m now based here in Sylvania.”

“…done.”

“Oh, sorry.”

I’ve hardly ever met Adele face to face, so I don’t know why she treats her so kindly. I wonder if it’s because of my reputation on the bachelor’s school, which has improved rapidly recently, or maybe it’s just because my story is circulating among people around Adele.

I corrected the elemental science books proudly. It was an unspoken signal that he had to deal with it quickly since he was carrying so many heavy books. Adele smiled regretfully and bowed her head coolly.

I turned around and headed towards the northern forest.

The scenario also goes beyond the middle of the third act. The affair, which had been twisting little by little, has already started to deviate from the trajectory with Tanya’s election as president.

Even the scenario, which flowed in the same way until the first act, stumbled greatly in the second act, and by the third act, the direction was lost.

Still, the big flow is still flowing as I knew, so the future knowledge I hold still has enough utility. However, a misaligned flow is likely to lead to unknown results sooner or later.

It is like a straight line drawn along a dotted line.

If you follow the dotted line without shaking, a pretty straight line will be drawn, but if it shakes even slightly, a twist in the angle will occur. At first, the slight difference does not seem to be a problem, but as the straight line advances, it becomes farther away from the dotted line.

In the first place, there was no great ambition, and the only goal was to get a diploma. She just wanted to survive. However, it is also arrogance to think that everything will go according to one’s will.

In the end, if the flow of the world has become like this, things will not be solved by just breathing.

The affair began to veer off track.

I’m trying to fix it after all… I had to grab the crepe.

However, in his current state, Krepin is politically weak and strong, and there are many followers who sincerely support him throughout the empire, so killing or subduing him will only make you a high-ranking criminal and ruin your life.

In the first place, it still needs some more time to grow to the point where it can stand up to Crepin, and even if it is to fight back with someone’s help, if there is no justification, it will not be possible to cut his throat.

But it’s not like I don’t have a card. There is Tanya, an insider of the Ross Taylor family, and Princess Fenia, who is hostile to him.

When the 4th act comes and Mebula’s manifestation approaches, Crepin will definitely show his tail. At the same time, the guy shows a gap without any doubt.

You have to figure out the timing to hit the opponent’s neck. When the scheming began to come to the surface, I had to have everything ready.

“Senior Ed.”

Suddenly, Adele stopped me as I was about to return.

I turned around with a bewildered face, but Adele didn’t even look at me, just playfully playing the lute.

The pleasant tone of the strings mingled with the sound of water in the fountain and resonated in the plaza in late spring.

“One day, when you ascend to the throne of the family lord, you will have to kill the person you respect the most with your own hands.”

It was just a hint given without any hint.

“If you hesitate at that time, remember that it is you who will die.”

“…”

I wanted to ask more, but it didn’t mean much. In the first place, Adele swept the lute one last time and made a beautiful sound, then stood up and walked away with quick steps.

I was still holding a bunch of elemental science books, watching Adele leave the distance.

Then he let out a deep sigh.

Adele, the torch caretaker. Romantic Adele. And the prophet Adele.

Her prophecies don’t always match, so it’s hard to blindly assign any meaning to them… Anyway, the one talent that makes people’s hearts a mess was excellent.

There are many scenes that come to mind when you think of Adele… After all, the first thing that comes to mind is… it’s her death

Act 3 of <The Fallen Swordsman of Sylvania> is an important turning point in the scenario. Lucy, the final boss, will finish her role safely and leave temporarily if she stays still, but in the course of the scenario, two deaths of the main character’s generation appear regardless of Lucy.

One of them was Adele, the minstrel.

The macroscopic flow is still flowing similarly to the affair, but now that a big twist has already occurred in many ways.

Knowing her words, what stance should I take now?

Professor Glast’s death was out of my hands in the first place. No matter what I did, he would have stolen the seal and occupied the school, and I, a mere student, was not someone I could influence in the first place.

Adele doesn’t guarantee that I’ll be able to do anything, but from the point of view of knowing her not very pleasant words anyway… In many ways, I can’t help but feel fresh.

After shaking my head a few times, I headed towards the northern woods with the book wrapped around me.

First of all, going back to the camp, finishing the books, and preparing to make a staff… I had to finish the immediate task first.

Thoughts to sort out though… Too many.

* * *

“no.”

It was a firm and clear answer.

Lucy, munching beef jerky by the campfire and fiddling with her knee, looked uncomfortable.

“…”

This was an unexpected reaction.

After picking two twigs from Merilda’s guardian tree, I asked Lucy to implement lightning magic to make a staff.

Since the amount of magic power itself is enormous, the lightning embodied by Lucy’s magic power will have a pretty positive impact on the direct performance of the staff.

I told him that I was going to make two wands, one from Jenica and one from mine, by making two thousand-year-old trees that were struck by lightning.

In fact, it’s not a very difficult request from Lucy’s point of view, and in the first place, she tends to listen to my requests quite well, so I thought it wouldn’t be a problem… Today, Lucy felt a bit distorted.

“Can you do just one?”

It’s so refreshing to see her lips protruding while holding my knee and grunting. Wasn’t it Lucy who was always sleepy or just plain bored?

It was the first time I had ever seen him puffing out his cheeks, though he still looked dazed and had the impression that he was out of energy. Lately, I can’t get used to the fact that my expression looks more colorful. Even so, there are only a few patterns.

“Do one or two, isn’t it there or there…? You only have to manifest magic once anyway.”

“…”

“Ehh, yes… Well, if you do that, there must be a reason. It’s a headache.”

After I said that and brushed my hair once, Lucy swung the tips of her legs in the air again, wondering what was bothering her so much.

“If I make one… who will use it…?”

“I’ll give you Yenica. I’m sure the person who can use it better will be right. I still have to practice spiritism more.”

“profit….”

Seemingly uncomfortable with my display of disappointment, Lucy grunted and lowered her head.

Then, with her lips pursed, she suddenly stood up and walked towards the tree stump where I was sitting.

I stayed still, wondering if I was sticking to her like usual, and then Lucy lowered her gaze and sat down on my lap with her hat pulled down tightly.

I buried the puff pastry in my arms, but it was so light that I didn’t feel much weight. It is slightly heavier than the pile of books I was carrying with only my arm muscles.

“Okay, I’ll do it. Both.”

And then add words.

“Instead, there are conditions. It’s not that great.”

“condition?”

“There’s a place I want you to go with me.”

It’s unusual for Lucy to say such a thing, so I couldn’t help but nod my head in puzzlement.