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Chapter 598

My Villains Episode 598

71. sword teacher(1)

In the end, I couldn't sleep at all last night. It was already dawn by the time I broke the ratcatcher's secret world and returned to the rabbit hole. After that, I spent time with Ellen and Mungchi for the first time in a while until dawn..

Of course, you can't feel tired after only staying up all night. Since the magic power is sealed, blood magic cannot be used, but even with basic physical strength, this level of fatigue can be easily ignored..

However, I couldn't help but look a little haggard, so as soon as the inner door opened, I ran to the teacher's dormitory, washed my body, and changed my clothes..

And went straight to the training hall. It was rewarding to work diligently from the morning, so I still had some time to spare until the morning lecture..

I asked a servant assigned to the training center to receive several new wooden swords, and also inspected the 'Hall of the Long Sword', the classroom I would use in the morning. Normally, this kind of chore would be the responsibility of Egon, who acts as my assistant, but I was so busy in the morning that I forgot to bring him..

Since I was a swordsman instructor officially invited to the Royal College, I was able to get a room within the Avenue of Glory, but my assistant, Egon, had to stay in an inn outside the inner walls..

I asked the senior teacher, Lord Akeshion, for help, but there was no solution. In the case of assistants, although they could enter the inner palace accompanied by a teacher, the rule was that they had to leave before the sun set. It is said to be a royal decree promulgated by the head of the Royal Gendarmerie, the Military Police Inspector, so we have no choice but to obey it quietly..

More than 700 students responded to the evaluation after seeing the promotional flyer for the new course that I distributed through the teachers' union..

Although the number was considerable, the majority of them were chaff who were driven by simple curiosity or crowd mentality. Among those who came to learn, most of them did not even have the basics of martial arts..

In other words, regardless of the type, the students who received statues from me could be said to be gifted in martial arts in their own way. There are as many as 150 excellent students who are motivated to learn new things and have basic skills..

No, there are 137 people. We need to get rid of the idiots who hit and run because they felt ashamed of receiving the mark of a chicken..

Regardless, the 26 students who received horse-shaped statues were truly talented. According to the order of lion, hawk, horse, bear, and chicken, I am only in the middle, but I am in the top 4% of the 700 students who were evaluated by me. If you take the CSAT, you are ranked 1st..

Of course, it is inferior compared to other classes. Those seven people are geniuses who are difficult to find even if you search the entire kingdom, and they are strong people who can cut down even a shabby knight of dexterity within five or six sums. To have that level of skill at a young age, usually in the late teens or at most in the mid-20s, can only be called a genius..

He was a prodigy at the end of his class - that is, he stood out quite well among his peers. They are skilled men who will not fall behind even if they face a rank knight who has just been ordained..

This is my personal opinion, but this is the most appropriate level to teach. There is no need to waste time tinkering with the basics, and at the same time, you can still get enough accomplishments. This is exactly the level of effort I put in to my subordinates at Icebovald, so I was confident in teaching them as well..

There must be quite a bit of time left until the lecture. As I was taking out the beef jerky to eat, a shower suddenly started pouring down. Sitting inside the hall and watching the scenery outside the window being drenched in strong spring rain, it was extremely cozy..

It was an interesting sight to see students soaked in rain showing up one by one. The Hall of the Long Sword had several side windows facing the main entrance and courtyard of the Training Hall, so it was perfect for leisurely chewing beef jerky and watching students come and go..

Most of the students in the final class are of noble status. Out of a total of 26 people, 19 are nobles and only 6 are commoners..

However, under the sudden spring rain, the noble students did not look that different from the commoners. Whether I wore a satin cape or a cheap coat, I looked like a drowned rat..

Riding a horse or pulling a carriage outside of official duties on the Avenue of Glory is a privilege granted only to high-ranking nobles above the count. Nobles lower in stature had no choice but to walk on two feet, just like commoner students. You could take a shared carriage, but the stop was quite far away and there were only a few carriages, so you were helpless in the rain..

In this situation, every time a carriage with a small flag stopped in front of the Training Pavilion, the eyes of surrounding students would gather..

The first carriage to appear belonged to Olaz, the Count of the East. Of course, Olaz was not the only one who came in the carriage, and several noble students belonging to the Eastern faction, including Baton Earl Shore, appeared to be following behind him..

Count Olaz was an 18-year-old young man, and a great lord occupying ⅓ of the eastern coastal region. The Northern Shore was a region that served as a passage connecting the central and eastern regions, so the influence of the royal capital was strong, and its lord, Count Olaz, was actually classified as a royalist..

Come to think of it, I heard that Count Olaz has been attending the Royal College for three years already. Considering the fact that most noble students consider studying abroad in the royal capital to be essentially a life of hostage, and struggle to complete their studies and return to their hometown within two years, it can be said to be a very unusual case..

If he was in the final class, he wouldn't have been lacking in martial arts skills, and judging by the looks of the students around him, it didn't seem like he was particularly lacking in intelligence. But still, staying in the royal capital without graduating... … . Is it like a performance to show one's loyalty to Zacharis and the royal family??

Next was the carriage of Earl Shay, Lord of Northshire. Like Olaz, Shay also got off the carriage with several students, most likely from the North like her..

Although the name is similar to Northern Shore, Shay's territory, Northernshire, is a completely different region. The Northern Shore is in the eastern part, and Northernshire is in the north-central part. It is also a town just north of Southernshire..

