How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 135

Three Gold Coins (3)

Subjugation of Lucy.

It is the largest scenario that decorates the finale of Act 3. It is an event to stop the archmage Lucy Mayril, who is trying to defeat all the apostles of the Church of Telos and uproot them to the root.

Taily and the others have yet to know about the darkness of the Church of Telos. Lucy’s actions of just trying to destroy all the apostles without explaining the exact reason must have seemed crazy.

However, the person who urges Lucy is Clarisse, a distrustful saint who lost Adele and became corrupted.

When I told Lucy about the darkness rooted in the Church of Telos, Lucy went to destroy the Church of Telos without thinking deeply.

As Adele’s divine power weakened, Lucy was also able to vaguely regain memories of the endlessly rewinding time. It wouldn’t have taken her long to understand that everything Clarisse said was true.

… The Sylvania Academy is a legacy and treasure left behind by Glockt.

Furthermore, Lucy has a pact with Glockt. If one day a crisis that this school is unable to handle comes, I will definitely protect it.

In order to fulfill that promise, Lucy went without hesitation to beat the church’s apostles… .

Third parties who have no way of properly knowing the situation are blocking Lucy’s progress… That is the content of the final battle of this chapter 3.

After defeating Lucy, Taily, who belatedly noticed the darkness of the Church of Telos, defeats Archbishop Verdio and the remaining apostles… . In the process, the new sword ceremony that can be obtained from Clarisse’s artifact is the ‘Divine Killing Sword’.

It is also the technique used to kill the boss of Act 4, the evil god Mebula.

I explained it in detail, but now there is a problem.

The premise of all these scenarios is that they are all in a state of collapse.

Saint Clarice did not fall. Finally, she decided to put her trust in Saint El Dane one more time, and to watch his progress.

Verdio has already been excommunicated and taken into custody as a saint. He can no longer live as a priest.

In other words, the war to subdue Lucy… There was no reason to even wake up.

“…”

It was a car that was working on chimney reinforcement on the roof of the cabin.

The underside of the handle of the small hand ax struck the groove in the support. The parts of the wooden support were coming together neatly.

“I don’t think it’s something to be left alone…”

I muttered to myself, trying to organize my thoughts.

The subjugation of Lucy was treated as a very important event in <Sylvania’s Fallen Swordsman>.

First of all, even if the weight or scale of the scenario is aside, the skill proficiency, level experience, and various unique skills that can be obtained from it will surely be of great help in proceeding with the 4th act.

Above all, the fact that Taylor’s growth is greatly delayed is a major anxiety factor.

You can’t hang on to an affair that has already gone wrong forever, but Taylor’s growth is like a minimum insurance role. No matter how distorted the history may be, it should have at least a clue to solve it when trials come.

Really, will the Lucy subjugation war completely cease to exist?

The debt consciousness that remained in Lucy’s mind. The last promise I made with Glockt during my lifetime was completely resolved with this, and now there is only one day left for me to live freely.

I want to check on those things, so I want to meet Lucy in person, but… For several days now, Lucy has not shown up at the camp.

Why had the girl, who was usually taking a nap almost like the background, not stepping into the camp lately?

Anyway, I’ll be sleeping in the Ophelis Hall, so I thought I’d call it the next time I see Bell.

“Are you Mr. Ed?”

I heard a voice calling me from under the cabin.

I am on top of the cabin reinforcing the chimney and roof. I slipped down to the outskirts and looked down, and there were a man and a woman I had never seen before.

Sitting on the edge of the roof, I looked at the two.

“Oh, you were on the roof.”

The male side had a sly look. He has a slim physique and smiles, but looks shrewd.

He wore a brown beret and was holding a large wooden box in his hand.

And the woman’s side had a fairly modest impression.

She has pretty long black hair that hangs down neatly. It is a clean look without any ornaments or accessories.

“Hello, Mr. Ed. My name is Dune. This one is called Rienna.”

