I Became the Golden Sun That Steals the Academy’s Aircraft

81. Camilla, Dorothy and Lily

“Hot!”

The Heart Count family is responsible for the western border of the empire.

There, too, the training ground located in the deepest part, which can only be used by the immediate descendants of the Earl of Hart, was full of spirits from early in the morning.

There were only two people in the training hall, but it actually felt like it was full.

The one who creates such an atmosphere is the youngest member of the Count Heart family who uses this training hall.

It was Dorothy Flamma Hart.

From the beginning, Dorothy was aiming to become knights like Brianna and Seraphina. He was taking steps toward becoming a knight very smoothly, with a teacher to learn from and ample support.

However, after returning to his mansion after the Academy attack, Dorothy’s training method changed 180 degrees. Instead of the existing systematic training method, he continued to engage in rigorous, high-intensity training that taxed his body every single day.

Her exclusive maid, Anna, was worried that her body would be damaged and tried to stop her, but she remained steadfast. She was training again and again, day by day, as if she could only become a knight if she did this.

It was the same today. After training my body to the limit, I was repeating basic swordsmanship training for two hours. Her sweat was pouring down and her arms were shaking, but the look in her eyes was the same as when she started training.

One more time.

Dorothy steadied his trembling arms as much as she could and struck his sword from top to bottom. He saw the tip of the sword shaking, chewed his lip, and shouted once more. The reason she began her extreme training was none other than her first brother, Gilbert.

Dorothy, who had only had a negative view of Gilbert, who had lived as a fool for a long time, recently saw him as a completely different person and realized many things. In particular, the image of Gilbert training before leaving was still deep in her mind.

Physical training that is like a torment that involves squeezing all the muscles in the body and basic training that is repeated tirelessly.

He was honestly carrying out all the training that could be said to be the basics of being a knight.

It was only after seeing his training that Dorothy could understand. How could he have such unbelievable piloting skills and the swordsmanship skills to become Brianna’s exclusive disciple?

It was a shock, a ripple, and an epiphany.

A teacher I can ask to learn from?

Sufficient support?

That wasn’t important. In the end, it was Dorothy herself who accepted it all.

Brianna, whom she admires so much, took to the battlefield at her young age.

Was there really a teacher there that one could ask to learn from? Otherwise, would he have received sufficient support?

Dorothy shook her head. Brianna became the best swordsman in the empire at the time because of her natural talent, but it was also possible because of her hard work.

It was only when Dorothy saw Gilbert that she realized the obvious and clear truth.

“Whoa…”

“Thank you for your hard work, lady. Here, have some water.”

When Dorothy, who barely achieved her goal, collapsed on the ground and gasped, Anna, who was standing on one side, took a towel and water and stood in front of her. She poured all her strength into it, to the point that even answering was difficult, and she managed to catch her breath, which was cold all the way to her chin, and gulped down the water she had received.

Anna was someone who would normally be criticized as having no dignity, but not like this now. This was because he knew that she was in no condition to listen to her nagging after her hard training.

More than anything, these days she was obsessed with following in her brother’s footsteps. It was safe to say that she was almost crazy, to put it bluntly. She started following his training methods and began to take interest in his every move.

It was similar to following Brianna’s footsteps in the past. Anna, who had seen Dorothy since she was young, was certain of one thing when she saw her.

Dorothy, who previously viewed her brother as an insect, now views her brother as an idol.

If you look at the response to a question about it not long ago, it was a foregone conclusion. Although Dorothy herself would not admit it.

Anna smiled inwardly at the cute appearance of the young lady she was serving, and she told her story about her brother, whom she had sent a message to back home not long ago.

“Now that I think about it, young lady. She says the first master will be back soon.”

“Hmm? Are you the first brother?”

Although she was out of breath for a long time, Dorothy’s face lit up when Gilbert’s story came out. She tried to pretend that she wasn’t interested, but her eyes were urging me to speak quickly.

Looking at her cute appearance, Anna was worried that she might be a little grumpy. She thought she would say something or not, and for a moment she thought that it wouldn’t work if she didn’t worry.

But it was clear that if she really did that, he would be tormented by her all day long. Anna, who remembered Dorothy’s surprisingly stubborn personality and one who would not easily loosen up once she got upset, brought up the story of Gilbert, whom she was curious about.

“It is said that she is returning to her mansion during the break at Demeia Academy. She sent me a message a while ago that only said she would be returning.”

“Huh. I’m going back. Just say this?”

“Yes, that’s exactly what was written.”

“It’s like my brother. For some reason, I feel like I can hear my brother’s voice. Loudly. It’s coming back. Isn’t it something like this?”

Dorothy giggled, imitating Gilbert’s voice.

“You seem to be in a good mood. Are you happy for the big master to come back?”

“Me? Anna, aren’t you sick? What good am I getting from my big brother coming back? I’m not happy at all even if such a bastard comes back.”

Dorothy’s face hardened as if she had never laughed before. She probably wanted to show that she was not at all happy about Gilbert’s return, but she seemed unaware that that would backfire.

Anna didn’t bother to point out that fact and nodded her head with a smile on her face.

“Yes, I guess so.”

“Anna. Do you know that that laugh is quite unpleasant?”

“It’s an illusion, lady.”

At that moment, while Dorothy and Anna were exchanging comic talk that was not comical, someone rushed into the training room. He was an attendant who managed the mansion, and his main role was to announce that someone had arrived.

“Miss! Lady Dorothy! You must come out quickly!”

“James? What’s happening all of a sudden?”

“You’re here!”

“I can’t believe you’re here. I’m speaking incoherently and I don’t understand. Please tell me in detail.”