The reason why the story of Southernshire suddenly comes up is because the manor-Lavalton, which I received from Prince Ulcar, is located right there..

Lavalton is a town sandwiched between Southernshire and Northernshire, and is in such an ambiguous position that it can be placed either above or below depending on the era. Between the two regions, when the border is a lake in the south, it belongs to Northernshire, and when the river in the north is the border, it belongs to Southernshire, and so on..

Anyway, Lavalton is now part of Southernshire. And Southernshire was a direct fiefdom of the Duke of Elsen that served as a southern outpost for generations, but in the aftermath of the Thousand Days' War, almost half of it was lost to the royal family - to be more precise, Prince Ulkar..

Speaking of which, the Ravalton that Prince Ulkar gave me is still mine. It may be a little different in substance, but in law it is..

There were many complex stories hidden here..

First of all, the Jeore royal family believes that Prince Ulkar has died. The official position is that he died while fighting a monster that came from another world. It's a bonus story that no one will believe, that he died due to the betrayal of an evil red knight and his companions..

In other words, while all of Prince Ulkar's subordinates were treated as traitors or excommunicators, the prince himself remained a pitiful yet heroic victim. Officially..

If Prince Ulkar had been officially a traitor and excommunicator, he could have taken the territory with the king's authority. If the previous king, Lionel III, had distributed the inherited territory along with the throne of the Kingdom of Milan to Prince Ulcar, then of course the new king, Zacharis, would have been able to reclaim it..

However, Prince Ulkar was neither a traitor nor an excommunicator, and all the territories he left behind were obtained by the prince himself. Although it is fragmented here and there, when you put it all together, it is a vast land that is more than 10% of the territory under the direct control of the King. Then, he would have to follow the laws and customs. If he were to act arbitrarily as the king, it was obvious that many nobles would be dissatisfied..

In the end, the prince's estate was divided according to a complicated inheritance process. Half-brothers Zacharis and Aecharis were each given 20%, and the maternal family, Viscount Jederly, were given 30%. The rest went to his younger sister, Princess Yuril..

However, because Princess Yuril had taken her vows to become a nun while being forcibly imprisoned in a convent, she was not eligible to receive fiefdom. So her share was divided between the Zacharis brothers and the Jeeri family..

In this process, the Jerri family happened to take over half of Southernshire's land. Of course Lavalton went there too..

Zacharis belatedly realized that Lavalton was a manor belonging to him and demanded action accordingly. The idea was to oust the magistrate and sever the connection with me, the landowner..

But for some reason, the Jeeri family refused to interfere in their vassal's affairs. That situation remains to this day..

Actually, I could roughly guess the reason. 'Viscount Eugene', the current head of the Jeeri family, is the maternal uncle of Prince Ulkar and Princess Yuril. Why would Zacharis, who drove his nephews to death and imprisoned them in a convent, obediently follow orders just because he was pretty?.

In the end, the current legal position of the Red Knight Poynix was that of King Milanol's betrayer and vassal of Viscount Eugene..

Thanks to this, although I cannot understand it with my common sense, we have come to a situation where even King Zacharis cannot touch my manor, Lavalton..

Suddenly, my thoughts flowed to Samcheonpo. But interestingly enough, it wasn't just Lavalton that came to mind when I saw Count Shay..

“The Bennett family.…….”

When I heard it during the last evaluation, I thought it was a somewhat familiar name, but after thinking about it more, it turned out to be Dionea's parents' home..

Count Shay, 20 years old this year, was the head of the Bennet family and also Dionea's cousin. If they were cousins, they might have similar faces, but other than being tall and slender, there was no resemblance at all..

“…….”

For no reason, a bitter smile came out. I thought that if things had worked out a little differently, the Bennett family might have become my in-laws..

Next, I expected a carriage carrying noble students belonging to the Western faction to appear, but to my surprise, they all appeared looking like wet mice..

“Because the carriage wheel broke..”

‘Os, known as ‘Arriaga’s young fox’, said while scratching his wet head. I asked back calmly, suppressing the friendly sentiment that was about to pop out unconsciously..

“Oh my. Is anyone hurt??”

“ah. That's not the case today. It's been broken for a few days, and I haven't been able to repair it. The repairman who had always been entrusted with the work went out of business.…….”

As it was the first lecture, the Hall of the Long Sword had a slightly chaotic atmosphere and a strange sense of tension, but Os was the first to speak, paying no heed to it at all. He was the only one who tried to talk to me, the teacher, so the other students' eyes were focused on him, but he didn't seem to care about that..

“I just wanted to say thank you before the lecture..”

“Umm. Refrain from speaking, Your Excellency. To just a teacher.”

“You're just a teacher. Based on what you showed in the last evaluation, you are a talented person who can be compared to the leading members of our Golden Age Knights..”

I was momentarily confused by his somewhat sly or familiar attitude..

Has the Marquis of Eavon even told his grandson about my plans? Did the Marquis's henchmen, including the 'mysterious man' Raf, secretly convey the message??

No, that can't be possible. For now, I decided to keep it a secret even from Os..

Just as I was choosing my words, a richly decorated carriage crossed the main gate of the Training Hall and rushed into the courtyard..

I was able to understand the situation right away. Prince Aglas, the only royal family belonging to Malvan, has arrived..

Os, who noticed this, gave me a quick glance and stepped back, and I prepared to greet the prince..