331 – Entrance Ceremony (1)

Spring is the season of life and warmth.

The season when bare trees begin to bloom one by one, and animals that had hibernated in the winter stretch out and wake up.

It signals a new beginning for countless lives. The warmth gained after enduring the harshness of winter is sweeter than anything else.

This also applies to civilization. Even in places where the weather is similar throughout the year, most events take place in spring.

The initial stage of planning for the future. It is a time when all life is active.

“It’s almost the entrance ceremony. Kara had her entrance ceremony two years ago, right?”

“I didn’t attend the entrance ceremony. I transferred midway as an adjustment period.”

The United Academy also gets busier as winter passes and spring approaches.

This is because a student who was a freshman moves up to the second year, and other freshmen take his place.

As talent gathers from all over the world, beyond just the national level, it is inevitable that the top will be very busy.

Nevertheless, there are rumors that many people are interested in.

“From the rumors I heard, the princess of the Frozen Principality is enrolling. Other than that, I don’t know anything else.”

Grace said. Since she usually collects a lot of rumors, she was able to obtain information, big and small, in advance.

However, there was no noticeable information, whether it was because there was no talent or because the world situation was unstable.

“Ah. There’s one more thing. Surprisingly, there are many students from the East.”

“In the East? Right now, there are only strange rumors going around in the East, like there’s a rebellion or something.”

Kara expressed her doubts. It is already an open secret that the situation in the East is unstable.

It is better than Santia, where terrorist attacks occur all the time, but the fact that it is unstable is remarkable in itself.

Moreover, since there was a schedule to visit the East during the second year of study, I had no choice but to look carefully.

“That’s why more and more people are enrolling. The East is quite conservative when it comes to blood relations. They hide the seeds in a safe place in case of dangerous times.”

“Just because it’s an academy doesn’t mean it’s safe. The princess is here right now.”

“They will take care of that. Checkmate here.”

“Ah.”

In the middle of her speech her, Grace’s piece her her her ate Kara’s King. Kara looked at that and made a sad expression.

Currently, they were playing chess at Grace’s dorm while sharing future plans.

There’s nothing better to do before the entrance ceremony, and it’s a nuisance to gather at Lord’s residence every time.

Right now, Rod is busy preparing for the entrance ceremony. It’s a busy time for everyone, regardless of status.

“AC… I knew this would happen and saved the night, but it’s a shame.”

“I saved it so much. The king is caught, so I have to throw away what needs to be thrown away.”

“Ugh. Should I have done that?”

Kara scratched her head. Grace smiled at that and turned her chess board around.

It’s not that Kara is bad at her chess. She’s just unfamiliar and she doesn’t know the formula.

As time goes by, she will be able to improve her skills sufficiently.

“When you’re done, eat this.” It’s a delicious cookie.”

“Oh! Thank you.”

Just as it was about to end, Ellie brought out some delicious cookies. Kara was delighted as soon as she saw it.

The cookies Ellie made were perfect for Kara, who is from Tatar. It means very sweet.

Grace also liked sweet snacks, so she was able to eat them without any objection.

“Oh, Kara.”

“Huh?”

“Are there any new students from Tatarstan?”

“First of all, I don’t think there are any. I think they’ll probably come around when I graduate.”

Tatar is a new country. Proper centralization has not yet been achieved.

It’s difficult just to resolve the complaints that are popping up everywhere, and we can’t afford to send students to the academy.

It is possible that Kara was sent as a precedent, but Tatar is just as anxious as Dongbang.

“But is Sivar good at chess? I’m a bit curious about this.”

Kara asked, munching her cookie into her mouth. After playing her her chess her her her, I became curious about Sivar’s chess skills her her her.

It is a fact that many people know that Shivar is smart. But in a good way, it is wisdom, and in a bad way, it is foolishness.

When he is wise, he is infinitely wise, but when he is foolish, he is truly shrewd. Because of this, people around me have suffered more than once or twice.

What would happen if you used that brain on something like chess? Since Grace was there at the time, she was able to ask questions.

“Well… To be honest, I guess I’m not good at keeping things down, right?”

“You say you can’t let it go?”

“You understand all the rules, right?”

Kara’s question was followed by Ellie’s question. Her remarks seemed somewhat dismissive, but her true intentions were different.

Right now, even Ellie herself does not know the rules of her chess. For her, memorizing and understanding are separate areas.

