Mentor(1)
In the kingdom where the feudal aristocratic society gradually disappeared and the central administrative system began to be reorganized, the symbolism of the center was clear, even if it was not perfect.
The National Assembly that enacts laws, the Supreme Court where the final arguments of the kingdom’s citizens are held, and the administrative and financial offices where citizenship cards and currency are issued.
In addition, each and every minor difference created a difference between the central and local governments, which means that the administrative burden of the central government cannot be compared with that of the local governments.
“Count. Count Manyoshka.”
“Uh, hmm?! Miss Medina, come on, you didn’t sleep!”
“······Wipe the saliva from your mouth first before speaking.”
Medina, an administrative office official, felt like his blood was bursting when he saw the count who had been his superior for several months.
Although the omnipotent aristocratic society has declined, the brand of nobility is maintained.
For example, Count Nauri of the West, who has no connection whatsoever, is promoted to the position of director of the administrative office.
There is a lot of work to be done these days, such as cleaning up the collapsed magic tower, the radical behavior of the new church, and the secret demon hunting that is being carried out in the old church, but this is what the superior is like.
“W-what is this?”
“Is this something like the right to apply for land recognition for undeveloped land? It came from the west, where the Count was.”
“Uh, uhm?”
Count Manyoshka looked at the document and opened his eyes.
“K-K-Hmm… I’ll review this and pay for it, so you can do other things.”
“Yes? Ah, yes…”
When the Count, who had no interest in the work of the administrative office, showed an unexpected reaction, Medina responded with surprise, but soon returned to his work.
There was too much work to do to spend more than 5 minutes writing on just one document.
* * * *
Guardian Academy is basically a place of learning where only gifted geniuses can enroll.
Nobles do not have a higher average ratio of knights and wizards than commoners.
This diluted the legitimacy of the nobility’s ‘noble blood’ and created a culture in the kingdom that was not very conscious of classism.
But even so, nobles are a privileged class that receives some treatment.
It is no wonder that they want to receive their own special treatment. Regardless of the Academy’s reluctance to do so.
However, in any society, it is difficult to refuse the demands of those with money. We have no choice but to give them some of the privileges demanded by high-ranking people who have social influence and generous donations.
And one of these is the ‘mentor’ system.
To put it simply, a promising new student—who has donated a lot of money—receives practical know-how from a professor or a talented senior student.
Usually, students receive mentoring from professors, but if there is a student with exceptional talent and reputation, he or she will also receive numerous mentorship applications.
“Hmm… I really didn’t think you would accept it?”
“The princess has requested this. Can you refuse it?”
Miriam looked up at the ‘mentor’ who had come to visit her.
Corin Locke.
A second-year student who is not even a senior.
However, it can be said to be the most famous article in the academy.
“Originally, we would have to search the princess before taking care of her, but… well, we can’t bring servants here.”
“Is it okay if the princess does it herself?”
“It is not worthy of dignity to do the work done by those under you. Instead…”
When Miriam gestures, the ‘snake decorations’ on her dress begin to move.
The smooth movements and elastic body make this snake seem real.
This is a real snake. He was a working magician who created and controlled his familiars with his own magic power.
Miriam’s snakes climbed twenty-two seats and came up from the hem of his trousers to the nape of his neck.
“For your information, all the snakes I raise are highly poisonous.”
“Really? It’s not a good idea to make snake stew.”
Even though the snakes were licking their tongues, he had an unwavering posture.
Even a strong knight commander would flinch if a poisonous snake crawled on his neck.
“hmm?”
It was then. One of the snakes found something in Corin’s backpack.
Miriam looked at his backpack and asked.
“What’s in it?”
“It’s a gift to give to the princess.”
“hmm?”
When meeting the royal family, it is etiquette to do so with bare hands.
However, this is only the physiology of nobles and does not apply to him, a commoner. In the first place, how often do commoners know about etiquette when meeting royalty?
“show me.”
Corrin took out a gift from the bundle. Nameless wine and cheese she doesn’t even know.
A low-class item that lacks the name value to be presented to the royal family. Is this the limit to the imagination of commoners?
‘I heard that you receive support from Dunarev in hiring mercenaries and purchasing materials, but you say you pay for personal luxuries with your own money?’
He is said to be supported by Dunaref, who can be said to be the richest man in the kingdom, but I heard that he refrains from doing anything except for official matters.
This is something that was reported by Germain, a spy from the Catholic Church who goes right next to me, so it’s probably roughly correct.
“I don’t even have a maid to taste it, so you offer me liquor and cheese.”
Attempts to poison royals are always something to watch out for. Especially when it comes to Miriam, who is receiving resentment from many places.
“Well, I thought about that too, but these are pretty good wines and cheeses.”
“hmm···.”
Wine was something she enjoyed, so she had no intention of refusing it.
To begin with, she is completely immune to poison, and above all, she cannot imagine a future in which this man poisons her.