“Oh, hello. Bar, bar, nice to meet you.”

I jumped off the roof and landed on the dirt floor. As I was brushing off my clothes while balancing myself, the man who introduced himself as Dune smiled and talked.

“I’m a pawn who works under the orders of the acting manager of Lortel. My official title is the sales manager for the Sylvania branch of Elte Trading Co., but, well… it just feels like a shiny business card.”

“Did Lortel send you?”

“Yes. That’s right. And this is Lienna’s secretary. Although she is the direct secretary of Deputy Lortel Hoe-ju, Deputy Hoe-ju handles most of the work himself, so he is actually the one who makes tea and cleans.”

“If you introduce yourself like that, your first impression will be ruined, Dune.”

“It’s a sound to laugh~ Let’s laugh, us.”

Not funny at all. Neither I nor Rienna laughed.

Dune, who was just giggling to himself, spoke as he glanced up at the wooden box he was holding in his arms.

“As Deputy Hoeju is planning to build a villa on this side, I stopped by just to do a large basic survey. I want to put it on the report.”

“Is that… serious…?”

“He’s the kind of person who does it if he can. Since he rushes like an idiot when it comes to things involving Ed, shouldn’t we move quickly as well? We’re employees, right?”

I didn’t look that old, so I suddenly let go of the word, but the other side doesn’t seem to care.

Skillfulness is built into it by default. Should I say it’s the sly look unique to merchants? It’s a pretty dirty trick.

“It’s an honor to meet Mr. Ed. Well, actually, if you want to meet, you can meet at any time, but basically, I’m interested in Lortel’s assistant manager.”

“It’s more awkward to keep saying ‘teacher’, ‘teacher’. Do I really have to call you by such an uncomfortable title when I look like you’re the same age anyway?”

“The reason why I’m touching money at this age is all thanks to my eyes.”

Dune set the box down, took out some measuring tools, and tossed them at Rienna. Rienna frantically took her surveying tools tossed by Dune.

“Anyway, Mr. Ed is someone my employer has a special regard for, so it wouldn’t hurt to show him well. I may seem a little too snobbish at the time I said this.”

“…”

“Well, people can be a bit snobbish. Don’t you know what Mr. Ed knows? How can a human relationship be so completely separated from interests. Now, let’s just accept this and go the other way.”

Rienna took one side of a large tape measure and hurriedly backed away to the other side of the clearing.

There was a lot of fuss as he tripped and fell, but Dune just watched it while giggling.

“Well, even the acting manager of Lortel doesn’t like it when the store’s employees meet Ed directly. There’s nothing I can do about it today. I was the only one with no hands at the moment.”

“Is there any reason to hate it? Just because you meet some staff, you talk about how great it is.”

“You must be well aware of how foolish Acting Lortel Hoju looks when he meets Ed.”

Dune tugs on the tape measure, checks the scale, and jots down a few numbers on the paper. Then he yelled at Rienna to turn around.

“To put it bluntly, it’s a completely different thing from when I was working at a merchant. He’s so cold-blooded that I wonder if molten iron runs in his veins instead of blood.”

“He says he respects you as an employer, but he speaks quite mercilessly.”

“Oh, I said this as a compliment… Among us, these words are secretly passed as compliments.”

“…”

I had caught a glimpse of Lortel’s cold-blooded temperament at Laplace Bakery.

In fact, even if it wasn’t for that, it wasn’t that I didn’t know about Lortel’s usual appearance.

“I usually act so calmly, but sitting down in front of Mr. Ed like a florist… It’s not like I’m proud of it in the eyes of the store’s staff. It’s a belly button thing from my point of view.”

Dune picked up the tip of a tape measure and ran all the way along the perimeter of the clearing to measure horizontally.

As the distance increased, Dune’s voice rose.

“What…! I heard you stopped by the camp yesterday after a long time, did you talk about anything interesting?”

