Chapter 24 – First School #02

‘The morning breakfast is really dirty. It’s still only 20 minutes?’

The academy basically uses a university-style lecture system, but uses a class system for student management.

It is said that this is a structure that was created in the early days to create a minimum buffer for political, racial or personal conflicts, but it seems to me that the writer just combined the two because it was annoying.

Can I take lectures freely without registering for classes?

Can the test be selected without restrictions as long as you pass the minimum number of subjects you are most confident in?

Even in a country that has never been to a university in reality, it can be seen that a university is not such an unrooted system.

‘I guess that damn writer looked so damn good at academy stuff.’

Anyway, one of the few by-products of the class system in this crappy academy is this morning meeting.

Basically, it doesn’t matter if you skip it, but it’s the time when you receive the academic calendar from your teachers or make suggestions about self-study or school.

Of course, I, who memorize the academic calendar in general, can’t even hear Senia’s pointless chatter.

The problem is that the main character makes me look like the person sitting in front of me.

‘Are you really deliberately hurting people?

After sitting next to Xiaomei and Zorba, who were in the back seat, he glared at Cayenne throughout the assembly, but he only laughed at Claire’s chatter and pretended to respond.

‘Do you rather pretend not to know at all, or do you glance at me halfway through and smile?’

That slightly raised mouth smile makes people bubbling.

The description in the novel is a beautiful smile that shakes women’s hearts, but it seems to me that it is just a gisaeng brother laugh to provoke people.

“Really, brother, are you listening properly! Are you taking class with us for the first period?”

What worries me more is the seat next to me.

I’m not talking about Xiao Mei, but I really care about Zorba who keeps observing me carefully next to Xiao Mei and pretending not to be.

“That’s right, Artin, I haven’t taken classes for three weeks, so I’m grateful when Hyung Lee and Xiaomei help me. Do you like to listen together?”

Normal people can’t fool their eyes, but this venomous guy even makes an eye smile and talks to him in a friendly way as usual.

If I hadn’t heard from Xiao Mei beforehand, she might have really been fooled.

“Uh, um… What did you guys say you were listening to?”
“As expected, you weren’t listening—!! Today, I decided to take Professor Helic’s swordsmanship class from the first class!”
“Oh right, it doesn’t sound bad and I’ll listen too.”

Saying so, she pretends to soothe Xiao Mei, who puffs up her cheeks, but all this is put off.

‘Are you sure Cayenne is taking Professor Helic’s class?’
‘Of course, brother. I secretly overheard what Claire was saying before the study started.’

We had basically planned the day before how she would approach Cayenne if she regained her memories.

In order to avoid Zorba’s suspicions, Xiao-Mei grasped the talkative Claire’s conversation with lip-reading and trained senses, and then, when I sat down, the topic was directed there.

“Were you also interested in swordsmanship, Artin?”
“Well, when I dealt with Shion, the Empire’s swordsmanship was quite impressive. Besides, the professor is that Helic professor, right? Let’s slayer the former giant.”

As soon as I show a gap, the guy asks me questions to check me out, but this level of improvisation is very easy for me.

The church’s squirrels weren’t worse than Zorba. This is better if you give a reasonable reason to convince.

“Well, Xiaomei and I have heard it a few times, and it’s not bad. A lot of pretty girls attend too.”

It is fortunate that I have the self-control to take a step back after understanding this way.

“You seem to be chatting with girls in class, but will your grades be okay?”
“Sure! It may not be as good as you who defeated Shion in three weeks, but I have a natural talent for using my body.”
“If you train properly, you will be much stronger than now, but even if I ask you to give it a try, they won’t listen to me at all.”
“My time is being spent on the sake of beautiful women to contribute to society, Xiaomei.”

Looking at Zorba, who unluckily praises herself and has brighter red hair than I do, she wants to hit me.

But that too is an undeniable fact. I’ve been watching him constantly, and he’s a guy who’s talented enough to do more than just a genius no matter what he does.

If I had possessed Zorba Felkas instead of Artin Ludwig, wouldn’t the difficulty of this crappy novel have been reduced by more than 5 times?

The characters overlap because they have the same red hair, but considering the difference in talent, originally, Artin may have admired Zorba or been very jealous.

‘Well? Come to think of it? Strange?’
“Come to think of it, Zorba, did you only take classes with Xiao Mei the whole time?”
“Well? It can’t be helped, Artin, Xiaomei tends to be very shy, but since you’re not here, I have to stick around too, right?”