It feels like her hands and feet are moving. She thought Sivar had a similar reason.

“I understood all the rules. But ironically, Mr. Shivar’s creativity was ruined because of the rules.”

“Creativity is ruined?”

“Do you remember the test that limited Mr. Sivar’s combat?”

I know. Kara nodded her head.

The shock and fear that Sibar presented at that time became legendary in many ways.

So much so that new rules such as ‘no torture’ and ‘bomb vests’ have been created. It means that it was that shocking.

It is highly likely that new students will be given an example of Shiva when they take the test in the near future. It means not to follow.

“Even if you confine Mr. Sibar within the rules, as long as he is free, he comes up with unusual methods. That is his greatest strength.”

“That’s true. I was most embarrassed during the radio test.”

“The professors were impressed by that too.”

Even during the radio training, the professors gave Sivar a perfect score. A strategy of intentionally sending a radio signal to the other party to draw them in.

There have been quite a few instances where I have shown wisdom rather than pettiness. It’s just that I’m not educated, but I’m definitely not low-intelligence.

“Because of that, it has emerged as a topic of research among professors. It seems that the environment and intelligence are unrelated.”

“I heard a lot about that. Didn’t you say you were going to publish a thesis as well?”

“If your intelligence was low, you wouldn’t have survived in the Forest of Chaos.”

Now, a year has passed since Sivar entered school. Sibar went beyond being a hot potato and quickly emerged as a person of interest.

Even if a person goes beyond barbarism and lives a raw life, he can become a full-fledged human being with proper education and guidance.

Also, just because something is barbaric doesn’t mean it has low intelligence. He just didn’t learn.

“Wasn’t it of considerable help to Kara?”

“Well… I felt comfortable because all eyes were on Sivar.”

Kara shrugged her shoulders. Thanks to Shivar, Kara also benefited greatly.

First of all, the gaze is dispersed, and the second is perception. She still perceives Kara as a barbarian.

However, unlike the time when there was an uproar over the issue of violence, more people are looking at it from a new perspective. Of course, it’s thanks to Sivar.

So far, the only times Sibar has caused violence has been when the other party was the cause of the trouble. Of course, it was an act of self-defense.

However, since he didn’t get along well with Kara and there were even subtle rumors going around, her gaze was bound to change.

He is not a barbarian who uses violence whenever he gets the chance, but he just gets beaten for doing something that he deserves to be beaten.

Kara: Because her own efforts were included, her discrimination was gradually fading away.

“But it’s still based on current students. Is it possible that among the new students, there will be someone who gets beaten up by me?”

“Wouldn’t Sivar hit him first?”

“No. There is almost no chance of us being connected to the new student before then.”

When they were first-year students, they rarely encountered older students except for teaching assistants.

Starting from the third year, the focus is on practical training, so there is more activity outside the academy than inside.

The odds are high because second-year students are connected to first-year students as teaching assistants. Even though it’s not much.

“Well, I think a little differently.”

Ellie countered Grace’s opinion of her. Grace and Kara looked at her.

“There are all kinds of strange rumors going around, so wouldn’t it be nice to get some attention? I recently accumulated another one.”

“Recently?”

“Yes. A wild man bewitched people with a strange walking method! Something like this.”

“Ah.”

Everyone looked like they understood what Ellie said. This happened at a festival during the anniversary.

As so many outsiders flocked, rumors spread quickly, and most of them were related to Sivar’s method of footwork (?).

I can’t believe I captivated people with my strange walking method. It’s outrageous, but he danced like a wild person, etc.

However, ‘culture shock’ has not changed and is still on people’s lips to this day.

“It was a shock at the time. At first, I thought it was a courtship dance.”

“Fuha! A dance of courtship?”

“Honestly, that’s true. When you bounce your hips like that, it’s just a courtship dance.”

“It suits you strangely. And…”

Grace frowned as she spoke. It was because of the lyrics that came to mind along with the dance of courtship.

The lyrics are about a woman who had a hot night and brought back her wen child and claimed it as her own. The lyrics deny that.

I forgot about it because the monster attack happened right after the performance. The corners of her mouth her slowly lowered.

“······Kara? And Ellie?”

“Huh?”

“Yes?”

“I’m just saying this because I’m talking about it…”

Grace slowly looked back and forth between Kara and Ellie. Women competing fiercely for Shiva.

