The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 52
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13.
Before the start of the third game.
Ibela looked at the stadium impatiently..
It was because he suddenly witnessed Himel talking to Ulan while purifying the mana filled in the hall..
‘what the hell are you talking about?’
There is quite a distance between the arena and the spectators..
In addition, due to the influence of ambient noise, it is difficult to hear what the participants are saying..
Maybe that's why?
I feel more insecure for no reason.
Also, the fact that the opponent was Himel was even more annoying. 'Cause he sees himself as a thorn in the eye.
Perhaps he spoke with the intention of creating a wedge between Ulan and himself..
‘It's okay though. if ulan······.’
I won't be shaken by mere alienation.
The Ulan that Ybela had seen so far was such a man. So she tried to suppress her tremors as she watched Ulan from the arena..
some time after that.
Soon the battle between the two began..
Caang! kagagagak!
The two run through the arena and collide.
The students erupted in cheers at the quick and spectacular battle. Unlike the boring second match, it was because it was a battle full of excitement..
However, there was also a question.
“what? not weird?”
“what?”
“That barbarian. As an expert?”
“But why do you keep blocking?”
From the start of the battle until now.
Uhlan has always focused on defense and evasion..
Himel, on the other hand, was the exact opposite..
From the beginning, it was only a fierce offensive. Even a person who was unfamiliar with swordsmanship seemed to have the victory..
“that's right. It's strange to hear.”
“If you're an expert, you should be stronger than Himel..”
“I guess the rumors were exaggerated.”
Some students burst into laughter. Then there were also those who laughed and said,.
but the truth was different.
‘no. that······!’
It's not just about avoiding.
Uhlan perfectly coped with all attacks.
This is an act that is absolutely impossible unless you have superior skills than your opponent. In other words, the current defensive posture is purely what he intended..
‘I don't know what purpose.’
Ulan silently received Himel's offensive.
After several battles, his momentum suddenly changed. The moment Ybela, who sensed the change, opened her eyes wide.
counterattack has begun.
An ax flying through the air.
Himel hurriedly cut it off with his sword. However, perhaps because the power of his ax was stronger than expected, he was helplessly pushed backwards..
Seeing Himel wide-eyed as if embarrassed, Ibela kept a sneer in her heart..
‘Yeah, it's just embarrassing.’
Uhlan's power is not normal.
She looked at the arena with sparkling eyes. Since Ulan launched a counterattack, it was because of the certainty that the game would be won sooner or later..
but strangely.
Ulan did not finish.
the two looking at each other again.
Seeing them return to their initial confrontation, the students tilted their heads curiously..
“huh? why stop fighting?”
“It seems that we are having a conversation?”
“hear what you say?”
“Hey, I can't hear you this far.”
As long as you don't shout.
So everyone looked at the two curiously.
The same goes for Evelyn. Immediately after such a short time had passed, a sudden change occurred..
dump!
Himel, who had been trembling, sat down in his seat. He didn't even think to get up, and he quietly backed away..
But it's too early to be surprised.
There was something else even more surprising. It was Ulan's sudden, unexpected action..
cooung!
Ulan who let go of the ax abruptly.
The spectators were in awe at this sight..
“Eh? to drop the weapon?”
“That's what it means to surrender.”
“Are you thinking of giving up??”
There are these rules for selection.
Letting go of your weapon counts as surrender, losing your weapon counts as defeat. It was a rule that Ibella also remembered..
So the moment I saw this scene.
Suddenly, my heart sank..
‘Ulan?! why······!’
Eyes stained with bewilderment.
It was worth it. I've been fighting well and even winning, so why are you suddenly surrendering??
Could it be that he was pacified by Himel??
‘no, it can't be!’
Ulan will never be that kind of person.
Ibella looked at Ulan, holding her trembling hands tightly. At that time, Ulan, who had abandoned her axe, strode her forward..
in the direction of Himel.
Then, at once, I grabbed him by the collar..
