#209
Helmut
Episode 209
Instructor Alan narrowed his eyes.
“So you’re saying you don’t want to participate in the comprehensive sword fighting competition? “I think it would be a waste of your skills not to participate.”
Those words were true, but at the same time, I was glad to hear them.
If I can get out on my own, Instructor Alan will have no objection.
One skill was enough to represent Greta Academy, but Asuka was problematic on the other side.
A separate meeting was scheduled to be held regarding that issue. For example, on the topic of ‘Asuka deterrence measures’.
“Um, well, that’s right. I can’t even think about it again. I can’t spend my golden vacation in a place like that. “No matter how beautiful Rinosa is, it is a country with great scenery.”
Asuka lightly dismissed the opportunity that almost everyone in the kenjutsu department had hoped for.
It is a no-go unless you are going for sightseeing. Anyway, Asuka wasn’t very interested in competing against other academy guys.
This will not be the end of the comprehensive sword fighting competition, and there will be another opportunity next year. He made his own calculations.
‘I guess it’s right for the guy who wants to go to go. I wonder if that guy will come in third place on the winner-wins principle.’
If he gives up, the opportunity will naturally be given to third place.
If Charlotte is from Linosa, she will have to go to Linosa anyway.
“Okay, then you can’t do it.”
Instructor Alan nodded. All he had to do was announce to Charlotte that he wouldn’t be making another tryout.
“Any more questions?”
After both answered no, Instructor Alan obediently turned his back on them, telling them to rest.
Asuka was looking at the back, and a different thought suddenly occurred to her.
‘Wait, then Helmut and Charlotte will be going together!’
I feel like I don’t like it for some reason. Asuka glared at Helmut for no reason and then realized that she was strange.
Whether those two are together or not, what other reason is there for him to dislike?
‘What does that have to do with me?’
Asuka changed her mind. She finds it funny that she even cares.
Above all, Helmut had a girl who came with him to the festival.
But Asuka, who couldn’t just ignore it, couldn’t hold back and asked.
“Helmut, are you not interested in Charlotte? What, you like it?”
“I would have said no.”
“yes? also.”
Asuka nodded. But he soon asked more questions as if he were skeptical.
“Well, wouldn’t it be possible to get some interest if I stick around and act like that?”
Helmut interrupted what Asuka was saying without hesitation.
“There is no need to stick around and act.”
Although there was absolutely nothing to talk about, Charlotte was also paying attention to the rumors. He won’t have much to do.
Anyway, all the selected people are going to Linosa together for a comprehensive sword fighting competition. Just because we were selected together doesn’t mean we have to act together. They would be separated from each other for a period of time due to accommodations.
Although there are few female students in Greta Academy’s swordsmanship department, I heard that instructor Patricia is also planning to join Rinosa.
‘I’m asking more persistently than that.’
Helmut stared at Asuka. Asuka felt Helmut’s gaze on her and she made an excuse.
“No, I’m afraid you might develop feelings for Charlotte and bother her. “Because Charlotte seemed uncomfortable with her gossip.”
Helmut cut it off with a single cut.
“No need to worry.”
“Otherwise, that’s okay!”
His behavior of waving his hands and turning his back was unusual. As if something was stabbing me.
‘I guess so.’
In any case, it doesn’t matter to Helmut even if Asuka isn’t with him. No, it was much better.
Just like before she started hanging out with Sian, Asuka will try to cling to him, and when Helmut tries to do something, she will complain about where he can shoot alone.
It might get a little annoying, so I felt free to go alone.
Even if Asuka seemed to have some feelings for Charlotte, it was none of her business.
Thus, the two people representing the first, second, and third years of Greta Academy’s swordsmanship department were decided to be Helmut and Charlotte.
Everyone at Greta Academy, including the instructor, was relieved to hear that Asuka could not participate.
This is because it was impossible to know what kind of accident he would make in the comprehensive sword fighting competition.
Only one person had doubts about the fact that everyone passed over. It was Charlotte who went to Linosa.
She came to Asuka and asked.
“Is it because of me?”
“What are you talking about.”
Asuka, conscious of the gaze of the swordsman students looking at her from afar, frowned.
Charlotte, like a swordsman, asked directly without hesitation.
“If you gave me a concession because I said I was from Linosa… … .”
“What are you talking about. “Do you think I care what you say?”
Asuka responded aggressively.
“It’s just that I’m too lazy to go. “I also have work to do during vacation.”
If he said it this way, no one would suspect that he had ulterior motives.
In fact, Charlotte raised her eyebrows as if she thought so too.
“I don’t know what’s going on… … “Wouldn’t you regret giving up such an opportunity?”
“That’s a great opportunity for you, but not for me. Anyway, the opportunity will come again next year, right? “There is no problem if you don’t go once.”
Asuka said confidently. Even if the current 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders try their hardest, they will not be able to reach his current level even next year.
