Incompetent Academy and Failed Heroines

182 – Trial (4)⚝

Now that the heir to the Elonte family has been born, Tyria has no reason to stay in Heoden. Because right after she finished eating, she suggested that we take a short walk together.

“What are you going to do next?”

Just as I was able to go to Belaste, she was able to drop out of here and enter her prestigious academy.

“I’m thinking about it.”

I thought I had already made up my mind, but surprisingly, he seemed to be struggling. She didn’t want to meddle, so she just walked.

“Why aren’t you going to Velaste?”

Rather, he asked a question, so I thought it would be good to be honest now.

“There are many reasons.”

“Because of your great childhood friend?”

“I can’t deny it, but kite isn’t the only thing that matters.”

I was worried about the people I met here, and when I saw the princess and the student council president, I wondered if academic background was really important. Of course, I’ll stay until this year too, if I don’t want to, I’ll leave. It is wiser to escape than to reform Heoden.

“Roughly, yes.”

—Actually, Rosa was stepped on in the snow.

That was something I couldn’t say.

Hey Kite, I’ll take care of you somehow, and the relationship will continue. As long as she doesn’t marry, we will continue to support each other. However, Rosa is not. If I disappear, won’t I wear a nasty saint’s outfit and solicit customers again?

“Honestly, I don’t think I can leave because of the relationship.”

He spit out his sincerity.

“Are you stupid?”

“Not very smart.”

“I can go to Velaste, but you are the only one who hesitates.”

“Dick-senpai and Ain are also in Heoden, so I’m not the only one.”

“You idiot. Are they good enough to not have to worry about academic background?”

You are only a semi-aristocrat, so your life may be different depending on where you graduate. I know you’re doing this because you don’t know that. If everything could be decided only with reason, no one in the world would worry about it.

“We should discuss it when we go down to the manor this winter.”

“I’m going to take the retest and at least go above Orgiola.”

Tyria declared.

“Good idea. You are well suited.”

─Tyria, you don’t have to be stupid like me.

“Are you crying?”

“No.”

“By the way, why is there a bamboo statue?”

“Because I think I’m breaking up with my roommate who I’ve always been arguing with.”

I confessed that I felt a bit sentimental on the outside.

“I need to know how to hide this, but I’m still young, so I guess it doesn’t work out.”

“You don’t like me going to another academy?”

“Yes. I will still support you Because you have far exceeded the level of Heoden.”

I don’t know if she’ll be the best in Velaste, but I can’t imagine Tyria Elonte failing, so she stopped. I put both of her hands on my chest, and I inhale and exhale for a long time.

“Don’t touch me.”

Then, her face was crushed, and her entire body collapsed.

“Are you crying?”

“Cry.”

“Did I ever say something hurtful?”

“No, it’s because you did so well that it hurt.”

Let me cry. She quietly breaks her neck and weeps silently. If there’s a woman who looks beautiful when she cries, it’s definitely Tyria Ellontail. She is even mysterious in her rationality that does not break down even when she pours drops.

“You know what?”

Let’s just listen.

“You really are the worst roommate ever.”

“Can I pat you on the back?”

“No.”

Let’s approach him silently, and repeat no again. He denied it twice, so he asked me to understand, so he patted me on the back. The back, which had always been thin, gained a little weight. When I comfort her, she finally stops crying.

“If you go to Velaste, you will study hard and you will be assigned a private house. So like you…… Only revealing women, going out to play all the time, smelling like sweat…… Seriously, I don’t share a room with a sweet trash guy. She won’t even pretend to know even if she doesn’t make a relationship at all and talk to her. Never do something like this again…… I won’t cry like I do now.”

—Yes, get out of here. You have wings Don’t be a lark crying in this narrow cage.

“Tyria, you’ve worked hard.”

“You haven’t decided yet, have you?”

“Don’t leave silently, say something.”

That way, I’ll hold a small farewell party with Heoden’s wild boars, he said.

“I don’t need anything like that.”

“You don’t have any friends besides me, do you?”

“You don’t have a mother.”

It’s a joke that’s not even funny, so why aren’t you laughing because you’re embarrassed?

“Tyria, I want to stay with you…… I have an appointment with Dick, so I have to go now.”

She wiped the tears with the back of her hand and stood up.

“Are you my guardian?”

She said she could go by herself, so she shook her head.

“I didn’t mean I had to go right away, I just meant I didn’t have much time left to see you off.”

“Really…… It’s the worst ever. Who wants to be nice to me?”

I tried to hold her hand, but she let it go because she wasn’t Rosa or Kite. She then walks ahead, stretching her legs as thin as her baby deer. After entering the abandoned building familiar to us, it returned as a tray with traces of Tyria. Somehow, I feel like I should hang out with her today.

“What time are you going to bed today?”

“I don’t know.”

“I can come back around 10 o’clock, but I think it will be around 11 o’clock when I wash up.”

“Do it yourself.”

I told you to go, but I’m sure you’ll be back before midnight. Instead of daring to stroke her hair, she held out her hand for a handshake. He brushes it off without saying a word and puts a gray flame on my crown. After walking me up the stairs of the dormitory, I headed to the meeting place.

“Bocchan is so sick that he can’t meet anyone.”

