chapter 24
24 – The Sheep and the Lion
“I never dreamed I would get a lunch box from Sirius hahahahaha. I’ve been wanting to see his cooking skills for a while, but it’s amazing to receive it like this.”
Shaula laughed heartily at the lunchbox in her hand. It was an innocent smile, like a child who received the gift he wanted on an unexpected day.
“I just come to my room during lunch break and eat, but they even take care of this.”
Unlike that smile, Europa’s face protruded like a duck’s beak. I wanted to go to my room during lunch and eat the food he cooked, but the source was blocked.
“Tell me honestly. You did it because you were happy, right?”
“Who’s happy! I just want to have lunch with you. Anyway, when I go to class, there’s nothing to do and I won’t be bored.”
The sight of him opened his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were torn as if they were caught in his ears. Seeing her act like the heroine of a romance novel she read, the thought of opening her lunch box filled her mind.
“The bento box is so good, I even drool like that.”
“Oh, excuse me.”
As if she had calmed down by her words, she wiped off the drool with a handkerchief, and as if her eyes were closed again, her lining returned to narrowing.
The two were talking friendly, as if they had seen each other for years. It was because Europa opened the door to her heart and saw her in gratitude for her help the other day.
“Then see you at lunch.”
“Yes~ See you later~.”
Arriving at the academy building, the two split to go to their respective classrooms. The place where Europa was headed was a classroom that was three times as large as a normal classroom with the words “Muhak-gwan 1st year” Written on it.
The first day of the fixed classes at Muhakgwan. Unlike other elective classes, it was a required course, so naturally there was a class.
As I did yesterday, I sat in an empty seat, and the gazes I felt at the reception the other day were pierced. The 12 pillars of the empire, a beautiful girl of her age with platinum hair, appeared. Isn’t it natural?
Among them, there were groups that talked quietly to each other during the welcome party and couldn’t take a word from her.
Despite this, only her gaze came and went, and no one approached her. Everyone at the welcome party still can’t forget what she said.
Everyone didn’t even sit around her, and as time passed and the class started, a woman just barely came in and sat down next to her.
Europa was just staring at the seat in front of her, not paying attention to the person sitting next to her. Gauran, who was explaining to the students yesterday, stood with her arms crossed.
“Looks like everyone has gathered. I introduced myself yesterday, but I’m Gauran, who is in charge of the basic physical fitness class. Feel free to call me Professor or Teacher. I’ll be in charge of you guys for the next year. Please take good care of me.”
Gauran introduced herself with her strong snort. The sound of one person’s claps started to clap along with the claps, just like a single drop of water in calm water.
“Ah, the applause is over now. Anyway, today is my first class, so I’ll go lightly. Everyone, gather at the playground.”
Professor Gauran left the classroom with those words. He followed him to the playground one by one. Professor Gauran, standing in front of suspiciously stacked luggage, said while posing like bodybuilders do.
“First of all, the class I will teach is literally basic physical fitness class. Physical strength is national power, and a healthy mind comes from a healthy body. No matter what happens, if your physical strength is strong, you can wake up with a smile no matter what.”
As his whole body squirmed as if the muscles under his clothes were talking, several female students frowned in amazement as if they had seen something they couldn’t see. Europa listened to him as if nothing had happened.
“When I have my class in the future, wear gym clothes. You can think of it as a basic physical training step to lay the bricks for other Muhak-gwan classes in the future.”
“Yes!”
Whether everyone knew about it or not, it was Muhakgwan that they chose. Even though their goals were different, the path toward martial arts was not wrong, and they answered without complaint, thinking that they were building the foundation.
“Well, today is the first day, so I’m just going to hop lightly. Everyone change into gym clothes here.”
When I put the cloth on top of the suspiciously piled luggage, countless gym clothes with designs similar to sweats were piled up. Pointing at that, Gauran smiled more refreshingly than the morning sunlight.
“Come on, run.”
From the first day of class, we started laying bricks.
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The first year students of Muhakgwan start running on the playground after changing into gym clothes from the classrooms assigned to them. Among them, of course, was Europa.
‘I’ll make it run all morning.’
I ran at an appropriate speed thinking of everyone running on the playground. Even after an hour had passed, Gauran was still standing in the middle of the field, watching them run.
After an hour and a half of running, there were students who could not run. Europa also played hard, but maybe because of menstruation, her stomach started to hurt a little.
Slowly approached Gauran, frowning and hugging his stomach.
“Professor Gauran, my stomach hurts. Can I rest?”
“Hmm, on a day like that, I can’t help it… You should go over there and just take a tour. What’s your name?”
“Europe, this is Europa Taurus.”
“Yes, Europa. Don’t look so sad. If you lay the bricks incorrectly, the building will collapse. Don’t be impatient.”
“Yes, thank you.”
She bowed her head at her heartfelt advice and walked to the shady spot he pointed to. Her passenger there noticed her approach and smiled.
She is looking at Europa who came while touching her stomach. With her long, curly white hair and obsidian-black eyes, she said with a smirk, not even changing into her gym clothes.
“You are the same day.”
“This is my first time…It doesn’t hurt that much, but I can’t run properly because I’m nervous.”
I stopped touching my stomach and sat down next to her as if I was okay. Her eyes flashed in admiration at Europa’s words, and she opened her mouth.
“This is the first time! I’ve been doing it since last year. Still, it’s something to celebrate!”
Europa’s face heated up as she clapped her hands quickly and was genuinely happy.
