The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 263
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6.
candidate for student body president.
The third day after Erwin's arrest.
Suddenly, the inspection team issued an urgent announcement..
It was the content that Alvin Addict had lost his candidacy for student council president..
“……Because of this, Elvin Addict will be investigated by the Imperial Intelligence Agency, so he will be disqualified from being a cadet at Arsene Academy..”
The crime is suspected of distributing Droga's leaves, designated as a super-dangerous drug, to the academy..
There is also a possibility that it was distributed to the empire, so Erwin was currently detained by the intelligence agency..
“Therefore, the qualifications of the next student president candidate and the authority of the student council executives will be revoked until the investigation is over..”
After the sudden announcement.
The Arsene student council was blown up.
I tried to enjoy the power and benefits that the current student council executives enjoyed with Alvin at the forefront, but all plans went awry..
Accordingly, the current student council executives hurriedly tried to run a new candidate, but this was obviously impossible..
Because today was the voting day for the next student council president..
“So let's start voting now.”
“Voting takes place in order from 1st to 4th grade. Thank you all for your cooperation.”
The outcome of the vote was obvious..
One of the two leading candidates for the election disappeared, and the vote was concentrated in one place..
Directly to Iris Senior.
“congratulations, senior!”
“congratulations, iris.”
The result was a landslide victory for Iris Senior.
She confidently won the victory by a whopping fivefold margin..
Receiving everyone's congratulations, Iris, who became the next student council president, soon moved down the podium..
“uhlan cadet.”
Eventually, she arrived at the place where Ulan and the others gathered together. Afterwards, Iris grabbed Ulan's hand and smiled broadly..
“thank you Thanks to your cooperation, we were able to achieve good results in the election. And thank you to everyone else.”
Ulan made the biggest contribution in the election.
It was Ulan's party who saw through the student council's conspiracy, and furthermore, obtained the cooperation of Marquis Gorfant and Dean Berze..
Thanks to this, Iris was able to win the election without much effort. Meanwhile, Ulan silently replied to her thanks..
“I just kept my promise.”
“Yes, so I will keep my promise to you. Eliminate discrimination of any kind that exists at Arsene Academy..”
Iris said the other day.
If I become the next student council president, I will completely eliminate the situation of being discriminated against just because I am not from an aristocratic background..
Remembering this, Ulan nodded without speaking. Then he licked his lips again..
“let it be up to you And the promise we made isn't over yet.”
“yes? what does that mean…….”
“'Cause I couldn't find the watcher.”
Ulan's eyes shone fiercely..
A story about an unidentified gaze that watches over Iris as if it were spying on it. Then Camilla, who had been listening to her conversation, opened her mouth abruptly..
“Oh, it's okay now, don't worry.”
“you're right. After Alvin Addict was arrested, his eyes completely disappeared. Perhaps the student council executives were the culprits..”
Iris also determined that the identities of those who had been watching were the current student council executives..
Ulan, on the other hand, was embarrassed..
However, since the parties thought so, they decided to move on. It's something I'll have to investigate or find out later anyway..
“Anyway thanks again and if you need any help from me please let me know. I will help you this time.”
Iris bows her head once again.
Then he added that he would cooperate with the meaning of not forgetting grace. Then, as if Ulan had waited, her eyes twinkled..
“that's fine.”
“yes? Do you have anything to ask?”
“okay. I need a permit to go out.”
Ulan nodded briefly..
Then he added that he had business to do in the capital tomorrow morning. After a while, when the allegations were over, Iris touched his chin and muttered..
“Ugh, I got it. If you're only going out in the morning, I'll prepare one..”
“please.”
“Can I get one outing ticket??”
“No, Noah plans to go out with me too..”
“okay. then in two…….”
Iris shook her head..
But at that moment, three girls who had been silently listening to their conversation burst in..
“no. one more please.”
“I also have business to do in the capital..”
“I want to go too!”
Dillia and Ibela, Perticia.
The three looked at Ulan and Noah with burning eyes. It was a determined look, as if no matter what, the two of us couldn’t be together..
Meanwhile, did you guess the situation going back??
Iris, who had an awkward smile, readily accepted the three girls' requests..
“All right. Then, I will prepare it so that I can go out immediately tomorrow morning..”
“thanks.”
Ulan gently lowered his head..
