EP.96 I think I got it wrong (1)
The test lasted for three days and nights. The students camped in barracks erected along the outskirts of the forest. At dawn, when the morning sun rises, they venture into the forest again.
They don’t know what lies in the heart of the forest.
Just seeing Belnoir and Lark being carried out on a stretcher, having passed the test… I can only expect that it won’t be easy.
‘To catch the boss in the clearing in the forest.’
That is the condition for passing the test. The students grit their teeth and break through the illusion of the forest. On the first day, they were busy being chased by magical beasts, but on the next day, quite a few students entered deep into the forest.
It’s an incredibly difficult test.
However, if you try repeatedly, something usually works out. Students are constantly challenged. Wander through the forest, run around and find your way.
On the third day, when the sun rose in the sky.
Three students arrive at a clearing in the center of the forest. It was a really difficult time. Now, all you have to do is hunt the boss and everything is over.
‘I don’t know what the boss is…’
Still, it would be worth it if the three of us were together.
“oh.”
The thing that welcomes them with such anticipation is not an ugly demon. A completely unexpected person stands there.
“It’s finally here.”
Rania van Trias.
A professor called Aplia’s Nightmare.
She, wearing the skull cap askew, stands up and smiles brightly. Unlike her smile, which is bright as if a flower is blooming, the complexions of her students turn pale.
The reason why Belnoa’s finger was shattered.
The reason why there were blood stains on Lark’s nose.
Students find out why. There is no one who does not know the notoriety of Professor Rania who stands before them.
gulp.
But, what to do?
It is a combat magic department of their own choosing. There is no answer other than to endure through evil and stubbornness.
“Ugh, wow!”
The students charge forward, making noises that are unclear whether they are screams or shouts. To Aplia’s Nightmare. That’s how they experience it firsthand.
Rania van Trias.
Why is she called Aplia’s Nightmare?
The students fall in front of the vicious professor, who goes beyond mental pain and now inflicts physical pain as well. He falls to his knees in tears.
“Big…”
The sight is reminiscent of knights kneeling before disaster.
“Queup, keup······.”
“Ugh, eh…”
Screams come from everywhere.
The sun sets on the third day in the forest where screams echo. The three-day exam comes to an end.
“·····Uh, Professor Rania?”
“yes?”
“I have a lot to say to you, a lot.”
At the end of the three-day practice test.
“First of all, thank you for your hard work…”
Rania’s notoriety goes to a higher place. At least, among students of the Combat Magic Department, her name has a slightly different meaning.
Rania van Trias.
Aplia’s deep and fearful nightmare.
2.
The day after the practical exam was completed.
I was half-lying on the sofa in the professor’s office, flipping through the worksheets and reviewing them. Master, who normally would have said something, didn’t say anything right now.
‘Because I don’t have any classes to attend right now.’
Even when I go to work, there isn’t much to do. Every day, I make a lot of assignments for review and pre-study.
‘Even though vacation is over, it’s still difficult to hold classes.’
After the Skull Gourd attack, Aplia took a short vacation to disinfect and repair the building. It appears that disinfection during the vacation has been roughly completed, but…
‘You said you were creating a new protective barrier, I guess?’
It seemed like construction started with great determination.
In just one semester, there have already been two invasions by demonic beasts. Could it be that they use this opportunity to bring in external personnel to reorganize the barrier?
‘I also saw a few magic tower level wizards.’
The scale was bigger than I thought.
I saw Dark Tower Lord Yetual walking around the grounds a few times. As large as it was, the maintenance work on the barrier required a long time.
School has started, but classes are difficult.
That was the current situation at Aplia Academy.
‘I don’t know if it’s hands-on like the Combat Magic Department.’
Unlike the practice-oriented combat magic department, the situation is not good for theory-oriented classes that require the use of classrooms and laboratories. Due to the rearrangement of the barrier, the classroom is crowded with outsiders. This means that there are absolutely no conditions for classes.
And, it was the same for the ‘Basics of Mana Trading’ class I took.
‘Just hand out the assignments and disperse.’
These days, I’ve been repeating that kind of routine.
“Can I pay this much?”
I showed the reviewed assignment to my teacher. Master flipped the piece of paper around and then spoke.
“Shouldn’t you be doing self-study by this week? “It’s a one-week supply, so you can give me more.”
“······More from here?”
“Even though students have great academic zeal, they have become slack due to frequent vacations. “It is also the educator’s role to maintain the discipline of unruly students.”
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I tilted my head.
‘The last time I gave this much away, I think I screamed.’
I glanced at the pile of papers that Master had piled up. It seemed like it was all a task, but the amount was unusual.
