How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 163

ed rostaylor scramble (3)

Lortel Kecheln is quick to grasp the situation.

I was able to set a course of action simply by touring the scene, identifying myself to the soldiers, inserting some money to hear about the incident, and organizing my thoughts.

While Lortel is riding in a carriage, it seems that Crepin, who rebelled against the imperial power, summoned an evil spirit, and Ed, Jenika, and Lucy somehow prevented the conspiracy.

The fall of the Ross Taylor family is predestined. It seems that all the members and servants in the mansion are not feeling well, and those who have a seat in the imperial family will all be kicked out.

A war of nerves will follow to fill the vacancy. In order to put his own person in the seat, those in power would step out more, and it was obvious that the conflict between the princesses would intensify further.

The escalating conflict reeks of money.

If you ride the plate well and create a flow, bigger money will follow.

However, this case is more special. This is because Ed Rosteylor was involved in the case.

“Hmm…”

To put it bluntly, Lortel, who has a strong crush on Ed Rosteiler in a rational way… His comprehension judgment becomes clouded only when he is involved.

In addition, when Ed Rosteylor was put in a position to be used for political reasons, he prioritized work to get him out.

With a skillful way of handling things, he was able to earn Selaha’s trust and manage to get Ed out of the Elte Company… The problem is that Lortel wasn’t the only one thinking that way.

“Ed was seriously injured. It’s right to recuperate on the Pulan side and see what’s going on. There’s no better place to treat and recuperate during vacations. It’s also good for repelling chase.”

“Good water and good air don’t heal all wounds. The high-ranking priests and healing staff on the Seonghwangdo side are rather…”

Lortel pressed her throbbing head and spoke.

“I can do everything, from finding shelter in a place with good water and good air, to preparing competent medical staff. The problem is discussing the future situation.”

Lortel moved closer to Jennica and Clarisse, speaking in a low voice.

“Is it possible to continue to protect Ed’s safety while mediating the conflict between the political battles?”

At that, Clarisse and Jennica were speechless.

Lortel is good at handling things.

Having lived on the commercial front, he has a keen sense of measuring and coordinating the interests between people. It is an ability that Jenika and Clarisse do not have.

Elte Co. could take him away under the pretext of taking care of Ed, and buy him time to find another way out by siphoning him off and blurring the sluggish business.

As long as Ed’s new recruits were in the hands of Elte Firm, they were ready to come up with all sorts of pretexts not to hand over Ed’s new recruits to the imperial family.

“I’m going to take Ed to the old deck. Because that’s the safest.”

In the meantime, if he receives treatment and recovers his health even at the Sanghoi facility, it is up to Ed to judge and decide.

“But once the imperial family decides, there’s no means to respond.”

It was Clarisse who came out from there.

“I acknowledge Elte Firm’s intelligence and self-management skills, but in essence, all of that is nothing more than a cunning trick. If they use the force of power to suppress them and just blindly ask Ed to be handed over without any logic… Can you set up an angle of confrontation with the Empire?

“…It’s our Elte Company’s way of making sure that such a situation does not happen.”

“If you’re the size of Seonghwangdo, you can set up an angle of confrontation head-on.”

At those words, Yenika and Lortel were speechless.

Saint Clarisse is willing to risk a situation where things develop due to the conflict between the Holy Family and the royal family in order not to give Ed away.

There is no way that the entire Seonghwangdo will come forward just to save a man’s life. You’ll probably need another reason.

“Senior Ed has to undergo a s*x law trial in Seonghwangdo. He hurt me.”

That was the justification Saint Clarisse found.

Ed Rosteyler is a believer who was baptized into the Church of Telos during his coming-of-age ceremony. Since the believer directly hurt the saintess, he became a lamb to be judged according to the s*x law.

Seonghwangdo holds the right to a trial under the s*x law. Before handing the sinner over to a foreign country, he has the authority to rule the sinner with the Holy Law.

Of course, since the saintess was on Ed’s side, there was no way that much punishment would be imposed. In the first place, it is unclear whether the saintess was injured just because she tripped and fell, or whether it was really Ed’s mistake.

It just needs a justification for the s*x law trial. For now, just hold Ed in the name of that, and when things calm down, just hit him with an acquittal.

“The distance between Seonghwangdo and Chloel’s imperial family is really far. What would you do if the Seonghwangdo tried to protect Ed at the discretion of the Holy Lady, but couldn’t access various information necessary for the reorganization of the imperial family or how to live?”

“…yes?”

“Right now, personal safety is important, but how to break things down and turn the situation to your advantage is also important. So it’s right that senior Ed is protected by the Elte Company.”

Logic can’t beat Lortel.

It is unknown whether Ed will be protected at the level of prosperity, and even if so, if he gets mixed up in the war of nerves between the castle and the royal family, Ed will end up taking care of duck eggs. That’s not a very good situation either.

“It’s good to try to protect Ed, but do you really have to do it while having Ed recruited?”

Yenika doesn’t stand still either.

“If being used by people of high rank is a problem, then shouldn’t we go to a place where there are no people of high rank…?”

