Episode 27. There’s a reason for everything to go bad (2)
Ruska Mad-Eye.
She was the one who provided sniping support from the rooftop during the Lycanthropy.
Starting with Chapter 2, he is a character who will soon become the main character, but for now, he is a delinquent student who is somewhat twisted.
You can see that by looking at Ruska’s background setting.
She was born between the borders of the Papiyas Kingdom on the outskirts of the continent.
The environment there, where there was no peace every day due to war with foreigners, could not be said to be good.
Her mother was an excellent knight.
Although he was a highly respected leader of the assault team, he was captured by the enemy and suffered all sorts of humiliation.
Fortunately, she was able to survive due to luck. The problem was that she ended up pregnant.
It was Ruska.
Ruska, the enemy’s child, was born that way.
If we take Ruska to the kingdom like this, it will be revealed that she is an enemy child.
The mother could not bear to harm the child born from her womb. In the end, she decided to raise the child without returning to the capital.
Even though I will end up as a deserter, I will still be a traitor who gave birth to an enemy child.
Whether you go back or not, it’s just a matter of measuring the acorn’s height.
I was able to raise Ruska for many years in a small village in that area.
I thought it would be quiet, but the Papiyas troop raided the village and took my mother and Ruska away.
Eventually, the mother became a traitor and was imprisoned somewhere in the kingdom.
Ruska suddenly lost her mother. The kingdom offered her only one way to avoid being held accountable.
Enlisting as a soldier. And winning the war.
Ruska, who missed her mother, accepted the offer without hesitation. Sweet talk was incredibly sweet to Ruska, who was young at the time.
The will to get her only family back made Ruska strong enough to complete training that was meant only to torment her.
Perhaps she was born with a natural talent for martial arts. By the age of 12, she had acquired the strength of a skilled knight.
The ordinary soldier could no longer treat her carelessly.
The sight of him single-handedly slaughtering 100 enemy soldiers with his small body was like that of a wild beast.
He is well-received by the soldiers for his outstanding performance.
Their compliments made my heart flutter for the first time in my life… … but it was the first and last time.
One day, the secret of his birth was spread throughout the barracks. Ruska’s status, which had been sky-high due to his incredible performance, was instantly thrown into the abyss.
The soldiers who were jealous of her took this opportunity to persecute Ruska. It was only a matter of time before the compliments from her comrades turned into mockery.
Even the soldiers whose lives were saved by her on the battlefield were persecuting Ruska, saying, “Female soldiers really lower morale.”
A continuation of daily life that is difficult even for a fully grown adult to endure. However, an even worse reality awaited Ruska.
When she was 14, she overheard from soldiers that a prisoner with her mother’s name had died as a result of an experiment.
Why did the secret of his birth spread throughout the barracks?
And when Ruska realized that all his life’s struggles had been in vain, he ended up deserting the army like his mother.
However, Ruska managed to escape the kingdom, as he had carefully faked his death in battle.
I don’t know what the purpose of the Kingdom of Papyrus is, but… … I don’t care about that kind of stuff.
plural.
That was the only thing on Ruska’s mind. She also heard the news that the prince of Papyrus was entering a certain magic institute and entered there.
That place is none other than the Alighieri Academy.
For Ruska, whose hometown is unknown, entering the academy was like reaching for a star in the sky. However, she was able to seize the opportunity to enter thanks to meeting a certain assistant.
One day, he will destroy the Papyrus Kingdom. To do so, he will not hesitate to use trickery.
The first one uses a prince who is currently attending the academy.
This is why Ruska Mad-Eye went to the Academy.
“What are you dawdling for? Hold the sword straight quickly.”
The gymnasium in the central hall of the Liberation Hall.
When Ruska’s demand rang out there, I was at a loss as to what to do.
This situation of asking her to be his sparring partner is very unnatural, considering that she is a top cadet in Class A.
Regardless of the fact that I’m in Class C, she’s a very natural being. She can’t be considered a sparring partner. It’s like an aspiring athlete becoming a sparring partner for a champion.
“Does it have to be me? There are plenty of classmates in Class B who are higher than me.”
Just looking at the central hall of this Rebel Hall where training is currently taking place, it is overflowing. But the fact that they chose me means there is a special reason.
“I saw it clearly during the Lycanthropy. You were the only one who could stop their movements.”
I also saw her providing support fire from the rooftop. I think I was able to gauge my abilities through that experience.
Of course, what I’m holding right now isn’t a fishing rod. I left the fishing rod in the dormitory in the first place. It’s impossible to deal with her with just a wooden sword.
“And how many guys in Class C do you think will be able to grab my arrows?”
“… … .”
Even in this Rebel Hall, cadets using archery were immediately noticeable.
At first I thought it was an arrow they accidentally aimed at me, so I just caught it.
If I had known this would happen, I should have stayed still even if it meant taking the hit.
“What if you don’t like it?”
“Then what… … .”
Suddenly, his speech became slurred and his voice became low. I felt a chill running down my spine.
“There’s nothing I can do.”
Ruska’s single word chilled the entire gymnasium. The cadets watching the training from the second floor couldn’t help but look in that direction.
It felt like Jenny had rushed to pull my hair out at the lakeside.
