How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 193

I knew it would be like this (1)

To my mother who lives in my hometown.

Are you in good health? It’s not an official letter, so I’ll call you mother rather than family head.

It has been three or four months since I started the graduation process of Sylvania Academy. I think she will be able to go through the graduation process without too much trouble. Preparation for the graduation exam is also going well.

There was a time when I was thrilled just to see Tracyana on the list of senior officials at the Ministry of Magic… It feels strange to think that my long academic journey is finally coming to an end.

After finishing my studies, I plan to return to my hometown and continue my research. The geeky image embedded in the Bloomriver family has recently been revamped, and the internal research facilities are well equipped.

Mother’s contribution must be great. Thank you for always working hard as the family head.

By the way, I’m still maintaining contact with Ed Rosteeler, as my mother instructed.

The other day, he came running to me early in the morning and asked me for a personal favor, so I hung out with him. He made it clear that he was out to help on the level of the Bloom River family… but I’ve come to terms with him quite a bit anyway.

I’m trying to get close to him as you instructed. But… there’s something I really want to ask you.

With all due respect, isn’t it a very dangerous choice politically to be close to the Ross Taylor family at this point?

It can be seen here that the recent treatment of the Ross Taylor family, centered on the imperial family, is a hot potato.

I also heard about the horrors that the head of the family, Crepin Ross Taylor, inflicted.

Of course, the Bloomriver family is not a family full of honor, but wouldn’t it be a bit dangerous to go along the same path with a family standing in such a dangerous position?

In particular, Sylvania Academy is a special environment where the children of all noble families are gathered on this small island.

The Chloe family, the Calamore family, the Whitefelts family, the Elphelan family, the Aniston family, the Nortondale family, the Islan family, the Shapilon family… It’s hard to list them all.

The scale varies widely, but each of them is a family with many famous people in their own fields.

If you combine not only the sons of nobles but also the sons of influential people, it would be really difficult to count them all by hand.

In a place like this, I think my head will really hurt when the sides start to take sides.

Of course, I know that real politics is always a side-by-side, and you can’t be completely free from such power struggles.

But in earnest, if the confrontation between the families intensifies or if each of them starts to unite and form a force… I think it will make my head hurt more than I thought.

Please, I think it would be nice if it ended with my own ignorance. Because I have a lot of useless worries. I hope it’s a presumptuous worry.

Anyway, I said it because I wanted to express my opinion, but I will basically act as my mother said. Think of it as just minor anxiety.

For the time being, I will focus on preparing for graduation. I don’t have to worry too much, I think it’ll be fine.

The problem is… Patriciana.

Although I am helping the graduation process in many ways… Every time I see him, I have a thought.

Is it really okay for him to graduate…?

– Bang!

“Sister Tracy!”

“…?”

Patriciana broke into Tracyana’s room, busy writing a letter, with a face full of colors.

When Patriciana, who doesn’t come out of her secret laboratory whenever she gets a chance, comes to Tracyana’s room in Ophelis Hall, it’s usually when she has had an accident or is about to hit it.

In this case, it’s about to hit.

“Look at this! I finished the red forget-me-not reagent I told you about last time!”

“…”

“You don’t even know it’s a reagent because there’s almost no magic action?! Don’t be surprised, this is a really scary potion…! Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…”

The red forget-me-not reagent, which temporarily gives an opponent a confused state when fed, had a more nasty effect due to Patriciana’s special improvement method.

“It’s a strange magic medicine that makes you feel like you’re in a hazy and dreamy mood, so you don’t know what to say, or you don’t have any psychological flaws, so you listen to the other person’s request without hesitation…”

“…”

“In a way, it can be seen as a love potion. If you want to see if the person you like has the same mindset as you, you can mix it with food and open your heart. Doesn’t that sound like it?!”

Tracyana put down the quill she had been writing on, and turned to Patriciana.

“There are downsides, like being drunk, where it becomes difficult to control your body or your thinking becomes a little hazy… but over time, they all scatter and disappear. Well, there are times when short-term memories disappear as well… It’s safe! Enough to wake up feeling nauseous…?”

