Became a Childhood Friend of an Academy Genius

13 – Marie Lesty

This is what it feels like to sail in the wind.

About 10 days since I started receiving one-on-one tutoring from Elisha.

I definitely felt that the theoretical aspects were acquired faster than before.

Although magic is still a disease in practice, the number of days when I occasionally take magic-related classes and receive compliments from professors has increased.

Just like today.

“Oh, that was a great answer. Dinaur cadet. You can go back to your seat.”

“Yes.”

Leaving behind Professor Erilda, a woman with khaki hair who gave compliments in a classy tone like the hostess of an aristocratic family, I returned to my seat.

The one sitting next to him is none other than Lorne.

Since this ‘Magical Warfare’ class is an optional subject regardless of the class, it has been a while since I took the class together.

“Wow. How did you answer so bluntly?”

“It is the product of hard work.”

I responded with her trademark V to Lone, who looked up at me with a low elasticity. After

, She realized that she was being sidelined and quickly withdrew her hand.

When I sat down belatedly, Lorne was busy giggling when he saw me like that.

It seems that my actions a little while ago were quite funny.

“Hey, Bell does it, so it feels kind of stupid.”

“What do you mean? Men and horses.”

Who taught me this?

After eating chestnuts on Lorne’s brow, I turned my gaze to the blackboard.

Then I heard a loud gurgling sound from the side, but I tried to ignore it.

Lone’s anger is like a flower, so if you don’t water it with interest, it will quickly fade on its own.

‘Huh?’

While I was staring blankly at the blackboard with my chin resting like that.

I felt some stares on me, so I turned my head without realizing it.

However, none of the cadets at the end of the line of sight were looking this way as they were all concentrating on Professor Erilda’s class.

‘Is it because of my mood?’

For that reason, it felt pretty clear.

Perhaps the expression of hostility would be more appropriate than a gaze.

Feeling like you’re trying to cut people out with your eyes.

It was a sensation that could only be felt from the thieves who invaded the hill behind the village in the past.

However, I thought it might be over-conscious, so I quickly decided to turn my attention away.

In the first place, the existence of people who disapprove of me at this academy is nothing new.

‘Elisha came too.’

In the meantime, there was a familiar back figure where I looked, so I felt welcome without knowing it.

I can’t believe that Master Elisha was taking classes with me.

If I had known, I would have gone to say hello.

“… Bell. What are you doing not paying attention in class?”

“Uh…. I have to.”

Anyway, why is he like this again?

Sometimes it spread throughout class and left it alone, but today I had to turn my gaze back to the blackboard because of Lorne, who was particularly fussy.

Tak.

At the same time, Professor Erylda put down the chalk she was holding in her hand and leaned in front of the podium.

As it was, he squirmed something and took out an object hidden in the podium.

That’s none other than a white box.

It was a type of object commonly seen when voting or drawing lots.

“Okay, let’s end today’s theory class at this point. Then, let each one come out and take out the numbered ticket from this box.”

“A number tag?”

Since this is the first time I’ve taken a magic combat class, I tilted my head as I didn’t know how it was conducted.

Then, Lorne, who had a history of taking this class several times, explained on behalf of me.

First of all, it’s a magic combat class.”

“Ah.”

I see what that means.

Because it happens often in the combat department class.

But if the decision is made by drawing a number, wouldn’t it happen that Class A and Class E compete?

If that happens, the gap may widen to such an extent that classes are impossible.

I don’t know if it’s fair or not.

“Let’s go. Lorne.”

“Yes!”

Watching the other cadets scramble towards the podium, I stood up with Lone.

If possible, I’d like to be caught as a cadet from Class E or a kid with a kind personality.

The best thing would be to stick with Lorne and finish it in moderation, but I don’t think that’s realistically possible.

Palak.

With such hope, I put my hand into the box, took out a piece of paper that caught on my fingertip, and unfolded it.

No. 21.

As of now, when we don’t know who the opponent is, it’s a number that doesn’t inspire anything.

When all the numbered tickets were drawn one by one, Professor Erilda clapped her hands and drew attention.

“Now, the person whose number matches their number is today’s mock opponent. Make sure to keep the same jacket together.”

Scared to do that, the surroundings immediately became noisy.

“How many times have you been there?”

“No. 13.”

“I’m number 8…. Who is it?”

Soon after, other cadets from all over the place began to search for their opponents, each holding an open sheet of paper.

Someone was busy shouting out their number loudly, while someone cautiously approached anyone and asked for their number.

Then, who will be my opponent?

“Are you number 21?”

“Hmm?”

At the moment I was about to go looking for an opponent in the same group.

I turned my head at the sudden voice I heard from behind.

Standing there was a girl with neck-length pink hair and eyes.

He was staring at me with his eyebrows furrowed as if he was disapproving of something, but his face was quite familiar.

‘Marie Lesty.’

I twitched my eyebrows as I unconsciously muttered her name to myself.

Yes.

Marie Resti.

One of the main characters in the original work, he belongs to class B like Pareon and is a close friend of Elisha, but with a completely different personality.

If Elisha is someone who respects commoners unbecoming a noble, then this guy has the same personality as a model of a typical high-nosed aristocrat.

Because of that, even in the original work, he often quarreled with Aden, who was from a commoner.

Her life is saved in a later episode of the exploration of the site, though it is flagged in the end.

