Chapter 115: New Semester (1)
juaEddUA new semester began.KRC
Xujt1st graders were turning into 2nd graders with new freshmen being added to the mix. There were many things happening and most 1st graders had to move dormitories as they entered their second year at the Academy depending on their major and career paths but that didn’t apply to me.CZL
qDn“Wow~ Korin. You are done already?”1LXQr
R6u2Lni“Thanks to Doggo helping me, it wasn’t that hard.”IMWBjI6
IUiUWhen I returned to the special dormitory after a long time of absence, there were a few things to do such as cleaning and removing the messy weeds, but cleaning didn’t take that long because all I had to clean was my room and the storeroom.1s7Asvl
xmZ9“More importantly, Korin! You will be in your 2nd year from tomorrow! Congratulations!”evsd
0vD“Same to you. You are in your 3rd year now.”dTCVA6
kKxRE09Tomorrow was the freshmen welcoming ceremony already. Just like what we went through last year, the new students would take their Grading tests and receive their temporary Grades.sY6mg
EtbAKThinking back to the past reminded me of how everything started. Just 1 year ago, I had entered the Academy as a Grade 5 Knight and yet here I was, sitting at Grade 1.7DaU4J
9N4“We are here from Dumons Furniture. Where would you like this to go?”nO8ycq
qpRQzuK“Ah, please come this way!”BFMjmfy
2Qz19eI wasn’t the only one taking care of the mansion in preparation for the new semester. Marie was also bringing in a bunch of new furniture into the dormitory, and those seemed to be being sent here in the form of a donation.6qXEcy
BMnMCc0“Huh? Senior, are we getting a new bed as well?”uC769e5
tHl“Hnn? Y, yeah… Umm, how should I say this… It’s a bit uncomfortable compared to the one at home…!”GTzbH
ATnwxASHuh? Wasn’t she using it just fine for 2 years now? And the bed she had at her home…iewk0d
iFiBcU1“Oopsies! Hey Brother Kim! Be careful! You’ll get squashed to death if one of these lands on top of ya!”15OMDdR
FTN7“G, got it…! Ehew. Is this a palace for newlyweds? What kind of…”XDgOKW
5XU0The workers were bringing in beds that were clearly bigger than normal single-sized beds. They were… much bigger than expected.uMHvA1s
Z7uN“Amazing, right? They are really good beds. Apparently you fall asleep just by lying on it.”4ZnB
KUMAP“They do look impressive. Thank you for changing all of our beds but what about yours, Senior Marie?”uL9Zb
wmq4na“I have one too! It’s that big one there!”34blPR
JwNf3“Looks similar to the one I saw in your house.”d3f2
jflIt had the same size as the bed that was in that Evergreen Room or something which was given to fiancés. It was so wide that two people wouldn’t be able to fill it.QZMCmZo
uMq0“Hehe… It’s just in case there is a guest coming over.”d7x
gs0Nz“A guest?”hOr
GgeyFO5Was she talking about her friends? It made sense considering how she had a bunch of friends like Isabelle. Plus, I did hear that girls tended to play like that sometimes; going on the so-called pajama parties and such.cp922
0c51DIn any case, it seemed that all the furniture in the mansion was being replaced to suit the standards of the Potato Empire in the south. Walking away from that, I carried a garbage bag full of weeds and headed to the incinerator at the back of the dormitory.1be4
Zw10bctThat was where I found Hua Ran.4D7E
Wpch“What are you doing?” she asked.M52q
0XmggA“As you can see, I’m cleaning the yard. What about you?”gwXVd
1wFe“Fish.”upA
YSAa“Fish?”Sh1
FguhWondering what she was talking about, I looked inside the incinerator and found a massive tuna being burned inside it.omRSK
Lir“…Can you explain to me what that is?”ahiMsr
8Fl“Fried tuna.”Kgf4
Sb6q37“Like, it’s not like I don’t know what it is, but…”BLr9ZDC
N4Oj“I heard eyeballs are good for IQ? Or something.”AOil
