Academy Ankle Reaper

95. No, I have friends too!

It’s time for everyone in the week to scatter.

In the history of different races, which is a liberal arts class that I take separately, several different races take the same class.

This is because the academy sends a lot of students to study abroad in other countries.

Before the lecture started, someone approached my seat.

He was a man of about the same height as me and boasting of bursting muscles, so I felt exceptionally shorter.

The most unusual thing is, of course, the well-groomed beard that reaches to the abdomen.

A number of golden ornaments were attached to the complex braided beard.

It was Hal Barwood, a Dwarf belonging to Class 2.

“Hey swordsman, have you finished your assignments for next week?”

He sneaked up to me and asked.

Even in this class, somehow, I got some familiar faces.

In the first parking lot, there were only so many bad rumors that everyone was reluctant to approach them, but after a couple of duels, the different races, who didn’t notice the political situation here, approached first rather than the humans.

Hal Barwood, a dwarf, always called me swordsman, not by name.

In the first week, he said he saw a gang fight between Class 1 and I in the hallway.

“Not yet.”

“Are you guys still not done yet?”

“I always finish the day before, so I haven’t touched it yet.”

“You always look confident.. I envy humans like that.”

“I’m just throwing it roughly, but I can’t believe myself…”

“Keueugh, I haven’t even touched it yet..! Isn’t this assignment too vicious!!”

Hal Bowd clenched his fists in anger.

But I know.

The fact that this dwarf did that was absolutely not because the task was difficult.

“Isn’t it just that you don’t want to write because the history of the elves is in scope?”

“Yes..! Like the last assignment, if it’s a project about the political system of the Dwarves, I can use it as much as I like!

I can write about the history of the empire as much as I like, but… A task for the structure of the elf tribal society…!! Isn’t this too much!!

Aren’t the elves savage people who make rough huts in the forest and live like woo woo!!”

“What bullshit are you talking about! This dwarf shit sack!!”

Someone shouted from behind Hal Barwood.

It was an impressive elf with long ears that contrasted with short green hair that gave off a refreshing feeling.

Like the other students, he was wearing human clothes, but he had a very strange white cloth hanging over his shoulders.

Cindy Le, who was wearing pure white silk representing nobleness among the elves, was angry with Hal Boud.

“What elves are savages?? Those of you who dig burrows and live covered in dirt are then mole rats??”

“What?! You fucking bastard..!! Hey, come out and duel!!”

“You thought I couldn’t do it??”

The two were nervous about each other as if they were going to fight at any moment, but they never went to a duel.

Until the 2nd week, I was really nervous about a duel if everyone was like that, but now I don’t even pay attention to see if I’m used to it.

The two who entered the academy as representatives of their respective races were grown-ups who recognized that fighting directly would only create a fuss.

“Keuk keuk keuk. It’s fun every day. “

Humans only glanced at each other, but there was one person who was laughing openly.

It was a beastman with round ears in bright orange and mottled black stripes.

It was the Bolte Jean of the tiger beastman, one of the strongest among beastmen.

This guy always enjoyed watching those two fight.

“You didn’t do your homework, did you?”

“Do you think you did?”

“Absolutely not”

As long as they came to the academy after receiving a letter of recommendation, everyone is precious.

Some of them are geeks who thought of coming to a distant land and living among other races.

“Okay then, class begins.”

The classroom, which seemed to be constantly buzzing, became as quiet as a ghost as soon as the professor entered.

As expected, my prediction is that the two of them are just pretending to quarrel.

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When the lecture was over, Amy was waiting for me.

“What happened?”

“I’m in trouble!”

The story Amy told me was absurd.

“Casey hit people?”

“Yes, Instructor Andy told me to tell Atlas.”

The story is that Casey, who had just transferred, got into a fight with two people in the same class, and Andy stopped him.

I hurriedly ran because Andy told me to come separately.

‘So it seems like I’m going to find a person who was taken to the police station as a guardian.’

I was still the guardian of Casey.

Casey was in Andy’s private office.

I heard that three people fought, but Casey was alone inside.

Casey was unscathed.

She was standing up straight, her eyes looking down at the floor with a sullen expression, wiggling her hands.

I really felt like a child doing that.

“Casey…!”

“..!”

Casey’s shoulders trembled as she entered her office.

There was no change in her face, but her behavior was like that of a child caught doing something wrong.

When I went inside, Andy stood up.

“How big was it that you called?”

“As if they had a fight, the three of them fought and one was hospitalized… The other one was sent off after being well-advised. He’s not at the level I can do anything about… You tell me well.”

“Isn’t it going to get bigger?”

“It looks like the kid with the teeth is going to make a fuss, but you have to do something about it. Another one used magic in the hallway and he also violated the school rules, so we decided not to bring each other up.”

“Magic in the hallway?”

“Yes, I was surprised…”

When you fight in the hallway, you don’t just use punches or cold weapons for nothing.

No matter how messed up the academy’s rules are, it’s like shit, but there’s a certain line.

No matter how much it is, the key is not to use magic or aura blades inside the building.

