Chapter 63 – Episode 63. It’s Not a Romance Manga (1)
Since freshman year, Astrid has been busy.
As soon as his training cadet was over, Astrid, who thought it would be easier from now on, was distracted by the stormy academy life that followed.
After spending her final Saturday as a cadet on a makeshift call-up, Astrid was called into the instructor’s office and given a penalty. He was given a penalty of 30 points and, like the rest of the squad, was ordered to run 50 laps around the parade ground fully armed.
Actually, that part wasn’t that difficult. At the time he went around the parade ground, he was a bit burdened and ashamed because of the gazes of the other cadets, but looking back, Astrid could say that it was nothing at that time, rather, it was a more comfortable time.
Astrid glared at his book in tears. The book was as thick as Astrid’s thumb, and on the cover was an Atlas of Continental War Warriors.
This was the problem.
As he entered the first year, Astrid was well aware of how the curriculum was structured.
Although most of them had the qualifier ‘Basic’ attached, they consisted of classes such as sorcery, military administration and policy establishment, strategies and tactics for effective military command, and illustrations of continental war warriors.
Even the trainees, who reminded us of the actual army, were completely different from his days. Rather, it was a general academic and class composition that focused more on liberal arts classes to the extent that it seemed to be a general academy that included military science classes rather than military ones.
In the basics of magic, Emily stood out by far. In the first place, she is the daughter of Bai Zik, the owner of the Eastern Mage Tower, and since she was already a prestigious wizard herself, she was getting overwhelming grades even without studying the basics of magic, and there was even an atmosphere where her professor was reluctant to teach her .
In military administration and policy formulation, Leopold was overwhelming. It is safe to say that there was no one who could achieve better grades than Leopold, since he was Leopold who had personally learned the royal studies lessons he had received since childhood and the efficient administration and policies he had learned from following his father.
Akemilla in Supply Administration, Violet in Continental War History.
In this way, there was always one class in which each student achieved excellent grades, and even if they did not, in other subjects, even if they were not excellent, they were always making grades within the rankings.
But there was one person who didn’t, and that was Astrid.
The problem was this.
The real Astrid didn’t study.
Even if she didn’t study, she was by far the strongest in the empire in terms of arms, and a heroine who was more comfortable going out to the battlefield and slitting the enemy’s head than sitting at her desk.
So there’s no way she could have this kind of academic knowledge, and Astrid wasn’t from here in the first place. As a result, she could not keep up with the class.
If you fall asleep and get scolded, it’s Astrid,
If you get scolded for acting like someone else, it’s Astrid,
If you get scolded for yawning, it’s Astrid.
As her pods were caught in each of her lessons, rumors spread about her slowly and secretly among her students.
– Cadet Astrid… Maybe something… Don’t you think I’m lacking in common sense?
– Iknow, right… Most of them must have been educated in their families with basic education…
‘I know you can’t hear me… ‘
【Heroes don’t study, so I can’t understand weak things. Even though I don’t have the courage to speak confidently in front of myself.]
‘I don’t think it’s the level of guts to confidently gossip in front of the Grand Duchess.’
Grand Duchess Astrid, who lacks common sense and lacks learning.
So it was like this.
Astrid von Mitterien, the Grand Duchess of Mitterien in the North, she might be strong, but isn’t she an ignorant woman… That she is. Of course, it’s a rumor that spreads behind her as it’s impossible to say such gossip in front of Astrid herself, but her ears are always open to hearing gossip about herself.
“Don’t worry too much, Asti.”
“You have no idea how happy I am to have an older sister behind me.”
“Right? You don’t know how happy I am to have Berathien behind me. I think I know your heart.”
There were already three cadets called the idiot trio, the worst trio among the first year cadets, so they were none other than Astrid, Erania, and Veracien.
Veracien was last, Eranya ahead of him, and Astrid ahead of him.
“But you don’t know how lucky I am that there are two more behind me.”
Being from the same squad, I can’t be this fortunate.
As a member of the same squad, I can’t be ashamed of this.
It was a similar reason, but Astrid was in a strange mood at such conflicting emotions.
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“So, in this battle in Biprose Gorge, the Frogen kingdom army camped here, the Grand Duke of Myterien first in the enemy line, and the Marquis of Otria who came up along the river… “
【Listen carefully.】
‘Why are you making a fuss with me!’
Leopold, whether or not he knew Astrid, who was fighting a fierce battle in his head like this, was going through the Continental War Apocalypse textbook in front of Astrid and explaining aspects of famous battles during the Continental War.
“Hey, Cadet Leopold.”
“Like that, the exchange rate with Frogen Kingdom is 20:1, which is truly overwhelming… Hmm?”
Is this fun
Astrid couldn’t understand Leopold. Even if Astrid calls Leopold, he continues to explain for a while, and then, huh? Looking at Astrid, I wondered if Leopold was also taking this class because it was fun.
【Look at that passion. How proud you were… 】
“Didn’t you call me, Cadet Astrid?”
“… Why are you even doing this?”
Astrid wondered about that.
At Astrid’s question, Leopold thought for a moment. Around the time when Astrid was tired of waiting and wondering what to do to call Leopold again, Leopold smiled brightly and said,
“If I make Astrid Cadet an excellent cadet, I think I can feel that I have grown more as a human being.”
【How can you be so considerate… 】
Isn’t this an insult
Astrid wondered if she was feeling weird, or if the real Astrid was so heavily covered in bean pods.
“It’s a joke. Then, shall we continue the class?”
For some reason, Leopold held onto Astrid as she saw her and unrelentingly tortured her under the guise of private lessons.
Astrid was really dying for that. It was strangely difficult for him to look directly at Leopold’s face after hearing from Violet that such a thing had happened on the day of the squad dinner. Not only that, the situation itself was burdensome for the two of them to be together.
Just like right now.
“I-I suddenly remembered something urgent!”
Astrid quickly closed the book and jumped up from her seat. To stop Astrid, Leopold reached out his hand.
And that hand coincidentally overlapped Astrid’s hand, and Leopold grabbed Astrid’s hand if you look only at the shape.
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
It wasn’t intentional, so Leopold quickly let go of Astrid’s hand. And on that path, Astrid hurriedly escaped the empty classroom as if running away.
The place I hurriedly made my way to was the bench at the back of the classroom building. Sitting alone on an empty bench, Astrid hugged his head and struggled with embarrassment.
【Do you really intend to keep your promise? I was so excited that I even asked for help, but I don’t know what I’m doing.]
‘I don’t even know why I’m doing this… ‘
【What are we going to do if we keep avoiding it like this? Will you keep doing this?]
I really don’t know either. Astrid was going crazy. My head still cries out that I am a man, but every action I take is that of a girl.
That too, a girl in love.
It’s like not being able to look directly at Leopold’s face, and if you’re left alone with Leopold, you’ll avoid it with any excuse.
I couldn’t figure out why it kept doing this.
Only like this, isn’t it a girl who really fell in love.
【I’d rather have a drink and make a fait accompli.】
‘It’s crazy?! Do not do it Do not do it! If that happens, wait and see, I’ll jump down and die!’
【Am I? I wouldn’t die even if I fell from somewhere.]
‘You’re laughing. I almost died from falling down the stairs.’
【That, that’s it.】
Maybe that’s the cause
According to the servants in the mansion, he didn’t lose consciousness by falling down the stairs, but rather, he said he fell while losing consciousness.
As he entered this body, he lost consciousness and fell down the stairs, injuring his head. That’s why I got weird too.
‘… If even I became weird, that’s okay… ‘
There’s no way!
Astrid sat on her bench, writhing in agony at the tide of self-doubt.