“How about a drink before we start?”
“I like it.”
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Miriam uncorked the wine herself, took out a wine glass from her room, and poured less than half of it.
“Let’s celebrate my first class.”
“For my grade.”
“Isn’t that still 2 credits?”
“For a prodigal son who is busy wandering around, even that is a valuable point. I plan to continue to do so in the future.”
“Hmm…”
Miriam guessed information from every word Corrin said and stored it in her head.
Because every little bit of information was important in order to win this man.
Other than the two years of activity, he was an ordinary restaurant son. It is difficult for even Miriam to predict what he is thinking and hoping for.
‘The scent… is nice.’
Miriam naturally passes the glass as her thoughts deepen. When he finally tasted the refreshing grape scent that entered his throat, he looked surprised.
“It’s okay. It’s a good wine.”
Not that it was at a good level, but I really liked it. In particular, the sweetness felt in the remaining sugar of the wine was a hit to my taste.
“I thought you might like it. I got it from an unknown cathedral. The locals there are nobles who make their own and drink their own.”
“okay?”
I will look into it later, Miram promises. She surprisingly liked Corinne’s second-hand items that suited her taste.
“Rather than a class, I would say it is a transfer of know-how. Basically, the main purpose of mentoring is to transfer practical know-how.”
“I wonder what Sir, a knight, can tell me, a wizard.”
“Can’t you just apply yourself?”
“Do you know why I called you my mentor?”
Miriam’s snake-like gaze pierced Corin. Things like mentoring aren’t particularly important. If I really needed it, I would have applied to Marie Dunareff instead.
Miriam wants to win Corin’s favor. More precisely, I want to include them under my influence.
Especially since Leah Pal showed Corrin’s intertwined fate.
I wanted this man.
“Well, we’ll talk about that after the mentoring is over. It’s class now.”
“······.”
“This isn’t a good place for classes. Let’s go downtown. My Guardians office is there. I have prepared a lot of things for you.”
“Huh… okay.”
Miriam said no more. Are you saying that the real story will be told outside of the Academy, not inside?
The two eventually headed to the Corin Guardians office downtown. At her front door, a carriage was prepared for her as she had trouble with one leg.
‘You have sense.’
That’s how we arrived at the Guardians office.
This office, headed by Corin Locke, boasted an enormous size and various facilities.
“Dunaref’s wealth is amazing.”
“Really? I was going to refuse at first.”
The airfield where fifteen wyverns and Hresvelg are looked after is truly a spectacular sight.
She herself had her own wyvern and passenger, but she knew how much it cost.
If other people had heard that it was owned by Guardians, which was founded less than a year ago, they would have clicked their tongues.
‘Runia Aden, the Swordsman of the Arden family, and elite swordsmen. I heard the whole Warsky mercenary group came in…’
Miriam was suspicious of the scale of the Corin Guardians, which she had only received reports of in writing.
Corin Locke is clearly no ordinary knight.
The Dunareff vampire transformation incident.
Runia Arden’s Sword Breaker.
The subjugation of the king of Cheolsan and the diary discussion with Permak Daman.
Attempts to subjugate the Dutch Empire, which was an operation by Catholicism, etc.
He entered school as a level 5 knight, but all of the people he faced during his first year were strong players of semi-special level or higher.
Against monsters he could never face, he won and built a foundation.
After acquiring Klau Solas, their power expanded rapidly, and in the end, didn’t they actually subdue the Magic Tower alone with the Guardians?
‘It’s difficult.’
My fate is intertwined with his. This means you have to get close to him.
Because my fate is not fixed, it can change as much as I want depending on my actions.
The card called Corin Locke is a winning card that must be obtained.
But he doesn’t seem to lack anything.
From wealth, force, power, and fame. A mere second-year academy student has acquired a surprising amount of things.
Even though I have acquired so much, I don’t really have any desires for material things.
If he had acquired this amount of assets, he would have been able to do many things.
“Well, since it’s orientation, shall we just have an hour of light mentoring?”
“······Okay, give it a try.”
It’s annoying, but I have no choice but to get along.
Miriam did not have much time, but it was an inevitable investment in her relationship with him.
* * * *
What a mentor teaches is basically practical knowledge.
How to view Dokdo on a map.
Camp knowledge for camping.
How to chase or defend against monsters through the ecology of foreign lands.
Basically, guardians are combatants who have to fight against demons. So, in general, these are the only things a senior can tell a junior.
However, it is a bit different when it comes to nobles or royalty.
Why would they do dangerous guardian work and make a pitiful living? Unless they are a small group of people who want fame.
The reason nobles and royal families select mentors is because they want to foster friendships at the family level with promising students.
‘It’s not like I don’t know.’
Miriam looked with puzzled eyes at Corin, who was faithfully teaching her how to read a map and how to do first aid.
