How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 183

Ed subjugation (6)

“Ziggs.”

In a cold voice, Taylor spoke first.

Ziggs Eiffelstein was sitting on one side of the hallway on the second floor, quietly waiting for Taily.

He is pretty close friends with Taylor. From the point of the first act, through the duel episode, they acknowledge each other’s skills, and they are colleagues who are happy to see Taylor growing at an incredible speed.

A master of dueling, and a talented person who holds a joint second-ranking seat in the 2nd year magic department.

At the beginning of the first year, Taily was a Ziggs who opened a huge gap that could not be matched, but now, Taylor is also in the ranks of the strong in the year.

Nonetheless, the gap between Taylor and Ziggs remains.

The sword ceremony was not fully open, and the experience of dueling accumulated before entering Sylvania was overwhelmingly higher in Ziggs.

“Why are you here?”

“It is exactly as you imagined.”

Ziggs Eiffelstein was completely involved with Ed Rosteyler.

You can tell just by looking at Ziggs sitting still among the various weapons.

Ziggs Eiffelstein has no intention of letting Taily go.

We are prepared to use force if necessary.

Ziggs Epelstein is a boy who has always shown the appearance of a dependable second-in-class who acts based on common sense.

I can’t believe that he’s attached to Ed Rosteyler… Taily’s hand trembled while holding the sword.

“why?”

Seeing Taylor like that, Ziggs speaks casually.

“Do I need to wonder now? I’m a member of the student council, and I’m in a position to take orders from the president, Tanya Rosteiler.”

No matter how much he belongs to the student council, Ziggs Eiffelstein is a person who doesn’t do anything he doesn’t think is right.

Even Tanya Rosteiler, who holds the authority of the student council president, could not completely control Ziggs Eiffelstein.

It was right to interpret Ziggs’ actions as having some will of his own.

“Isn’t it strange that she’s somewhat cooperative with her brother, Ed Rosteeler?”

“Ayla is being held.”

“know.”

At the short answer, Taily widens her pupils and looks at him.

I couldn’t even sense the slightest movement from Ziggs, who was sitting casually in his place.

Even though he knows all the facts, he sits still and looks at Taylor, and even his firm will is felt.

Taily took a deep breath as she gripped the handle of her sword.

Reason returns to the cold head. She has already come sword to sword against Elvira and Clevius.

I made a lot of promises not to hesitate any longer. Above all, there is no time.

It’s been quite a while since Taily entered the Elte Chamber. I don’t know what else is going on inside.

“You’re very hurt, Taylor.”

On the contrary, Ziggs was quite puzzled.

I expected that he would have fought Elvira on the first floor, but Taily was in a worse condition than I thought.

The appearance of Taily, who is bleeding quite a bit due to the scuffle with Clevius… it feels like she has become a wreck from a duel where she risked her life right now.

No matter how seriously Elvira dealt with her, it’s hard to think that she would be hurt that much.

After this happened, Ziggs felt hesitant inside. Judging from Taylor’s condition, he seems unlikely to reach Edros Taylor’s camp as it is.

I wonder if it’s right to send it after dealing with it in moderation… but I suddenly change my mind.

After this, go up to the third floor, and for some reason, an angry Jenika Failover is waiting for you.

There is almost no hand-to-hand in her spirit art. She doesn’t even seem to have enough blood circulating in her head to do a handshake.

If I met Jenika Failover in such a severely injured state… I don’t know what would happen.

The reason Ed Roth-Taylor opened this game is because he wanted to gauge what level Taylor would be if she put all her heart into it.

I don’t know why I was curious about that, but I thought that if Ed Rosteeler was so aggressive, there must be a good reason.

However, if testing itself is the goal… There is no need for Taylor to drill through the building of this company to the end. You just need to check Taylor’s power.

Rather, for some reason, if you send it to Jenika, who seems to be in a dangerous state, you may be more angry.

So, I think it would be better for him to subdue Taylor at this point.