“Yes. I am number 21.”

He calmly expressed his affirmation while reflecting on the brief background setting about Marie Lesty.

Then, the dark pink eyebrows, which were slanting as they were, grew even more angry.

“If you are a commoner, speak up like a commoner. Be cheeky.”

You really have the personality you expected.

In the original story, Aden immediately raised her voice after hearing that, because she didn’t want to cause unnecessary conflict, but I can’t be that generous.

In the first place, I don’t hesitate to talk to Elisha, so why should I raise my words to Pingchang?

“Doesn’t the lady of the Lesty family even remember the academy rules? Or is it that it is more important to assert one’s prestige than those rules?”

“Quit… !”

Despite the openly sarcastic tone, Marie Leste didn’t say anything, biting her lips and letting her saliva flow.

That’s right.

It is said that Amman is infamous, but regulations do not exist for nothing.

The academy clearly puts forward the ideology of pursuing equal education for nobles and commoners, and to cut it from the front is to deny the academy itself.

That’s why most of the other nobility cadets didn’t touch me directly, and most of them were whispering behind my back.

If you put down an opponent for being a commoner, that arrow will soon return to you.

He is in the middle of a meaningless confrontation with Marie Lesty, glancing at each other.

Professor Erilda, who was standing behind me, clapped her hands again to refresh the atmosphere.

“Once everyone has found a partner, go to the private room. I will take the mock combat test there.”

“Yes!”

After hearing that, I took my eyes off it and went to the private room with Marie Lesty through the door next to the lecture room.

* * * *

Marie Lesty is Elisha Crozel’s best friend.

Although their personalities are very different and their pursuits are different, they are opposites.

Although she has a high nose and tends to be a bit conceited, Marie is more devoted to her friends than anyone else.

She is an ideal friend who doesn’t hesitate to ask her friends if they have any concerns, share their joys and share their sorrows.

That’s why Marie was able to notice that recently Elisha’s behavior was quite different from before.

It’s also worth noting that she, who used to make time for herself after school, always started heading somewhere.

Even the details are vague and they don’t even answer.

So she sneaked after Elisha after school and was able to catch her alone with a man.

However, up to that point, Mari thought so too.

She told Elisha that spring had come, and she even felt happy.

‘Something is strange.’

However, as the day passed by for a day or two, and seeing that she didn’t say much even when she secretly questioned Elisha, doubts bloomed in Marie’s head.

If Elisha had someone she liked, would she be the type to keep it a secret from her close friends?

At least not from Marie’s point of view.

What is the reason for her to meet only in the library with the person she likes in the first place?

It would be nice to have a date outside and have a meal together to pass the time.

So she changed her point of view.

What if she had no choice but to be with her because she couldn’t tell others about it, not because she was the person she liked?

For reference, the library after school is a good place to avoid being seen by others.

This is because the academy’s library is so large that it even has the name of a great library, and the number of students using it is not that many.

As soon as the thought reached that point, the wall of delusions ran out of control in Marie’s head.

‘Maybe I’m being abused.’

A forbidden book that only adults can read at a bookstore in the ecliptic when they were over 15 years old.

What was written there came to mind clearly.

That man must have done something to harm Elisha.

It is clear that she is seizing on her best friend’s weakness and making time for just the two of them.

Otherwise, there is no way that Elisha, who has never given a glance to men, would suddenly have a man who could narrow her distance.

Isn’t he a commoner who is not even proud?

Like that, the doubts are gradually becoming more and more certain, and it’s only today that I’m about to ask Elisha about the details.

This was the first time I met the man under the name of mock battle.

“Hey, commoner.”

While facing each other while occupying one of the training rooms.

When Marie called out to the bell standing across from him in a high-pitched voice, he openly expressed his displeasure.

“Call me by my first name, at least by my last name. Is my name Commoner?”

“It’s noisy when it comes to commoners. Okay, so why don’t you make a bet with me?”

“What bet?”

When her bell frowned at her unexpected request, Marie raised one corner of her mouth and replied with a confident smile.

“If I win this mock battle, I will answer the questions truthfully.”

“What if you lose?”

“That’s not going to happen.”

Even though she knew that he had beaten a cadet from Class B, Mari refused to accept even a 10% chance of her, she insisted.

Yes, unlike the couplets he fought, this mock battle is strictly based on ‘combat using magic’, so the use of weapons is prohibited.

In other words, it’s more like a sparring contest between pure magic versus magic.

For an inferior student in class E, the movement of the body may be quite good, but that’s all.

She could be sure that in a fight of pure magic, she couldn’t lose herself.

“There was no one who said there was no chance of losing and then didn’t say anything else.”

“Hmph, I only lived with my mouth. Then I’ll grant you one request you want.”

“The barrel is big? You know what I’m going to ask you?”

As her belle stared at her with her deep smile, her mari reflexively covered her own chest and blushed.

Even in the midst of that, Burari didn’t forget to stare at Belle with her eyes.

“It is an expression of confidence that you have no chance of defeating me. So, what should I do?”

“You have to accept it.”

In return for tutoring her, I gave Elisha the right to ask for a favor.

Ten days later she would receive the right to ask from her friend.

Belle smiled, revealing her teeth, then loosened his hands to make a sound and corrected his posture.

The time for legal true education has come.