Chapter 52: Entourage

Chapter 52: Entourage

A classroom inside the military academy.

In the stepped lecture hall, Liam was surrounded by children of various noble houses.

Ever since yesterdays match against Dolph, the aristocrats have been shamelessly approaching him.

Liam, youre amazing!

You beat an upperclassmen, moreover it was the valedictorian Dolph of all people!

I guess real battle experience truly is different.

As Liam was being praised, he was making a face that said he was enjoying this.

It wasnt much, he was just weak.

The surroundings continued to praise Liam after he said so.

Wallace was watching this all from a distance, unlike yesterday, the noble children were blatantly kissing up to Liam.

immediately flocking towards the strong. Its almost impressive seeing how honest they are.

The general cadets in the classroom had bitter expressions on their faces as they watched this all occur.

Like Wallace, they were amazed at how quickly the nobles changed their attitudes.

(Just yesterday they were calling him a stupid redneck, but now theyre practically eating out of his hand.)

With Liams victory over Dolph, the aristocratic children who ridiculed him were now acting like his entourage.

(Hah I miss elementary school.)

Back then Liams other friend Kurt was there too.

If he had come to the academy as well, then he surely wouldve kept such people away from Liam.

However, Kurt was the heir of the Baron Exner house, a family that had strong ties to the military.

Those kinds of houses always chose the academy to be their last destination in their training.

After graduating from elementary school, Kurt had enrolled into the university to prioritise getting his qualifications as an official.

The last reason being the fact that after he graduated from the military academy, there were plans for him to stay in the army beyond the minimum four years of service.

Thanks to that, Kurt was currently a university student and wasnt here.

(Now that I think about it, he was quite depressed when he had to seperate from Liam.)

Kurt was despondent when Liam told him he was going to the military academy first.

Although he wanted to enroll into the academy together, its not like Liam could stay enlisted in the army forever.

He had already succeeded as the head of his house, he wasnt an heir, and needed to return to govern his territory as soon as possible.

Wallace looked at Liam being praised by his surroundings.

Its ten years too early for an amateur without actual battle experience to win against me.

To Liam who had said such things, his surroundings broke out in confusion saying, A decade? It only takes ten years to get that strong? Thats surprisingly fast.

At that moment [Marie Sera Marian] burst into the classroom with her short purple hair.

Thats right, purple hair.

With features that could only be used to describe her as a beauty, she was a person whose style really stood out in the military academy full of men.

I just heard the news, Lord Liam!

As soon as she approached Liam, she grabbed his hands with shining eyes.

Marie?

Marie continued to sing praises for Liam, completely oblivious to the troubled face he was making.

You beat the valedictorian in a simulation battle! As expected of Lord Liam! This Marie here was unfortunately unable to see your gallant figure yesterday because that annoying instructor of mine was distracting me. If you had called me, I wouldve come running immediately!

Wallace sighed.

(All of Liams knights sure are unique.)

Marie had also entered the academy with Liam.

The reason was so that she could obtain her knight qualifications.

However, even though her records had disappeared, Marie was actually a hero who was knighted over two thousand years ago.

So what would happen when such a person entered the academy?

the military academy rarely received non-standard cadets, and didnt really have any measures prepared to deal with individuals like that.

Separate from the general courses, there were classes made specifically to accommodate such non-standard people.

It was a place where those with strange talents were kept, in addition to those who were clearly falling behind.

In short, it was a place where the problem children were gathered, where all the instructors made to teach there were veterans.

Grabbing one of the cadets fingers, Marie smiled as she snapped it in the opposite direction the joint bent.

Shi-!

Seeing the cadet try to suppress his scream, Maries grin grew even wider.

You give off the feeling of an amateur, so tell me why did you approach Lord Liam?

She snapped another finger, but the cadet didnt answer her.

As he struggled to escape, a man clad in black while wearing an eerie mask rose up from the floor.

Marie wasnt fazed by the sight, but the cadet was clearly frightened.

[Kukuri] had appeared.

He was a subordinate who protected Liam from the shadows.

Marie, you might cause problems if you move on your own.

Kukuri, who does this person work for? Dont tell me assassins of this degree are all the Berkley family has left.

Kukuri broke into laughter at that comment.

no, hes just one of the Lawrence houses henchmen. Hes no assassin.

So hes just one of Dolphs pawns?

When Marie broke another of the cadets fingers, the thug of the Lawrence house had a bitter expression on his face. It seems like he was unable to hide how upset he was that his employer was found out.

Yes. It seems he forged his identity and infiltrated the academy. Everything about this mans identity is false. He seems to have been placed here to help instill Dolph as the valedictorian.

I see, so thats how it is

He collected information that Dolph could take advantage of while spreading rumours.

Apparently he was involved with various things, but from Kukuri and Maries perspective, it was all on the level of childs-play.

Kukuri complained to Marie.

Because he approached Lord Liam to collect information, I was trying to keep him under observation.

He approached Lord Liam with bad intentions. For that alone he deserves death. Am I wrong?

Kukuri made a troubled gesture.

I agree with you, but theres also various circumstances to consider. I was only keeping him under watch because assassination didnt seem to be his goal. Well, I guess its too late now. Lets reveal this persons true identity and report him to the army.

Huh, I cant kill him?

You can, but then Dolphs transgressions wont come to light. Besides, we can always kill him whenever we want to.

When Marie let go of the thug, Kukuri grabbed him as he started to sink into the floor.

The thug tried to scream, but he wasnt able to call for help because Kukri had muffled him.

After watching them disappear, Marie continued on her way to her classroom.

the academy sure has a lot of Lord Liams enemies.

All hostiles who approached Liam were secretly taken care of by Marie and Kukuri.

A few weeks later.

Unlike Liam, Dolph was surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Damn it! All of them always treating me like a fool! This is all because of my subordinates incompetence!

All of the cadets who served Dolph were exposed and detained by the academy.

They were all immediately expelled, and naturally, Dolph had to take responsibility for their actions as well.

However, his expulsion was acquitted because of his noble status.

Instead, his title of valedictorian was taken away.

His fast track through the military ranks was practically lost.

What do I do? What the hell should I do?!

The Lawrence house was a family that created many military personnel, so Dolphs behaviour brought a lot of trouble to his relatives.

For this reason, he was currently being shunned by his family and couldnt expect any help from them.

all of this is because of the Banfield houses Liam. I was supposed to be a man whod rise through the military ranks and become a marshal.

Even though hed done his best for that goal, all of his hard work had disappeared in an instant.

Dolph absolutely loathed Liam.

Ill never forgive you, Liam!

The raging Dolph vowed to take revenge on Liam by any means necessary.