“uh?”
what? Isn't it surrender?
The moment everyone thought that way.
Suddenly, Himel flew into the air. Ulan grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up at once..
and at that moment.
Aaaaaaang!
Himel fell upside down on the ground..
The loud sound that echoed through the stadium quickly reached the audience..
After a roar ceases.
The stadium became quiet as if it had been covered with cold water..
I'll do just that.
Because no one expected this situation. She had a dazed face, as if even the referee couldn't accept the situation for a moment..
Meanwhile.
Ulan dragged Himel like a dog..
He stopped in front of the audience. And the place where the gaze was directed was where Ibella was now..
Right after I looked into Ibela's eyes like that.
Uhlan immediately went into action.
─────!
Himel's head hit the floor.
It's about to pierce even the ground..
It was a blow so strong that it shattered his head, but Uhlan didn't look impatient. The proof was that he slammed Himel's head into the floor..
bang! Quaang!
once and again.
Himel hit his head again and again. As if he were apologizing for a grave sin..
‘Wait, it's an apology.?’
At that moment, Evela's eyes widened..
Come to think of it, the place where his head is headed is also where he is currently sitting. Besides, Ulan deliberately looked into her eyes before crashing Himel in the head..
‘that, then······!’
You did that for me?
Ibella opened her eyes..
It was a reasonable guess. Because there was no answer other than an apology for the act of banging my head on the floor towards myself..
the moment you realize this.
Suddenly, I remembered what I heard earlier..
「Isabella. We are friends.」
When Himel was notified to abstain.
So when you give up on everything.
When I was sobbing in the woods alone. Somehow, Ulan came to visit him and held out her hand..
「Friends do their best to help each other when trouble arises. Might not be here, but in the meadow it is.」
and said in a calm tone.
Like a very obvious fact.
「So tell me if you're having trouble.」
Shining serious eyes.
I whispered with sincerity.
「i will help.」
Immediately after recalling what Ulan said.
Ibella grabbed the sword tightly..
It's only for a moment, but it's because of inexplicable emotions welling up..
“ugh.”
I stuck out my teeth and bit my lip..
For some reason, if I didn't do this, I felt that the emotions I had been blessed with would change into a different form and flow down..
When I heard that from Ulan.
Actually I didn't expect that much.
Of course, I felt the sincerity, but I still thought it was just an encouragement to give comfort..
But at this moment, Ulan proved his word and promise with his actions..
“······Ulan.”
I don't know how he figured out the relationship between himself and Himel. But that's not what's important.
Even giving up the starting match, getting an apology from Himel on her behalf, only for himself..
The only thing that matters is this.
In the past, after entering the Deorg family.
Ibela finally dropped the dew as she felt the core of discrimination, humiliation, and suffering that had accumulated over the years was being crushed..
But I did not bow my head.
I didn't even look away. I kept seeing Ulan's figure through the blurry vision..
just keep going.
14.
Officer in charge of student leadership.
Philip Ernok frowned at the report he had just received from the guards..
“The accident happened during the?”
“Yes that's right.”
“A student who violated the rules and caused bloodshed was immediately arrested. Transfer to the current map room has been completed..”
I roughly grasped the situation from that explanation..
there are sometimes Idiots who break the rules and vent their anger because they can't admit defeat or win their temper.
“detailed report please.”
“Yes, the perpetrator suddenly dropped his weapon in the middle of a fight and caught his opponent off guard.”
“and hit the victim?”
“That's right.”
“Shit, what a nasty guy.”
Philip clicked his tongue disapprovingly..
Laying down weapons means surrender.
It's the same as if the match ended immediately.
However, if he had used this to launch an attack and cause bloodshed, he would have deserved to be arrested..
Further reports then followed..
“Currently, the victim is unconscious due to fractures, excessive bleeding, and multiple organ failure..”
“······what?”
Philip asked blankly..
