chapter 13
13 – If that’s the case, hit the Emperor
“Your Majesty. A letter has arrived from the academy. The caller is the President… No see.”
“Hmm. It’s unusual for the president to send a letter directly. Let it recite.”
“Yes, yes… Then, I will recite the contents as they are written… “
“Do that. Do not miss a single letter and recite it as it is. I’m just wondering what nonsense he’s talking about.”
About half a year since the summoning failed. It has been about four months since the second princess of the empire entered the academy.
It wasn’t a long time, but many things happened, and all of them were difficult enough to pull out the emperor’s hair.
Typically, the failure to summon a hero. And his disposal.
The news that the summoning of the hero had failed spread across the continent in an instant, and the authority of the imperial family collapsed, and public sentiment also declined.
In addition, there have been reports that monsters in bizarre forms with collapsed forms are currently appearing all over the continent.
According to the prophecy, the summoned warriors would have had to travel all over the continent to grow and deal with those monsters.
However, the summoned hero was a man without any abilities, and thanks to that, the continent had to endure the damage caused by the monsters.
And of course, such responsibility fell to the imperial family, which failed to summon.
Since the imperial family, which was in charge of summoning the warriors, failed, it was argued that for now, monsters from all over the continent should be dealt with on the continent.
Through negotiations, somehow each country decided to receive support, but it was true that the empire had to spend a lot of money to exterminate monsters.
“Well, then I will recite…” “
Because of such circumstances, the emperor has recently been extremely nervous.
Fortunately, things were resolved to some degree and my mind was at ease.
Usually, I would have grabbed my head at the news that it was a letter from the Academy President, but now I could afford to listen.
“This is the first line. This pathetic kid Can’t you just do things like that?”
“Heh heh heh heh heh. This guy again.”
Yes. The president and the emperor had been close friends for a long time.
Because correspondence from him was always written in such a straightforward manner, a handful of the emperor’s hair always fell out in the correspondence of the president.
But now, because of the many things the emperor recently went through, he was in a state of liberation to some extent.
This level of selling meant that there was no damage.
“Go ahead and read. It’s okay.”
“Yes, yes… “
However,
“Ian-goon decided to transfer from the academy as a cadet. Tortured without recognizing a person with such a noble talent? Incarceration? Just hit the Emperor. Even if I do, I will do better than that. It ends here.”
The content that followed was nothing to laugh at.
Ian is the wrongly summoned hero. Therefore, the man who was sold as a slave to the academy.
Transferring such Ian into an academy cadet? It was an incomprehensible situation for the imperial family, which had already completed an investigation into him.
“The Hanyang as a cadet… ? What does this mean?”
“I’m not sure, but… I guess it doesn’t mean that you have a talent for magic… Since mages prioritize their skills, I heard that some of them are from slaves. Even among the owners of the Magic Tower, there are slaves… “
“Does it seem like I’m asking because I don’t know that!”
Quang!
“Hee, hee… !”
“That amount… How can a man named Ian have a talent for magic! He was originally from the other world! Hasn’t he already confirmed that he has no powers!!”
The emperor slammed the throne and stood up.
At his angry appearance, the ministers bowed their heads together with PTSD, and only the minister who read the letter from the president barely opened his mouth.
“That, that… When we investigated, it was clear that he had no ability at all… Maybe it wasn’t that his talent was revealed later at the academy… Magic has a great influence on calculation skills. Until then, there was no way to confirm the confinement… “
“Noisy!!!”
Quaaang-
-Heh, heehee… !
With the emperor shouting, a vast amount of intangible energy came out.
If the academy president is one of the strongest magicians on the continent, then the emperor is one of the strongest knights on the continent.
As a knight in the past, he had risen to a position that could be called the pinnacle, so it was difficult for ordinary ministers to hold on to his spirit just with the life he spewed out.
“The Princess… Contact the princess immediately! You should ask what happened, and what kind of talent he has that he even transfers to!”
“Yes, yes!”
With that order, all the ministers went out of Daejeon as if they were running away in a panic.
“What is this… If this fact is known to the continent again… “
The emperor grabbed his head and laid back on his throne.
If, as the president said, he is a wizard with tremendous talent.
If he is truly gifted with the qualities of a hero of prophecy.
And if that fact is once again known throughout the continent.
It was clear that the authority of the imperial family would fall through the floor again.
I couldn’t even recognize the existence of the hero and imprisoned and tortured him.
This was a much more serious matter than the wrong summoning.
The fact that he confined and tortured a hero who might be supported by the continent was something that he had nothing to say even if he was criticized by the people of the continent.
“No… It can’t be. It can’t be… “
Paaang!
As if squeezing his muscles, the emperor released an aura once and cooled his head. And he thought incongruously logically.
“Obviously, the holy sword did not react to him. The gift that is the proof of the hero is also… It was not found.”
The holy sword did not react, and the gift, that is, the power of the goddess. I didn’t feel any divine power.
Even though he had a talent for magic, he couldn’t be called a true hero of prophecy.
I lost my sense of reason for a while because of the president’s mocking letter, but after all, there was no evidence that he was a warrior of prophecy.
