How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 81

Freshman Class Placement Test (5)

Clevius.

We may be destined to live in a gutter for the rest of our lives.

It would be unfair to say that it was wrong to be born like this, but it’s better not to struggle.

Even if it wasn’t my will, the blood on my hands wouldn’t disappear.

As your father, I feel miserable.

I want to give you hopeful words that one day you will get a shining future, that the current ordeal is only temporary… everything can be overcome.

However, comforting you with words like that would be nothing more than escaping from reality.

So you have no choice but to face reality.

It is likely to be a dismal and gloomy life. Efforts will often go unrewarded.

There will be more times when you have to live in a basement where there is no sunlight, longing for only the single ray of sunlight coming down from Asrai.

But, Clevius, I believe that there is value in life without light. I think that even if life is like an endless cave, you can find meaning.

I’m not making nice sounds to comfort you. I believe that the time will come when you will understand what it means.

There will be times in my life when I feel resentful of my life as I was born with this kind of blood.

You will meet a lot of people who live a shining and glorious life, comparable to my life like a gutter.

It is natural to feel deprived. Fight against that unfair and sad heart head-on.

Why do you have to live, what the hell is the meaning of this life… Throw away those sentimental thoughts.

Once you live like that, the meaning is somehow nested later.

I’m sorry I have only this to say. Still, I have no doubt

It means that there must be something valuable in your life.

*

“I lost, I lost…”

“Good work.”

While destroying the mana stone the student had brought, I waved my hand at the unknown junior.

Then he took his seat at the altar again and sat down to rest. My whole body was aching and I was having a hard time.

This is the fourth The time for the class assignment test was nearing its end, but fewer people reached the altar than expected.

The most difficult opponent was Joseph, who had arrived first. Actually, it was just that. Passing through the Illusion Ordeal easily and quickly means that you have that much competence.

It is only natural that the students who struggled in the process of coming up to this point would have poor practical skills. In fact, at the freshman level, even that much is great.

Most of the freshmen who came up after Joseph seemed to be stopped by Anise and Clevius. Dealing with the 3rd year magic department honor student and the 2nd year reserve combat chief in an exhausted state is a bit harsh.

Almost all of them are already out, and most of the students who have come up are students who have escaped the two with escape-type magic or sneaked in with stealth-type magic.

They are students who used tricks rather than breaking through head-on.

Actually, a flexible way of thinking is something to praise, but because I had to show myself in front of the altar, I was blocked from all my lines.

“Whoa…”

Most of the freshmen this time are at the level of high school students, except for ‘Wade’, the son of the commander of the Northern Border Corps. Even so, he is not a member of the Magic Department, but a member of the Combat Department.

Of course, there are gifted children like Joseph and Eig who stand out above the average grade level.

However, the so-called ‘hero generation’… It is also true that the talent pool is very narrow compared to the current preparatory sophomores. In fact, that generation is the generation of miracles, and the level of freshmen is low.

“It was a simpler test than I thought.”

time to complete the exam. I sat still at the altar and let out a deep sigh.

The freshman class placement test is not the main scenario of <Sylvania’s Failed Swordsman>.

From the point of view of the main character’s generation, it is an event that only hears news about ‘something like that’.

So, from my point of view, there were quite a few parts where I couldn’t predict how the freshman class placement test would go. It is difficult to grasp all the details.

So, one question remains.

Assistant Professor Claire, who is in a state of fascination, failed to adjust the level of difficulty, and no class A students appeared.

However, among freshmen, there is one student who has the power to easily pass the exam no matter how difficult it is.

Even Wade, who will occupy the top freshman position, will be an opponent whose victory cannot be guaranteed.

He must have the ability to subdue whatever pops out of the purple illusion disk… It’s strange that even that human didn’t make it to class A.

“…I wouldn’t want to stand out from the standpoint.”

Actually, that would be close to the answer.

I sat still on the altar and took a breath while looking at the open sky. I prepared a lot of things, but there was nothing to write properly.

Wishing the exam to end like this, I sat quietly and kept my seat.

*

The earliest memory that Clarisse has as a saint is when she baptized Marquis Betis of the Chloe Empire.

A short, young girl made the sign of the cross with holy water-soaked hands and placed a red silk cloth on the Marquis’s shoulder, symbolizing the servant of God. engraved

Next is Viscount Sella, who guards the estate on the shores of Lake Seil.

And next was Duke Crepin, the head of the Roth Taylor family.

Clarisse is so young that even the title of girl seems mature. The image of Krepin kneeling before her and paying respects to her is still vivid in Clarisse’s memory, even after all these years.

