Chapter 5 – Vizdra Academy (1)
“I have to go this way. I have a meeting with the professors. The president’s office is on the top floor of the main building over there. Can I go alone?”
“Huh. No yes professor.”
Since it’s inside the academy, it’d be better to be respectful to Melissa, who is a senior.
She laughs
I stretched out her arm, brushed the dirt off my shoulder, and tidied her collar.
“Ugh, I want to hug and kiss you.”
“You did a lot in the morning.”
“Because I want to do it again.”
“It’s dangerous here.”
“Know.”
These days, we are like newlyweds enjoying a perfect married life.
I never imagined it would end up like this with Melissa, my former party mate.
“Okay, nice.”
Took.
Melissa tapped her on the shoulder and took a step back.
“An assistant professor named Ann will guide the class. She told me to wait in front of the chancellor’s office.”
“Huh.”
“I’ll just go. See you in the evening, honey.”
She winked at her and waved her hand.
I also waved my hand slightly.
After Melissa left, I took a deep breath and exhaled.
“Let’s go.”
I grabbed my cane and strode towards the main building.
The eyes of the students gathered at me in such a way.
“Who is that lame man? They look different from us.”
“Ah, I remembered! Naru of the Rapone family! You know, a hero who was defeated by Vera, the old-fashioned East Wind, and was in a state of disrepair. It’s him!”
“I can tell from the black hair and white skin. I don’t even have double eyelids in my eyes.”
“He said he was coming as an assistant professor, so it turned out to be real.”
“But aren’t you from the Rapone family now? I heard she got divorced.”
“Really? When?”
As Melissa disappeared, I could clearly hear the students whispering.
When she was there, at least the students couldn’t approach me, but now they were talking here and there as if they didn’t care about me.
“I will lose to us only when my body is like that.”
“You look very young. How old are you?”
“You’re only four or five years older than us?”
“Exotically handsome.”
The students, who looked like a group of bullies, laughed at me and secretly imitated the lame action from behind, even following me.
Why do people have no respect for me even though I was famous in the past?
It’s because my active period is short.
It literally appeared like a comet and disappeared like a comet.
My official period of activity as a hero was only one and a half years.
For example, it is worse than a one-hit wonder singer who has been active for a long time with one incredibly popular song… I was the sparkling singer that briefly passed through people’s heads.
I know the song, but I don’t know who the singer is, so I have to think for a while.
Thanks to her brief performance, she was lucky to receive her marriage proposal from her aristocratic daughter and marry her…
Regardless, since I was young, the currents of ignoring my career were strong.
I thought she was a promising star, but in the end, there were many people who saw her as a bum-jae, saying that she was defeated without being able to burst her potential.
‘I wonder what people will say when the bet with Vera is over and my strength returns.’
When we reached the main building, a man suddenly called from the front door.
“Hey! Honey!”
“… ?”
Let’s turn around and gesture
“Come here!”
I saw a male teacher who looked like a teacher and a female student standing proudly with her arms crossed in front of him.
The female student was outstanding in her beauty, but when I looked closely, it was Alicia, the daughter of the duke’s family.
It was a familiar face, having seen it several times at the ballroom.
We never talked to each other and only watched from afar.
At the time, I remember that people around me praised me so much that they were cultured and had a good personality.
“Come quickly!”
He urged me to hurry up.
I can’t see him limping, but he will come.
As I approached her with her cane, I could feel Alicia’s gaze scan my entire body.
She pretended not to know and looked at the man.
“Why are you calling me?”
“I know you. Are you Naru?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“I knew it! He said he was coming as an assistant professor, but it was true! My name is Wigreb, assistant professor to Professor Padley, who is in charge of the 12th grade coexistence department. I take care of the girls in the EL group.”
Coexistence department?
EL Joe?
After researching the Vizdra Academy in advance, I was able to understand it to some extent.
Vizdra Academy runs from 1st to 14th grade.
Students are educated according to their talents and abilities from the 1st grade to the 11th grade.
Those who are good at using swords, those who are good at archery, those who are good at magic, those who are good at medicine, etc. By the time of the 11th grade, which is the final stage of vocational education, each of them has the ability to demonstrate their expertise in their field. From the first year, students learn their role in a party, harmony with team members, and receive education to develop group living skills and a sense of cooperation.
The twelfth grade was usually made up of adults over the age of 18 and had three houses.
The names of the three houses were Harmony, Coexistence, and Cooperation, respectively.
Among them, the professor in charge of the harmony department is Melissa.
