Episode 008. transfer (1)
It was a completely unexpected encounter.
I knew he was a cadet at the Faculty of Engineering, but I erased it from my memory after the first meeting.
As I got closer, the embarrassed guy pointed at me and glared at me.
“How are you here… !”
However, there was no sense of intimidation in the glaring eyes.
Rather, it looked like a frightened rabbit with its ears pricked up in front of the beast.
‘Why did you come to the Knights Faculty?’
There are many things that are difficult to understand in general because the circumstances of the nobles are complicatedly entangled, but that and the knight do not fit too well.
I had my doubts, but for now, it’s a good thing.
“Do you know each other?”
In response to the instructor’s question, he shrugged with Rick and answered.
“yes. We’ve known each other since we were in general school.”
“… radish!”
Kwak!!
“… Snooagh!!”
With his other hand, he grabbed Rick’s side at an angle that the instructor couldn’t see and whispered.
‘Smile.’
The corner of Rick’s mouth twitched at the whisper that rang in his hamstrings.
He even made a forced laugh.
“ha ha ha… .”
It was a very awkward look, but the instructor didn’t pay attention.
Rather, it seemed that he liked it by removing the troublesome lump.
Now that indifference has paid off.
“Good. For the time being, Roan will let you know.”
“… !!!”
I could fully understand the instructor’s feelings.
Even a transfer student who suddenly came in.
Since I came in by parachute, there is no way that the instructor would be happy with it, but the connections are from the duke’s family.
It is also the family of Duke Karziel with deep roots in the military.
It takes the background of a duke’s family to kick them out, and to teach them that, their physical condition is terrible.
I can’t help but think of it as a nuisance.
“hey. Follow me.”
First of all, I took Rick, who was standing there dumbfounded, and headed to the corner of the gymnasium.
Then, with an anxious expression, he said to the dragged guy.
“we. There was still something left to pay.”
* * *
It intimidated me a little, but I didn’t ask Rick to do much.
I was just asking a few questions.
It was the first time I became a cadet while playing the game about 100 times, so I don’t know how classes or evaluations are conducted.
The evaluation is said to be largely composed of three areas, including Dalian survival theory. Scores are assigned sequentially, and group evaluations sometimes exist.
“How do you divide the number of people in group evaluation?”
“It depends on the type of evaluation. Sometimes we divide it into groups, and sometimes we select one person from each class and make several groups.”
“half?”
“A half of the people in the gymnasium right now. There are two more classes like this.”
“ah… .”
That’s why there was no Yuriel.
I haven’t seen it for a while, so I’ve been curious about it, but my doubts have been resolved.
And there was a fact that I found out one more thing by looking around the surroundings.
“… … .”
I have a very good memory.
If you remember it once, you’ll remember it for years without making a single mistake.
Based on that memory, it memorizes information about all NPCs, items, and monsters revealed in the game.
It means that even if you are not an S-class NPC like Yuriel, you can remember it as long as you have a certain level of activity.
But in this class, I really don’t know a single person.
What does this mean?
“hey.”
I was already half-sure, but I asked Rick to confirm.
“How did you divide the halves?”
“… uh huh?”
Rick evaded the answer with a puzzled expression. From that response, I could see that what I was thinking was right.
‘It was the lower class.’
The reasons above and the fact that I was assigned to this class make it clear.
The cadets were divided into classes according to their level, but this seems to be the lower class.
‘It’s true.’
Even if the power of the family is great, you can’t put a transfer student who has shown nothing into the upper class right away.
It would have been better if he had been in the same class as Uriel, but things didn’t seem to work out that easily.
There is nothing to be impatient about, as it will be a year later when I have to meet Cale and move on in earnest, but I can’t help but feel regretful.
“… what. are you okay.”
It was made based on a game, but this is the ‘real world’.
It wouldn’t be strange if hidden gemstones that weren’t revealed in the game were found.
“What are you muttering to yourself?”
“shut up. … hmm?”
Then a cadet stood out.
The cadet slowly slowed down while watching the instructor notice.
This was the typical look of an unmotivated lower class cadet, but I saw something a little different.
His body was perfectly balanced, and although he seemed to be jumping, there were no gaps in his movements.
After looking at the cadet for a while, he murmured.
“Once I found one.”
* * *
In the morning, after following Rick to receive equipment for future use. I heard an explanation about the changed timetable and the time and place of using the training ground.
“Can I choose any weapon?”
“Choose what you write. … … Can you hold it and wield it?”
When I snooped around with my greatsword, he shot at me with a puzzled expression.
“I can’t use it now.”
I’m just trying to keep it because I want to use it later, but it’s not my favorite weapon.
“It doesn’t matter which one you choose. It’s a supply anyway, so it’s not expensive. The amount your family sponsors every year will be more expensive than this.”
“Ah, indeed.”
At that, I swept up the supplies without hesitation.
“listen.”
“… … .”
Both hands were full of training clothes and combat uniforms, so there were no empty hands.
Weapons were moved to the arsenal and seasonal training clothes were moved to the dormitory.
Then, when I returned to the gymnasium, it was after morning physical training.
“Go see. now.”
“This dog… ”
As I waved my hand away, Rick disappeared with a poop-chewed expression on his face.
I looked around and found the nameless cadet I had checked in the morning.
