99 – Change

‘…It’s okay to talk, right?’

You snooped around the arena just to say hello.

A completely different air was swirling around.

Completely different from sparring at school,

Spirit enough to remind you of a real battle.

The moment I thought I had no choice but to go out to the parade ground and hop,

My eyes met Lutia while she was stretching.

“Oh.”

“That… How are you?”

“Come to think of it, it started today. Nice to meet you. It’s only been a day.”

Poljjak.

As Lutia came down the arena with her light steps,

The air around her feels lighter.

“Were you surprised that it was more authentic than you thought?”

“Uh… A little?”

“Originally, I tend to train seriously, but

Today is the day the two of you are coming, so I tried to make it a bit more comfortable…”

Are you saying that just because two students attend the training, the mood for the training of the Knights is changed…?

In the first place, it was impossible…

‘Oh.’

Come to think of it.

She was the successor of Adela, who was to become an escort knight for the advancing queen.

I was Adela’s younger brother.

In terms of the original world, the family of Three Star and Two Star participated in the mobilization training for reserve forces training.

“…Is there anyone who is uncomfortable?”

Suddenly, I have empathy.

“Yeah..? Ahahahaha. My kids are really good at that. You don’t have to worry.

Rather…”

As Lutia paused her words and looked over her arena,

The same knights preparing for sparring.

Among them, knights in particular were waving violently.

“Those guys…”

“… Looks cheerful and nice.”

Come to think of it,

I’m just saying this now, but when I looked around, there were quite a few female knights.

Since most women in Elbheim move on to ranger activities,

There were only a handful of women who lived here wearing armor…

Let’s wave at the female knights waving in amazement.

– Wow!!

I heard louder cheers than I expected.

What is…?

How does it feel to be a handsome student teacher at this girls’ high school?

“Well… There are many friends in the Bloodghost Knights who have longed for the leader and applied…

The employment rate of women is significantly higher than in other countries.”

“Ah. Certainly…”

The king of a country is also a queen,

The captain of the knights is also a woman…

If you think about it,

Maybe it’s only natural that Merveus is quite feminine.

“So, why?”

“Yes?”

“I heard that it was originally planned to be in a comfortable atmosphere.

Then there must be a reason for the change?”

“Oh that’s…”

Lutia lifts her glasses slightly as if tired, then opens her mouth while massaging between her eyes.

“…Because the national friendly couples have been canceled.”

“National goodwill match?”

“Yes. Alfheim has requested a friendly match between knights for the purpose of friendship between nations.”

“Alfheim…?”

As everyone knows, Alfheim is widely known as a fairly closed country.

It’s surprising that a request for friendly engagements came from Alfheim itself, but

It was also surprising that Merveus, who was in the middle of a complicated situation, agreed.

‘… Why the hell?’

Now is the time to waste time on friendly sparring between knights…

“…”

The moment her eyes met with Mrs. Ruti, who was making a dark expression,

A plausible reason passed through my mind.

‘…It’s for show off.’

The fact that the kingdom of Merveus is currently experiencing political difficulties is enough for anyone interested to know.

It was to show such people.

The Merveus family,

That it’s not a rule-of-thumb system enough to be swayed by things like this.

“I see.”

“…Huh?”

Let’s show off her senses with just a short conversation,

She sent an interesting look from Lutia.

“You seem to have a fairly good head.”

“Since then, I have been ranked first in the academy.”

Of course,

I just pushed through with practice, but the theory is far short of Neneto.

Ms. Rutia looked at me for a moment with the eyes of her cute cousin showing off her report card, and then said,

She smiled and held out her hand.

“I see. If you have nothing else to do, would you like to visit Dalian?”

“If that’s the case, I’d be happy.”

It’s much better than wandering around with nowhere to go anyway.

Follow Lutia’s guidance and go up to the arena.

-Hot!

‘… Come on.’

My skin felt numb from the hot energy sent by the knights.

“Sit over there and watch.”

“Ah. Thank you.”

