Chapter 262 – 262. Graduation Gown (3)
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As usual, Leticia, who came to Valencia Castle to receive instruction from Yushin, fell into a question.
After arriving at the warp gate,
She had decided to meet her at the training ground, so she was walking down the hallway leading to it.
‘If you pass the graduation exam, you will no longer have a teacher-student relationship… , Then, will I no longer be able to call Mr.
The high elf girl with a heart of unrequited love began to take an in-depth approach to her past and future relationships.
How will her relationship with him change?
Leticia, who had long harbored a complex mind she had never felt before, suffered from a difficult problem that she could never solve even with her own genius.
“Mr. Yushin?”
Leticia murmured so softly that her face instantly heated up like red dye smeared in water.
Calling me by my full name!
Wow, this is so sudden.
Wouldn’t it be nice to just call her ‘Mr. Gilead’ in a plain and frugal way? If she suddenly calls her Mr. Yoo-shin, isn’t she revealing her inner thoughts that she has been hiding until now?
Leticia was determined to call her Mr. Gilead, but on the other hand, she wanted to be called Mr. Yushin. This is because titles play an important role in determining the level of intimacy between two people.
“Brother?”
Aaaaa!!
Leticia, who inadvertently called her ‘Brother’ while recalling her appearance in the Restoration, let out a loud scream inside her.
What kind of grotesque and absurd title is this?
José, the only daughter of the Santander family who has no older brother or younger brother, what a brother! To the subject, who had never used the title of brother to anyone before!
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
She walked down her hallway for a moment, then Leticia stopped her steps to make sure that no one was around her and then slammed her head against the wall to calm her head, which was about to explode like an active volcano.
‘Ho, let’s think about the title problem later! There is still time until the graduation exam!’
Unable to decide what to call her after all, Leticia decided to leave the complicated matter to her future self.
“… What are you doing, muttering to yourself?”
“I must be crazy.”
Yushin and Alone, who were looking at Leticia through her window, murmured.
He continued talking to himself,
Doesn’t she suddenly shake her head violently,
She was even showing her masochistic side by suddenly banging her head against the wall.
Yushin and Alone showed a stunned reaction.
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Arriving at her training ground after many twists and turns, Leticia made up for her lack of skill in swordsmanship through intensive training.
Although she received an evaluation from Yushin that her graduation test was an unconditional pass,
As if she still had doubts about her own abilities, she worked harder than usual on her training.
Meanwhile,
Leticia was faced with a very unpleasant situation.
“Brother Yushin!”
Alone clung to Yushin while making a snorting sound. He crossed her arms with her arms and started rubbing her cheeks.
“Why, all of a sudden? Be disgusting.”
“If you pass the graduation exam, you will be graduating from the dreaded academy…. You can’t always call me Master, can you? So I decided to call Master my brother.”
Leticia felt two reasons for displeasure at Alone’s brazen appearance.
One is the unpleasant title of ‘brother’.
And another thing is that she had the same thoughts as that failing student who often gets extra class days every time.
“Oh, brother… ! Don’t pretend to be close to the teacher!”
“What is it, jealousy?”
“What is jealousy! You’re saying this because you act cheaply! Have some pride in being a high elf blood relative!”
At Alone’s question, which poked her in the middle, Leticia let out a loud voice as her face blushed.
Her jealousy of Alone,
Resentment toward oneself who is always hesitant and afraid of narrowing the relationship.
Leticia got angry as usual to try and deny her tangled, complicated mind like her skein. Even though she had already gotten used to Alone’s brazen reaction to her.
“Allo yes, to test her skills before the graduation exam, let’s sparring with wooden swords.”
“You lose to me every day. Is it defeat addiction?”
“I’m arrogant about saying I’m really good at just one thing… !!”
At Alone’s act of showing her arrogance and bursting out with a smirk, Leticia ignited her competitive spirit, recalling that in her swordsmanship sparring, she had never scored a victory against Alone. Burned
‘Because I want to be the best.’
Leticia, who was glaring at her Alone, slightly turned her gaze and looked at her Yushin.
I want to be the best for teachers.
I wanted to be praised while being acknowledged for my excellence.
At first, I couldn’t understand Alone, who smiled happily as Yushin stroked her hair.
But now I could understand.
I could understand that feeling more than anyone else.
Because I also
It was because I felt the same way as Alone.
“Dear teacher… , Because I want to be the best.”
As Leticia put on her determined expression, she said as if declaring war on Alone.
At that, Alone made a surprised expression for a moment at Letesia’s act of honestly revealing her feelings, then nodded her head earnestly.
“What kind of wind suddenly blew?”
“I’m trying to take that away from you, who has nothing better than others besides swordsmanship.”
Graduation exams are approaching.
It wasn’t long before I was able to graduate from the academy.
She made Leticia feel a strong sense of impatience. It was a feeling that stemmed from her fear that the teacher-teacher relationship she thought would last forever might end.
Then, before the relationship ends,
Leticia Santander wanted to show her excellence so that her name would remain deeply in the hearts of her teachers.
“They are both strangely motivated.”
Yushin murmured at the sight of Alone and Leticia aiming wooden swords at each other while glaring at each other.
More motivated than usual.
The desire to defeat the opponent was seething.