‘Certainly, it might be a little less than Master’s.’
Then it’s right to pay more, right?
Well, if you think about it, the reason you complained about having so many assignments last time was because it was all during the exam period. Now that the exam period is over, I thought it would be okay to give a little more homework, as my teacher said.
Sarah.
I took out two or three more blank sheets of paper and started drawing a new circuit. As I did this over and over again, I felt like the work speed got faster.
“Rania.”
“yes?”
As I was working like that, the teacher suddenly called my name. When I turned my head, Master was looking at me with his chin resting.
“You seem to be in a very good mood today.”
“is that so?”
“You seemed to be in a good mood after attending the proctoring practice test. “Did anything good happen?”
is it?
“I think I feel good after relaxing for the first time in a long time. “It was fun to watch the kids running around.”
“······Relax your body? “With what?”
Master blinks. Eventually, his face darkens. The moment when the teacher was about to say something.
Ring, ring.
The alarm circuit carved into the desk made a sound. I turned my head to check the time and saw that the clock hands were pointing to 2 o’clock.
’14:00.’
A time when the sun shines warmly.
It was time to go to the cafe we had decided on for each day. I stood up, leaving Master’s voice behind.
“What do you mean by that…?”
“Master, I’ll stop by that cafe and come back.”
Master made a shocked expression, then nodded with a sigh.
“···Okay, come back.”
It was a voice mixed with a deep sigh.
Seeing the fatigue in Master’s voice, I thought he had a lot of work piled up.
‘Shall I buy you a cup of coffee when you come?’
With that thought in mind, I walked on.
Leave the professor’s office and walk down the hallway. Aplia, bathed in afternoon sunlight, is peaceful.
Not long ago, it seemed like Sarah was getting a glimpse of the magical scenery as she was wandering around Aplia… but now it’s all a thing of the past.
‘It’s been a while since you left, I guess?’
Sara, Kyle, and Remiani should all have returned to the battlefield by now. It is unlikely that we will meet again in the royal capital.
‘There shouldn’t be a hero in the royal capital in the first place.’
Shouldn’t we run one more wire during that time? As I walked with that in mind, I soon arrived at a cafe.
Jinglang.
When I opened the door to the cafe, the fragrant scent of coffee greeted me and the owner of the cafe, Allen, glanced at me.
“Hello, Allen.”
“Ban, nice to meet you. Professor Rania.”
The voice that welcomes me trembles strangely.
At that sight, I smiled bitterly and waved my hand.
‘It’s still like this.’
Allen has been like that ever since the day I poured coffee down Sarah’s neck. She wondered if that sight had been that shocking.
‘Sarah, if I hear what that bitch usually says, I’ll faint from shock.’
I looked at Allen who was wiping the coffee cup and continued jokingly.
“Boss, aren’t you taking my order?”
“······What would you like to order?”
In fact, there is no such thing as a spell.
I tapped the table and said.
“I’ll do what I always order.”
“Professor Rania is probably the only one who orders something like that at a cafe…”
“Hey, you understand everything.”
While grumbling, Allen started making coffee. As a first-class alchemist, Allen’s measurements are always accurate. The way she brews coffee without any error is like watching an alchemist refining a high-quality potion.
‘I heard Cardi can’t drive a dirty car.’
In my eyes, this young barista in front of me seemed more amazing than the ancient alchemist.
“Here it is.”
Allen handed me a coffee cup along with the morning bread I always ordered. The fragrant scent of coffee lingers at the tip of her nose. The flavor that comes from precise measuring cannot be compared to commercially available coffee.
‘This is why I can’t quit this place.’
With a faint smile on my face, I grabbed my coffee cup and headed to the window seat. Putting the coffee cup down on the table, I let out a short breath.
“Whoa…”
Tea time has become a daily routine, but today I didn’t stop by the cafe just to relax.
“so.”
I turn my head and look at the passenger already sitting next to me. When our eyes met, he flinched, shook his shoulders and lowered his head.
“What did you want to see me for, Lark?”
Lark Van Grace.
A student in the Combat Magic Department, and one of the students I’m keeping an eye on. At my call, Lark slowly turned his head.
“Um, that’s it…”
He hesitated and then opened his mouth.
“I’d like to get some counseling. Professor Rania.”
“Okay, whatever.”
I nodded.
“What do you want to ask?”
3.
There are only two people who passed the practice test early.
One of the two, Lark, has been thinking a lot these days. By nature, he doesn’t think deeply. He always acted before his thoughts.
Such Lark is feeling out of place these days.
Even when I was running around the playground or training while swinging an axe, I kept getting distracted. I had a hard time concentrating.