“Then, since I’m in charge of the referee role…”

So, Mr. Lutia vacated her seat,

Sit down in a chair and look around.

-… Glance.

I can feel the countless gazes heading this way.

I want to talk to you, but

Since you don’t know what kind of personality I will be in the middle of sparring, you must be careful.

‘I don’t have to.’

But I don’t want to break the current atmosphere by stepping out first.

Greetings come later after the sparring…

At that time.

“Huh…? Isn’t that Jinha?”

Starting with the muttering of a female knight.

“Does it sound right?”

“Hey Jinha!!! Here!!”

Looks relatively relaxed,

The female knights of the senior floor each called Seong Jin-ha by name.

‘…Are you an idol?’

From far away, Seong Jin-ha looked at me with an expression full of annoyance,

As if there was nothing they could do about the continuing torch, they trudged toward the arena.

“Long time no see! How are you?”

“…Yes, Mr. Marcel.”

“I told you to call me noona! After graduating anyway, you’ll come in as a junior…!”

“…If you come in as a junior, shouldn’t you call me older sister?”

“Shut up. Arwen.”

“Okay. I’m going to sparring from now on. Do you want to join me? Anyway, Jinha is much better than the middle class kids.”

“…Isn’t it? But that’s…”

The female knights all turned their attention to Lutia.

Lutia, who received that gaze, let out a deep sigh and fell into trouble for a while,

She immediately sent a sign of positivity.

Apparently during the time Seong Jin-ha spent with Adela in her knights during her vacation,

She seemed to have become very close with the members of the Knights.

Of course, considering her pettiness under Sungjin,

It would have been possible because it was a knights who fully valued her skills.

‘But…’

Why are Seongjinha sparring and me showing off?

Of course I thought I was going to watch it because I couldn’t participate in the sparring…

Seong Jin-ha, who was warming up in her familiar posture, met her eyes.

“…?”

To Sung Jin-ha, who looks at me as if asking what he is doing there,

Raising her hands, don’t you know? He answers.

“Sure. I’m starting to draw up the brackets… Are you ready?”

“Yes!”

“… Jinha?”

“Okay. But…”

Cheo-eok-

“What is that guy doing over there?”

“Ah. Mr. Lai… Decided to take a tour of Dalian.”

“…To watch?”

Seong Jin-ha tilted her head, asking what she meant.

“… That. He is a precious person. If he gets hurt…”

“Is he hurt…? Is he?”

“You’re still in first grade. Not everyone is like Jinha…”

“…What are you talking about? It’s not like you don’t know who won first place in the martial arts competition.”

At Seongjinha’s answer, the female knight called Marcel widened her eyes.

“Huh…? That’s right, didn’t you watch it?”

“I’ve never looked at anyone in my life.”

“It’s ridiculous. There’s no way a vampire can beat Jinha, who has the power of an ancestor…!”

“…”

The eyes of the people who had gathered in one place to fill out the brackets all turned to me.

‘… I didn’t know Seong Jin-ha would do this.’

Somehow, it seems that the attitude towards me has become a little softer since yesterday…

More than that,

The reason he recommended the viewing to me was that he was afraid he would get hurt…

Rather, beating Seong Jin-ha in a martial arts competition was more poisonous.

If you think about it with common sense,

She was one of the best talents in the world, to the extent that she was directly chosen as Adela’s successor by the advancing Queen.

In addition, Seong Jin-ha, who has the power of an ancestor who gives vampires an absolute advantage,

In the martial arts competition, Adela’s brother, a vampire, won and took first place?

No matter how much I am a being wrapped in a veil,

It must have been hard to believe for the members of the knights who witnessed the actual power of Seong Jin-ha during her vacation.

Because of that, I must have thought that I couldn’t really beat Seong Jin-ha with my skills.

‘…That hurts your pride a little?’

No matter what,

How dare you evaluate it that way.

Of course I didn’t mean to think badly of it, but…

Let me frown.