Since he was the only man in the duke’s family who had not been baptized by the Church of Telos, Clarisse was worried that he might have a crush on the Church. Some people had doubts about his sudden support for the Church of Telos.

However, unexpectedly, what he saw at the christening was the ideal monarch himself.

Benevolent, classy, ​​wise, and crowd-smart.

Clarisse understood at once that not only Creffin himself, but also his family members and servants were overflowing with grace, and that this was really a proper aristocracy.

Among them, Arwen Roth Taylor, the heir who sat in the VIP seat and always showed a graceful and beautiful smile.

A young lady’s dignity is what I’m talking about with such a person. I couldn’t help but feel that way.

As for the best dukes in the empire, everything must be dignified. All of this seemed foreign to young Clarisse.

The members of the Roth Taylor family are all dignified and deep-seated people. Certainly, if you grow up in an environment like that, you have no choice but to do that.

No matter what trials come, he will be such a person who can wisely cope with them.

Before I knew it, Clarisse was covered with such prejudice.

“Huh, uhhh… uhhh…”

Tanya let out a deep sigh and stood upright on the ground.

The ‘Illusion Disc’ trap that runs all the way from the mountainside. Even if you get close to it, you lose your mind for a moment, and you have to fight the enemy in fantasy by falling into the trap of magic engineering supplies.

Of course, it’s just a test, so you won’t get hurt directly.

However, for freshmen who have not yet had proper combat experience to deal with various monsters or wild animals, even if it is just an illusion, it is very mentally driven.

It was the same with Tanya.

“Uh… Whoop…”

Tanya stood leaning against a nearby tree, wiping the cold sweat from her body.

If I made a mistake, I almost got my stomach pierced by the goblin’s blade in the vision. If he hadn’t quickly subdued the goblins using the ‘Wind Blade’, the ship would have had a hole in the wind.

You won’t feel any pain, you won’t get hurt… but your legs were shaking.

As the summit approached, all kinds of visions attacked Tanya’s head.

Not once or twice, but several times already. In fact, there have been several occasions when his nails have been driven into his flesh or allowed to attack with blades.

Every time that happened, I felt that my stamina was being sucked out remarkably. Now, even just going uphill is not easy. I was also quite busy mentally.

“Hey, look at this. Pine cones!”

“It’s so amazing that such a small thing can grow into such a big tree if you plant it in the ground!”

“Wow! Look. The leaves here, each leaf has a subtly different color. Is it because the amount of sunlight they receive is different?”

“Is this mushroom edible? Umm…”

However, the companion looks around excitedly like a person on a picnic, whether they know Tanya’s condition or not.

How can that girl be so excited when such illusionary magic is spread all over the world?

Seeing that she looked fine in the first place, it seemed that the magical engineering supplies were not having a significant effect on the girl.

Tanya takes a look at Kylie with a puzzled mind, but there is no sign of using defensive magic.

“What should I say… I have an unusual constitution.”

“constitution?”

Perhaps noticing Tanya’s doubts, Kylie smiled and evaded her words.

“If you explain in detail, it’s complicated… Also, the exam time is running out, right?

Tanya glanced at Kylie with wide eyes.

Until the moment she came close to the summit after crossing the hillside, Kylie just looked around excitedly while running around like a kid on a picnic.

He said that he helped me with the exam, but I wonder if he just wanted to walk in the mountains?

“Miss Tanya is amazing too… Actually, if it’s this hard, you’ll give up halfway… There are actually a lot of students who gave up, so there’s hardly anyone left.”

“That’s it… I definitely want to be in Class A…”

Tanya brushed off her skirt and stood up, revealing her breasts again.

“I can’t help it if my skills are lacking, but I still have to do everything I can! Giving up is the most embarrassing thing!”

“Is that so? Miss Tanya doesn’t even have to be in class A… She’s pretty and noble. She’s kind-hearted and has her own magic skills.”

“Oh, you know how to give compliments. I appreciate those compliments, but I’m not satisfied with them.”

Tanya took a deep breath and spoke confidently.

“The moment you lose the will to develop, you completely stop as a person…!”

“That’s right…!”

“Kylie. You may not know it well because you are from a border country, but with a high status and status, there are responsibilities and burdens that come with it!”

Kylie nodded as she clasped her hands together, her eyes twinkling. Tanya felt an unknown sense of fulfillment welling up in her.

In fact… the villain always has followers.

They don’t do anything special, but they are girls who form a clique by arguing next to Young-ae.

Tanya doesn’t think such blatant hypocrisy is right. But regardless of right or wrong, feeling good is good…!