“Then what’s the difference between just drinking…”

“….uh…?”

Tracyana watched her sister explain excitedly, then let out a deep sigh.

“It’s not time to make such an insidious potion… Petrin… I need to prepare for graduation…”

“Huh? Well, uh… Yeah, that’s true, but… no problem…! Graduation exams will be resolved somehow!”

Tracyana put her head back and narrowed her brows, then glanced at the letter she had been writing again.

“Anyway, I need to prepare for a clinical trial. If I explain it to the students in the bachelor’s building, I’m sure there will be people who will be interested!”

“You don’t have any friends who can do that, Petrin.”

“…”

At the arrow of truth that suddenly flew in, Patriciana covered her chest with a murmur.

“Chi, I have a friend.”

“There’s no point in lying between us.”

“No, you can make it.”

“That story has been going on for several years now…”

Yes. Patriciana has no social skills, enough to say that she is hopeless.

There are quite a few corner princesses who don’t get along with people among the students who shut themselves up in the lab, but Patriciana was especially severe.

“Sister… You don’t know anything…!”

Driven into a corner, Patriciana took a step back, but soon ran out of her room.

– kudangtang

– Kikki, kiik.

The open door creaked and shook in the aftermath.

Tracyana sighed and picked up the quill again. Even so, she felt a strange sense of danger.

The tip of his nose frowned and the anxiety creeping up his back strangely.

There are times when I have a hunch that Patriciana is going to have an accident… and that was now.

*[ Name : Ed Roth Taylor ]

Gender: Male Age: 18 Grade: 3 Race: Human Achievement: Meticulous Survivalist (1 year) / High Spirit Summoner / Expert in crafting legendary magic items Physical strength 16 Intelligence 17

Week 19

Willpower 14

lucky 12

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Grade: Skilled Artisan Specialty: Woodworker Lv 19 Design Lv 18 Gathering Ability Lv 17 Carpentry Lv 18 Masonry Lv 11 Hunting Lv 20 ( Master! )

Fishing Lv 15 Cooking Lv 10 Repair Lv 8 I thought I had neglected the training of basic living skills, but surprisingly, there was a lot of growth.

Is it because he has continued to survive despite this and that, and has made basic cabin maintenance a habit?

Quite a few basic life-related skills have been raised to the level of experts, so it is time to move on to advanced manufacturing techniques.

“…”

Sitting by the campfire in a sweaty state, I wiped my face with a piece of cloth after checking the stat window.

I checked my exhausted body condition again while trying to let go of my exuberant breath.

It’s been 3 days since the opening ceremony ended.

The wound was sutured well, so now I can digest without difficulty not only daily life but also work that requires a lot of stamina to maintain the camp.

The magical power that had been limited due to the recoil of the ring had almost returned, and now it seemed like a good time to start training to become stronger.

Above all, the training of life-related skills has greatly improved. Now, beyond simple daily necessities, it is possible to create various types of equipment that can be used as strategic elements.

‘Advanced Crafting Techniques’

The skill group that is unlocked after becoming somewhat proficient in basic life skills… allows you to create equipment with your own special effect or with various improved elements.

These are the skills that the character invested mainly in the life field takes as the final goal. In many cases, the conditions are strict.

It took a lot of effort to unlock both magic engineering and spirit formula injection.

What I was currently personally aiming for was the ‘bow making’ skill.

After the skill called ‘Soul of the Craftsman’ is unlocked, you can use a bow you made yourself to create much more power…

Even the self-made bow itself can receive various stat bonuses, so I remember that it was famous as a fairly fraudulent tech tree. If you double-triple multiple bonus stats by overlapping them, the power is so strong that it is famous for being eaten raw, so it is known as the ‘raw food tree’.

Of course, no matter how good the result is, if it takes too long to get there, the efficiency will suffer.

Life skills were also ignored by most users because the process of reaching a high level was too arduous and difficult.