That’s a good response. Because the desire and desire for the opponent you consider your opponent is an important factor that strengthens your body and mind.
“Big!”
“Haa!!”
The sparring began with Alone and Leticia swinging wooden swords at each other.
Aww!!
Sharp sword strikes hit each other’s swords.
As the strong impact was applied in an instant, they almost missed the hilt, but Alone and Leticia swung the next blow while holding on tightly to the hilt.
“It hurts.”
Alone fixed his wooden sword and gripped it with a face filled with joy.
And he changed his stance.
After lowering the wooden sword he was holding with his right hand under his left arm, he slashed the sword as if shooting a bullet.
Faaaaang!!! A blow was fired with the sound of tearing the air.
At that, Leticia bit her lip and raised her sword. Both hands gripping her hilt felt pain and her sturdy wooden sword cracked, but somehow she held on.
‘How can such a strength in such a small body….’
Is this the realm of talent?
Other subjects are at a hopeless level,
As befits the daughter of a Valencian family renowned for its martial arts, she was superior to anyone else in swordsmanship.
It’s just that he couldn’t wield the Mana Blade due to a congenital physical defect, and none of the students at the academy had ever defeated Alone in terms of his swordsmanship skills.
Alone was close to the level of the candidates training their swordsmanship with the goal of becoming a warrior commander.
‘But I am stronger too. While learning from the teacher, he grew up to be one of the best. Let me show you that you’re not the only one who has grown up.’
Leticia gritted her teeth as she counterattacked.
When Leticia, who had been consistent in defense, suddenly switched the offensive, Alone immediately started defending.
“Ooh!”
Alone swallowed her saliva for a moment as the swordsman flew right over her head.
Perhaps it was because she teased Leticia, who was called the greatest genius, but her attack was very ferocious. She put pressure on Alone with her sophisticated and sharp swordsmanship that was close to perfect, leaving no gaps for her opponent.
“Suck!”
“Tsuaa!!”
Dalian took longer than expected.
It was because Leticia, who was full of her will today, did not give up until the end and tried to press her Alone.
In the end, Dalian ended in a draw.
A draw in which neither side won in Dalian. The draw was quite a surprise as Alone always had the chance to win in Dalian.
“Whoa…. Whoa… !!”
The red-haired high elf girl let out a rough breath, wiping away the raining sweat.
I didn’t even have the strength to raise my hands.
He was busy exhaling with his upper body bent.
And Alone was no different from Leticia. Alone, who had gone through crises in Dalian many times, brushed aside her cold words, feeling once again that Leticia was an opponent she could never underestimate.
“Let’s end here for today. Both of you look so tired you can’t stand still.”
“Hurray… !”
When the training ended earlier than usual, Alone cheered for joy.
I was sweating a lot, so I wanted to wash quickly.
Alone disappeared without looking back like a worker returning home from work.
“I, sir….”
Perhaps thinking that Alone’s departure was an opportunity first, Leticia, who had been keeping an eye on her after the sparring, took a step closer with a wary expression on her face.
“I never thought I would record a hundred times against Alone…. It was great too. Perhaps because he is the best genius in the academy, he learns very quickly.”
Yushin smiled broadly and was delighted.
At that smile, Leticia bit her mouth tightly.
It looked like she was about to laugh, so Leticia cleared her throat and desperately held it back.
“Hmm. Hmmmm…. Of course it is. If I had had a little more time, she would have turned Alone into a little bean worm.”
Leticia pretended to be decent, but insisted that she was better than Alone.
“Teacher.”
“Uh.”
“That… , If we pass the graduation exam this time, Alone and I will graduate from the academy.”
“Yeah, right?”
At Leticia’s words, Yushin naturally nodded her head.
Upon passing the graduation exam, prospective graduates
She will go from being an academy student to being a job seeker.
Most of the graduates will follow their parents into the political and business world and enter the upper class. It will be the same for Leticia, who will one day inherit the Santander family from her father.
On the other hand, Alone….
I don’t know if I can become a proper member of society because I’m a social misfit.
“Then, what will happen to me and the teacher?”
She asked in a serious voice.
Since this is a very important question,
Leticia bit her lip and waited for Yushin’s answer with her hands folded.
“Chi-wouldn’t we be friends….”
There isn’t much of an age difference.
A three year age gap with Alone.
He was four years older than Leticia.
Even by human standards, there was no significant age difference, so by the standards of elves, who live much longer than other races, of course, you wouldn’t feel the age difference.
“Well, then I mean…. When I graduate….”
The red-haired high elf girl licked her lips and blurted out his words.
Her cheek muscles twitched.
There were dimples in his smile.
As if these words were difficult for her to say, Leticia showed a hesitation while standing in front of Yushin.
Yushin waited without rushing.
How much time had passed like that? Leticia, barely calming her thumping chest as if struck by lightning, opened her mouth with her trembling voice.
“Me, me….”
Her lips quivered.
Even so, Leticia did not give up.
Before graduation exams begin.
Before time passed and the priest-sister relationship ended.
Because that’s what I really wanted to say.
“As a woman, you can see… , Do you have… ?”
She shyly confessed her heart.
She didn’t confess that she loved her, but
It was the best confession a shy girl from the Santander family could convey.