Although he was speaking in a vague way, Yenika’s words were clearly poking at a blind spot.

No matter where it was, the focus had to be on getting Ed out of the mire of the political battle.

“I’m confident that if I make up my mind and run away, I’ll never be caught. Unlike Lortel and the saintess, I’m not tied down anywhere.”

Yenika already looks very tired, but if she puts her mind to it, she’s ready to run away with Ed to the end of the map.

“While I’m on the run with Ed, it’s safest to fight or placate things to make things right.”

Whether things develop due to a quarrel between the religious authority and the imperial authority, or whether Princess Selaha is eaten by a mysterious way of life.

In the end, it’s all up to Clarice and Lortel to do… There’s no reason to have Ed with them.

However, there was no way the other two could understand that fact. If Ed does not secure his own safety immediately, the follow-up measures cannot proceed smoothly.

In the end, it is a structure in which a war of nerves inevitably arises over who will take Ed.

It’s a very beautiful and heartwarming reason to keep Ed Ross Taylor safe… but looking at the situation alone, it couldn’t be more bloody.

Yenica Failover, a spirit summoner who can even reach the realm of the highest spirits if you grit your teeth and overdo it.

Lortel Kecheln, a rich man who can buy an entire sailboat with just the money in his wallet if he wants to.

Saint Clarice, who is revered as the most sacred and noble being in the Church of Telos, the greatest church in the continent.

The gaze confrontation between the three made even the soldiers standing far away swallow dry saliva.

The content of the conversation is difficult to hear, but it seems that they are discussing a very important political issue.

If you listen to the truth, it’s just a war of nerves out of love, who will take Ed Rosteyler.

He is just looking for a justification for taking Ed with him for all sorts of plausible reasons.

If the justification doesn’t work until the very end, they’re the kind of people who will take them away even if they use a group. If you look at it from a distance, it’s a sight that puts weight on your shoulders.

However, it is a problem that Ed Rosteeler himself cannot easily see.

Do you go to Pulan, Seonghwangdo, or Oldeck?

Depending on Ed’s destination, what kind of stance he will take in the war of nerves with the imperial family will be sharply divided.

The one who runs away, the one who confronts, the one who uses. All of them are choices that have both advantages and disadvantages, and it can be said that it is an acceptable choice no matter who you choose.

However, Ed’s behavior does not end with the three girls.

If it boils down to the question of whether to follow Yenika, follow Clarisse, or follow Lortel… In the end, Ed becomes the type to choose one person.

If Ed regains consciousness even a little, and declares that I will follow someone… At that point, an atmosphere is formed where the other two feel a great sense of defeat.

As many have said, it’s just a story about Ed’s escape route.

It is the three girls who begin to give meanings arbitrarily. It is the result of trying to create a legitimacy to somehow get Ed to come to his side, and the atmosphere has reached the end of the overheating. It is self-employed.

“Soon the Imperial Army will arrive and walk around the half-destroyed buildings to assess the situation. The Imperial Army is very large and well-trained, so they’ll finish the job in no time.”

There will also be a mix of personnel to clean up the scene and collect the corpses. Of course, the personnel to take Ed will arrive as well.

If that happens anyway, Ed will naturally move over to Elte Company. Lortel designed the situation that way.

– Worse! Worse!

At that moment, I heard the sound of the soldiers guarding the garden shaking their ceremonial spears. It’s about the arrival of an honored guest.

It was a place filled with distinguished guests from the beginning. Taking that into account, it means that the soldiers who did not perform the ceremony individually were noble enough to dare to raise their spears.

The person who entered all the way past the entrance of the garden was Selah, the princess of frost.

“Here you are, Ed Rosteeler.”

He was accompanied by all kinds of nobles.

Enraged nobles were screaming that the Ross Taylor family should be dried up. Selaha stepped forward with their backs to them and looked at the girls.

She doesn’t even greet her eyes because her only interest is Ed Rosteeler, who is leaning against a tree.

The boy with his eyes closed leaning against little Lucy seemed to Princess Selaha the key to reorganizing all power structures.

Keeping him alive will surely serve as an opportunity to mobilize the remaining forces of Roth Taylor.

Jenika’s hand gripped the staff with strength. If he was going to do anything, he was ready to call Tarkan and run away with Ed.

However, it was not Yenika who stopped Princess Selaha.

– Whoa, bang!

A blade of wind rose from the sky and cut Selaha and Ed.

The wind blades that left traces on the floor scattered and disappeared into the air, leaving only the aftermath that disturbed the heads of those around them.

After a cloud of dust rises, I see a girl blocking Ed’s way.

The whole body was covered with dust, and the always elegant hair was scattered and loose. His clothes were also dirty, so he could hardly be considered a nobleman.

The girl—Tanya Rosteilor, stood between Selaha and Ed, looked up at Selaha.

“do not touch.”

Hwang Myeong denial.

Those were the words that were hard to come out of Tanya’s mouth, who always succumbed to authority.

Yenica, Lortel, and Clarisse were thinking of stealing Ed away by any means. Because there was a place that could be another destination.

Those who have alternatives tend to try to steer the situation in the most positive way possible.

However, Tanya is completely different.