In the case of a bow crafting skill… the prerequisites for acquisition are as follows.

Handicraft proficiency level 15, carpentry proficiency level 15, design proficiency level 15, hunting proficiency level 20, repair proficiency level 10. Bow proficiency level 15.

All of these conditions must be met to open an advanced crafting skill slot, allowing you to craft a bow.

I hit the uproar for the past years, but now the carpentry proficiency level is 18. Even though it seems like there hasn’t been a day that I haven’t touched wood for a long time.

However, raising the proficiency of not only carpentry but many other skills to 15 or higher was, frankly, too cruel.

“hmm…”

Now, if I raise my repair skill a little bit, I will be able to make my own bow.

There is nothing particularly difficult about sourcing materials. I remember everything about high-performance bows.

Beast slayers, millennial wood bows struck by lightning, Kohelton shortbows come to mind, but whatever it is, being a viscount is important.

Fortunately, it’s a good thing that unlike magic items, you don’t need a recipe.

“Ed, is the wound okay?”

“It doesn’t hurt at all? After all, I don’t think the wound was that deep compared to the amount of blood loss.”

“I’m glad…”

Well, the bow isn’t the problem right now.

As for Yenica, she wasn’t sweating profusely… but as expected, she looked quite energetic.

Looking around, half-barked logs were scattered all over the camp.

It is so thick that it is much thicker than several people lying on top of each other.

After morning classes were over, Jenika and I came to the camp and worked all day trimming logs.

It was quite efficient because cutting trees was done with magic, and spirits were mainly used to carry them, but… but the effort is still the same.

Still, I felt a sense of inadequacy. When the first cabin was built, it took almost weeks to trim a log of this size.

However, now that I am collaborating with Yenika, the efficiency has not doubled or tripled, but a hundred or thousand times.

“I’ll have to redraw the blueprints first. Building a shoddy cabin and building a decent two-story building are, of course, different in difficulty.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to leave it to the experts?”

“Well, I can get help for the design part… but I thought it would be better to make it myself.”

The reason why it is making such a fuss is that work is underway to expand the cabin.

It was an idea to raise the building neatly from a simple one-story shabby cabin to a proper two-story cabin.

Lortel offered to build it herself, but I declined. There are two reasons.

One is that the proficiency experience of living skills that rises after completing such an enormous scale of construction is enormous.

Second, since it is my own camp, I want to expand it with my own hands.

As a result, after the bachelor’s class, it was a continuation of the daily routine of trimming logs all day long.

“If possible, I would like to feel like a well-finished building rather than a rugged log cabin, but… I can’t help but feel a bit rugged.”

“This is great, Ed!”

In fact, the spirits of Jenika, who would have been able to provide enough labor for 100 people… Rather, they seemed rewarding.

Maybe you like to work unexpectedly?

Let’s try such a foolish thought. Since they’re spirits, they can’t always have the same way of thinking as humans, right?

“But… I have to pay attention to the undergraduate life too. Ed is an honor student, but isn’t it difficult to take classes if he loses too much stamina?”

“It’s okay. Now I feel like I’ve become somewhat proficient at distributing my stamina. There’s still a lot of work left to do, so I’ll have to spurt up a bit more.”

Saying that, he sighed and took a deep breath. It felt like I had been working out properly for the first time in a while, so the feeling of exhilaration felt good.

As her whole body is drenched in sweat and resting, Jenika hesitates and touches her fingertips.

“If you’re tired, you can take a break. The cabin extension isn’t urgent. Just pace yourself.”

“Oh, no… it’s not like that… But, there’s a lot of work left to do?”

“hmm…”

I thought about what to answer, and decided to just say that.

“It’s just that you’re very busy with your bachelor life.”

Now that the scenario was nearing its end, I had to start preparing for the Holy Changryong Velbrok.

The most important thing is to unite the powerful families and various forces… but I don’t know where to start.

It seems that Tanya is using some skill to mobilize the family’s forces.

I’ve heard rumors about it, but haven’t been able to confirm it myself.