“It wasn’t anything special. I asked how they were doing… Also, they said that the Elte store was planning something? They talked about buying school supplies in advance.”

“As expected, you are well aware of the internal circumstances of the upper house.

Dune said that, and added with a kind look on his face.

“Well, anyway, if there’s something that’s hard to ask the manager of Lortel, or if there’s something you want to talk about, please visit that dune anytime. From my point of view, it would be more convenient to get points from Mr. Ed in many ways, so I’m giving you It is a word.”

“Well… I wonder if there’s anything I can ask of you, leaving Lortel, who is actually the final decision maker.”

“You don’t have to act so tight~ You don’t know how things in the world will work. I’ve prepared a present for you to look good.”

Dune turned his head. Looking in that direction, I saw a bundle of beautifully wrapped presents by the campfire.

Leaving the dune being surveyed, I went and unwrapped it to find a bottle of wine that looked pretty good.

“This is a Clentrue distilled liquor that only 500 bottles are produced in the Drex County per year. Even on the Old Deck side of the black market, you have to pay 1 gold flen coin to get it. It’s strong, so be careful not to drink it if you’re weak.”

“…”

“If you’re not immune to alcohol, you’re going to die in one shot. Rienna took a sip and went right away, so she took a vacation that afternoon.”

“Don’t talk about cheating like that casually, Dune! After you feed it!”

Dune chuckled, leaving Rienna, who was raging in the distance, laughing.

“This is a drink that even famous drinkers regret.”

“You value me more than necessary.”

“Oh, that’s overrated.”

Dune, who was pulling the tape measure tight, smiled and said… He spoke while flipping through the papers with one hand.

“The teacher must be underestimating himself.”

* * *

After leaving Dune and checking Jenika’s condition, they came out to the living quarters.

Yenika has improved quite a bit and it looks like she will be able to lead a daily life on her own soon. Seeing that she is sitting alone in her cabin and practicing calling out this or that lower spirit, she knows that now she is sooner or later.

As Lortel said, I headed to the grocery store to stock up on books and school supplies.

The Craven General Store, located at the very center of the main square of the Saengdong-dong, is one of the famous stores as much as Laplace Bakery, and it is also a commercial facility with the largest building in the Saengdong-dong.

In addition to the best location conditions, where you can see the fountain in Saengsaengdong Plaza right in front of you, the building has up to 5 floors.

There are only three buildings in the living area that exceed the fifth floor.

Maxess Bridge Access Control Office, Elte Firm Sylvania Branch, and Craven General Store.

As such, it is a store that occupies a large portion of the daily life. Of course, logistics is completely dependent on Elte, so it is not free from the influence of Elte.

“Hmm…”

Books can be purchased in bulk at the bookstore further back, and I thought of buying some daily necessities at the general store.

It’s a general store, but it handles simple ingredients and even furniture.

In the commercial city of Oldeck, general stores of this scale would have been common, but in the remote Aken Island, even this much was treated as a department store.

As the location is good, it is always crowded with students, faculty, and residents living in the living quarters.

It’s a bit crowded at the entrance, but once inside, it’s quite relaxed.

I made my way through the crowd and entered the interior of a general store.

It cannot be called neat. The building is quite old, so you can see some shabby parts here and there, and the wooden showcases where items are displayed also show signs of age.

Still, it’s nice to be able to maintain this much in a corner like Aken Island.

I brought a rope, a few crystal balls to use in my magic engineering class, and simple ink or parchment for a law circle.

Pretty much anything can be made by hand, so most of them were school supplies or consumables.

It was when I was walking around the inside of the general store, going back and forth for a while.

“…”

“…”

In front of a display case lined with simple ingredients, there was a girl with a book covering her face.

“…what are you doing…”

“…”

Perhaps, it was sensible not to pretend to know here.

