I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 184

Mentor (1)

In the kingdom where the feudal aristocratic society gradually disappeared and the central administrative system began to be established, the symbolism of the center was clear, even if it was not perfect.

The Assembly, which enacts laws, the Supreme Court, where the final arguments of the kingdom’s citizens are held, the Administrative Office and the Financial Services Agency, where citizenship cards and currency are issued.

In addition, each and every minor difference created a difference between the central and local governments, which means that the administrative burden of the central government cannot be compared with that of the local governments.

“Count. Count Manyoshka.”

“Hmm?! Ms. Medina, you didn’t sleep!”

“…Wipe the saliva from your mouth first before speaking.”

Medina, an administrative office official, felt like his blood was bursting when he saw the count who had been his superior for several months.

Although the omnipotent aristocratic society has declined, the brand of nobility is maintained.

For example, Count Nauri of the West, who has no connection whatsoever, is promoted to the position of director of the administrative office.

There’s a lot of work that needs to be done these days, such as cleaning up a collapsed magic tower or secret demon hunting that is being carried out by the New Church’s radical movement and the Old Church, but the person called the superior is like this.

“What is this?”

“Is this something like the right to apply for land recognition for undeveloped land? It came from the western part of the country where the Count was.”

“Uh hmm?”

Count Manyoshka looked at the document and opened his eyes.

“Keukheuhm…! I’ll review this and pay for it, so you can do other things.”

“Yes? Oh yes…”

When the Count, who had no interest in administrative office work, showed an unexpected reaction, Medina responded with surprise, but soon returned to his work.

There was too much work to do to spend more than 5 minutes writing on just one document.

* * * *

Guardian Academy is basically a place of learning where only gifted and natural geniuses can enter.

Nobles do not have a higher average ratio of knights and wizards than commoners.

This diluted the legitimacy of the nobility’s ‘noble blood’ and created a culture in the kingdom that was not very conscious of classism.

But even so, nobles are a privileged class that receives some treatment.

It is no wonder that they want to receive their own special treatment. Regardless of the Academy’s reluctance to do so.

However, in any society, it is difficult to refuse the demands of those with money. We have no choice but to give them some of the privileges demanded by high-ranking people who have social influence and generous donations.

And one of these is the ‘mentor’ system.

To put it simply, a promising new student—who has donated a lot of money—receives practical know-how from a professor or a talented senior student.

Usually, students receive mentoring from professors, but if there is a student with exceptional talent and reputation, he or she will also receive numerous mentorship applications.

“Hmm… I really didn’t think you would accept?”

“The princess has requested this. Can you refuse it?”

Miriam looked up at the ‘mentor’ who had come to visit her.

Corin Locke.

A second-year student who is not even a senior.

However, it can be said to be the most famous article in the academy.

“Originally, we would have to search the princess before taking her in, but… well, we can’t bring servants here.”

“Is it okay if the princess does it herself?”

“It is not dignified to do the work done by those below you. Instead…” As

Miriam gestured with her hand, the ‘snake decorations’ on her dress began to move.

The smooth, elastic body makes this snake look like it’s real.

This is a real snake. He was a familiar who created and controlled his familiars with his own magic.

Miriam’s snakes climbed twenty-two seats and came up from the hem of his trousers to the nape of his neck.

“For your information, all the snakes I raise are highly poisonous.”

“Really? It’s not a good idea to make snake stew.”

Even though the snakes were licking their tongues, he had an unwavering posture.

Even a strong knight commander would flinch if a poisonous snake crawled on his neck.

“hmm?”

It was then. One of the snakes found something in Corin’s backpack.

Miriam looked at his backpack and asked.

“What’s in it?”

“It’s a gift to give to the princess.”

“hmm?”

When meeting the royal family, it is etiquette to do so with bare hands.

However, this is only the physiology of nobles and does not apply to him, a commoner. In the first place, how often do commoners know about etiquette when meeting royalty?

“show me.”

Corrin took out a gift from the bundle. Nameless wine and cheese she doesn’t even know.

A low-class item that lacks the name value to be presented to the royal family. Is this the limit to the imagination of commoners?

‘I heard that you receive support from Dunarev in hiring mercenaries and purchasing materials, but you say you pay for personal luxuries with your own money?’

I heard that he receives support from Dunaref, who can be said to be the richest man in the kingdom, but that he refrains from doing so except for official matters.

This is something that was reported by Germain, a spy from the Catholic Church who goes right next to me, so it’s probably roughly correct.

“You offer alcohol and cheese when you don’t even have a maid to taste it.”

Attempts to poison royals are always something to watch out for. Especially when it comes to Miriam, who is receiving resentment from many places.

“Well, I thought about that too, but these are pretty good wines and cheeses.”

“Hmm…”

Wine was something she also enjoyed, so she had no intention of refusing it.

In the first place, she is completely immune to poison, and above all, she cannot imagine a future in which this man poisons her.

“How about a drink before we start?”

“I like it.”