After being promised permission to go out by Iris, the Ulan party went straight back to the dormitory, and the night of victory ended like that..
7.
next morning.
The early hour of dawn.
The Ulan party left the academy in a wagon and headed for the capital of the empire. It was thanks to the use of the permission to go out from Iris yesterday..
There is only one reason why they go to the capital.
It was to stop by Count Dermore's mansion and find physical evidence that he was related to the abyss..
‘Of course, the memories of the Abyssal Worshipers read through the food spirit are already enough.’
However, it was not enough to blindly attack Count Dermore. He is a magician belonging to the Mage Tower and a great noble of the empire..
If the count is dealt with without any convincing physical evidence, it is inevitable that he will be charged with the murder of a nobleman..
‘therefore…….’
I just need to find the evidence.
And you will be able to find out this by examining Count Dermore's mansion. Noah bit his lip with a determined face..
then.
“guest, we have arrived.”
The carriage has arrived at its destination.
Southern Square of the Imperial Capital.
It is about a thirty-minute walk to the final destination, the mansion of the Earl of Dermore..
“Ugh, I'm sore.”
“The wagon was a bit narrow.”
After lightly loosening the stiff body.
Ulan's party moved vigorously.
There was no time to delay. Considering that we had to return to the academy in the afternoon, we only had two hours left..
how long did it take?
By the time you pass through the plaza and enter the downtown area.
Suddenly, Evelyn's steps stopped..
“uh? over there…….”
There is something that suddenly catches my eye.
A three-story building at the entrance to downtown.
Seeing this, Ibella flashed her turquoise eyes and immediately pulled Ulan's hand..
“Ulan, do you remember there? The theater we went to together when we first came to the capital..”
“Of course I remember.”
“really? Then I don't even remember what I saw?”
eyes of anticipation.
Ulan silently nodded..
“It was probably about jumping off a cliff..”
“hehe, right.”
To be precise, it is a play about the love between a noble lady and a barbarian warrior..
Even though a lot of information was omitted along the way, Ibela smiled contentedly at just remembering parts of the play..
“oh! Come to think of it, there seems to be a sequel.”
The play that Ulan and Ibela had seen at the time was definitely titled 'The Song of Floris'..
Conversely, the play currently playing in theaters is The Dance of Floris. Ibela's eyes sparkled at the name that somehow reminded her of a sequel..
Ulan, meanwhile, was bewildered..
“I jumped off a cliff. Is there a sequel??”
“Uh, I don't know that far, but it looks like that anyway.”
Isabella bursts out with an awkward laugh.
After a while, she let out a brief clearing of her throat, and kept silent..
“Hmmm! so that's what…….”
Ibela looked at Ulan out of the corner of her eye, as if observing his reaction. Then, with a rather nervous face, he spoke cautiously..
“If it's okay, I'll go see you later?”
Just the two of us like last time.
She wanted to add these conditions.
But I couldn't even speak.
It was because Pertisia, who somehow sensed a strange atmosphere, suddenly intruded..
“Ah, Ulan! look there.”
She quickly grabs Ulan's arm.
Perticia pointed to the hotel on the opposite side of the theater and said with a smile..
“This is the first restaurant we met.!”
“well, that's right.”
Hotel Parvo.
This is the hotel where I stayed last summer vacation, when I was wandering around the capital to find Einer's Orb with Noah..
By the time Ulan, recalling old memories, was affirming, Pertisia's gaze turned to Noah..
“Maybe I met Noah at that time too.?”
“that's right. I did.”
Noah nodded too..
As if it reminded me of what happened at the time.
“right? I'm not misremembering?”
Pertisia Asking Again.
In response, Ulan and Noah gave an affirmative answer. Then, at that moment, Pertisia's eyes suddenly sank coldly..
“but it's kinda weird.”
“huh? What?”
“At first glance, I heard that the restaurant is open only to hotel guests, but that means Ulan and Noah stayed at the hotel, right??”
“……ah.”
Oops, got it!
Noah put on a puzzled expression at Perticia's blow that caught her off guard..
“I stayed at a hotel?”
“It's just the two of us with Ulan.?”
At the same time, Dillia and Evela's eyes narrowed. Noah swallowed dry saliva in his eyes, which went beyond being cold and even felt the intent to kill..
“Hey, I couldn't help it then. It's late, and there's no carriage back to the academy…….”
“so?”