I had heard rumors that Tanya had returned to the Ophelis building as school started this semester, but I was busy taking care of my injured body, and Tanya was so busy with the work of the student council president and her family that overlapped, so I couldn’t meet her properly.

Still, my blood-mixed brother came back, so isn’t it right that I should get a face stamp?

Tanya would be extremely busy, so I thought time and time again that it would make sense for me to make time to visit the Obel Hall. I just didn’t have time.

Once you meet Tanya, maybe you can share a story about power gathering. The detailed policy will be decided after meeting.

On the side of the imperial family, there is Princess Penia. I feel more reassured than I thought because it seems to have been in a favorable position.

However, the imperial family is in the middle of a dispute over the imperial power, so I don’t know how much they can afford to believe in my story and participate.

At least, the place with the most possibility is… the Church of Telos.

“For now, let’s finish today’s work here.”

I said that while wiping my sweat.

“…”

Saint Clarisse will most likely believe anything I say about the Holy Spear Dragon, Velbrok.

If that’s the case, the church’s forces that she gathers… will give it away more easily than I thought.

The problem is getting the timing to tell these serious stories. More than I thought, the saintess Clarisse was a newcomer.

Sometimes as a saint Clarisse, sometimes as an immature aristocrat, Kylie Ekne, she lives a bachelor life.

Because it flashes in the east and the west, we can’t meet properly. In the first place, the difference in social status is huge, so it is difficult to set up a schedule to meet in private. This part is the same for the princess.

First of all, let’s try to find her somehow. Because the help of Saint Clarisse is absolutely necessary in the subjugation of Bell Broque.

*

“I… I’m going to go to Cleric Monastery for the time being… Huh…”

As if she had read those worries, Saint Clarice came to the cabin camp that evening.

Perhaps they had gone secretly, they were accompanied by only a couple of key guards.

“…yes?”

“I said that I definitely don’t have to attend this year’s prayer meeting… They say they’ll pay for it at the academic level… What the heck, I don’t need this kind of kindness…”

She was always benevolent and adult-like and behaved discreetly among students.

The drooping white hair or the sacred-looking red bow hairpin are still the same even after a long time. Doesn’t each one look like a luxury item?

However, Clarisse, who appeared at the camp, was in a state of intimidation and tears.

“Of course, as a saintess, presiding over a prayer meeting is a very important and sacred task… but it’s okay to be immersed in the romance of a bachelor’s degree for about a year… “

“…Holy Maid…”

“Besides, Cleric Abbey is a place where the food is terribly tasteless, and there is nothing there that makes you wonder if this is really okay…”

Even if you are not a believer of the Church of Telos, it is a place so famous that everyone has heard of Cleric Monastery at least once.

A place not too far from Sylvania. The place where you come out at about the end of the county of Fes while going all the way along the west coast of the continent.

The majestic monastery built on a small rocky island on the coast… There is no bridge to go there, nor a dock where you can land a boat.

However, in the coastal area, twice a day, due to the difference between the tides, a sandy road leading to the monastery is opened.

You can enter only for a brief moment… It is a place where you feel completely separated from the world. I feel that it is a land of great religious significance.

Although the scale of the rocky island is small, the scale of Cledric Monastery built on it is enormous. In addition, it is a strictly forbidden area, so men cannot approach the area at all unless the highest-ranking priest who can be known by name or a laborer for maintenance are forced to enter. At best, it was a success or an archbishop.

“In addition, I heard that a lot of distinguished guests are attending this prayer meeting for some reason… I feel like I have to go cry and eat mustard.”

“Are you the guests?”

“Yes…. There are usually a lot of VIPs coming, but this year it seems that there are more people with higher status.

“Specifically, who is coming and is calling the saintess over and over again?”

Saint Clarice let out a deep sigh as she looked at the bonfire before replying.

“A lot of people come here and there, but… Yes, if I had to pick one representative person…”

The name that popped up next was, indeed, familiar.

“They say that Princess Persica of the Chloe family will come personally.”

I quietly narrowed my brows.