Became the Idiot Young Master Who Tormented the Main Character

51. Grade Test (2)

The moment Iris blurted out that she had someone in mind.

I could hear some people holding their breath.

Are the male students discouraged by the news that she has her eyes on a fiancé candidate?

No one knows the truth. But there were still some boys who had a fire of fighting spirit burning in their eyes.

That means there’s a candidate, but if you think about it the other way around, Iris’ words also mean that she doesn’t have a lover yet.

… Some of the other girls who were having fun were jumping around and having fun.

‘hmm….’

The cyan contained in it was also of interest.

Even when she was working as a tutor in the dukedom, she hardly ever went out.

I’ve never seen anyone contact me through Stitch separately.

But there’s a guy I have my eye on.

I thought there would be a high chance of it not happening, but it was unexpected.

‘but….’

She is also approaching marriageable age.

With the national nickname of Sword Master, there would be many men lining up to enter into a political marriage with her.

“If there are no more questions, we will begin today’s lesson to prepare for the exam.”

Iris immediately announced the start of class.

Then, the regretful male and female students began to disperse and form a line, holding wooden swords.

Cyan also started to move slowly.

Until he felt eyes staring at him from somewhere.

When Cyan turned his head to meet her gaze, the owner of the gaze was, as expected, Iris.

Iris was looking at Cyan with a smile.

The puzzled Cian tilted his head and looked at her in the same way.

“… … .”

“… … .”

How many seconds did this situation last?

“… … ?”

When Hedy notices that Cyan is not moving, she feels something is wrong and tries to talk to him, but soon stops.

I noticed that Cian and Iris were locking eyes.

‘what…?’

Hedy felt a strange current between the two.

I saw the blueprint.

I saw Iris.

I watch them alternately.

Hedy felt a strange sense of unease.

Meanwhile, Sian felt frustrated and turned around when Iris didn’t take any action.

I quickly avert my gaze and follow the busily moving students.

Iris also averted her gaze and approached the students as if nothing had happened.

Even in that situation, Hedy couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

At first glance, it seemed like nothing happened, but it definitely felt like there was something going on between the two.

The question persisted throughout the swordsmanship class. Even when he tried to ask Cian about her relationship with Iris during class, Hedy hesitated and kept asking until the class ended.

It was a fencing class where a sense of uneasiness dominated my brain.

*

widely!

widely!

Percussion!

The dull sound of countless wooden swords clashing echoed.

It was inside the swordsmanship training center, an external facility.

After class, students gathered together to practice swordsmanship diligently.

“Ugh!”

-Taaak!

Every time Hedy swung her sword, she held her breath for a moment and used the strength of her doubles to block Cian’s sword.

Even though the sword was blocked, Cian swung his next attack at Hedi with flexible movements, and the intensity of the sparring was light.

“Ugh!”

…Hedi couldn’t shake off the sense of discomfort she had felt during the previous swordsmanship class, even as she tried to cheer herself up.

Why was the new swordsmanship professor staring at Sian so intently?

It seemed like Si-an didn’t find that gaze strange either.

Were the two people acquainted from the beginning?

I heard that he was the Sword Master of the Duchy of Brace. What happened between him and Cyan?

I kept getting nervous.

Come to think of it, Hedy didn’t know where Cyan was from.

Was he perhaps a figure associated with the Duchy of Brace?

So maybe since she was from the same hometown as Iris, she had some kind of connection to her.

I kept having random thoughts.

-Percussion!

“ah.”

Hedy drops the wooden sword.

He blocked Xi’an’s wooden sword incorrectly and missed the handle.

It was a mistake I wouldn’t have made originally.

“… Do you have any concerns?”

Cyan, who was wiping the sweat off his hands, asked Hedy in a worried tone.

“No… what, not really?”

“Lies. Your mind was somewhere else the whole time we were sparring.”

Cyan could tell.

I had sparring sessions with Hedi every night, and I was stupid for not knowing.

Unlike the usual sparring, there was no sharpness to Hedi’s sword.

“Where does it hurt?”

“That’s not it.”

“Yes. I don’t know what your problem is, but please solve it as soon as possible. If it continues like this, it will become very difficult.”

