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Chapter 584

584fury

70. This side(17)

‘‘Disciples of Mattiariot’ was a common restaurant around here..

The blue-painted signboard, luxurious furniture, and large, transparent glass windows made it one of the most luxurious stores I've ever experienced in the world. Of course, on this street of glory, it was average, or a little less than that..

Just as I entered the restaurant, the woman who saw me quickly adjusted her hair and clothes and raised her hand in my direction..

“Ludo, here.!”

The first time I met the guest teacher, Efre, was eight days ago at the Pavilion of Wisdom. The steering committee's screening of new teachers - that is, when I was called in for an interview by Princess Eadina..

Looking back at that time, Epri was acting like a rat in the rain ahead of the steering committee interview..

She was said to have come from a small town outside of Perlight, and although she was a writer of some reputation, she was ultimately just a commoner and a popular writer..

Looking at it objectively, it was in many ways unfavorable for me to become a teacher at a place as high as the Royal University. So, it was natural for Efrey to be worried that he would be humiliated and kicked out by high-ranking nobles..

Seeing Efre's face go white and look like he was about to collapse at any moment, I said a few words without even thinking about it. Half of it was out of kindness toward a woman I was meeting for the first time, and the other half was to ease my own nerves..

It was natural for me to be nervous. The probability of that happening was low, but if something went wrong and my identity was discovered, I would be stabbed in the middle of the capital..

Anyway, we exchanged condolences that day and a few days later we met again at the teacher's dormitory. It turned out that he lived on a different floor of the same building..

Actually, it wasn't a surprising coincidence. As for the teachers' dormitories, there were 60 rooms in 4 buildings, and almost half of them were empty. It was virtually inevitable that Effrey and I ended up living in the same building and that we ran into each other while passing by..

Whether it was coincidence or necessity, we ended up meeting up for a meal together. It may be difficult in the morning or evening when you are busy with various things, but lunch was a free time anyway when you had to lecture back and forth..

“You're a little late.”

Efre spoke in a pretensely polite manner to me, who was sitting across from me. It felt a little awkward because his face looked strangely flushed, but he didn't show it otherwise..

“On the way out, I was caught by an employee of the teachers' union..”

“Teachers union? Ah, you received administrative guidance.?”

“That was roughly it. Have you waited long??”

“No, not really… … . By the way, did you finally have to do the administrative guidance? That classroom looks lazy..”

“Well, the lecture started properly yesterday..”

Moreover, I rarely stayed quietly in the training center or even in the teacher's dormitory. I don't know how many times the teachers' union sent people, but they probably made quite a few futile attempts..

Thanks to Efre's ordering in advance, a young clerk served the food just in time..

The meal was a type of pancake. It was a menu of several layers of paper-thin baked bread topped with apple puree and honey. It had a soft texture and a rich taste. When I drank it with slightly sour chrysanthemum tea, the combination was amazing..

Effrey, who was glancing in this direction while cutting the pancake, asked a question in an expectant tone when he saw me tasting it first..

“How does it taste??”

“It's delicious. much more than expected.”

“Right? It's okay?”

She quickly grabbed the utensils and took a big bite of the pancake. I suppressed my laughter at the expression on his face that quickly became immersed in happiness..

“How did you know about this store? I think you said this was your first time on the royal road..”

“……I did some preliminary research. I also checked with the students..”

“aha. I guess you have already become friends with the students.?”

“Rather than becoming friends... … Just exchange a few simple words? Everyone does that much. If you are a teacher.”

As if the water had opened, or as if she had been waiting, she started pouring out stories..

“To be honest, I was really nervous thinking about teaching some of the most talented students in the kingdom. Of course it's an honor, but people like me have a prejudice against the students here..”

Efrey, who talked a lot in small talk, was truly the epitome of a ‘countryside person who came to Seoul’. It seemed like he was trying to appear noble, but he kept squinting at his surroundings and his face was flushed..

“Sassy, ​​free-spirited, ambitious - things like that. But, after experiencing it myself, I realized that in the end, they are all the same. Of course, I also have quite a few readers.…….”

Even for me, who doesn't have the knack of penetrating people's minds, it was easy to read her thoughts. I'm so happy and proud to be able to walk proudly on the streets of glory, but I don't want to show it off and look ridiculous - isn't that the feeling??

Well, Efrey is neither noble nor wealthy. It was a truly remarkable feat for her to obtain a business card as a teacher at the Royal College when she was only in her late 20s..

Of course, those conditions weren't the reason I was hanging out with her. I wasn't distracted by the voluptuousness that couldn't be hidden even with a loose robe..

So to speak, this was just a disguise..

Among the many elements of social life, isn't the most common and important thing to make friends or lovers??

Hanging out with a colleague over pancakes and tea in front of them on a clear noon. Among the students who witnessed this scene as they passed through the square, the Royal Gendarmerie's security forces, and the believers going to and from the cathedral across the street, the wariness toward the stranger Ludo was likely to have eased a little..

“Wow, I just talked about myself too much. How was it, Ludo? It's a lecture.”

“……well. Maybe it's because I've only done it twice so I can't really get a feel for it..”

Inviting teachers at the Royal College were essentially short-term contract workers, and tended to schedule a tight schedule to showcase their abilities and passion. It was the same for me, so I had to give two-hour lectures as many as nine times a week..

“Nine times a week? I think I heard that they were divided into five classes based on ability..”