I heard that it was a bloody situation, but it was still between students. At worst, he thought that the only thing he had been stabbed was that he was unconscious.?
“what the hell did you get?”
“After changing his face, he grabbed his head and slammed the arena floor several times..”
what? You're a complete madman?
Philip is at a loss for words..
At this level, the student leadership has crossed the line. Immediately after convening the disciplinary committee, it was not enough to go through the expulsion procedure..
Caught up, he immediately asked.
“who is the victim?”
“1Class 2, Himel Deorg..”
“Yes, Himel... what? Himel?!”
Philip asked back with a surprised face..
He snatched the medical certificate from the guard's hand. He immediately opened his eyes. It was because the Himel Deorg he knew was right..
‘Imperial Swordsmanship Genius!’
The only heir to the Deorg family.
That such a powerful person is not the perpetrator, but the victim? Philip asked in bewilderment..
“Could it be that the opponent was Dylia Arpen??”
“No, that's not it. Dilia Arpen says she's already played before..”
“then who the heck······.”
Did he make Himel like that??
Such a question welled up, but I soon closed my mouth..
'Cause I'll reach my destination soon anyway.
I thought I'd come face to face and check it out. But then, the guard said something strange..
“Oh, upon further inspection, the perpetrator student had a similar criminal record..”
“Eh? previous conviction?”
An ex-con, it can't be.
Since the entrance ceremony was held this year, no one has been dragged into the student leadership department..
‘No, not at all..’
Come to think of it, there was one.
Terrorists at the entrance ceremony, Ulan Bator.
The moment he thought of him, Philip's eyes suddenly opened wide..
‘wait a minute! If so, no way······.’
When I suddenly had an ominous feeling.
Chunk! squeak!
The iron gate guarding the destination opened with a loud sound. After a while, Philip wrinkled his face..
“damn.”
The two who came into sight.
One was, as expected, an uhlan, and the other was an inspector at the Military Faculty. He opened the order in a high-handed attitude..
“Please take care of it promptly.”
“······.”
Philip's face changed to look like he was chewing shit.
some time after that.
Ulan was immediately released.
15.
After leaving the student guidance room.
Ulan immediately headed for the dormitory..
It was because the inspector of the Military Faculty told me to wait in the dormitory until the results of this case came out..
While walking like that.
Soon I ran into a familiar face.
“······Ulan.”
It was Ibella.
Standing at the entrance, she looked at Ulan with a worried expression on her face..
“are you okay? nothing happened?”
“Yeah, I've been sitting for a while.”
answered truthfully.
But for some reason, Ibella's expression subtly changed. A complexion stained with bitterness as if in agony.
After a while, she struggled to open her mouth..
“Actually, I want to ask you something.”
“what you want to ask?”
“Yeah, what happened at the stadium.”
Blue-green eyes tremble slightly.
Ibella asked implicitly..
“I wondered why.”
It's not that hard to answer.
Ulan straight up revealed the truth.
“'Cause he's ruined your reputation.”
“······.”
“I gave him a chance to apologize, but he refused, so he just restored his honor in the grassland way..”
right after his answer.
Ibella bit her lip slightly. This was almost exactly what she had expected at the time..
Honestly, Ulan's behavior is pleasing.
This is the first time I've ever been angry or accepted an apology on behalf of someone..
‘but······.’
Ulan was too impatient.
So I touched something I shouldn't have touched. So I had something to say.
“thank you for caring about me But I'm not afraid or worried about the aftermath?”
“what are you talking about?”
“Himel is the heir of the Deorg family. The House of Count Deorg is the second strongest among the military families of the Empire. however······.”
“Oh, that's what you mean.”
Then, Ulan stopped talking..
He replied in a nonsensical tone..
“Okay. I'm not afraid of that.”
“that, that?”
“As long as it's for the honor of a friend, it doesn't matter who the opponent is. Even if the emperor of the empire.”
“······.”
I was speechless for a moment..
