How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 196

I knew it would be like this (4)

Magic skills alone cannot survive in this harsh world.

The day I succeeded in mastering high-ranking magic for the first time. These are the thoughts of Tracy Ana, who returned to her dorm, looking at the moon alone.

High-level explosive magic ‘Destruction’.

The gigantic explosion, which was realized by smashing all the mana accumulated over several days, shattered the barrier ceremony that the faculty had implemented in several layers for safety.

Due to that achievement, Tracyana, who rose to the position of Chief of the Ministry of Magic, is praised by all of her classmates.

“…”

However, in the field of magic, there is a heaven-sent genius, Lucy Meiril.

Being at the same time as her, becoming the best in the field of magic would never happen.

I had no desire to be the best.

Anyway, the geniuses who run the forefront of the era are people of different races. During the four years she attended Sylvania, Tracyana felt that wall more clearly than anyone else.

It’s not just Tracyana’s story.

Currently, the top 3 of Sylvania’s 4th graders.

Combat Division Chief Dyke Elphelan.

Tracyana Bloomriver, head of the Ministry of Magic.

Dorothy Whitefelts, head of the Pensions Department.

The impression of the 4th year of Sylvania Academy, represented by these 3 people… is a gathering of ‘beomjae’.

The current 1st and 2nd graders, referred to as the ‘golden generation’, are completely different from the 3rd graders, who produced geniuses such as Jenika Failover, Ed Roth Taylor, Drake, and Atalante.

Criminals who work harder than anyone else.

Tracyana could not deny the ironic evaluation, which had both a meaning as a compliment and a meaning as an insult.

That’s why, I don’t try to define my own value only with magic skills.

Although he has risen to the position of Chief of the Ministry of Magic, which is difficult for anyone to climb, he never thinks that the position of Chief is his everything.

It may be a dream seat for some, but for Tracyana, it is nothing more than a process to go through.

It is now the 2nd semester of the 4th year. It’s time to look forward to graduation soon.

Graduation is a new beginning. You can’t develop further if you are always satisfied with the position of the head of the bachelor’s degree.

life after graduation.

Now that it’s time to get noticed, Tracyana doesn’t always act rashly.

“…”

In the quiet of her private room at the Ophelis Hall, Tracyana closed her elemental science book.

A quiet and peaceful sight. After the academic schedule in the afternoon, everyone is stretched out in the relaxed atmosphere of the evening.

Even the idle scene of early evening outside the window will no longer be seen after half a year.

The bachelor life he enjoyed as a student is over, and now comes the time to return to the Bloom River family and use his strength at the forefront of magic research. You will probably have to live fiercely.

Tracyana looked through the letters from the head of the house, Sinir Bloomriver, in the drawer. Following her close liaison throughout her bachelor life, she still cherishes her dream of becoming the next leader of the Bloom River family.

A tomboy, a troublemaker, a troublemaker.

The Bloom River family has always been treated as a heretic because it is full of such people. At least it was the Aniston family that was worth trying against the Bloomriver family’s troublemaker temperament.

Tracyana was always treated as a stranger in an environment full of incidents and accidents, gifted with a serious and calm disposition.

Still, he wasn’t alone.

The first born there, at least a rational and realistic type of family head… Cinir Bloom River.

Thanks to her, the Bloomriver family is not losing its honor as a prestigious family, albeit by a narrow margin.

And it was Tracyana Bloomriver who was most strongly influenced by such cinir.

“Tanya Rosteiler and Ed Rosteiler…”

Along with the recent imperial power, there are signs that the power structure among aristocrats is about to change noticeably.

The head of the house she admired, Shinir Bloomriver, seemed to be betting on the Ross Taylor family in this reorganization of the power structure.

– ‘Tanya Rosteyler has an interesting plan. I intend to join that side.’

Just in time for the start of the semester, student council president Tanya Rosteiler has returned to Sylvania.

Her actions are now the concern of many. At first impression, she seemed like a sharp and ambitious person… But recently, she seems noticeably tired, grumbling and sighing a lot.

