Episode 130. Joint Training (4)
The slave’s eyes, which had been half-open, opened slightly. Kent could vaguely sense them as he looked at the eyes that had been hidden.
“Although I don’t have any concrete evidence to prove it to everyone, I could feel it in the attack you just launched.”
The holy sword of light that rose from the slave’s hand. Its destructive power was secondary, but it could not help but look divine.
It seemed as if the person who was hit would definitely have their evil thoughts purified, but Kent, who received the blow directly, felt differently.
“I can still feel the tingling sensation in my arm as I deliberately tried to harm Crona!”
“Haekojira-nyo. The one who didn’t give up and kept dragging it out was none other than Senior Crona. Then, wouldn’t it be only natural to respond to his efforts?”
“Ha! Is this how you treat people by making them bloody? Stop talking nonsense! Was it really necessary to act so violently when the match was already decided?”
In the slave’s sight, Kent’s trembling face is seen, and Jenny, Ruska, and Mary are full of alertness.
He glances at them briefly, then twitches his lips and says.
“So what are you trying to say? Are you trying to intervene to say something like, ‘This match is invalid!'”
“Yes, it’s true that I interfered, but… I couldn’t stand to watch your violent behavior.”
“Hahaha! The more I look at it, the more ridiculous it becomes. Trying to ruin a sacred match because of a mere speculation that isn’t even certain.”
Then the slave turned to Jason, who was standing in the judgment seat, and asked.
“What do you think, instructor? Was my behavior too extreme, or did the seniors just break the rules and barge in without permission?”
It is unclear to anyone what the slave’s actions were.
Only a veteran can tell whether or not there was malice in that strike of light.
“You guys barged in without permission.”
As Jason spoke, the cadets on Kent’s side’s faces hardened.
Jason’s one word tilted the mood towards Slave.
“Have you heard? I can never say that Instructor Jason, who is the commander of the Knights, made a wrong decision.”
“That can’t be!”
“From the beginning, my actions were secondary, but it is a clear fact that my seniors got involved.”
I don’t know about anything else, but no one could refute that statement. It must have seemed that way to the audience watching at that moment.
Crona, who refused to admit defeat and went on a rampage, and his seniors who suddenly interrupted the match. There is no factor that would objectively support his seniors’ side.
‘Damn it! If I hadn’t stopped him, Crona would have ended up in the hospital!’
Kent trembles and mutters to himself.
That monologue is certainly true, but there is no way to prove it.
Unfortunately, the referee does not take this side.
The audience’s cold gaze gradually began to grow more intense.
“Come to think of it, I heard that the seniors in the back are close friends with Saint Angela….”
“So what?”
Slave speaks while looking at the girls holding back behind Kent.
He glanced at the audience and quickly assessed the atmosphere.
Now was a good opportunity.
“I am a member of the guards that serve Saint Nevia. If I were to show my disgrace here, it would be like putting a stain on her face.”
“What are you trying to say?!”
“That’s exactly right! Aren’t you trying to bring me down here by force to tarnish Saintess Nevia’s reputation?”
A slave who screams with heavy emotions.
The crowd erupted as the voice echoed throughout the gym.
“That’s ridiculous.”
Then Jenny’s eyes began to tremble.
Negative whispers directed at them are heard everywhere.
It was a situation where not only himself, but also his friends and Angela were unjustly suspected.
“No way! Why would we do something so cowardly!”
Unable to withstand the pressure from those around her, Jenny stepped forward and shouted loudly.
They protested that they were innocent, but those around them did not take their side.
“Instructor Jason, could you please take another look? We would never do anything to disgrace Saint Nevia. So…”
“If not, why did you interfere with the match?”
“yes…?”
Jason looks down at me with a cold attitude. It’s the kind of expression you get when looking at someone who has done something wrong.
“As I just said, you just barged in without permission.”
“that…”
“Besides, the two saints are both running for the presidential election. Is there any reason for you, who are no different from the Angela faction, to interfere in the match other than to put the Nevia faction at a disadvantage?”
Jason draws a line at the corner of his mouth after speaking.
And he added the final words.
“If I hadn’t been the judge, Nebia Pa’s image would have been unfairly tarnished.”
Jenny’s hands trembled at his incomprehensible words. It wasn’t just Jenny.
They came to the front and gave off an ominous aura.
“Why don’t you trust us like that?”
“….”
“And you are still our instructor?”
A cold air like a blizzard enveloped Jenny’s body.
Sensing the threat, other guards from the Slave side stormed into the stadium.
The one who stood in front to stop her was Lenka Uslan, the cadet who had defeated Jenny earlier.
As he barged in, the cold air gradually disappeared.
“It’s embarrassing for us to see you struggling without admitting defeat. We have a senior like that.”
