Chapter 129 – Chapter 10 – The Flowing Times
“Yeah, how is the academy life? Does it suit your taste?”
“It’s worth living because there aren’t any nobles who go crazy trying to catch the pods somehow.”
“Ahahaha!”
“Of course, except for people like the president. Ah, I guess Darnell is excluded as well.”
“You are the only commoner in this land occupied by humans who calls Marquis Kienmeyer that way.”
President Ruscal trembled and replied.
Nobles as well as commoners know how great the Marquis of Kienmeyer is.
Unlike other idiot-like nobles, they are one of the few truly noble families who went to the battlefield and fought and won victories.
For this reason, even commoners did not carelessly curse at the family of the Marquis of Kienmeyer.
Rather, the commoners in the area would directly scold anyone who scorned the marquis.
In such a yard, who could just call the name of the Marquis of Kienmeyer?
Perhaps Klaus, whom he recognized as his close friend, was the only one.
“It’s already time for the midterm exam.”
“Okay.”
“It’s a time when even cadets who don’t have any attachments to their grades become sensitive.”
“Of course it is. As a fairy, it would be disgraceful to be defeated by demons, and as a nobleman, if you were robbed by other guys, your parents would be scolded right away.”
“There are many cases in which passionate young people are usually raised by such polar parents. Some are not, but most are. So it seems that most of the professors are just trying to divide the standards into pass and fail and proceed with the test.”
After saying that, President Ruscal looked at Klaus blankly.
Klaus, who knows the reason, just sips coffee without giving any other answer.
“… Is it really necessary?”
In the end, the president who couldn’t stand it opened his mouth secretly.
He sighed as he pointed to the document that Klaus had given him about the method of exam and announcement of the results of the lecture on combat magic.
“You need to rank them one by one and list them all from top to bottom.”
“You don’t have to.”
“Then…”
“However, I understand that originally, the part about the test grades for that lecture is determined by the professor’s discretion, President. Isn’t it?”
“Right.”
“Then, I’ll just rank them in order of grades, from first to last.”
In reply to Klaus, President Ruscal once again sighed.
I know that I can’t be persuaded anymore because I’m one of the few people who know him well.
Any further persuasion here would be like telling a nobleman his love for a commoner.
The president sighs and sips tea as if he will not say anything more about that part.
“As the exam time approaches, it seems the nobles are starting to cling to it. Oh, aren’t they the only ones? Be careful not to send people from the fairies, beastmen, or at least the demons to help them so they don’t get embarrassed. Are you trying to put pressure on me like this?”
“Kuhm.”
“When I see it at this time, I think there is nothing different about the Continental Academy.”
From the outside, it can be said that it is a really great place.
A place of learning where well-known children from all over the continent gather in one place to receive instruction and get to know each other.
Up to this point, it can be seen as the romantic academy itself.
The reality is that this is not the case at all.
That there are invisible checks between races and even between races of the same race.
It was like watching a trailer for the political battle of young people preparing for the future.
“Don’t worry about that part. Because I have definitely answered.”
“What do you mean?”
“All the children who enter here will be here as cadets of the academy from that moment on. I swore that to myself, so unless you want to tarnish my son’s oath, don’t do such a thing.”
“You were quite harsh. I can just imagine their expressions.”
“What can I do? They are the ones who put me in the position of president.”
President Ruscal burst into laughter as he said that.
Although he is from a human aristocratic family, he does not have the closed thoughts of aristocrats.
A man who is different from the aristocrats who have a black heart, so Klaus also praises him well.
Saying that to those who secretly visited the academy right away was something that could be said to be impossible without considerable courage and determination.
‘But do other professors really have the same thoughts as the president? That must be the problem.’
If the president cannot be persuaded, he just has to persuade the professors himself.
It is an academy that does not have contact with the outside world as much as possible, but it is not completely blocked or disconnected.
You can persuade professors by sending letters inside enough or through other means.
If that’s not the case, they’re subtly pressuring, or openly threatening.
“Professor Klaus.”
“Yes, President.”
“First of all, I want you to know that this is a simple question. I mean nothing else.”
“I’m a little worried that you’re starting off with luck because you’re thinking of asking a question.”
“A strange rumor has been circulating inside the academy for a while.”
It’s obvious. What President Ruscal is trying to say now.
What kind of question is he trying to ask, so he starts talking like that.
“Hey, I hear you’ve been showing quite a friendly side with the Demon Lord Julia Agnesa lately.”
“…”
“Right now, at the ball held by the demon cadets, I saw that she was personally tutoring the demon king Julia Agnesa.”
“I am Julia Agnesa ‘Cadet’, President. I am not the Demon King.”
He asked why he called them demon lords when he said he decided to treat all of them as cadets.
President Ruscal laments at Klaus’s point.
To be honest, I haven’t gotten used to the demon lord yet. President Ruscal cleared his throat and continued.
“Anyway, cadet Yulia. She seems to be close to you.”
“Isn’t that better than a bad relationship between the professor and the cadet?”
