CH 2

screeching—

As I came out of the room, a woman with long black hair, wearing a generous livery, stood there.

A dead-eyed, emotionless doll-like woman.

She bowed her head 90 degrees as her eyes met with me.

“What’s the matter, Master?”

A calm voice devoid of any emotions.

“………..”

Of course, she was someone I knew all too well.

She was Amy – a named character who silently protects the back of the main character, Neike in most routes.

A popular character that many users complained about for the lack of love line.

She was a character who plays after the Academy Story, and was originally Theo’s servant and Theo’s countless deaths involved her.

There were two clearly described routes, so there must be more.

Her status as Theo’s servant, the Marquis of Walderk, was only a disguise – Amy’s true identity was an assassin.

She is a woman who should never be dealt with.

By the way—–.

Will it work?

[Name: Amy Watson]

Gender: Female

Age: 17

Race: Human

Belonging to: Marquis of Walderk / Equilibrium

Muscular Strength – 7

Physical Strength – 7

Mana 9

Perseverance 14

Traits

– Light Movement (Passive / Blood Ability) < Read More>

– Patience (Passive) <Read more>

– Mana Control (Passive) < Read More>

– Presence Interception (Passive) <Read more>

– Acrobat (Passive) <Read more>

—–phew.

Fortunately, it does.

By the way, I couldn’t believe that these were the stat level of a servant who was taking care of a Master with the worst skills and personality.

Named characters are indeed different no matter what.

[Perseverance 14]

Also, her Perseverence is too high.

At the beginning of the game, the protagonist’s perseverance is 11, so it is clear that he was born with it.

The difficulty of raising the stats after 10 increases rapidly.

Even in the middle of the story, the stats of 14 are rare.

It’s definitely like a named character.

No, it’s Theo who’s —— a freak.

“…..”

As if hoping for an answer, Amy’s brown eyes were staring at me.

“No, everything is fine.”

I wanted to say it more warmly, but this was the limit because of my trait.

“— I heard the master’s shout in the room.”

“Don’t mind that one.”

“—I’m sorry, I overstepped. Are you going out?”

“Yes.”

“Okay. I apologize but could you please wait a minute? I’ll get prepared right away.”

Having said that, Amy entered her own room. I peeped into her room.

It was less than a fifth the size of my room. It was desolate and didn’t feel like a woman’s room at all.

The room was filled with only things to help me, such as a parasol and major books.

It’s more like Theo’s warehouse than Amy’s room.

“You don’t have to get prepared.”

“But– wouldn’t it be better to bring a parasol, Master. The sun has gone down, but your white and fair skin may be damaged.”

Amy bowed her head, politely clasping her hands together.

By the way, white and fair skin —– Yuck.

No doubt Theo was handsome, but he was a man.

Disgust rose inside me.

And what about the Parasol?

I never want to and I have to go alone.

I have to go find Neike, but I can’t take Amy with me.

I looked into Amy’s eyes and said.

“I said you don’t have to get prepared. Don’t make me say it twice.”

“—I see. I apologize for being presumptuous, Master. Please forgive me with a generous heart. If so, I’ll see you right away.”

Amy stood in front of me.

“It’s Sunday, and I canceled all the schedules because you said you were taking a rest today. Where are you going?”

“Rest.”

“—-I’m really sorry, Master. Could you say it again?”

“Rest. You don’t need to work.”

Amy’s face, which had always been expressionless, had a slight crack.

“—-Did I offend you, Master? I apologize. Due to the lack of this stupid servant, the noble master…”

“Stop.”

Following her face, Amy’s eyes shook.

I spoke.

“It is because I have to go alone. I will say it again. Rest.”

Amy paused for a moment, then nodded her head.

“…Okay, Master.  I’m sorry for making you say this many times because this servant is foolish. I will wait at the entrance of this dormitory until the Master returns.”

Amy bit her lips firmly as if enduring shame and disgrace.

—–Oh, I’m really dizzy.

I expected it to some extent, but it was more than that.

How the hell did you stir-fry so much that you act like that?

I tapped Amy’s shoulder-

“No.”

I got it.

“Rest. Inside your room.”

“—–”

“No need to wait.”

“……”

“Answer me.”

Amy’s eyes trembled greatly.

Before long, her tightly closed cherry-colored lips opened.

“–I see. Before the master returns, this servant must reflect on the fact that she offended the master.”

“I’ll tell you one last time.”

I bent my knees and met Amy’s eye level.

But she avoided my gaze.

—Haa.

In any case, it would be difficult to fill this emotional gap.

“Rest. Don’t think about anything.”

“—–All right.”

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After making sure Amy entered her room, I stepped out of the dormitory building.

It was dinnertime, but Neike was a hard-working genius.

He will most likely be on the training ground.

The dormitory building where I live and the training ground were quite far apart – a long distance to walk.