Did she say she’s going to play alone and go to play with women last time when she was hospitalized last time?

“Even though he says that, he is busy leaving me alone and hanging out all the time..”

Listening to Xiaomei’s murmuring, it seems like there’s no difference between playing around and when I’m not around.

‘Shouldn’t Violet join our group by now?’

Violet joins the three of us, usually between the first week and the second week, this talkative Zorba uses the excuse of helping Violet who is in trouble in class by herself as an excuse to introduce us and hang out together.

But why haven’t you joined Violet yet?

Seeing her glance at her Xiao Mei, Xiao Mei pursed her mouth as if she understood what she meant.

‘I think I put off playing with girls because I care about my older brother.’

Is this because of me again?

However, I couldn’t let Violet wander around alone any longer than this.

It would be nice to have more people in this gang to help me and Xiaomei.

‘If I’m away, both Xiao Mei and her Violet will have to eat alone without any friends…’

I still can’t forget Violet, whose expression brightened as she ate and played with us in every episode.

It will be a bit different this time since I have memories, but shouldn’t I take care of myself too?

‘I’ll bring Violet in a few days, so let’s join together then.’

When I whispered that, Xiao Mei poured her lips to Zorba invisible.

Surely it’s still not going to attack me, right?

“Okay, I’ll end the inquiry this morning. Everyone listened well to the first lecture, and Lenny and Mikoto shouldn’t be late for the alchemy class again?”

At that time, after the breakfast meeting, Senia went outside the classroom door, and I hurriedly turned my gaze to Cayenne.

“Okay, let’s go ahead and get ready!”

Holy shit, before I can say anything, I see Claire dragging the Cayenne into the classroom.

It’s not that there’s no way to approach it during class, but I want to talk alone during breaks!

“Wait, I’ll go to the bathroom and follow you to the classroom! Go first!”
“What? Artin, do you know where your classroom is?”
“The 3rd swordsmanship classroom, right! Don’t wait, go first!”

Zorba suspiciously struck again, but this one was more important, so I gave a rough answer, packed my things, and ran after the two into the hallway.

Just pretend that Xiaomei told you about it!

“Wow, did you go all the way there in the meantime?”

While I was packing my things for a while, I don’t know why they were walking so fast, but I see Claire and Cayenne about to go down the stairs at the end of the hallway.

When the crowd in the hallway made it hard for me to run and catch up, I shouted loudly at Cayenne.

“Wait a minute! Stop there, Cayenne! I have something to say!”

It’s a noisy hallway right after the inquiry time ends, but that guy is the munchkin protagonist of this novel.

Even in this level of noise, it won’t be difficult for you to hear my voice calling you.

And, as if to prove her words her, Cayenne, who paused as she went down her steps, turned her head toward me.

“Wait there! I’ll go there!”

Sure to hear When you push people in your urgency, dissatisfaction erupts from the people around you.

“Wow!”

At that moment, one of the people I lightly pushed took a big push and fell.

Looking at him wondering why he reacted so excessively, judging from his painful expression his, it doesn’t seem like acting. It must have been a lot of force to push him unconsciously because he became stronger through training.

“Sorry! I’m a bit busy right now!”
“Wait a minute, are you trying to knock someone over and just leave?”

I’m about to bow my head and apologize and move on, but the friend of the girl who fell over grabs my wrist and screams in anger.

Holy shit, recess is 20 minutes, no time to be stuck here!

“Aren’t you, Artin Ludwig? Are you just about to leave just because you won the duel?”
“No, that’s not it, I’m really in a hurry!”
“If you’re in a hurry, is it okay to push people around like that! Apologize to my friend for the rudeness!”

As if she were an aristocratic lady, she shouted loudly and apologized, and the eyes of the people around her began to murmur.

“I have caused great disrespect with the excuse that I am busy! I’m really sorry!”

I had no choice but to bow my head and apologize. Even though I’m busy, it’s true that I did something wrong.

“No, I’m not seriously hurt…”
“Under! I can’t see the sincerity of the apology that is trying to get over it like that! Don’t you know what manners are?”

However, there is something strange about this girl who becomes a friend.

