EP.159 Fall, new semester (2)
It may be surprising, but there are many talented people in Aplia. Those born with the qualities to achieve great success, whether as wizards or scholars, were widely spread. In fact, it is even more difficult to find people without talent.
That is why it is a cradle of stars.
This is the name that Aplia is called in the public. A place where the stars that will later brighten the night sky pass by. A place to hone yourself. That place is Aplia Academy.
‘A place where stars who will lead the next generation gather.’
What you need to pay attention to here is the word ‘next generation’. Those gathered at Aplia become important talents who will lead the next generation in any direction. In other words, there is no place better than Aplia to build meaningful connections.
square.
The quill that was sliding across the paper stops.
Putting the quill down on the table, the girl looked at the list she had written with satisfaction. This is a list that summarizes the characteristics of each student.
“I guess this is it.”
Fourth princess, Ayla.
With platinum blonde hair, a symbol of the royal family, she handed over the list to her guard knight.
“I plan to have contact with the students listed there one by one. Would you like to check, Havel?”
Havel, the escort driver, checks the list given by his master. Havel clicked his tongue at the name that filled the entire page.
“…You mean all of this?”
“Yes, everything.”
Ayla nodded as if there was nothing strange. Havel hesitated for a moment, but then she opened her mouth.
“The people listed at the top of the list are very famous and dignified, so even if that were the case… would they be worth it to the students below?”
“You must have written it down because it exists, right Havel?”
Even with those words, Havel doesn’t seem to feel relieved. Ayla let out a short breath at the sight. It’s not that I don’t understand why Havel has such an attitude.
‘As you go to the bottom of the list, your grades get poorer… This may be because there are students with poor evaluations among academic staff.’
However, Ayla was confident.
Because I have met and talked to them before.
“It just hasn’t bloomed yet. “With just the slightest chance, they will rise quickly.”
“···Is that so?”
“You know, Havel.”
Ayla touched the corner of my eye.
“I decided after seeing it for myself. Are there any more complaints?”
Stella, a child loved by the stars.
Havel knows very well how great her insight is. Havel continued speaking in a slightly quieter voice.
“…Is it possible for the princess to be dissatisfied with her decision? “I’m just worried about whether they are worth the princess’s time.”
“Anyway, please prepare a seat. “Because I want to talk in a proper reception room.”
“Yes, I understand.”
After sending Havel away, Ayla, who was left alone in the room, rested her chin and looked out the window. The view she sees while sitting in her dormitory gives her a quite different impression from what she saw in her royal palace.
One semester has already passed.
As the new semester approaches, a line of students packing up their belongings and returning to their dormitories comes into view. Ayla looks at them and thinks for a moment.
Aplia Academy.
The reason I decided to enroll here was to get a break from the bloody royal palace. However, I did not come here simply hoping to rest.
“Networking.”
Ayla rested her chin and muttered.
“Connects, the most valuable asset of all.”
It was a phrase I saw in a book.
Relationships between people are priceless. Relationships built with authority and gold coins are light. It can collapse at any time. What Ayla wanted was not such a casual relationship.
What we build from person to person.
It’s like a bond that has been steadily built.
It was a relationship that Ayla had never built before. Ayla hopes for that kind of relationship. Ayla was hoping for people she could truly trust who would stand by her in the future.
For her, Aplia is the best stage.
Everyone is treated as the same student.
Unlike living in the royal castle, there is no need to go through cumbersome procedures to meet someone.
In short, you can have a natural meeting. That was very attractive to Ayla.
‘During the past semester, everyone was busy adjusting and couldn’t take advantage of this…’
This semester is different.
Some degree of adaptation has been completed. My face also opened. Everyone gets used to each other. Intimacy sprouts through familiarity. Ayla smiled softly.
The seeds of a relationship that were sown throughout the semester.
The harvest season, fall, has arrived, and now it is time to harvest it.
“I’m looking forward to it.”
It was around this time that Ayla was looking out the window while muttering that. She suddenly narrowed her eyes. Ayla stood up from her seat and walked over to the window.
Squeak.
Open the window and look down.
In the procession leading to the dormitory, there is a strange girl. An attractive girl with pure white hair is looking at the Central Academic Building with her mouth open.
Ayla’s golden eyes see through the girl’s essence. Accurately read the starlight on the girl’s body.
‘···Come to think of it.’
I think I heard from my sister that the next generation hero candidate is entering Aplia with his identity hidden. Ayla smiled her faint smile.
“There’s one more person to meet.”
2.
Aplia Academy puts a lot of effort into its exterior. This is why Aaron invested the budget boldly in order to create an appearance befitting the reputation of being the best magic academy in the capital.
Thanks to this, Aplia Academy boasts a more beautiful exterior than most tourist attractions. Well maintained garden. Shiny tiles… and patterns engraved on each sidewalk block. Even the clock tower was built with great effort by top architects.
Actually, Aplia’s students cannot afford to pay attention to such appearances, but in the eyes of those who come from outside or freshmen who are just entering the school, Aplia is often seen as a place full of dreams and hopes.