At least Ziggs Epelstein… was ready to lay down his weapon the moment Taily felt he was in danger.

Thinking so, I picked up the spear with one hand. Then it was the moment when she got up from her wooden chair.

– Caang!

There was no hesitation in Taylor’s sword attack. It’s because there’s nothing good about dragging time anymore.

With momentary reflexes, Ziggs received Taily’s sword. More power came into the sword, which trembled while blocked by the spear.

Taylor’s eyes widened, staring straight into Ziggs’ eyes.

– Woe!

– Caang!

Just like that, Ziggs kicked the lower part of the spear shaft and spun the spear, and Taily’s sword, attracted by the movement, slipped away.

As it was, Ziggs bent over and tried to hit Taily in the back with the spear, but Taily was no longer there.

“…?”

Ziggs rotated the spear to capture it and quickly got into his stance, but Taily was nowhere to be seen.

Ziggs glanced around quickly, frowning. He had momentarily missed Taylor’s location.

The position of Taily that Ziggs missed was… above his head.

– Whoaaaaaagh!

– Kaak!

– Kwaaaang!

The sudden change in Taylor’s position was difficult to follow with the naked eye, but Ziggs was somehow able to react with animal senses.

He took out the longsword from his waist in reverse, and managed to slip Taily’s sword.

However, the speed that goes beyond the limits of such a person… is an ability that couldn’t be found in Taylor.

– Whoo Woowook

Ziggs held his spear neatly in one hand and held his longsword in the opposite hand in the other… staring into the rising dust.

That speed that transcends human cognitive ability… According to Ziggs’ memories, it’s not Taylor’s power.

Rather, the type that achieves that kind of transcendental speed… is someone else.

-Passasak

I feel a sense of incongruity in seeing Taylor standing up after scratching the floor.

Like a corpse that has been dead and resurrected… It looks like it’s breathing with the upper body hanging down.

From that figure… the Sword Demon of the Nortondale family, who used blood swordsmanship freely, comes to mind.

Ziggs straightened his stance, frowning. Now Ziggs could properly assess the situation.

“under…”

The first swordsman, Luden McLore, was famous as a monster among monsters who mastered the way of the sword.

The skill of using a sword is the one who has risen to the top of anything.

Taily McLore’s learning ability, which has reached the limit of the extreme… is so fast that it is impossible to think of it as a human ability.

Bondi blood swordsmanship is a technique that uses the magic of the blood shed from one’s own body to bring out one’s physical abilities. It is also a skill that cannot even be imitated by those who are not born with the blood of the Nortondale family.

Seeing the almost identical movement of Clevius without even that bloody magic… I got goosebumps.

The more they are driven to the extreme, the more powerful and enormous the ordeal comes… A person who somehow overcomes and advances to the next stage.

That was the person who lived the life of the main character, and was the swordsman of trials.

– Caang!

Ziggs hurled the longsword he was holding onto the floor.

──Against Taylor McLore… You mustn’t use your sword. There is a high probability that it will be eaten as it is.

Almost half of the various types of weapons that I have been painstakingly organizing around me have become obsolete. Ziggs swung his spear again, repositioned him… and waited for Taily’s next attack.

Taily’s will, rising from the dust, went straight to Ziggs.

– Kaaang!

The sound of spears and blades clashing.

Close eye contact once again, Taily glared straight at Ziggs.

“say.”

There was a grinding and grinding of teeth.

“Where’s Ed Rosteyler?”

*

“Drive the wagon towards the Maxes Bridge, quickly!”

Dune Greg, who escaped through the back door of the Elte Trading Company building, ran out into the streets of the living quarters in the middle of the night.

The situation inside the building of Elte Corporation had already left Dune’s hands. At the point where the swordsman, Taily, breaks in and starts messing around, there is no way to calm him down other than securing Ayla.

It’s time to make sure you prioritize your work.

All kinds of embezzled assets were brought to Lortel’s villa in the camp. To make Lortel an embezzler and high treason.