Because it’s a Sunday, there is no academy circulation carriage.

However, I had to check which route Neike is taking as soon as possible.

I can not help it – Let’s run.

—– Please, let the trait activation happen a little late.

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“Hyuk, Hyuk, Heo Eok… … .”

I could see the entrance to the training ground in front of me while my whole body was drenched in sweat.

“Ha, ha———–“

Still, there was stabbing pain all over my body.

I took out a handkerchief, wiped the sweat, and caught my breath.

Checking the time with my watch, it was two hours after my departure.

The original plan was to arrive within an hour but it’s the trait of this body that’s the problem.

As I ran on the street without dignity, of course, my character trait was triggered.

If it’s too late, Neike might come back, so I endured it and ran.

Then an even stronger pain tormented me.

I couldn’t stand it, so I ran and walked and repeated.

If it wasn’t for this trait, I would have arrived sooner.

—— Shit. Thinking about it makes me angry again.

Wiping my sweat and calming my breathing, I grabbed the handle of the training ground door.

Kkiiii – – – – – – {sound of old door opening}

As I opened the door and entered the lobby, I saw several passages and the aisle was long.

I couldn’t see what was at the end with the naked eye.

A sight I’ve seen countless times in the game.

Magic, Archery, Spear, Martial Arts, Throwing, Sorcery —

Elinia Academy had many people with various talents and correspondingly, the training grounds were also specialized.

There were many different types of training grounds.

Out of all these training grounds, where is Neike?

I headed to the magic training ground first.

I desperately hoped that it will be a wizard route so I can take more hidden pieces with me.

An hour passed like that.

“Ha, Ha——“

I ran out of breath as I keep running and walking along the long aisle.

In the game, I had no choice but to run because I sprinted over one line saying, ‘I trained.’

But still couldn’t find it.

Neike, where the hell is this bastard?

——Now, there is only one training center left.

You didn’t go back, did you?

Please, I hope not.

I opened the door to the training center.

—Whoa, whoa, whoa.

—Ee, ee-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e!

Thank god he’s here.

But there were two people.

There was one other person besides Neike and I, of course, knew her all too well – short red hair, and smooth skin that looked like a mixture of white and yellow. A young girl of a great aristocracy with a thin but strong body.

Pierre – Neike, and my classmate from the Hero Department.

Pierre is a super-named character who used to be Neike’s rival on most routes and became an important ally.

Neike, Pierre.

The two were incarnations of genius who would compete for first and second place in the Elinia Academy – a place where many talented people gather.

— Whooo!

— Ugh-Ugh!

Are the two of them immersed or are they deliberately ignoring me?

They both were doing strength training without looking at me.

Hmm, let’s see.

[Name: Neike]

Gender: Male

Age: 16

Race: Human

Affiliation: Elinia Academy Hero Department

Muscular Strength 12

Physical Strenght 12

Mana 12

Perseverance 12

Traits 

– Descendants of the Hero (Passive / Blood Ability) <View Details>

– Weapon Master (Passive) <See more>

– Master of Mana (Passive) <See more>

and 17 other traits.

[T/N:- Lmaooo, our poor MC with his two shitty traits compared to the protagonist.]

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[Name: Pierre de Chalon]

Gender: Female

Age: 15

Race: Human

Affiliation: Elinia Academy Hero Department School / Duke of Chalon

Muscular Strength 11

Physical Strength 11

Mana 11

Perseverance 11

Traits 

– Winner/Adventurer (Passive / Blood Ability) <View Details>

[The original word is 승부사. Experts on Hinative say it means ‘Winner’ while another website say it also means ‘Adventurer’.]

– Weapon Master (Passive) <View Details>

– Master of Mana (Passive) <View Details>

and 15 external traits.

—–Huhhh

It was information that I was already familiar with, but looking at it again, these were surprising stats.

Do I have to compete with these guys?

Of course, these two have the best talent since the establishment of the Elinia Academy.

With just a little bit of experience, they’ll soon be better than the top-ranked active-duty Heroes – a talent gifted by heaven.

Not only are the two of them geniuses, but at the same time, they are hard workers who sweat late at the training ground on a Sunday night.

Each year, the total number of graduates from the Department of Heroes is 100, and on all routes, these two are always in the top 10%.

In the end, I could grab one of the remaining 8 seats.

Anyway, I couldn’t tell what route Neike was taking just by looking at the information window.

Neike was a genius in every field and he could be number one in any field if he wanted.

With that being said, I had no choice but to ask him myself but their exercise didn’t show any sign of ending.

It was no use standing around idly, thus I also started strength training in the distance where I could hear their voices.

I could easily hear the barbells with their disks dangling.

He’s a student of the Hero Department, but heck.

Pierre de Chalon Illustration

Pierre de Chalon