Chapter 149 – The Adaptation Period (3)
Although he was an emperor who strictly forbade discrimination to the nations he annexed, he was condoning discrimination against the people of Lowe, called the Empire, in the name of which he barely remained in the name of the Alliance. The direction the emperor showed was the same as the direction of the empire, and open discrimination was taking place against the people of the empire right next to it.
Discrimination is being made against people from the country right next to it, but what about the distant East Continent? There were even people who felt uncomfortable being in the same place. Although they didn’t openly curse or argue, there were few people who could stand firm in the midst of people’s gazes and whispers.
One of them was Nagisa Agano. He is not even from the Bourne Empire, but an East Continental who is married to a historian who is also from the Low Empire. Marey had no idea, but Ravela’s upbringing had instilled a lot of knowledge into Marey. It might be correct to say that it was a perfect exchange in which she injects a lot of semen into her mother’s womb in return for her return…
It was a very different story to not care about the gaze of others and to be indifferent to the gaze of others. As soon as Chaoru barely held his breath and opened the classroom door, he seemed to be able to understand exactly what he said when he saw Agano Nagisa staring blankly at the center of the classroom.
“Are you Mare de Parwen? You are late.”
Continental common language that flows out clearly. Even so, there was no difficulty in understanding the clear pronunciation. Pronunciation so weak that it cannot be heard unless you listen carefully. Agano Nagisa was looking at Marei.
“I’m sorry.”
“I don’t intend to teach classes as rigidly as other professors, but I hope you at least respect the time.”
Black hair with a hint of brown under the sun. Unlike her round face, she was a beauty with sharp eyes like a sharp sword. Her piercing eyes reminded me of birds of prey flying through the sky.
It wasn’t until she first met Ravela that she came to mind. She hadn’t given it much thought to the idea of her being a beautiful adoptive mother, but when she thought about it now, those eyes that first glanced at her seemed to resemble the King of the Mountain. She was a completely different person, but her keen eyes rather made Marei feel closer.
“I will be careful.”
“Yes, I like the answer.”
Nagisa didn’t even nod. He was just looking at Marey. Her meticulous gaze, as if she was trying to analyze something, rather than the affectionate gaze that Ravel or Illien were looking at, gave the illusion that every layer of her flesh was being peeled off.
“Oh, excuse me. It’s the first time I’ve ever taught someone at this school… I think I’m too ambitious. Kendo class… Oh, I’ll correct that. It’s also a basic swordsmanship class, so I’ll ask you a few questions. Have you ever learned a sword?”
“I never learned.”
The person’s gaze was only moving, but I felt like I was touching it myself. It was something I had often seen exercising physical force with mana, but it was the first time that I could feel physical contact just by looking at it, and it was unfamiliar.
“Have you ever wielded or used a sword?”
“That… I tried it when I was playing war games with my friends…”
“I mean, this is the first time. Do you have anything like swordsmanship in your family?”
“…Eh… I don’t know. I guess there might be… I never learned…”
I had never seen Ravela use a sword. Given that there are so-called famous swords hanging in the closet, and Ravella’s characteristics of not buying anything other than practical things unless it’s related to Marei, she might have it, but she hadn’t learned it.
“Unlike the swordsmanship of the empire, there are many differences in what I teach. Should I say it’s a fundamental difference… I can’t say which is better and which is better, but there is a difference from the start.”
“May I ask what the difference is… ?”
“Kendo is a tool. The East Continent was used only as a tool to kill people, and the West Continent was developed as a tool to kill monsters and people, so there is quite a difference. If you learn one or two, you’ll understand. I hope to tell you this story later.”
He was respectful, but he clearly drew a line. It sounded like some kind of order not to ask anymore. But it was a strange tone, not angry or repulsive.
“If you have a family sword, all I can tell you is your mindset and basic attitude as a swordsman. Of course, this is correct because it is a basic swordsmanship class, but…”
Nagisa dragged the end of his words. Through her hair tied back in her ponytail, her eyes kept going to the white nape of her neck, and Marei struggled to keep her gaze tied around her nose and mouth.