The embezzlement documents explaining the situation were all forged.

From Dune’s point of view, all you have to do is to show the imperial convoy the sights of the camp and then have them take Lortel to the imperial family.

According to the original plan, Lortel was supposed to be held in the upper house’s office, but Ed’s intervention and Taylor’s intrusion overlapped the situation.

Still, the core remained unchanged.

No matter where Lortel is right now, no matter what the situation is in the store building, all of that will have to be dealt with later.

The most important thing is to publicize Lortel’s embezzlement case with the imperial family and bring her down.

The connection with the imperial family had already been reached. Princess Persica used her strength to mix the convoy of the Imperial Knights with the escort of Princess Penia, who was returning home.

From the outside, as soon as Lortel’s embezzlement was revealed, the imperial convoy appeared and took her. It’s overly soft, to the point where it feels a bit contrived… but that’s okay.

In any case, the cause is certain. As long as Lortel is forced to lay down the real power of Elte Corporation, everything else is fine.

So, the most urgent thing is to contact the imperial convoy, explain the situation, and deliver the camp situation.

Once Lortel’s guilt is clear, everything else can be taken over by Dune.

“Quickly! Go to the Maxes Bridge right now!”

Dune climbed into the wagon and shouted to the workers.

The coachman, who quickly climbed into the driver’s seat of the carriage, grabbed the horse’s reins. Dune poked his head out the wagon’s window and called out to the remaining staff.

“Material manager Brison! Close all the warehouse doors and don’t affect the inventory! Bookkeeper Poel! Gather all the books that will be used as evidence and hold on tight! Don’t let it get lost! And… Senior Secretary Rienna! “

Secretary Rienna was startled and answered quickly.

“Yes, yes…!”

“Be smart! We have to minimize the damage to the building, so lock down all the doors to the outside facilities!”

“Yes, yes…!”

“Keep your senses everyone! We’ve already crossed the line!”

Out the window of the departing carriage, Dune shouted distinctly.

“If Lortel Kecheln takes control of the Chamber again, we’re all dead! We have to get everything done by tonight! Got it?! Not only mine, but all of us have our lifelines hanging tonight!”

All the staff swallowed dry saliva and nodded. Dune slammed the windows shut, and in the carriage he gnawed his nails and gnashed his teeth.

– Woe!

Anyway, the entrance building of Sylvania Academy, which leads to Maxes Bridge, is located inside the living room. If you ride a wagon, it’s an instant.

Dune, who had set the course of action for the remaining employees of the store and reached the entrance, quickly got off the carriage.

Dawn is over now. The sky looks gloomy as if a shower is about to fall, but it doesn’t seem like it will rain for very long.

The sun will rise soon anyway. Until then, I wanted to rectify the situation.

The entrance building has a neat brick floor and a tree-lined street. The street is usually full of students, but it was late, so it was gloomy.

Dune, who ran in between them, saw a majestic wagon at the entrance leading to Maxeth Bridge. It looked like they were going through the formalities to enter Aken Island.

‘come…! It’s Princess Penia’s carriage…!’

By default, enlisted soldiers are restricted from entering the Sylvania Academy.

No matter how noble a family is, they can’t drag enlisted soldiers inside the school. This is because if everything is allowed, the inside of the school will be ruined by the private forces.

As an exception, the only ones who were allowed to enter private soldiers were Princess Penia and Saint Clarisse. It was because no matter how much it was, it was impossible to place restrictions on a country’s princess and a saint’s saintess.

However, even those two keep the escort staff to a minimum in consideration of the school rules. The only time a small-sized enlisted soldier came in was an escort unit to escort the princess returning to school during vacation.

It was a corps of a scale rarely seen in Sylvania.

Even for the escort, the number of them was far greater. The convoy sent by Persica to capture Lortel must have been mixed up.

Dune smiled and hurried off toward the convoy.

“Stop! Now, the third princess of the Chloel Empire, Phenia Elias Chloe, is riding in this carriage!”