She asked Seong Jin-ha if she hadn’t taken care of it a while ago. She gasped and swallowed her breath.

“That…Sin…Sorry! I never thought of ignoring her brother or anything…!”

He’s her younger brother…

Anyway,

First of all, I think I need to change my evaluation.

In ‘The Captain’s younger brother who is subject to protection’,

As a ‘strong man mixed with the leader’s blood’.

I got up from my seat and walked towards the crowd.

Straighten your shoulders and be proud.

“That… That…”

I passed by a female knight who was at a loss and looked like she was about to cry.

– Cheo-eok.

I was a little taken aback, but

In front of Lutia, who is examining the situation again with a calm expression.

It is true that I am difficult to deal with with these people.

So…

Ssiik-

It was a story that I just had to let them know that I didn’t have to deal with it difficult first.

“I didn’t expect you to think of me that much. Lutia-san.”

“…I’m sorry if you felt offended. But the captain also…”

“Could I participate? Oh. Of course, if you are disturbed, I will quietly return.”

Be as polite as possible.

Anyway, these people are from Adela.

From noble mtl dot com

Basically, people who are unconditionally friendly to me.

There’s no way those people really ignored or despised me.

Only,

Sung Jin-ha was just a monster to the point where I thought that.

“…Couldn’t it?”

“That… Happened to be Jinha-san, so the even numbers didn’t match… I think it’ll be okay.”

“Thank you.”

Contrary to the expectation that you will be angry,

The expressions of the knights who looked at me with a friendly smile relaxed.

With this, the image making must have been successfully completed to some extent.

Rather good.

Because of this incident, I must have been given the title of polite person.

“Don’t you need time to warm up?”

“Yes, it’s okay to start right away.”

“Then… I’ll start right away. Please sit in the waiting room and wait for your turn.”

Lutia stroked her pen a few times,

She immediately called her name and everyone except for the two knights walked towards the waiting area.

Tok tok.

“…?”

When I turned my head,

It was a female knight from a while ago.

‘Is your name… Marcel?’

“…That. I’m really sorry. I didn’t really mean anything bad…”

“It’s okay. Jinha doesn’t follow the rules.”

Still.

“I don’t think it’s too late to think like that. At least after seeing the skills of both sides.”

“… I have no face. I’m sorry.”

“I’m really fine too, so don’t worry too much about it.

I’m not the type to go after things like this.”

“That… Thank you. I’ll buy you something delicious later!”

This older sister,

Actually, I don’t think you came here to apologize, but to subtly filter work, right?

Anyway, after finishing it well with a smile,

As I watched the couplets being held one after another, my turn approached before I knew it.

– It’s okay.

‘…From what I’ve seen so far, it seems that he doesn’t use only swordsmanship.’

The opponent is a male mid-level knight.

As it is a friendly match between countries,

There is no way a low-ranking knight with ambiguous skills can go out.

It’s a low rank among the knights currently on the battlefield.

“…Thank you very much.”

“On my side.”

As a guild, it’s at least the upper level of B class to the lower level of A class.

The opponent takes a familiar posture while holding a sword.

The swordsmanship of the Blood Demon Knights.

That’s natural.

-Ready…!!

Adela, who taught Seong Jin-ha swordsmanship,

It was the first swordsmanship I learned and the swordsmanship that became the foundation of my current skills.

-Start!!

Koowook!!

As soon as it starts, mana is released in the shadow to the extent that the floor of the arena is dyed black.

And,

Let’s take a step forward.

Paaang!!!

“…!!”

Sliding across the floor at tremendous speed, approaching the enemy knight,

I lowered my sword diagonally.

-Kaang!!

I try to block the attack belatedly,

My posture has already collapsed.

Then, what’s left is that space.

– Cheo-eok.

I just calmly pushed the sword in.

“…”

Maybe it’s because of the cool feeling around the neck,

The man’s red eyes tremble endlessly.

-… Exit.

The eyes of the knights looking at me,

It was a moment that turned into astonishment.

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