𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖: 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 (2)
‘𝘜𝘨𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥’𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐’𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥. . . . . . .’
A woman who blindly followed the protagonist as one of his five followers. The eldest daughter of the Nightwalker family, one of the five great dukes representing the empire, Elsa Nightwalker.
She was a woman with a twisted sense of justice, belief, and chivalry. She detested sorcerers and despised those who opposed her beliefs. Furthermore, her pride was so fierce. . . . . . . She had even been one of those who had played a part in expelling Oswald from the academy. It was better to avoid her at all costs.
“Why aren’t you talking?”
I didn’t feel the need to engage in conversation. The best thing to do with this kind of woman was to ignore her.
Oswald turned his head away and continued on his way in silence. She shouted after him, but Oswald ignored her completely.
Her pride was hurt, and she tried to follow Oswald, but. . . . . . .
“Oswald! Wait!”
Alicia’s voice rang out, but. . . it seemed like it would be more of a hassle to stop, so he just ignored her and walked away. However. . . his senses detected a threat, and thanks to his increased agility, his body moved reflexively, turning to the right and dodging to the side as he reached out with his left hand.
A fist passed right in front of his eyes. Oswald grabbed the fist’s wrist with his outstretched hand and pulled it to the left, then kicked the shin of the person who had extended the fist, causing them to lose their balance and fall over.
Thud!
“Gyaaa!”
‘𝘏𝘢. . . . . . .’
He had acted on instinct and ended up provoking the most annoying girl. Of course, since she had attacked him first, he could claim self-defense, but considering that he had scratched her pride, it was obvious that she would cause trouble for him for a while.
” . . . . . . . “
“Elsa, are you okay?”
Alicia, who had approached unnoticed, asked Elsa, who was lying on the ground and unable to get up, if she was okay.
‘𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦. . . . . . . .’
“The incident just now was self-defense. If you intend to hold me responsible, I will also file a formal complaint.”
With that, Oswald left, leaving Alicia unable to do anything.
Finally, after Oswald had left. . . Elsa stood up.
“Alicia, what kind of trouble did that guy cause again?”
“Trouble?”
“Didn’t you try to catch that guy just now?”
“Ah. . . . . . . It’s not like that, I just called out to him because I had something to ask him. . . . . . . “
” . . . . . . . “
Elsa’s pride was further wounded by these words. To her, Oswald had to be ‘evil’. That way, she could justify her actions as being just.
However. . . she had been mistaken just now, and she had been the one to commit ‘evil’ first. This was why her pride was hurt and her beliefs were shaken.
“More importantly, Elsa, you don’t look so good. Are you really okay?”
“Don’t worry. I’m not weak enough to be defeated by a guy like that.”
“That may be true, but. . . . . . . “
“More importantly, what was it you wanted to ask me?”
“Ah. . . . . . . That. . . . . . . “
🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸🔸
𝙖𝚠ė̇𝙗𝘴𝙩ȯ̇𝔯𝙞𝙚𝚜.𝔠𝙤𝕞
Oswald headed to the dormitory, leaving Alicia and Elsa behind. This was because he had received his dormitory key and room assignment from the White Tower.
He had just arrived at the entrance to the dormitory when someone stopped him again. . . . . . .
“Wait.”
‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨.’
The person who had stopped him this time was Gilgamesh, the protagonist of this world whom Oswald had wanted to avoid meeting so much.
“What is it?”
“Why did you come back? No, how did you manage to come back?”
“It doesn’t seem like we’re close enough that I have to report such things to you, do we?”
“What?”
“If that’s all you have to say, can you move out of the way?”
“I don’t know what you’re up to, but you’d better be careful. If you do something reckless like before, then. . . . . . . “
“You’ll kill me?”
Oswald, who knew what Gilgamesh was thinking, finished his sentence for him.
” . . . . . . . “
Oswald passed by the silent Gilgamesh and was finally able to enter the dormitory.
“Ha. . . . . . . “
I was mentally exhausted from the very first day. That’s why I didn’t want to come to the academy. . . but I ended up crawling back here anyway.
This was where the future leaders of this world gathered. It wouldn’t be bad to associate with them in order to prevent the end of the world, but they were guys who would grow up just fine even if they didn’t associate with me.
The dormitory rooms were single rooms, and the interior was not bad. It was a one-room type with a living room and bedroom combined, and it was quite large, big enough for ten people to sleep in. Furthermore, it was even equipped with a shower room.
‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. . . . . . .’
Both hot and cold water came out, and there was even a shower and a bathtub. Even a washlet toilet. . . . . . .
He took off all the clothes he was wearing and immediately started taking a shower. Oswald looked down at his body as he soaked in the warm water.
‘𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 40 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩. . . 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥.’
Even the various sacred magic circles drawn on top of them. . . it all felt very strange.
After finishing his shower, Oswald opened the closet. Inside the closet were academy uniforms, as well as activewear, training clothes, and other underwear.
All of them had been magically treated, so they automatically shrank to fit the wearer’s body when worn. In addition to that, they were equipped with various functions, including various defensive magics, to ensure the safety of the academy students.
‘𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯.’