A lot of things have changed with gunpowder weapons, but what hasn’t changed is the existence of superhumans. Gunpowder weapons were rolling within the limited laws, but superhuman powers were outside. Marey was just learning from Illien, so he didn’t know what was right.
“There are slight differences between how to hold a sword, how to walk, and how to breathe, but it would be better to think of it as learning the basics. Hold your sword like this.”
Lecture room. It might not be correct to call the place a lecture hall with a large empty lot filled with scarecrows and batting units, but Marei held the wooden sword Nagasa had brought him.
“The key is not to shake the sword…”
Intermittently, words that Marei couldn’t understand came and went, but through her intermittent rechecking, Nagisa conveyed everything she wanted to say, even if it meant what she wanted to say. Was
Then, when she felt a presence through the door, someone cautiously opened the door and poked her head out. Her white hair swayed slightly, and her yellow eyes twinkled.
“Professor Nagisa, can I borrow some of your students?”
“It’s break time, but you can do whatever you want. Please return it only on time. Lee Ha-woon.”
Lee Ha-woon burst out laughing at her and slammed the door open. Wearing a tight-fitting tracksuit, she quickly walked over to Marey, put her on her shoulder, and pulled her toward him.
“Can we talk outside for a minute? I’ll buy you something delicious, so give me some time.”
“Yes? Ah yes…”
Seeing Lee Ha-woon’s sudden appearance, Marei could only nod her head before questioning her. Naturally, she was led by Lee Ha-woon’s hand and was taken out of her classroom and seated in a cafe near the lecture hall.
“What would you like to drink?”
“Anything.”
“It’s the word I hate the most. Give me the two most expensive ones. Are you embarrassed to be called out so suddenly?”
Lee Ha-woon was twisting the hair on the side of her. She felt a bit nervous, as if she wasn’t comfortable in this position.
“What are you doing?”
“…It’s a little strange that I’m talking about this. No, I know it’s really weird. However, please understand that it is a personal situation. I’m really ashamed to say this to a child right now, so I feel like I’m going to die?”
Lee Ha-woon let out a long sigh. She couldn’t help but feel closer to her, more like her older sister than a professor or teacher.
“Because it’s okay… Tell me please.”
“Then… Say? Cadet… Can I ask what you and Merende talked about?”
“Melan?”
Lee Ha-woon nodded her head. She showed slightly flushed cheeks and tightly pursed lips. The image of her, who had been chattering and talking gibberish just before, was looking at Marey with an expressionless expression that looked like she was angry like a lie.
Marey, too, was pulled up and down her and looked at the golden eyes that contained pupils that seemed to have been ripped apart. She couldn’t read her expression. She couldn’t detect anything in her unblinking eyes. I couldn’t even figure out why the story about Merande had come out of Lee Ha-woon’s mouth.
I couldn’t even understand why Lee Ha-woon said such a thing. Still, the conclusion was the same.
“I don’t want to talk.”
“…Marey.”
Ha-woon’s eyes narrowed. She seemed to choke her breath even though she only slightly frowned at her. No, she was feeling that it was hard to breathe.
Goosebumps all over her body. At the same time, I see an illusion that her whole body is being torn to pieces. Marei involuntarily pulled her body back, and the chair she was sitting on dragged behind her for a long time, and she let out a loud cry of agony.
Lee Ha-woon was strangling her Marey. No no. It was an illusion. Lee Ha-un-yeon was still sitting there. She was just looking at Marey. Even so, it seemed that her throat was strangling. Her limbs were immobilized as if bound.
The necklace around Marey’s neck was trembling and heating up.
Hostility, murderous intent, and all sorts of unclean emotions were pouring out of Marey. No, that’s how she felt. Goosebumps all over her body. The weather was approaching summer, but the coldness was even stronger than in the middle of winter, stinging Marey.
And like a lie, everything disappeared in an instant.