It seems that something is missing, but in Tracyana’s eyes, Tanya’s inner side is still visible.

– ‘Perhaps the powerful families of the empire might split in half and fight. When that time comes, it will be difficult if we do not stick to the winning side. So Tracyana. When nothing has happened yet, make sure to stick to Ross Taylor.’

Sinir’s advice always cuts to the heart.

As if he was reading Tracyana’s mind, who is designing her life after graduation.

– ‘After everything is over, if you pretend to be an ally late, the wall in your heart won’t break down. If you really want to keep pace with them, when they are the weakest and humblest… then you have to truly communicate with them in order to maintain long-term exchanges.’

What did Sinir Bloomriver see in the Ross Taylor family?

I don’t know now, but I have no heart to doubt her eyes.

In fact, Tracyana also got acquainted with Ed Rosteyler and did quite well with his request.

It was a feeling that Patriciana was hanging out with because of the accident, but it is good news that a point of contact has been formed on the Ross Taylor family anyway.

“…”

Tracyana put down Sinir’s letter and looked out the window as the sun was setting.

Since attending Sylvania, she has become infinitely realistic, and her eyes are still calm.

“With only magic skills, I can’t survive in this harsh world.”

I dare to spit the words out of my mouth and chew them over and over again.

Senior Tracyana, looked up to by the 4th year Ministry of Magic students. Even she felt the wall of her real exhaust talent while attending Sylvania.

Because of that, I ended up becoming somewhat pessimistic and realistic… But that doesn’t mean I’m not the type to get frustrated.

“The way you behave, the mood, and… your connections.”

I don’t know how the empire’s aristocratic power will work, but in the end, the key is who will stand at the top at the end.

You have to bet on them carefully to be able to survive in the rapidly changing world of aristocrats.

If Cinir Bloomriver bet on Roth Taylor, Tracyana will only work hard in her place.

It might be difficult to get close to Tanya Rosteiler, the president of the student body, because we have a lot of grade difference and there is no point of contact, but Ed Rosteiler is completely different.

The school year was close, they got to know each other, and even Tracyana had the advantage of being a senior in the Ministry of Magic.

When he is still weak, it is better to help him as much as possible or accumulate debt. It would be this kind of movement that Sinir wants.

The key is to continue a friendly relationship with Ed Rosteiler.

That is an investment in the future.

It was a moment when I nodded my head while keeping that policy in mind.

– Boom!!

“sister…!”

Patriciana, the tomboyish little sister, bursts into Tracyana’s door.

Tracyana frolicked and turned to the door.

Patriciana, whose hair was covered in leaves, spoke cheerfully, as if she had just come from a walk in the woods.

“Success! Success! Clinical trial…! I said I could?!”

“….what?”

“It definitely worked! Great!”

The ominous feeling that had been felt earlier had indeed become a reality.

“The effect seems to be greater than I thought! I secretly fed it… The clinical response is definitely…”

“Are you really crazy, Petrin?! Did you really write that on a person?!”

“Oh, no… just a little bit… just to see if it works…”

“Did you get my permission?!”

First, Tracyana pushed the books and letters into the drawer, then asked Patriciana in a wiping manner.

Then, Patriciana hesitated and avoided her gaze.

“What, what… It’s not poison…”

“…”

“And, what is that… I don’t mean to do anything bad… That… Evangelist of love…? Cupid…? With that feeling…”

“…”

silence.

Tracyana, her older sister, quietly looking at herself.

Patriciana felt that the atmosphere was unusual, and soon began to sweat.

“Ah, no… that… As a result,… maybe it’s not that bad? Sister, once you’ve looked at the situation slowly…”

“When you do something, I told you not to do it out of anger, but to do it with some thought! So who is it?! Who did you feed it to?!”

“…”

“I don’t know who it is to make amends or apologize… Who did you feed it to?!”

“Uh… uh… uh…”

Tracyana felt a certain uneasiness once again.

