How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 98

Student president election (11)

Ziggs Eiffelstein has always lived by intuition.

It is because it was wild and instinctive intuition, not realistic and rational judgment, that saved his life in a wild world where it is not strange to die at any time.

It is the exact opposite of Lortel, who has always lived with only rational judgments in an orderly system. That is why she sets up a confrontational angle between her and her one by one.

He lived with a lot of experiences that the flowers in the greenhouse could not imagine.

Hiding and running away from wild beasts in the grassland was almost a routine. It was not unusual to feel life-threatening every day.

That’s why Ziggs is not afraid of anything. He rarely panics or panics.

However, as of now, I couldn’t help but swallow dry saliva.

A sense of crisis that I haven’t felt in a long time. A chill in his spine and a suffocating feeling of fear crept down Ziggs’ back.

“Ugh… I’m going to catch a cold like this.”

The figure of Jenika who ran through the rain in one month.

And the creepy silence of Lortel standing in the way of the exit.

Ziggs Eiffelstein is a person who has a fairly accurate understanding of Ed Rosteeler’s human relationships during his lifetime. That’s why the speed of accepting the situation is also fast.

Lortel was already well aware that the news of Ed’s death had left him half insane.

There was a feeling of uneasiness about not being able to know her sinister intentions, but in any case, in a one-on-one battle, Ziggs was never defeated by Lortel.

However, the intrusion of Yenica Failover here… was a variable that made even Ziggs feel cold.

In any case, Ed Rosteyler is a person who is bizarrely born, as if he saved the country in his previous life.

It’s because there are many women who follow me because I like him. I can’t say anything about his ability. Originally, even in the wild world, it was not surprising that a prominent male led several females. What that means in the civilized world is a very complicated question, though.

Anyway, in the current situation, it’s not a very good variable.

More than anything else, Yenica Failover was… among Ed’s acquaintances, she was the most devoted to him.

Even Lortel is engulfed in such a cold rage, and the more emotional Jenika Failover can’t help it.

It was clear, at least to Ziggs’ common sense, that Yenika was not one to keep quiet when she heard the news of Ed’s death.

so that…

“I’ve been looking for you, Tanya.”

At Yenica’s words… I could only swallow dry saliva.

Ziggs looked back at Tanya out of the corner of his eye, not relaxing his grip on the sword handle.

Tanya shuddered and was already cornered against the wall.

Lortel’s chilled rage had a terrifying feel to it.

At least, there is a feeling that Yenika seems to be finer than I thought.

Even so, Tanya seemed to have some bad memories of Yenika… She was trembling with fear and shedding tears.

Ziggs also imagined how terrifying he would have been in Tanya’s situation. It will feel like riding a rope on top of a cliff.

Coming this far and taking Tanya’s side seemed a bit reckless, but Ziggs was determined to trust his gut nonetheless. Ziggs, who had been watching over Ed and Tanya. It was because a certain certainty kept welling up that Tanya had no direct intent to kill.

It was impossible even for Ziggs to deal with Yenika and Lortel at the same time.

Ziggs is a master of dueling. Skills, experience, and innate fighting sense are few and far between in school.

However, he is not without weaknesses. In the end, his predictive ability, quickness, and sense of battle… it is difficult to have much meaning in the face of overwhelming firepower that is difficult to cope with.

If the opponent is a ‘object of a duel’ who uses swordsmanship and magic as a human, Ziggs will not be defeated at all, but it is very bad against Jenika, who uses numerous spirit corps to compete with quantity and firepower.

“I have something to tell you about Ed—”

That’s why, the moment Yenika took off the rhyme of the story, she made the last move she wanted to avoid.

– Quaang!

Ziggs’ magic, as fast as light, shattered a corner of the hallway wall. Ziggs didn’t want to cause property damage as much as possible, but he couldn’t help it if the situation went in such an unmanageable direction.

“Wow!”

“Kuk!”

Yenika and Lortel stumbled due to the momentarily violent wind and dust.

Taking advantage of that gap, Jiggs wrapped herself around Tanya’s waist and threw herself through the collapsed exterior wall.

The rain had almost stopped.

A fierce wind blew through the remaining raindrops, hitting the whole body.

The sound of fluttering collars and the feeling of floating around her body instilled another sense of fear in Tanya.

– Kung!

I wrapped my body in wind magic, but even so, the impact of landing was not completely alleviated.

Landing on the side of the back door and barely holding on, Ziggs set Tanya down. If you escape to the west living wing along the trail behind Ophelis Hall, you should be able to find a place to hide somehow.

As it was, Ziggs straightened his posture and looked up at the Ophelis tube.

I couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

A huge fire lizard is hugging the outer wall, and all kinds of fluid spirits are floating around it. A wolf the size of a house sticking its face into the window was a bonus, and the lower spirits seemed close to triple digits even at a rough estimate.