Those eyes that send respect and praise you as a great person… It’s not as bad as you think…!

“I see…! You’re really right..!”

“I’m sorry…”

It is all the more fatal because Tanya has a strong desire to be recognized. Kylie Ekne… has a toxic reaction…!

A strong reaction comes from ‘sincerity’. This girl, Kylie, sincerely sympathized with Tanya’s eloquence about the weight of her high status and responsibility.

… ‘sympathy’?

Tanya felt uncomfortable for a moment, but the immediate test was more important than that.

“Well, the attitude of working hard in everything is really important. Seeing Miss Tanya like that also stimulates me even more!”

“Yes, yes! Always work hard in everything, and only when you don’t live in vain, then authority comes naturally…!”

“As expected, the Ross Taylor family are all sound, thoughtful people!”

Kylie clenched her fists and nodded at Tanya. At those words, the moment Tanya is about to be proud of having established the status of the lofty Ross Taylor family once more…

– ‘Don’t you see me as a human in the first place?’

– ‘So what are you going to do? What can you do? will you kill me Arwen’s sister also passed away, so if I die too, the successor’s place will be yours.’

– ‘Yeah, where do you poke it? Now, here is the dagger for dress. put it on my chest Now, like this… I’ll put it in your hand.’

“…not all of them.”

“yes?”

Tanya was still confused.

The look of Ed I saw at the camp was, indeed, quite an ingenious feeling… but I couldn’t be sure that it was a genuine look.

The imprinted fear still lingers in a corner of Tanya’s heart. Ed Rosteyler is the idiot of idiots. There’s no way such a person can change his mind so easily… That conviction doesn’t disappear easily.

“It’s not like that. No matter how high-ranking a family is, if you’ve been in the family for a long time, there’s going to be people who look like trash… and ridiculous people…”

“…that’s… who…”

Kylie couldn’t finish her words at Tanya’s tone, which had drastically lowered.

As if it was her fault for the gloomy atmosphere, Kylie hesitantly changed the topic of conversation.

“Anyway, if that’s what Miss Tanya thinks, then I’ll help Miss Tanya with both my mind and heart! Let’s proudly enter Class A!”

Waving her clenched fists, Kylie quickly cheered up, perhaps worried about offending her new friend the same age as her.

“That… I’m grateful for the support, but what are you doing to help?”

“Ah.. Even if I do this… I have a special ability. Would you be surprised to see it? There are many times when I can’t control…”

What is so exciting about Kylie, who is smiling broadly? She only let out a fleeting sigh.

*

“But Ziggs… Why did you come to the Ministry of Magic? No matter how much I enchant, other talents are too wasteful.”

The Islan Baronial Territory, which is adjacent to the northern grasslands of the kingdom, is an archeological land that has produced numerous historians.

Because of this, even though it is a relatively small territory, it has its own status among nobles.

Librarian Elka Islan, Ziggs’ old friend and now de facto life partner, was looking out the window of the swaying wagon.

It came quite far from Aken Island in the southwestern part of the continent. It was already nice to see the faces of my family and vassals at my home, which I hadn’t seen in a long time.

Opposite the girl sits Jiggs, the ‘Spear of Vegetation’. Ziggs, who was quietly chewing on his jug, tilted his head and looked in Elka’s direction.

We got bored during the long trip and chatted about this and that, but again, this was out of the blue.

Ziggs is an all-rounder who is proficient in all fields.

He knows how to use one-handed swords, great swords, long spears, short spears, knuckles, bows, and even blunt weapons, and has already mastered the middle level magic field. The knowledge of pension is also really good, and there is a field that has deeper knowledge than most pension department students.

In addition, most of them are completed with ‘practical knowledge’. It is because knowledge that ends only at the academic level is difficult to have a great meaning in his way of thinking.

No matter what he does, he is a ‘completed human being’ himself who produces top-notch grades.

“Why all of a sudden?”

“If you went to the combat department or the pension department, you would have been the chief. I feel uncomfortable because you seem to have given up many benefits because of me.”

However, in the Ministry of Magic, there is a rare monster who is treated as an outcast and sits in the top seat.

The huge wall of Lucy Meiril is not an opponent that can be compared to the level of prowess or knowledge.

Due to her indolent disposition, she can only be seen wandering around the school like a corpse without doing anything special, but if she is determined and determined, she could go beyond the top of her grade and become the student with the best grades ever.

Ziggs relaxedly faced Elka, who was looking at him with a hesitant look. Her laughter leaked out as she fed up with the figure of Elka who was worried about her.