“Congratulations…I was so scared that I cried and cried…But since it was just me and the butler, we both didn’t know what to do, so it was a shame because Shaula helped me…I really hate to think about that day.”
“Ah~ That’s what accumulates as memories~ But you’re a butler and you don’t know anything? What kind of butler are you…”
“A little smaller than me, but… Similar in age. He’s a mean butler who lives by saying that he’ll work hard because he hears that he lacks experience every day.”
“Ahahahaha, you’re an interesting butler. Come to think of it, we didn’t even say our full name. I’m Nefeli Aries, the eldest daughter of the Aries family in Aries. Feel free to call me Nefeli.”
Nefeli shaking hands. Accepting her bright handshake, smiling Europa introduced herself.
“I am Europa Taurus, the eldest daughter of the Taurus family of Keumwoo Palace. I am also Euro…”
Before she could finish her words, Nefeli’s expression turned bitter as she jumped to her feet. It was as if she had met a fierce enemy, and those black eyes were filled with hatred, like demons staring at her.
“Isn’t that the filthy and despicable Taurus family?”
“What?”
“The filthy and despicable Taurus family! It’s a shameless family that dared to beat down the knights of the family and blackmail our family to steal the woman who would be my uncle’s wife!”
Europe, bewildered by the story she had never heard of before, narrowed her eyes.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about…”
“I will formally challenge you to a duel… Ugh…”
Nepheli grabs his stomach due to severe dysmenorrhea. Panicked, Europa got up and tried to help her, but she shook her hand off.
“Let go of your hands! I’m not weak enough to be sympathized with by a dirty and despicable family!”
“I don’t even know what the hell you’re talking about, but I think I’m sick. Teacher…”
“…Later, when both of you feel better…I’ll formally challenge you to a duel…! That way, you’ll be able to convince yourself of defeat without any excuses!”
I stared at her hateful eyes without retracting her eyes and watched her stagger to her gauran and lowered her hand, which she had raised to help her in a daze.
“What is he…”
She had no idea what the hell she was talking about. She thought about her all through her class, and finally reached lunchtime.
After changing her clothes and arriving at her place to meet her Shaula, her Shaula greeted her.
“Miss Europa. How was your class?”
“I made them run from the beginning. So I took a break because my stomach hurt in the middle, and I met a strange woman there.”
“How strange was she?”
“It was as strange as when I first met you.”
“That, what is that! Seriously, just thinking about our first meeting makes me wear a futon too.”
Shaula sticks her mouth out and waves her hand in protest. Looking at her like that, she thought deeply about her and said.
“Shaula, she said she researched me. Then does she know about the Aries family?”
“Of course~ you know~ well. If you’ve met someone from the Aries family…”
“Yes, I met the family’s eldest daughter, Nefeli Aries. As soon as I mentioned my name and family, she looked at me like she was going to kill me. I was curious about what was going on.”
“Aha…I see. Then I’ll explain, what happened…”
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“Wow, butler, you really lived like a dog.”
I couldn’t help but admire the contents of the book I read while sitting at the Academy Venture under the sun. The story that Uncle Gillian had previously told about that the eldest son of the Aries family beat the knights in a fit of abusive language and knocked out the eldest son was a refined story.
Not just the knights who were present, but all the knights of the Aries family, but all of them were crushed together with their armor, so it was hard for the knights to take off their armor, and Uncle Gillian said that he was quietly looking at his eldest son, but a whisper. It was written that he was threatened with
If it weren’t for the real Gillian uncle and the Count, it would have been enough to rot in the dungeon of the Aries family.
Aside from that, I licked my tongue at the contents of how to solve everything with fists, whether the brain is clenched with fists, or how to solve it somehow with Uncle Gillian’s wisdom.
Because of the content of the novel, the names of the families and people were slightly different, but those who knew the people who served as models would have already noticed.
“Is this the world’s bestseller…?”
Uncle Gillian has been diluted over the years, and since it is a novel, stimulating content may have been added.
That made it even more fun. There are also stories that Uncle Gillian doesn’t tell, so he read about half of the nearly 300-page book while sitting here for two hours.
I couldn’t stop laughing as I felt like I was catching the butler’s weakness while reading it. This is bound to be famous for the servants of the best-selling Taurus family.
I was reading the middle of the day, and when my stomach growled, I saw that the sun was rising in the middle of the sky, and I knew it was lunch. I got up from my seat to read the rest tomorrow to have lunch soon.
As she slowly made her way back to the dormitory, she made eye contact with a woman taller than me and she walked in my direction.
A tall woman with long light brown hair that stretches in all directions, like a lion’s mane, and tanned copper skin. There was one person who passed through her mind at that sight.
“Are you a servant of the Taurus family?”
A husky voice close to the mid-bass that came out after a glance at my badge pierced my ears. As always, I bowed my head and said hello to the person I saw for the first time.
“This is Sirius, the butler of the Taurus family. He serves Europa Taurus.”
“Regula Leo. Of course you know where Leo’s family is, right?”
Confident and arrogant attitude. I answered calmly without being afraid of the reddish-yellow eyes looking at me like a fun toy.
“Meet the princess of Duke Leo’s family in the lion’s palace, the twelve pillars of the empire.”
“Ohhh, he’s a servant of the Taurus family, no, he’s a better butler than that.”
The sixth heroine, Regula Leo, who was the eldest daughter of the Leo family, a collateral family of the imperial family, and was in charge of the student council president at the time Lars entered school, appeared in front of me.