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Chapter 28 – A Villager At The Magic Academy part 1

It’s been a year since then.

-In the end.

He left as if he ran away after that.

He said that there is a reason that he couldn’t reveal… that he still had to become stronger.

“Still had to become stronger”… just what a human being who can destroy a disaster, no,  a god is saying… frankly it’s astonishing.

ーI mean, just what does he think of a maiden’s heart? Well, the next time we meet, I will give him a slap on the cheek.

Well… Actually, what am I to him?

There is no doubt that we value each other.

And I’m in love with him. No doubt about it.

But, that guy… I wonder if he also thinks of me in that sense.

「Haa…」I sigh.

ーEither way, he’s getting the death penalty. He vanished on his own for years… and as soon as I thought he came back… he disappeared again. Moreover, he appeared and disappeared with a woman.

ーI definitely won’t forgive him. One or two slaps… I definitely won’t forgive him.

「Lute… Lute Mclane? We have a special occupation… while that guy is just a Villager… and didn’t he died four years ago during the goblin attack?」

A corridor at the Altena Academy of Magic.

Walking beside me is my childhood friend Moses.

His job occupation is Sage, and he is someone who has a strong job occupation.

In the future, it has been decided that I will be teamed up with him when subjugating monsters, including disasters.

Me, Moses, and Lute.

To think that three non-standard people would be born in the countryside… I think that it’s too good to be true, but let’s put that aside for the time being.

「I know. That it is not really possible… I know. The investigation results of the investigation team in the royal capital make more sense… but…」

As Moses said, the Knight Order was destroyed in the Amanta incident.

And so, I’m the only one left alive… And just like with the goblins, an investigation team was dispatched…

And after all, the investigation team’s conclusion was that my strength as a Hero had gone out of control.

「Certainly, there were traces of the appearance of the Evil Dragon: Amanta, and from the situation at the scene; there was also a possibility of a God being slain… But as expected, with Cordelia’s qualities as a Hero… I think it would be best to think that you gone out of control.」

Goblins and Evil Dragons.

Two times going out of control… and hallucinating.

Thanks to that… I even have disgraceful second names: The Crazy Demon Princess Berserker.

Or rather, I think to myself.

At that time of the goblin and Amanta incident… Lute managed to do something about it… and as expected people thought it must be a hallucination or something…

But, but but but… Ahh, I really can’t understand.

When a light headache attacked me, I heard cheers coming from the sports grounds from the corridor.

Looking around, students from outside the academy were gathering… unleashing magic one after another at a target.

「What are they doing?」

Moses responded to my question while holding his index finger on his spectacles.

「Umu… Cordelia and I belong to the Knight Order, right? We will start learning here starting from next month. As a part of training… well, it’s only a pretext of training though.」

「Well, it is what it is. And instead of tuition fees, we would receive a considerable amount of salary… So, we are in the scholarship class?」

「Yes, educating excellent students with government funding without paying tuition regardless of their status… It will be eventually useful for the nation, so it’s kind of a prior investment. Well, putting that aside, this place is originally a place of learning.」

「…what?」

「But there are a lot of people who go out their way to pay tuition and come to learn magic.」

「I see. So it is something like an entrance exam for new students? Moses? Wait… let’s sit down.」

I sat down on the bench that is installed in the corridor.

With a dubious expression, Moses sat next to me.

There is a warm spring breeze.

I watched as someone unleashed their magic on the target.

Most of the people used elementary magic. And occasionally, people cheered as an intermediate magic was released.

From the eyes of Moses and myself, intermediate magic… is still not good.

But… Everyone is working hard.

For better or worse, their eyes are straight, shining with hopes and ambitions for the future.

Un. Not bad.

「…What do you think when you see this? Moses?」

「Fumu…」

After looking at the students on the sports ground for a while, Moses snorted.

「It’s crude. There is no need to talk about it. In the first place, they do not have a special occupation job. Different from us, who were born to be chosen… No matter how much effort they put into it, they can be a C-rank adventurer at best.」

After all… I can’t entrust my back to this guy on the battlefield.

It’s true that this guy is excellent, but… in an emergency, he is the type that will run away first and foremost.

Well, that is still a long way, so it’s fine.

「Is that so? Inborn aptitude… it may be a hopeless difference, but…」

「But…?」

「Will everything be 100%decided with just that? I know that it’s unreasonable… but is it really impossible to overturn everything with wisdom and effort?」

「Cordelia-san… you really say strange things.」]

「Hmm. Is it really strange? Even the Emperor of the Shizu Empire, which accounts for 40% of the continent’s territory, if you go back 20 generations ago… He was originally a slave swordsman, wasn’t he? Sure, his job occupation might have been Sword Saint, but… to start as a slave and rise to an emperor… it make your argument that everything depends on the circumstances you were born with unreasonable, right?」

Moses shrugged his shoulders as if it was out of the question.

Once again, I turn my gaze to the examiness.

ーAnd, I froze.

My mouth opened and closed over and over again like a goldfish.

Moses, who seemed to have noticed the change in my appearance, gave me a dubious look.

「What’s wrong, Cordelia?」

「…he, he, he, he-」

「…he?」

「…he was there.」

「he was there… what do you mean?」

Instantly, I stood up and before I knew it, I was running to the sports ground.

And then, without even turning around, I said,

「he was there, you know… Lute Mclane!」