Chapter 48 – Chapter 4 – Old Ties
Continental Academy was never a place where only books were opened and memorized subjects were taught.
Like the combat magic lecture that Klaus is teaching right now, it is a place where you learn a lot more by bumping into your body and getting hurt here and there.
Because of this, after the Continental War, treatment techniques and magic grew rapidly, and a state-of-the-art hospital room combining all of them was prepared in the academy.
“We will meet the noble cadets who are resting there. The knights are following us, Kayla, and you…”
Stupid aristocrats openly nod, mark, and fuck.
Apparently, he meant to hold him in one place with a weakness you know so that Klaus wouldn’t follow him around and disturb him or do anything else, and keep him quiet while the other side took the count.
“Come on.”
The nobles disappeared without stopping their laughter at Kaela’s answer, which was still acting.
He probably thought she was holding on well so that Klaus couldn’t move.
“… Professor Klaus.”
President Ruscal let out a heavy sigh as a sign of his apology.
It seemed to be an apology for not being able to actively reject the dispatch of an investigation team by the Noble Council.
In fact, there was no good reason to stop them when the human aristocratic cadets were attacked.
Continental Academy is said to be a neutral zone, but in this case, the situation was actually very complicated.
At least, I thought that the aristocratic side would quickly bury it before it became public opinion and become quiet, but that way, the cadets’ nerves were diverted to another place completely, and they attacked right after that.
‘I don’t want to hear hate from other races, so I must have wanted to use this.’
President Ruscal muttered that to himself while biting his lip.
Now, they are not here to get the number of attacks on the academy.
It just needs a noose to tangle the common people in their home country.
Nobles could not be harmed in their own country, so they did things in the academy, which could be called a neutral zone.
I don’t know how or if someone instigated them to do this, but in the end, it’s the nobles who suffered losses and the commoners who feel better, so the culprits are the commoners with the highest probability!
It was such a far-fetched claim.
“Professor Klaus. If you have time, follow them and check what they are saying…”
President Ruscal, who was about to ask for a favor, shut his mouth at Kayla’s cold expression.
Klaus also seemed to think that his hands and feet were being tied up by the nobles.
“Professor Klaus. Let’s go. I have a little story to tell. It would be nice to listen to the academy president’s request without talking, but it would be very tiring.”
Even a fool knows what the word tired means.
At Caela’s words, Ruscal quickly shook his head and waved his hand.
It was because it was obvious that if Klaus was forced to do something stupid, the situation on the human side would get much worse than it is now.
Those who came to the academy this time may not be simply targeting commoners in their home country.
It could be that he was putting pressure on the commoner cadets in the academy, and above all, trying to suppress even Klaus, who was officially a commoner after being pushed out of the military.
‘If you move recklessly, the academy will be shaken. You can never do that. This is my last hope If even this Continental Academy fizzles out and the place that can be a place of harmony becomes an extension of the political fight, the Second Continental War will break out. In the yard where ominous news is already being transmitted from everywhere!’
The war wasn’t just killing people and destroying cities and castles.
The war, which lasted no less than seven years, ruined crops, soared food prices, completely paralyzed the economy, weakened central government and strengthened the power of the local nobility.
In this situation, in order to turn the anger of the naked and starving outside, the East and the West slandered and criticized each other, and an armistice agreement was already in the dark, and an unusual atmosphere was already flowing.
Under such circumstances, President Ruscal thought this academy was his last hope.
Most of the people gathered here are still young generations, and at the same time, they are a new wave that will take charge of the future.
I thought that if I could accept new people with a new heart by not just hearing with my ears, but seeing and judging with my own eyes, that would be the best way to move toward peace.
‘… I’m sorry. He’s a good person.’
Looking at President Ruscal, Klaus clicked his tongue.
You know what he’s thinking and what he’s dreaming.
Because of that, I also know that those thoughts and dreams can never come true.
In the original novel, the tragedy started with Yulia being gang-raped, and even now, after Klaus intervened and completely undone the incident, the academy was destined to last four years at most.
“President. Then I will go out as well.”
“Do that. I’ll let you know when the Noble Council investigation team finishes their business and returns.”
Klaus nodded and left the president’s office.
After that, Kayla, who quietly followed her, pricked up her ears and sniffed again, and after confirming that there was no one around, erased her cold expression and showed a fierce look as if she was very angry.
“Someday, someday, I will definitely kill you.”
“Kaela.”
“Especially those two guys. I’ll rip your neck off. I’m going to cut off your limbs. How dare you insult Commander Klaus, my captain, my leader like that. I will kill you. Digging out all the innards and having my stomach ripped apart alive…”
“Yumma. Stop it.”
It was Kayla who sometimes became ferocious when she was extremely excited because she was afraid that someone might not be a prisoner.
Even a cat beast runs rampant to the level of becoming a beast of prey once its eyes are turned, but imagine that Kaela, a tiger from birth, runs amok with her anger in her head.
At that moment, it was clear that the academy would not be a place for learning, but a playground for wild beasts who enjoyed hunting for prey.
Klaus lightly smacked the chestnut on Kaela’s forehead and clicked his tongue.
As the episodes are repeated, there are times when Kayla’s strengths shine, and conversely, there are times when her weaknesses are highlighted.
