chapter 3
3 – Help me out of pity
“Go.”
“Leehi.”
“Go.”
“Leehi!”
“Turn it off, please.”
“Ah, Mr. Lihi!!”
As Lester made a loud noise, some seniors raised their heads from afar.
It looked like he was trying to be quiet, but all he could do was move his lips.
Two eyes that have turned pale from fatigue, a look that reminds me of zombies in the apocalypse.
That is the future of the Faculty of Public Administration. Mmm. The future of imperial bureaucracy is bright as expected!
I thought and banged the heads of both Lester and Michelle into the desk.
“How many times do I have to tell you to be quiet?”
“Sorry. But since you keep refusing….”
“Wouldn’t it be my freedom to say no, Lester?”
“But lihi! Is this a matter of pride in the Officers Faculty?!”
No, so why the hell are you mentioning the Officers Faculty in front of me!
I’m in the Department of Public Administration. Future imperial bureaucrat! Civil servants waiting for work hours!
Come in front of him and say, ‘Hoeeng. Please come up with our strategy!’ Would you say it’s good?
It’s a relief if you don’t break your head with the papers you’re holding, these guys.
“What exactly do you want?”
“Oh! Have you finally decided?”
“I thought it would be right to end it quickly to hear more of you whining here.”
Despite the deliberately cold voice, Lester and Michelle only grin.
I can’t believe these guys are dreaming of becoming officers of the Empire in the future. Oh my god
“Did you hear there was a joint training?”
“I told you a moment ago.”
“And wanting to turn their insides there.”
“If you say the same thing over and over again, it will turn the table upside down.”
I was frightened when I tore the paper they gave me.
How dare you repeat what you said in front of a Korean possessor?
That’s no different from saying nothing!
“Lihi, you must know that the guys from the Knights Faculty are a bit unlucky.”
“A little? Michelle. Say it right It’s not a little bit, it’s not a f*cking thing!”
“That, Lester. Still, as a noble of the empire, linguistic purification….”
“Joohonaaa, you unlucky bastards. I want to win, Lihi! We want to win against the Knights Faculty!!”
“… Anyway, I keep poking at our Officers Faculty for commanding soldiers while not being able to use a sword properly. We don’t focus on swordsmanship as much as the Knights Faculty, but we can do everything beyond the basics.”
Swordsmanship. Well, it’s filthy childish, but I can’t help but nod again.
School of public administration students, imperial officials, even those who have nothing to do with combat are basically taught swordsmanship.
Not to mention the officer faculties who command soldiers on the battlefield.
But the basics, the snarling guys from the Faculty of Engineering come and say, ‘Wow, you guys are sloppy’?
‘It’s better not to fight right away.’
Compared to this situation, it is the same as someone criticizing my game skills.
Even if I’m not a super high school student, I’m thinking, ‘Okay, I’m average!’
A strange bastard came and spat out, “You’re not f*cking good at games.”
There heh heh! If you endure it, that is Buddha and Jesus.
f*ck, my game skills can only be discussed at the level of Senpai!
“By the way, kids? I’m sorry to say this, but objectively, the Knights Faculty has higher grades in swordsmanship.”
If your swordsmanship score is lower than that of the Officers Faculty, know how to kill.
These words came from the Faculty of Science, where the sons and daughters of the nobles gathered.
It also means that we have an edge in swordsmanship.
“… Bad guy.”
Lester grumbles as if he has nothing to say, and Michelle drools.
“Let’s go to sleep. So what next?”
Enter sneaks in and asks why he brought out his swordsmanship.
“There is a swordsmanship sparring in the coalition training. It is a method of sending 10 people each and sparring 1:1, and the side with the most winners wins the final.”
“Wow.”
“Then it’s ruined?”
Ah, by the way, the last words were not by me, but by Enter.
I asked the most important thing while stopping Lester, who was trembling with pain, saying, ‘Is that something to say to a friend?
“Hey. Then what do you want to ask for? Are you asking about a strategy to win in Dalian?”
Nodding nod―
Looking at the two men nodding confidently, I smiled.
Ha ha ha. These puppies. Bring some nonsense and talk strategy.
In silence, he rolled up the paper he was holding in his hand.
And without a moment’s hesitation, I struck them down.
“Ugh! Lee, Leehi?!”
“Hey! It hurts! It hurts!”
“I’m going to hit you because it hurts, you damned ones. What the hell kind of strategy do you come up with? Have you ever seen someone win by making a strategy in a swordsmanship sparring? Is this a battle? Go at that time and swing your sword one more time! Ok?! Come on. You guys should be more fit! Come on!”
These are some people. Even so, are you saying that you are truly the nobles of this empire!
The referee continued until the impatient seniors shouted to be quiet.
After Lester and Michel disappeared, who didn’t get anything in the end.
Enter, who was reading a book next to me, suddenly pokes my side with his elbow.
“Hey, Lihi.”