‘Where are you?’
The guy was quickly found.
It was because he was sitting alone in the midst of the cadets who had gathered in twos and threes.
‘hmm… .’
It’s too early to judge whether it’s worth using. I’m honestly attracted to it a lot.
His talent for swordsmanship has yet to be confirmed, but his innate sense is so outstanding.
With my superhuman senses, I could recognize it.
In this case, even if you know how to handle the sword moderately, you can grow to the level of a fairly advanced knight.
But if you handle the sword well, then it can really be the power you need to attack.
‘I want to check.’
I couldn’t check it because I was running in the morning.
Maybe we can check it in the afternoon?
* * *
I dragged Rick, got lunch, and went back to the gymnasium.
Everyone is accustomed to checking their weapons and warming up. The instructor appeared and said.
“Today’s class will be replaced with mana breathing because of the high standby magic power level.”
Physical training usually ends in the morning, followed by various evaluation-oriented practical exercises in the afternoon.
So, I thought I would be able to check the swordsmanship skills of the cadets I picked up right away, but unfortunately, it seems that the confirmation will be delayed.
“The instructor will go around and check, so the cadets should sit apart and breathe.”
Everyone seems to be familiar with it, so even though there is no specific order, they settle down on their own.
Since I don’t know how to handle mana yet, I quietly called the instructor.
“Instructor.”
“hmm?”
“I have no mana.”
The instructor, who finally realized the existence of my transfer today, let out a drool.
He knew how I came to be incorporated, so he didn’t ask me why I still couldn’t unlock mana.
“How do I do this?”
“If not, it should be open. Would you like to try it right away?”
I first thought if I was okay, but Amy didn’t say anything.
It seemed like it would be fine now.
“I will try.”
The instructor disappeared for a moment before reappearing holding a glass flask filled with a dark purple liquid.
he continued.
“Do you know what mana is?”
“I know.”
“hmm?”
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Of course I thought I didn’t know and asked, but I know all the settings in the game.
To put it simply, mana is the power that ‘adds’.
It’s simple to put it into words, but there are infinite ways to use it in practice.
You can add muscle strength, increase speed, and add skill by covering the sword.
When its utilization reaches its peak, partial reinforcement is also possible.
It was like strengthening only the tip of the sword, or strengthening only the eyes to look into the distance.
Like this, mana can strengthen everything except one thing.
The only thing that doesn’t take effect is magic.
It hasn’t been defined exactly what magic is yet, but I know a little about it as I memorize all the details of the game.
Magic is the power of the other world.
A power of another dimension that the user’s mind connects to one of the many other realms that exist in the universe.
In other words, it cannot be strengthened because its fundamental nature is different from mana.
Of course, there is a possibility that it could be wrong because it did not attack the game to the end, but it is certain that it cannot be strengthened with mana.
I’ve already tried it dozens of times and all of them have failed.
“… I know you well.”
The instructor looks at me with a slightly surprised expression.
However, he soon understood and nodded his head knowing that he had remembered which family I belonged to.
“I know, I don’t need an explanation.”
The instructor held out a flask of purple liquid.
“This… ?”
“It is a mana catalyst. Do you know what?”
Know. Isn’t it the drug used to open mana for the first time?
But I know this is quite expensive.
The instructor glanced at me and said.
“It is an item sponsored by the Duke of Gilead in the name of the family.”
“ah… .”
It seems that the duke was quite happy with the growth of his youngest son to the point of sponsoring this expensive thing.
“If you drink it, your mana sensitivity will increase temporarily.”
“Can I drink it right away?”
“That’s what I brought.”
Gulp.
A few seconds after the drug goes down your throat.
I felt heat spreading through my whole body, and then an unfamiliar feeling arose.
‘… ???’
There is something in the air.
You can’t see it, but you can feel the tiny grains brushing through your skin.
this… .
“That’s mana.”
“ah.”
“It will be in your body too.”
Everyone has mana.
Whether or not to bloom depends on one’s abilities, but there is no one who does not have mana hearts at all.
A person’s talent can be inferred to some extent from the size of the mana heart when it first blooms.
‘found.’
As the instructor said, I felt something near my heart.
tickling feeling.
Now we need to make this bloom.
I focused my mind.
“… Did you feel that already?”
The instructor asked as if he was perplexed, but I couldn’t answer because I was already concentrating.
I closed my eyes to block out the useless sensations.
“From now on… .”
As he concentrated, the instructor’s voice gradually faded away.
I focused my senses on my heart.
For some reason I knew what I had to do.
“… mind… . flowering… .”
Anger, something bloomed in his heart.
‘Something… .’
I instinctively realized it was a mana heart.
I was worried about what to do if I didn’t have the talent for mana and couldn’t awaken, but fortunately that didn’t happen.
But something was strange.
‘what?’
I was definitely born and lived in a world without mana.
In other words, controlling mana is an acquired sense that I do not have.
So if you think of common sense, it’s normal for mana control to be very difficult for me.
Just as a wingless human cannot consciously move a shoulder blade.
however… .
Roaring!
Blue flames rose from the fingertips.
It was insignificant in size, but it was definitely a flame made from burning mana.
‘Why is this so easy?’
Mana handling was not awkward at all.
As if it could have been done in the first place.
