chapter 33
33 – Practical lessons (5)
Whatever it is, those who have obtained rewards through dishonest methods must be punished.
No matter which country you go to, only the intensity and method of punishment are different, but the conclusion of punishment is the same.
What if there is no way to punish?
An honest citizen who accidentally witnessed this should be punished instead.
“Oh, Altein? Why are you… .”
“No, because it smells a little.”
Looking at the visibly flustered Hans and his dumbfounded Alt, I muttered.
As soon as he saw me, Alt’s movement to straighten his jacket was suspicious to anyone.
I must have found the badge because I came earlier than the scheduled time.
“I understand that there is still time left until the end of practice… If it’s already out, that means you’ve found it.”
“… It’s none of your business.”
“It would normally be like that.”
Unknowingly, the original tone came out.
“Maybe Instructor Bella said that the use of magic and similar tools is prohibited… was it?”
“… Let’s go, Alt.”
“Looks right.”
Hans pursed his lips, revealing an uncomfortable expression.
Still, he did not rush to my provocation as usual, probably because he did not want to be found out.
He only responded in a lower voice than usual.
“You don’t seem to be interested in class at all. Well, it’s more appropriate to act as a gatekeeper here… I feel sorry for the guy behind you.”
“Me, me?”
“It’s done. Because the gatekeeper smelled something suspicious. Was it Alt there? Do you have anything in your pocket? Open your jacket.”
“Don’t give orders. you poor bastard And you don’t have to listen Alt. don’t let it go.”
“Then can I talk to the instructor?”
“yes. It doesn’t matter. Because we are proud.”
Even if it’s intermittent, it’s the same count, but it’s low class.
Don’t show me what the real vulgarity is.
“Oh is it? So I must have heard this wrong. Elaine.”
“Ah yes… !”
At my gesture, Elaine withdrew from me early.
I took out my attitude from the back dance and showed it to Hans.
“I am talking to the instructor. Then, it doesn’t matter if I take your badge from here, right?”
“What is that… .”
“I told you to ‘find’ the badge. I didn’t say don’t take it. is not it?”
“What nonsense! This is what we found— yup!”
“Looks like you found it too.”
I smiled evilly at Alt, who was caught in an inductive interrogation.
If anyone sees it, it will look like Altean’s appearance.
Hans stepped forward, pushing back Alt who had blocked his mouth.
“yes. we found the badge But, what do you mean?”
“Didn’t you hear? I said I would take it.”
“By what right do you have it?”
“Does robbery have a right? And it is to take away the things of those who commit expedients. To put it bluntly, it’s malicious.”
“You are talking nonsense. what good If you’re going to interfere, just knock it down and leave. I didn’t like you either.”
Hans clenched his fists and began to stance.
I thought he would run away awkwardly, but he is stronger than I thought.
I grinned at him and put my attitude back on.
Then, he slowly poured mana into his fists.
Unless they were on the same level as Siegfried, Heinz, or Rayna, they weren’t very good at handling mana, and it would be hard to detect.
Like those guys who touched Elaine.
‘Come to think of it, the news about those guys—’
“Huh!”
Then Hans rushed in.
It was a swift movement, probably because he was usually quite disciplined. In an instant, Hans’s fist came right in front of his eyes.
I immediately countered Hans’ unleashed fist, then grabbed the rest of the follow-up.
And while struggling to break his cool, he opened his mouth.
“Didn’t you come to Class A with your form?”
“I wanted to beat you at least once, but I didn’t know you would come to beat me on my own. Even with my bare hands, I’ll stick my fist in that disgusting face.”
He pushed me away with a scream and came back swinging his fist again.
A fist was fired with the air bursting as if it were really about to explode my head.
It was a stronger fist than before.
It’s fast, but not to the point of unresponsiveness.
Even if it wasn’t me, Altean’s body was like that.
After calmly blocking the shooting fist with his palms and elbows, he let each one of Hans’ blows go away with a narrow gap.
From Hans’ point of view, it would look like I barely parried his attack.
But I, no, Altane’s body was in a very relaxed state, enough to knock Hans down right now.
However, the reason I don’t do that is because the tendency of Altair within me rejects it.
