Chapter 41 – Chapter 3 – Wise Academy Life
Fuck!-
“Aww!!”
This was the 15th honeymoon.
It was fortunate that she had only squeezed lightly with as much strength as possible, but Cecily had been hit so many times that if she had hit her with all her heart, she might have gotten a concussion by now.
“Stop. It’s been half an hour, Cadet Cecily.”
“Ha, one more time! If I do a little more, I think I’ll see how to do it!”
“Sorry, but that’s it for today. Next time. It’s okay, it’s over.”
Having said that, Klaus straightened his posture and slightly raised his hands.
A posture that made it clear that there was no more will to fight.
Human aristocrats also stopped attacking when they surrendered because of their eyes, so it could be said that the demons, who love honorable duels, could not attack anymore.
“Profit!”
Cecily couldn’t hide her resentment because Klaus spent a night of honeymoon and she herself couldn’t do anything.
But soon she caught her breath and quietly stepped back.
From Cecily’s point of view, it wasn’t that she didn’t have anything to gain from this sparring.
I learned more about Klaus’ movements that I couldn’t keep up with.
Of course, Klaus intentionally looked at that part so that she could understand it right away, but Cecily hadn’t noticed until now.
“How strong are you?”
Cecily, who followed Klaus and corrected her posture, asked.
She didn’t answer her question right away, but only shrugged her shoulders, so Cecily let out a drool, then opened her mouth again to mutter something that resembled talking to herself.
“Some people only knew that he was an excellent commander and an undefeated commander, but they were all wrong. It’s just a mask, he’s hiding it even though he’s a much scarier man! That’s right! Fools! Why don’t you believe the words of those who directly collided with you?!”
That’s probably because it’s uncomfortable to float too much like that.
Conversely, those who have fought directly with me have to maximize my ability so that their defeat is somewhat extenuating.
Klaus muttered that to himself and moved slowly.
Then, he approached Cecily and lightly fed him chestnuts once more.
Trick-.
“Aww! Why, why are you hitting me! The sparring is over?!”
“Thank you.”
“Eh? No, why did you say thank you with something like this…”
“Indeed, humans like me were busy putting me down every time, but demons are the complete opposite. Funny enough, it’s not the people who were saved because of me who acknowledge me, but the people who were frustrated because of me. That’s what I was thinking.”
There was something that worked well for this demon woman with a ragtag temperament, but that was that someone who had no one to compare with suddenly showed a weak side at some point.
That said, you shouldn’t overuse it, but only show it once in a while.
In that way, there were times when he shook Cecily at every important moment and killed him at the decisive moment, and there were times when he drew her in on the contrary.
It’s a different part from Yuliana, who doesn’t communicate well because she’s good-natured and quick-witted, and Natasha, who doesn’t like people who show weakness, perhaps because of her own pride.
“Hey, I have a question for you. Professor Klaus.”
“If you ask me if I can sparr again, I’d like to ask you to do it later.”
“Isn’t it like that? What I’m curious about is…”
“Why did you stay on the human side until the end of the war, even when you were treated so badly, even when you were accused of being a traitor and your command was taken away? What are you talking about?”
Then Cecily nodded his head in silence.
It could be said that it is one of the parts that those generations are most curious about.
Those who did not directly participate in the war, or even if they did, participated in the last minute and had no particular encounter with Klaus.
So, those who heard about the existence of Klaus from veterans and survivors until their ears were worn out.
‘Because I was going to come up with sympathy for the West, a reason not to listen to traitors even if I no longer stand on the human side, and a reason for Yulia to capture me unconditionally.’
It must be said that there are few trustworthy vassals by the side of the Demon King.
It’s been a long time since her uncle took over the captain of the royal guard, who can be said to be the guardian of the demonic family.
Judging by the few underlings that the academy could be safer than the demon king family, it was Yulia who entered the academy as a cadet right before the academy started.
Her uncle still has absolutely no control over the east.
There are many who remain neutral, and there are a small number of those who are loyal to Yulia.
Above all, he lacked justification, the justification to push out the current demon king and take his place.
In the end, she decided to do something at the academy and mobilized her shadows to throw Yulia at the human aristocrats.
In order to destroy the demon king as he did, and to rekindle the atmosphere that has gradually subsided since the truce.
‘Now that Julia hasn’t been attacked by them, she’s grinding her teeth at her uncle more than at humans… The Second Continental War is bound to happen anyway. Even if it wasn’t Yulia, humans, even if it wasn’t humans, other western races, and if it wasn’t him, some demons who didn’t listen to Yulia would attack first. Whichever way it goes, it will eventually happen.’
Some parts do not have branching points at all, and some parts can be changed sufficiently.
Just as if Yulia could be prevented from completely turning her eyes away, the 2nd Continental War could not be prevented in the end.
After thinking about something else for a while, Klaus soon realized that Cecily was staring at him, expecting an answer.
It was a question I had been asked countless times by others, so there was nothing particularly difficult about it.
“At least I can say that I wanted to see the end of my job.”
“Is that all? Did you do it out of a sense of resonance or out of loyalty?”
“Some have even said so. To be honest, it wasn’t that there wasn’t such a thing at all, but after a while, I just thought it was meaningless. I want to get out of this hell soon. To do that, we have to do our best. Let’s call it this much.”
It was Klaus who smiled calmly, asking if this was the answer, and suddenly changed his mind, and then deliberately angered him by telling him to go back and wash up and not be late for the lecture.