It looked like he covered his face because he didn’t want to be pretended to know. I felt a bit resentful of myself for realizing it a beat late, but since she had already pretended to know, I couldn’t help it.

“anise….”

“Oh, Ed. Nice to meet you. Looks like you’re here to buy something.”

Anise pulled her head back with a swish, and suddenly took a defensive posture by wrapping her arms around her shoulders. He was holding a simple paper bag with one arm.

By the way, suddenly you’re in a defensive posture… I don’t have the heart to do anything, but I feel like I’m being hostile out of nowhere, so this is also a very strange feeling.

“I came here to buy something too, but I didn’t expect to meet you in a place like this. You haven’t come to the lab often lately, are you very busy?

I heard about Jenika too. I heard that it hurts a lot. Well, I was a little taken aback when he suddenly said he was going to live in a camp, but he seemed to be adapting well, and then he suddenly got sick, Ed. You’re the only one who’s having a hard time. I am well aware of that situation, so I explained your situation well to Assistant Professor Claire.

Finish your busy work well and come. Clevius and Onyx seniors are rather good at work anyway, so there is no problem with handling the work right away, and you should get a scholarship, too, so your undergraduate life won’t be a little easier.

“

It is the same thing as Yenica and Anis that talk too much when embarrassed.

At least, if you can clearly feel that Yenica was embarrassed by her stuttering, Anise is horribly accurate and businesslike.

Even so, talking a lot is the same. I’m afraid we’re not friends, so this part is similar again.

In any case, Anis belonged to the same assistant professor Claire’s laboratory, and was also one of the few classmates she knew.

It seemed necessary to say hello in sincerity, if not warmly.

“Okay, thank you. Did you come to buy something too?”

Saying that, I threw my gaze into the paper bag and trembled and hugged the bag tightly.

Her wavy, gray-brown hair falls like a curtain, covering the contents of the envelope.

“…”

I was speechless for a moment at the startled response.

“…I-I’m sorry.”

Once the apple popped out. It was an inevitable reaction.

Anise listened to the message of apology while holding the envelope tightly, then shook her head with a puzzled face.

“No, my body, reflexively. Why am I like this?

“…Are you okay?”

“It’s okay. You can watch it. There’s nothing special about it.”

Then, with a trembling hand, he held out a paper bag. I try to take a relaxed attitude as if I don’t mind looking at it, but I’m also confused because of my blushing face.

That’s why I’m not curious enough to want to see it. However, it’s hard to say I’m not curious because the other side shows it with such a firm determination.

I finally looked inside the paper bag.

“Why did you… buy so much seaweed…?”

“It’s cheap… because it’s a lot…”

“The fruit peel… Why is it in there… Are you selling this too…?”

“I got it from the greengrocer in the building next door… Eat it raw or watermelon rind… If you mix it up… it’s edible…”

“This baguette…why is there only a shell… Oh, no….”

I didn’t ask further and kept my mouth shut.

Speaking of Anise Heylan, she is famous as the lead assistant that all professors drool over and want to have in my lab.

In addition, because of his dignified behavior and appearance, he was famous as a commoner who was more like an aristocrat than an aristocrat.

However, looking at the contents of the paper bag, I was so embarrassed. I stopped asking because it seemed cruel.

Anise’s family fell into disrepair as soon as she entered the school. Even if he covers his school expenses while working as an undergraduate assistant, it is a mystery how he manages to cover his usual living expenses… It was a struggle for survival on its own. It’s so miserable that the food life is worse than me living in the camp.

Sylvania Academy has a rather aristocratic academic tradition. If you want to survive in a place like this while maintaining your dignity while minimizing the cost of living, you have to do these ridiculous things.

However, it would be quite embarrassing to see someone like this.

“That… even if I didn’t show it… it didn’t matter… No, it’s meaningless to say it now…”

“Why me? Is poverty my fault? Why don’t you show me such a pathetic side? Do you really need me to have a crush on you? Well, a relationship between a man and a woman? It’s just a matter of revealing it frankly. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. Do you have it?”