Dorothy tried to calm James down as he spoke, panting for breath. Normally, if an employee showed himself like this, he would be scolded by the head butler or head maid, but looking at James’ expression, it seemed like it was an urgent matter.

After taking several deep breaths, James finally regained his breath and exclaimed the purpose of his coming here.

“First Master. Gilbert has just returned!”

At that moment, Dorothy and Anna’s expressions hardened.

He was a person who had a knack for returning unexpectedly.

***

Gilbert realized as soon as he arrived at the mansion that he had made a big mistake. It was correct to say that although he knew it intellectually, he did not feel it on the inside.

A life of class system that I did not know about when I lived as a modern person.

The place where he lived was Korea. It was a country where everyone was virtually equal, with no visible caste system. Of course, if you dig deeper, there was another status created by the gap between rich and poor, but at least it was not a state that remained in the national system itself.

That’s why I couldn’t sympathize with it.

What Gilbert didn’t know was that returning to the mansion without saying a word out of consideration for the people would actually be a huge burden on the employees working at the mansion.

However, the moment he announced his arrival at the mansion, it was only after seeing the maids who were so excited and busy and the butlers running here and there to announce his arrival that I realized that he was mistaken.

In a class-based society, being too considerate can actually be toxic.

If we were to compare it, wouldn’t it be comparable to the battalion commander suddenly visiting us to encourage us?

When he thought about it like that, goosebumps appeared all over his body. He finally realized what a terrible thing he had done.

Camilla asked if she was always this lively, and she was amazed, but she couldn’t help but say that she didn’t know that it would be like this and that she didn’t tell her the date of her arrival at the mansion.

She was refusing to belittle the influence of the original Gilbert that lay dormant within him.

In the end, all Gilbert could do was keep his mouth shut and expressionless until the head of the gun shop came in front of them.

“Are you here, master?”

The head butler who came out to meet us bowed excessively and greeted Gilbert. He seemed to have come forward in advance because he thought that the former Gilbert might be angry in the long run.

“Hmm. It’s been a while, Edward.”

“There were some shortcomings in greeting you, Master. I hope that you will be lenient, at least for the sake of this old man.”

Edward Knox Gray, head butler of the Earl of Hart.

He was a man from the historic Gray Baronet who had served the Earl of Hart for generations.

Baron Gray usually served the Earl of Heart, who guarded the border, but in times of emergency, he was a family that could step up as combat personnel.

In particular, the position of head of the Gray Barons, who serves as the head butler, could only be held by a person who was better than any other knight of the Earl of Hart, and Edward, who is currently serving as the head butler, is said to be the best among the head of the Gray Barons’ history. It was a person.

When he was a young man following the Count of Lithuania through the battlefield, he made a name for himself as an outstanding knight of the Giant God, comparable to Delmont, the chief butler of the Count Tristitia family.

Even if he was bowing down like this now, he was definitely not a person who could do anything carelessly. Of course, the previous ‘Gilbert’ didn’t care about such things, but the current Gilbert was different.

I knew how scary the person in front of me was, so I was formal.

“It was my fault for coming without a message.”

“… You have changed a lot in the time I haven’t seen you.”

At first glance, it seemed like a sharp remark, but Gilbert did not point it out. That was true, and he knew that Edward was sizing him up.

“I don’t know.”

“You were very rude. The Count told me to bring you as soon as you are ready. Would you like to go right away?”

“I think that would be good.”

“I understand. The person who came with me, as far as I know… Seems to be Lady Tristitia…”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Camilla Alaquer Tristitia.”

What did I just see?

Gilbert felt devastated when he saw Camilla introducing herself so normally. Normally there would be no surprise in this kind of greeting, but the fact that it was Camilla who gave the greeting was noteworthy.

It was surprising to Gilbert that Camilla, the epitome of ingenuity, could introduce herself in such a normal way.

“Indeed, I’m glad this old man’s sharp eyes haven’t died yet. Welcome to the Heart Count family.”

“Thank you for your undeserved hospitality, Sir Edward. I’ve heard a lot from Delmont.”

“Del Monte…Are you talking to that friend?”

Edward made an expression as if he had heard a name he missed. He had a deep relationship in many ways with Delmont, the head butler of the Count Tristitia family. He had a lot in common in that he was active on the battlefield at a similar time, followed one lord more than anything, and eventually became the head of the house.

If I had to define it, they were evil friends and rivals.

A faint smile appeared on Edward’s lips at the name he missed after hearing it for so long.

“It looks like that friend is still very cheerful.”

“It’s so nagging. I don’t think I can imagine Del Monte losing strength.”

“That’s correct. By the way, I welcomed a guest, but I kept him waiting for too long. Lady Tristitia, would you like to have an audience with the Count?”

“I can’t interrupt the long-awaited reunion of father and son. I will go separately when Gilbert comes to see the Count.”

“hehehe. Well, I’ll prepare some tea for you to drink in the meantime. Let’s go to the living room first.”

I shook my head inwardly as I watched Camilla, who quickly became the noble daughter of an influential family and followed Edward. They say that a woman’s cowardice is scary, and it seems that this also applies to the tomboy Camilla.

Gilbert, who was watching Camilla leave for the drawing room, soon headed to the office of the Count of Lithuania, who was waiting for him. Although Camilla’s appearance was unexpected, the important thing now was to meet her father, the Count of Lithuania.

Gilbert took a deep breath as he arrived at the Count’s office, following the path he took before leaving for his academy. Perhaps because the situation was different from before he left, it did not look like the entrance to purgatory like before.

Then let’s go.

When I knocked on the office with a somewhat light heart, I heard the voice of the Lithuanian Count.

“Come in.”

Gilbert opened the door without delay and was able to see the Count of Lithuania sitting in his office and working.