novelraw Chapter 118 : Chapter 118
Chapter 118 : Chapter 118
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Leferil Lion Trakimano had navy blue hair that seemed to resemble the night sky.
However, unlike ordinary people's navy blue, his hair had a strange sheen like black onyx, and just looking at the hair color, one could feel the dignity of the Imperial Family as it was.
As befitting the Imperial bloodline, his face was handsome, no less than Pan, and his body was firmly balanced like an adult's despite his young age.
His face gave a sharp yet cool-headed feeling, which was different from Pan, who had a strong cute vibe.
Navy blue eyes resembling his hair color stared straight at me.
“Are you planning to keep me standing like this?”
“Excuse me. Please come in.”
I let Leferil into the room.
He sat in the seat of honor, the chair placed in the center of the room, as if it were natural.
Usually, academies all over the world eliminate status hierarchies from the moment of admission.
It meant that by maximizing the effectiveness of education, teachers should focus on teaching and students should focus on learning.
However, in the Imperial Academy, in The Empire, an Imperial Grandson possessed power enough to surpass even such unwritten rules.
Even now, his eyes were shining arrogantly.
“You, I heard you are being chased.”
Just like his gaze, his tone and personality were unstoppable.
“Being chased by two Duke families among the Three Dukes of The Empire is truly a rare occurrence. I wonder if there was another case in the history of The Empire.”
“It happened somehow.”
“Right. The life of an illegitimate child wouldn't have been your choice. However, what about fleeing after deciding to be commissioned? Isn't that not simply a matter of 'somehow'?”
That was also a 'somehow'.
Because I had never imagined my life would change by meeting clumsy robbers while moving for commission.
Wondering how he took my silence, Leferil smirked.
“Solving problems is sometimes very simple. Become the Grand Tutor of the Imperial Family.”
I didn't hesitate.
“I refuse.”
He was right.
Solving problems is sometimes very simple.
Nevertheless, the reason people can't solve problems properly is that there's a high possibility that the solution is a fake solution that solves nothing.
Because most methods that solve problems easily ruin the problem itself.
“I can't understand. You can teach the best student in the world. It's the school you graduated from, and since there is no professor more outstanding than you, everything can become yours.”
Leferil seemed genuinely unable to understand me.
“Your teacher is the one who taught even my grandfather. It means he's someone who will die soon. Even if a fellow like Jerome enters that empty spot, the Imperial Academy will just maintain the same appearance without any change.”
“What changes if I enter?”
“Is there anything that won't change?”
He looked at me with eyes blazing burdensomely.
“If you enter, everything from one to ten will change. That is precisely what I want. Success that my brothers and sisters can never reach.”
I felt like I knew why my teacher told me to teach this Imperial Grandson that The Empire is narrow.
This child had too much ambition.
Enough to reveal greed that shouldn't be unleashed to a stranger in a place like this.
‘He is dreaming a dream he cannot handle.’
If one dreams an excessive dream, it is bound to break.
That was a rule applicable not only to the Imperial bloodline but also to general noble families.
So I spoke more coldly.
“You won't be able to change anything.”
“You underestimate your ability too much! The you I saw has tremendous potential…….”
“I would be able to change things. But it means Your Highness cannot change anything.”
Leferil shut his mouth, unable to say anything more.
“I can change things. Not just me, but even if the students I teach or the professors who came with me come, they will be able to change things. Because we have such ability. But Your Highness.”
That is our power.
“Your Highness cannot change things. Because Your Highness hasn't changed the world even with what you have now.”
The most outstanding people in this world always gathered at the Imperial Academy.
Even Professor Hollians right now was a professor combining knowledge and wisdom no one in this world could follow.
However, even Professor Hollians returned lamenting that he couldn't change the world after coming here.
Yet, what can a person who has done nothing but attend this academy comfortably do or say?
‘I am angry right now.’
Professor Hollians' request was unnecessary.
Even without such words, I would have certainly gotten angry explaining to this student how trivial The Empire is.
“A Senior Knight of the Lionheart Knights recommended my disciple to join the knights, but was refused. Professor Jerome also couldn't bring Pan.”
The reason we refused The Empire's numerous offers is only one.
“Because The Empire has nothing to give us.”
What this small Imperial Grandson wants to give me, I could obtain all by myself.
“The world will change. No, it is changing.”
When the time comes for demons to appear and run rampant, this Imperial Grandson will lose his life.
Since both he and I have experienced death in the old future and become equal, what more is there to say.
I closed my eyes slowly.
Fatigue accumulated from the morning tormented my head.
I smiled, pushing away the dizzying sensation with effort.
“Please return.”
“……You will regret what happened today over and over again.”
Well. We'll find out later who will regret it.
Leferil left my room with strides that anyone could tell were angry.
I just saw him off while sitting on the sofa.
Tired.
Without even thinking of lying on the bed, I fell asleep as I was.
* * *
At the time when the teacher, Cassian, was receiving a scouting offer from The Empire.
Passionate courtship was also taking place among the students.