“…”

Having said that, there was only uncomfortable silence between them.

Anis stayed with a dignified face for a while, then slowly began to blush from the tips of her ears.

In the end, he gropes his face, sits down, and commits suicide.

“I want to die…”

There was nothing else to comfort her.

* * *

“Because of the lack of manpower, the operation of the school was almost on the verge of ruin. From next week, it seems that the staff will finally be properly recruited.”

“okay?”

“Yes. The staff requested this time were quite high-level staff. That’s why it took time to recruit new talent. In particular, someone like Professor Glast has a long career and has many roles, so there are few replacements. I sippy.”

The place was a bench next to the fountain in the central square of Saengyeong-dong.

Anise and I sat side by side and bought simple snacks to eat.

He said that he had an annual membership to Laplace Bakery that Clara shared, so Anise quickly bought some snacks.

It’s information that I don’t have to tell you that I’m sharing with Clara… For some reason, the tip of my nose was frowning.

“Professor Glast’s successor, Professor Kalade, will begin work next week. Since he’s replacing Professor Glast, of course he’s also acting as assistant professor Claire’s advisor.”

“Then again, assistant professor Claire is going back to being the youngest. Even though she was originally the youngest.”

“Yeah. That’s right, well. And from what I’ve heard, Professor Kalade has a different personality… Assistant Professor Claire will probably have a harder time… What can I do…”

Professor Glast’s undergraduate classmate, Professor Kalade.

I don’t know the details of the inside because I don’t have much weight to say, but I know that he’s an oddball who kills people’s spirits by threatening and getting angry whenever he gets a chance.

Still, he is the best person for a middle management position because he is sure of his work and has a sense of responsibility. Of course, such a person suffers from inferior people.

I paid a moment of silence to assistant professor Claire.

“By the way, Ed, you’re nothing special. You bought quite a lot of stuff because you make pretty much everything by hand…?”

“Hmm… nothing special, I heard a rumor that the price of school supplies will go up soon. I bought all the supplies in advance.”

The direct source of the rumor was not disclosed. Nothing was good for Lortel.

“I see…? Certainly, the market prices of general store items fluctuate unusually these days. I check it every day, but it seems to have jumped by almost 10% compared to a month ago. It smells a little artificially intervened, but… Well, it’s because I’m sick.”

“You check the price of things every day…”

“…”

It was not difficult to draw Anise, who memorized the price of apples every day and tried hard to buy even a fairy tale cheaper. It almost brought tears to my eyes.

As if she had noticed my thoughts, Anise shook her shoulders with a completely red face.

“Eh, Ed… You know. There’s no reason to tell anyone that I live like this, right?”

“Yeah… I have a thing to notice… Don’t worry.”

“It’s very strange to feel so cared for. It’s not like I’m guilty.”

It’s not a sin, but it’s necessary again.

As I said, Sylvania’s bachelor has a strangely aristocratic academic style. Most of the students are financially well-to-do, so you have to live alone to rise above the curve.

Aren’t I the same too? I did not pay any attention and endured it with evil while living in the camp, but in return, I got out of school alone and have few classmates.

If you think your network is also part of your assets, then there’s no reason to be so prominent.

“It’s a strange story, but we seem to be quite alike. Anis.”

“…”

“…did I say something strange?”

“no.”

Anise shook her shoulders and lowered her head.

Her expression was difficult to see because of her thick hair.

“Actually, I thought that too when I first met you.”

Anis, who blankly looked up at the general store building, looked vaguely vague.

In addition to the lofty general store building, if you enter the professor’s building, it is full of buildings that are much grander than mine.

It must feel like you are enduring far away alone in a neighborhood where strangers live, as if you were a stray dog ​​walking between skyscrapers.

The appearance of an academic assistant who walks between the buildings of the faculty building with a bunch of books every day is like a puppy that has nowhere to go.