Patriciana always had a knack for making big accidents in the worst way. It was always Tracyana’s job to deal with it.

She fidgeted with her fingers, then continued answering with difficulty while averting her gaze.

“Ed Roth Taylor.”

I could feel the blood draining from my face.

Indeed, I knew exactly what the word stunned meant.

Tracyana’s eyes went blank, she swallowed her breath and closed her eyes tightly.

“I knew it would be like this! I can’t live!”

*Lortel was standing in front of the bucket with eyes astonished by the world.

A day when I was hectic all day, dealing with school schedules and business meetings.

Still, at the thought of going back to the villa after finishing the day’s work, I hummed.

Unlike when I was living in the Ophelis Hall, coming home is fun.

Home is where you sleep. For Lortel, who had only lived with that way of thinking, the experience of being happy coming home was so fresh that even she was amazed.

Upon returning to the camp, the first thing Lortel saw was Ed and Jennica sitting side by side over a large bucket of drinking water.

“Kuh, whoa…”

“Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”

“…”

There are three characters.

First up is Ed Rosteyler.

Unable to overcome the heat, he covered his face with one hand and moaned.

The other hand is wrapped around Yenika’s shoulder, giving it a firm grip, as if restraining her as if telling her not to go anywhere and stay by her side.

The second is Yenika Failover.

With her cheeks flushed like carrots, she was sitting next to Ed like a young lady, unable to do anything.

It seems like he was trying to do something, but he couldn’t overcome Ed’s force and just left himself alone.

The third is Lortel Kecheln.

I’m looking at them both. more.

“…What are you doing…?”

Although I was embarrassed by the sudden physical contact, I first asked for an explanation of the situation.

Above all, Ed’s condition seems strange. It looks difficult for some reason, but I’m worried that something is wrong with my health.

That’s why Lortel asked Jenika, who looked fine.

“Uh, huh?! Huh?! When did you come?!”

“Just now.”

“You came so soon?! Why did you come so soon?!”

“The moon is floating in the middle of the sky. It’s already late at night.”

“Oh, is that so?! Why are you here so late?!”

As if normal thinking was already impossible, Yenika raised her voice more than necessary and asked meaningless questions.

“It’s cold! No, it’s not cold! It’s hot! Isn’t it! It’s early fall now! Is it still summer! Is it cold?! Is it hot?! Lortel, is it cold now? Is it hot?”

“…”

Yenica Failover… is out of order…

Yenica’s pupils spin around in confusion.

It was not a very pleasant sight for Lortel.

“You ate reagents?!”

The budget papers I brought with me to review before bed. Holding them tightly to his chest, Lortel sat by the campfire.

As a result of the commotion, an emergency meeting between Lortel and Jennica was in progress with Ed, who was still grunting and clutching his face, sitting next to him.

After drinking the fresh cold water several times and feeling the cool breeze for a long time, Jenika must have come to her senses… Standing by the crackling bonfire, she relayed the whole situation to Lortel.

“Ah, no, it’s absurd… Did you sit next to the bucket in such a situation? Shouldn’t you think about moving senior Ed to the bed first and letting him rest?”

“I-I thought so too! I thought!”

“I just saw you sitting side by side with a slender expression on your shoulder for a long time, can you say that?!”

Lortel looked at Yenika with a puzzled look.

“Ed sunbae-nim’s physical condition is going back and forth right now, but are you saying that he was fulfilling his selfishness?!”

“Well, if you say that, I’m a very strange person…!”

“You’re not wrong!”

“Ugh, ugh…!”

Certainly, it cannot be refuted.

There is a big aspect of not being able to rebel against Ed Rosteyler’s momentum… So if you ask if Yenika herself was in a bad mood, it wasn’t like that again.

Due to her inability to lie, she couldn’t answer a single word of Lortel’s questioning.

Jenika held back her tears and kept her mouth shut.

“Don’t raise your voice too much… My head… hurts…”

Ed was groaning, pressing down on both of his temples. Lortel looked at Ed like that, and she let out a worried sigh.