It is a strange sight no matter how many times you see that number of spirits summoned at once. It seemed that all the spirits were wandering around looking for someone.

Needless to say, it’s Tanya Rosteiler.

That fact… Tanya herself seems to have realized enough. Her teeth chattering faster and faster.

“Get your head right, Tanya Rosteylor.”

Ziggs wiped the rain from his face a few times, then swung open the robe he was wearing and covered Tanya with it.

“Run along the trail behind this, and when you see a fork in the road, turn west.

Once you enter the living quarters, hide between the streets unconditionally. The more complex the place, the harder it is to find. Once you think you’ve escaped the pursuit, just look for a place to call for help. Since you are the heir to the Roth Taylor family, it would be ideal to find someone from an aristocrat with a close relationship with the imperial power.

“

Heir to the Ross Taylor family. Leaving debt on such a person is likely to enable him to gain political cause or social status. Tanya’s life alone is a good deal.

“Um… then what about Ziggs-senpai…?”

“I’ll block you from pursuing you as far as I can. It’s impossible to subdue Jenika-senpai or Lortel… but I can block you moderately and run away by myself when the time comes.”

“Uh… why so much…?”

“I wouldn’t have gone this far if you weren’t Ed’s younger brother. I think I was lucky.”

Ziggs took out a piece of engineering equipment from his pocket. It was in the form of four red marbles embedded in a stone slab.

‘Helgo’s wing shoes’, it was an item that temporarily made the body agile.

Ziggs used a leather strap to tie the magic tool around Tanya’s waist. Then, grabbing Tanya by the shoulders, he spun him backwards, and he gave him a shove on the back.

Overpowered, Tanya took a few steps forward, then stopped and looked back.

Ziggs was already looking up at Ophelis, filled with spirits, paying no attention to Tanya.

Tanya hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and ran out through the trail.

“Whoa…”

Taking a deep breath, Ziggs drew his sword. With the other hand, he checked the flow of his magical power.

Yenika’s pursuit is later than expected. The spirits have already seen the movement, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to chase after them… I don’t know why.

I guess I’m talking to Lortel.

The opponent I was aiming for ran away right in front of me, but it was when the two of them were having a nice conversation. In the first place, I know that the two of them don’t get along very well.

However, Ziggs immediately shook his head. What’s the point of having a love affair while hearing the news of Ed’s death? Both of them must be no different from vengeful spirits in sorrow.

Dealing with them won’t be easy, but it’s just a matter of buying enough time for Tanya to run away and running away too. That much is possible enough.

However, just knowing that doesn’t mean the cold sweat doesn’t flow.

Between the broken outer walls, a spiritist reveals himself.

Her clothes were also completely soaked, and a few strands of protruding hair stuck to her cheeks, giving her the impression of endless exhaustion.

As she climbed on top of a giant hawk made of water, all the fluid spirits that filled her surroundings descended to the ground following her.

Its appearance resembles the coming of a king. She is the queen of the spirits herself, slowly descending to the ground, holding a long oak staff obliquely with one hand.

Ziggs took a fighting stance and looked straight at her as she slowly landed on the ground.

Ziggs gritted his teeth and shouted at her as she jumped onto the stone floor.

“Now, no matter what I say, you probably won’t listen to me. Senior Yenika. I fully understand how you feel.”

Straightening his sword, Ziggs spoke sternly.

“But beliefs vary from person to person, so even if all the evidence points to that girl, I’m determined to live by my gut. If you don’t understand, I can’t help it! That’s… my life. It’s the way…!! I’ve lived like that all my life!”

But it wasn’t that Ziggs couldn’t understand Yenika’s feelings either. He has a lover, Elka Islan, whom he loves with all his heart.

That’s why Ziggs was able to cry out to Yenika who was in a broken heart more than anyone else. He doesn’t even judge the pain carelessly.

“I know that because I am also in love with someone. Just imagining it would be terribly painful… I fully understand.

If you lose her, everything in the world will be resentful, the years you have lived will become meaningless, and if the opportunity for revenge comes, your whole body will burn with the flames of anger. There will be no choice but to do that. Because I love you! Because Yenica sunbaenim loved Ed sunbaenim more than anyone else…!

“

“Muh… what…”

Unfortunately, Ziggs had no way of knowing that he was the only one serious in the world.

It is a situation that has no choice but to be. It’s really unfortunate.

If you listen from the perspective of Yenika, who has finished grasping the whole story of the incident, there is no other story that makes her face so hot.

“With Ed sunbae-nim passed away, what am I going to say? Why don’t I know?

“Ah… No…! Don’t talk too loudly…!!!”

“The wounds in that heart won’t heal easily… but I firmly believe that love itself is valuable. Even if it’s a lost love, that warm heart that adored Ed sunbae-nim will remain in your heart in some way, and you’ll be able to cherish Yenika sunbae-nim’s heart. I firmly believe that it will be a part of it.