This is because if the emotions of each other are so intense that large-scale magic is used profusely in a small room, this expensive building will be destroyed and the loss of life will be much worse.

Because of such rules, the status of the ‘Swordsmanship Research Department’, which specializes in gang fights within the academy, has been consistently high ever since.

Generally, the basis of learning combat magic is magic developed to effectively slaughter a large number of people on the battlefield.

Trying to use something like that was a terrifying idea.

“I’m going out, so tell me well…”

With that said, Andy left her office.

Andy felt uncomfortable with Casey.

Apart from Casey’s personality, the reason was that Casey was much stronger than Andy.

As I became an executive, senior Andy never had a chance to talk to me, but he saw me come and go many times.

And I saw that I brought Casey and raised her.

After a while, the other ordinary members who saw the little Casey reach the level of expert or higher and enter the knights, and were afraid of Casey.

They said that the reason they were afraid was because the atmosphere resembled me somewhere.

It is said that there is no one who loves peace as much as I do. Rarely have I attacked first.

Casey, a man of only two, became more depressed.

“So you won?”

“…Of course I won.”

“That’s all right.”

“…You won’t scold me?”

“Why me?”

As he said that, Casey bit his lip.

Taking a step back, he struggled to open his mouth.

“That’s right… You’re not even my guardian.”

“What do you mean he…”

Looks like he really reached puberty.

Everything he said was like something an adolescent said because he was saddened by his parents.

“I trust your judgment. And you didn’t hit them for no reason, did you?”

“Yes…”

“And I’m not in a position to say anything to anyone with something like this. I knocked out a lot as soon as I got there.”

“…Is it worth it…?”

“Yes.”

“But I should have done better.. It was clumsy to make my teeth go out.”

“Are you clumsy?”

“If it were me, I could only hit painfully, you learned that before.”

“What is the meaning of a skill that only inflicts pain when annihilating enemies..?”

“It helps to break the will, not the body. It turned out to be a good opportunity.

You kept avoiding me. Sit down.”

“What do I…”

“Stubborn, while ignoring what I said.”

“…”

I decided to make Casey sit comfortably and continue the conversation.

It just went well.

After just avoiding me, the two of us had a chance to talk in a space like this, and it was nice.

Case hesitated, averting her gaze, and then, knowing that there was no way she could escape, she sat still.

“You didn’t just come here. You helped me when I transferred… You’re the captain, right?”

“… How did you know?”

“Only those who have received a letter of recommendation can come to the brooch attached to your clothes. But how can you get a letter of recommendation… There is no one but the captain.”

“A brooch?”

Casey examined the brooch attached to her chest.

“Wasn’t it all like this?”

“You didn’t pay attention. There are other students, so you’d better pay attention later. Well, anyway, there’s no way the captain sent you to the academy to surprise you, so you seem to have received some kind of assignment, right?”

“They said the incident at the academy was unusual and was waiting.”

“…That’s right. It’s only going to get worse…”

The captain seems to be generous, but that only applies to shadows like me.

It doesn’t suit the captain’s personality to make fun of people recklessly because even though he had enough manpower, he wasn’t enough.

It seems that one more person besides me was put into the academy because suspicious movements have been continuously detected lately.

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Nothing was said for a while.

An awkward silence continued as if they were noticing each other, and then I spoke first.

“I’m sorry I didn’t contact Casey. I was so preoccupied that I was distracted.”

“Come now…”

Casey lowered her head and bit her lip.

“…I’m sorry I stabbed you too.”

It was barely a word.

“…But isn’t it really dull…? In the Knights, it didn’t matter if they attacked while eating.”

“Would you like to try sparring for the first time in a while?”

“No, man, you can’t do dogs.”

“Ughhhhh..!! How to elevate yourself with just one stab..!!”

But for now, I decided to lose.

After I calm down a bit, I’ll make sure to organize my rankings again.

“It’s okay. Since you came to the academy, make friends. You’ve been confined to the Knights too, so you hardly ever see peers of the same sex.”

“I don’t need that.”

“It’s necessary, so try it.”

It was inevitable, but the knights were not a good environment for raising children.

It was a strong group that was violent, vertical, and driven by force.

I did my best, but I know that my best was never the best.

I only told him how to fight because he asked me to, but I didn’t want to become a knight.

I wonder if this was the reason my brother sent me to the academy.

I want Casey to feel at ease like other students his age, since he came to Yiwang Academy.

“… The man who does that is not a friend of the same sex, but full of opposite sex.”

Casey pouted her mouth.

Looks like he’s full of dissatisfaction.

Damn, when I really thought about it, I only had a lot of friends of the opposite sex.

All of the male students in the academy have bad personalities, so it’s hard to get along with.

Now, when I approach, most of them servilely refuse to make eye contact or stab me in the back.

“Ah..No, I have friends of the same sex..!”

“Who are you! I’ve never seen you hanging out with a guy! All the boys in my class notice you?”

“I’m in another class…!”

“Then show me.”

I wanted to brag for no reason, so I spat out bullshit again.

It’s a bit much to say hello while passing by, but a friend? I couldn’t think of anyone who could be called that.

I should make friends even now.

But who should I call??