“…You can’t even control your emotions, Lee Ha-woon. Ha, damn it… Mare de Parwen. This was me wrong Sorry.”
Lee Ha-woon let out a long sigh. He ruffled her hair and spat out a small curse. It was briefly followed by merciless curses she spat not at Marey, but at herself.
“…But it’s an important story. A story that is so important that I can be sincere as I no longer fight with anyone.”
“I don’t know.”
Lee Ha-woon said Marey was cute, no. She let out a small laugh as if it were not the same. She then wiped her own face once. Her expression didn’t change, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that something was oppressing her.
“Do you know that not knowing is knowing a little bit?”
Marey stared into Lee Ha-woon’s yellow eyes. Unable to read expressions, she saw the pupils of her figure, but could not tell anything from her unblinking pupils. Marai didn’t know why the story of Merende had suddenly appeared, or why Lee Ha-woon had suddenly visited her. However, she didn’t want to talk.
“It’s my job with Merende. It’s a story between the two of us, but I don’t know why Professor Lee Ha-woon is like this.”
“No wonder you think that way, and it looks like I’m rambling… I’m rambling. Yeah i’ll admit that Just, can you understand that I am a mother who is curious about her daughter’s story?”
Lee Ha-woon was well aware that his words were strange. In the middle of her speech, she couldn’t even look at Marey, and she continued to talk while avoiding her gaze. However, more than anything, it felt sincere.
When her lips were bitten and the words she barely let out came together into a long sentence, she didn’t know how Marey would react. Still, she couldn’t help but interrupt her at the sudden question.
“It was Merande’s mother… ?”
“No no. It’s not even a harp, the race itself is different!! Just… Just… Shouldn’t you think of her as such a person and tell her?”
Lee Ha-woon was sincere. She sincerely thought so. He was thinking that way regardless of whether anyone else understood. Even if you can’t read her expression, even if you don’t know what emotions are flowing in her eyes. She was strangely like that, Marais could be sure.
“…I understand that Professor Lee Ha-woon cares and takes care of Melan. Still… If you come to me like this and suddenly ask me what happened, she doesn’t know what to say. If you still have something to say… “
“If there is?”
Lee Ha-woon asked.
“Melan seemed afraid of something. There is nothing good about her being friendly with herself. She just forgot Because she only says unknown things and she disappears. I think she should talk about what she is.”
“… Also. That’s right. In fact, she said that he… “
Lee Ha-woon let out a long sigh. She was trying to come up with an excuse, as if she herself had become Merende. She was crossing her line because somehow she wanted to defend Mrende. If she stayed still, she would surely know the story of Merende, but Marey didn’t want that.
“Stop.”
“Ah…”
Lee Ha-woon looked as if he had just woken up from a dream. And she laughed hysterically. It was as if she didn’t know what face to make or what answer she gave, so she just reflexively smiled.
“Professor, I want to hear about Melan from Melan. She thinks it’s right for her to wait until Melan tells the story. I’m curious, but if Professor Lee Ha-woon listens, that would be very disrespectful to Melan.”
Lee Ha-woon bit her mouth tightly. Her yellow eyes widened. And she was looking at Marey with her meek face, which had turned round, so round that she couldn’t find out what she was before. She laughed out loud and jumped up from her seat.
“That’s right… Yes, that’s right yes. You are better than me yes, yes… Be sure to come to the next class. No matter what I do, I will definitely bring that bastard out of Merande.”
“Yes.”
Lee Ha-woon gave a nice smile. Then she poured her glass in front of her into her mouthful.
“Oh, can I ask one more question?”
“Yes, as much as you like.”
“So. May I ask what you think about Merande who said that?”
“Marei de Parwen doesn’t make her friends for future gain. She’s just by her side because she wants to be her friend with Mrande.”
The words Philia had said were still weighed down by Marey. She couldn’t tell Merende the story she had to tell right away, because at that time she couldn’t do anything about it and only had a bitter look on her face.
