I’m Just an Ordinary Clown at the Academy

118 – Special Training 8

“10, 9, 8…”

Kuran, who was in the special class, suddenly began counting.

If this were any other class and Kuran suddenly started counting, they would have looked at him strangely.

“…6, 5, 4…”

The students in the special class glanced at their watches and nodded.

It was time for him to arrive.

“2.”

Most students have different arrival times, big or small, every day. But unless it was a special case, there was always one person who arrived at the same time every day.

“1.”

The students in the special class looked at the door.

Clang!

“Hey! Good morning, everyone! I am the self-proclaimed, universally recognized handsome clown, Loki!”

The classroom door swung open roughly as someone entered.

Even Clara, who never looked that way, could tell who it was.

There was only one person who opened the door so roughly and greeted everyone cheerfully every morning.

“I don’t know whether to admire Loki, who opens the door every day without fail, or to admire the door that remains intact despite being abused every day.”

While the students in the special class were admiring the door, which was used like that every day and yet remained undamaged.

Creak.

An uneasy sound began to come from the door.

Quaang!

The door fell to the ground.

“”””………….””””

Silence filled the air.

Everyone stared blankly at the shattered door.

Of course, we knew it wouldn’t last forever and would eventually break.

But never did we expect it to happen today.

“No! Krimsjabrazzi!”

Loki grabbed onto the fallen door and sobbed.

It was as if he had lost a dear friend.

“Surely, that name Krim…whatever wasn’t really written on the door, right?”

“It seems like it might be true…”

“But unless he’s gone mad, who would write such a name on a door?”

“He was always crazy.”

“Ah.”

After about ten seconds of holding onto the door and sobbing, Loki stood up from the floor as if nothing had happened, brushed off the dust, and placed the door into thin air.

Then, he smiled as if satisfied.

“It’s like magic.”

The special class students looked at Loki’s audacious remark and glanced at the entrance of the classroom.

There was nothing where the door used to be, only the corridor was clearly visible.

It would be strange for a student who has never been to the special class to come.

“Hmm. If Professor Elysia notices, we can say it broke because of the wind.”

Seeing Loki, who proudly spoke as if saying “It’s me, after all,” the special class students had a lot to say, but they held back.

“Forget about the broken door caused by the wind for now, let’s see. Looks like everyone is here except for Lucas.”

Loki looked around the class once and said.

Clara was still reading a book, and the other students were looking in this direction.

“Well, shall we start preparing?”

Loki took out a tremendously large trumpet from another dimension.

And without anyone stopping him, he blew the trumpet loudly.

Brrr

Sephia, who had just arrived in front of the special class, slapped Loki’s back.

When Loki said, “Since you said you were going to the restroom for a moment, go ahead first. I’ll be preparing, so take your time,” I should have doubted it.

“What’s with the red carpet over there? And why is there no door?”

The door that was perfectly fine until yesterday was now gone.

“That’s right. It fell down because of the strong wind. Don’t worry, I handled it so that I wouldn’t get hurt.”

“Hah! It’s obviously your doing, crashing into it again.”

Even without looking, it’s obvious.

No one other than Loki can make a door disappear.

“Sephia, it’s wrong to accuse someone without any evidence, based only on suspicion. It could lead to someone being unfairly accused.”

Loki said, lowering his head slightly.

Did he just sulk because of what I said earlier?

“… Did you get hurt by any chance?”

“Of course, it’s my fault that the door disappeared.”

Loki said, spreading his arms wide.

“………….”

“Ah! Sephia! Stop! You hit my bone! I can’t feel the sensation in my back anymore. Is this okay?”

The students in the special class looked at Loki, who was being hit by Sephia, with amusement.

Now, the special class students felt awkward if things weren’t noisy like this.

Even Clara, who was reading a book alone, didn’t tell Loki, who was exaggerating his pain every time he got hit, to be quiet.

“There have been many rumors circulating just for one day.”

Loki heard the rumor that he was the Emperor’s disciple and it had spread throughout the day.

“I’ve heard rumors that you’re actually a noble or a royal hiding your identity, and that you were secretly raised by Emperor Hyeoha from a young age to become Lucas’s bodyguard. And also…”

Each piece of information was like a precious gem, making it difficult to know where to start.

“And there’s still a rumor that’s even more unbelievable than all the ones I’ve mentioned.”

“There’s a rumor that’s even more unbelievable than what you’ve said so far?”

As if it wasn’t already unbelievable enough, there was something even more unbelievable left.

Loki sincerely admired people’s imagination.

“Let’s hear it once. What is this rumor?”

“The rumor is that you are the hidden son of Emperor Hyeoha…”

Gashurin also thought it was unbelievable, so she trailed off at the end of her sentence.

“………….”

Loki was also speechless, unable to comprehend what he had just heard.

It was about 30km away from what he had imagined.

At that moment, Lucas entered the special class, which was already open.

Lucas discovered Loki and waved his hand, seemingly delighted.

“So our brother came first.”

And without hesitation, he made a joke that would astonish anyone who wasn’t a special class student.

Loki looked at Lucas and thought,

“He’s becoming more and more strange.”

While he used to be ordinary, Lucas had become increasingly peculiar since attending the academy.

“What if I start becoming strange too?”

They say people are influenced by those around them.

Loki sincerely worried that he would become strange under the influence of the special class students, despite being an ordinary person.

* * *

Professor Elysia called attendance once and spoke.

“You all came without being late. Sigh… Please don’t cause any trouble like someone else and focus on your studies.”

The special class students murmured and glanced at me in response to Professor Elysia’s words.

Well, I decided that I had to say something here, so I stood up from my seat.

“Everyone, just like Professor Elysia said, let’s not cause any trouble and enjoy a normal and enjoyable academy life like me…. Ouch!”

Suddenly, Professor Elysia, who had approached me, hit my head with a thud.

It used to be that she only spoke, but lately, she’s been using her hands more often.

When I received a goodnight beating from Professor Elysia, everyone gave me a relaxed smile.

I remembered all their faces. I’ll definitely make mint chocolate and pineapple pizza for those jerks later.

Professor Elysia pressed my head firmly and opened her mouth.

“But why is the classroom door in that shape, in that state?”

The students didn’t say anything and just stared at me.

What a disloyal bunch.

“Professor! This spilled water. I think it’s not important who spilled it. What’s important now is how we can solve the problem, isn’t it the attitude that a wise academy student should have?”

“Sigh… So it was you after all. Let’s just start the class for now.”

Professor Elysia sighed once and walked towards the front of the classroom.

As expected, my sincerity got through!

Professor Elysia’s class was still the same.

All the special class students gathered together and broke through together.

It must have been like that.

“Come to think of it, there was Emperor’s disciple in our class.”

Professor Elysia muttered with a grim tone.

No way, right?

“Rocky, I’ll pay special attention to you today.”

That means she’s going to focus on hitting me.

“hahahaha! Here, I’m just one of the professor’s ordinary students. Since other students might feel discrimination, we should be equal here…”

“No, that won’t do. I want to see the skills of the Emperor’s disciple.”

Professor Elysia said with a smirk.

It was so scary to hear Professor Elysia, who could defeat the Emperor, say such things.

At that moment, a brilliant idea flashed through my mind.

If I’m being treated like this because I’m the Emperor’s disciple…

“Then how about paying more attention to Lucas, the Emperor’s son?”

I said, using Lucas beside me as a shield.

“Hold on! Rocky! Why are you bringing me into this?”

Well, you called me your brother earlier, didn’t you?

“Brother! Please protect me as your brother in times like this.”