Chapter 66 – Chapter 01: Elf Heavenly Horse
‘The problem was that the demon was already detected on the protagonist’s radar network.’
Thanks to this, Stral, who would have been at least halfway there if he had stayed quiet, contacted the demon group without knowing that the protagonist and his party were in a state of control, and was expelled on the pretext of colluding with the demon king’s army.
‘The important thing is that from the Demon Lord’s and Crescent’s perspective, it is better to pass the entrance exam quietly.’
It’s difficult to plant a spy even if you just quietly move on, but if you cause a fuss and strengthen the academy’s security, it will be difficult for even students to plant a spy.
‘In other words, in summary, the reason is that it is difficult for the protagonist to interfere in the game, but the reason in reality is that it is a day that demons and fanatics quietly pass by to plant spies.’
Therefore, Eugene was convinced that there was no problem even though the test takers who had applied for admission to the combat department like him were entering the testing center one by one and taking the test.
Like some novels or comics, there is a reason why the enemy does not attack from the entrance exam.
No, in the first place, the stories about that branch of people attacking no matter what they did were strange.
‘The problem is that this Orbital World is also a story of that type.’
However, at least the original protagonist, who is the central character in the story, went on vacation for winter break, so the enemy attacking him was something that would happen after the protagonist returned.
So, there should have been no problem at all in ignoring Nefty, one of the sub-heroines who gets caught up in all kinds of incidents and accidents depending on the route, and arriving at the exam site within the academy premises through a different route.
“Yeah, it wasn’t supposed to be there…”
“I think there’s a problem?”
No matter how I thought about it, I would have just had to take the entrance exam today and then go back.
Even though there was absolutely no reason for a problem to arise, a problem arose as Yeonhwa said, who was using the magic trick of Yungmabobeop so that no one could detect it by Yujin’s side.
Noisy, noisy…
“Did you hear? “It seems that Nefty got into a fight with the Marquis’s daughter?”
“To? Marquis’s daughter? With who?”
“There is Lady Wilhelm. “I was planning to enroll this year.”
“Eh? If you’re Lady Wilhelm, you’re the eldest daughter, right? There was a fight not with the second daughter or Yeongsik, but with the official heir of the marquess? Even if it’s Nefty, isn’t it dangerous?”
“I guess so. No matter how internationally famous Nefty is, she’s still a commoner, right? If the Marquis’s daughter decides to step on it, wouldn’t it be sooner or later?”
“That… , I quite liked that girl’s song, even if we were the same girl…”
Eugene had a peaceful mind until she entered the academy grounds and entered a fairly large building that was the testing center.
Her complicated feelings from yesterday’s conversation with Yeonhwa had calmed down to some extent thanks to the fact that she and Yeonhwa shared tiki taka as usual and enjoyed something similar to a date.
Of course, it wasn’t a conclusion, but at least I was able to stabilize myself enough to focus on the entrance exam at hand.
… However, something happened that broke his peace, so it could be said that the conversation between the test takers who were preparing for the combat department exam with Eugene was the content.
“Didn’t you tell me? When it comes to saving the world, it’s important to know that the girl is an idol. But if you listen to the conversation between those girls, it seems like they’re in a pretty dangerous situation?”
“Danger… , I do do it. As those kids say, no matter how much Nefty has built up a reputation that even nobles can’t afford, it’s a different story if he’s a marquis of an empire.”
When talking about the representative nobles of the empire, people talk about the 3rd Duke and the 5th Marquess.
In other words, it refers to 3 dukes and 5 marquis. This also symbolizes that the dukes and marquises are in a very high position because they are fewer in number compared to the 30 people in the earldom.
First of all, if you count titles that are not succession titles, there are relatives of the imperial family who hold the title of duke as a single succession title, and there are no people who also have the title of marquess.
However, his prestige was so great that there were only eight succession titles of dukedom and marquess since the founding of the empire.
“Among them, the Marquis Wilhelm is a family that contributed to the founding of the country.”
Likewise, when considering the Zenon family, which is a family that contributed to the founding of the country and is the only one of the three dukes to hold the title of archduke, one can understand the status of the Marquis Wilhelm.
If Grand Duke Zeno was the actual leader among the dukes, Marquis Wilhelm could be said to be the leader among the marquis.
But he was taken by a young lady who is the successor of such a marquess? To be clear, it is certain that the average commoner will disappear without even a rat or a bird knowing.
Even if Nefty is a top-tier idol, the situation is bound to become difficult in various ways.
“If things continue like this, we will have to start with harassment within the academy and, in the worst case scenario, even think about sending assassins.”
In other words, Nefty, who had been attracting attention from the Demon Lord and Crescent due to the power she possessed, is now starting to be targeted by the daughter of the marquis.
“Hmm… “Are you planning on interfering?”
And when Yeonhwa asked, showing a little discomfort at the sight of Yujin looking troubled because she knew the outcome, Yujin quietly sighed and answered.
“I don’t know. “To begin with, I haven’t even been able to come to a conclusion about my goal right now.”
“Tsk, you’re not saying you won’t interfere even if I die?”
When Yeonhwa clicked her tongue as if she didn’t like Eugene’s answer, he smiled bitterly and said,
“Well, before you call it a salvation or anything, I know that if you leave it like this, you could really fall into the deep end, but that’s the same thing if you leave it unattended, right?”