“I don’t value things like that. It’s okay, Elka. Don’t worry too much about it.”

And Ziggs was an addition.

“And if it was the pension department… even if it was the combat department in the first place, I wouldn’t have been able to become the chief.”

take a breath The hand holding the sword began to tremble.

Clevius already knew it himself. Now I can no longer ‘run amok’ like before, even if I have to hold the sword.

The beast that castrated itself will no longer come back no matter what.

Only the fear of cutting people down is engraved in his chest, causing nausea.

The southern entrance to the altar guarded by Clevius.

Not a single freshman was able to break through the south entrance of the altar.

“This… X-arm… Ha… Whoa… Whoa…”

The twentieth freshman lost his magic stone to Clevius’ sword attack and fell out with only the sword wind.

Hanging from a nearby tree, the freshman shuddered in fear. He was disgusted by the overwhelming difference in power.

However, Clevius was also trembling.

“Really… if you’re going to… don’t mess with me… please… please…”

Wiping away the cold sweat that overflowed like crazy, Clevius relaxed his grip on the sword. It was really embarrassing to fight for so long.

Swinging a sword brings up bad memories. At that time, I lost my reason, but the memory remains faithfully. The feeling of cutting human flesh still remains at the tips of my fingers.

The sword rolled across the floor. The handle cuts off Clevius’ toe.

“Gaaaaagh-!!”

Clevius’ legs gave way and he sat down.

“Whoa… ha… ha… ha… really… I… happened to… yes, Ed… Ed Rosteeler…! Goddamn son of a bitch…!!! !”

It was Ed who came up with this idea in the first place.

It was he himself who was swept away by the atmosphere and stopped saying he didn’t like it, but Clevius needed someone to blame anyway.

Suddenly, evil began to strike Clevius at his miserable self.

A gloomy and sullen person.

A person who can’t overcome even the blood he was born with and can’t even overcome the trauma caused by it, and he can’t give anything good to him by spitting out all sorts of dissatisfaction and dislike.

Just looking at the shaggy and shaggy impression makes you feel depressed.

premie. killer. Sword Demon. number of families. defective. mutation.

It wasn’t until he became numb to all the anchovies that were hanging around all the time that he managed to escape to Sylvania. However, it is the same here.

If you’re going to live this miserably until the day you die, what’s the point of living?

“Oh, there are still trials left.”

I thought it was all over, but there were still customers left.

This is also the end of the placement of the magic engineering supplies. At the entrance of the altar, facing Clevius, there were two girls standing in the distance.

One is a girl with her flaming blonde hair neatly down. One was a girl with chestnut-colored hair that hung down to her waist and seemed somehow cozy.

I don’t know one, but I know one. She was the daughter of the Ross Taylor family, who had been admitted this time.

“Yeah… Whoa… I’m a bit tired…”

Clevius Nortondale is a human who lives in the shadows.

I’ll probably live my whole life wandering around in the gutter.

What about Tanya Rosteyler? I will grow up receiving all kinds of favors from that prestigious family and lead a brilliant life.

If you simulate what kind of life you will live until the day you die, the temperature difference from there again makes you fall for evil.

Clevius picked up his sword again.

The cursed blood, the neglect of the family, anyway, a life without a light until the day you die.

At the words of his father, who was irresponsibly convinced that a life like this would be worthwhile, he no longer moves with any emotion.

“I’m sorry… but I’m not in a very… mood…”

Take a deep breath and stand up.

A reddish aura lingers on the knife he pulled out as he gnashed his teeth. The cold air of winter creates steam in the corners of the mouth, and the eyes of the two wide-eyed eyes are directed at Tanya and Kylie.

“Let’s finish quickly.”

– Taang!

“Huh… Was the vocal technique too strong…?! Gwa, are you okay…?! Uh, isn’t it broken somewhere?! .!”

Clevius jumped out of the way at the unknown shock coming from behind.

Clevius, who was hanging from a nearby tree, had no idea what had happened to him.

The only thing I could hear was the startled voice of a girl with brown hair.

When you close your eyelids, the world goes dark.

Right before losing consciousness, Clevius groaned inwardly.

It’s really dark, it’s a life without light.

A life without value is miserable.

*

The light fades at the altar of change.

The sun floating in the middle of the sky was also slowly disappearing.

20 minutes before the end of the test.

breathtaking time. Most of the students were overpowered or abandoned.

In fact, the full picture of the test was already in the process of being concluded.

Ed sat quietly at the altar, staring at the two likely last guests of the day.

Tanya swallowed dry saliva. she is a familiar face

Once an object of fear, another time an object of hatred, now a person who cannot be summed up in one word.