– Kwakwang! Caang!

The flames of the fire elementals exploded, and Ziggs was hit by an unexpected blow and fell out.

No matter how cruel the forces of evil are, they patiently wait for the transformation scene and the serious dialogue scene…

It was unexpected that the kind Yenika would interrupt and suddenly attack in the middle of a serious conversation.

As for Yenika, she was poking at Ziggs with her staff, shivering with red eyes and red eyes.

“Ed isn’t dead! Ed isn’t dead! So please stop…!!”

*

When you sniff, the fragrant grass smell that has settled down gives you a feeling that makes you feel at ease.

There are times when such a refreshing smell of grass comes from the haystack piled up on one side of the cabin.

Lucy didn’t particularly dislike the smell of grass, so she would roll over.

However, the maids of Ophelis House would spray perfume on Lucy, saying that she didn’t like the smell of grass so much, and that she needed to maintain her dignity.

The scent of fragrant freesia flowers that you can smell from time to time as you carry it in the arms of the maids.

Indeed, like a high-end product, it was quite fragrant to Lucy’s nose, who was not interested in it, but I wondered if I had to go this far to get rid of the smell of grass.

Throwing out such words, what the maids said to Lucy was truly spectacle.

As for the smell, if you repeat it over and over again, it settles into your body before you know it, and often turns into your own body odor.

It is said that a person who smokes cigarettes every day always smells heavily of tobacco, and a girl who grew up playing in a peach field as a child always smells fragrant peaches through her hair. Lucy tilted her head, but the maids were quite serious.

So, the important thing is ‘initial action’.

Even if you notice the body odor that has been absorbed in your body belatedly, it is very difficult to change it at that time.

It is said that you can change your body odor little by little only if you start coping with it when the body odor begins to permeate.

“There’s a lot of work to do. First of all, we’ll have to gather all the people involved and talk about it at once. Time is running out… The bachelor’s people will come soon…”

The moment I tried to figure out the reason why such useless memories popped up out of nowhere, Ed said, wiping his rain-soaked face.

It’s not even a great story. However, just the sound of Ed’s heavy voice permeating her ears made Lucy’s spine burn.

It was hard to look straight at her face, so she pressed down her hat, feeling a huge sense of discomfort in her burning chest. It’s the first time I’ve ever felt this way, so it’s natural.

“Now that things have turned out this way, I should explain my circumstances… But it’s difficult to be known too much… Hmm… First of all, it would be appropriate to inform Clevius and Elvira… and Ziggs and Lortel as well. Tanya said Yenika went to find it… Okay, let’s stop getting rained on and go inside.”

“uh..”

Finally, her own voice began to emerge, and Lucy managed to ask a question.

“what…?”

“…So that’s right, weren’t you listening. Anyway, since I had my circumstances, I’ll explain, so let’s go together. Let’s all gather together and talk. . You can’t even take this off and you’re on the disciplinary committee. Besides… Clevius and Elvira look pretty hurt, so I have to apologize.”

“A… apologies…?”

“Yeah, because they got hurt trying to stop you. Apparently, Elvira lost almost all of the magic tools she’d been making for a long time, and Clevius poured blood like a waterfall.”

“That… that’s because it’s me…”

It’s not that I don’t have anything to say about Lucy.

Although half lost, Lucy tried to calmly subdue those who stood in her way in her own way.

Of course, because of Lucy’s ridiculously powerful magical power, even that might have felt harsh from the point of view of blocking it… Anyway, there was no intention to make Elvira and Clevius that way.

Lucy didn’t think much of it, but Elvira arbitrarily brought all the magical engineering supplies and ran out of control, and Clevius even stabbed herself to reveal blood swordsmanship.

It was Lucy’s position that she only coped with the attack…

But that’s literally just Lucy’s position.

“No matter what anyone says, it doesn’t change the fact that you were the one who hurt me.

“Even though…”

I tried to refute something, but Lucy’s voice crawled back in.

It was because Ed’s face looked straight as he said, “Eh,” and rested his pathetic heart. It wasn’t a great reaction, and from Ed’s point of view, it was a normal reaction… but Lucy felt like thunder struck in her heart.

be hated treated as a pathetic person Ed Rosteyler is disappointed.

As soon as I suddenly thought of that, my spine suddenly heated up.

Wasn’t Lucy Mayril who lived with no respect for other people’s gazes or evaluations? She is the girl who used to lie on her back and take a nap under her feathery breath.

However, seeing Ed’s expression like that, he felt as if his airways were blocked, so he quickly clenched his hat brim and gave an answer.

“Ah, okay. Sa, I’ll apologize.”

“…Oh, yes. Wise.”