For some reason, Cecily looked at the man, who looked more like an ordinary person than a devil, and felt her curiosity deepen in addition to the admiration and respect she originally had.
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“Are you really going to just bury this matter?”
“…”
“It’s not a particularly powerful family, is it? You’d better just pass by quietly. It is said that even now the beastmen and fairies are laughing at us, but if things grow again…”
“Sounds so stupid! When you taste your liver once, you have to react more than necessary so that you don’t do nonsense again. Do you want to suffer from a large-scale riot after taking such a sloppy attitude and then seeing what happens to the common people again?”
The faces of the other nobles gathered at the middle-aged nobleman’s words froze.
Some of them looked like they were displeased with the thought of them, and some of them were showing fear as if they had been burned quite badly during the civil war.
“It can never go on like this. No matter how mediocre a family is, no matter what, a noble who rules a province! When their authority falls, the lower ones will inevitably treat the upper ones as well! Think of the times of war. How those lowly commoners dared to ‘demand’ us for making some credit!!”
It was a passionate speech that seemed to vomit blood.
The aristocrats who were making dumb faces nodded one by one, as if they were fooled by that remark.
The reaction of the nobles sitting in the seat was quite positive, but the middle-aged nobleman continued talking while maintaining his momentum.
“Never let those lowly people look up again. Thanks to whom do they live? Don’t you dare to stand in the same place as us with your eyes open and your eyes met with your head held high? Are you going to keep watching that nonsense?”
“Absolutely not!”
“It is still too much for the lowly! Those who dare to match us nobles by using war!”
It was a conference hall that was suddenly roaring.
Looking at that figure, Archduke Joseph, who was in charge of the chair, nodded his head.
He catches the wind as he pleases, and as a result, the nobles rise again.
This gave them an excuse to lightly step on the brazen commoners, who had been quite arrogant lately.
“Me, by the way.”
A man with a quiet voice, but sitting in the seat of a marquis, no one can do anything about it.
When the Marquis of Kienmeyer opened his mouth, the nobles shut up on their own.
During the Continental War, he was one of the few high-ranking noble commanders who achieved victory with his own abilities.
In addition, because of his friendship with the great war hero, the Marquis of Kienmeyer was one of the few nobles whom the commoners also rated favorably.
“Are you really thinking of going to the Continental Academy? It’s not just us humans. There are beastmen and fairies who are allies of the same Western Union.”
“Don’t worry, Marquis Kienmeyer. What we are aiming for is justification for internal organization. Isn’t there only aristocrats among human cadets in the academy?”
“… Are you going to cast an arrow of doubt on commoner cadets? Aren’t you a demon?”
“There is nothing good about touching demons. I heard that even a woman named Mawang is here, but excessive stimulation is not beneficial. She is out of shape.”
At those words, the Marquis of Kienmeyer sighed inwardly.
Horses are like that, but in the end, isn’t it scary to run into demons?
I understand because I suffered like that for 7 years, but it was really funny and sad that I didn’t understand it even if I died.
“Didn’t I say that nothing is certain except their testimony anyway? That means there’s nothing wrong with someone claiming that they tried to harm them. If they say that their testimony came out of necessity due to someone’s threat, and push forward, there’s nothing wrong with it.”
“Viscount Homburg is right. What we want is not the truth, but an excuse to subdue the unsettling movement inside.”
What they want is simple.
The aristocratic cadets who were angry at the academy were attacked by commoner cadets who had a grudge against them. They hadn’t learned much and were just going out, so they did a cruel thing, and the noble aristocrats who were shocked by it didn’t even testify properly.
Even in the academy, it is the lowly people called commoners who move recklessly.
They attacked the nobles! I did it because I thought there would be no problem if I touched it!
It makes no difference whether the world accepts those words or not.
Anyway, in the human world, the power of nobles is far stronger, but there was no justification.
With this, he will cut off all the commoners who have been messing around without knowing the subject since the war.
And again, back to the time when the nobles were the most superior and glorious!
‘… I’m sure you’re thinking.’
Ha, the Marquis of Kienmeyer sighed once again.
At times like this, he resents the sky that made him a nobleman.
More than half of the people gathered here are those who were busy running away during the Continental War.
Even when he ran away, he took his possessions very carefully and went.
Those who didn’t care whether the country fell or people died were the nobles right in front of them.
Commoners have a competitive spirit with them, considering it shameful to even reach them.
How ironic and funny this scene is, he really wants to hold his stomach and laugh.
“It casts an arrow of suspicion on the common cadets and uses the rumor to provoke the wrath of all the nobles inside the kingdom and give the common people a reason not to act recklessly. Well, that’s good But, everyone, it seems you are forgetting one thing.”
“What is it? The Marquis of Kienmeyer?”
“Have you forgotten who is at that academy? Is that guy just trying to make a cause in the academy just because he’s a ‘commoner’ without any reason?”
For a moment there was silence in the meeting room.
It was a burden to mention the man’s name, even if it was a nobleman who looked down on commoners so much, even if it was a place where the most powerful among those nobles gathered.
“Don’t worry, Marquis Kienmeyer.”
At that time, Grand Duke Joseph, who had been quietly listening to the nobles, opened his mouth.
“If you’re worried about him, there’s nothing wrong with that. Because the right people are waiting to deal with that man.”
The nobles who had gathered quietly waited for the next words from Grand Duke Joseph.
And a few days later, a group of humans started running horses to the Continental Academy.