One of the escorts controlling the situation around them shouted to Dune.

“I’m Dune Gregs from Elte Firm! I have something to say to the escort escorting this wagon!”

“What? Merchant? Merchant asked the Imperial Guard what…”

“We’ll take care of it.”

Stopping the solemn-looking escorts, a soldier wearing armor of a different color appeared.

“I’ve heard the story. I’m Tune, a knight under the direct control of Princess Persica, 3rd House of the Rose Palace.”

A woman took off her helmet and spoke with her red hair hanging down. It was the imperial convoy that Dune had been waiting for.

The guards who were trying to stop Dune widened their eyes when they saw Tune’s face with his helmet off. Since he has been hiding his identity for so long, it seems that he did not know that this person was mixed in with the escort.

Even in the Imperial Knights, Tune is the 4th person next to the Knight Commander, Assistant Knight Commander, and Senior Trainer.

“I have been contacted in advance. Princess Persica has ordered me to go to Aken Island and find a merchant named Dune Gregx.”

“That’s me.”

“I see. However, I didn’t expect you to come to the entrance building to meet me at such a late hour.”

“The situation is urgent. The Elte Company is in an uproar right now. Lortel Kecheln must be escorted immediately.”

Dune spoke to Tune in an urgent tone.

“Evidence of her embezzlement remains if we head to the northern forest camp. If we don’t catch Lortel Kecheln right away, she will run away. Our company has secured new recruits, but due to an incident, she has escaped!”

Whatever the case, handing over Lortel to the convoy is the first priority.

Dune tried to convey the fact that Hanshi was busy, as urgently as possible.

“That’s… it’s definitely an urgent situation. But in order to catch the criminal, we need to check the situation first.”

“If you head straight to the camp, you’ll find out! Things have already become very complicated. Ed Ross-Taylor of the Roth-Taylor family took the initiative to snatch her away. There’s a chance he’s… one of them too! If he stays like this…”

That was the moment Dune cried out.

– Kiki

The purpose of Dune is not Princess Penia, but the imperial convoy that followed her.

Princess Penia was just returning home, so she had nothing to do with this incident.

But… things start to go in a completely different direction than Dune expected.

“Who are you?”

The name of another person that jumped out of Dune’s mouth… entered the ears of the noble third princess of the Chloel Empire, Penia Elias Chloe.

The door of the carriage, which I thought would be firmly closed, opened, and the princess of a country paraded inside.

The college staff who were going through the procedures and the nearby knights all knelt down and bowed their heads.

The authority of Princess Penia as she slowly descends from her magnificent carriage… is so great that all nearby commoners are not even allowed to raise their heads.

“This is Aken Island, I’m back as a Sylvania student now.”

Princess Penia spoke in a calm voice.

“It’s okay not to be so polite now.”

In Sylvania, the land of study, etiquette is simplified to some extent due to the difference in social status.

Nevertheless, the drivers and staff did not raise their heads. It’s not polite to say no right away. That is the example of a servant.

Princess Fenia exhaled lightly and looked straight in the direction of the dune. The summer night air was blown away, and her immaculate skin glowed in the moonlight.

Dune quickly lowered his head and knelt down.

“Meet the glorious Princess Penia.”

“Familiar names sounded upon my ears: Lortel Kecheln and… Ed Rosteiler?”

He did not expect that Princess Penia would appear here. She thought that the noble third princess of the empire would not intervene in conversations between the escort and merchants.

“Lortel Kecheln…”

Upon hearing that name, Princess Fenia’s gaze darkened noticeably.

It was only then that Dune realized that the current situation was an opportunity rather than a crisis.

I don’t know why, but Princess Penia and Lortel Kecheln have a terribly bad relationship.

The emotional gap between the two was so deep and deep that it could be seen as a dog.

Not only that, but Princess Fenia was completely shunned by Lortel, who sided with Selaha at the Rothyler Mansion.