“Really…? If you’re embarrassed, don’t just stay still. Come at me.”
At those words, the cold air that had been falling suddenly rose again.
“Ugh!”
It was a colder wind than during the match. Lenka, who had been hit by the wind, quickly retreated.
On the left is the Nevia Guard.
On the right, girls who are united by friendship confront each other.
The crowd swallowed dry saliva at their uncontrollable aura. It was as if a storm could break out at any moment.
Boom!-
Then a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder broke the silence.
Everyone was shocked when lightning struck the middle of the stadium where they were facing off.
Not only the audience, but even Jason, who was in front of them, was startled and on guard.
“Everyone, just stop there.”
A beautiful woman descended with lightning and raised a sword in both hands.
The two sides that seemed about to clash at any moment were stopped by her sword.
“You guys calm down too.”
“Assistant teacher….”
The woman who mediated between the two was Adela Merhena.
It was a strange creature with pointed horns on its head, but no one ever overlooked that.
Rather, her serious attitude, which was different from usual, was noticeable.
“Especially you, Jenny. What if your powers go out of control again? You almost lost control just now.”
“I’m so sorry.”
A calm and proud-looking goblin woman’s scolding was heard.
Jenny immediately released Silver Age and apologized politely.
Then Adela’s horn disappeared as well and she turned her head towards Jason.
“Please understand that I appeared aggressively in order to prevent a major dispute.”
“It’s okay. If I were you, I would have done the same thing.”
“First of all, as an educator, I sincerely apologize for the rudeness shown by our students.”
Adela shows her determination to accept punishment with joy.
Jason looked at her face like that, lost in thought for a moment, and then said.
“Ugh! Since this much of a commotion has occurred, of course we should report it to the principal.”
“….”
“However, all responsibility will be placed on you alone, and the cadets will be exempt from punishment. If I say so under the Emperor’s orders, there is no reason why you should not listen.”
It was also the Emperor’s order that Jason came to Alighieri.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that rebelling against him is rebelling against the royal family.
Even Professor Radian cannot compete with him when it comes to power.
“Thank you for your consideration.”
Adela tried to lead her cadets out of the gym.
No matter what their attitude was, the priority was to calm the fiery situation.
“Oh, there’s one thing I’d like to ask.”
“What’s going on?”
Jason stops Adela as she tries to leave.
“By any chance, haven’t we met before?”
“….”
He looked straight into Adela’s face and asked.
Adela also looked at Jason’s face and became troubled.
After a few dozen seconds, the answer came.
“I don’t know.”
“Is that so?”
“Then that’s it.”
Jason thought as he watched her leisurely walk away.
‘You really seem to have forgotten me.’
And then I laughed to myself.
“It would have been more fun if I had known. Hehe!”
* * * * *
After school, after all classes and training are over.
Most of this time is invested in club activities or leisure time.
Perhaps because it is the season when cherry blossoms bloom, there are more cadets spending their free time than before.
That was also the reason why the frequency of men and women meeting each other increased.
“These pink petals are so disgusting to look at.”
Five cadets were walking through the faculty building.
Among them, Helge Mangel intentionally trampled cherry blossom petals that had fallen on the ground.
“Sooner or later these filthy things will bloom. Damn it!”
“By then, Alighieri will have changed from a land of learning to a land of love?”
“Tch!”
Helck clicked his tongue at Lavender’s counter-argument, a magenta girl with unfocused eyes.
“I don’t think it matters….”
Lenka’s unmotivated voice dampened the mood.
“Love is also a sacred ritual. So it wouldn’t be a bad idea to burn it down sooner or later.”
A cruel remark comes out of the mouth of a slave who looks like a model student.
They are the personal guard called the Nevia Direct Followers.
They were the ones who had won sweet victories in training. Except for one.
“Was your name Markray?”
“ah…”
“Don’t be discouraged. It hasn’t been that long since they were remodeled like us.”
“I have no face.”
The only one of these to be defeated was Marclay Lairt.
It doesn’t make sense that he couldn’t defeat a cadet even after gaining the modified power. So I thought it was because he couldn’t handle the power properly.
“We’ll teach you later for sure. You have a target for revenge too.”
“Yeah, that kid!”
Radon Crawler, next time I’m definitely going to tear you to pieces.
And that white-haired cadet I met in this match. He’s the same.
“Someday, I’ll get to see both of them at once…”
While they were laughing alone, they entered the faculty research center.
Because Jason’s personal laboratory is located on the top floor of the building.
“You did a great job today. I’m sure that this will lower the reputation of those seniors and Saint Angela.”
“What on earth will they give me as compensation?”
The guards climbed the stairs with a sense of anticipation.
It was finally the moment when the door to his laboratory opened.
“Huh?”
Instructor Jason was nowhere to be seen.
