Avoid Former Co-Workers

25 – 25. First Hand

During the winter break, the principality received additional students and faculty from the Empire.

Accepting additional faculty members was the process of weeding out professors who committed corruption and accepting new professors.

Students don’t have a lot to do with it, but if you have any complaints compared to the Empire’s Hardia, you’ll ask the professors you’re familiar with first.

This was also one of the goals of the Grand Duke and the Empire.

Thanks to that, the Noble Alliance could not hide their nervousness and held a meeting.

“If things go on like this, won’t they all be made up of people from the Empire?”

“Then what should I do? It’s clear that the imperial family sent an agent!”

Some of the professors avoided the principality’s investigation by cutting their tails, but already, about 20% of the faculty members at Levant Academy were filled with imperials.

I ignored it when there was only one person like Professor Jake, but when the number increases this much, the story changes.

If the principality conducts a direct investigation after the objection goes to the empire, it may lose everything it has so far.

“Calm down. Isn’t there no way?”

The leader of the tumultuous coalition draws the attention of nobles and professors.

“Let’s move up the schedule for this joint practice.”

“Speed up the joint training… Professor Flokan, do you mean go ahead with that?”

“That’s right. If the academy is full of staff, we just have to blame them and hold them accountable. Do you have any objections?”

No one was against this bill.

I heard that even if it causes some damage to the students, they will never let go of their power.

Even if it shakes the pillars of the Principality of Ardelion.

Meanwhile. Today is the day when people flock to the principality in response to a job request sent to the empire.

A girl who is the head of the writer Esh Relt Nam and returns to her hometown after stopping by the empire on business also sets foot in the principality.

But somehow it doesn’t seem to be in very good condition.

【 I will turn the first hand. 】

“Miss Charlotte! Are you okay?!”

“Who, who, who…?”

“Lady…?”

It would have been nice if it was simply motion sickness, but unfortunately the problem was the voice that only Charlotte could hear.

【 To you who have committed the sin of impulse. Let the karma of the past go down. 】

“Ugh… What the hell…!”

Others were walking casually, but as soon as they stepped on the land of the Principality of Ardelion, Charlotte heard a woman’s voice.

Complaining of an excruciating headache, Charlotte sat down and began to shed her tears.

【 Remember. What results did the blade you hold create? 】

-‘Other people may admit it, but I will never accept my senior.’

-‘Why do you stay in this party when you’re no longer of any use? You’re grabbing the ankles of party members!’

-‘It’s because of you… It’s all because of you!! This party was dragged down because of you, one incompetent person!!!’

“Ah… Ah…”

“Lady!! Here, someone please help!! My lady is down!!”

Charlotte Ashrelt passed out while briefly peeking at the fragments of an incident that came in so rapidly.

***

Winter vacation is over tomorrow. It may simply be that time has passed, so you need to prepare for the next thing.

However, it is a little more burdensome for me to have a danger signal a few days later.

This is because today is the day that additional personnel, including faculty and international students, arrive from the Empire.

“Are you a member of Thembris Party again?”

Tembris members who have been directly related to me or have had incidents that I will encounter so far include Michelle and Senia.

In addition, Erica, who was Michelle’s end-of-semester evaluation partner, is also included, but fortunately, she is completely unfamiliar with them. The rest seemed to be handled pretty well.

But what if one person is added?

Tell me what to do. Obviously, it means troublesome things are about to happen again.

Yes. Today as the extras arrive, one of Thembris members is included.

“Charlotte…”

Charlotte Ashrelt.

Ash Relt Male A girl with a clear identity as the youngest baron born as a writer, she might be my partner this time around.

Author Esh Relt Nam’s incompetent parents left her debt to her Charlotte and ran away, and she walked alone on her limbs and forgave her debt is still famous.

At the age of 13, she germinated her own magic, and at the age of 14, she bloomed, and after visiting the battlefield, she paid off her large amount of debt in a lump sum.

Thanks to her, she became a powerful member of the family and rose to the position of head of the household at a young age, and Charlotte, who caught the eye of her grand duke, went to the empire for business.

However, the problem is that the timing arrives at the beginning of the semester, when the first semester of the third year begins, after the winter vacation.

Even the evaluation at the beginning of the semester is fixed as a joint practice… I end up on the same team as Charlotte.

I don’t know if I buy enough time to change the order of selection like the end-of-semester evaluation, but since the evaluation at the beginning of the semester is based on the previous semester, there is nothing to change.

Thus, I am destined to be on the same team as Charlotte and conduct joint practice.

I can’t help but let out a sigh.

In a way, he is the biggest problem this semester. It’s quite embarrassing that he’s a person you have no choice but to meet.

That doesn’t mean there aren’t any breakthroughs, though.

If I believed in the past that I could do anything if I worked hard and practiced, Charlotte is the exact opposite.

A person who believes that no matter how hard he tries, his limits are set, and that he cannot grow any further if his limits reach that point.