It would be really nice if he could control it well, but since Klaus deliberately cosplayed as an ill-fated war hero who got hit here and there, there were often cases where he couldn’t stand it and exploded.
However, if it went too well, it would permeate Yulia and make it more difficult to completely control her, so he had no choice but to find a compromise between them.
After all, a woman named Kayla was one of those that was too good to be abandoned.
“The ones you came with probably take two hours an hour.”
“Does it take that long?”
“Perhaps they spend their time chatting, talking about idiots with each other, and swearing at others. As you know, one of the important routines of nobles is to sit down in a noble atmosphere and talk about useless or meaningless things.”
“… I want to kill even more.”
Kayla trembles as she tries to suppress the boiling life again.
To such a tiger woman, Klaus told her to be patient a little longer, and she gave her encouraging news that she didn’t have much left anyway.
It’s not just her Kaela anyway, but her many others, none of them, her own lieutenant, and her own woman, tossed her among the aristocratic bastards, her horny piglets. That was quite unpleasant.
‘That said, there’s no way a tiger will be beaten by pigs, but it’s fucked up no matter what.’
From now on, I will make them look at their dynamics a little more and call Kaela.
He was too pitiful to roll in a poop.
Even now, if he was next to him, he was ready to jump into Hell or the East, where demons were staying.
“Um, by the way, Commander.”
“How long are you going to call me that? I was removed from command and I can never go back.”
“… But I never thought of calling it by any other name. Besides, if you are no longer the commander, it is regrettable that the relationship between the commander and the adjutant seems to disappear completely.”
“You can just add ‘nim’ to your name. Try.”
“… Klaus.”
“Yes. You’re good.”
“I hate it.”
Kayla said that without thinking for a second.
Then, after performing her military rites a few times, she nods her head as if this is the best.
“Even if you are no longer in the position of commander, you are the commander. So I will continue to call you Commander Klaus.”
“When people hear that, they misunderstand it. What if I get in trouble because of that?”
“I will pay attention when others are listening.”
“I’m anxious.”
“I will pay close attention so as not to be anxious.”
Klaus let out a small sigh at Kaela’s determined tone and shrugged his shoulders once.
She couldn’t convince this woman by any means anyway, so at this point she was comfortable with backing off.
She was there and she kept hearing that she was called “Commander,” And now that she thought Kayla was calling herself by a different title, she could say that it was even weirder.
“Looking at you a little before that, it seems like you were trying to ask something. What was it?”
“Ah… Actually, it was before.”
“Julia Agnesa. Do you want to ask about the Eastern Demon King?”
“… That’s right.”
“Yes. I wondered why there were no questions about her.”
Klaus stopped and stood leaning against the window for a while, looking out.
Kaela, who was looking at her, opened her mouth in a slightly cautious tone, unlike her.
“I know that this Continental Academy is originally like this. A place where we forget the devastation of war and learn how to walk together on the path forward. That’s why the prisoners also sent many influential families here.”
“…”
“I know very well that the demons hate you but respect you, fear you but also respect you. The demons are showing interest in the commander right away. I saw it several times during the war.”
“It did.”
“But that woman, the Demon King, is different. Anyway, he is the lord of the eastern demons. Rumors say that she is a king without real power, a woman who became king just because her parents met well, but her name and her position give her an enormous influence.”
“What do you want to say, Kayla?”
“It means nothing good will happen if you get too close.”
At that, Klaus slightly turns his body and looks at Kaela.
It was a look that asked why he said that, for what reason.
Seeing Klaus’ expression on her face, Kaela lowered her head as a sign of apology and continued.
“Already, the human nobles are frantic to find fault with the Commander’s reputation somehow. Even believing them just because they seem dissatisfied with me without doing much research on me would be proof that they are quite uptight.”
“I will. Because the war hero survived without dying, and the surviving hero is a commoner. I’m afraid I’ll become the focal point, so I’m still nervous and I’m going to die.”
“Exactly. However, if the pivot seems to be that the war hero is close to the demons. No, I feel choked up just thinking about what would be said if they seemed to have a very close relationship with their ruler, the demon king.”
Hmm. After a moment of sighing, Klaus gestured to Kayla.
With a respectful attitude, the tiger woman approached my commander.
“Closer. Close your ears, Kayla.”
At Klaus’s command, Kaela gently bowed her head and put her ear to her.
Then her man whispered something of her to her, and after a while.
“… Yes?”
“What is ‘yes?’? Is ‘Yes?’ Correct?”
“Oh, no… Sin, sorry. But I’m just wondering if I’ve heard something wrong… I’m sorry, but can you say that one more time, Commander Klaus?”
The reaction was that I couldn’t believe it, and it looked like I must have heard something wrong.
It was quite funny, so Klaus said it again in a slightly louder voice.
“Julia Agnesa. Eastern Demon King. I want to try it with her.”
“…”
Unable to speak anymore, Kaela only blinked her eyes.
If I tried to explain it again, it would only repeat the same situation, so Klaus said something different.
“After a while, it’s time for a lecture. You’ll have to stick with me, so watch the lecture. I want to become a little closer with the demon king who will be with me in the future.”