Have you gone out yet and not come back? Or have you gone into the bedroom and can’t be seen?
And it wasn’t just Jason’s absence that raised questions.
“Who are you?”
A student I had never seen before entered the lab.
The brown-haired cadet was sitting on a chair, drinking tea.
“Do you know where this is and just came in here?”
The slave approached first with brisk strides and asked.
‘Radon Crawler.’ I couldn’t tell even by looking at the name written on the name tag.
“Then what kind of XXs do you guys do that you always speak informally to your seniors?”
“what?!”
The heat from Helk and Slave spread as Radon Crawler coughed and fired.
Slave, who was hot-tempered despite his outward appearance, felt his blood boil at the sight of his arrogant attitude.
“You, why are you here!”
At that time, Marclay alone looked at Radon and pretended to know him.
When asked who Hellk was, he explained the whole story.
“This guy is the enemy! What is that… Ah, he’s the guy that hangs out with Jenny Chainsilver!”
“what?”
The situation where Jenny Chainsilver and Chuck Jin collide to make Nebia the president.
But the fact that her acquaintance is here means that the enemy has invaded the main base.
“I was wondering who it was, and it turns out it was that trash senior’s friend?”
“Kyahahaha! Are you here to seek revenge on your friend?”
Helck and Lavender, who realized who Radon was, showed an arrogant attitude.
As a friend of those losers, I couldn’t help but look down on him.
“Hahahaha! What should I do about this? Your friend, that Puran girl, will never be able to show her face and take classes again.”
The slave abandoned the benevolent smile he usually wore.
The figure hidden behind that mask was the very embodiment of evil.
But Radon laughed at that sight instead.
“I’m talking nonsense like that because I’m afraid someone might say he’s not the son of a terrorist leader.”
“what…?”
The slave’s unpleasant smile faded in an instant.
And then my pupils dilated at the words I heard.
“It makes sense that he would give birth to such a runny nose, since his parents are executives of Helheim.”
“This kid, how did he do that…!”
Helheim, an armed group that caused chaos on the continent during the Demon World War.
The slave’s parents were executives of the organization.
The only people who would know that would be Jason and the higher beings of Doomsday.
“Who are you?”
The proud slave became angry and grabbed Radon by the collar.
Radon drew a line at the corner of his mouth as he looked into his bloodshot eyes.
“Your expression has changed a lot since before? Hehe.”
“This kid..!!”
“But you’d better let this go. If you treat me carelessly…”
puck!-
Before he could finish speaking, Radon was hit in the face and fell to the ground.
The slave picked up Radon, who had fallen to the floor.
It was then that the lab door opened and Jason appeared.
“You, you guys…”
“Instructor! There’s a suspicious guy in the lab right now…”
“What are you doing now! Let that guy go!”
The guards were unified by the question, “What?”
Jason just used the word ‘friend’.
I instinctively had a bad feeling about this, and that feeling came true.
“That guy is the successor to Elder Enviel!!”
“….”
The guards were collectively speechless. They also knew who Enviel was.
Among them, the slave who had thrown the punch had both hands trembling.
For him, Enviel is the benefactor who saved his life.
“But the evidence is….”
“evidence?”
The evidence appeared before our eyes.
A form of magical power visualized in Radon’s hand, waving in a unique sign.
It was undoubtedly a sign symbolizing Elder Enviel.
“Huh, huh huh??”
Not only the slaves, but the entire guard became delirious.
What rude act did they just commit towards their successor?
“Why are you all like this? This guy is the enemy!”
Among them, only Marclay, who did not know the circumstances, was unable to grasp the situation.
After striking him down, Radon smiled at the terrified slave and said:
“You are truly amazing. To repay the elder’s kindness by giving him bread for saving your life when you were almost killed by the noble knights.”
“No, that… that….”
“Raise your head.”
“uh?”
“Lift your head, you punk.”
A stick emerged from inside Radon’s uniform.
The long object, which is hard to tell if it is a fishing rod or a whirlpool, touches the slave’s face.
“Shut your mouth, your molars will fly out!”
Chomp!-
The stick hits the exposed face exactly.
The slave, who had been blown farther than could be described as a single punishment, was slammed into the wall.
A molar fell to the floor with a drop of blood.
“omg…!”
Even Jason froze when he saw that. The next person to be pointed out was Markray.
“You too, you little shit.”
“Why me…!”
“Have you forgotten our promise? I promised to hit you if you lost.”
“Don’t make me laugh! When did I ever… AAAH!”
The crashing sound echoed once more, echoing through the window and out into the distance.
And then the wisdom tooth broke the window and popped out.
A molar that fell on the floor of a professor’s building filled with white petals.
I couldn’t tell if it was a flower petal or a tooth.
Surviving as an Academy Fraudster