It is right for her to do what suits her abilities and to set the subject in the right place. That was the Charlotte values I knew.

“Well, those values aren’t that bad right now.”

I had other thoughts about how to deal with Charlotte, so I took out the map of Levant that I had received yesterday.

“The starting point… Is here.”

The first joint practice at Lebrand Academy, where there has been no casualty for 10 years since the founding of the country.

The main damage in the joint practice in the first semester of the third year is based on the absence of the front.

A place where a team with no one to stand in front of them, or a place where people who boasted that there was no need for a vanguard died and became prey for demonic beasts.

The starting point starts from an underground waterway, and eventually results in a great loss of power for the academy students.

I plan to minimize the damage by stepping out in advance.

***

Junon isn’t the only one stopping by the gym.

There was also a case where I became curious about Junon’s noticeable change and began to develop physical strength.

And it was Michelle’s job to introduce Senia to Goden.

Senia paid attention to the person who introduced her for no reason, but the person who introduced her was acting different.

“…So, in summary, you’re saying that I look like a suitable target and want to recruit you?”

“Oh, he’s smart as expected. It’s nice to understand him so well.”

“But isn’t that a bit strange? Why is it me?”

“Gnikleg leaf. Lekrotr leaf. Didn’t you doubt it and throw it into the river? You were the only one who tested it in the end-of-semester evaluation.”

Unfortunately, Goden was delayed while breaking the ice bridge made by his partner, who had no answer.

But somehow, by chance, I saw Senia picking and putting some leaves in to investigate the acidity and toxicity of the river.

Goden looked at it with interest, and decided to capture Senia, the main character of the scene that left an impression on her.

“If you’re that meticulous, I think you’re good enough to spot the weaknesses of monsters in front. How do you think you’re lacking?”

Senia felt uneasy about the fact that her whereabouts were accidentally revealed.

Nevertheless, I absolutely cannot deny Goden’s words that the current class division standards seem to be completely wrong.

“How far are you planning? I’ll listen and decide.”

“To the extent that you can subdue with a single party.”

As soon as he heard her words, Senia jumped up and down.

“What? You say that? Stop talking nonsense! I don’t know if it’s just about making a name for yourself in a training session, but how can we subdue mere students?!”

“Do you think this country will change without that much?”

“That’s…”

This time, Senia will not be able to deny Goden’s point.

Indeed it is. To remove the roots deeply embedded in the Principality of Ardelion, that level of performance was needed.

“I know you also have a purpose. For example, something that you borrowed magic and put on top of it. Aren’t you quite nervous? It’ll be difficult if you get caught.”

“Ha, okay. You can do it.”

“Okay. Please take good care of me.”

This is the second person. As in the past, the members of Tembris were gathering one after another.

Exactly except for Junon.

“Better than Michelle, what about your partner?”

“Partner…? Oh, Erika, who was my partner during the final exam?”

“That’s right. He’s also the one who’s dissatisfied with the nobles. I thought it would be fine to bring him in as the next member.”

Michelle and Erica met for the first time during a final exam, and they had one thing in common: they were fed up with the tired ways of the aristocrats.

Otherwise, I don’t know what magic is like, but in terms of personality and taste, there are many overlapping parts, so we got close easily.

Michelle replied that if it were Erica, she would gladly accept it.

Wanting to be at this point, Goden drew his weapon.

“Then, let’s fight until the two arrive.”

“Huh. How can I beat you? That makes sense…”

“As I said earlier, you have already germinated your unique magic. I’m going to help you realize it, so accept it quickly.”

As soon as he finished his words, Goden rushed in without warning and began sparring to bring Senia’s unique magic to bloom.

***

Charlotte fainted as soon as she got off the boat and was immediately taken to a nearby hospital.

The doctor asked her if she was always stressed out, and her maid only shook her head.

In the midst of that brief conversation, Charlotte opened her eyes.

“Miss Charlotte, are you okay?”

“Oops… This is…”

“It’s a hospital. It’s presumed to be a stress-induced fainting. Have you ever had a hard time?”

It seemed that the sound of her skull crashing again did not resonate.

Charlotte needed time to think after biting people.

“…You must be tired. I’ve been overdoing my work lately.”

“Okay. Don’t push yourself too hard. It’s obviously not good for you to keep going like this.”

The doctor left the hospital room with a simple prescription. At the same time, Charlotte had something to think about, so her maid also stepped out of her hospital room.

Left alone in her hospital room, Charlotte recalled the situation right before she fainted.

“This memory is…”

What came along with the headache were memories that I couldn’t quite comprehend.

“Did I say these things… Do these things…?”

Her head is filled with question marks, and as she reaches the end of her memory, she squeezes the duvet cover.

I don’t know what kind of future unfolded in the duchy of memories that flowed in.

However, the future self that had not been visited had lost its reason, and was only expressing raging emotions while resenting only one person.

“Junon… Was this?”

The person who stands at the center of this memory. Charlotte felt that somehow she should find him and meet him.