The person in charge says it’s okay for me to bow my head and apologize right away, risking the face of an aristocrat, but he cuts off my friend’s words and pushes me further in front of people.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Are you planning to challenge me to a duel this time and solve it with a fight? Like you did to the eldest son of the Weiss family?”

Ah, I can roughly guess from the reaction of the day. Are you a girl from the kingdom’s aristocratic faction?

The Wise family’s influence is one of the best in the palace, so if you push me now, the Wise family seems to think it’s an opportunity to earn points by punishing the person who humiliated them on their behalf.

“What a rude and disrespectful man. I have no intention of accepting your duel, and I have no intention of pardoning your rudeness, so I will inform the student council about this!”

Seeing the people gathering around him, he shows a firm will to make this case bigger.

Oh fuck, what kind of sweet potato is that! Just when I was thinking—

“Did you say you would inform the student council, daughter of the Haber family?”

At the sound of a voice, the hallway that had been buzzing with us instantly froze.

“Yes, of course wouldn’t it be right to push this kind of disrespectful case to the disciplinary committee?”

The young lady, who continued to speak confidently, slowly turned around her back, perhaps feeling puzzled by the fact that people were frozen in silence and only looking at her back her.

“Well, the student council is a place that promotes students’ rights and mediates conflicts between families and nations, but it is not leisurely enough to directly engage in trivial matters like this.”
“…Ah, Princess Agnes!”

And when he found out that the person talking to him was the vice president of the student council, the imperial princess, his face her turned blue in real time.

“Now I am the vice president of the student body, there. It seems that the person who just fell was trying to accept an apology, so why bother?”
“…My, my friend was intimidated by that man’s notoriety. This is my friend and my honor at stake…”
“Is that so? If it’s a matter of family honor, the student council won’t be able to stop it.”

At those words, Agnes smiled softly at the young lady, whose expression softened a little.

“Then, can’t I personally ask you to quietly move on with this, the Lady of the Haber family?”

But the voice was not laughing at all.

**

And after that, things ended more futile than expected.

In a way, it is natural Unless you’re a rookie like me, it’s hard to ignore the student council’s recommendation.

Not to mention, Agnes, the imperial princess and vice-president, personally asked to cover up the case.

It is difficult to speak out hastily, even if you are from the kingdom.

In addition, the person who fell was weeping at the words and after arguing with the angry friend to stop, the girl who had been angry with me disappeared along with her friend her, and the gathered crowd dispersed at the words of Agnes.

“… Well, so why did you bring me here?”

The problem was that when the chaos was over, Cayenne had already left, and I followed Agnes, who wanted to talk for a while, and was dragged to the back of a deserted building.

‘Thank you for saving me right now…’

According to the plan, I was supposed to keep in touch with Cayenne until this afternoon and then gather the four of us in the evening, but I was a little embarrassed by Agnes’ sadden appearance of her.

Besides, he brought me in saying he wanted to talk, and he’s been showing me his back his without saying a word for three minutes already.

“…How long do you remember Artin? About the previous episode.. Or the previous life.”

Agnes suddenly turned to me and asked a random question.

Memories of past lives? Why are you asking that all of a sudden?

“I remember everything… Even if I can’t remember the details, everything that’s close to major events or recent events. Is there anything you want to ask?”

Did you think of an imperial rebellion or an incident similar to that?

If so, there’s nothing I can’t say. There is a saying called the butterfly effect, but it’s a world to fly anyway, so even if it’s twisted a lot, it’s enough to run.

“…Yes, Artin remembers everything…”

But for some reason, Agnes’s reaction is strange. If it’s the Agnes I know who twists his hands and turns his face red, that’s his reaction when he’s thinking about something romantic…?

“So, do you remember the last promise you made with me in this life?”
“In my last life… “

Oh I immediately remembered what the promise was in those words.

The last promise I made with Agnes before I went through the back door to the Devil’s Castle.

“If you come back alive… You said you want to have an engagement ceremony with me and spend your first night together… Haven’t you forgotten…?”

Did. It was clear. Believing that this time it would be 100% successful, he promised Agnes with the nice tone you would see in a romance novel.

After the demon king assassination failed and he died after taking poison, I completely forgot about it.

“…In a way, you came back alive… Please keep your promise…”

Wow, Agnes grabs my hand as I am standing blankly with both hands and looks up with sorrowful eyes.

“Can I be your finance now?”

With an excited voice and a blushing face, Agnes looked at me and said.