Charlotte said doubtfully.
“I’m glad if that’s the case.”
Asuka got angry for some reason.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of your followers crowding the swordsmanship department!”
Charlotte was extremely popular not only among the first year students but also throughout the swordsmanship department.
Not only is she a rare female student, but she also has good skills and a good personality. She was also a type not commonly found.
Because of that, she had a group of followers, but Asuka’s pride did not allow her to be treated as one of those people.
“I never thought of it that way. Well sir. then.”
Charlotte nodded and turned around. Looking at her back, Asuka scratched her head.
I feel like I’m overreacting somehow, but I don’t know why.
“Miss, you’re annoying.”
That ignorance caused frustration in Asuka herself.
He kicked a stone rolling on the floor for no reason and left the place.
The guys around him tilted their heads as they looked at him.
“But Asuka doesn’t lose just because her opponent is a woman.”
“You said you’ve been quiet these days, but you’ve really lost your personality.”
“Charlotte, she has a big liver, she’s talking to a mad dog.”
“Seeing Asuka making such a fuss, it looks like there was some kind of fight.”
“Why would Charlotte have started an argument? “That guy has a bad temper and is just causing a fuss.”
This time, there was no misunderstanding like there was during Helmut.
At least Asuka’s intention seemed to have been successful.
*
A few days later, Charlotte heard someone calling from outside the dormitory. He was a strange man.
“You are Charlotte.”
“That’s right.”
“this.”
The moment she received the letter sealed with the family crest, Charlotte looked around and quickly shoved it into her arms.
“then.”
The man who bowed his head and left seemed to be a simple errand boy, not a member of the family.
As soon as Charlotte returned to her room, she took out the letter.
“Why did I receive a letter from Linosa? “And in such a blatant way.”
The moment she opened the letter, Charlotte’s eyes widened.
I thought it would be my mother, but the letter came from a completely unexpected person.
[To my beloved sister, dear Charlotte.]
The moment Charlotte saw the introduction, her lips softened. I was shocked. But he wasn’t embarrassed. Because Michael has always been like that.
‘Capricious and arbitrary.’
That was only Charlotte’s assessment of Michael, who easily gained people’s favor.
The introductory note, which began with a plausible rhetoric, was written in a soft and affectionate tone that could be mistaken for being addressed to a lover.
It was unclear whether Michael was sending this letter out of malice or if his affection for his sister had welled up again.
Even though Charlotte thought Michael hated her, she was sometimes confused.
Michael, a fraternal twin, was close yet distant to Charlotte.
Everyone mistakenly thought that Michael thought of her as special, but Michael did not hesitate to give Charlotte the impression that he disliked her.
By being sarcastic and scratching.
Charlotte didn’t think it was because she was comfortable or because she was her only sister.
Because Michael felt inferior to Charlotte.
That healthy body. Talent with the sword. Because he was born with both things he didn’t have.
Charlotte understands his inferiority complex and has conceded many things to Michael.
I tried to improve my relationship with Michael, but it didn’t work.
Michael freely showed an attitude to Charlotte that he did not show to anyone else.
He also used his weak body as an excuse to monopolize his mother’s love.
It was only after Charlotte entered the academy that she realized that it could not only be a feeling of inferiority, but also a check on other successors in the family.
Michael hated having things taken away from him. He also enjoyed stealing or taking possession of other people’s things.
Despite his angelic appearance, he was very greedy and competitive.
Charlotte did not want to be the successor. but… … .
‘I can’t help it if Michael doesn’t think of me as his sister.’
At some point, Charlotte gave up on Michael. But even so, sometimes this feeling of anticipation was unavoidable.
Michael was a boy with a very powerful, magical power of attraction that attracted everyone’s affection.
My sister Charlotte was no exception.
Charlotte closed her eyes for a moment and finished reading Michael’s letter.
He said he heard from a source at Greta Academy that Charlotte had been selected as the representative of the swordsmanship department at Greta Academy.
Perhaps the contact was made through a faculty member. Because Charlotte was from Linosa.
In addition to congratulating the fact that he had achieved a great achievement as a first-year student, Michael added that he was sorry that we could not meet him during the last vacation.
‘I look forward to the day we can meet in Rinosa.’
I didn’t know if Michael was really looking forward to it, or if he had changed his mind while Charlotte was away at the academy.
It may be an intention to raise expectations again and then trample on them. Michael also has a cruel side.
Like an innocent child tearing the wings of a dragonfly.
“… … “Michael.”
Charlotte looked at her brother’s letter with complicated eyes.
I wanted to return as a representative of Greta Academy to show him off.
But now that it has come true, why do I feel uneasy? She was lost in thought.
But all Charlotte could do now was to do her best for Greta Academy as she had seized the opportunity Asuka had given her.
After putting down the letter, she decided to immediately head to the training center.