“One class meets once a week, the other four classes attend twice a week. That's nine times.”

“okay. but.”

Efrey shook his head in understanding..

“I heard that among the students are the grandchildren of ‘Frost Sword’ and ‘Sword Demon’. Even if Ludo is a licensed swordsman, it would be difficult to teach such geniuses..”

“yes? ah.”

Noticing her misunderstanding, I shook my head slightly..

“no. Those who only attend lectures once are the students with the lowest skills. It's more urgent to train your body and strengthen your basic skills than to learn small skills from me..”

“ah. You mean the students who received the ‘mark of the chicken’??”

“you're right.”

The official name of my lecture is ‘General and Practical Imperial Combat Techniques’. It's not something like 'Teacher Ludo's Children's Swordsmanship Class' or 'Ultra Simple Fitness to Become a Superhuman'..

So, the level of students I originally assumed was 'teenagers who have worked as a starter or servant but have not yet become a knight.' However, a little disappointingly, this Royal College was not a place that could gather one hundred and fifty such apprentice knights..

First of all, the majority of them are commoners, and the rest of the noble children also undergo 'traditional' knight training - they develop courage and tenacity by sparring with knights holding iron clubs from the age of seven or eight, and flounder in the water with rocks tied to their ankles to improve their mental strength and physical strength. Raising the lamp - not even half of it was built up..

However, if the number of students in the class was written at 150 and the class was taught with less than half that number, it was obvious that I would receive a bad evaluation as a guest teacher..

In the end, I had no choice but to compromise with reality, and the result was that 80 students received chicken-shaped statues..

“It's not a bad thing. The more students there are, the higher the tuition fee is..”

“That's right.”

The subject of my first lecture yesterday was the ‘Chicken Class’..

Of course, just because it was a chicken class, it did not mean that the general public was completely illiterate..

Excluding the five girls who were athletic for health or self-defense reasons, they were all commoners and men with the minimum level of military power to travel outside the city. Students who did not reach that level did not receive any statues..

The reason there are noble ladies but no masters is because they are all absent from school. Not a single person showed up because they thought being assigned to the chicken class was a dishonor. I don't think it will come out in the future..

Wait a minute, now that I think about it…….

I didn't think much of it until yesterday, but I suddenly became irritated, perhaps because I found out that tuition fees are set based on the number of students. Because of those idiots, I ended up losing 13 silver coins every week..

Meanwhile, the target of this morning's lecture was the students who received the bear-shaped statue, that is, the 'Bear Class' friends..

There were a total of 35 students in the Gom class, and they were exactly the level of ability I had initially assumed. They were at the level of ordinary apprentice knights - that is, they were children in their mid to late teens who could kill about four or five conscripts with their bare hands..

Of course, not all of them were young nobles. There were about 15 people over the age of 20. In such cases, they were usually commoners, and most of them were guys who had eaten hard food before coming to college..

Personally, the ones that caught my interest the most were ‘Banoin’ and ‘Praga’..

First of all, Banoin's father-in-law was Lord Dailecid, a comrade in the Battle of Blades and the 'Champion of Odenrock'..

It was a bit surprising that the brilliant man who led the heavy cavalry with Lord Ankir would have such a incompetent guy as his son-in-law..

A man named Fraga was the second son of Baron Toseth, an influential vassal of the Marquis of Eavon..

As I recall, Baron Toseth was a grandfather well over sixty, but his second son was not yet twenty. What a great guy. Does he resemble his master?.

Among Gomban's friends, except for Banoin and Fraga, he was more interested in commoners than nobles..

It turned out that almost 99% of commoners in classes above Gom were majoring in military science. In fact, it means that they are military elites who can be called cadets, and have the military power of at least the level of an apprentice knight..

As a lord, it was natural for his mouth to water. I feel like I want to kidnap everyone into a combat brigade..

But to me, it was just a pie in the sky. Most of them were students sponsored by the royal family or other lords. Many of them come from families that have served aristocratic families for generations. This means that you are not a talented person who can be used just by blindly bossing around with Ice Bobalt..

“Then, the afternoon class will be for students who received the sign of speech.?”

“No, that's tomorrow morning. This afternoon, we are all friends..”

Perhaps it is natural, but my expectations or interest in the lecture were exactly proportional to the students' skills. This was my second time in a class, and I was secretly excited at the thought of meeting highly skilled students..

‘Lunch at ‘The Disciples of Mattiariot’ was very satisfying..

Aside from the fact that the pancakes and chrysanthemum tea were edible, there were more than 10 students who secretly glanced in my direction..

I hope you go and spread the word among your friends and create some ridiculous rumors. If dirty rumors started to spread less than ten days after coming to college, my identity as swordsman instructor Ludo would have become safer..

I feel a bit sorry for Efrey, who may have gotten caught up in some pointless gossip, but... … . No, judging by her attitude, I don't think there's any need to feel guilty..

“…….”

Well, it wouldn't be completely awkward to fall for a foreign swordsman in a city where you don't know anyone. Love is always overflowing for me, so just share a little and that's enough..

“Oh, already.”

While watching Efrey chattering non-stop, I suddenly looked at the sky and stood up..

“Excuse me, I have to go quickly. I didn't even know time passed.”

“Oh my. Because of me.”

“No, it's okay. See you later, Effrey.”

Leaving behind the persistent gaze that followed me, I handed the clerk a few silver coins and left the restaurant..