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And, here is a girl.
A girl who transferred to Aplia with full of dreams and hopes.
“Hiya…”
Chloe stared blankly at the Central Academic Building with her mouth wide open. Since the day his admission to Aplia was decided, how many times has he read the brochure that Aplia sent him? How many times had she looked at the page with photos of the central academic building where she would be staying?
I’ve seen it countless times.
I even cut it up and stuck it around the room.
I thought I had gotten used to it after seeing it in pictures a few times, but seeing it in real life just gave me admiration. After passing through the main gate of Aplia Academy, I was filled with admiration.
Chloe pulled on the sleeve of her childhood friend standing next to her.
“Belnoa, Belnoa.”
“Uh, why?”
“Do I really live here?”
“If you didn’t live here, would I have come all the way here carrying this heavy baggage?”
Gulping, Chloe swallows dry saliva.
Does this mean that you can have your own room inside this building, which is so dazzling just from the outside? Chloe’s shoulders trembled.
“Is this… Aplia?”
Everything was beyond imagination. It’s a story that would make a Black Magic Tower owner cry when he hears it, but it’s on a different level from the drab educational facilities of the Black Magic Tower. It would be rude to even dare to compare.
It is perfect. So much.
Everything about Aplia perfectly meets Chloe’s expectations. As she sets foot in the Aplia of her dreams, Chloe makes a commitment.
“I will work really hard.”
“what.”
“anything. “I’ll just do my best.”
If you can learn in a place like this, what’s the problem? No matter how great an ordeal befalls you, you will endure it willingly.
“I feel like I can do anything.”
“······.”
“huh? Belnoa, what’s wrong?”
“No, well, just…”
Belnoir looked at Chloe with pitiful eyes.
“Don’t try too hard.”
“huh? What are you talking about?”
“You will find out soon.”
‘It won’t be long. Very soon.’
Belnoa walked into the dormitory. Chloe follows behind him at full speed.
“Hiya…”
Belnoir sighed as he listened to Chloe’s exclamation, which was now like background music. How long will it take for those shining eyes to become the eyes of dying undead?
From Belnoa’s perspective, it seemed like it would be soon.
And, all he could do for his childhood friend who was about to face a nightmare… was to cheer him up from time to time.
“…Try hard.”
“huh? Okay, I get it!”
3.
There is just over a week left until the start of the semester.
While Aplia was crowded with students returning to their dormitories, Rania was sitting on the sofa in the professor’s office, thinking about something she had been worrying about for a long time.
“How do I teach?”
This is truly a concern worthy of a professor.
However, it is a little different from the worries that ordinary professors have. Rania glanced at the report containing information about the ‘special student’ assigned to her.
“Next generation hero, Chloe.”
He is a special student. Rania muttered as she imagined a student who even had a special appearance.
“How long will the child last?”
An eerie word lingers around the professor’s office.
Rania isn’t the only one in the professor’s office. There is someone who reacted to that creepy word.
“···Rania?”
“yes? “What’s going on, Master?”
Roselle called Rania’s name.
He looks at Rania with suspicious eyes. There was a lot to say, but Rossell gave Rania one sentence that summarized it all.
“Aplia is a place of learning, not a training ground to test human limits.”
“oh···.”
Indeed, Rania nods.
Roselle suppressed a sigh and just wiped the corners of her eyes. Rania slowly got up from the sofa.
‘First of all, I need to catch up with the progress.’
I am a student who transferred in the second semester.
In order to have students take the same classes as students who had been taking classes since the first semester, it was necessary to supplement the missing portions. That part was the problem.
Classes last approximately 4 months.
How will you digest that class in a short period of time?
Actually, I already know that method. In battlefields where speed is key, there were often cases where knowledge was literally ‘injected’.
“Acquired.”
What you gain by experiencing it yourself.
Or, pounding knowledge into the body through repeated experiences.
‘But, as Master said… this is Aplia Academy.’
It is difficult to use radical methods.
It was necessary to purify it a bit before using it. And, purification has always been a difficult topic for Rania.
‘Why should I go back and leave the fast and efficient method alone?’
Putting those questions aside, Rania continues to worry. She tries to organize a short-term special lecture in her head, but it doesn’t quite come together.
‘To structure the class.’
First, you need to check the level.
“Tsk tsk.”
Rania stands up from the sofa.
Take out the cape from the hanger and wrap it around your shoulder. After getting ready to leave, Rania strides towards the outside of her professor’s office.
“Master, I will go out for a moment and come back.”
“Are you stopping by the cafe?”
“hmm···.”
Rania said while touching her mouth.
“yes. But, with one student.”
We buy coffee and talk.
As we talk, I plan to touch on the flow of mana a bit. Then, you will be able to naturally check your level.
‘It’s the perfect plan.’
It was truly the perfect plan. Rania smiled brightly and nodded her head. Seeing that smile, Rossel’s expression became shocked.
“Then I’ll come back.”
“···Okay, come back.”