He may be just an alien who is good at using magic, but that doesn’t mean he is a hero of prophecy.
“Whoa… “
I was just playing around with the president’s tricks again. There was no hard evidence anywhere.
First of all, haven’t you already checked? That he had no evidence of a hero to him.
It was just that the summoning went wrong. There was nothing to worry about.
“It’s okay… It will be fine.”
The emperor comforted himself as if hypnotizing himself.
It was one of the new habits that I developed while under a lot of stress.
However, the emperor did not know.
In fact, the prophecy does not contain anything about the hero using the holy sword. That a hero uses a holy sword is just a story passed down in legends.
The story that the gift of the goddess takes the form of divine power is also not in the prophecy.
He hates reading letters extremely, he doesn’t even read short letters himself, he makes the minister do it,
The truth is that he had never read the prophecy properly.
***
After getting quite used to magic, cleaning was nothing to me.
In fact, if I went to work a little early for the first period, no, I could finish most of the work before the cadets even went to school.
Nevertheless, the reason I am diligently mopping the floor is because of a woman.
Lorraine Dearheart. In the first period, she always watches me clean.
As a slave, I couldn’t show myself using magic to finish cleaning in an instant.
‘No, it doesn’t matter now? I’ll be a cadet soon anyway.’
You will know that I can use magic anyway, but does it matter?
I thought about that for a while, but then I shook my head and focused on cleaning again.
You will be admitted to the academy, but if you show yourself using magic now, you will have to explain the entire process.
I didn’t want to waste her mental energy by explaining to her what had happened and my circumstances.
“Ah! Found!”
When I was almost finished cleaning while passing Lorraine’s pranks in moderation.
From a low place, I heard a sharp, annoying voice hitting my ears.
“… Miss Kana?”
“Right! I got the information that the 1st grade hallway was cleaned every 1st period, so I came here myself!”
“… What is this kid, mister? Pupil?”
“Surprisingly, I am in the third grade.”
“Eek?”
Lorraine, facing Kana, showed the same reaction as when I first saw Kana.
As expected, even for the same cadet, it seems that the visual is unbelievable for being a third year student.
“I just thought it was small! This is third grade… ? I thought! I know everything, 1st year!”
“Honestly, you don’t look like an adult, let alone a third grader. Senior?”
“What?! These days, first graders… When I was called senior, I was so scared that I couldn’t even make eye contact!”
“Maybe it was because your eye level was too low?”
“Stop… !”
Lorraine knocked out Kanar, who was screaming and screaming, without batting an eye.
When Kana appears, go to Lorraine… I have a good workaround.
“Hmm, hmm. More than that, what are you doing up to here, Kana-sama? Even during lectures.”
“It’s only natural that she’s here to ask you to know who he is! She secretly ran away because she was self-studying!”
Maybe no one saw Kana leaving class.
Anyway, it was certain that it was a very troublesome situation.
Besides, Lorraine’s eyes had also changed dangerously when she heard the word “Him.”
“He… ? Mister. What are you talking about?”
“Ha… this is so… “
Her head hurt.
Cleaning is almost done, but it’s time for the lecture to end soon.
I had to quickly organize the cleaning tools and leave this place, but the two showed no sign of letting me go.
“Please let me know! The one who will complete the legendary TS!”
“TS? Who the hell is he… Mister. Please explain quickly.”
“What are you doing annoying about the subject of slavery? There… What else is that kid, Lorraine?”
To make matters worse, even Eri appeared.
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“Surprisingly, he is a senior in the third grade. Eri, are you masturbating in the bathroom again?”
“What are you talking about! Professor, I’m running errands! Than that! Why are you walking around in a bad mood again! If you’re a slave, you should be crushed where you can’t see like a slave!”
“Originally, I have to clean here at this time, but… What’s rather strange is that you guys are skipping lectures… “
“Where are you replying to the subject of slavery!”
“Ha… “
I didn’t get an answer. Wasn’t this what a great party really meant?
Kana praising TS asking to know about him who doesn’t even exist.
And Lorraine as I approach and tickle her ear asking who he is.
A worthless slave next to you! Eri shouted until blood came out of her ears.
Seeing them all of a sudden made me scared to enter the academy.
Ding dong dang~
“Ah… “
In the end, the bell that ended the first period rang.
Because the cadets hadn’t come out of class yet, I had to get out of this place somehow.
“Well then, I’m done. If I stay here any longer, my neck will fly off!”
Because they knew my circumstances, they seemed to want to let me go.
The moment I was about to leave my seat after arranging the cleaning tools with familiar hand movements,
“Stop!”
Among the voices I didn’t want to hear, the one I hated the most.
Sometimes coldly ignoring me, other times hurting me.
From the time I was first summoned to this world, I heard that voice that gave me only terrible memories.
“What nonsense are you talking about transferring to the academy?”
“Transfer… ? What do you mean, mister?”
“Transfer… ?”
“TS… Oh, no transfer… ?”
“Ha… “
And she made it very difficult for me this time too.
… Damn princess.