“Go in and take a rest. I’ll contact the store now and tell them to bring some painkillers.”

“No, that’s it… I’m going to go to Sanghoe again at this late hour.”

Although he had a somewhat troubled face, Ed had difficulty rejecting Lortel’s favor.

“There’s no need to run around like this until late at night. You can overcome the drug energy somehow… Just, Lortel, get some rest too… kuh…”

“Ah, no, Senior Ed. But…”

“You’ve been busy doing school work all day and working at the company. I live a hectic life, so there’s no need to try to help me with my every move. I’ve already received so much from you, I don’t feel like taking more. paid off.”

“Yes, yes…?”

Ed talking hard while holding my face tightly.

At Ed’s words, Lortel held her breath.

“I know that you are always struggling, but how can I ask you to suffer more?”

“Ah, no…”

“I’m always thankful, so don’t worry too much about me… You should also take a break. If you work too hard, I’ll worry about it too.”

“I’m sorry…”

Lortel tried to answer, but then she was speechless and turned her head away.

Then, with a heated expression, he looked at Yenika while talking.

“I-what is this…?!”

“…”

“I-this could definitely be a bit dangerous…?”

Ed’s inner side was understood to some extent, but it was definitely different in destructive power to say it out of the mouth like this.

In the first place, Lortel is surprisingly not immune to direct attacks.

As if in a state of intoxication, he can’t adapt to Ed’s infinitely gentle treatment of him. Even the idiomatic expression of so-called sweet is not enough.

The gap that comes from the act of a blunt human revealing his true feelings. It was not easy to withstand that destructive force, even for Lortel.

From Ed’s point of view, it’s just that he can’t afford to spin around. However, the meaning of approaching Lortel or Jenika was completely different.

It’s hard beyond feeling good!

Favor is… such a heavy thing…!

“…”

“…”

For a while, this time Yenika looked at Lortel with half-moon eyes open.

Lortel, who had been questioning Yenika until just now, shyly averted her gaze this time.

“Ed has to go to bachelor class tomorrow as well, what should I do…”

“If you are in such a distressed state, it would be right to take a break from undergraduate classes.”

“That’s true… It’s not just the academic schedule… In addition, I have a schedule to go to Cledric Monastery with the saintess…”

“…Huh? Cleric Monastery…?”

Lortel couldn’t believe her ears when she heard that.

Lortel is much more knowledgeable than Jenika. Of course, I know a little about Cleric Monastery, the holy place of the Church of Telos.

It’s the first time that Ed is taken to the famous Prohibition Zone, but… I think it’s possible for Saint Clarisse to do so.

My only concern is…

“In this state… going to Cleric Monastery…?”

The normal Ed is a boy who is always rational and calm, and doesn’t show signs of needlessly causing trouble. He is also perfect in his manners.

However, it’s hard to control my body like now, and I can’t afford it, so in an unnecessarily sweet and kind state… If you go to a place like Cledric Abbey, a major disaster will happen.

However, within the Church of Telos, Saint Clarisse’s authority surpasses the sky.

If it is a schedule that she has set herself, it cannot be easily reversed.

“…”

The blood began to drain from Lortel’s face.

Jenika, unaware of the context, tilted her head with a puzzled expression, but Lortel calmly regained her senses.

“I-I think I need to protect Ed by his side until he overcomes the drug energy somehow.”

“Uh, yes… I agree with that…”

“Then, it would be better to let them stay at the merchant’s facility. The medical facility is well equipped, and there are many medicines, and if you look closely at the inventory, you might be able to find a medicine that can neutralize the reagent ingredients.”

It was Lortel who tried to take Ed to the merchant building naturally, following a logical flow, but…

“That, that’s not okay…! It’d be better to lie down and rest in this familiar environment anyway, and you can find medicinal herbs even if Ed isn’t there…!”

“Still, if that’s the case…”

“Ah, no way…!”

