Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 24
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5.
Meanwhile at that time.
After leaving the dean's office, Ulan returned the cloak to the guard who had stopped him from entering earlier. Then, as I was about to move to the dormitory,.
“hi. wait a minute will it be okay?”
someone got in his way.
A neatly ironed school uniform. He was a young man with gray hair and a sad face. In the meantime, there was something that caught Ulan's attention..
‘purple tie.’
That's what 3rd grade means.
When I was about to take out the information I had stored in my head, the young man stretched out his hand with a smile on his face..
“nice to meet you. My name is Mond Parcheca, a member of the Arsene Student Council..”
“Ulan Io.”
You asked for a handshake, so I wanted to respond..
But when Ulan stretched out his hand, Mond withdrew it in the blink of an eye..
what? Didn't you ask for a handshake??
Ulan tilted his head. Then, Mond spoke to her again with a smile on his face..
“I heard at first glance that he passed the entrance exam at the top, but that's true.?”
“How did it happen.”
“Wow, that was real. that's amazing.”
After a few casual conversations.
Mond revealed the reason for the talk.
“It's no different that I came today, I have something to tell you about tomorrow's entrance ceremony..”
“entrance ceremony?”
“Yes, the Arsene Student Council holds a congratulatory speech to welcome new students every year at the entrance ceremony. And there is a tradition in which the top successful candidate gives a congratulatory speech as a representative of freshmen..”
After answering, he handed something to me..
It was a document in a paper envelope..
“This is the congratulatory message for the student council meeting tomorrow. You can refer to this and write an answer.”
Scribbled letters on white paper.
When Ulan glared at it, Mond burst out laughing..
“Haha, there's nothing to feel pressured about. Because it's just an ordinary congratulatory and field trip. I think it's just a few speeches in front of students..”
Immediately after a brief encouragement.
Mond turned around.
“Well, I've clearly conveyed it, so excuse me. See you at the entrance ceremony tomorrow!”
Monds that disappear quickly.
Ulan watched him and thought.
‘what a weird guy.’
I deserved it.
Mond smiled throughout the conversation, but his eyes didn't smile at all..
Above all, I didn't feel the slightest sympathy in his eyes. Rather, it only showed feelings close to hatred. Like Professor Direc I saw yesterday.
‘Rather, it is a speech.’
I don't know what a congratulatory speech and a reply are, but I know what a speech is..
Even in the grasslands, it was often done to bring out the morale of the warriors before hunting or large-scale battles..
‘but······.’
It's just a battlefield speech.
It will be different from the speech at the entrance ceremony.
Maybe that's why?
Even though I received the script of the congratulatory speech in advance, I had no idea how to write the survey..
When I was walking along with my worries.
“hmm?”
Just in time, an opponent suitable for seeking help in this direction came into sight..
Unlike the other students who chatted in groups of threes and fives, a black-haired girl squatted in a shady place by herself..
It was Noah.
6.
sunny sunny weather.
Noah waited for the morning to come..
there is only one reason.
It was because today was the first morning I greeted after entering the dormitory..
‘The morning before the entrance ceremony.’
The students come out one by one to the square..
Curiosity about unfamiliar environments. And to see the classmates who will go to the academy together.
Noah thought so too..
'Cause she had a purpose.
‘First you have to make friends.’
before coming to this world.
Noah has failed at school.
Of course it's not her fault. She was alone in the corner of the classroom until she was unlucky enough to be noticed by the children at play..
Soon after that, hell began..
Painful memories that I don't want to recall.
She attributed this to not making friends properly at the beginning of the semester..
As the memory of the time became a trauma, Noah was obsessed with the need to make friends somehow..
‘So, originally, I was thinking of getting to know my roommate first.······.’
I thought that if I was a classmate who shared the same room, I would become friends much quicker than anyone else..
But Noah's expectations were wrong..
『don't talk to me carelessly.』
Velkina Rudisant.
She is the daughter of the Marquis of Rudisant and a girl who became Noah's roommate. With hair as red as her luscious apples, she glared at Noah with her disgusted eyes and said,.