She enjoys hunting and is a powerful snake magician herself, but before that, she was the only princess in the country.
There are too many minions to do chores for you.
Corinne shrugged and said, as if she was aware of such questions.
“You never know. When you go out hunting and become trapped in a trap, read the terrain, or become separated from your maid or guard, this knowledge might be of some help.”
It’s as if there was a warning that something like that would happen.
“Well, roughly speaking, we will master this through ‘practical practice.’”
“······Actual combat?”
“why?”
“······.”
Miriam’s expression was distorted by his calm and weak attitude.
Of course, it is common to go on external training during the mentoring process, but for yourself, the princess? It’s not like you don’t know the purpose of this mentoring in the first place?
But what I regret not doing is Miriam.
It was humiliating to treat a princess like a princess… but this was all necessary to achieve her long-cherished wish.
“Now, shall we talk about an example of mentoring?”
“Okay, just say it.”
He declared that he would take the princess on a difficult mission and even gave an example?
It is said that it is a tradition to give a small gift to the mentor, but is it so shameless to ask for a gift in person?
“As you know, princess, I am quite good.”
“under···.”
Now I’m so dazed that I can’t find anything to say. How long had it been since she had been this dumbfounded?
“There are only a handful of knights stronger than me… and you know that Dunareff is sponsoring me, right?”
“Go ahead.”
Yes, this is the problem. Objectively, this man lacks nothing even though he has an abundance.
There is an abundance of money, fame, and status.
The reputation of being the hero who saved Dunareff, the high-ranking knight, and the saint was not enough, so he gave everything he had in abundance.
“I know your longing. I know what you want to achieve through me.”
“······!”
Miriam’s eyes opened wide. However, soon the poisonous snake in the bottomless pit began to shine with its poisonous eyes.
Quite a few people know what I wish for. This was the case for everyone who remembered the events of 10 years ago.
But this man is a commoner. He was just an ordinary resident of the vicinity of Wangdo.
How could this man know about the wolf hunt that is carried out in secret, avoiding the eyes of Shingyo?
“How much do you know?”
“I know. I know it very well.”
Corin’s expression as he said those words looked somewhat empty. Why does this man make this kind of expression?
“So what do you want? I’ll give you anything except one thing.”
Miriam’s voice is explicit. No, he thought there was no need to hide it.
This man is destined to ultimately achieve his long-cherished wish. It was a long-held wish that he would announce anyway, so now all you have to do is know what he wants.
“It’s what you want…”
Corin is lost in thought, as if mulling over something. The thought didn’t last long. He stares at Miriam with a light wry smile.
Unlike his blood-red self, his irises sparkle like those of the setting sun, and he smiles mischievously.
“Every week after the mentoring is over.”
A room with no one in it. The voice is clear and clear.
“Princess. Miriam Elisabeth el Rasga.”
Just like holding on to an avenger who would throw away his life at any time.
“Towards me… No. Just. Once.”
A regret, a wish, a wish for an extension.
“Smile. Show me your smile. I think that will do.”
He smiles sadly and bitterly.
Reminiscing about the past and the future at the same time.
Remembering a miserable past life that only you will remember.
“······.”
Miriam’s lips did not separate, as if they had stopped.
The second princess of this country,
The heir to the throne is supported by numerous nobles.
I told him to tell me what he wanted.
It doesn’t matter what. Anything except my one thing.
Even if she had said she wanted to rape her right here and now, she would have willingly given up her body.
however.
laugh.
smile.
Just one little thing like that?
“you···.”
Is this mocking me? Are you being sarcastic? What kind of intention are you hiding?
It was so simple and trivial that she was not willing to accept it.
His gaze became cold, and his voice was cold.
“dare···.”
Corin didn’t care about her trembling, vicious gaze.
I just want to say my wish once again.
“Smile.”
“That’s it…!”
“Why do you think it’s worthless? It’s always relative.”
“······.”
At those words, Miriam calmed down a little more calmly.
Just as my long-held wish is so persistent that others cannot understand, my smile may be more valuable to him than anything else.
I can’t quite understand it, but the way he says it seems like it is.
“Really… that’s enough?”
“That’s right.”
I feel like I’m being deceived. You’re playing with me now. Miriam thought this to herself, but made a reasonable decision.
-Finch!
How do you make a smile?
I’ve laughed a lot. When you sarcastically and mock the other person?
I think it was mostly towards hateful bastards, but I think smiling like that at this guy is nonsense.
-Finch! flinch!
Still, I have to do it. If only I could become entwined with the destiny that would make my long-held wish come true just by raising the corner of my mouth.
“like this?”
It’s awkward, but it’s closer to readiness rather than brightness. In any case, the twisted corners of the mouth could fall into the category of ‘smile’.
“It’s pretty.”
“Wha…!?”
Miriam’s expression instantly frowned. But what was so good was that his face was full of smiles.
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A long silence continued.
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