“Do you want to transfer to the Imperial Royal Academy? If it's you, you will sufficiently pass the transfer exam.”
This time too, the one receiving the offer was Pan.
Ailen looked at Pan with trembling eyes, clasping her hands together.
Now that she could use magic in a different way, it was certain she would escape being a candidate for expulsion in the next exam.
But even so, there was no way she could restore relationships with her friends.
However, if students like Pan or Bridget transferred here?
Then she might make friends here too.
Somehow her heart pounded.
Somehow her heart pounded.
That was the reason Ailen visited the building where Akarind Academy students stayed, not the Imperial Academy dormitory, late at night.
“I don't want to.”
Of course, that was strictly Ailen's wish only.
“Why?!”
“Why do I have to go?”
Ailen hesitated at Pan's question.
“That, that's because this is the Imperial Royal Academy, the world's best academy…….”
Instead of answering, Pan smirked and gave a wry smile.
Perhaps knowing herself that she was pathetic, Ailen's voice was crawling back in.
“You guys don't have Teacher Cassian.”
“Ah.”
“We even have Teacher Berlis? She's a 4th-circle magician.”
“A 4th-circle magician is working as a teacher at a school? Not at the Magic Tower?”
“There is also a 6th-circle graduate student.”
“? Isn't the 4th-circle and 6th-circle switched?”
“The prospective guild master of the Goldline Merchant Guild provides financial support as the school's advisor, a High Priestess called the prospective Saintess is enrolled as a student, and Senior Rozalin Vürhelm, who possesses genius swordsmanship skills, is the school's Guard Captain.”
“……No way. Isn't it all lies?”
“If you don't want to believe it, you don't have to. Actually, it's hard for us to believe too.”
“I, If that's really true, then that place must be the world's best academy!”
“Right. So there's no need for me to move. How about you just come instead?”
“Huh?”
Ailen blinked her eyes at the sudden counter-proposal.
“You have nothing to learn here anyway. Wouldn't it be better to learn from our side instead?”
“I heard you're on the verge of being kicked out anyway.”
“N, No I'm not!”
Ailen shouted sharply at Bridget's words.
“You, you also saw me swinging the sword.”
“Hey, I'm saying it because I saw it.”
Eleveth intervened unlike her.
“You, your sword is dull.”
She wasn't the style to step forward and open her mouth first.
She was originally introverted, but such tendency deepened after being under Abrahal and living a mercenary life.
Being able to speak up this much was solely thanks to Shasha's efforts.
Since she was a spy employed by Abrahal, she knew well about knowledge from all over the world.
She unraveled stories from various parts of the world that Bridget from The Empire or Eleveth, a commoner orphan, didn't know.
Thanks to that, Eleveth was slowly finding the dreams of that age again.
“Honestly, it was that level because Pan went easy on you.”
“We, went easy?”
“Try blocking.”
At Eleveth's words, Ailen unwittingly assumed a defensive stance.
She was only dull in wielding Jerome's swordsmanship; she was a student with skills to proudly enter the Imperial Academy.
Immediately taking out a wooden sword, blocking her vitals, rotating mana, and preparing to swing the sword…….
Tap.
“Ah.”
But before she could even do anything, Eleveth's finger touched near her heart.
It was a trajectory as if she predicted how she would move and was waiting there.
“Did you see?”
“……No.”
“Your sword is neither this nor that. Honestly, not even half the people in our academy couldn't beat you.”
Ailen looked around with shocked eyes.
Students all over the dormitory accepted her gaze without denying it.
“T, That can't be.”
“Teacher said so. That's not a drawback but just your element. However, without Teacher Cassian, those elements become drawbacks here.”
Right now, she might be able to deal with everyone with this swordsmanship.
But what if other students start training after seeing Cassian's swordsmanship textbook?
No, what if Instructor Jerome refines his swordsmanship after seeing the textbook right away and continues the class?
After 1 year or 2 years.
Will she be able to dominate like now even then?
Eventually, Ailen lowered her eyes and let out a deep breath.
“I don't know. Really…… Will I be able to adapt if I go to such a rural academy?”
“People live here too.”
“Do we look like animals like cows, horses, dogs, or pigs in your eyes?”
“N, No, I don't mean that. But…… I'm worried about what my father will say right away…….”
“It will be a similar situation even if you get kicked out from here anyway. In that case, it's much more beneficial to just run away and strike first. Forgiveness is always easier than permission.”
“Zelta. Stop saying strange things and go inside.”
Passing students threw advice at Ailen one after another, and each time, Ailen's contemplation deepened.
“They say they will do an exchange conference like today one more time instead of sparring tomorrow. Watch that and decide.”
Ailen nodded at Pan's words.
And the next morning.
The Imperial Grandson who was insulted yesterday brought two external figures to the exchange conference to show his power.
“I am Werner, a Chief Knight of the Lionheart Knights.”
One was a knight.
“I am Ban, a magician from the Magic Tower. Nice to meet you.”
One was a regressor.
And a minion of the demons.
His eyes looking at Akarind Academy students and Cassian shone wickedly.