『Don't come near me Rather, cut off that sinister hair or something. Because the curse might spread.』
Two reasons for hatred.
It is known that he is from a barbarian tribe. And the other was because of Noah's hair color.
Black hair resembling the night sky.
In the Empire, there is a superstition that such hair brings inauspiciousness and death..
Noah sighed..
‘······Should I dye?’
It didn't look like Velkina's heart would come back by doing that, but.
Although the first button failed, Noah did not give up. Still, you can make friends in the plaza. It's not like there are only kids like that in the dormitory..
But even this went wrong.
“excuse me······.”
“Let's go somewhere else and talk.”
“yep, that should be it.”
Students who avoid being talked to.
Some students even moved their seats. As if he hates being in the same space as Noah.
and the result.
Noah never made a single friend. It was because everyone in her avoided her..
“haaa.”
A heavy sigh came out.
Noah, squatting in the corner, stared blankly at the sun-drenched plaza. Unlike the shade of her where she is now, a bright and warm place.
positive and negative. Today, the boundary felt particularly clear. Noah looked at the boundary line with a melancholy face..
‘what the hell did i do wrong······.’
Around the time when I tried to swallow the sad feeling.
I heard the voices of some students.
“Hey, don't look at me for nothing.”
“Then what if the curse spreads??”
“really annoying.”
“Why did such a kid pass?”
Contemptuous glances pouring down on Noah.
A line has already been drawn between the two..
this is a very bad sign.
Because once the line is drawn, then no one wants to cross that line..
Even if someone outside the line is harassed, everyone just watches from beyond the line..
Yeah, just like in the world before.
‘Am I not even here?’
All sorts of negative thoughts running through my head.
Depressive feelings engulfing the body.
As a sad feeling weighed heavily on his shoulders, Noah's eyes gradually lost focus..
When I buried my face in the embracing knees.
jerebuck!
Suddenly, heavy footsteps were heard..
The square became quiet in an instant. The footsteps got closer and closer. As I reflexively raised my head, I saw a foot approaching this way..
footsteps crossing the border.
There was no hesitation in his advance..
Realizing who the owner of the footsteps was, Noah opened his eyes wide when a familiar voice tapped his ears..
“Noah.”
auburn hair and red eyes.
A man who shows off his strong muscular upper body. Currently, the person she can rely on the most here. It was Ulan.
“why are you in such a place?”
“oh that's me······.”
I'm so flustered that I can't speak.
Noah bit his lip slightly. Then he answered, avoiding Ulan's gaze..
“just It's comfortable here... oh!”
But I couldn't speak to the end.
It was because Ulan snatched his wrist in the first place. A body that rises on its own, guided by a strong force.
“follow me I have something to say.”
It became like I was suddenly dangling..
Embarrassed, Noah tried to escape, but to no avail. His strength was equal to that of the giants..
Meanwhile, Ulan strode forward. He was facing the square. In the meantime, I heard a whisper in Noah's ear..
“Then I heard that?”
“That savage, said he destroyed a golem with his bare hands..”
“what? gee, really?!”
“In addition, in the great scuffle, they sent all opponents to the hospital. He said that the one with the most injuries needs to recuperate for two months.?”
Mainly what uhlan did.
As the story spread, the students slipped away from Ulan. The main character of the story didn't care at all and moved on,.
some time after that.
The two arrived in the middle of the plaza..
“why do you have to go to this place······.”
“Because here is the sunniest.”
for a very simple reason.
Afterwards, Ulan tried to bring out the main point that brought Noah. However, Noah's question preceded that..
“Didn't you get called to the dean's office earlier? With Dylia Arpen..”
“It did.”
“what was it called?”
“To be allowed to take off my clothes.”
“······yes?”
what is this sound?
When Noah asked with bewildered eyes, Ulan explained the whole story. From what happened in the specialty test to what happened in the dean's office.
After a while, after the explanation.
Noah cried out in amazement..
“Cow, you said you would grant wishes?! That's also the Dean of Dipplin himself.?”
“okay.”