If you supported her escort, I would have supported her, but I am in no position to stop it.

this is good news I feel that way.

Dune quickly caught on, and started twitching his tongue.

“Lortel Kecheln and Ed Rosteyler are stuck together.”

Lortel Kecheln must be thinking of Ed Rosteyler as a throwaway horse.

Princess Penia frowned at that thought.

“Ed Rosteylor stole Lortel Kecheln from captivity… and the merchant building also resorted to trickery and went into chaos. The escorts need help! Please… help, Princess Penia!”

Saying that, Dune lowered her head.

Princess Penia quietly lowered her head and fell into thought. Even so, she was in the middle of an unusual feeling regarding the size of the escort.

In such a situation, as soon as I arrived at the school, I asked for help from the Elte Company.

It feels like a strange power structure has formed around Lortel Kecheln. It’s time to make a careful decision… but the emotional conflict with Lortel continued to interfere with rational judgment.

More than anything, I couldn’t believe that Ed Rosteiler was attached to Lortel Kecheln.

Had Lortel tricked him with three tongues?

However, is Ed Rosteyler a person who is so easily deceived just because he wants to deceive? It can’t be.

“Princess Penia!”

While I was confused for a moment, Dune quickly added.

Now is your chance. No matter how the situation went, it would be much easier if he could bring Princess Penia into her ally, even temporarily.

“We must capture Ed Rosteiler and Lortel Kecheln first!”

Princess Penia is now a person who stands in a relatively neutral position.

Dune screamed out loud to somehow attract Princess Fenia…

…wasn’t aware that he had made the worst possible move.

“Who are you catching?”

Wasn’t the imperial family’s escort wagon only allowed for the imperial family?

However, in the carriage that Princess Penia got off… another girl got off.

After passing through the open carriage door, a small girl who jumped down the stairs… fixed a witch’s hat the size of my upper body, shaking off the fluttering hem of her skirt.

Dune Greg doubted his eyes.

Unlike Princess Fenia, who is on a neutral level and gets lost between Lortel and Ed…

The girl is clearly an ally of Ed Roth Taylor, and has no interest in the other characters.

Her existence is a joker in terms of a card game. A terrible variable that can turn the game upside down at will and no one can control. It’s like a natural disaster.

Capture Ed Rosteyler and Lortel Kecheln.

Dune’s remonstrance that mentioned the names of the two like that.

For the girl in the witch’s hat, the name after that was fine.

All she cares about is the name in front of her.

The starlight of the night is still shining brightly around the wagon in the entrance building.

Beneath that bluish light, Lucy Meiril crouched down and spoke in a dazed voice in front of the bowed Dune.

“Could you explain the situation?”

Cold sweat began to flow down Dune’s back. Sweat dripped from the tip of his nose onto the floor.

“You’ll have to choose your words well.”

*Ed got a hammer and saw and fixed the basement door.

I couldn’t find a new broken lock, so I brought the lock I used to lock the wood shed and set it up, and I brought a few boards and nailed them in additionally.

And I pushed the bookshelf inside the villa to cover the entrance to the basement, and changed the arrangement of other furniture to completely hide the entrance.

Ed got the key from Bell and locked the door to the house again.

“What shall I do? Shall I go back to Ophelis?”

“That’s better. There’s nothing good about staying here.”

As it was, he was casually sitting by the campfire and basking in the fire.

The Elte Firm would be in complete chaos, and the princess’s carriage would be on its way to the Maxes Bridge.

This side and that side, the target must be Ed Roth Taylor. Because he is the one holding the heart of the situation.

Ed took a quick breath in, then exhaled loudly.

Then, sitting by the crackling campfire… quietly waiting for the situation to change.

Bell bowed her head, bowed, and left the camp with a modest attitude.

On the way out, I turn around and look at Ed, who is just sitting with his head bowed quietly by the campfire as he always did.

Ed Rosteylor, buried in the darkness of the night, silently gazing at a bonfire.

Those who were running for him were full of academics.