Everyone has more than a crush on Sivar, and she is a woman who will comfort them anytime, anywhere, if the situation is right.

Although she is only holding it in as a warning, not a warning from Rize, she will attack Sivar when the time comes.

“So… How far did everyone go with Mr. Sivar?”

“What?”

“Yes?”

Everyone looked embarrassed by Grace’s unexpected story her her her. Then they looked at each other.

Faces that seem completely incomprehensible. Kara spoke first.

“Why are you saying that now?”

“Because it could be an important story.”

“Important story?”

“Yes. So, will you tell me the truth?”

“We just kissed? You saw it yourself.”

-Kkumteul

You saw it yourself. Grace’s eyebrows twitched at that one word.

I still remembered it. Kara arrived first to get Shiva during the test.

At that time, didn’t Kara openly lust after Shivar’s lips? I believe she fainted in the aftermath.

“······I see. What about Ellie?”

“I gave a kiss for practice… Hehe.”

“··· ···”

Ellie scratched her head and said embarrassedly. The story is that she did it anyway.

She was not very satisfied with Grace. At that time, the lyrics that Shivar brought up during his performance her her her her lingered in her head her her her.

Kara, who had a particularly good sense of humor, expressed her doubts.

“Why all of a sudden? Are they even taking turns kissing now?”

“No, that’s not it. It’s just that the lyrics are annoying.”

“Lyrics? What lyrics?”

“You know there are lyrics that Sivar brought up while dancing. Don’t you think there’s something strange?”

“Um…”

Kara thought deeply after hearing Grace’s words her her her her. She definitely gives off a strange feeling if you just listen to her lyrics.

If someone I didn’t know heard it, they could have passed it off as just saying, but that’s not the case for them.

Since she was targeting Shivar’s chastity(?), She couldn’t help but have doubts.

“Now that I think about it, it’s strange. Why did Sivar write those lyrics?”

“Surely Grace did it first?”

“No. We slept together, but we never did.”

“What is it? Even if I gave it to you, you couldn’t eat it. If that’s the case, shouldn’t you have given it to me?”

Kara giggled and teased Grace. From her perspective, Grace felt like a fool.

If it had been her, she would have been overrun. You would be a fool to hold back when there is so much delicious cake.

Grace was shocked for a moment, but she managed to calm herself down. Nothing good will come of getting angry now.

“Whew. I’ll skip it just this once. Anyway, you know what it means that Sivar wrote those lyrics, right?”

“There’s a girl we’re meeting secretly? Is this it?”

“Are you sure you mean Luna?”

Following Kara’s sharp story, Ellie gave her opinion.

She was the only person she could think of right away.

They didn’t seem to be interested in each other, but if you look closely, you can see that they talk a lot. And secretly.

If others were to see it, it might seem like they were having a secret affair.

“It’s Luna… So she’s the most likely. Right now.”

“I don’t think so? What kind of idiot is that?”

“I think so too. I don’t know about other people, but Luna…”

They say there is no friendship between a man and a woman, but Sivar and Luna are exceptions. They can be called friends in the true sense.

You can tell just by looking at the eyes. I was able to distinguish between the eyes of a woman in love and the eyes of a woman who had no emotions.

Above all, if you take into account Luna’s speaking style, you will be completely blown away.

“Hmm… If that’s your opinion…”

Grace agreed with that opinion and then expressed doubt.

“Ah, Mr. Then who is it?”

*****

Meanwhile, at a similar time.

In a situation where the investigation net is gradually narrowing, Dan Ye-rin cleverly escaped suspicion…

“It’s the entrance ceremony soon. I’m looking forward to it.”

“Yes.”

“Isn’t this your first time attending the entrance ceremony?”

“Yes. It’s my first time seeing you.”

“This is our first time together.”

Very boldly, he was enjoying a secret meeting with Shivar in the room next door.

Dan Ye-rin smiled as she caressed Sivar’s cheek as he lay on the bed.

Is it possible to be happy just by looking at it like this? She slowly moved her hand up from her cheek.

Finally, when his lips touched hers, Dan Yerin whispered softly.

“From now on, there will be many first times.”

“Maybe?”

“If possible, I want to have your first time.”

It was an ambiguous expression.

“My first time too.”

There was no way she didn’t know what it meant.

Spring has arrived.