eKlK“I don’t know if that’s true or not, but more importantly, why are you cooking that in an incinerator?”W6xhvy
A9DAp1tHearing my question, Hua Ran tilted her head as if I was asking about the most obvious thing in the world.fkofcx
LnJbYAq“I can’t cook something that big in the kitchen.”pK3M
lP0YU2“Oh~ So you want to eat the whole thing as it is?”knoFD2
HUJQkH“Yes.”BEpmw
1hkqD77Aiya. Look at this girl. Even though she had the memories of Ran, she was still a baby who had only spent 3 years in the society. She was just turning 4 now.NPA
iX6y“Next time, just tell me. I can chop it up into smaller pieces and cook them for you.”wDWt4Ic
tNirI“…Okay.”M3QAL71
JkwTb“Like, how did you even get a tuna this big? And didn’t you buy massive flatfish last time as well?”X9uTjlP
9QsaP“I bought them at the market.”D57Ln
y2Za“…They sell these?”y93s
gx9Did they sell fish this big? There had to be something wrong with that marketplace and the storeowner for deciding to sell things like these as a whole to a little girl.EykP
UM9u“Ehew. Well, you cooked it anyway so let’s grab Doggo and eat it together.”2S8Eft
i3KSeY“…No.”KXrm
64RDZe“Huh?”EII2
l80“This is mine.”2TqOz
u3SsXF“Like, there’s no way you’re going to finish the…”1mpyF
s0sV“It’s mine.”uiiEg
1rF1c“…Alright, sure. Have the whole thing.”yNi
QLMF0gShe was stubborn and possessive like a little girl. After pondering by herself for some time, Hua Ran pulled my sleeves and added.rAy
oAW2“You can have some.”2kYEGV
L4PGKgF“What an honor to hear that.”J4ZNa
CbJe1uNo matter what, it would be hard for her to eat this enormous tuna by herself, and maybe she knew that. That must be why she was offering it to me.EI50l
nJzd11“But still, let’s chop this into pieces. If we leave it like this, the outside will get scorched but the inside is going to stay raw.”74nF
W5C0X“Okay.”JYO16
Ybj7I was carrying out a sudden tuna chopping show and thinking about having this for lunch when Alicia appeared from the other side.bWlk9d
wsichfG“Mr. Korin~. Let’s have lunch together! Uhekk?! What is all this?”l81vU
o2XZk“Tuna.”ZOCME64
twBIN8“I get that but…”5GOm
HKB“Quiet down and just help me cook these.”OwhtkT
lTd– Jiiiiing…!nxKC
wczpIt was then. The dimensions tore open as the head of our dormitory with a mature beauty appeared from within. What she found first thing after returning to the dormitory was us cooking large chunks of tuna on campfires placed around the yard.jXy
i46“Student Korin? What are you doing?”krR40
R5FT“We’re cooking tuna. You should join us for lunch.”Mu6
d7xO5“Haa… Where did you even get this?”NpVpB
K0i“You should ask the sister next to me.”nOz
FkmULAfter turning her eyes to Hua Ran, Josephine gave an understanding nod.ANp0
lu0HkfH“Thanks for the offer but I have an appointment for lunch already.”Z42HOh
DUaeqo“That’s a shame. By the way, you look tired. Have there been some problems?”nk2
vrvH434Everyone in the Academy knew just how hard Lady Josephine was working, but today, she looked more worn out than ever.womqY
wot“A long friend of mine is very distracted. I don’t know what’s happening to her but…”JrYn
osT“Maybe it’s related to romance? I am more than willing to give all ears if you want to share some stories.”6JnWpGs
5jvc“It’s fine. More importantly, Student Korin.”dRXuHum
FUK“Yes.”9yh
B4vsT“Can I ask you to be one of the guides for the freshmen welcoming ceremony tomorrow? Normally, we have the high-performing 2nd-year students be guides.”DlFC0G
z0OzzK6By a guide, she was referring to the job Marie played during the entrance ceremony, such as guiding the new students to the carriages and making sure they didn’t lose their way.toa9QDP
gbinlThis Academy was as big as a small city, and it was thus normal for freshmen students to lose track of where they were.oxxRMSh
F05O“Sure. But there’s more than that, isn’t there?”ELTOWk
Dr55Kj“You mean the prac lesson at Hunting Grounds?” asked Lady Josephine.SXPs