She had three assistant professors under her, one of whom was me.
The EL group is a small class under the House and is a group made up of female students.
Elite Lady.
For reference, the boys’ class is EK (Elite Knight).
In other words, if a professor is in charge of an entire house, the men and women in that house are divided and managed by assistant professors.
Since the social atmosphere valued the purity and chastity of noble ladies, they strictly separated men and women from the 10th grade before reaching adulthood.
But there are also lectures that are taken together.
For example, when teaching party play.
“Anyway, nice to meet you, grab this.”
A man named Wigreve took the initiative to hold out his wooden sword.
“Since you were a warrior, you must handle the sword well, right?”
Why do you give me the sword?
“… Why is this?”
“My lady has a group test for swordsmanship next week. He said he had to show off Windsong style swordsmanship forest slashing in front of the professor in charge, but he wanted to see someone who did it neatly. Let me show you an example. Of course you know, right?”
“I know, but… “
Does this person have no eyes?
Even if you look at the condition of my legs, do you ask me to show you a demonstration?
To do or not to do.
I looked alternately at the cane and wooden sword held in each hand.
It seems like a bunch too.
Windsong-ryu Swordsmanship Forest Slash means to blow away the entire forest with one blade, and is used to defeat multiple enemies at once.
For example, when the party is surrounded by enemies, it can be used as a technique to clear the path by blowing sword energy in all directions.
“I can not? You say you’re a warrior?”
I got my attention.
I saw Alicia with her arms crossed.
“Try it. Take a look You are a warrior.”
I was more confident than anyone else, but my ability to use mana has disappeared, and my feet are like this, which is impossible.
More than anything, I questioned the mindset of these people who would ask for an unreasonable favor even after looking at my legs.
Weird.
I had heard before that Alicia, the daughter of the duke, was polite and had a great personality, but Alicia in front of her looked very arrogant.
“It’s difficult because of my legs.”
She held out her wooden sword.
She snorted.
“Give me over there. I hate to touch it.”
With her chin, she pointed to Wig Leve, who was standing next to her.
Is it dirty
I turned my arm and held out a wooden sword to Wigreb.
“Take it.”
“Oh why can’t you? Learn some You don’t know too much about a warrior.”
Taking the wooden sword back, he says it as if it was my fault.
I only have the sin of calling.
“Going.”
I thought I would be tired from dealing with him more, so I spoke briefly and turned my back.
As I was walking with my cane, I heard Alicia’s voice behind me.
“Put away that wooden sword. Unlucky, get negative.”
“Isn’t it a bit like being touched by a person whose life has gone to hell? I’ll drop it off quickly and come back.”
The Wiggles bent over in front of Alicia and waggled her tail.
Is it okay for an assistant professor to say shit in front of students?
He was like a bastard without honor and authority.
“What would such an idiot know?”
“I just called. Sorry.”
Wait for a sec.
If I leave like this, my image to that woman will be hardened as an incompetent fool.
Since she is the daughter of a duke, she must have a lot of personal connections in the school.
I had an ominous feeling that if I didn’t catch it right away, I would be ignored by many people at the academy throughout my life as an assistant professor.
I’m fine with being insulted these days, but I don’t want to hurt Melissa, who recommended me.
What if her rector scolds her for where did she get her incompetent bastard.
I hate to tell that kind of woman, but I can’t help it.
Turned back.
“Windsong style swordsmanship forest cutting. The key point is TWSRRS.”
“T W S R R S?”
It stands for “The Water in the Stream Recedes, Revealing the Stones.” Imagine the scene where the water in a stream recedes and the stones are exposed, and try to use the mana in your body. It scatters the pebbles of a dried-up stream into the air. Water is mana, stone is sword energy. Water is absorbed by pebbles and becomes power, and pebbles have floating and destructive power.”
“Water is mana, stone is black… “
Alicia blinked her eyes, deep in thought.
She gave me the answer, so pay attention.
I don’t know if you, who have no manners, will do it.
I turned around and entered the main building.
***
East of the continent.
Greenwish Mountains.
Vera’s Hall.
In an ornate, candlelit room, a woman stood looking at an hourglass on a table.
Just in time, all the green sand in the hourglass fell down to the last grain.
The woman clicked her tongue.
“Got it, you won. She put herself through the pain and shortened a ten-year bet to two years by enduring all her indignities.”
She was the old wind Vera.
“As promised, I will lift the curse of the Rapone family and return your power.”
Oh, it was fast