Hearing the overly plain answer, Noah hurriedly searched for memories of the past..
‘Was there an event like this?’
she didn't know.
In the first place, Dipplin is a person who does not have much weight in the academy. She briefly appears as a star witch, Dillia's teacher, but that's all she is..
‘Or a variable that occurred when Ulan entered the school?’
it was very likely.
Then there is nothing Noah can do..
A variable is literally a variable.
Also, since the wish ticket has already been used, it must be just a one-off event..
When I was organizing my thoughts like that.
Something caught Noah's eyes. It was a paper bag Ulan was holding..
“huh? but what is that?”
“that's why i called you.”
Ulan explained what happened with Mond..
After a while, when the explanation was over, Noah nodded. As if you know roughly what.
‘Oh, it's an entrance ceremony event..’
This is an event that even Noah knows about..
A hidden event that only occurs when you enter the academy as a commoner at the top of your rank..
However, the conditions for occurrence are quite difficult, so even Noah has not experienced it himself. I just saw it on the bulletin board.
‘The turning point where the student council and the existing student council meet.’
The current student council at Arsene Academy is made up of descendants of prestigious noble families..
As nobles, they have high self-esteem, so if commoners outperform nobles, they will try to interfere in any way..
‘······childish.’
They are really childish.
I'm not thinking about winning.
Anyway, if the scenario goes according to the scenario she knows, the student council's disruption will begin with the congratulatory speech..
‘He'll say a congratulatory speech that's completely different from the one he gave to Ulan..’
Disruption continues even after.
By creating a distracting atmosphere on purpose when the field trip begins..
In other words, the purpose of the student council is to embarrass in front of classmates and professors..
‘If you respond well······.’
If you don't fall for the tricks of the student council and finish the field trip safely, you'll get a reward..
You get the chance to catch the eye of the person who will be the next student council president and be invited to the new student council to be launched next year..
‘Also, there seems to be a treasure that can only be obtained by becoming a member of the student council..’
I can't quite remember what kind of treasure it is, but anyway, this is an opportunity.
Noah burned his will.
“great. i'll help you.”
“really?”
“sure! Ulan and I are friends.?”
The word “friend” gave me strength.
Ulan said with a grin..
“thanks for the help.”
“yes trust me.”
Noah answered bravely.
's gamer and Korean liberal arts student's pride, I'll flatten the noses of the student council.
Noah made that promise.
So the two worked hard on writing the script until evening..
7.
and the next day.
The morning of the entrance ceremony.
As soon as the dormitory curfew was lifted, Noah visited Ulan. It was for the final rehearsal before her entrance ceremony began..
“hello. I am Ulaanbaatar, representing Arsene's freshmen. I sincerely thank the professors and seniors for their hospitality..”
with Noah in front.
Ulan read the contents of the survey with a serious face..
“Although they are from different backgrounds and statuses, as they are all at a new starting point, we will strive to strengthen our friendship and devote ourselves to our studies..”
While I was coolly exploring.
Suddenly, Ulan shut his mouth..
“huh? why don't you talk?”
“I only memorized this far.”
“yes?”
“I couldn't memorize more than that..”
“······.”
the moment I heard that.
Noah suddenly realized.
That Ulan was a stone head.
It seems that he was so absorbed in writing the script that he forgot about it for a while. but there was no need to worry.
“that's okay though All you have to do is bring the script and recite it.!”
“that sounds good.”
Of course, it is possible to have a copy.
But I can't let go of this.
“And this is just in case.”
“······?”
“If a situation comes up where you can't read the script, then just say nice to meet you and let's get along in the future..”
“that's why······.”
“It's foresight.”
What's bothersome to explain is roughly solved if you look around like this. As expected by Noah, Ulan calmly accepted the advice..
“i get it. not note.”
Noah was relieved by the answer that came back..
OK, I got insurance on this one..
Now all that's left for Noah is to see how the student council guys turn out.
Uneasy eyes turned to Ulan..
some time after that.
The entrance ceremony of Arsene Academy has begun..
8page. lets be friends
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