Academy Ankle Reaper

02. I’m on vacation anyway

The family that has returned after a long absence has not changed much on the outside.

Loneliness lingers around and the mansion, as cold as the memory, was fucking huge, just like the memory.

Even though she hasn’t come in for six years since she was 17 years old.

I came because my parents had passed away, but I was the only one dressed in mourning.

While the letters were being exchanged, the funeral had already ended.

Everyone took care of the sadness of the two people’s deaths and moved on to tomorrow, but only I, a lesser unfilial person who came late, was wearing mourning clothes in honor of the two of them.

As I walked through the wide hallway, I stretched out the collar that was tight around her neck with my fingers.

This mourning dress was also made 8 years ago, and it still fits me well.

Every time I walk in a familiar place, the memories of that place come to mind.

Most of them were bad memories.

I was scolded by my father,

When I heard sharp criticism from my mother,

When I heard gossip from gossips,

They weren’t very good parents.

Mourning clothes are stuffy.

I pulled the collar again with my fingers to loosen it.

No matter how much I loosened the collar, the discomfort did not go away.

I came back because I had to come back, but as expected, this mansion is inconvenient.

Being in the middle of a monster-infested dungeon would be much more comfortable than here.

As soon as I finish my errands, I’m going to leave somewhere quickly.

The closest thing is the knights, I think it would be more comfortable to give up deserting and be thrown into a dungeon.

I passed through a wide hallway and faced a huge door that was overwhelming for my small frame.

I had to reach over my shoulder to reach the doorknob that ordinary people in my family could reach with a light stretch of hand.

I didn’t even knock and threw the door open.

When I opened the door, I was greeted by a room that felt understated and luxurious without being flashy.

This is the office where the heads of households do business.

The father of the Atlas Titan, with a back as wide as the Pacific Ocean, must have been watching his work with an imposing figure, but he was no longer of this world.

In the office where only the householder could stay, the new owner was silently handling business without being surprised when he suddenly came in, making only the sound of a pen brushing the paper.

“The seat is quite suitable.”

“Oops..”

When she pretended to look, she stopped moving her pen and she raised her head.

The new owner of Titan’s office was a woman with not thick lines.

She didn’t impress with her body like the prematurely deceased Cronus, but her tightly shut mouth and slightly raised eyes reminded her of the unlucky Taesan-like ancestral family. And so was my face.

Bright golden hair, tied back to work, glistened in the sunlight from the window, and sapphire blue eyes looked at me.

My sister Metios Titan, with hair similar to mine, eyes similar to mine, born in the same boat.

It wasn’t her eldest son, Atlas, who inherited the titan’s headship and title, but his younger sister.

“You are my brother. I didn’t know you were here because I couldn’t see you well.”

“It’s nice to start a fight as soon as you see it. You mean to have a brother-sister fight after a long time?”

“Sibiraño, you are having a snowball fight with the paperwork, but you can’t see it.”

As soon as we met, he stepped on the red zone, so I got angry, but since I knew he was such a kid from the start, I got over it.

If someone I hadn’t met for the first time had done that, I would have blown my fists.

“Congratulations. With the body of a woman, and that too, being born as the second child and taking on the role of head of household, your name will remain in history.”

“The scenery here is very nice, but… I had a lot of work so I couldn’t sleep for three days. I’m tired and I want to put it down right now.”

After saying that, Metios’ eyes showed deep fatigue.

Since both of them died suddenly, they must have had a mountain of things to deal with, considering that they resembled their father’s stubbornness, they would have worked for three days without leaving their seats unless it was urgent.

“And… I’m fine, but I’m worried that other people will say something bad about you again.”

“I’m fine, they won’t even know I’m alive anyway. I should be worried about you.”

The two of them died suddenly, and as a result, the second son, and a woman at that point, took over the Countess.

In a social world that likes to gossip with nothing to do, that alone would attack the younger brother.

Isn’t it a trick that both parents died at the same time? It’s because it’s full of strange things from the outside.

“This seat was originally my brother’s seat. Are you really okay with me taking over as head of household?”

“You will do better than me.”

Like any noble lady, her younger sister’s hand, which looks thin, has calluses that can’t be created just by holding a pen, which can’t be seen in noble ladies.

At the point when I ran out to join the Knights, there was no place for me anymore in this house.

Metios took over what I threw away and ran away.

That’s why Metios should be sitting in that seat.

She pouted her mouth as if the answer wasn’t satisfactory.

“Change the question. I may have to give orders to my older brother, don’t you have any objection?”

“Since you admitted to holding the leash, I should treat you accordingly. But you know, if it bothers you, I’ll run away anytime.”

As long as it’s not a really terrible thing, I can do as much as I can for my family’s requests.

“Then I’m glad. I thought you changed your mind in the meantime… If so, I can speak without hesitation.

As the head of household, I will give my brother the first order. Brother, please enter the academy.”

“… Why me?”

My expression rotted at the completely unexpected command.

Shall we run away now?

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The world I possess is based on the content of the web novel ‘Academy’s Devil Slayer’.

As the title suggests, the center of the basic story is the academy.

The academy, which nurtures talented people who will carry the future of the shining empire, lines up to enter not only the empire, but also all over the continent… No, even across the sea.

The Academy, where there are many inexperienced but full of desires, is the best environment for demons to hide in. Content to do.