t2OqGfS“I am incredibly willing to enlighten the new students!”Yctb110
kueP“…Do you have some strange plans in mind?”ZKeDn
nmiE“What? Me?”gbx
pTL“For example, the Immortan Lork or…”EEi
AYGPnV“I am not sure what you are talking about, Miss!”rW7
4cpu“If I hear even a single word about Immortan Lork, I will bring this up in a disciplinary committee meeting.”MoqyW
EXR“You can definitely trust me. I am Korin Lork.”vkxw
u1UsL“…”ILz0e
H9UJosephine stared at me with half-squinted eyes before finally giving her permission.EKv
80rztRIt was looking like it would be a fun start to the semester.NybL
8cq“I need some more volunteers apart from Student Korin. What about you, Student Alicia?”lwB
5uZg0v“Umm… I think I can join. I just have to do the same thing that the seniors were doing last year, right?”WVs
ue2X“Yes. There will be some differences in rules, though.”DxBs
8APo7sIn the end, our job was still to interrupt the freshmen students while testing their skills.upXI4BB
4LnVbd“I think I can help out then.”lUmnGg
pTkDaJust like that, Alicia was also in the crew. I thought about inviting Yuel in as well, because she was pretty much invincible inside the Hunting Grounds.B0u4ZB
03C“Me too.”VCNUs
qBM6U“Hua Ran?”sbbzGfY
usQFThat was when Hua Ran suddenly opened her mouth while raising her hand. I thought she would hate tedious things like testing freshmen students, but I guess that wasn’t the case.2Otti
N1i2“You cannot. Student Korin and Student Alicia can, but you might hurt the freshmen students.”MRo
mgYoiLady Josephine’s concerns made sense. We were like pistols and miniguns whereas Hua Ran was an anti-tank missile. Having her attack the new students with nothing but bulletproof vests would be too inhumane.vf2
Qj4zCfG“I can… hold back.”xtC
RrYRI2“…”spEX
lcRbD2zJosephine hesitated after seeing her persist. Normally she would have said ‘No’ with no questions asked but I had a feeling that she was a lot nicer to Hua Ran after the festival.PMkjv
HEQ“Fine. But is Ran listening right now?”c5rG
K75WekJ“Yeah.”MaH0tMe
GwoxZ“Ran. If you think it’s dangerous, you must step in and stop her. Do you understand what I’m saying?”ZHSc5
W2D“She said yes.”cusdZB
FJSZnqOIt looked like even Hua Ran was going to be joining the freshmen prac lesson, which was unfortunate for these young poor souls.OoOvbf
R2jOd“Hehe. I’m looking forward to getting juniors.”CJnQBAN
qG8Alicia seemed incredibly excited to have juniors that would be treating her with respect and had a full smile on her face. That wasn’t strange though, because that was the same for me.X7lmRli
RCj“Huehuehuehuehue…”4ibA
43nIyW“Mr. Korin?”msoMXY
Hkf5OThere weren’t going to be many key freshmen students this year. Well, that was to be expected though, because it did not make much sense from a development standpoint to assign a lot of importance to juniors that were coming in mid-way into the game.xpjntPW
GV7xbfOf course, that didn’t mean that there weren’t any important named characters among the new students, but it was just that they weren’t as powerful compared to the boss-level characters, Hua Ran and Marie.Juww
SxtIu‘Besides, those guys will be entering this year anyway.’adKl9o
weDMx4ROne of those two guys would probably come first among the freshmen this year as long as nothing unexpected came up.F04
zsS“Professor. Do you remember the two freshmen that I was talking about?”ZCO
dOM“I do. The two of them will come to the special dormitory,” replied Professor Josephine.4HEQ9
dHHeHFO“Umm… Do you know some of the new students?” Alicia asked.W6U8Cxb
BKPEfOM“Only two of them.”YtWO
me48“Ah, Student Korin.” That was when Lady Josephine opened her mouth after seemingly remembering something. “If you have time, could you help me clean the rooms for the new students?”v1iAh