Miriam uncorked the wine herself, took out a wine glass from her room, and poured less than half of it.

“Let’s celebrate my first class.”

“For my grade.”

“Isn’t that still 2 credits?”

“For a prodigal son who is busy wandering around, even that is a valuable point. I plan to continue to do so in the future.”

“Hmm…”

Miriam guessed information from each word Corrin said and stored it in her head.

Because every little bit of information was important in order to win this man.

Other than the two years of activity, he was an ordinary restaurant son. It is difficult for even Miriam to predict what he is thinking and hoping for.

‘The scent… is nice.’

Miriam naturally passes the glass as her thoughts deepen. When he finally tasted the refreshing grape scent that entered his throat, he looked surprised.

“It’s okay. It’s a good wine.”

Not that it was at a good level, but I really liked it. In particular, the sweetness felt in the remaining sugar of the wine was a hit to my taste.

“I thought you might like it. I got it from an unknown cathedral. The locals there are nobles who make their own and drink their own.”

“okay?”

Miram vows to find out later. She surprisingly liked Corinne’s gift, which suited her taste.

“Rather than a class… I would say it is a transfer of know-how. Basically, the main purpose of mentoring is to transfer practical know-how.”

“I wonder what Sir, a knight, can tell me, a wizard.”

“Can’t you just apply yourself?”

“Do you know why I called you my mentor?”

Miriam’s snake-like gaze pierced Corin. Things like mentoring aren’t particularly important. If I really needed it, I would have applied to Marie Dunareff instead.

Miriam wants to win Corin’s favor. More precisely, I want to include them under my influence.

Especially since Leah Pal showed Corrin’s intertwined fate.

I wanted this man.

“Well, we’ll talk about that after the mentoring is over. It’s a class right now.”

“…….”

“This isn’t a good place for classes. Let’s go downtown. My Guardians office is there. I have prepared a lot of things for you.”

“Huh… okay.”

Miriam said no more. Are you saying that the real story will be told outside of the Academy, not inside?

The two eventually headed to the Corin Guardians office downtown. At the front gate, a carriage was prepared for her who had trouble with one leg.

‘You have sense.’

That’s how we arrived at the Guardians office.

This office, headed by Corin Locke, boasted an enormous size and various facilities.

“Dunaref’s wealth is amazing.”

“Really? I was going to refuse at first.”

The airfield where fifteen wyverns and Hresvelg are looked after is truly a spectacular sight.

She herself had a personal wyvern and a passenger crew, but she knew how much it cost her.

If other people had heard that it was owned by Guardians, which was founded less than a year ago, they would have stuck their tongues out.

‘Runia Aden, the Swordsman of the Arden family, and elite swordsmen. I heard that the entire Warskai mercenary group came in…’

Miriam was suspicious of the scale of the Corin Guardians, which she had only received reports of in writing.

Corin Locke is clearly no ordinary knight.

The Dunareff vampire transformation incident.

Runia Arden’s Sword Breaker.

The subjugation of the king of Cheolsan and the diary discussion with Permak Daman.

Attempts to subjugate the Dutch Empire, which was an operation by Catholicism, etc.

He entered school as a level 5 knight, but all of the people he faced during his first year were strong players of semi-special level or higher.

Against monsters he could never face, he won and gained ground.

After acquiring Klau Solas, their power expanded rapidly, and in the end, didn’t they actually subdue the Magic Tower alone with the Guardians?

‘It’s difficult.’

My fate is tied to his. This means you have to get close to him.

Because my fate is not fixed, it can change as much as I want depending on my actions.

The card called Corin Locke is a winning card that must be obtained.

But he doesn’t seem to lack anything.

From wealth to military power and fame. A mere second-year academy student has acquired a surprising amount of things.

Even though I have acquired so much, I don’t really have any desires for material things.

If he had acquired this amount of assets, he would have been able to do many things.

“Well, since it’s orientation, shall we just have a light mentoring session for an hour?”

“…Okay, give it a try.”

It’s annoying, but I have no choice but to get along.

Miriam did not have much time, but it was an inevitable investment in her relationship with him.

* * * *

What a mentor teaches is basically practical knowledge.

How to view Dokdo on a map.

Camp knowledge for camping.

How to chase or defend against monsters through the ecology of foreign lands.

Basically, guardians are combatants who have to fight against demons. So, in general, these are the only things a senior can tell a junior.

However, it is a bit different when it comes to nobles or royalty.

Why would they do dangerous guardian work and make a pitiful living? Unless they are a small group of people who want fame.

The reason nobles and royal families select mentors is because they want to foster friendships at the family level with promising students.

‘It’s not like I don’t know.’

Miriam looked with puzzled eyes at Corin, who was faithfully teaching her how to read a map and how to do first aid.

She enjoys hunting and is a powerful snake magician herself, but before that, she was the only princess in the country.

There are too many minions to do chores for you.

Corinne shrugged and said, as if she was aware of such questions.

