Chapter 89 – Episode 88. How to Legally Skip the Test (1)
[What, what?! How did you change it?!]
Pretending not to hear the fake Astrid’s cry, Astrid looked around. There was silence for a moment in the drawing room, the guest house of Glory Hall, which was damp with moisture from the pouring rain.
“Can not be done.”
“Who, sister?”
“Hoo.”
There was a mixture of violent rejection, subtle delight, and outright eccentricity.
Leopold shook his head resolutely saying no.
Ashley seemed to be glad to hear that he would go to the north together.
Baizik is taken aback by Astrid’s statement that she will serve as an escort.
The three voices lingered for a moment before disappearing. Astrid’s gaze was taken for granted at Leopold, and Leopold also looked at her and shook her head.
“No, Astrid. I cannot allow it.”
“Why?”
Leopold was quite embarrassed, although he did not show it inwardly. Come to think of it, I don’t think there’s much reason to say no. He reflexively said no, but I’m at a loss as to why this is saying no.
“Tell me why not, Your Highness.”
Astrid stared at Leopold. Actually, Ashley and Baizik’s reaction didn’t matter. No matter what the two of them think, Astrid’s goals are different, and she needs Leopold’s permission to do so.
As for why it was Leopold, he needed Leopold’s permission to have a justification for skipping classes at this academy for such a long time. They say that all cadets are equal because they talk so well. Where is perfect equality in the world?
Not to mention, Leopold was the son of the person who financed this academy. A person like that and a mere cadet couldn’t be equal, so it wouldn’t matter if Leopold had allowed it. It may be said that there is no precedent, but it is also unprecedented that the crown prince and the crown prince candidate were enlisted at the same time.
“Your Highness, it’s a long way from here to the north. Ashley is still weak, so I can’t trust Elder Bai Zik to escort her, and I, the eldest daughter of hers, need to check her northern troubles myself. You don’t mean to say that attendance at the academy is more important than this incident.”
Astrid stared at Leopold. Facing those eyes, Leopold sighed.
To be honest, I don’t want to send it. I can’t even follow it I want to follow you, but I can’t. Even within the academy, accidents are happening knowingly, so it is necessary to deal with them, and Leopold does a lot of things without knowing or not knowing.
And, regardless of that, I just don’t want to let Astrid go. Especially with Ashley.
But there is no justification. Every word Astrid said was correct, so Leopold had no room for refutation. As important as the academy is, it cannot be more important than national security.
“… Yeah, got it.”
Leopold’s voice as he answered wasn’t very nice. I don’t know how he said he would come back so easily. Still, you should think positively. Leopold glanced at Weizik.
Bai Zik must have been thinking the same thing as Leopold, and he was stroking his beard and smiling at him. The meaning of that laugh was obvious. If Astrid was absent, it meant that the strongest competitor would be absent.
As for Baijik, I don’t know what the hell the intention was, but anyway, it wouldn’t hurt to put it in my eyes. In return for preparing Astrid’s great magic device, Leopold also allowed Emily to ask for more opportunities, and Astrid would voluntarily leave her seat.
“I won’t. Please be careful.”
“Yes, Your Highness. Thank you I’ll be back soon.”
Would that be okay? It takes 2 weeks round trip. If you go and do something, it will take a month.
【Have you passed the midterm test?】
‘Oh, is that so? Unintentionally.’
The fake Astrid thought that she didn’t know if it was really unintentional.
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“—So that’s how it happened. Ah, isn’t your real sister acting too much?”
Ashley shoved the rice roughly into her mouth and poured out her dissatisfaction with Astrid. And at that moment, Violet, who was sitting across from him, was watching with a hearty smile.
‘How can the appearance of a meal be so powerful? Tough, masculine.’
I had heard a lot about Violet’s taste in men being peculiar, but I didn’t care. She thought that there must be a relationship, and finally her wait was rewarded and she saw the fruit of this.
That fact didn’t matter, nothing else mattered.
“Iknow, right. It’s because Astrid is too much of a monster, and Ashley isn’t weak.”
“No way. Really, I’m sad.”
Ashley picks up the grilled ribs marinated in her seasoning and tears them apart. She still hadn’t touched her salad.
“I told you to eat some salad. You really don’t listen, Ashley.”
With a sweet voice, the fork came and took the salad off Ashley’s plate. Ashley’s and Violet’s gazes simultaneously turned toward that direction, and Astrid, with a white face, was setting her plate down, giving off the scent of her mint.
“Why won’t you listen to me like this? You’re so weak because you don’t eat salad. Is it all if you have a lot of water balloon muscles?”
“Sister… Isn’t sister too strong beyond common sense?”
Ashley also has something to say. Ashley was also a member of the Mitterien family, so he was a warrior who would do his part and have more than enough. No, he went beyond that level, and he was the strongest in the ranks of private soldiers in Mitterien.
As a weapon master, even though he doesn’t have a special main weapon, Astrid is the only one who treats Ashley, who handles weapons above the level, in such a foolish way.
However, because Astrid was so strong, Ashley couldn’t bear to argue.
As soon as Astrid sat down, she put a couple of pieces of grilled ribs from her plate onto Ashley’s plate. His pure white face is still calm with no expression.
“You get stronger by eating salad. Don’t you think your words sound like words? Shall we have a chat here?”
“You don’t mean that, do you? “
If you twist it, will it open?
That was what he meant, but Ashley couldn’t bear to say so.
“Asti, why do you keep doing this to your sister?”
“What am I?”
Astrid took her place and began to eat quietly. Violet had already emptied her tray and was waiting for Ashley to finish her meal, when Astrid appeared.
“Yayaya!”
“Kheep.”
Astrid, who had been quietly putting the salad in her mouth, spat it out again at the sudden rush from behind. The protagonist of the voice was someone familiar enough to know without looking back.
“Eranya sister, didn’t I tell you not to rush at me so suddenly?”
“Yeah, I didn’t. Anyway, I heard about it.”
“What are you talking about again?”
The headache started to hurt, and Astrid rubbed her temples and wrinkled her brow. Then, in case there were wrinkles on her face, she quickly straightened her expression.
“You said you decided to skip class and go to the north? Why? Why? Why are you going why?”
Eranya asked Astrid, her eyes twinkling. Thanks to that, not only did everyone in the restaurant focus on Astrid, but she also drew attention to Ashley, a giant that had never been seen before, next to her.
“… Go out, go out and talk, sister. Huh?”
“Okay! I was going to rampage until you tell me, but it worked!”
Suppressing her desire to really hit her hard, Astrid roughly organized her meal and pushed it out towards Ashley.
“Take it away.”
“Yes, sister.”
Even Violet’s eyes, looking at Astrid, became axe eyes.
Astrid and Erania, as well as Ashley and Violet, who left the cafeteria, soon lost interest in the cadets.
Talking about big warriors I’ve never seen before, why are you going to the north, or because it’s my territory, will I go, stupid?
It was Verathien in a nun’s uniform.
– I heard you’re going to the north?
After a while, Astain’s tired voice returned.
– Don’t cut back and forth and talk straight. Who is the simple horse in the north?
– Who is that, Astrid? Leopold is not going to go, though. What is that big lump?
– It must be your brother. Wasn’t it in that letter too? My brother is coming
Veracien smiled meaningfully at those words. She seemed to have thought of something pleasant from Astein’s words.
– Okay… ?
– … What else do you think is strange?
– Why, you know, there’s something called forbidden love.
At that, Astain did not answer for a long time. After a rather long time had passed, she spoke in a voice as if Astain had grown even more tired.
– A little… Can’t you stop reading some dirty magazines? Think normal thoughts…