Even though she is a girl whose magnificent magical power can pierce even a mountain, and the magic she wields makes even elder professors stick out their tongues.

Lucy couldn’t understand what Ed Rosteiler’s words meant so much to herself.

Is it time to organize your thoughts? However, the conclusion is already there, isn’t it?

If it is true that the identity of that emotion is romance, then the question of why the hell did I end up having that kind of heart arises in my mind.

Here, Lucy will forever regret what she has recalled from the past. It’s because the accident didn’t go right because the heart was hammering.

Ed and I lived together for quite a long time. In fact, she didn’t have much self-awareness that she was.

Because Ed’s camp was initially just one of the best places to take a nap.

A man named Ed Rosteiler was also just a janitor at the camp, so there was no reason to be so emotional.

However, how about looking back on the actions he made to Ed while living in the camp for a little over a year?

In and out of Ed’s cabin as if it were my own. He took a nap in the bed where he slept every night, covered with a blanket.

Clinging to him while he was reading, he crawled onto his lap.

Carried on his shoulder and wriggling their feet to the wooden shelter, sitting back to back in the heat of a bonfire and gazing blankly at the starry sky, or sitting around a warm fire and having a meal together.

If it was the relationship between the old wizard Glockt and young Lucy, the meaning might be completely different.

Old masters and young students, grandfathers and granddaughters, janitors and attendants. Well, no matter how you compare and explain it, you will be able to understand it.

However, if you were guided by that memory and did not feel any sense of rejection or distance from this daily life, that would be a huge mistake.

The moment Ed becomes the object and the structure of the relationship is replaced with a man and a woman, blood rushes to Lucy’s head in an instant.

The rising heat hits my head, but now I can’t do anything about it. You can change the future with your own hands, but it is the providence of the world that the past is immutable.

He said that initial response is the most important to control body odor well.

However, there is no way that Lucy, who is always indolent and insensitive, can make such a sensible initial response.

If you are not conscious of the scent, is it already ingrained in your body?

Sadly, love is also the same. Lucy… has already come too far.

I don’t even know when the change of heart started, but Ed’s unique heavy grass smell is already rising from her hair, collar, and hat.

If you have to belatedly aware of the change in your heart, you have already missed all the golden time to overturn it now. Most of the initial response will lose its meaning if you miss the timing.

Then, the only remaining methodology is… Now we have no choice but to find a way to somehow control the burning heart over time.

“Looking at you, you don’t look like you’re hurt in any way. I’m sure you are. Anyway, we’re running out of time, so let’s go inside.”

The reason your breath stops again if you’re not paying attention is probably because the piled-up emotions are rushing up all at once. Even if the timing was bad, it was too bad.

“No, that… uh…”

“Even so, Yenika must have been having a hard time finding Tanya. Now that she’s indebted to her again, she should go and finish her work and do something.”

The moment the name Yenica Failover is mentioned, Lucy takes an action she can’t understand.

“…?”

Ed hurriedly turned and headed toward the Ophelis tube. The way he hugs the sleeves of his clothes tightly and drags them… It’s as if he’s wearing a pack.

“…??”

Not only Ed, but even Lucy, who was taking the action, was shaking her eyes.

Only then does the girl finally begin to open her eyes to the monopoly desire.

“Kko… do you really have to go right now?”

Again, this was not an easy story.

*

“Heo-euk… heo-euk…!!”

As Tanya ran across the forest, she tripped on a rock and fell hard. She tumbled on the mud a few times before pulling herself up.

“If… if it continues like this… life dong… will come out…”

Tanya, who had shaken off the mud several times with a tearful expression, took a deep breath and stood up again.

“F… I don’t know how the situation came to be like this… but… for now… I have to… survive… I have to survive…!”

Tanya gritted her teeth and held back the tears that were about to well up, and moved her legs again.

“First of all… a place to ask for help… a place where there is a contact with the Ross Taylor family…”

Right now, the land of life is important.

The first place that comes to mind is… the royal residence. As the Roth Taylor family produced many important imperial officials, they also have a deep connection with the imperial family. Right now, the head of the household, Krepin Ross Taylor, is the closest aide to the Emperor Chloel.

The imperial family might be able to help. Of course, I will not leave this debt unattended. Still, there was no place I could go any further than that.

“First… you have to move your legs…! You can’t rest… I’m sure… they’ll be chasing me… If you get caught… you really can’t get caught…”

It’s a pity… no one is following Tanya…

“And… the murder charge against my brother… this too… I have to get rid of it… I have to find out the truth… heh heh… heh heh…!”

It’s really sad… In fact, the murder charge has already been cleared…!

“Never… you can’t get caught…!”

It’s sad to say, but… it’s all shadow boxing…!!

However, there was no way for Tanya, who was cornered, to find out.

In the end, whoever it was, he had only one thing to say to her.

Just be strong… Tanya Rosteylor…