“…What does that mean?”

“The grade exams are coming up soon.”

Cyan has been a little nervous these days.

Because I knew how difficult the graded tests that divided the classes were.

These were the trials I had experienced countless times before coming to this world.

“You said that the first test will be evaluated by having you spar with each individual at the professor’s discretion, but that won’t be the case starting from the second test. That’s when the tests will be truly merciless.”

When Bing-yi Jeon first developed his character, he believed in his abilities and thought he would be easily assigned to Class A.

But back then, I was really complacent.

Due to various variables in the test scale, I was assigned to Class C and my account was immediately deleted.

I remember having a hard time raising a new character and then taking the test.

“Even if the first test is at the professor’s discretion, the second and third tests will be conducted in a sudden manner, such as exploring a restricted area in teams. That’s a long-standing tradition at Ariel Academy.”

“…How do you know such things?”

“Just pass on the people you know.”

The information that Si-an gave to Hedi wasn’t particularly rare or hidden, so it was information that could have been found out by simply asking a senior who had one year of experience.

So, Si-an thought it would be okay to just talk around.

“What are you talking about? You don’t have any friends.”

“… … .”

But that was a mistake.

Come to think of it, Hedy had been with Sian for a long time, so she knew his every move.

Aside from meeting Lloyd, Bobby, and Louie at lunch, Hedi had never seen him meet anyone.

It was a lie that would be quickly exposed.

Hedy’s innocent honesty made Sian’s heart feel as if it had been stabbed with tens of thousands of awls.

“… Anyway, this is information that you can find out with just a little bit of research. If you only practice swordsmanship and don’t develop the ability to deal with situations, it will be disadvantageous. If you have any concerns, resolve them quickly.”

“okay.”

Soon, Hedi returned to sparring, and Cyan, satisfied with Hedi’s sword that had become sharper, swung his sword along with her.

But Hedy’s distracting thoughts didn’t completely disappear.

I really wondered where he got all this information and how he got involved with other people.

If you go with him, it seems like you’re always sticking to a repetitive routine and not meeting people on your own.

The more I tried to learn about Xi’an, the more things I seemed to not know.

*

When I bring my hand closer, the faint blue light starts to shine brightly.

As I move my hand away again, the blue light gradually weakens and disappears.

Magic Stone Sword.

After finishing my duel with Hedi, I took a shower and went back to my dorm, and finally had time to think about this.

At first, I thought of it as a magic tool that was light. However, after leaving Dordom and reuniting with Iris, I couldn’t take it lightly because I remembered the conversation we had before we parted ways.

‘So where did you get that sword?’

‘Ah, as I said before, this is a magic stone sword. It is a magical tool made by processing a magic stone that was discovered by chance while exploring the labyrinth.’

‘It seems like the magic power of the Cian is surging strongly inside. … May I take a look at that sword?’

‘It doesn’t matter… Iris’s magic probably won’t react.’

‘… That’s true.’

At that time, Iris looked at the magic stone sword with a cautious expression for some reason.

And what he said to me was… .

‘This might not be a magic stone.’

It was a questionable statement.

It was clearly a magic stone sword made from the magic stone found in the labyrinth.

Even after saying that, Iris still denied that it was a magic stone.

Explaining that a normal magic stone should react to all magic regardless of the user.

‘A magic stone that only accepts the magic of the first person it touches? I have never heard of a magic stone with such a will existing in the world.’

‘Furthermore, the ability to manipulate and materialize the user’s magical power… I can only think of similar cases like the magic sword or the holy sword. Is that really a naturally occurring magic stone in the labyrinth?’

Hearing Iris’ words, I couldn’t help but remind myself of that once again.

I remember that when I played Ariel before Ice Age, the only bound items were the magic sword type.

The Holy Sword is an item that doesn’t appear in the story, so it’s out of the question.

However, the possibility that this magic stone sword was a holy sword was slim.

What on earth is this…?

“… … .”

Anyway, it seemed like an item that would draw unnecessary attention from people around me if I carried it around openly.

I wrapped the hilt of the magic stone sword on my waist with a medical bandage to hide the blue light.

And then I left the dormitory again and went to the lecture building to prepare for the upcoming class.