vKQUOWn“Well, sure but those guys are siblings so they’ll probably be sleeping in the same room. I can do it by myself.”vCoB7R
PEAFWW“No. There are two more rooms that we need to prepare.”1K7Q2h
J8Nhgx“Sorry?”ZU90
KmS“That is part of the reason why we’ve ordered new furniture through Student Marie.”xJ6Iu
OfSwXIt was only on the day of the entrance ceremony of the 1st Semester that I understood what she meant.QEit
s6ieBR****QE3q
nstZWGS“Now. All of you, come this way.”CxHd
F5yDixWThe next day, I waited at the south gate of the Academy to guide the new freshmen students entering the Academy for the first time. The clueless new students gathered in front of me after hearing my words.5sapH
IFJlax“Hua Ran. Make the poster straight so they can see better.”RqEHw
3NoU“…”Z89AD6
5TnI wasn’t by myself and next to me was Hua Ran. She was wearing a long poster that read, ‘Welcome to the Academy!’ on her neck.Em8BIQX
Hk5BWhile I was in the middle of welcoming the new students, I spotted a professor coming to work from her home. It was Professor Lulara Mars of Alchemic studies.MvxExem
V31gqh“Oh wow~. You were here already~.”7KJG5Rl
4wm939She, who had the same voluptuous body as always, greeted with her usual stretchy voice.BHEKuR
t1M04uh“Student Korin? You are dressed up today, aren’t youuuu?”JBY2
O4es“It is the entrance ceremony for the new students, after all.”fUg0D
NssAlthough I usually preferred wearing a t-shirt with leather pants, I was a bit more mindful of my outfit today and was thus wearing a suit and a dress shirt.XQxf
j3pgG1It looked neat in my opinion, although I wasn’t wearing branded clothes all over like Doggo. Well, that was not a good idea in the first place… His mother, Marie, was spoiling him too much!tw3
jr9pua“Fufu. The girls are going to be very happy todayyy~. You are going to be very popular~.”nOltl
aRz9“Huhaha. Really?”gFfnw6
Y5cQ23Z“…”OElnsD
myDlAProfessor Lulara got on the carriage that went straight to her building, while we decided to wait for a few more students to arrive.AvnV
Lk7f9Hl“…You.”4JMpkR
rICcY9yHua Ran, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly opened her mouth.HbrBB
H5l4zH7“That doesn’t suit you.”E1INjc
Maf“Huh? It doesn’t?”EG6XfL
sxi“It’s bad.”EHJde9
vuQE“Really? Everyone was saying it was okay though…”PVl
ShRW5IC“…”9MwEpt
hjN8NY“Is it really that bad…?”TgVOa
YWNDtf7Well, preference in clothes was a subjective matter anyway so I let that go. I threw a glance at Hua Ran, who was looking straight forward with the poster hanging on her neck, and realized that her lips were in a slight pout.2WLDLfF
dVjWhy was she in a bad mood all of a sudden?NAvI
XDn………niY
UnTki……QZYYQ0
7Uvw6…bU4
M5XL5“LOUDERRRRRR…!”j013
mze“YEAHHHHH…!”MKGeEI8
zOvSInside the carriage with a bunch of freshmen students, I screamed through the microphone as the students responded with a shout.NMS
pCCT“Nino, Maximus, Keyser Soze!! Sonador, and Spartaaaaaa!! They don’t die! I don’t die~~!”aNHmk
dDEoPX“You’re doing great!”7iWk
tl6b“I have no idea what he’s saying though…!”DGHD
I0ZfIkThe 2nd year student senior singing a song in the carriage was like an annual event that helped the freshmen students forget their nervousness.nk8
tABI“Oppa! You’re cool!”X7jHb
69t0“Cool? Anything else?”OSTDAR
5WqbTN“You’re handsome!!”6WHJf
Pj15Zn“Okay, you over there. I’ll remember ya. You are a part of my crew now!”Z2V
w5ra“Thank you!”JLK
E88W“Now, thanks for listening to my song, and let’s start getting off!”L9ckZV
lwFo6A““Okay!””qgjGKS
5cnHua Ran and I got off first with the freshmen students following behind us. Seeing them reminded me of last year.oS2Z
x4XyKI“So, there are going to be professors inside. Go in, and good luck!”SUgysgV
ZXU6“???”sg8F
zXAJMost of the students seemed to have no idea why I was wishing them good luck. Towards the back of the group were the siblings, Ren and Ron.Pzs8f
0J6vdvs“Bro… I mean, Big Brother. We will see you later.”zQQ