Tanya is a girl who lives only in the Roth Taylor family, looking at the glory of the Roth Taylor family.

Much has been lost, used as was used, and nothing more remains in the clenched fist.

In front of the girl’s eyes are full of angry nobles. The damage caused by the plan spearheaded by Krepin. He demands the price from Tanya.

Living like a king in the name of Ross Taylor, now is the time to pay the price.

With such absurd logic, he raised his voice to Tanya who finally appeared on the scene.

Tanya opened her arms to block Ed’s side… and slowly opened her mouth to speak.

“To me… the last… close blood kin.”

Arwen was lost, the honor of the family was lost, and all belongings were burned.

There is nothing left for her who seems to resist the world with open arms.

It’s not much different from Ed sitting alone on a rock in the northern forest of Aken Island and starting to build a wooden shelter.

I imagine my brother who had no reason to live, but gritted his teeth and built a new home.

It was only then that Tanya understood how far-fetched the journey must have been, as she entered the beginning.

However, Tanya was slightly better than Ed’s situation.

The vast mansion and the prestige of the family that seemed to pierce the sky were scattered and disappeared like a sandcastle… But blood kinship with Tanya remains.

The boy with his eyes closed leaning against a zelkova tree is now Tanya’s last remaining asset.

That’s why Tanya didn’t run away or hide, but came out in front of the central garden.

“Tanya Rosteiler. And Ed Rosteiler.”

Selaha and the nobles all held their breath at the sight of Tanya. The elegant and noble appearance as usual is nowhere to be seen.

Only Selaha, who quietly called Tanya’s name, narrowed her eyes.

“They are siblings who have inherited Ross Taylor’s blood most strongly. You guys… should accompany you to the imperial family to hear the circumstances.”

Political battles are, in the end, just fights for justification.

The justification given by Selaha was to listen to the circumstances to properly understand the case. In fact, it was something like listening to circumstances. You didn’t have to go to the imperial family, you could do it on the spot.

Anyone who insisted on accompanying her to the imperial family seemed to have a different reason. Tanya felt the ominous feeling, and her shoulders trembled, but she did not let go of her spirit, which was blocked by her outstretched arms.

Selaha sighed and looked around.

Numerous people spread around Ed.

Lucy sleeping on his shoulder, Tanya blocking him.

And around her are Jenika, Lortel, and Saint Clarice.

It was as if all the distinguished guests were gathered in one place to decide on Ed’s treatment from now on.

Selahha intended to conclude everything before Ed came to his senses.

According to Lortel, the character of Ed Rosteiler is indeed a clever and capable man. He said that there was absolutely no benefit to him by keeping him alive.

Selaha agrees with that opinion to some extent, so I was going to do as he said…

“Haam.”

As if they had come to end the war of nerves that made them walk on thin ice… I heard a small yawn.

The one who rubbed her eyes and stood up as if asking why she was so noisy… Lucy Meiril.

Everyone here knows the power of the girl who shoved Ed’s shoulder, stood up, and staggered forward.

“what.”

In an easy-going tone, he looked at the people gathered around him and spoke as if spitting out.

“What’s the mood like?”

It feels like the atmosphere has changed completely starting with the girl’s spirit. Selaha felt a strange discomfort, but she still did not stop her actions.

“I order everyone to stay away from Ed Rosteyler…”

– Poof.

However, a cane swung diagonally down Selaha’s path and blocked it.

The sight of Yenika, who was standing nearby, pulling down her staff and blocking her movement, seemed to block Selaha.

Selaha narrowed her brows and surveyed the surrounding atmosphere. In the back, angry nobles were shouting their tantrums, but the scenery ahead was calm and quiet.

In the future… the road to Ed Rosteyler is unfolding.

Lying on his back against a zelkova tree in the central garden, he is unconscious.

However, not one or two stood in their way.

Jenika Failover holding a cane larger than her body, Lortel wearing a robe with an incomprehensible expression on her side, although she must be on Selaha’s side, and looking up at Selaha coldly while holding onto the dance of her skirt. Clarice who sees, Tanya who trembles but doesn’t get out of the way, and Lucy who rubs her eyes and stares at Selaha.

It’s just a road to walk through, but a strangely cold and creepy expression bloomed among the girls… Selaha swallowed dry saliva.

Each has a different approach, but the end goal is the same for all.

The moment she approaches Ed Rosteyler, the atmosphere seems to change completely, and the sensation of walking on thin ice makes Sellaha’s spine chill.

There is a Pandora’s box in the world that should not be opened.

You don’t know if it’s a treasure chest or Pandora’s box until you open it. However, intuition sometimes magically hints at its contents.

Ed Roth Taylor lying still, unconscious, leaning against a zelkova tree.

It is a calm expression without even the slightest movement, but the people standing around it all have cold expressions.

If you’re going to secure Ed Rosteyler’s recruits, now that he’s unconscious is your golden opportunity.

However, Selah involuntarily swallowed dry saliva.

I had heard that the group was acquainted with Ed Rosteiler, but I did not expect it to be like this.

It’s been almost ten years since I’ve felt the feeling of tension.