“You never know. When you go out hunting and become trapped in a trap and become stranded, reading the terrain or getting separated from your maid or guard, this knowledge may be of some help.”

It’s as if he was foreshadowing that something like that would happen. “Well,

roughly, ‘something like this.’ We will make you proficient through ‘practical combat’.”

“…Practical training?”

“Why?”

“…….”

Miriam’s impression was distorted by his calm and weak attitude.

That is why, during the mentoring process, he was exposed to the outside world. It’s common to go out for practical training, but to yourself, the princess? It’s not like you don’t know the purpose of this mentoring in the first place. But the one who regrets

not doing it is Miriam.

Treating yourself, the princess, like Eul… It was humiliating, but even this is not enough to make her long-held wish come true. What is necessary for this.

“Now, shall we talk about examples of mentoring?”

“Okay, tell me.”

In addition to declaring that you will take the princess on a difficult journey, do you even include examples? It is

traditional to give a small reward to the mentor. But is she so shameless in asking for a reward in person?

“As the princess knows, I’m a good person.”

“Ha…”

Now she’s so dumbfounded that she can’t say anything. How long has it been since she’s been this dumbfounded? Is it all?

“There are only a handful of knights stronger than me… You know that Dunarev is sponsoring me, right?” “

Keep going.”

Yes, this is the problem. Objectively, this man has an abundance, but he lacks nothing.

Even money . He has more than enough fame and status.

The reputation of being the hero who saved Dunaref and the high-ranking knight saintess was not enough, but he gave him everything he had in abundance.

“I know your long-cherished wish. I know very well what you want to achieve through me.”

“…!”

Miriam’s eyes opened wide. However, soon the viper of the bottomless pit began to shine with a venomous look in his eyes. It is

not clear what I wish for. Those who don’t know know. Everyone who remembers the incident from 10 years ago did.

But this man is a commoner. He was just an ordinary resident of the outskirts of the royal capital.

How could this man know about the wolf hunt that is secretly carried out away from the eyes of the Protestants?

” “How much do you know?”

“I know. I know very well.”

Corin’s expression looked somewhat empty as he said those words. Why does this man make this kind of expression?

“So what do you want? I’ll listen to anything except one thing.”

Miriam’s voice is explicit. No, there is no need to hide it.

This man is destined to achieve his wish in the end. It was a wish he would make known anyway, so now you only need to know what he wants.

“What you want is what you want . “So…”

Corin was deep in thought, as if he was mulling over something. The thoughts didn’t last long. He stared at Miriam with a light, bitter smile. Unlike his

blood-red self, his irises sparkled like those of a setting sun and were mischievous. He smiles.

“Every week after the mentoring ends.”

There is no one in the room. The voice is clear and certain.

“Princess. Miriam Elisabeth el Rasga.”

As if holding on to an avenger who would throw away his life at any moment.

“Towards me… No. just. “Just once.”

Hoping to get rid of lingering regrets.

“Smile. Please show your smile. I think that’ll be enough.”

He smiles sadly and bitterly.

Reminiscing about the past and the future at the same time.

Remembering the miserable past life that only he will remember.

“…….”

Miriam’s lips parted as if they had stopped. No.

The second princess of this country,

the heir to the throne with the support of numerous nobles.

He told me to tell him

what I wanted. It doesn’t matter. Anything except my one wish.

I commit myself right here and now. Even if I had said I wanted to, she would have willingly given up her body.

But…

laughter.

Smile.

Just one little thing like that?

“You…”

Is this mocking me? Is it sarcasm? What kind of intention are you hiding?

So much . A simple, trivial request that she did not willingly accept.

Her gaze was cold and her voice was cold.

“How dare you…”

Corin paid no heed to her trembling, venomous gaze. She

simply stated her wish once more. .

“Smile.”

“Such…!”

“Why do you think it’s not worth it? Those things are always relative.”

“…..”

At those words, Miriam calmed down a little more calmly. Just as

my longing is so persistent that others cannot understand, my smile is more important to him than anything else. It might be worth it.

I can’t quite understand it, but his words make it seem like it is.

“Really… that’s enough?”

“That’s right.”

I feel like I’m being deceived. He’s playing with me. Miriam thinks to herself, While I was thinking about it, I made a reasonable decision.

-Winner!

How do you make a smile?

I’ve laughed a lot. When sarcastic and mocking others?

I think I mostly did it at hateful bastards, but I was the one who smiled like that at this man. Even if you think about it, it’s nonsense.

-Flince! Cringe!

Still, I have to do it. If I can become entwined with the fate that will make my long-cherished wish come true just by raising the corner of my mouth.

“Like this…?”

It’s awkward, but it’s closer to poisonousness than brightness. Anyway, the corner of my mouth is twisted. It was something that could fall into the category of ‘laughter.’

“It’s pretty.”

“Wha…!?”

Miriam’s expression instantly frowned. But what was so good about it was that his expression was filled with a smile.

… ………………..

A long silence continued.

185. ReturnKilled the Academy player.