In the academy, which is the center of the novel, all kinds of incidents and accidents happen, and no matter how high I have reached as a human being, if I get entangled in the central event of the novel where non-human things appear, my throat will fly right away the moment I do something wrong.

Until now, I had only been running forward, but how unfair would it be if I accidentally got caught by the Great Devil and my head exploded before I could properly feel the peace?

That’s why I don’t really want to get involved with the academy.

“My family is also a family, so a letter of recommendation came.”

“I’m asking just in case… Are you asking me to become a student now? I don’t know if it’s the instructor or professor who teaches, but I don’t learn anything from them… “

After being possessed, whether it was volitional or unintentional, I can say that I have lived my life quite hard.

I started as an apprentice in the knights that everyone knows, and now I can do more than one person, so unless the instructor at the academy is a real master, he can’t teach me anything.

Unfortunately, however, the masters of the empire I know aren’t the kind of people who would be leisurely teaching in a place like that.

I can’t use magic properly, but I’ve learned quite a bit in terms of knowledge.

The Templars also learn how to deal with wizards, and the best way is to know how their magic works.

I have been learning general studies and culture since I was young.

Everything I learned before being possessed will be eaten in this world, so I am confident that I will not be called ignorant anywhere, but I am embarrassed when I am asked to enter the ground of learning.

“You may not learn anything, but you can gain something. Since when has the academy been a place of learning? It would be nice if you knew everything.

Someone enjoys a wandering life and doesn’t pay attention to it, so you don’t know, but the condition of the manor is not so good since two of them died suddenly.

I think you are going on vacation, so please go and get some useful information.”

“That’s a vacation anyway.”

Since when has the academy been a place of learning, the fact that an academy that only looks gorgeous on the outside is actually a social club of giants that sends out ‘letters of recommendation’ so that no matter how talented you are, if you have a good back, you can enter without taking an exam. Is a fact that most people know.

Even if it is not a place of learning, neighboring countries turn on their eyes to stand in line at the academy, where the titans who will lead the empire in the future gather, but other races such as elves, dwarves, halflings, and beastmen have already seen the true nature of the academy. It’s disappointing, and I’m only sending it to a façade.

“As you know, I’m a deserter, so it’s a bit too much for me to be tracked down.”

“You enter with your mother’s last name. Hiding the titan’s castle would help greatly.”

“Ah, but… You’re embarrassing… I have to be among the kids… If my peers see it, they will laugh at me with their belly button.”

“You talk as if you have close classmates in the Knights. Even so, it’s not like my older brother is officially enrolled, so there’s no problem.”

Metios’ unstoppable words are unstoppable.

It looks like they want to send me to the academy somehow.

“Even so, feeling is… “

“This is a copy of a thesis being researched by a professor at the academy.”

As I kept spinning around to deny it, Metios pulled out a briefcase from a drawer and handed it to me.

“About the body growth promotion method using oak bone marrow… ? What is this?”

“This is a research by an academy professor supported by the family. I was continuing to support my brother who was worried about his kidney… “

The thesis contained information about growing the human body.

For now, the main thing is to use orc bone marrow, but later in another paper, it seems that in-depth research has been done on how to promote the growth of the body with various elements.

I was able to know what the professor who wrote this thesis wanted when I read through the thick thesis at speed and gathered the words that seemed to be in common.

‘I haven’t put a name on it yet… But this feature is definitely a leap forward.’

There is always a leap in growth.

But in fact, maybe it hasn’t been made yet?

I wonder if I haven’t been able to find it because it’s not an elixir that has existed since then, but will be made in the future?

I couldn’t confirm that this study would necessarily lead to a leap in growth, but I could see the potential.

“If you can’t go no matter what. The situation in the estate has been bad lately, so I have no choice but to end support for this research first.”

“You know how to negotiate with me.”

“Because he is my younger brother.”

In the end, I decided to give up everything and enter the academy.

It was the moment when I decided to enter the academy, which I thought would have no connection at all in this life.

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He’s pulling his collar again.

This is already the third time.

I don’t know if the person himself knows it, but Atlas can’t stand any clothes that constrict his body even a little when he’s inside the mansion.

I haven’t seen him in a long time, his small body is stretched out, and his posture is still confident, but he is atrophied.

I’m confident in my heart, but my body feels cramped.

For him, this mansion would never have been a good place.

Atlas was a good brother.

He didn’t try to relieve me, who was weaker than him, from always being stressed out because of his short disability, and he endured the irrational hatred and ridicule that was pouring down on him grit his teeth.

In the end, though, he gave up on his family and ran out.

If he ran away from the family, it would be nice to give up on his ‘kidney’ and live his own life… Even though he was freed from his parents who bullied him, he was still working hard to grow his kidney.

‘I’d like to go and get some rest…’

Looking at him still feeling stuffy, I decided to enroll in my brother’s academy.

The academy is a place where he doesn’t have to work very hard.

Because of the terrible education of Cronus, the former head of the family, he was already in no position to learn anything at the academy.

He even goes in after receiving a ‘letter of recommendation’.

If you bring a letter of recommendation only for people with a back stomach, even if you use a different last name, there won’t be anyone who dares to bother you.

I hope my brother, who has been running non-stop, can rest a bit comfortably at this point.

‘Why are you so anxious..?’

I’m obviously sending you to rest in peace… My brother feels like he’s about to get caught up in something.