Ed Rosteyler was sitting at the altar, in a state of disfigurement. He is a trace of several fierce battles.

I sat down on the altar in front of the pillar emitting light and exhaled slowly, and a handful of breath came out and disappeared into the air.

He also looks pretty tired. Tanya realized that she was in a pretty good position right now.

“Brother… It was the last test.”

“I won’t say much. Give me the magic stone.”

Taking his buttocks off the altar, Ed stood up lightly and drew out his dagger.

In one hand was the mana extracted from the mana stone.

Most of the wizards of the Ross Taylor family excel in fire and wind magic. It was in the family, and so was Tanya.

However, the level of basic magic and mastery of the magic that Tanya can use are still immature. As a mage, he was still only the average freshman.

In the first place, Tanya’s fighting ability alone is absolutely not enough to enter Class A. But, I just try my best.

“Older brother… is that person…? Of the Ross Taylor family…?”

Kylie, who was standing next to her, looked back and forth between Ed and Tanya’s faces. Then, after standing still with a dumbfounded look, Tanya’s frightened face suddenly caught my eye.

setting sun. red sky. Looking down from a high altar with a dagger in one hand and magic power in the other.

Her expression is not visible because of the sun behind her. However, the cold eyes glimmering through his hair tell him that he is staring at him.

– ‘It’s all like that, no. No matter how prestige a family may be, if it has been in existence for a long time, there will be trashy people… and absurd fools…’

Only then did Kylie notice. That person is the scumbag Tanya talked about.

There is no way to know what happened to Tanya by that man, but when you see Tanya, who has always been full of confidence and grace, bewildered to such an extent… I can’t imagine that she is a good person.

Kylie straightened up and looked at Ed.

Her hair, which should have been clean, round blonde hair, has been tanned and scattered here and there from the ensuing battles.

The hem of his shirt with his arms rolled up is full of burn marks here and there, and his pants are covered in dust from rolling around on the floor.

The dagger taken out in one hand seems to be a formal dagger, but it is full of traces of life as it has been used for too long. It is impressive that only the blade is neatly ground.

Kylie had a strange fantasy about the aristocracy being male.

Especially when it comes to a prestigious family like the Ross Taylor family.

Accessories and gold frames wrapped around her clean appearance, her warm and tolerant smile, and elegance that oozes in every single gesture.

If you imagine him like a prince on a white horse whom you will meet somewhere while traveling around the world one day… He must be such an aristocratic and elegant man.

In fact, it is a romance that a girl of that age should have at least once. This is especially true for Kylie, who has extremely little experience with men.

However, the appearance of a human figure that seems to have embodied the exact opposite… Kylie was frightened.

Strictly speaking, he was the exact opposite of Kylie’s ideal type.

“Tanya.”

Finally the boy spoke the name. Tanya and Kylie, stiff for different reasons, waited in vain for the boy’s declaration of war to follow.

“I’m sorry, but can’t you just go back?”

“…?”

Unexpected words came out.

The boy was already in a mess and didn’t want to fight any more. He was already exhausted.

“If you’re still coming… come…”

He sat down on the altar again and gathered his mana onto it.

Anyway, the test is over. There is no need to save magic stones anymore. After dumping all the remaining mana stones on the altar, Ed put all his mana into the Spiritual Art ‘Hyeonhyeon’.

A tombstone bigger than the beams of any building.

The wind wolf, who had been sitting on top of it and wrapped its tail around the tombstone, opened its mouth.

– Whoaaaaaaaaaagh!

“Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

An unbearable storm is blowing. The high-ranking wind spirit pours out enough wind that it is not strange even if a person is blown away by the gust of wind that blows at the time of manifestation.

Tanya and Kylie weathered the storm with difficulty, grabbing onto a nearby stone structure. Little by little, the wind starts to die down, and then you can lift your head and look at the top of the tombstone.

The body is the size of a house. Its majesty is no different from the storm itself.

After Ed collapses on the altar, a wolf holding a huge tombstone looks down at the girls from the gap of the storm. Saliva flowed down the gap between the torn jaws, and magical energy beyond the limit was stored in the blue aura of the eyes.

It’s… a sight that can’t be found with a sense of reality. What did the extreme of incompetence, who struggled with not being able to master even a single basic magic, summon now?

Tanya looked at Kylie with her teeth clenched.

The moment I looked at Kylie to ask if she was okay… Kylie spoke with tears in her eyes as she held onto the stone pillar.

“I’ll just leave.”

No, he said he would help me to the end.

Even Tanya couldn’t bear to question her like that.