I just realized that Ulan's answer was no joke. In other words, it meant that he was not afraid even if the opponent was the emperor..
When I was blank for a moment.
Ibella hurriedly came to her senses..
“Well, let me ask you one more question.”
“yes.”
“Ulan why are you helping me?”
“that's right······.”
that's my friend.
Ulan tried to answer that.
However, Ibela spoke much faster..
“Even if they are friends, they usually don't go this far. so i wanted to ask I wonder if there is something else you want from me.”
“······.”
“I'm sorry, but I don't have anything. I'm not aristocrat, and I don't have any set aside.”
A smile bloomed on Evelyn's lips..
It was a self-deprecating smile.
“So if there's anything else you want besides what I've said so far, let me know. I'll do anything I can.”
“anything?”
“huh. anything.”
She nodded with determination..
Even if it means accepting the punishment for Ulan's crimes instead.
Ibela was willing to give Ulan anything he wanted. Because this is the only thing she can do in return.
“i get it. then tell me what you want.”
Along with Ulan's words that I heard soon.
I swallowed dry saliva. I made up my mind, but I couldn't stop being nervous..
‘What does Ulan want from me??’
Ibella really has nothing.
Under extremely limited conditions, what will Ulan demand??
‘maybe maybe······.’
Ibella stopped thinking for a moment..
What did you imagine, your slightly flushed cheeks.
but she shook her head.
‘No, Ulan is not that kind of person..’
He's a savage, but he's a gentleman. So when he shook his head vigorously again.
Soon Ulan's answer came back.
with completely unexpected.
“grow up.”
“······what?”
what did you just say? growth?
Unable to comprehend the situation for a moment, she asked again a beat late. she knows she's wrong.
But I didn't hear it wrong.
“Forge your sword, break down the wall. Until one day I can entrust my back to you.”
“that, what is that······.”
“And stand by me as a comrade.”
To Ulan, Ibela is a comrade in arms..
In the distant future, an irreplaceable comrade to face the Lord of the Abyss. And he is the only friend who understands Ulan and respects him..
“that's all i want.”
So Ulan wished.
I hope we can make the ties we made in our past lives stronger and more durable..
So this time, I hope to reach the final battlefield and face the Lords of the Abyss..
On the other hand, immediately after the answer.
Ibella asked blankly..
“I really need that?”
“that's enough.”
“really?”
“really.”
Ulan nods repeatedly.
Ibela, on the other hand, still looked at him with blank eyes. But that's only for a while.
“Poof, ahahaha!”
A cool laugh immediately broke out..
She continued to laugh, clutching at her stomach. Eventually, the laughter stopped, and Ibella's expression brightened..
‘Yes, Ulan was such a man.’
Honest, upright and truthful person.
No matter what the surroundings say, no matter what the world says, a man who only moves according to his own beliefs.
‘so even more······.’
After thinking that far.
Ibella brushed aside her thoughts. She also hid her inner feelings that could have been revealed at the moment. She just couldn't hide her gaze towards Ulan..
Different from longing, a new feeling.
A bright smile bloomed on his flushed face. This Bella immediately nodded her head..
“Okay, I get it. I will grow.”
As Ulan said.
Skills, mind, body, mind, everything.
and─.
“I will stand by your side someday.”
one step, one more step.
Ibella, who had come close at hand, subtly took the seat next to Ulan. Then he smiled shyly and pulled his arm lightly..
“So this seat is mine.”
A firm tone like driving a wedge.
With a voice saying that she would never yield, Ybela laughed. Since she came to the academy, she had the brightest smile.
“wait a little longer I'll grow up much faster than you expected and come next to me.”
“yeah don't expect.”
Ulan also grinned..
The closer Ibella got to the swordswoman, the stronger her strength. Then we will be able to exchange sparring every day like in the past life..
Everyone has completely different thoughts.
A day of many events has come to an end.
and the next day.
Uhlan's disposition has been decided.
15page. before the storm
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