Since the gatekeeper said that, I thought it was more than thorough at this point.

“Please tell me this is Deman von Pong.”

Not long after, permission was given to come in. If they want to deceive, they will even try to deceive their allies, but since they are so thorough, it sometimes feels inhuman.

“Chan is coming?”

As I confess my mistake, I don’t blame it, but my cheeks twitch slightly. I thought it would be better to talk about a solution than to make excuses, so I suggested cheating altogether. Dick’s eyebrows hardened into a straight line.

“You look like you’re putting on a play.”

The tone is soft, but it contains the energy of rebuking. I respect the ideals and skills of Dick Gallery, but it seems difficult to get close to Ain. He still smells like metal. The coldness and fishy smell peculiar to metal do not disappear.

─It would have been easier if he had gotten angry and punched.

“Since it has already happened, you must have thought about how to deal with it?”

“I think I can do it in a way that Chan and I sparr with each other and the senior gives advice.”

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“I wanted to deceive her with words, but my heart is heavy to pretend to be a fagot in front of her cousin.”

─What?

“It sounds like you are sorry to Chan.”

“Because it is obvious that you will worry about me.”

“Because I thought seniors didn’t care at all.”

I readily agree.

“You still care?”

“Because I am her cousin and she likes me…… Cool.”

─You’re really thorough.

“Is there a reason you don’t like it?”

“It’s more like there is no reason to like it.”

“I know this kind of question is a little off, but I was wondering if you like guys like women.”

I’m sorry, but I need to know. If Dick Gallery is really a sodomy, she won’t be seen after this duel.

“You know what I said very rudely, right?”

“Yes.”

“You are well aware that you are not obligated to answer, right?”

“Because it is an important matter to me.”

“I am not attracted to women unless they are better or smarter than me.”

Don’t ask me any more, saying it’s not about appearance, it’s about ability. I couldn’t come up with the name Leona. Because she’s already done enough for her to commit rudeness. As she accepted the wooden sword in silence, she saw Chan running from a distance. She put her decorations on her wig and brought her lunch bag.

“Thanks, but I have no appetite.”

Looking at Dick’s determined expression, I can understand what she meant by refusal. Dating is a matter for each other to take care of, but the quality of the food in the lunch box is poor. Looking at the back of Chan’s hand, she saw a slight cut.

“Sir, I am hungry.”

“Should I ask Chan for permission?”

“As long as my brother is okay, I don’t care.”

In silence, I picked up a rice cracker wrapped with meat and vegetables and munched. It’s incomparably clumsy compared to what Kite did.

“It’s delicious.”

“I’m glad I have someone to feed me.”

Senior Dick said a few words and then coughed——cough——. Chan doesn’t know what to do and she asks me to bring some medicine, she’s almost healed, so don’t worry. She just needs to recover with divine power, but let’s fret over why she’s holding on so foolishly.

“That side effect is too serious.”

He just said that and gave me instructions.

“Deman, try fighting with Chan instead of me today.”

“Brother, I am not here to help him!”

“Chan, I need you. I can’t do it because I don’t have the strength to hold a wooden sword right now.”

As soon as she’s done, she takes off her wig and walks her dress over her lap with a somber expression. The color contrast between her calves and her thighs was sharp. I took a stance holding a wooden sword with an iron core.

“Use only weapons to break through Chan’s defenses.”

It’s not too difficult, so let’s do it as usual.

“Hey, do you want to keep running away?”

Contrary to expectations, it doesn’t work. If you hit it with a wooden sword and enter it, it will quickly open up the distance and defend again. It’s very determined and blocked, so you can’t break through. If you just step back, it is possible to go outside, but leave both left and right open and rotate while canceling the attack.

“How about it, it doesn’t work well because I only use weapons?”

I strongly affirmed Dick’s words. If it was real sparring, I would have already tried headbutting.

“Keep going until you succeed.”

After that, I tried until it really worked, but I couldn’t solve it for several hours. It is impossible to break through Chan’s defense with only a wooden sword. I feel like I’m going to go crazy if I try to stab it by endlessly widening the distance.

“You’re downright naive.”

In the end, he provoked Chan.

“Because it is a swordsmanship used for sparring.”

“Who the hell made this?”

“Leona.”

I tried to charge again at Chan’s words, but instead, I only slightly hit the back of my hand and avoided it. This is not a swordsmanship for victory. It is more of a skill designed to never be defeated. I couldn’t avoid a draw at this rate, so I clenched my fist, and Dick pointed it out coldly. It was about being able to grapple with someone bigger than you.

“I heard it worked?”

Any claims that came from experience were immediately dismissed.

─You can’t do it without trying it.

I didn’t give up until the end and attacked, grinding my teeth far and wide. Gradually, Chan’s defense collapsed. Even though I only blocked it, I hit my physical limit. It is already approaching eleven o’clock. My heart was in a hurry.

“Heo Eok…… Omg.”

Chan’s breathing quickened. With the final blow, the wooden sword finally falls from her grasp. At the same time, she also collapsed on her floor. Startled, she hurriedly ran over and took her body.

“Are you okay!?”

He wears a languid smile even though he is covered in sweat.

“Yes, brother Dick…… I can hold out longer.”