7BbJuEm“Alrighty. Good luck to you, and you too Ren.”N8TL
EqgssK“We don’t need luck.”Vhkv
Gknq7zPatting them on their extra-soft honey-blonde-colored hair, I sent the two of them into the Liberty Hall. Inside, the 1st year students will be undertaking their first grading test just like I did last year.MDIA
L8DctKDEven though Ren and Ron appeared like primary school kids, there were probably going to be less than a handful of students this year that could have a meaningful fight against them.eyaQ
p7K“I have to go,” said Hua Ran.mceJH
9Avc“Okay sure. You said there’s something to do at the church, right?”uxd
DUz“There’s that too.”MySfUq
xh6VThat too?FTE1Up
YyL“Someone annoying wants to see me.”Ros
vkgVoD2“Who?”S1Qz2
7OlGA4“Just someone.”l7bPyx
fVOtA visitor for Hua Ran? Who could it be? There were only a few people even back in the game that interacted with Hua Ran, so that was a bit of a surprise.1rS3p0n
V3a232LShe disappeared after kicking off the ground. Even though I told her multiple times to not fly across the Academy, she was still the same.gTw
jcmEBThere was a time when she crashed into a bird and had us eat a whole bird for dinner. It was very tedious to pluck the feathers and wash the guts out, so I really hoped she would stop doing that.EY3NEv
Q8Lr2U– Kugung!K9JC
PonLGXAnother carriage arrived as soon as Hua Ran left.VBRlUs
ZlX“Hu~. This way please! And everyone, be careful on your way down!”dz9o3S
s6wIt was Alicia’s voice, which meant they were coming from the western gate. Naturally, I turned my eyes to the freshmen students that were getting off the carriage, and…r905
FH1es“Aht, be careful.”GYsqc3p
81Zz2euA girl stepped down on the ground with a walking stick with the help of Alicia. She had such a memorable appearance; one that no one could forget upon seeing once.ZjR25
z2WAnd I happened to know who that was.CZFJ
tYyQNqH“Shit…”FPW
QdSwAWThe girl had blazing and fiery red hair. She had matching ruby-colored eyes but those were clearly different from the red indifferent eyes of Hua Ran.f6x
TdbEy3DHer cold and cruel eyes had a vertical slit in them. Hua Ran was a lofty beast, whereas she was more like a venomous snake.sbCbsO
qX8JYHHer body was smaller than the other girls and boys of her age, but there was an undisguisable sense of pressure in her atmosphere that did not allow anyone to look down on her.8ZLwN3
YBEZwEven though the students were allowed to wear anything, one could say it was as expected of her to come to the entrance ceremony wearing a luxurious dress.hUuR6YK
nbvf4– Clomp! Clomp!O1S
T8I0OHpThe girl walked straight towards me and stopped right before me.PBSqb
H3l4FA“Knight Korin, yes? Nice to meet you. My name is Miruam Elizabeth El Rath.”FX29MW
IpOSUSH“Huhp…!”Z5bkUg
0tXKlWI could hear Alicia gasping for breath at the back. Right – it might be possible to not know her first or her second name, there was no way anyone in this kingdom wouldn’t be aware of her last name.R8dYhWj
FbnhyWithout even caring about Alicia gasping behind her, the girl who called herself ‘El Rath’ raised her hand that was covered with an opera glove.yLTm2
m9V『When in front of an attractive lady, it is the courtesy of a gentleman to give her a kiss and ask for a dance, Knight Korin.』jli6D6A
9Lneda『Knight Korin. Look. This is our child. Beautiful, right?』dU1p2M
oQ9Her face overlapped with the one I saw in the past. She was one whom I had a stronger impression of in the last iteration than the game. The one who…QUdze6
5RplK“An honor to see the princess.”Kuvho5K
CIvKWKissing her on the back of her hand, I demonstrated the required etiquette of a knight.VCOU6C
sRNShe was Miruam Elizabeth El Rath, the 2nd Princess of this kingdom.MHHd
7H3y6m……mq9xzNd
3ksj0……MBqw1
qst4jUmm, Lady Miru? Why are you here?i5q3
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