“Right. Of course it is. There are cadets who take it lightly to know professors right now, and there are professors who openly discriminate against cadets. If you look at that part, you can say that it’s a good thing in a case like you. Isn’t that why you ask? I mean, are you two close?”
“It’s just that I personally look after things. A cadet who approaches first and bows his head and asks for learning is bound to feel very good from the professor’s point of view?”
To that, Ruscal almost reflexively replied, ‘It seems like the devil is a very polite person who bows his head to anyone.’
Even if the opponent was Klaus, he was never a person the demon king would be so friendly with.
Ruscal himself has a route through which news comes in, and my ears to hear it are very well pierced.
‘Demon King Julia Agnesa. It is a demon tribe that somehow maintains the position of the demon king even in the midst of tremendous checks. Others ignore her as a girl with a demon lord name only, but if she was really soft-hearted, she would have surrendered and given up the position of demon lord.’
She is just bending down to raise herself.
No matter how it might look in the eyes of others, at least it looked like that in Ruscal’s eyes.
“It was beautiful.”
“Yes?”
“The Demon King, that is to say, Cadet Yulia. It’s so beautiful even when I’m all old. It would not be an exaggeration to say that God created it himself.”
“That sounds like something that would stir up a match for the other human nobles. It means that human nobles give such great compliments to demons.”
“I’ll just play around there. I’m a little upset that I’m on the same level as them.”
“I apologize if I offended you. President Ruscal.”
In response to Klaus’s calm tone, the president waved his hand as if he had become the president.
Then he cleared his throat and continued talking.
“I think it’s fine.”
“What else do you mean?”
“Your relationship with the Demon King. Some would say it’s impossible, others would say it’s absolutely impossible. You must be well aware of how difficult the relationship between you and the demons is.”
“President?”
“But isn’t it the unavoidable mind that blooms even in that? If you think about it, I think it’s really great. You, the symbol of the Continental War, and the Demon King, the lord of demons, are connected. Isn’t this the shortcut to true continental peace!”
It was also a manly prediction to wish for peace and harmony between President Ruscal and the West and East.
Well, to put it bluntly, Julia and Klaus are definitely like that.
However, Klaus was different in that he had no such good intentions in the first place.
“It’s not like that.”
Klaus once firmly expressed his denial.
It is true that the two are close, but they are using each other usefully.
The two of them have both weaknesses and overflows, so they complement each other.
At that explanation, President Ruscal gave a coy look, then nodded his head saying that he would understand.
“If you are, then so be it. But there must be quite a lot of people who have that misunderstanding. Right away, the nobles will hear the news, and they will cheer and say, “What a man.”
“I’m so sorry you still want to bite me.”
“Because you are still the hero of the Continental War. And since he is the idol of the common people. If I don’t somehow use something to cut it down, I won’t be able to bear the anxiety.”
“Why are you so worried about being locked up in the academy where you can’t do anything?”
“Don’t you know well because you’ve been through it for over 10 years? Whoever holds the power…”
“Always think and act assuming the worst. Yes, I know very well.”
Didn’t I get tired of it because of that?
For Ruscal, it would have been more than 10 years, but for Klaus, it was hundreds of years.
I realized that there was no hope in the end, even if I tried to endure it and endure it again and again.
So, wouldn’t it be better to stick to the demons with the feeling that everything will be lost?
“I’ll just go. It took up too much time.”
“Ah, that’s right. I called it like this at a busy time and left it sitting too long. I’m sorry.”
“No. I got some really good coffee. You are going through a lot of hardships because you are looking at the specter of the Continental War, which is powerless now, President Ruscal.”
“Good if you know. I want to stop talking about you!”
At the president’s cry, Klaus smiles, indicating that he will try.
He gets up from his seat, greets lightly, and leaves the president’s office.
President Ruscal, who was staring at his now empty seat, opened his mouth slowly.
“You are too close to the Demon King. It seems that you seem too friendly with the demons, man. I’m somehow blocking it, but in the end, the nobles will know it all someday. How did you move so openly to do that? What the hell are you thinking? .”
President Ruscal muttered that as he put away the cups.
From her point of view, it was a very good thing to improve the relationship between the demons and humans.
From the point of view of the aristocrats, it was clear that it would be the best way to destroy the reputation of Klaus, who they wanted and desired so much.
While thinking about that, President Ruscal let out a sigh as if he was worried, but Klaus actually did.
‘It doesn’t matter now whether the nobles talk or howl. On the contrary, isn’t it because of them that I have a justification to get out of this poop faster?’
He just paid a little more attention to the excellent cadet, but he keeps driving it strangely.
So there is no place to set foot in the west anymore, so I have no choice but to turn to the demons.
This is the result of you, nobles, talking recklessly! I mean.
No matter what they said or not, Klaus was going to get on his nerves now.
Because there is no reason to hide and humble yourself here anymore.
There is no need for Klaus, the southern commander who stands firm in the face of such insults!
“Who should I call today…”
As I move my steps, I think deeply.
The man, who was in conflict for a while, headed somewhere as if he had made up his mind soon.