Since I’m still not good enough to handle Altane’s body completely, I sometimes lose control when I move my body violently.
It was the same when I caught the Ent in Mene before.
It matched my will to catch the Ent, but in the end, I lost control of my body as soon as I pulled out my attitude.
Moisten to shed the flying fist and twist his head to avoid the fist on the other side. I could feel Hans’s breathing becoming rough in the lengthy workshop.
‘Am I waiting for my opponent to get tired?’
Accepting the opponent until they lose their strength, and giving them a sense of despair at the last moment. In a way, it was a battle method suitable for the vicious Altane.
If that’s right, it’s understandable that he just keeps spilling Hans’ attacks.
It’s probably because he wants to lose his stamina and defeat him at the last minute.
I just have to act accordingly.
“Whoa… Whoop… .”
“I’m breathing hard.”
“Shut up. Whoops!”
phut-
Hans’ blow was again blocked by my arms.
Seeing this, Hans’s eyes shook for a moment. The sound of heavy breathing and the speed of his fists weakened compared to before.
Even the hem of the pants that is slightly fluttering.
It looked like it had reached its limit.
No matter how much it was, there was obviously a limit to the way he stretched his fists alternately, as if he wasn’t used to fighting with his bare hands without a weapon.
Since he has innate physicality, his fist speed was faster than most people even with a rough swing, but that was all.
“uh… ?”
Hans fell forward with a dumb noise.
My vision was blurry and I was out of breath, so maybe I didn’t have time to look at my feet, so he kicked my ankle with my fist clenched and immediately kissed the floor.
“Keugh… !”
“If you wield it randomly like that, it will be used.”
“Ha, Hans!”
“Count!”
He raised his head and gently pressed down on the back of Hans’ head, who was trying to resist, and subdued him.
As if Hans had been waiting as soon as he collapsed, Alt and Elaine came running.
I reached out my hand to Alt who was looking after the fallen Hans and said.
I need to clear things up.
“Since I won, can I take it? badge.”
“What are you talking about! This is what we found!”
“I just bet on it and competed with my fists.”
“It’s alright, Alt. hand it over.”
“… Hans? I’m serious?”
“It was I who accepted the duel. I lost, so I have to pay the price. Because that’s noble.”
‘What is an aristocrat?’
I shrugged at Hans, who was glaring at me with a weary expression.
Even in this situation, being a noble is a real noble to the bone.
Since Hans was like this, as a count of the imperial society, did he have a bad opinion of the Altane family, who had been deprived of the duchy due to an unfortunate incident?
There is only one mane who is already close to the village of the manor, and he is like an outcast in an aristocratic society where even the county is being deprived of, so maybe all nobles including Hans think that way.
It is said that it is a disgrace to the aristocratic society and an inhuman family.
It’s not like I’m thinking this out of pity for Hans lying on the floor.
Anyway, I didn’t like this guy from the entrance ceremony.
Thanks to that, I didn’t break my promise to Bella and got the badge, so wouldn’t it be killing two birds with one stone?
At Hans’s urging, Alt, who had no choice but to take out the badge from his pocket, looked at the badge with me, then closed his eyes and held it out.
“I… I can’t admit it.”
“Thank you.”
I took the badge and passed it to Elaine next to me.
“Hold it.”
“Ah yes!”
Elaine, now a handsome porter, took the badge and put it in her jacket pocket.
“It’s time for others to come out soon. Back to the academy.”
I immediately descended the mountain with Elaine.
I got the badge as planned, and as a bonus, I also knocked out Hans.
There are still a few joint classes left, so if things go on like this, Elaine’s class transfer won’t be too difficult.
If there is still one concern…
“Why are you like that? Count?”
The three who attacked Elaine the other day. He must have come from a church.
After the entrance ceremony, there is no such news.
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Just in case, I asked Nadia to find out, but it seems like she’s pretty good at erasing traces, seeing as there hasn’t been any news yet.
Even Elaine didn’t notice… I think it was.
‘What was the name of the church the saintess belonged to in the original story?’
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Judging by the timing, there will be a strong point.
‘Should I go to the library after it’s over?’