Yenika shook her head at Lortel’s comment.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter whether you rest at camp or at the merchant. Rather, it is highly likely that camp is a more familiar environment for Ed.

If so, I’d like to avoid leaving Ed alone with Lortel in that oddly sentimental state.

“Besides… it’s not good to meet more people than necessary…! It’s better to rest alone at camp! Ed wouldn’t want to go out in front of people in this state…!”

“…”

“That, so… Someone you can trust… Yes, it’s best to stay still in a place where someone who is not dangerous can protect you by your side!”

Saying that, Jenika raised her voice.

Looking at his reddened face and his snoring snort… Lortel naturally responded with a refutation.

“I’m sorry, but now, Yenika-senpai seems like the most dangerous person…!”

“Me? Me?!”

“Can you say no?!”

“No way…”

It can’t be… it’s not possible…!

Even in this situation, I feel resentful of my mind that I cannot lie and put a steel plate on my face. But what can I do, it’s Yenika Failover…

“It’s not impossible, but I want you to know that just because it’s not impossible doesn’t mean you can’t just say it’s dangerous!”

“Look at this! You’re trying to gloss over it again with an incomprehensible sound!”

Lortel also began to raise her voice. It’s hard to see that she, who has always been calm, is so sincere about her.

“Kuh, kuh…”

However, Ed’s moans as he sits on a tree stump in between and presses his temples in front of the campfire deepen.

After a moment of silence, Yenika and Lortel faced each other again and calmly collected their minds. It wasn’t when we were having conflicting opinions.

“Uh, anyway… If Lortel doesn’t work and I can’t, shouldn’t we find another reliable third party?”

“What time is it now. Will I have that kind of free time? I’m not sure if there are people like that.”

“Yeah, but… I can’t leave Ed alone like this…”

It was a moment that I had been thinking about for a long time.

“… What are you two doing?”

Should I say that the relief pitcher came to the mound?

Yenika and Lortel, both of them, have someone they can trust, someone they can trust and entrust Ed to… They have fallen from the sky.

“…”

Did he come to find Lucy, who doesn’t come back even though it’s almost bedtime?

Or, did he come to manage Lortel’s villa according to the contract?

Belle Maia, the head maid who found time to come to the camp despite being busy, was just walking through the woods carrying a lot of discarded clothing for repair practice.

After completing the daily routine of the Ophelis building to some extent, he came to the camp to stop by.

They used to send staff, but it was really Bell Maia-like that she brought the clothes herself.

“…?”

Seeing the faces of the two as if they had seen a savior, Bell couldn’t help but put on a puzzled expression for a moment.

*

“It seems that the Roth Taylors, Bloomrivers, and Calamores will stick to Princess Penia’s side.”

Northeast from inside Chloe Imperial Palace. Rose Palace Hall 2, Princess Persica’s private room.

“It seems that the Elphelan family, the Whitefelts family, and the Nortondale family will stick to Princess Selaha’s side.”

A man holding the post of leader of the Imperial Knights. The tall man with a long beard was a man who made everyone in the imperial family bow their heads just by saying his name.

The only ones who could not faint in front of that man’s authority were the members of the royal family.

And as if to prove that fact, the girl who was looking up at the large landscape painting of the main building of the Rose Palace with the man behind her had her head erect.

This is a landscape painting by a painter from the Pulan region, which depicts the majestic appearance of the Chloel Imperial Palace.

The description is so detailed and beautiful that it looks grand even in the eyes of Persica, who has seen quite a few works of art.

“Princess Fenia and Princess Selaha are sharing the support of quite a few influential people, so is it okay for us to remain silent like this? We dare to ask for your opinion.”

Princess Persica looked at the landscape painting quietly, then shed a gentle smile.

“I think we need to look at the atmosphere a little more.”

All the bureaucrats within the imperial family were on edge at the rapidly changing power structure.

Even in the midst of this, Princess Persica’s strangely relaxed appearance made the knight commander, Dylux, very uneasy.