‘what is the reason.’
In fact, Lark also knew the reason well. This is because of the strange sensation I felt during the practice test. The sensation he felt at that time kept lingering in his mind.
Strengthening the body through heating.
It was a strengthening method that Lark had been able to use since he was around fifteen years old. However, in the three years since then, Lark has never once been able to hold his own in a heated situation.
‘Be faithful to your instincts. ‘My vision gets narrower.’
So, reason is paralyzed.
Just swing the ax and charge as your fighting sense guides you. Actually, it wasn’t something to be ashamed of.
‘Because it’s not just me.’
Even for the proud northern special forces who have lived as warriors for decades, it is difficult to hold on to reason in a heated state.
Lark, who was still young, was envied by the warriors just by being able to use heating.
So, until now, Lark didn’t feel anything strange. I thought it was natural for reason to be paralyzed. However, that naturalness was broken.
During the last practice test, Lark experienced something unexpected.
‘I caught reason within my instincts.’
It was a very strange feeling.
Your body is hot. I’m out of breath. However, in my head, it was as cold as a snow storm blowing. My vision was wide, and I felt a sense of unity that made my spine stand on end.
That strange feeling.
That strange sense of unity.
Lark wanted to feel that again. If he completely uses that sense, he will be able to win against Belle Noah.
‘But I couldn’t.’
It’s impossible alone.
I had no idea what to do.
‘The only thing worth knowing is…’
Probably, it was only the professor I was dealing with at the time.
“······That is all.”
After finishing his explanation, Lark glanced at the professor sitting next to him. She slowly put down her coffee cup. Blue eyes settled between thin eyelashes.
It looks like it’s thinking about something.
She was silent for a while, then slowly opened her mouth.
“Once you get the hang of it, it’s not that difficult to master it.”
She said, stroking her chin.
“Actually, actual combat is perfect for that.”
“Do you mean actual combat?”
“Uh, this is about someone I know… Was there a head near that person too?”
······Bad head?
“Maybe it’s because he’s so retarded, he only knows how to lunge. “After a fight, her body was completely destroyed and she had to spend an entire day in bed.”
“Uh, um.”
Somehow it doesn’t sound like what others say.
Lark sat quietly and listened to her.
“Even that guy got a basic sense of it after rolling around on the battlefield. “The survival instinct is stronger than you think.”
“then······.”
“But, I can’t send you to the battlefield right away. Even if I send it right away, I think it will be enough for just one person… but it’s dangerous.”
Is there no suitable place?
“In the old days, all you had to do was grab a piece of the outskirts, roll it around for three or four days, but wow…”
She licks her lips as if she feels something is missing.
At those words, Lark feels an eerie feeling that he doesn’t know why.
“Well, then I’ll do it again…”
“Oh, right.”
Just as Lark was about to rush out.
As if she remembered something, she clapped her hands. And then he took out a piece of paper from somewhere.
‘writing pad?’
It was paper that looked exactly like letter paper. I felt like I could feel the flow of mana as if it were a magic tool.
Sreuk.
She writes a letter loaded with mana. Lark glanced at the letter she was writing. Letters filled with mana melt onto the paper as if dancing.
Sararak.
As the letters disappear as soon as they are completed, it is difficult to see their contents accurately… but there are letters that pass by before your eyes.
‘Le, rue…’
There are letters that are used repeatedly.
I think it’s someone’s name. Lark narrowed his eyes and checked the name again.
‘······L?’
And, the name is complete.
Lark recited the completed word to himself.
‘Leruelle.’
That name looks familiar.
“······uh?”
Lark blinked.
There was a name written there that was not at all light to write lightly in a letter.
‘······Her Royal Highness Princess Lruel?’
Even though Lakra is dark about the world, he is also the son of a prestigious family. I have heard rumors about Princess Leruelle.
The royal family’s mad dog, Princess Lruelle.
Why is the name of such a person written on that letter? Lark raised his head and looked at Rania.
“Well, who are you writing to now…”
“Oh, I just know someone.”
“Someone you know…?”
“I found out a while ago, and he’s a rather high-ranking person.”
high person.
“I have some debt. “I think they will listen if you ask.”
“Is that so?”
Lark slowly lowered his head.
His intuition warns him. Tear up that letter right now and run away from this place.
“Um, um…”
Lark was restless, repeatedly clenching and unclenching his hands. His tension burned my throat. Lark held the cup of coffee he had ordered but had not even taken a sip of.
Bitter black water.
It was black water without a single drop of syrup, but it felt sweet today.
A word from the author (author review)
I didn’t want to end it in 5,000 characters, so I added a little more…!