“To me, this school is a forest and a jungle.”

If you get sick anywhere right now, you won’t be able to work as an undergraduate scholarship student, and then tuition and dormitory fees will all be cut off.

I must have gotten used to the life of walking on thin ice every day, and there must have been quite a few times when I led my sick body.

“I envy you, Ed.”

“I?”

“He has good dexterity and good ability, so he eats well and lives well at camp alone.”

“I also learned it by heading to the bare ground. There are still a lot of hard work.”

“I see. Actually, I said it as if I was ignoring your efforts too much. I’m sorry.”

Anise dusted off her clothes and stood up, then took care of the remaining snacks.

“Anyway, I’ll have to buy the school supplies I need quickly before the price goes up. It’ll bleed a bit, but it’ll be much better than buying later. Thank you for the good information.”

“okay.”

“I’ll go ahead. Anyway, it’s a bit strange. If the market can move on this scale, then Elte is probably behind it. Why bother?”

I’m afraid it’s not the chief assistant, so I’m going to analyze whatever the phenomenon that appeared in front of my nose.

“If you do something like this, you won’t be sitting still in the school or the student council. Even if you just stay still, you’ll be able to occupy all of the distribution share in the living area and make a steady profit. I don’t know why you bother to build a confrontation.”

After talking that far, Anise shook her head.

“Well, it all has a meaning. The lord’s agent, Lortel Kecheln, must be a much smarter and more thoughtful person than I am. But I’m curious about his intentions.”

Anis left after saying goodbye, leaving a greeting.

I’m curious about Lortel’s intentions… I am also curious.

There are several ways to find out the intent.

Well, the surest and most accurate way has been decided.

* * *

“Clentrew spirits wouldn’t be very good for gifts.”

It’s asking yourself directly.

I didn’t even have to go find it.

After finishing the day’s work to some extent, returning to the camp with a lot of luggage and looking at the moon… There was Lortel, sitting on a tree stump, rolling a bottle.

With the time right before the vacation, it seems that business meetings have become more relaxed than expected.

“Dune is also true… If I embezzled logistics costs and brought in alcohol, I’d use wine… Not all alcohol tastes good just because it’s expensive.”

“It’s the alcohol I got, so what’s your business?”

“Well, in a way, it’s also a gift from me.”

I put my stuff down on a nearby workbench and sat down next to it.

“If I have to say it, it’s my alcohol. Dune embezzles logistics costs and brings in other items privately like this. It’s pitiful that I don’t know.”

“…Why are you pretending not to know?”

“That way you can catch them off guard when they climb up.”

I could understand Dune’s comment about Lortel as being cold-blooded.

If, by any chance, Dune had a different mind, it was left as a chain that could strangle Dune’s neck.

Publicizing the crime was when Lortel had the urge to do so.

“Do you like to drink?”

“No, I’m not drinking.”

“Oh, that’s a pity.”

Bathed in the moonlight, Lortel sat on a tree stump and raised her mouth… The spirit in his hand was quietly set down on the rock.

“It’s my bad habit. Anyone who wants to trust anyone has to be shackled. Just like this drink.”

“I can’t necessarily see that as a bad habit.”

“I’m glad you said that.”

Lortel smiles and looks strangely lonely. It’s not even a day or two… .

“Did you know that Ed is the only person who doesn’t wield a lifeline like this?”

“…”

“It’s an embarrassing expression to call it special treatment. In fact, if I want to wield senior Ed, he will try to wield me first. “

The moonlight shines through the wine you put down. The penetrating moonlight blurs the shadows and colors a corner of the stone.

“Well, not bad.”

So we looked up at the moon side by side for a while.

how much time has passed

Only then did Lortel put down her sentimental words and get to the point first.

“Looks like you want to ask me something. Am I really quick-witted?”

The foxy smile was bewitching as always.