“Could it be that ‘the great future war hero, Lihi. Is there really no strategy to beat the Engineering Department?’ I think you’ll be right too.”
As he swung the dictionary he was holding, the Enter guy immediately covered his head.
As expected, I was going to say that. Not even three idiots, what are you doing?
“But they are kind of pitiful. It’s called the Officers Faculty, but was ignored by the Knight Faculty for swordsmanship.”
“In swordsmanship, the Knights Faculty are clearly superior, but what can I do? You should try harder.”
“That’s for later. What we need right now is a strategy to bridge the gap, right?”
Enter sneaks up next to him. Hey, get away disgusting
“Is there really no such thing as a strategy?”
“….”
“I’m not saying this to make fun of you, I’m just saying it out of expectation. Every time I say that it’s burdensome, I don’t like it, but… After all, you are also a Reinhardt person. A family of war heroes of a great empire.”
This is why I feel burdened. Damn it
From close friends to strangers, war heroes, war heroes.
No matter how much my grandfather, father, and older brother are war heroes, I can’t be the same….
Damn it. Having said that, it feels even more strange that I can’t be a war hero.
Pooh sighed and closed the book he was reading.
“Enter. Think about it. This is not a battle It’s not that many fight. 1:1 Dalian. We have to fight purely with each other’s skills, but I don’t know the other person, and I’m not a swordsman genius, so what kind of strategy can I come up with?”
“That… That’s right. Poor. If they lose to the Engineering Department again this time, I think they will be really bad.”
Why do you keep looking at me while saying “I’m sorry”?
Don’t pressure me. Do not strangle me! I can’t answer that! It’s not coming out!
I can’t improve their skills no matter what I do here, so how….
‘… Uh.’
Suddenly, these thoughts run through my head.
I can’t improve the officers’ department. If so, what about the opposite?
Is it possible to lower the skill of the Knights Faculty, who will be fighting against them?
I don’t know exactly about those two faculties, but I do know this.
Of course, the important thing in Dalian is swordsmanship, and the physical strength that supports it.
Lastly, the psychology of controlling the two.
“Hey, enter.”
“Huh?”
“Do you have anything to get from Lester or Michelle?”
“No? Don’t you have anything like that?”
“Then, is there something you really want them to do?”
At my words, Enter grumbled, “Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”
“No. I think that strategy is possible.”
*
The sun goes down completely after dusk.
Darkness spreads everywhere and the students return to their respective rooms.
But here, some students didn’t.
Those who secretly move somewhere while checking everywhere to see who might be watching.
Are they the ones with nefarious intentions targeting the academy?
It might be true. In fact, they are overly vigilant about their surroundings—
“Come soon. We’re late!”
“Be quiet. The guys from the Knights Faculty might be watching!”
Anyway, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
“Is this here?”
“Does it seem right? But where are they all?”
The moment they try to look around once again.
Several figures appearing out of nowhere surround them.
“Stop. Quiet. If you resist, you become a fan. Kwanan?”
“Tobacco!”
“It’s late. These children You are the last.”
They quickly grabbed the last piece and moved to a more private place.
How long has it been? When we finally arrived, male and female students were seated.
“Aren’t you going soon?!”
“Sorry. Meeting seniors and separating them!”
The identity of these people is none other than freshman in the first year, especially the members of the Officers’ Faculty.
Originally, it is correct to go back to the room and prepare for the combined training that will take place two days later.
But what are they trying to do by gathering in secret at this late hour?
“Come!”
Everyone sitting on the horse of a student stands up.
And after a while, the person who entered was the second son of the Reinhardt family. Leah.
“What are you guys doing right now… Whoa. No. Sit down. Damn things.”
Lihi covers his forehead as if his head is pounding just by looking at it.
But what can I do? It was you who became weak, and you were the one who called them.
“I’ll explain it just once, so listen up. If there are guys who talk nonsense in the future, I’ll go to the Knights Faculty and blow them all up. Especially Lesterner.”
After blowing a warning, Lihi went straight to the point.
“Your current swordsmanship is clearly inferior to you.”
“Me, Lihi. But our swordsmanship….”
“Yes. It’s not a huge difference, but anyway, thirteen is thirteen, right?”
Can you say no? When asked, she was a female student who quietly lowered her hand.
Lihi, who clicked her tongue, spoke again.
“There are two ways to bridge this gap. First of all, how do you guys do better? But it seems impossible, so pass. And the other one is, on the contrary, if the opponent can’t do it. Michelle?”
“Huh?”
“Are you sure you really train with a real sword?”
“Sure. Because it is the first joint training. Everyone said to bring the sword you received from your family.”
“The sword is yours and yours, and you are equally the greatest pride?”
As Michelle nods her head, Lihi draws a smile on her lips.
That is by no means a war hero’s. That’s the villain’s smile!
“Okay, gentlemen. Then, from now on, I will tell you about the romantic thief cat operation.”