If you think about it, the thing that Ruska Mad-Eye hates the most is fraud. The Papyrus Kingdom, where he lied about saving his mother and then exploited her to the point of death.
It might be a tendency that stems from hatred and loathing toward them. There was also the possibility that I, who was notorious as a swindler… … might identify with that kingdom.
‘More annoying than Jenny.’
In the end, he had no choice but to take hold of the wooden sword and assume a proper posture. He showed his resignation and willingness to accept it.
Not only Ruska, who was looking straight at it, but also the people watching held their breath or murmured.
Ruska smiled as if she was pleased and pulled back the bowstring.
Her fighting style is very diverse. She uses archery to snipe enemies from a distance, and she uses long-range combat skills that rival those of a magician.
If you ask if that makes her vulnerable to close combat, she’ll shake her head. Ruska has been through tough battles, so she’s learned how to load her weapons with auras.
Aside from Lyman, Ruska is the only one among the first-years who has killed someone. If you ask who is the strongest in the combat department, I can confidently say it is Ruska.
‘Except Lyman, of course.’
Against someone with such power… … the best I can do is to struggle so as not to get hurt. My eyes tremble as I express that feeling on my face.
It was a moment to appeal that I was going to take it seriously.
Her hand released the bowstring.
A scene was depicted where arrows that had been loaded with only one were multiplied into dozens and rained down.
An arrow of magical power drawing countless purple trajectories. It was definitely one of Ruska’s skills, ‘Break Rain’.
‘Is this thing trying to catch people?’
Even if I were to pick up a fishing rod, the chances of me being able to hit them are slim. If I get hit by one, it’s a certainty that I’ll be out of commission.
I could feel how stubborn she was.
But I didn’t expect it to turn out like this.
Boom boom boom boom boom-
Even though non-lethal weapons were used, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the wall.
Onlookers’ reactions to this rather threatening technology varied.
-It’s over already?
-It’s more trivial than I thought.
-Anyone who touches Ruska will be punished.
-Still, it’s a bit pitiful.
-Did you get hurt?
There was a commotion in the room. But their opinions were vague and the outline of Radon Crawler did not exist.
In the place where the arrows had swept through, there was a rag doll shaped like a human being. Ruska took a deep breath and looked at it.
[Am I crazy?]
The small writing on the doll made Ruska dumbfounded.
Switch. It seemed clear that the technique that could be summarized in that one word originated from the assassins of a distant eastern country.
Ruska realized that she had been tricked as she held the rag doll. The expression on her face that had seemed so grave just a moment ago, the way she had been holding the sword. Everything was a fake for this.
“Ha… … It’s pretty good?”
I hate fraud because I’ve been deceived so badly in the past. But I felt sorry for myself for being so easily deceived again.
But Radon Crowler. What on earth does he do?
Isn’t that guy who was just waiting for the day he’d be expelled suddenly acting like a different person?
So I had an assistant outside the academy look into the guy’s hometown, and the results came back as none.
Even if the family has fallen, there must have been a place to live… … but they say even that place is gone.
There will be a shadow army surrounding the prince you are trying to bring down, and they will be walking around this academy disguised as cadets or servants.
They are literally shadows who secretly protect their lord. Since they have abandoned their original identities, they must have used false identities when entering the academy.
What if the Radon Crowler family had not actually fallen, but had never existed in the first place?
What if he’s been pretending to be a conman like the neighborhood idiot to hide it?
Radon Crawler. He’s most likely a Shadow Trooper.
Otherwise, how could he catch his arrows on the topic of Class C? I wanted to check the true strength of that guy, so I shot Break Lane.
At that time, he may have stopped the lycanthrope with three fishing rods… …and it may have been an action to protect the prince.
There was a time when he was injured during training and had to stop by the village hospital, and he witnessed soldiers from the Kingdom of Papyrus entering his hospital room.
“It’s definitely that guy.”
In fact, it was almost a done deal, beyond just suspecting radon.
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“Ha… … I’m already losing strength.”
I used a great skill for the first time in a while, so my magic power is depleted. With this, today’s training is stopped.
I never thought that a character with a worse temper than Jenny Chainsilver would approach me.
He even started a fight with me out of the blue.
From the perspective of knowing her past, I was able to understand and sort things out.
‘There’s always a reason for something to go wrong.’
Of course, I had no intention of letting that happen.
Who do you think is a fool?
[Erosion rate decrease: -50]
[+5000 Credits]
[Experience points have exceeded a certain amount! 1 stat point has been acquired.]
Just looking at the erosion rate decline figures, you could guess how upset she was.
‘You’re not going to barge into my room, are you?’
No way. Ruska may be a dirty-tempered person, but he is not incapable of distinguishing between public and private matters.
If you actually do something like that, you will be kept in check by the maids and servants wandering around the dormitory, which will only put you at a disadvantage.
But as soon as I returned to the dormitory, I heard some sad news.
A letter from his parents was waiting at the window, and he read the parchment hanging from his ankle.
To sum it up in one word… …the house is said to have disappeared.
They said they moved to a poor place where there was no trace of human presence… …
“Ugh, I’m sorry.”
My neck ached with embarrassment. That was because I was the one who had rejected the house that Travel had offered me.
Surviving as an Academy Fraudster