“Specifically? “I don’t think there’s any need for you to worry about it, because if you’re not good enough and can’t solve it and you fall, that’s it.”
As expected, Eugene shook his head as if he had given up on persuasion at such a self-centered remark.
… Rather, it was to sort out my complicated mind from the news about Nefty that I received during the entrance exam, which I thought would end peacefully.
‘Weird… , I knew that in a situation where the idol route was possible, Nefty would end up squaring off with the Marquis’s daughter in this way.’
It was natural since the main villain of the first semester of the second year of the idol route was the daughter of the Marquis Wilhelm.
However, this was a story that only corresponded to ‘a situation where entry into the idol route is possible’. To put it another way…
‘Isn’t this a situation that would not occur in a situation where the princess route is fixed?’
The creator may have thought that it was a bit too much to make the sub-heroine suffer when the main character was not in a situation to care about the sub-heroine, but in situations where the route was confirmed based on various settings, events from other routes often did not occur.
That’s why, among the heroine’s events, there are many events where the heroines go to hell without the protagonist’s intervention.
Isn’t it strange that in a situation where the main character is targeting one heroine, he intervenes to prevent the other heroines from going into the abyss?
Therefore, in the original work, when one heroine was targeted as a game permit, the main event of the other heroine’s route did not occur.
For example, if you are playing the princess route, the main event of the Yongin route does not occur, so the main villain of that route does not appear.
‘Of course, I added some reasons here as well.’
Based on the butterfly effect, as the main character chooses the route of choosing one heroine, the fate of the other heroines also changes, and so on.
In fact, in line with this, the organic foreshadowing and connection points of each heroine’s route were shown.
‘In Lady Wilhelm’s case, she didn’t come to take the entrance exam once the route was confirmed, I guess?’
Lady Wilhelm, who was a fierce believer in the chosen people, strongly disliked the main character, who was a commoner, even if he had been chosen as a saint. Like I hate Nefty right now.
Therefore, if the main character is not connected to anyone, they come to the academy to take the entrance exam to antagonize the main character.
On the other hand, if the protagonist is connected to one of the main heroines, the connected heroine’s status is a social status, so he eventually gives up and does not take the entrance exam… I remembered it as the setting.
‘But the main character is probably taking the princess route right now?’
In such a situation, Lady Wilhelm came to take her entrance exam, and as a result, she encountered Nefty, whom she originally disliked, and came into conflict with her?
‘How?’
It was an unconvincing story for Eugene, the deceased character in the original work.
As long as the princess route was fixed, no matter how much she was a marquis, she wouldn’t have tried to enter the academy to antagonize the protagonist who was favored by the princess, right?
‘The only possibility I can think of is…’
Eugene was mistaken in thinking it was the princess route, but in reality it was a harem route centered around the princess.
As mentioned, in the harem route, all the main villains of the heroines included in the harem appear.
In other words, all main events take place, and this is the same for sub-heroines.
Therefore, even though she was not yet included as a harem member, Nefty was in a situation where she could be attacked, so her main event naturally progressed.
‘It’s one of the reasons why the harem route is so difficult.’
In any other route, if you were targeting a different heroine in the first place, the main story of the idol route would not progress.
However, in the harem route, even if Nefty is not included as a member of her harem, her event will proceed, and if the main character (player) neglects her until the end without adding her as a member of her harem…
‘The worst of the worst can happen.’
To prevent this situation, it was necessary to proceed with Nefty’s main story even if she was not included as a harem member.
In other words, when you enter the harem route, the route is confirmed and the flag itself is broken, so the events of other routes, including the idol route, will proceed without being broken.
Therefore, even if it is the main story of those who are not included as harem members, the harem route requires the need to deal with it as efficiently as possible.
In other words, if you ride it regardless of the members you bring into the harem, it is a route whose difficulty will inevitably increase dramatically. It’s to the point where it’s dizzying to attack it with just a few options.
“… “No?”
And because Eugene knows that fact, an absurd guess creeps into his head, ‘The main character took the harem route!’ And he mutters without realizing it.
“What do you mean it’s not? “If it’s an entrance exam, it’s your turn, right?”
At that time, Yeonhwa, who was waiting for her turn in silence so that only Eugene could see, tilted her head at his muttering.
“… No, it’s just that a possibility came to mind that I didn’t want to even think about.”
After Yujin returned her words to Yeonhwa in a tone that said it was nothing, she checked the test takers in front of her, of which there were only about 5 people left, and continued talking.
“By the way, there really isn’t much left.”
“That’s because we are interviewing 50 people at a time. “No matter how many thousands of people there are, if we wait this long, the number will go down somehow.”
Compared to the other four departments, the Combat Department was the department with the fewest members, excluding the recently established entertainment department.
And conversely, it was also the most popular department. Since this is a department that is enrolled by those who will literally shoulder the military power of the empire, it is bound to be popular with those who dream of becoming the next generation of ozone.
However, even the conditions for participating in the entrance exam were strict, so the number of test takers, which would have originally been in the tens of thousands, could be said to be in the thousands.
‘The minimum level to take the entrance exam was beginner level.’
A state where the sixth sense for detecting essence is clearly differentiated from that of a criminal.
In the case of martial artists, the story was a little different, but there were conditions such as having to have physical abilities that would at least differentiate them from criminals.