“Instead, nothing happened! Really!”
Noah hurriedly claims his innocence.
Dillia quickly took away her suspicious gaze. As a result of verifying with the mind's eye, he realized that Noah's words were true..
On the other hand, Ibela and Perticia, who do not have this ability, still looked at Noah with suspicious eyes..
“Uhm, suspicious…….”
“It's true that nothing really happened?”
“Because it's real!”
Noah shouted as if he was unfair..
Around the time when the quarrel continued for a while.
Ulan's party finally arrived at their final destination. It was the residence of the Earl of Dermore in the southern district of the capital..
But the moment I arrived at the mansion.
“This is the mansion of the Dermore family..”
“Outsiders are not allowed to enter.”
The guards guarding the entrance raised their spears and blocked the party in front. Then Noah pointed to Ulan and himself and said,.
“Tell Count Dermore that Ulaanbaatar and Noah Darschen have arrived..”
“Do you have an appointment with the Count??”
“no, it's not like that…….”
“then you can't go in.”
A cold, firm answer.
Noah was momentarily taken aback by the completely different reaction from when he first visited the mansion..
but that's for a while.
After a short cough, she thought of another way to enter the mansion..
“Then, please bring the butler too. Because he knows us.”
Alrond, head butler of the Countess of Dermore.
He must have remembered the faces of Ulan and Noah. But what came back was still a blunt answer like a machine.
“As I just said, you cannot enter unless you have an appointment in advance..”
“please go back.”
Doesn't seem to have any intention of getting out of the way.
Around the time I let out a sigh at the frustrating situation, I heard whispers between Ibella and Perticia..
“It's not better to just sneak in and do some research.?”
“that's right. I guess so.”
There was truth in what they both said..
Ulan's party had the ability to sneak into the mansion without being discovered by the guards..
‘but it can't be.’
If the one behind Count Dermore is really the crying eyeball, Lacus, he will surely notice the moment he sneaks into the mansion..
‘There is no need to instill unnecessary vigilance.’
Therefore, Noah planned to break through head-on while presenting a suitable purpose for the visit..
To act as if he did not know the secret of Count Dermore. But in order to do that, you must first enter the mansion..
So the moment I thought about it.
A familiar face appeared in the direction of the mansion annex. It was an old gentleman dressed neatly in a black suit..
“hmm? you are obviously…….”
“butler!”
It was the butler, Alrond..
As expected by Noah, he recognized Ulan at a glance, and Noah then explained to Alrond what had happened to come to the mansion..
“uhm, that's right.”
Of course, he left out the story related to the abyss and said that he had come to report only the current situation..
On the other hand, hearing this, Alrond nodded his head and then made an awkward expression..
“I am really sorry to say to those who came to visit me, but the Count is currently not at the mansion..”
“yes? then where…….”
“He went to the imperial palace on business..”
The word Hwangseong suddenly jumped out.
At this, Perticia flinched reflexively, and Noah asked back in bewilderment..
“So, when are you coming??”
“I don't even know that far. However, you will probably stay in the imperial castle for a while..”
After a calm answer.
Alrond bowed his head respectfully..
“I will speak to the Count separately. I'll give you a formal invitation later, so you'd better leave today..”
It was an obvious congratulatory order.
In a situation completely different from what he had expected, Noah put on an expression of embarrassment..
‘if this is really…….’
Should I sneak in and find out??
Just as his thoughts were gradually leaning toward that, he suddenly heard a clear, creamy voice from behind Alrond's back..
“Are you your father's guest??”
A person who suddenly showed his presence.
She was a golden-haired girl with a body similar to Noah. Meanwhile, Alond widened her eyes at the girl's appearance..
“oh girl?!”
“Then come inside for a while and have a cup of tea. It's not polite to send the long-awaited guests back like this..”
“But the owner…….”
“I will tell my father separately. So please let me in.”
Allond was flustered and did not know what to do with the girl's words. In response, Ulan looked at her girl as if her curiosity was aroused..
“who are you?”
“Oh, excuse me. Introduction is late.”
A girl I had never seen before when I first visited this mansion. Holding both ends of her skirt, she respectfully bowed her body in greeting..
“nice to meet you. My name is Jurpé Dermore, daughter of Demuel Ron Dermore..”
The girl who proudly announced her name smiled at Ulan and Noah..
For some reason, it was with a pale face.
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